A "galactic lens" has revealed that the Universe will probably expand forever.

Astronomers used the way that light from distant stars was distorted by a huge galactic cluster known as Abell 1689 to work out the amount of dark energy in the cosmos.

Dark energy is a mysterious force that speeds up the expansion of the Universe.

Understanding the distribution of this force revealed that the likely fate of the Universe was to keep on expanding.

It will eventually become a cold, dead wasteland, researchers say.

Read more @ BBC News

Assalamu Alaikum!

The Muslim Women's Sport Foundation (MWSF) needs your help! We are conducting a short survey to find out how active Muslim women of all ages are in the UK. Whether you exercise 24hrs a day or not at all, please take a few minutes to help us change the future of sporting opportunities for our community by clicking on the link below.

The survey is completely anonymous and will only take 3 minutes to complete but will make a huge difference!

http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/mwsfresearch

Please forward this email on to all your friends and family - Mum's, Aunties, Sisters, Cousins, Mother/Sister In Laws etc..... This is your chance to HAVE YOUR SAY!!!

I believe today is the results day for A Levels.

Reading the Guardian Live blog, it mentions that the pass rate is 97.6%.

The blog does have some remarkable insight into A Levels too:

7.58am: Amusingly, as we are looking for photographs of people receiving their results to beautify this blog - as yet we can only find pictures of girls. By some lucky twist of fate also all appear to be incredibly attractive! I knew A Level students were becoming cleverer by the year, but better looking too? And blonder? Lucky, lucky, Britain.

So anyone here who was expecting results today?

Inshallah it all went well?

What makes The Revival different from other Islamic sites and magazines?

">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=17jymDn0W6U]

Domino's Pizza, which was among the first fast food outlets in Britain to serve halal-only takeaways, has ditched the menu after poor sales.

The chain enraged customers 18 months ago by completely removing pork from its pizzas in favour of halal-only meat at its branch in Hall Green, Birmingham.

But the pizza firm have been forced into an embarrassing U-turn back to their original menu due to poor sales.

Read more @ The Telegraph

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BsYJIWlp1G8 - interesting.

Flashy sports cars are out, now no mid-life crisis is complete without a souped-up road bike. Why?

Every weekend, across the nation's rolling countryside, watch out for the Mamils: middle-aged men in lycra.

And ladies, if you have a man at home taking an unusual interest in how you shave your legs, you may have a Mamil in the making too.

Research conducted by the retail analyst Mintel suggests there has been a surge in the number of middle-aged men choosing to get on two wheels.

Read more @ BBC News

I think I have just noticed this... but the text on the article and blog post pages... it is not really easy to read is it?

Is there a definition out there? Who qualifies and who doesnt?

"a scholar should know arabic. Should know the basic of fiqh (usoolul figh) and should know about Fiqh in details, about the 4 school of thoughts and what they have brought into the religion, he should understand the issue he is being asked about and be able to visualise it in 360 degree, if he doesnt know what the questionner is talking about he should research and inform himself."

this is my simplified version from a talk i heard, this is the "definition" Sheikh Aseem AlHakeem gave (simplified by me). I think its a pretty good definition, but you know me...

So...Would you agree?

PS: whats usoolulfiqh?