Islam & Science

Gentlemen, they’re not just for hipsters and the homeless any more. While both dead sexy and totally awesome, beards are also a boon to your overall health. Researchers discovered that men with beards and moustaches actually enjoy numerous benefits including, but not limited to, instant handsomeness. A study from the University of Southern Queensland, published in the Radiation Protection Dosimetry journal, found …

The road to renewal THE sleep has been long and deep. In 2005 Harvard University produced more scientific papers than 17 Arabic-speaking countries combined. The world’s 1.6 billion Muslims have produced only two Nobel laureates in chemistry and physics. Both moved to the West: the only living one, the chemist Ahmed Hassan Zewail, is at the California Institute of Technology. …

  අනුමත-කැප (හලාල්) හා තහනම්-අකැප (හරාම්) සංකල්පය පිළිබඳව නොයෙක් ආකාරයේ නිවැරදි නොවූ මත ඉදිරිපත්වී ඇති බව දකින්නට ඇත. මෙයට ප්‍රධාන හේතුව, මේ පිළිබඳව සිංහල බසින් ප්‍රමාණවත් අර්ථ දැක්වීම් ඉදිරිපත් නොවී තිබීම බව අපගේ අදහසයි. එහෙයින් මෙම කරුණු සියල්ල සලකා බලා මෙම සංකල්පය පිළිබඳව කෙටි විග්‍රහයක් ඉදිරිපත් කරන්නට අදහස් කළෙමු. හලාල් (අනුමත) හා හරාම් (තහනම්) යන අරාබි වචන ප්‍රයෝජනයට ගැනීමෙන්, මෙය …

One of the delights in exploring Turkey in the 21st century is the plethora of new museums that are springing up all over the country. Turks seem to have discovered the rich wealth of their history, and are proud to show it off to both locals and foreigners. There seems to be a new fascination with the arts and a …