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On the 72 virgins issue Wil you can see the hadith collections below and every Muslim I know considers Bukhari as the most authoritative, with Muslim coming second ... neither Bukhari nor Muslim, as far as I can find, contain hadith about 72 virgins. I have seen this subject discussed many...

Hi Nick Just popped in to say I will get back to your questions in a few days ... hopefully with a full answer to your first question. I have been invited to an interveiw day for a job I have been chasing for months and have to prepare a presentation ... so it must take priority at the moment...

Hi Nick Excellent question. How can I call Islam a religion of peace when the Quran says ... “But when the sacred months are past, then fight and slay the pagans wherever ye find them, an seize them, beleaguer them, and lie in wait for them in every stratagem (of war)." (9:5) This verse...

but how does that fit with "the scattering has led to the firming up and institutionalisation of the old traditions". Surely if Jews had remained in one geographic location, as a nation of people, you would expect the institutionalisation of the old traditions but what I expect is that western...

For some time I have been thinking of starting a thread to discuss misconceptions about Islam but thus far have refrained from doing so because of the inevitable personal attacks I will receive. However, when Nick the Pilot suggested such a thread today I decided it was time to bite the bullet...

Hi Nick I did find the ignore button with one guy (can't remember the username now) so I shall keep it handy. Have started writing something on my computer and will post a new thread as soon as I feel it's ready.

I know it's shocking. Strange that I haven't met anyone who wants libraries closed and yet we are a democratic country. I know it comes down to the public using them or losing them but without libraries it's just another nail in the community coffin, along with post offices.

That is probably my ignorance of Jewish culture, I tend to think of black clothes and prayer shawls when I think of Jews and yet like all communities they range in how they choose to live (rather like Muslims throughout the world) but internally adhere to the same faith base. I was just...

What a brilliant gesture greymare, takes a good person to admit when they are wrong and I for one admire you all the more for it. We all have pasts and we all react in hindsight to those experiences, so it turns out we are all human after all. Big hugs

Hi BB Once again thank you. It's really very interesting to see that both faiths share such patriarchal traditions but the Jewish community is largely getting past it. It's quite incredible that when I first chose to convert people did not feel the need to instruct me about Allah (swt) or...

Thank you NTC ... good thing I didn't want to be a librarian, I get lost in forums lol.

Hi Nick I accept Islam has no attraction for you. My point was really about potential converts and not you personally. The only non-Muslims who may have a desire to visit Mecca, as the religious home of Islam and not as a tourist attraction, would be people called to Islam and I feel if they...

Oops my bad Chris sorry ... have answered as a no then.

Hi Nick Oh how frustrating, I did a thoughtful long post about this but for some reason it must have got lost in cyberspace ... sorry, wasn't ignoring the issue. Please remember I can only speak as a Muslim who has never been to Mecca or Medina and who doesn't feel insulted if someone names a...

Salam Christian and welcome to the forum. Bet you haven't heard of those before!!

Salam serenegirl, welcome to the forum. oh you tart :p

Salam Yeshua Welcome to the forum. I'm so much older than you I should probably be dead lol. I'm also a Brit and a convert to Islam but like you I enjoy learning about other religions too. Look forward to your posts.

Hi Bob. I posted a video on another thread today about this but can't find it now. It is known that the crescent moon as an Islamic symbol was taken from the Turks, after their conquest and the earliest example that can be found is about 1460 (if I remember correctly) so considerably later than...

Salam Arthra Another sad story of persecution. The story of the recent bombing of a Coptic church in Egypt is another example of the extremists currently working in the middle east to seperate people of different faiths. I hope the people of the ME reject the extremists and people can learn to...

Hi Chris Great thread but I'm afraid I couldn't answer the poll as it's not a simple yes or no. I am afraid of the dying process if it's a fearful or very pianful death .. I would rather just go splat and be dead. I am not afraid of actually being dead, it is just the next beginning. However I...