Three women have been jointly awarded the 2011 Nobel Peace Prize for their non-violent struggles for women's rights. Here are profiles of the three: Liberian President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, Leymah Gbowee - an activist from Liberia, and Tawakul Karman, a Yemeni rights activist.
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A woman who abandoned her two young children in a car at night while she went drinking has been given a suspended prison sentence
Kayleigh McNaughton, 21, was arrested after returning to her unlocked vehicle from a bar.
She had left her nine-month-old baby strapped into a car seat and her three-year-old son in the passenger footwell.
Police had been called to the scene by a worried passer-by.
Officers said she was unsteady on her feet and smelled strongly of alcohol when she emerged from the nearby bar in Rusholme, Manchester, just after 3.30am last August.
Salam
We have, with the help of God, reached NO TOPIC 8.
Here we just let all the wind out.
For the past 7 threads, we have debated zero.
I hope that all you guys continue to have a good time discussing absolutely NOTHING.
Those of you who have plenty of time on their hands, can browse through previous threads.
No Topic 7 can be found here:
http://www.therevival.co.uk/forum/general/8216
Omrow
Islam is a religion much more than mere religious teachings and principles. It is in fact a complete code of life that not only teaches people about religious obligations, but offers them a complete set of instructions to live their lives accordingly.
For more details please visit the site below:
http://www.quranreading.com/blog/islam-religion/treatment-of-dengue-feve...
Yes, that's right but only if you can fulfill these five conditions.
See here
Home Secretary Theresa May has backed calls for the Human Rights Act to be scrapped.
In comments that will endear her to many Tories, she said she would "personally" like to see it go because of the problems it has presented the Home Office.
Mrs May told The Sunday Telegraph: "I'd personally like to see the Human Rights Act go because I think we have had some problems with it.
"I see it, here in the Home Office, particularly, the sort of problems we have in being unable to deport people who perhaps are terrorist suspects.
"Obviously, we have seen it with some foreign criminals who are in the UK."
But senior Lib Dems, including Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg and Energy Secretary Chris Huhne, have pledged the Act will stay.
Assalamu alaiukum 
I don't know if this has already been duscussed and i haven't really bothered searching for it either, plus i just wanted to let some thoughts out.
Basically like everyone i have my highs and lows when it comes to my imaan or taqwah. Hopefully as does everyone else i would love to keep my imaan and taqwah at a high all the time.
One of the ways i think my imaan is affected is by how often i do good deeds and how much and what sins i commit. It certainly helps keep Allah on your mind when you're busy with doing good deeds but sometimes i feel like i've run out of things to do and i just get bored. I've also felt an imaan boost when giving up things which are sinful or i may in doubt of.
Blasphemy in Islam is any irreverent behavior toward holy personages, religious artifacts, customs, and beliefs that Muslims revere. The Quran and the hadith do not speak about blasphemy.
Jurists created the offence, and they made it part of Sharia.
Where Sharia pertains, the penalties for blasphemy can include fines, imprisonment, flogging, amputation, hanging, or beheading. Muslim clerics may call for the punishment of an alleged blasphemer by issuing a fatwā
The European Commission has threatened legal action against the UK, saying a test of eligibility for benefits discriminates against foreigners.
It says it is easier for UK citizens to prove their "right to reside" - a test imposed by the UK for certain benefits - than EU nationals.
The commission says it may refer the case to the European Court of Justice.
UK ministers fear taxpayers could be forced into handing out more than £2bn to EU nationals - including so-called "benefits tourists" - if the UK has to comply.
Ministers say it is a "fundamental challenge" to the UK's right to decide its own social security arrangements.
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