Posts Tagged ‘Islam’

Campaign Launched in UK to Improve The Image of Islam

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I can’t be entirely sure but I remember that I took a part in the survey about the image of Islam in UK last year. There are tens of questions I had to answer and I was surprised to find out that even I have a negative image about Islam myself, both in UK and [...]

June 8, 2010 News 4 Comments

Soul Searching

Post Script 9 October 2008: I would like to thank you to everybody who reads this post and has set some time to send me private responses and messages. I understand why you choose to not posting your comments here and contact me directly. I appreciate the time and energy you have spent to share [...]

September 29, 2008 Life & Style 34 Comments

We are Fasting. So?

Every year in Indonesia, we see something unique during the Islamic holy month, Ramadan, for about 30 days. It is the month of fasting, in which participating Muslims do not eat or drink anything from dawn until sunset, and must avoid obscene and irreligious sights, sounds, and evil thoughts. In order to complete this task, [...]

September 18, 2008 Indonesia, Life & Style 19 Comments

Britz

I watched a program in Channel 4 the other day called “Britz” and it just… tickled me. The program, fictional of course, showed brother and sister, born in UK, Pakistan origin, Moslem (who don’t drink, don’t eat pork, but still sleep around, ironically), who went to totally opposite directions. The brother joined MI5 (perhaps like [...]

November 9, 2007 Arts & Entertainment 3 Comments

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