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Report: Cousin marriage rates increasing in UK Pakistani community

published by You on 19 April, 2012 - 19:43

Bradford's cousin marriage boom

The tradition of marrying a cousin is becoming more entrenched among British-born Pakistanis living in Bradford than it was a generation ago, writes Winifred Robinson.

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Interesting to note that this is INCREASING as opposed to the to-me-atleast expected decline over time.

5 Muslims in court over anti-gay leaflet.

published by You on 10 January, 2012 - 18:20

A group of Muslim men publicly distributed a leaflet calling for gay people to be given the death sentence, a court has heard.

The pamphlet was entitled The Death Penalty? and showed an image of a mannequin hanging from a noose. It said sodomy was a sin that led to hell, that it used to be punished by hanging, and that people practising and allowing homosexuality would suffer, the court was told.

Read more @ The Guardian

Ancestry doesnt matter.

published by You on 1 January, 2012 - 15:42

Just something a person who pretends to have once been Muslim keeps going on about - ancestry.

His view is that since Islam was revealed in Arabia, people elsewhere should not believe it.

He also mentions how many Muslim personalities from the past were not Pakistani (lets pretend to forget that even my gran is older than pakistan... and that we are not in Pakistan).

But what he fails to realise (mainly because he is a full on retard) is that what matters is what we do, not what others do or what others have done in the past.

I will be accountable for my actions and my actions alone.

In the same way, when it comes to heritage, while you can draw links to many places in many ways, what matters is what you learn from it.

Conduct of congregation prayers and khutbah

published by You on 30 December, 2011 - 16:01

Just want to mention that for congregation prayer, rows start at the middle.

The only time it should start at a side is if it is the last row that is against a wall and the entrance to the hall is to a side - in which case starting in the middle could constrict other people from getting into the row past the people in the middle.

Otherwise it starts in the middle.

Secondly, the second adhaan at jum'ah is part of the khutbah. Unlike normal adhaan where there are set responses etc that people can read in response to all the calls, this is not the case when it is a part of khutbah, when people should listen attentively.

Individuality and prayer

published by You on 30 December, 2011 - 05:03

A question can sometimes be asked - if we are all individuals with individual needs, thoughts and lives, why is prayer a ritual which we all adhere to in a similar fashion?

There are small differences in how to pray that people use, but overall, the main fardh actions are the same and all the different forms of prayer are recogniseable as forms of prayer.

So where is the space for individual expression?

Here, there are two issues.

one is that in dua there is no such rigidity, just in salaah.

The second issue is of purpose.

A purpose of Prayer is to remember God (swt) and try to remember him in all His glory.

America is not leaving Iraq with its dignity intact.

published by You on 15 December, 2011 - 23:44

America is officially ended its "war operations" in Iraq with a flag ceremony.

They make it look so dignified, as if a lot of what they did there can be whitewashed and ignored.

Unforetunately we cant do anything about what has happened but we can remember.

Hotter Than a Pile of Curry has reminded me about Fallujah and what happened there.

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Up to 8,000 forced marriages in the UK every year

published by You on 12 December, 2011 - 18:20

There are at least 5,000 to 8,000 cases of forced marriage in England every year but it is impossible to know the full scale of the problem, according to the Home Office.

The estimate is contained in the official consultation paper published on Monday on whether making forced marriage a specific criminal offence will help better protect victims.

Read more @ The Guardian

Jailed after rape victim to be freed after agreeing to marry rapist

published by You on 1 December, 2011 - 19:05

Afghan President Hamid Karzai has pardoned a rape victim who was jailed for adultery, after she apparently agreed to marry her attacker.

The woman, named as Gulnaz, gave birth in prison to a daughter who has been kept in jail with her.

Read more @ BBC News

Norway: Muslim colleagues pressured to drink

published by You on 28 November, 2011 - 17:31

The experience of Muslim employees is that Norwegians don't accept abstaining from alcohol for religious reasons.

Counselors at the Advisory Center for issues related to alcohol, drugs and addictive gambling in the workplace (AKAN) spoke with employees who said that there are basically only two acceptable reasons for abstaining from alcohol when meeting with colleagues: being pregnant or driving.

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Religiously motivated temperance often raises eyebrows and questions. A Pakistani-Norwegian: "I often have to explain myself when I cant' drink alcohol. Norwegians are very engaged by it."

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