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JustGood:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/scotland/glasgow_and_west/8140201.stm

Police in France have arrested a man who allegedly tried to abduct a 12-year-old Scottish girl he met through a social networking website.

The 41-year-old Belgian national was detained at Marseilles Airport where he is said to have tried to board a flight with the girl.

French police said the schoolgirl was from Glasgow and was on holiday with her family in Provence.

She had met the man after contact through a website called Gaia.

Detectives said she had believed him to be in his 20s and had secretly arranged to meet him.

According to the authorities they travelled to Marseilles Airport where the man abandoned the girl when he realised she did not have a passport.

He was arrested on board a flight to Madrid just minutes before it was due to take off.

The man has been charged with child abduction and remains in custody.

He is said to be a wealthy Belgian, who lives in Madrid.

The girl and her family have since returned to the UK.

justgood, you are always forever trying to excuse the ugly things our people do with the lame excuse of oyinbos do it too.  why dont you create a thread of things common to oyinbo criminal work or things like that.

this is a wicked thing for any adult to do to a child and we ought to be ashamed. from the teachers that think it ok to sleep with students to the idiots that send kids to hawk things it is a disgrace.

pinkequity:
Ok, will log in now to YIM

na only building plans we expect to be discused o

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1198346/Honey-trap-girl-faces-life-sentence-luring-smitten-teenager-death-hands-love-rival.htmlThe chilling moment 'honeytrap' killer sent text message that sentenced lovestruck boyfriend to his death

By Rebecca Camber



Little did he know, but this was the chilling moment that lovestruck teenager Shakilus Townsend's fate was sealed.

Travelling by bus with the girl he loved, the 16-year-old was oblivious to the text message that was being sent to the violent thug who would stab him to death.

Samantha Joseph, 15, had lured Shakilus into following her to an alleyway where he was ambushed by a gang of six masked and hooded teenagers.

The youngster bled to death after being beaten with a baseball bat and stabbed six times in a 'relentless and merciless attack' led by a jealous love rival.
Earlier the CCTV caught Joseph texting McLean, while on the bus with Shakilus, leading him to his 'honey trap' death

Shakilus and Joseph are captured on a bus' CCTV at the moment she texts McLean to seal her unsuspecting boyfriend's fate

The Old Bailey heard how Shakilus was in love with the schoolgirl from Brockley, South-East London, whom he had met a month earlier.

He showered her with gifts and told his mother she was beautiful and he wanted to marry her.

But unbeknown to him, Joseph was also seeing Danny McLean, 18, a member of the street gang Shine My Nine.

McLean dumped Joseph when he found out she had cheated on him.

But, obsessed with the violent thug, she was prepared to do anything to get him back and they decided to set up her unwitting lover.
Samantha Joseph, the teenage girl who acted as a 'honey trap' to lure a smitten 16-year-old to his death at the hands of a love rival was today facing a life sentence
Shakilus Townsend, 16, was was killed by a masked and hooded gang after being lured into a quiet street by the girl he had fallen in love with

Fatal trap: Samantha Joseph (left) has been convicted of murder after she lured Shakilus Townsend (right) to his death in an attempt to win back her gang member boyfriend Danny McLean

Joseph arranged to meet Shakilus wearing a see-through floral dress on July 3 last year.

The pair travelled by bus to a quiet culdesac in Thornton Heath, South London, where told him they would meet her cousin.

But CCTV footage shows how when Shakilus was not looking Joseph sent a text to McLean to seal her boyfriend's fate.

Yesterday, Joseph was convicted along with six members of the gang for Shakilus' murder.
This CCTV image shows Samantha Joseph and boyfriend Danny McLean walking away calmly after murdering Shakilus Townsend

Callous: This CCTV image shows Samantha Joseph and boyfriend Danny McLean walking away calmly after murdering Shakilus Townsend

Laughing, she then delivered him to McLean and other gang members who began hitting him with their fists and baseball bats as she casually walked away.

McLean, wearing his gang's trademark orange bandana across his face, plunged the knife into his chest, raking it across his liver before twisting the blade.

The killers were later chased away by neighbours who found the teenager lying bleeding to death and sobbing, 'mummy, mummy, mummy, I don't want to die'.

The Old Bailey heard how Joseph, who can be named after Judge Richard Hawkins lifted an order banning her identification, was later seen walking off with McLean, carrying his hoodie and a cream-coloured handbag stained with his blood.
Danny McLean
Don-Carlos Ellis
Tyrell Ellis

Guilty: Danny McLean, and brothers Don-Carlos Ellis and Tyrell Ellis (left to right)
were part of the gang that bashed and stabbed Shakilus to death
Michael Akinfenwa
Andre Thompson
Andre Johnson-Haynes

Young killers: Youths Michael Akinfenwa (left) and Andre Thompson (middle) were convicted of murder, along with Andre Johnson-Haynes (right) a 19-year-old former public schoolboy from Croydon

She confessed to friends that she had agreed to 'get Shak set'. She and McLean wiped the victim's Bebo account to get rid of any link between her and the dead boy.

But Shakilus's friends logged on to her account to condemn her. One wrote: 'REMEMBER U SET UP SHAK YOU BITCH. AND HE LUVED YOOOOH. YOU IZ ****ED!'

Yesterday Joseph, now 16, and McLean were convicted of murder.

Brothers Tyrell Ellis, 19, and Don-Carlos Ellis, 18, from Thornton Heath, were also convicted of the charge, together with Andrew Johnson-Haynes, a 19-year-old former public schoolboy from Croydon-Andre Thompson and Michael Akinfenwa, both 17, were also found guilty.

Don-Carlos Ellis, said to be the leader of the gang, was on bail for another suspected attack on a group of youths, and had been due to report to a police station on the day of the murder.

All the defendants were remanded into custody to be sentenced at a later date.




'She betrayed my Shakilus'


Nicola Dyer, mother of murdered Shakilus Townsend, leaves the Old Bailey today where she spoke of the dangerous gang culture in London

Heartbroken: Nicola Dyer, mother of murdered Shakilus Townsend, leaves the Old Bailey today where she warned other parents about gang culture

The mother of Shakilus Townsend told yesterday how he was besotted with the girl who betrayed him.

Nicola Dyer, 34, said: 'He said he was really in love with this girl, that she was to be his future wife and that she was going to have his kids --he was really smitten with her.

'I've never met her but I have spoken to her on the phone. Shaki showed me pictures on his mobile phone and I remember thinking she really is pretty.

'He was popular and always had girlfriends, but the girl on trial was different.

He really cared about her and I can't understand how she could have callously set him up and lured him to his death.'

'Shakilus's death was a senseless premeditated murder and nobody deserves to die in the appalling way my son did, especially not a child.'

The mother of five paid tribute to her son as a 'loving, caring person' who had been trying to put his troubled past behind him.

Shakilus was no stranger to gang
Nicola Dyer, the mother of Shakilus (above), warned other parents to be vigilant of knife and gang culture

Risky: Shakilus (above) was caught up in a dangerous knife culture

violence.

At the age of 13 he was convicted of assault and a year later was put under a supervision order for carrying an axe in the street.

Two months later he got a 12-month supervision order for attacking a market stall holder who objected to him and his gang taking fruit.

He also had convictions for robbery and having a blade.

Pictures posted on the internet by his friends after his death showed him posing with a gun and a knife.

But his mother said he was trying to change and had applied to do a business course at Bromley College.

Yesterday she pleaded with teenage gangs to put down their weapons, saying: 'You may think you're in too deep, but you can change.

'Don't wait until tomorrow. Tomorrow may be too late.'

ugly evil girl. just imagine her coldly sending the text message that will kill him.  imagine if she lives to be 40.  nasty evil girl.

ElRazur:
I wonder what the defenders of Africa have to say on this one. I have a feeling the West is gonna get blamed one way or the other.

To me, this is just stating the obvious. We still have a very long way to go. I suppose some of the solution we may look at are: Making our borders less porous, A government that have proper accountability, Go back to the drawing board etc. If not, these things would persist for a long time.

wait a minute they willb here soon like bees to say how bad the west is.

presido1:
This is another Guantanamo Bay but this time from Great Britain to show itz greatness.

for nigerian criminals

sexybabes:
As much as I understand where you coming from but let me tell you something. You cannot baby sit her 24/7, you have to let her be free and be responsible or learn to be responsible on her own. She needs to do things on her own and discover if can fight temptations without your help. The 1st incident happened not because you didn't go to the party with her or not because you left early or whatever, it happened because maybe she felt something for the other guy only her knows what was that. You say you forgave her but to me it seems you haven't forget it.  You say you guys were staying together and she went and sleep with the other guy after lectures, you see that was a very little time she got to do that. That should tell you that no matter how much you can follow her around if she wants to cheat again she will even if you can follow her when she goes to pee and you being clingy could push her into cheating instead of preventing it. And for both your sake let what happened in the past go.

mmmmmmmmmm. you see wwhat sleeping around like dogs does to someone head.

@ OP, i beg relax stop following skirts about. if you cannot trust her now dont make the msitake thinking you will trust her tomorrow. dont give yourself heart attack.

JustGood:
90% of the scam emails I get are from Europe and America. Its Americans always wanting to sell caked powder as Viagra and all the other rubbish. . .

I do get my fair share of yahoo yahoo mails but they are nowhere near the ones trying to sell me fake drugs etc. The salesmen who scam OAPs by deceiving them to sign contracts with Gas and electricity compaines are not Nigerians.

justgood u know we expect much from you bros. 419 letters is bad gas or electricity seller or no sellers.

ElRazur:
Well done to who ever locked this thread and changed the thread title.

https://www.nairaland.com/nigeria/topic-293909.32.html

ElRazur:
You know this is about talking to the moderator. So far, you haven't done that.

Yeah richy is active yet junk thread and irrelevant thread flourish right? Nice.

Yeah he is not biased, but he actively changes a thread to support his political stance and refuse to give a proper reason when questioned. How very logical of you.


I have a job. But unlike you, I have internet 24/7. It is called technology. 

It is ironic you claim he is active, but in the same breathe claims "he got a job" blah blah blah. Just listen to yourself. Don't worry, soon he [richyblack] would come and sign an autograph on your forehead.



I do not have a site up and running. It is in the pipe works. You see, we [me and my partners] aint the type to rush out with shi.t. We watch, we plan, we learn, we plan, we take action.  Remember that.


Finally, you may not be his "biggest fan" [which indicates you are a fan], [b]but at least you and him appear to have no issues with religion that encourages sleeping with minors isnt?[/b]

gosh yu wan kill someone?  all these sleeping with kids business.

presido1:
The crime was committed here in UK, if you can't jail them here deport them. Its not Nigerian court that sentenced them so why should they be in Nigerian prison. Have they build one for Jamaicans cuz am sure their are more Jamos behind the bars than Nigerians.

presido1:
The crime was committed here in UK, if you can't jail them here deport them. Its not Nigerian court that sentenced them so why should they be in Nigerian prison. Have they build one for Jamaicans cuz am sure their are more Jamos behind the bars than Nigerians.

how would you know this?  what is the total population of jamaica? that will tell you how wrong you are.  the number of nigerian female prisoners alone will dwarf that of the jamaicans and other caribean nations let alone add the men.

our society raised most of them up to see nothing wrong in taking what doesnt belong to them so they rightly belong to nigeria as its problems.

ElRazur:
How is it UK's problem, when they are Nigerian criminal who are illegal in the UK? They should not be in the UK in the first place illegal, not to talk of coming here illegally AND committing a crime.

what medication are you on today? yu are suddenly making sense.

JustGood:
It wont happen

ssomeone leaked the story to stop it happening.

trust nigerians to be up in arms over nothing. is this not the same policy the tribalist politicians in africa have with their ethnic policies and cleansing? so it is good to have the mind set but dont say it?

MUZBO:
And about people threatening seun's life- its just reckless talk and unbelievable except with proof!
@seun, I know your job is not easy but if you are convinced that you have been fair to all and you life is threatened then pls ban all muslims from NL if the threat was from muslims but we also know christians can perpetrate these silly acts and try to frame muslims so be careful and ban them too if confirmed.

lame o lame. i cant believe you said that. i was going to start thinking you were naive but you just ruined it. what is the matter with you?

Afam:
The content in bold refers, the reason might be that you tell them that you despise being black or that you hate blacks or that you run down blacks while praising whites to high heavens just as you have been rubbishing everything about Nigeria on this forum but will be quick to insult anyone that says any negative thing about the US, UK or any predominantly white country.

the fact is he is right. you have more tribalism in naija than anyone can see racism in the UK. dont you see tribalism at work even here on NL?

as a young man i suffered discrimination from right left and centre from tribalist even right in my own state.

by the way you dont have to put any black person down to be accepted. that is a very lame defence of tribalistic nigeria. sorry

Pastor AIO:
Check out this interview.  I say straight to hell.  she no know better.



>
> "Ms. Williams we are all interested in your new boyfriend".
> "There is no new boyfriend. I stopped playing with boys when I stopped dating black guys. I have a new man in my life and yes, he's white".
>
> "So you prefer to date white men instead of black guys? "
> Let's be real,  If you are a successful black female you only have two choices, date outside of your race or date other successful black females".
> "Are you saying there are no successful black men to date?”
> "Of course not but let's face it, if Oprah would date outside of her race she would be married with children now. The state of most black men is so low the only thing you can do is love them. Like a poor homeless dog.
> You can't expect it to protect you. You can only offer shelter and love and watch as our neighbor's pit bull protects his home and family. I, unlike Oprah, am not forced to stay within those boundaries. I was born into a new generation of black women".
>
> "So Oprah is being forced to date Stedman?”
> "All I can say is when you find a successful black women who is not married and does not have children it is because they refuse to accept the two choices. Some may go as far as marriage to a black guy but they realize divorce is inevitable so they do not have children. Or they have children with one and don't marry in order to preserve their wealth and good credit. Oprah is one of many who silently protests being stuck with such poor choices by refusing to marry and reproduce but you can see how much it hurts her. She's always giving away money to children's charities. I hope she makes the choice to marry a non-black soon so she can have a child of her own".
>
> "But you have decided to accept the two choices?”
> "Yes. I grew up in California around the two extremes of wealth. If I could only get myself to try the bisexual thing I would have been much happier in my relationships. Instead I dated black men. I loved many of them but they were just not suitable for marriage. Many of them were raised by women and had warped mentalities. So I finally had to date outside my race. When I moved to Miami, I accepted my status and dated men on my level".
>
> "What do you mean by warped mentalities?"
> "Well, where do I begin? Many of them were raised predominantly by women and had this feminine/bisexual complex. Where they wanted to be treated like a female sometimes. For example, I would have the money & they would have the sex. I would teach them things. You know, all the things a woman likes a man to do, I would end up doing for them. Then if we would get into an argument, there would be a role reversal. All of a sudden, they would be the man wanting the respect of a king in his castle. Black men over the years have become less and less of value to black women both rich and poor. I predict in 10 years they will be obsolete. Now they serve little to no function and what little they can do, they don't want to do".
>
> "Why 10 years?”
> "That's when going to a fertility clinic to get impregnated by a sperm donor will become as common and accessible as the flu shot. Women who want sex will do it with whoever they want (girl, guy, rich, poor, white, black) and go to the bank (the sperm bank) when they are ready to have children. Even those who waited (like Oprah) will have fertilized eggs placed in-Vitro. That's the day the secret organization of women is waiting for. The day when men are 100% dis-empowered".
> "Are you a part of that organization?”
> "No. They're a mostly white group. Plus that day for black men is practically here already. Black women are already raising 75% of the black population without a man. When fertility clinics become more affordable. Black women will be standing in line. It will be just like plastic surgery. Everyone laughed at Michael Jackson but it's becoming so popular now, that even poor blacks are getting work done, mostly breast reductions and liposuction".
>
> "So do you want men to be dis-empowered?"
> "Heck, no! That's why I am with a white man now. I want a man to be a man and I am not going to settle for less just to stay within racial boundaries. A Black man in my position wouldn't do it so why should I. Don't get me wrong, I love black men. My father is black, I have dated black men all my life, and if I have a male child he will be part black. But my husband and I will raise him together so hopefully he will be a worthy choice for a worthy black female. Not the only choice, or "there's nothing better out there so I'll settle for this" choice. When you are successful you want the best. The best food, clothes, places to live etc. I want the best man also".
> "And you think the best man is a non-black man?"
> "I think if there's a better choice for me, God would have shown me. I am in the public so I get to meet lots of people from all over the world athletes, celebs, etc. I am wealthy so I am invited and have travelled to the most prestigious events all over the world. Out of all those people, places and events, I had to choose the right man for me. Like it or not with very few exceptions) a white man is the only real choice for a successful black female".

lieing signs and wonders. serena can never say this. impossible.

Gabry:
Poster, base on my own understanding. The reason why the Muslim's has their own section its because theres only one type of Muslim religion whereas for Buddhist, Christian, Hindu's. . . .  There are a variety like Christian for instance, there the Jehovah's witness, ANglican, Protestant, Catholic, Pentacostal and etc etc. . .  For Buddhist there like Heavenly Tao, Taoism, Guan Yin, Kuan Ni Mu and etc etc, Hindu theres like Hindu, Sikh, Tamil and etc etc etc and so onnnn ,  . . But for Muslim, its just Muslim and not other Muslim.

But also I think it depends on the market. If there happened to be alot of posters contributing towards a particular subject, The Mgt might want to put it under one section.

Just my own personal opinion really.

gabyl nawao. even for u in an  islamic evironment. you can not be serious for a combactive and divisive people like moles. anyway take this 

Sunni Islam
-- Wahhabism (Salafism)
Shi'i Islam
-- The Druze
-- Alawis
Khariji Islam
Sufism
Nation of Islam and Black Muslims 

Sunni Islam

Sunni Islam is the dominant form of Islam, comprising over 90% of Muslims worldwide. Followers consider it the continuation of genuine Islam, although it is not especially closer to the original Islam than the other forms. The name is derived from the book establishing traditional, acceptable Muslim practices, the Sunnah or Sunna.

The Sunni and Shi’a share belief in the oneness of God, the revelations of Mohammed, and resurrection of the Day or Judgment. Sunnis emphasize the pilgrimage to Mecca while Shi’a have many other important pilgrimages. They revere Ali, but not as the only continuation of Mohammed like the Shi’a, or to the same extent.

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Shi'i Islam

Shi’i Islam broke off in 661 AD and is the second-largest Muslim sect, although less than 10% of all Muslims are Shi’ites. The main Shi’a group is the Twelver Shi’i. They have theological differences with the Sunnis dating back to the Fourth Caliph Ali, the son-in-law of Mohammed. Shi’a are most commonly found in the Middle East and South Asia, but are uncommon in Northern Africa and Southeast Asia. They represent the majority in Iran, where Shi’i Islam has been the state religion since the 16th century.

Shi’i Islam holds that the Caliphate after Ali is illegitimate. This Islamic branch has been useful for minority or rebellious influences in Muslim countries. For this reason, many Shi’ite followers are non-arabs, especially the ethnic Persians in Iran. Shi’i belief praises martyrs and martyrdom in general, includes distinct ceremonies, and even allows for pragmatic dissimulation, or taqiyya. This practice allows a Muslim to deny faith in public while maintaining it privately. Shi’a also believe in the practice of mut’a or temporary marriage, where a woman is paid a set amount of money to marry a man for a certain period of time. Some Shi’a traditions guarantee a place in Heaven for a man that performs four temporary marriages.

The Sunnis views Shi’a as innovators and reformists while Shi’a view themselves as the true fundamentalists or standard-bearers of Islam. Shi’a believe the leadership of the religion must come from descendants of Mohammed, and grant their spiritual leaders, Imams, more power than Sunni sects.

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Khariji Islam

Kharijites are the third and smallest branch of Islam, accounting for 1% of Muslims worldwide. Historically, the Kharijites (sometimes the “Khawarij”) broke off in 658 AD in opposition to the decision that two arbitrators could decide the validity of certain acts, protesting human judgment over divine word.

They believed strongly in racial equality, garnering many historical supporters among the disaffected non-Arab Muslims. They made very strict proclamations and performed violent acts, declaring all other Muslims to be infidels and killing many. Today’s Kharijites are descended from the moderate branch founded in 700 AD, and are found in Oman, where it is dominant, and small groups in Libya, Southern Algeria, the island Jerba in Tunisia, and East Africa.

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Sufism

Sufism is a blanket term for the mystic and ascetic elements of Islam. They incorporate many local beliefs and customs. Sufism is different from place to place and between different Sufi orders. It was first mentioned as early as the 8th century AD, but became especially important in the 13th century. Sufism aided Islam in expanding, especially into Asia and Africa, since it coexisted much more readily with local custom than more orthodox Islamic sects. Sufis consider their views the essence of every religion, and their central concept is ‘love.’ Sufis are philosophers and mystics, and the name Sufi comes from the Arabic word for wool. They make extensive use of metaphors and parables and place an emphasis on philosophy and master-pupil interaction. The non-orthodox nature of Sufism and the Sufi method of combining local (non-Muslim) customs and traditions into Muslim theology make Sufism a target for modernist, reformist and purist movements within Islam.

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The Druze

This secretive Shi’ite reformist sect arrived in Lebanon in the 10th century from Egypt to escape confrontations with Muslims there. Today there are less than one million Druze in the world. Living mostly in mountainous regions, they incorporate Gnostic and neo-Platonic views into their theology and are small in proportion to the larger Muslim world. They are active in Lebanon, as well as Syria, Jordan and Israel/Palestine and there are Druze communities in non-Muslim areas in the United States, Latin America, the Caribbean, Australia and West Africa.

They believe Allah incarnated as the Caliph al-Hakim, who disappeared in 1021 AD. While most Muslims disagree, the Druze believe that al-Hakim did not die and is waiting to return and reward true believers with a Golden Age. The Druze place a strong emphasis on knowledge of a hierarchical system with five superior ministers and three inferior levels of functionaries, preachers, and heads of communities. Concealing the substance of the Druze faith is obligatory, since many Muslims see the Druze as non-Muslims. They can pray as Muslims or as Christians, depending on where they are. Marriage outside the faith is forbidden. In Israel the Druze are expected to serve in the Israeli army. Conversion into or out of the religion is prohibited.

The religion is divided into uqqal, the religiously trained elite, and juhhal, the ignorants who do not know the majority of their religion. Two percent of uqqal became ‘ajawid, the nobles that truly lead the religion. Uqqal attend weekly meetings on Thursday nights in ordinary buildings outside town. The center of religious activity is in the mountains of southern Syria. From 1927 to 1944 the Druze had an independent state in the south of what is now Syria. The juhhal do not pray in mosques, do not fast during Ramadan, and are not obligated to make the pilgrimage to Mecca, or hajj.

They have seven principles in their moral system: 1) love of truth; 2) take care of one another; 3) renounce all other religions; 4) avoid the demon and all wrongdoers; 5) accept divine unity in humanity; 6) accept all of al-Hakim's acts; 7) act in total accordance to al-Hakim's will.

The Druze believe all human beings are reincarnated as humans, with better people reincarnating in better lives. They believe humans cannot reach God or perfection, which is very similar to the Gnostic philosophy.


The Alawis

The Alawis broke off from the Shi’a in the 9th century, founded by Ibn Nucair Namin Abdi. Most of the approximately 1.6 million Alawis are found in Syria, where they make 11% of the population. The Alawis accept the traditional five pillars of Islam but add an additional two pillars: jihad, or holy struggle, and waliya, or devotion to Ali and struggle against his enemies. They celebrate the traditional Shi’i holidays in addition to other holidays, including Christmas. Other Muslims often contend that Alawites are not Muslims, but Alawites consider themselves moderate Muslims. The election of an Alawite to the Syrian Presidency and the legal acceptance by a Lebanese Shi’ite leader improved the theological position of Alawites in the 1970s. Alawite President of Syria Hafez al-Assad was a strong supporter of the Soviet Union, opponent of Israel, and known for tactics both dictatorial and terrorist.

Nation of Islam and Black Muslims

The Nation of Islam, an American sect, dates from the 1930s but became more famous in the 1960s. There are today anywhere between 10,000 and 100,000 members of the Nation of Islam, out of three to four million Muslims living in America. The American Muslim Society has approximately 200,000 members today. The founder Wali Farad created the group in Detroit. It would have been heretical to most Muslims, and included some Druze or Alawi elements. Like the Druze, Farad’s sect included a form of reincarnation theology, and unlike mainstream Muslim theology, included a form of rabid segregationism and racial supremacy. Farad preached that black people are the chosen race, and white people are an evil abomination created by a mad scientist named Yakub. Racial supremacy is not an accepted part of any other major Muslim sect. Even more blasphemous was when Farad claimed to actually be God. Farad most likely came from Druze or possibly Alawi roots and then modified his ideology once in America. He might have been Lebanese, but he claimed to be Polynesian.

His successor, Elijah Muhammed, successfully spread Nation of Islam membership across America after Farad’s mysterious disappearance in 1934. Perhaps the most famous – or infamous – member of the Nation of Islam was Malcolm X. Malcolm X was assassinated in 1965 – possibly by black Muslims – after his mild conversion from outright separatism to black nationalism within an integrated world. Malcolm X converted to orthodox Islam, and later so did the Nation of Islam after Elijah Muhammed’s son took over in 1975. He moved the group toward Sunni practices and renamed it several times. It is now the American Muslim Society, and allows members of all races to join.

In 1977 Louis Farrakhan and a group of other Black Muslims split off to re-form the Nation of Islam, dissatisfied with the moderating changes. They advocated a much harder and more radical form of Islam, and have been associated with anti-white and anti-Semitic statements. In the 1990s the Nation of Islam moved toward more mainstream Muslim practices, and in 2000 the Nation of Islam and American Muslim Society leaders declared an official end to their rivalry.

Besides racial separatism, reincarnation and the divinity of Farad, Nation of Islam teachings that Elijah Muhammed and Louis Farrakhan are prophets violate basic mainstream Muslim belief. Islam teaches that Mohammed was the final prophet and that the Koran is the Final Testament, after the first two testaments in the Jewish and Christian bibles.

The term ‘Black Muslim’ often applies to a member of the Nation of Islam, but one should be careful to distinguish between members of Nation of Islam and black Americans that are Muslim.

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Wahhabism

The radical Sunni movement called Wahhabism by non-members and 'muwahhidun' by adherents, dates from the mid-1700s and is a purist movement, seeking to cleanse the Muslim spirit and eliminate all innovations to Muslim. Adherents often refer to Wahhabism as Salafism (singular Salafi). Wahhabism is one of the most regulatory and orthodox forms of Islam, and the name derives from the founder Mohammad ibn Abdul Wahhab. The movement has eight prohibitions: 1) No other object for worship than God; 2) Holy men or women must not be used to win favors from God; 3) No other name than the names of Allah may enter a prayer; 4) No smoking of tobacco; 5) No shaving of beard; 6) No abusive language; 7) Rosaries are forbidden; Mosques must be built without minarets and all forms of ornaments. It has three commandments: 1) All men must attend public prayer; 2) Alms must be paid from all income; 3) Butchers slaughtering animals according to halal must have their life styles scrutinized - it is not sufficient that they perform the basic rituals correctly.

Wahhabis reject innovation and consensus, favoring instead strict adherence to the word of the Koran and Sunnah. They reject ornamental mosques and ceremonies as heretical to orthodox Islam. They are not a sect for this reason, but rather a reformist or fundamentalist movement. Most analysts that criticize ‘fundamentalist,’ ‘radical’ or ‘ultra-orthodox’ Islam are speaking largely about Wahhabism. Wahhabism is not inherently violent, Islamist, or pro-terrorist, although the connection is hotly contested on both sides. The emphasis on purified Islam and Muslim practices does make an appropriate background for Islamism and violent extremism, however.

The state Wahhabi philosophy of Saudi Arabia is distinct from more radical Wahhabi beliefs; the Saudis do not agree with war against Islamic rulers or with declaring fellow Muslims to be infidel. The Saudi state was declared traitorous and infidel by Osama bin Laden for its connection to the US military setting foot on sacred (Arabian peninsula) soil. The government of Saudi Arabia is probably not Islamist-Wahhabi. The Islamist government in Sudan and the now-defunct Islamist Taliban in Afghanistan were both influenced by the Wahhabi movement.

A Guide To Islamic Sects
The Commercial Appeal/September 23, 20001

The world's second-largest faith, Islam is hardly monolithic. Schisms, focusing first on disagreements over who should lead the new faith and later on matters of doctrine, began developing soon after the prophet Muhammad's death in the year 632.

Here are some of the major sects within Islam, which has 1.3 billion followers:

Sunni:
Accounting for at least 85 percent of the Islamic world, the Sunni claim to be the direct continuation of the faith as defined by Muhammad. For many years they acknowledged the religious authority of a ruling caliph, the major point of contention with the breakaway Shiite movement. The Sunni derive their name through reliance on the "Sunnah" or the observed sayings, lifestyle and practices of Muhammad as recorded in a collection of writings called the Hadith. The Sunni accept the "Sunnah" as a source of spiritual wisdom, while the Shiite insist on the primacy of the Koran.

Shiite:
The smaller of the two principal branches of Islam, the Shiite account for at least 10 percent of all Muslims. They originally were followers of the fourth caliph, Ali, who was Muhammad's son-in-law through the prophet's daughter Fatima. Ali claimed that Muhammad on his deathbed selected Ali as leader of the faith, but Ali was murdered during the fifth year of his reign. The Shiite formally broke away from Muslim leaders recognized by the Sunni around 680. A principal belief of the Shiite is that no caliph since Ali has been legitimate. The movement became popular among disaffected non-Arab Muslims who feared they were held in lower esteem within the faith.

Kharijis:
Accounting for less than 1 percent of all Muslims, the Kharijis were the first major schism within Islam. They broke away in 658 when they rejected the use of arbitrators empowered to decide major issues within the faith.

Druze:
A secretive Islamic breakaway group concentrated in Lebanon around Mt. Hermon and in the mountains near Beirut and Sidon. They refer to themselves as the Mowahhidoon. Most Muslims consider the sect blasphemous since it declared that God was manifested in human form as the Egyptian caliph al Hakim Bi-amr Allah 1,000 years ago. They number at least 250,000. The Druze do not accept new members, virtually never discuss their faith and often pose as members of the dominant religion where they live.

Alawi:
A small branch of Islam that broke away from the Shiite in the Ninth Century under the leadership of Ibn Nucair Namin Abdi. Almost exclusively found on the Syrian coast plains, the Alawi have 1.5 million members including Syrian President Hafez Assad.

Ismali:
A Shiite sect that believes the succession of spiritual leadership should have continued through the sons of Muhammad Ibn Isma'il. The Ismali believe that Islam has never been without a living Imam, even though clearly recognized spiritual authority became increasingly rare as Islam matured.

Ahmadiyyah:
Founded in Qadian, India, by Mirza Ghulam Ahmad, who died in 1908. Ahmadis believe their founder was a renovator of Islam, a position most of the world's Muslims consider to be heretical. The group has many enthusiastic missionaries.

Sufi:
These are the mystics within the Muslim faith, a religious order that follows mystical interpretations of Islamic doctrines and practices.

Wahhabi Movement:
Muhammad ibn Abd al-Wahhab began a campaign of spiritual renewal in the smaller city states of Arabia in the mid- 1700s. His extremely traditional group opposed all innovations within Islam, often using violence to enforce its views. The group threatened to become the first nation state in Arabia, prompting a crackdown by the Egyptian army in 1818. Today, Wahhabism is quite strong in Saudi Arabia. It demands punishment for those who enjoy any form of music except the drum and severe punishment up to death for drinking or sexual transgressions. It condemns as unbelievers those who do not pray, a view that never previously existed in mainstream Islam. Wahhabism has been an inspiration to Osama bin Laden.

http://www.rickross.com/reference/islamic/islamic27.html

mohawkchic and spiked are you guys fashion journalists or what? sorry if you have answered the question before.

Ejadamen:
(Sighs patiently)I never bashed virgins. Read through what i wrote. Read and uderstand. Paste what i wrote that you are not clear on and i will explain. Paste where i contradicted myself and i will clarify.
Have you ever heard of people turning a new leaf and i repeat a woman who is not a virgin is not necessarily a LovePeddler. How can u condemn a woman when you don't know what led to her losing her virginity. I have nothing against virgins BUT i will never condemn a non-virgin even a LovePeddler. How else can one help them turn a new leaf or lead them To Jesus Christ. Think about it. I hear your opinions, i don't understand them but i will not condemn you for feeling or thinking that way. Different strokes for different folks. You have no tolerance for them but i do chikena. So why the attack? Like i said peace.

seriosly i am forgiving you cos iu are somebodys wife. where diid i attack you ma'am? how do u consider this an attack or are u mistaking me for someone else?

i tot u said in another thread it was ok for people to be dogs?

is this an attack?

you came accross like you had something against virgins as if it was not worth the effort cos they may not have anything to opffer as a wife apart from their virginity whereas a non virgin could have something better to offer

Quote from: Ejadamen on July 06, 2009, 07:08 PM
This makes me wonder if all virgins never gave a Mouth Gig before getting married:-\ how can you say a thing like this and say it is offering humble opinion what is humble in this opinion?

Grin Grin Grin Grin Grin Grin IMO,it doesn't matter as long as husband and wife remain faithful to each other while married to each other.
Sorry for derailing the thread. Ride on. Wink Cheesy
Quote from: Ejadamen on Yesterday at 04:33:53 PM
NOYB
Grin Grin
No i do not. In fact i think it is an admirable trait. If i meet a female virgin today i'll encourage her to continue that way till she get married. What the people who are irked about my comments don't get is this: the topic is what makes a good wife? and someone said a virgin. [size=16pt][b]I was trying to argue that it doesn't matter[/size]. Also a woman who isn't a virgin before getting married doesn't mean she was the town LovePeddler. Yes some are but not all. It struck me as funny what sweetpie said cos it sounded like if he met a girl he likes but finds out she's not a virgin he'ld bolt.

Look i offered my humble opinion on his comment and my opinion stands. Some ladies are virgins but could make awful wives,notice i said could and some non-virgins(not the town whores people are so quick to mention) could make great wives. So why all the beef,if y'all want to marry a virgin go ahead but read through my statements logically before jumping to emotional comments. Peace all. Wink

you see you are double speaking all over the place. anyway seeing this is your first offence and i am on my way to your place in 2 months i forgive you.

for the record no one was condemning any non virgin it was you rushing in to rubish virgins as i have said earlier. i am all for seeing people repenting and being led to Christ but that should not be license to make abnormal behaviour normal and make normal human decency look abnormal. it is sodomy gone mad. yes you may not underrstand it now wait until you have seen AIDS/ HIV riddled body like i have seen you will change your tolerance threshold.

most of you wont have much problem with weight if you drop oily foods and stopped eating from 6pm.

i will say develop a deep friendship and likeness for your wife.  always calculate what you are likely to lose if you cheat and is it a price worth paying?  try your best avoid places you know you are vulnerable plus when you can travel with your mrs it does protect you and make you bond more but on the other hand it can test / stress your relationship so you have to be extra tolerant when she is out of her comfort zone.

always go for someone you cant live without not someone you tolerate.

if you can get till the heart be touched by gordon and gail mcdonald and making love last forever by gary smalley. those 2 books are compulsory books for any young christian man and woman

more importantly just practice the act of loving her cos your well being depends on her happiness and being relaxed most of the time.  you get more from a happy wife.

no man ever does wrong loving his wife cos it is your first ministry.

luxoire:
Hope some of the legal minds in here can be of help.

my bf applied for PSW visa based on the new points based system. Initially he was refused due to a problem with fees. After the intervention of the MP, he was granted a second chance to enter a fresh application.
Which he did. He met all other criteria but for the maintenance funds. He had the maintenance funds on his accounts for 3month and 3days before the application, but on the 23rd of Feb thinking that the 3months was sufficient he withdrew the funds and used it for something else. Unfortunately his savings passbook does not end till the 23rd of Feb therefore showing this withdrawal and as he didnt make his application till 9/03 the decision came back last week rejected on grounds on insufficient maintenance funds with no right to appeal. he's been here 6yrs now.

Where to go from here, i don't know. Any ideas please?

thanks

sorry to hear that.

Gadols:
why do married women wear armless tops in public. sometimes even in church.
Does it not look seductive?

what was your point again?

tpiah:
by armless tops do you mean spaghetti straps, short sleeves or what exactly?


Do you feel you're being seduced?







this type

  https://img190.imageshack.us/img190/714/asleeve.png   

or this one

     https://img190.imageshack.us/img190/7285/asleeve2.png

would you wear the black one to church yourself?

so na village girl wey enter facebook all of una dey defend like this?

leilah excercise your human right i beg. now that i know u will have a go at our women i will join your fan club on facebook. [quote author=,amebo no1 link=topic=293276.msg4151746#msg4151746 date=1247032618]arrrgggg how will i feel if my husband flashes his down below all over facebook? _{ok i know the topic is all about wifey, but i need to convert it}

i will chop the below off [/quote]u will do no such thing. trust u to take the pics yourself.

Ejadamen:
I never said so,  copy and paste where i said so. You're just being irrational. If you are referring to the thread "What makes a good wife?", i'll repeat what i said, i said that the fact a woman isn't a virgin before she marries doesn't mean she'll make a terrible wife and vice versa.

Have you now assigned yourself to follow me on threads? Again you are not reading my posts through. I also said that the fact that a lady wasn't a virgin before she married was irrelevant as long as they remain faithful and committed to each other now that they(man and woman) are married. What is so hard to understand? I also never said a woman should be a dog before she gets married and the same goes for a man. No double standards! Also i am not stupid. You can comment on my comments but i think insulting me is going a bit too far. I have not insulted you in any way only expressed my opinions. Please be mature about all this.

chilll where is the insult in the question i asked you?

it is good you go back and look at the various replies you gave on that thread again.  you cannot be bashing being virgins on one hand and yet say  living clean after yrs of living like  a LovePeddler is lovely.  ever heard leopards never change its  spot.? 

sorry i dont have tolerance for single or married prostitutes.  there is nothing wrong in living clean.

[quote author=Tudór link=topic=293362.msg4153095#msg4153095 date=1247052991]Its called ~LOVE~ my brother. . . The kind jesus or your pastor cannot give you.
Remember y'all I LOVE YOU.[/quote]tufia. where did u get love you have not received from Christ?

JustGood:
why not?

thisis NL we dont like anyone ackonowledging things like that. i cant remember the word for it immediately

prittigrrr:
Also remember "love" is an action word. It is not about what you "say" but rather it is what you DO. They have a saying here in the US, "Fake it 'til you make it," meaning fake the feeling until it becomes real. Start by doing loving things with your wife. It can be as small as kissing her before u leave in the morning and calling during the day. Buy small gifts like sweets or jewelry. Enjoy the look on her face and the gratitude she feels. Endeavor to really make love tenderly to her. Focus on pleasing her in bed. I believe God will touch your heart and love will grow. Ask God to remove the heart of stone and He will give you a heart of flesh toward her.

i beg o there are small pickins on this thread. wetin?  

people are trying to live right and una wan corrupt dem.   nawao

Jarus:
I'm really disappointed in Isa Yuguda.

Jarus:
I'm really disappointed in Isa Yuguda.

was u expecting anything better from a moslem?

[quote author=Tudór link=topic=293362.msg4152839#msg4152839 date=1247050305]What is the meaning of this baseless rubbish you've written above?
Do you have evidence to support these outrageous claims?
Why are the angels always sneaking around- can't they minister to us all? An angel ministering to people will acheive more than the garrulous christians blabbing all over T.V.YES, and aliens also appeared to my father in the 50's, they told him yahweh is a fiction and allah is the real creator of the universe - This can be substantiated in the pages of the diary he left behind.[/quote][quote author=Tudór link=topic=293362.msg4152225#msg4152225 date=1247043555]The video is a bloody fake!
You don't need guru JJYOU to tell you that. [/quote]wetin you dey take paracetamol for another man wahala for?