Parents of children in England who persistently truant should have their child benefit cut, according to a key government adviser on school behaviour.

Behaviour tsar Charlie Taylor says unpaid truancy fines should be recovered directly from child-benefit payments in a crackdown on absenteeism.

The latest figures show 400,000 children were persistently absent from England's schools in the past year and missed about one month of school each.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/education-17705238

The term khalifa, "dominion of ('successor') refers to the first system of government established in Islam and represented the leaders unity of the Muslim Ummah (community
In theory, it is an aristocratic–constitutional republic

(the Constitution being the Constitution of Medina), which means that the head of state, the khalifa, and other officials are representatives of the people and of Islam and must govern according to constitutional and religious law, or Sharia. In its early days

The Khalifa was often known as Amir al-Muminin "Commander of the Believers". Mohammed established his capital in Medina, and after he died it remained the capital for the Rashidun period.
At times in Muslim history there have been rival claimant khalifa's in different parts of the Islamic world, and divisions between the Shia and Sunni communities

After the first four caliphs, the Caliphate was claimed by dynasties such as the Umayyads, the Abbasids, and the Ottomans, and for relatively short periods by other, competing dynasties in al-Andalus, North Africa, and Egypt. Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, who abolished sultanate after Abdülmecid II officially abolished the system of Caliphate in Islam

(The Islamic system failed) It ended in FITNA

There were numerous rebellions against the Umayyads, as well as splits within the Umayyad ranks (notably, the rivalry between Yaman and Qays). Eventually, supporters of the Banu Hashim and the supporters of the lineage of Ali united to bring down the Umayyads in 750.
the period of the Abbasid dynasty, Abbasid claims to the caliphate did not go unchallenged.

The Shiʻa Ubayd Allah al-Mahdi Billah of the Fatimid dynasty, which claimed descent from Muhammad through his daughter, claimed the title of Caliph in 909, creating a separate line of caliphs in North Africa.

Muslims want the non-Muslims living in Muslims countries to pay Jizya tax how about if non-Muslim countries made a rule that Muslims living in non-Musilm countries have to pay a tax like that how would they feel?

A couple of weeks ago, I was blessed to visit Makkah & Madina to perform Umrah and see the amazing sights...
It was really beautiful, but I noticed that whilst we were doing Tawaf, all the men had literally attached themselves to the black stone, and other men were pushing and fighting from behind to touch the Black Stone. I really wanted to touch it too,(like, who wouldn't?) but couldn't get near to that corner, in fear of gettting squashed by big, tall and strong men, who get really emotional aand push anyone who gets in their way. My dad and I had always seperated during Tawaf, and I couldn't even use him as a shield to get ahead.
The women that did get through were always in a "bad" state when they had finally emerged, their Hijabs were dishevveled and some of them had had their Hijabs pulled off by men and other women trying to get through.

We had a couple of young brothers in our group too, who had told us after that they had fought their way through. Which is something I didn't really want to do as your not suppossed to push or shove anyone on purpose..

So who here has touched the Black stone, and how was your experience whilst doing so?

The Ridda wars also known as the Wars of Apostasy, were a series of military campaigns launched by the Caliph Abu Bakr against rebel Arabian tribes during 632 and 633 AD, just after Mohammed died.

The concentrations of rebels nearest Medina were located in two areas: Abraq, 72 miles north-east of Medina, and Dhu Qissa, 24 miles east of Medina.

These concentrations consisted of the tribes of Banu Ghatafan, the Hawazin, and the Tayy. Abu Bakr sent envoys to all the apostate tribes, calling upon them to remain loyal to Islam and continue to pay their Zakat.

The caliph formed 11 main corps, each under its own commander.

A standard was given to each corps.

The available manpower was distributed among these corps, and while some commanders were given immediate missions, others were given missions for which they would be launched later.

The 11 corps commanders and their assigned objectives were as follows:

1.Seek the tribes which are your objectives

2.Call the Azaan.

3.If the tribe answers with the Azaan, do not attack. After the Azaan, ask the tribe to confirm its submission, including the payment of zakat. If confirmed, do not attack.

4.Those who submit will not be attacked.

5.Those who do not answer with the Azaan, or after the Azaan do not confirm full submission, will be dealt with by the sword.

6.apostates who have killed Muslims will be killed.

Islam is full of fitna's

The Revival Magazine print version is currently on hold and now we are hoping to launch an on-line magazine.

So we are in need of regular writers for the on-line mag.

If you are a writer or have strong views on issues facing Muslims today then why not get on board with the revival- we do aim to represent the voice of the Muslim youth.

Send me a PM or an email to: editor@therevival.co.uk if interested.

wasalaam

A Christian group which had its advertisement pulled from London buses after it was described as anti-gay has said it is considering legal action.

The banned posters read: "Not gay! Post-gay, ex-gay and proud. Get over it!"

The adverts are not currently running on any London Buses and they will not do so."

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-17706866

There are many similar topics out there.

Also topics similar to this are always debatable.

There can be either:
- Yes, I wanna help out and relieve this person of pain (assuming the person requiring help with suicide is chronically ill)
- No, don't believe in suicide

A middle ground isn't the most pro-active train of thought when faced with a sudden situation like this because you getting to that end result decision will be difficult. But the middle ground is where most people tend to lie.

Are there any historically related religious literature for such situations?

I need help! I've been searching everywhere..

Is one allowed to talk to a girl with the intention of marriage, on the internet.
I assume not, but what if she has parental consent to talk to the potential spouse.
And if so, how about talking on the phone by consent of the parents.

JazakAllah Khayran

The Birmingham father who called for calm just hours after his own son had been killed in last summer's rioting in Birmingham has been convicted of GBH.

Tariq Jahan was given a 12 month suspended sentence with 100 hours of unpaid work after being found guilty of attacking a man in a road rage incident.

Speaking exclusively to the BBC, Mr Jahan was asked whether he felt he'd let down all the people who thought he was a hero.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-17631589

In the 6th century AD, the Near East was divided between two great empires: the Persian and the Roman. A hundred years on, and one had vanished forever, while the other was a dismembered, bleeding trunk. In their place, a new superpower had arisen: the empire of the Arabs. So profound was this upheaval that it spelled, in effect, the end of the ancient world.

But the changes that marked the period were more than merely political or even cultural: there was also a transformation of human society with incalculable consequences for the future. Today, over half the world’s population subscribes to one of the various religions that took form during the last centuries of antiquity. Wherever men or women are inspired by belief in a single god to think or behave in a certain way, they bear witness to the abiding impact of this extraordinary, convulsive age.

In the Shadow of the Sword explores how a succession of great empires came to identify themselves with a new and revolutionary understanding of the divine. It is a tale vivid with drama, horror and startling achievement. But there are questions as well as stories. When did Judaism and Christianity finally and definitively split from one another? Where did Islam originate: in the depths of the desert or much further to the north? Are the claims made to this day by Jews, Christians and Muslims about the origins of their faiths all of them actually true?

http://www.tom-holland.org/books/in-the-shadow-of-the-sword/