Psychology of Men\'s Honour and Women\'s Sexuality I think you are absolutely on the right footing regarding principle's of life as dictated by Islam. Actually if we looked at principle's of life in other great religions of the world they would pretty much be in harmony with each other.

Although I don't want to editorialize what the author has written, however I may suggest that he is speaking to the cultural differences, where east meets west.

May Allah give us the serenity to accept things which cannot be changed; Give us courage to change things which must be changed; And the wisdom to distinguish one from the other. Ameen!

The rest of nasah's ramblings are unitelligible and difficult to decipher.

Psychology of Men\'s Honour and Women\'s Sexuality First of all let's not be fixated on pre/post marital text. The gist of the article speaks eloquently about the cultural/religious differences found between the east and west and ways to ease the growing tensions arising from them. It is ironic that we Muslim's are so pre-occupied with an "activity" that is as short-lived as the "three" lettered word.

Now coming back to your original question whether pre-marital sex is a sin. In my humble opinion it is an absolute sin yet we as a humans, full of errors and short comings,are not in a position to pass a decree upon two willing humans. Only Allah is all knowing and merciful and the final judge of our actions.

I hope my attempt at answering your question was worth the effort.

May Allah forgive us all for snatching the authority of judgment from him.

Mass Difference: The Bhuttos and Civil Society #11 Post: "Bill Clinton was impeached about having sex with Monica, wasn't that personal?"

This is totally inaccurate. Bill Clinton was never impeached!

Mass Difference: The Bhuttos and Civil Society The discussions that should have taken place 5 decades ago are just beginning to take place in Pakistan. Countries gaining independance around the same time period as Pakistan are having discussions about 5-10-15-20 year development plans.We are still deciding on what to talk about. Big Minds talk about real problems while shallow minds discuss personalities. I have often wondered if our politicians, military and public alike have ever thought about the following:"If Pakistan ceases to exist, where will their politics be exercised? If Pakistan ceases to exist where will the military exercise their power and might? If Pakistan ceases to exist where will the masses exercise their ability to call a place called home? Ask a Palestenian or a Jew or millions of other people who have had to leave their homelands and the plight of these people.
What we need is to reconcile as a nation. PPP, ML (N),ML(Q), JUI, MMA, MQM must be forced into a broader reconciliation by us the voters.