My friends wants to buy me something, (dunno why as they do for me as much as i do for them) but that doesnt matter...

would it be alright to say something around (NOT the words im actually going to use) "the greatest thing you guys could give me would be To try and become more religious."

i know it sounds like i'm full of myself. the thing is, i would DEFINITELY accept a little present from my friends as i know that i wouldnt want someone to refuse a present i give them, but they want to buy something in the hundreds of pounds!!!

I cant accept that! when i was talking about the thing i wanted, it was just whim, i didnt think they'd take it seriously!

what IS the point?

you turn your back on the world...and some RANDOM person comes along and hugs you and you had NO idea there were there, NO idea how long they've been there...watching you and there's NO way you can escape the hug...

if you intend to close yourself on the world, please just turn sideways...

if you turn sideways you can keep an eye on the world so no one can try and hug you, hugging a shoulder is VERY uncomfortable so even the randomest person wont last long, and you can definatly see the hug coming so you can escape it.

isnt there a saying "keep your friend close and your ennemies closer" if you've decided to make the World your ennemy then how can you afford to turn your back on it??

I was just reading on the aggregator a story by Islam in Europe about the response in Denmark to a non Muslim pop star called Medina.

She was born in Chile and apparently it is a popular name there.

Muslims are deeply offended that someone called medina will go on stage to perform her song and dance and to tittilate her audience. How dare the woman desecrate the name of the second holiest city in Islam!

Except that even if her name was from arabic, the word madina in arabic means "city".

the city was originally called Yathrib and after the hijrah it was known as "Madina tun nabi" meaning "city of the prophet".

just checking the news...

Austin Kettle from Ipswich changed her name to 'Mrs Lorraine Darla I Hate Thomas Cook And Its Associates Big Shot Company Treading On The Little Guy Leeks' after a row with the company.

the link!

can you still string a few words together?
Is the force that hit you way lighter than a feather,
DO i have to write these words ina rhythm to be rap
For there to be running water do i need a tap?
surley before there was a way that i called mine,
Cus it feels somethings lost & i cannot find,
Realised something for the future to ignore my past,
Things are flying by is time moving to fast?
No, its an illusion or thats what theyre telling me,
But whats really in these products that theyre sellin me
Wana bar, shall we catch a bite to eat?
No, because it's like you took the ground under my feet,
Shook it up put it back & something was missing,
& now i'm left here & i dont know why im wishing,
In the night i wana see the stars but i dont see them,

If pretty pretty pictures can speak a thousand words, what does that say about motion/video?

I am sure a lot of you will have been in this situation where there is someone about to edicate you about something Islamic... and you may even be interested and then the person starts...

"Nahmaduhu wa nusalleee"

and you rarely get past this bit stilla wake as it is so... ordered and pretentious and fake. then there is the contents that drone on and on, pretending to be atlreast 50 years older than the person is as if that privides gravitas and importance... allowing you to have a quick nap until some moron shouts "Takbeer!" making you jump up as if someone had attacked you...

What if there was another way?

A campaign has begun in order to improve the image of Islam after a recent poll by YouGov revealed that more than half of British people associate Islam with terrorism and violence.

"Inspired by Muhammad" aims to promote Islam as a peaceful faith, and the positive contribution it has on British society. Posters of Muslims with captions read: "I believe in rights for women... so did Muhammad" will be seen at bus stops, Tube stations and even on London Cabs.

A YouGov poll found that 58% of the British population surveyed associated Islam with extremism, 50% associate it with terrorism and 68% feel the religion encourages the repression of women.

TV presenter and Islam convert Kristiane Backer is one of the many faces of the campaign.

The Revival has always had a tag line "voice of the Muslim Youth!" - but what does it mean?

Does it mean that The Revival is the only voice of the muslim youth, or that 'Ed is the voice of the Muslim Youth? What about me?

To answer it about me - I really doubt that I am. More there is no single voice of the Muslim youth, but many indivitual voices from many young Muslims and combined they are the voices of the Muslim youth

Something that has become apparent recently is that there are some seriously commited Muslims who have strong opinions - some I agree with and defend, others that I will disagree with and maybe even attack.