Haji 2003

So the latest in the French Charlie Hebdo saga is that a school teacher decided to show an insulting picture of the Prophet ((صلى الله عليه وآله وسلم).) in class, but did ask Muslim pupils to leave if they wanted to. Parents complained and a recent Chechen emigre came round a few days later and chopped off the teacher's head. He had an airgun so the police shot the killler dead. The French are obviously upset. So now we have this. The president of the conference of Imams says that people in mosques should pray for the teacher. Which is a bit weird. If the teacher belie

It wasn't some big conspiracy. I started the following thread on 14th Feb. I'd been looking for a couple of weeks, so yes, anyone watching the news should have started prepping in Jan.

I get the impression that that site uses a group of pre-approved(?) alim to answer questions, whether a question gets answered likely depends on how 'straightforward' it is. So I'd imagine a question dealing with wudhu would be more quickly answered than the ones that you have which are the subject of debate. On the other hand (based on experience) your questions would yield a fair few posts here. https://www.al-islam.org/ask

Surely singing per se in Church was happening several hundred years before that, albeit by the choir. The first time I saw a drum kit in a church in London it looked a bit incongruous, but the organ behind it was no longer used, so it made sense.

Yes, as I originally said:

I think it's worth remembering that all the Prophets engaged in some kind of physical trade - even though they more than any other group of people would have had the strongest reason to engage only in intellectual pursuits. So I would recommend things like gardening, cooking (as mentioned above) and various types of crafting. I think such activities also have a positive impact on mental health.

Drinking alcohol in Christianity is allowed, but it frowns upon drinking too much. Some Christian sects may have developed their own prohibitions, given the obvious harm that it does. Islam is the only religion that I know of that forbids it completely.

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/oct/14/poor-numerical-literacy-linked-to-greater-susceptibility-to-covid-19-fake-news

And at the other end of the spectrum. Would you return the food?

Buzz Aldrin punches someone who claims he lied about going to the moon :

This guy does really good comedy videos, but this one is serious and about bullying:

Nigeria ... https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-54491050