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	<title><![CDATA[Why Clothing Optional Beaches Are Better]]></title>
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	<description><![CDATA[Clothing optional beaches are better because you can go skinny dipping<br>and not get tan lines.  These two reasons make clothing optional<br>beaches infinitely better.  Skinny dipping is way better than wearing<br>a swimsuit and you look way better without tan lines.  You have an<br>unalienable right to choose to wear what you want to wear and this<br>includes wearing nothing.<br><br>Given that people are highly likely to want to wear nothing at a beach<br>or anytime when swimming, and based on this right to choose to wear<br>whatever you want to wear, we should have more clothing optional<br>beaches and swimming areas everywhere in the world.<br><br>Going naked is also not a gay thing.  You may see a naked man at a<br>nude beach, but he's more likely heterosexual than homosexual.<br>
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	<title><![CDATA[Naffers Nederlandse agenten en broodroof..]]></title>
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	<description><![CDATA[On Fri, 19 Sep 2008 17:29 GMT Ronin <private@usenet4all.invalid> wrote:<br><br>>>>>> Je draaft door en je generaliseert.<br><br>>>>> Klopt, komt wel 'ns vaker voor. Ben lekker in de binnenstad geweest, heb<br>>>>> een blouse gekocht en is weer goed. :o]<br><br>>>> Vrouwen dragen blouses. Mannen overhemden. Oh well..<br> <br>>> Zat net te denken.. Dat 'Homo!' van die naffers op straat.. zou dat misschien<br>>> wervend zijn bedoeld?<br> <br>> Ik bedoel dus, dat de agressie die er op volgt misschien te wijten is aan de<br>> gedachte: "Shit, weer nix te verdienen.." Ik heb me serieus afgevraagd waarom<br>> groepen jongens zich 's avonds ophouden op bepaalde plaatsen. Ik denk dat 'k<br>> het nu wel weet.. ;-)<br><br>Dus..<br><br>-- <br> Posted via <a href="http://usenet4all.org" rel="nofollow" class="url" target="_blank">usenet4all.org</a><br>
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	<pubDate>Fri, 19 Sep 2008 10:34:21 PDT</pubDate>
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	<title><![CDATA[Re: Wij hebben dus een GROOT probleem]]></title>
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	<description><![CDATA[theo1610 <tvbeuningen16@16=<a href="http://1hotmeel.com" rel="nofollow" class="url" target="_blank">1hotmeel.com</a>> wrote in <br>news:hnl7d4db0j2advauqm169dr57roifpqpd2@<a href="http://4ax.com" rel="nofollow" class="url" target="_blank">4ax.com</a>:<br><br>> EenVandaag<br>> <br>> Balkelende: De waarheid doet mogelijk mensen radicaliseren <br>> en mag daarom niet genoemd worden. <br>> <br>> Tja.........???<br><br>NewSpeak avant la lettre.<br><br><br>Wel leuk overigens als precedent andersom, in contacten met de overheid.<br><br>"Natuurlijk gaf ik u de verkeerde gegevens, u zou anders toch maar <br>radicaliseren."<br><br>-- <br>Bye,<br><br>Willem-Jan Markerink<br><br>      The desire to understand<br>is sometimes far less intelligent than<br>     the inability to understand<br><br><w.j.markerink@a1.nl><br>[note: 'a-one' & 'en-el'!]<br>
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	<pubDate>Fri, 19 Sep 2008 09:48:26 PDT</pubDate>
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	<title><![CDATA[Re: =&gt; PROOF: Most Americans Are Ignorant Imbeciles &lt;= morons deserve to suffer !]]></title>
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	<description><![CDATA[_ Prof. Jonez _ wrote:<br>> Thursday, Sep. 18, 2008<br>> Guardian Angels Are Here, Say Most Americans<br>> By David Van Biema<br>><br>> More than half of all Americans believe they have been helped by a<br>> guardian angel in the course of their lives, according to a new poll<br>> by the Baylor University Institute for Studies of Religion. In a poll<br>> of 1700 respondents, 55%% answered affirmatively to the statement, "I<br>> was protected from harm by a guardian angel." The responses defied<br>> standard class and denominational assumptions about religious belief;<br>> the majority held up regardless of denomination, region or education<br>> - though the figure was a little lower (37%%) among respondents<br>> earning more than $150,000 a year.<br>> The guardian angel encounter figures were "the big shocker" in the<br>> report, says Christopher Bader, director of the Baylor survey that<br>> covered a range of religious issues, parts of which are being<br>> released Thursday in a book titled What Americans Really Believe. In<br>> the case of angels, however, the question is a little stronger than<br>> just belief. Says Bader, "If you ask whether people believe in<br>> guardian angels, a lot of people will say, 'sure.' But this is<br>> different. It's experiential. It means that lots of Americans are<br>> having these lived supernatural experiences."<br>> Sociologists may need further research to determine how broadly the<br>> data should be interpreted. The Baylor study tested other statements<br>> that might indicate a similar belief in the supernatural intruding<br>> into everyday personal experience - "I heard the voice of God<br>> speaking to me"; and "I received a miraculous physical healing." But<br>> far fewer people claimed to have had those experiences. This raises<br>> the possibility that guardian angels, which famously support an<br>> industry of sentimental accessories, are just so darned attractive<br>> that they exist in a charmed belief niche of their own.<br>> But other factors may be in play. On one end of the spectrum of<br>> American religion are the analytical churches, on both the right and<br>> the left theologically and politically, which are primarily concerned<br>> with establishing Biblical principles to live by - and are suspicious<br>> of any modern-day irruption of the supernatural into religious life.<br>> Their miracles all took place in the Bible. At the opposite end of<br>> the spectrum are the more experiential churches, like many<br>> African-American denominations and those in the Pentecostal movement,<br>> that lay heavy emphasis on the workings of the Holy Spirit, where the<br>> supernatural, through gifts like healing, prophesying and speaking in<br>> tongues, makes regular visits in the pews. In the middle are<br>> sacramental faiths like Roman Catholicism, where the supernatural has<br>> a regular place on the altar (after all, the Eucharist is said to be<br>> the literal body and blood of Christ) but one that occurs only within<br>> the restrictions of very specific ritual.<br>> What's interesting about the Baylor findings on guardian angel<br>> experiences is that they cross all boundaries. They have scriptural<br>> writ (in Psalm 91 and elsewhere). They are clearly experiential. And<br>> guardian angels are a prominent part of Catholic belief that happens<br>> to float freely outside of a sacrament. The cross-spectrum legitimacy<br>> of the notion of angelic interventions may free Americans to engage<br>> in the kind of folk faith that is part of almost any religious system<br>> but is not always officially acknowledged.<br>> Randall Balmer, chairman of the religion department at New York's<br>> Barnard College, says that the Baylor angel figures are one in a<br>> periodic series of indications that "Americans live in an enchanted<br>> world," and engage in a kind of casual mysticism independent of<br>> established religious ritual, doctrine or theology. "There is," he<br>> says, a "much broader uncharted range of religious experience among<br>> the populace than we expect." Just possibly, Baylor has begun to<br>> chart it. <br><br><br>
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	<title><![CDATA[Toename van antisemitisme en islamofobie in Europa]]></title>
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	<description><![CDATA[Antisemitisme neemt toe. Gezien de cijfers ligt dat niet alleen aan de <br>Islam. In Spanje is bijna de helft antisemiet, maar goed, Spanje heeft <br>natuurlijk een reputatie hoog te houden. Al onder de Visigoten werden <br>joden daar vervolgd en na de reconquista in 1492 werden alle joden er <br>uitgegooid. Ook het feit dat Polen en Rusland veel antisemieten tellen <br>hoeft niet te verbazen. Deze landen hebben ook een lange traditie op dat <br>gebied. In duitsland, Engeland en Frankrijk ligt het percentage lager.<br><br>Volgens het onderzoek is er ook een verband tussen antisemitisme en <br>islamofobie. <br>"Mensen die antisemitische gevoelens koesteren, nemen vaak ook een <br>vijandige houding aan ten aanzien van moslims, zo blijkt uit de <br>gegevens. Vooral bij de oudere generatie en bij mensen van de lagere <br>sociale klassen leven veel vooroordelen. ?Mensen van boven de 50 en met <br>een lage opleiding zijn evident meer bevooroordeeld?, aldus het <br>onderzoek."<br><br>Zie <br><a href="http://www.refdag.nl/artikel/1361629/Toename+van+antisemitisme+en+islamofobie+in+Europa.html" rel="nofollow" class="url" target="_blank">http://www.refdag.nl/artikel/1361629/Toename+van+antisemitisme+en+islamofobie+in...</a><br><br><br><br>-- <br>grtz, Niek<br><br>Het is beter rijk en gezond te zijn, dan arm en ziek.<br>(Dagobert Duck)<br>
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	<title><![CDATA[the Netherlands-Kenya September 2008 Travel Pictures Country next to  Country]]></title>
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	<description><![CDATA[Hi,<br><br>This the Netherlands-Kenya website displays several pages each one<br>containing two comparative (similar, contrastive, ...) photos. Let<br>your thoughts flow freely and enjoy:<br><a href="http://www.dongo.org/the_netherlands-kenya/list_7_en/public_transport_in_the_netherlands_and_public_transport_in_kenya.html" rel="nofollow" class="url" target="_blank">http://www.dongo.org/the_netherlands-kenya/list_7_en/public_transport_in_the_net...</a><br>Click the "-->"-button on the page opened for the following new<br>pictures.<br><br>Best regards, BoBi<br><br>Annex: overview of the new photos:<br><br>Public transport with a Connexxion boat and Public transport with<br>matatus:<br><a href="http://www.dongo.org/the_netherlands-kenya/list_7_en/public_transport_in_the_netherlands_and_public_transport_in_kenya.html" rel="nofollow" class="url" target="_blank">http://www.dongo.org/the_netherlands-kenya/list_7_en/public_transport_in_the_net...</a><br>the Dutch Ferry service Velsen and The Kenyan Ferry service Likoni:<br><a href="http://www.dongo.org/the_netherlands-kenya/list_7_en/a_dutch_ferry_and_a_kenyan_ferry.html" rel="nofollow" class="url" target="_blank">http://www.dongo.org/the_netherlands-kenya/list_7_en/a_dutch_ferry_and_a_kenyan_ferry...</a><br>The Dutch lingerie Advertising Panel sapph and the Kenyan Tusker beer<br>Advertising Panel:<br><a href="http://www.dongo.org/the_netherlands-kenya/list_7_en/the_dutch_lingerie_advertising_panel_and_the_kenyan_tusker_beer_advertising_panel.html" rel="nofollow" class="url" target="_blank">http://www.dongo.org/the_netherlands-kenya/list_7_en/the_dutch_lingerie_advertis...</a><br>a Dutch Tentacle tree and a Kenyan Baobab:<br><a href="http://www.dongo.org/the_netherlands-kenya/list_7_en/a_dutch_tentacle_tree_and_a_kenyan_baobab.html" rel="nofollow" class="url" target="_blank">http://www.dongo.org/the_netherlands-kenya/list_7_en/a_dutch_tentacle_tree_and_a_kenyan_baobab...</a><br>a Dutch Landscape and a Kenyan Landscape:<br><a href="http://www.dongo.org/the_netherlands-kenya/list_8_en/a_dutch_landscape_2_and_a_kenyan_landscape_2.html" rel="nofollow" class="url" target="_blank">http://www.dongo.org/the_netherlands-kenya/list_8_en/a_dutch_landscape_2_and_a_kenyan_landscape_2...</a><br>a Dutch Flower with an Insect and a Kenyan pink Flower with insects:<br><a href="http://www.dongo.org/the_netherlands-kenya/list_8_en/a_dutch_flower_with_an_insect_and_a_kenyan_flower_with_insects.html" rel="nofollow" class="url" target="_blank">http://www.dongo.org/the_netherlands-kenya/list_8_en/a_dutch_flower_with_an_inse...</a><br>Dutch Housing blocks Prinsenbos and Kenyan Housing blocks:<br><a href="http://www.dongo.org/the_netherlands-kenya/list_8_en/dutch_housing_blocks_and_kenyan_housing_blocks.html" rel="nofollow" class="url" target="_blank">http://www.dongo.org/the_netherlands-kenya/list_8_en/dutch_housing_blocks_and_kenyan_housing_blocks...</a><br>Dutch mobile toilets and a Kenyan Toilet:<br><a href="http://www.dongo.org/the_netherlands-kenya/list_8_en/dutch_toilets_and_a_kenyan_toilet.html" rel="nofollow" class="url" target="_blank">http://www.dongo.org/the_netherlands-kenya/list_8_en/dutch_toilets_and_a_kenyan_toilet...</a><br>
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	<description><![CDATA[<br>"Adam H. Kerman" <ahk@<a href="http://chinet.com" rel="nofollow" class="url" target="_blank">chinet.com</a>> schreef in bericht news:h-6dnXiOtLQJhEzVnZ2dnUVZ_rXinZ2d@<a href="http://comcast.com" rel="nofollow" class="url" target="_blank">comcast.com</a>...<br>> What's Dutch for "fucking up"?<br><br>verklooien<br>
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	<title><![CDATA[Huwelijk van Islamitische vrouwen met niet-Islamitische mannen: Een  positief perspectief]]></title>
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	<description><![CDATA[Marriage of Muslim Women with Non-Muslim Men: A Positive Perspective<br><br><br>In many romances in Europe now, one person is Muslim, and the other is<br>by heritage a Christian or a Jew. The Qur'an says that a Muslim male<br>may take a Christian or Jewish wife, though does not speak about a<br>Muslim woman wishing to marry a Christian or Jewish man. This has been<br>historically controversial, while some learned Muslim voices today<br>take a positive view.<br><br><br>This article has been first published on Indymedia:<br><br><a href="http://www.indymedia.be/en/node/29241" rel="nofollow" class="url" target="_blank">http://www.indymedia.be/en/node/29241</a><br><br><a href="http://mytinyurl.net/931f5b" rel="nofollow" class="url" target="_blank">http://mytinyurl.net/931f5b</a><br><br>This work is licenced under a Creative Commons Licence.<br><a rel="license" href="<a href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0" rel="nofollow" class="url" target="_blank">http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0</a>/"><br><br><br>Marriage of Muslim Women with Non-Muslim Men: A Positive Perspective<br><br>Huwelijk van Islamitische vrouwen met niet-Islamitische mannen: Een<br>positief perspectief<br><br>Le mariage de femmes Musulmanes avec les non-Musulmans: Une<br>perspective positive<br><br>by Dan Hajidah<br><br><br>Today's Europe is increasingly Muslim. In the first few centuries of<br>Islam, Islam quickly spread in all three continents which then formed<br>the known world, Asia, Africa and Europe. Europe was a home to Muslims<br>very shortly after the time of the Prophet (pbuh), and it is<br>increasingly a home to Muslims today.<br><br>It is not only because of Muslims moving to Europe in increasing<br>numbers, that the Islamic presence is growing here. And it is not only<br>because of Muslim families having children. It is also true now, that<br>many people in Europe are converting to Islam, finding their spiritual<br>home in the Muslim community, via one path or another.<br><br>And Europeans are often coming to Islam quite on their own, without<br>any urging or proselytising by the Muslims whom they know. Sometimes<br>it is enough to simply feel the faith of other Muslims, or to follow<br>the many threads of Islamic life that have always existed in Europe<br>from the very earliest days of the faith.<br><br>The wonderful journalist Eric Walberg, of Al-Ahram Weekly, has written<br>a quite nice historical survey, about European cultural figures who<br>have found their way to the peace of Islam at various times over the<br>last few hundred years. This lovely essay, "Finding the inner Muslim<br>prince", dates from Ramadan in 2007:<br><br><a href="http://weekly.ahram.org.eg/2007/864/cu6.htm" rel="nofollow" class="url" target="_blank">http://weekly.ahram.org.eg/2007/864/cu6.htm</a><br><br>One of the contemporary Muslim converts mentioned by Walberg, is of<br>course the famous Yusuf Islam, at times better known by members of the<br>'hippie generation' under his previous name, Cat Stevens:<br><br><a href="http://www.yusufislam.org.uk" rel="nofollow" class="url" target="_blank">http://www.yusufislam.org.uk</a>/<br><br>Among many people in Europe with whom I have spoken, the fact that Cat<br>Stevens became a Muslim, was their first or most notable example of<br>someone in the West converting to Islam. - I do like his old music<br>that you can hear on YouTube, I feel the spiritual soul there in him.<br><br>But of course many people becoming Muslim, are not so famous as Cat<br>Stevens. In many cases they are simply and quietly, as ordinary good<br>people, joining the Muslim faith, adhering themselves gently but<br>firmly to the life of daily prayer and to their local Muslim<br>community.<br><br>Sometimes the path to Islam is hand-in-hand with the development of a<br>romantic relationship. One person converts to Islam, as part of the<br>process of falling in love with, and marrying a Muslim.<br><br>But there is something else as well, very significant and happening<br>quite a lot around me, though perhaps not yet talked about enough. -<br>There are many romances and marriages where one person is Muslim, and<br>the other is by heritage a Christian or a Jew, and that party does not<br>convert to Islam before marriage.<br><br>This is happening a lot, actually, in Europe, and around the world, a<br>natural result of Muslims living in multi-religious societies, such as<br>Europe is today.<br><br>Marriage between a Muslim and a non-Muslim, raises some questions for<br>Islamic practice and understanding. One in particular that I want to<br>address here, is the distinctive situation, of a Muslim woman falling<br>in love with a Christian or Jewish man, and wishing to marry that<br>person. This has been controversial in Islam, but I think that the<br>answer here may be as beautiful as I think Islam itself is beautiful.<br><br>The specifically controversial case, is where the woman is Muslim, and<br>the man is Christian or Jewish. The precisely reverse case, where the<br>man is Muslim and the woman is Christian or Jewish, is actually quite<br>clear under Islamic law, and is covered by the holy Qur'an itself. A<br>Muslim man may indeed clearly marry a Jewish or Christian wife, of<br>course with due respect for the faith in the marriage covenant.<br><br>According to Islam, the Jews and the Christians are also 'People of<br>the Book', people of the same religious heritage who share some of the<br>same holy writings, sharing spiritual lineage in descent from the<br>Prophet known in the West as Abraham (pbuh) of the Bible.<br><br>It makes me laugh sometimes, in speaking to people so un-informed or<br>misled about Islam, that they do not realise that Islam views Judaism<br>and Christianity as part of its own family. People often do not know<br>that Islam also honours the Prophets of ancient Israel as its own, and<br>not only Jesus (pbuh), but even his mother Mary (pbuh) - using the<br>common Western spellings of their honoured names here.<br><br>For sincere prayerful Muslims living with sincere prayerful<br>Christians, and with sincere prayerful Jews, I do not think there is<br>any great conflict that needs to exist in this world. It is our role<br>and nature and destiny to live in peace with one another. We share a<br>heritage, and it is only evil forces that seek to put us into conflict<br>and so-called 'clash of civilisations' nonsense.<br><br>The three Abrahamic faiths have lived together very closely over many<br>centuries, and we have borne much fruit when living together in peace,<br>as at times in the East of Europe, under the Ottomans, and in many<br>other locales and places.<br><br>And the fruit is seen not just on the larger political and social<br>scale, but also in marriages in our intimate personal lives. Over the<br>centuries, a Muslim has often taken a Christian or Jew for a spouse,<br>and lived together happily and spiritually, and the marriage has<br>worked to the benefit of faith. It has been this way for centuries,<br>from the earliest days of Islam.<br><br>It is specifically permitted in the Qur'an that a Muslim man, may take<br>a Christian or Jewish wife. As long as she is a Person of the Book, a<br>member of the monotheistic faith deriving from the ancient prophets of<br>Palestine, the marriage is specifically permitted.<br><br>There is controversy, though, about the reverse-gender case, given<br>that the Qur'an does not mention the marriage of a Muslim woman with a<br>Christian or Jewish male, even though he be a Person of the Book.<br><br>And over the centuries, there is some scholarly opinion that, even<br>though the Qur'an did not explicitly prohibit such a marriage, such a<br>marriage was nonetheless to be avoided. - Perhaps because, in past<br>eras, it was commonly thought that the male's greater relative power<br>in society, and his authority in the home, might be used to sway the<br>so-called 'weaker' Islamic wife away from the faith, if she were to<br>marry a Christian or a Jew.<br><br>Today of course, in the modern world, we are much more used to<br>respecting the strength and independence and power of women, who have<br>in some cases even been the leaders of great national political<br>movements.<br><br>And though there is a common view among Muslims that only the Muslim<br>male has the freedom to enter into an Islamic marriage with a<br>Christian or Jewish woman, it is important to note that there are<br>indeed very serious and learned Islamic voices with exactly the<br>opposite view.<br><br>I do not write here as someone who claims religious authority or<br>leadership. I write more simply, as a Muslim journalist, to make note<br>of the fact that there is indeed an alternate view within learned<br>Islam, very respectful and positive about the case of the marriage of<br>a Muslim woman with a Jewish or Christian man.<br><br>Here are some key texts.<br><br>In 1994 - the pre-internet era, now seeming as if a century ago! -<br>there was a discussion of this topic in the January 1994 issue of a<br>'Voice of Islam' newsletter from the Islamic Society of the Washington<br>Area. This discussion has now been copied online, and though the<br>discussion takes a critical view, the discussion contains the<br>following paragraph, very helpful, I think:<br><br>« Some jurists opine that if a non-Muslim person of the book (male) is<br>of such a character etc., that we can be sure that he will not enforce<br>the wife to accept his religion, that conversely the woman is of such<br>fortitude that she will not be swayed by falsehood, and that she makes<br>it a part of the marriage contract that she will in no way be forced<br>to accept a religion other than Islam, that the children will be<br>brought up according to her beliefs, and that no negative image of<br>Islam will be presented to her etc., then such a contract is<br>allowable. »<br><br><a href="http://www.irfi.org/questions_answers/muslim_men_can_marry_nonmuslim.htm" rel="nofollow" class="url" target="_blank">http://www.irfi.org/questions_answers/muslim_men_can_marry_nonmuslim.htm</a><br><br>In other words, from the above, the key factor is the inner spiritual<br>strength of the Muslim woman. And a Muslim woman can be very strong<br>indeed. Not only strong, but in today's era and especially in Europe,<br>it is easier than ever before, for Muslim women to have access to a<br>community of support to nourish her own strength.<br><br>On this view, if the Muslim woman can genuinely know she is strong<br>enough in her faith that she knows it will be preserved amid her love<br>and devotion to her spouse, then the marriage can be considered as<br>permitted.<br><br>And not just permitted - this 'mixed marriage' may even be an<br>instrument by which, in'sh'Allah, the faith can be increasingly<br>honoured and respected and transmitted to others. Love, and being a<br>role model and example, are such beautifully powerful ways to spread<br>faith and the truth.<br><br>Another voice, Moiz Amjad, a student of Javed Ahmed Ghamidi, speaks as<br>follows in response to a query on this very same topic:<br><br>« In one of my previous answers to a similar question, I had pointed<br>out that a) the Qur’an has expressly mentioned the prohibition of<br>marriage between a Muslim man/woman with a polytheist person; b) As<br>far as the marriage between a Muslim man/woman and a Christian or a<br>Jewish person is concerned, the Qur’an has expressly allowed marriage<br>between a Muslim man and a Jewish/Christian woman but has not given<br>any express directives regarding marriage between a Muslim woman and a<br>Jewish/Christian man. This silence of the Qur’an regarding marriage<br>between a Muslim woman and a Christian/Jewish man, has generally been<br>construed as a disapproval of the Qur’an regarding the particular<br>issue. However, because of the silence of the Qur’an in the related<br>issue, marriage between a Muslim woman and a Jewish/Christian man<br>cannot be termed as prohibited by the Shari`ah. In my opinion,<br>prohibition of a certain matter in the Shari`ah, requires express<br>directives to the effect.<br><br>In view of the above explanation, it should be obvious that the<br>ultimate decision regarding such a marriage (between a Muslim woman<br>and a Christian/Jewish man) is left to the individual. »<br><br><a href="http://www.understanding-islam.com/rs/s-192.htm" rel="nofollow" class="url" target="_blank">http://www.understanding-islam.com/rs/s-192.htm</a><br><br>Perhaps most personally, Shaykh Khaled Abu el Fadl, discussing this<br>matter, writes as follows, speaking of the prospective Muslim bride:<br><br>« ... she must always remember that only God knows best; that she<br>should reflect on the matter as hard as she can; then she should pray<br>and plead for guidance from God; and then ultimately she must do what<br>her conscience dictates. »<br><br><a href="http://www.scholarofthehouse.org/oninma.html" rel="nofollow" class="url" target="_blank">http://www.scholarofthehouse.org/oninma.html</a><br><br>So one can see that learned sources on this issue, have an open mind<br>as to what is taking place in reality in the communities of Europe,<br>where marriages between Muslim women and Christian or Jewish men -<br>yes, they do happen! - are working out wonderfully well.<br><br>It may serve the interests of Islam, and the honour and growth of the<br>faith, if couples like this can see their love and marriage as truly a<br>religious marriage, embraced by the wide Muslim and religious<br>communities.<br><br>It may indeed be a lifelong wonder and joy and divine gift, in these<br>marriages where one party does not convert, but where the two people,<br>one of them Muslim whether man or woman, where the two people remain a<br>respectful and loving couple in their respective faiths.<br><br>- Dan Hajidah<br><br>Abdan 'Dan' Hajidah can be reached at: dh-news@<a href="http://europe.com" rel="nofollow" class="url" target="_blank">europe.com</a><br><br>or via his blog <a href="http://at:http://european-muslim.skyrock.com" rel="nofollow" class="url" target="_blank">at:http://european-muslim.skyrock.com</a>/<br><br>A list of Dan's journalism in his own name is at: <a href="http://euromuslim.i-was-in-paris.com" rel="nofollow" class="url" target="_blank">http://euromuslim.i-was-in-paris.com</a>/<br><br><br>This work is licenced under a Creative Commons Licence.<br><a rel="license" href="<a href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0" rel="nofollow" class="url" target="_blank">http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0</a>/"><br>
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	<description><![CDATA[[geknipplakt zonder verder commentaar, ben het er wel mee eens]<br><br> AMSTERDAM - De burgers die het hardst klagen over de politiek, zijn <br>zelf het minst maatschappelijk betrokken. Ze gaan minder vaak stemmen, <br>doen minder vrijwilligerswerk en hebben minder sociale contacten dan de <br>gemiddelde burger.<br><br>Dat blijkt uit een onderzoek naar de "buitenstaanders" van <br>onderzoeksbureau Motivaction. Volgens de Maatschappelijke Barometer van <br>Motivaction en tv-programma Netwerk is de tevredenheid over overheid en <br>politiek het afgelopen jaar verder gedaald. Op een schaal van 1 tot 100 <br>daalde de tevredenheid over de overheid van 46 in augustus 2007 naar 39 <br>in 2008.<br><br>In diezelfde periode daalde de tevredenheid over de politiek van 40 naar <br>36.<br><br>Volgens Motivaction bestaat 32 procent van de bevolking uit <br>"buitenstaanders", die de harde kern van de politieke onvrede vormen. De <br>buitenstaanders zijn in belangrijke mate het product van de ontzuiling. <br>Zij missen "de buffer van maatschappelijk vertrouwen", die zo kenmerkend <br>is voor de traditionele burgerij, gepersonifieerd in de CDA-stemmer die <br>lid is van een kerk en aan vrijwilligerswerk doet.<br><br>De buitenstaanders zijn geen lid van kerken, partijen, vakbonden of <br>andere organisaties. Ze hechten veel waarde aan familie en gezin, maar <br>hebben moeite om zich te identificeren met een bredere buitenwereld. Ze <br>scoren laag op waarden als empathie, tolerantie, gemeenschapszin of <br>aandacht voor het milieu. Ze zijn hedonistisch en materialistisch <br>ingesteld, hebben moeite met de complexiteit van de moderne samenleving <br>en verlangen naar law and order.<br><br>"Deze burgers kijken vooral naar de commerciële televisie. Dat <br>beïnvloedt de manier waarop zij tegen politiek aan kijken. Zij stellen <br>zich op als consumenten wier behoeften direct door de politiek bevredigd <br>moeten worden", zegt Martijn Lampert, onderzoeker bij Motivaction.<br><br>Samen met Netwerk maakte Motivaction een "begroting van het volk". <br>"Gemiddeld wilde het volk de begroting met 20 procent laten stijgen. <br>Omdat de meeste mensen niet meer belasting willen betalen, zou daardoor <br>de staatsschuld verder moeten stijgen", zegt Lampert. "Veel burgers <br>vragen de politiek dingen die zij nooit kan waarmaken. Politici zouden <br>moeten zeggen: we moeten prioriteiten stellen, we kunnen niet zo maar <br>alles oplossen. Daar zijn de huidige politici niet erg sterk in. Ze <br>proberen vooral naar het volk te luisteren door te zeggen: komt u maar <br>naar ons toe met uw problemen."<br><br>Op hun beurt zijn politici gewend de klagende burgers als verwend te <br>beschouwen. "Dat is ook niet terecht, want het gaat vaak om mensen die <br>moeite hebben met de complexiteit van de samenleving", zegt Lampert. Ze <br>voelen zich bedreigd door globalisering en immigratie, ook omdat zij <br>vaker in gemengde wijken wonen.<br><br>De wederkerigheid tussen burger en politiek is volkomen zoek, aldus <br>Lampert. Veel burgers voelen zich niet vertegenwoordigd door de <br>politiek, maar verwachten wel dat politici complexe maatschappelijke <br>problemen razendsnel oplossen.<br><br>En politici zijn geneigd om burgers naar de mond te praten, waardoor de <br>verwachtingen nog verder worden opgeschroefd. Lampert: "Dat kan alleen <br>maar tot teleurstellingen leiden."<br><br><a href="http://www.volkskrant.nl/binnenland/article1067387.ece/Grootste_klagers_het_minst_betrokken" rel="nofollow" class="url" target="_blank">http://www.volkskrant.nl/binnenland/article1067387.ece/Grootste_klagers_het_mins...</a><br> <br><br><br>-- <br>grtz, Niek<br><br>Het is beter rijk en gezond te zijn, dan arm en ziek.<br>(Dagobert Duck)<br>
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	<description><![CDATA[training voor de marathon van Eindhoven okt a.s., kwam ik onze<br>{tinw}eindhovense burgervader<br>tegen, ik begon xpres wat langzamer<br>te joggen, en maakte een algemeen<br>praatje, en merkte al meteen dat<br>ie ergens mee zat of iets van dien<br>aard...ik zeg,Hey Rob [ik mag Rob<br>zeggen tegen meneer van Gijzel] what's up, dude, terwijl we de high 5<br>maakte als teken van, vertel t maar<br>de celibate is OK, en alle nieuws is<br>safe  and sound, wat niet buiten de<br>burokamer van de burgemeester hoort te gaan<br><br>nou gewaardeerde vriend celibate,<br>sprak van Gijzel...ik heb vernomen<br>in de wandelgangen dat 't niet zo goed gaat met de economie, en dat<br>'t een beetje 'zoek dat maar uit in je<br>eigen land' ... i.p.v. de EURO broeders onder mekaar<br>Afijn sprak Rob, nu wil die Christenunie een alochtonenbelasting<br>invoeren, menswaardig natuurlijk<br>niet van deze tijd en onmenselijk, maar Rita laat er ook zo maar 27.000<br>Nederlander worden, dus ik dacht<br>dan moeten ze er ook maar wat voor over hebben<br><br>Dus tot de 3e generatie in NL levende Nederlanders met buitenlandse roots, <br>die gaan een xtra<br>blauwe envelop krijgen v/d belasting dienst<br><br>Rob was inmiddels in wandelmode,<br>en ik wilde nog 20 km verder hardlopen, dus ik zeg tegen Rob,..<br>wat denk je?<br>Waarop hij sprak, er gaat valles vallen in de herfst behalve bladeren,<br>en t wordt een verhitte winter<br><br>waarop ik em nariep, ik verdom t om weer te gaan stemmen, ze zoeken t<br>maar uit...waarna ie nog schreewde,<br>ik m'n 6 jaar ook...<br><br>de dinsdagprinsesjesdagcolumn<br><br>c~ <br><br><br>
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