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Egypt cleric 'to ban full veils'

published by You on 5 October, 2009 - 15:15

Egypt's highest Muslim authority has said he will issue a religious edict against the growing trend for full women's veils, known as the niqab.

Sheikh Mohamed Tantawi, dean of al-Azhar university, called full-face veiling a custom that has nothing to do with the Islamic faith.

Although most Muslim women in Egypt wear the Islamic headscarf, increasing numbers are adopting the niqab as well.

Th

e practice is widely associated with more radical trends of Islam.

The niqab question reportedly arose when Sheikh Tantawi was visiting a girls' school in Cairo at the weekend and asked one of the students to remove her niqab.

The burqa boxers are coming

published by You on 5 October, 2009 - 00:03

Muslim women boxers to wear hijab at 2012 Olympics

THE burqa boxers are coming. Young women are training in Afghanistan to fight in Islamic dress at the 2012 London Olympics.

Wearing hijabs beneath their headguards and clothes that cover their bodies, 25 female pugilists are preparing for their bouts in gruelling training sessions at Kabul’s Olympic stadium, once the scene of public executions by the Taliban.

The team, whose ages range from 14-25, were recruited by their coach, Fadir Sharify, a former professional boxer. He persuaded the girls’ families that it would not be inappropriate for them to take to the ring.

The 2012 summer Games will be the first time women have been allowed to box under the Olympic banner.

The Book of Numbers - Preston - With Shaykh Ibrahim Osi Efa

published by Unity Foundatio... on 3 October, 2009 - 23:42

As salaamu alaikum,

We pray this email reaches you all having had a blessed ramadhan and wonderful eid.

We are delighted to announce we will be continuing with the Book of Numbers class with Shaykh Ibrahim Osi-Efa.

The next class will inshallah take place on Friday 23rd October 2009 at 7.30pm, at the University of Central Lancashire, in the same room* as the previous classes. (Room 135)

We at Unity Foundation look forward to seeing you all on 23rd October 2009.

At the next class we will advise you of the future dates for the monthly classes which will inshallah continue up to July 2010.

If you have any queries about the classes then please do not hesitate to contact us.

Inshallah see you all at the next class.

Please do remember us in your duas.

Admin Team,

"To be trusted is more important than to be loved."

published by You on 3 October, 2009 - 20:03

Breaking trust out from the straight jacket that is this topic: "Is love allowed in Islam??"

Discuss.

I think it is possible to function without trust. It just involves a basic risk/benefit analysis - are you willing to risk the negative in order to aim for the positive?

Are you willing you risk a bus driver potentially being drunk or something other that could potentially result in a crash in order to get to work?

Abused Asian men's lives 'living hell'

published by You on 2 October, 2009 - 16:17

More South Asian men married to British women are becoming the victims of domestic violence, it has been revealed.

The National Men's Advice Line found 9% of calls for help to its service last year were made by men originally from countries such as India, Pakistan and Bangladesh.

Pakistani Mahmood Muhammad (not his real name) married a British-born Asian woman four years ago. Her family promised him that he could finish his degree in Pakistan before joining her to live permanently in West Yorkshire.

His mother thought his future in-laws were an honourable family, so also decided to let his sister marry his wife's brother in the UK.

Steadfastness after Ramadhan!!!

published by hikmah on 1 October, 2009 - 19:20

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STEADFASTNESS AFTER RAMADHAN!!!
Saturday 3rd October 09
12:00pm - 6:30pm

Venue:
Inspire Youth Project Hall
313 Katherine Road
East Ham
London
E7 8PJ
Tube - East Ham/Upton Park - Buses: 325, 238, 376

Shuyookh:
Mufti Ibn Adam Al-Kawthari- The Month of Sacrifice
Mufti Abdur Rahman Ibn Yusuf - The Month of Quran
Sheikh Sufyaan Iqbal - Remaining Steadfast

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Court lets woman off £8,000 loan

published by You on 1 October, 2009 - 17:06

A decision by a county court judge could mean thousands of borrowers being able to renege on their debts.

Judge Jacqueline Smart at South Shields county court has decided that the MBNA credit card company cannot demand the repayment of a customer's debt.

It tried to force Mrs Lynne Thorius to repay the £8,000 she owed on her card.

But the Judge decided there had been an unfair relationship between Mrs Thorius and MBNA because of the way she had been sold payment protection insurance.

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