Physical abuse of children in "dugsi qur'an" by their so called teachers iswas a serious problem but has never been recognized or perhaps paid attention to in our Somali community back home. and I wonder why?! As we all know, Somali children from all villages, cities, attend and have had attended islamic schools or “dugsi qur’an†Over the generations in the process of normal upbringing, and studying qur'an,. Unfortunately some of the children who attended dugsi's have been maltreated, abused intentionally physically harmed by their so called teachers. The physical abuse that these children may endure sometimes include inflicting bodily injuries,such as losing eyes having non-hidable scars especially on the cheeks, I have seen friendsrelatives who have scars and who would tell ya that it was scar from "ul" by macalinka qur'aanka! these physically punishments are highly unapplicable punishements. Teachers may force children to engage in physically harmful activities such as holding ears while facing down! putting lots of "jirac" down under their clothings! Can you beleive this, and most of all may cause death as it happened in the story following this! So, I know that some of us never went to dugsi qur'an, thus never had that experience, but those who went through that experience, would you please take a moment to read this article about the boy and give us your thoughtsopinions about this... Is this morally wrong?! Or is it a way of normal upbringing of children Does this kind form of punishment exist in other Islamic countries? please enlighten us Thanks for your attention... SADNEWSBY:Zahra Abdi Hersi, Holland Waa wax ilmo badan loo daadiyo,laga xanuunsado, aadna looga murugoodo wiilkii 13jirka ahaa ee sidii ul loogu garaacayay naftiisa ku waayay. BY: Zahra Abdi Hersi, Holland Dad badan ayay ku adag tahay in ay qiyaas ka bixiyaan sida ilmahaas yar loo dilay,waa arrin fajaciso iyo murugo wadata, ilmo sidii ul loogu garaacayay ama loola dhacaayay ku naf waayay dhimashadiisa,waa xaqiiqo in uu xanuun aan la qiyaasi karin ku qaadatay. Waxaan ka akhriyay shabakada midnimo shalay in wiil yar sidii uu macallinkiisii dugsiga u garaacayay naftii kaga baxday. For More Information, Click Here Waa macallinkii siin lahaa dareen nabad ah,waa macallinkii lagu aaminay ilmahaas in uu sidaas sameeyo waa arrin aad looga xumaado islamarkaana laga murugoodo,si gaar ah waxaan halkan uga soo dirayaa tacsi iyo danqasho ka soo ga'day wadnahayga waalidkii dhalay ilamhaas,Ilaahayna uga baryayaa in uu samir ka siiyo wiilkoodii qaaliga ku ahaa. Falka uu macallinkaas sameeyay waxay ku tusinaysaa in macallimiinta Soomaaliyeed ay carruurta wax barayaan jir dil badan ku sameeyaan, lagana yaabo in ay carruur badan sidaas ku dhinteen oo aan laga warqabin, Dhaqankeena aad ayuu ugu daran yahay carruurta oo u baahan naxariis dheeraad ah in lagula dhaqmo,carruurtu waa ubaxi berrito iyo kaydkii berrito oo uu waddanka iyo dadkuba u aayi lahaayeen, nasiib xumase waxaan u haysanaa in ay carruurtu yihiin noole aan waxba kala ogeyn sidii la doonana laga yeeli karo, waxaanu aaminsanahay in ilmuhu wax ku bartaan dil iyo in la xanuujiyo,taas oo ah wax ka fog sida carruurta loola dhaqmo waxna lgu baro, kumanaan carruur Soomaaliyeed ayaa ku nool ciqaab joogta ah iyo in korkooda aad loo garaaco isla markaana nafsaddooda wax aysan ka soo kaban arrin soo gaaraan. Waxaan ka codsanaynaa oo waliba si naxariis badan uga codsanaynaa in ay qof kasta oo Soomaali ah isla markaana qaan gaar ah uu u gargaaro carruurteena meel kasta oo ay joogaan gaar ahaan kuwa jooga dhulkeena hooyo,carruurta waxaa ku filan in ay helaan waxyar oo naxariis iyo soo dhoweyn ah iyo in si deggan wax loogu sheego, waalidku iyo dhammaan bulshada oo dhan la isgu tago xanaanadoodana qof kasta dusha saarto in uu mas’uul ka yahay barbaarinta carruurta Soomaaliyeed, tusaale ahaan haddii ilmo yar oo aadan garanaynin oo waddo kaaga soo hor baxay haddii aad u ilko caddayso oo waliba aad madaxa u salaaxdo waxaad u samaysay wanaag uusan weligiis ilaaweynin noloshiisana saamayn ku lahaan doonto, waxaad siisay dareen ah qiimo ayaad ii leedahay,macallimiinta dhigta dugsiyada qur’aanka waxaan kula talinayaa in ay carruurta siiyaan xanaano dheeraad ah waayo waxay u taagan yihiin barashada qawlka Allaah. Waa in wax laga qabto kuwa isku sheegaya in ay macallimiin yihiin haddana sidii waraabaha oo kale ubadka yar yar ee masaakiinta ah ula dhaqmayaan,sidee ayay waaliddiinta Soomaaliyeed u oggolaadeen in ilmahooda dil xanuujinaya korkooda iyo maskaxdooda loo gaysto,ilmo sidaas loo galay miyuu yeelanayaa rajo mustaqbal ah in uu isku filnaado. Waa wax aanu marnaba qiyaasi karin sida xanuunka badan ee wiilkii 13 jirka ahaa ku waayay noloshiisii sidii ul loola dhacaayay,naxariisdarradaas waa mid ka fog islaamnimada iyo dareenka noolaha, sidee ayay ku dhici kartaa macallin mas’uul ah in uu ilmihii lagu aaminay sidaas u dilo,waxaase fiicnaan lahayn in macallimiinta markaa hore loo furo tababar ku saabsan xagga barbaarinta iyo habka wax loo baro carruurta.

A collegue of mine just told me about an issue within the Somali community that she heard from MN Public Radio... and after she told me what it'z I couldn't beleive what I was hearing.....! So Soomaaliyeey ma curse baa nahaysta weli... It was over a decade ago when a brutal civil-war broke out in our motherland, and still we are dealing with the after math of that civil war... What do you think about this? Is this really an issue within our communities in qurbo land...or is it something that these gaalos are exagturating-- or does this issue really exist within our community. Sending sons home to Somalia for safety by Sea Stachura, Minnesota Public Radio December 15, 2005 Anab Garuf watches a video of her son, Kayse and his wife. Anab is one of the leaders of the Somali community fighting the drug problem in Rochester. (MPR photo/Sea Stachura) Drug dealing amongst Somali teens in Rochester has increased steadily over the past five years according to police and community leaders. Some community members are offering a surprising solution. The mothers of these teenagers want to send the dealers back to Somalia. Rochester, Minn. — Afternoon prayer has just finished at Anab Garuf's apartment. It's dimly lit but filled with brightly colored silk flowers. She's lived here eight years with her children. Her husband died last year. Biyod Shakia As her eldest son, Kayse, comes home they talk and she pours her cardamom and cinnamon tea for Biyod Shakia, another mother. Anab says her son attends college and stays away from drugs, but a lot of Somali males, she says, are selling drugs all over town. "The Somali boys is walking, to groups," she says in broken English. "But they sell drugs, is use drugs, is not listen to the parents." Rochester police say an increasing number of 17 to 22 year old Somalis are dropping out of school to sell cocaine and khat. It's a leaf which some African immigrants chew as a stimulant. Anab says the problem is unbearable now. For years she and other moms saw their sons with plastic baggies full of pot, but they didn't know it was drugs. Mohamed Kayse Said Yet as more kids have dropped out of school and left home they've learned. Anab says moms and aunts have tried talking with their kids. Her approach has sometimes been even more direct. She's chased dealers out of parks. Some kids, she says, run away when they see her. But others ignore her even after she's yelled at them and told them she's calling the police. "I said, 'Stop selling the drugs!" she says. "He said, 'I need the money.' I said 'I'm calling the police.' He said "I don't care.'" But Anab didn't call the police because, she says, they don't do anything. Maybe they arrest the dealer, she says, but he's out the next day. Avni Patel is a project coordinator at the Intercultural Mutual Assistance Association. "And so what these moms are saying is: 'This is mighty America? Why are kids not getting locked up for doing the wrong thing?'" Anab She says mothers called their friends crying about their sons. One mom would hear about another in a different clan with the same trouble. They felt helpless. So Anab and Biyod took it upon themselves to organize. At a community meeting Avni says the mothers told her they wanted police to discipline their children severely and immediately. If they didn't, the teens would be lost. "Oh, they want them deported," she says. "That is what my subgroup told me. Deport these children. If they are only in America to cause trouble for their family and their community they shouldn't be here. Send them back. And one of these mothers who's leading this effort did send her son back to Somalia." Mohamed Sharif Osman Biyod is that mom. Her 15 year old cut school and dis-respected her. He wasn't selling drugs yet, she says. But Biyod saw no other solution. In March she returned to Somalia with him. He lives with her mother and uncle. "Because why I sent him because I'm going to save him," she says. "That's why I send him. I'm going to save my kids, why I came here, yeah, civil war." "He's happy too," Anab adds Biyod says Somalia is safer today than it was at the start of the civil war in 1991. By and large representatives of Somalia agree. And Biyod says American culture got in the way of Somalian values. The clan structure has weakened in the US, she adds. Back home people watched out for her son, and he respected adults. She knows he's in danger in the turmoil of Somalia. But she says it would be better to die in a civil war than live as a drug dealer. Anab says for Somali people their children are their lifeline. She says just as Americans depend on social security for their retirement, Somalis depend on their children. Without their sons, they're lost. "You use the social security. But Somalian people, we don't have social security," she says. "My social security is my kids. You understand? My social security is lost. That's why the Somalian parent is worried." In Rochester many of these women are widowed or their husbands are missing. A lot of the women have limited job skills and little English. Still Anab says knowing their sons are selling drugs in the alley behind the tea house in downtown Rochester is a disgrace. Basketball And at the end of that alley is the local YMCA, where 14 year old Farum plays basketball with his friends. Farum was orphaned by the war and lives with his grandmother. He says everybody knows Somali kids do drugs, and the moms are too late. "If they started this a long time ago none of this would have started," he says. "But they didn't do that first. So it's kinda hard to stop it now cause there are a lot of people doing it." Farum says he doesn't do drugs. But he's seen kids use, even in junior high school. And he says he knows the police aren't stopping them. He doesn't know why kids use. Social service studies show Somali teens feel unsupported by their families with parents often working two jobs. Farum agrees the abusers should be sent back. "Somali ladies have to send the kids that are selling drugs back to Africa. That's the only way it's gonna stop, unless you send all of them back," he says. It's highly unusual for Somali women to take this kind of leading role. They hold meetings with public officials. Anab and Biyod have walked into Congressman Gil Gutknecht's office and demanded he listen to them. Anab's 16 year old daughter, Ishwaq, says the clan system that once watched out for the kids and had people visiting each other's homes constantly is now missing. "And here obviously the clans get divided and mixed up and there's not that sense of community and I guess what their trying to do is unite as Somali parents," she says. The women's action is a major break with Somalian tradition. Sharif Osman, a community leader says Muslim women in Somalia are taught to listen not speak. "Woman should be polite," he says. "Should keep quiet. Should follow orders. Should accept what her man says, and that is how she will go to paradise." Sharif says he doesn't necessarily agree with that, but it's a widely held belief. He acknowledges the moms are taking over some of the father's roles. Sharif says dads feel they can't parent the way they did in Somalia where they could use corporal punishment. Now living in America they'll get in trouble with the law if they hit their kids. "I could give him a slap or beat him and he would stop," he says. "But if I would do that, immediately the police and law enforcement would come and arrest me, so what can I do?" Ultimately he says, under the traditional system father feel the mothers are responsible for their kids. If the moms fail, the fathers will divorce them. But Anab and Biyod don't offer that as a reason for taking action. Anab says the drug problem has spread across Rochester and the future of the Somali community is at stake. She says if her friend's children are selling drugs it's like her kids are selling drugs. "Because I am same country," she says "I am same language I am same religion. That's why." Whether or not Anab and Biyod save the lives of their children they have changed their own. They are leading a community of women from a dining room table covered in silk flowers.

bored..... I got nothing to do at the moment, and even if I feel like it, I can't don't ask me why though--- coz it'z so complicated :eek: :confused:

I am not a big fan of posting relplies, but I couldn't help on what you said, sis-- u need to know what our beloved religion says about the rights of a husband over his wife and vice versa before you jump into conclusion. Because it is a practical aspect in Islam to bestow a legally-enforceable rights and duties of both parties- that is the husband and the wife. In an atmosphere of love and respect, these rights and duties provide a framework for the balance of family life and the fulfillment of both partners. Here are some Ayahs that might help you out. "And among His signs is this, that He created for you mates from among yourselves, that you may dwell in tranquility with them, and He has put love and mercy between your hearts. Verily in that are signs for those who reflect." (Qur'an 30:21) In the Qur'an, the marriage relationship is described as one with "tranquility," "love" and "mercy." Elsewhere in the Qur'an, husband and wife are described as "garments" for each other (2:187). Garments offer protection, comfort, modesty, and warmth. Above all, the Qur'an describes that the best garment is the "garment of God-consciousness" (7:26). Allah Macaayak sis!

Hey NomadicQueen, Insha Allah you'll experience Eid in our motherland someday.... though it may not be a chilhood memory for ya... but it'll be a memory one in a special place that you belong too. and that day will soon come in the power of the Almighty Allah insha Allah.

Hello Sisters and brothers of Sol, There is nothing similar to getting to celebrate ciid in your home land--- right? so what do you guys remember about it. Let me start by saying: I remmeber eating lots of xalwo and buskut I remmember drinking FANTA... oh it was so good unlike the so called pops here in qurbo land I remember eating bajiye with basbaas... bataato too.. that was good I remember getting ciid mubaarak money from all the relatives---- all aunts, auncles, grandma, grandpa I remember hiding my flowery canbuur from the neighboring Xaliimos and if she sees it one hour before ciid I remember giving hooyo hard time and saying I want a new one,,,lol one that Haliimo didn't see....lol I wonder what that was all about..? I remember "firinbi" biiq---biiq oh those were the old good days what a childhood.. here kids can't even feel like it it'z sad though.... so it'z your turn what do you recall...?

SOMALIA: Gov't appeals for assistance as drought hits the south [ This report does not necessarily reflect the views of the United Nations] Click here to enlarge image © IRIN Livestock killed by drought in Somalia. NAIROBI, 27 Oct 2005 (IRIN) - A serious drought has taken hold in parts of southern Somalia and thousands of people are facing significant water and food shortages, a minister of the transitional government told IRIN on Thursday. Muhammad Abdi Hayir, Minister for Information of the Transitional Federal Government (TFG), said the drought was most acute in the regions of Gedo and Middle Juba and parts of Lower Juba. "The poor Gu rains [of March to June], coupled with the almost total collapse of the rural water system, were the cause of an impending crisis," he said. A 200-liter drum of water was selling at around 200,000 shillings (about US $20), a sum of money the majority of the population cannot afford, he said. He added that if the Deyr rains [normally due in October/November] are poor or late, "then we have a serious crisis on our hands". Reports the government was getting indicated "large numbers of livestock and a number of people have already died", he said. The UN World Food Programme (WFP) Deputy Country Director for Somalia, Leo Van der Velden, said aid agencies were in the process of delivering 2,400 tonnes of food to some 225,000 beneficiaries there, but insecurity and logistical problems had hampered operations. "We are aware of the situation. It is aggravated by civil strife. In Lower Juba, for example, you have marginalised groups which are vulnerable," der Velden told IRIN on Thursday. "Aid agencies do not have complete access to these people due to insecurity and logistical problems." Hayir said the livelihood of most of the people in Somalia revolved around livestock and if livestock, already weakened by lack of water and pasture, started dying "then it is only a matter of time before people start dying". The deteriorating situation was already leading to the massive movement of people and livestock toward the river Juba area, which would cause environmental problems and could also contribute to insecurity. "Somalis are nomads and most often fight over water and grazing," he added. The TFG was calling on the international community to assist before the situation turned into a catastrophe, he said. Trucking water to the most affected districts should be a priority, as well as feeding those who had lost their livestock, he stressed. Der Velden said efforts to deliver food aid had also been affected by recent hijackings of ships off the Somali coast. Two of the ships had been chartered by WFP to carry food to Somalia. "We had problems with the vessels that were hijacked, but we are looking for alternatives, including bringing in food by road," he added. [ENDS]

Personal Safety Tips are : - Don't carry a purse or else you should put valuables in your pockets instead of in a purse. -Always be prepared and know what is around you. - Do not leave anything of value visible in your car including book bags, CDs, gym bags, sunglasses. If thieves think it is valuable they will risk breaking your car's window and grabbing it. - Have your keys ready in your hand before you leave a building. - Never leave your car running. There is a new law that allows police to ticket running/unlocked cars as there were many thefts of cars that were left running. - More crimes happen in alleys as there are fewer people around and watching. - Move to a place where there are others if you are suspicious of someone. - Do not hesitate to call 911. If you are not sure call it anyway because it is the dispatcher’s job to direct you to the right place. - Call 911 if you see a suspicious person, hear breaking glass, or have been a victim of a crime. You can ask to remain anonymous. - 911 keeps track of the crimes and can then give accurate reports to the police officers about what and where to watch out for crimes. source from a crime prevention specialist. :eek: :eek: :eek:

Who You Are, Where You Live Affects Medical Treatment, Dartmouth Atlas Study Finds An interview with Katherine Baicker, Ph.D., and Amitabh Chandra, Ph.D., assistant professors of economics at Dartmouth College, Hanover, N.H., and Research Fellows at the National Bureau of Economic Research posted on the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Website The existence of racial and ethnic disparities in U.S. health care is well documented. To date, though, most of the knowledge of health care disparities draws from studies giving us a national average snapshot or results from a specific area or institution. Researchers Baicker and Chandra, joined by Jon Skinner and Jack Wennberg, used Medicare claims data from 1998 to 2001 to document the wide variations of disparities across regions and types of care. Their work is part of the Dartmouth Atlas of Health Care, a research project that examines geographical differences in health care resources, use and spending across the United States. The study, funded in part by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, was published in the Oct. 7, 2004 issue of Health Affairs. Q: What role does geography play in why some people get inferior health care as compared to others? A: People in different parts of the country get dramatically different quality and quantity of medical care, even after taking into account differences in their age and underlying health status. These geographic differences in the delivery of health care contribute to the existence of racial disparities in health care for two reasons. First, blacks and whites live in very different parts of the county, and within any given place, like in the city of Philadelphia, they tend to live in very different parts of that city. Secondly, the hospitals near the places that African Americans live in tend generally to have lower quality care. For example, they have higher mortality after heart attacks and are more likely to be staffed by physicians who are not board certified. Differences in care between regions of the country are just as important a contributor to overall racial disparities as ones within any given area. Q: What are the factors that drive disparities in different regions, and do they affect all communities? A: The pattern of disparities varies widely across communities and across different conditions – a given community may have large disparities in the use of one procedure but not in another. Some communities have virtually no disparities in treatment for certain conditions, although most communities have at least some disparities in some conditions. Areas where there is a large racial disparity in mammography (where blacks get fewer mammograms than whites) are not necessarily areas where there is a large racial disparity in the treatment of diabetes, for example. An analysis of disparities at the national level or an examination of just one area or just one treatment might give you a very misleading picture of the overall pattern of disparities. Q: What types of procedures did your study examine? What were some of your findings? A: We examined medical and surgical procedures, as well as overall spending. The medical procedures included eye exams and blood monitoring for diabetics and mammograms. The surgical procedures included hip replacement, back surgery, carotid endarterectomy – surgery to remove plaque from the carotid arteries, which carry blood to the brain – and several heart procedures. We looked at several measures of the care patients received in their last six months of life, including number of days they spent in the hospital, whether they were admitted to the ICU, and how much money was spent on them in those last six months. Last, we examined overall Medicare spending per beneficiary. We found that some kinds of high-value, highly effective care (such as eye exams for people with diabetes) were underutilized by all racial and ethnic groups in most areas of the country. Other kinds of care, such as many surgeries, showed a much wider range of disparities. The pattern of disparities in different kinds of care was not consistent from region to region – regions that had equal care for some procedures had wide disparities in others. Q: Does that mean minorities living in regions with a small racial disparities gap are getting quality care? A: Regions with small racial disparities aren’t necessarily providing higher quality care. In fact, blacks may get better care in regions with greater disparities. This is true for two reasons. First, disparities could be caused by either higher treatment rates for whites, or lower treatment rates for blacks. Therefore, areas where disparities are large because white treatment rates are higher may still provide better care for blacks than areas where disparities are small. Second, blacks tend to live in areas with lower quality treatment for both black and white patients overall – so that eliminating disparities within a region would still leave black patients with lower quality of care than white patients, on average across the nation. Policies that focus on bringing up the quality of care in regions that lag behind national standards also would have the advantage of bringing the quality of care for black patients closer to that of white patients. Q: Your paper also shows that higher-than-average surgical rates by white patients drive racial disparities for surgery. Can you explain that? A: There are not well-established guidelines for many surgical procedures. For these procedures, factors such as physician practice style and the availability of facilities seem to drive a great deal of variation across different areas. For example, some communities perform heart bypass surgery four times as often as others do, even taking into account differences in the ages of the populations. In such regions, whites tend to get the procedure much more often than the national average, but blacks don’t get the procedure less often than the national average. Q: What kind of care do blacks seem to get often? A: Much of the money spent on blacks is on expensive “end-of-life†care of questionable value to the recipients. Evidence suggests that increased end-of-life spending does not improve the quantity or quality of life of those patients. Thus, while just as much money is spent on black Medicare beneficiaries as white beneficiaries, they are less likely to receive all sorts of care – both the highly effective, high-value care that all patients should receive and the more subjective, variable care that should depend on patient and physician choices. We could improve overall quality of care without increasing spending if we reallocated some of the funds devoted to end-of-life care to other uses. Q: How could policy-makers reduce racial and ethnic disparities in the context of geography? A: Our paper highlights the extent to which racial disparities in health care are complex phenomena, with complex answers. Therefore, well intentioned but naïve public policies that ignore the complexity of the problem are unlikely to reduce disparities. Disparities in different types of care need to be addressed with different policies. For the highly effective, high-value care that all patients should receive, policies should focus not on making sure that white and black patients receive the same care, but on increasing the quality of care in regions that lag behind the rest of the country, so that all patients have access to high quality care. For other procedures (such as back surgery) where patients’ preferences should affect their treatment, policies should focus on ensuring equal access to care. Funds that are spent on expensive end-of-life care could perhaps be devoted to more efficient uses.

"Would have given advice, but I don’t want to bore yal to death". Hey farm your advice will be really appreciated by us, at least by me, so let it out, it would be worth, it never hurts to let others know about what u think would be a benefit to them.

thanks somameric, I really appreciate your reply. again thanks.

Hello there sisters and brothers, I guess no one knows about this, I have heard of people that there is one Islamic Center here in the twin cities that has female only fitness center for muslim women so, I will really appreciate if anyone would enlighten me more about this. Thanks

With faith, determination and perseverance, Somali students everywhere beat the odds despite of the challenging issues that they face academically especifically those who enter high schoolcolleges and or universities with little or no former schooling, and a minimal literacy skills.Catching up academically represents a formidable challenge and students may often give up unless they have support in terms of financially, academically and socially. But many of us don't get the help that they need but still get the courage from where ever it comes from and move blindly and boldly in a world that is new to them. So wouldn't you congratulate such students? Wouldn't you encourage them? Wouldn't you see them as your role models? And most of all wouldn't you admit that they beat most of the odds espeically of those of academics. Please take the time to congratulate such students you don't have to name them. I hope that they will be kuwii dadkooda iyo dalkoodaba wax tara. Thanks Hawd

I have a question for all the sisters and brothers of this site, I was wondering if anyone could tell me if there is such a place for female only fitness center in the twin-cities here in MN, especifically for Muslim women. I will appreciate any info regarding this matter. Thanks Hawd

very very clever, I was wondering what she would do at the end as I was reading it.... I knew somehow that she wasn't going to put the money in the casket....but hey she was really,,,really smart caraweelo.... two thumps up for her

Hi there sista rudy well I know this site that has a somali dictionary I don't know if it would be any help to ya but here it is http://www.somitek.com/ hope it helps

wow!and Awguuriyo to the bro for beating the odds! We all know that life'z journey is hard and has it'z ups and downs... but Alxamdulilah that the bro has made it through and finally got his life together... there are thousands of Somalis who went through the same experience....some overcome it while other go on through the dark tunnels...till they stand the position where we one could say there is "no where to run" or "in the middle of nowhere"... Might the sun always shine on him, meaning the bro....and congrats to him... Thanks bro Jabarti for sharing such a lovely and heart warming story with us... it is motivational...yet an inspiring story for all of us....

HAMBALYO, HAMBALYO, HAMBALYO CONGRATS TO THE SISTAS AND BROTHERS WHO FINISHED THEIR STUDIES IN A SUCH RAVAGED WAR COUNTRY.... WE SHOULD BE PROUD OF THEM AND THEY SHOULD BE OUR ROLE MODELS MAASHA'ALLAH

Subxaanalaah, Neither did I ever posted any topic on this forum nor did I wanted to do but seeing this topic and reading it...I couldn't help it but post a reply... so back to the topic...all I want to say is bro'z and sista'z is that... did u guys forgot about the verse in the Qur'an that says... "INAA KHALAQNAL INSAANA FII AXSANIL TAQWIIM" meaning "We have indeed created man in the best of moulds, 95:4. (sura Tin)" I hope this helps and answers your thoughts... May Allah bestow his mercy on us Aaaaaamiiiiin.