Well so far I've been reaping, alxamdulillah!! I lost count of how many sambusa's I ate today.

LOL Guess he had a little too much of that greasy Arab food.

^My best friend's a Muslim from Fiji. The problem is that the Fijian Muslims are far outnumbered by the Fijians from Indian background who are mostly hindu, and the native Fijians who are mostly christian. Muslims make up about 15% of the total population. I thought it was Arabs that always used the "zz". Somalis don't have "z" or "th" in the language so they use "dh" as in "adhan", "muadhiin", and "dhuhr" while the rest of the Muslim world uses "z" and "th" LOL

LOL@ LG's qarxis. Happy birthday Kool Kat, your birthday is on the first of Ramadan, cool! I hope you celebrated by fasting....

I think Rudy is talking about the du'a we say when we break our fast. If that's the case, I think it's permissible because I don't know the exact phrase in Arabic, so I say it in english. My fajr is 5:30am and maghrib is 8:00pm. Makes for a long day but I got through the first one alxamdulillah.

Sucks to be him.

Just a few more hours before fajr.... I got my sanbuus cooked for tomorrow, so insha Allah I'm good to go!! Ramadan kariim everyone!!

Khalaf Of course a woman should follow the commandment of Allah SWT in that she should cover her head, but I think that's way too extreme to be calling them munafiqeen. That's a very serious accusation that shouldn't be taken lightly. You'd be best to re-phrase that.

There's not much to do in the wintertime if you don't care for skiing or hockey, so why not oversize ourselves? Sheh, Mum's from Leicester.

Originally posted by -Serenity-: Londoners, please answer me this - why do we live in this ridiculously expensive, ridiculously polluted, ridiculously poor connected and with the most ridiculous weather I've seen of a city? Especially since we're all educated and capable of getting work anywhere? Whats your excuse people?? I'm getting out of here soon. Hold me onto that. Give me a year and some. Canada's calling!! We don't necessarily have better weather, but we have better traffic!!

There's a large amount of distrust within Atlanta's black community towards the press regarding their coverage of this story( check this link), and I don't blame them, when you see what they have gone through in the last 3 centuries And yes, it seems like Vick is being made out to be the fall guy while there are higher-up people in the world of dogfighting that we aren't talking about, but let's face it. That doesn't excuse Vick from what he did because as far as we know, he is going to plead guilty to crimes concerning this matter, so he has essentially admitted his role in Bad Newz Kennels. This is a man who is a star and a hero to a whole city and he let that city down. This is also a man who has been in trouble in the past and no one should be shocked that he's being hung out to dry by the media, that's how these people make their money, they exploit the situation from every angle they can until people aren't interested anymore and then they'll find a new host to leech off of, and repeat the cycle ad nauseam. Hopefully all those arrested in this case get what they deserve.

Originally posted by sheherazade: Does anybody want to go on a coffee-shop crawl before the big day arrives? Yeah, sure. You don't mind springing for the plane ticket, do you? It's only about probably $300 one way.... I want to go to England some day with my mum, she was born there, so she would love to go back. Maybe I'll see some of you guys insha Allah.

Originally posted by -Lily-: Ha ha ha MC Xamar, I bet you live in a village that calls itself a town. Hey come on now, I only used to live in village that calls itself a town. Actually, it's technically not even a village because a village needs at least a population of 500, and that place has 250 people at most. Anyways, my city just passed the 1 million mark last year. We're officially a metropolis now!! So there!!

Suckers!!!! HAHAHAHAHA It takes me 11 minutes to get to work. Of course, I drive.....

Reer badass!! No, I didn't say badacas, I said BADASS!!!

Originally posted by rudy: so wat hole is this kid gonna come out of? You just had to ask that question, didn't you?

RICHMOND, Va. -- More than football, Michael Vick's freedom is the question now. With three associates prepared to testify that he brutally executed dogs and bankrolled gambling, the NFL star agreed Monday to "accept full responsibility" for his role in a dogfighting ring and plead guilty to federal conspiracy charges. Worries about playing time will have to wait while Vick faces prison time -- from one to five years. The maximum term is five years in prison and a $250,000 fine, although federal sentencing guidelines likely would call for less. Defense attorneys would not divulge details of the plea agreement or how much time Vick can expect to serve. However, a source close to the situation told ESPN's Kelly Naqi that prosecutors will recommend a sentence of 12 to 18 months. The official said such a sentence would be more than what is usually recommended for first-time offenders, reflecting the government's attempt to show that animal abusers will receive more than a slap on the wrist. U.S. District Judge Henry Hudson is not bound by prosecutors' recommendations or the sentencing guidelines and will have the final say. Twenty-five days after he declared that he looked forward to clearing his name, Vick said through defense lawyer Billy Martin that he will plead guilty. A hearing is scheduled for Aug. 27. "Mr. Vick has agreed to enter a plea of guilty to those charges and to accept full responsibility for his actions and the mistakes he has made," Martin said in a statement. "Michael wishes to apologize again to everyone who has been hurt by this matter." link _____________________________________________________________________________ This is a prime example of a man with his head not screwed on straight. Going from being the 1st overall pick of the NFL draft and millions of dollars, to the pen. And for what? Dogfighting!! This guy is so freaking rich that he has almost every single option available to him to conduct any legal business venture he wants. But instead, he risked his career and his name, apparently all for the sake of his "friends", who I would imagine wouldn't give 2 s**ts about him if he wasn't rich and famous, AND apparently were ready to testify against him. So much for your "friends". Oh well, enjoy your time in jail, Mike. That's what you deserve for making money off of exploiting and killing defenseless animals. I*d*i*o*t.

Che, this isn't some crappy little insignificant high school track meet sponsored by Hamdi restaurant, man. This is the world championships!! That basically means that our boy is 6th best in the world. So this is definitely worth mentioning, and hopefully we see him in the Olympics next year, or winning the worlds next year. And he's going by the name Mohammed now, instead of "Mo". It's about time.

Originally posted by Jacaylbaro: "I did not realize how bad it was that there was a traditional reluctance to sell milk, you would call it a taboo," she said. "Selling milk in the desert is considered miserly. It is considered mean and they say it leaves poverty as a heritage. Anyone who has any pride would never dream of selling milk. I suppose it is like water and air. Something God gives and you share it around, you do not sell it." So they would let foolish pride stand in the way and prevent them from prosperity? Hmm....sounds like another African country which I shall not name.

Take it as a compliment. After all, even bus stop weirdos won't talk to ugly people.

Many posts reminding us about our diin and to fear Allah, a very civilized air about her, and the avatar of the high-heels make me believe that Lily is very lady-like, posh, and sophisticated.

Look at your post count, JB. Lucky sevens!!

This "guns per capita" statistic is misleading, I think. Of course China only has 4 guns per 100 people, they have 1.3 billion freaking people!!! And probably 75% of them are so broke they can't afford to buy a gun!! They probably have a lot more stabbing deaths as a result. Originally posted by me: France, Canada , Sweden, Austria and Germany were next, each with about 30 guns per 100 people And in related news, the government of Canada has released its latest census information. Canada officially has 100 people.

The SOL group in Facebook actually had a new member join for the first time in months, rather than members leaving the group in droves like usual. So why don't you go there and welcome the newest member of the SOL Facebook family, "Don't Kill Strawberry Not a Biscuit Xula" Xu? Come on, do it, dammit!!

I'm a lumberjack and I'm OK, I sleep all night and I work all day......