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And am not talking about terrorism as it may sound obvious from the title.Am talking about people attitude: the so called good Muslims, those who have perfect knowledge of Quran, Sunnah, sects, prayer, well these people should also know that respect and tolerance for other believes is what God asks us first.Am not judging, nor i know many, just those i interact with online, but it just makes me

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"O my Lord! make this city one of peace and security: and preserve me and my sons from worshipping idols."O my Lord! they have indeed led astray many among mankind; He then who follows my (ways) is of me, and he that disobeys me,- but Thou art indeed Oft- forgiving, Most Merciful."O our Lord! I have made some of my offspring to dwell in a valley without cultivation, by Thy Sacred House; in order,

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Reading through the comments left on this blog by friends and unknowns, i came across one asking "what kind of religion is that of people who adore a stone", more or less, too lazy to check again.First thing coming to my mind was that he/she was talking about one of the rituals of Hajj, and exactly the Tawaf and the Black Stone.Many believe that the stone fell from the sky at the time of Adam and

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When i graduated in winter 1987, i came back from my uni town, Bologna , and started working but had lost all my friends cause rarely came back, so the first divertissment i thought about, was this strange unique mean called internet. I bought a computer and the only thing i was able to do, since i worked at my thesis, was surfing any site related to arguments i wanted to know more about.

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I used to be very attached to images whenever i had the chance to travel or saw something catching my attention but by instinct, don't know why, i never felt the need to take pictures of Mosques i visited, probably cause i felt there was something more in them to care of. The first i went to, was exactly the Islamic Cultural Centre in London, the main Mosque: nothing special as first impression

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State Mosque Kuwait

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Al Fateh Manama

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Amazing Muscat cupola

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Muscat Grand Mosque entrance

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Regent's Park Mosque

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Al Aqsa

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Makkah by night

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Makkah

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Quba: the Mosque build by the prophet pbuh in Madinah after his first migration

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The holy month of Ramadan and the two Eids are an important part of our celebrations which we offer to God as every act of our life and that is nicer and full of joy if spent with family and friends. Never tried such a feeling cause as i said before, am the only Muslim in my family and am not related to any community here. I remember my first Ramadan, which as not to be considered really as a

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I was chatting with a guy some months ago when all of a sudden he exclaimed "Oh i just found a white hair !" Since he's still in his twenties and am faraway from that type of worry, i told him it was quite normal and depending on many factors: i had my firsts when i was twenty and that was due to the abuse of meches i used to do, so i told him not to make a big deal of it. "No, that's not the

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Don't know if debates accusing Islam, credibility of Quran and prophet Muhammad peace be upon him, have always been as tough as after 9 11, but what i see is that, regardless of their religion or non-religion, well more or less controversial issues are always the same. Am usually active member in two omani english forums, Sabla and Omanforum , and in about two years the scenario is always the

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Is the name of a saudi princess, one of five ladies who attended a forum on role of arab women in science and technology in Cairo. While reading the article on Arab News , the name captured my attention cause i never heard a peculiar one like that from the sound at least, so i made a search on net but didn't find the meaning; checked also on a book but the closest i found is Mashia which is

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Just realised that contrary to what i usually do when i talk about my story of revert while chatting or posting in discussion forums, am telling it not from the beginning but from the end or maybe the middle, perhaps it will be useful for me who knows. Well, closed the door and left Imam Faisal, i went to the lady who assisted me that day and told her if it was possible to talk with some other

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As i was reading again my previous post, i realised how really religion is our life starting from simple things: also we, non arabic speaking Muslims, use a lot common words and phrases which recur often in the Quran and we do it cause we feel them not cause we are obliged to do. Here are few examples certainly already known to many: Allahu Akhbar Allah is the greatest : is an expression used

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It was not my usual Christmas vacation in London that year: there was an exact purpose, an important one. Arrived saturday night in Stanstead and hired a car and driver to reach my hotel. Was a cold foggy night but the reason i was in UK was worth of it, this time. The morning after, a cold sun was high in the sky and i thought it was a good sign. My hotel was near Regent's Park, not even very

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Islam is not mine at all, but we do belong to each other. I read many stories of reverts on net, some interesting, some not, some others with the smell of being fake just for the sake of promoting Islam and some others with the purpose to unpromote. This is my story: very simple and amazing at the same time, not surprising since God has a plan for each of us. I won't bother much on how i

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