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Newsnight: Why are Muslim women choosing to wear a niqab?

published by You on 2 September, 2010 - 05:27

Why are more British Muslim women opting for the face veil?

Increasing numbers of British Muslim women are choosing to wear the face veil. Two of those women explain to Newsnight why they adopted the niqab when their mothers did not.

Read their accounts and watch the video here

Ramadan 17: The Battle of Badr

published by You on 28 August, 2010 - 16:35

I had hoped that someone else had created this topic instead with information etc...

But the 17th of Ramadan (which is either today or yesterday depending on when people started ramadan) is the date for the battle of Badr.

In this battle 313 Muslims faced off with approximately a thousand people from the Quraysh who had to come to defeat them.

This was a year after the prophet (saw)'s migration to Madinah and the muslim cmmunity was at a feotal state - where if Muslims had lost this war, they would not have survived to tell the tale.

Saudi couple hammered 24 nails into Sri Lankan maid, say officials

published by You on 27 August, 2010 - 12:30

LT Ariyawathi says her employers hammered the nails into her after she complained that her workload was too heavy

A Saudi couple tortured their Sri Lankan maid by hammering 24 nails into her hands, legs and forehead, after she complained of a too heavy workload, officials said today.

Nearly 2 million Sri Lankans sought employment overseas last year and around 1.4 million, mostly maids, were employed in the Middle East. Many have complained of physical abuse or harassment. LT Ariyawathi, a 49-year old mother of three, returned home on Friday after five months in Saudi Arabia.

Read more @ The Guardian

Religion may influence doctors' end-of-life care

published by You on 26 August, 2010 - 03:55

Doctors with religious beliefs are less likely to take decisions which could hasten the death of those who are terminally ill, a study suggests.

The survey of nearly 4,000 doctors found those with a strong faith were also less likely to discuss end-of-life treatment options with their patient.

The London University research urges greater acknowledgement of how beliefs influence care.

Doctors and campaigners described the findings as "concerning".

Dr Clive Seale of Barts and the London School of Medicine analysed 3,733 responses from doctors practising in a wide variety of fields, with a particular focus on those who worked in palliative care and with the elderly.

Jihadi's journey: 'Seeking the defeat of the enemies of God'

published by You on 24 August, 2010 - 01:45

After fighting for 20 years in Afghanistan, Tajikistan, Bosnia and Somalia – Yemen is the country the mujahideen now call home

Hamza answered the call of jihad 20 years ago, when he was 16. He left his family home in Jeddah and headed to Afghanistan to join the long line of jihadis fighting the "apostate" Soviet-backed government.

Read more @ The Guardian

Medal of Honour: Taleban Edition

published by You on 23 August, 2010 - 16:33

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Fox urges ban on Taliban video game

Defence Secretary Liam Fox has urged shops to ban a computer game where players can act as the Taliban and kill British troops.

Dr Fox said he was "disgusted" that Medal of Honor allowed people to recreate attacks on Nato forces.

An updated version of the popular game, due to be released in October, is based on the struggle between allied special forces and the Taliban - with players being allowed to choose which side they want to represent.

A clip on the YouTube website shows a Taliban soldier fighting in southern Helmand province, where UK forces are based.

Timothy Winter: Britain's most influential Muslim - and it was all down to a peach

published by You on 20 August, 2010 - 16:44

The theologian is considered more significant within Islam than Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. He tells Tom Peck why he converted

It was the sight of peach juice dripping from the chin of a teenage French female nudist that led a Cambridgeshire public schoolboy to convert to Islam. Thirty-five years later, Timothy Winter – or Sheikh Abdul-Hakim Murad, as he is known to his colleagues – has been named one of the world's most influential Muslims.

Read more @ The Independent

Fate of Universe revealed by galactic lens

published by You on 19 August, 2010 - 21:57

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

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