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Birthday parties against Islam?
by hamilcarr inmmm, reminds me of another religious movement .... .
birthday parties against islam says top saudi clericthu aug 21, 2008 9:18am bst[-] text [+] riyadh (reuters) - celebrating anniversaries, birthdays or mother's day is against muslim 'righteousness', saudi arabia's top cleric has said, quashing suggestions by a colleague that islam permits personal celebrations.. media savvy cleric salman al-awdah told viewers during a call-in television show last week that celebrating birthdays and wedding anniversaries was not against islam, sparking a debate in the conservative kingdom and prompting the mufti to weigh in.. grand mufti abdul-aziz al-shaikh said celebrating such events would make muslims like followers of other faiths including jews and christians, al-madina newspaper reported.. shaikh embodies wahhabism, the hardline islamic doctrine that has ruled hand in hand with the saud family since the kingdom was founded some eight decades ago.. women are banned from driving and mixing with unrelated men in saudi arabia, whose clerics issue edicts ordering saudis not to buy red roses on valentine's day on an almost annual basis.. "a muslim should thank almighty allah if his children are healthy and if his married life is stable as the years pass by," the paper quoted shaikh as saying.. two occasions call for celebration in the muslim world, shaikh said: eid al-fitr, which marks the end of the fasting month of ramadan, and eid al-adha, which marks the end of the annual haj pilgrimage.. awdah, who follows a relatively softer line, is widely believed to be favoured by circles close to king abdullah.
the monarch has repeatedly said that saudi arabia needs reforms.. (reporting by souhail karam, editing by tim pearce).
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McCain and the Catholics
by hamilcarr inin light of the recent discussions on catholicism on this board, i thought this news item would be interesting.
may 14, 2008minister backing mccain apologizes to catholicsby laurie goodsteinthe rev.
john c. hagee, the evangelist whose anti-catholic remarks became a scandal when the republican presidential candidate, senator john mccain, received his endorsement with great fanfare, has issued a letter expressing regret for any comments that catholics have found hurtful.. the letter came after weeks of efforts by influential catholic republicans to encourage him to draft an apology that would repair any damage to mr. mccains campaign.. mr. mccains pursuit of an endorsement by the pastor came under intense scrutiny at the same time that the democratic front-runner, senator barack obama, was embroiled in controversy over incendiary remarks by his former pastor, the rev.
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Is Philanthropy the Answer?
by hamilcarr inof course not, and you can find the scriptural reasons in the awake issue of may 2008. .
what does your religion teach about philanthropy?
to most non-believers it is the only answer to human suffering which makes a huge difference as far as morality is concerned.... .
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Test Your Savvy On Religion
by hamilcarr inwhat's your score?.
op-ed columnisttest your savvy on religion .
by nicholas d. kristof .
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Sabbath Economics
by hamilcarr inrediscovering a regulated economy of limits.
where religion and economy meet.. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/ann-pettifor/restoring-faith-in-financ_b_175133.html.
ann pettifornew economist, author, debtonation - the coming first world debt crisis.
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Banks intend to tackle recession by hard work and responsibility
by hamilcarr inlawmakers shouldn't interfere with the private sector for the good of we, the people.. chicago responding to lawmakers who chastised the company for its lavish sponsorship of parties and concerts at a professional golf tournament, northern trust corp. said friday it will pay back a $1.6 billion federal bailout loan as quickly as possible.. northern trust acted within government guidelines by sponsoring the pga tour's northern trust open at riviera country club in suburban los angeles, president and ceo frederick h. waddell said in a letter to members of the u.s. house financial services committee.. "we deeply regret that some of the events associated with the northern trust open have distracted from the positive nature of an event that has raised more than $50 million for charity since its inception," waddell wrote, adding, "we will redouble our efforts to ensure that these activities are appropriate given the current environment.".
northern trust has set a goal of repaying government funds "as quickly as prudently possible," waddell said.. the chicago-based custody bank came under criticism last week after news that it lodged hundreds of clients and employees at upscale hotels and hosted them at concerts and dinners associated with the weeklong tournament.
a report by entertainment web site tmz said northern trust flew in hundreds of employees and clients for the event.. many banks that received money as part of the government's $700 billion government package passed last fall have been criticized by politicians in washington in recent weeks about their spending habits _ from hosting conferences to buying corporate jets _ after obtaining the funds.. the events were part of the bank's global marketing activities and were focused on showing appreciation for clients and attracting new business, douglas holt, a spokesman for northern trust, said earlier this week.. no government funds were used to fund the golf events, holt said.. earlier this week, eighteen democrats on the financial services panel, led by chairman barney frank, d-mass., told waddell in a scathing letter, "we insist that you immediately return to the federal government the equivalent of what northern trust frittered away on these lavish events.".
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Armstrong set for shock comeback
by hamilcarr into raise cancer awareness.. what do you think?.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/other_sports/cycling/7605378.stm.
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Georgia is the graveyard of America's unipolar world
by hamilcarr ingeorgia is the graveyard of america's unipolar worldrussia's defiance in the caucasus has brought down the curtain on bush senior's new world order - not before timeif there were any doubt that the rules of the international game have changed for good, the events of the past few days should have dispelled it.
on monday, president bush demanded that russia's leaders reject their parliament's appeal to recognise the independence of south ossetia and abkhazia.
within 24 hours, bush had his response: president medvedev announced russia's recognition of the two contested georgian enclaves.
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Cunning Elephant Outperforms Human Reporter at Counting Game
by hamilcarr inhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h2grlczsbea
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I'm Not Gonna Start A New Board
by hamilcarr inim going underground.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xsg9ipfkc0y.
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