Hajj Experience
~* Asalam'alaykum*~
I came across this pretty tyte site that gives you a Hajj experience virtually! InshAllah I plan on going to Hajj sometime in my life, as most you do too i'm sure, and this is a great way to see what its kind of like! Here's the link :)
** Virtual Hajj **
Also, I came across this movie poster and was wondering if anyone had seen it.
www.roadtoguantanamomovie.com
posted by MnM310 at 4:35 AM
19 Comments:
Nice I'll def check it out tonight
the movie..I have it .. but am yet to watch it... have heard its quite harrowing, realistic and bloody good
IT'S ABSOUTELY BRILLIANT!Watch it.
It's a docu-drama and harrowing is a good word for it.
One of the actors in it has a new song called Post911Blues: http://www.myspace.com/rizmc
lol it's funny.
wassalam
The virtual Hajj site is good. It takes years to prepare for Hajj apparently, esecially if you're no good at learning duas, lol. Good to get started now, lol.
mash: lemme know how it goes..i dont like too much gore & blood though.
khadiijah: hey asalam'alaykum! :) i'll chk that song out and wuts the gist of the movie?
yea, i heard the same thing bout hajj, so this is a good way to get somewut educated bout the whole process. iA ima work on it for the summer ;)
I want to do Ummrah :-(
I was seriously condsidering cancelling Dubai and doing Ummrah instead but it was too late to cancel anyways.
haha i've done ummrah..but i was kinda little, so no real memories and stuff :( but iA ima go soon, i wanna go rite after i'm done w/ law school iA.
walakumassalam!
You can rent or buy it for pc watching here:
http://www.tiscali.co.uk/entertainment/film/features/road_to_guantanamo/index.html
It's a true story about 4 British boys (about 20 ish years old) that get caught up in the Afghanistan war after going to Pakistan for wedding. Only 3 of them return and get thrown into Guantanamo for being 'Al-Qaida' people. It's not really bloody, don't worry, I'm not into bloody films.It's a very insightful film- what goes on in Gitmo and howthey treat the prisoners, etc. Watch it if you get the chance. It was a big hit here in London, althoughthe media didnt really pick it upuntil one of he actors was picked up as he returned from pakistan and he wrote a song, lol.
Maybe you can go to Umrah in the winter time, forthe last 10 nights of Ramadan or something, wow, imagine that. Yep, that site will definitely help. I didnt have a clue what we were doing, becuse the imam we went with didnt go by the book, lol. We eventually abandoned him and got by with a litte 'guide to Umrah and hajj'thankfully. Seeing it virually would have made a big difference.
You know,I aways suprise myself with how much I can say when I'm not thinking about how much I'm saying. Amazing.
hahhaa its ok, u can say as much as u want. The movie sounds really good actually and it didnt get much media coverage here either. {Of course it wouldnt} I went to a law conference earlier this year and 2 atty's representing clients from Guantanamo Bay were there. They had some good stuff to tell and it got me interested in the whole thing.
thanks for the hajj/umrah advice! i'll def. haveta remember this stuff. Getting other peoples' insights is really important too!
ok i gtg sleep now...fajar azhan just went off! :O
Those lawyers are amazingly articulate. The ones that rep. the Brtish detainees attend so many conferences in london, it's admirable.
That's a huge time difference, didn't realise. Well goodnight then :D
wasalam.
yea i knw! anywho..yea i'm - 8hrs to you guys :O so wasalaam :)
I think the poster has a certain ominous beauty to it.
a picture is worth a thousand words.
hey, is that the film that was on Channel 4 in the UK about the Tipton three? If so, it's very interesting.. I'm reading "Enemy Combatant" by Moazzam Begg at the moment, another Guantanamo detainee.. I went to his talk last week and got a signed copy.. but it's really upsetting me. :(
i've seen Road To Guantanamoooo..its so sad, annoying, tension building, it made me feel so enraged...and sad and weak all together..a must must must see....well thats IF its the one about the tipton three as hannas asking above, coz that one was called Road to Guantanamo...but it wasnt on cinemas it came on the tv.......
mash: yea i agree, its wut caught my eye actually
hanna: yea i dont think they'd show a movie like that in the u.s! i've read some depositions from muslim attorney's representing detainees and it breaks my heart. I can't read em after a while, and i just end up skimming.
*under*cuver*sister*: well, since u guys are giving me such good reviews ima haveta make sure to watch it now :P
have u guys seen Lord Of War or Syriana? those are both really good movies too!
Ameen.
I've got Syriana waiting on my shelf, so I'll hasten to watch it sooner then.
wassalam. Bedtime :D
z: ameen :)
Khadiijah: yea def watch it :) wasalaam... well its morning for u now haha (8am)so, good morning! :D
~ m ~
ive seen lord of war... it was good, but i found it a bit slow. the ending was wicked though!
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