Mosques in Dubai malls

M asha Allah. Another good story. Sheikh Mohammad, ruler of Dubai, has said all shopping malls there should have mosques.

Now I know that almost all do have their own praying areas, but his specific call to make it necessary is quite appreciable.
I remember when I was working in Dubai in the most poshest areas (on Sheikh Zayed Road), there weren't many or any mosque near by. There is not one on the main road itself. If one goes inside the localities behind the main road, there is one I believe, where everyone goes for Friday prayers.
It's a pretty sad situation. People can't walk to any mosque there.
Now I may be wrong. As there may be praying areas in towers like I know Emirates Towers has. But certainly an independent mosque whose minarets could be seen and from where Adhan could be heard wasn't anywhere to be seen on that business road.

May Allah increase the eemaan of the rulers and guide them to act in the welfare of Islam and Muslims.

And they say Muslims oppress women

Look at how women are being used/abused by the American military. This piece is just another one on the plight of women soldiers in the American army.

It's not surprising that they don't get justice or their complaints of rape aren't taken up, because the very purpose for their deployment is to "serve" the men soldiers. This becomes blatantly clear with how openly officials deny to hear sexual harassment cases. On the other hand they threaten these victims with dire action when they come up to complain.

This article is a MUST read!

And they say Islam oppresses women? That's a lie. Islam has honored women, because Islam doesn't equate men and women. Men are different and women are different - physically, emotionally, and mentally. They were created for primarily different roles. They don't challenge each other, but rather they complement each other. They are definitely not the same.

Regular posting insha Allah

No post since quite some time now. I've been in the dilemma of switching blogging platforms. I was seriously thinking of going to wordpress because I was v unhappy with blogger's comment platform. It's not that interactive. But I found this third party IntenseDebate that seems to offer all those services available in wordpress's comment and more.
So I decided against moving, although wordpress does seem to be better at this moment.

Having said that, I hope Insha Allah I will post regularly from now on.