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India-Pakistan
Laskar-e-Taiba wants to rename the planets
2003-01-03
According to Nawa-e-Waqt leader of Jamaat Daawa (formerly Lashkar Tayba), Amir Hamza, said in the party’s annual function (attended by ex-ISI chef Hameed Gul among others) that once in power the party will rename the planets (Venus, Mercury, Jupiter, etc) by giving them names like Abu Bakr, Usman, Umar, Ali, etc. He said that kafirs had filled the earth and the skies with shirk.
Posted by:Paul

#2  I thought the ancient Arab/Muslim astronomers had given the planets Arab names centuries ago. The commonly used symbols for the planets are labels original applied by these astronomers. Nawa-e-Waqt's statement seems kind of ignorant.
Shirk, or shirq, is some kind of technical term in Islam, it is to attribute Allah's qualities to someone or something else. Googling the term will generate commentary such as "shirk is the ultimate crime"
Anyway, it's the main function of us kafirs in this world.
Posted by: Tresho   2003-01-05 00:27:03  

#1  What's shirk, and how can I get some?
Posted by: Chuck   2003-01-04 10:07:06  

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