THE GLOBAL PEACE AND UNITY EVENT 2007

MuslimSister —

Salaam

The two day massive, family oriented extravaganza is back on again in London on the 24th and 25th of November.

In previous years I’ve attended a lot of these events - at the Excel Centre, Alexandra Palace, Wembly arena, local Town halls…I even used to attend the ones that took place out of London.

However, I don’t attend these events as much as I used to for many reasons….

1.It takes up an entire day or two. It’s very exhausting.

2.Can be expensive. A two day ticket for the Excel for one person is £20. It costs £9 to park your car in the car park for a day. Its about £5 for people travelling on trains to get there. And then you have to buy your own over priced food.

3.I don’t actually ever learn anything – the large amount of people that are present, number of stalls/exhibitions, noise, lost kids etc etc makes it hard to focus.

I’m don’t actually understand the point of these events…its more of a - day out with friends and family thing for me now…(which I can do anytime/anywhere)

We’re very fortunate that we live in a time that Islamic events are on the rise….we live in a time where so many people are proud of their religious identity, we so lucky that we’re able to hire out beautiful venues like the Excel…however, have we lost the focus?

SO much time, energy, money and effort goes into organizing these events. But what exactly is the point?

I do believe that there are some benefits to such events. But I'm not sure if the pros outweigh the cons.

I prob will attend this event. However, I no longer hold Islamic events as a necessity or obligation any more.

How often do you guys attend religious events?

Wasalaam

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MuslimBro — Tue, 30 Oct 2007 - 01:55

Today or tomorrow is the last day to get your tickets for £15, after that you would have to pay £20 so get your tickets now if you haven't done so.

They have also announced the speakers/artists.

Sajid Iqbal — Tue, 30 Oct 2007 - 22:54

[quote="MuslimBro"]Today or tomorrow is the last day to get your tickets for £15, after that you would have to pay £20 so get your tickets now if you haven't done so.

They have also announced the speakers/artists.[/quote]
WHO ARE THE SPEAKERS/ARTISTS?

Ya'qub — Tue, 30 Oct 2007 - 23:31

[quote="TheRevivalEditor"]JUST SEEN EM: http://www.theglobalunity.com/Speakers.php for me just Imam Zaid Shakir...and prob Abdul Hakim Quick... rest ..so so... but all good stuff and artixts: Native Deen/Dawud wharnsby/ Zain Bhika/yuusf islam are ones to look 4rwrd to...[/quote] surely mishary rashid? my favorite recitor by far. also robert fisk is perhaps th most trustworthy british journalist in th mid-east

Funzo — Wed, 31 Oct 2007 - 13:12

does anybody know what is the man who was at wembley last year he was a comedian from the carabean i think he was muslim his name along the lines of imam ahmed

MuslimBro — Sun, 25 Nov 2007 - 00:48

It was supposed to finish at 10 but didn't. It was announced to finish at 9:30, then at 9.

I most liked the two comedians; the Pakistani guy and the Palestinian. Most boring was the awards ceremonies.

Food was overpriced but was nice. There was alot of stalls, nearly spent a hundred quid there today (or yesterday to be technical). Will go there tomorrow InshaAllah and spend some more.

There was alot of sisters volunteering MashaAllah. Got alot of leaflets, which I was given and some lectures by some brothers who were passionate about what was happening in Iraq, Chechnya, Afghanistan, ect.

Met alot of people I knew around, and the most annoying thing was my phone ran out of battery when I was taking pictures, grrr.

How comes there was no Revival stall... and more importantly, where was Ed?

It was my first time I have attended such a big event, but I don't think I will be attending such events in the future. You don't learn anything and spend alot of money there.

So anyone who went (yes, that includes you Ya'qub) please share your experiences.

Ya'qub — Sun, 25 Nov 2007 - 00:50

[quote="MuslimBro"]It was supposed to finish at 10 but didn't. It was announced to finish at 9:30, then at 9.

I most liked the two comedians; the Pakistani guy and the Palestinian. Most boring was the awards ceremonies.

Food was overpriced but was nice. There was alot of stalls, nearly spent a hundred quid there today (or yesterday to be technical). Will go there tomorrow InshaAllah and spend some more.

There was alot of sisters volunteering MashaAllah. Got alot of leaflets, which I was given and some lectures by some brothers who were passionate about what was happening in Iraq, Chechnya, Afghanistan, ect.

Met alot of people I knew around, and the most annoying thing was my phone ran out of battery when I was taking pictures, grrr.

How comes there was no Revival stall... and more importantly, where was Ed?

It was my first time I have attended such a big event, but I don't think I will be attending such events in the future. You don't learn anything and spend alot of money there.

So anyone who went (yes, that includes you Ya'qub) please share your experiences.[/quote] :shock: how did you know i went?

😃

Alisha — Sun, 25 Nov 2007 - 11:49

[quote="MuslimBro"]It was supposed to finish at 10 but didn't. It was announced to finish at 9:30, then at 9.

I most liked the two comedians; the Pakistani guy and the Palestinian. Most boring was the awards ceremonies.

Food was overpriced but was nice. There was alot of stalls, nearly spent a hundred quid there today (or yesterday to be technical). Will go there tomorrow InshaAllah and spend some more.

There was alot of sisters volunteering MashaAllah. Got alot of leaflets, which I was given and some lectures by some brothers who were passionate about what was happening in Iraq, Chechnya, Afghanistan, ect.

Met alot of people I knew around, and the most annoying thing was my phone ran out of battery when I was taking pictures, grrr.

How comes there was no Revival stall... and more importantly, where was Ed?

It was my first time I have attended such a big event, but I don't think I will be attending such events in the future. You don't learn anything and spend alot of money there.

So anyone who went (yes, that includes you Ya'qub) please share your experiences.[/quote]

The Christian Pali guy? He was good, Jeff Mirza (Pakistani) was hilarious. So was Umair Ali.

Never been before, would like to go next year Insha'Allaah, if I need some abayahs etc its all in one place.

Ya'qub — Sun, 25 Nov 2007 - 20:36

[b]Me:[/b] [color=green]I went to the GPU today.[/color]

[b]My housemate:[/b] [color=red]What's that?[/color]

[b]Me:[/b] [color=green]The Global Peace and Unity Event.[/color]

[b]My Housemate:[/b] [color=red]Which university?[/color]

[b]Me:[/b] [color=green]No! It was a big Islamic event.[/color]

[b]My Housemate:[/b] [color=red]Oh, OK. Any good?[/color]

[b]Me:[/b] [color=green]Yeah, I met Malcolm X's daughter.[/color]

[b]My Housemate:[/b] [color=red]Who?[/color]

[b]Me:[/b] [color=green]You know Malcolm X?[/color]

[b]My Housemate:[/b] [color=red]err...no.[/color]

MuslimBro — Sun, 25 Nov 2007 - 22:52

[quote="Alisha"]The Christian Pali guy? He was good, Jeff Mirza (Pakistani) was hilarious. So was Umair Ali.[/quote]
I don't know their names although they mentioned it but I think they were the ones. The Paki guy from yesterday also came today. The Palestinian guy said that his religion is Christianity and faith is Islam? He said that he did a show somewhere before and he got off the stage and there was 7 Israeli's sitting at the front row, and he quickly had to go back on stage before they occupied it lol, that was funny. Trust me it's better if you were actually there when they did their jokes.

I particularly liked the nasheed they played today. They're called Noor and they're from California (US). The nasheed they played was called All For You. I was so close to buying their album but I changed my mind at the last second.

[url]http://www.myspace.com/noorification[/url]
[url]http://www.noorification.com/[/url]

Bliss — Sun, 25 Nov 2007 - 23:14

[quote="Alisha"][quote="Funzo"]is it a live feed?[/quote]
Yup live, soz 4 late reply gpu is overrrrrrrrr[/quote]

So Alisha how would you sum up theses two days i take it you attending both days?

I was gng to go but thought i'll get a better view watching it on TV, having said that I hardly watched it.

Alisha — Sun, 25 Nov 2007 - 23:14

[quote="MuslimBro"][quote="Alisha"]The Christian Pali guy? He was good, Jeff Mirza (Pakistani) was hilarious. So was Umair Ali.[/quote]
I don't know their names although they mentioned it but I think they were the ones. The Paki guy from yesterday also came today. The Palestinian guy said that his religion is Christianity and faith is Islam? He said that he did a show somewhere before and he got off the stage and there was 7 Israeli's sitting at the front row, and he quickly had to go back on stage before they occupied it lol, that was funny. Trust me it's better if you were actually there when they did their jokes.

I particularly liked the nasheed they played today. They're called Noor and they're from California (US). The nasheed they played was called All For You. I was so close to buying their album but I changed my mind at the last second.

[url]http://www.myspace.com/noorification[/url]
[url]http://www.noorification.com/[/url][/quote]

Yeh, that was xtian pali guy, christian but faith is Islam :S He was respectful. Yup, I saw that "Israelis sitting in the front, they might occupy the stage" thing lol

Jeff Mirza is the Pakistani guy, he was on today aswell. Hes funny, would make a cool uncle =p

JazakAllah for those links

Alisha — Sun, 25 Nov 2007 - 23:17

[quote="Bliss"][quote="Alisha"][quote="Funzo"]is it a live feed?[/quote]
Yup live, soz 4 late reply gpu is overrrrrrrrr[/quote]

So Alisha how would you sum up theses two days i take it you attending both days?

I was gng to go but thought i'll get a better view watching it on TV, having said that I hardly watched it.[/quote]

Nope, didnt attend neither. I didnt go, watched on telly and online. Seemed good, if I went I woulda left early like 4 and wouldnt have gotten to c the main performers.

It looked good, they had the NQC finals, then Model Mosque, Jeff Mirza, Omair Ali and others.

MuslimBro — Thu, 29 Nov 2007 - 18:06