₦airaland Forum

zubeyr:
The french are responding to the burka ,the niqab by restricting freedom and I think that's  not  going to work we have to be cautious not
to translate every sensitive issue into a legal issue on other hand we can do the job as Muslims by saying the burka and niqab are not Islamic
prescriptions

i dont seem to get your point. Why would we say they are not Islamic when they truly are?

it is unfortunate

Virginity should be celebrated in a world where everything right is made jest of. Am sure deep down, some people wish they had kept themselves chaste but just decide to go with the flow.

OH GOd! i wish some1 knows how angry i am.

some of them are just as selfish as their parents, taking Nigeria as their private property.

Just yesterday, through facebook, i was trying to c the people from my hometown. As I was going through i started to c familial names and then I saw a former governor's son whose profile I decided to check. I couldnt believe what I saw. He's running for the house of representatives!!!

this guy was notorious and was known every where in the capital for partying and calling himself with his father's name everywhere.

How then for goodness's sake is this boy to represent us well??

Wahala when you visit rich friends. Once, while visiting a very rich friend, the maid approached me and,


Question: What would you like to have, fruit juice, soda, tea, chocolate, cappuccino, frapuccino or coffee?
Answer: Tea please.
Question : Ceylon tea, Indian tea, herbal tea, bush tea, honey bush tea, iced tea or green tea?
Answer: Ceylon tea please.
Question : How would you like it, black or white?
Answer: White.
Question : Milk or fresh cream?
Answer: With milk.
Question : Goat's milk or cow's milk?
Answer; With cow's milk please.
Question : Freezeland cow or Afrikaner cow?
Answer: Umm, think I'll just take it black.
Question : Would you like it with sweetener, sugar or honey?
Answer: With sugar.
Question : Beet sugar or cane sugar?
Answer: Cane sugar.
Question : White, brown or yellow sugar?
Answer: Oya, forget about the tea, just give me a glass of water instead.
Question :Mineral water, tap water or distilled water?
Answer: Mineral water.
Question : Flavored or non-flavored?
Answer( lapsing into Naija speak!): Abeg, I think I'll just die of thirst. Which kind wahala be dis.
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Have u any such encounter?

me thnk d maid had been instructed not to offer anyone anything but to pretend to try to. . .

no problm

MashaAllah!

I wonder where i've been all ds while. But, alhamdulillah. Reading this thread is a great blessing to me.

My first experience was at an I.V.C a long time ago and I was quite young. We heard a woman screaming and ran towards the place when a woman shouted at us:'do you want the jinn leaving her to enter you?' and that was it until 2005 when I heard a lecture about it.

It didnt sound so real, was like seeing a movie and this thread is a great reminder!


But no one added that many of the jinns are set to cause chaos in homes, responsible for quarrels between spouses.

May Allah help us

I love suratul MULK most cos my recitation is best in it.


I also love suratul Kahf-everything in it!


My best ayah is ayatul kursiy.

Jazzifed:
I'm a christian woman dating a Muslim man because he actually follows his believes more than a "christian man" does. I'm a preacher's grandaughter. I'm not into having sex outside of marriage what so ever. In fact that's why I haven't go out with that many men. I'm looking for a husband not a freaken one night stand, which is what most "christian men" want. My man is very sweet, and he is content with the fact that I'm not into having sex outside of marriage and the fact that I'm looking for a husband not just a silly boyfriend. He is the best I could find and he is just right.

I think u'r right about what 'many' christian men want

davidylan:
I've never read a more disgusting piece of rubbish in the last few months.

just like d rubbish dat got out of ur mouth or that ur hand just typed!

This is initially false, but as most people become financially weaned from their families around the age of 21-22, ladies begin to look for more financial support in relationships while men look for free sex.
By the time ladies reach the Age of 23 -24 and Men 27, hardly anyone in the generation population believes in the naivety and innocence of love anymore. “I love you” becomes a call to some form of contract negotiation which can take many forms but is basically “give and take.”

This isnt entirely true,many people look forward to this time to find their true mate whom they hope to get married to.

In today's Nigeria, when the boys are falling in love at the late teens they have hardly anything to offer a girl apart from sex and fun-time, so that natural instinct in women that insist she assess a guy for materials and security in preparation for offsprings, rejects the guy. Today’s ladies eventually fall into the pattern of dating men that belong to the older generation to her’s. Initially this might be one or two years but the age gap keeps expanding, Peaks around when the lady is 24-25 years, and begins to decline.

What they lack at this age is not only finance, they also lack the maturity they need to deal with a woman. A woman, in reasoning is about 4yrs older than her male age-mate. dont ask me to prove this. . .I just know it. and many girls believe so

@ kengali,
i particularly like the last part. 'll state my point of view on some of the things you mentioned

The meaning is as follows-

Oh Allah, I seek the counsel of your knowledge, and I seek the help of your omnipotence, and I beseech your magnificent grace. Surely you are capable and I am not. You know and I know not and you are the knower of the unseen. Oh Allah, surely you know, so if this matter(mention your need here) is good for me, in my religion and in my life and for my welfare in the life to come,then ordain it for me and make it easy for me,then bless me in it. And if this matter is bad for me, in my religion and in my life and for my welfare in the life to come then distance it from me and distance me from it, and ordain for me what is good wherever it is to be found and help me to be content with it.

@ ogodomi,

Observe two raka'ats of solaat


and say the above prayer, mentioning what it is u'r asking about as specified above

The prayer can also be said without the rakaats for example in a situation where you are unable to perform the solaat and in case of a menstruating woman.

Solomon227:
Just to offer some help

http://www.femifanikayode.org

Femi is currently a PDP aspirant for Osun Gubernatorial contest. In fact he his one of d main contestsnts threathning to decamp to ACN if PDP imposed dat illiterate prisoner-turned-lawmaker Omisore.
I also remember him for being very saucy, free with uncouthed choices of words and arrogant but he doesnt look like some1 wit his head buried in pots.
He is articulate, no doubt about that, afterall IBB is also intelligent but we all hate him.

This is one of his most recent interviews and if u are so desperate to tail him he is open on facebook.

Desperate? Oh please, u dont just use such words on people, Trying to know how/what a Nigerian politician is doing is just part of being Nigerian.

@reindeer,

U'r right about the projections but all of these exist. at least i Know of many schools owned by Muslims in Nigeria, there's an orphanage by Muslim women inIbadan,another one in Osogbo,and i think there's also one in Lagos. They also have schools at different parts of the country.

There are also Muslim professionals across all walks of life, also trying to project the true Islam.

How about Muslim students, studying medicine because they want an avenue where Muslims, especially Women can be treated in Islamic manners


Although these might not be enough, they try as much as they can.

[quote author=invisible! link=topic=547678.msg7105296#msg7105296 date=1289259161]If not baba, who go give us GSM? Baba na correct.[/quote]Oh Obj must av bn responsible for Gsm at other parts of Africa too? Whether OBJ or no OBJ that wld av reached every part of the world.

BTW, thats not an achievement. . .All i c as his achievemnt is the sale of what belonged to the whole of Nigeria to a few pple. . .what they term capitalism

Am far from that age, but i dont c a reason y a lady wld get married only because she's gettn old. If other things (e.g love) are not satisfied, i think she doesnt av to go into the marriage, ow about going in, not finding happiness nd eventually rushing out,



May I marry b4 27! but i will not marry except that am satisfied with my love no matter how old i get.

Being a virgin is Great!


  To me, it wouldnt be so as to get the appreciation of who you get married to( even though that is one of the gains of it), but to get the appreciation

of your Lord.Cos only from Him can you get the full reward for your chastity.

A cousin of mine got sick sometime ago to the point that She thought she was going to die. But d'u know what prayer she said, She asked God to av mercy on her, if only for the fact that she had been chaste all her life.That brought joy to her mother's face. . and She recovered from her illness. .and is now married to someone who so much appreciates her!

its unfortunate

lol

Here's what she said to critics-


Lauren Booth: I'm now a Muslim. Why all the shock and horror?

News that Lauren Booth (Tony Blair's sister-in law) has converted to Islam provoked a storm of negative comments. Here she explains how it came about – and why it's time to stop patronising Muslim women

The Guardian, Wednesday 3 November 2010

It is five years since my first visit to Palestine. And when I arrived in the region, to work alongside charities in Gaza and the West Bank, I took with me the swagger of condescension that all white middle-class women (secretly or outwardly) hold towards poor Muslim women, women I presumed would be little more than black-robed blobs, silent in my peripheral vision. As a western woman with all my freedoms, I expected to deal professionally with men alone. After all, that's what the Muslim world is all about, right?

This week's screams of faux horror from fellow columnists on hearing of my conversion to Islam prove that this remains the stereotypical view regarding half a billion women currently practising Islam.

On my first trip to Ramallah, and many subsequent visits to Palestine, Egypt, Jordan and Lebanon, I did indeed deal with men in power. And, dear reader, one or two of them even had those scary beards we see on news bulletins from far-flung places we've bombed to smithereens. Surprisingly (for me) I also began to deal with a lot of women of all ages, in all manner of head coverings, who also held positions of power. Believe it or not, Muslim women can be educated, work the same deadly hours we do, and even boss their husbands about in front of his friends until he leaves the room in a huff to go and finish making the dinner.

Is this patronising enough for you? I do hope so, because my conversion to Islam has been an excuse for sarcastic commentators to heap such patronising points of view on to Muslim women everywhere. So much so, that on my way to a meeting on the subject of Islamophobia in the media this week, I seriously considered buying myself a hook and posing as Abu Hamza. After all, judging by the reaction of many women columnists, I am now to women's rights what the hooked one is to knife and fork sales.

So let's all just take a deep breath and I'll give you a glimpse into the other world of Islam in the 21st century. Of course, we cannot discount the appalling way women are mistreated by men in many cities and cultures, both with and without an Islamic population. Women who are being abused by male relatives are being abused by men, not God. Much of the practices and laws in "Islamic" countries have deviated from (or are totally unrelated) to the origins of Islam. Instead practices are based on cultural or traditional (and yes, male-orientated) customs that have been injected into these societies. For example, in Saudi Arabia, women are not allowed to drive by law. This rule is an invention of the Saudi monarchy, our government's close ally in the arms and oil trade. The fight for women's rights must sadly adjust to our own government's needs.

My own path to Islam began with an awakening to the gap between what had been drip-fed to me about all Muslim life – and the reality.

I began to wonder about the calmness exuded by so many of the "sisters" and "brothers". Not all; these are human beings we're talking about. But many. And on my visit to Iran this September, the washing, kneeling, chanting recitations of the prayers at the mosques I visited reminded me of the west's view of an entirely different religion; one that is known for eschewing violence and embracing peace and love through quiet meditation. A religion trendy with movie stars such as Richard Gere, and one that would have been much easier to admit to following in public – Buddhism. Indeed, the bending, kneeling and submission of Muslim prayers resound with words of peace and contentment. Each one begins, "Bismillahir rahmaneer Raheem" – "In the name of God, the Merciful, the Compassionate" – and ends with the phrase "Assalamu Alaykhum wa rahmatullahi wa barakatuh" – Peace be upon you all and God's mercy and blessing.

Almost unnoticed to me, when praying for the last year or so, I had been saying "Dear Allah" instead of "Dear God". They both mean the same thing, of course, but for the convert to Islam the very alien nature of the language of the holy prayers and the holy book can be a stumbling block. I had skipped that hurdle without noticing. Then came the pull: a sort of emotional ebb and flow that responds to the company of other Muslims with a heightened feeling of openness and warmth. Well, that's how it was for me, anyway.

How hard and callous non-Muslim friends and colleagues began to seem. Why can't we cry in public, hug one another more, say "I love you" to a new friend, without facing suspicion or ridicule? I would watch emotions being shared in households along with trays of honeyed sweets and wondered, if Allah's law is simply based on fear why did the friends I loved and respected not turn their backs on their practices and start to drink, to have real "fun" as we in the west do? And we do, don't we? Don't we?

Finally, I felt what Muslims feel when they are in true prayer: a bolt of sweet harmony, a shudder of joy in which I was grateful for everything I have (my children) and secure in the certainty that I need nothing more (along with prayer) to be utterly content. I prayed in the Mesumeh shrine in Iran after ritually cleansing my forearms, face, head and feet with water. And nothing could be the same again. It was as simple as that.

The sheikh who finally converted me at a mosque in London a few weeks ago told me: "Don't hurry, Lauren. Just take it easy. Allah is waiting for you. Ignore those who tell you: you must do this, wear that, have your hair like this. Follow your instincts, follow the Holy Qur'an- and let Allah guide you."

And so I now live in a reality that is not unlike that of Jim Carey's character in the Truman Show. I have glimpsed the great lie that is the facade of our modern lives; that materialism, consumerism, sex and drugs will give us lasting happiness. But I have also peeked behind the screens and seen an enchanting, enriched existence of love, peace and hope. In the meantime, I carry on with daily life, cooking dinners, making TV programmes about Palestine and yes, praying for around half an hour a day.

Now, my morning starts with dawn prayers at around 6am, I pray again at 1.30pm, then finally at 10.30pm. My steady progress with the Qur'an has been mocked in some quarters (for the record, I'm now around 200 pages in). I've been seeking advice from Ayatollahs, imams and sheikhs, and every one has said that each individual's journey to Islam is their own. Some do commit the entire text to memory before conversion; for me reading the holy book will be done slowly and at my own pace.

In the past my attempts to give up alcohol have come to nothing; since my conversion I can't even imagine drinking again. I have no doubt that this is for life: there is so much in Islam to learn and enjoy and admire; I'm overcome with the wonder of it. In the last few days I've heard from other women converts, and they have told me that this is just the start, that they are still loving it 10 or 20 years on.

On a final note I'd like to offer a quick translation between Muslim culture and media culture that may help take the sting of shock out of my change of life for some of you.

When Muslims on the BBC News are shown shouting "Allahu Akhbar!" at some clear, Middle Eastern sky, we westerners have been trained to hear: "We hate you all in your British sitting rooms, and are on our way to blow ourselves up in Lidl when you are buying your weekly groceries."

In fact, what we Muslims are saying is "God is Great!", and we're taking comfort in our grief after non-Muslim nations have attacked our villages. Normally, this phrase proclaims our wish to live in peace with our neighbours, our God, our fellow humans, both Muslim and non-Muslim. Or, failing that, in the current climate, just to be left to live in peace would be nice.

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Hatred does not cease by hatred, but only by love; this is the eternal rule.

--The Buddha

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Hatred does not cease by hatred, but only by love; this is the eternal rule.

--The Buddha



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[quote author=invisible! link=topic=545927.msg7104612#msg7104612 date=1289249761]YES! They say the taste is like ram suya and if you fry it, you get a roasted chicken taste. One woman swore to me she will be sleeping at the beach, keeping vigil till another whale washes up. My knifes and axe are sharpened and ready.[/quote]you must av bn at the sea then to av heard the woman talk.So tell us what it really tastes like. U cldnt possibly av mssd d opportunity.LOL

phreakabit:
LOL, Would you be curious to taste it? If 'where opportune to be there?

I wouldnt av, considering the circumstances of its death. But if it was caught by a net(with a possibility that such net exists) as a fresh whale from the sea, i'd give it a taste and especially find out if its a sea ram or cow. . .

[quote author=fASH-CEO link=topic=545927.msg7103278#msg7103278 date=1289234861]My simple question is, what led these scavengers to take such actions?

Until that question is answered, no one is either right or wrong.



Check out the latest Nokia, Blackberry, Sony Ericsson & many more electronics, simply hit the below link;[/quote]Nigerians,whether rich or poor like anything and everything free which rules poverty out (but not totally).

Curiosity is something else and a desire to taste something NEW

Mr.Barzini must av learnt or taken a cue from the master, becomerich!

Two feared killed as violence attends anti-Akala rally
From YINKA FABOWALE, Ibadan

Sunday, November 7, 2010

Ogbomoso, hometown of Oyo State governor, Adebayo Alao-Akala was in the thundering roar of battle yesterday as opposition forces converged on the town for an anti-Akala rally.





For several hours, armed youths believed to be of the governor’s camp held the town hostage, patrolling its streets and shooting sporadically to abort the rally.

The rally, to campaign against the second term bid of the governor, was staged by Akala’s foes - Senator Rashidi Ladoja, Senator Lekan Balogun, the Senate Leader, Teslim Folarin in collaboration with the Ogbomoso Stakeholders Forum, a coalition of political bigwigs that cuts across party lines. They included the chairman of the forum who doubles as the host, Hon. Ayo Adeseun, Alhaji Fatai Buhari, Chief Ademola Alalade.

The fierce-looking hoodlums wearing charms, amulets and armed with guns, machetes, axes, swords, daggers hit the streets as early as 7am, making bonfire. They drove around town in a convoy of 10 vehicles, among them the Akala/Goodluck Jonathan Campaign buses.

They stationed themselves at strategic locations including Taki, Idi-Abebe, Oja’gbo, Isale-Ora, the premises of Soun’s palace where the visitors largely from Ibadan including the suspended G8 group of anti-Akala’s lawmakers led by the suspended majority leader, Samuel Ademola Adejumobi were billed to pass and pay homage to the monarch.

The development forced many residents indoors while traders and shop owners who had opened for the day hurriedly closed.

The hoodlums held sway till about 12.30pm, when a detachment of anti-riot policemen conveyed in trucks and two Armoured Personnel Carriers dislodged them.

Two of the militia were feared killed at the outskirts of the town where they clashed with an advance team of the party from Ibadan who were also armed.

The Ogbomoso mob had ambushed the Ibadan visitors but fell to the firepower of their opponents.

Unconfirmed reports said two of the assailants were killed in the clash as three others sustained serious gun wounds while their comrades in arms fled into the bush.

The streets that had been partially deserted for hours, however, regained life in the afternoon as Ladoja, Balogun, Folarin arrived to a rousing welcome.

Despite the hiccups, the rally held at the home of Chief Adeseun.


http://odili.net/news/source/2010/nov/7/500.html

Misplacement of priorities!

His blunders are too much and am getting pissed by the day.

bi ilw wu:
Buhari would have been the best , but i will like to go with majority dat is Jonathan.

going wv the majority is a big mistake. Urs might be the vote ur candidate needs. if still unsure of who to vote for, u can think RIBADU. He can bring the discipline Nigeria needs

oh so where is he now?
He later became minister for transportation and later on was in some corrupt charges. How far about that?