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BetaThings: Please leave Boko Haram out of this

I won't, I believe it's not a wise idea to always keep islam in a bad light. Believe it or not, there are some muslims currently questioning thier faith because of the current state of things (a thread of a muslim that wanted to convert because of the bad image Islam is getting was once on the front page of NL). Let's not add to these people's fitnah. Let's not spring up controversial issues that won't be deciphered by ordinary minds except knowledgeable ones (and of course, definitely not on the senate floor).

I went to school. My children will. I will support whoever wants to go to school like Malala wants for girls
Shekau says they support killing children in schools.
Killing people who are in church is a sin
Killing women and children is a sin
Killing muslims is a sin
The don't represent what I want. I denounce them

We are on the same page on this (as any reasonable muslim should)

That aside Muslims should be able to discuss what matters to them anytime
Otherwise all issues that have effect on Muslims would be brought up now and we would keep quiet and live under the law
And this matter has to do with age of discernment under the constitution

Like I said - and will maintain - call people to Islam with Hikmah. If I understand correctly, the northern senators brought this up for consideration, (and to them) under the cover of islam. If their collective intention is as pure to Islam as they want us to believe, they should understand that there are more pressing things Islam need right now, not child marriage. The country is heated enough, we should be concerned about what we say, not bringing up controversial issues.

Of course, I'm not saying we should keep quiet on islamic matters, but not differentiating halal from haram on the senate floor. Child marriage is a controversial issue, while some muslims reject it, others support (and with proofs), so why bring it to the senate floor?

If you have been to twitter lately, you'll understand what I mean. Even here on nairaland, islamophobes see it as another opportunity to bash Islam (countless threads on this forum serve as evidence), and whether we like it or not, muslims with not-so-strong Iman continue to ask questions about their faith.

LagosShia: ... and mistake me as the person supporting it.

I never referred to you in my post, (maybe you mistake my mentioning Ali (ra) as referring to you), don't act on insinuations and suspicions, Islam frowns at it.

But then, I was talking about the northern senators that want to pass such a bill, If you have read Yerima's response to this whole child marriage stuff, I believe you'll understand my post better.

Call people to Islam with wisdom, so the Qu'ran says, and Ali (ra) defines wisdom as knowing when to talk and when not to.

I believe this is bad timing, the country is heated enough with the activities of Boko haram and their so-called 'islamic jihad', why bring such a sensitive issue?

And not to talk of the country we live in, in as much as I want shariah to be enacted, we must also understand Nigeria is not an Islamic state yet, we should invite people towards islam with hikmah.

There are lots of things Islam needs right now, this obviously is not one of them in my opinion.

Rooneyboy: Someone is almost dying and u are here giving advice on google wallet for Nigerians .

Pls if u don't know, 95 percent of Nigerians are more comfortable with the conventional system of sending within the country.

I'll like to know the source you got your statistics from.

How long does it take to set up a professional, fully functional one-page website? Probably less than 4 hrs.
How long has ppl been clamouring for funds? Like 3 to 5 days now.

I believe you don't use the internet often, and even if you do, maybe not to a level to know that the world have moved away from bank deposits; transactions now are done online.

It's a new paradigm that'll pull in more funds if someone is willing to do something. It doesn't take upto #25k do have a functional website within hours, and with the level of awareness, the required traffic to get the funds needed. It's just my 2 cents anyways and everybody is entitled to his opinion

Though I'm not a music lover, but I can but help give an advice to someone in dire need of it. It's no news that the donations given to his course is still a far cry from the amount needed, and the deafening silence of his colleagues is a story for another day.

I don't know maybe someone has done this, but can't someone create a website for his course - teamsaveojb.com (or something like that) and install any of the online payment processors to collect donations?

A picture-laden one-page website is all that is needed,traffic from blogs and forums will be directed to this site and with a payment processor (google wallet or any other processor) installed, people can easily make donations without any hastle.

Thing is, an average nigerian is busy; going to a bank scares a lot of people off. You can't expect a 9to5 employee in a bank to make a fund of #1000, but that same person can use his ATM card to make the donation online.

Another benefit of this is that people living outside the shores of this country can also make contributions without any hastle. Making a $10 paypal fund won't be too much of a problem.

There is power in numbers if used properly; 1000 people donating #1000 is already #10m. Online payment system is the best way to do this.

I just hope one of his team is reading this, because that is the best way to collect donations, nobody wants to face the long queues in the banks just because he wants to contribute to a cause.

No. 15 is really funny.... I laughed really hard reading it... Really got me cracking

wow, you are a real student of history

tiarabubu: A real student of history would know that Christianity was spread throughout the middle east for the first 300 years without firing a single shot until the time of Constantine the Great who mixed religion and warfare and it led to the collapse of the Roman Empire. His attempt at killing for God and country partly led to his empires downfall.

but, why shoot yourself in the foot?

Wanted to let go but decided to respond, it's funny how hypocritical we can be, you gave 'reasons' why Constantine the Great went into wars - because he mixed religion and warfare. You even went on to say that that lead to the downfall of his empire, but ask yourself: had it been he was successful, wouldn't you have had another twist to the event? just asking...

Look, all I'm saying is no new faith comes without any millitary action (either in confrontation or oppression) it is the way it is.

You must look beyond military operations, if waging wars is the only way to know the truthfulness of a particular faith, then I believe you should denounce Moses (as) as one of the prophets because he went into quite a lot (and UNPROVOKED).

And talk about David, Saul... these are phophets of God, they all went into battles, lots of them. So, why single out one and decide to call him a war monger?

and just to let you know, I've corrected the honest mistake I made as regards date...

Anyways, don't wanna go into arguments... have a nice read!

Can you honestly blame them?

No, I won't if there is not a tinge of bias in their report, We all know what the media said on the war on Iraq - "war against terrorism" even when it was an invasion.

I'm not playing the victim here, but you and I know the west is biased in giving report when it comes to Islam, it is always laced with hatred.

Islam has had quite bloody history

A student of history will know all major monotheistic religions were spread through violence, but some non-muslims of other faiths (being hyprocrites) will give reasons for their violent pasts. We all know the crusade against the muslims - by christians - in the early 1000AD that lasted more than 200 years.

And to say God does not support wars is also displaying one's hypocritic tendencies - Moses (as) was commanded to wage wars against 4 to 5 tribes in the bible, does that make him less of a prophet? but Muhammed (saw) is labelled a war monger, despite that prophets before him performed several military operations.

All I'm saying is, the spread of faith and violence is as old as the faith itself. Hatred and love is part of human emotional tendencies, countries will wage wars against one another till the end of time. It is the way it is. Each person fights for what he believes to be worth fighting for.

But...

In Islam, the decision about war and peace is not left to scholars, soldiers, or anyone else. Rather it rests with the head of state who wields executive authority. This being a cardinal rule of warfare in Islam.

As you can see, only the islamic ruler "who wields executive authority" declares military operations. Just like the president of a country is responsible for such commands.

Islam has guidelines which must be followed before going on jihad (part of which I quoted), not launching guerrilla attacks all in the name of protecting Islam.

In fact, the rebellion by the kawaarij during the time of Uthman (ra) gave way to the fitnah we find ourselves today.

As much as I know the media will be quick to jump to the anti-islamic campaigns they are known for as soon as these extremists display their behaviours, I must also say that scholars should denounce these acts outrightly and call preachers of extremisms to order.

none-muslims need answers, telling them Islam is about peace is not the solution anymore. We all have to denounce these people and their devilish acts.

One need to read orthodox islam to know that Islam is not associated with extremism, but none-muslims don't, what they hear (and see) is what they know - islam is about jihad. No amount of preachings will change their notion about Islam.

So, I believe the only solution now is to act, we need to do something about these things, because whether we like it or not, each time things like this happens, the image of Islam suffers.

11. It isn't possible to stress enough how seriously orthodox Islam takes the obligation to honour contracts and covenants, or how unlawful it is for a Muslim who lives or resides in a land to then attack it or its citizens. What should also be appreciated is that a Muslim may even hold the following opinion with no internal contradiction with the above ten points: that America and Britain are waging wars of aggression in the Middle East; however, Muslims who are under a pledge of security may not attack their country, nor its soldiers, nor any of its citizens. One hadith has this threat of humiliation and ignominy: 'For every person who betrays a covenant will have a flag at his back on the Day of Judgement, which will be raised according to the level of his treachery.'18

To conclude: the chorus of condemnation from Islam's textual sources and religious authorities, against acts of terror, must continue to ring out urgently and loudly. If we wish to be dissenting voices on any issue of domestic or foreign policy, we must find legitimate ways within the democratic process to voice such dissent.

It is to their credit that Muslim scholars, despite differences between them on a whole array of theological and legal issues, have come out so unanimously against terrorism. What we also ask of them is to continue to strive to expose and eradicate the deviant notions and assumptions that underpin it. Our governments (British and American) also have a responsibility to act. For they can drain much of the extremists' anger by securing a fair resolution to the Palestinian problem, closing Guantanamo Bay prison, and enacting just foreign policies. It is for the Muslim scholars, however, to vanquish the twisted fiqh-cum-theology of the terrorists.

source: http://muslimmatters.org/2013/05/25/terrorism-is-to-jihad-as-adultery-is-to-marriage-shaykh-abu-aaliyah-shurkeel/

7. One argument extremists use to justify their acts of terror is to allege that civilians living in a democracy aren't innocent at all. Their logic runs like this: In a democracy the government represents the will of the people, therefore civilian populations are complicit in their government's foreign policies and are thus legitimate targets in war. This allegation is as false as it is factually distorted. What this reductionist everyone's-guilty-in-a-democracy argument ignores or overlooks is that large swathes of citizens in a democracy may not agree with their government's foreign policies, or even have voted them into power! So how can such citizens be complicit in their government's actions? The anti-war demonstrations and protests against the Iraq war, for instance, which scores of millions of ordinary citizens across Western Europe and the United States rallied behind, is enough to show the fallacy of such logic. Moreover, as we shall see below, the shari'ah still considers such people as not being min ahl al-qital – “actual combatants”.

8. A more direct rebuttal of this twisted logic would be to look at the context in which the Prophet, peace be upon him, prohibited the killing of women, children and other civilians in war. This injunction was given when the Prophet, peace be upon him, and the early Muslims were in the midst of war with the pagan Arabs of Mecca, whose goal was no less than the extermination of Muslims. The Makkan idolators were a tightly–knit confederacy whose tribal elders would make decisions collectively at their tribal councils. The average person in such a society had far greater access to their elders and leaders and far more influence on policies than any citizen in today's Western democracies. In fact, it was not uncommon for women (either married or related to tribal leaders, or those with social influence) to pressurise, cajole and even threaten their husbands into war with the Muslims, on pain of family disgrace and tribal ignominy, if they did not do so. During the battle of Uhud, women, led by Hind, even went out onto the battlefield to lend moral support to the aggressors. In spite of knowing all this, the Prophet, peace be upon him, still insisted: 'Do not kill elderly men, young children, or women.'10 And when he once saw a woman that had been killed, he said: 'This is not one who should have been fought.'11

9. Another proof used to justify the killing of civilians is a hadith in which the Prophet was asked about some of the idolators whose settlements had been attacked at night and which resulted in a few women and children being killed. This led him to say: 'They are from them (hum minhum).'12 There are two reasons why this hadith cannot be used in this manner: Firstly, a large body of jurists consider the hadith to have been abrogated by the explicit command to 'not kill civilians in war.'13 Secondly, jurists who do permit night raids that could result in civilian loss clearly state: 'This is provided they [women, children and other non-combatants] are not deliberately targeted.'14 It is also interesting that a leading jurist of early Islam, as well as the actual sub-narrator of this hadith, imām al-Zuhri, would qualify the above hadith by immediately relating the hadith which forbids killing civilians. Thus: 'Whenever al-Zuhri related this hadith, he would say: “Ka'b b. Malik's son narrated to me; from his uncle … that the Prophet, peace be upon him, forbade the killing of women and children.”'15

10. Another aspect of the shari'ah which bears on the subject, but which has also come under extremism's aberrant re-readings, is the notion of 'aqd al-aman – “the covenant of security”. What this implies is that Muslims residing, for instance, in a non-Muslim land – either native born, naturalised or legal resident – are under an explicit pact or contract which renders all non-Muslim life, property and honour sacrosanct. That is, Muslim citizens of non-Muslim countries cannot engage in acts of aggression against their own state of fellow citizens. Ibn Qudamah said: 'As for treachery towards them, this is expressly forbidden. For they only granted him security on condition that he not betray them and that they be safe from his harm. If this is not stipulated in explicit terms, it is implicitly implied. …This being so, it is unlawful for us to be treacherous to them, since this is betrayal; and our religion has no place for betrayal. The Prophet, peace be upon him, said: “The Muslims fulfil their contracts.”16'17

3. In Islam, the decision about war and peace is not left to scholars, soldiers, or anyone else. Rather it rests with the head of state who wields executive authority. This being a cardinal rule of warfare in Islam. Ibn Qudamah al-Maqdisi (d.620H/1223CE) explains the rule like so: 'The question of declaring war [or not] is entrusted to the head of state and his decision (amr al-jihad mawkulun ila'l-imām wa ijtihadihi). Compliance with the decision is the subject's duty in terms of what the authorities deem fit in the matter.'2 Al-Buhuti (1051H/1641CE) echoes the principle: 'Declaring jihad or not is entrusted to the head of state and his decision, for he best knows the condition of the Muslims and of the enemy.'3

4. The classical Islamic doctrine that forbids killing non-combatants and civilians in an outward (military) jihad takes its cue from the Prophet's words, peace be upon him: 'March forth in the name of God, trusting in God and adhering to the religion of God. Do not kill elderly men, infants, young children or women.'4 And Ibn 'Umar relates that the Prophet, peace be upon him, 'forbade the killing of women and children.'5

5. After quoting the last hadith, imām al-Nawawi (d.676H/1277CE) typified the juristic consensus on the issue when he said: 'Scholars concur upon acting by this hadith and forbid the killing of women and children, provided that they do not engage in combat. But if they do, the overwhelming majority of scholars (jamahir al-'ulema) hold that they may be fought.'6 Ibn Qudamah, explaining the logic behind the consensus against not fighting women, the elderly, children, monks or traders, writes that each of these 'are non-combatants (laysa min ahl al-qital).'7 Again, he states: 'It is not permissible to kill a child among them, nor the insane, nor a woman, monk, elderly man, someone with a debilitating illness, and nor a blind man – except if they fight.'8

6. Thus, as has been shown, the intentional targeting and killing of civilians, which a fringe minority now seek to pass off as a bonafide jihad, is a gross departure from the classical juristic consensus and a perversion of the prophetic teachings. The wanton carnage and urban mayhem unleashed upon civilian lives, and the twisted re-readings of Islam's scriptural sources by the current vanguards of terrorism, must continue to be denounced, repudiated and textually exposed. In unmasking terrorism (hiraba) for what it truly is, it has been aptly contended that: 'Terrorism is to jihad what adultery is to marriage.'9 The Qur'an says: 'What! Have you slain an innocent soul though he has killed nobody? Truly you have done a thing most foul.' [18:73]

Here is an interesting article I read recently and decided to share (of course, this is the best time to share such an article judging by what's happening)

For the past four days I had been working on the following article, which I intended to post yesterday evening. However, I then heard about the vile and sadistic act of violence carried out by two men with knives and a meat cleaver in Woolwich. So I thought it best to review the blog post in light of the event, to see if I should develop it in any way. But barring a few edits here and there, I am posting the article more or less as it was originally written.

This is a brief overview of what Islam has to say about jihad, terrorism and the sanctity of human life. It bases itself, not on the need to please policy makers or the powers to be, nor on a colonialised mindset desperate to fit Islam into some acceptable liberal mould, but upon the texts of the Qur'an and the Sunnah, and the consensus (ijma') and considerations of mainstream Muslim jurists.

On a personal note, combating terrorism, and its ideological underpinnings, has long been a significant part of my da'wah or outreach programme; and all praise is for God. It was animated long before the events of 9-11 or 7-7; since 1992 in fact, when a few of my teachers in shari'ah alerted me to its realities, dangers and its unIslamic character. What follows is, as stated earlier, a brief trek across some of that terrain:

1. The first thing to mention in this regards is Islam's outlook concerning the sanctity (hurmah) of human life. For as Islam views it, the human creature is indeed a sacred creation; so much so that: Whoever kills a person for other than crimes of manslaughter or corruption in the earth, it shall be as if he has killed the whole of humanity; and whosoever saves the life of one person, it shall be as if he has saved the whole of humanity. [5:32] Such, then, is the extraordinary value placed on human life in the Qur'an. And thus, as will be shown, acts of terror where women, children and other civilians are intentionally targeted and killed is categorically repudiated by Islam and by the agreement of those versed in law and learning among the Muslims.

2. Jihad as a word stems from jahada, which means: to strive, to exert oneself, to take extraordinary pains. As for its religious sense, al-Raghib al-Asbahani (d.425H/1034CE) defines it thus: 'Exerting one's utmost ability in repelling an enemy, and it is of three kinds: namely, contending against the outward enemy, the devil, and one's ego. Each of these enters into God's statement, exalted is He: And strive for God as He rightly must be striven for. [22:78] And strive with your wealth and your lives in the cause of God. [9:41] Also: Those who believed and left their homes and strove with their wealth and their lives in the cause of God. [8:72]'1

the other time I wrote about the business lessons I learnt from google

(if you haven't read it, here is the link https://www.nairaland.com/1253226/6-insane-business-lessons-google).

I decided to make a slide out of it, which I did and uploaded it on slideshare...

here is the link http://www.slideshare.net/yusufoluwadare/6-insane-business-ideas-from-google-part1#

SlyIg: Op, and what will you gain from this? A father goes shopping with the son, whats the news there!
Or is it that Stella's name that is making it a news?
Mtweeeeeeew...

Forget op is just a gossip blogger desperate for traffic, anything will do, even if it goes against morals.

I smell front page....

I like the fact that NCC seems to always go after MTN (most of the times), they control the largest share of the market, yet their network is not up to standard, coupled with their outrageous charges, it's about time!!!

deeteeneey: NICE PIECE. JAZAKUMLLAHU KHYRAN

Wa iyyakum

I just got this text from MTN saying: Now you can subscribe to Blackberry Complete from MTN for only N1000 or BB Absolute for N1500 monthly. Text BIS or BBC to 21600 for BB Absolute or BB Complete.

From the look of things, seems MTN want to follow Saka's ad with enticing offers. It's only that it's too late for me (@ least for this month) I'm already on airtel

Now etisalat will value his character I believe. MTN played nicely on their 'slackness' to generate this buzz the ad is getting.

Though lots of people don't like MTN's network (myself inclusive) but lots will port just because of this ad.

MTN are known for quality ads (do you still remember the ad of the two couples dancing and that of the executive speech read out by a child to her dad?) but their network is trash...

Saw this earlier on twitter too, looks every inch photoshop.... Nice concept though. But the man saka should be swimming in millions now

(3) How Well Do You Like Making Your Garage an Office?

Yes, you heard me right, how about making your garage an office? Sounds awkward right? Well, Youtube and Apple started in the garage. You don’t have the luxury of convenient office spaces as an entrepreneur. A business man is an office on the road, he doesn’t consider himself too big to work anywhere – so far he gets the work done.

(4) Can You Cope With Distractions?

Can you cope with distractions during your “office hours” because surely you’ll be distracted. How well can you balance distractions with business? Being an entrepreneur means you have to deal with too many things at the same time.

Don’t feel bad when people believe you have so much time on your hands, being an entrepreneur means you don’t work on the conventional 8am – 5pm. Family and friends will interfere with your productivity especially if you work from home. This, you have to cope with. Therefore, you must be prepared to do a lot of planning in managing your time and how to deal with stress.

Thing is, while there will be lots of other questions that one need to ask (during the planning phase of going into entrepreneurship) these are the four I can think of. I'll be glad if some of you guys can give out other important questions a person need to ask before starting a business.

Of course, At the end of the day, starting up a business will be one of the best decisions you have ever made, but before you reap the benefits, be in for a bumper ride.

Everyone wants to start up a business, but while it is an interesting adventure, it is not for the feeble heart.

Starting up a business comes with its own benefits; but you should have it at the back of your mind that a lot of business ideas didn’t last the first four months.

If you have ever considered starting up a business, then you must answer these questions before venturing into the unknown world of entrepreneurship.

(1) Can You Live On a Dollar a Day?

I know this sounds extreme, but can you live with having a zero account for months? If you can’t, then it is better to remain employed while you expect your regular monthly income.

Being an entrepreneur comes with a lot of trials and errors, all of which means you have to spend countless amounts of dollars with no guarantee of success. This often occurs at the early stages of start-up.

There will be months (sometimes, running to years) when you’ll be living on practically a dollar per day. Big congratulations to you if you can still sleep well at nights during such times – you have the entrepreneurial mind. If you can’t, starting up a business is not for you.

(2) Are You Willing To Be a Loner?

Don’t let me scare you, but the truth is starting up a business means you will be willing to let go of friendship (at least before you are successful). You won’t have the time for unnecessary partying and dinning. All the time will be spent on your business. You’ll eat and dine your start up.

Have you ever wondered why people like Bill Gates and Mark Zukerberg were one of the diehard loners during the years of their start-ups? For your business to survive, you have to put in every drain of your blood because you don’t know its fate.

In fact, you must let your business to consume you. It must take over everything you have: your mind, soul and even your finances. If you can’t work 50-60 hours per week thinking of your business, (and also dread being a loner), then consider climbing the career ladder: you’ll be a bad entrepreneur.

The success of your business is dependent on how much time you put in it. The more you fail quickly, the more you move towards your dream.

Don't be Misinformed

Don’t get me wrong, it is no crime to seek wealth [Abd Rahman ibn Awf (ra) was one of the richest in his time], but it becomes makrooh (disliked) if it becomes the focal point of our lives. Wealth accumulation shouldn’t be our circle of concern but wanting to serve Allah (swt) in the best of our ability should.

We seek wealth because we want to be seen as the best amongst people, this explains why political office holders see themselves as minigods – you don’t dare correct them. If greed is the epicentre at which you operate, you will find it difficult to see anything wrong in sinning or breaking the ties of kinship [just like the prophet (s) pointed out].

Give Alms Instead

The love for wealth makes you compromise your beliefs – you can do anything so far it makes you wealthy. But if you actually understand that there will be a day when you’ll account for every dime you have – how you made it and how it was spent – then you’ll understand the blessings in staying contented with what you have, and giving sadaqa (alms).

Don’t let the love of wealth consume you, seek it within the boundaries of Islam and offer sadaqa to people that don’t have. This is one of the best ways you can save your life from the fire. The prophet says: save yourself from the fire, even if it is by offering half a date in sadaqa.

Instead of the love of wealth, train yourself to fall in love with giving out sadaqa, not only are you saving your life, but also breeding love. I’ll end this post by quoting another tradition from the prophet (s) (don’t be bored by my numerous quotes)

The best charity is given while you are healthy, desirous (of that money), hoping for wealth but fearing poverty. Don’t delay it until your death bed saying, “This is for so-and-so” and “this is for so-and-so.” while it was already written for so-and-so* (Abu Dawud)

*that is, it has been destined to so-and-so

Each time I learn about my deen, I thank Allah (swt) and also pray to Him to keep me on this path till I breath my last breathe.

Islam teaches everything – from the way you relate to your spouse to the way you take food to your mouth – I mean everything.

One of the prophetic traditions I read of recent is

Watch out for greed because the people before you perished from it. Greed led them to be miserly so they became misers. Greed led them to break the ties (of kinship) so they broke it. Greed led them to sins so they committed sins.” (Abu Dawud)

The Evil That is Greed

Of course, I understand that greed perishes a nation, but I still need this prophetic reminder. People are heedless because they want to have everything.

In another narration,

Narrated Ibn 'Abbas: I heard the Prophet saying, "If the son of Adam (the human being) had two valley of money, he would wish for a third, for nothing can fill the belly of Adam's son except dust, and Allah forgives him who repents to Him. (Bukhari)

Lack of Contentment

The problem is we are never content; we strive to have it all. But Islam is teaching us to be contented and seek the bounties of Allah in the halal (legitimate) ways.

Everyone complains about how greedy our political office holders have become, but the truth is that we are not better off. A friend of mine once said that you can’t become wealthy without altering figures. It can’t be any worse.

Then we have different religious groups preaching prosperity, to them: you must be strikingly rich to tell people you are serving God. Again, Islam comes with the answer:

The most enviable of my friends is a believer with little property who finds pleasure in prayer, who performs the worship of his Lord well, who obeys Him in secret, who is obscure among men, who is not pointed out by people, and who is content with his provision. (Tirmidhi)

okpurukata: This writer is distorting the facts. A little investigation on google reveals that this is not the reason the prophet banned pork meat. History has it that after oner of their jihads, the prophet and his men enjoyed the spoils of war and ate and drank so much that they got drunk. They actually feasted on pork.

In regret for his getting drunk, he issued a new law (vision) banning the consumption of alcohol and pork meat. It actually has nothing to do with the reasons posted by the mod.

I wonder where you people get your lies from... A simple 'google' search? When all these sites will say anything just to tarnish Islam?

You guys will go any length to display your hatred towards islam....

I believe you should all read this

m.psychologytoday.com/blog/perfect-health-diet/201202/is-pork-still-dangerous

Remember that it is from psychology today,

Guy, there are literally millions of ways to make money online, but the truth is that once you haven't decided the path you wanna thread, it becomes extremely difficult.

I must warn you, almost each of these so-called gurus (even the ones giving you ideas on this thread) wanna sell you something, they don't care if you are frustrated or not, all they want is your money.

My advice to you is to study different ways of making money online - blogging, Afilliate marketing, freelancing, list building etc - and CHOOSE ONLY ONE, put all your effort till the point you start making money, then you can go deeper or maybe check on other ways of making money online.

If you decide to listen to all these ideas here, you'll end up not doing anything and you'll experience what is famously known as 'analysis paralysis'.

Checkout my blogpost

www.allaboutyusuf.com/categories/entrepreneurship/6-insane-but-true-business-lessons-from-google/#more-107

Check the 3rd business lesson - secure your stronghold - I wrote something on this, you'll understand what I'm talking about

Man, it's always a good idea to look for investment ideas to create another stream of income, but it's not a good idea telling the whole world how much you have, you invite scammers.

The best thing you should have done is to check the existing threads/posts on this forum, I'll sure you'll get different ideas that way.

5. Don't come off as desperate (even if you are). This one is tough. The bills could pile up and your self-confidence badly bruise when you're not working. But, while you might need to have a little personal freak out every now and again, you should maintain an even keel when you go into a job interview for a prospective position. Few employers are drawn to candidates who are virtually begging.

If you spend your days refining your abilities and mending gaps in your skills, there's no reason why you can't meet a hiring manager with the confidence and poise of a man or woman with many options elsewhere.

Think of it like dating. You might have the worst slump of your life, but nonetheless, you have to play it cool when that special someone comes along, lest you ruin your chances of developing a relationship.

source: http://money.usnews.com/money/blogs/outside-voices-careers/2013/04/09/5-strategies-to-find-a-job-when-youre-unemployed

3. Make sure you stay on top of your skills. Too often, professionals who lose their job allow their skills to rust while searching for the next opportunity. Similarly, professionals formerly responsible for only one type of task may fail to broaden their knowledge base once they discontinue employment somewhere.

To avoid this scenario, it's smart to use the moments between sending out applications and following up with leads sharpening your abilities to increase your appeal. This is especially important for technical professionals who need to stay on top of new software iterations and trending programs to retain a competitive edge over the legions of others seeking new work.

4. Take effective notes. In the interview world, there are few excuses for getting the same question wrong twice. So whether you crumbled under the pressure of a problem-solving question, whiffed a technical question or lost your composure at the "biggest weakness" bomb, be sure to do your research and prepare next time with the best answer possible to that question. You have the opportunity to recognize and fix your shortcomings while seeking new work, so take note of where you can improve and prepare to patch the holes when you next have the chance.