Monthly Archives: January 2013

A Saudi Welcome. By Omar Hayat – Life and Society

  "MUHAMMAD", the young Saudi boy, who appeared no more than 7 years old, shouted at my colleague, a respected senior Engineer from Syria who had been working in Saudi for many years. "MUHAMMAD!" My colleague turned to me, rolling his eyes in sad resignation, and said, "Welcome to Saudi Arabia!" I had been in Saudi only a few days and …

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Can “jihad” survive Pam Geller? BY ALEX SEITZ-WALD

  It's an uphill fight, but Muslim activists are trying to reclaim a holy word that's become synonymous with terror   MyJihad.org bus ad featuring two volunteers, an American-Muslim and an Israeli-Jew.(Credit: MyJihad.org) So you want to rebrand a word. It’s hard to think of a more difficult rebranding project than “jihad.” Since Sept. 11, the term has become synonymous with …

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රිසානාගේ මවට පියාට අඬන්න කඳුළුත් නෑ – මුතූර් රොෂාන් ජීවන්ත – Lankadeepa.lk

– http://www.locallanguages.lk/sinhala_how_to_install_in_english.html සෞදි අරාබියේදී මරණ දඬුවමට ලක්ව හිස ගසා මරා දැමුනු රිසානා නෆීක් ගේ මාපියෝද නංගී සහ මල්ලීද දැඩි ශෝකයට පත්ව සිටියහ. මුතූර් සාපිනගර් ප‍්‍රදේශයේ රිසානාගේ නිවස පිහිටා තිබිණි. එය වටේට තහඩු ගසා පොල් අතු සෙවිලි කල මඩුවක් වැනි නිවෙසකි. අද (9) පස්වරුවේ අප එහි යනවිට එම නිවසේ සිටියේ රිසානාගේ මව ෆරීනා නෆීක් (43) සහ නැගණියන් දෙදෙනා වන රිෆ්නා සහ රිෆ්කා …

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Executing Rizana Nafeek is Sheer Saudi barbarism; Absolutely nothing to do with Islam and Shariah By Latheef Farook

  Islam requires mother should” breast feed” the child for two years. In this case mother   failed in her duty to feed her baby as requested by Hoy Quran.   The execution of housemaid Rizana Nafeek who languished in Death Row, in one of the most inhuman environment, in a Saudi prison for almost seven years is nothing but sheer barbarism of …

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American Girl Finds the Meaning of her Life in Islam By Reading Islam Staff

  Read   this interview with sister Alicia about her Journey to Islam; the self-destructive lifestyle she used to lead and the devastating ordeals she experienced and the happiness, satisfaction, and spiritual fulfillment that she enjoys now after embracing Islam.   I didn’t come from a very religious family. I mean they say they are religious but they are not really what …

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