Salaams people.
Another stalwart of the old days.
But instead of having a poll straight away, maybe we should get nominations of who gets onto the poll itself. Mainly because I have no idea who did what this year and cannot think of a single name.
So, go ahead and suggest people that have done something extraordinary this year (its not a lifetime achievement award) and then maybe in a few days we can have a properly publicised poll on the site that can run for a set period of time.
Giving a short para or two as for the reason would be most helpful.
Salam
The man of the year 2008 is the shoe thrower, Muntazer al Zaidi.
The guy showed balls to the most powerful man on earth.
Omrow
lol yep! ... i cant think of anyone else!
"How many people find fault in what they're reading and the fault is in their own understanding" Al Mutanabbi
How about Funzo?
At the beginning of 2008 he was a little kid, now he's a fully-grown man!
Don't just do something! Stand there.
yes he is. And he did impress me with setting up his own online radio ramadan. The guy had the will and found the way.
Saying that, his ripples may have been far too local.
(Is Ya'qub trying to subtly pass his crown from last year?)
"For too long, we have been a passively tolerant society, saying to our citizens 'as long as you obey the law, we will leave you alone'" - David Cameron, UK Prime Minister. 13 May 2015.
Well it only just happened. You have numerous Muslim personalities, leaders of countries and committees, achievers in arts, sciences, commerce, you have writers, academics, imams, celebrities, heroes and philanthropists...
My nomination won't be the shoe thrower. I shall need a think or perhaps back another suggestion.
hmmm, as much as we would all like to have done that. It achieved nothing other than becoming another video on YouTube. Plus he later apologised.
Perhaps someone whose actually done something useful for the Muslim People.
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We can have many now. but later on there will be a vote off on the site for all the mentioned names.
This thread is just a call for nominations. we do not seem to be getting too far with it. Has the year been that bad?
"For too long, we have been a passively tolerant society, saying to our citizens 'as long as you obey the law, we will leave you alone'" - David Cameron, UK Prime Minister. 13 May 2015.
Gulen?
Don't just do something! Stand there.
raison d'etre?
"For too long, we have been a passively tolerant society, saying to our citizens 'as long as you obey the law, we will leave you alone'" - David Cameron, UK Prime Minister. 13 May 2015.
What about forum members? Can we nominate them?
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He was voted as the world's top academic. He gives a good message of 'peaceful Islam' or suchlike. His jam'at is one of the largest in the wolrd, and they promote education of a high standard (i.e. not just memorising thousands of ahadith without learning about the actual 'world').
As such, he is not allowed to enter is home-country, Turkey.
Don't just do something! Stand there.
The Ayatollah of Iran?
Ayatollah muqtada?
Hamid Karzai?
Ahemdinijad?
Osama Bin Bombthem?
Mohammed Ajmal Aamir Qasab?
Zaki ur-Rehman Lakhvi?
Imam Samudra, Amrozi Nurhasyim and Ali Ghufron?
So much to choose from?
WHat did any of them do?
Give a reason from something they did THIS year.
"For too long, we have been a passively tolerant society, saying to our citizens 'as long as you obey the law, we will leave you alone'" - David Cameron, UK Prime Minister. 13 May 2015.
They're all jolly good fellows!
never heard of any of them
What do you have against Hamid Karzai? Isn't he the odd one out in that list?
Salam
Last week there were dozens Christians stood outside
the White House throwing their shoes at
President Bush, or rather his dummy.
They were showing their praise of Al Zaidi, and
expressing their solidarity with the brave journalist
Shoe throwing craze is just in its beginning phase.
Other leaders would, no doubt, be learning to duck like Bush.
Symbolically the incident achieved a lot more than
had Al Zaidi fired a bullet at the idiot.
Omrow
p.s. what worth is an apology, or a confession, that is meated out of torture, master?
But is it all not pointless throwing shoes at the END of his presidency?
A new nomination for Personality of the Year 2008:
George W Bush.
He single handedly (well not really - he had help) managed to change the future of US politics where the next president will be one who seems to have radically different views. He also paved the way for the first black president, he has managed to reduce the disparity in power of the rich and the poor nations through his actions.
"For too long, we have been a passively tolerant society, saying to our citizens 'as long as you obey the law, we will leave you alone'" - David Cameron, UK Prime Minister. 13 May 2015.
never thought of it like that, what an idiot Bush is
Because he suffers from a condition called Idiopathic syndrome.
Idiopathic, from the Latin meaning he's inherently an idiot for starting the war on terror without realising its not actually something he can defeat by bombing the cr@p outta it.
But, when you're 4th-down, 100 to go, in the snow, you don't call a running play up the middle. Unless you're the Jets.
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All the more reason this debate is pointless.
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I did not call him stupid - just nominated him for the award of Muslim Personality for the Year 2008.
"For too long, we have been a passively tolerant society, saying to our citizens 'as long as you obey the law, we will leave you alone'" - David Cameron, UK Prime Minister. 13 May 2015.
I dont like him
he isnt muslim though?
"How many people find fault in what they're reading and the fault is in their own understanding" Al Mutanabbi
Thanks for that.
Don't just do something! Stand there.
my pleasure
"How many people find fault in what they're reading and the fault is in their own understanding" Al Mutanabbi
He's got a beard right.....!
But Mohammed Ajmal Aamir Qasab hasn't. So is he the odd one out?
you
'nuff said
#Before you look at the thorns of the rose , look at it's beauty. Before you complain about the heat of the sun , enjoy it's light. Before you complain about the blackness of the night, think of it's peace and quiet... #
No further nominations?
Some muslim (or even non-muslim) must have done something this year that benefited Muslims as a whole?
"For too long, we have been a passively tolerant society, saying to our citizens 'as long as you obey the law, we will leave you alone'" - David Cameron, UK Prime Minister. 13 May 2015.
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