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Forms of protest

Just wondering if certain types of protests wouldn't be Islamically allowed.

E.g. Is going on a hunger strike permissible? As it may be an effective way of protesting however you are denying yourself something halal and it could lead to a massive deterioration of your health.

Or can you say it's the same as when the Muslims didnt eat because of being forced out of Makah...I really need to brush up on my history as I can't remember exactly what happened at that time Wacko

Britain is under threat from a rising tide of "militant secularisation", a cabinet minister has warned.

Religion is being "sidelined, marginalised and downgraded in the public sphere", Conservative co-chairwoman Baroness Warsi wrote in an article for the Daily Telegraph.

The Muslim peer said Europe needed to become "more confident and more comfortable in its Christianity".

She will also highlight the issue in a speech at the Vatican later on Tuesday.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-17021831

International Youth Film Project - Free GoPro Hero2 camera available

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Es selaam,

I came across this project as I am interested in the camera the sponsoring company makes.
The [B]GoPro Hero2 a Compact Solid State High Definition Camera[/B] that can be fixed to mountain bikes, surfboards, helmets of people who do a parachute jump, ....
In other words: the camera is aimed at capturing scenes (in HD) of action.

Kufr in Islam

Kufar is an Arabic term used in a Islamic doctrinal sense, usually translated as "unbeliever" or "disbeliever". The term refers to a person who rejects God or who hides, denies, or covers the "truth". Even though labeling infidelity is referred usually to Islam

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Kufrul-'Inaad:
Disbelief out of stubbornness. This applies to someone who knows the truth and admits to knowing the truth and admits to knowing it with his tongue, but refuses to accept it

Tower Hamlets Councillor Shelina Akhtar sacked for benefit fraud

An east London councillor has been sacked after being jailed for 16 weeks for benefit fraud.

Tower Hamlets Councillor Shelina Akhtar, 33, of Poplar, who represented Spitalfields and Banglatown, was sentenced at Snaresbrook Crown Court.

Last month she admitted three counts of failing to notify a change of circumstances with regards to housing benefits for a rented property

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-16914477

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