Miscellaneous

Q: I'm not sure if you are aware of the recent epidemic of christian healers that's infecting our community like the plague. Christians seem to use the possibility of their mislead leaders healing people, claiming to be annointed by god(though they haven't a clue about who or what god is), as a defence to our statements about the authenticity of Islam and the quran. My question is what should our answer be when they challenge us boasting the capability of their leaders? How is it possible that their leaders do such things? What does the Quran say about this?

Q: If a shop owner ends up being alone in his shop with a female customer, is this counted as impermissable khalwa? (although another customer might enter the shop at any time). Also, in my local library the librarian is a women and sometimes we end up being alone in the library (although others may enter at any time), what is the ruling in this case?

Q: Is the practice of "Acupressure" permissible in Islam? Some information regarding it, http://www.eclecticenergies.com/acupressure/howto.php

Q: Is it permissible to stuff an animals head and keep it as an ornament after hunting it and consuming that which is edible?

Q: Is photos permissible in any madhab. Please substantiate with some proof.

Q: There is a internet friend (married) of mine. We chat, we laugh me mock each other and that’s it, the conversation contains the positive content, we discuss about the things around, the current issues, each other's families. So this is forbidden also?

Q: If I take pictures of myself and never show it to anyone, is this forbidden too?

Q: We have always been taught not to wear moorat/clothing with eyes and animate objects on them. We have been told recently that if an object like a cartoon character even if it be a car has eyes drawn/painted on it, is then not considered as moorat. This is because a car is not an animate object. Is this correct?

Q: I would like to know what is the Islamic view on prehistoric life?