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Abused by their own children

published by You on 23 November, 2009 - 20:29

Beaten and abused, but what if the bully is your own child? Many parents are living in fear of their children, but are too ashamed to ask for help, says a leading British charity. Why?

Threatened with a knife by a 14-year-old girl - it could be a disturbing headline from any national newspaper. But what if it happened in your own home and the teenager wielding the weapon was your own daughter?

Parents are regularly being threatened, abused, even beaten up by their own children, says a UK parental guidance charity. Many have reached the point where they are afraid to be left alone in the house with them.

'Coma' man was conscious for years

published by You on 23 November, 2009 - 20:01

A Belgian man who doctors thought was in a coma for 23 years was conscious all along, it has been revealed.

Medical staff believed Rom Houben had sunk irretrievably into a coma after he was injured in a car crash in 1983.

A doctor at Belgium's University of Liege who discovered that Mr Houben had been misdiagnosed said his case was not an isolated one.

"I was shouting, but no-one could hear me," Mr Houben, now 46, was quoted as saying by a German magazine.

Read more @ BBC News

Female Muftis Aren’t Making Headlines. What a Surprise.

published by You on 23 November, 2009 - 19:40

By Sara Elghobashy
November 18, 2008

Whenever a story breaks that Muslim women are suffering somewhere in the world, the press foams at the mouth. Headlines with the words “unveiled” or “veiled” pop up everywhere and the world goes on to sing the song of “Muslim women are oppressed. Someone save them from their religion!” Yet, when news emerges that Muslim women are gaining some footing, there isn’t a peep about it in Western news outlets.

Reminder- 25 steps to be closer to Allah

published by Suhail on 23 November, 2009 - 01:13

As Salaamu Alaikum,
inshAllah you all are in the best of health and emaan.

1. Start off each day with ‘adhkaar al-istiyqaadh’ (waking up Supplications), thanking Allah for waking up in good shape. (Purchase the Fortress of the Muslim if you havent got it yet!!- comes very handy at all times alhamdulillah)

2. Put Allah first in your life.

3. Broaden your horizons – learn 5 new verses from the Quran every day, travel to pray far in the mosque to brighten your day,take up a booklet having supplications and read them.

4. Pray Salaat Al-dhuhaa (after sunrise).

5. If someone says something mean ;to you, just shrug it off and dismiss it in a friendly, laidback manner, and pray that Allah shall forgive them.

Tribe's resistance could help CJD

published by You on 23 November, 2009 - 00:27

Darwinian natural selection could help halt human "mad cow disease", experts say after finding a tribe impervious to a related fatal brain disorder.

The Papua New Guinea tribe developed strong genetic resistance after a major epidemic of the CJD-like disease, kuru, spread mostly by cannibalism.

Medical Research Council experts assessed more than 3,000 survivors of the mid-20th Century epidemic.

Their findings appear in the New England Journal of Medicine.

Kuru, a prion disease similar to CJD in humans and BSE in animals, was transmitted at mortuary feasts where - until the practice was banned in the late 1950s - women and children consumed their deceased relatives as a mark of respect and mourning.

Religion and (medical) Drugs

published by s.b.f on 22 November, 2009 - 23:07

The Health Department are generally always trying to tailor around their Patient's need ( I know that this does not always happen).

So earlier this year, the publication that was printed:
Religion and Belief: A practical guide for the NHS.

I'm just scanning through some writing, and it says here:

In the United Kingdom, the right to follow your religion and beliefs is protected under article 9 of the Human Rights Act 1998, which covers freedom of thought, conscience, and religion.

I didn't know this but people who follow the Jehovah's Witness refuse blood products because of their beliefs.

Anyway, coming back to what I really made this thread for:

Arrest of Hadhrat Shaykh Asif Hussain Farooqui DB

published by tdr on 22 November, 2009 - 03:45

Salaams

The pious and humble servant of Allah(swt), Shaykh Asif Hussain Farooqui (db), was arrested earlier this week on terrorism related offences.

The news has shocked all who know the Shaykh and the peaceful message he stands for.

19 000 people have already signed petitions demanding his release.

Please show your support in attending the following demonstration calling for his release.


URGENT - PLEASE ATTEND

VERY BIG DEMONSTRATION FOR THE RELEASE OF HADRHRAT SHAYKH AT 10 AM TODAY!

A demonstration will be held at 10am today (22/11/09) outside Greater Manchester Police Station.

Address: Chester House, 1 Boyer St, Manchester, M16 0RY

Chinese diners eat live fish in YouTube video

published by Noor on 22 November, 2009 - 01:09

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Animal rights campaigners have criticised the Chinese over their extreme eating habits after a video of diners eating a live fish became a hit on the internet.

The film, in which a part-fried fish is shown breathing and wriggling on a plate as it is being slowly eaten alive in a restaurant, has been posted on the video-sharing website YouTube.

In order to keep the carp alive chefs cook its body but wrap its head in a wet cloth to keep it breathing, before covering it in sauce and serving in on a plate.

The Prophet (saw) ordered women to attend Eid Salaah?

published by You on 21 November, 2009 - 20:17

I read this in an online translation of Sahih Bukhari:

Narrated Um 'Atiya:

We used to be ordered to come out on the Day of 'Id and even bring out the virgin girls from their houses and menstruating women so that they might stand behind the men and say Takbir along with them and invoke Allah along with them and hope for the blessings of that day and for purification from sins.

While there are (sometimes?) arrangements made for women to attend fridays prayers, is this also the case for Eid prayer, or is this much rarer - or even unheard of?

Egypt's President Mubarak enters Algeria football row

published by You on 21 November, 2009 - 19:58

Egypt's President Hosni Mubarak has stepped into a row with Algeria, vowing he will not tolerate the "humiliation" of Egyptian nationals abroad.

The dispute was triggered by violence following football World Cup qualifying matches between the two north African Arab nations.

Algeria won the crucial play-off, but each side has accused the other's fans of attacking their supporters.

Read more @ BBC News

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