Peace,

Angel, I agree with you, I hope this doesn?t happen. It will cause more problems than it solves. The truth is Muslims in the UK couldn?t organise a piss-up in a brewery. OK, the education system here isn?t perfect, but the last time I checked, Afghanistan wasn?t a beacon of academic attainment.

According to a study, majority of Muslim pupils are underachieving at schools because the curriculum is racist.

I would like to know how learning musical notes can be racist. Maybe I missed something.

Zak

Peace Maxq,

Unfortunately, I agree mainly with JK on this one. You are right that initials do have an important role in the scripture. E.g.

A.L.R, these are the signs of the Scripture of wisdom.
A.L.R, these are the signs of the clarifying Scripture.
A.L.M.R, these are the signs of the Scripture.

There are many other examples of this. These references are clearly referring to the initials as they only occur directly after them, and do not occur in the non-initialled chapters.

I am slightly susceptible to the mathematical code theory BUT for the life of me, I cannot understand how would it be useful to the message.

It seems a lot of people have a problem as to the use of the 19 code. What was use of the miracles given to Jesus or Moses? Only to prove they were messengers, there was no other profound meaning to them. The Quran is a messenger too so it would make sense to prove itself in a similar way.

There is plenty in the Quran that suggests it is a Divine writ. I do not need mathematical codes to prove it is so.

The Quran needs to do more than that to meet its own criteria

Say "If all the humans and the Jinn were to gather to bring a Quran like this, they could not come with its like, even if they were helping one another."

Although I believe the primary reason for the initials is to prove the Quran?s divinity through the mathematical code, I don?t rule out other meanings to them. I like what you have suggested, it is a new way of thinking about it.

Zak

Peace Alen,

I like the idea of the movie, I?m not sure there is a market for it, but the intention is good. I don?t like movies myself, so I?m in no position to advise you, but I will do anyway

• Make sure the movie is controversial
• Educate the viewers with something new
• Leave something to the imagination
• Don?t spend too much

Also some free advertising for websites like Free-Minds wouldn?t go amiss. I wish you all the best.

Zak

I don't know. I think it depends on a lot of things. I would try to divide it equally (as the owner of the apple, I should be fair). And if I was hungry, or if I needed food too, I would eat some of that apple.

Peace Phoenix

I agree that you should have a share yourself. I believe the rest is not in the realm of religion but personal ideology.

Zak

Peace Arnold

Thanks, that was very informative. I know someone who will find that interesting, I will pass it on.

Zak

So, you really want to eat that apple, but here are these people who need the apple much more than you.
What do you do?
do you eat the apple yourself, or do you share it with others?

Peace Phoenix,

I know you don?t like getting into philosophical details, but I would be interested to know what you think, I realise it?s slightly tangential.

Just imagine you are starving along with 2 other people. Only you have one apple. Would you divide the apple in exactly 3 equal pieces and share; divide it unequally in 3 pieces according to who needs it the most; or give it all away to the others and not eat anything yourself, and would doing so constitute deferred suicide?

Zak

Phoenix,

I understand the point you are making. Maybe you would care to give the good people an example--like the one you lectured me on!

Peace

Zak

Salam.

No offence, but do we even celebrate new year? And what's happy about it? There are more casaulties in Iraq, Somalia is starting with a war of its own, sunnis will be outraged by the death of Saddam, more tsunamis are on their way, air is pulluted, ice is melting, schools are loaded with potential killers and women still receive less money for the same jobs as men.

I can't be with my loved one and people around me are commiting fornication.
I don't see the good side of the year 2007.
Do you?

Peace.

Peace and Happy New Year Alen!

Unfortunately you have been brainwashed by the negative news corporations. Think how the world has changed for the better in the last 200 years, or 100 years, or even just the last 50 years. Yes there are ups and downs, but there are more ups than downs? think about it.

Zak

no that has to do with the spacial warping around a body with a huge mass... such as a black hole. perhaps, it is also referring to the fact that around a black hole, the escape vilocity approaches the vilocity of light (or perhaps even exceeds it.)

Maxi,

That took me a bit of time to understand but I get it now light does not bend normally, although normality itself can be distorted by large mass objects, and consequentially, light is distorted in comparison to normality. Thanks for clearing that up.

Peace

Zak

Hi Maxi,

Interesting thought. I have heard that although sonar is slower than light, if the waves could be straightened, the result would be something a lot faster than light. But I do understand that it still will not be something fundamental.

Can I ask you something else that I was wondering? We know that photons do not have mass, but that gravity will affect anything that has mass. How come light from stars bends around planets (because of gravity) before it reaches us? Surely that means that photons do have some mass. Sorry, I didn't pay attention during science classes -[

Peace

Zak

Zehra,

Also see http//19.org/index.php?id=14,176,0,0,1,0

Peace

Zak

Oi Noble, I would question what you said, but you were probably high on something when you said that, most likely "holy water"

Peace

Zak