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Submitted by Courage on 22 May, 2008 - 09:25

So does the same apply to the n-word, in your opinion? Surely it's just a word then that was used for black people or people from Africa.

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Submitted by BD Brother on 22 May, 2008 - 10:39

Courage wrote:
So does the same apply to the n-word, in your opinion? Surely it's just a word then that was used for black people or people from Africa.

the n-word was a derogatory word used by the colonial powers to name its African slaves, a derogatory word which actually means sub class, scum and pretty much the worst word in the vocabulary to describe a human however the Afro-American population started using it within themselves as a sort of siege mentality in the context of' hey we are proud people and you wont break us' type of thing. Even today the rappers and highly successful afro-americans use the term as a form of 'Brotherhood' with their fellow people who have ancestors from Africa. I think it was Malcom X or Muhammad Ali ( Cant remember who exactly tbh) who so cleverly used the word against the people who used it as a form of abuse.

The word 'Paki' however is derived from the Land the people hail from - as the immigrants in the mid 19th century did having come over from Pakistan ( Pak/Paak = Pure/ Stan=Land). The racist culture of britain at the time used 'Paki' as a racist slant, ignorantly taking away any translatory meaning it may have ( Paak is an arabic word meaning Purity or Clean) and had started labeling all people from the Indian Sub Continent with this name. Nowadays many people in britain who have ancestoral roots from Pakistan also use the word 'Paki' to describe one another and in the context of the word it is perfectly viable. If people who hail from Afghanistan are deemed Afghan's or from Uzbekistan as Uzbek's - there is really no academic rule in not calling people from Pakistan Paki's however the racist connotations that it has in britain suddenly make it a very rude word when in actual fact it is perfectly viable.

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Submitted by Courage on 22 May, 2008 - 15:14

One thing, Paak doesn't mean pure in Arabic! If it did it would be Baak. You know, barking outside my house. Tahir means pure not Baak or Paak.
Afghans, Uzbeks, Brits and Aussies are not offensive, because hardly anyone takes offfence about them. But we all know that some Pakistanis would be offended if someone called them Paki. At least admit that SOME would.

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Submitted by Noor* (not verified) on 22 May, 2008 - 15:28

tahir = pure in arabic
paak = pure in urdu

Submitted by SID (not verified) on 22 May, 2008 - 17:29

Naz wrote:

Pakistan = pure land/country/place

Paki = pure
Stan = land/country/place

i thot it was like this:

[b]Pak: [/b]pure
[b]is:[/b] a connective 'thing' to join the two words to make em one just like Qaid-e-azam, jashnay-e-baharaan, qurat-ul-ain n etc etc
[b]Tan: [/b]land

Submitted by BD Brother on 22 May, 2008 - 18:28

WIKI wrote:
The suffix -stān (spelled ـستان in the Perso-Arabic script) is Persian for "place of", derived from the Indo-Aryan equivalent, -sthāna (pronounced [st̪ʰaːna] (स्थान in the Devanāgarī script), a cognate Sanskrit suffix with a similar meaning. In Indo-Aryan languages, sthāna is also used as a word to mean "place".

There are many countries that use Stan and it is a Persian word hence alot of Asian countries use it - wiki agrees Wink

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Submitted by Seraphim on 24 May, 2008 - 17:18

Was just thinking the other day.

What if, Wayne Rooney became a Muslim and everytime he scored a goal ALL the crowd would SHOUT: ALLAHUAKBAR!! LOL. Just imagine the number of people who would convert to Islam.

How cool would that be.

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Submitted by Funzo on 25 May, 2008 - 23:27

i was thinking the same bwt ronaldo cuz i saw a video of him edit by paint looking like a muslim, lol.

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Submitted by MuslimBro on 27 May, 2008 - 14:25

BBC News wrote:
[b] Australia Muslim school rejected[/b]

Authorities in an Australian town have rejected proposals to allow an Islamic school to be built there.

The proposed development had met with fierce local opposition.

Camden's authorities received some 3,200 submissions from the public about the school and only 100 in favour.

[i]"They've got terrorists amongst them, OK? We can't say they haven't - they have," said one resident.[/i]

[i]"We're quite happy to integrate, we happily integrate with Italians, Greeks, English, Scottish - this town has every nationality. Muslims do not fit in this town - we are Aussies, OK?"[/i]

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Submitted by MuslimBro on 27 May, 2008 - 17:44

BBC News wrote:
[i]"We're quite happy to integrate, we happily integrate with Italians, Greeks, English, Scottish - this town has every [b]nationality[/b]. Muslims do not fit in this town - we are Aussies, OK?"[/i]

But Muslim (or Islam) is not a nationality.

And they can also be English Muslims, or Scottish Muslims, ayyy.

Submitted by Seraphim on 28 May, 2008 - 10:35

hmmmm, what happened there???

The forum reverted back to its original theme (blue)???

I sense a disturbance ive not felt since........

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Submitted by Naz on 28 May, 2008 - 21:31

Seraphim wrote:
hmmmm, what happened there???

The forum reverted back to its original theme (blue)???

I sense a disturbance ive not felt since........

cant say i have noticed. Was it not this colour before? Im sure it was.

@ love to live bu... its the other way round unless someones gone and changed it.

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Submitted by Ya'qub on 30 May, 2008 - 00:02

love to live but living to die wrote:
its changed...:)

it changes each time as it is a randomly generated list of words

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Submitted by Sirus on 1 June, 2008 - 20:15

Seraphim wrote:
Ya'qub wrote:

lol

Lol thats funny! Who would egypt use it on? Didnt get that.

Anyways, got the biggest interview of my life (to date) coming up on tuesday, making my way to london 2mrw. Please do dua and if anyone can offer good advice/tips...please feel free.

Kinda nervous!

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He is free, he is mad,
He dances with ecstasy and delight.

Caught by our own thoughts,
We worry about every little thing,
But once we get drunk on that love,
Whatever will be, will be.

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Submitted by Sajid Iqbal on 1 June, 2008 - 21:08

Sirus wrote:
Seraphim wrote:
Ya'qub wrote:

lol

Lol thats funny! Who would egypt use it on? Didnt get that.

Anyways, got the biggest interview of my life (to date) coming up on tuesday, making my way to london 2mrw. Please do dua and if anyone can offer good advice/tips...please feel free.

Kinda nervous!

speak/ring zahid maqbool. text or call me if u need his number.
hes a mentor on these kind of issues

whats the job?

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Submitted by Ya'qub on 2 June, 2008 - 21:24

Sirus wrote:
Who would egypt use it on? Didnt get that.

Song was written before Israel made peace with Egypt.

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Submitted by sirus-hayder (not verified) on 2 June, 2008 - 22:56

london is so kool! i buzz off the underground!

Submitted by Funzo on 2 June, 2008 - 23:13

sirus-hayder wrote:
london is so kool! i buzz off the underground!

buzz off?
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Submitted by Noor on 2 June, 2008 - 23:21

yah funzo buzzzz offf!

Submitted by Funzo on 2 June, 2008 - 23:38

Cray 2

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Those who danced were thought to be quite insane, by those who couldn't hear the music...

Submitted by Ya'qub on 3 June, 2008 - 00:26

sirus-hayder wrote:
london is so kool! i buzz off the underground!

Woo!

I'm guessing you weren't travelling in rush hour...

U can take my house when I go to Syria insha'Allah!

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Submitted by musslima on 3 June, 2008 - 20:47

i wanna ask people a question about a word i saw on this website the "faq"

im not sure but i think it means "faqh" which an arabic word thats got somthing to do with literature

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Submitted by Noor on 3 June, 2008 - 20:50

Faq - Frequently asked question(s)

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