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Make Me a Muslim

published by Hummus on 31 January, 2013 - 16:12

Growing numbers of young British women are converting to Islam. Shanna Bukhari, a 26-year-old Muslim from Manchester, sets out to find out why girls are giving up partying, drinking and wearing whatever they want for a religion some people associate with the oppression of women.

This warm documentary follows the highs and lows of five girls as they embrace their new faith. From adapting to a religion that allows a man to marry up to four wives to the acceptance of friends and family, it isn't always easy.

Have YOU watched it, yet? What did YOU think of it?

Ever heard of 'Marrying the Quran'?

published by Hummus on 16 January, 2013 - 12:33

Yes you've heard it right. There are people in this world, who are living right now, who believe that getting their child married to the Quran is the way forward. I'm sure this will spark some discussion because of the recent broadcast on the news, as well as there being a book by the name of 'The Holy Woman'  which talks about this issue. So let's divert our attention here and discuss it here, rather than on the feedback for TheRevivalEditor's first video.

Life of Pi, what did you think of it?

published by Hummus on 6 January, 2013 - 13:49

Pi, the son of an Indian zookeeper, decides to hitch a ride to Canada with a shipment of animals but when the ship goes down he’s forced to share the only lifeboat with a zebra, a hyena, an orangutan and a Bengal tiger. With hundreds of days stretching before them, they need to learn to trust each other if they are going to survive. Life of Pi is a lavish coming-of-age story with heart and spirit.

Why bury the deceased abroad?

published by Hummus on 28 December, 2012 - 12:01

Why do people wish to be buried in the country they were born in, or the country they originated from? Soil will be soil wherever you go, and even in so called 'non-Muslim' countries, you still have 'Muslim graveyards' and they still allow you to fulfill the Islamic rituals of death and burial, so does it REALLY matter? Life on Earth is just temporary and we’re ALL going to be raised on the day of reckoning regardless of whether we’re buried 1 mile or 1000 miles away from our family members. Aren’t we supposed to hasten from the time of death to the time of burial, and don’t the deceased suffer a lot of pain during transportation across the sky? I’m puzzled. 

Possession, Jinn and Britain's backstreet exorcists.

published by Hummus on 20 November, 2012 - 18:08

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UK health and social workers and those in the criminal justice system are increasingly having to understand belief in spiritual possession among ethnic minorities, with new research highlighting a particular issue with some sections of the British Asian community blaming mental health problems on the supernatural.

The exorcist Abou Mohammed sits cross-legged on the floor of a back-room in his home in Ilford, East London. He is surrounded by copies of the Koran, containers of olive oil and a spray-bottle of water which he uses on the Jinn, the supernatural spirits, that he says possess many of his clients.

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