Archive for March, 2007
By Mustafa Akyol
This week I went to see the new chic movie, “300,” which tells the story of the ancient Spartans’ last stand against an invading Persian army. Yet what I have found in the film was, besides all the spectacular photography, a crude Orientalism and a thinly veiled fascism.
The person who made “Orientalism” a [...]
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Islam is becoming the most popular religion in the world, according to Hashem al-Attas, a Yemeni researcher at the Dar al-Mustafa for Traditional Islamic Education.
“Many mass media show that Islam is spreading faster than all other religions,” Mr al-Attas said at a conference about the rapid spread of Islam in the West.
The cultural symposium, organized [...]
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Life
I can’t somehow believe it. I’m already classified by the society as an adult. People start asking me when am I going to get married. Graduated, having career, what else people would ask in their line of questions other than marriage. Looking back at my life, I’m already 23 years old and I didn’t accomplish [...]
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Question
I recently listened to the story about how the angel came down and cleansed the Prophet sallallahu’alayhi wa salaam’s heart when he was a child.
That got me thinking… he’s perfect and the best of all creation, right? And we’re supposed to try and follow his way and be like him. But, my many shortcomings seem [...]
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‘Infomania’ worse than marijuana
Workers distracted by email and phone calls suffer a fall in IQ more than twice that found in marijuana smokers, new research has claimed.
The study for computing firm Hewlett Packard warned of a rise in “infomania”, with people becoming addicted to email and text messages.
Researchers found 62% of people checked work messages at home or [...]
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Who created God?
By Fethullah Gulen
People with no inner spiritual life sometimes ask: If God created everything, who created God? The Prophet said that some people would ask this very question: “A day will certainly come when some people will sit with their legs crossed and ask: ‘If God created everything, who created God?’” [1]
At best, the question [...]
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Speed Reading
I had once trained myself to improve my reading speed. Reading at a quick pace is a vital skill if you deal with a lot of articles or books. Just like learning how to ride a bicycle, its not something that you acquire instantly rather its a skill that you need to hone. I found [...]
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source : http://opinion.zdnet.co.uk/comment/0,1000002138,39116893,00.htm
Richard Forno ZDNet.com
Published: 03 Oct 2003 12:40 BST
Dostoevsky once wrote that “in the end they will lay their freedom at our feet and say to us, ‘make us your slaves, but feed us.’” His prophecy is relevant when examining the modern information age — a dark, corporate-controlled society predicted by such artistic legends [...]
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