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February 26

The Ethical Standard of the Prophet Muhammad

 
Another article with regards to the cartoon controversy. Another must read..
 
The Ethical Standard of the Prophet Muhammad
By Imam Zaid Shakir
 
 
 
 
Imam Zaid Shakir is amongst the most respected and influential Muslim scholars in the West. Born in Berkeley, California, the second of seven children he accepted Islam in 1977 while serving in the United States Air Force. He then obtained a BA with honors in International Relations at American University in Washington D.C. and later earned his MA in Political Science at Rutgers University.He taught as an Adjunct Professor of Political Science and Arabic at Southern Connecticut State University until his departure for Syria to further his studies in the traditional Islamic Sciences. For seven years in Syria and briefly in Morocco he immersed himself in an intense study of Arabic, Islamic law, Quranic studies, and Islamic spirituality with some of the top Muslim scholars of our age. In 2001, he graduated from Syria's prestigious Abu Noor University .

Insights on the Cartoon Controversy

 
Following is a must read article on the recent cartoon controversy:
 
Clash of the Uncivilized: Insights on the Cartoon Controversy
By Imam Zaid Shakir
 
 
Imam Zaid Shakir is amongst the most respected and influential Muslim scholars in the West. Born in Berkeley, California, the second of seven children he accepted Islam in 1977 while serving in the United States Air Force. He then obtained a BA with honors in International Relations at American University in Washington D.C. and later earned his MA in Political Science at Rutgers University.He taught as an Adjunct Professor of Political Science and Arabic at Southern Connecticut State University until his departure for Syria to further his studies in the traditional Islamic Sciences. For seven years in Syria and briefly in Morocco he immersed himself in an intense study of Arabic, Islamic law, Quranic studies, and Islamic spirituality with some of the top Muslim scholars of our age. In 2001, he graduated from Syria's prestigious Abu Noor University .
September 26

Another first in Kuwait

 
Saw Arabic speaking MnM's.....on TV ofcourse :)
 
Saw a preview of Simpsons in Arabic as well......just curious what "Eat my shorts" will be in Arabic...??
 
 
August 14

Very very fast meal.....

I had ostrich meet for the first time....tasted like beef...
August 13

funny language....

I  fond zis very amusing......

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English, the Official Language and not the German

European Commission has just announced an agreement whereby English will
be the official language of the European Union rather than German, which
was the other possibility.  As part of the negotiations, the British
Government conceded that English spelling had some room for improvement
and has accepted a 5-year phase-in plan that would become known as
Euro-English".

In the first year, "s" will replace the soft "c". Sertainly, this will
make the sivil servants jump with joy.

The hard "c" will be dropped in favour of "k". This should klear up
konfusion, and keyboards kan have one less letter.

There will be growing publik enthusiasm in the sekond year when the
troublesome "ph" will be replaced with "f" This will make words like
fotograf 20% shorter.

In the 3rd year, publik akseptanse of the new spelling kan be expekted
to reach the stage where more komplikated changes arepossible.

Governments will enkourage the removal of double letters which have
always ben a deterent to akurate speling.

Also, al wil agre that the horibl mes of the silent "e" in the languag
is disgrasful and it should go away

By the 4th yer people wil be reseptiv to steps such as replasing "th"
with "z" and "w" with "v".

During ze fifz yer, ze unesesary "o" kan be dropd from vords kontaining
"ou" and after ziz fifz yer, ve vil hav a reil sensibl riten styl.

Zer vil be no mor trubl or difikultis and evrivun vil find it ezi tu
understand ech oza. Ze drem of a united urop vil finali kum tru

Und efter ze fifz yer, ve vil al be speking German like zey vunted in ze
forst plas.

If zis mad you smil, pleas pas on to oza pepl.


 
August 12

Wah Ghalib - غالب کیاکہنےہں

Aate hain ghaib se ye mazamin khayal mein — Ghalib sarire-khama nawai sarosh hai ....

(these thoughts or ideas emanate from the heavens, oh Ghalib, your pen is only the scribe of the voice of the gods).

 
Conquering the World|true|Following are countries I have been to and also the one I would like to see:

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visited 14 countries- like to visit 32 countries