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Islam and Thanksgiving

Thu, 26 Nov 2009 01:13:51 GMT

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Clip Source: www.connectionnewspapers.com

The national holiday of Thanksgiving is a special holiday which has a beautiful message and is celebrated by all faiths and denominations. In Islam the Quranic term of giving thanks is "Shukr", the recognition of a favor and its acknowledgement. It is mentioned several times in the Quran, and all Muslims are required to apply this attribute of giving thanks in their daily lives.

Tags: holiday, islam, thanksgiving

Obama didn't like 'V' storyline....gets writers FIRED

Tue, 24 Nov 2009 22:41:56 GMT

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Clip Source: www.rumormillnews.com

Wow at first I was going to call this a rumor ....but it IS NOT, writers for the show V fired because of omamba

I heard this on Mancow's show this morning and thought this had to be a farce/BS that obama caused the writers to be fired from the show V and I couldn't wait to get home to check this out for myself.....

http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&source=hp&q=obama+causes+tv+show+V%27s+writers+to+be+replaced&btnG=Google+Search&aq=f&oq=&aqi=

MASS ANIMAL SACRIFICE SET TO BEGIN

Tue, 24 Nov 2009 19:13:11 GMT

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clipper's remarks: Is there any need for this slaughter? It is so primitive.

Clip Source: www.express.co.uk

MASS ANIMAL SACRIFICE SET TO BEGIN

Devotees lined up outside a Hindu temple in southern Nepal at the start of a two-day religious celebration involving the sacrificial slaughter of hundreds of thousands of animals.

Protests have occurred in recent weeks in towns near the Gadhimai temple and in the capital Kathmandu by animals rights activists and other religious groups.

However, Hindu organisers said they would not halt the slaughter because it was a centuries-old tradition.

More than 200,000 buffaloes, goats, chickens and pigeons will be killed Tuesday and Wednesday at the temple in the jungles of Bara district, about 100 miles south of Kathmandu.

Chief government administrator in the area Taranath Gautam said tens of thousands of people began lining up in the early hours of Tuesday, and the animal sacrifice rituals had started.

Tags: mass animal sacrifice set to begin

Huston Smith's painful spiritual odyssey

Tue, 24 Nov 2009 04:18:41 GMT

clipped by: arifsali
clipper's remarks: It's a good read.

Clip Source: www.cnn.com

"Religion," Smith once wrote, is "the call to confront reality; to master the self." Smith had strived to answer that call for much of his life.

He had trained with Zen masters in Japan, camped with aborigines in Australia and dropped peyote with Native American shamans. He didn't just study religions; he lived them.

In time, Smith became known as the sage of world religion. He introduced the Dalai Lama to the West; befriended mythologist Joseph Campbell and was the subject of a five-part PBS series hosted by Bill Moyers called "Wisdom of the Ages."

But as Smith sat at his daughter's bedside, the wisdom of the ages offered little consolation. "I would sob uncontrollably, crying in anguish," he said.

Tags: life, religion

Sadness is good for you...

Mon, 31 Aug 2009 03:13:38 GMT

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Clip Source: www.telegraph.co.uk

By Richard Alleyne, Science Correspondent
Published: 6:00PM GMT 14 Jan 2009

Sadness is good for the health because it helps people change their lives for the better, a study claims.

Scientists have warned that growing tendency to medicate against sadness like a disease stops us embracing our miserable side and removes the motivation to mature emotionally.

Like the saying "what does not kill me, makes me stronger", being sad and melancholic can leave sufferers better able to cope with life's challenges, more resilient and spur them to greater achievements, it is claimed.

The researchers point out that today's society prizes personal happiness above all else and there is little tolerance for wallowing in despair after losing a job, the break-up of a relationship or the death of a loved one.

But a growing number of mental health experts fear the increasing tendency to take a pill to beat the blues could actually affect human evolution.

Reddit and TED, QA with Karen Armstrong

Thu, 12 Nov 2009 18:43:23 GMT

clipped by: arifsali
clipper's remarks: This is a must read, important questions of the day, answered by Karen Armstrong.

Clip Source: blog.ted.com

Why did the Buddha teach that the existence of God (that is, whether God exists or not) is irrelevant?

Before we get to the Buddha, I want to describe a spiritual exercise that developed in India in the 10th century BCE, four hundred years before his lifetime and which is a model of authentic religious discourse.

It was called the Brahmodya Competition and its aim was to find a verbal formula that defined the Brahman, the ultimate reality that lies beyond the gods and is indefinable because it is the inmost essence of all things, the force that pulls the disparate parts of the universe together.

Tags: religion

Get this: Muslims actually contributed to science 800 years ago

Wed, 11 Nov 2009 14:30:23 GMT

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clipper's remarks: And don't you freakin forget it. Funny how they are Muslim scientist, not Arab scientists.

Clip Source: entertainment.timesonline.co.uk

scientists using the Hubble space telescope reported the first sighting with visible light of a planet circling a star other than our own sun. It orbits 25 light years away around one of the brightest stars in the sky, called Fomalhaut.

Isn't that a curious name for a star? Not obviously mythological, it sounds as if it derives from some forgotten French astronomer. Not so; it is, in fact, from the Arabic fum u'l haut, meaning “mouth of the fish”. And Fomalhaut is not alone in having an Arabic derivation - there are well over 100 others, including Betelgeuse, Aldebaran and Deneb. How did the Arabs get to name stars?

The answer, as these two revealing books make clear, is that they once led the world in astronomy. Muslim scientists were mapping the heavens, and pondering our place in them, while Europeans were still gazing at the night sky with baffled awe.

Get this: Muslims actually contributed to science 800 years ago

Wed, 11 Nov 2009 14:30:23 GMT

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clipper's remarks: And don't you freakin forget it. Funny how they are Muslim scientist, not Arab scientists.

Clip Source: entertainment.timesonline.co.uk

Nidal Hasan Disobeyed Islamic Doctrine

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 19:19:45 GMT

clipped by: arifsali
clipper's remarks: I'm not a fan of quoting scriptures or polemical exegesis but here is one article explaining why the alleged murderer was wrong if religious teachings was the motive.

Clip Source: www.loonwatch.com

The Islamic religion commands believers to obey the laws of the land they live in, even if it be one ruled by nonbelievers. Muslim jurists consider citizenship (or visa) to be a covenant (aqd) held between the citizen (or visa holder) and the state, one which guarantees safe passage/security (amaan) in exchange for certain obligations (such as obeying the laws of the land); covenants are considered sacredly binding in Islam. The Quran commands:

And fulfill every covenant. Verily, you will be held accountable with regard to the covenants. (Quran, 17:34)

Tags: muslims, quran, religion

"Muslim world"

Fri, 06 Nov 2009 16:37:23 GMT

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clipper's remarks: Makes a lot of sense, I would read the whole article at the source.

Clip Source: newsweek.washingtonpost.com

If the American public very wrongly holds American Muslims responsible for the tragedy in Fort Hood, a major problem in my mind is the narrative that Muslims as a community and many well-meaning Americans, including President Obama, have promoted. That is, the concept of the "Muslim world." The idea reached its climax during the President's much vaunted speech to the Muslim world from Cairo earlier in the year. I argued then, that the appellation of a "Muslim world" is facile.

Muslims are as ethnically, socially, ideologically and politically as diverse as any religious group in the world. Of course they share a religious tradition, and will advocate for human rights abuses affecting co-religionists globally. And, of course, as a minority, Muslims in America must work to present a unified voice.

But when we give in to the conception of a monolithic Muslim world crossing national boundaries, then the equation changes quickly.

Tags: muslims, united states

Kashmir - Journey To Freedom

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 09:42:25 GMT

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clipper's remarks: In a rare look at the region, Udi Aloni filmed his protagonists as they launched their new struggle. Finally refused re-entry by the Indian government, Aloni was forced to tell the rest of this story far from the land and people he had come to admire.

Clip Source: www.kashmirthefilm.com

My memory is again
in the way of your history:
Army convoys all night
like desert caravans...
We can’t ask them:
Are you done with the world?
In the lake the arms
of temples and mosques
are locked
in each other’s
reflections

Agha Shahid Ali
Kashmiri poet

Clip Source: www.kashmirthefilm.com

[Video]

Clip Source: www.kashmirthefilm.com

Once described by Mahatma Gandhi as “a pillar of light in a subcontinent lost in darkness,” Kashmir has become a land of terror and despair, its people suffering under the strain of constant violence and human rights violations. This film tells the story of a new generation of young Muslim Kashmiris who, after years of armed resistance, decided to lay down their arms and start a nonviolent resistance movement in the hope of finally achieving peace and independence.

Tags: kashmir, documentary, udi aloni

In San Antonio, Muslims stand with the massacre victims

Sat, 07 Nov 2009 17:12:29 GMT

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Clip Source: www.mysanantonio.com

As Muslims met for weekly prayers in mosques here and nationwide, they underscored their solidarity for the victims of Thursday's rampage at Fort Hood, allegedly by a man whose very name manifests his Muslim heritage.

Muslims have condemned the attack blamed on Army psychiatrist Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan as cowardly and antithetical to core Islamic beliefs and practices, while also issuing warnings to the public and their own communities about the potential for backlash.

Several hundred Muslims gathered in the city's largest mosque, the Islamic Center of San Antonio, where they denounced the shooter's violence and distanced themselves from his version of Islam.

“Most Muslims that do join the Army are Americans first,” he said, “and they're there to protect their country first.”

“I just want to show myself in a positive way for the religion I represent,” he said. “I just hope people don't stereotype.”

Tags: texas, muslim, islam, soldiers, religion, belief

In San Antonio, Muslims stand with the massacre victims

Sat, 07 Nov 2009 17:12:29 GMT

clipped by: wiccantexan

Clip Source: www.mysanantonio.com

Several hundred Muslims gathered in the city's largest mosque, the Islamic Center of San Antonio, where they denounced the shooter's violence and distanced themselves from his version of Islam.

“Most Muslims that do join the Army are Americans first,” he said, “and they're there to protect their country first.”

“I just want to show myself in a positive way for the religion I represent,” he said. “I just hope people don't stereotype.”

Tags: texas, muslim, islam, soldiers, religion, belief

"Muslim world"

Fri, 06 Nov 2009 16:37:23 GMT

clipped by: arifsali
clipper's remarks: Makes a lot of sense, I would read the whole article at the source.

Clip Source: newsweek.washingtonpost.com

But when we give in to the conception of a monolithic Muslim world crossing national boundaries, then the equation changes quickly.

Tags: muslims, united states

"Muslim world"

Fri, 06 Nov 2009 16:37:23 GMT

clipped by: arifsali
clipper's remarks: Makes a lot of sense, I would read the whole article at the source.

Clip Source: newsweek.washingtonpost.com

But when we give in to the conception of a monolithic Muslim world crossing national boundaries, then the equation changes quickly.

Tags: muslims, united states

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Islam and Thanksgiving

Obama didn't like 'V' storyline....gets writers FIRED

MASS ANIMAL SACRIFICE SET TO BEGIN

Huston Smith's painful spiritual odyssey

Sadness is good for you...

Sadness is good for the health because it helps people change their lives for the better, a study claims.

Reddit and TED, QA with Karen Armstrong

Get this: Muslims actually contributed to science 800 years ago

Get this: Muslims actually contributed to science 800 years ago

Nidal Hasan Disobeyed Islamic Doctrine

"Muslim world"

Kashmir - Journey To Freedom

My memory is again in the way of your history: Army convoys all night like desert caravans... We can’t ask them: Are you done with the world? In the lake the arms of temples and mosques are locked in each other’s reflections

In San Antonio, Muslims stand with the massacre victims

In San Antonio, Muslims stand with the massacre victims

"Muslim world"

"Muslim world"

My memory is again
in the way of your history:
Army convoys all night
like desert caravans...
We can’t ask them:
Are you done with the world?
In the lake the arms
of temples and mosques
are locked
in each other’s
reflections