This is staggeringly ignorant. The takbir is used in many social contexts as well as its liturgical primacy. It's the first line of both the adhan and iqama. It's ludicrously and offensivel… (View Post)

Callaghan. He was a Writer on carriers on the East India Station in WW2. (View Post)

Energy required to accelerate a 1200kg car to 13.4 m/s (30mph) ~108,000 J Energy required to accelerate a 1200kg car to 9m/s (20 mph) ~48,600 J (View Post)

I don't understand why a cap on immigration has to be a referendum commitment. They could fucking bring one in tomorrow if they wanted to. Do they not realise that they actually are the governme… (View Post)

"The Regiment" should have been disbanded years ago. Failing that, at least try to weed out the psychos in the selection process instead of favouring them. (View Post)