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MAYYITS (FUNERALS)
14.04.07 - Mayyit of: Dawood ovi Mohammed - WILL LEAVE FROM: Mufti Ak's House - Time: 22:30 - QABRASTAAN: Avalon - CAUSE OF DEATH: Natural

14.04.07 - Mayyit of: Zohra Noor Mohammed (Sister of Salim Kolia0 - WILL LEAVE FROM:- 67 Popey Street Ext 3 Time: 22:15 - QABRASTAAN: Avalon - CAUSE OF DEATH: Natural

14.04.07 - Mayyit of: Ahmed Ismail yacoob, formerly of PE- WILL LEAVE FROM:-222 kimberly Rd Robertsham Time: 10:30 - QABRASTAAN: Avalon - CAUSE OF DEATH: Natural

14.04.07 - Mayyit of: Ahmed Saheed Patel (brother of sara bibi patel)- WILL LEAVE FROM:- of Kfleta India Time: After Zhur - QABRASTAAN: India - CAUSE OF DEATH: Natural

FIQH (ISLAMIC JURISPRUDENCE)
The time for Jumuah Salaah is the same as the time for Thuhr Salaah. The only difference is that it is Mustahab (preferable) to delay Thuhr Salaah in summer irrespective of whether it is hot or not. And it is Mustahab to offer Thuhr Salaah early in winter, while it is Sunnah to offer Jumuah Salaah early throughout the year. This is the opinion of all the Ulamaa.

THE MESSAGE
Call that humiliation?
No hoods. No electric shocks. No beatings. These Iranians clearly are a very uncivilized bunch
Terry Jones
Guardian
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I share the outrage expressed in the British press over the treatment of our naval personnel accused by Iran of illegally entering their waters. It is a disgrace. We would never dream of treating captives like this - allowing them to smoke cigarettes, for example, even though it has been proven that smoking kills. And as for compelling poor servicewoman Faye Turney to wear a black headscarf, and then allowing the picture to be posted around the world - have the Iranians no concept of civilized behaviour?

For God's sake, what's wrong with putting a bag over her head? That's what we do with the Muslims we capture: we put bags over their heads, so it's hard to breathe. Then it's perfectly acceptable to take photographs of them and circulate them to the press because the captives can't be recognized and humiliated in the way these unfortunate British service people are. It is also unacceptable that these British captives should be made to talk on television and say things that they may regret later. If the Iranians put duct tape over their mouths, like we do to our captives, they wouldn't be able to talk at all. Of course they'd probably find it even harder to breathe - especially with a bag over their head - but at least they wouldn't be humiliated.

And what's all this about allowing the captives to write letters home saying they are all right? It's time the Iranians fell into line with the rest of the civilized world: they should allow their captives the privacy of solitary confinement. That's one of the many privileges the US grants to its captives in Guantánamo Bay.

The true mark of a civilized country is that it doesn't rush into charging people whom it has arbitrarily arrested in places it's just invaded. The inmates of Guantánamo, for example, have been enjoying all the privacy they want for almost five years, and the first inmate has only just been charged. What a contrast to the disgraceful Iranian rush to parade their captives before the cameras!

What's more, it is clear that the Iranians are not giving their British prisoners any decent physical exercise. The US military make sure that their Iraqi captives enjoy PT. This takes the form of exciting 'stress positions', which the captives are expected to hold for hours on end so as to improve their stomach and calf muscles. A common exercise is where they are made to stand on the balls of their feet and then squat so that their thighs are parallel to the ground. This creates intense pain and, finally, muscle failure. It's all good healthy fun and has the bonus that the captives will confess to anything to get out of it.

And this brings me to my final point. It is clear from her TV appearance that servicewoman Turney has been put under pressure. The newspapers have persuaded behavioural psychologists to examine the footage and they all conclude that she is 'unhappy and stressed'. What is so appalling is the underhand way in which the Iranians have got her 'unhappy and stressed'. She shows no signs of electrocution or burn marks and there are no signs of beating on her face. This is unacceptable. If captives are to be put under duress, such as by forcing them into compromising sexual positions, or having electric shocks to their genitals, they should be photographed, as they were in Abu Ghraib. The photographs should then be circulated around the civilized world so that everyone can see exactly what has been going on.

As Stephen Glover pointed out in the Daily Mail, perhaps it would not be right to bomb Iran in retaliation for the humiliation of our servicemen, but clearly the Iranian people must be made to suffer - whether by beefing up sanctions, as the Mail suggests, or simply by getting President Bush to hurry up and invade, as he intends to anyway, and bring democracy and western values to the country, as he has in Iraq.
• Terry Jones is a film director, actor and Python www.terry-jones.net

DUA (PRAYER)
YAA RAB YAA RAB ALLAHUMMASQINA ALLAHUMAS QINA ALLAHUMMAS QINA ALLAHUMA AGHITHNAA ALLAHUMA AGHITHNAA ALLAHUMA AGHITHNAA. “O my Sustainer (have mercy)! O Allah, You quench us. O Allah! You quench us. O Allah! Send rain O Allah! Send rain O Allah! Send rain.

BENEFIT: If there is no rain then one should sit in the Tashahhud position and read this Dua.

HEALTH TIP
Sleeping so late and waking up too late will disrupt the process of removing unnecessary chemicals. Aside from that, midnight to 4:00 am is the time when the bone marrow produces blood. Therefore, have a good sleep and don't sleep late.

MUSLIM NAMES
MALES
Zain: Beauty. Pretty.
Aakif: Given Attached.
Baleegh: Variant of Baligh: Eloquent. Vivid.

FEMALES
Zahida: Hermit. Ascetic.
Aafreeda: Variant of Afreda: Created. Produced.
Badriyyah: Resembling the full moon.

HANDY HINT
Evaluate your space to decide what its main purpose is. If you have a dining room that needs to double as an office and library, focus on the main purpose of the room first. It is a space for eating FIRST, and then it is an office, and lastly a library.

PROGRAMME HIGHLIGHTS
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10h30: JUZ/PARA A DAY – DAILY QURAN
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13h05: Thuhr Athaan & Ath Thikrul Hakeem
14h30: Quran Translation
14h45: Islamic History
15h15: Arabic
16h05: Actuality
19h15: SANHA
20h10: Ml E Adam
20h30: Talk Boetie

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NEWS
The Department of Land Affairs says they are confident hat the process of handing back land to people will reach its deadline of 2008.

A troop of US marines have been sent home after killing more than 10 Afghan civilians and injuring 33 in March this year. An investigation showed marines killing the civilians knowing they were not fighters.

Up to 21 people were killed and about 60 wounded in bomb attacks in two Shi'ite districts of Baghdad yesterday,

The Congress of South African Trade Unions (COSATU) says there is not truth to a front page article that appeared in the Sunday Times yesterday.

A case of murder has been opened after the deaths of three Krugersdorp prisoners in hospital. It is alleged that they were attacked by prison warders.

President Thabo Mbeki says Gauteng must be ready to deal with people moving into the province form other areas.

Pilots from SA Airlink have called off a strike planned for today. Union spokesperson Dirk Herman says the company has offered a better salary package for the pilots.

An unknown group of people in Palestine are claiming that they have killed a British journalist. The claim however could not be confirmed.

RECIPE
STEAK CASSEROLE
Ingredients
½ pkt spaghetti boiled in salted water - ½ kilo steak (cut into strips) - 1 tsp green chillies - 1 tsp salt - Pinch Arad - 1 tsp Dhana jeero - ½ tsp lemon pepper - ½ tsp white pepper.
Cook steak with above masala until tender.

Tomato Chutney
4 tomatoes liquidized - 1 onion chopped - Curry leaves - 1 tblsp red ginger garlic masala - 1 tsp salt – Arad - Dhana jeero.
Cook until thick.

White sauce
½ litre milk - ½ tsp salt - 2 tblsp flour - ½ tsp oreganum - Black pepper.
Mix all to a paste.

To assemble, layer a long Pyrex dish with spaghetti. Layer steak over the spaghetti. Pour the tomato chutney over then pour the white sauce over. Top with grated cheese and bake in an oven on 180 for 30 mins.

A THOUGHT
Whoever lacks knowledge has an ailing heart and his death is certain; yet he is not aware of his doom because the love of this world and his concern therewith have dulled his sense, just as a shock from fright may momentarily do away with the pain of a wound although the wound be real.

THE SMILE
Patient: “Doctor, what I need is something to stir me up; something to put me in a fighting mood. Did you put something like that in this prescription?”
Doctor: “No need for that. You will find that in your bill.”

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