^^Plenty of traffic though. Cars, taxis, coaches, buses, pick-up trucks everywhere!!! You got a promotion and are well established in your job. Alxamdullilah deh! NG, did you wear these funny looking dishdashers/thobes when you was younger? What does the long piece of string represent ya akhi?

^^Its just the same routine saxib but without the bad weather :cool: there is no slacking when working for a Brit Co unlike working for a Kuwaiti one Yalla! Ps last nights game was not good!

Seeker, expedia.co.uk is usually a good bet but what makes you think there is no flu there? Val, at least you have xmas and new year holidays to look forward to (Eidul Adxa on New Years Eve i think)

^^Its called 'nationalism' Kashow!

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SNM gangs

I have almost forgotten how a good run can make wonders for the body and mind. Only one cup of coffee today, not yawning! Plus the wknd has arrived and the weather is very pleasant!

sponsor-a-brother@hotmail.co.uk Anyone who wishes to contribute, please email me at the above address. I will in turn send the account details when the time is nearer IA. ps i will run the 10km road race!

Abwwan, please send me those details again. Training has started with a new pair of Addidas runners. I feeeel goood, dana dana dana na, i knew that i would, dana dana dana na, I feeeel goood, dana dana dana na, i knew that i would, dana dana dana na, so good, so good

I should be on the list!

Court grapples with lawyer's veil AP London: A Muslim lawyer was at the centre of another controversy in Britain over the wearing of full-face veils yesterday after she twice refused to remove one during a hearing, leading the judge to adjourn the case. Shabnam Mughal, 27, insisted she had the right to use the black veil covering all but her eyes during the immigration tribunal hearing in central England at Stoke-on-Trent on Monday, despite the judge saying that he could not hear her. That led officials on Tuesday to ask the president of the Asylum and Immigration Tribunal to issue a decision about how to resolve the courtroom stand-off between Mughal and Judge George Glossop. When Mughal, who was representing a man appealing a Home Office decision denying a family member a visitor's visa, first refused to remove her veil, the case was adjourned until later in the day, the Tribunals Service said. She refused a second time when the hearing was reconvened on Monday afternoon. "You are clearly aware of my position on the grounds of my religious beliefs. I won't," Mughal told the judge, according to yesterday's Daily Express newspaper. Glossop adjourned the hearing until next week so he could seek a ruling from Sir Henry Hodge, the president of the Asylum and Immigration Tribunal, on how to proceed. "We haven't come across this before. No precedent has been set," a spokeswoman for the tribunal said. Mughal is a lawyer for the Law Partnership Solicitors in Coventry. Last month, former Foreign Secretary Jack Straw wrote an article on Muslim women's veils that triggered an emotionally charged debate. http://www.gulfnews.com/world/United_Kingdom/10081095.html

^^ a good analysis.

EDIT The bad: You speak like a man (Woman)

UAE people dont know how to drive. I have turned into one. No indicating, dangerous manouvering, beeping horn every minute, not allowing people to change into my lane etc. The standard of driving is shocking! I see approx 6 minor accidents everyday (if not more).

The Bad: On your first day, you spill coffee on your boss's table when he/she is not there. What will you do?

Found it So much for people trusting one another :rolleyes:

Red Sea i cant see the Burco pics mate!!

NG, i know saxib, i have been lazy lately. It was on bbc.co.uk Africa News. Cant find it today. Tunisia and Morroco are getting very peculiar these days in their stances on Islamic duties.

Moroccan airline bans prayer time Morocco's state airline Royal Air Maroc has banned its staff praying at their offices and headquarters. The company says that in the past its workers have abused the privilege of praying, by taking too much time away from their desks and their customers. But the airline's workers as well as Islamist politicians say it is part of a crackdown on their religious freedom. Praying is one of the five pillars of Islam and regarded as a crucial part of a Muslim's way of life. The state airline, partly owned by the Moroccan royal family, is a great source of pride and prestige in the country. But this latest move threatens to exacerbate divisions in Morocco. Workers say that they have been banned from praying at work and that a number of prayer rooms have been closed and that they are forbidden from going to the mosque during work hours. The company would not give an interview but issued a statement saying that while there is no official ban on praying, they had to do something to stop people taking lengthy breaks away from work. But critics say the issue of praying, like the veil, is part of a more sinister move to rob the country of its Islamic roots. Political "I feel very angry about this decision," says Moustapha Aramid from the Islamic Party for Justice and Development. "Moroccans have had their liberty and their religious freedom taken away from them. It is very damaging. Royal Air Morocco obviously has absolutely no respect for Islam." Analysts say the ban on prayers is really a political move aimed at stamping out radical Islamism. When an alleged terrorist cell - Ansar el-Mehdi - was broken up earlier this year - two of the suspects charged were the wives of two Royal Air Morocco pilots. There is a feeling that the company had to do something to respond. Other complaints from airline staff are that pilots and stewards were not allowed to fast during the month of Ramadan and that female staff are not allowed to wear the veil - although that has been an unwritten rule at many companies for several years. These issues are becoming a focal point for some very hard questions being asked of this moderate Arabic country - something that is causing serious friction between liberals and traditionalists. ------------------------------------------------- What is going on? Surely 15 mins for salaat in a Muslim country is not too much to ask. Or is it?

cant imagine why anyone would want to study in that country. They are not very kind to immigrants, are they? The awful weather isnt appealing either. I wish you well though. Go ahead, give some encouragement why dont ya! :rolleyes: But Russia is becoming a hot bed of education for African students.

Just paid attention to the title of the thread. What is determinated?

Lets not make this a political thread. I'm enjoying the pics. Sophist i cant see your pics!

At the moment there is no denying the good the ICU have done in terms of bringing peace and their wish to implement Sheria Law ( a noble cause). That is understandable and the main reasons why alot of Somalis support them. I just dont get what the anti-ICU camp expect? Yes we hear the one clan ICU argument, but is that a crime when you have brought peace? When the port is open, when planes are landing, when road blocks have been cleared? Is the tribe question 'really' that important at this moment?

Yes that thing that your employers pay that is called Superannuation. By law all your employers are forced to make a contribution. Fb, never heard of it. But you can deposit it in the interest box at the mosque.

Another anti ICU thread with no alternatives offered,,,,,,