By Nouman Ali Khan. The Qur’an is stunning in its beauty, captivating in its words, overpowering in its message, enchanting in its harmony and baffling in its subtlety. This description means little to most, whose only exposure to the Qur’an is in translation. Join us in this remarkably unique single weekend seminar in which we will explore the unparalleled literary beauty of the Qur’an. Designed for audiences with and without background in Arabic, the program seeks to inspire unforgettable awe and appreciation of the greatest gift to humanity, the final installment of Divine Speech.

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The Official Youtube Channel of Islamic Apologetics.

“O people of the Book (Jews and Christians): Come to a word that is just between us and you, that we worship none but God, and that we associate no partners with Him, and that none of us shall take others as lords besides God.”
Holy Qur’an 3:64

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Is it possible to be moral without God?

Can we have morality without God?

The Debate of the year

Representing the Muslim perspective was Adam Deen: Adam is a former Islam channel presenter and intellectual activist who has been working in the field of Muslim apologetics for almost a decade.

He has contributed to debates on issues ranging from ethics, to religious philosophy and theology.

He is a member of the Muslim Dawah Initiative its formed of members from the Muslim community with experience in public speaking, apologetics, polemics, research and community work.

He is currently completing a degree in Philosophy at Birkbeck University.

He runs his blog www.adamdeen.blogspot.com

Representing the Atheist was Mr Dan Barker, Mr Barker is a prominent American atheist activist, co-president of the Freedom from Religion who served as a Christian preacher and musician for 19 years, but left Christianity in 1984.

Barker received a degree in Religion from Azusa Pacific University and was ordained to the ministry by the Standard Community Church, California

In 1975. He served as associate pastor at a Religious Society of Friends (Quaker) church, an Assembly of God, and an independent Charismatic church.

To this day, he receives royalties from his popular children’s Christian musicals, “Mary Had a Little Lamb” (1977), and “His Fleece Was White as Snow” (1978), both published by Manna Music and performed in many countries. In 1984 he announced to his friends that he was an atheist.

The Topic of Debate: Ethics & Religion: Can You be Good without God?

Adam Deen (www.AdamDeen.com)

vs.

Dan Barker (www.ffrf.org)

(Imperial College, London, UK 26th November 2009)

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Recently, I have read the book ASP.NET 3.5 Enterprise Application Development with Visual Studio 2008: Problem Design Solution (Wrox Programmer to Programmer) ~ Vincent Varallo (Author)

This book faithfully follows the very popular Wrox “Problem – Design – Solution” format, evolving chapter by chapter while analyzing business requirements, examining various design scenarios, and implementing a beginning-to-end solution in a reusable framework. The book uses LINQ to SQL for data access. It covers a lot of important material.

The bottom line is that LINQ to SQL is a perfectly viable alternative when you can guarantee that the database will be Microsoft SQL Server (2000 or later). It has support for POCO (persistence ignorance), stored procedures, lazy loading, and concurrency management, and it works well with SOA (n-tier) architectures.

Do I use LINQ to SQL in new projects?

I Do

Microsoft is not going to stop including LINQ to SQL in the .NET framework until they are convinced EF is a good migration target for all the current LINQ to SQL users. That day has not arrived. Therefore, I believe I have plenty of time to be productive with LINQ to SQL before I must make a change.

The question is, “Who is adding new features to LINQ to SQL?” The answer is a product called Plinqo, created by the makers of the code-generation tool, Code Smith. The purpose of Plinqo is to generate LINQ to SQL entities that replace those created when you add a dbml file to a Visual Studio project. In fact, Plinqo will generate the dbml file for you, placing each entity in a separate .cs file under a common folder. Actually, Plinqo creates two files: one for the code-generated entity, and another for your own custom metadata that will not be overwritten by the code-generator (for example, attributes that can drive a dynamic data web site).

While Plinqo generates code that is better organized and easier to read, its power lies in the extensions it provides, such as manager and query classes, a build-in rules engine, audit trail, caching, cloning and detaching entities. It also de-normalizes many-to-many relationships and takes advantage of improvements to the DataContract attributes for .NET 3.5 SP1 (avoiding cyclic references and the need for the “unidirectional” serialization option). In addition, Plinqo will create enums instead of entities for tables with lookup values.

But wait, there’s more! Plinqo has actually enabled batch updates and deletes, eliminating possible round-trips when calling SubmitChanges to process updated entities. Wow, now that is something I had been hoping Microsoft would give us in the next version. But thanks to Plinqo, I won’t have to hold my breath waiting for Microsoft, which has stopped adding new features to LINQ to SQL. Lastly, Plinqo also enables batch queries and the ability to process multiple result sets from stored procedures.

And to top it off, Plinqo has templates to create an ADO.NET Data Services layer that exposes entities via a REST-ful web service. There’s even a quick start template that will create both the service and a dynamic data web client in a matter of seconds.

So before you decide to give up on LINQ to SQL, check out Plinqo to get a fresh option for using LINQ to SQL in real-world applications. They’re even offering a free CodeSmith license if you mention Plinqo in a blog or tweet.

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In the current political climate, with the war going on in Afghanistan, political instability in the middle East, and multiple insurgencies against occupation and oppression on-going throughout the Muslim world, what is the correct response to this for Muslims who affirm belief in the Quran?

Does Islam command a blindly violent approach, or does it command passivity? Are there only two options? Is the Quranic concept of Jihad the reason for the suffering and predicament of the Muslim world, as some western critics have claimed, or is it Western materialist foreign policy? Is there another explanation altogether?

Representing the Muslim perspective was Sami Zaatari: Sami has written hundreds of articles defending Islam

He is a member of the Muslim Dawah Initiative its formed of members from the Muslim community with experience in public speaking, apologetics, polemics, research and community work.

He runs the website www.muslim-responses.com

He is currently studying literature in London and is working on a book on Jesus’ crucifixion.

Representing the Christian side was Mr. Alan Craig, Mr Craig is the leader of the Christian Peoples Alliance party and a councillor in the London Borough of Newham for Canning Town South.

Craig is on the Council of the Movement for Christian Democracy, the Canning Town Partnership Board and the Council for Racial Equality in Newham.

He is known for his campaign against the East London Markaaz ‘Olympics Mega-Mosque’.

The Topic of Debate: Islam or Christianity: Which One Provides Comprehensive Solutions for the British Society?

Sami Zaatari

vs.

Alan Craig

(Abrar House Hall, London, UK 26th October 2009

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Quran 057.020

YUSUFALI: Know ye (all), that the life of this world is but play and amusement, pomp and mutual boasting and multiplying, (in rivalry) among yourselves, riches and children. Here is a similitude: How rain and the growth which it brings forth, delight (the hearts of) the tillers; soon it withers; thou wilt see it grow yellow; then it becomes dry and crumbles away. But in the Hereafter is a Penalty severe (for the devotees of wrong). And Forgiveness from Allah and (His) Good Pleasure (for the devotees of Allah). And what is the life of this world, but goods and chattels of deception?

PICKTHAL: Know that the life of the world is only play, and idle talk, and pageantry, and boasting among you, and rivalry in respect of wealth and children; as the likeness of vegetation after rain, whereof the growth is pleasing to the husbandman, but afterward it drieth up and thou seest it turning yellow, then it becometh straw. And in the Hereafter there is grievous punishment, and (also) forgiveness from Allah and His good pleasure, whereas the life of the world is but matter of illusion.

SHAKIR: Know that this world’s life is only sport and play and gaiety and boasting among yourselves, and a vying in the multiplication of wealth and children, like the rain, whose causing the vegetation to grow, pleases the husbandmen, then it withers away so that you will see it become yellow, then it becomes dried up and broken down; and in the hereafter is a severe chastisement and (also) forgiveness from Allah and (His) pleasure; and this world’s life is naught but means of deception.

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Imam Abdul Malik talks about dating and the Islamic way. He touches on the issue of hipocracy within Muslims today and Muslim families. Excellent lecture for youth and adults alike. Abdul Malik is a truly dynamic and motivational speaker who focuses on the reality

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‘WALK THE TALK’ with Dr Zakir Naik
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Shekhar Gupta discusses various issues such as terrorism, education and media with Dr Zakir Naik… A Must watch!

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Hosted on NDTV by Shekhar Gupta.
Telecasted on 7th March 2009.

See part 2 as well.

Pls share.

Huge thanks to user shahbazyousuf5 for uploading the original version.

http://www.youtube.com/user/shahbazyo…

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Commonly Misquoted Verses from Quran:

http://www.load-islam.com/artical_det…

Women’s rights in Islam:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1irxNI…

Is terrorism a Muslim monopoly?:

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Former inmates have talked about the deprivation and pressures they faced.

But Terry Holdbrooks was on the other side. He was a US soldier and he says he saw something in the behaviour of the inmates that changed him. He tells his story to Al Jazeera in his own words.

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