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me.com
“Do you belong to a group or have a passion? Use SNAPP® Free to start YOUR social network!  Personalize your site design, forum, member profile pages, and more!
Invite all your friends! Make your community a happening place! 
50% site ad revenue GOES TO YOU through Google™ AdSense! “
Before you can make your Own Social Network Community you must Join me.com first, and after that you can creat your community and placed your adsense code there.
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RFN : Rotatrix Friend Network
RFN is one of network community that allow us to add adsense code in member profil page, The Adsense Revenue Sharing Is 100% through tou our Adsense Account. We can add adsense code in blog that we post, Just copy and paste the code to the blog and the ads will appear when another members read the blog.
http://www.rotatrixfriends.net


Lazzeo
Lazzeo is a social network community that allow us to add our adsense code in profile page, Edit your prfile page and put the adsense code there. The Revenue Sharing is 100%.
http://lazzeo.com


Dollar Space
Dollar Space  is a social network community that allow us to add our adsense code in profile page, Edit your prfile page and put the adsense code there. The Revenue Sharing is 100%.
http://www.dollarspace.net

BizPreneur
Bizpreneur is another social network that allow us tu put our adsense code in the profile page.
100% Adsense Revenue Sharing.
http://bizpreneur.com

Xomba
Xomba is an article directory thats split 50/50 adsense refenue from everything we post.
http://www.xomba.com

FreeRange Stocks
Photographers submitting photos to Freerange Stock can now participate in  revenue sharing system. This is implemented through Google AdSense, and will allow you to keep 80% of the advertising revenue generated by your download pages and your profile pages.
http://freerangestock.com

Cybersist
Cybersist is place to share your photos and blog, free webmail, file storage and more.
Your Google ads will be displayed in 7 different locations on your public blog and photo pages. Those ads are specifically optimized to allow better penetration of the ads. Any click on those ads will generate a revenue for you through AdSense.
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Ways to Know you're Cheap!

10.)You attend a weekly coupon club.
9.)You've been driving on the spare tire for over three months.
8.)Fast food is your idea of fine dining.
7.)You spend more time counting change during a single week than you spend at church.
6.)You're outraged when the price of a can of soda goes up a nickel.
5.)You haven't purchased a name brand product in the past ten years.
4.)You take the pennies from the container next to the cash register.
3.)Your family gets presents a week after Christmas because you love that fifty-percent discount.
2.)Matinee. Every time.
1.)Ramen flavors correspond to days of the week in your home.

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Whoever said that “honesty is the best policy” obviously never had to deal with weekly (or - heaven forbid - daily) phone calls from the parental units while in college.  Thanks to cell phones and unlimited family minutes, it seems like my parents are always calling to chat.  Of course, I love them dearly, and for that reason I sometimes have to fib.  You know, to protect their innocent naivety.  And to avoid some awkward conversations.  So here are the top 10 lies college students tell their parents:

1)      I was at the library on Thursday night.  Actually, this MAY be true if you attend Ohio State and were, in fact, at the Library bar getting wasted for the official start of the weekend.  In either case, it’s just better to stick with this alibi.  In your parents’ minds, the only students who drink are those of legal age who will go out and have a couple of beers on Friday or Saturday night.  Ignorance is bliss; don’t spoil their innocence.

2)      I would have gotten an “A” in that class, but the crazy tenured professor was completely biased.  Just because I procrastinated writing the final paper until the night before, half-assed the final project, and in general hated the class so much I didn’t bother studying for the exams, the professor thought I was a slacker.  The nerve!

3)      No, I don’t have a boyfriend/girlfriend.  Like most students, I don’t have the time or money to have an actual steady boyfriend.  Sure, I’m no angel, but random guys that you hook up with don’t exactly merit ‘boyfriend’ status.  If you are lucky enough to be in a committed relationship, the last thing you want to do is tell your parents; they’ll want to know everything about your significant other, meet him/her, and practically plan your wedding for you.  

4)      I’m still a virgin.  You will always be an innocent angel in your parents’ eyes.  Your birth control prescription?  That’s just to control acne and PMS.  The condoms in your medicine cabinet?  Left over from the Student Wellness Fair on campus a few months ago.  After all, since you don’t have a boy/girlfriend, who would you sleep with? ;)

5)      I had to spend that $300 on books for the quarter.  In reality, you found your texts used, online, or at the library and spent about $150.  The rest?  A celebratory new outfit for surviving the last quarter, a weekend at the bars after finals, and a spending spree at Target for ‘necessities.’

6)      I’ve never been drunk.  But I’ve got a hilarious story involving a beer bong, a trashed friend, a duck, and a police citation for public urination.  I just happened to be there to catch it all.  Except for those few ‘blackouts’ when I, uh, wasn’t there. 

7)      Recreational drugs?  What are those?  Unless you grew up on a commune and your parents are liberal hippies with a policy of frank openness, mom and dad will insist that they were the only 2 young adults who didn’t smoke up in the ‘70s.  Don’t call them out on their lie, and they won’t call you out on yours. 

8)      I must have missed your call when I was in the shower.  I recognized your ring tone but was busy drinking/on Facebook/picking my belly button lint to take 30 minutes out of my day to talk to you.  Besides, mom should know by now not to call when Lost/Grey’s Anatomy/24 is on TV. 

9)      I’d come home this weekend, but I’m just really busy right now with schoolwork.  I’ve got two keggers to go to instead.  Besides, I don’t feel like driving five hours just for a free meal and laundry.  Oh, and I do have a final paper that I’ll have to write on Sunday night, after my hangover wears off. 

10)  I totally have a five year plan.  It involves either winning the lottery or marrying a millionaire.  If that doesn’t work out, it involves you paying for grad. school, then me moving back home after graduation if I can’t find a job

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Top 10 Windows Tools

by isibingo

06/30/2007 - 16:28

Top 10 Windows Tools

1. Cain & Abel - Cain & Abel is a password recovery tool for the Microsoft Windows Operating System. It allows easy recovery of various kind of passwords by sniffing the network, cracking encrypted passwords using Dictionary, Brute-Force and Cryptanalysis attacks, recording VoIP conversations, decoding scrambled passwords, revealing password boxes, uncovering cached passwords and analyzing routing protocols.

2. SuperScan - SuperScan is a powerful TCP port scanner, pinger, resolver. SuperScan 4 (Current Version) is a completely-rewritten update of the highly popular Windows port scanning tool, SuperScan.

3. GFI LANguard Network Security Scanner - GFI LANguard N.S.S. is a network vulnerability management solution that scans your network and performs over 15,000 vulnerability assessments. It identifies all possible security threats and provides you with tools to patch and secure your network. GFI LANguard N.S.S. was voted Favorite Commercial Security Tool by NMAP users for 2 years running and has been sold over 200,000 times!

4. Retina - Retina Network Security Scanner, recognised as the industry standard for vulnerability assessment, identifies known security vulnerabilities and assists in prioritising threats for remediation. Featuring fast, accurate, and non-intrusive scanning, users are able to secure their networks against even the most recent of discovered vulnerabilities.

5. SamSpade - SamSpade provides a consistent GUI and implementation for many handy network query tasks. It was designed with tracking down spammers in mind, but can be useful for many other network exploration, administration, and security tasks. It includes tools such as ping, nslookup, whois, dig, traceroute, finger, raw HTTP web browser, DNS zone transfer, SMTP relay check, website search, and more.

6. N-Stealth - N-Stealth is a commercial web server security scanner. It is generally updated more frequently than free web scanners such as whisker and nikto, but you have to pay for the privilege.

7. Solarwinds - Solarwinds contains many network monitoring, discovery and attack tools. The advanced security tools not only test internet security with the SNMP Brute Force Attack and Dictionary Attack utilities but also validate the security on Cisco Routers with the Router Security Check. The Remote TCP Reset remotely display all active sessions on a device and the Password Decryption can decrypt Type 7 Cisco Passwords. The Port Scanner allows testing for open TCP ports across IP Address and port ranges or selection of specific machines and ports.

8. Achilles - The first publicly released general-purpose web application security assessment tool. Achilles acts as a HTTP/HTTPS proxy that allows a user to intercept, log, and modify web traffic on the fly. Due to a cyber squatter, Achilles is no longer online at its original home of www.Digizen-Security.com...OOPS!

9. CookieDigger - CookieDigger helps identify weak cookie generation and insecure implementations of session management by web applications. The tool works by collecting and analyzing cookies issued by a web application for multiple users. The tool reports on the predictability and entropy of the cookie and whether critical information, such as user name and password, are included in the cookie values.

10. Netcat (The Network SwissArmy Knife) - Netcat was originally a Unix utility which reads and writes data across network connections, using TCP or UDP protocol. It is designed to be a reliable "back-end" tool that can be used directly or easily driven by other programs and scripts. At the same time, it is a feature-rich network debugging and exploration tool, since it can create almost any kind of connection you would need and has several interesting built-in capabilities.

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Top 26 Forums that Help you Make Money Online.

I’ve only included forums which have a decent number of members because a large member base means that a greater amount of potential money making knowledge will be available.

Forums that don’t cover monetization and ways to make money are not included in this list because I want to keep it focused on forums that directly relate to either making money online or working from home.

I’ve also categorized the forums according to their specific niche. So pick the one you like and give it a visit. I highly recommend checking out Digital Point (#1), Wicked Fire (#9) , Earners Forum (#6) and ABest Web (#11) if you don’t have time to visit all of the forums on the list.


Webmaster Forums / Website Monetization / SEO / Marketplaces


1. Digital Point

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Digital Point is by far my favorite webmaster forum because of its size. There are over 24,000 active members and the forum offers a great deal of information on topics like Search Engine Optimization, Link building, affiliate marketing, pay-per-click advertising, domain investing and blogging.

Digital Point also has a large and free marketplace for the buying and selling of links, templates, domains and websites. If you’ve only got time for one webmaster forum, Digital Point is the forum you should visit.


2. V7N Forum

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V7N is a big and lively forum with lots of newbie and experience webmasters. Their SEO forum sees the most action while other forums on graphic design, marketing and web directories are pretty active as well. Recommended if you want to learn more about webmastering.


3. Sitepoint

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A large forum on web design, programming and site promotion. The very popular SitePoint Marketplace is a great place to sell or buy websites, services and site templates.


4. WebmasterWorld

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An established forum with information on domain names, webmaster technology, search engines, SEO and link development. Sorta like Digital Point but with less members.


5. SEO Chat

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SEO Chat is a forum that focuses more on SEO for webmasters. They offer free site reviews as well as a lot of information on Yahoo, Google and MSN search optimization. There’s also a tiny section on Affiliate Marketing, PPC and keywords.


6. Earners Forum

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A fast growing Forum on webmaster topics such as monetization, blogging and freelancing. Has a nice monetization section and How-To section which beginners can ask experts specific questions.


7. High Rankings.com

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A search engine optimization forum that specializes in only SEO strategies and troubleshooting. Includes tips on keyword research, link building and online copy writing. Good information on PPC advertising, search engine marketing and branding.

8. Self Starters Weekly Tips

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A forum about making money from websites and ebusinesses. Includes info on networking, SEO, Online marketing, PPC advertising, blogging and domain names. Lots of helpful forum members here.

Internet and Affiliate Marketing / Pay per Click Advertising / Adsense Arbitrage

9. Wicked Fire

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My second favorite forum after Digital Point. Lots of gritty gray-hat and black-hat SEO and affiliate marketing stuff here and there’s really a lot of learn. Wicked Fire offers a lot of good information on adsense arbitrage and affiliate marketing/ traffic building.

The community is very active and it might be a little intimidating for complete newbies but do a search before you ask any questions and you’ll be fine.


10. Warrior Forum

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A forum that specializes on topics such as internet marketing products, Adsense, PPC advertising and search engine optimization. Includes a small free ebook section as well as a self-improvement section. Didn’t like the forum interface but you might find some useful information here.

11. ABest Web

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Has a vibrant internet marketing community that’s very friendly. The forum includes a comprehensive section on Commission Junction and Shareasale as well as an affiliate academy for newbies and other experienced marketers. A good forum to visit.

12. 5 Star Affiliate Marketing Forums

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A forum with some decent information on affiliate networks such as Shareasale and AzoogleAds. Also covers RSS Marketing, Adsense and SEO/SEM.


13. Affiliate Programs Forum

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Associate Programs has a fair number of users. They have a section for newcomers to affiliate marketing as well as a helpful section on the different affiliate networks. Some SEO information as well.


14. Ewealth

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Ewealth has a large affiliate network corner which features the usual affiliate companies like Clickbank, Comission Junction, Linkshare and Shareasale. There’s also a good section on PPC and Paid advertising as well as a small marketplace for the trading of domain names and services.


15. Affiliates4U

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A UK affiliate marketing forum that offers UK specific affiliate network information. There are also sections on the website which discuss general website promotion, SEO, web security, PPC and affiliate management.


Get Paid To, AutoSurfs and High Yield Investment Program Forums

16. Get Paid Forum

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A very large forum that specializes in Get Paid to Websites which pay you to do surveys, click on ads, read emails or complete offers. There is a very excellent downline builder subsection of the forum which allows you to build you referral downlines for traffic exchanges, affiliate programs and get paid to website.


17. Dream Team Money

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A forum that exclusively specializes in High Yield Investment Programs, Autosurfs, Multi level marketing as well as Get Paid to programs. Also includes sections in stocks, forex and properties.

Excellent place to visit when you need information before investing in a specific program. A forum with a very large member base.

18. Whydowork.com

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A forum with sections on affiliate marketing, get paid to websites, MLM opportunities, scam reporting as well as reselling & drop shipping. Pretty much a general forum with bits of information on various topics.


19. Goldage

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Goldage mainly deals with all matters concerning digital currency investments as well forex and HYIP programs. A very referral friendly forum so visit them if you’ve got a referral program to share.



Work from Home Jobs / Freelancing / Multi Level Marketing

20. Work at Home Forum

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A nice forum focusing on areas such as business opportunities, multi level marketing, web design, autosurfs and paid surveys. Most of the members are not part of the webmaster crowd but rather offline marketers and stay at home mums and dads.


21. WAHM.com

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Work At Home Mum (WAHM) is a great forum to visit because it has large number of active users that are friendly and helpful. Topics include traditional work from home jobs and businesses such as gift basket and craft selling, as well as basic marketing and get paid to programs. Great forum to share a referral link if you have a program to promote.


22. Talk Freelance

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A forum that specializes in all sorts of online freelance jobs such as web design design and programming. A great place to frequent if you are designer programmer looking for a paid assignment.


Domain Name Investing / Domain Marketplaces


23. NamePros

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A forum that focuses on domaining and information about monetized domain parking, domain appraisals and other domain name discussions. If you’re new to domaining, check out the domain newbies section. There’s a lot of great tips on how to get started with domaining.


24. DN Forum

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A large and active forum that focuses on making money with domains. Sections of the forum include a strong marketplace for anyone who’s planning to sell or buy a domain. Also includes domain name auctions as well as domain brokerage and legal issues concerning domains.


Money Making Scam Busting

25. Scam.com

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A forum that specializes in exposing all types of online and offline scams. This is the first place to visit before you start investing serious money and time in the latest High Yield Investment Program or internet career kit. Information about online scams are located in the “Internet Scams” section of the forum. They have an enormous archive with hundreds of threads on the scams.



Blog Forums

26. Blogger Forum

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The largest blog forum on the internet. Blogger forum has has information on blog coding, monetization as well as blog promotion.

The forum is fairly active and is a good place to visit when you want to exchange links for your new blog.

And that concludes the list..

Forums are a great way to learn and I suggest that you visit some of them today, if you’re interested in learning how to making money on the internet.

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I earn $100 a day with friend$ program, if you are interest drop me a note if you are a person as described above.

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World Fattest Countries

by isibingo

06/22/2007 - 14:36

World Fattest Countries

There are currently 1.6 billion overweight adults in the world, according to the World Health Organization in 2007. That number is projected to grow by 40% over the next 10 years. The following list reflects the percentage of overweight adults aged 15 and over. These are individuals who have individual body mass indexes, which measures weight relative to height, greater than or equal to 25. Obese is defined as having a BMI greater than or equal to 30.

Source: Forbes

Rank Country %

1. Nauru 94.5
2. Micronesia, Federated States of 91.1
3. Cook Islands 90.9
4. Tonga 90.8
5. Niue 81.7
6. Samoa 80.4
7. Palau 78.4
8. Kuwait 74.2
9. United States 74.1
10. Kiribati 73.6
11. Dominica 71.0
12. Barbados 69.7
13. Argentina 69.4
14. Egypt 69.4
15. Malta 68.7
16. Greece 68.5
17. New Zealand 68.4
18. United Arab Emirates 68.3
19. Mexico 68.1
20. Trinidad and Tobago 67.9
21. Australia 67.4
22. Belarus 66.8
23. Chile 65.3
24. Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 65.2
25. Seychelles 64.6
26. Bahrain 64.1
27. Andorra 63.8
28. United Kingdom 63.8
29. Saudi Arabia 63.5
30. Monaco 62.4
31. Bolivia 62.2
32. San Marino 62.1
33. Guatemala 61.2
34. Mongolia 61.2
35. Canada 61.1
36. Qatar 61.0
37. Uruguay 60.9
38. Jordan 60.5
39. Bahamas 60.4
40. Iceland 60.4
41. Nicaragua 60.4
42. Cuba 60.1
43. Germany 60.1
44. Brunei Darussalam 59.8
45. Slovenia 59.8
46. Peru 59.6
47. Vanuatu 59.6
48. Finland 58.7
49. Jamaica 57.4
50. Israel 57.3
51. Saint Lucia 57.3
52. Austria 57.1
53. Azerbaijan 57.1
54. Turkey 56.8
55. Tuvalu 56.6
56. Dominican Republic 56.5
57. Slovakia 56.3
58. Cyprus 56.2
59. Saint Kitts and Nevis 56.1
60. Costa Rica 55.8
61. Colombia 55.6
62. Antigua and Barbuda 55.5
63. Switzerland 55.4
64. Montenegro 54.9
65. Serbia 54.9
66. Serbia and Montenegro (The former state union of) 54.9
67. Albania 54.8
68. Fiji 54.8
69. Bulgaria 54.2
70. Luxembourg 54.2
71. Croatia 53.9
72. Bosnia and Herzegovina 53.8
73. Portugal 53.8
74. Armenia 53.3
75. Grenada 53.3
76. South Africa 53.3
77. Iran (Islamic Republic of) 53.2
78. Libyan Arab Jamahiriya 53.2
79. Lithuania 53.1
80. Lebanon 53.0
81. Czech Republic 52.9
82. Syrian Arab Republic 52.8
83. Spain 51.8
84. Hungary 51.6
85. Panama 51.4
86. Tunisia 51.0
87. Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 50.6
88. Brazil 50.5
89. Belize 49.8
90. Sweden 49.7
91. Norway 49.1
92. Russian Federation 49.1
93. El Salvador 48.7
94. Lesotho 48.5
95. Suriname 47.8
96. Paraguay 47.7
97. Guyana 47.5
98. Poland 47.5
99. Latvia 47.3
100. The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia 47.2
101. Ecuador 47.1
102. Turkmenistan 46.8
103. Ireland 46.6
104. Belgium 46.3
105. Marshall Islands 46.2
106. Netherlands 46.0
107. Uzbekistan 46.0
108. Denmark 45.8
109. Mauritius 45.6
110. Oman 45.6
111. Italy 45.5
112. Iraq 45.4
113. Georgia 44.8
114. Ukraine 44.8
115. Solomon Islands 44.0
116. Botswana 43.6
117. Honduras 43.5
118. Equatorial Guinea 43.0
119. Morocco 42.9
120. Dem. Republic of Timor-Leste 42.7
121. Mauritania 42.5
122. Estonia 42.2
123. Republic of Korea 42.0
124. Swaziland 41.8
125. Kazakhstan 41.4
126. Republic of Moldova 41.1
127. Bhutan 40.9
128. France 40.1
129. Cameroon 39.9
130. Maldives 39.9
131. Algeria 39.8
132. Dem. People's Republic of Korea 39.4
133. Kyrgyzstan 39.2
134. Romania 39.1
135. Lao People's Democratic Republic 38.9
136. Cape Verde 38.2
137. Tajikistan 37.3
138. Gabon 36.5
139. Myanmar 36.3
140. Liberia 35.6
141. Sierra Leone 33.4
142. Haiti 32.8
143. Zimbabwe 32.1
144. Thailand 31.6
145. Papua New Guinea 30.2
146. Malaysia 29.9
147. Ghana 29.2
148. China 28.9
149. Benin 28.5
150. Comoros 28.0
151. Angola 27.5
152. Nigeria 27.1
153. Yemen 27.0
154. Senegal 26.4
155. Philippines 25.2
156. Djibouti 24.9
157. Mali 24.1
158. Togo 24.0
159. Guinea 23.5
160. Sudan 23.1
161. Cote d'Ivoire 22.9
162. Singapore 22.9
163. Japan 22.6
164. Namibia 22.5
165. Pakistan 22.2
166. Sao Tome and Principe 21.4
167. United Republic of Tanzania 21.2
168. Malawi 19.3
169. Congo 18.9
170. Niger 17.6
171. Madagascar 17.4
172. Mozambique 17.3
173. Guinea-Bissau 16.7
174. Gambia 16.6
175. Indonesia 16.2
176. India 16.0
177. Somalia 15.8
178. Chad 15.6
179. Afghanistan 15.1
180. Uganda 14.8
181. Kenya 14.3
182. Burkina Faso 14.1
183. Rwanda 13.7
184. Zambia 13.0
185. Burundi 12.9
186. Central African Republic 12.9
187. Cambodia 11.3
188. Dem. Republic of the Congo 9.1
189. Nepal 8.4
190. Sri Lanka 7.4
191. Viet Nam 6.4
192. Bangladesh 6.1
193. Ethiopia 5.6
194. Eritrea 4.4
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Top 10 Myths About Islam

by isibingo

06/19/2007 - 22:07

Islam is a widely-misundertood religion. Those who are unfamiliar with the faith often have misunderstandings about its teachings and practices. Common misconceptions include that Muslims worship a moon-god, that Islam is oppressive against women, or that Islam is a faith that promotes violence. Here we bust these myths and expose the true teachings of Islam.

 


1) Muslims worship a moon-god

 

Some non-Muslims mistakenly believe that Allah is an "Arab god," a "moon god," or some sort of idol. Allah is the proper name of the One True God, in the Arabic language. The most fundamental belief that a Muslim has is that "There is only One God," the Creator, the Sustainer -- known in the Arabic language and by Muslims as Allah. Arabic-speaking Christians use the same word for the Almighty.

 

2) Muslims don't believe in Jesus

 

In the Qur'an, stories about the life and teachings of Jesus Christ (called 'Isa in Arabic) are abundant. The Qur'an recalls his miraculous birth, his teachings, and the miracles he performed by God's permission. There is even a chapter of the Qur'an named after his mother, Mary (Miriam in Arabic). However, Muslims believe that Jesus was a fully human prophet and not in any way divine himself.

 

 

3) Most Muslims are Arabs

While Islam is often associated with Arabs, they make up only 15% of the world's Muslim population. The country with the largest population of Muslims is Indonesia. Muslims make up 1/5 of the world's population, with large numbers found in Asia (69%), Africa (27%), Europe (3%) and other parts of the world.

 

4) Islam oppresses women

 

Most of the ill-treatment that women receive in the Muslim world is based on local culture and traditions, without any basis in the faith of Islam. In fact, practices such as forced marriage, spousal abuse, and restricted movement directly contradict Islamic law governing family behavior and personal freedom.

 

5) Muslims are violent, terrorist extremists

 

Terrorism cannot be justified under any valid interpretation of the Islamic faith. The entire Qur'an, taken as a complete text, gives a message of hope, faith, and peace to a faith community of one billion people. The overwhelming message is that peace is to be found through faith in God, and justice among fellow human beings. Muslim leaders and scholars do speak out against terrorism in all its forms, and offer explanations of misinterpreted or twisted teachings.

 

6) Islam is intolerant of other faiths

 

Throughout the Qur'an, Muslims are reminded that they are not the only ones who worship God. Jews and Christians are called "People of the Book," meaning people who have received previous revelations from the One Almighty God that we all worship. The Qur'an also commands Muslims to protect from harm not only mosques, but also monasteries, synagogues, and churches -- because "God is worshipped therein."

 

7) Islam promotes "jihad" to spread Islam by the sword and kill all unbelievers

 

The word Jihad stems from an Arabic word which means "to strive." Other related words include "effort," "labor," and "fatigue." Essentially Jihad is an effort to practice religion in the face of oppression and persecution. The effort may come in fighting the evil in your own heart, or in standing up to a dictator. Military effort is included as an option, but as a last resort and not "to spread Islam by the sword."

 

8) The Quran was written by Muhammad and copied from Christian and Jewish sources

 

The Qur'an was revealed to the Prophet Muhammad over a period of two decades, calling people to worship One Almighty God and to live their lives according to this faith. The Qur'an contains stories of Biblical prophets, because these prophets also preached the message of God. Stories are not merely copied, but the oral traditions are referred to in a way that focuses on the examples and teachings that we can learn from them.

 

9) Islamic prayer is just a ritualized performance with no heartfelt meaning

 

Prayer is a time to stand before God and express faith, give thanks for blessings, and seek guidance and forgiveness. During Islamic prayer, one is modest, submissive and respectful to God. By bowing and prostrating ourselves to the ground, we express our utmost humility before the Almighty.

 

10) The crescent moon is a universal symbol of Islam

 

The early Muslim community did not really have a symbol. During the time of the Prophet Muhammad, Islamic caravans and armies flew simple solid-colored flags (generally black, green, or white) for identification purposes. The crescent moon and star symbol actually pre-dates Islam by several thousand years, and wasn't affiliated with Islam at all until the Ottoman Empire placed it on their flag.

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