at least i know what the politics show on Islam Channel will be about for the next month. Thanks!

some people are paid to do nothing :rolleyes:

To be speaking fluent af carabi by year end IA! Dabshid, you got a holiday?

Sat 20th Jan will be the start of the new Islamic Year (if not then Sun will be IA). Kulu aam wa antum bikheer :cool: Muharram (Arabic: محرم ) is the first month of the Islamic calendar. It is one of the four sanctified months of the year. Fighting in this month is looked down upon and is often put to the side in respect for Islam. Since the Islamic calendar is lunar, Muharram moves from year to year when compared with the Gregorian calendar. The first day of Muharram is the start of the Islamic New Year. The Festival of Muharram takes place during this month in which Shi'a Muslims especially commemorate the Battle of Karbala. The commemoration reaches its climax on the tenth day of Muharram, known as Ashurah. This day is related to the time of Moses when he crossed the Red Sea escaping from the Pharaoh. Sunni Muslims often fast on this sacred day. However some Sunni Muslims do not even recognize this day at all. This month of Muharram also has traditions which have no support from Islamic teachings. For example, the celebration of the Muslim new year, and the partying and card giving, etc, associated with it is considered to be a bidah and even haraam to all Shia muslims because they feel it is a time to mourn and it is haraam to express any happiness. Muharram is so called because it was unlawful to fight during this month; the word is derived from the word ‘haram’ meaning forbidden. It is held to be the most sacred of all the months. This month is most sacred to the Shi’a Muslim community and fasting on the first ten days of the month is observed by Shi'a Muslims to commemorate the martyrdom of Imam Hussain, the beloved grandson of Prophet Muhammad{PBUH&HF). The tenth day is called Ashurah, meaning, ‘the tenth’, and it is a day of voluntary fasting. The Sunni Muslims also fast during Muharram and on the tenth day as recommended by the Prophet Muhammad during his lifetime. Volume 3, Book 31, Number 147: Narrated Salama bin Al-Akwa: Once the Prophet ordered a person on 'Ashura' (the tenth of Muharram) to announce, "Whoever has eaten, should not eat any more, but fast, and who has not eaten should not eat, but complete his fast (till the end of the day). Saxix Bukhari

Clergy up in arms over religious school decision By Habib Toumi, Bureau Chief Manama: A decision to subject all religious institutions to official approval has put the authorities in Bahrain on a collision course with the powerful Shiite clergy, as both sides pledge not to compromise their position. Last week the authorities, adamant that they apply the new regulations governing charity funds and religious schools without exceptions, informed them that they had one week to regularise their situation if they wanted to avoid being shut down. "All charity institutions and funds will have to be supervised by the social development ministry while all religious schools need to be officially endorsed by the Islamic affairs ministry," the authorities said. The move was seen as an attempt to ensure full compliance with the law while monitoring the activities of the religious-based groups. But the Imam Al Baqer religious school for women in Barbar, upon receiving the official letter warning that it would face legal action if it failed to get a license to operate, said that it would never submit an application. "The school management will not apply for an official licence to teach the Quran and Islamic studies because that is against Islamic precepts. We cannot accept the official decision even it means closing down the school," its manager Shaikh Mohammad Jawad Al Shihabi said on Monday in a press statement. Shaikh Eisa Qasim, one of the most influential Shiite leaders in Bahrain, decried the order to register with the ministries as an attempt to deprive people of their rights. "The government has no right to close down any Shiite school because they teach good social values, high morals, the Quran and Arabic. We will not willingly shut down any institute and let the police attack the religious schools," Shaikh Eisa told his followers at Al Duraz mosque. The standoff reflects the uneasy developments between the government and an increasingly vocal Shiite clergy. But Shiites themselves are sharply divided over relations between religious schools and the authorities. Bani Jamra and Jawad Al Wadai schools are fiercely opposed to any role for the Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs which groups Sunni and Shiite scholars, while other schools in Sitra, Jid Hafs and Buri deal with the council and accept its financial support. source

'Suicide bomb' CCTV shown to jury A jury has been shown CCTV footage of the moment an alleged suicide bomber tried to detonate a device on a London underground train on 21 July 2005. The pictures taken on a train near Oval station in south London have been played on the second day of the trial. Muktar Ibrahim, Manfo Asiedu, Hussein Osman, Yassin Omar, Ramzi Mohammed and Adel Yahya deny conspiracy to murder and conspiracy to cause explosions. Prosecutors allege the failed bid was planned before the 7 July 2005 attacks. Woolwich Crown Court was told components for the devices started to be bought in late April or early May. And a "bomb factory" was set up Curtis House in New Southgate, the home of Yassin Omar. Components for the detonator were uncovered at the property, said prosecuting counsel Nigel Sweeney QC. "There is a consistent picture of the purchasing of components, taken then to Curtis House, and of manufacturing taking place there," he said. "The events with which you are concerned 14 days after are plainly not some hastily-arranged repetition of the devastating events of 7/7, plainly not some hastily-arranged copycat." But Mr Sweeney alleged the enhanced security after the 7 July influenced the defendants' plans. "The 7/7 bombings took place towards the end of the morning rush hour. "These defendants had obviously decided not to risk trying to get on to the public transport system in the rush hour, given the enhanced security that was now in place. "Instead they chose to mount their attack at lunchtime when the enhanced security was no longer in force." The court heard Mr Omar got engaged four days before the alleged attacks. Mr Sweeney said he went through an engagement ceremony - which some witnesses described as a marriage - on 17 July at a mosque in Finchley, north London. Mr Omar is said to have later left London disguised as a Muslim woman wearing a burka. The prosecution has said all of the bombers were would-be suicide bombers except for Mr Yahya, who was out of the country on 21 July 2005. The trial continues. bbc.co.uk

Any evidence of the said target? Tow,,,tow

Notice how Jose wants more money as soon as he has a few injuries? What could he do at a smaller club one wonders.

Originally posted by rokko: Zu forgot your thongs bollocks mate

Duke, just say 'collateral damage' you dont have to hide behind 'who was the target'?. Tow,,,,tow,,,,

Who knows what the target was. Even Yeey didnt know of it (the air raids) until he heard it on radio!.. Tow the line,,,,,,,,

^^lol Dukey, do you condemn? Yes or No?

^^Nothing murky about the facts mate. 70 (if not more) civilians died who had nothing to do with the fighting. Do you condemn this? Yes or No,,,,

Oxfam have confirmed over 70 'civilians' were killed. Your response? Tow the line matey,,,,,,

I like how you always try to switch the attention to Somaliland ya Duke. But i'm yet to hear your take on the bombings in the south. What say you?

I cant not blame warlords (Somalis) and their supporters (Somalis) or Ethios (gaalo) but i dont advocate for violence. Yet i cant help but feel it will happen (it already has). sxb dont use the deaths of innocent muslims to score a political point. If it highlights the line currently being towed by the TFG fans (the tribal line) why not?

Big weekend coming up for the big 4! We may well be the richest club in the world by the weekend. 187, i dont watch football anymore saxib. I prefer the NBA!

There are some new teams in the NBA. How did that happen?

in stitches without the sound on! NG, i'm sure your in the bad video

Lets see if the gaal raacs condemn this. They are still to condemn last weeks bombings of innocent farmers.

^^Looking forward to the your pics and review (be kind to London and Londoners).

^^ how was London? How were the nomads you met (if you met any but i'm guessing you have) and did you transit through Dubai (stay)? Impressions of London/UK? How was that accent of your received?

Have we even read a non-Somali pro-TFG/Ethio piece yet?

Why thank Blair? What did he do?

Someone else took them ninyo. Do you think i would carry a camera around taking pics while running? Xagaad kadacday? How was the honeymoon?