Statistics & Newspaper Articles

Qatada · 10-19-2008, 01:22 PM

Let's collect lots of newspaper articles, or statistics articles insha Allah. :) Which may be relevant for dawah insha Allah.

It can be about anything, and then we can place them in categories when we got alot of links insha Allah.

Justice · 10-19-2008, 04:53 PM

Capitalism at Bay
The Economist
What went wrong and, rather more importantly for the future, what did not
http://www.economist.com/opinion/dis...ry_id=12429544

Justice · 10-19-2008, 04:55 PM

A short history of modern finance
The Economist
The crash has been blamed on cheap money, Asian savings and greedy bankers. For many people, deregulation is the prime suspect
http://www.economist.com/displaystor...ry_id=12415730

wait are we supposed to post the links here?

Assad · 10-20-2008, 11:35 AM

Religious outcry sparks LittleBigRecall

New PlayStation game soundtrack unpopular with some Islamic groups

By Mike Smith

LittleBigPlanet, one of this year's most-anticipated PlayStation 3 releases, won't be arriving in stores next week as expected.

The "social platforming" game is already gathering rave reviews, but it hasn't proven popular with one Muslim group, which issued a complaint to the game's publisher Sony concerning one background music track. Performed by award-winning Malian musician Toumani Diabate, the song quotes two verses from the Qur'an. Many Muslims consider the mixing of music and scripture to be deeply offensive.

Although the game is already pressed, packaged, and reportedly sitting in the back rooms of many worldwide retailers awaiting its original Oct. 21 debut, gamers eager to get hold of it will have to wait at least another week while the offending content is expunged. Updated versions of the game are expected to be shipped to stores during the week of October 27.

"Sorry for the delay, and rest assured, we are doing everything we can to get LittleBigPlanet to you as soon as possible," commented Patrick Seybold, Sony's US director of Corporate Communications, in a statement on the company's PlayStation blog.

Abdul-Fattah · 10-20-2008, 02:19 PM

Selam aleykum sister,
I'm not quite sure how these articles help dawah?

Qatada · 10-20-2008, 08:13 PM

let me give some examples insha Allah; :)

importance of father
http://www.islamonline.net/servlet/Satellite?c=Article_C&cid=1157307969275&pagename=Z one-English-Family%2FFYELayout

Rape levels rising in UK
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/3074845.stm

Scotland suicide rate highest in UK
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/5297916.stm

More women hiring private investigators to spy on cheating husbands - Times Online
http://business.timesonline.co.uk/to...cle3431457.ece

Drink warning to middle-aged women - MSN News UK - news & weather
http://news.uk.msn.com/Article.aspx?...mentid=7620977

How Facebook flirting could lead to divorce - Telegraph
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.../nemail223.xml

Drink sends 1,000 children a year to hospital - Telegraph
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.../ndrink124.xml

Children being robbed of their innocence, says former laureate - This Britain, UK - Independent.co.uk

Thousands of 14-year-olds fail to reach school targets | Evening Standard

BBC NEWS | Magazine | Forever accused - men accused of rape

How Facebook flirting could lead to divorce - Telegraph

No murder charge for man who killed robber - Times Online

Most Britons would rather die at home but don't | UK | Reuters

u should decide why they were chosen :) and insha Allah if u find anything relevant - then u might want to add. [i think the best way is to read the news every now and then, then add anything which u find interesting to your favourites, and compile the links here.]

i did it partially for the statistics, and partially to show non muslims lives aswell. so if non muslims say that islam does certain things, there's 2 main things where u can show non muslims their concepts of life (as evidence for or against them) in debate; their daily newspaper articles, or the song lyrics of that time period.

Justice · 10-20-2008, 08:59 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Abdul-Fattah

Selam aleykum sister,
I'm not quite sure how these articles help dawah?

I thought it would point out the flaws of capitalism and the economic system we have today. How it might be the partial cause in the downfall of the deteriorating society. Maybe it was a strech. :confused: Oops.

:wasalam:

Assad · 10-20-2008, 09:23 PM

@Sister Justice.

Thank you for your posts.

It can be argued by your article that they represent the flawed capitalist economies of the West . All of the chaos caused was due to a imbalanced risk:reward ratio which was highly dependent on interest transactions...and ultimately entire system collapsed!

Hence , Proves right & Justifies the need for Islamic Economic Development - A Non-Interest approach towards banking & finance.

Regards

Assad · 10-20-2008, 09:24 PM

Is there something wrong with being a Muslim, asks Powell

Barbara Ferguson I Arab News

WASHINGTON: Colin Powell, America?s former top military commander and President Bush?s former secretary of state who crossed party lines and endorsed the Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama on Sunday, has lambasted American attitude toward Muslims.
Speaking at NBC?s ?Meet the Press? program, Powell was more critical of the Republican Party and John McCain?s campaign than of the candidate himself. ?I?m also troubled by not what Sen. McCain says but what members of the party say, and it is permitted to be said. Such things as ?Well you know that Mr. Obama is a Muslim.? Well the correct answer is ?He is not a Muslim, he?s a Christian, he?s always been a Christian.? But the really right answer is ?What if he is? Is there something wrong with being a Muslim in this country?? The answer is ?No. That?s not America.?
?Is there something wrong with some 7-year-old Muslim-American kid believing that he or she can be president? Yet I have heard senior members of my own party drop the suggestion he?s a Muslim and he might be associated with terrorists. This is not the way we should be doing it in America.
?I feel strongly about this particular point because of a picture I saw in a magazine. It was a photo-essay about troops who were serving in Iraq and Afghanistan. And one picture at the tail end of this photo essay was of a mother in Arlington Cemetery and she had her head on the headstone of her son?s grave.?
?And as the picture focused in you can see the writing on the headstone. And the awards, Purple Heart, Bronze Star, showed that he died in Iraq, gave his date of birth, date of death. He was 20 years old. And then at the very top of the headstone, it didn?t have a Christian cross, it didn?t have a Star of David.
It had a crescent and a star of the Islamic faith. And his name was Karim Rashad Sultan Khan. And he was an American, he was born in New Jersey, he was 14 at the time of 9/11 and he waited until he can go serve his country and he gave his life.?

Assad · 10-20-2008, 09:57 PM

Also from BBC - "Is there anything wrong being a Muslim President in US" - Powell

http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/thereport...s_america.html

Text says:

Colin Powell, yesterday:
"Is there something wrong with being a Muslim in this country? The answer's no, that's not America.
"Is there something wrong with some seven-year-old Muslim-American kid believing that he or she could be president? Yet, I have heard senior members of my own party drop the suggestion - 'he's a Muslim and he might be associated with terrorists'. This is not the way we should be doing it in America."
He said other things that caught the headlines and may or may not have changed the election game, but nothing he said was better said than those words; after all America has a brilliant, brilliant, brilliant story to tell when it comes to religious liberty and tolerance and togetherness. Second to no other nation on earth in fact.

10-19-2008, 01:22 PM	#1
Qatada Administrator Join Date: Mar 2008 Posts: 2,022 Gender: Way of life: Muslim Thanks: 79 Thanked 257 Times in 209 Posts	Statistics & Newspaper Articles Let's collect lots of newspaper articles, or statistics articles insha Allah. :) Which may be relevant for dawah insha Allah. It can be about anything, and then we can place them in categories when we got alot of links insha Allah.

10-20-2008, 11:35 AM	#4
Assad مشرف منتدى الحياة الإسلامية Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: باكستان /السعودية Posts: 1,291 Gender: Way of life: Muslim Thanks: 253 Thanked 67 Times in 60 Posts	Quran Verses in PS3 Game Religious outcry sparks LittleBigRecall New PlayStation game soundtrack unpopular with some Islamic groups By Mike Smith LittleBigPlanet, one of this year's most-anticipated PlayStation 3 releases, won't be arriving in stores next week as expected. The "social platforming" game is already gathering rave reviews, but it hasn't proven popular with one Muslim group, which issued a complaint to the game's publisher Sony concerning one background music track. Performed by award-winning Malian musician Toumani Diabate, *the song quotes two verses from the Qur'an. Many Muslims consider the mixing of music and scripture to be deeply offensive. Although the game is already pressed, packaged, and reportedly sitting in the back rooms of many worldwide retailers awaiting its original Oct. 21 debut, gamers eager to get hold of it will have to wait at least another week while the offending content is expunged. Updated versions of the game are expected to be shipped to stores during the week of October 27. "Sorry for the delay, and rest assured, we are doing everything we can to get LittleBigPlanet to you as soon as possible," commented Patrick Seybold, Sony's US director of Corporate Communications, in a statement on the company's PlayStation blog. __________________ Acid* "There is no God but Allah and Muhammad is the Messenger of Allah"

10-20-2008, 02:19 PM	#5
Abdul-Fattah Co-Administrator Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Belgium, Gent Posts: 659 Gender: Way of life: Muslim Thanks: 17 Thanked 173 Times in 123 Posts	Selam aleykum sister, I'm not quite sure how these articles help dawah? __________________ Check out my website

10-20-2008, 08:13 PM	#6
Qatada Administrator Join Date: Mar 2008 Posts: 2,022 Gender: Way of life: Muslim Thanks: 79 Thanked 257 Times in 209 Posts	let me give some examples insha Allah; :) importance of father http://www.islamonline.net/servlet/Satellite?c=Article_C&cid=1157307969275&pagename=Z one-English-Family%2FFYELayout Rape levels rising in UK http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/3074845.stm Scotland suicide rate highest in UK http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/5297916.stm More women hiring private investigators to spy on cheating husbands - Times Online http://business.timesonline.co.uk/to...cle3431457.ece Drink warning to middle-aged women - MSN News UK - news & weather http://news.uk.msn.com/Article.aspx?...mentid=7620977 How Facebook flirting could lead to divorce - Telegraph http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.../nemail223.xml Drink sends 1,000 children a year to hospital - Telegraph http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.../ndrink124.xml Children being robbed of their innocence, says former laureate - This Britain, UK - Independent.co.uk Thousands of 14-year-olds fail to reach school targets \| Evening Standard BBC NEWS \| Magazine \| Forever accused - men accused of rape How Facebook flirting could lead to divorce - Telegraph No murder charge for man who killed robber - Times Online Most Britons would rather die at home but don't \| UK \| Reuters u should decide why they were chosen :) and insha Allah if u find anything relevant - then u might want to add. [i think the best way is to read the news every now and then, then add anything which u find interesting to your favourites, and compile the links here.] i did it partially for the statistics, and partially to show non muslims lives aswell. so if non muslims say that islam does certain things, there's 2 main things where u can show non muslims their concepts of life (as evidence for or against them) in debate; their daily newspaper articles, or the song lyrics of that time period.

10-20-2008, 09:23 PM	#8
Assad مشرف منتدى الحياة الإسلامية Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: باكستان /السعودية Posts: 1,291 Gender: Way of life: Muslim Thanks: 253 Thanked 67 Times in 60 Posts	@Sister Justice. Thank you for your posts. It can be argued by your article that they represent the flawed capitalist economies of the West . All of the chaos caused was due to a imbalanced risk:reward ratio which was highly dependent on interest transactions...and ultimately entire system collapsed! Hence , Proves right & Justifies the need for Islamic Economic Development - A Non-Interest approach towards banking & finance. Regards __________________ Acid "There is no God but Allah and Muhammad is the Messenger of Allah"

10-19-2008, 04:53 PM	#2
Justice Charge with Knowledge Join Date: Oct 2008 Posts: 30 Gender: Way of life: Muslim Thanks: 5 Thanked 7 Times in 2 Posts	Capitalism at Bay The Economist What went wrong and, rather more importantly for the future, what did not http://www.economist.com/opinion/dis...ry_id=12429544

10-19-2008, 04:55 PM	#3
Justice Charge with Knowledge Join Date: Oct 2008 Posts: 30 Gender: Way of life: Muslim Thanks: 5 Thanked 7 Times in 2 Posts	A short history of modern finance The Economist The crash has been blamed on cheap money, Asian savings and greedy bankers. For many people, deregulation is the prime suspect http://www.economist.com/displaystor...ry_id=12415730 wait are we supposed to post the links here?

10-20-2008, 09:24 PM	#9
Assad مشرف منتدى الحياة الإسلامية Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: باكستان /السعودية Posts: 1,291 Gender: Way of life: Muslim Thanks: 253 Thanked 67 Times in 60 Posts	Is there something wrong with being a Muslim, asks Powell Is there something wrong with being a Muslim, asks Powell Barbara Ferguson I Arab News WASHINGTON: Colin Powell, America?s former top military commander and President Bush?s former secretary of state who crossed party lines and endorsed the Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama on Sunday, has lambasted American attitude toward Muslims. Speaking at NBC?s ?Meet the Press? program, Powell was more critical of the Republican Party and John McCain?s campaign than of the candidate himself. ?I?m also troubled by not what Sen. McCain says but what members of the party say, and it is permitted to be said. Such things as ?Well you know that Mr. Obama is a Muslim.? Well the correct answer is ?He is not a Muslim, he?s a Christian, he?s always been a Christian.? But the really right answer is ?What if he is? Is there something wrong with being a Muslim in this country?? The answer is ?No. That?s not America.? ?Is there something wrong with some 7-year-old Muslim-American kid believing that he or she can be president? Yet I have heard senior members of my own party drop the suggestion he?s a Muslim and he might be associated with terrorists. This is not the way we should be doing it in America. ?I feel strongly about this particular point because of a picture I saw in a magazine. It was a photo-essay about troops who were serving in Iraq and Afghanistan. And one picture at the tail end of this photo essay was of a mother in Arlington Cemetery and she had her head on the headstone of her son?s grave.? ?And as the picture focused in you can see the writing on the headstone. And the awards, Purple Heart, Bronze Star, showed that he died in Iraq, gave his date of birth, date of death. He was 20 years old. And then at the very top of the headstone, it didn?t have a Christian cross, it didn?t have a Star of David. It had a crescent and a star of the Islamic faith. And his name was Karim Rashad Sultan Khan. And he was an American, he was born in New Jersey, he was 14 at the time of 9/11 and he waited until he can go serve his country and he gave his life.? __________________ Acid "There is no God but Allah and Muhammad is the Messenger of Allah"

10-20-2008, 09:57 PM	#10
Assad مشرف منتدى الحياة الإسلامية Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: باكستان /السعودية Posts: 1,291 Gender: Way of life: Muslim Thanks: 253 Thanked 67 Times in 60 Posts	Also from BBC - "Is there anything wrong being a Muslim President in US" - Powell http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/thereport...s_america.html Text says: Colin Powell, yesterday: "Is there something wrong with being a Muslim in this country? The answer's no, that's not America. "Is there something wrong with some seven-year-old Muslim-American kid believing that he or she could be president? Yet, I have heard senior members of my own party drop the suggestion - 'he's a Muslim and he might be associated with terrorists'. This is not the way we should be doing it in America." He said other things that caught the headlines and may or may not have changed the election game, but nothing he said was better said than those words; after all America has a brilliant, brilliant, brilliant story to tell when it comes to religious liberty and tolerance and togetherness. Second to no other nation on earth in fact. __________________ Acid "There is no God but Allah and Muhammad is the Messenger of Allah"

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