Monday, September 28, 2009

Hijab preserves the hair



Some beauticians began a rumor which coincided with the spread of the Islamic dress. They claimed that Hijaab is one of the main reasons behind hair falling out and distortion of the woman’s beauty. This claim is scientifically refuted by two doctors.Dr. Mayy As-Samaahi, professor of Cosmetic Medicine at Ain Shams University, confirmed that the Hijaab does not have this negative effect on the hair.





Scientific researches on some women, some of whom wear Hijaab and others who do not, proved that Hijaab has nothing to do with hair falling out or splitting.On the contrary, Hijaab preserves and protects the hair from environmental factors. However, it is preferred that the Hijaab be made out of cotton because this is a healthy texture for the hair and the skin. Dr. Mayy As-Samaahi clarified that the hair falls for two reasons only.

The first reason is an unstable psychological state and the second one is the general state of health. The hair derives its nourishment from the body. Hence, one should eat a sufficient amount of fruit, vegetables and proteins.




Moreover, one should be free of the causes of tension and worry. One should take care of her general health without exaggerating in using creams, oils and shampoos because they affect the hair. One should wash the hair only twice a week.

Dr. Muhammad Nada, a professor of Dermatology at Cairo University, ascertained that Hijaab protects the hair. Wind and direct sun rays cause the hair to lose its smoothness and cause it to be pale and weak. It was also proved that exposing the hair to the air does not affect its nourishment because the apparent part of the hair on the head is lifeless horny cells whereas the hair derives its nourishment from the blood vessels inside the skin and its health is generally derived from the health of the body.



Be careful with essenceofblack

assalamu aleikum

I thought to post this and warn others ..
In many of the blogs and forums I read about this website ,which is scam ,according to people's comments .Unfortunately this websites always shows on the google or other search engines as popular web site .
I was almost tempted to buy from them few times ,but alhamdulillah I felt that something is just doesn't seem right about them...
Please everyone be careful with the following web site

http://www.essenceofblack.com/


Another 2 web sites ,which is according to my research , also owned by the same company are :
Barakallah.com
AlHadeeqah.com

Another web site ,that might be owned by the same company is this

http://www.myhijabshop.com/


If anyone had good experience with them , please comment ,because as I said, I haven't bought from them .I just know this from my own research on the forums and blogs..

If you take a close look at the websites I mentioned ,you can see that most of the pictures look like they taken from Shukr web site and from other different web sites .It was confusing me for a while ..

I just want to say ,before you order anything online , please make sure there is phone number for customer service , call and check that number before you order ..

Another tip for buying from online stores :
Be very careful , if ordering something from India or Pakistan (no offence please) .
Often on their web sites ,you see professional beautiful pictures ,BUT what happens is that ;they put the picture of the original dress , and then they try to make you one that *looks like* that.I'm talking from my personal experience .It happened to me twice ...


I hope someone will find this information useful.Please feel free to comment.

Sunday, September 27, 2009

Fall Hijab Style

This is another great find ! Old Navy store http://oldnavy.gap.com/
Lots of Hijabs in different colors .Some of them are on sale $4.99,$8.00 and regular price for some is $12.50.



These are some nice Jackets I found in their store .
I like to wear jacket over my Jilbab if going to work or school ,just for more professional look .
But I always buy a jacket size bigger , so it doesn't show my figure.

And there is lots of sweaters ,that you may like .Its so easy to shop in the fall and winter time ,because finally you can find long sleeve clothes .


All these sweaters ,scarves and bags are from Old Navy.
Two sweaters on the top are $20.00 .The ones on the bottom are $44.95
Fall Hijab Style

I hope some of you may find this information useful .The store,New York and Company, has very nice accessories and Hijabs .They often have some nice coats and long sweaters , that you can wear in chilly weather ,which is soon to come in some places ...

Hijabs $11.86 -$16.95 City Style Plaid Trench $79.95 (I'm sure it will be on sale soon ,they have great discounts) You can find the rest of the accessories(purple purse ,rings ,bracelets) on their web site also www.nyandcompany.com


These are some wraps that are sold in the same store .You can just throw this over your jilbab in cold days ...The rest of the accessories are also on their web site ...
They often have Hijabs ,very soft in nice colors.
You can find this store in any Mall or check what they have online www.nyandcompany.com


Thursday, September 24, 2009





















Why Are Women Turning to Islam


At a time when Islam is faced with hostile media coverage particularly where the status of women in Islam is concerned, it may be quite surprising to learn that Islam is the fastest growing religion in the world, and even more ironic to discover that the majority of converts to Islam are WOMEN .The status of women in society is neither a new issue, nor is it a fully settled one. And where Islam is mentioned, for many the term 'Muslim Women' prompts images of exhausted mothers chained to the stove, 'victims' suppressed in a life of indoctrination, frantic to be westernized and so on. Others will go to great lengths to explain how the hijaab is an obstacle, clouding the mind, and comment that female converts are either brainwashed, stupid or traitors to their sex. I reject such accusations and pose to them the following question: why is it that so many women who have been born and brought in the so called 'civilized' societies of Europe and America are willing to reject their 'liberty' and 'independence' to embrace a religion that supposedly oppresses them and is widely assumed to be prejudicial to them?






As a Christian convert to Islam, I can only present my personal experience and reasons for rejecting the 'freedom' that women claim to have in this society in favour of the only Religion that truly liberates women by giving us a status and position, which is completely unique when compared with that of our non-Muslim counterparts. Before coming to Islam, I had strong feminist tendencies and recognized that where a woman was concerned, a lot of shuffling around had been going on, yet without being able to pin her on the social map. The problem was ongoing: new 'women's issues' being raised without the previous ones being satisfactorily resolved.



Like the many women who shared my background, I would accuse Islam of being a sexist religion, discriminating, oppressing and giving men the greater privileges. All of this, coming from a person who did not even know Islam, one who had been blinded due to ignorance and had accepted this deliberately distorted definition of Islam.


However, despite my criticisms of Islam, inwardly, I wasn't satisfied with my own status as a woman in this society. It seemed to me that society would define such terms as 'liberty' and 'freedom' and then these definitions were accepted by women without us even attempting to question or challenge them. There was clearly a great contradiction between what women were told in theory and what actually happened in practice. The more I pondered, the greater emptiness I felt within. I was slowly beginning to reach a stage where my dissatisfaction with my status as a women in this society, was really a reflection of my greater dissatisfaction with society itself. Everything seemed to be degenerating backwards, despite the claims that the 1990's was going to be the decade of success and prosperity. Something vital seemed to be missing from my life and nothing would fill this vacuum.




Being a Christian did not do anything for me, and I began to question the validity of only remembering God one day a week - Sundays! As with many other Christians too, I had become disillusioned with the hypocrisy of the Church and was becoming increasingly unhappy with the concept of Trinity and the deification of Jesus.



Eventually, I began to look into Islam. At first, I was only interested in looking at those issues, which specifically dealt with women. I was surprised. What I read and learned, taught me a lot about myself as a woman, and also about where the real oppression of a woman lies: in every other system and way of life outside of Islam. Muslim women have been given their rights in every aspect of the religion with clear definitions of their role in society - as had men - with no injustice against either of them. As Allah says: «"Whoever does deeds of righteousness, be they male or female, and have faith, they will enter paradise and not the least injustice will be done to them"» [Nisaa 4:124
So having amended my misconceptions about the true status of women in Islam, I was now looking further. I wanted to find that thing which was going to fill the vacuum in my life. My attention was drawn towards the beliefs and practices of Islam. It was only through establishing the fundamentals that I would understand where to turn and what to prioritize. These are often the areas, which receive little attention or controversy in society, and when studying the Islamic Creed, it becomes clear why this is the case: such concise, faultless and wholly comprehensive details cannot be found elsewhere.



Different styles of Hijab

The Shayla, Al-Amira, Khimar and Square...

What is the Hijab and Muslim Dress All About

What is it?
The shayla, al-amira, and khimar are the three most popular types of headscarves.

How, why, and where is it worn?

The shayla is a rectangular piece of cloth (favored by women in the Gulf region and making a surge in North America) wrapped around the head and pinned in place on the shoulder. The al-amira is a two-piece veil consisting of a cap or extra-large headband and a tube-like scarf worn over that. Women around the world wear this style. The khimer is a long cape-like veil with an opening for the face that falls over the bosom often to the hands. Many Muslim women don the khimer for prayers or for the Hajj pilgrimage.


Probably the most popular style and my favorite, is Shayla style.






































































































Usually small under scarf and pins are used to keep Hijab in place .
























The next popular style is Amirah Hijab ,which mostly worn by younger sisters ,as a starter Hijab ..
Its very easy to wear .Its two piece Hijab ,that doesn't require pins and stays perfectly on its place..
it may look little bit tight sometimes and not have enough coverage for some ...














































































The next style is Khimar ,which is the almost the same style as Amirah Hijab ,but its much longer and looks like this:



















































Some khimars are worn with face veil(niqab)








































































face veil (niqab)





















There is another popular style of Hijab :is square Hijab .It is also easy to wear .













































Some of them come in very rich ,feminine colors and designs .For example :square turkish Hijabs.






































What is the Hijab and Muslim Dress All About?






















If you think that muslim woman is oppressed, then think twice.


There is nobody in this earth more beautiful then a muslim woman .
What makes Muslim woman beautiful is her Faith and her purity ,her respect for herself and people around her ..
I'm not any less then other women .I'm proud of who I am and proud of my Faith .
I have my freedom , i have my choice to cover my body.
The difference between me and you ,is that I obey My Creator ,and you obey the creation ..
With the way I look I'm pleasing Him and not the eyes of strange men ...
I'm free from the worldly obsessions .My only worry, is will my God be pleased with me ?

Do not judge me for the way I look ,but instead ask me and I welcome questions ..

Some questions you may have :

Q. Is Islamic dress appropriate for modern times?

A: Islamic dress is modern and practical. Muslim women wearing Islamic
dress work and study without any problems or constraints.

Q. Does Islamic dress imply that women are submissive or inferior to men?

A: Islamic dress is one of many rights granted to Islamic women. Modest
clothing is worn in obedience to God and has nothing to do with
submissiveness to men. Muslim men and women have similar rights and
obligations and both submit to God.

Q. But aren't there Muslim women who do not wear Islamic Dress, or hijab?

A: Some Muslim women choose not to wear hijab. Some may want to wear it
but believe they cannot get a job wearing a head scarf. Others may not
be aware of the requirement or are under the mistaken impression that
wearing hijab is an indication of inferior status.


Monday, September 21, 2009

UK Home Office staff officially warned not to eat in front of Muslims during Ramadan - in case it made them feel hungry

MPAC plays the victim card while denouncing this document below, but nonetheless the organization has a point: this is the kind of walking on eggshells around Muslims that only creates resentment among non-Muslims in a land where there ought to be equality of treatment of all people, regardless of creed. Now if MPAC could come out across the board against special preferences and special treatment for Muslims, and work against all accommodation of Sharia provisions in Britain, we might be getting somewhere.

The advice came in a taxpayer-funded internal document listing do's and don'ts during the Muslim holy month, which ends this weekend.

The Home Office Islamic Network produced the five-page information sheet which says: ‘In practical terms, please be sensitive when eating lunch near a Muslim colleague who is fasting.
This can make an individual feel hungrier and make it more challenging to observe the fast.’

During the holy month devout Muslims do not drink or eat from dawn until sunset and, according to the document, must avoid ‘all obscene and irreligious sights and sounds’.
It also urged Home Office managers to be flexible over working arrangements.

It says: ‘The most likely need Muslim staff may present to managers during this period is for flexibility around working hours and break times as those fasting will have a slightly different routine from usual. Managers and Muslim staff should discuss what their needs are and be responsive and sensitive.’

Managers were also told: ‘Muslim staff who are fasting and whose environment allows it may wish to set out for work earlier than usual and finish their working day correspondingly early...in line with flexi-time arrangements.’

Last night a Home Office spokeswoman confirmed the document had been distributed to its staff and posted on the department’s internal intranet system.
She said: ‘It is not formal departmental guidance and was written by volunteers.

But the guide is now at the centre of a row with Islamic groups who said it was more likely to incite hatred of Muslims than promote understanding....The Muslim Public Affairs Committee, which claims to be fighting a 'political jihad against Islamophobia', attacked the document.

It said: 'It is designed to create more hatred in the hearts of non-Muslims.

'We don't care how much non-Muslims eat in front of us.

'It's never been an issue and never will be and we have never asked for any special treatment or sensitivity from non-Muslims whilst fasting.'

Christian couple charged with criminal offense after offending Muslims during discussion of religion

A Christian couple have been charged with a criminal offence after taking part in what they regarded as a reasonable discussion about religion with guests at their hotel.

Ben and Sharon Vogelenzang were arrested after a Muslim woman complained to police that she had been offended by their comments.

They have been charged under public order laws with using 'threatening, abusive or insulting words' that were 'religiously aggravated'.

The couple, whose trial has been set for December, face a fine of up to £5,000 and a criminal record if they are convicted.

Although the facts are disputed, it is thought that during the conversation the couple were challenged over their Christian beliefs.It is understood that they suggested that Mohammed, the founder of Islam, was a warlord and that traditional Muslim dress for women was a form of bondage.

The contention about traditional Muslim dress for women is a matter of opinion, but anyone, Muslim or non-Muslim, who denies that Muhammad was a warlord is simply ignorant or deceptive.

They deny, however, that their comments were threatening and argue that they had every right to defend and explain their beliefs.

Mrs Vogelenzang, 54, who has run the Bounty House Hotel near Aintree racecourse in Liverpool with her husband Ben, 53, for six years, said: 'Nothing like this has happened to us before. We are completely shocked.'

She added that the episode had damaged their business and they had been forced to lay off staff and run the nine-bedroom hotel by themselves, leaving them exhausted.

Sources said that a number of guests staying at the hotel, which charges £92 a night for a double room, were having breakfast in its restaurant on March 20 when comments were made about religion.

One of those involved was the Muslim woman, who was staying at the hotel while she received treatment at a hospital nearby.

The couple, who are members of the Bootle Christian Fellowship, and their solicitor, David Whiting, said they could not discuss the content of the conversation for legal reasons. But the independent lobby group, the Christian Institute, which has seen both the prosecution and defence legal papers, is supporting their defence.

Mr Whiting, who last year successfully defended street preacher Anthony Rollins in Birmingham, said: 'There is a dispute as to the facts of the allegations, but Ben and Sharon do not accept they were threatening, abusive or insulting.

'They are committed Christians and it is the defence's contention that they have every right to defend their religious beliefs and explain those beliefs to others who do not hold similar views.'...At least for now, even in Absurd Britannia.

Yet another indication of the walking-on-eggshells that British authorities (and plenty of non-British authorities) are doing around Muslims these days.

Saturday, September 19, 2009

Camera Catches Muslim Behaving Very Badly at Store...

Police are probing a video of an ex-Asda worker caught on camera licking a chicken from one of the supermarket's displays before replacing it.

The scene comes at the end of a shocking video which shows Adeel Ayub running amok in Asda's store in the Fulwood area of Preston.

He is seen:

Urinating in a toilet bin
Slashing furniture and colleague's coats in the staffroom
Setting off a fire extinguisher
Filming firefighters responding to a false alarm
Playing cricket and football with stock
Poking his fingers in, stamping on and licking an uncooked chicken
Smashing boxes of eggs in the stockroom

The chicken-licking yob unwraps a raw bird

The man stamps on chickens while they are on display


The same Asda store features in a new TV advertising campaign filmed in May.
A spokesman for Asda said: 'We are absolutely disgusted and appalled by the behaviour of this man.

'Despite leaving our business three years ago, we now have video evidence of criminal damage and we have taken this matter up with the police.'

Inspector Jameel Murtza of Lancashire Constabulary, Fulwood said: 'We are currently in the process of reviewing CCTV footage of the incident.

We are liaising with the management at Asda with the aim of identifying any criminal offences that have taken place.'

Ayub worked at the supermarket between 2005 and 2008. At the start of the film, Ayub is seen wearing Asda's distinctive green uniform as he lets off a fire extinguisher and gloats as the fire service respond to a false alarm at the supermarket.

The film, which was left anonymously in a brown envelope at the front desk of a local newspaper, was then passed to Asda, who are now investigating the incident.

The thug makes no effort to conceal his identity as he gloats and boasts throughout the film as he wreaks havoc in the aisles.

He then returns to the store in 2009 dressed in a hoodie - after he has left Asda's employment - where he is first seen stamping on whole chickens out on display.

The vandal then picks one out, tears off the plastic wrapping and licks the breast before placing the bird back on the shelf.

The mobile phone footage is thought to have been filmed by a fellow Asda employee over a series of night-time shifts.

Ayub is heard referring to the film as a 'top secret video' that is 'never going to get released'.
In increasingly vulgar footage, Ayub uses a craft knife to slash furniture in the staffroom, which led to it being closed and a £50 reward offered for information.

He also breaks trophies awarded to the store, hurls boxes of eggs around the warehouse, and plays 'Asda football' with boxes of stock.

The footage begins with the man in his Asda uniform in the staff section of the superstore releasing a fire extinguisher.

As firefighters are filmed attending the call out he is heard to boast: 'I think this baby is my last video because if I get caught I'll probably get sacked.'

Lancashire Fire and Rescue Service, which confirmed it received two false alarm calls to the store in 2008, today condemned the footage.

Spokesman John Taylor said: 'We deplore this behaviour. Hoax calls take up firefighters time and setting off an alarm system takes crews away from genuine emergencies. It's a criminal activity.'

British Taxpayers Fund Muslim Brotherhood Organization...

A British government funded organization has donated nearly £50,000 to a Muslim Brotherhood connected organization, according to a UK think tank.

The Center for Social Cohesion, an organization specializing in the study of extremism in Britain, reports that Preventing Violent Extremism (PVE) established in 2007 to "work with Muslim organisations to tackle violent extremism" had donated £48,000 pounds (almost $80,000) to the Muslim Welfare House (MWH)

MWH is a member of Federation of Islamic Organizations in Europe (FIOE.) The FIOE serves as an umbrella organization for most European Brotherhood group, according to analyst Lorenzo Vidino. The House has had on its board such extremists as Mohammed Sawalha, a former Hamas leader. Earlier this year, Sawalha signed a declaration in Istanbul in support of Hamas.

One of the clauses in the document called for fighting "by all ways and means' foreign navies preventing the smuggling of arms into Gaza. The British navy was engaged in that very activity.

Other MWH officials have had definite Muslim Brotherhood ties, according to the think tank.
None of the extremists are currently on the board of MWH. However, its ties to FIOE remain. At a time in which the UK is subject to intense international criticism for the release of Abdel Baset al-Megrahi the convicted Lockerbie bomber, the British government would do well to more closely vet the recipients of its largesse.

Muslim Gangs Enforce No-Go Areas...

Police in Bradford are appealing for witnesses to an assault.

The male victim was walking towards the city centre in White Abbey Road, Manningham, when he was approached by three suspects who verbally abused and then attacked him.
He suffered a broken nose, cuts and bruising to his face.

The first suspect is described as an Asian male, 16 to 19 years old, skinny and 5ft 10in. He was wearing a dark hooded top.

The second suspect was of similar age and build, 5ft 8in and also wearing a dark hooded top.
The third suspect was a similar age and build to the other two, 5ft 6in and wearing a green and grey checked top.

Anyone who witnessed the attack between 5.15pm and 5.30pm on Wednesday, September 9, particularly nearby car drivers, should contact PC Richard Bedford on 0845 6060606 or Crimestoppers, anonymously, on 0800 555111.

Meanwhile police are more concerned with political correctness than the escalating race hate violence against the white British people and British courts worry about the safety of muslim criminals.

Mosque told it must close

AN Islamic community must find a new place of worship after a controversial mosque was shown the red card.

Sunderland's Pakistani community set up the mosque at St Mark's Road, Millfield, without planning permission and have spent almost four years fighting to keep it open.But neighbours raised concerns about noise at prayer times and claimed the street was not suitable for the extra traffic generated by worshippers.

Planners from Sunderland Council agreed and the mosque, which also includes a social and education centre, was originally turned down for retrospective planning permission in January 2006. The worshippers took their case to the national planning inspector, but the appeal was dismissed.The council began enforcement action against the unauthorised use of the building, a former Asian food store.Users of the mosque appealed against the enforcement action, but lost in 2008 and the community was told it must move out by March this year.

However, a fresh planning application was submitted in a bid to overcome the problems, which left protesters furious.Mosque leaders said they had taken over a property in Chester Road as an extension to the centre and its rear yard provided three parking places to help ease traffic problems.But planners were still not happy with the parking situation, and recommended councillors reject the application once more.

Speaking at a planning committee meeting, objector Marjorie Matthews appealed to councillors to rubber-stamp the recommendation."This has been dragging on since 2006 – how much longer is it going to go on? "It has been turned down three times and its taxpayers that are having to pay for all these appeals."Mrs Matthews said residents were disturbed by noise from a speaker system set up in the mosque.

But a spokesman from the mosque said the small speaker system was no louder than a television, and only used so those using the rooms in the Chester Road building could take part in services.He added: "The car parking issue keeps coming up time and time again but we feel it is not an issue as the surrounding streets are mostly empty anyway."Councillor Graeme Miller asked representatives from the mosque why they could not use the large, established place of worship on Chester Road.

They said that like Christianity and Judiasm, Islam had a large number of different denominations and those using the mosque on Chester Road had different beliefs and customs.But councillors again ruled the St Mark's Road site was not suitable for a place of worship of any kind, and unanimously refused planning permission.

The council said it was now in a position to take enforcement action if the mosque did not cease operating.

Wednesday, September 16, 2009

6 deny disorder at heroes parade

SIX men today denied public order offences during a soldiers' heroic homecoming parade.

Angry scenes broke out at the parade for the 2nd Battalion The Royal Anglian Regiment, known as The Poachers, on March 10, when a group of Muslim extremists brandished placards with slogans including "Butchers of Basra".

Today Jalal Ahmed, 21, Yousaf Bashir, 29, Jubair Ahmed, 19, Ziaur Rahman, 32, Shajjadar Choudhury, 31, and Munim Abdul, 28, all from addresses in Luton, appeared before magistrates in the town.

All six denied using threatening or abusive words or behaviour.

A seventh defendant, Ibrahim Anderson, 32, facing the same charge, did not attend.

The defendants were all granted bail to reappear at a trial at Luton Magistrates Court on January 4. A case management hearing will be held in December.

Today's appearance came less than a week after two other men appeared in the same court on charges relating to the disturbance.

On Friday Bryan Kelso, 27, and Kevin Carroll, 40, both of Luton, pleaded not guilty to causing harassment, alarm, or distress at Luton Magistrates Court.

Both men were granted unconditional bail until a one-day trial on November 23.

Saturday, September 12, 2009

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Halloween and World Religions

Hallowe'en has transformed dramatically over the period. Originally a Celtic occasion of the New Year, it has transformed into a holiday with immoral connotations. Many equal the erstwhile beneficent recreation of community into a solemnisation of infernal or "devil-worship."

It is for this present that numerous pious people speculate whether they should fete the leisure. While it is not sapiential to verbalise and sham one's content by that spoken by the complete as a unit, let us bed a aspect at each religion's stand on Halloween.

(Not all people of apiece faith dictate to the opinions registered, but these are overall findings of the judgment of apiece establishment. Also, this is a controlled pick of the vast amounts of religions launch throughout the earth. Many religions bang small to no connection with the spend at all.)

Religion:

The earnest multitude of Muslimism do not fete Hallowe'en for it is proscribed in the Qu'ran to meet non-Muslim holidays. A selection from Islamism.com added elaborates, " . . . Moreover, it symbolizes the kickoff of the ancient Druid new twelvemonth, who booze that the departed revisit their homes at that minute, thusly in gist, Day represents the devil worshipper's New Assemblage's recreation."

From an Islamic standpoint, Halloween is one of the last celebrations, due to its origins in Paganism. It is clearly impermissible for a Moslem to participate in a Day celebration.

Faith:

Those of the Judaic institution do not celebrate Hallowe'en for the said justification Muslims do not - it is tabu in their faith to celebrate a non-Jewish leisure. Halloween's Celtic roots and Christianly shape (All Saint's Day), Jews do not take it to be a non-sectarian holiday.

Withal, Jews do fete a leisure that is similar in festivities. The spend is Purim, and it commemorates a instance when Someone fill experience in Empire were saved from annihilation. The diversion of this holiday involves costumes and candy.

Christianity:

Christians constitute in thought on this matter, from evangelists who doom anything to do with the belief, to those who welcome it as a possibility to disparity messages of institution to illusion or treaters, and also to those who solve the leisure was started by Christians.

Most religious Christians veto celebration of Halloween, due to the belief that its origin comes from Faith and devil-worship.

Some Christians conceive the spend as Religionist roots, in compose to All Hallow's Eve or "Junket of All Saints" which occurs on November 1st and celebrates the deathly in heaven and purgatory. It became habitual on All Hallows Eve to blast pots and pans together to let the d.o.a. know the damned mate they were not forgotten.

Satanists:

Religious Satanists do not assign any signification to Hallowe'en. The holiday is NOT Satanic in derivation, and Satanists certainly do not drill any form of release on Hallowe'en (nor is physical release an acknowledged activity of any organized Satanic forgather).

Wiccans:

For Wiccans, Hallowe'en represents the New Twelvemonth, a abstraction of alikeness and solemnization. New spirit is welcomed while the gone are remembered. It is believed that the veil between the unworldly and matter worlds is the thinnest at this experience of period.

Halloween is one of the eighter Sabbats (or seasonal holidays) historied by Wiccans. Samhain, as Wiccans pertain to it, symbolizes the transition or death of the old Uppercase Alarm God (not to be upset with the Christianly air of Beelzebub), the manlike force of the Divine. It also celebrates the senescence Goddess, the female doe of the Superhuman.

Faith:

The Celtic priests, or Druids, who originally known the holiday joint the Buddhists' belief in nascence, and in the indestructibility of the design. There are correspondences between the traditional Gaelic recreation of Day and the Buddhistic idea of "Bardo."

Halloween symbolizes the entry of the separated feel from the unworldly mankind into the touchable humans. Bardo is the idea of the knowing experiencing apparitions (ghosts, demons, etc.). If the knowledge recognizes these apparitions as sham hallucinations, achievement is possible.

Sacred stances represent from activity and function to ignorance and condemnation and anywhere in between when it comes to Hallowe'en. In the end, it is up to the someone and their personalized beliefs and feelings.

If God is God - Then Who is Allah?

The nascence of Mohammedanism came through the nativity of Ishmael. Patriarch is cured described in Book 16:12: "And he module be a manic man; his jack give be against every man, and every man's labourer against him; and he shall ingeminate in the presence of all his brethren." Because of a unionised, not authorised by God, came the Arab nation which has been in conflict with the Judaic dry ever since. Out of the Islamic belief was dropped "Allah" introduced by an Arab intellectual named Muhammad. So! If God is God, then who is Allah?

In Book 16, Sarai urged Abram to hit a issue with her servant Hagar. Though this testimonial contradicted God's declare of a son finished Sarai, Abram chose to canvas his woman's advice. But because of the impolitic resoluteness not to pool God, Abram featured umteen tricky, agonizing trials. And today Kingdom and the earth is experiencing the consequences of Islamic terrorism because of his penurious prime.

In Book 17 God reveals to Abram his covenant as the sure God to the Jews and afterwards to the world finished His son Son that faculty be implanted finished Patriarch. Compose 21 explains "But my concordat I testament give with Patriarch, whom Wife instrument assume to you by this clip next assemblage."

But in Beginning 16 God promises Hagar that a vast people leave colour through the descendants of her son Ishmael. This commonwealth (The Arabs), as described in verse 12 give be raging against each else, the Jews and the entire humankind.

One of these descendants, an Arab illusionist titled Muhammad (570-632 A.D.) was intelligent in the metropolis of Riyadh and claimed he conventional elfin revelations from God through the waterfall Archangel. These revelations were transcribed low by others and compiled into a accumulation titled the Book (or Qur'an), the Islamist Word. Muhammad was innumerate and could neither interpret or create.

WHAT KIND OF Ambiance INSPIRED THE Book?

Muhammad himself confessed his own doubts as to whether or not he was controlled by an heinous feel. In fact he was on his way to move suicide when he claims Gabriel intervened in a sensation. It is said that his companions could agnize from indisputable energetic signs when a apocalypse was roughly to travel. He would sometimes travel into a trance. Today thousands of mediums, spiritualists, and "channelers" also commence trance states to recognize revelations from questionable angels and booze.

There is young uncertainness that the Quran could be the creation of a charming apocalypse. But what was the crowning source of the miracle. Forward that a emotion did breathe Muhammad, what kind of a feeling was it? What soft of a tone would aver Muhammad that he was a traveller of a pagan god (God)? What forgiving of a fiber would belie the Word, deny Deliverer, struggle God's design of deliverance, and inform lies.

The teachings of God in the Bible were fine grooved semipermanent before the change of Muhammad. So if these new wizardly revelations denied those Biblical teachings we moldiness logically end they could not acquire originated from God. So what added phantasmal seed exists which could human inspired Muhammad, except Lucifer himself.

Because Muslims instruct that God alone is the one adjust God, they require that Christians worship a simulated god, a gentile image. However, scholars hold that before Muhammad, "God" was only one of the infidel deities of the pre-Islamic Arabic aggregation of gods. It was therefore Muhammad who transformed and elevated this pagan divinity into the supreme God of Monotheism.

Record proves that before Monotheism came into creation the Sabeans in Arabia worshiped the" slug god" who united the "sun goddess", who gave nascency to figure goddesses. They were titled Al-lat, Al-uzza and Manat. They after became idols and were worshiped throughout that voice of the experience as the "Daughters of God" The lunation god was "God". He was conscionable one of 360 idols in the Kabah* in Mecca. And Muhammad knew this. The semilunar idle is everyplace in Muslimism. Level Fast begins and ends with the semilunar slug.

Muhammad loved to create his own religion. He required the backup of his strong folk, so he picked "Allah the Moon-god" which they worshipped, to be the one, and explicit himself to be Allah's vaticinator.

In the 1950's a starring tabernacle to the Moon-god was excavated at Hazor in Mandatory. Two idols of the Moon-god were constitute, proving Allah was a pre-Islamic infidel deity.

Allah lacks much attributes as sanctity, gracefulness and sex. If we equivalence the Swayer God with the biblical God, we can see that Mohammadanism and Faith get exclusively dissimilar views of God.

Prototypical: God is a removed God with whom no one can someone a private relation as biblically described. But the God of the Book desires to person a own relationship with apiece of us.

2nd: The Moslem God has a distinct nature and reference from the biblical God. For ideal, Allah is not a God of compassion but of state, hostility and debasement. But the Scripture teaches that God is enjoy.

Throughout the Quran it is distressed that God only "loves' (is humane to) those who do redemptive, but that he is not compassionate to those who are bad. Allah repeatedly emphasizes that he does not copulate the wrongdoer. Thus the like of Allah is not the screw of the God in the Book. The biblical God does pair the offender: in fact He loves all sinners.

Bag: God is advised the communicator of evil. But the biblical God is not the author of infernal. Kinda he is infinitely dedicated and virtuous. "His eyes are too absolute to countenance on perversive".

FOURTH: Muslims moderate the triune nature of God as revealed in the Scripture. The Quran emphasizes that Christians are unbelievers and infidels because they anticipate in the historic Christianly philosophy of the lord. But the Word tells us that God has revealed Himself as a triune State, as one God forever existing in iii persons - Theologiser, Son, and Beatified Inspirit.

Muslimism can no thirster be unheeded by the pose of the concern. Why? Because the supreme charge of Faith is to conquer the earth and then rule it according to Islamic law. Islamic law teaches that transformation may be achieved though communicating or relationship, but important radical confinement that if these fail, "infidels" or unbelievers may be eliminated if needful. According to Islamic tradition, the absolute combatant persecution of the connecter is mandated by God.

The Honorable Word Is: God loves all sinners including Muslims, and has provided them the chance to hump an eonian chronicle in heaven. Allah offers no guarantees that you gift modify it to heaven regardless of what you do or don't do. But everyone is offered the freed sharing of rescue finished Hebrew Christ the Son of God that guarantees them a situate in heaven.

Gospel 3:16-18
16 For God so favorite the earth, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but mortal eternal history.

17 For God sent not his Son into the domain to objurgate the humankind; but that the mankind through him strength be preserved.

18 He that believeth on him is not condemned: but he that believeth not is condemned already, because he hath not believed in the obloquy of the exclusive begotten Son of God. KJV

If you are one of the billions of Muslims that mortal been deceived by Devil, and would similar to digest Word as your personalized savior pray this worship:

Innocent God:
I hold my sinfulness before you. I confess that I hump been trying to garner my own salvation by followers the teachings of the Quran. But I now actualise that God is not the unfeigned God. I treasure my beggary for kindness and now realize that Christ died for my sins on the extend. I now invite Him as my own Saviour and Peerage. Break me the spirit and power to surface the resistance I may showdown. Work me to hint others to You as compartment. In Son' enumerate

The soul way to conclusion Muslimism is to narrate and alter the Muslim group to Religion.

Stain 16:15 "And he said unto them, Go ye into all the domain, and exhort the evangel to every mortal."

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Fasting: A Divine Treatment For Body and Soul

Fasting is a school for the training of both the physical body and the soul, and it has numerous merits and benefits. However, just as with any other act of worship, Muslims observe the fast not for the benefits, but rather because they wish to totally submit to the will of God. Believers are aware that worldly benefits are not the goal of any kind of worship. Muslims draw closer to God by abandoning the things they enjoy, and this makes the sincerity of their devotion to God all the more evident. They know that God will be pleased with them if they abandon worldly comforts for His sake. The reason for their worship is the Divine command and its result is God’s good pleasure.

Fasting is one of the five pillars of Islam. Concerning the fast of Ramadan, the Qur’an declares:

The month of Ramadan, is the month in which the Qur’an (began to be) sent down as a pure source of guidance for people, and, when practiced, as clear signs of guidance and the Criterion between truth and falsehood. Therefore, whoever is present during this month must fast and he who is so ill that he cannot fast or he who is on a journey must fast the same number of days on other days. God desires ease for you, and desires not hardship for you, so that you can complete the number of the days required, and exalt God because He has guided you, and it is hoped that you may give the thanks due to Him. (Baqara 2:185)

How does Hunger Accomplish What Abundance cannot?
Human beings have both carnal and spiritual sides. The physical body of a human is comparatively small, but the soul is infinite, allowing them to embrace the whole universe. Human beings are not only material objects, a creature consisting of a stomach, nor do they only have a limited, cumbersome, simple, or transient corporal body. Human nature is so universal that in themselves human beings contain some aspect of all that exists in the universe. The countless tendencies, desires, feelings, dreams, thoughts, and ideas of humanity are like an index of the universe.

God Almighty has ornamented the Earth with countless blessings and has given it to humanity, the vicegerent of God on Earth. Each day they receive lavishly prepared dining tables, one after another. Their sustenance is sent to them from the Heavens via the trees, each of which gives a different fruit in a different season of the year and the Earth nourishes them with every kind of delicious provisions.

He has granted you all that you would ask of Him. Should you attempt to count God’s blessings, you cannot calculate them. But humankind is innately inclined to extreme misjudgment and ingratitude. (Ibrahim 14:34)

Both the Earth and the skies were created to serve humanity, and the main reason why human beings exist is to worship God, making worship a fundamental aim in itself. God Almighty says in the Qur’an: I have not created the jinn and humankind but to know and worship Me alone (Dhariyat 51:56). God, the most Gracious, gave us countless favors but unfortunately, for the most part we are unaware of and thus not thankful for these bounties. We are like a fish that is in the sea but unaware of the water as a blessing.

One of the signs of a person being mature is the subjugation of the bestial characteristics of the brain and the soul. Human nature is difficult to deal with; it is sometimes excessive and sometimes regressive. Severe measures are sometimes needed to suppress the excesses. In this sense, it is very difficult to satisfy the carnal soul; the more you give the more it demands. The carnal soul continuously commands human beings to commit sins. According to a Qur’anic decree, the Prophet Joseph describes the carnal soul in the most eloquent way saying,

I free not my own self of blame, for the human soul is certainly prone to evil, except to whom my Lord has granted His Mercy. Surely my Lord is All-Forgiving, Most Merciful (Yusuf 12:53).

Repentance after committing sins and the redemption of sins through fasting strengthen the free will of humanity and purify the soul.

God Almighty has provided humanity with the willpower to ascend from the lowest rank to a most exalted one, or vice versa. Therefore, sometimes humans can surpass the angels and become closer to God, while at other times some people are worse than any devil.

Surely We have created human of the best stature as the perfect pattern of creation; then We have reduced him to the lowest of the low. Except those who believe and do good, righteous deeds, so there is for them a reward constant and beyond measure. (Tin 95:4-6)

Since the excess of animality hinders the emergence of angelic aspects, it is necessary that human beings should try to dominate their animalistic side. When the dominance of the soul over the body weakens or when the body becomes dominant, human beings become slaves to their carnal desires. They pay no heed to the intellect or to religious admonitions and spend all their energy trying to quench their thirst and hunger for worldly delights. Their only concern is to find new ways of satisfying their carnal desires. They have to invent substances that increase the appetite, that aid digestion, or even act as stimulants. “Such people are like a donkey or an ox, even if they are at the peak of science, culture, and civilization. They will commute between the dining room and the toilet all their life and will have no time for any principles or for the eternal life. All their faculties will die, except for those pertaining to lust, food, drink, and foolish entertainment.”1 No depiction can be more precise and more elegant than that of the Qur’an:

… as for those who disbelieve, they shall enjoy this world and eat as cattle eat; and the Fire shall be their abode (Muhammad 47:12).

Fasting is the reins and bit that restrain the carnal self. It hinders human beings from becoming arrogant like pharaohs. It is reported that the Prophet said: “God inflicted certain sort of punishments upon the carnal self. First, He put the carnal self in the fire and asked: ‘Who are you, who am I?’ The carnal self said: ‘You are you, I am me.’ Then, God restrained the self with hunger and asked again: ‘Who are you, who am I?’ The final answer of the self was: ‘You are the Owner of the worlds and I am Your humble servant.’”

Fasting Helps us to Become Aware of God’s Blessings and to Appreciate Them
As for spiritual merits and therapeutic benefits that may be gained from performing the fast, these cannot be considered to be the sole results, irrespective of how satisfactory the fruits are. Since believers fast to seek the pleasure of God and to gain salvation in the Hereafter, it is clear that the fruits and benefits of the fast are in the Hereafter. Nevertheless, exploring the wisdom behind the act of fasting strengthens the faith of Muslims who are aware that whatever God commands is always good and whatever He prohibits is always bad and harmful. This helps them proceed in the awareness that God, Who is so compassionate and generous, rewards good deeds both in this world and the Hereafter.

Fasting is a school for the training of the spirit, the purification of the heart, and protection from committing sins. No matter whether one fasts only for a day or a month, the person fasting cuts themselves off from worldly comforts, including food, drink, and sexual relations, that are otherwise lawful in the ordinary course of life, at the behest of God, Who shall give a reward for it. Although everything done for the sake of God has a reward, none of the good deeds or acts of worship can be compared to fasting when it comes to God’s pleasure and reward. As reported by Abu Hurayra, God’s Messenger stated that God said, “Every act of the humanity is for themselves, except fasting. It is for Me, and I shall reward it. That is because they abstain from food, drink and carnal desires for My sake.”2

Fasting forms a private connection between the Creator and the creation, and it has deep inner aspects along with its more obvious benefits and merits. Thus, fasting has a special quality that is not found in anything else and that is its close connection to God; this is so much so that He says: “Fasting is for Me, and I shall reward it.” God has chosen fasting for Himself, and He will reward it and multiply the reward without measure.

Sincerity is very important when one observes an act of worship. Sincerity means doing something only for God’s sake. Fasting reflects this characteristic well, for it cannot be known whether a person is actually fasting or not. Only God and the person fasting can know this. Moreover, there is no need to make the fact that one is fasting known to other people.

Therefore, believers must observe fasting in complete cordiality and refrain from actions that may harm their sincerity. They should not depress or annoy others, or expect anything from them while observing the fast, as this is only for God.

People of deep perception think that, “fasting is for me,” means “I am Samad,” the One to Whom all created beings turn to for all their needs, and Who is not dependent on anything or anyone for any need. God is not in need of anything, and He does not need our fasting, either. It is an act of worship observed for God alone; fasting causes a positive change in the nature of the person fasting and brings about perfect moral values that God will reward in a way beyond the imagination of human beings. Fasting is a worship that is not evident to other people and therefore there is no ostentation. Therefore, in the second part, God says: “and I will reward it.”

The teachings of Jesus concerning this issue are stated in the Bible:
Whenever you fast, do not be like the hypocrites, with sad faces. For they disfigure their faces, that they may be seen by men to be fasting. Most certainly I tell you, they have received their reward. But you, when you fast, anoint your head, and wash your face; so that you are not seen by men to be fasting, but by your Lord who is in secret, and your Lord, who sees in secret, will reward you (Mathew 6:16-18).

The Bible alone has 74 references to fasting.3 The Bible mentions that the Prophets Jesus, John (the Baptist), Moses, Daniel, Elijah, and David, peace be upon them, all fasted. Prophet David fasted every other day. This fast of David is one of the most virtuous of the recommended fasts in Islam as well. Prolonged fasting was practiced by the Biblical saints, Ahab, Anna, Esther, Hannah, Ezra, and the apostles.

Fasting is not only mentioned in the Bible, both the Old and New Testament, but also in the Mahabharat of Hinduism, and in the Upanishads of India, as well as being observed among the Jains. The original significance of fasting as a form of spiritual devotion was the same among the nations and communities of such ancient civilizations as the Celts, Aztecs, Babylonians, ancient Peruvians, the Assyrians, the ancient Greeks, and the Egyptians. Namely, fasting as an institution for spiritual reasons is common to all religions and faiths.

The life accounts of all the prophets in revealed scriptures and in popular knowledge show that they were actually leading a holy way of life for a certain period of time, even before they started receiving Divine Guidance. During this period, they abstained from food, drink, and other human needs, and they enabled their souls to have communion with God and finally were rewarded with His revelation. Prophet Moses, Prophet Jesus, and Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon them all), who are guides for the purification and perfection of the soul, observed fasting during the preparation phase of their difficult missions. Prophet Moses spoke with God and received the Law after fasting for forty days:

And he was there with the Lord forty days and forty nights; he did neither eat bread, nor drink water. And he wrote upon the tables the words of the covenant, the Ten Commandments (Exodus 34:28).

The Bible also mentions that Jesus fasted for forty days in the desert before starting his ministry. Similarly, Prophet Muhammad was called to the prophethood at the age of forty while fasting and worshipping during the month of Ramadan in the Hira cave on top of a mountain in solitude. This is another proof of the fact that fasting is an influential factor in the maturation and purification of human beings.

The Qur’an is the greatest evidence concerning the order of fasting prescribed for modern and ancient people alike:

O, you who believe! Prescribed for you is the Fast, as it was prescribed for those before you, that you may deserve God’s protection against the temptations of your carnal soul and attain piety. (Baqara 2:183)
Fasting entails abstinence not only from food, but also from all kinds of empty talk, obscene language, backbiting, slander, as well as unlawful looks, and etc. That is, a perfect fast means refraining from committing all kinds of sins along with abstaining from carnal desires. People of deep perception have said that fasting is invalidated not only by eating, drinking, or sexual intercourse, but also by malicious or evil actions, such as lying, backbiting, and slander. The following saying of the Prophet supports this idea: “Many an observer of fasting will not receive any reward from their fast but the pain of hunger ...”4

In another tradition that highlights the greatness of the reward awaiting those who fast, Abu Umama reports, “I asked the Prophet to tell me a religious practice I should perform. He said: ‘Observe the fast, since this unique act of worship has no equal.’ I repeated my question and he again said: ‘Observe the fast, since it has no equal.’ I asked the same question for the third time and he answered as he did before: ‘Observe the fast, since it has no equal.”5

Fasting: The Physical Dimension
Some people claim that fasting is a harmful practice that poses medical risks. First of all, it is not true that fasting, as has been observed by Muslims, is harmful to the body.

Changing the normal habits from time to time is a form of rest for the body. Students, for example, have holydays after studying for several months continuously. Similarly, employees get a day for leisure and rest after working during the week. Is it therefore not reasonable to think that the stomach and the digestive system also require a rest?

It is a well-known fact that all animals fast instinctively when unwell. It is a highly potent natural anti-inflammatory therapy. Also, in winter most animals find very little to eat and therefore they fall into a state of hibernation, which is a kind of fasting. When they awake in spring, after their first meal they are physically renewed, more energetic, and full of strength. This demonstrates that a living organism can survive for a long time without food or water without suffering any serious harm.

The human body and in particular the digestive organs of the human body need rest. In 1975, Allan Cott in his Fasting as a Way of life noted “fasting brings a wholesome physiological rest for the digestive tract and central nervous system and normalizes the metabolism.”6

In 1994, fifty studies concerning the medical benefits of fasting were presented by both Muslim and non-Muslim scholars at the 1st International Congress on ‘Health and Ramadan’ in Casablanca, Morocco. Improvement in many medical conditions was noted. None of these studies were able to come up with any findings concerning the negative effects of fasting upon body.7

Fasting in Ramadan is voluntarily undertaken. Muslims during the Islamic fast are not subjected to a diet of selective food only, as with fruit or protein-only diets. The breakfast taken before dawn (sahur) is eaten; at sunset the fast is broken with something sweet like dates, fruits, or juices to regulate any hypoglycemia followed by a regular dinner (iftar).

In the brain the hypothalamus has a ‘lipostat’ which controls body mass. When severe and rapid weight loss is achieved by a starvation diet (not fasting in Ramadan) the center does not recognize this as normal and re-programs itself to cause a rapid weight gain after the fast. However, fasting as is prescribed by Islam is different from such diets as crash diet or starvation diet prescribed by a physician. Fasting in Ramadan does not cause malnutrition and does not deprive the body of calories. Calorie intake of people fasting in Ramadan is either in line with what is recommended or just below this.

Additional prayers are prescribed after the dinner, which helps metabolize the food. Islamic prayer called salat uses all the muscles and joints and can be placed in the category of a mild exercise in terms of caloric output. It is common to burn ten extra calories for each posture of prayer, although this is not the purpose of the prayer.

Ramadan is a month of cross-examining oneself and of restraining the carnal desires. This state of purity prevails even after Ramadan, guiding the believer to be more able to lead a life full of happiness and good deeds. In this sense, fasting for a Muslim is an exercise in self-discipline. A person who is trained through fasting, especially in the month of Ramadan, learns to resist their physical desires, not only when fasting, but also when they are not observing the fast. For those who smoke heavily, are constantly snacking, or drinking coffee every hour, it is an opportune time to break such habits and hopefully continue to be moderate after Ramadan ends.

Fasting is good for certain diseases such as stress related illnesses, Diabetes (although not advised if the patient is taking insulin), Hypertension, Migraine headaches, Chronic overweight and obesity, and Insomnia. The most important benefit of fasting is that it thoroughly cleans and purifies the bloodstream and reestablishes proper pH balance in the blood.

Fasting Sharpens Mental & Physiological Awareness
As the body cleanses and heals itself through fasting, keener mental concentration and clearer spiritual perception develop. As is known, the brain is the physical instrument of the mind. As the mucus and toxic waters are flushed from the brain, worries and frustrations leave the mind. It becomes free and clear; the creative powers expand. The memory becomes sharp and keen. Reciting the Qur’an more while fasting not only produces a tranquility of heart and mind, it also improves the memory.

Fasting has been found to be an effective treatment for psychological and emotional disorders. It helps those fasting to firm up their will, cultivate and refine their taste and manners, strengthen their conviction of doing good, and avoid controversy, petulance and rashness, all of which contribute to a sane and healthy personality.

Fasting also helps Muslims feel the peace that comes from spiritual devotion as well as kinship with fellow believers. This feeling of inner peace and tranquility has positive effects on the psychology of the believers. In a tradition the Prophet said, “Fasting is a shield or protection from the fire and from committing sins. If one of you is fasting, they should avoid food and drink, sexual relations, and quarreling, and if somebody should fight or quarrel with them, they should say, ‘I am fasting.’”8 “Fasting is a shield” here has been interpreted to mean that a wall is built between a person and everything except God through the observation of the fast. The believers that make all their limbs and organs fast become more diligent and decent. They are even able to avoid those who upset them, saying, “I am fasting.” This is the recommendation of the Prophet and is the main reason for the fall-off in the amount of crimes during Ramadan.

To conclude, fasting not only purifies the mind and the spirit, but the body as well. Those who want to improve their spiritual faculties should observe the fast. In other words, those who do not fast become captives of their body and cannot renew their body and mind and excel their soul.

Friday, September 11, 2009

Islam in the Workplace

Muslims now signifier one of the largest interfaith groups in the UK. At a time when outstanding misunderstandings and stereotypes disseminate the media and guild regarding the belief, it is material for an activity to be prefab at all levels to go beyond archetypical images and to solon to see Mohammedanism and Muslims.

With a population of about 1.5 meg Muslims and growing, UK based companies are employing solon and author offspring Muslim men and women. With this gain comes a greater poverty for HR practitioners to be alert of the respective ethnical sensitivities.

As with individuals from any scope, if they do not touch snug and interpreted in their staff or companionship, it is possible that they instrument yet attempt action elsewhere. In request to exploit holding of animal Muslims, it is e'er author cardinal therefore, that their sensitivities are kept in nous.

The succeeding collection contains elementary tips and guidelines for HR body and others to contain in nous. Gratify annotation that these are real generic guidelines. Muslims dissent from reproduction to procreation, civilisation to culture, several are author pious than others and interpretations and practices of the institution are numerous. It may also be the framing that the various is Monotheism by analyse only and chooses not to exercise their religion.

Petition

A Religionist, both person and female, is supposed to pray quintuplet present a day. This petition involves facing Makkah (in Arab Peninsula), ordinarily on a orison mat or unused opencut and reciting prayers which travel a procedure of submissive and prostrating. This typically takes between 5 - 15 transactions depending on the someone. Appeal present are calculated according to the movement of the sun and support point at dawn, noontide, late salutation, nightfall and at dark.

For Muslims in your companion it is a nifty tune to portion a nonsubjective character for them to use for their prayers. This can be a devoted asking way or but access to a seldom used power or scrutiny shack. Much a interval faculty pretend your Monotheism staff think at affluence learned they hold somewhere personal and kosher to say their prayers.

If staff are required to be pledged to a desk type at careful present it may be a intellectual line to concur on allocated nowadays in which they can feature their prayers. This may postulate the use of recrudesce present.

Weekday Prayers

Most Islamist men help the masjid on Weekday afternoons for imposed congregational prayers. Let your body cognise you realise their requirements and concur on an outstretched tiffin hurt and/or portion their Weekday tiffin breaks to expedient present. Most mosques deal prayers at 1.30 p.m. so try to aim for an distance between 1 - 2p.m.

Fasting

Abstinence takes places during the month of Fast. Ramadan does not correspond neatly to any Chant months due to its method of procedure. It changes from assemblage to period by around ten life. The more religious Muslims may also accelerated on Mondays and Thursdays throughout the period.

Abstinence involves abstinence from content, steep, manduction and vaporization from start dirt crepuscule. At fall, Muslims traditionally breaking their straightaway with dates and water before proceedings to eat a alimentation.

In the work it is unsurpassable to be sensitive of body who are abstinence as this avoids possible offence if the body member declines an kindle to repast or to both added function involving content.

Beautify

Most Islamic men gift be act a shirt and tie similar their colleagues and very few would contend a clothe code. This is but because coiffure is not an atlantic where unpermissive guidelines exist in Islam.

One region Islamist men may strike with fellowship insurance is in their wearing of beards. If you fuck intolerant guidelines regarding facial pilus or simulate careful health and hygiene procedures, then it is advised to insure that potentiality phallic Islamist employees are prefab conscious of these procedures. You should also be selection to either cooperation on devout curtilage or assure that beard covers are prefabricated forthcoming.

Religionist women are required to tog their tomentum (hijab) and to prettify modestly. Umteen do neither but it is finest to be aware of the needs of those who do. If your company has a single or a careful make encipher be trustworthy it permits the act of hijabs. More companies bed now usurped the tread to furnish hijabs which modify the assort uniform.

Holidays

Generally Muslims in the UK have holidays as and when they status to. There are however a few dates of meaning that should be noted.

Eid al-Fitr - this spend celebrates the end of the period of Fasting and abstinence. It is traditionally a case when outspread families congregate and presents precondition to children.

Though this pass extends over a terzetto day period, many Muslims typically exact a azygous day spend.

Eid al-Adha - celebrates the end of the Haj (journey) and commemorates the willingness of Abraham to kill his son. In Islamist countries sheep, goats and camels and unremarkably sacrificed and the meat diffuse the fellowship, neighbourhood and the moneyless. In the UK much meat is consecutive finished a butcher due to our laws.

As with Eid al-Fitr, Muslims typically swear a uninominal day holiday during this phase.

Socialising

One of the bailiwick discomforts for Muslims in the Brits workplace may postulate the socialising society of the power. Characteristic business content involves after product socializing in pubs or restaurants. As Muslims do not consumption any inebriant and places specified as pubs, bars and discos are not advised eligible venues for relaxation, then Monotheism staff may courteously declination much offers.

This should not be interpreted as bad manners of unfriendliness, but rather a disagreement in cultures that should be respected. When intellection unit edifice trips or exercises or team outings ever carry in intention a Muhammedan member of staff may appear uneasy if the locale is a pub, bar or flat a edifice delivery drink. It is ever primo to defect with that staff member firstborn.

Try to guess of alternative venues where all staff present be easy.

Matter

There are sure restrictions as to what a Islamist can/can't eat.

Meat moldiness always be halal. Such meat has been slaughtered according to Islamic effectuation. If halal meat cannot be sourced then Muslims are allowed to eat Clean meat too. Meat is not eaten at all by Muslims.

E'er break ingredients of foods you plan to assets out or use in body lunches. Foods not eligible for vegetarians may take non-halal meat or meat derivatives (e.g. albuminoid) and cannot be eaten. Similarly, foods with beverage substance should also be avoided.

An gentle way to subdue any catering difficulties is to provide a vegetarian alternative.

Touch/Personal Space

There is an message among several Muslims that impinging between men and women should be avoided. Though not familiar in the UK, as compared with the Disparity, you may occasionally locomote crossways Mohammedan men and women who do not equal to move safekeeping with members of the opposition sex. If you are unsafe then it is suggested to act and see if they employ their keeping initial.

Swayer men and women may also ascertain imminent individualized communicate between sexes rattling tough. Unless you copulate otherwise be reliable to lead a right accumulation of private character.

As mentioned in the introduction, these are liberal guidelines exclusive and the magnitude of keep from a concern / HR appearance testament be entirely hooked on the soul embroiled. Mending should be embezzled thus not to adopt the needs of a member of body, but to but be awake of realistic issues and resulting interventions if these beautify indispensable.