October, 2012

• 9 October

  Haram expansion to house 1.5m worshippers – arabnews

  

    JEDDAH: P.K. ABDUL GHAFOUR Monday 4 June 2012 Last Update 5 June 2012 4:57 pm Dr. Abdul Rahman Al-Sudais, head of the Presidency for the Two Holy Mosques, yesterday inspected the progress of work on the largest expansion of the Grand Mosque in Makkah and said the new facility would accommodate 1.5 million worshippers. He commended Custodian of the …

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• 9 October

  Iraq: Ten Years, a Million Lives and Trillions of Dollars Later. Time for Truth and Reconciliation by Dennis Kucinich

  

    Ten years ago today the debate over the Iraq War came to Congress in the form of a resolution promoted by the Bush Administration. The war in Iraq will cost the United States as much as $5 trillion. It played a role in spurring the global financial crisis. Four thousand, four hundred, eighty eight Americans were killed. More than …

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• 9 October

  The Muslim Mother Teresa

  

    I hope I live to see the day where a humanitarian hero is referred to as the Christian Edna Adan. Who's Edna Adan? The short answer: she's a nurse-midwife, founder of a hospital bearing her name, who's saving and changing the lives of tens of thousands of people in Somaliland — a place not even recognized as a country. She's …

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• 9 October

  Saladin remembered – Arabnews

  

  The great ruler Saladin — Salah Addin Al Ayyubi — the Iraqi born Kurdish Muslim was remembered in the Israeli daily Haaretz on Oct. 2 for liberating Jerusalem from the Crusaders on Oct. 2, 1187, titled “This day in history.” Saladin captured almost every Crusader city. Jerusalem capitulated to his forces after a siege. Upon the capture of Jerusalem, Saladin …

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• 9 October

  Dating & Islam…to Me It’s an Oxymoron

  

    Dania Shahzad “To be clear, Islam does not forbid women and men from talking to one another, but asks that they practice modesty and remain within the limits that Sharia has set.” *** Walking down the school hallways as a young Muslim girl I used to see guys and girls holding hands, or a girl standing by her locker …

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• 9 October

  US, Allies Wage Economic War On Iran By Finian Cunningham

    The havoc hitting Iran’s national finances should leave no-one under any illusions. The country is facing economic warfare from the US and its European allies. In financial terms, it is equivalent to attacking the country with a weapon of mass destruction. The disruption and hardship being inflicted on Iranian citizens is criminal and unspeakably callous. But let’s make no …

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• 8 October

  An interesting response on Hijab by a Nobel Laureate

  

    AMAZING response by Yemeni Nobel Peace prize winner in 2011 Tawakkul Karman* when asked about her Hijab By Journalists and how it is not proportionate with her level of intellect and education, she replied: “Man in The early times was almost naked, and as his intellect evolved he started wearing clothes. What I am today and what I’m wearing represents the highest level of …

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