http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml...8/ncondom08.xml


By Sarah Womack, Social Affairs Correspondent


(Filed: 08/09/2006)


Free condoms should be handed to children — possibly as young as 12 — in sports halls, shops and swimming baths, Government advisers suggested yesterday.


They also called for five-year-olds to have compulsory "relationship lessons" to drive down the number of pregnant youngsters.


The Independent Advisory Group on Teenage Pregnancy, which provides advice to ministers and monitors Government strategy, does not specify the age group that should receive the condoms.


But condoms should be "easily accessible to young people" and "new and creative approaches of getting condoms into the community would be the next logical step", it says.


Robert Whelan, of the Civitas think-tank, was scathing in his criticism.


"Up until now we have always taken a dim view about people who go to swimming baths to talk to little boys about sex. Now it seems to be Government policy. This is not progress."


Other critics said that the Government's teenage pregnancy strategy — based on education and the availability of contraceptives — had clearly failed, with rates of sexually transmitted infections among teenagers remaining high.


Gill Frances, of the National Children's Bureau, who leads the independent advisory group, said: "No sensible person would give a small child a condom."


However, she added: "We are not specifying an age."


Asked whether the plan could include 12- or 13-year-olds, she said: "If a young person is having sex, he or she needs advice or support."


She envisaged a youth advisory service within a sports facility, town hall or a school issuing the condoms.


The panel's report says that longer-lasting contraceptives, such as injections and implants, should also be widely available.


The panel's recommendations come amid a debate about how to cut the teenage pregnancy rate, the highest in western Europe.


The panel's report says it is "critical" for the Government to "be brave" and make sex education — personal, social and health education — compulsory in schools "at all key stages".


The youngest primary school children should be taught about "relationships and friendships". By 10, pupils should know about menstruation, physical changes in puberty, and correct names for reproductive organs. Detailed discussion of sex would be compulsory for children of 11 and over and there should be lessons on abortion.


Current lessons left pregnant teenagers ill-equipped to "assess abortion as an option", the report says.


On Monday, the Social Exclusion Action Plan is published. It will spell out the latest Government plans for tackling teenage pregnancy.


Recent figures show a drop in the teenage pregnancy rate. However critics say the fall in the "rates" — the number of pregnancies per thousand — can be attributed in part to an increasing population.


This includes a large number of Muslim families where teenage pregnancy is rare.


Behind the "rates", official statistics show a rising number of girls under 14 becoming pregnant and the Government missing its target for cutting the under-18 pregnancy rate by 15 per cent from its 1998 level.


Bismillah


If they think that they should receive condoms and learn sexual intercourse at the age of 5, why do they call Muslims backward if they marry off their children at 9 or 10??? :conf06:

"Muhammad is the Messenger of Allah, and those who are with him are severe against disbelievers, <b>and merciful among themselves. </b> You see them bowing and falling down prostrate (in prayer), seeking Bounty from Allah and (His) Good Pleasure. The mark of them (i.e. of their Faith) is on their faces (foreheads) from the traces of (their) prostration (during prayers). This is their description in the Torah. But their description in the Gospel is like a (sown) seed which sends forth its shoot, then makes it strong, it then becomes thick, and it stands straight on its stem, delighting the sowers that He may enrage the disbelievers with them. Allah has promised those among them who believe (i.e. all those who follow Islamic Monotheism, the religion of Prophet Muhammad till the Day of Resurrection) and do righteous good deeds, forgiveness and a mighty reward (i.e. Paradise)." (Quran 48:29)

Ok as some of you know i'm gonna get married.


and now i'm in a spot where i need some islamic advice prior to that point. I have read some posts on sexuality on this forum before, and they were helpful.


but here's my quesiton


Is birth control permitted in Islam?


If so


what methods?

Is this guy....





A ) Crazy


B ) Sane but misguided


C ) A Great Man


D ) A good leader but a little over-the-top

:) Jumah Mubarak


Allah (swt), the Exalted, says:


"Then when the (Jumu`ah) Salaah is ended, you may disperse through the land, and seek the Bounty of Allah (by working) and remember Allah (swt) much: so that you may be successful.'' (62:10)


1147. Abu Hurairah (RA) reported: The Messenger of Allah (swt) Nabi Muhammad (saw) said, "The best day on which the sun has risen is Friday. On that day Adam (AS) was created, he was admitted to Jannah, and he was expelled there from.'' [Muslim].


1156.Abu Hurairah (RA) reported: The Messenger of Allah (swt) Nabi Muhammad (saw) said while talking about the merits of Friday, "There is a time on Friday at which a Muslim, while he (or she) is performing Salat and is supplicating, will be granted whatever he (or she) is supplicating for.'' And Nabi Muhammad (saw) pointed with his hand to indicate that this period of time is very short. [Al-Bukhari and Muslim].


Commentary: This Hadith mentions another distinction of Jumu`ah, namely a moment in which every prayer that a person then makes is granted with the condition that what one is asking for is good and lawful. It is a very short moment and its time has also not been revealed. For this reason one should remember Allah (swt) frequently and pray to Him on Jumu`ah so that one attains that moment when prayers are answered. Prayers can also be answered outside Salaah if one happens to be supplicating at the specified moment.

Bismilah


Asalamalaikum


Please watch the whole video so you get a good grip of the Message.


<b>Culture VS Islam</b>


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salam brothes and sisters


i found some cool maricaks of the quran and allah


cheak it out


http://www.islamisforyou.com/miracles/index.shtml

The number of internet paedophiles arrested has quadrupled in four years. As internet crime soars, is it time ISP start monitoring of customer activities?


<b>The Positives of ISP Monitoring</b>


If all ISPs were to monitor what each user downloaded, they could better weed out those people who download materials such as Child Pornography. Then the ISP could inform the police of the activity, while passing on the address of the person doing it. This would speed up the capture of paedophiles and help keep children safe. Some ISPs could even introduce a monitor program that keeps an eye on any P2P software installed and keeps track of the files that have been downloaded. It would be a great leap forward in the attempts to cut the growing Internet crimes.


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The Negatives of ISP Monitoring


One big negative that some people may immediately focus on is breach of privacy. Internet users should be allowed to have a strong level of privacy, to help protect their identities while online. With the increase in hacking, people could get into these programs and take personal information without you even knowing. This is very rare, but possible none the less. It is also possible that all your personal IMs and emails could be stored away without your permission and read without you knowing. This would be a major breach in your privacy.


That's both sides of the coin. Yes it would really help tackle crime...or would it be Big Brother to the extreme. You would be watched, everything you see, hear, download and everyone you talk to will be recorded.


The question is: Would you allow your ISP to monitor internet activities on the basis that it would help tackle internet crime, to protect those children?

salam brothers and sisters


I am very cuerise about these 2 sects ,whats the differnt between them? and why are we divided into 2 sects

http://english.aljazeera.net/NR/exeres/CF1...DEFCBDB5D86.htm


Israeli forces shot and killed a father and his son when they raided a house in the Gaza Strip on Saturday, and a third Palestinian was killed by Israeli soldiers near a Gaza border crossing, medics and witnesses said.


In the first incident, witnesses said Israeli soldiers backed by helicopters entered the northern Gaza town of Bait Hanun and engaged in heavy clashes with Palestinian fighters there.


Residents said the operation targeted the house of a member of Hamas. A Palestinian father and his son were killed and at least four others were wounded, medics said.


The army said two fighters opened fire on Israeli forces from within the building, prompting soldiers to return fire.





An Israeli army spokesman added that two Hamas fighters wanted for firing rockets into Israel and setting off explosives were also arrested by Israeli special forces from the house.


The house was later demolished by an army bulldozer, residents said.


Children hurt


At the same time, Israeli air strikes in a nearby part of Bait Hanun wounded three Palestinians, two of them children, with shrapnel, medics said.


In the second incident, the Israeli army said it had shot a man south of the Kisufim border crossing in central Gaza overnight. They said the man looked like he intended to infiltrate Israel. Palestinian medics recovered the body.


Gaza is in the grip of lawlessness


compounded by an Israeli siege


Later on Saturday, two Palestinians were lightly injured by flying debris from an air strike on a building in northern Gaza, residents said.


An Israeli military spokesman said a weapons-storage facility was targeted.


The attacks were the latest in an eight-week Israeli offensive in Gaza that started after fighters abducted an Israeli soldier in a raid.


More than 200 Palestinians, about half of them civilians, have been killed during the offensive.


Makeshift rockets


As well as seeking to recover the captured soldier, the operation is aimed at preventing fighters from firing makeshift rockets into Israel from northern Gaza. Rocket fire has resumed sporadically in recent days.


In a sign of continuing lawlessness in the narrow coastal strip, a Hamas security officer was killed in clashes with a local clan in the southern town of Khan Yunus, medics and witnesses said.


Five members of the clan were also injured.


Residents said security forces had been trying to defuse a feud between rival clans in the area.


Interesting interview:


http://english.aljazeera.net/NR/exeres/A10...C112EEC4DA9.htm


'Israelis want Palestinian ethnic cleansing'


By Motasem A Dalloul in Gaza


Ahmed Bahar: Deep sorrow over Arab and Islamic silence


Israel has stepped up its policy of forcibly detaining members of the Palestinian Legislative Council.


On August 20, Israeli forces seized Mahmoud al-Ramhi, Hamas secretary and the fourth-highest ranking official in the Palestinian legislature.


Two days later, an Israeli court charged Abd al-Aziz Dweik, the speaker of parliament, with membership in an outlawed organisation - the Islamist movement and governing party, Hamas.


To date, Israel has detained 30 Hamas politicians and five cabinet ministers, including Nasser Shaer, the deputy prime minister.


Thirty other senior and mid-level members of Hamas were also seized on June 29 as part of an Israeli campaign against the Islamist movement following the capture of Israeli Corporal Gilad Shalit by fighters on the border of the Gaza Strip on June 25.


Ahmed Bahar, the former deputy and acting speaker of the Palestinian Legislative Council (PLC), considers the kidnapping of the parliamentarians as well as an alleged assassination attempt against Ismail Haniya, the prime minister, part of a conspiracy to undermine the Hamas-led Palestinian government (PG).


Aljazeera.net: In pursuing its policy of detaining Hamas and government officials, what message is the Israeli government sending the Palestinian people?


Ahmed Bahar: The main message is that they want to undermine the Palestinian political regime at both levels: The government and the PLC.


They also want to humiliate Dweik, who they have put in a small dirty cell, as well as the Arabs and Muslims and all those who sympathise with them.


Despite strong condemnations and continuous contact with a lot of parliaments and parliamentarians, they are pursuing their policy as they clearly don't want a PG or a PLC.


The coincidence of the imprisonment of Dweik with the assassination attempt on Prime Minister Ismail Haniya shows that there is a previously manipulated plan to undermine the Palestinian regime.


What is the Palestinian government doing to secure the release of its officials in Israel jails?


We've conducted many demonstrations inside the country and abroad. We've called for demonstrations in Gaza and Ramallah, invited consuls and ambassadors, called human rights and Red Cross activists and so on.


We've sent more than 80 letters to Arab, Asian and European parliaments in order to keep them abreast of the crimes of the Zionist state. We've organised a sit-in last week and many Arab speakers of parliaments spoke with us by telephone as well as some European parliamentarians.


We've sent letters to Arab foreign ministers but regrettably, they have discussed neither the letter nor any other Palestinian issue.


We really feel deep sorrow for the Arab and Islamic silence toward the Palestinian issues.


Do you fear being seized by Israeli forces?


Yes, of course. The occupation troops may imprison or assassinate me because they want to disrupt the work of the PLC completely. If they take me away from the scene and remove second deputy speaker Hasan Khoraisha [not a member of Hamas] as well, the PLC will be formed by the second majority party and they can do whatsoever they want in the PLC and the government also.


Does the absence of about one-third of the PLC members affect it?


Of course. The absence of about 40 members from the Change and Reform bloc, a Hamas bloc in the PLC, affects the work of the parliament. But I assert that the performance of the parliament will continue regularly despite the absence of those members.


We are sure that the Israelis are implementing a well-constructed plan in order to undermine the work of the PLC as well as toppling the PG.


But I want to tell them that if they want to undermine stability in the Palestinian political arena this time, they themselves will bear the responsibility for the instability and disorder that will surely follow and affect all the Middle East.


A big part of this plot is implemented by local Palestinian hands beside the Israeli and the American hands. In addition, Arab silence is considered a supportive factor for this conspiracy.


But I am sure that the national and international position against Hamas's victory in the PLC proves that Hamas is on the right way. Hamas has adopted real democracy; however, they adopt the false democracy. Hamas will continue in its path.


How has Mahmoud Abbas, the Palestinian president, reacted to these developments?


In fact, Mr Abbas sometimes adopts ambiguous positions. He issues decrees that hinder the work of the PG. For example, he has the ability to help alleviate the financial siege on the PA as he has the authority on the Palestinian Investment Fund and the Monetary Palestinian Fund which have billions of US dollars in their coffers.


He can facilitate the transfer of funds collected by the PG or the Arab League as the US and EU currently refuse to transfer monies except under his control. He doesn't act positively.


We should all be united against the Israeli siege on Palestine, but sometimes and unfortunately, we feel that his positions harm that national goal.


Israel has maintained a siege and crackdown on Palestinian territories after fighters in the Gaza Strip infiltrated southern Israel and captured an Israeli soldier. Are you working towards getting this siege lifted?


We have two bitter choices ahead of us: Either patience and vigilance, or submission.


But I think that we won't submit or make any change in our stance as this will be considered betraying the Palestinian voters who elected us and our political platform of national resistance to Israeli occupation.


Our people who live in Palestine and practised resistance by their hands and lived long years under the Israeli occupation recognise clearly what such a programme means. We are determined to follow this path.


Why won't you return Gilad Shalit to the Israelis?


Our key demands - the freeing of Palestinian prisoners from Israeli jails – have not been met.


Some Palestinian observers believe Israel will exchange the PLC officials for the safe return of Shalit. Do you see this as likely?


At first, I want to say that the Palestinian fighters captured the Israeli soldier from a tank; however, the Palestinian PLC members and ministers were kidnapped from their homes.


Their issue isn't related to Shalit at all, but it is a kind of pressure on the Palestinian people to abdicate their principles.


Secondly, different mediators – such as our Egyptian brothers - spoke about the release of the soldier. I hope to reach a satisfactory deal. But, I say that any satisfactory and acceptable deal for Palestinians is to release a reasonable number of the prisoners in return of the Israeli soldier. I myself suggest the release of all the prisoners in the Israeli jails. Then, there will be no need for kidnappings of any Israelis.


Ismail Haniya has proposed dissolving the Palestinian Authority. Will this help in lifting the siege?


The PM asked only for discussing the gains of the existence of the PA in its current form, not for the dissolution of it. He has put the issue up for debate: How can we face this siege and whether this step would be a successful solution to the crisis or not.


We believe the only solution is to form a national unity government; and we have started the discussion with other political parties in that regard.


But Abbas has said that George Bush, the US president, will not deal with any Palestinian government which contains members of Hamas.


I want to say to those who support the removal of Hamas from the government that Israel will one day want them out as well. If the Israelis want Hamas out today and place Fatah in power, tomorrow they will turn around and fight Fatah.


They themselves nominated Arafat for the Noble Prize, and then at the end they killed him.


I want all sides to know clearly that the Israelis want ethnic cleansing for all Palestinians.