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Asalamualaykum
well as a matter of fact i wasnt worked up like tom cruise dont insult me to some disbeliever whos all for wealth...
ma'salamah
[url=http//www.zawiyah.org][[img]http//i3.photobucket.com/albums/y87/begum/tareeqah...
... and Scientology.
And secondly i'm not here for the cause of argument
i just expressed my views which suddenyl turned into and argument for some [not for me ] its just a matter of opinion
ma'salamah
[url=http//www.zawiyah.org][[img]http//i3.photobucket.com/albums/y87/begum/tareeqah...
That's great. Now lets move on.
That's messed up...
great,.....encourage those who have a clean mouth to swear 5 times more in a day than they would normally do
The Lover is ever drunk with love;
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.
ɐɥɐɥ
I think they should line up and swear at the thicko head teacher who actually let this stupid policy pass! Everday language? if you disocurage them it might help, thats the most stupid thing i have ever heard!
[size=18]Hardliners try to lead Quakers a merry dance[/size]
A HARDLINE Islamist group attempted to book a conference at a Quaker meeting house by disguising itself as a Latin American dance organisation.
Hizb-ut-Tahrir, which Tony Blair plans to ban as an extremist organisation, had booked Friends Meeting House in Central London using the name Salsa Bill Publishing House.
The group, which describes itself as a non-violent political party seeking to establish an Islamic state, had called a national conference to be attended by 1,000 followers on Sunday. But the Quakers said yesterday that they had cancelled the booking and refunded the fee because they were unhappy that insufficient details and contact information had been provided.
A Quaker spokeswoman said: “We are a pacifist movement and any group which books with us is expected to follow our guidelines.”
A spokesman for Hizb-ut-Tahrir said the conference had been advertised widely but claimed not to know details of the booking. He said: “I don’t deal with the bookings so to be quite honest I don’t have a clue about it.”
It is not clear now where the conference, entitled Hizb-ut-Tahrir and the Vision of the Caliphate, will take place.
In January, Omar Bakri Mohammed, the radical cleric now banned from Britain, held a conference at Friends Meeting House at which 600 people cheered videos of the September 11 atrocities and heard inflammatory speeches. The gathering had been booked as a women’s health conference.
Mr Bakri Mohammed led Hizb-ut-Tahrir in Britain before splitting with the party in 1996 to set up his al-Muhajiroun organisation. He left Britain last month amid fears that he might be arrested, and is living in Lebanon.
Hizb-ut-Tahrir said it hoped that its conference would dispel the image that it was an extremist group.
Hizb-ut-Tahrir’s fee for the hall is believed to have been about £1,500 and speakers would have addressed the audience on the “unholy alliance” between the West and Arab governments and the “role of women in the caliphate”.
The party, which is expected to challenge any attempt to ban it in the courts, held a similar conference at hotel in Central London last month.
Friends House is close to the scene of the July 7 suicide bombings at King’s Cross Underground station and on a No 30 bus route at Tavistock Place.
[url=http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,22989-1759227,00.html]Times[/url]
tryin to disguise themselves???... :roll: nt gud at all
"Duniya toh badalti rehti hai...Ey mere Quaid tuh kabhi Na badal janaa"
[size=18]Beckham is modern-day Messiah, say academics[/size]
[b]DAVID BECKHAM may be locked in a quest for football’s Holy Grail, the World Cup, and it is true he has been crucified by the media, but academics meeting in Scotland for a conference on celebrity culture today will go further, claiming that the England captain is a modern-day King Arthur and Jesus Christ rolled into one.[/b]
It opens with a paper by Carlton Brick, from Paisley University’s School of Social Sciences, who argues that Beckham is a “post-modern ersatz religious icon” who has been elevated to a Messianic role by the public.
Dr Brick, a Welshman and Manchester United fan, said: “David Beckham’s career is littered with Christian symbolism. If you look at how it has unfolded and how it has been written about, it lends itself to the Christian narrative of redemption, resurrection and salvation.” He argues that the Christian symbolism associated with Beckham also informs the footballer’s “pseudo-spiritual perception of himself”. Beckham, he points out, has a cross tattooed on his back and called his youngest son Cruz, Spanish for cross — although whether he knew this is unclear.
The Church of England dismissed Dr Brick’s religious theorising on Beckham as “silly”.
[url=http://www.timesonline.co.uk/newspaper/0,,172-1779274,00.html]Times[/url]
lol thats funny!
[size=18]Bush 'caught short' at UN summit [/size]
"I think I may need a bathroom break. Is this possible?" the pencil-written note reads.[img]http://img148.imageshack.us/img148/1267/11hh1.jpg[/img]
It's a situation anyone could find themselves in - having to answer the call of nature in the middle of an important meeting.
But when you are the US president, at a gathering of more than 150 world leaders, it is even more tricky.
While talk at the UN world summit was focused on terrorism and internal reform, George W Bush appeared to have been caught short.
And, he is said to have turned to Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice for advice.
"I think I may need a bathroom break? Is this possible?" a Reuters news agency photographer caught him writing in a note to Ms Rice.
The photograph, and Mr Bush's apparent request for permission to pee, has been the subject of discussion on a number of satirical websites.
President Bush was among monarchs, presidents and prime ministers for the opening of the three-day summit, marking the 60th anniversary of the UN.
In a speech, he urged the UN to pursue meaningful reforms to allow it to meet modern challenges and said the US was committed to helping overcome poverty.
[url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/4249646.stm]BBC[/url]
he shuld have just crossed his legs and held on...a man can last for ages without answerin natures call....dunno about girls
i did all da way from barcalona to madrid once...it was a hot day, i drank about 5 bottles of water...then fell asleep thru da only stop...no toilet on da coach!
amazin what da human body can endure...
POWER TO THE PEOPLE
India's rent-a-guest wedding agents
An agency has been set up in the Indian state of Rajasthan to rent out wedding guests for couples keen to boost numbers at their marriage.
In Rajasthan weddings are huge family events - so much so that to not have enough guests may be embarrassing.
To prevent this from happening an agency called the Best Guests Centre has been set up in the city of Jodhpur.
Its founder, MI Syed, got the idea for the agency when a friend married a woman from a different caste. The groom's family did not approve of the marriage, and only five guests turned up.
"I began thinking, if we could just somehow get some more people into this place, we could all have a good time together and my friend would feel good as well," Mr Syed told BBC World Service's Outlook programme.
"This is how I got the idea for the business."
The Best Guests Agency has around 70 people on its books. They can turn up either traditionally dressed or in smart Western clothes, and are briefed on family history and pretend to be friends from the past.
Mr Syed explained that demand for his guests is growing because of the break up of extended families and lack of contact with relatives.
"If there are lots of guests who come to your wedding, people think you have greater influence and greater prestige in society," he said.
"Sometimes people can't afford to travel far, or people just don't have enough time. That's when we step in."
Some of the guests for hire are students, but others are doctors, chartered accountants, and other professionals.
"You might wonder why doctors want to come," Mr Syed said.
"But I suppose they don't mind having a nice evening out, and I pay them well."
"That's the reason why I've helped in 10 marriages so far - and not one of my guests has ever been found out."
[url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/south_asia/4242936.stm]BBC NEWS[/url]
how sad is THAT :roll:
Cooing at new-born babies banned
A West Yorkshire hospital has banned visitors from cooing at new-born babies over fears their human rights are being breached and to reduce infection.
A statement from Calderdale Royal Hospital in Halifax said staff had held an advice session to highlight the need for respect and dignity for patients.
On one ward there is a doll featuring the message: "What makes you think I want to be looked at?"
But Labour MP Linda Riordan said the measures were "bureaucracy gone mad".
She told the Halifax Courier: "All mothers want people to admire their babies because all babies are beautiful.
"But in a case where a mother did not want to answer questions it should be up to that individual to say so."
Some new mothers have already said they are astonished by the rules which stop people asking questions about their babies or looking at them in maternity wards.
Debbie Lawson, neo-natal manager at the hospital's special care baby unit, said: "Cooing should be a thing of the past because these are little people with the same rights as you or me.
[url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/west_yorkshire/4284522.stm]BBC NEWS[/url]
thats the DUM.BEST thing I ever read :roll:
[size=18]US woman swallows phone in spat [/size]
A woman's row with her boyfriend about a mobile phone suddenly went quiet - when she swallowed the handset whole.
Police in Blue Springs, in the US state of Missouri, said they were called out by a man who said his girlfriend was having trouble breathing.
When they arrived at the house, they found a phone lodged in her throat.
"He wanted the phone and she wouldn't give it to him, so she attempted to swallow it," an officer said. The woman was expected to make a full recovery.
The 24-year-old woman was taken to hospital in Blue Springs, Det Sgt Steve Decker told local media.
"She just put the entire phone in her mouth so he couldn't get it," he said.
"This is the first I've heard of this happening," he added.
[url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/4557192.stm]BBC[/url]
thats, just...
she must have a big gob den, bought it on herself silly
[size=18]Indian Hindu creates unique Bible for Pope
[/size]
GUWAHATI, India (AFP) - A Hindu youth from northeastern India has written a Bible in inverse, or "mirror language", which is to be presented to Pope Benedict XVI as a Christmas gift, a cleric said.
Uttam Das, 29, handed over his unique creation to Assam state's Archbishop Thomas Menamparampil with a request that it be presented to the Pope.
"I am amazed and bewildered to see this Bible copied in a different style. I don't know how it is going to benefit [ :roll: ], but then he has done something unique," the archbishop said Sunday.
The cleric is likely to carry the Bible, for which a reader needs the help of a mirror, sometime in January to the Vatican and present it to the Pope.
Das claims his feat marks the first time anyone has written the Bible in what he calls "mirror language".
"I started writing the Bible inversely soon after the new Pope took over in April this year. I devoted 10 to 12 hours daily and finished the task this month," Das told AFP.
Das now plans to copy the Hindu holy book, the Gita, and the Muslim scripture the Koran in his unusual style.
[url=http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20051225/od_afp/indiachristmaspope_051225154... News[/url]
[b]US Military Bribed Sunni Clerics in Iraq[/b]
Mon Jan 2, 2006
The same Pentagon contractor that paid Iraqi newspapers to print positive articles written by US soldiers has also been paying Sunni religious scholars in Iraq for assistance with propaganda work.
The Lincoln Group, a Washington-based public relations firm, was told early in 2005 by the Pentagon "to identify religious leaders who could help produce messages that would persuade Sunnis in violence-ridden Anbar Province to participate in national elections and reject the insurgency," citing an unidentified former employee.
The company since "has retained three or four Sunni religious scholars to offer advice and write reports for military commanders on the content of propaganda campaigns," the report cited the former employee as saying.
"But documents and Lincoln executives say the company's ties to religious leaders and dozens of other prominent Iraqis is aimed also at enabling it to exercise influence in Iraqi communities on behalf of clients, including the military."
"We do reach out to clerics," Paige Craig, a Lincoln executive vice president, was quoted as saying in an interview. "We meet with local government officials and with local businessmen. We need to have relationships that are broad enough and deep enough that we can touch all the various aspects of society." He declined to discuss specific projects the company has with the military or commercial clients.
"We have on staff people who are experts in religious and cultural matters," Craig said. "We meet with a wide variety of people to get their input. Most of the people we meet with overseas don't want or need compensation, they want a dialogue."
Internal financial records show that Lincoln spent about 144,000 dollars on the program from May to September, though it was not clear "how much of this money, if any, went to the religious scholars, whose identities could not be learned."
Minority Sunnis form the core of the insurgency in Iraq.
[url=http://www.smh.com.au/news/world/iraqi-clerics-paid-to-write-propaganda/...
http://www.nytimes.com/2006/01/02/politics/02propaganda.html?pagewanted=all
[size=18]Chilly welcome for Indian 'ghost'[/size]
An Indian man is being refused entry to his house - because his family say he is a spirit come back to haunt them.
Raju Raghuvanshi was greeted with cries of "ghost" and neighbours locking doors when he returned from a short spell in jail to his village in Madhya Pradesh.
He had fallen ill in prison and was taken to hospital. Relatives heard he had died and performed his last rites.
Now, unable to convince them he is alive and well, he is staying nearby and has asked the police for help.
They even dismissed his pleas that he could not be a spirit because his feet were properly attached to his body and not turned backwards, a characteristic which locals ascribe to ghosts.
The 45-year-old said his cousins insisted they had performed his last rites as required and so he should not come back to haunt them.
Rural India remains deeply traditional and many believe that a dead man's spirit will not rest until the last rites are performed.
In this case, the last rites have happened and it is not clear what proof the villagers need to accept that Mr Raghuvanshi is alive.
[url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/south_asia/4624444.stm]BBC[/url]
This sign should be placed on all girls toilets:
[b]Boys Be Warned: Girlfriends Are Dangerous[/b]
[url=http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20060121/hl_nm/birdflu_who_facts_dc;_ylt=ArwR...
hahhahahahahhaha
Which reminds me there is a polynesian tribe that waits a week until they bury you - in the interval time they act as thougth you are still alive - you will bring food up to "grandpa" and talk to him and dismiss it as "grandpas not feeling well" when he doesn't say anything back to you.
You're not dead until they say you are dead.
[b]'Doorstop' bomb find closes roads
[/b]
Staff at a Birmingham factory have been using an unexploded bomb as a doorstop for the past 40 years, it has emerged.
Roads were cordoned off in Steward Street, Winson Green, after the World War I shell was found at Chidlows Manufacturers on Wednesday.
The factory's owners called in the police to report a break-in there.
While searching the premises, officers found the device and cordoned off the surrounding area. Bomb disposal experts are at the scene.
Factory owner Graham Chidlow said he had been surprised to find out the potential danger of the device.
He said: "We knew it was a bomb but assumed it was a sample with nothing inside it.
"We thought it could have been possibly used to show the metal parts that the previous factory had made. We've had it since 1964 and we used it as a doorstop."
[url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/west_midlands/6979845.stm]BBC[/url]
[b]Argentina: Ugly people strike back[/b]
Buenos Aires is a city of beautiful people where appearances are important.
The men will tell you that Argentine women are the most attractive in the world; the women say much the same about the men.
But not everyone in Buenos Aires is beautiful. Gonzalo Otalora, for instance, is downright ugly, and he is not embarrassed to admit it.
In fact, he is fighting back on behalf of all those Argentines who don't fancy themselves as film stars or models.
I went out with him on a grey day in the Argentine capital. It was raining and windy which can cause havoc if, like many Argentines, you have spent hours dressing and making yourself up to join the ranks of the beautiful people on the streets of Buenos Aires.
But Gonzalo Otalora does not much care what he looks like. He planted himself in front of the presidential palace, the Casa Rosada or Pink House, to harangue President Nestor Kirchner to change the law.
It's not fair, he said. The beautiful people get all the breaks. Beauty is a natural advantage and he wants the good-lookers to be taxed to finance compensation for the ugly people.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/7125580.stm
A US driving instructor who appeared in the Borat movie has taken legal action against its makers, claiming he thought he was taking part in a documentary.
Baltimore resident Michael Psenicska is seeking more than $100,000 (£48,860) in damages from actor Sacha Baron Cohen, 20th Century Fox and other parties.
Distributor Fox said Mr Psenicska had been paid for his involvement and had given his consent to be filmed.
The action is one of several that have been brought against the 2006 comedy.
Several unwitting cast members, among them two college fraternity members and residents of a Romanian village, have sought redress for how they were depicted.
Mr Psenicska, a high school mathematics teacher who also owns a driving school, was reportedly paid $500 (£245) in cash to give Cohen's bogus Kazakh journalist a driving lesson
In his action, filed in the US District Court in Manhattan, the driving instructor said he had been told the film was a "documentary about the integration of foreign people into the American way of life".
Had he known the film's true nature, he said, he would have never participated.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/7128409.stm
I only watched the film a while ago - I wondered if the interviews were fake or not. I thought it was all acting...I couldnt believe how people managed to keep a straight face around him.
[b]6 bogeys derail near Liaquatpur [/b]
MULTAN: Six bogeys of a goods train got derailed at Liaqatpur railway station early Friday and rail traffic remained suspended for some time.
According to details, six bogeys of goods train got derailed early this morning and two of them overturned, blocking the passage of up and down country trains for some time.
However, a relief train reached there from Samasattha to restore the train service.
http://www.geo.tv/eng.htm
wow this thread was last used a year ago.....
lol thats class
The Lover is ever drunk with love;
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.
ɐɥɐɥ
But if noone could be bothered to go to it, does the museum exist?
"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.
you aint gonna get lazy ppl going to the museum coz they are too lazy. You will get none lazy ppl going to see how the lazy ppl live. So in conclusion while it might be a lazy museum dedicated to lazy ppl the only ppl visiting the museum will not be lazy.
No not the gum drop buttons! – Gingy
Have you watched the news?
There's lazy people sleeping in the museum, on the exhibits!
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