Socod_Badne, I don't know what your faith is but to me Islam is the best and most supreme religion. Secondly, the question isn't why should our religion be treated more special, the reason is because other religions are granted protection under the law, but not ours, Islam forbids the depiction of the prophet Muhammad(peace be upon him), so drawing a buddha will not offend a buddhist, and christians already draw "Jesus" (astuaghfirulah)and that's fine with them, and they never insult jews because that in most European countries is against the law, but no it's not about getting special treatment, we are asking for our faith to be respected under the law. Aren't they the ones saying they're democracies.

The Point, I don't think Africans placed themselves in this position, it is from years of colonism and imperialism. In a capitalist society their has to be unequal balance of wealth, that is why today their are people dying of obesity and on the other end of the spectrum those dying of starvation. It's unbelievable how their is so much food being generated in the world today, and so much technology yet the world is facing starvation never recorded in history before.Few companies control the food the world consumes, and it's in their interest to have people starving, they even destroy million pounds of food so that profit doesn't decrease. The saying Life isn't fair isn't just a saying.

If she says it's so yummy, why doesn't she feed it to her family, or is it that the life of her people are more precious than the lives of starving africans?

However, I'm not calm over the insult to our prophet!I will never be calm about such attacks against the Nabi.

Castro,I'm actually calm, as I'm used to seeing all this propaganda in the media :rolleyes:

that is just gross

^^the guy who wrote that is more likely to convert to Islam than converting a muslim..Watch this interesting video: Turning Muslim in Texas

I just read that a French magazine has reprinted the offensive cartoons. I knew the God damned French would join in as they are the flag carriers of Islamophobia in Europe. Walahi, the prophet Muhammad (saw) said that there will come a time when my ummah will be so numerous yet like the foam in the sea, meaning weightless. Even in the UK sikhs and jews get protection of their religion under the law, however, that doesn't apply to muslims. It saddens my heart to see how the prophet Muhammad(saw)is being insulted in public while muslims are all over the world, and yet when we protest another group or country wages an attack on Islam. I read somewhere that Malcolm X wrote sadness doens't make changes, anger makes a person change their situation. I am trying to remember now that Allah has promised victory to muslims, and that one day muslims will get their rightful respect in the world. No matter what war they wage against us, Islam is hear to stay, Islam is the light of the world, and insha'Allah Islam will brighten the whole world one day.

lol THAT was a funny typical hysteria fit from our beautiful christian friends. Jealously is a sin.

Even with their apology, they haven't said that the cartoons itself were offensive,they just apologized for the reaction. Of course their intention was to spread hate and anger the muslim populace. As a muslim, I would never ever buy their products again even with their "apology". I also think, Denmark and Norway hit a sour note with their Middle Eastern consumers for a long time.

The way I see it, you don't have to live a capitalist life. Of course, economics has to be taken into account in a partnership, but doesn't have to be the only determining factor.

These days it seems that "success" is defined by a piece of degree. However, does that "degree" make you trully successful? I don't really think so, but it's better than not having one as far as image goes. It's just about image most of the time in my opinion.So do you mean "success" by the number of Somali women with degrees?

Katrina...to hell with kinder chocolate, the Danes can shove up where the sun never shines. And please don't abuse SubhanAllah, we all need to praise Allah. Please abaayo, try some other form of caffeine to calm you down. Also, welcome Rose to SOL.

^Ameen Geel Jire.

I just heard of this joke. After the boycott, many of the Danish companies didn't know what to do with all that food, so they threw it in the ocean, then the fish threw it out saying they were also boycotting Danish products ! lol! SubhanAllah,the honour of the prophet is so great

What's most astonishing is that if it was Jews who were insulted like this, the Danish gov't would have done more to stop this. There is this double standard, and hopefully this boycott will be successfully, we must defend the honour of our Prophet Muhammad (saw), we love him more then ourselves! Subhan Allah, even Bill Clinton called the cartoons appalling, and that it was similiar to nazist racism against the jews. Imagine a non-muslim president saying this, what about us? Of course we are offended...I'm seething with anger walaahi ateem!

CW, I think the opposite, I believe if muslims don't take action the best way they can, more people will start thinking they can insult us like that. No one has the right to insult our beloved prophet, he was the best creation of this ummah. We as muslims must defend our prophet Muhammad(saw)and I think Saudi Arabia and other arab countries have done a great job in taking the first step of boycotting Danish products since the Danish gov't refuses to stop this hate.

CW, what do you mean by "angry mob", muslims are a minority in Denmark, and they have insulted the prophet Muhammad (saw)..are you saying that isn't something to get mad over?

I meant especially the muslims who live in the east!

As we all know by now, the Jylland-Posten which is a major newspaper in Denmark as published 12 drawings depicting the Nabi Muhammad (saw) as a terrorist, and to this day the Danish gov't refused to stop this, this is not freedom of speech, this is hate against the more than 1 billion muslims around the world. We have to take action brothers and sisters, especially the muslims who live in the west. More than 50 companies in Kuwait have already stopped buying Danish products. Here is the link of their products to boycott: Danish Products to Boycott!!

I noticed that too khalid. Most of the guys in universities are older somali guys most of them I'm assuming have grown up back home. I see alot of younger guys basically lingering about, doing nothing, and I don't blame them. Many of them might not even have parental figures, maybe they were sent to the west without parents with a family they're not related to and who don't really care about them.Another thing that boys don't want to be studying (especially teenage ones) because they don't want their friends to see them as being "nerdy" which in their term is "uncool". One of the reasons that the African American families tend to be matrilinial is because the black women is more likely to have a higher education than the black man, so naturally she chooses to stay single and raise her kids alone than be stuck with mr.uneducated.

I noticed that too khalid. Most of the guys in universities are older somali guys most of them I'm assuming have grown up back home. I see alot of younger guys basically lingering about, doing nothing, and I don't blame them. Many of them might not even have parental figures, maybe they were sent to the west without parents with a family they're not related to and who don't really care about them.Another thing that boys don't want to be studying (especially teenage ones) because they don't want their friends to see them as being "nerdy" which in their term is "uncool". One of the reasons that the African American families tend to be matrilinial is because the black women is more likely to have a higher education than the black man, so naturally she chooses to stay single and raise her kids alone than be stuck with mr.uneducated.

source What in the world?! Brit Jew marries dolphin Unusual wedding: British woman marries her beloved dolphin in Eilat ceremony Joe Kot Till death do us part? An unusual wedding ceremony was held in the southern resort town of Eilat on Wednesday, as Sharon Tendler, a 41-years-old Jewish millionaire from London married her beloved Cindy, a 35-years-old dolphin, Israel's leading newspaper Yedioth Ahronoth reported Thursday. The groom, a resident of the Eilat dolphin reef, met Tendler 15 years ago, when she first visited the resort. The British rock concert producer took a liking to the dolphin and has made a habit of traveling to Eilat two or three times a year and spending time with her underwater sweetheart. "The peace and tranquility underwater, and his love, would calm me down," the excited bride said after the wedding. After a years-long romance, Tendler decided to embark on the highly unusual path of tying the knot with her beloved dolphin. Last week, she approached Cindy's trainer Maya Zilber with the extraordinary request. Zilber accepted the challenge and "talked the idea over with the fellow," who apparently consented. 'I'm not a pervert' And so on Wednesday afternoon, the thrilled bride, wearing a white dress, walked down the dock before hundreds of astounded visitors and kneeled down before her groom, who was waiting in the water. Cindy, escorted by his fellow best-men dolphins, swam over to Tendler and she hugged him, whispered sweet nothings in his ear, and kissed him in front of the cheering crowd. After the ceremony was sealed with some mackerels, Tendler was tossed into the water by her friends so that she could swim with her new husband. "I'm the happiest girl on earth," the bride said as she chocked back tears of emotion. "I made a dream come true, and I am not a pervert," she stressed. Tendler said she and her newly wed husband will probably spend their wedding night bowling. "But what kind of children would they have?" one of the children in the crowd asked his father. (12.29.05, 09:26)

I read about a study that revealed newlyweds who are lovey dovey end up getting a difference. difference should be divorce. I ought to spell check before posting.

^ It really is difficult for a man (in my view) to fall in love in his youth, say between 16 and 30. In that period it's just lust I read about a study that revealed newlyweds who are lovey dovey end up getting a difference.Couples who weren't in love had less divorce. I was thinking about how we're not supposed to engage in haraam relationships, but most people do it anyways because they say they want to find love, and then after committing all those fornications, zinaa and what not, they get married and we hear in about 3 monthes they got a divorce. It's very rampant in the somali community here.