Nowadays we call everyone our friend. That’s how easily we make friends. Whether they live in the same city or on the other side of the world, we just have a lot of friends.

There’s a saying: Out of sight out of mind.

A friend of mine said that this saying applied to me. That made me think. Am I really that bad and superficial? It is always easy to make friends, but maintaining them is a true art. In my case I have always been the one to maintain friendships but for how long was I to do this? Continue reading "Friendship "...

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The “halal bond” of two cultures, or rather said getting married to someone from a different culture. More and more people leave their own boys and girls aside and choose to be with someone from a strange culture. But this process doesn’t run smoothly. Just imagine, you’re a Pakistani and you come home with an Indian, believe me, this is where all the trouble begins, and there are not much people who will accept this with a big smile on his or her face. These two cultures are very close together and have much in common and still it isn’t accepted. What will happen if you bring home a Englishman and yes he is converted. If we’d go into details, then the youth would not find anything wrong with it.

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Anyone who lives in the west, is familiar with the common household. Each member of the family contributes in his/her way to the household, and we are seeing more and more daughters taking on the role of the main breadwinner in the family.  There is nothing wrong with that, until this is considered an obligation...

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Wedding: A commitment between two people.
But how do we get married nowadays and how does it all seems to look like? One thing is sure. It’s not like we say it will be. How often do we say to ourselves that we will do it by the rules of Islam but we don’t? The wedding of the 21st century is filled with culture and traditions. It has to be big and each family tries to outdo the other. Not to mention how we love to spend all that money……. What do we reach with that? Sharing your joy is beautiful but is it really necessary to spend so much money?

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An Airbus A330 of Air France disappeared on June the 1st after more than an 4 hour flight at the northeast of Brazil under very bad weather-circumstances. It had 228 people on board. It is possible that there were radical muslims present on board, the French media reported on the 10th of June.

Though I recently moved here, I regularly visit the country where I was born: the Netherlands. I was there last week. By coincidence it was around the time that Queensday is celebrated on the 30th of April. What do we do on the April 30th? Well there is music, free market and various activities for young and old. In short much fun. The Royal family is having a day out and is amongst the general population. Video Report by RTL-news:?

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