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British Muslims should help Britain's poor first

Every year Muslims donate 2.5% of their wealth/belongings to the poor and needy. This principle is known as Zakat and constitutes as one of the five pillars of Islam. It is the only tax imposed by Islamic law or the Islamic state. It is obligatory for Muslims who are sane, free and own a certai...

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Resumption of Israel/Palestine direct talks: can they get anywhere?

Here we go again, another round of direct talks between the Israelis and the Palestinians. We have had them before and they never seem to get anywhere. But there always has to be some hope that this time there will be a breakthrough. Just like 'only Nixon could go to China' it is possible that on...

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Is there a solution to excessive biased voting using fake A/Cs problem?

Is there an exercisable feasible solution to the excessive biased voting using fake A/Cs problem? The voting on this site; tends to be biased and we need people to actually read , judge and vote on debates rather than vote for their own teams or friends/relatives. Two days ago I ran a voting ...

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Should India give Kashmir up?

Agreed that this suggestion is unlikely if not impossible to ever occur. However, given that there are only two factions in Kashmir; a larger one that calls for an independent Kashmir and a smaller group that wants to join up with Pakistan. And neither wants to be a part of India. Evidence of t...

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The international community is not doing enough for flood victims in Pakistan:

In 2004 the excuse for not helping Earthquake victims in the Northwestern war-zone region of Pakistan was that most funds were being sent/delivered to Tsunami victims. Now according to Ban-Ki-Moon the floods in Pakistan are worst than the Tsunami. Yet funds are meager. Could this be because at ...

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Can there ever be peace in Northern Ireland?

There has been a great deal of progress since the Troubles, and many conflicts have been settled, but riots in Belfast last night after the Orange order parades show that there may well still a long way to go. Indeed given how far we have come only to still have violence should it be asked whethe...

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Is Pakistan really on the side of the coalition against the Taliban?

Can Pakistan be trusted to deal with the Taleban/Taliban problem? Both the coalition forces and the Taliban feel hoodwinked by Pakistan's murky foreign policies. Whose side is the country on? Does it matter? Is it imperative to choose sides? Or is winning trust and backtracking on some promises ...

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Kept veiled on purpose?

The Muslim world was developed and flourishing at a time when the West was still amassed in the dark ages. Muslim scholars and scientists made several great contributions in the fields of agriculture, art, economics, industry, law, literature, astrology, medicine, philosophy, science, and techno...

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Can science explain everything?

Some people argue that science can answer any question we have about the universe. Others argue that science is unable to settle questions such as whether god exists and what consciousness is. Science my not yet have answered these questions but that does not mean it never will.

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Is there a clash of civilisations?

In 1992 the American political scientist Samuel P Huntington proposed that after the cold war the fundamental fault line of the future would be along the boundaries of civilisations. These were fundamentally defined by religion and cultural area. He argued that along these boundaries conflict was...

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