BBC NEWS | Americas | No stoning, Canada migrants told
Don’t stone women to death, burn them or circumcise them, immigrants wishing to live in the town of Herouxville in Quebec, Canada, have been told.The rules come in a new town council declaration on culture that Muslims have branded shocking and insulting.
The ghost of Saddam Hussein Tareq Y Ismael - openDemocracy
The hanging of Iraq’s ex-dictator was an instrument of the country’s new sectarian logic rather than of justice, says Tareq Y Ismael.
SunniPath Answers:
Downloading files from the internet - Permissibility of torrents
Question: Nowadays, many Muslims download files (Such as music, movies, video clips) from the internet through torrent sites.Some people say that these sites are haram as the US Government finds torrents illegal as it constitutes of piracy. However, in places in the East (Like Pakistan, India, etc…) pretty much all the movies are all “piracy.” If someone in the West uses torrents, is he sinning? Answer
SunniPath Academy:
Attaining Good Character - Personal and Social Traits from the Prophetic Example
Teacher: Al-Habib Umar Bin Hafiz and Shaykh Abdul-Kareem Yahya
This
beautiful course will use the best model of “tremendous character,” may
Allah bless him and give him peace, to define and detail key character
traits, from personal characteristics such as patience, forbearance,
and gratitude, to matters of dealing with others, including fulfilling
promises and giving others joy.
SunniPath Academy Courses
Lucy Atkins on eating disorders in children | Health and wellbeing | Life and Health
Our children have never been fatter. Nor have they ever been so prone to eating disorders like anorexia. What can parents do? How do you steer your kids away from one danger without pushing them towards the other? Lucy Atkins has some practical advice
BBC NEWS | Programmes | From Our Own Correspondent | Russian casinos ordered out of town
A rapid growth in gambling has prompted Russia to ban all casinos and gaming halls from its major towns and cities.From Tolstoy to Dostoevsky, Russia’s long love-affair with gambling is well documented in the country’s greatest works of literature.
The world’s thirst Ehsan Masood - openDemocracy
A solution to the world’s water crisis may lie in the sewers of 19th-century England and America, says Ehsan Masood.
Don’t slam Carter; Israel’s grip is real | ajc.com
Jewish self-righteousness is taken for granted among ourselves to such an extent that we fail to see what’s right in front of our eyes. It’s simply inconceivable that the ultimate victims, the Jews, can carry out evil deeds. Nevertheless, the state of Israel practices its own, quite violent, form of apartheid with the native Palestinian population.
German monasteries and convents are going gray. Hardly anyone wants to become a monk or nun these days. Paradoxically, though, more and more laypeople are seeking temporary refuge behind the cloister walls. But how much of the outside world can the religious orders take?
Microwave experiments cause sponge disasters - CNN.com
Some who tried to sanitize germy sponges in microwave got unpleasant results
• News outlets got complaints of odors, ruined appliances
• Researchers advise that the sponges must be WET before going in microwave
The Onslaught of the Poor: The New Mass Migration - International - SPIEGEL ONLINE - News
Today, there are more than 190 million migrants in the world. Many set out in search of adventure, but Africa’s poor are fleeing desparation for a life of hope in Europe. Though rarely welcome, neither laws nor walls can stop them from making the dangerous journey. And thousands die each year.
BBC NEWS | Africa | Nigerian houses swallowed by sand
Ciroma Mohammed is standing on the spot he says was once occupied by his house in north-east Nigeria.“We lose houses to the desert every year,” he says from the village of Bulamadu in Yobe State.
BBC NEWS | Business | Multinationals lead India’s IT revolution
When 13-year old Taylor, who lives in Modesto, California, wants help with her homework, she no longer goes and asks her mother for help.Instead she goes to her computer and gets on the internet, where she dials up an e-tutoring service, TutorVista, based in Bangalore, India, for help with her maths and English.
2 minutes in the microwave sterilizes sponges, scrub pads: study
Putting kitchen sponges and scrub pads in the microwave for two minutes can kill bacteria and viruses, eliminating the threat of food-borne illnesses, U.S. researchers say.
Muslims “Get” Globalization, But Does It Get Them?
The last half-century has seen an unmistakable rise in income levels and life-expectancy in Muslim-majority countries, but their citizens have a negative impression of globalization. International business consultant Mehmood Kazmi attributes this antagonism to the widening chasm of misunderstanding in Muslim-Western relations. With a history of cultural domination over the West followed by resource exploitation under colonialism, the Muslim world views the liberalization of financial, trade and information flows with suspicion. Globalization of the media has allowed biased perceptions to travel rapidly to the masses, opening the way for further misunderstanding. For example, Kazmi questions why US distributors decline broadcasting English-language Al Jazeera, while Muslim countries broadcast CNN, BBC and other western news channels. While economic and social benefits can often placate the critics of globalization in many developing countries, the author argues that the burdens of cultural sensitivity and political inequity may need to be prioritized before the Muslim world welcomes globalization. For understanding and relationships to improve, the exchange of ideas must go in two directions. – YaleGlobal
The Need For Wisdom and Knowledge
Fath al-Mawsuli (Allah have mercy on him) said:
Doesn’t a sick person who is deprived of food and drink die?… It is the same with the heart: if it is kept from wisdom and knowledge for three days, it dies….”
Imam Ghazali (Allah have mercy on him) comments:
He has spoken the truth, for the nourishment of the heart is knowledge and wisdom, and it is through them that the heart has life.
[Ghazali, Ihya’ `Ulum al-Din, 1.7]
SunniPath Answers (http://qa.sunnipath.com):
What is the relation of scent to Islam?
What is the relation of scent to Islam? What religious function do incense, perfume, and other forms of scent have?
Answer by Faraz Rabbani
Browser Smackdown: Firefox vs. IE vs. Opera vs. Safari
People may be passionate about their favorite sports team, but if you really want to get them fired up, ask what Web browser they use.There’s the “if it ain’t broke, don’t fix it” crowd who tend to stick with the browser that’s included with their operating system — Microsoft’s Internet Explorer on Windows and Apple’s Safari on the Mac. There are the “I’ve just gotta be me” folks who prefer lesser-known browsers, such as Opera from Opera Software. And there are the “live free or die” open-source true believers who champion Mozilla’s Firefox above its commercial counterparts.
Then there are those people who simply demand the best browsing experience there is. They’ll defend their favorite browser to the death because they think it kicks all the other browsers’ butts in terms of elegance, features, security and so on. But if a better option comes along, they’ll happily switch and speak out just as loudly for their new browser of choice. At Computerworld, we fall into this camp, always looking for the Next Great Browser.
Wired News: Test Tube Meat Nears Dinner Table
What if the next burger you ate was created in a warm, nutrient-enriched soup swirling within a bioreactor?
DeenPort - Iffat Younus Reports That Faraz Rabbani Said This:
“Before you act, consider what you are doing and why; whom you are acting for? Stir up a sense of thankfulness, a sense of longing, hope, fear, slavehood. Bring to mind the majesty, tremendousness, beauty and mercy of Allah subhanahu wa ta’ala. And then begin your action. So that moment before you act, the moment in which you turn your heart to Allah subhanahu wa ta’ala is of the greatest moments of your life. And if we make ourselves accustomed to keep striving to turn to Allah subhanahu wa ta’ala in those precious moments we’ll find that our lives will be coloured with the dye of spiritual favour from Allah subhanahu wa ta’ala, we’ll find our hearts and our entire life being enveloped in divine assistance and divine favour. And we’ll find light and serenity and contentment in our life.” [DeenPort Messages]
