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    Muslim marriage for foreigners - cultural question

    Have you met her parents, do they know you and how serious you are about becoming a good husband for their daughter? As a conservative father he must feel it his duty to make sure that his daughter is marrying a Muslim who is serious about his religion. Maybe they measure your sincerity by your...
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    Shortage of 498,000 teachers in Indonesia next year?

    In Indonesian public schools there is almost no time spent on learning Arabic. It's the Pondok Pesantren where people go to learn about Islam besides the complete or partial national curriculum. Approximately 15% of school children go to these types of schools. Yes, they spend time there to...
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    Shortage of 498,000 teachers in Indonesia next year?

    Looking at where the discussion is going, it would be interesting to get the actual numbers on these 'huge amounts of classroom hours' and the 'large chunks of the educational budget' spent on learning Arabic. Google wasn't very helpful to me, do you have any details on this?
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    Shortage of 498,000 teachers in Indonesia next year?

    Actually, that is not a compromise but rather an opinion -among other opinions- which is pretty mainstream in Islam. It is very likely that in the pre-Islamic era Arabs, their culture and their language were influenced by other peoples they interacted with. So they likely adopted words from...
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    Shortage of 498,000 teachers in Indonesia next year?

    By the same token, the following sentence would not be a sentence in 'clear English language' since it contains 'non-English words' (which of course is not true because these words are loanwords that have become standard English): "The assassin drank an iced coffee while checking the tariff on...
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    Expectations re the Middle East.

    Hezbollah emerged in response to the June 1982 Israeli invasion of Lebanon. If Israeli violence created them, more violence will likely make them more determined and stronger. A good excuse for Israel to grab more land to use as a buffer zone.
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    How do you guys invest?

    Over the last 15 years an average price increase of 9.4% annually in Dollars.
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    We need to buy flight tickets to europe, the million-dollar question

    I have an unproven theory that if serious kerosene shortages occur in Europe—and that seems likely in the coming weeks—airlines with a hub in the Middle East could make return flights if they refuel their planes at their home base. In theory, this is possible because the distance allows it; in...
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    We need to buy flight tickets to europe, the million-dollar question

    I booked my flight to Europe early april, one week before departure. At the time of booking Finnair was €3.300 for a return flight to SUB, more than 4 x what I paid last year. Only a few ME airlines were in the €800 - €1.200 range (all with SUB - JAK PP Garuda). So why not. My Emirates flight...
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    Stone the crows. How will this go down in Bali?

    Time to bring out the incinerator man @Wisnu . Your project did not gain the traction it deserved on this forum, how is it going?
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    Garuda Indonesia trapped in a relentless financial tailspin

    As long as she has blue eyes, right?
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    Michael vs Michael. 🎯 What a great game.

    WiLl MaYbE Do ThAt NeXt TiMe or this /s
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    Michael vs Michael. 🎯 What a great game.

    Yeah, a failed attempt of sarcasm, I know
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    Invest in Knowledge and Self-Improvement

    That reminds me of this jenius: "And then I see the disinfectant where it knocks it [Covid] out in a minute. One minute. And is there a way we can do something like that, by injection inside or almost a cleaning? "So it'd be interesting to check that."
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    Michael vs Michael. 🎯 What a great game.

    For those who pictured De Lange as a random, unkempt, overweight middle-aged woman loading bags of Haribo into her shopping cart at Lidl, she is a professor of sociology of law and migration law, so she knows what she is talking about.
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    How do you guys invest?

    I agree with you, nowadays there are many ways to invest in gold that are very likely to be less risky, easier, cost less and could possibly be more profitable. However, as a muslim, I am somewhat restricted in how to trade this commodity. Under islamic law, gold is a ribawi item, meaning it is...
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    Garuda Indonesia trapped in a relentless financial tailspin

    Sounds like a great time to add 50 more planes to the fleet.
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    Some Problems of Our World

    It doesn't matter how big the 'Wajib Video Unboxing' sticker is; ultimately, a seller cannot enforce anything because it is someone at Shopee who decides whether you get your money back. And making an unboxing video of your order is not (always) a requirement to resolve a dispute. Unfortunately...
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    Expectations re the Middle East.

    Elpiji 3kg is becoming a bit langkah here in East Java. Bensin still plenty available and the antrian is not too bad. I just make sure to fill the tangki up again before it's half empty. My guts tell me this availability could change overnight.
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    Some Problems of Our World

    They often do this. They don't want to take the blame for their mistakes in fear of getting the sack. Annoying nevertheless. Agree with Chris, Shopee decides if you get a refund and not the seller and Shopee does not require an unboxing video.

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