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West is accused of double standards on female circumcision

published by Showkat on 13 January, 2007 - 23:11

West is accused of double standards on female circumcision

A leading doctor has accused Western plastic surgeons who perform cosmetic surgery on the vagina of undermining the battle against female circumcision in other parts of the world.

Writing in the British Medical Journal, Ronan Conroy, senior lecturer at the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland, says the growing acceptance in Britain and elsewhere of so-called "designer vaginas" was exposing Western double standards.

Top 10 excuses by women who don’t wear the Hijab

published by Showkat on 11 January, 2007 - 00:00

Top 10 excuses by women who don’t wear the Hijab

Salaams All

This list has been compiled after research and is not intended to offend or insult anyone. After reading them it is possible to reach ones own conclusions. As usual please feel free to publish post and circulate as widely as possible. Comments and feedback would be appreciated as always. Jzk.

1. Friends will reject me

The people I hang around with and really tight with none of them wear hijab/ jilbaab and they take the mickey out of those that do.

My version of 50 Cents In da Klub

published by Showkat on 5 January, 2007 - 14:36

Salaams All

This is my latest poem

In da club
The hub
Of my interaction
With the hunies and babes

Like a film star
I get ready
Shower and shave
Face cream and after shave
Gel and latest hairstyle

Matching shoes, trousers and shirt
Have to look good
Enough to eat
And be eaten

In da club
Ready to pull
Notch up another scalp
To add to my tally
100 nearly

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Beyond "Munich": The Ten Movies Steven Spielberg H

published by Showkat on 3 January, 2007 - 15:35

Beyond "Munich": The Ten Movies Steven Spielberg Has Yet To Make

Hollywood mogul Steven Spielberg's latest film "Munich" focuses on Israel's efforts to avenge the tragic killings of its athletes at the 1972 Munich Olympic Games. Although the Israeli-Palestinian conflict is ripe with great ideas for potential blockbuster films, Hollywood flicks about the conflict have tended to remain formulaic and dehumanizing.

Spielberg hopes "Munich" will be different, and claims he didn't want to make "a Charles Bronson movie — good guys vs.

Koran becomes hit Christmas present

published by Showkat on 2 January, 2007 - 12:27

Koran becomes hit Christmas present

Believers and non-believers alike are looking to a new Koran translation to give them insight into Islam

A new Danish translation of the Koran has been snapped up from bookstores' shelves, joining the ties, toasters and toys wrapped and waiting to be opened Christmas Eve.

In the first month since its release, nearly half of the 10,000 copies available have been sold, sending philologist Ellen Wulff's translation to number two on the non-fiction list.

Bookstore managers have reported that this translation

3000th US soldier dies before new year

published by Showkat on 31 December, 2006 - 23:15

More bad news for troops Grim Milestone For Troops

The number of US troops killed in Iraq has reached 3,000 since the war began in 2003 following the death of a soldier.

Special Dustin R Donica, 22, from Spring in Texas, was killed by small arms fire, the Pentagon has confirmed.

The grim milestone was crossed on the final day of 2006 and at the end of the deadliest month for the American military in Iraq in the past 12 months.

At least 111 US service members are reported to have died throughout December.

Spc Donica was assig

10 Top Idiots of the Year 2006

published by Showkat on 28 December, 2006 - 21:20

Salaams

An e-mail i received, most of which i agree with

10 Top Idiots of the Year 2006

Imam Badi Ali of Greensboro, North Carolina says that 2006 was the year of the IDIOT. New Trend defines an idiot politically as a person who does not know that he/she is being used, is ego oriented and forcefully carries out a hidden political agenda, thus falling prey to the actual forces at work in the political arena.

New Trend has come up with the following IDIOTS of the year 2006 after consulting and searching far and wide for people who would fit into our definition of the IDIOT.

'Show unity on mosque'

published by Showkat on 27 December, 2006 - 23:44

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27 December 2006
MUSLIMS condemned media reports of the 'mega-mosque' planned for West Ham and general coverage of issues concerning Islam.

Speakers at the Shalom Centre in Manor Park included Newham Respect councillor Abdul Karim Sheikh, Mobeen Anwar from the London Association of Muslim Professionals, Mudassar Ahmad from Newham Publ

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