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Sunday, October 18, 2009

[chottala.com] FW: [khabor.com] Re: Al-Qamaari BOMBED!!!




Mr. Afsar Hossain,
 
Your good will of debating on the real issue is very much appreciated. Let us talk about the realities. I wpold really appreciate
 

--- On Sat, 10/10/09, afsar hossain <afsar_hossainbd@yahoo.com> wrote:



From: afsar hossain <afsar_hossainbd@yahoo.com>
Subject: Re: Al-Qamaari BOMBED!!!
To: "Jimmy Jumshade" <jimmybug@rocketmail.com>, "mirza.syed" <mirza.syed@gmail.com>, "Pelican Infotech" <pelicaninfotech@yahoo.com>, "Trishool" <lalhgehi@yahoo.com>
Cc: "niyas abbas" <niyasabbas@yahoo.co.uk>, "WAZEER HAMEEM" <wazeer204@yahoo.com>, "Nizam Hassim" <nizmohamed@gmail.com>, sydsadr@hotmail.com, "razzak ladha" <arazzakladha@hotmail.com>, "drshabbir" <drshabbir@bellsouth.net>, jijtehadi@aol.com, ieq@iequran.com, "AbdulQadir Somali" <issapesa@yahoo.com>, hyder_ali7@yahoo.com, abdulmunab2802@yahoo.com, "abid" <abidbahar@yahoo.com>, "abusayeeddr" <abusayeedr@yahoo.com>, "Afroj Jahan" <shurovies.coll@gmail.com>, "Aftab Kazmi" <aftab_kazmi@hotmail.com>, "Ajmol ali" <ajmol.ali@treas.state.nj.us>, "Alamgir" <malamgir1@aol.com>, "Alochana" <alochona@yahoogroups.com>, "anis90" <anis90242@yahoo.com>, "arrad" <arrad@ymail.com>, "arif" <arif1964uk@yahoo.co.uk>, "avijit" <avijit_dev@yahoo.co.in>, axabi11@yahoo.com, "bancan" <bancan@gmail.com>, beautyanwar@hotmail.com, "ben" <ben_inda@yahoo.com>, "Captain Chow" <captchowdhury@yahoo.ca>, "celeti@aol.com" <celeti@aol.com>, "Colonel" <mustafizmrk@yahoo.com>, "dabir" <md.dabiruddin@yahoo.com>, "delwar" <delwar98@hotmail.com>, "drmanik" <eastside_peds@bellsouth.net>, "DrNayeem" <naymulkarim@yahoo.com>, "enayet" <enayet_2000@yahoo.com>, "Farid" <akhtergolam@gmail.com>, "General Ibrahim" <mgsmibrahim@yahoo.com>, "hannan" <sahannan@sonarbangladesh.com>, himu.rozario@comcast.net, inara_islam@hotmail.com, "inayat" <minayet@yahoo.com>, itouchfree@yahoo.ca, "javed" <javediqbalkaleem@yahoo.com>, "javedz" <javedz@hotmail.com>, "jiban" <imrulalqays@gmail.com>, "Kabir" <economytravel@comcast.net>, "Kazi Masud x ambassador" <kamasud@dhaka.net>, "Khabor" <khabor@yahoogroups.com>, "Ahumanb" <ahumanb@yahoo.com>, ma_davies44@yahoo.com.au, "Mohammad Asghar" <msa7011@yahoo.com>
Date: Saturday, October 10, 2009, 8:13 PM

All ignorant and stupid comments around moon worship, moon god etc etc.
 
You guys very much aware that moon is only taken for time calculation (lunar calender) like sun is also taken for the same purpose (solar calender).
 
If you really want to debate, better debate on issues like:
 
1.  ARE WE HUMAN REALLY CAPABLE OF UNDERSTADING & UNCOVERING THE WHOLE CREATION WHERE EVEN WHOLE SOLAR SYSTEM IS NOT FOUND EVEN AS A ATOM IN THE CLUSTERS OF GALAXIES???!!!
 
2. CAN WE CREAT A ATMOSPHERE WHERE OXYGEN NITROZEN RATIO WILL BE 50:50 OR ANY WIRED FIGURE WHERE WE HUMAN & ANIMALS WILL BREATH SMOOTHLY AND WE TALK LIKE STUPID FOOLS OF QUESTIONING CREATOR'S POWER???!!!
 
3. CAN WE CREAT A TINY CREATURE LIKE ANT OR MOSQUITO AND SHOW OUR BRAIN MUSCLE POWER TO CHALLANGE THE CREATOR'S CREATIONS???!!!
 
The Creator is kind enough to creat human like us and giving freedom to our conscience so that we can be put to trial for our times being spent on this plain of earth. Better we should get ready for better days ahead on a different plain and keep our conscience happy doing whatever good possible with this short span of time here on earth instead of spreading ill thoughts among people. Almighty have created Human to make this Earth a beautiful place and peaceful exam hall so that we can attend our exam peacefully and answer the questions properly to score as high as possible.
 
All the best to you all...        
 
--- On Sat, 10/10/09, Trishool <lalhgehi@yahoo.com> wrote:

From: Trishool <lalhgehi@yahoo.com>
Subject: Re: Al-Qamaari BOMBED!!!
To: "Jimmy Jumshade" <jimmybug@rocketmail.com>, "mirza.syed" <mirza.syed@gmail.com>, "Pelican Infotech" <pelicaninfotech@yahoo.com>
Cc: "niyas abbas" <niyasabbas@yahoo.co.uk>, "WAZEER HAMEEM" <wazeer204@yahoo.com>, "Nizam Hassim" <nizmohamed@gmail.com>, sydsadr@hotmail.com, "razzak ladha" <arazzakladha@hotmail.com>, "drshabbir" <drshabbir@bellsouth.net>, jijtehadi@aol.com, ieq@iequran.com, "AbdulQadir Somali" <issapesa@yahoo.com>, hyder_ali7@yahoo.com, abdulmunab2802@yahoo.com, "abid" <abidbahar@yahoo.com>, "abusayeeddr" <abusayeedr@yahoo.com>, "Afroj Jahan" <shurovies.coll@gmail.com>, "afsarbhai" <afsar_hossainbd@yahoo.com>, "Aftab Kazmi" <aftab_kazmi@hotmail.com>, "Ajmol ali" <ajmol.ali@treas.state.nj.us>, "Alamgir" <malamgir1@aol.com>, "Alochana" <alochona@yahoogroups.com>, "anis90" <anis90242@yahoo.com>, "arrad" <arrad@ymail.com>, "arif" <arif1964uk@yahoo.co.uk>, "avijit" <avijit_dev@yahoo.co.in>, axabi11@yahoo.com, "bancan" <bancan@gmail.com>, beautyanwar@hotmail.com, "ben" <ben_inda@yahoo.com>, "Captain Chow" <captchowdhury@yahoo.ca>, "celeti@aol.com" <celeti@aol.com>, "Colonel" <mustafizmrk@yahoo.com>, "dabir" <md.dabiruddin@yahoo.com>, "delwar" <delwar98@hotmail.com>, "drmanik" <eastside_peds@bellsouth.net>, "DrNayeem" <naymulkarim@yahoo.com>, "enayet" <enayet_2000@yahoo.com>, "Farid" <akhtergolam@gmail.com>, "General Ibrahim" <mgsmibrahim@yahoo.com>, "hannan" <sahannan@sonarbangladesh.com>, himu.rozario@comcast.net, inara_islam@hotmail.com, "inayat" <minayet@yahoo.com>, itouchfree@yahoo.ca, "javed" <javediqbalkaleem@yahoo.com>, "javedz" <javedz@hotmail.com>, "jiban" <imrulalqays@gmail.com>, "Kabir" <economytravel@comcast.net>, "Kazi Masud x ambassador" <kamasud@dhaka.net>, "Khabor" <khabor@yahoogroups.com>, "Ahumanb" <ahumanb@yahoo.com>, ma_davies44@yahoo.com.au, "Mohammad Asghar" <msa7011@yahoo.com>
Date: Saturday, 10 October, 2009, 7:23 AM

IF ALLAH IS AWAKE, HE WILL SHOUT FROM THE MOON, TO STOP BOMBARDMENT ON HIS HOLY TERRITORY. !

PERHAPS THOSE WHO BOMB THE SECRET MOON, DO NOT REALIZE THAT THEY ARE HURTING THE SENTIMENTS OF FOLLOWERS OF ISLAM, WHO DEPEND ON MOON, TO CELEBRATE THEIR EID FESTIVAL. !!

NOW, THE IMAGE, AND HONOR OF POOR MOON GOD HAS BEEN VIOLATED BY THE SCIENTISTS. !!

THAT IS NOT FAIR. !!
THAT IS BREACH OF FAITH IN MOON GOD. !
NOW WHO WILL DEPEND ON MOON GOD, TO CELEBRATE EID. ?!!
NOT FAIR, NOT FAIR, AT ALL. !!

Trishool.   


--- On Fri, 10/9/09, Pelican Infotech <pelicaninfotech@yahoo.com> wrote:

From: Pelican Infotech <pelicaninfotech@yahoo.com>
Subject: Al-Qamaari BOMBED!!!
To: "Jimmy Jumshade" <jimmybug@rocketmail.com>, "mirza.syed" <mirza.syed@gmail.com>
Cc: "niyas abbas" <niyasabbas@yahoo.co.uk>, "WAZEER HAMEEM" <wazeer204@yahoo.com>, "Nizam Hassim" <nizmohamed@gmail.com>, sydsadr@hotmail.com, "razzak ladha" <arazzakladha@hotmail.com>, "drshabbir" <drshabbir@bellsouth.net>, jijtehadi@aol.com, ieq@iequran.com, "AbdulQadir Somali" <issapesa@yahoo.com>, hyder_ali7@yahoo.com, abdulmunab2802@yahoo.com, "abid" <abidbahar@yahoo.com>, "abusayeeddr" <abusayeedr@yahoo.com>, "Afroj Jahan" <shurovies.coll@gmail.com>, "afsarbhai" <afsar_hossainbd@yahoo.com>, "Aftab Kazmi" <aftab_kazmi@hotmail.com>, "Ajmol ali" <ajmol.ali@treas.state.nj.us>, "Alamgir" <malamgir1@aol.com>, "Alochana" <alochona@yahoogroups.com>, "anis90" <anis90242@yahoo.com>, "arrad" <arrad@ymail.com>, "arif" <arif1964uk@yahoo.co.uk>, "avijit" <avijit_dev@yahoo.co.in>, axabi11@yahoo.com, "bancan" <bancan@gmail.com>, beautyanwar@hotmail.com, "ben" <ben_inda@yahoo.com>, "Captain Chow" <captchowdhury@yahoo.ca>, "celeti@aol.com" <celeti@aol.com>, "Colonel" <mustafizmrk@yahoo.com>, "dabir" <md.dabiruddin@yahoo.com>, "delwar" <delwar98@hotmail.com>, "drmanik" <eastside_peds@bellsouth.net>, "DrNayeem" <naymulkarim@yahoo.com>, "enayet" <enayet_2000@yahoo.com>, "Farid" <akhtergolam@gmail.com>, "General Ibrahim" <mgsmibrahim@yahoo.com>, "hannan" <sahannan@sonarbangladesh.com>, himu.rozario@comcast.net, inara_islam@hotmail.com, "inayat" <minayet@yahoo.com>, itouchfree@yahoo.ca, "javed" <javediqbalkaleem@yahoo.com>, "javedz" <javedz@hotmail.com>, "jiban" <imrulalqays@gmail.com>, "Kabir" <economytravel@comcast.net>, "Kazi Masud x ambassador" <kamasud@dhaka.net>, "Khabor" <khabor@yahoogroups.com>, "lal" <lalhgehi@yahoo.com>, "Ahumanb" <ahumanb@yahoo.com>, ma_davies44@yahoo.com.au, "Mohammad Asghar" <msa7011@yahoo.com>
Date: Friday, October 9, 2009, 8:00 PM

Yesterday, 9.10.2009, , 6:00 GMT, NASA fired two salvos at the moon, to unearth what lie .. in its innards!!!!

The symbol of Muslim reverence, lay ... raped, sliced, beaten and ... BOMBED!!!.

Allah did nothing, he could do nothing to save his fav. creation!. Muslims follow the MOON, which follows the SUN (91.01/91.02 (sic!)) .. and the Kafir's bomb it to see if Moon can be harvested for human consumption.!!!!!!!!

This is the final nail in the coffin that contains .. Islam. Islam is a lie, and has been proven so. Muhammad and his sordid story of lies and deceit .. lay .. beaten .. bombed .. BURIED!.

The fasted growing lie in the world, 1.5 billion as per latest census, can now contemplate ... is Allah hu o AKBAR?????


TC



From: Jimmy Jumshade <jimmybug@rocketmail.com>
To: mirza.syed <mirza.syed@gmail.com>
Cc: Pelican Infotech <pelicaninfotech@yahoo.com>; niyas abbas <niyasabbas@yahoo.co.uk>; WAZEER HAMEEM <wazeer204@yahoo.com>; Nizam Hassim <nizmohamed@gmail.com>; sydsadr@hotmail.com; razzak ladha <arazzakladha@hotmail.com>; drshabbir <drshabbir@bellsouth.net>; jijtehadi@aol.com; ieq@iequran.com; AbdulQadir Somali <issapesa@yahoo.com>; hyder_ali7@yahoo.com; abdulmunab2802@yahoo.com; abid <abidbahar@yahoo.com>; abusayeeddr <abusayeedr@yahoo.com>; Afroj Jahan <shurovies.coll@gmail.com>; afsarbhai <afsar_hossainbd@yahoo.com>; Aftab Kazmi <aftab_kazmi@hotmail.com>; Ajmol ali <ajmol.ali@treas.state.nj.us>; Alamgir <malamgir1@aol.com>; Alochana <alochona@yahoogroups.com>; anis90 <anis90242@yahoo.com>; arrad <arrad@ymail.com>; arif <arif1964uk@yahoo.co.uk>; avijit <avijit_dev@yahoo.co.in>; axabi11@yahoo.com; bancan <bancan@gmail.com>; beautyanwar@hotmail.com; ben <ben_inda@yahoo.com>; Captain Chow <captchowdhury@yahoo.ca>; "celeti@aol.com" <celeti@aol.com>; Colonel <mustafizmrk@yahoo.com>; dabir <md.dabiruddin@yahoo.com>; delwar <delwar98@hotmail.com>; drmanik <eastside_peds@bellsouth.net>; DrNayeem <naymulkarim@yahoo.com>; enayet <enayet_2000@yahoo.com>; Farid <akhtergolam@gmail.com>; General Ibrahim <mgsmibrahim@yahoo.com>; hannan <sahannan@sonarbangladesh.com>; himu.rozario@comcast.net; inara_islam@hotmail.com; inayat <minayet@yahoo.com>; itouchfree@yahoo.ca; javed <javediqbalkaleem@yahoo.com>; javedz <javedz@hotmail.com>; jiban <imrulalqays@gmail.com>; Kabir <economytravel@comcast.net>; Kazi Masud x ambassador <kamasud@dhaka.net>; Khabor <khabor@yahoogroups.com>; lal <lalhgehi@yahoo.com>; Ahumanb <ahumanb@yahoo.com>; ma_davies44@yahoo.com.au; Mohammad Asghar <msa7011@yahoo.com>
Sent: Sat, October 10, 2009 7:11:32 AM
Subject: Re: AL-QAMAARI IS TO BE BOMBED??

Indeed, Sir. The Pagan "CHIEF GOD"  (Part of the mass of IDOLS Muhammad broke & destroyed in one of the most intolerant acts in the world, which made Muslims also most intolerant people) "AL-ILLAH" twisted into new word & cruel GOD "ALLAH". Muslims are still MOON-WORSHIPPERS because they cannot operate without the MOON......................................


--- On Fri, 10/9/09, mirza.syed <mirza.syed@gmail.com> wrote:



You are damn right. Arabs used to worship their moon-God which was later named as ilaha and then Allah. So, these people were moon worshipper and in fact, they still worship Moon.
 
SKM


 
On Thu, Oct 8, 2009 at 10:38 PM, Jimmy Jumshade <jimmybug@rocketmail.com> wrote:
Mainly because "Muslims are former MOON-WORSHIPPERS" and they never got rid of the habit...................



--- On Thu, 10/8/09, Mohammad Asghar <msa7011@yahoo.com> wrote:

From: Mohammad Asghar <msa7011@yahoo.com>
Subject: Re: AL-QAMAARI IS TO BE BOMBED??
To: "Pelican Infotech" <pelicaninfotech@yahoo..com>, "niyas abbas" <niyasabbas@yahoo.co.uk>, "WAZEER HAMEEM" <wazeer204@yahoo.com>, "Nizam Hassim" <nizmohamed@gmail..com>, sydsadr@hotmail.com, "razzak ladha" <arazzakladha@hotmail.com>, "drshabbir" <drshabbir@bellsouth.net>, jijtehadi@aol.com, ieq@iequran.com, "AbdulQadir Somali" <issapesa@yahoo.com>, hyder_ali7@yahoo.com, abdulmunab2802@yahoo.com, "abid" <abidbahar@yahoo..com>, "abusayeeddr" <abusayeedr@yahoo.com>, "Afroj Jahan" <shurovies.coll@gmail.com>, "afsarbhai" <afsar_hossainbd@yahoo.com>, "Aftab Kazmi" <aftab_kazmi@hotmail.com>, "Ajmol ali" <ajmol.ali@treas.state.nj.us>, "Alamgir" <malamgir1@aol.com>, "Alochana" <alochona@yahoogroups.com>, "anis90" <anis90242@yahoo.com>, "arrad" <arrad@ymail.com>, "arif" <arif1964uk@yahoo.co.uk>, "avijit" <avijit_dev@yahoo.co.in>, axabi11@yahoo.com, "bancan" <bancan@gmail.com>, beautyanwar@hotmail.com, "ben" <ben_inda@yahoo.com>, "Captain Chow" <captchowdhury@yahoo.ca>, "celeti@aol.com" <celeti@aol.com>, "Colonel" <mustafizmrk@yahoo.com>, "dabir" <md.dabiruddin@yahoo.com>, "delwar" <delwar98@hotmail.com>, "drmanik" <eastside_peds@bellsouth.net>, "DrNayeem" <naymulkarim@yahoo.com>, "enayet" <enayet_2000@yahoo.com>, "Farid" <akhtergolam@gmail.com>, "General Ibrahim" <mgsmibrahim@yahoo.com>, "hannan" <sahannan@sonarbangladesh.com>, himu.rozario@comcast.net, inara_islam@hotmail.com, "inayat" <minayet@yahoo.com>, itouchfree@yahoo.ca, "javed" <javediqbalkaleem@yahoo.com>, "javedz" <javedz@hotmail.com>, "jiban" <imrulalqays@gmail.com>, "jimmy" <jimmybug@rocketmail.com>, "Kabir" <economytravel@comcast.net>, "Kazi Masud x ambassador" <kamasud@dhaka.net>, "Khabor" <khabor@yahoogroups.com>, "khurshid" <mirza.syed@gmail..com>, "lal" <lalhgehi@yahoo.com>, "Ahumanb" <ahumanb@yahoo.com>, ma_davies44@yahoo.com.au
Date: Thursday, October 8, 2009, 7:12 PM


Excellent response to Muslims' idiotic belief. Let now Muslims' Allah prevent the Kafirs from bombarding His "beloved" Moon!!
 
Mohammad Asghar


From: Pelican Infotech <pelicaninfotech@yahoo.com>
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Sent: Thu, October 8, 2009 7:07:58 PM
Subject: AL-QAMAARI IS TO BE BOMBED??

Al-Qamaari, the MOON, the satellite of the EARTH, belongs to Muslims!. ISlam revers the

Moon, infact is guided by it!. Allah takes special care of this seemingly dead object, which

has been used by the prophet, to prove that he had divine sanctions!. Muslims, live their

life, by the moon!!!. And now this moon will be BOMBED, like a shot in the back, an arrow

thru the heart, Kafirs are gonna hurl an object @ 9000 kms/per right into this verey

celestial object!. How can this be???.

The LCROSS (Lunar CRater Observing and Sensing Satellite) mission will send a missile traveling at twice the speed of a bullet to blast a hole in the lunar surface near the moon's South pole.

How do Muslims allow somthing like this?. The very

validity of their claims are being tested by these guys @ NASA!.

Allah must not allow this, Muslims must perform special dua's and reminded themselves of the

onesness of the Almighty, the most powerful, omnipotent, omnipresent, 99 times!!. Allah is

under test. .. He cannot permit a dis-beleiver to bludgeon .. ram his creation, the very

validity of his words are now UNDER TEST!.

IF ALLAH EXSITS, This mission of the KAFRS .. MUST BE ABORTED, IT MUST NOT SUCCEED. 'Cos if

it does, then Allah fails, ISlam fails, all 1.4 billion Mulims have been cheated!. They have

followed a lie, and can do nothing about it!. This is worse than incest!.

IT ALLAH SUCCEEDS in destroying the NASA attempt, then the entire world must acknowledege

ALLAH, ISLAM and all that divinity assocaited with it. And then not 1.4 billion, but 6.0

billion of mankind, will toast to the greatness of the Almighty, and resolve to live as per

what he has deemed, the Islamic way of life.

Ameen

TC









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Bangladesh claims to possess the second largest religious school system in the world.

Al Jazeera's Nicolas Haque reports from Dhaka, the capital, where over the past few years the government has been implementing a series of reforms to include more secular subjects in the curriculum and increase the numbers of female students.

The authorities have been offering incentives - providing cash to cover 80 per cent of scholastic costs - to see their reforms through.

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With more then six million students currently enrolled, the madrassa system in Bangladesh is the second-largest in the world and is likely to get even larger as religious institutions open their doors to female students for the first time.

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"Girls are thriving – they tend to perform better than male students," he said.

A recent study by Nazmul Chaudhury, of the World Bank, found that young people's attitudes were interlinked with that of their teachers and that the presence of female instructors leads to increased openness in both female and male students.

In stark contrast to the allegations that madrassas cultivate intolerance, this study found that in Bangladesh "modernised religious education is associated with attitudes that are conducive to democracy".

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While many of the girls do not actively seek employment once they graduate, an increasing number go on to pursue higher education or take up careers in Islamic banking, a sector in which services are catering exclusively to women.

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