October, 2010

• 4 October

  Why Hijaab for Women?

  

  Question: Why does Islam degrade women by keeping them behind the veil? Answer: The status of women in Islam is often the target of attacks in the secular media. The hijaab or the Islamic dress is cited by many as an example of the subjugation of women under Islamic law. Before we analyze the reasoning behind the religiously mandated hijaab, …

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• 4 October

  Thinking Islamically about our environment Moen Ahmed

  

  Oh humankind! Worship your Lord, who created you and those before you, so that you may become God-fearing. (Worship none but) the One who (alone) has made the earth a furnished habitation for you, and (who alone has made) the heaven a (sheltering) edifice, and who (alone) has sent down from the sky water, whereby He brought forth with it …

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• 4 October

  Cyber war is on: Apocalypse.com, By Ameen Izzadeen

  

  Future wars will be fought from a desk in a closed-up room. No missiles will be fired, no drone attacks will be launched on civilians and no soldiers will die. Nuclear weapons will be of no use. Yet nations will be brought to their knees by the press of a button. Yes, it is all but official that the era …

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• 1 October

  Senseless Killing of Kashmiri Muslim youths Is Bosnia in the Making?, By Latheef Farook

  India’s Hindutva dominated army is killing Kashmiri Muslimswith religious hatred and vengeance. This is how one could describe the manner in which the brutalized Kashmiri Muslim youths in peaceful demonstration were killed by the Indian army. Kashmiri Muslims have been some of the most peaceful people in this planet. They endured with great patience the waves of unprecedented terror and …

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September, 2010

• 30 September

  Olive oil’s health benefits.

  

    And a tree (Olive) that springs forth from Mount Sinai, that grows (produces) oil, and (it is) relish for the eaters. 'QURAN' 23:20   The greatest exponent of monounsaturated fat is olive oil, and it is a prime component of the Mediterranean Diet. Olive oil is a natural juice which preserves the taste, aroma, vitamins and properties of the olive …

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• 30 September

  A VOICE BEHIND A VEIL, By Khadijah Natalie Arbee

  I am a muslim women. I wear the niqaab (face veil). I’m one of those to whom the new law in France would apply. I’m one of the ones being discussed by politicians, human rights groups and the media. I’m one of those whom many feel the need to liberate. I’m one of those you may think is oppressed. I’m one of …

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• 30 September

  You Promised Me Democracy

  You promised me democracy, But look what you have done to me. You robbed my past, and future stole, and a present left to me, crushed beyond a mending hope. Ten years before invading me, you broke my dams and bridges bombed, and power plants, and sewage lines, and water mains, You fed the plants with pesticide, The baby food …

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