Myths about the Golden Age of Islam It`s funny that Yasser wrote an article on Hizb-ul-tahrir. Actually they are gaining support very quickly among the Canadian muslim youth. For Manto`s information it is not the drop-outs that are being attracted (they are too busy getting high!) rather the educated lot that are being attracted. I personally know a few guys in the Canadian chapter of Hizb, most of them happen to be very smart kids (You can contact me if you want their names/email addresses). Even the organisation itself is a microcosm of such a society that they want to establish. It is made up of youth from indian, arab, bangladeshi, pakistani, reverts..........but you won`t find that many paki `uncles` among them, I wonder why: maybe all of `em are too busy complaining on chowk!

Yasser maybe you can try convincing EU to disband, after all there has never been unity among europeans.

What Would Happen? Inshallah, some day!

Church vs Mosque My Friend Arthur,
Have courage, these ppl are making you feel bad abt the way God has made you. Remember the beauty lies in the eyes of the beholder. I am sure that you do not care about ppl who are only interested in the physical looks. I am sure that the ppl you mentioned look beyond ur not-so-pretty face.

Please have faith and do not lose your courage. If God has made you ugly then it is OK. You should have courage to stand up for yourself. Do not let these people make you feel bad about your appearance. There are still enough fat-ugly-McDonaldsEating-white chicks left in the US of A that will find you attractive. Never lose your faith.

...and yeah btw NY isn`t really a country. Have courage my friend have courage. Yeah you shouldn`t go for the paki girls....angoor khate haiN!

Church vs Mosque Arthur:
Just a few days back I was thinking: whatever happened to bro Arthur, no islamophobic article in more than a month. How is that possible....

``My own story dwarfs in comparison to my cousin’s who was abducted by an Arab Muslim from the holiest of mosques and later left to die in the deserts. ``
K, from what I remember in the last article you were anducted by some pseudo-islamic mullah and now its your cousin. Wat kinda F upped family do you have? Seriously you guys should get some special police protection thingy.

And on top of that you have started going to church, next thing we know some priest wants to get into your pants. Be careful ok!

Hey next time try worshipping in a strip joint, I can gurantee you alot more spiritual satisfaction. Guess what: the hotty next to you will even take off that red dress and you can even buy her an extra glass of wine!

The Forgotten 54 - When will the War Finish for Them? ``There are whispers and rumours, and places like Sheikhupura and Lyallpur seem to hold the keys to terrible secrets.``
Lyallpur, now called Faisalabad can`t hold any secrets. Surprisingly, unlike most cities in Pakistan there is no army presence in Faisalabad.

Canada’s First Muslim Woman Member of Parliament: Why did the Media Miss the Story? Romair: ``I believe to get a ticket for NDP, one has to openly declare that they support gay rights and gay marriage and support abortion. So all the Pakistanis and Muslims getting their ticket from NDP, would have declared that. ``
Monia Mazigh also ran on a NDP ticket (she lost) but she said that her personal beliefs do not allow her to vote for gay marriages. But she does not want to show disrespect to her party hence she would abstain from voting on that issue.

I am also from `sauga. A great place to live. I think Liberals won all over GTA. Anybody standing on a Liberal ticket in GTA is destined to win. Regardless of his/her ethnic and religious background.

Is is interesting to note that MSA, ISNA only count Ismaili`s when showing the muslim population in Canada.

Why didn`t the paki press cover Rattansi`s story? Well maybe becoz Rattansi never cared to visit the mosques or attend muslim fundraisers, Parrish and Wajid did!

Dear Sisters, Meet Maria Sharapova ``By supporting Islamic fundamentalism you are traitors to Pakistan and to her allies (the US, Europe, India and Israel) ``


Yeah man Pakistan and Israel are the best allies, have u seen the granduer israeli embassy in ISLAM-abad? .....but wait, that does not exist, hmmmm....no i think I must be mistaken. Hey Shiraz could you please tell me where the Israeli embassy is located in ISLAM-abad?

Thanks man!
Nice pic man, are u always like that?

Dear Sisters, Meet Maria Sharapova http://www.freewaywatch.org/Drunk_Driving_Pictures3.html
....check out these pics,! (ok some of them are very gross!)

More people are killed by the Roh-Afza that Mullah Arthur likes to drink than by suicide bombers each year (1:10,000 -yeah im making up the numbers, intelligent guess). How about a Jihad against drinking, whaddaya think Mullawna sahab?

Dear Sisters, Meet Maria Sharapova ``Virtue83, your attempts at spamming accounts will be reported to the FBI and they will be contacting Interpol and other international anti-cyber terrorism law enforcement agencies. ``

What poor way of gaining pity. So you gonna threaten me with FBI/Interpol/anti-cyber terrorism agencies because I support women`s decision to wear a veil. You should be ashamed of yourself for laying such childish claims. Why is it that you think every muslim is a terrorist?

``Dear chowk editors, please ban all those who are beseiging this poor boy Yasser Latif Hamdani and inflicting personal attacks on him. He is all by himself and he is very brave.``

awwww, so cute! little Hamdani kid needs Big bad Chowk editors to come to his rescue. Don`t worry hamdani beta no one can touch you while you have Mullah Arthur on your side.

``My fellows who are reasonable and who are witnessing this ``battle`` (I wish it was of wits) you have a lot of power and influence within you. Condemn the evil practices of this religion whereever it bismirches your name and the name of your country folk. Join hands like steadfast allies with the west my dear lovers of liberty and defy all those who kill, maim, abuse and fight dirty in the name of Allah. ``

There is no battle going on here! So basically you are telling everyone to start condemning muslims. I have yet to come across such kind of hatred in Canada. Why not join hands with the whole world (rather than just the West) and defy all those who kill, main, abuse and fight dirty PERIOD (rather than just the ones who do it in the name of Allah). Don`t you think that would be a more noble cause?

Dear Sisters, Meet Maria Sharapova I am beginning to notice signs of anguish and pain from the writer.

I am also noticing anger and bewilderment.

Courage Arthur, courage! your mind is dealing with what a pathan did to you many years ago, your mind is looking inwards and is troubled and blaming the whole muslim ummah.

Courage, have courage! you are going through a phase, you blame Islam for everything. Your experience has not been great with muslims. I can understand, but do have faith. Muslim Ummah is passing through hardtimes. I am sure we will come through. We just need to maintain our courage.

Tolerate the bouts of mild confusion and disorientation because in the end you would attain success in the life hereafter rather than the artificial gains of this life.
May Allah show you the right path!

The French Engineering Education System Romair: I have not heard of CS dept. falling under Liberal Arts, atleast at any Canadian University. Usually it falls under Faculty of Science or in the case of my university it is under Faculty of Math. It makes sense as most of the Computer Science concepts are based on principles of math. Most of the mathies (taking CS) end up taking quite a few EE courses to gain more in-depth knowledge of the hardware side.

Good article, it seems like French engineering schools are pretty competitive.

Canadian System:
In Canada universities admission (there is no such thing as engineering schools) is totally based on your top 6 grade 12 marks. For engineering they look at your high school marks for Calculus, Algebra, Finite, Physics, Chemistry and an elective. There is no centralized testing system so marks depend largely on which high school you attend.

Quite a few of the Canadian universities have implemented the co-op system. So an undergraduate engineering degree takes 5 years to complete. It includes 6 workterms ( 4 month each). So by the time a student graduates, he/she will have 2 years of professional engineering experience.

I think this is somewhat similar to the co-op system in France. Last term I was working at an aerospace firm that had hired 2 french interns. But the funny part was the French students were not being paid (other than housing and food expenses) whereas Canadian co-op students were paid weekly wages. I am not aware of their technical expertise but they sure kicked our ass as far as skiing (and snowboarding) was concerned!

Dear Sisters, Meet Maria Sharapova Mullah ARTHUR`s Fatwa:
``It is the duty of every student of reason and the arts to oppose the veils on moral, rational and humanist grounds.``
Bilkul jee humanist dont have any other cause left other than declare jihad on veiled women. You know what would be an interesting study, do a study on crime rates among women who wear Hijab. Now that would be interesting and we would really find out how much of a threat these Hijabese are to humanity. That will be on a more rational ground.

......and then we can change our names to something that sounds caucasian. Athar becomes Arthur, Azeem to Ziggi, etc. etc.

Maybe then we can peel of the brown skin and become a paki version of Michael Jackson.

Important to note that no desi girl has ever won the Wimbledon. Hey it must be because of skin colour!

Arthur, my friend I understand your agony. Listen up guys, lets give him a break. The guy was abused as a kid, by both women and men!! Shiraz unlce, kisse pathan ke haath to nahiN lag gayee!
Have u ever tried going to a shrink, i know one in Toronto. but she wears a Hijab, u up for that?

Dear Sisters, Meet Maria Sharapova We gotta get some facts straightened out here.
Veil that covers your head is required by Islam.
Veil that covers your face is NOT required in Islam. In the subcontinent you see women wearing the veils that cover their face (mostly women in India rather than Pakiland). Interestingly this covering of the face comes from the Hindu culture rather than an Islamic influence. As far as Islam is concerned covering the FACE is not a necessity. And please do not draw any parallels between Hindu women burning themselves with their dead husbands and wearing the veil. One takes power away from women and the other empowers them.

Dear Sisters, Meet Maria Sharapova Seriously man enough is enough, why do we have so many psudo-mullahs these days. On one side we have people who blame everything on USA and Jews. ``Jo vee karda hai, amreka kardai ai`` They blame everything from loadshedding, floods, apathy of muslims on amreeka.

And then we have Shiraz and company. Maria won the Winbledon, challo jee, best opportunity for islam bashing. Put a picture of Taliban (which isnt really true islam) and start drawing comparisons. Why cant these people just leave us alone. Can`t we make our own choices. You wanna be an atheist, worship fire, drink cows urine....whatever but we could care less. But stop this stupid propaganda against muslims. Maria won the wimbledon, good for her. Stop using her accomplishment for gaining brownie points.

``Thanks to the opportunities offered by the free world Maria Sharapova is what no practicing, veiled, Muslim woman can ever be.``

Winning the Wimbledon isn`t really finding the cure for cancer. And never underestimate the power of islamic women.

Dear Sisters, Meet Maria Sharapova ``I walk the streets with the feeling that I will see someone beautiful.``
Hey man u remind me of high school, unlce sharam kareiN app to POONDEe ka bara shooq hai.

``There are times when I enter “woman’s section” of an Islamic household and they scurry like scared rabbits for safety as if I was a disease.``
Uncle, from the sound of the article you sound pretty desperate, offcourse the girls will shy from you. Uncle if you need any advice, you know i`ll be more than happy to help a fellow muslim brother, but u gotta stop this habit of wandering into the ``womans section``. This isnt gonna get u anywhere.

Muslims Vs. Modernity I admire the Jews, the way they handle their money, politics and media. I think we should learn from Mahatir`s statements. The thing that I admire most about the jews is the fact that they came up with a simple word ``anti-semitism``!
Can you imagine what this word can do?
- The power of a word, you can kill innocent prople, destroy homes, deny basic human rights and still if someone raises a finger, you can get away by calling the person ``anti-semitic``

So what do we muslims need in this day and age?
Other than modern education and better public image (to teach people like Mr. Shiraz that Islam does NOT oppress women and freedom of thought) is a WORD. A word like anti-semitism which we can use when people like Shiraz go on a muslim bashing spree.

The most amusing part of the article was the supplementary graph given for the readers to better understand the ``complex theory`` being presented. The author considers USA and Israel as the epitome of modernisation. Examining recent history:

Is the war against Iraq barbaric or Modern, militarily wise: Yes very modern but intellectually its a Barbaric act. Bush is no greater of a warrior than Nek Mohammed.

Is it the oppression against Palestanian that makes Israel to fall on the right side of the graph?

Just 40 years ago if you were a black citizen in US you were treated as a 2nd class citizen, whereas Islam ruled against it some 1400 years ago. 40 years is a very short time in a country`s history. Is that you basis for Modernisation?

The VIetnam war, hundreds of thousands killed on both sides, just because USA decides to kill the spread of communism, is that Modern or Barbaric, you tell me?

Why do you hate us (muslims) so much?