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Women and travel

published by You on 13 February, 2009 - 14:44

Salaams

A couple of days ago, the subject of travel came up and I mentioned that I thought it was allowed for women to travel as long as the destination was not more than a couple of days away.

Since that was off the top of my head, I decidded to google it and see what the true wording, evidence for it was. One of the links I found contained this:

Women's traits 'written on face'

published by You on 13 February, 2009 - 02:28

Women's traits 'written on face'

A woman's personality traits may be "written all over her face", research has suggested.

The Glasgow University and New Scientist study examined whether self-assessed personality characteristics could be identified from appearance.

It claimed that women's faces were easier to read than men's faces, with greater success in matching traits.

Glasgow University's Dr Rob Jenkins said: "We did not expect there to be such a difference between the sexes."

Dr Jenkins, a specialist in the psychology of social interaction, devised the study, along with Professor Richard Wiseman, of the University of Hertfordshire.

Gaza to export Valentine's blooms

published by You on 12 February, 2009 - 23:21

Gaza to export Valentine's blooms

Israel has granted permission for 25,000 flowers from the Gaza Strip to be sent to Europe for Valentine's Day.

The flowers will be Gaza's first exports for a year, as Israel has intensified its blockade of the strip since Hamas took control in June 2007.

The blockade allows in aid but exports are banned with few exceptions.

The move was made after a request by the Dutch government and Gaza farmers. Israel says this does not mean any overall change of policy.

Israeli military spokesman Maj Peter Lerner said the flowers would leave Gaza through an Israeli cargo crossing and were due to reach the European market by Valentine's Day on Saturday.

(free)Mixing

published by You on 11 February, 2009 - 18:57

I would like to state that the word 'mixing' in the area of the relationship between men and women is a new word that has entered into our Muslim dictionary. It was never known to our long heritage for the past centuries, and was not known except in this period.

Discuss.

[calcutta] Pair held for 'offending Islam'

published by You on 11 February, 2009 - 16:51

Pair held for 'offending Islam'

The editor and publisher of a top English-language Indian daily have been arrested on charges of "hurting the religious feelings" of Muslims.

The Statesman's editor Ravindra Kumar and publisher Anand Sinha were detained in Calcutta after complaints.

Muslims said they were upset with the Statesman for reproducing an article from the UK's Independent daily in its 5 February edition.

The article was entitled: "Why should I respect these oppressive religions?"

It concerns the erosion of the right to criticise religions.

Head quits in Muslim assembly row

published by You on 10 February, 2009 - 14:02

Head quits in Muslim assembly row

A Sheffield head teacher has resigned after parents complained about her plans to scrap separate assemblies for Muslim pupils.

Julia Robinson had wanted to hold one assembly for pupils of all faiths at Meersbrook Bank Primary School.

Her replacement said the school did now hold one "daily act of worship in keeping with legal requirements".

Sheffield City Council claimed Mrs Robinson resigned for "personal reasons" not connected to the row...

Read more @ BBC News

Flirting... with death!

published by You on 10 February, 2009 - 02:02

Level crossing risks at four year high

The number of cases of motorists taking dangerous and illegal risks at UK level crossings is at a four-year high.

Figures released by Network Rail show there were more than 3,400 cases of level crossing misuse last year, disrupting thousands of trains.

Watch the video @ BBC News,

A couple of very close encounters there. does that last person lose his shoe with that train?

Al-Qaida fantasist tells court: I'm a professional liar

published by You on 10 February, 2009 - 00:25

Al-Qaida fantasist tells court: I'm a professional liar

A British man who fooled the media into believing he was an al-Qaida insider has admitted in court that he made up the claims.

Hassan Butt received significant media attention for his claims to have helped send scores of Britons to terrorist training camps overseas and to have met Mohammad Sidique Khan, the ringleader of the 7 July 2005 attacks on London.

Butt was the former spokesman for the extremist group al-Muhajiroun and was invited to meet a government minister to discuss ways to combat terrorism, as well as featuring heavily in BBC News, national newspaper and US television reports on al-Qaida.

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