#british women convert to islam

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3 Reasons Women Should do Charity

The Prophet Muhammad (ﷺ) once addressed a group of women and encouraged them to give charity. He said that he had seen that most of the people in Hell were women. The women asked why this was so. Why Women Should Be Mindful Women often curse and are ungrateful to their husbands. Women can be led astray easily. Women have some deficiencies in their intelligence and religion. What Are These…

[hindulivesmatter]

I'm from the USA and took a lot of Indian history courses at my university. You might already know this or have guessed it, but a lot of what we learned was taught from a leftist--and at times explicitly Marxist--perspective. This was even stronger in other (but thankfully not all!) social studies departments where there were classes focusing solely on various social ills of Hinduism with regard to caste and issues of feminism, yet almost nothing negative could be said if it might be critical of Islam or Muslim figures, (Mahmud of Ghazni being a notable exception for one of my professors.) There was a whole class on British colonialism; no details were spared. Horrible famines in the Deccan, Odisha, Bengal. The decimation of the textile industry. Banning bharatanatyam. The salt tax. Accounts of how a British man kicked one of his servants to death, and another of how the poor and sick congregated outside the gates of a hospital in the south that at the time would only help Europeans. Jallianwala Bagh. But Aurangzeb? Completely whitewashed. You would think Sikhs carry a kirpan for no reason. It was only through reading additional books and documents for my essays and projects that I learned about how he tore down temples, smashed murtis (and stole valuable ones,) levied a double tax on non-Muslims, etc. I remember reading an account of a traveler going through the south at the time of the Deccan wars, remarking on how you could find entire villages empty and deserted fields full of unharvested crops because the people had fled advancing armies. In one region his forces simply killed some Telugu-speaking Brahmins serving the local king rather than force them to convert, and in another his forces captured a royal scribe, forced him to convert to Islam, and forcibly circumcized him before the man killed himself. Obviously the history of all things under the umbrella of Hinduism or any other system is not perfect, but there was a huge difference in how critical you could be of Hinduism (and even western traditions/ideas) compared to Islam.

Sometimes I daydream about what it would have been like to study Sangam literature in India or to experience Andal without needing an English translation, or going to translate old Sanskrit copies of the Mahabharata whose telling is unique to a certain village or something. But ultimately I'm glad I chose to be a research scientist instead and have a career in that, because I don't think I would have been able to succeed in academia unless I were a leftist. :\ Honestly I feel like even going to hang out with ISKCON for a few days would be a better introduction to Hinduism for the average person abroad with zero knowledge than a class called "Intersections of Gender and Caste in Hinduism" or something.

Very telling how Hinduism, and even Christianity is ripped apart in academia, yet when it comes to Islam, it is a religion of "tolerance, and beauty that respects women."

Honestly, though, it's because of how severely they react when their religion is criticized or even inspected. Apostates are given death, women who do not obey are given death, anyone who utters a word against their precious prophets is given, you guessed it! Death.

No religion is perfect, humans can be horrific creatures, and even Hinduism cannot escape that. But Islam has committed far more war crimes than any other religion.

It absolutely boils my blood to see traces of colonizers in our cities. One side of my family hails from Aurangabad, named aftre Aurangzeb, and you already know the atrocities he committed.

It's so fucking insidious to see how the youth have been told what to think. My own friend claimed to me, verbatim: "You cannot be neutral in the Israel-Palestine war. Either you support Palestine, or you support genocide."

Support Hamas? Support terrorism? The same terrorism that affects us? Has everyone forgotten 26/11?

It makes me so sad to think of the future we could have had. Sanskrit would be the most spoken language, instead of English. Gurukuls would exist, and India would still have all of its wealth.

You're right, even ISKCON is better than the propaganda they feed people about our religion.

[incorrectmahabharatquotes]

I know the history of the word Hindu. I was simply using it to give you clarity.

You've made your perspective clear. Deflection and whataboutism are your weapons.

You are so quick to play your dalit card everywhere, but you forget that dalits were among the persecuted Hindus too. I never denied that the caste system is evil and needs to be gone completely. Why bring it up in a conversation where it wasn't even an issue?

You're so far into your leftie liberal mode that you don't even realise that you're here because of the efforts of fellow Hindus' efforts to abolish the caste system and bring in reservations to compensate for the oppression. It's still a work in progress but there's definitely progress.

Moreover, had this nation been running on the same values as Islamic rulers of the past who broke our temples, you'd be killed just for being a queer or being a Hindu who didn't convert.

Just look at the minorities in other Islamic countries.

But you won't, I know. Because hating fellow Hindus and denying history is more important for you. It's the cool thing to do these days.

One day you'll learn, hopefully soon. I wish you luck. 🙏

How dare you say Babasaheb Ambedkar was a Hindu when he died a Buddhist and swore to not die a Hindu. How dare you insist that the real people who worked towards societal change for women, Dalit and Adivasi people, like Jyotiba Phule and Savitribai Phule, did so at 0 cost of their 'Hindu' society. Savitribai Phule did not have shit flung at her every day by brahmins for you to say 'Hindu' as though they weren't the ones who opposed her attempt to educate girls.

How dare you, lastly, insist that Dalits are ALSO Hindu, as though they haven't been dehumanised and humiliated for centuries on end and prevented from entering temples out of 'Impurity'.

In all our arguments, I find it INCREDIBLY funny that you seem to always focus on Muslim invaders, but never at all focus on the kind of bullshit the British wrecked on us. I'll tell you why: its because the British were the ones to club ALLLLLLL these varied identities together under a wishy washy 'Hindu' label in censuses. Dalit people are also under this label BECAUSE OF CLERICAL LAZINESS.

And this shit worked PERFECTLY for Hindu Nationalists. The more uniform our 'identity' got, the better. But of course, caste was essential to the functioning of 'Hindu' society.

So I give you this chance to inform me: What kind of society acts like this? Why are Dalit children beaten in schools for touching the wrong water pot? And forgive me for assuming, but if you have a household help who comes by, why do you treat her in a way which is 'different' to your family? Why is your circle of friends the same 3 people from the same community? Why do we live in this kind of society? What morality are we functioning on? Tell me, without resorting to justifying henious acts by saying 'Dharma'. I dare you.

-Mod G

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Hello again, Anon-Who-Has-Unfollowed-But-Is-Still-Here-Inexplicably,

Mod G actually replied to you before I did. You didn't say about their reply. That's fascinating. They answered your ask in a far more direct way so I thought adding the same thing would be redundant. Turns out, it wouldn't have been redundant because you didn't even read what they said. Who knew.

You know what? I actually did say what the conquerors did was wrong. I directly talked about it. That's not what-aboutery. Did you not even read that part? I said what they did was wrong and what you're doing is wrong too. (I'm saying it again because you seem to be under the impression that I'm not holding these historical figures responsible for their actions sufficiently enough for your taste.)

I talked about being dalit in terms of reclamation and reparation. It is directly related to the topic you were talking about. Sure, free to tell me that I should be grateful to my "fellow Hindus" and should express that gratefulness by shutting my mouth and not criticizing them when they're doing something wrong. Got it. All that work-in-progress you talk about but I should still know my place and not speak over savarna Hindus. Understood.

Newsflash, the said beloved Hindus will ALSO gladly kill me for being a queer, as you put it. Right now, in fact. We're not exactly a queer-friendly nation, if you haven't noticed.

You also seem to be under the impression that Hindus=Hindutva which is just a wrong assumption on your part. In fact, from all the replies we're getting it seems to me that the other Hindus disagree with your hindutva politics. What do you make of that?

But yes, I'm a filthy leftie liberal blah-blah. I'm hating Hindus because I said something they're doing is wrong. But all you do is keep talking about Muslims and Islamic countries and don't even wonder why.

-Mod S

[mariacallous]

Tommy Robinson has come a long way on the subject of Islam. Born Stephen Yaxley-Lennon, he rose to prominence as the leader of the anti-immigrant and anti-Islamic English Defence League. In a speech in Denmark in 2016, he claimed that there was an ongoing “military invasion” of Europe, referring to the increasing numbers of refugees from Muslim countries. In his self-published book, “Mohammed’s Koran: Why Muslims Kill for Islam,” Robinson instructs any potential Muslim readers to put the book down. “We do not wish you to become a killer because this book leads you to understand the doctrines and history of Islam more thoroughly.”

Yet Robinson’s opposition has since softened. He has observed that “Islam has become an attraction for so many, because people are looking for something strong in principle that can stand its ground.” Lamenting the state of the West, he has noted that there are areas of common ground between his extreme far-right views and certain forms of conservative Islam. Both Robinson and Muslims can be found protesting the pro-LGBTQ curriculum taught in British schools. Realizing that they could be allies in the culture wars, Robinson went so far as to attend a protest condemning the burning of the Quran by a far-right activist in Sweden. Instead of supporting the right to desecrate the Muslim holy book, as he used to, he talked to the Muslim protesters and asked questions, describing himself as an “observer.”

Robinson is far from an isolated example of this previously hard-to-imagine union between the extreme right and conservative Muslims. He is one of many far-right personalities carving out a new form of conservatism, characterized by this new, admiring attitude toward Islam. The most high-profile among them is, of course, Andrew Tate, who took this admiration to its logical conclusion by converting to Islam. But there are many more who have been vocal in their admiration and support for specific forms of conservative, patriarchal Islam, even if they’ve stopped short of adopting the faith. This unlikely alliance is not just built on LGBTQ issues. Feminism, “cultural Marxism,” globalists and “wokeism” are all used as scapegoats. And it’s no longer just on the fringes.

The past year has seen this alliance go mainstream. In competing to become the most anti-woke candidate out there, former President Donald Trump, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis and others have put conflicts over gender roles and LGBTQ rights front and center, with the latter presenting himself as the cultural warrior most willing to take the necessary measures to halt wokeness. Former enemies, conservative Muslims and anti-woke Christians, have found common ground over these issues — with electoral implications. Once discouraged from voting Republican by post-9/11 policies, today, Muslims in America are flocking back to the right, finding this new form of conservatism more agreeable. In turn, the right no longer sees Muslims solely through the lens of terrorism but as potential allies in the culture wars. This support, along with new signs of respect for Islam, may fundamentally shift foreign policy. After all, if you see no problem with how the Taliban treat women, then you have less reason to oppose their rule.

We have witnessed this new trend from its early days, over years of observation and interaction, from finding Jordan Peterson trending in the Middle East back in 2018 to witnessing Tate’s star rise among Muslims in the West and the Arab world. (Tate was recently charged in Romania with human trafficking, rape and forming a criminal gang to sexually exploit women.) We have monitored dozens of YouTube channels, read thousands of posts in online chat rooms, followed scores of online influencers and spoken to many followers and fans in multiple countries. At first, this research traced existing divisions between Muslims and the right, but through long-term observation of online communities, we came to realize that political fault lines were being redrawn.

This new trend encompasses both political and social factors that influence and impact one another. Particularly important is the collection of communities, united by misogynistic and conspiratorial theories, known as the “manosphere.” From incel chatrooms to self-help dating sites, fueled by influencers from Peterson to Tate, the manosphere has formed a core demographic of this new conservatism. These figures have not only gained mainstream attention but have also pulled the entire political establishment to the right. This article is the result of observing these trends become increasingly widespread and normalized, most obviously in politics but also throughout Western societies, perhaps epitomized best by the recent protests over, of all things, school curricula.

[beardedmrbean]

Shamima Begum has lost her latest bid to overturn the government’s decision to strip her of British citizenship, the Court of Appeal has ruled.

Ms Begum left the UK aged 15 with two other east London schoolgirls to travel to Syria in February 2015.

Last year, she lost a challenge against the decision at the Special Immigration Appeals Commission (SIAC).

Here are the key developments to date:

August 1999: Shamima Begum is born in England to parents of Bangladeshi heritage.

February 2015: British counter-terrorism police launched an international hunt to find three London schoolgirls who were making their way to the so-called Islamic State’s (Isis) territory in Syria.

Ms Begum, 15, had slipped out of her house in east London, with friends, Kadiza Sultant, 16 and Amira Abase. They caught a flight to Istanbul, Turkey and travelled to the Syrian border from there.

In late February, the Metropolitan police confirm that Begum and her friends had reached Syria. Ten days after arriving in the country, Shamima Begum marries Yago Riedijk, a Dutch-born convert to Islam and a convicted terrorist.

October 2017: A US-backed alliance of Syrian fighters takes full control of Raqqa, ending three years of Isis rule in the city.

13 February 2019: The Times’ war correspondent Anthony Loyd finds Ms Begum, then 19-years-old, at the al-Hawl refugee camp in Northern Syria. A pregnant Ms Begum tells him that she wants to return to the UK to raise her child but that she did not regret her decision to join Isis. She says that she had had two other children who died of malnutrition.

She says she had been unfazed by seeing the head of a beheaded man as he was an “enemy of Islam” but believes that Isis did not deserve victory.

Three days later, Ms Begum gives birth to a baby boy.

19 February 2019: The UK government serves notice that it intends to strip Ms Begum of her British citizenship.

The then-Home Secretary, Sajid Javid, writes to Ms Begum’s parents to inform them of his order to strip her citizenship. He believes that, because her parents are of Bangladeshi heritage, she can apply for citizenship of that country.

The law allows the government to remove citizenship if they can show the person behaved “in a manner which is seriously prejudicial to the vital interests of the UK” and when there is “reasonable grounds for believing that the person is able, under the law of a country or territory outside the UK, to become a national of such a country or territory.”

24 February 2019: Ms Begum’s father, Ahmed Ali, speaks to The Mail on Sunday and says that he “doesn’t have a problem” with his daughter’s British citizenship being removed.

Speaking from his home in Bangladesh, he said: “If she at least admitted she made a mistake then I would feel sorry for her and other people would feel sorry for her, but she does not accept her wrong.”

16 July 2020: The Court of Appeal rules that Ms Begum should be permitted to return to the UK in order to fairly contest the British government’s decision to revoke her citizenship. This ruling was appealed and sent to the Supreme Court.

26 February 2021: On February 26, the Supreme Court ruled unanimously against bringing Ms Begum back, thus reversing the previous decision.

15 September 2021: Ms Begum asks the British people for forgiveness in an interview with ITV. The now-22-year-old says that Isis’s killing of innocent people is “unjustifiable”.

She apologised for comments she had previously made to a BBC journalist about the Manchester Arena bombing. In 2019, she had claimed - when asked about the 2017 attack - that it was wrong to kill innocent people, but that Isis considered it justified as retaliation for coalition bombing of Isis-held areas.

She told ITV: “I do not believe that one evil justifies another evil. I don’t think that women and children should be killed for other people’s motives and for other people’s agendas.”

November 2022

Before the Special Immigration Appeals Commission (SIAC), Ms Begum’s counsel said: “Without seeking to investigate and determine, still less consider, whether she was a child victim of trafficking and whether there were failures by public authorities in the UK to prevent her being trafficked.”

January 2023

In the BBC podcast series, she said she understood public anger towards her but insisted she was not a “bad person”.

She said she accepted she was viewed “as a danger, as a risk”, but blamed her portrayal in the media.

February 22, 2023

Ms Begum lost her appeal in a SIAC court to overturn the government’s decision to strip her of her British citizenship.

October 2023

Ms Begum’s appeal against the loss of her British citizenship began in the Court of Appeal.

Begum’s team of barristers claim she was a victim of Isis propaganda and was groomed into terrorism.

Samantha Knights KC told the court the government had failed to consider the legal duties owed to Ms Begum as a potential victim of trafficking or as a result of “state failures” in her case.

February 2024

Three judges dismissed Ms Begum‘s bid at the Court of Appeal.

Giving the ruling, Lady Chief Justice Baroness Carr said: “It could be argued the decision in Ms Begum‘s case was harsh. It could also be argued that Ms Begum is the author of her own misfortune.

“But it is not for this court to agree or disagree with either point of view. Our only task is to assess whether the deprivation decision was unlawful.

[ahmed-s-f]

Christian ministries gangs in Egypt And sexual harassment Paul’s ministry

This article is about a real-life experience that happened to me

I joined a Christian ministry at an early age. The funny thing is that I did not know that it was a Christian ministry at all. It was a charitable organization that worked in secret for the benefit of a Christian institution.

I accepted the truth easily when I learned of it. The security situation is difficult and dangerous for Christians who work in Christian missionary work in Egypt.

An organization under the name FOF was working for one of the Christian ministries under the name Paul’s Ministry

This, of course, necessitates accepting small legal crimes such as the institution’s falsification of its papers and sources of income, and more importantly, accepting continuous lying to people under the pretext that this is for their benefit and to convey the Christian faith to them.

I did not understand how to combine lying and the Christian faith and how they should work together for the same goal

Then I began to realize the reality of the ministry under which I worked, that its work was similar to that of gangs. It was forbidden for anyone to know the name of its leader. His name was John W. Hanna, and he was hiding behind dozens of employees so that she could not reach him.

The institution’s financial resources were poor, and the money spent on development work was small, despite my knowledge that the ministry had an income in the millions, and property worth about 40 million Egyptian pounds ..

However, the Ministry’s employees monopolized that money for themselves, and that was the reason for the director’s secrecy. It came to the point of stealing my salary for three years and stealing donations that went specifically to specific people who did not get anything from them and did not even know they existed.

The biggest disaster is when I saw in our Christian ministry cases of sexual harassment of working women and those who were targeted, and because the harasser was related to the director, JOHN, he was not punished or even expelled from his position.

John’s ministry was offering money that should be given as non-refundable donations. They were offering it in the form of loans and forcing the beneficiaries to return it, which is an effective way to steal money. One person died due to health deteriorations due to John and Hana’s pressure on him to force him to return money that should have been Provided primarily as a donation

The service was also trading its money on the black market, which is a difficult to trace method they use to steal donation funds.

Threats were a common method. Those who complained about those who converted from Islam to Christianity were threatened to inform their Muslim families.. even though the work of the service is to protect those who converted to Christianity.

What is strange is that all neighboring ministries knew about these crimes, and despite that, no one dared to expose or fight them

In addition to wasting money on fake projects and failed projects, while dozens of new believers were suffering from poverty and the difficulty of life, Paul’s ministry was wasting money on projects that had not worked for a single day.

When I saw with the eyes of one of the new believers suffering after he was expelled from his home and his family pursued him, John refused to give him support to obtain housing even though he receives funding allocated for these cases.

Which made me go directly to the British institution that supports our ministry to file a complaint with it, as it does not know what is happening in Egypt. It was the 3pministries Foundation.

I filed a formal complaint but they ignored it

Once again they ignored her

I had to file a complaint with a British ministry specializing in charitable institutions, which forced them to respond

Their response was very dry. They did not try to find out anything. They only sought to close the complaint. I sent them all the evidence of crimes in Egypt and of the incidents of theft and waste of money, but they did not take any reaction.

Then they just told me that they would stop replying to me or I would not text them again

I discovered that the organization ignored all crimes and did not mind their occurrence just to keep its work in Egypt afloat

And maintaining the flow of Muslims crossing over to Christianity, which means more money flowing to the Egyptian side Paul’s Ministry and the British side 3pministries

The funny thing is that the goal of spreading Christianity itself was not achieved due to the fact that most of the reports written about new believers are fake, they are composed positions written from imagination.

Most of the new believers quickly return to Islam due to lack of proper follow-up, because it simply no longer brings in money.

The spread of corruption in Arab Christian ministries is a disaster that must be looked at seriously

[voidingintotheshout]

OK as someone who is known by some of you as a Muslim, I just want to address the elephant in the room before I go to bed. Andrew Tate, the violently misogynistic asshole has just announced that he has converted to Islam, my faith. And while I hope that this conversion brings him in contact with people that shake him of his violent misogyny, I’m not gonna hold my breath that he becomes a better person. If I had to guess, I am assuming that he doesn’t really respect Islam or Allah and he’s only choosing this faith because he thinks it’s the violent and misogynistic religion that will allow him to be as violent and misogynistic as he wants, and he can just hide behind Islam when he gets in trouble. I hope he proves me wrong by becoming a better and caring person because of this but I kind of doubt it. Mostly, I doubt that he will become a better person because he had someone on a podcast crack a joke, implying that he didn’t sincerely convert and Andrew’s response was to accuse the person of being Islamophobic and then threatening some vague revenge for insulting Muslims, which vaguely implies terrorism I guess? So I just really hate that he has been a Muslim for like less than a week and he’s already emphasized that the entire religion is full of misogynists and women haters, and that if you do anything to disrespect a Muslim, they’ll hurt you. Like thanks, but no thanks for just using something that matters to me and just actively making it worse. At least this asshole is British and he’s a reflection of the poor moral character of the British people. 

After fact, checking this before I posted it I came to the heartbreaking discovery that he has dual American and British citizenship so unfortunately, he is a reflection of the poor moral character of Britain and America. 

Don’t get me wrong, while I do believe that believing in a religion or belief system can make you a better person, I don’t think any religion or belief system can make you a better person if you don’t want to be. unfortunately, if you don’t actually want to be a better person then religion ends up just being the vehicle with which you amass power, money, and influence that you used to make the world worse but that’s also true of belief systems like capitalism, communism, or whatever. 

[smqazi]

UAE BUILDING A RELIGION, NEW ISLAM, AN INNOVATION (BID’AH)

UAE Building a Muslim Jewish Christianity unitarian religion, A NEW ISLAM?

Jun 16, 2021 — The three-building complex was designed by architect David Adjaye, and “captures the values shared between Judaism, Christianity, and Islam” ...

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The Abrahamic Family House's design, by Ghanaian-British architect Sir David Adjaye, captures the values shared between Judaism, Christianity and Islam, Jun 15, 2021

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The Abrahamic Family House (Arabic: بيت العائلة الإبراهيمية) is an interfaith complex on Saadiyat Island in Abu Dhabi inspired by the 2019 Document on Human Fraternity.

Christians are free to worship and wear religious clothing, if applicable. The country has Catholic, Eastern and Oriental Orthodox along with Protestant churches. Although Christian women can marry Muslim men freely, marriage between Muslim women and non-Muslim men is forbidden.

A building constructed or used for this purpose is sometimes called a house of worship. Temples, churches, Mosques, Gurdwaras and synagogues are examples of structures created for worship.

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UAE BUILDING A RELIGION, NEW ISLAM, AN INNOVATION (BID’AH)

UAE Building a Muslim Jewish Christianity unitarian religion, A NEW ISLAM?

Jun 16, 2021 — The three-building complex was designed by architect David Adjaye, and “captures the values shared between Judaism, Christianity, and Islam” ...

Architect Sir David Adjaye

The Abrahamic Family House's design, by Ghanaian-British architect Sir David Adjaye, captures the values shared between Judaism, Christianity and Islam, Jun 15, 2021

Abu Dhabi

The Abrahamic Family House (Arabic: بيت العائلة الإبراهيمية) is an interfaith complex on Saadiyat Island in Abu Dhabi inspired by the 2019 Document on Human Fraternity.

Christians are free to worship and wear religious clothing, if applicable. The country has Catholic, Eastern and Oriental Orthodox along with Protestant churches. Although Christian women can marry Muslim men freely, marriage between Muslim women and non-Muslim men is forbidden.

A building constructed or used for this purpose is sometimes called a house of worship. Temples, churches, Mosques, Gurdwaras and synagogues are examples of structures created for worship.

Place of worship - Wikipedia

https://en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Place_of_worship

Web results

Jun 15, 2021 — The cultural landmark in the UAE capital, which includes a synagogue, ... by Judaism, Christianity, and Islam, through three main buildings, ...

Missing: unitarian | Must include: unitarian

A church, a synagogue and a mosque planned together for ...

https://religionnews.com › 2019/09/23 › a-church-a-sy...

Sep 23, 2019 — 20 to unveil plans for a church, synagogue and mosque on Saadiyat Island in Abu Dhabi. The three houses of worship will collectively be ...

Mosque, Synagogue and Church Being Built Together in Abu ...

https://www.newsweek.com › ... › Judaism › Christianity

Sep 24, 2019 — Plans have been unveiled for the Abrahamic Family House, a sprawling interfaith complex in the United Arab Emirates' capital city.

What's Right with Islam - Harvard Unitarian Universalist Church

https://uuharvard.org › Services

Jan 24, 2016 — Do Americans know that Islam, Judaism, and Christianity all share roots in the story of the biblical patriarch Abraham?

Christianity in the Middle East - Wikipedia

https://en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Christianity_in_the_Mi...

Converts to Christianity from other religions such as Islam, Yezidism, Mandeanism, Yarsan, Zoroastrianism, Baháʼísm, Druze, and Judaism exist in relatively ...

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[a-journey-to-true-self]

The Importance of Charity and Righteousness for Women

The Prophet Muhammad (ﷺ) once addressed a group of women and encouraged them to give charity. He said that he had seen that most of the people in Hell were women. The women asked why this was so. Why Women Should Be Mindful Women often curse and are ungrateful to their husbands. Women can be led astray easily. Women have some deficiencies in their intelligence and religion. What Are These…

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How do I start preparing for Umrah from Nottingham?

Umrah is a holy journey to Makah and Madinah— it calls upon Muslims all over the world with the promise of a reawakening spiritually, in order to reconnect with Allah (SWT). Should you join those in Nottingham, this holy expedition has the potential to offer an unparalleled experience unlike any other. This manual delves into the critical stages of readiness as one perform Umrah from Nottingham, thus ensuring you are able to actualize your dream without any doubt whatsoever.

Arranging Your Mindset: The Essence of Your Umrah

The primary stride towards a gratifying Umrah trip from Nottingham is establishing lucid intentions. Ponder upon what you aspire to accomplish through this odyssey; are you in search of absolution, seeking to strengthen your bond with Allah (SWT), or simply striving to fulfill an age-old yearning? A well-defined purpose shall pave the way for your deeds and intensify the spiritual weight of your journey.

Securing Your Entry Permit: The Visa Process

An Embassy or Consulate of Saudi Arabia usually issues Umrah visas for UK residents. Collect the needed documents, including passport (valid for at least six months after the return date), proof of accommodation booking, and maybe a return flight ticket. Remember to apply for the visa early as processing times differ — make sure it is well ahead of your departure date from Nottingham.

Travel Logistics: Planning Your Journey from Nottingham

It's easy to find direct flights from major UK airports such as London to Jeddah or Madinah. However, if these do not fit your budget or schedule, think of alternative routes that include layovers. Be sure to check out airlines' reliability and compare their fares; this way you can secure the best deal for your Umrah trip from Nottingham. When it comes to accommodation, go for reputable hotels or serviced apartments near the Haram (Grand Mosque) in Makah and the Prophet's Mosque in Madinah— prioritize their proximity to these holy sites for easier access during your pilgrimage.

Understanding spiritual rituals:

Don't just head to your Umrah from Nottingham blindly; know what the crucial Umrah rituals entail? There are plenty of resources that can be of great help like online tutorials, guidebooks, or even sessions before departure offered by mosques or Islamic organizations in Nottingham. Get to know about Ihram (the seamless garments worn during Umrah), Tawaf (circumambulation around the Kaaba), Sa'i (the walking between Safa and Marwa), and the prayers said at each point. The more knowledgeable you are, the more you can concentrate on the spiritual essence of each ritual during your Umrah.

Essential items to pack for Umrah:

When departing Nottingham for your Umrah, ensure your luggage contains comfortable and breathable clothing that will keep you warm in the cool winter climates of Makah and Madinah. Remember that both men and women are required to dress modestly during this spiritual journey. Pack Ihram clothes, walking shoes that are comfortable when worn, a rug for praying, and a women’s headscarf as well as another scarf and hat that will keep you warm in addition to sunscreen. You should also have toiletries, medicine like drugs, and water. Remember that you have to move lightly because of the congested areas, especially near these holy places.

Travel Tips and Considerations for Umrah from Nottingham

Currency Exchange: Carry some Saudi Riyals (SAR) with you by converting some British Pounds (GBP) before your trip is over so as to use them for small expenses. Makah and Madinah have many ATMs.

Communication: It can be wise after your arrival to purchase a local SIM card for cheap telephone calls or even internet access.

Travel Insurance: Get travel insurance so that you can be covered by any uncertainties.

Respectful Conduct: In Saudi Arabia, treat other pilgrims respectfully and observe local customs. Familiarize yourself with basic Arabic greetings to improve your experience.

Setting Out on Your Spiritual Journey: The Life-Changing Experience

When you face Kaaba, say Talbiyah (Umrah’s declaration of intent) with a sincere mind. Every ritual beginning with Tawaf towards Sa’i gives room for supplication, reflection, and connection with Allah (SWT). Understand the spiritual significance of every step you can be sure to make the trip. You just need to plan your journey carefully.

Returning Home Transformed: Carrying the Blessings Forward

After performing Umrah, returned home to Nottingham, your life will never be the same again. Share this grace with those close to you and keep the spiritual force going by applying whatever you have learned in your life as a whole. Use your trip as a seed of personal growth and increased commitment to religion.

Conclusion

Doing Umrah from Nottingham may sound like an uphill task at face value but a well-laid-down plan will ensure that it becomes realistic rather than a mere wish.

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Enemies Defeated (Proles of France, Israel, and Britain)

Rory Ahlquist: Rabbinical Agnew, Japanese ninjitsu, beekeepers; the Angiulo investment, the US Navy plying Rabbinical vendor's trades out of sportswriter's unions.

Alice Charlebois: A Bogota garments syndicate assassin, having turned to Likud Israel, having been bribed with commerce from the "Harry Potter" books, of whom I have been featured as Harry Potter, a homosexual child molester, a Rabbi or any such other membership in a Rotary Lodge, a fraternal cocaine dealer; Albert Einstein's organization, the Nation-State of Israel; faced by my grandfather, Allen Dulles, under assumed alias; actually Radu Thorne, a Stuka Ju 57 pilot, a Junker's divebomber, having hit Guernica for pleasure alone.

Carlin Sarkesian: The Yeltsin arms combine, weapons caches for Jewish children, adopting to the gay identity, to shoot up "Christians", men and women rejecting them for sexual coitus, having expected a pickup artists' book to be the answer to impregnating a woman, instead of "mutual masturbation", fetish sex, the alternative to abstinence demands of some Parishes; rape, given copulation, a Promenades dance; controlled by Canadian Intelligence, the poorly appraised society that never happened.

Philip Enfield: Alias, "Alex Fleming", "Flem", or "Misery", locked up at outside call to police; the Insane Clown Posse, Fight Club, MTV, and Ronald Reagan, revealed to be a work of the Charlebois family, "Hitler Doesn't Smoke", Adolf Hitler's campaign against cigarettes in 1931, to win him Reichstag's Assembly, in Chancellorship of Germany, and later, America, through universities, the University President changed to title of "Chancellor".

Nicholas Maynard: Placed in a permanent fugue state, as a female transexual Bourbon, upon rooming, triggered schizophreniform break, for three and a half hours; blue lotus, a potent Japanese drug, to take a car accident driver down from "shabu", ice, methamphetamine, used by MI-6 and SIS operatives on Asian highways to compensate for the rigid driving machinas needed in the United States, not used in Asia, for far safer roads; outside of the gay rights movements, of those "queer", pedophiles, those seeking sex tourism, instead of their own local prostitutes; those women of influence, law and medical degrees, seeking gigalo, a man into the same trade as them, "homophobes", the heterosexual variety of man grown so rare after Lutheran anti-Semites of Holocaust's ilk, have prohibited Zen; stock broker's numbers, no less, refusing peanut butter, a common child molester thinking his allergy from refusing chocolate, is an actual dietary impediment.

Richard Coughlin: A Hitler Youth, the British fire marshal; the kin of JK Rowling, and through her, Hitler and CS Lewis and Arthur C. Clarke. Guilty of placing a banking derivative, "tools have their uses", to confuse India and DC Comics, the FBI investment, for both, on sales to Berkshire Hathaway, an enemy firm out of the British North Irish, the Arab-Fenian Guilds of Boston and holders of Canada, beneath their Lutheran Sunni grip; not Vatican Zen Arabs, the preferred in New England, particularly our athletes rumored to be of Hispanic or Latino blood.

John Washburne: Alias, "Cusack", remanded to prison sentence, for causing the death of Sandi MacDonald, NSA and Catholic Zen, out of Sudanese Egypt, oppressed by Whitey Bulger's demand of Islam practiced for "Arab" states, his booking and banking numbers.  John Washburne, a Queen's Tory, a loyalist, is still in jail, at a military psychiatric ward, being tormented by black prisoners of Arab blood, screaming at him at all hours, for having them converted to Islam, Hitler's religion, as well as Jesus Christ and Muhammad, three cast-outs of utter loathsomeness, the Chilton's family brides.

Saddam Hussein: An MI-6 booking agent, once denied holdership of Israel and Iraq and Iran, by my mother's will alone, instead held as an Arab Olympics sponsor to doom Soviet investments; the Soviets being British intelligence Russians, held as such since Brezhnev, and with Saddam and Yeltsin's defeats, the new Republic of Russia, under Vladimir Putin, separate from the Federal Republic of Germany and the Nobel Prize union of Scandinavia. Put on trial, to prove he was not Gohan, the son of a CIA, Goku; in fact, an MI-6, the entire Dragonball series, an exploration in the myths of the CIA, the slowly acquitted and docile country life, of a Nazi, a Korean Northerner.

Keith Velasquez: Holland "NORML", spray of marijuana, fake or otherwise, with Lysol, Pinesol, Raid, or hairspray; found dead in woods, by Essex County police deputies, tree surgeon appointed to monitor safety of marijuana, sold out of state police tax stamps.  Indictment, of Goldman-Sachs, Trump Organization, Saks Fifth Avenue, Nieman Marcus, Macy's, D-Company, Dawood Ibrahim, and Amsterdam Dutch, by lawyers from Gaetano Savings and Loan, Biden's accounts out of the Capone Crime Family; "crime family', indicating service under British Empire goals, out of Westminster Abbey, high value to American intelligence, at potential loss of life threatened from police special forces for interdicting or threatening "crime family" members.

Elizabeth II of Tudor: The agent of George Soros, through Irish Protestants; those Catholics, of Catechism, accepting liturgy instead, and refusing the kneeler, to prevent anal sodomey or the offer of oral pleasure, instead plying their trade as poisoners of meat and practicioners of Pentacost, Purim, and Vigil. Those finding themselves to be in purchase of labor, as if a contract is to be bought on finder's fee, with contract labor guaranteeing loyalty, instead of full control in committee and payment, outside of Ban Ki-Moon's concepts of control of market, the North American Man Boy Love Association (NAMBLA, the British Presbyterians, of Scotland and Korea and Sweden, Asatru as the combined faith's name under Catholic alms).

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Profiles of Pride: June 26th! 🏳️‍🌈Nisha Ayub🏳️‍🌈

Nisha Ayub (born April 5, 1979) is a Malaysian transgender rights activist. Ayub is the co-founder of the community-run SEED Foundation and transgender grassroots campaign Justice for Sisters and she was awarded the prestigious International Women of Courage Award in 2016.

Nisha Ayub was born in Malacca, Malaysia, on April 5, 1979. She is of mixed maternal Indian, Ceylonese and paternal Malay descent. Nisha has memories of when she was a child and used to wear a “selendang” (shawl) while dancing to Bollywood songs. Nisha was raised by her mother’s Christian family after her father's death when she was six years old. Her mother is a Muslim convert. At nine years old, Nisha participated in a fancy dress competition, as a ballerina wearing a black dress and a wig. At the time, she realized that was the real Nisha.

As a transgender woman, Nisha has faced law enforcement where Islamic sharia laws are enforced. Under a provision of Sharia (Islamic law) a male person is prohibited from dressing or behaving like a woman and appearing in public that way. Violation of this is punishable by a fine of 1,000 ringgit (approximately US$257) and a jail term for period of six months to a year. Sharia law is enforced by the state Islamic religious departments. Under this law, Ayub was imprisoned for three months in 2000. While Nisha was imprisoned in a male prison, the warden and other prisoners sexually assaulted her. Ayub said of her time in the prison: "They asked me to strip naked in front of everyone. They made fun of me, because my body doesn’t conform to what men and women are supposed to be.”

Ayub, through non-governmental organizations, counsels people, provides training to develop professional careers, addresses their health and welfare issues and provides them legal support.

Nisha Ayub was honored with Human Rights Watch's Alison Des Forges Award for Extraordinary Activism in 2015 for her bold action opposing the Malaysian laws that were detrimental to the interest of people to live in peace without being harmed and oppressed. She also received the International Women of Courage Award in 2016, becoming the first openly transgender woman to receive that award.

In 2016, San Diego declared April 5 to be Nisha Ayub Day in the US city. In the proclamation, San Diego mayor Kevin L. Faulconer said: "Nisha Ayub continues to fight for the equality and protection of all people in her country and beyond its borders."

In 2019, Nisha became the only Malaysian on the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) 100 Women of 2019 list. She was recognized by BBC for her work in assisting the local transgender community.

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Events 3.8

1010 – Ferdowsi completes his epic poem Shahnameh. 1126 – Following the death of his mother, queen Urraca of León, Alfonso VII is proclaimed king of León. 1262 – Battle of Hausbergen between bourgeois militias and the army of the bishop of Strasbourg. 1558 – The city of Pori (Swedish: Björneborg) is founded by Duke John on the shores of the Gulf of Bothnia. 1658 – Treaty of Roskilde: After a devastating defeat in the Northern Wars (1655–1661), Frederick III, the King of Denmark–Norway is forced to give up nearly half his territory to Sweden. 1702 – Queen Anne, the younger sister of Mary II, becomes Queen regnant of England, Scotland, and Ireland. 1722 – The Safavid Empire of Iran is defeated by an army from Afghanistan at the Battle of Gulnabad. 1736 – Nader Shah, founder of the Afsharid dynasty, is crowned Shah of Iran. 1775 – An anonymous writer, thought by some to be Thomas Paine, publishes "African Slavery in America", the first article in the American colonies calling for the emancipation of slaves and the abolition of slavery. 1782 – Gnadenhutten massacre: Ninety-six Native Americans in Gnadenhutten, Ohio, who had converted to Christianity, are killed by Pennsylvania militiamen in retaliation for raids carried out by other Indian tribes. 1801 – War of the Second Coalition: At the Battle of Abukir, a British force under Sir Ralph Abercromby lands in Egypt with the aim of ending the French campaign in Egypt and Syria. 1844 – King Oscar I ascends to the thrones of Sweden and Norway. 1844 – The Althing, the parliament of Iceland, was reopened after 45 years of closure. 1868 – Sakai incident: Japanese samurai kill 11 French sailors in the port of Sakai, Osaka. 1910 – French aviator Raymonde de Laroche becomes the first woman to receive a pilot's license. 1916 – World War I: A British force unsuccessfully attempts to relieve the siege of Kut (present-day Iraq) in the Battle of Dujaila. 1917 – International Women's Day protests in Petrograd mark the beginning of the February Revolution (February 23 in the Julian calendar). 1917 – The United States Senate votes to limit filibusters by adopting the cloture rule. 1921 – Spanish Prime Minister Eduardo Dato Iradier is assassinated while on his way home from the parliament building in Madrid. 1924 – A mine disaster kills 172 coal miners near Castle Gate, Utah. 1936 – Daytona Beach and Road Course holds its first oval stock car race. 1937 – Spanish Civil War: The Battle of Guadalajara begins. 1942 – World War II: The Dutch East Indies surrender Java to the Imperial Japanese Army. 1942 – World War II: Imperial Japanese Army forces captured Rangoon, Burma from British. 1950 – The iconic Volkswagen Type 2 "Bus" begins production. 1963 – The Ba'ath Party comes to power in Syria in a coup d'état. 1965 – Vietnam War: US Marines arrive at Da Nang. 1966 – Nelson's Pillar in Dublin, Ireland, destroyed by a bomb. 1979 – Philips demonstrates the compact disc publicly for the first time. 1979 – Images taken by Voyager I proved the existence of volcanoes on Io, a moon of Jupiter. 1983 – Cold War: While addressing a convention of Evangelicals, U.S. President Ronald Reagan labels the Soviet Union an "evil empire". 1985 – A supposed failed assassination attempt on Islamic cleric Sayyed Mohammad Hussein Fadlallah in Beirut, Lebanon, killing 80 and injuring 200 others. 1988 – Aeroflot Flight 3379 is hijacked by the Ovechkin family and diverted to Veshchevo in the Soviet Union. 2004 – A new constitution is signed by Iraq's Governing Council. 2014 – In one of aviation's greatest mysteries, Malaysia Airlines Flight 370, carrying a total of 239 people, disappears en route from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing. The fate of the flight remains unknown. 2017 – The Azure Window, a natural arch on the Maltese island of Gozo, collapses in stormy weather. 2018 – The first Aurat March (social/political demonstration) was held being International Women's Day in Karachi, Pakistan, since then annually held across Pakistan and feminist slogan Mera Jism Meri Marzi (My body, my choice), in demand for women's right to bodily autonomy and against gender-based violence came into vogue in Pakistan. 2021 – International Women's Day marches in Mexico become violent with 62 police officers and 19 civilians injured in Mexico City alone. 2021 – Twenty-eight political institutions in Myanmar establish the National Unity Consultative Council, a historic alliance of ethnic armed organizations and democratically elected leaders in response to the 2021 Myanmar coup d'état

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In October 2019 she was nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize for her work with the non-governmental organisation Protect the Rohingya.

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سابق برطانوی وزیر اعظم ٹونی بلیئر کی سالی لارن بوتھ کا قبولِ اسلام اور عورت کے لباس کے بحث کے تناظر میں

سابق برطانوی وزیر اعظم ٹونی بلیئر کی سالی لارن بوتھ کا قبولِ اسلام اور عورت کے لباس کے بحث کے تناظر میں

سابق برطانوی وزیر اعظم ٹونی بلیئر کی سالی لارن بوتھ کا قبولِ اسلام اور عورت کے لباس کے بحث کے تناظر میں ازقلم:عبدالعزیز ایک خاتون ہندستانی جرنلسٹ جو افغانستان سے ہندستان واپس آئی ہیں، ان سے ’این ڈی ٹی وی‘ کے ایک اینکر نے کئی سوالات کئے۔ خاتون صحافی نے کہا کہ گھر سے ہندستان کے سفارت خانہ آنے میں انہیں کسی پوائنٹ پر کوئی دقت نہیں ہوئی۔ طالبان صرف جاننا چاہتے تھے کہ میرا تعارف کیا ہے۔ بتانے کے…