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A new research says it has found evidence that the Ajwa date from Madinah contains active elements useful in the prevention of diseases like cancer.The research was carried out in Riyadh-based King Saud University (KSU) to discover the health benefits of Ajwa dates, which resulted in the finding that the fruit has anti-inflammatory properties similar to commercially available drugs like …
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January, 2020
- 21 January
The Liberation of Women in Islam
Many misconceptions surround women’s rights in Islam. The prevailing view by people in the West, and especially what is portrayed in the media, is that women in Islam are oppressed, subordinate to men, and have no say. Is that really true? How have people reached these assumptions? One reason why the status of women in Islam is misconstrued is that …
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Dr. A.M.A. Azeez Commemoration Meeting – 21st Jan 2020
The Dr. A.M.A. Azeez Commemoration Meeting and the Memorial Oration will be held on Tuesday 21st January 2020 at 4.30 p.m. at the Ghaffoor Hall, Zahira College, 406, Orabi Pasha Mawatha, Colombo 10. Dr. Farzana Haniffa, Senior Lecturer, Department of Sociology, University of Colombo, will deliver the Oration on the subject of “Activism in Uncertain Times: Revisiting the ‘Good Minority’ …
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December, 2019
- 13 December
Palestinian strawberry farmers hope for rich pickings as export markets open up this season
This season may be different in terms of production volume and quality.” BEIT LAHIA/GAZA: Farming in the Gaza Strip can be unpredictable at the best of times, but for strawberry grower Akram Abu Khousa years of toil under Israeli restrictions are starting to bear fruit. The Palestinian farmer is celebrating the success of the first major export of his crop …
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All Ceylon Muslim Educational Conference Discussion with Community Leaders On” Burning Issues related to education of the Muslim Community”
Objectives: Create and awareness among community leaders on problems encountered by the community and the new education reforms made and proposed changes in the school education and Madrasa education systems.Make suggestions and alternative proposals to the relevant ministries within the national framework and policies of the government. The Agenda and the list of community leaders who have confirmed participation are …
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Can the descendants of Prophet Isaac and Prophet Ishmael learn to live together peacefully? By RABBI ALLEN MALLER
Every year Jews worldwide read Genesis chapters 21 and 22 on the first and second days of Rosh Hashanah in conservative and Orthodox synagogues around the world. Reform Rabbi Ron Kronish, Founding Director the Interreligious Coordinating Council in Israel (ICCI), writes: “I have always been mindful that on these very special days—our ‘High Holidays’—we read about Ishmael as well as …
Read More » - 3 December
Extending an Olive Branch to Palestine by MORGAN HULL
Gaza and the West Bank and have been under occupation since 1967, and in that time over 2.5 million olive trees have been uprooted and destroyed. Cutting down olive trees on Palestinian soil is a brutal assault on the Palestinian people’s culture and livelihoods, a symbolic destruction of Palestine itself. On the International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People, …
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