Thursday, July 24, 2008
Wednesday, July 23, 2008
Friday, July 18, 2008
Early Marriage 2
This presentation (part 2) discusses several lies about the marriage of Prophet Muhammad, peace be upon him, to Sayyideh Aisha:
- did the prophet force Abu Bakr to accept the marriage
- were sexual acts performed when Aisha was six
- had Aisha reached puberty when her marriage was consummated
- did Aisha consent to the marriage
- does the Quran and Islam permit consummation to prepubescent girls
- did Prophet Muhammad invent Islam to satisfy his sexual desires
- did the prophet force Abu Bakr to accept the marriage
- were sexual acts performed when Aisha was six
- had Aisha reached puberty when her marriage was consummated
- did Aisha consent to the marriage
- does the Quran and Islam permit consummation to prepubescent girls
- did Prophet Muhammad invent Islam to satisfy his sexual desires
Early Marriage 1
False claims and attacks against early marriage in Islam are addressed, such as:
1) Islam's age of consent was low in history
2) Islam allowed marriage at puberty in pre-modern times, which caused psychological harm because puberty was too young to give informed consent (resulting in child sexual abuse and pedophilia)
3) Islam allowed procreation at puberty in pre-modern times, which was more dangerous to the younger mothers
4) Islam allows marriage at puberty in modern times, which causes sexual and psychological harm
1) Islam's age of consent was low in history
2) Islam allowed marriage at puberty in pre-modern times, which caused psychological harm because puberty was too young to give informed consent (resulting in child sexual abuse and pedophilia)
3) Islam allowed procreation at puberty in pre-modern times, which was more dangerous to the younger mothers
4) Islam allows marriage at puberty in modern times, which causes sexual and psychological harm
Tuesday, July 15, 2008
Monday, July 14, 2008
Forbidden Love : 2007 One Nation Online Film Contest Finalist
Ashamed to pray in public, a Muslim college girl searches for a private place to pray on campus.
See more: http://www.linktv.org/onenation
Sand Fountain in Saudi Arabia
Suddently, a 9-meter fountain (geyser) apparead, in the Al-Ahsae City, Eastern Saudi Arabia.
Immediately, Armaco geological teams and scientists hurry to deal with this strange phenomenon, but they did not succeed in explaining what happened !
But they agreed on a theory (...) that these are -what so called- burdens of the Earth.
Allah said in the Quran : "And the earth throws up her burdens (from within)" 99.2
Some scientists said this phenomenon will lead to apparency of new materials, which will change the humanity way of life ...
Wallahualam
Immediately, Armaco geological teams and scientists hurry to deal with this strange phenomenon, but they did not succeed in explaining what happened !
But they agreed on a theory (...) that these are -what so called- burdens of the Earth.
Allah said in the Quran : "And the earth throws up her burdens (from within)" 99.2
Some scientists said this phenomenon will lead to apparency of new materials, which will change the humanity way of life ...
Wallahualam
Sunday, July 13, 2008
Thursday, July 10, 2008
Wednesday, July 9, 2008
Tuesday, July 8, 2008
Muslim call to adopt Mecca time - BBC News
Muslim call to adopt Mecca time
By Magdi Abdelhadi BBC Arab affairs analyst
Muslim scientists and clerics have called for the adoption of Mecca time to replace GMT, arguing that the Saudi city is the true centre of the Earth. Mecca is the direction all Muslims face when they perform their daily prayers. The call was issued at a conference held in the Gulf state of Qatar under the title: Mecca, the Centre of the Earth, Theory and Practice. One geologist argued that unlike other longitudes, Mecca's was in perfect alignment to magnetic north. He said the English had imposed GMT on the rest of the world by force when Britain was a big colonial power, and it was about time that changed. Mecca watch A prominent cleric, Sheikh Youssef al-Qaradawy, said modern science had at last provided evidence that Mecca was the true centre of the Earth; proof, he said, of the greatness of the Muslim "qibla" - the Arabic word for the direction Muslims turn to when they pray.
The meeting also reviewed what has been described as a Mecca watch, the brainchild of a French Muslim. The watch is said to rotate anti-clockwise and is supposed to help Muslims determine the direction of Mecca from any point on Earth. The meeting in Qatar is part of a popular trend in some Muslim societies of seeking to find Koranic precedents for modern science.
It is called "Ijaz al-Koran", which roughly translates as the "miraculous nature of the holy text".
The underlying belief is that scientific truths were also revealed in the Muslim holy book, and it is the work of scholars to unearth and publicise the textual evidence.
But the movement is not without its critics, who say that the notion that modern science was revealed in the Koran confuses spiritual truth, which is constant, and empirical truth, which depends on the state of science at any given point in time.
It is called "Ijaz al-Koran", which roughly translates as the "miraculous nature of the holy text".
The underlying belief is that scientific truths were also revealed in the Muslim holy book, and it is the work of scholars to unearth and publicise the textual evidence.
But the movement is not without its critics, who say that the notion that modern science was revealed in the Koran confuses spiritual truth, which is constant, and empirical truth, which depends on the state of science at any given point in time.
Story from BBC NEWS:
Published: 2008/04/21 15:49:27 GMT
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Sunday, July 6, 2008
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