tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6218313360696306951.post1408800073376813628..comments2023-12-06T23:11:19.362+08:00Comments on Musings of a Mualaf: NEED TO LEARN ARABIC TO PRAY?aliyahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11218183427774411196noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6218313360696306951.post-4120982689026570632008-06-13T23:26:00.000+08:002008-06-13T23:26:00.000+08:00It's amazing the questions non-Muslims especially ...It's amazing the questions non-Muslims especially my friends would ask me whenever I least expected it. Therefore I have to be well-prepared at all times for such questions such as kiamat, menses etc. <BR/>I received an email today from a MACMA member who said that today's khutbah at the International Islamic University (UIAM) was conducted in Mandarin. And everyone was attentive although only a small number understood the sermon :)aliyahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11218183427774411196noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6218313360696306951.post-52973481717146743592008-06-12T14:06:00.000+08:002008-06-12T14:06:00.000+08:00Nice to see someone asking honest, sincere questio...Nice to see someone asking honest, sincere questions; but even better, someone who answered it nicely :).<BR/><BR/>At the end of one meeting we were trying to make doa before we leave, and someone ended up making it in English. I'd have to tell you that in English even the "popular" doa's sounds more beautiful in a way. It's hard to connect to the Arabic even if it's so popular that you know the meaning. In English it just "touches" directly.drenalinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10652040896572453996noreply@blogger.com