Please do not recite exceedingly long surahs or long segments of surahs.
Especially if you tend to scrimp on other parts of salaat such as the sujud, the ruku’, or even the silent Faatihah in the third or fourth rakaat.
Interesting video. Contention: Are parents making it unnecessarily hard for young people to get married? I have been pondering on this issue for quite a while.
[First seen at TypeCanvas Mag]
Ah, ‘desensitisation’, that’s the word. I’ve been writing about it and saying it in a long winded way, but now, thanks to doing research for my school project, I’ve found the word again.
Repeated exposure to negative elements, for example, portrayals of violence, lewdness, and absurd behaviour, can desensitise a person towards those elements. One [...]
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 [...]
My writings against (the culture of) lewdness thus far have made me thought and reflect a great deal. The war I am waging against the proliferation of lewdness and the tolerant attitude towards it seems endless. As I continue to discover new materials that prove the depravity of this culture, it worries me to know [...]
Baru saja empat hari yang lalu Berita Harian Singapura menerbitkan rencana mengenai kenaikan kadar kelahiran anak luar nikah di kalangan orang Melayu, hari ini terbit pula laporan istimewa (’feature’) mengenai penyanyi hip hop dan R&B, Rihanna.
Baca:
“Melayu lahir anak luar nikah bertambah” (BH 12 Julai 2007, hal. 1)
“Strategi membendung perilaku remaja Melayu” (Lidah pengarang BH [...]
Adakah masih layak dipanggil “akhbar”, jika berita yang dipampangkan besar-besar di muka depannya ialah tentang kematian pemain gusti WWE, Chris Benoit? Berita itu telah mengisi hampir separuh ruang berita halaman depan Berita Harian Singapura semalam (27 Jun 2007).
Tiadakah berita di dunia ini yang lebih mustahak, lebih bermakna dan lebih patut untuk dipaparkan di muka [...]
In case you haven’t noticed, I have bookmarked on del.icio.us a video on Nike’s sweatshops. (Check out the “Recently Visited” section on my sidebar; it’s a nifty thing, and I have some interesting links there.) I just spent some time watching it, and I would like to urge you to take a radical action: boycott [...]
A documentary about how homeless people are being exploited to fight or perform ridiculous stunts for money and beer. One of the stunts is plucking one’s own teeth—I cannot even begin to imagine that.
But wait—can you even start to fathom that some people are profiteering from this arrangement?
Why does this happen? Think Jackass. [...]
