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[Ruq 6,254]

Blind woman reports seeing for first time in Near Death Experience (leaves body, witnesses stuff):

 

[Ruq 6,254]

I usually cant stand Russell Brand, but appreciated some of the points he made in this interview and the passionate way he speaks:

 

[El-Ketab 15]

May Allah have mercy on Musa el-Hadiriy.

[Chaotic Muslem 5,773]

[mina 4,813]

Ya Hussayn...http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=kmDcK8s7sB4

[Ethics 4,408]

[Marbles 16,033]

Excellent matam material: Punjabi.

 

[h_al_s 326]

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Edited October 26, 2014 by h_al_s

[jannahismygoal 1,351]

"Yo vi nada pero belleza" -Hadhrat Zainab (as)

 

"I saw nothing but beauty"- Hadhrat Zainab (as)

 

:wub:

[Sapphire 2,799]

Labaik YA HUSSAIN(AS)

[Chaotic Muslem 5,773]

يامولانا - السيد ناصر شرف وجعفر القشعمي

[Marbles 16,033]

Thoughts:

 

Muharram comes; female majaalis start; rishta aunties come in action...

[Chaotic Muslem 5,773]

They withdrew swords and spears against Hussain the Shahid (martyr)

O'Hussain un Hussain un Hussain un O' wahid ( alone)

O Ali,

Hussain...the army raided on him.

Where is the death of enemies

Where is ZulFiqar

Singled and stranger, Hussain, was in the desert among thirty thousand circling him.

Zainab, from her tent, she ran

O Zainab, she watched him

Upon him the arrows raining

Here are swords and there are stones

O Hussain, and there are stabbing spears

O armies of enemies, take me

And leave son of my mother

Beloved

His blood is pouring

....

[Brained 1,916]

Thoughts:

 

Muharram comes; female majaalis start; rishta aunties come in action...

 

Reminds me of this: How it Happened by Shazaf Fatima. A good, light novel that we can all (especially the urban Pakistani peeps) identify with. 

[Ali-F 2,548]

Labbayka ya Mahdi

[King 3,985]

I usually cant stand Russell Brand, but appreciated some of the points he made in this interview and the passionate way he speaks:

 

 

Did you check out the original interview with Paxman? It was far better.

[Haydar Husayn 9,671]

Russell Brand is a moron. He is completely incapable of rational debate.

Edited October 26, 2014 by Haydar Husayn

[King 3,985]

Russell Brand is a moron. He is completely incapable of rational debate.

 

His concerns are legitimate and cut to the very core of the social/economic problems in the UK, he is only able to do this because he is a celebrity.  Given his industry, it is rather refreshing to see, and it is far more effective than coming from some 'rational' economist the public couldn't care less about or a genuinely concerned one who wouldn't get a TV spot in the first place.

[baradar_jackson 8,057]

I made a comic strip.

 

I would like yall's feedback.

 

 

Not on the drawings, of course. I know the drawings are c.rap, I'm not stupid.

 

But I want to know if the idea itself is good. Is it humorous and true? Does it resonate? I have some more ideas for comic strips but I'm not sure if anyone would think they are good.

 

 

Don't laugh at the drawings, please. I haven't drawn since I was a kid. here it is

[Durr-e-Najjaf 786]

Karbal mai aagaye hain, Karbal basaanai walai....

[h_al_s 326]

"Whenever I see a tyrant or despot, I try and imagine them on the toilet..."

 

The gist of Sayed Mahdi Modarressi's (ha) Lecture last night, night 3 muharram on Ahlul Bayt TV.

 

You think of yourself as a big something- in reality, THAT comes out of yourself?! Look at yourself! 

 

Sayed Mahdi is among the most gangsta speakers we have in the west. Seriously, I'd thoroughly recommend going through 1436 muharram lectures of his.

http://www.shiachat.com/forum/topic/235026068-sayed-mahdi-modaressi-muharram-lectures-2014/#entry2746888

 

 

Another excellent series that myself and a close family member are really enjoying:

 

Hujjat al Islam Amin Rastani (ha) and his muharram 1435 lectures. Particularly this lecture:

 

 

 

Now, the reason why I love this so much is because he essentially explains Islamic Sayr wa Suluk in a few analogies. When an alim comes to you, and promises to explain it all in 30 minutes (via comparisons with Karate Kid and going to the gym!- so the lecture is for everyone!) you know this lecturer is a legend!

 

 

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Edited October 28, 2014 by h_al_s

[Chaotic Muslem 5,773]

I made a comic strip.

I would like yall's feedback.

Not on the drawings, of course. I know the drawings are c.rap, I'm not stupid.

But I want to know if the idea itself is good. Is it humorous and true? Does it resonate? I have some more ideas for comic strips but I'm not sure if anyone would think they are good.

Don't laugh at the drawings, please. I haven't drawn since I was a kid. here it is

Drawing is good

Idea is lame

[Marbles 16,033]

Thoughts:

 

Came down with a severe attack of grippe; no wonder I hate the onset of winter, all winter.

[h_al_s 326]

One of my favourite Iranian latmiyat. It is very, very beautiful indeed:

 

[Haydar Husayn 9,671]

 

Masha'Allah. Beautiful recitation that was just recommended to me.

[lalala123 770]

Did you check out the original interview with Paxman? It was far better.

It was cringeworthy.

[Al-Hassan 2,646]

What did the Muslim say to the Jews when they said its ok to celebrate Halloween?

La Ya Jooz

[baradar_jackson 8,057]

Drawing is good

Idea is lame

 

Can you please elaborate?

 

Is the idea lame because of conceptual issues or because it was poorly executed? Meaning, do you think the situation being referenced is not even worth making a joke out of? Or do you think it is worth a joke but a better-executed one?

[El-Ketab 15]

What did the Muslim say to the Jews when they said its ok to celebrate Halloween?

La Ya Jooz

I don't get it. No O Jooz? I guess that ya jooz means something in Arabic other than O Jews....

Can you please elaborate?

Is the idea lame because of conceptual issues or because it was poorly executed? Meaning, do you think the situation being referenced is not even worth making a joke out of? Or do you think it is worth a joke but a better-executed one?

Worth a joke but not executed as good. I didn't laugh because it was too cheesy ("oh, I'll check twitface") it should be more natural of what a person would do.

[hasanhh 7,553]

(salam)

 

I read the Time 29Oct14 article "Ebola Brings Another Fear: Xenophobia", by Josh Sanburn. The article briefly covers a few discrimination cases over Ebola related fears that affect Liberians mostly.

 

Xenophobia usually overlaps with other phobias --anxieties or fears of 'other'. But I wondered if a word besides xenophobia would be a better description.

 

So I found:

 

Androphobia and Arrhenphobia which are fear of men.

 

Anthrophobia is fear of people or society. Not a good fit.

 

Bacillophobia, the fear of microbes. This sounds more like a fear of bacteria than a virus.

 

Bogyphobia, a fear of "bogeymen". A little off the mark.

 

Fibriophobia, fear of fever. Closer, but not a complete fit.

 

Molysmophobia which is the fear of contamination. But 'contamination' is more about dirt and filth..

 

Monopathophobia, the fear of a definite disease. This is accurate, but hard to easily pronounce.

 

Panthephobia and Panthophobia are the fear of suffering and disease (together).

 

Since menegothophobia is hard to pronounce, we need a phobia word to describe the social anxiety disorder associated with the media reporting on Ebola incidents that produces the social-disabling symptoms of anxiety and fear. People have every right to be afraid of Ebola, but not the irrationality of mentally disabling symptoms.

 

So what word needs to be created to describe this? Ebola is a filoviridae virus, so filophobia should do it.

 

30Oct14

Edited October 30, 2014 by hasanhh

[mina 4,813]

Or Fearbola

[Chaotic Muslem 5,773]

I'm excited . A neat building is under construction , UT will be the center of quranic studies in my area and they are seeking participants .

[Brained 1,916]

"Sit down..we'll die together". - Maulana Hasan Zafar Naqvi urging calm after a grenade attack shook the imambargah.

[notme 18,781]

The time will come when diligent research over long periods will bring to light things that now lie hidden. A single life time, even though entirely devoted to research, would not be enough for the investigation of so vast a subject. . . . And so this knowledge will be unfolded through long successive ages. There will come a time when our descendants will be amazed that we we did not know things that are so plain to them. . . . Many discoveries are reserved for ages still to come, when memory of us will have been effaced. Our universe is a sorry little affair unless it has in it something for every age to investigate . . . . Nature does not reveal her mysteries once and for all.

 

— Seneca, Natural Questions Book 7, c. first century.

[baradar_jackson 8,057]

Urdu nohas are hypnotic.

 

I am probably one of the few non-Pakis who really appreciates them.

 

My favorite is "mera ghar jalay" by Shaheed Ladak.