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  • Children of Gaza: Scarred and Trapped

    Omsyatte adjusts her green school uniform and climbs gingerly on to a desk at the front of the classroom. The shy 12-year-old holds up a brightly colored picture and begins to explain to her classmates what she has drawn. It is a scene played out in schools all over the world, but for one striking difference: Omsyatte's picture does not illustrate a.. More

  • Common painkillers can lead to hearing loss

    Loud music or noise isn't the only thing that can damage your hearing. A new study in men hints that popping over-the-counter painkillers regularly can also lead to hearing loss, especially in younger men. In the study, researchers found that men younger than age 50 who regularly took acetaminophen more than two times a week had roughly double the.. More

  • US: Europe biased against Muslims

    The annual report of US State Department on human rights has warned of increasing concern that discrimination against Muslims was on the rise in Europe. The human rights report for 2009 cited Switzerland's ban on the construction of minarets on mosques enacted in November, as well as continued bans or restrictions on head scarves and burqa worn by.. More

  • Misinformation about Marjah

    For weeks, the U.S. public followed the biggest offensive of the Afghanistan War against what it was told was a "city of 80,000 people" as well as the logistical hub of the Taliban in that part of Helmand. That idea was a central element in the overall impression built up in February that Marjah was a major strategic objective, more important.. More

  • The manners of welcoming the new-born child in Islam

    Children are a source of delight and an adornment for the world granted by Allah to their parents. They give vigor to the hearts, joy to the souls and pleasure to the eyes. They are the fruit from whom good is to be hoped for when they frequently supplicate. "My Lord, have mercy upon them as they brought me up [when I was] small." They are.. More

  • Majority of Turkish people "want new civilian constitution"

    Two-thirds of Turks would vote in a referendum to reform Turkey's judiciary, which country's hardline secularist bloc want to block, a poll showed on Saturday. Such backing would suffice to pass planned constitutional changes that could raise tensions between judiciary and military, on the one hand, and the AK Party government. The AK Party, nearly.. More

  • Protecting our children from sexual abuse - III

    What should a parent do if he or she suspects abuse? If you are worried that your child has been sexually abused, it is important to put your trust in Allah and stay calm. Children are very intuitive and can easily sense there is something “up”. Allah Says (what means): “…Indeed, Allah is with the patient.” [Quran 2:.. More

  • Protecting children from sexual abuse - II

    What every Muslim parent needs to know about sexual abuse Sexual abuse is a scary word. When most people hear the phrase, they immediately cut off emotionally and stop listening. Why? People are afraid because they don’t know much about the topic and do not want to feel powerless. We hope and pray that this will never happen to our children,.. More

  • Trial exposes Turkey's 'deep state'

    Turkey has always been a country haunted by conspiracy theories – and not without reason. Western powers nearly succeeded in dividing Turkey between themselves at the end of the Ottoman Empire ... and after the rise of the Soviet Union, new Nato member Turkey was on the frontline of the Cold War. Conspiracy literature is a huge industry there:.. More

  • Chile's quake many times more powerful than Haiti's

    "This was a big one. A really big one,'' said Dr. Tim Dixon, geophysics professor at the Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science in Miami, speaking of the magnitude 8.8 earthquake that struck near Chile Saturday morning. How thunderous is 8.8 quake on the Richter scale? The energy released is between 500 and 900 times that of the magnitude.. More

  • UN Report: 346 Afghan children killed in 2009, mostly by NATO

    Largest portion of killings came in air strikes. When the record 2009 civilian death toll began to emerge, NATO was quick to brag that they had actually killed fewer civilians than the Taliban. This appears to be the case still, though UN reports suggested the difference wasn’t nearly as dramatic as NATO initially claimed. There is one thing.. More

  • The ruling of celebrating the Prophet's Birthday

    The year of his noble birth According to the most correct opinion of the scholars, the Prophet sallallaahu 'alayhi wa sallam was born in the city of Makkah in the year of the Elephant (in the year 571or 570CE), in the month of Rabee' Al-Awwal. The day of his birth There is an agreement amongst the scholars that the Prophet sallallaahu 'alayhi wa.. More

  • As Afghan civilian deaths rise, NATO says, 'Sorry.'

    In the Afghanistan war, NATO forces chief Gen. Stanley McChrystal publicly apologized Tuesday for 27 Afghan civilian deaths in a US airstrike. The coalition has begun saying 'sorry' more quickly to civilian deaths, as part of a new hearts and minds strategy. In a video distributed Tuesday in Dari and Pashto, the main languages spoken in Afghanistan,.. More

  • Marjah civilians run out of food

    With a month of advance notice of the massive NATO invasion, Marjah’s civilian population had ample opportunity to slip away. But while a few thousand families managed to get out of the agricultural region, most stayed, apparently reassured by NATO’s urging to “stay put” through the offensive. But those who didn’t flee.. More

  • The Mossad's secret wars

    For more than half a century, the Mossad has been blamed for numerous killings around the world, and is often at the centre of conspiracy theories, including those surrounding the assassination of John F. Kennedy, the 1998 Lockerbie bombing and the 911 attacks in the US. While some of its actions have been celebrated within Israel, the organization.. More