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From: rached@blanc.eng.ohio-state.edu (rached)
Subject: Re: Moderators of Soc.Religion.Islam: Announcement
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Originator: Mughal@Romeo.Caltech.Edu (Asim Mughal -Moderator)
Organization: California Institute of Technology
Date: Mon, 13 Apr 1992 04:17:00 GMT


In article <30MAR199213075229@romeo.caltech.edu> mughal@romeo.caltech.edu (ASIM M. MUGHAL) writes:
#ASMK!
#	On behalf of current Soc.Religion.Islam (SRI) moderators, I am 
#pleased to announce the selection of new moderators. They are:
#
#	gwydion@gnu.ai.mit.edu    	Basalat Ali Raja
#	majeed@math.utexas.edu		Zartaj Majeed
#
	[deleted]
>
>Assalamu Alaykum
>Shouldn't you have announced the need for new moderators and let people
>apply for it and then chose among them.

	ASMK! Yes, indeed an announcement was made on Soc.Religion.Islam
on 13 Feburary 1992 by  yours  truly indicating that new moderators were 
being sought. (A copy of that announcement is  attached at the  of  this 
posting.)

	Unfortunately, there was no response.

>Why did you prefer to contact people on an individual basis ?

	The possible candidates, about 15 of them, were individuals 
who were recommended by not only current moderators  (at that time)
but also  by  ex-moderators of  soc.religion.islam. When  selecting 
moderators for  a  religion  group one  will like to  make sure the 
candidates are not only  trustworthy, capable and have knowledge of 
Islam  but who can work with the  other  moderators as a group. One 
would like to extend the confidence to those  with  strong personal 
references versus someone picked from the network at random. 

>Who organizes putting new moderators ?

	The current moderators organize the selection procedure. In the  
recent selection process, Salman Azhar and I volunteered. At the  final
stage, a  candidate must have  a  unanimous  vote from all the  current 
moderators.
> 
>rached
>
Regards,

Asim Mughal
Co-Moderator,
Soc.Religion.Islam
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Copy of the announcement posted on Soc.Religion.Islam on 13 Feburary 1992.
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Sub: Co-Moderator Nick Jodar on leave. Seeking TWO additional Moderators

	
	Nick Jodar is on leave from co-moderatorship of S.R.I. due to his
academic commitments. The current moderators are:

mughal@iago.caltech.edu                Asim Mughal
csulaima@copper.Denver.Colorado.EDU    Cynthia Sulaiman
hanan@mcs213k.cs.umr.edu               Hanan Lutfiyya
azhar@duke.cs.duke.edu                 Salman Azhar


	Due to high volume of Soc.Religion.Islam we are looking for TWO
more moderators to share the responsibilities. We will be following the 
same procedure of selection which we went before given this responsibility.
We will announce the new moderators within the next two weeks.

Regards,

Asim Mughal
Co-Moderator
Soc.Religion.Islam

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From: hudson@athena.cs.uga.edu (Paul Hudson Jr)
Newsgroups: soc.religion.islam
Subject: Re: The practical side of Islam
Date: 14 Apr 92 05:18:53 GMT
Organization: University of Georgia, Athens

In article <1992Mar30.222130.22154@cbnewsi.cb.att.com> aj@hoqax.att.com (Ahmad M Jrad) writes:
>Qur'an 023.The-Believers 13-16
> 12. And certainly We created man of an extract of clay,
> 13. Then We made him as (a drop of) sperm in a resting-place
>     firmly fixed,
> 14. Then We made the sperm into a clot of congealed blood,
>     then of that clot We made a (fetus) lump, then We made out
>     of that lump bones, then We clothed the bones with flesh,
>     then We caused it to grow into another creation, so blessed
>     be Allah, the best of the creators.

I do not know what the Arabic says, but this appears to be an example
of a factual innaccuracy in the Qur'an.  Correct me if I am wrong, but a
fetus' tissue is formed first, then bones grow in it, rather than bones
forming first, and flesh forming around it.
Link Hudson.
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From: walid@dhvx20.csudh.edu
Subject: Marriage to Non-Muslims?
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Originator: Mughal@Romeo.Caltech.Edu (Asim Mughal -Moderator)
Organization: California Institute of Technology
Date: Mon, 13 Apr 1992 05:06:00 GMT


Salam Brothers and Sisters:
In the Holy Koran it is written "it is better to marry a slave girl who
is a believer then a non-believer". 
My question is as follows: Is is Haram for a Muslim Man to marry a non-
muslim? And the same question for a Muslim Woman.

Any thoughts regarding this would be helpful, since I get many different
answers from different clerics. 

Salam

Walid
From: JAMALEDDIN@VAX1.UMKC.EDU
Newsgroups: soc.religion.islam
Subject: RE: Islamic position on donating organs
Date: 12 Apr 92 21:44:00 GMT
Organization: California Institute of Technology
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Originator: Mughal@Iago.Caltech.Edu (Asim Mughal -Moderator)


In article <23MAR199214582472@iago.caltech.edu>, ys3359@csc.albany.edu (Yazmasterj) writes:
> 
> Assalamoalaikum
> 
> 	Does anyone know what the Islamic position is on donating
> organs after death?  I have to renew my drivers license soon and
> have been thinking about registering myself as a possible organ
> donor.  It seems like a really worthy cause to me, and after all,
> I won't exactly *need* the organs if I'm dead.  Is it against Islam
> not to bury any part of the body upon death?  Does anyone know of
> any relevent Quran passages or Hadith concerning this issue?

1>  Your donation must goto a Muslim

2>  you must make sure that this will not delay the burial

3>  Your body after death must not be used for 'show and tell'  by doctors etc.

     I believe that after following these 3 rules that donating will be Halal.


                     Nabil Jamaleddin
From: icsu0150@cs.montana.edu (Yussuf)
Newsgroups: soc.religion.islam
Subject: THE HOLY QURAN.
Date: 12 Apr 92 02:28:26 GMT
Reply-To: icsu0150@cs.montana.edu (Yussuf)
Organization: Montana State University, Dept. of Computer Science, Bozeman MT 59717
Originator: gwydion@wookumz.gnu.ai.mit.edu



 Assalam Aleikum

  Dear brothers and sisters in Islam,
If any one  out there knows where I can order for cassetes
containing the HOLY QURAN would you kindly send me an e-mail
on "icsu0150@cs.montana.edu".
Thank you so much.
           
         Yussuf Dheyr Ali
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From: hyder@cs.utexas.edu
Newsgroups: soc.religion.islam
Subject: RE: Message of Islam, miracles of Mohammad
Date: 12 Apr 92 11:07:00 GMT
Organization: California Institute of Technology
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Originator: Mughal@Iago.Caltech.Edu (Asim Mughal -Moderator)


In article <1992Mar25.212243.20572@cbnewsi.cb.att.com>
 jrad@cbnewsi.cb.att.com (ahmad.m.jrad) writes:
:
:Finally, how can you discount the miracles of Muhammed (PBUH)?
:Feeding hundreds to their fill from a normal size pot of food.
:Crushing a solid stone that men could not crush into an easily
:crushable sandy mix. Causing water to flow to the surface
:to satisfy the thirst of his followers. 

I am not sure about the authenticity of the above claims.
Would you please give us the sources of the above. 
Because, from whatever I have heard, the only miracle
with  which Mohammad (pbuh) was bestowed was
that of the Quran.
:
:Quran 29.43
:      43. And (as for) these examples, We set them forth for people,
:      and none understand them but the learned.
:
:
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From: blais@emx.utexas.edu (Donald E. Blais)
Subject: RE:  The Writing Down of the Koran
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Originator: Mughal@Iago.Caltech.Edu (Asim Mughal -Moderator)
Organization: California Institute of Technology
Date: Sun, 12 Apr 1992 11:12:00 GMT


In article <1992Mar15.202305.9414@cco.caltech.edu> bes@cco.caltech.edu (Behnam Sadeghi) writes:
>The historical records are clear enough to indicate that nothing was 
>added to the Qur'an during its collection and arrangement.  However,
>there were variant _arrangements_ of the revealed verses.  For example, the
>close relative and companion of the Prophet, Ali ibn-Abu Talib, 
>had collected all the verses of the Qur'an in the written form.  But
>his _arrangement_ of the verses was different from the arrangement 
>used by Uthman.
>
>Sincerely,
>
>Behnam Sadeghi

Not all scholars are in agreement with this view.  This is a sensitive
and controversial topic.  A basic resource for its investigation is...

Jeffery, Arthur
Materials for the History of the Text of the Qur'an: the Old Codices.
   The Kitab al-masahif of Ibn Abi Dawud, together with a collection
   of the variant readings from the codices of Ibn Mas`ud, Ubai, `Ali,
   Ibn `Abbas, Anas, Abu Musa and other early Qur'anic authorities
   which present a type of text anterior to that of the canonical text
   of `Uthman.
Lib of Congress: BP 131.5 J4 1963

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From: nsc!berlioz.nsc.com!vaseem@charon.amdahl.com (Vaseem Anjum)
Newsgroups: soc.religion.islam
Subject: RE: ftp quran
Date: 12 Apr 92 10:55:00 GMT
Organization: California Institute of Technology
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Originator: Mughal@Iago.Caltech.Edu (Asim Mughal -Moderator)


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Moderator's note: The folowing person is trying to ftp Holy Quran.
		  I hope someone can help him.
___________________________________________________________________
Brother Asim,

As Salam Alaikum,

Ramadhan Mubarak. Thanks for sending me the info. I 
tried to solve it with my sys. Admin. people and here
is what I got from them. 
" You cannot ftp to outside NSC since we do not have 
a connection.  You might want to use mail with 
uudecode/uuencode."

Please suggest what I should do about it.

JAK.

Vaseem...


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From: ociszam <@NSS.CS.UCL.AC.UK: ociszam@oxford.ac.uk> (Iftikhar Zaman)
Subject: correction on last article
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Organization: California Institute of Technology
Date: Sun, 12 Apr 1992 21:25:00 GMT


Ooops.  I managed to write "Islamization of fiqh" instead on
"computerization of fiqh" in my last post.  please forgive, correct,
and don't flame...

Thanks.

Iftikhar
From: jodar%girtab.usc.edu@usc.edu (Nicholas Jodar)
Subject: RE: What is Divine Fairness? reiterated
Summary: Definition of 'Justice'....
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Originator: Mughal@Romeo.Caltech.Edu (Asim Mughal -Moderator)
Keywords: Justice
Organization: California Institute of Technology
Date: Tue, 14 Apr 1992 06:57:00 GMT


In article <12APR199204032618@romeo.caltech.edu> AAA4@psuvm.psu.edu writes:

>so what is an objective/comprehensive definition of fairness?
>Afshan Alam.
>95:8. Is not Allah the best of the Judges? :surah at-tin(the fig)verse8.Quran.

To me, 'fairness' really means 'justice.'  What is justice?

From Al Zalzalah (Sura 99, Ayas 6-8):

'On that Day will men proceed in companies sorted out, to be
shown the Deeds that they (had done).  Then shall anyone who has
done an atom's weight of good, see it!  And anyone who has done
an atom's weight of evil, shall see it.

I'd call that Justice....

'As ye sow, so shall you reap...'

-Nick

'Sabhanallah, W'Alhamdulillahi, Wa La Illaha Il Allaho, W'Allaho-Akbar'
From: bes@cco.caltech.edu (Behnam Sadeghi)
Newsgroups: soc.religion.islam
Subject: RE: The Christian Trinity
Date: 12 Apr 92 21:22:00 GMT
Organization: California Institute of Technology
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Originator: Mughal@Iago.Caltech.Edu (Asim Mughal -Moderator)

In article <1992Mar27.014658.2482@vax1.umkc.edu> jamaleddin@vax1.umkc.edu writes:
>
>     In articlre the same).  This is a serious theological error.  The  
>> Father is not a God.  The Father is God.  The Son is not a God.  The Son  
>> is God.  The Father, Son, and Holy Spirit are not Gods.  The Father, Son,  
>> and Holy Spirit are God.  
>
>If the Son is God,  then who was in control when 'God' died for your three
>days.  Futher more who is there that can bring 'God' back to life.
>
>When Jesus was praying in the garden, who was he praying to???
>
>And why did Jesus claim that he did not know when the Day of Judgement was??
>     B/C he is not God.  Only God knows when the Day of Judgement  is!!!
>
>And a nother point,  If Jesus is 'God' why did he throw himself into the Hell
>fire?????
>
>Jesus had a beginning,  Does not the Bible say that Jesus was Begotten?? 
>
>The one and only True GOD has no beginning or End!!!!!!
>
>The belief of Trinity is a terrible injustice to GOD. 
>
>And where did you get this Idea of Trinity??????   
>
>Not Jesus,      maybe Paul,  who was the real founder of Christanity.
>
>Is the word Trinity even in the Bible????  NO!!!!
>
>       Anyway Mr Johnson,  Read your Bible and see what Jesus Says.
>         'I do nothing of myself'                  John 14:28
>         'The Lord our God is one Lord'            John 14:2 
>         'My Father is greater than I (Jesus)'     Mark 12:29
>         'All power has been given to me'          John 5:30
>         'Among them born of women there has not
>         risen a greater than John the Baptist.
>         (John greater than Jesus????)'            Mth. 11:11
>
>Besides all this,  Jesus never claimed to be 'GOD'!!!!!!!!
>                               ```~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~```
>SOOOOOO anyway, thank you for tring to explian Trinity.
>
>For us Muslims Trinity is nothing more then a one way ticket the the Hell Fire.
> 
>
>> Arthur Johnson
>> johnson@whitewater.chem.wisc.edu
>>     

I believe the above articles don't satisfy the guidelines for
soc.religion.islam which require that submissions be relevant
to Islam.

The Bible isn't a Muslim holy book.  I think discussions of Chrisitianity,
if carried out without referrence to Islam and Qur'an, belong to
soc.religion.misc or soc.religion.christianity.  The same is true
for Judaism, Buddhism, Hinduism, and every other religion.

Regards,
From: hrahim@pyramid.com (Hasan Rahim)
Newsgroups: soc.religion.islam
Subject: Publication
Date: 14 Apr 92 05:17:39 GMT
Organization: Pyramid Technology



I have found the following MONTHLY publication providing the most accurate and
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and original articles on Islam. It's worth taking a look.
	
	The Washington Report on Middle East Affairs
	P.O. Box 53062
	Washington DC 20009
	
	(202) 939-6050
	Toll free 1-800-368-5788

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A note: I will be leaving my Company this week and will not have access to the
net for a while. I have learned a great deal from the discussions in the group
and will really miss it. Insha Allah I will have the privilege of tapping into
the net again in future. Until then, Fi Amanillah.
Newsgroups: soc.religion.islam
From: mtlj@kbs.citri.edu.au
Subject: Nedded articles
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Originator: Mughal@Romeo.Caltech.Edu (Asim Mughal -Moderator)
Organization: California Institute of Technology
Date: Mon, 13 Apr 1992 05:09:00 GMT


Salm Aleikum
I need some information about the topics below for a research paper,
please either answer me directly or post your response in the group.

1-The age of puberty in Islam for boys and girls and the reason behind
the difference between this age for the boys and the girls.
2-Food and health science in Islam.
3-Why do Moslems fast and what are the advantages of fasting?
4-Hijab.
5-Health in a Moslem community that uses Islamic laws.

The comparison between Islamic and the western societies for 1 and 2.
Many thanks in advance
Regards 
Mohammad
From: blais@emx.utexas.edu (Donald E. Blais)
Newsgroups: soc.religion.islam
Subject: Re:  The Writing Down of the Koran
Date: 14 Apr 92 04:37:14 GMT
Organization: The University of Texas at Austin; Austin, Texas

In article <1992Mar15.202305.9414@cco.caltech.edu> bes@cco.caltech.edu (Behnam Sadeghi) writes:
>The historical records are clear enough to indicate that nothing was 
>added to the Qur'an during its collection and arrangement.  However,
>there were variant _arrangements_ of the revealed verses.  For example, the
>close relative and companion of the Prophet, Ali ibn-Abu Talib, 
>had collected all the verses of the Qur'an in the written form.  But
>his _arrangement_ of the verses was different from the arrangement 
>used by Uthman.
>
>Sincerely,
>
>Behnam Sadeghi

Not all scholars are in agreement with this view.  This is a sensitive
and controversial topic.  A basic resource for its investigation is...

Jeffery, Arthur
Materials for the History of the Text of the Qur'an: the Old Codices.
   The Kitab al-masahif of Ibn Abi Dawud, together with a collection
   of the variant readings from the codices of Ibn Mas`ud, Ubai, `Ali,
   Ibn `Abbas, Anas, Abu Musa and other early Qur'anic authorities
   which present a type of text anterior to that of the canonical text
   of `Uthman.
Lib of Congress: BP 131.5 J4 1963

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From: PHS179B@vaxc.cc.monash.edu.au (Dien Rice)
Newsgroups: soc.religion.islam
Subject: Australian Islamic Conference
Date: 17 Apr 92 04:53:11 GMT


                      *** CONFERENCE ANNOUNCEMENT ***

            THE 4TH AUSTRALIAN INTERNATIONAL ISLAMIC CONFERENCE

            "ISLAMIC PERSPECTIVE ON PEACE AND MULTICULTURALISM"

   Organised by the Islamic Society of Melbourne Easter Region (ISOMER)

                           on 24-26 April, 1992

              At BOX HILL TOWN HALL, WHITEHORSE RD., BOX HILL,
                           MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA

                         *** ADMISSION IS FREE ***


``Muslims have lived for hundreds of years as a peaceful multicultural
society.  While Australian society has been searching for the attainment
of a peaceful multicultural society, the media has contributed to the
misconceived picture of Muslim fundamentalists as being backward and
uncivilised.  The Islamic way of life that is practiced by
"fundamentalist" Muslims has food for thought for those who are
searching for a peaceful multicultural society in Australia.  You may
find these fundamentalists' perspective on peace and multiculuralism
progressive, practical and modern.

``This conference extends invitations to the Multicultural Muslim
Community and to the Multicultural Society in Australia to meet with
scholars of international repute and eminent Muslims.  It is a humble
but sincere attempt to help us in Australia in our search for a peaceful
Multicultural Society.''

Speakers include Mrs. Iman Elkadi, Dr. Ahmed Elkadi, Dr. Ahmed Zaki
Hammad, and Dr. Mohammad Quraish Shihab.

Admission is free.  Lunch and dinner will be available but must be
organised in advance.  Seating is limited, so please enquire early to
avoid disappointment.

For more information, please write to:
The Secretary,
The 4th Australian International Islamic Conference,
P.O. Box 160, Glen Waverley, Vic. 3150, Australia

or (preferably) phone
Br Mohamed Nasser  (03) 801 5625

                              * * * * *
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From: jodar%girtab.usc.edu@usc.edu (Nicholas Jodar)
Subject: RE: Wudu (was Re: Show me ...)
Summary: Do I see unity...?  GOOD!
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Originator: Mughal@Romeo.Caltech.Edu (Asim Mughal -Moderator)
Keywords: Wudu
Organization: California Institute of Technology
Date: Tue, 14 Apr 1992 06:59:00 GMT

Assalam 'Alaikum,...

In article <12APR199222041587@romeo.caltech.edu> suheil@athena.mit.edu (Suheil I Laher) writes:

>Nevertheless, please not that your <1992Mar19.233442.10934@cco.caltech.edu>,
>bes@cco.caltech.edu (Behnam Sadeghi) statement that :
>|>                                                               The Qur'an
>|> doesn't say that the feet must be washed.
>is indisputably incorrect, just as i cannot claim that the qur'an does not
>say you should wipe on the feet.

I'd agree with that....

>Incidentally, I have seen shi'ites _washing_ their feet, as I have seen
>shi'ites praying with their arms folded, and shi'ites giving azaan the
>same as sunnis (i.e. without the extra parts about `ali and <hayya 
>`alaa khairil`amal>).

Well THAT'S encouraging...! :-)  Now if we could just get all the
muslims to think of themselves as 'muslim' instead of 'sunni,'
'shi'a,' 'Pakistani,' 'Egyptian,' et cetera, inshallah we'd be 
well on our way to having an Islamic State....

May Allah (SWT) Grace us with ever-growing success and unity as
an Ummah.  Amin.

-Nick

'Sabbihisma Rabikal A'laa Allazhi Khalaqa Fasawa W'Allazhi Qadar Fahada'
From: jamal@z.eecs.umich.edu (Jamal Mubarak)
Newsgroups: soc.religion.islam
Subject: Re: ISLAMIC WORLD NEWS (7th)
Date: 10 Apr 92 13:15:10 GMT
Organization: University of Michigan EECS Dept., Ann Arbor
Status: RO
Originator: hanan@mcs213k.cs.umr.edu

In article <1992Apr6.233439.1@max.u.washington.edu> imnet2@max.u.washington.edu writes:
>BISMIHI TA'ALA
>
>NEWS APRIL 6, 1992
>
>  'Whenever kings enter a city, they cause it to be corrupt, turning its
>  honourable people into a humiliated people.  Verily they do just that'.
>  (chapter 27, verse 14).

That should be 27:34, I believe.

Wassalaam,

Jamal
From: AAA4@psuvm.psu.edu
Newsgroups: soc.religion.islam
Subject: What is Divine Fairness? reiterated
Date: 12 Apr 92 11:03:00 GMT
Organization: California Institute of Technology
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Originator: Mughal@Iago.Caltech.Edu (Asim Mughal -Moderator)


the original poster was not looking for 'evidence' that God is fair, but
for a comprehensive objective definition of fairness that could be used
to show that islam is fair.
ie we all have our own perception of what's fair and try to use that
definition in our interpretation of the Quran,as in, the Quran could not
mean this because this would be unfair(by *our* definition of unfair
of course).
so what is an objective/comprehensive definition of fairness?
Afshan Alam.
95:8. Is not Allah the best of the Judges? :surah at-tin(the fig)verse8.Quran.
From: uunet!ucsd!sdsu!hercules.SDSU.EDU!news@ncar.UCAR.EDU (ARIAS A)
Newsgroups: soc.religion.islam
Subject: Re:  New Member
Date: 14 Apr 92 06:02:02 GMT
Organization: San Diego State University, College of Sciences


views and beliefs of no one but myself...
Organization: San Diego State University - Dept. of Redundancy Dept.
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Assalam Alaykum-
Welcome Christopher to the news group.  I would like to say that since
I entered my first posting of my wanting to learn more about Islam, I
have learned so much from this news group.  Islam is so beautiful,
and Insha Allah I will soon be ready to embrace Islam.
May God bless your efforts.
Beverly
 (ariar1000@bestsd.sdsu.edu)
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