Samosas are evil!

Samosas are banned in Somalia because of the shape.

Ridiculous and very extreme! The ban would probably not work because samosas are super-delicious.

[LAWS] Is a brain-dead person really dead?

Question:

Some people believe that a brain-dead person is a dead person, even if the heart has not yet stopped and that it will definitely stop after that. This is what the doctors say. Is a person who has been pronounced brain-dead be considered dead, even if his heart is still working?

Answer from Sayyed Sistani:

The criterion in applying the term “dead” in so far as the application of religious laws goes is the common perception of people, in the sense that they would call him “dead”. And this is not proven in the situation mentioned in the question.

ref: http://www.najaf.org/all/index.php?l=ENG&c=q_a&keyword=&type=&to=&page=10

Media Bias

Norway Terrorist Not Christian But Fort Hood Terrorist Muslim?

See the difference? That guy printed up 'Soldier of Allah' business cards! The other guy only printed up an Army of Christ manifesto."

Click here to see the Daily Show with Jon Stewart

In the court tomorrow

Malaysia Shia / Syiah who was caught participating in the mourning ceremony on the eve of the 10th of Muharram will be in the court tomorrow. I hope they start the sham trial and get over with it.

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On a related note, I was reading a blog article on why the 98% of Malaysian are paranoid over less than 2 % Malaysia Shia

http://amirmu.blogspot.com/2010/12/why-is-98-scared-of-2.html

The Origin of the Druze Religion.

Finally, I am reading the article Al-Darazî and Hamza in the Origin of the Druze Religion.

I made some notes from the article

Background

• Hamza ibn Ali was the founder of the Druze/Duruz religion
• Druze sect (originally a Syrian mountain community), in the time of Hamza, was a cult of the Fatimid caliph al-Hakim.
• A man called al-Darazi was one of the cult leaders of the Druze sect.
• According to a report by Sibt-ibn-al-Jawzi, that, after riots in Cairo, the Fatimid caliph al-Hakim "secretly sent [al-Darazi] money and told him to go to Syria and spread the da'wa in the mountains, for the people there readily let them selves be led about; so he went to Syria and settled in the Wadi Taym-Allah b. Tha'laba . . ."

The initial doctrine by al-Darazi

• Al-Darazi gathered the Syrian mountain people towards al-Hakim.
• He taught tanasukh (Intiqal al-arwah or reincarnation of souls in new generations (sometimes including passing of special powers).
• He permitted his followers to drink wine, commit adultery, plunder and kill people of other sects and much more

The above narrations (including the involvement of al-Hakim) are disputed by some. And this is based on letters written by al-Hamza. The conflicting report stated that al-Darazi was not responsible for converting the Syrian Druzes.

Rather, the term of Durziyya (or Daraziyya) is applied generally to all Hakim-cult circles in Egypt and included those of Syria by a natural extension.

Taqiyya is the most misunderstood part about Shia

A lecture about Taqiyya. Click to listen.

Al-Quran - Chapter 28 Verse 88

88. And do not invoke another god besides Allah; there is no god except Him. Everything is to perish except His Face. All judgement belongs to Him, and to Him you will be brought back.

وَلَا تَدْعُ مَعَ ٱللَّهِ إِلَٰهًا ءَاخَرَ ۘ لَآ إِلَٰهَ إِلَّا هُوَ ۚ كُلُّ شَىْءٍ هَالِكٌ إِلَّا وَجْهَهُۥ ۚ لَهُ ٱلْحُكْمُ وَإِلَيْهِ تُرْجَعُونَ ﴿٨٨﴾

Narrated to us Muhammad bin Hasan bin Ahmad bin Walid (r.a.) that he said: Narrated to us Muhammad bin Hasan as-Saffar from Muhammad bin Husain Ibne Abil Khattab from Ja’far bin Basheer from Amr bin Aban from Dhuraith Kunnasi from Abi Abdullah (a.s.) regarding the words of Allah, the Mighty and Sublime:

“We (Ahlul Bayt) are that face through which Allah can be reached (is recognized).”

Reference
Kamaaluddin wa Tamaamun Ni’ma (Perfection of faith and completion of divine favor) by Shaykh as-Sadooq in Pg. 238

Ar-Ridha center has a website

The Malaysia Shia Center in Kuala Lumpur has an online presence at ArRidha.com

Don't click on the link (above) unless you are absolutely certain that your Eman/Faith is strong. The website warn its visitors (and I am translating from Malay to English)

Disclaimer: This is not a medium of spreading (the teaching). We are not responsible if your akeedah/faith is sabotaged.

Note: This is the center where about 200 Shias were arrested for being deviant on the eve of the Ashura (the tenth of Muharram / December 2010).

Justice 4 Malaysia Shia - Facebook

Justice for Malaysia Shia has a facebook now click