GraceBestowed:

My bible says, and I believe, that Jesus is the only way, truth, and life, and whosoever believes in Him will enter into eternal life; whoever doesn't believe in Him will face judgement. :-)

GraceBestowed: Firstly, I want to appreciate you all, I'm super new to NL, as odd as it may sound, I'd only started looking through the site a few weeks ago, and today, I stumbled upon this amazing (Religion/Christian) section I never knew existed.

This is to, formally, introduce myself, so I don't go around posting comments/articles without you guys knowing a little bit about me; for all of you that have made this site, and section, a success, I say a big well done, and I hope to learn from you!

I am completely, and utterly, in love with God, fully fledged born again, and am not ashamed of the gospel. He has been so amazing to me, turned my life around, and completely changed my perspectives on everything; with time, you would get to know more about me, and hopefully, I can do the same with you.

My name is Victoria, and it's nice to be a part of this community

Remember to give Him thanks, in everything!

MacDaddy01:

Dont you have a comment?

Teenage Money:


Bro, That didnt answer ma question... I mean, I av never come across anywhere they are Against it...

MacDaddy01:

deols: You are asking questions we may not know the answers to either.

I don't live in the North and so won't follow the crowd and say shariah is politicised. I would rather ask how widely it is practiced and if for every situation, it is applied.

then I will go on to try to know if it is done the right way when it is practised.

Shariah encompasees all of a Muslim's life. Most of the time, people only talk of the criminal law part of it. what about the laws of divorce, of inheritance and of finance. You don't take an aspect, leaving out the rest and still claim to be a shariah state IMO.

and talking the criminal law, it should only hold where there is social justice. Y[b]ou are not to call someone a thief and go ahead to cut their hands when you have failed to provide them what to eat.[/b] An example is a story making rounds on facebook of an indonesian shariah judge who rather than send a grandma who was charged for stealing to jail, he ordered everyone to pay for her upkeep.

Ayomivic: For the benefit of those who who does not understand the analogy in the above story,let me explaind the ideas behind the story. Infact the story is written to correct the sentiments of the atheist.the story have to do with atheists and christians alone. I don't intend to discuss anther riligion here because atheists need to acknowledge the existence of God before religion.

These are the words and analogies using in that story

Words used meaning

Father - God
mother - Prophets Atee - atheiests
Chris - Christians
Mansion - Earth
Companies and houses - what you and i achieved on earth
Letters - scripture
young man - our lord Jesus
map - gospel
another town - paradise
rich - power
disaster - periious days

actully,chrstians have never seen God before but we have strong faith that God is in existence. The prophets, the earth, ourself, are the proofs that God is in existence. What else do we need as evidence. What God demands from us is to always do good and to believe in him. How does these difficult fos us?I believe atheist regected God not because he did not exist but because he did not pemit them to do their will. For this they hate him. But God can never submit to the will of men,never.It is men that need to humble themself before God.

murtalaa:

there is no clear cut aya confirming that arabic is the language of the hereafter. but ahadith confirms it to be so. I will leave you with the response of the eminent scholar of islam when confronted with the same question. I believe it captures my response succinctly.

"It is clear from the Qur'an that people shall freely communicate in paradise, but the Qur'an has not specified the language or the method in which people shall communicate with each other. However, there is a narrative ascribed to the Prophet (pbuh) in Tabraniy's Mu`jam al-Awsat[1], according to which the Prophet (pbuh) is reported to have said that the language of the people of Paradise shall be Arabic. If this narrative is considered to be reliable and accurately reporting the actual saying of the Prophet (pbuh), then one a Muslim would obviously be inclined towards believing that the language spoken by the inmates of Paradise shall indeed by Arabic.

Whatever the case may be, it should be appreciated that because of our limited perspective during the life of this world, we are not in a position to fully comprehend either the exact nature of the life in the hereafter or that of the rewards and punishment of the hereafter. After fully appreciating this point, we would naturally be more concerned and involved in rendering ourselves deserving of God's mercy in the hereafter and not be too concerned about the details and the exact nature of the life or the rewards and punishments in the hereafter."- Moiz Amjad

Again if this is the only fault you find in my reasons why you should consider yourself lucky for having Arabic name, then you should give the other reasons a thought.

Anvaller:

If according to ur claim, Islamic name is different from Arabic name (though not admitting that there is anything as such) can u then prove to me why must an Islamic name be an Arabic name since u have stated that the two are not the same?



And this is where the problem is, would u use this verse to justify the bone of contention...? Does this give a specific obligation for us to bear arabic names? If u want to use this verse to justify ur claim, then every single muslim's name should be Muhammed. Any other name short of that does not conform to this verse and must be rejected cause such names were not of the prophet. U can not quote a verse away from the total context to justify a narrow claim. This is exactly the same kind of scenario that cultivate inspirations for the suicide bombers. Those guys also look for some verses to justify their belief haphazardly and they are genuinely convinced that they will automatically transition into heaven immediately after being shattered by a bomb that would kill several innocent others. Let's be careful in our thinking.

kingoflag: Yezzur! Two blunts, actually. One for me, and one for you.

maclatunji:


Wharever

maclatunji:

Critics come here everyday and bear their minds, there is a difference between critics and trolls. Don't confuse one for the other. Like I always tell people, talk to Seun if that is what you want. By the way, you are only two people... #LOL

maclatunji:

LOL, I didn't put it there.

safarigirl: Just use the names of celebs in your lines. Minimum- four bars, Maximim- 8 bars.

I'm going Eminem, I'm about to just lose it
Hitting so hard, I leave the haters in bruises
Don't be confused, see
Safari's all types of crazy like Balotelli
So I step into the room got haters shaking like they jelly
Who's the best? Dunno, buh I do know that I come first
Nobody test, Jesse said it, but Safari just got it blessed
I must confess, seen rappers bring on the heat
Gone from SA to Egypt, still ain't tasted defeat
Mancini, Di Matteo, Mourinho and even Fergie
Like Safari, they conquer and leave competition begging.


*...been a while*

maclatunji:

Trust me, it is not a big problem. Apart from that warning, there is the 2nd one you have not mentioned: To avoid being banned, please ensure that your post is not offensive to Islam. That warning may put a few people off but it has not prevented trolls and other uncouth posters from posting and getting banned by me.

I understand what you are trying to say, but those who are insightful will know that we can have civil discussions without people being sanctioned even with all of these warnings.

beejaay: i am not a fan of religious forum but was a bit taken back when i saw the cation "A forum for Muslims to share their faith. Muslims only please, even the moderators are Muslims". are we muslims scared to have our faith challenged? are we scared of what non-muslims will ask and say about us? are we not promoting segregations among Allah's creations??
if we keep this forum open for only muslims, how are people looking for answers going to get since they cant come on this forum. i think the MODs should think about this and realize they are not doing justice to Islam. Christain forum is mixed with everyone and there faith are being challenged and re-solidifies

just my own observation

Salam

maclatunji:

Could you define transparent? There are threads from this section on front page. How much more transparent can they get?

seunajia: This thread is not about Afrocentrism or Yorubacentrism, is it OP? If that is your argument then I must tell you denouncing your Islamic name alone does not take you there. There are bigger issues! These are some of the areas I think you should look at.

1. Dressing. An African wearing 3-piece suits (with our weather? ), Jeans, Mini skirts etc. suffers loss of African identity. An African should rather wear our traditional clothes like Kembe, Adire, Alari, Iro ati Buba, kaftan etc.

2. Language. Most African languages are becoming extinct. It is not uncommon these days to meet Africans who command impeccable understanding of another man's language but can barely join or utter few words in theirs. Especially Nigerians! This aside from causing "loss of identity" is shameful and uncomplimentary. Take for example Nigeria, where English is our lingua franca. Why not start a crusade to stop this obvious aberration? CUm mental slavery.

^^There are so many other points, but these appeal to me more. I'll gladly contribute if you start a thread to discuss these issues.

Now, it is not wrong for a muslim to bear a name that is not Islamic in the Arabic sense of it, really, what Islam just enjoins is giving good names. As illustration, there are many Turkish, Iranian and middle Eastern names that muslims bear which are not "Arabic", but are good names with equally good meanings. This serves to quash the dogma that a name is only Islamic when it is Arabic.

Now my grouse with the OP lies here: As a muslim and someone who values my religious heritage, I am happy e.g that my parents gave me a name as Al-Ameen. Because as the Yorubas will say, oruko ma n ro omo.

It does not make me less if I adopt an Islamic name coupled with my numerous traditional names, heck! It portrays I'm a muslim who is proud to be identified as one. Why should I feel uncomfortable that I'm named after a prophet of Allah?

This is what my name Illustrates:

Abubakar Omobowale Balogun.

Abubakar: dude is a muslim
Omobowale: He's Yoruba
Balogun: He's the son of Balogun

I am a muslim and I'm proud of it.

BetaThings:

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andromida:

More grease to your elbows. May God help you in a country where too many people are in a zombie state of mind but you must not let them stop or intimidate you rather they have to catch up with you. Keep the consciousness campaign flying,people must be emancipated from mental slavery. If this generetion is lost there is a generation next that can be emancipated. Again more grease.

andromida: @op This is a good awareness thread recently i was having this conversation with some Christians who believe bearing an English or Jewish name makes them better identifiable as Christians. I asked them why they feel God is naive since he created our tribal languages.The implication is subtle yet glaring if everyone embraces this foreign names sooner than later we will completely lose our identity a name is very significant. Nigerians must be proud of their heritage. We must not throw it away in the name of religion. However not everyone will have your kind of consciousness and so you must deal with them on the level of their enlightenment. Keep the flag flying a sustainable change must be from within.

BetaThings: Tolerance Indeed
2 wrongs don't make a right
Easy to preach
No matter how the enemies of Islam pretend, we would prevail
Alhmadu li Llah for His guidance and our proper adab

justaqad:
two wrongs can never make a right.
now you are revealing yourself

justaqad:

do you need weed to digest and understand my position?
smh

justaqad:
and what makes you think i am not a seeker?
your reasoning is clouded

justaqad:

you are an intolerant muslim. no need ranting

justaqad:
Typical example of a default muslim... Always going to the alfa,why you use your brain in sending sms and pings.
Epic fall

justaqad: you are pathetic. *spits*

justaqad: you are sick you need help.

vedaxcool: ^
Lol reality bites!