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Gaza massacre
Dori:
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Hi,
I got a question for the muslims. I was looking at the daily pictures of bbc world news (http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/in_pictures/7813401.stm) The subcription of photo 4 talks about the month 'Muharram'. Is it true that it is this month 'Muharram'. I read the article at wikipedia and it says that you can't use voilence in this month. Is this it coincidence that we got this war now?
Why does this religious year always change from date? My knowledge about the Islam is nil. I sometimes think that people from the East (and Muslims) know more about Christianity than people from the West (Christians) about Islam. I think we may even say that Muslims do know more about Christianity than not-religious people from the West. (I started to feel confused by meself. It's not my intention to hurt anyone by saying this. I partly talk about myself :shy it's a long story. (As new year resolution I started to teach myself))
I got also a question about Arabic: What means beit? I saw that a few cities has beit in their names, like Beit Hanoun
Thank you for your explanation Lena. I will ask my Greek friend about this. They talk a lot about the situation in Greece, since the death of that young boy. Are there more islands than Cyprus who have this Greece/Turkey frontier issue?
Zaini, my "email-friend" talks a lot about the situation between Pakistan and India (and the situation in India). It makes her feel tired too and hopes that the situation will not escalate.
Dore
nice friend:
Dore ,
you asked a few questions here are the answer ...
--- Quote ---1) I got also a question about Arabic: What means beit? I saw that a few cities has beit in their names, like Beit Hanoun ??..
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Answer : Beit is an Arabic word and it mean's " house of " ..
--- Quote ---2) I read the article at wikipedia and it says that you can't use voilence in this month. Is this it coincidence that we got this war now?
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islam prohibite's to kill innocent people throughout the year, and Yeah, is true ( as i heard ) ..
--- Quote ---It is one of the four months of the islamic year in which fighting is prohibited. ...
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but some people without the wealth of the knowledge of islam they fight and kill's each other .... they r far away to the teachings of islam , that is the main reason of violence,that they people make in this holy month ...
--- Quote ---3) Why does this religious year always change from date?
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answer : there is almost 10-12 days difference in between islamic and christian calendar ,( islamic calendar is short than christian calendar ... i think christian calender 365 day and according to this islamic has 353 ) .. islamic calendar is based on moon,, w months start's with moon ,, thats why we sight's the moon to start new month ....
i hope i answer the question ... Zaini and Manal Sis , please correct me if i said something wrong ..
Umair
Zaini:
Hi Dore,
Umair got it right,in the month of Moharram,fighting or waging war is prohibited,but what's going on in Gaza ,i believe is not waging war,but defending them selves on a very small scale.As you can see here,
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/7812547.stm
You can learn a lot about islam by reading translation of Holy Quran,which is available in english,and i believe it must be available in dutch too.Check this,
http://quran.al-islam.com/Targama/DispTargam.asp?nType=1&nSeg=0&l=eng&nSora=1&nAya=1&t=ger
Muslims might know a little about christanity because we respect Jesus Christ (or Hazrat Essa,as we call Him here) as a very beloved Prophet of Allah (God).
Yes ,according to my knowledge of Arabic,Beit means home or house.
Situation between India and Pakistan is a bit tense always,but we have fought two wars and i don't believe that any side got anything from these wars.
Zaini.
Lena:
Dore,
Cyprus is not a Greek island. Its inhabitants have Greek origin, yes, they are Greek-Cypriots but the island of Cyprus is a totally different nation.
I was referring to the Greek islands of the Aegean Sea, the ones that are so favourite touristic destinations for the whole world.I do not know if you have visited them:let's say Myconos, Naxos, Paros, Santorini,Crete and so many others.You will see them if you get a map of Greece. They lie between Greece and Turkey in the Aegean Sea.They are many.many beautiful small islands which are so preferred by so many tourists around the world.I was talking about them, especially the ones that lie near the Turkish coasts.All of them are Greek, but the Turks wish they were theirs.Of course they will never be.
Lena.
Dori:
Lena,
That was really dumb of me! :banghead Ofcourse I know Cyprus is not Greek. I know lots of people who have visit Crete or other big islands, but I have never visit Greek by myself. I love geograpic so I will definitely search for the islands you have mention in the atlas.
Thank you Umair and Zaini. So beit Hanoun is the home of Hanoun. Hanoun must have been a rich family of that area?
They use that video during the journal, but he close with the words 'this was :dunno for the Dutch tv'.
There's one Dutch site which publice text of the Bible and Quran side by side (chapter 1 and 1 or themes) so that you can compare them. The site is available in NE and EN www.bijbelenkoran.nl.
Well, I should buy this in book form, because my eyes are starting to dislike the screen :tired
On topic:
It's more than a shame that they are attacking schools of the UN. I really had tears in my eyes when we were watching the journal. I really have no words for this. And then the Israelers were talking about a third stage ???
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