The Muslim Tearoom

[HardlyEverHoovers]

Salaams/peace to all! I'm already missing our old thread, so taking the bull by the horns and opening our very own Muslim Tearoom, all welcome (non-Muslims too of course), to chat, share, ask questions etc etc. Imagine a cosy cafe with floor cushions, tea and coffee of all kinds, and lovely cakes! Please join me!

The 99 series is meant to be pretty cool... I've read about it on the internet, but never known where to get hold of the actual comics.

I have never hears of it before crescent! it looks great but it feels a bit weird, giving Allah's attributes to people....

It's grandma's house they will eat her food and at friends houses whereas they'll be picky as anything at home.

How old are they? You could serve up your nomal food and refuse alternatives.

You could include them in food prep, that usually peaks an interest in consuming the food too.

Dunno what else.

I'm not comfortable with that comic either, its giving the attributes of Allah to the characters, when we name our children or title a person for example Hafiz, we are calling them Hufadh-e-quran the preservers of the Quran, not generally the preserver of everything. Or in the hope they will manifest the qualities of that name, we are not attributing the qualities of that name to the person. (does that make sense?).

The comics do, I'm going to steer clear I think.

You have gone and killed the tread with all this food talk

Don't you have anything controversial to say? Even stuff you don't think is controversial will probably do

Anyone seen this www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2013/may/06/sexual-abuse-in-white-community

thoughts?

and this

www.facebook.com/photo.php?v=10151555848218984&set=vb.390376921021115&type=2&theater

what is diya? blood money?

I think that the criminal rulings require a judge to sentence, but I am not sure, I cannot see the harm in that if you have wronged someone you give them compensation according to shariah without a qaadi, however if you extropolate that to other situations and punishments there could be serious repurcussions.

On a lighter note, I saw something and thought you would enjoy it. Everyone please look at my pictures

cote that is so ridiculous it has me laughing out loud!

crescent i understand the wisdom behind diya, and I think that this outcome is better over all rather then prison, for both parties. I don't know if situations like this require imam, i mean contracts such as nikkah and talaaq dont?

nailak - I know

It doesn't translate very well, though. The confusion is more plausible in Turkish where it is between raket (raquette) and rekat (rakat).

Crime is against the victim but the state would still prosecute even if the victim's family is bribed or intimidated into silence. As is the case in all Western law, I believe.

The idea sits wrong with me for a variety of reasons:

• Money can't "compensate" for the loss of a loved one. The very idea is absurd and offensive.
• It creates a two-tier system where the rich don't get punished for major crimes like murder.
• It opens the system to intimidation and bribery

going to jail cant compensate either, but money is more useful to a family whose breadwinner has been taken away and in a society without benefits can be difference between life and death