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Poem for Spring
Muslim communities the world over are celebrating Navroz - Persian New Year.
And here in America we are starting to see the first signs of Spring. These last months have been a time of loss for many. But Spring and New Year are a time to consider possibility. For that, some Persian poetry:
The armies of the day have chased the army of the night, Heaven and earth are filled with purity and light.-- Rumi
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Eboo Patel
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March 23, 2009; 10:26 AM ET
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Posted by: suhaila | March 25, 2009 9:54 AM
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Rumi is talking about planets and stars.
Posted by: congratulations | March 24, 2009 8:04 AM
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Let us all in the "muslim community" celebrate a sense of renewal and possibility by slowly beheading lambs and goats while chanting Koranic verses. Bright yellow daffodils with bright red blood drops from a halal goat's carotid arteries.
FYI, Red meat raises risk of all kinds of death: study
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – People who eat the most red meat and the most processed meat have the highest overall risk of death from all causes, including heart disease and cancer, U.S. researchers reported on Monday.
Speaking of obsessive compulsive disorders...
Posted by: clearthinking1 | March 24, 2009 3:36 AM
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OBSESSIVE, COMPULSIVE, PERSONALITY DISORDER of One Poster is reflected in his parroting.
Posted by: hsnkhwj | March 23, 2009 8:06 PM
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When the death to apostate/infidel and abuse to women passages are removed from the koran and Mohammed is recognized for what he really was, an illiterate, warmongering, hallucinating, and womanizing Arab then and only then will Heaven and Earth be filled with purity and light!!!!!!
Posted by: CCNL | March 23, 2009 5:25 PM
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When the death to apostate/infidel and abuse to women passages are removed from the koran and Mohammed is recognized what what he really was, an illiterate, warmongering, hallucinating, and womanizing Arab then and only then will Heaven and Earth be filled with purity and light!!!!!!
Posted by: CCNL | March 23, 2009 2:06 PM
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I don't know many muslim communities who celebrate nowrouz.Just some communities around the caspian sea and bordering Iran.Many of the people who do celebrate nowrouz are'nt necessarily muslim.And nowrouz itself is not an islamic celebration so i don't see why there has to be a muslim connection to it.