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Are you allowed to name someone "Rahman" (or "Allah")?

Something in my mind tells me that I may have read or been taught that the name "Rahman" (and also "Allah") cannot be given to a person etc without a prefix such as "abd" or other...

("abd" meaning "servant of")

... Is this the case?

if so, if you see someone called that name, what are you supposed to do? You can't really go to them and say "you've been named illegitimately" or something, can you?

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The questions about Israel topic

Just to keep this separate from other topics.

and can we please keep this clear of:

1. Hyperbole.
2. insinuations and insults.

By this, what I mean is, a person has a right when asked to give his real opinion on a matter without recourse to "revenge" replies - I am more interested in what people think on these issues than the condemnation of those views if others disagree.

I very much doubt this will go according to plan, but I will start a question, something that I have wanted to ask.

Spying on FOUR year olds to fight terrorism?!?

Terror 'grooming' watch on nurseries as police fear children as young as FOUR are being radicalised

Children as young as four are being monitored by terror police who fear they could be brainwashed by Islamic extremists.

Concerns that they could be radicalised has prompted officers to visit nurseries and primary schools, a leaked police memo has revealed.

West Midlands counter-terrorism police e-mailed community groups suggesting children could be targets for terrorist recruiters.

An officer wrote: 'I do hope that you will tell me about persons, of whatever age, you think may have been radicalised or be vulnerable to radicalisation... Evidence suggests that radicalisation can take place from the age of four.'

The *all new* jokes topic

I am sure we had one (or more) before...

There is only one rule: make them funny.

Ok, first one:

A woman gets on a bus with her baby. The bus driver says: “That's the ugliest baby that I've ever seen. Ugh!” The woman goes to the rear of the bus and sits down, fuming. She says to a man next to her: “The driver just insulted me!”

The man says: “You go right up there and tell him off – go ahead, I'll hold your monkey for you.”

Netanyahu condemns West Bank mosque attack

Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu has condemned an attack on a mosque in the occupied West Bank and called for the arrest of those responsible.

Jewish settlers are suspected of launching the attack, burning books and scrawling hate-messages in Hebrew.

The main prayer hall and library of the mosque in the village of Yasuf were badly burnt in the attack on Thursday.

Clashes later broke out between villagers and Israeli troops sent to investigate the incident.

Israeli condemnation

In a statement, Mr Netanyahu "vigorously denounced the aggression against the mosque".

He said he had told security forces "to act with determination to find the perpetrators and bring them to justice".

Other Israeli leaders added their voices to the condemnation.

Christian Palestinian leaders call for church [to] boycott...

Christian Palestinian leaders call for church boycott in Kairos document

Today, prominent Christian Palestinian leaders are releasing a historical Kairos Palestine Document, calling on churches around the world "to say a word of truth and to take a position of truth with regard to Israel's occupation of Palestinian land." Unambiguously endorsing boycott, divestment and sanctions (BDS) as one of the key nonviolent forms of solidarity that international faith-based organizations are urged to adopt, the document affirms: "We see boycott and disinvestment as tools of justice, peace and security ..."

Strangers.

[u]so Person 1 says:[/u]

  • You can't be friends with people you've never met...cuz they're strangers.
  • You can't trust strangers
  • However strangers can care about you

[u]Person 2 says:[/u]

  • If you care about strangers then they are not strangers.

[u]Person 3 agrees with person 1 on the last point.[/u]

What do u think? Who do you agree with?

What's your definition of a stranger?

What's your definition of a friend?

Do you care about people you've met online or something?

Can you be friends with people you've met online?

Preaching to Barroness Warsi

From the Muslim Personality nominations topic:

I nominate Baroness Warsi.

She is so cool.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/8387331.stm

Click the link and watch the video. What do you think?

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