*** MINHAJ UL QURAN DERBY PRESENTS ***
* * * * SHAN E MUSTAFA CONFERENCE 2009 * * * *
** AN EVENING OF SPEECHES AND NAATS **
TUESDAY 4TH AUGUST 2009
7:00PM - 10:30PM
DERBY JAMIA MASJID, ROSEHIL STREET, DERBY, DE23 6JA
BROTHERS AND SISTERS INVITED
PLEASE ATTEND
SEE POSTER FOR MORE DETAILS. ALSO PLEASE CIRCULATE TO ALL YOUR CONTACTS.
"AA KAR SARKAR KI MEHFIL KO SAJAO"
Salaam,
firstly, i am a new member here.. I signed up as i have an urgent question and i don't really know who to ask, which explains why i signed up.
i may actually decide to stick around inshallah as this does look nice a nice place 
anyway, back to the original point:
i am facing a difficult decision and so a week ago i performed istikhara, for 3 days in a row. i had learnt as i grew up that istikhara causes you to have a dream that will guide you to making the right choice. however, i later read many conflicting views regarding the results of istikhara and now i'm very confused!
Muslim Children and Sex Education
Muslim parents teach their children to respect their teachers. From a very young age, we are taught that Islam teaches us that after our parents, our teachers are most deserving of respect.
Offers for help are pouring in for an eight-year-old Liberian girl disowned by her own family in Phoenix, Arizona, after being raped by four boys.
The girl is under the care of the Arizona Child Protective Service (CPS) because her parents said she had shamed them, and they did not want her back.
Phoenix police said calls had come in from all over the US offering money, or even to adopt the young girl.
The boys, Liberian immigrants aged nine to 14, have been charged with rape.
The case has sparked outrage across the US and even drawn condemnation from Liberian President Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf, an outspoken anti-rape campaigner.
"I think that family is wrong. They should help that child who has been traumatised," Mrs Johnson-Sirleaf told CNN.
Well, since I am going along swimmingly on my New years resolutions, I thought it may be a good idea to have something more manageable for the short term. (yes, you can call this cheating - I am not abandoning them, but adding to them).
Ok, the new stuff:
1. Lose my recent habit of slandering large swaths of the Muslim community.
2. Learn once again how to work hard.
3. Learn some manners in real life too.
The Haredi population believe in big families and reject TVs, computers, and Zionism
The headlines declared it a holy war, an almighty stand-off between the city's religious and secular residents. For weeks West Jerusalem has been rocked by fierce street battles as ultra-religious Jewish protesters have clashed with police, resulting in countless injuries, dozens of arrests and thousands of pounds damage.
Banks and building societies are trying to rebuild their profits at the expense of customers, according to Moneyfacts.
The price of borrowing has continued to rise significantly, even though the Bank of England's base rate has stayed at a record low, new figures show.
Mortgage rates have seen the sharpest rise. Three months ago, the price of a typical two-year fixed mortgage was 4.65%. Now it's 5.17%.
Interest rates on credit cards have also risen, though by a smaller amount.
The charges on cash loans have been steady since the start of the summer, although they are up by more than 2% since this time last year.
Rebuilding Profits
Human rights groups in South Korea say North Korea has stepped up executions of Christians, some of them in public.
The communist country, the world's most closed society, views religion as a major threat.
Only the founder of the country, Kim Il-sung, and his son, Kim Jong-il, may be worshipped, in mass public displays of fervour.
Despite the persecutions, it is thought up to 30,000 North Koreans may practise Christianity secretly in their homes.
A report by a number of South Korean groups highlights one particular case of a woman allegedly executed in public last month, in a northern town close to the Chinese border.
She was accused of distributing Bibles, spying for South Korea and the United States and helping to organise dissidents.
Officials in Shanghai are urging parents to have a second child, the first time in decades the government has actively encouraged procreation.
A public information campaign has been launched to highlight exemptions to the country's one-child policy.
Couples who were both only children, which includes most of the city's newly-weds, are allowed a second child.
The move comes as China's most populous city becomes richer and older, with the number of retired residents soaring...
Read more @ BBC News
COPENHAGEN – A Danish military unit has become embroiled in a dispute about Muslim headscarves after it allowed a hijab-wearing woman to complete a training course.
The Home Guard, a home defense corps of thousands of volunteer soldiers, does not allow headscarves and violated that rule when it allowed Maria Mawla, 27, to wear one during its 10-day basic training program, spokesman Joergen Jensen said Monday.
"We made a mistake internally," Jensen told The Associated Press.
The issue became national news in Denmark after the populist Danish People's Party, known for its anti-Muslim outbursts, expressed shock over an article about Mawla posted on the Home Guard's Web site.
