Wife 'beheads husband' in Karachi

Police in the Pakistani city of Karachi say a woman beheaded her husband and chopped up his body after he announced plans to take a fourth wife.
Officers said Majeeda Khatoon killed her husband while he was asleep and cut him up, helped by two male relatives.

The dismembered parts were then dumped in a drain in the Gulshan-e-Hadeed area on the city's outskirts.

Police said the woman, arrested last week, had confessed to the crime. Islam permits men to take up to four wives.

It seem as though the classic na'at khwan and nasheed reciters are a dying breed. Everyone now seems to be using music which is a subject of dispute amongst the scholars.

I think the following article is highly relevant in this regard:

Pop Culture in the Name of Islam
YVONNE RIDLEY
Monday, April 24, 2006

I FEEL very uncomfortable about the pop culture which is growing around some so-called Nasheed artists. Of course I use the term 'Nasheed artists' very lightly. Islamic 'boy bands' and Muslim 'popsters' would probably be more appropriate.

Salaam

While watching Prison Break, I was constantly flicking channels to BBC4 due to this programme. (If its available online, I will need to watch it fully...)

On to a number of claims. The three wise men? They were buddhists. APparently when a leader dies, they follow stars to find the reincarnated leader.

In childhood the child is taken away for teaching of the budhist ways.

Salaam

The “Don't freak, I'm a Sikh” stickers on backpacks and tee shirts are very common in London underground.

Such stickers make me smile however; this is quite a serious issue for the Sikh.

According to statistics Sikhs face more racist backlash that Muslims because of their turbans….its ironic because the turban in the UK is a sign of the Sikh identity and not the Muslim one…

Because of this reason some Sikhs have a serious problem with Muslims.