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noreply@blogger.com (Mehedi) — Thu, 24 Apr 2008 14:59:00 +0000

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No Drowning

noreply@blogger.com (Mehedi) — Tue, 22 Apr 2008 12:17:00 +0000

What if you can't swim?

Going Bangladesh

noreply@blogger.com (Mehedi) — Fri, 14 Mar 2008 20:45:00 +0000

Insha'Allah I will be flying out tomorrow to Bangladesh using one of the most unreliable airline in the world, yes that's Biman Airline.

I am hoping to be back in 2 weeks from now, so thats end of this month, Insha'Allah please remember me in your duas.

Here's some little facts about Bangladesh, if you got nothing better to read right now:

- Bangladesh is one of the world's most densely populated countries
- Population: 158.6 million
- Capital and largest city: Dhaka
- Major language: Bengali
- Major religions: Islam, Hinduism
- Life expectancy: 63 years (men), 65 years (women)

Sirah Tour 2008

noreply@blogger.com (Mehedi) — Wed, 05 Mar 2008 11:49:00 +0000

Advert made by iGraphic

M&S to charge 5p for carrier bags

noreply@blogger.com (Mehedi) — Thu, 28 Feb 2008 11:27:00 +0000

Marks and Spencer is to begin charging its food shoppers for carrier bags. Customers will have to pay 5p for plastic bags, with the money raised going to an environmental charity. Chief executive Sir Stuart Rose said the company wanted to "make it easy for our customers to do their bit to help the environment".

My guess may be the money will go towards helping Israel build new modern cities in Palestine, or perhaps buy more bulldozers to break houses of thousands in Palestine.

Additional info about M&S:

M&S supports Israel with approximately $233 million in trade every year (Jerusalem Report, 5 June 2000) .

The Israeli ambassador to England recently honored Marks & Spencer for the company's continued support of Israel. (JTA, 13 December 2000).

In 1998 Sir Richard Greenbury Marks & Spencer, received the Jubilee Award by the Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu. This is the highest tribute ever awarded by the "State of Israel" in recognition of those individuals and organizations, that through their investments and trade relationships, have done the most to strengthen the Israeli economy. (answers.com)

New ugly look of BBC

noreply@blogger.com (Mehedi) — Wed, 27 Feb 2008 23:44:00 +0000

The last time I visited the BBC was 2 hours ago... just checked it now! I'm shocked... WHAT THE FISH!

It's so eeew, what the heck was BBC thinking? My TV license paid for this site, so at least bother to make it look decent, my site (http://muslimways.com) event looks better than this.

I demand the old site to be back online!!

Eduardo discharged from hospital

noreply@blogger.com (Mehedi) — Wed, 27 Feb 2008 23:18:00 +0000

Arsenal striker Eduardo has been discharged from hospital 4 days after undergoing surgery on a horrific leg injury on Saturday.

The 25-year-old suffered a fractured left fibula and an open dislocation of his left ankle. Eduardo will have his leg in plaster for the next six to eight weeks before beginning a rehabilitation programme. Arsenal say the Croatia international should be running again in six months.

Eduardo is expected to be out of the game for nine months

Britain in need of death penalty?

noreply@blogger.com (Mehedi) — Wed, 27 Feb 2008 18:16:00 +0000

Ok, I know you can't trust 90% of the things Daily Sun reports but this survey shows a staggering 99 percent of the 95,000 readers want death penalty to be reintroduced.

Think British people finally realising there's no point for us (the taxpayers) to pay for these filthy rapists, paedophile, murderers to be kept alive in jail for 30 years or more.

Seriously why should we? They are nothing but a desease to the society.

Source

End of Stage6

noreply@blogger.com (Mehedi) — Wed, 27 Feb 2008 11:33:00 +0000

Although I'm not a big fan of films, or visit sites like youtube as often as some of my mates, but I have to admit the recent announcement by Stage6 is kinda upseting: http://www.stage6.com/blog/108/

Stage6 is like the only real high quality website, which allows user to upload divx quality videos. Oh well insha'Allah someone will be rich enough to make a Islamic version of Stage6 one day.

Varm it up

noreply@blogger.com (Mehedi) — Tue, 26 Feb 2008 22:59:00 +0000

Shomel sent this to me through facebook, you might find it funny if you are asian.

Youtube link

Eduardo's horrific injury

noreply@blogger.com (Mehedi) — Sun, 24 Feb 2008 13:13:00 +0000

If you missed MOTD yesterday, you wouldn't know how sickening this incident was. Arsenal was playing Birmingham and striker Eduardo suffered a horrific injury. For copyright reasons youtube removed all the videos, but images on video are still available. See it at your own risk.

He had to have a surgery, and have been told he will miss the rest of the season and Euro 2008, and Arsenal boss Arsene Wenger said he fears a "much longer" absence. Lets hope he can play again!

Pictures

BBC: Men arrested in Saudi for 'flirting'

noreply@blogger.com (Mehedi) — Sat, 23 Feb 2008 12:48:00 +0000

This is funny, it was on 'most read' today list on bbc online. I will just mention some of the extracts:

Prosecutors in Saudi Arabia have begun investigating 57 young men who were arrested on Thursday for flirting with girls at shopping centres in Mecca.

These people should be ashamed, calling yourself Muslim and doing this even after living in a land like Saudi... how flipping dare you?

The men are accused of wearing indecent clothes, playing loud music and dancing in order to attract the attention of girls, the Saudi Gazette reported.

Indecent cloths and music?... ok not sure if this is 100% true, because it's the media reporting it, but if it is true, what a bunch of horny freaks, they seriously need a life.

The mutaween enforce Saudi Arabia's conservative brand of Islam, Wahhabism.

Can't believe they still refer Salafism (People who strives to follow the lifestyle and teachings of the first three generations of Muslims; the Companions, the Successors and their successors) as Wahabism (named after the revivalist muslim scholar Shaykh Abdul Wahab).

Insha'Allah (God willing) I will keep you guys updated

Father brain damaged by youth who served only half sentence

noreply@blogger.com (Mehedi) — Wed, 20 Feb 2008 19:09:00 +0000

DailyMail

Kitbag sucks

noreply@blogger.com (Mehedi) — Wed, 20 Feb 2008 15:59:00 +0000

After I made the Puma trainer post, I actually purchased the trainer from kitbag.co.uk, but the next day they emailed me saying:

With regard to your order placed at Kitbag we are very sorry to inform you that one or more of the products you have requested is not available. This is due to an error when we attempted to assign stock to your order. Please accept our sincere apologies for any inconvenience or disappointment this may cause. We would be delighted to help you find an alternative

Soon as I checked the email (2 days later), I went on the kigbag site and the item was still up for sale... really annoyed, stupid timewasters.

lack of sleep

noreply@blogger.com (Mehedi) — Mon, 18 Feb 2008 13:19:00 +0000

Ah man... yesterday night was one of the most frutrating nights ever... I simply couldn't sleep because we had this coffee type thing called moccah or something from Cafe Isha, it was nasty... it just reminded me of how much I hate coffee.

I stayed up til 3:30 just being bored, now that i'm at work I feel drowsy.

But I've been feeling really good mentally since my last frustrated post 2 days ago... also feel motivated to gain some Islamic knowledge, alhamdulilah (Praise be to God).

argh

noreply@blogger.com (Mehedi) — Sun, 17 Feb 2008 00:00:00 +0000

argh!!

really don't like hearing people complain, even when it's not for something I've done!!

seriously, some people really don't understand how frustrating it is to hear them complain for over 30minutes, continually.

it just goes on and on and on... it really hurts my head, that's probabily THE most annoying thing in the world!!

Gunman kills six at US university

noreply@blogger.com (Mehedi) — Fri, 15 Feb 2008 15:02:00 +0000

If you keep yourself uptodated with latest news I am sure you heard about the awful shooting at a university near Chicago in the United States, killing six students. Another 15 people were injured in the attack. Police said there was no apparent motive same as the gunman who killed 32 students and staff at Virginia Tech University.

Believe it or not this is the fourth shooting at a US education establishment within a week. (ref).

The guman described to me white was armed with two handguns and a shotgun. He turned the gun on himself after open firing at the students in a lecture room.

What I was wondering is what if the Gunman was a Muslim, would they have simply mention the colour or the religion along with it?

Another modern day pagan ritual - valentine's day

noreply@blogger.com (Mehedi) — Thu, 14 Feb 2008 12:31:00 +0000

Valentine's Day, a day that after dying out a well deserved death in most of Europe (but surviving in Britain and United States) has suddenly started to emerge across a good swath of Muslim countries.

Who was Valentine? Why is this day observed? Legends abound, as they do in all such cases, but this much is clear:

Valentine's Day began as a pagan ritual started by Romans in the 4th century BCE to honor the god Lupercus. The main attraction of this ritual was a lottery held to distribute young women to young men for "entertainment and pleasure"--until the next year's lottery. Among other equally despicable practices associated with this day was the lashing of young women by two young men, clad only in a bit of goatskin and wielding goatskin thongs, who had been smeared with blood of sacrificial goats and dogs. A lash of the "sacred" thongs by these "holy men" was believed to make them better able to bear children.

As usual, Christianity tried, without success, to stop the evil celebration of Lupercalia. It first replaced the lottery of the names of women with a lottery of the names of the saints. The idea was that during the following year the young men would emulate the life of the saint whose name they had drawn. (The idea that you can preserve the appearance of a popular evil and yet somehow turn it to serve the purpose of virtue, has survived. Look at all those people who are still trying, helplessly, to use the formats of popular television entertainments to promote good. They might learn something from this bit of history. It failed miserably) Christianity ended up doing in Rome, and elsewhere, as the Romans did.

The only success it had was in changing the name from Lupercalia to St. Valentine's Day. It was done in CE 496 by Pope Gelasius, in honor of some Saint Valentine. There are as many as 50 different Valentines in Christian legends. Two of them are more famous, although their lives and characters are also shrouded in mystery. According to one legend, and the one more in line with the true nature of this celebration, St. Valentine was a "lovers'" saint, who had himself fallen in love with his jailer's daughter.

Due to serious troubles that accompanied such lottery, French government banned the practice in 1776. In Italy, Austria, Hungry, and Germany also the ritual vanished over the years. Earlier, it had been banned in England during the 17th century when the Puritans were strong. However in 1660 Charles II revived it. From there it also reached the New World, where enterprising Yankees spotted a good means of making money. Esther A. Howland, who produced one of the first commercial American Valentine's Day cards called--- what else--- valentines, in the 1840s, sold $5,000 worth--when $5,000 was a lot of money--the first year. The valentine industry has been booming ever since.

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Muslims don't need any of these fake days to show their love for their husband or wife, to us everyday is special, Alhamdulilah (all praise belongs to God)

In Islam, the festivals are clearly defined and well established, and no additions or subtractions may be accepted. They are an essential part of our worship and there is no room for ijtihaad or personal opinion.

Related Articles:
Ruling on Celebrating Valentine's Day
Valentines Day - Yawm al-Hubb

Valentine's Day

noreply@blogger.com (Mehedi) — Thu, 14 Feb 2008 12:03:00 +0000

I was flicking through BBC online and came across pictures relating to valentine's day around the world... some might find this funny... i found it to be disgraceful.

Protesters in Delhi staged a rally against Valentine's Day, which they describe as an assault on traditional Indian values:

Whereas Muslims in Baghdad, Iraq doing this:

World's wealthiest football clubs

noreply@blogger.com (Mehedi) — Thu, 14 Feb 2008 11:56:00 +0000

1) Real Madrid: £236.2m

2) Man Utd: £212.1m

3) Barcelona: £195.3m

4) Chelsea: £190.5m

5) Arsenal: £177.6m

6) AC Milan: £153m

7) Bayern Munich: £150.3m

8) Liverpool: £133.9m

9) Inter Milan: £131.3m

10) AS Roma: £106.1m

Puma trainer

noreply@blogger.com (Mehedi) — Thu, 14 Feb 2008 00:48:00 +0000

From past few months I been wanting to buy a new trainer, so kept my eye open. Noticed the new Puma trainers look kinda cool but out of my budget, but alhamdulilah now that I got a job and a great excuse to buy things (going Bangladesh for holiday), I can finally buy a puma trainer.

Shomel's new puma budoka trainer:

But this is the one I want to get, it's called puma future cat low, yes yes i know it's not good as shomels one but he got a full time job and I don't :

I was gonna put up ali's new Adidas graffiti trainer but I think he unblogged it.

Foggy day in London

noreply@blogger.com (Mehedi) — Wed, 13 Feb 2008 15:28:00 +0000

This image was published in todays metro, taken by a guy as he approached Heathrow airport.

You can see top of canary wharf buildings, including the HSBC building.

Simply stunning!

'Muslims for Life' nasheed album

noreply@blogger.com (Mehedi) — Tue, 12 Feb 2008 21:39:00 +0000

Came across this link when brother hoque sent the link by msn. All audio is 100% instrument free. Drum sounds are entirely vocal. That's shocking considering the state of the Ummah (Muslim Community).

Tracks:

# Qur'an
# Naseeha
# Mercy to Mankind
# The Search
# Tell me Why
# Repentance
# Cradle to the Grave
# Revert
# Salaat
# Supplication

Buy it or listen to sample, be careful of that site though, they sell haram "nasheeds" too.

'Muslims for Life' includes 10 tracks with nasheeds in English, Arabic, Bengali, French and Urdu.

Blogspot Dilemma

noreply@blogger.com (Mehedi) — Mon, 04 Feb 2008 12:49:00 +0000

I am confused about weather to stick to my long names blogspot account or to host it on my server (same as aligraphy blog. I have my long named URL, I wanted something small like simplymuslim but that’s taken by an arab speaking blogger who last updated his blog back in 2005!!

Blogger should make blog domains available for others after certain time. It’s annoying to find inactive members hogging a perfect domain name.

Either that or they should get a fresh new domain, like blogspot2 or bloggger.

Anyways if you have any good blog names for me, please let me know hitting the comment button, would really appreciate it.

Divorce Sharia Style

noreply@blogger.com (Mehedi) — Mon, 04 Feb 2008 00:04:00 +0000

Was just flicking through TV, waiting for Top Gear and MOTD, when I realised Channel 4 talking about those terrorists again, oh I mean Muslims. Anyways the program was called Divorce: Shariah Style.

They showed at Sharia council a Muslim legal institution, which offers Muslims advices about various matters, the program concentrated on couples and mainly women.

To me it seemed like they are trying to portray Shariah as something negative, they kept mentioning the punishment for thieves (hand to be cut) and adulterer (killed). Call me an extremist but I don't see anything wrong with that, Shariah solves a lot of inhuman deseases that exists in our lives, I mean seriously what is the point of keeping pedophiles, rapists, adulterers and murderers alive? As one of the Imam said Shariah law will make governments life easier and they don't have to worry about making new jails.

As usual the documentary had slightly dark underground look to it, a lot of shooting was done without any lights in the dark... wonder what that was about? also I thought they were trying to scare the Britons into thinking Islamic laws are creeping into British legal system.

sorry if bits of this post don't make sense, i'm half a sleep!