October, 2012

• 12 October

  Encyclopedia of the Middle East Saladin

  

      Saladin – Salahuddin Ayyubi (Yusuf Salah al din ibn Ayyub) (Arabic: صلاح الدين يوسف بن أيوب; Kurdish: سه‌لاحه‌دین ئه‌یوبی Selah'edine Eyubi; c. 1137 – March 4, 1193), a Kurdish Sultan, known to Europeans as Saladin, especially medieval Europe, was the founder of the Ayyubid dynasty and the liberator of Jerusalem (Al-Quds) from the third Crusade. His name means "righteousness of the faith." Saladin is …

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• 11 October

  In 2012 – 39 Deaths reported by Lightning in Sri Lanka- Prevention: Avoid Lightning

  

  Lightning is near-instantaneous discharge of 200 million to a billion volts that accompanies thunderstorm activity. You can't outmaneuver a storm, so be alert and act early to seek shelter. Different forms of lightning. Direct hit – most often occurs in the open. Splash – occurs when lightning hits another object (tree, building). The current seeks the path of least resistance, and may "jump" …

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• 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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