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| HARUN YAHYA | Islam's Acceptance of Judaism and Christianity We are living in an era in which the world is desperately in need of peace, friendship, and solidarity. The tensions and conflicts that so defined the twentieth century continue in this new century, and innocent people all around the world continue to suffer from them. Read More >> |
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| OCCIDENTAL VIEW | “Hijacking Catastrophe” Fills a Void Left by Journalists’ Failures I’m a former full-time journalist turned journalism professor. I continue to commit occasional acts of journalism, and I retain a deep affection for, and commitment to, the craft and its ideals. That’s why it pains me to say this: The performance of the U.S. corporate commercial news media after 9/11 has been the most profound and dangerous failure of journalism in my lifetime. Read More >> |
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| MUSLIMS WITHOUT BORDERS | Hijab Scrutinised: The Four Fallacies of Hijabophobia (Part 1/4)
In this series, Hayat Alyaqout scrutinises the hijab and touches upon several themes such as the religious authenticity of the hijab, the overlap between the hijab as a religious practise and the hijab as a social practise, how men have their own hijab too, and the philosophy of the hijab in relation to the social notion of beauty. In the first part, she talks about the four main challenges raised against the authenticity of hijab in Islam and refutes them. Read More >> |
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| MACROPHONE | Slave, Servant or What? It was during the summer of 1985 when I discovered how difficult it was to translate words, whose simplicity I used to take for granted. Read More >> |
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| MACROPHONE | The Express Train: The New Face of Da’wah A few years ago, if you mentioned the word “da'wah”, the first image that would usually appear in our minds was that of an old man wearing traditional Islamic clothes, speaking standard, formal Arabic, and preaching his, sometimes, complex way into the minds and hearts of thousands of Muslims as well as non-Muslims. Language is indeed arbitrary, as the meaning of the word “da'wah” has changed in the minds of millions of Muslims worldwide, since more and more youth... Read More >> |
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| CAPITA | Media Quotes to Ponder
“Writing to a magazine that had published his obituary: I've just read that I am dead. Don't forget to delete me from your list of subscribers.” Rudyard Kipling Read More >> |
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| PALESTINIAN DISPATCHES | Is Israel A Real Democracy? Israel likes to define itself as the only democracy in the Middle East. Democracy means a plurality of views, of voices and of positions; the fact is that Israel is an exclusive racist Jewish state with little interest in real democracy. Read More >> |
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| PALESTINIAN DISPATCHES | Alaqsa Intifada and the Media During Alaqsa Intifada, which started on September 29, 2000, both the Palestinians and the Israelis were very aware of the media power. Thus, there was a competition between the two on this field. This competition negatively affected the media and their coverage. Instead of enhancing the media, this competition moved the media from being a fourth state to be a fourth branch for government.
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| LIFE MAKERS | "Life Makers" Comes Back Full of Life Amr Khaled is an Egyptian auditor, currently resides between Lebanon and the U.K. He has a B.A. in commerce, a diploma in Islamic studies and is presently a PhD candidate at the University of Wales, U.K. Read More >> |
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| NON-PROFIT ORGANISATIONS | Hadeer: Youth Shout in Actions Hadeer is an Arabic word that refers to the strong sound water currents produce. Inspired by Amr Khaled’s TV show “Life Makers”, Hadeer came to voice the concerns and ambitions of the Muslim youth. Hicham Maged reports the story of their success. Read More >> |
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| IN DEPTH | Balance and Imbalance: In the Equation on “Differentiation – Continuity” Between Civilisations 2/4 “Following Scientific revolutions, and through an unexpected transfer, scientists are now facing a different science". This is the conclusion reached by Thomas S. Khun in his theory on the structure of scientific revolution... in the case of technological revolutions however, the whole world is exposed to a gradual change, and the rate of change depends on the nature of the technologies of impact ad their interaction with the elements of the social environment.” Read More >> |
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| MED-AWARE | Home Remedies (2) Tonic to calm nerves:
- 1oz (25gm) hops
- 1oz (25gm) lavender flower
- 1oz (25gm) palm leaves
- 1oz (25gm) primrose
Instructions: Add 1 teaspoonful of the mixture to 1/2 cup of boiling water. Take twice daily without sugar. Read More >> |
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| MED-AWARE | Aroma Therapy (Part1) While writing this article I'm enjoying the fragrance of musk, which comes out of a traditional Indian fragrance cone. This fragrance positively elevates your mood. Read More >> |
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| MED-AWARE | How Much Do You Know About Your Child's Milky Teeth? Some Facts You Need to Know About Baby's Teeth:- Children's teeth "also called milky or deciduous teeth" are the primary teeth that start to appear in your baby's mouth as early as 5 months of age.
- They start to form and develop long before birth.
- By the age of 3 years, all of the twenty primary teeth are present in the mouth.
- They all vary in their order of appearance, pace and time of loss.
- The first permanent tooth appears around 6 years of age.
- The last primary tooth is to be
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