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August 2010 Blog Posts (106)

Year's best meteor shower about to begin... to coincide with Ramadan start‏

While the night sky is chock full of wonders, there are a few celestial events that are real eye-catchers. The

By Andrew Fazekas, The Gazette

next couple of weeks offers a great double-bill: a showing of a…

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Going organic: The siege on Gaza

In February 2006, following Hamas' electoral victory, a top advisor to Ehud Olmert, the then

By Jon Elmer

Israeli prime minister, Dov Weisglass, described the essence of Israel's Gaza policy.

"It's like a meeting with a dietitian," Weisglass said. "We need to make the Palestinians lose weight, but not to starve to…

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'Total' sanctions: Iran gas projects 'evaporate in the air'

TEHRAN - Iran has scrapped a second liquefied natural gas (LNG) project which was to be executed by







'Natural' gas sanctions

New wave of sanctions forces Iran to scrap second LNG project after big Western companies…

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Unrivaled legacy of Avicenna...ابن سینا ... Ibn Sīnā

Historically, Iran has been a land of prominent, influential figures in science, letters, arts and literature whose

First Published 2010-08-09





Unforgettable name in the memory of the world

ابن سینا ...…

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Fatwa: UAE workers can break Ramadan fast in extreme heat

DUBAI - Workers contending with high heat and humidity can break their Ramadan fasts to avoid health

First Published 2010-08-09





'When you don't take water and these things, you're very at risk'…



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Fareed Zakaria Returns Anti-Defamation League Award



Indian-American journalist Fareed Zakaria returned an award he received from the Anti-Defamation League due to

Carma Hassan

the group's opposition to the proposed "Ground Zero Mosque."

Zakaria says he could not "in good conscience" keep the Hubert H. Humphrey First Amendment Freedoms…

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Morocco accuses Spain of abandoning sick migrants

RABAT - Morocco on Friday accused a Spanish civil guard border patrol of abandoning eight sub-Saharan

First Published 2010-08-06





'In complete contradiction with respect for human dignity'

Rabat blasts Spain's 'inhuman…

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Obama asks Shiite cleric to help settle Iraq impasse



WASHINGTON - President Barack Obama has sent a letter to Iraq's top Shiite cleric, Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani

First Published 2010-08-06





The last resort?



US…

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Born to be fat?

Expectant mothers who watch their weight during pregnancy increase the chances their baby will maintain a

Dr. Sanjay Gupta

healthy weight throughout life, according to a study in the British journal The Lancet.

But when pregnant women overindulge and gain too much weight during their 9 months, they tend to give birth to heavier babies who are at higher risk for obesity as children and adults, the researchers…

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South Africa's lessons for Gaza

The Palestinian national movement has overlooked this question: does the Gaza Strip resemble the racist Bantustans

Does Gaza today resemble South Africa under apartheid? (Matthew Cassel)

By : Haidar Eid

of apartheid South Africa? During the apartheid era,…

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Baby Baiting

Arizona State Senator Russell Pearce, the father of SB 1070, has a new target in his cross hairs:

A US citizen must be 21 in order to sponsor the green card application of a parent or an immediate relative. Yet racists, nativists, and other right-wingers continue demonizing immigrants - this time women and children - in order to stoke fear and hatred, says Robin Templeton.…

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Muslim women leading a science revolution

Despite the recent barrage of news on the ridiculous niqab/hijab/burqa bans restricting women’s entry into

by Arwa Aburawa

education, it turns out that Muslim women are some of the best educated women in…

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US imposes sanctions on 21 'Iran-backed' firms

WASHINGTON - The United States slapped sanctions on 21 Iranian government firms





Treasury undersecretary Stuart Levey

US Treasury Department targets Iranian aid operations, banking, mining companies.

Tuesday, boosting pressure over the Islamic republic's nuclear program and alleged support…

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Gaza girls turn to fishing as rising poverty erodes barriers

Every morning the two girls wake up before dawn, row their wooden skiff out into Gaza's heavily-







'Girls like us have to work as fishermen despite the dangers'

Madeleine, 16, sister Reem, 13, brave gunfire to make ends meet for family in…

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When A Cultural Paradigm is Divisive

IN 1871,THE English anthropologist and social Darwinist E.B.Tylor formulated the generally accepted and classical

By: Ahmad Shakur

definition of the term ‘culture.' "Culture is that complex whole which includes knowledge, belief, art, morals, law, custom, and any other capability and habit acquired by man as a member of society."

The terms are compelling, but…

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Added by Bilal Mahmud المكافح المخلص on August 3, 2010 at 6:37pm — No Comments

CONTEMPLATING THE QUR’AN AND THE BURDEN OF SCHOLARS ....A Hidden Treasure

IT HAPPENED IN the Masjid of Madinah, the Mosque of the Messenger of Allah, sallallahu alayhe wa…

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Women take up arms in Iraq's wild west

Sporting a long blue dress and white headscarf, Umm Omar barely blinks as she whips out a pistol in

First Published 2010-08-03





First female insurgents & counter-insurgents, now armed housewives

Growing number of Iraqi…

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Israeli group finds 492 violations of settlement 'freeze'



JERUSALEM - The Israeli settlement watchdog Peace Now has documented 492 violations of a partial

First Published 2010-08-03





The question of settlements is still unsettled

Peace Now: Israeli government trying to ignore…

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Thinking Islamically About Our Environment

O humankind! Worship your Lord,who created you and those before you, so that you may become God-fearing.

By Moeen Ahmad

(Worship none but) the One who (alone) has made the…

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Added by Bilal Mahmud المكافح المخلص on August 2, 2010 at 2:00pm — No Comments

Ahmadinejad ready for 'face-to-face' talks with Obama

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said on Monday he was ready for face-to-face talks with his US

First Published 2010-08-02





'See whose solutions are better'

Iranian President calls on US counterpart to debate him on…

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Added by Bilal Mahmud المكافح المخلص on August 2, 2010 at 1:10pm — No Comments

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Allah سبحانه و تعالى said : “This day, I have completed your religion for you”

Allah completed the religion through him and the proof is His saying, He, the Most High: «This day, I have completed your religion for you, perfected My blessings upon you, and am pleased…Continue

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The argument about Resurrection and life after death!

Allah says: “Nay! I swear by this city. This city wherein you have been rendered violable, and I swear by the parent and his offspring” (90Al-Balad:1-3) To begin a conversation, in Arabic with Nay,…Continue

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The question: When will the threat of Resurrection be carried out?

After Tauhid the other question about which a dispute was raging between the Prophet (pbuh) and the disbelievers was the question of the Hereafter. Here, before giving the arguments, the Hereafter…Continue

Started by karriem el-amin shabazz in Sample Title Jun 18, 2022.

This is the Truth: The Garden of Eternity, or the Blazing Fire!!!

Allah says: “Tell them, (O Prophet): “Did you consider (what would be your end) if this Qur'an were indeed from Allah and yet you rejected it? And this, even though a witness from the Children of…Continue

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