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by Thai
Fri Aug 15, 2008 2:07 am
Forum: Here and Now
Topic: Why we do not call ourselves Muslims
Replies: 63
Views: 6060

Re: Why we do not call ourselves Muslims

anjami

Your post about the Quran not being a book was interesting. It is my understanding that the Quran has no biginning and no end? A book normally has a biginning a middle and an end. It is also interesting to note that the verses (ayah) are "signs". ---signs that show the way perhaps?
by Thai
Fri Aug 15, 2008 1:45 am
Forum: Islam Today
Topic: A proud Muslim Man.......
Replies: 30
Views: 3719

Re: A proud Muslim Man.......

It is my understanding that "honor" killings are also part of the "tradition" of Sikh and Hindu communities. (western media did report on these before getting fixated on Islam) A 2007 ABC news article mentioned that homicide was the leading cause of death for pregnant women in the U.S.---pregnant ...
by Thai
Fri Aug 15, 2008 12:33 am
Forum: Here and Now
Topic: Why we do not call ourselves Muslims
Replies: 63
Views: 6060

Re: Why we do not call ourselves Muslims

There is only one God, so regardless of our different understanding or ways of worship---we all ultimately worship the "one" God/divine/creator ---whatever name we may call it.

Making judgements against others based on a premise that you/your beliefs/your God is "superior" to all others is the ...
by Thai
Thu Aug 14, 2008 4:08 am
Forum: Here and Now
Topic: Another Pedophile Mullah......
Replies: 13
Views: 1848

Re: Another Pedophile Mullah......

Sorry about this being off the subject but I found the question by IAMMUSLIM interesting.

I think the verses are not referring to differences of understanding/interpretation but rather the "division" caused by claiming the "only truth" or the "only right path" and that all other ways of ...
by Thai
Thu Aug 14, 2008 3:05 am
Forum: Islam Today
Topic: A proud Muslim Man.......
Replies: 30
Views: 3719

Re: A proud Muslim Man.......

I am not sure the "voilent" protests against cartoons really represents Islam/peace. When I mentioned lesser Jihad---It was not my intention that such (cartoon)protests be an ideal example of it. I was thinking more in terms of the Islamic concept of "Ijtihad"---to strive, to make efforts to solve a ...
by Thai
Wed Aug 13, 2008 2:33 am
Forum: Islam Today
Topic: A proud Muslim Man.......
Replies: 30
Views: 3719

Re: A proud Muslim Man.......

Responsibility

When such things happen---I wonder about responsibilty. Ofcourse the one who commits a crime is totally responsible for his actions---but what about the community, the religious leaders or prayer leaders of the community, the scholars of faith? The women? what, if any ...
by Thai
Mon Jul 28, 2008 2:03 am
Forum: Here and Now
Topic: To Hijab or not to Hijab........
Replies: 35
Views: 2387

Re: To Hijab or not to Hijab........

If Hijab/beard are used as political statements by religious leaders who are "fundamentalists" then should "modernists"/"progressives" take off hijab and shave off beards as a counter political statement?

In this battle of influence of muslims, who do you think will eventually win---the ...
by Thai
Mon Jul 28, 2008 1:53 am
Forum: Islam Today
Topic: For the Muslim Prom Queen, There Are No Kings Allowed
Replies: 11
Views: 1280

Re: For the Muslim Prom Queen, There Are No Kings Allowed

Is there something wrong with muslim boys that they cannot control themselves? Are they "weaker" than other boys their age who are able to go to a prom and still behave? Maybe western boys are better at the inner Jihad?

And the girls. Are our girls such wimps that they cannot defend themselves ...
by Thai
Thu Jul 24, 2008 3:48 am
Forum: Here and Now
Topic: To Hijab or not to Hijab........
Replies: 35
Views: 2387

Re: To Hijab or not to Hijab........

by the way---in an unrelated program, an egyptian woman mentioned that before 1975, egyptian women did not wear the headscarf---this is a trend that started only after 1975----did the Quran suddenly change or what? She wonders....
by Thai
Thu Jul 24, 2008 3:45 am
Forum: Here and Now
Topic: To Hijab or not to Hijab........
Replies: 35
Views: 2387

Re: To Hijab or not to Hijab........

I read this article on another news site---I think al-jazeera? It went into more details ----for example---when the men were asked why they were harrassing women, the answer was because they were bored!!!---not because of lewd thoughts or such---they were doing it out of boredom!!! also, women ...
by Thai
Thu Jul 24, 2008 3:26 am
Forum: Islam Today
Topic: For the Muslim Prom Queen, There Are No Kings Allowed
Replies: 11
Views: 1280

Re: For the Muslim Prom Queen, There Are No Kings Allowed

Maybe if muslim youth were encouraged to interact with each other while maintaining respect for the other as a human being---we might see less mistreatment of women by muslim men. ---I read somewhere of how U.N. peacekeeping soldiers were raping female children! and some of these men came from ...
by Thai
Thu Jul 24, 2008 3:18 am
Forum: Islam Today
Topic: For the Muslim Prom Queen, There Are No Kings Allowed
Replies: 11
Views: 1280

Re: For the Muslim Prom Queen, There Are No Kings Allowed

I think many "unislamic" concepts/ideas have crept into islam and are considered as "requirements" of islam.

During the time of the prophet, women were equal partners of the community and religion. they were "participators". Why then the "segregation" now? What happened? The whole purpose of ...
by Thai
Fri Jun 27, 2008 3:04 pm
Forum: Here and Now
Topic: No! We are not a Christian Nation
Replies: 2
Views: 237

Re: No! We are not a Christian Nation

Abraham Lincoln was also not a practicing christian.
by Thai
Fri Jun 27, 2008 3:03 pm
Forum: Here and Now
Topic: No! We are not a Christian Nation
Replies: 2
Views: 237

Re: No! We are not a Christian Nation

Thomas Jefferson, one of the founding fathers and the one who wrote the declaration of Independence was not a christian---he was a Deists. He beleived in one God. He also had a copy of the Quran and read it.
by Thai
Tue Mar 11, 2008 3:49 am
Forum: Islam Today
Topic: Those Turks!!
Replies: 3
Views: 259

Re: Those Turks!!

instead of fashioning a "new Islam" we should abolish the hadiths altogether and simply go back
to the "original Islam" the one in the quran. after
all, prophet muhammed was a human, like the rest of
us and what he thinks and feels cannot be divinely
inspired. the quran is not the thoughts and ...
by Thai
Fri Mar 07, 2008 1:47 am
Forum: Islam Today
Topic: what is nafs?
Replies: 6
Views: 533

Re: what is nafs?

since i was not familiar with the terms, maya, atman etc --i googled them. apparantly, there is a duality in "maya" that is, there is the reality of god and the reality of creation and in order to understand the reality of god, one must understand that the perception of the reality of the universe ...
by Thai
Thu Mar 06, 2008 2:09 am
Forum: Islam Today
Topic: what is nafs?
Replies: 6
Views: 533

Re: what is nafs?

thanks for the reply. what an amazing idea! the revised verse would read something like this----
surah 4, verse 1---"o mankind! fear your guardian lord, who created you all from a single (nafs) feminine principle created out of it her mate and from them both, spread many men and women

what is ...
by Thai
Wed Mar 05, 2008 8:44 am
Forum: Islam Today
Topic: what is nafs?
Replies: 6
Views: 533

what is nafs?

christians believe that eve was created out of adam's ribs---which has lead some christains to conclude that women are inferior to men. some muslim
scholars like to point out that in Islam men and women are equal because god created them from the same nafs. this word is translated varyingly as ...
by Thai
Wed Dec 12, 2007 2:57 am
Forum: Islam Today
Topic: Towards the Ka’abah, and the One
Replies: 3
Views: 318

Re: Towards the Ka’abah, and the One

arabic should not be called "the speach of god" the quran says arabic was used as the language of the quran so that the poeple to whom the message was sent would understand it. God does not have a language preference.

brotherhood and universality and tolerance are good messages about the haj. but ...
by Thai
Wed Dec 12, 2007 2:12 am
Forum: Here and Now
Topic: 'Westernised' women being killed in Basra
Replies: 25
Views: 2589

Re: 'Westernised' women being killed in Basra

muslims, both men and women, cannot claim to be against terrorism when they actively or passively allow their women to be terrorized.
by Thai
Wed Dec 12, 2007 1:59 am
Forum: Here and Now
Topic: Evolution of the Dumb
Replies: 6
Views: 1072

Re: Evolution of the Dumb

It was found that the chimps have photographic memory and that this ability is also found in human babies. In human adults, photographic memory is sometimes found in savants, people who have brain impairment so that they end up with special abilities. Some scientists think that humans today do not ...
by Thai
Wed Jan 17, 2007 1:53 am
Forum: Islam Today
Topic: Who is the Father of Jesus (sws)?
Replies: 1
Views: 291

Re: Who is the Father of Jesus (sws)?

From the article, i would assume that the christian god has a gender and that this gender is male. Is allah male or female or genderless?---If god is genderless----we cannot put human characteristics or status of "father" or "mother" or "friend" to allah---right?
by Thai
Sat Nov 04, 2006 3:49 am
Forum: Here and Now
Topic: The Hijab And I
Replies: 9
Views: 1114

Re: The Hijab And I

The Quran gives many freedoms to women and one of them is the freeedom to dress as they choose (with the condition that the dress be modest). This condition is applied to both men and women. However, what is disturbing to me is the misconceptions regarding this issue of the veil. Many imams and ...
by Thai
Tue Oct 31, 2006 2:26 am
Forum: Islam Today
Topic: Universities something to think about
Replies: 7
Views: 1127

Re: Universities something to think about

The internet has given the power of the transfer of knowledge to individuals rather than governments or institutions. Now with the click of the mouse, anyone can gain knowledge on any subject. That is why this forum is so great. People can talk about Islam, post articles, debate and see different ...
by Thai
Tue Oct 31, 2006 12:40 am
Forum: Here and Now
Topic: The Hijab And I
Replies: 9
Views: 1114

Re: The Hijab And I

Passages from the Koran are translated and interpreted in different ways. One interpretation regarding the veil is below----

the article from the internet:-

"Tell the believing men to lower their gaze and guard their chastity; that is purer for them. And tell the believing women to lower their ...
by Thai
Tue Oct 31, 2006 12:21 am
Forum: Here and Now
Topic: Lifting the Veil on the Veil Issue
Replies: 1
Views: 505

Re: Lifting the Veil on the Veil Issue

This is an article from the Internet "the Guardian" ---An Interesting point of view.

If ministers really want a proper debate, they must learn that where the veil is forbidden, women hasten to wear it

Karen Armstrong
Thursday October 26, 2006
The Guardian

I spent seven years of my ...
by Thai
Wed Sep 27, 2006 1:53 am
Forum: Here and Now
Topic: Mayor Murray on Shiite Muslims belief
Replies: 5
Views: 829

Re: Mayor Murray on Shiite Muslims belief

The article mentions something like---either the judeo-christian philosophy will win or the islamic philosophy will win. I would say, Islam has already "won". If Islam is about submission to one god, then most of the world is already monotheistic and therefore is "Islamic". Islam includes christians ...
by Thai
Thu Sep 07, 2006 4:35 am
Forum: Islam Today
Topic: The War of Jesus and Allah?
Replies: 1
Views: 395

Re: The War of Jesus and Allah?

I have friends who have had the same experience, christians comming up to them and saying their god is not the same as the god of islam. If christianity claims to be a monothiestic religion, as does Islam, then there cannot be a "right" god or a "wrong" god because there is only "one" god. Therefore ...
by Thai
Thu Sep 07, 2006 4:09 am
Forum: Here and Now
Topic: The Islamic Way of War
Replies: 11
Views: 1343

Re: The Islamic Way of War

The (american) article seems to have very conveniently forgotten that the american colonists themselves fought this so called "Islamic way of war" when they drove the British out of America. It is called guerilla warfare and people all over the world use this tactic. (take vietnam for example)
by Thai
Thu Sep 07, 2006 3:45 am
Forum: Here and Now
Topic: Behind the dispute over Shebaa Farms
Replies: 1
Views: 473

Re: Behind the dispute over Shebaa Farms

informative article. I had wondered about this whole "Shebaa Farms" bussiness. The article claims Hezbollah wants Isreal "wiped off the map". It is getting really tiring to continously read such statements from the press. It would be nice if the countries in the region would take out an advertizing ...