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Although it is the location of the First Building constructed as A Mosque in North America it is not the one the TV show was modeled after. That one is the Mosque locate on the Praire up North In Saskatchewan Province I believe or Maybe Alberta.
Although now especially in the US it is becoming common for a local Islamic Society to form and pool together to build a Mosque.
some actually have full time paid Imams.
In most of the Mosques I attend typically the oldest person present acts as Imam. At my age I am almost always the oldest person present.
Yes, I know. It was actually a group of Baha'is who produced that series.
Little Mosque on the Prairie: Louhelen Baha'i School to Host an Evening With Executive Producers From the International | Reuters
A lot of Muslims immigrated to Canada as mink farmers.
The problem is because of the Islamic prohibition against interest, they can't take out mortgages to build their mosques.
The one in Jackson does.
We'll start calling you Imam Woodrow.Are you a Haji as well?
No problem. I am receptive to hearing all views. each of us has our own experiences that may often flavor our views and opinions. I find it very worthwhile to listen to and examine the views and opinions of other people. It is about the only way I can actually learn. I will never learn something new from someone who thinks the same as me.
Having been raised Roman Catholic I may be more aware of the alters being on the East side and have seen the same in all the classic Cathedrals I have seen. It is predominately a Catholic, Anglican and Orthodox thing. But world wide those make up over 60% of the people who wear the name of Christian.
You interpreted dhikr (remembrance) as Qur'an
dhikr is one of the Quran's names/descriptions:
there are many Quranic verses which shows this. here is one of them:
15:6. And they say: "O you (Muhammad ) to whom the Dhikr (the Qur'an) has been sent down! Verily, you are a mad man.
I did not add anything. I copied the translation of the meaning of the Quranic vesre from a source approved by the highest authorities .and added "from corruption" which is not in the Arabic Qur'an.
it is important to know that the Arabic is the only Quran because it is the original, while all othe translations are man-made and might differ according to whoever made the translation.
Right, and on the Mecca website it says that Allah is a moon god and he hides in the Kabaa. In fact, you wrote such a thing yourself on this forum just yesterday...
... What do you mean you didn't write it! I'm telling you, it's in one of your posts! It's not there? Oh, that means you obviously deleted it!
Who needs mosques when there are roads & parks & houses ...
Messenger of God (Muhammad) said: "All of the earth is a Masjid (mosque) except for the graveyard and the washroom." Jami` at-Tirmidhi 317 ... In-book reference : Book 2, Hadith 169
Russia on it's way to becoming a Muslim majority military.!
Predicting a Majority-Muslim Russia :: Daniel Pipes
"By 2015, Muslims will make up a majority of Russia's conscript army, and by 2020 a fifth of the population. "If nothing changes, in 30 years people of Muslim descent will definitely outnumber ethnic Russians," Goble said." ... "and the possibility of majority of it being Muslim in 2050"
PIPES: Muslim Russia? - Washington Times
"Within a few years, Muslims will make up half the conscripts in the Russian Army"
Or all the Christians could convert to Islam and then everything would be a mosque!
I'd imagine most Jews do know that we face Jerusalem, but some might not know why. Solomon, in his speech dedicating the Temple, stated that when we were carried off to other lands, we should pray toward the Temple for forgiveness and HaShem would hear our pleas and forgive us our sins. So, our synagogues are designed so that our services pray toward Jerusalem.
No, sadly because of health it seems I never will be.
I wish you the best
do not be sad or worry. one of the conditions for performing hajj is the capability for doing it.
the conditiond are health, financial and safety matters.
if any of these is lacking, then Hajj is not obligatory.
No. Is Allah a Sunni?Nice one but does not work:
was Jesus a catholic?
Did you read my response? I looked one of them up- Encyclopaedia Britannica- and the article about the Catholic Church on there says nothing about it being started by Alexander the Great 300 years before Christ, or about it taking over Christianity in AD 325. I even posted the link to the article.what about the other sources he asked her to refer to?
If you are going to post a video about someone making wild claims about the Catholic church and how it allegedly 'took over Christianity' and the speaker provides fake sources, rest assured I will investigate and call them on it.more importantly: why are you making such a big deal of something which has no value at all when talking about Christianity?
They believed Islam was true, and left their religion. Not unlike one of my friends, who was a Muslim and then left Islam to become a Christian. People converting to a religion does not make it true.I posted a link which shows a number of ex-Christian priests who embraced Islam. can you tell us why they did so?
They believed Islam was true, and left their religion. Not unlike one of my friends, who was a Muslim and then left Islam to become a Christian. People converting to a religion does not make it true.
Muslims have a very childish view on the subject of conversion, one which consists of "People are converting so its better and true"
Ironically for all their boasting of people becoming muslim, they're the most insecure about people leaving islam, often punishing those who do and having a hissy fit over somebody who does leave Islam.
Also you cant get a true representation of conversion, when people who convert to Islam in the west get to boast and shout from the rooftops, while those who leave Islam in the Muslims world (and even Muslim communities in the west!!!) have to live in fear of punishment, wether official state sanctioned or un-official Mobs.
Now Woodrow, how do you expect people to be able to hang on to their beloved stereotypes if you keep answering with sweat reasonableness?
Having been a Christian and now a Muslim, on a world wide basis, I do not see a person who leaves Islam as being in any more danger than a Christian who leaves Christianity. While typically "Christian Honor" killing are not called such I have found they do occur. Often called "Domestic Violence" with no further explanation. But I have found that it is not uncommon for a person who leaves Christianity in Italy, Spain, Greece and Portugal to become a victim of "Domestic Violence"
I know more than a few American Christians that have reverted to Islam and are afraid to have any family members know. It is one of the most common concerns I hear from recent converts to Islam.
Speaking as I Muslim.
I do not know who is a Muslim. No one does. That is only known to the person and Allaah(swt). None of us can see into another person's heart and thoughts. To be a Muslim it means a person is submitting to God(swt) to the best of their ability. If a person is Submitting to God(swt) they are Muslim even if they do not yet know they are Muslim.
Any one can claim to be a Muslim and not be one. Likewise there are probably people who claim not to be Muslim and are Muslims.
We do not know who is or who isn't a Muslim, we only know who claims to be.Muslim
I think the same goes for all religions. We do not know, we only know what a person claims to be.
Just my opinion I do not believe a person is any religion if they are not willing to say they are that religion, no matter what the consequences.
In other words:
A Christian is not a Christian If they are not willing to say they are Christian, no matter what the consequences.
A Jew is not a Jew If they are not willing to say they are Jewish, no matter what the consequences.
A Muslim is not a Muslim If they are not willing to say they are Muslim, no matter what the consequences.
etc
I think some Missionaries play the threat of death card to show the need of more Evangelizing. and to be able to claim higher converts than they actually have.
I was once a Missionary "converting" Muslims. In my ego I thought I had won more souls than the numbers showed, because I believed most converts were afraid to say they were Christian.
On a World wide basis, People who leave Christianity just as much danger as those who leave Islam?
Oh come off it, now we're deluding ourselves are we?
The threat of death is very real,
but like all those who convert to Islam, you end up deluding yourselves and pretending it doesnt happen, to justify your newfound religion. You know whats going on!, but because you've converted your now palming it off on your "ego" and brushing it under the carpet.
And as for numbers converting, Muslims are the ones who constantly play figures to boost there rates, so its bit rich of accusing us of tactics to boost our rates of converion.
Behind the vaneer of "Being reasonable" you're no diffrent to any other Muslim who betrayed Christianity and joined the ranks of the false prophet.
Muslims dont accept those who leave Islam for Christianity, so I reckon we should return the favour.
On a World wide basis, People who leave Christianity just as much danger as those who leave Islam?
Oh come off it, now we're deluding ourselves are we?
The threat of death is very real, but like all those who convert to Islam, you end up deluding yourselves and pretending it doesnt happen, to justify your newfound religion. You know whats going on!, but because you've converted your now palming it off on your "ego" and brushing it under the carpet.
And as for numbers converting, Muslims are the ones who constantly play figures to boost there rates, so its bit rich of accusing us of tactics to boost our rates of converion.
Behind the vaneer of "Being reasonable" you're no diffrent to any other Muslim who betrayed Christianity and joined the ranks of the false prophet.
Muslims dont accept those who leave Islam for Christianity, so I reckon we should return the favour.
Oh come off it, now we're deluding ourselves are we?
[FONT=Geneva, Arial, Helvetica, san-serif]In the early hours of Sunday morning, Faten Habash died at the hands of her father, after being beaten repeatedly over the head, by what is believed to have been an iron bar. Her desperate cries drew people from the street, but they were too late and only her lifeless body greeted them.
This happened shortly after she had been returned to the family house from hospital, where she had spent a period of time recovering from a broken pelvis and various other injuries resulting from an earlier beating by her father and other family members.
The reason for this violence? Fatens insistence to marry a man that her parents did not approve of. She tried twice in the last month to elope to Jordan, but authorities returned her to the family home, where the tragic events unfolded that led to her premature death and added Faten to a long list of women who have been victims of family "honour".
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Hiding behind honor
by Joharah Baker and Omar Karmi
FATHER IBRAHIM says he insisted on a Friday requiem mass for 23-year-old Faten Habash. It was unusual procedure for the Latin Catholic parish in Ramallah. Normally, the family of the deceased would request a special mass, but the Habash family made no such request.
Fatens father had admitted to killing his own daughter on May 2. He killed her, he told police, for reasons of honor. The family refused to host the traditional three days of condolences for the young woman, and while reportedly at the funeral the father, who has remained unnamed in public records, was released from police custody for two hours to attend they sat at the back.
Honour killing also happens in Christian communities in the Mediterranean and other regions. The culture of Ancient Rome allowed the father to kill his children if he deemed necessary. Honour killing was only abolished as a specific category in Italy in 1981, and murders in the name of honour still occur in the country. In 2006, Bruna Morito was shot six times in the face by her brother for bearing a child outside marriage. In Brazil, men could be acquitted for murdering their wives up until 1991, and there have been 800 recorded such murders in a single year. Even in 1991, a lower court ignored the ruling of the Supreme Court and acquitted Joao Lopes for the double homicide of his wife and her lover. In fact, the opposition of the woman as the vessel of familial honour and the man as its protector was widespread throughout the southern European region, although it is not clear how many murders are committed in the name of honour at the present time.
Even within the Middle East, honour killing is not restricted to Muslims. In Yemen, a Jewish father killed his daughter after a rebuke from the rabbi for her extra-marital pregnancy, and in Palestine, in 2005, Faten Habash was beaten to death with an iron bar, wielded by her Christian father because she wanted to marry her Muslim boyfriend.
A group of vigilante Christians have killed at least 12 Muslims, including a pregnant woman and 10 children, in the Central African Republic.
The gang of Christians disembowelled the pregnant woman and slashed the children with machetes in the attack against Peuhl Muslims.
The attack took place around 95km north of the capital Bangui, AFP reports
A military source said: "The assailants were seen not far from the camp and they returned in the night to attack the herdsmen who were there with just knives
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