February, 2015

• 12 February

  U of T Research finds brain differences between believers and non-believers

  

  Believing in God can help block anxiety and minimize stress, according to new University of Toronto research that shows distinct brain differences between believers and non-believers. In two studies led by Assistant Psychology Professor Michael Inzlicht, participants performed a Stroop task – a well-known test of cognitive control – while hooked up to electrodes that measured their brain activity. Compared …

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• 12 February

  Roger Waters, Alan Parsons Spar Over Israel Concerts

  

  Roger Waters Former Pink Floyd member Roger Waters has engaged in a war of words with Dark Side of the Moon engineer Alan Parsons, who leads the Alan Parsons Project, over the latter's decision to play a concert in Tel Aviv, Israel. On Saturday, Waters, Floyd's "pimply bass player," by his own estimation, published two letters he had written "the …

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• 12 February

  Charity begins to safeguard you wealth & You are answerable how you earn it.

  

  By Marshad Barry (Dip in Journalism University of Colombo) Smiling in your brother’s face is an act of charity. So is enjoining good and forbidding evil,  giving directions to the lost traveller,  aiding the blind and  removing obstacles from the path. -Prophet Muhammad (SAW) Today many of us work from dawn to dusk to earn money, making that the only …

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• 11 February

  Canadian Muslim chosen best mayor in world for 2014

  

  Ottawa (IINA) – Naheed Nenshi, mayor of Calgary in Canada, was voted the best mayor of the world in 2014 by the international firm City Mayor Foundation. Nenshi, a Canadian Muslim, is well known for his integrity, honesty and generosity. The prize was awarded on February 2 after he was picked from among a list of 933 mayors, surveyed by …

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• 11 February

  Coins dating back to reign of Umar ibn al-Khattab found in Turkey

  

  Ankara (IINA) – A Turkish citizen, named Jorlar Youghal, from Selim, a town of Kars Province in the Eastern Anatolia region of Turkey, has found 7 pieces of ancient silver coins with Arabic inscriptions, dating back to the reign of Caliph Umar ibn al-Khattab. Turkey's Ikhlas News Agency reported that Youghal, 53, who works as a shepherd, said he discovered …

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• 10 February

  Zionism and Muslim Unity – By: Evin Mohammed

  

   Muslim by definition is one who submits his will to God Almighty. Islam means peace. Thus Peace acquired by submitting your will to God Is the Religion of Islam.  It is stated emphatically in the Quran, the Last Testament of God to mankind, that He will forgive anything He pleases except Shirk, that is setting up of Lords and Patrons …

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• 10 February

  A word on charity and upliftment

  

  By: alahazrat.net Source: http://muslimvillage.com Giving money to the poor is an emblem of Islam and a sunna of the Prophet Muhammad (Allah bless him and give him peace). He was never asked for anything, except that he gave it, and he would give without fearing poverty. People said that he was more generous than the “sent wind” that brings the rain …

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