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Salam, So I happened to watch the ‘long awaited, brand spanking new’ talent show ‘The Shia voice’ on Imam Hussein TV3 last night and here are some thoughts on it; Production/direction wise, It seems like a template from the talent shows in Western media including but not limited to the camera shots and how it’s directed. For instance, The judges and contestants being followed by the camera from the car to the venue. Also, the two presenters/hosts and their roles before and after the contestant goes on stage. The absolute copy/paste of the roles from something like ‘Britain’s got talent’ is somewhat cringe-worthy. I suppose it’s being copied because it worked in Western media which is not a bad thing per se', but a little creativity would have been nice. What I absolutely felt uncomfortable with was the same concept of humour and subliminal mockery of the contestants who may not be performing to the level of others was shown; just as it would be in Western shows. And this is where the ‘entertainment value’ apparently is. When one contestant, who wasn’t performing to the level of others, was clearly struggling in his Noha recitation, the camera shots and actions of some judges were more than awkward to watch. The reason being, is that these contestants aren’t singing or clowning around; it’s what their performing (Noha etc) that is a very sensitive matter and should not be mocked, even subliminally or made/produced/directed for ‘entertainment value’. Despite my criticisms, I found that overall, the show was good, it appealed to its target audience and the youth are much better off watching an imperfect Shia talent show with lots of Quran, Noha and Ahlulbayt (عليه السلام), than watching Western talent shows. It’s a huge production endeavour and they seem to have pulled it off. There were some fantastic and talented contestants with admirable skills, and these shows can encourage more of the youth to engage within their communities and bring out their own talents for the service of Ahlulbayt (عليه السلام). All in all, I give ‘The Shia voice’ a thumbs up. Simply because I believe that anything with the mention of Allah Ta’ala and Ahlulbayt (عليه السلام) is Baraka.

Salam, Hope you all are in good health. I did joined this forum from a while however I got active few days back. A very big problem here is blanketing people according to there origins. I have seen numerous posts of how terrible "South Asian" mens are. I would not disagree nor agree with you, every individual is different and families have different values. Them major problem here because of people end up abusing there wives include: 1. Lack of education 2. Low or even none communication b/w both partners before marriage. 3. Pathetic law and order for control. However I would also like to tell you that the way you think everyone here is not right. Alright you guys are champions of religion, human rights and all the stuff but do you know in how much pressure we are here, let me give you an example most of the times we don't know whether we will be able to meet all the family members on dinner or not? Do you have any idea how that feeling is? The reason I am telling you all this stuff is not for sympathy or something else but we already have a lot of problem's here, reading such posts doesn't help. Yes there are few of idiots out there who are doing injustice with there wives but being dramatic w/o any solutions on forums and throwing sarcastic comments is not what I expected from learned people at least from bro/sis in faith. People are growing getting aware of things like , compatibility, flexibility and of the fact to know each other before getting married but cultural change takes time so one has to be patient and support rather starting the blame game. I am 24, well educated and since an year trying to find a suitable match however from the time I have arrived back after completing my education I have seen tremendous change, What we say "Shia girls" nowadays don't accept proposals because they have to cover there heads, most of them wants to marry a person who doesn't live here, and people like me who manage to find a suitable match gets stampede by parents on casts, religious background and etc.. its hell out here... if you cant be supportive at least don't make it worse cuz the gentry who visits SC is not the one who beats there wives and stuff, so there will be no impact anyways then why to be dramatic .. Just because we hold green passport doesn't give anyone has the right to say that these people do this and do that. I hope you guys will understand whats going on here and pray to make it better. Thanks, Wsalam.

Bismillah, Salamon aleykom wrwb, I just ran over this lecture by Dr. Farrokh Sekaleshfar where he is discussion the reality of this life saying that we have another "real" - barazkhi life which is immaterial. The real "I" of ours is build day by day depending on our actions. I have never heard this dimension of Islam and I really recommend you guys to listen to his lectures, especially this one that is concerning the true reality. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yegcSmG-T9U You can find more of his lectures here: http://www.facebook....rokhSekaleshfar http://youtube.com/drFarrokh