Pakistans Top Five Sexiest Mullahs!

When I was growing up as a horny teenage boy (some, of course, swear that I never left that phase) I was a consistent follower of “insert-number-of-choice sexiest women in the world” lists that men’s magazines frequently publish. Be it Maxim, FHM or that online bible AskMen.com, I would always anxiously await their results. Sometimes Jessica Alba took top honors, at other times the crown went to Monica Bellucci. Of course, then there was that sissy People’s magazine list ranking the most good looking folks in the world. Bah. Sitting on my toilet seat the other day, however, I realized … Continue reading Pakistans Top Five Sexiest Mullahs!

What cokestudio fans want

Facebook tells me that many of those who like Coke Studio are conformist sheep, really. You know how Facebook has this magnificent suggestions thing going in which it runs its super-smart algorithms to tell you what your friends like, in the hope that you’ll like it too? Well, I decided to play along and see what this was all about after getting annoyed by a constant barrage of suggestions along the lines of “Many of your friends who like Coke Studio also like…” (Yes, I like Coke Studio on Facebook. In my defence, Ali Hamza is irresistibly cute and my … Continue reading What cokestudio fans want

Paradise from a seed

Learning to grow paradise from a seed Grade 3 at the vegetable patch besides an iceberg lettuce plant. Vacations are coming to an end and that means another year of productive farming can begin! Teaching gardening to young people is rewarding on many levels.The best part is that you get paid to practice your hobby. I can proudly say that I belong to a team that are the pioneers of teaching gardening at the school level. It was the combined effort of Ms Sabrina Dawood and Mr Tofiq Pasha Mooraj to introduce gardening as a subject and to spread the awareness about the environment.  For me, … Continue reading Paradise from a seed

Musharraf due in Pakistan this September

Musharraf expected to return in September Shahbaz also disclosed the merger of the All Pakistan Muslim League and PML-Q in the days ahead. LAHORE: Former president Pervez Musharraf is expected to announce his election manifesto in September on his return to the country. This was announced by All Pakistan Muslim League Chief Coordinator Chaudhry Shahbaz during a press conference at the Lahore Press Club on Sunday. He said the former president will face all charges against him, adding that the government is even free to probe Nawab Akbar Bugti’s assassination and the Lal Mosque carnage. Shahbaz also disclosed the merger … Continue reading Musharraf due in Pakistan this September

English are ‘anti-semitic’ – Israel

Fury as Israel president claims English are ‘anti-semitic’ Israel’s president has accused the English of being anti-semitic and claimed that MPs pander to Muslim voters. By David Harrison and Adrian Blomfield in Jerusalem telegraph.co.uk Israel’s President Shimon Peres said that England’s attitude towards Jews was Israel’s “next big problem”. Photo: REUTERS Shimon Peres said England was “deeply pro-Arab … and anti-Israeli”, adding: “They always worked against us.” He added: “There is in England a saying that an anti-Semite is someone who hates the Jews more than is necessary.” His remarks, made in an interview on a Jewish website, provoked anger … Continue reading English are ‘anti-semitic’ – Israel

CHRIST IN ISLÂM

BY REV. JAMES ROBSON, M.A. LECTURER IN ARABIC, GLASGOW UNIVERSITY [London, John Murray] [1929] p. 5 CONTENTS INTRODUCTION 7 CHAPTER I. PASSAGES FROM THE KORÂN 17 II. TRADITIONAL STORIES 29 III. MORAL AND RELIGIOUS SAYINGS 42 IV. ASCETIC SAYINGS 63 V. SAYINGS OF GOD TO JESUS 78 VI. MISCELLANEOUS PASSAGES 81 VII. STORIES CONNECTED WITH JESUS 95 p. 7 INTRODUCTION WHEN Mohammad established Islâm in Arabia he insisted that he was not proclaiming a new religion, for he believed that all the prophets who preceded him had brought the same message. From time to time God had sent prophets and … Continue reading CHRIST IN ISLÂM

Ancient Forms of {Pre-Islamic} Pagan Worship

pp. 1612-1623 of The Holy Qur’an, Text, Translation and Commentary by Abdullah Yusuf Ali, [1946] {Scanned at sacred-texts.com, October, 2001. This is a short excerpt from an appendix to an English translation of the Qur’an, which describes the pagan beliefs in the Arabian peninsula prior to the rise of Islam. It is written by a devout Muslim, so this point of view is evident throughout. This is one of the few treatments of this fascinating but little-understood subject which I have found. I have appended the translation and notes for the portion of the Qur’an (Surah lxxi.) mentioned in the … Continue reading Ancient Forms of {Pre-Islamic} Pagan Worship

HISTORY OF WICCA IN ENGLAND

Newsgroups: alt.pagan From: mimir@stein.u.washington.edu (Al Billings) Subject: History of Wicca Lecture Message-ID: <1nk85kINNb3t@shelley.u.washington.edu> Date: 10 Mar 1993 08:16:52 GMT Organization: The Friends of Loki Society Lines: 924 HISTORY OF WICCA IN ENGLAND: 1939 – present day This talk was given by Julia Phillips at the Wiccan Conference in Canberra, 1991. It is mainly about the early days of the Wicca in England; specifically what we now call Gardnerian and Alexandrian traditions. The text remains “as given”, so please remember when you read it that it was never intended to be “read”, but “heard” and debated. Text begins: There are three … Continue reading HISTORY OF WICCA IN ENGLAND

Tao Te Ching

by Lao-tzu J. Legge, Translator (Sacred Books of the East, Vol 39) [1891] 1 The Tao that can be trodden is not the enduring and unchanging Tao. The name that can be named is not the enduring and unchanging name. (Conceived of as) having no name, it is the Originator of heaven and earth; (conceived of as) having a name, it is the Mother of all things. Always without desire we must be found, If its deep mystery we would sound; But if desire always within us be, Its outer fringe is all that we shall see. Under these two … Continue reading Tao Te Ching

Ann Widdecombe is sexy

Ann Widdecombe just got sexy Ann Widdecombe may be a virgin, but by putting dance ahead of the Pope the ex-MP has shown an admirable lust for life Victoria Coren guardian.co.uk, Sunday 1 August 2010 00.05 BST Article history Ann Widdecombe has never seemed more human. Or, some might say, human. Just kidding; that always looked like flesh and blood to me. Suspicions of robotism are a standard joke about any right-wing MP, given extra currency because Miss Widdecombe is a virgin. But I don’t find that especially odd. Were it not for alcohol and the desperate, lonely men of … Continue reading Ann Widdecombe is sexy