From “Responsibility and War Guilt: A Culture-Setting Intelligentsia”, Noam Chomsky interviewed by Gabriel Matthew Schivone:
What about degrees of responsibility and shared burdens of guilt on an individual level? What can we learn about how one views oneself often in positions of power or authority?
You almost never find anyone, whether it’s in a weapons plant, or [...]
In the picture is a booklet issued by MUIS this year entitled “Organ Transplant in Islam: The Fiqh of Organ Transplant and Its Application in Singapore”. Its content is in Malay and English, and it can be downloaded from the MUIS website. It shall henceforth be referred to as “booklet” or “the booklet”.
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Kissing scene now on YouTube (Excerpt from The Malay Mail)
Local Actress French Kiss?
First and foremost, the most important question: why should I care?
I’ll answer it right now: because it raises more important and interesting questions:
If she really turns out to be Deanna Yusoff i.e. if she were Malay and Muslim, how should Malays/Muslims view it [...]
Transliteration of Al-Fatihah:
Bismillah hir-Rahma nir-Raheem
Alhamdul lil-lahi rab-bil ‘alameen
Ar rahma nir-raheem
Maliki yawmid-deen
Iyyaka na’budu wa iyyaka nasta’een
Ihdinas siratal mustaqeem
Siratal Lazeena an’amta ‘alayhim
Ghai-ril maghdubi ‘alayhim
Walad dal-leen
Ameen
I know, I’m slow. Just got it from this book I’m hooked on: Understanding the Qur’an: Themes and Styles by Muhammad Abdel Haleem.
Go get it.
I think we can all agree that
there is a black,
there is a white, and
there are many greys of varying degrees of black and of white.
Those who choose or are satisfied with a grey when a white is clearly well within reach do so at their very own loss, because surely Allah s.a.w. wants only what [...]
Osama writes to America (emphasis added):
(vii) You are a nation that practices the trade of sex in all its forms, directly and indirectly. Giant corporations and establishments are established on this, under the name of art, entertainment, tourism and freedom, and other deceptive names you attribute to it.
Pretty much in line with what I have [...]
In English:
And among His Signs is this, that He created for you mates from among yourselves, that ye may dwell in tranquillity with them, and He has put love and mercy between your (hearts): verily in that are Signs for those who reflect.
In Malay:
Dan di antara tanda-tanda yang membuktikan kekuasaannya dan rahmatNya, bahawa Dia menciptakan [...]
This, roughly, from a short lecture/sermon I just attended:
If you ask a fellow human being for a favour, once or twice, he’ll give it to you; but more than that, he’ll get sick of/irritated by it.
However, if you ask (i.e. supplicate to) God for favours, He will love you even more and grant you [...]
I visited the Prophet during his ailments and he was suffering from a high fever. I said, “You have a high fever. Is it because you will have a double reward for it?” He said, “Yes, for no Muslim is afflicted with any harm but that Allah will remove his sins as the leaves of [...]
I just got home from attending the above-titled ceramah, held at Pandan Gardens. The speaker was Ustaz Azmi (?background).
It was very enlightening, especially when he discussed the qualities and responsibilities of women, and how the Islamic rules and treatment of women are suited to such. One part that’s stuck in my mind was that the [...]
