N.O.R.F

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  1. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/africa/3381071.stm
  2. LOL, hey that aint funny, Heskey has been scoring a few lately,,,,,,,,,
  3. If any of u have played the game Tekken, the guy called Eddie uses those karate skills, i saw one guy practicing the art in Shephards Bush park one evening, he was awesome :eek:
  4. ^^sister, they are just showing us the door,,,,, and the quicker we realise that the better,,,,,, there is a very fine line between being an ordinary law abiding muslim and going to prison, that line can be crossed by anyone un-intentionaly, raising money for palestine, chechya, Afgan, etc can and has been percieved as terrorist activity, thats just ridiculous.
  5. loool i'm more than half that, but my mind is exactly that
  6. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/eng_prem/3362519.stm i know its been raining all day, but its a beautiful day
  7. lol@Ameenah, damn girl, talk about somalis reducing their age, but u take the buskud,,,, I entered my real name and this is what came out! is guru perguruan pencak silat sinlamba cilandak is your host is well alive & well is an expert in lambak kidul style and spiritual teacher of sin lam ba is a victim of a high level conspiracy when anwar .......was first arrested on 20 september is a political prisoner is back on bari for a playful "genadendal" is in prison again is located 1 block on the right behind jiffy lube and before taco bell is an oxymoron is an eleven - and i thought i was a 10 is behind bars - what with the prison talk :mad: is a person of great integrity - thats more like it :cool:
  8. burns the union jack,,,,,,,,, yes i am sure
  9. I will let him know personnaly!!!!!!
  10. My Path to Islam Let me give you the general picture: I am 'white middle class' and about to turn 50. (More likely, I already have by the time you are reading this.) I went through all the typical white-middle-class nonsense. I worked for the big corporation. I climbed up the ranks. I started as a computer operator, went through the promotions. Systems tech. Programmer. Systems programmer. Manager over a tech support department. And so on. House in the fancy suburb, bought my wife a Volvo, all that kind of thing. Eventually I went out freelance, independent computer work. Owned my own company. Hit my 40's, got divorced, chased women, drank a lot, chased more women, did drugs, did more drugs. Did the wrong drug. Found myself spending much more effort trying to do cocaine than trying to do the work Allah gave me the talent for. Found myself eventually in jail, of course. But Allah is merciful. He had His plan. That jail, a state jail, was more than a county lock-up, but less than the stereotypical "Hollywood" prison. No riots, no tear gas, no beatings (well... I did see two incidents, but let's not digress). But the company in jail is not the most righteous, even for a junior criminal like me. I certainly don't recommend it as a vacation spot for anyone... for one thing the help is really rude. Anyway, I had noticed that there was one group in there that DIDN'T seem to be out to prove themselves tougher, who weren't busy trying to run one scheme or another, who seemed to be *unshackled* by the dark environment we were in. That group, you might guess, was the black Muslims. And even that, I later learned, was an assumption on my part. Some of the brothers were Black Muslims (Nation of Islam) I would later learn, but most were Muslims associated with Mosques that (generally) joined W. Dean Mohammad when he led the bulk of the old N.O.I. away from Louis Farrakhan and his bunch and back to orthodox Islam. This was good, and one of the signs of Allah's planning. Because one day one of my black cellmates was in the same visiting area with his family when I was visited by my wife. My wife is black. And word of this got back to the rest of the inmates in my area. Naturally some of the bigoted whites thereafter treated me with disdain; no loss as they were not the sort I associated with. But on the other side of the race line my own aloof attitude had (unknown to me) been interpreted as prejudice by some of my non-white cellmates. Suddenly it was seen that that wasn't my stance. Getting to the point, this all led to my being invited to an Islamic learning session. (Here in the U.S. prisons have to accommodate the faiths of the inmates, within limits) A chance to get out of the block for a couple of hours? (And some curiousity.) I went. They called azaan and then one of the brothers with a good voice recited al-Fatiha.It was like nothing I can explain. The Southern Baptists talk about being "born again" Brothers, sisters: is that the right word! I cried like a baby. There in the middle of a room full of felons. Tears streaming down my face. Not one of them ever mentioned that to me. To the best of my knowledge it was never mentioned outside of that room (and stories like that spread faster than fire in there). I had $110,000 in a retirement account when all of this started. When I got out of jail I had $4,000 left in the bank, and a felony conviction. I had lost $106,000 but I had gained Islam. I would pay twice that without blinking. I do not need anyone else's affirmation of my Islam, I have received that from the ONE who matters! (By the way, for anyone who wants to verify, the legal facts I related above are a matter of public record in the State of Texas.) Oh, that $4,000? Just as it was running out, I ran into an old boss (who knew my troubles) in Wal-mart. He hired me two days later. Alhamdulallah once again! G. Waleed Kavalec "Invite all to the way of thy Lord with wisdom and beautiful preaching; And consult with them in ways that are best and most gracious." (Al Qur'an, 16:125
  11. Well stories of marriage break-ups due to qabyalad is not un-common. It really depends on the individuals who are looking to wed-lock. We are encouraged to go for ppl from good family backgrounds ie well known to yr own family, which often means same tribe/extended fam freind or close.
  12. http://www.statistics.gov.uk/cci/nugget.asp?id=460
  13. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/3376769.stm do we? i certainly dont,
  14. I think we here on SOL are mature enough with relevant experience to know that ppl are differednt, doesnt matter what tribe u are, the guy closest to u (tribe0wise) can be scheming against you. I think it is inportant to be able to recognise good and bad ppl or else we shall all be lost. Knowing yr qabil is a good thing in terms of knowing where yr from, yr family tree, yr parents tree, yr cousins tree, yr freinds tree, this is just somalinimo, it our culture, heritage etc etc. We all have freinds/family from all sides. However i have noticed that often the ones using qabil in a negative lately are the younger 'fish' boys and girls, especially in London. All the more reason as to why we need to educate those who have been misinformed/influenced/under-educated in terms of somali clan culture,,,,,, nice topic
  15. managed to catch the 2nd half, very entertaining, yr Roma looked very ordinary, maybe an off game, but u may aswell lose to Milan of all team ey, i have told u plenty of time b4 that Totti is not a BIG game player, let him practice on the lesser teams , yr boy mancini was awful, maybe he had jet lag, Its all about the prem tonight tho, Lpool vs Chelsea live,,,,,,no prediction tho, i think we all know why
  16. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/africa/3372427.stm lol, talk about fatal attraction, africa style
  17. Dawaco: what are u tryin to imply here? why? what have u heard? who told ya? lool...i'm gettin a tad bit paranoid i guess...time to take my vitamins! Bal bacda waeyn iskafur intaan dakhdar lugu galin!
  18. Obviously this has never happened to me lol, u just happen to be well informed
  19. Surud topple unbeaten leaders http://www.furd.org/newsdetail.asp?ID=89 watch out for those kids in the future ia,
  20. ^^lol true, cant compare the wknd's cup action to seria a,,,,should be good game, if i feel like watching instead of playing tonight,,,,,depends on how much i eat beforehand
  21. i put this post in the General forum so as many ppl as possible will be able to see the post as an upcoming 'event', not many visitors in the politics forum, admin plz re-locate to general!
  22. i put this post in the General forum so as many ppl as possible will be able to see the post as an upcoming 'event', not many visitors in the politics forum, admin plz re-locate to general!
  23. 11/1/2004 (Sun) at Oxford House Derbyshire Street, East london Link: http://www.kaah.co.uk/Socdaal-NbdHadraawi02UK.htm
  24. 11/1/2004 (Sun) at Oxford House Derbyshire Street, East london Link: http://www.kaah.co.uk/Socdaal-NbdHadraawi02UK.htm