A cell phone that points to Mecca (And todays tips on beheadings)

Associated Press ^ | 4:24 p.m. ET Oct. 7, 2005 | AP

[ryan71]

For Muslims, it's a high-tech call to prayer. A new cellular telephone generates five automated reminders a day at prayer time and points Muslims in the direction of Mecca.

It also contains a copy of the Islamic holy book, the Quran, in both Arabic and English.

[IronJack]

the Mecca pointer to point to the nearest public bathroom or outhouse.

That's a difference without a distinction.

[ElkGroveDan]

It also contains a copy of the Islamic holy book, the Quran, in both Arabic and English.

What? No copy of "How to Beat Your Wife Without Leaving Any Marks" ?

[ElkGroveDan]

$100 to the first American patriot who writes a cell phone virus against this and causes the Mecca pointer to point to the nearest public bathroom or outhouse.

Actually it would only take a small adjustment to change it from pointing to Mecca to instead point to Tel Aviv. That would be funny.

[USF]

I still want to know is that saudi astronaut (Salman Abdulaziz Al-Swine) ever stuck with his obligatory getting down on all fours, and howling at like a dog at the moon thing, five time a day.

Pray, spin, pray, spin, flip, pray?

[USF]

I still want to know how that saudi astronaut...

[Recovering Ex-hippie]

Hey, wouldn't it be funny if the Jihadist ran out of minutes on his plan just as he was to detonate? Ha.

[4mycountry]

LOL

[Khepera]

As chatting on the Internet is becoming evermore popular for muslims when socialisng with friends and relatives instead of using the telephone

, a trend has been emerging that people have been giving a blind eye to. Ask anybody who chats on the internet regularly and they will tell you that sometimes it is difficult to transfer your expression to your chatting buddy, so a smiley face (as they are known) are concatenated to the sentence to show the writers mood.

Answer 15883 2005-10-07

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Chatting on the internet is similar to speaking on the telephone. It is not permissible for male or female to speak on the telephone to the opposite gender who is a Ghayr Mahram (not prohibited in marriage) freely and without necessity. If there is a genuine need which is valid in Shari’ah, then members of the opposite gender may speak through the telephone with modesty and confine the discussion to the need.

To speak freely and beyond necessity is a sin. The same rule applies for chatting on the internet. No person should decide him/herself what is a valid reason in Shari’ah to speak on the phone or chat on the internet. Many people have their own interpretations of genuine need which is not acceptable in Shari’ah. We are aware of many such people who have caused ruin to their lives especially by chatting on the internet with the opposite gender. The expression of smiley faces and sad faces through internet chatting falls in the category of drawing pictures of animate objects which is prohibited. As an alternative, one may express his/her happiness and sadness in words.

and Allah Ta'ala Knows Best

Mufti Ebrahim Desai

[Rome2000]

There is just nothing good about Islam.

Satan worshipers are less evil.

[Chieftain]

Oh, those tricky Moslems!