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Posts Tagged ‘Haram’

Pickpocketing in Makkah

By Guest Blogger • Sep 13th, 2011 • Category: Misc

Probably nobody would ever think of being pick-pocketed and that too in a Super Market close to Haram at Makkah but this had happened to me on Thursday the 8th September 2011. Immediately after Dohr prayer I visited Bin Dawood Super Market in Makkah Towers opposite to Haram to buy some grocery items, there were [...]



Our Problems Are Not Because Of Leaders

By Mohammad Yusha • Jul 7th, 2011 • Category: Politics, Worth A Second Look

People have developed a habit of blaming leaders for everything. I do not know if it is due to naivety, to make for good blog posts, or to avoid having any accountability for our actions. Problems are always because of bad actions. The appointment of corrupt leaders is also because of bad deeds.
56 Muslim countries [...]



Alcohol: A Deadly Poison

By Mohammad Yusha • Feb 5th, 2011 • Category: Misc

Broken homes, wrecked marriages, ruined careers, destroyed relationships, crushed hopes, domestic violence, crimes, rapes, accidents, all because of this drink. This drink has caused nothing but death and destruction.
This deadly poison affects every part of the body negatively, including the brain. It kills brain cells, distorts view and destroys judgment. Many people have been killed [...]



Fortune Tellers

By Mohammad Yusha • Dec 22nd, 2010 • Category: Features

Fortune telling is done by palmists, psychics, tarot card card readers, etc. The most common in the subcontinent happens to be palmistry. By looking at the palm of a person, some people tell others their future. First off, it is a fact that lines of the palm keep changing. Secondly, those who profess to know [...]



Destructive Effects of Haram Money

By Mohammad Yusha • Apr 21st, 2010 • Category: Misc

I am horrified to see the ease at which Muslims visit casinos and line up at grocery stores in the west to buy lottery tickets. Gambling is not just a sin. It is where a person ends up a loser regardless of the outcome. If a person loses, then he has lost hard earned money. [...]



Nail polish and Ramadan

By captainjohann • Oct 5th, 2008 • Category: Misc

A young bangladeshi girl from UK was visiting her granny’s house in Dacca during this ramadan.Her granny told her that she must not break fast with Nail polish on. She found it funny and as her granny insisited; she wrote a letter to editor asking for advice. Immediately response came from [...]