~~~~You are in other words...not mine..saying that some SOL members are from Borana origin...Disgusting!!!! If so, Mods please stop calling the place SOL.com but SOLbioDIVERSITY

~~~~This post's really interesting...We have the lazy who can't read a long thread but reply, the dumb, the crafty,the Engineers ,The Love enforcers,the what and what... Looong threads,fictional stories,Blah Blah..and sorts ~~~~ Arranged marriages used to work..it is working..and will work.Ofcourse with a goodwill.Wiil baari ah,shaqeeysanayo..ama gabar baari ah..Parents and guidance have more experience with vetting and finding a suitable patner.And to make sure you are safe and matching.From there, you two are supposed to exercise some respect and mutual relation for ever lasting love.. For those choosing their patners on their own,You need thorough pre-selection process and vetting and still vetting.Then you end up with a crack in the head.When you are vetting, a 75%degree will be that you yield to some emotions and give some out some things...which will work out to be disastrous to your life.Like when your MAN asks to spend sometime with you outside while on a vetting and valuation mission,then you are done with a bit. am waiting to hear

~~~~Sounds Boranic..oops!BoTanic Language :)But please spare us.This is SOL.

~~~Is a by-product of marriage~~~.That is right.

~~~ Islam is the fastest growing religion in the world. This is not fiction but reality. This is not Muslim biased but based on hard-core evidence. Check out the amazing facts and figures and see for yourself why Islam is the fastest growing faith on the planet: KNOWN FACTS BY INTELLIGENCE World Almanac and Book of facts 1935 and Readers Digest Almanac and Yearbook 1983. “Among every four humans in the world, one of them is Muslim. Muslims have increased by over 235 percent in the last fifty years up to nearly 1.6 billion. By comparison, Christians have increased by only 47 percent and Jews have decreased by 4%. In the West, Islam is the second largest religious group in France, Great Britain and USA.†The CIA World’s Facts Book “The total number of Muslims in 1996 was 1.4 billion which was 26% of the world population. According to UN statistics Islam’s annual growth in 1994-1995 was 6.40% compared to only 1.46% of Christianity. The total number of Muslims in the world in 1998 was 1.6 billion (1, 678, 442,000).†www.bbc.co.uk Friday, 14 September, 2001, 11:17 GMT 12:17 UK ‘Islam: Faith under fire’ by BBC correspondent Mike Wooldridge Islam is the world’s fastest growing faith, a faith that abuts a number of the world’s political fault lines and a faith that does not draw a distinction between the religious life and the political life. Islam: Misunderstood Throughout The World By: James A. Bill (professor of government and director of the Reves Center for International Studies at the College of William and Mary in Virginia) ‘..By the turn of the century, for the first time in history, the number of Muslims (those who practice Islam) will have surpassed the number of Christians in the world. Islam is a monotheistic religion, civilization and way of life now practiced by 1.5 billion people. Easily the world’s fastest growing religion, Islam is not confined to the Middle East. It is a truly universal force. More Muslims live in America today than all the Presbyterians and Episcopalians put together. There are more than 1,200 mosques in the United States and 1000 mosques in England, where the Muslim community has established its own national parliament. There are more Muslims in Indonesia than in Egypt, Iran, Iraq, Syria and Saudi Arabia put together. More live in Malaysia than in Jordan, Lebanon and Kuwait combined. Nearly 20 million Muslims live in China. ‘ www.religioustolerance.org Author Samuel Huntington predicts that Islam will overtake Christianity early in the 21st century. By the year 2025, Islam will have 5% more adherents than will Christianity. The U.S. Center for World Mission estimated in 1997 that Christianity’s total number of adherents is growing at about 2.3% annually. This is approximately equal to the growth rate of the world’s population. Islam is growing faster: about 2.9% and is thus increasing its market share. At this rate, Islam would surpass Christianity as the world’s main religion by 2023 CE. MIKE WALLACE, 60 MINUTES â€The religion of Islam is growing faster than any other religion in the world.†USA TODAY, The population reference bureau, Feb. 17,1989, p.4A “Moslems are the world’s fastest-growing group…†ABC NEWS.com ’Already more than a billion-people strong, Islam is the world’s fastest-growing religion.’ The Junior Encyclopedia of Canada. Hurting Publishers. 1990. Vol 2 . p396 “Islam is the fastest growing faith in the world†CAIRO (CNN) April 14, 1997. From Correspondent Gayle Young Fast-growing Islam winning converts in Western world â€..The second-largest religion in the world after Christianity, Islam is also the fastest-growing religion. In the United States, for example, nearly 80 percent of the more than 1,200 mosques have been built in the past 12 years.†THE TIMES Tuesday, 9th November 1993 ‘The rate of conversions has prompted predictions that Islam will rapidly become an important religious force in the UK. Islam is also spreading fast on the continent and in America.’ www.debate.org.uk. A muslim-christian debate website. â€There are now over a billion Muslims in the world, a majority in 50 nations. Islam is the fastest growing religion in the world today….conversion growth is also a reality, particularly in Africa where many nominal Christians are being won to Islam. In the UK, Islam is the fastest growing religion among the Afro-Caribbean community. There are perhaps 10,000 British converts to Islam, predominantly white, middle-class women.†Conversions in United States NEWSDAY, March 7, 1989, p.4 â€Islam is the fastest-growing religion in the country.†NEW YORK TIMES, Feb 21, 1989, p.1 â€Islam is the fastest-growing religion in the United States…†Dan Rathers, CBS NEWS â€There are more Muslims in North America than Jews now.†CNN, December 15, 1995 â€Islam continues to grow in America, and no one can doubt that!†HILLARY RODMAN CLINTON, Los Angeles Times, May 31, 1996, p.3 “Islam is the fastest-growing religion in America, a guide and pillar of stability for many of our people…†President Clinton, White House Eid ul-Fitr presentation, Jan. 10, 2000. “…there is much that the world can learn from Islam. It is now practiced by one of every four people on Earth.†ABC News Broadcasted on BIC News 13 December 1997 Fastest-Growing Religion Often Misunderstood By Barr Seitz “Experts agree Islam is one of the fastest growing religions in America. As many as five million Muslims live in the United States and in the last five years, the number of mosques in this country has increased from 843 to about 1,300. Most of the growth has come from immigration, but much of it is homegrown. For many black Americans, Islam has become the religion of choice and some one million have converted. “It is an American phenomenon, which started in the ghettoes of the north,†says Yvonne Haedad, a professor of history of Islam and of Christian-Muslim Relations at Georgetown University. “It is a response to racism…it is seen as the religion of liberation.†Times of India Thursday 12 July 2001 WASHINGTON: ‘Islam is one of the fastest growing religions in the United States, and by 2010 it is expected to become the second largest faith practiced in the country after Christianity, the State Department’s international information programs has said.’ Ohio News, Ohio.com Monday, November 27, 2000 Influx of Muslim immigrants, refugees attracting Americans to Islam BY JASON KEYSER .Associated Press Writer â€There are about 25,000 Muslims in Columbus. Nationwide there are from 6 to 8 million Muslims. Based on anecdotal accounts and interviews, the refugee service estimates that nationwide there could be as many as 18,000 converts a year or one convert per mosque per month.†Seattle Times ’Muslim in America’: by Marc Ramirez staff reporter ‘With some 6 million U.S. followers, Islam is one of the nation’s fastest-growing faiths.’ CONVERSIONS IN BRITAIN Sunday Times (London, U.K.) Rajeev Syal and Christopher Morgan â€The nation’s claim to be a Christian country is about to meet its first challenge: the number of practicing Muslims is set to overtake Anglican Christians…. There have also been a number of high-profile conversions to Islam from Christianity. These include the British middleweight boxing champion, who has changed his name to Hamdan; and Cat Stevens, the pop musician, who calls himself Yusuf Islam…. Prince Charles courted controversy when he reaffirmed his claim that when he succeeds the throne, he does not wish to be the defender of only the Christian faith.†THE TIMES Tuesday, 9th November 1993 ’Why Are British Women Turning To Islam’ by Lucy Berrington ’Unprecedented numbers of British people, nearly all of them women, are converting to Islam at a time of deep divisions within the Anglican and Catholic churches. The rate of conversions has prompted predictions that Islam will rapidly become an important religious force in this country. “Within the next 20 years the number of British converts will equal or overtake the immigrant Muslim community that brought the faith hereâ€, says Rose Kendrick, a religious education teacher at a Hull comprehensive and the author of a textbook guide to the Koran. She says: “Islam is as much a world faith as is Roman Catholicism. No one nationality claims it as its ownâ€. Islam is also spreading fast on the continent and in America. In the United States, women converts outnumber men by four to one, and in Britain make up the bulk of the estimated 10, 000 to 20, 000 converts, forming part of a Muslim community of 1.5 million. Many of Britain’s “New Muslims†are from middle-class backgrounds. Some say the conversions are prompted by the rise of comparative religious education. The British media, offering what Muslims describe as a relentless bad press on all things Islamic, is also said to have helped. Westerners despairing of their own society – rising in crime, family breakdown, drugs and alcoholism- have come to admire the discipline and security of Islam. Many converts are former Christians disillusioned by the uncertainty of the church and unhappy with the concept of the Trinity and deification of Jesus.’ You wanted evidence you got it. It should now be clear as light that Islam is the fastest growing religion on the planet. Islam is growing at an incredible speed because it is the religion of truth which offers you the answers to the questions of life and gives you a complete code of life. Don’t just be amazes at the growth of Islam; study it, accept it and practice it. ------------------------------------------------ AlL ThAnKs tO ThE ReSeArCh Of tHe uNiVeRsItY OF AlBeRtA

~~~PLEASE DIGEST THE FOLLOWING PARAGRAPHS~~~ Kindness to animals The Prophet (pbuh) not only preached to the people to show kindness to each other but also to all living souls. He forbade the practice of cutting tails and manes of horses, of branding animals at any soft spot, and of keeping horses saddled unnecessarily (Muslim, Sahih Muslim). If he saw any animal over-loaded or ill-fed he would pull up the owner and say, "Fear Allah in your treatment of animals." (Abu Dawud, Kitab Jihad). A companion came to him with the young ones of a bird in his sheet and said that the mother bird had hovered over them all along. He was directed to replace her offspring in the same bush (Mishkat, Abu Dawud) During a journey, somebody picked up some birds eggs. The bird's painful note and fluttering attracted the attention of the Prophet (pbuh), who asked the man to replace the eggs (Bukhari, Sahih Bukhari). As his army marched towards Makkah to conquer it, they passed a female dog with puppies. The Prophet (pbuh) not only gave orders that they should not be disturbed, but posted a man to see that this was done. He stated, "Verily, there is heavenly reward for every act of kindness done to a living animal." -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Love for the poor The Prophet (pbuh) enjoined upon Muslims to treat the poor kindly and to help them with alms, zakat, and in other ways. He said: "He is not a perfect muslim who eats his fill and lets his neighbor go hungry." He asked, "Do you love your Creator? Then love your fellow beings first." Monopoly is unlawful in Islam and he preached that "It is diffucult for a man laden with riches to climb the steep path that leads to bliss." He did not prohibit or discourage the aquisition of wealth but insisted that it be lawfully aquired by honest means and that a portion of it would go to the poor. He advised his followers "To give the laborer his wages before his perspiration dried up." He did not encourage beggary either and stated that "Allah is gracious to him who earns his living by his own labor, and that if a man begs to increase his property, Allah will diminish it and whoever has food for the day, it is prohibited for him to beg." To his wife he said, "O Aysha, love the poor and let them come to you and Allah will draw you near to Himself." (Bukhari, Sahih Bukhari) One or two instances of the Prophet's (pbuh) concern for the poor may be given here. A Madinan, Ibad Bin Sharjil, was once starving. He entered an orchard and picked some fruit. The owner of the orchard gave him a sound beating and stripped off his clothes. The poor man appealed to the Prophet (pbuh) who remonstrated the owner thus: "This man was ignorant, you should have dispelled his ignorance; he was hungry, you should have fed him." His clothes were restored to the Madinan and, in addition, some grain was given to him (Abu Dawud, Kitabul Jihad). A debtor, Jabir Bin Abdullah, was being harassed by his creditor as he could not clear his debt owing to the failure of his date crop. The Prophet (pbuh) went with Jabir to the house of the creditor and pleaded with him to give Jabir some more time but the creditor was not prepared to oblige. The Prophet (pbuh) then went to the oasis and having seen for himself that the crop was really poor, he again approached the creditor with no better result. He then rested for some time and approached the creditor for a third time but the latter was adamant. The Prophet (pbuh) went again to the orchard and asked Jabir to pluck the dates. As Allah would have it, the collection not only sufficed to clear the dues but left something to spare (Bukhari, Sahih Bukhari). His love for the poor was so deep that he used to pray: "O Allah, keep me poor in my life and at my death and raise me at resurrection among those who are poor." (Nasai, Chapter: Pardon) ----------------------------------------------=-] AlL tHaNkS To tHe uNiVeRsItY Of alBeRtA,ISLAMIC RESEARCH DEPARTMENT.

Orgilaqe, -------------------------- ------------------- magaalaan barbaadee,,,, injiruu ,, bishaan nin dhugee ati maal yatee khootukhaa ,,, D: -------------------------- -------------------- are you really talking about 'SEXY'..and in which language..

sIs mOd..Ameenah sup with you, What do u mean with:- ---------------------------------------------- A miserable piece of research, it does raise some questions. ------------------------------------------------ as a mod, you are supposed to enhance some sort of discussion..or rather contribute positively..where is your PR ego?What kind of ? do u wanna ask.. :cool:

Asalam aleykum, ~~~After all the stories I read on this thread, It came to my mind that for once,WE MEN, cherish and see Respect and Dignity with ladies in the Right Islamic dress. The Holy prophet said, 'Inallaha laa yandhuru ila suwarikum walaa ila ajsaamikum bal yandhuru ilaa quluubikum' ..meaning Surely Allah doesn't look into your beauty or your body, but your hearts. How would you imagine you wearing tight jeans with protruding stuff and you have children and still claiming a muslim.What picture are you showing to non-muslims who wanna convert.No wonder most european women who converted to ISLAM are strict to the ISLAMIC CLOTHING APPAREL. What will your kids wear laterz seeing you with this...ask yourself(MEN INCLUDED). I came to the conclusion that,for once, Dust has been separated from the chuff,the good and the bad,the sexy and not sexy ladies. Our sisters with upright ISLAMIC dresses scored higher points with us men and tend to find LONG LASTING RELATIONSHIPS

~~~Good daily practice~~~. We urge our fellow SOL members to atleast do some even if you can't do all.This will greatly help you discover your sense.This is ISLAM in action Thank you.

Am feeling sleepy ladies have more say than me..I have lots of respect especially for all mali sisters.

~~~~~Wonderful piece of Research~~~~~. Keep it up!!Na hio ni Maendeleo.

Asalam aleykum, Most of the information given at the start of the thread were carefully spelled. As a muslim and a Banker At the same time, Let me urge all and sundry that Mortgages and loans preffered by banks worldwide with some sugar coats..and with Islamic materials are set to target muslims and their hard earned money. The nearest point to get ISLAMIC BANKING is with Dubai Islamic bank http://www.alislami.co.ae/ . Anything less than this, as far as am concerned, will be disastrous with your life. Let me quote one verse in OUR HOLY QURAAN. 'O you who believe! Be careful of (your duty to) Allah and relinquish what remains (due) from usury, if you are believers'. CHAPTER 002.278 Thank you

------------------------------------------------ WESTERN WOMAN YOU CAN HAVE YOUR LIFE MINE-IT HAS LESS STRIFE. I COVER AND I GET RESPECTED SURELY THAT'S TO BE EXPECTED- ------------------------------------------------- pearl ..crafty Diamond..Walahi it is just nice piece reading it.Men respect girls who are straight and simple.Educated and understanding.Islamic

quote: ----------------------------------------------- ..holding our d**k with one hand and a cigar in the other... ------------------------------------------------- Few Men do that.It was out of context. :cool: Xu, Play still lady..Women are Women,Men are men.We both have apples. Treat yourself with Dignity and respect. Men will treat you with Smartness ever. Black cat

Sis XU, As said,We won't repeat those wise words, That is why ISLAM takes care about WOMEN so much that it gave a whole Sura(Chapter)as compared to MEN. We have almost 177 ayahs(verses)mentioning women and look at how Prophet Jesus's Mother Maryam was praised in the Holy Quraan. There is no verse mentioning MAN alone in the Quraan..Read The following Quranic Quotations There is always... The hypocritical men and the hypocritical women The believing men and the believing women The believing men and the believing women gardens 'Surely the men who submit and the women who submit, and the believing men and the believing women, and the obeying men and the obeying women, and the truthful men and the truthful women, and the patient men and the patient women and the humble men and the humble women, and the almsgiving men and the almsgiving women, and the fasting men and the fasting women, and the men who guard their private parts and the women who guard, and the men who remember Allah much and the women who remember-- Allah has prepared for them forgiveness and a mighty reward' To sum up...Allah said 'Bad women are for bad men and bad men are for bad women. Good women are for good men and good men are for good women' ---------------------------------------------- I quoted from various suras. XU, feel nice and happy lady.Allah is with you always.

To copy the thread -------------------------------------------------Moderate Islam is a word coined by Western intellects, if you will, who see a flaw in Islamic principles. They want to change and alter the religion to fit their worldview. Remember, Christianity was changed by whoever and for whatever reasons. I mean an entire branch of Christianity was made up because some English king wanted to divorce his wife. These are the types of people that want to change Islam so that we get leaders (like we have today) who pray at the mosque but turn a blind eye to the injustices being committed in any number of Muslim countries by non-Muslim forces. -------------------------------------------------They try to say that we muslims don't follow our religion properly..and IT IS TRUE...Take the case of Women Rights in ISLAM and other virtues which we don't follow to the latter. I think it should be a high time fearing Allah s.w...We used to say in TAWHID.... FEAR ALLAH AS IF HE IS LOOKING AT YOU. Let us respect our religion by following it's guidance..Respect Ourselves,parents,wives,men,relatives,muslim brothers&sisters, muslim ummah,non-muslims and pray,pay zakah(which we don't),go for hajj,and fast...Wear islamically, and see what they will call us... EXTRA MODERATES...I guess.

Allah Ubahneee..walahi you have very bad taste... Who told you those names are Respected in SOL.........are you serious or jus joking... :cool:

>>>They should have closed this thread looooooong ago!!!.. They hanged ours at 141 replies...now this is surpassing 209 replies.This is unfair...

~~~Mods..and their seniors decided to keep quite..we know why....there is a phrase they indicated 'your password is visible to mods&admins' and that they aren't doing their 'Supposed work'

MsWORD, welcome We try to put things practically.We are really worried about what is happening in the WEST. We need to Remind ourselves always. Keep enlightened!!!

~~~~I think what Mike tried to say is that there is a profound illeteracy about ISLAM and a misconception goes to the new converts. He was actually saying that when a CONVERT is preparing himself spiritually to find the truth about ISLAM, he finds it irrelevant and difficult coz the OWNERS of ISLAM..people who first ISLAM was revealed to are not even practicing it properly... More so he talked about our WEST GENERATION who perfectly remember the likes of 'CARTOON NETWORK'characters and 'BECKAMS' than actually reciting one sura in the holy Quraan.Parents are responsible for this islam/Culture loss. I think it is a great Idea to absorb what Mike was trying to say and exhibit and accept some kind of 'WE ARE GOING BAD NOW'attitudes and start making A comeback to THE TRUTH...and that is ISLAM. He gave a preference in his statement..where one pious muslim told him about HEAD SCARF...instead of first insisting on FIVE PILLARS OF ISLAM..

>>>>I thought most Nomads read it... It is bloody western ---------------------------------------------- SURA 058.019 'The Shaitan has gained the mastery over them, so he has made them forget the remembrance of Allah; they are the Shaitan's party; now surely the Shaitan's party are the losers. ... They are the Party of Allah. and again SURA058.022 "You shall not find a people who believe in Allah and the latter day befriending those who act in opposition to Allah and His Messenger, even though they were their (own) fathers, or their sons, or their brothers, or their kinsfolk; these are they into whose hearts He has impressed faith, and whom He has strengthened with an inspiration from Him: and He will cause them to enter gardens beneath which rivers flow, abiding therein; Allah is well-pleased with them and they are well-pleased with Him these are Allah's party: now surely the party of Allah are the successful ones".

>>>>Ameenah..who is contradicting who?Those who messed SOL are the same who go through threads expounding and copying(quoting)every kind thread so give due meaning... Thereby turning the forum into chatrooms...do we really some chat rooms in SOL...please ask yourself. And for men...Let us vote for MEN seckxtion.It is just unfair..don't u think so

>>>>>>What will be the excuse if someone goes in again...and again...'just delete the link and change your pass'...same OLD advice. I think we need a different strategy..or what what do you guy think is the solution. Admins should come in and re-assure the SOL BIBOL..Read People...