Rahima

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    ^I'm not sure about the UK, but here in OZ people use this asian dye - from natural plant extracts and not the convential hair dyes.

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    Stoic,

     

    Wrong brother, i tried it (unlike north, alone of course) and managed to do both without my foot changing direction. Better get back to the drawing board!

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    And since when did 'daawo madobeyso' on the nails became halal?

    Whilst there is a difference of opinion on this, the stronger i believe is that it is. The reason is that like henna, it penetrates the top surface of the nail. We know this because for like henna you can't actually remove it by any means other than to wait till it grows out.

     

    So to abayo, nothing will remove henna completely, you just have to wait till it grows out :( .

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    Ps

    I said I agree with almost all you wrote because the only thing I did not agree with was the part about not getting peace from Muslims. On trivial issues such as this one I'm sure there is no harm in having a disagreement. The bottom line after all is that it is not a religious obligation.

    NGONGE, neither is sunnah salat or fast, but what would you say about one who badgers others for practising those? A young child should be allowed to practice of their religion what they wish and should not be criticised by others. It may not be a religious obligation, but it sure ain’t a sin! We should encourage the good for children. I most probably wouldn’t instruct a youngster to wear the hijab because if they haven’t asked they most probably aren’t ready for it, but for the youngster that does I would give her a pat on the back.

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    I was the same, until someone sent me one of their campaign ads, which was blatantly anti-Muslim. It had a woman in shorts and a vest top.. with men in thawbs making sujood to her, with the words 'be in demand' on the title. Uff!

    Yeah, i swore off them after i heard of this.

     

    I've still got my previous runners, next time though I'm going adidas.

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    NGONGE,

     

    Jokes aside, some of the comments here just make me sad. Not only do you have to fight non-Muslims, you can't even get peace from Muslims. God only knows what I went through, I’ve even had a teacher pull off my hijab- expected from an ignorant non-Muslim, but we as Muslims should all support young Muslimahs.

     

    Why does it bother people so much that a young Muslimah chooses to worship her lord? It is one thing to address the issue of force and hypocrisy, a totally different matter to argue that it ruins her childhood.

     

    Alhamdullilah i had a great childhood, i played and laughed at the playground; i had friends from various races and religions; i ran; i rode a bike; i roller bladed; i learnt how to swim; i learnt how to horse ride; i went to school and graduated from university and i now hold a professional job. I've done all this in a hijab.

     

    I'm beyond sick and tired of people viewing the hijab as an impediment!

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    Spot on Blessed.

     

    I wore the hijab at the age of 5, never coerced in anyway but just that i wanted to be like my mother.

     

    Once i started to get picked on at school for it, I started to comprehend it as worship to Allah. I remember that once I was with my mother and maghrib had come upon us. We were walking by a main road and wouldn’t reach anywhere appropriate whilst it was still the time of maghrib. My mother stood by a corner and proceeded to pray. She could see that I was embarrassed by it, turned to me and gave me perhaps the best lesson of my life. She told me that I was a Muslim, chosen by Allah to be a Muslim- the best of mankind and that I shouldn’t be embarrassed of it, instead it should be a mark of pride/privilege. Ever since then, I’ve applied this to everything about Islam, including the hijab.

     

    I don’t plan to force any future children that I may have, but I will be extremely proud if my children choose to worship Allah, even if a daughter of mine chooses to wear a hijab at the age of 3. We allow 2 year olds to wear their favourite T-shirts, so I wonder why it bothers us that they wear a hijab?

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    Ther is no harm saying I am from that place,we merely mapping the nomads, that is all, no hidden tricks.

    Tell that to a fool,loool :D .

     

    I agree that for some, it may be playful, but in general, region has become the new qabiil.

     

    It fascinates me how people can state that one region is more beautiful then another when I swear just looking at someone I could never pick out which region.

     

    A while back I had this same conversation with an ***** Somali male who asked which region I was from (since it has become politically incorrect to ask which qabiil). I told him which region I was born and raised in. He refused to accept it (we just met btw). He was convinced that I was not from that region because the qabiils of that region do not have the same physical characteristics as I do he said. He was convinced that I was qabiil X (which I later found out was his) because of my appearance and hence from region Y. I told him my qabiil just to teach him a lesson, the rest of the day he spent following me around apologising.

     

    I’m sure many nomads here are picking regions they’ve either never seen or have been to only for holidays ;) .

     

    Anyway I don’t mean to be party-pooper :D , so ignore.

     

     

    Btw, now I am not far from Melbourne,

    Come over and you will see the wonder that is Melbourne ;) .

     

    You a kiwi? icon_razz.gif

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    You should try the IQRA series of books.

     

    My mother uses them to teach Somali women and i swear it works wonders since these women were illiterate and now are able to read the quran.