Archive for September, 2005

Muhammad Ilyas founder of Tablighi Jamaat

< ![CDATA[Maulana Muhammad Ilyas Pendiri Jamaah Tabligh
Mawlana Muhammad Ilyas, the founder of the Tablighi Jama’at of South Asian subcontinent, is arguably one of the most influential, yet least well-known , figures of the twentieth century Islam. Despite his enormous contribution towards the development of a powerful grass root Islamic Da’wah movement, Mawlana Ilyas has not [...]

‘Loving Islam’ Festival in UK

< ![CDATA[‘Loving Islam’ Festival in UK
London
He said the positive message of Islam was facing a challenge from the message of hate sent across by the suicide bombers. British Muslim social activist Yusufzai from Birmingham said Muslims need to realise that there were hardliners among them.
Several thousand British Muslims participated in ‘This is loving Islam’ festival [...]

Circumcision- Safeguard from Aids

< ![CDATA[Circumcision- Safeguard from Aids
London
Circumcision could be a better protection against Aids. This has been revealed in a survey conducted by a French organization in Western African nations. The conclusion of the survey was presented by a researcher at a UN conference on health in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The survey covered 3000 males and [...]

Zakir Naik : Muslims Pray Five Times Each Day

< ![CDATA[Muslims Pray Five Times Each Day
By Dr. Zakir Naik
Q. Why do Muslims have to pray five times everyday? Isn’t praying once a day sufficient?
A. 1. Salaah is not merely Prayer
To offer Salaah does not merely mean to pray. According to the Oxford dictionary, ‘pray’ means to beseech or to ask earnestly. For example “He [...]

Israel launches missile attack on Fatah office in Gaza City

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Israel launches missile attack on Fatah office in Gaza City
Arab nations plan resolution against Tel Aviv’s nuclear programme at IAEA meet
GAZA CITY: An Israeli aircraft fired a missile at an office building early on Wednesday, damaging the structure and knocking out power in part of Gaza City. No injuries were reported.
The air strike hit [...]

Scientists plan to deflect asteroids

Scientists plan to deflect asteroids
Alok Jha
LONDON: British scientists are set to go where only Bruce Willis has gone before: chasing after asteroids on a collision course with Earth. In a three-year £300,000 study funded by the U.K. Government-backed Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council, engineers will use computer simulations to work out the feasibility of […]

Vitamin E effect on mice may help understand ageing

Vitamin E effect on mice may help understand ageing
- By IANS
High doses of vitamin E in ageing male mice improved their survival and neurological performance and could help them live longer, says a study that could throw light on the ageing process. Ana Novarro and colleagues from the University of Cadiz in Spain, and […]

Smoking may make you blind in later years of your life

Smoking may make you blind in later years of your life
- By IANS
Smokers are more prone to losing their eyesight later in life than non-smokers, says a British study. There are around 500,000 people in the UK with age-related macular degeneration (AMD). Of these, an estimated 54,000 people have the condition as a result […]

Nitric oxide can help women stay fertile longer

Nitric oxide can help women stay fertile longer
- By IANS
Nitric oxide, a chemical compound, could one day help women in their 30s and 40s remain fertile longer, says a study. Indian-origin scientist Anuradha Goud and colleagues at Wayne State University School of Medicine, in Detroit, studied the effects of nitric oxide on 1,500 eggs […]

malfunction of heart devices

Scientist worried over malfunction of heart devices
- By IANS
Scientists in the US are worried over the increasing malfunction of heart devices, which they say were directly responsible for 61 deaths between 1990 and 2002. The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) released a study at a meeting with physicians and heart-device manufacturers recently, which found […]

Challenge to evolution science teaching

< ![CDATA[Challenge to `intelligent design’ teaching
Julian Borger
Test care could decide how evolution is taught.
RELIGION AND science clashed in a drab Pennsylvania courtroom on Monday over a test case that could decide how evolution is taught in America’s state schools.
The civil trial, triggered last year by a classroom battle, marks the beginning [...]]]>