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I'm wondering why you removed this sourced paragraph:
Most of these workers are forced to give up their passports upon entering Dubai, making it very difficult to return home. NPR reports that workers "typically live eight to a room, sending home a portion of their salary to their families, whom they don't see for years at a time." Others report that their salary has been withheld to pay back loans, making them little more than indentured servants. Local newspapers have carried stories of construction workers allegedly not being paid for months on end.
Could you please let me know what does it mean to you that God repents? We know that God is oft-repenting. Thanks --Aminz06:32, 30 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Haven't you heard that "Inna Allaha Tawaboun rahim"; God is called to be Tawab which means the one who repents frequently. When we say God repents, it has a totally different meaning of course. I am trying to find a link for you. Peace. --Aminz07:08, 30 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Jibran, point #1. Tawab literally means the one who frequently repents (ask a native speaker). It does not literally mean the one who accepts the Tawba. Tawba literally means to return. But I agree that it is not generally understood in the way I said in the Muslim community. So, please go ahead and remove Tawbah from the article.
point #2. There are a lot of places in the Bible that God repents. please have a look at [1]. You'll get an idea of what repent means in the bible. Thanks. --Aminz07:34, 30 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]
A question: The 'Acceptor of Repentance' means 'ghabel al-tawb'; this is used in Qur'an. If "tawab" and "ghabel al-tawb" have the same meaning, why Qur'an uses both of them. Thanks --Aminz07:53, 30 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Yusuf Ali translation of verse 49:12: " O ye who believe! Avoid suspicion as much (as possible): for suspicion in some cases is a sin: And spy not on each other behind their backs. Would any of you like to eat the flesh of his dead brother? Nay, ye would abhor it...But fear God. For God is Oft-Returning, Most Merciful. "
Oft-returning is the translation of "tawab". Salam--Aminz05:16, 2 April 2006 (UTC)[reply]
The Summary of ^Abdullah al-Harariyy Ensuring the Personal Obligatory Knowledge of the Religion:
Is a summary of most of the Obligatory Knowledge every accountable person is obligated to know. This comprises the Obligatory Knowledge pertaining to belief, issues from Purification (Taharah) up to Pilgrimage (Hajj), and some rules of dealings according to the school (madhhab) of Imam ash-Shafi^iyy. The sins of the heart and of other organs, such as the tongue, are also included.
The original book was written by the Hadramiyy faqih (scholar): ^Abdullah Ibn Husayn Ibn Tahir. Many precious issues were added to the book; what was mentioned about Sufism was omitted. Some sentences were changed in such a way that it would not change the subject. In a few cases the author mentioned what some Shafi^iyy scholars, like al-Bulqiniyy, preponderated in an effort to expose what was weak in the original book. One must pay due attention to this Obligatory Knowledge in order to have one's deeds accepted.
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All these web-site belongs to Al-Ahbash / Habashies / AICP:
Jibran1, thank you for supporting me in my recent RfA. Although it did not succeed as no consensus was declared (final: 65/29/7), I know that there is always an opportunity to request adminship again. If and when that day comes, I hope you will once again support me. If at any time I make any mistakes or if you would like to comment on my contributions to Wikipedia, you are more than welcome to do so. Regardless of your religious, cultural, and personal beliefs, I pray that whatever and whoever motivates you in life continues to guide you on the most righteous path.
Hi Jibran,
I am currently really busy. An editor has removed lots of stuff from this article [2]. If you have time, could you possible please discuss these changes with that editor. thx. --Aminz07:20, 4 April 2006 (UTC)[reply]
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The Islamic Times article about Robin van Persie is an unattributed copy of an old version of Van Persie's Wikipedia article. References to van Persie converting to Islam were removed from that article after they could not be verified. I spent a fair while looking for a source to verify the claim but all I found were Wikipedia mirrors, hence I removed him from the list of converts. Oldelpaso15:14, 15 April 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Thank you for your hard work on the article of Criticism of Islam. I appreciate it.
Regarding the sentence: "... same sphere as the Golden Rule, although often these injunctions are only designated towards other believers". I should say you are right in removing it since the link was not provided. But to be honest, there is more to this and the sentence was sort of true. I think God in Qur'an usually says that he loves believers and not Kafirs. He may say that he is merciful to all at some level; but much more stress is laid upon those who believe or repent. In many places he says that he doesn’t love several types of people. --Aminz09:38, 16 April 2006 (UTC)[reply]
"Stop adding commentary and your personal analysis of an article into Wikipedia articles." <== Please provide an example of when I did this (I'm not saying I didn't, I just don't recall doing so. ) 83.146.55.8500:23, 17 April 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Jibran, Thank you so much for the barnstar! You didn't have to do that. I had a look at Origin and development of the Qur'an and found it much better than past. You are really doing WP (and the world) a great service. Great job! thank you for the barnstar again. --Aminz23:21, 22 April 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Looks like everyone is thanking you. I'm only now learning how this template works, and there may be some improvements we can make to it. I'll be back to add it wherever I find the Qur'an cited, though it may take awhile...I wonder if we can get a template for Bukhari as well?Timothy Usher04:19, 23 April 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Bukhari template.... not a bad idea. I dont even know the first thing about creating a template, but I'm down with us having more, because of the convenience associated with it. How DID you create that template? :) --Jibran104:23, 23 April 2006 (UTC)[reply]
I didn't, Tom harrison did. I'm working with him now to add a few others, one to allow us to link to Qur'an without the word "Qur'an" displayed (where it's implicit/has appeared earlier in the sentence) and one to allow us to cite ranges (X:Y-Z), as well as Bukhari equivalents.
a) it’s no longer required to input three digits - this is automated thanks to joturner.
b) the template no longer includes “Qur’an” in the bluelighted display. Editor may choose to write it or not (or “Sura”, or “verse”, etc.) according to context.
c) thus the “-num” variants are redundant and should not be used.
2) The “range display” problem is still not solved - more information coming soon.
3) Template:Bukhari-usc is operative, with three variables (volume, book, hadith), and automated tridigitation as per Quran-usc.
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Jibran, I have found the following sourced matterial but either didn't found the right place to add them or wasn't able to do it or didn't have time for it. It is about dhimmi article. I am leaving wikipedia. Would you please keep your eyes on that article. If you found any new editor working on that article, it would be good to provide him a link to this.
"Dhimmis were little disturbed during the rule of Ommiads (with the exception of Omar II) since "it was not in keeping with the worldly policy of those rulers to favor the tendencies of fanatical zealots."[1] Jewish encyclopedia states that "Intolerance of infidels and a limitation of their freedom were first made a part of the law during the rule of the Abbassids, who, to bring about the ruin of their predecessors, had supported theocratic views and granted great influence to the representatives of intolerant creeds. Under them also the law was introduced compelling Jews to be distinguished by their clothing. At a later period such distinguishing marks became frequent in the Mohammedan kingdoms." [2] Some restrictions imposed on dhimmis from time to time, such as the use of neck seals in the administration of the poll tax in seventh- and eighth-century in Syria and Iraq [3], and requirements to wear distinctive clothing, were symbolic in nature and were designed to highlight the inferiority of dhimmis compared to Muslims."
"There were also many enlightened conversions to Islam among the Jews in the twelfth century. Grätz considers it as “partly owing as to the degeneracy that had taken hold of Eastern Judaism, manifesting itself in the most superstitious practices, and partly moved by the wonderful success of the Arabs in becoming a world-power”. There were also many forced conversion to Islam due to “the rise of the Almohades (Unitarians), in 1142, and the great wave of religious reform, mixed with religious fanaticism”. [4]"
"The Shia jurist Grand Ayatollah Makarem Shirazi comments that the main philosophy of jizya is that it is only a financial aid to those muslims who are in the charge of safeguarding the security of the state and Dhimmi's lives and properties on their behalf [5].
Many Muslim scholars, but not all, have recommended jizya to be collected in a humiliating procedure based on the Qur'ans usage of the word sa:ghiru:na in Qur'an [Quran9:29]."
"Allameh Tabatabaei, a prominent contemporary Shia scholar, commenting on a hadith that claims that the above verse has "abrogated" other verses asking for good behaviour toward dhimmis, states that "abrogation" could be understood either in its terminological sense or its literal sense. If "abrogation" is understood in its terminological sense, Muslims should deal with dhimmis stricly in a good and decent manner. [6]"
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Are you still making a recording of the Islam article?
Please visit [5] page and add your personal email (if you don't mind) at the bottom for better collaboration, networking and comunication. Thanks :) Omerlives
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I noticed that you have contributed to several articles about Dubai. If you are interested, a WikiProject Dubai is currently being proposed here. Feel free to add your name if you would like to participate. Thank you. Leitmanp (talk | contributions) 04:58, 9 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]
A temporary page has been created at User:Raime/WikiProject Dubai. You can go directly there to add your name, if you would like to be a member. If you do not want to be a member and do not wish to be notified of further updates, just leave a message on my talk page. Thank you. Leitmanp (talk | contributions) 06:42, 19 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]
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Don't forget Hanlon's Razor 07:37, 9 March 2006 (UTC)
