From a Muslim Fundamentalist Engineer

1. Who is Anna Hazare? An ex-army man. Fought 1965 Indo-Pak War 2. What's so special about him? He built a village Ralegaon Siddhi in Ahamad Nagar district, Maharashtra 3. So what? This village is a self-sustained model village. Energy is produced in the village itself from solar power, biofuel and wind mills. In 1975, it used to be a poverty clad village. Now it is one of the richest village in India... [read more]

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By Ramez Naam | Mar 16, 2011 09:00 AM | 19ShareEmailPrintThe sun strikes every square meter of our planet with more than 1,360 watts of power. Half of that energy is absorbed by the atmosphere or reflected back into space. 700 watts of power, on average, reaches Earth’s surface. Summed across the half of the Earth that the sun is shining on, that is 89 petawatts of power. By... [read more]

``അല്ലാഹുവിന്റെ കോപം നിമിത്തം അല്ലാഹു അവരെ ശപിച്ചു, അല്ലാഹുവിന്റെ ശിക്ഷ അവരുടെ മേല്‍ ഭവിച്ചു, അല്ലാഹു അവര്‍ക്ക്‌ മാപ്പ്‌ കൊടുത്തു'' എന്നൊക്കെ ഖുര്‍ആന്‍ പരിചയപ്പെടുത്തുന്ന ദൈവത്തിന്റെ സ്വഭാവങ്ങളാണ്‌. കോപം, ക്രോധം, ദയ, കാരുണ്യം, സ്‌നേഹം, കനിവ്‌... എന്നീ മനുഷ്യവികാരങ്ങള്‍ ദൈവത്തിനുമുണ്ടെന്ന്‌ ഇതില്‍ നിന്ന്‌ വെളിപ്പെടുന്നു. ഇങ്ങനെ പെട്ടെന്നുള്ള കോപവും ശാപവും, പിന്നീട്‌ മനസ്സലിഞ്ഞ്‌ ദയ കാണിക്കലും കേവലം മനുഷ്യദൗര്‍ബല്യങ്ങളല്ലേ?... [read more]

ഗദ്ദാമ : അറബിയെ വില്ലനാക്കി ഒരു മലയാള ചിത്രം അമ്മാര്‍ കിഴുപറമ്പ് പാസ്‌പോര്‍ട്ടും വിസയുമില്ലാതെ ചരക്ക് കൊണ്ടുപോവുന്ന പായക്കപ്പലില്‍ ജീവന്‍ പണയപ്പെടുത്തി സഞ്ചരിച്ച മലയാളി ചെറുപ്പക്കാരില്‍ ആയിരങ്ങള്‍ ഇന്നും ഗള്‍ഫിലും കേരളത്തിലുമായി ജീവിക്കുന്നുണ്ട്. ഭാഷയും വേലയും അറിയാതെ കടല്‍ കടന്ന് അറബ് മരുഭൂമിയില്‍ ചെന്നിറങ്ങിയ അവരില്‍ പലരും പ്രവാസത്തിന്റെ അരനൂറ്റാണ്ട് പിന്നിട്ടിരിക്കുന്നു. തങ്ങളുടെ രാജ്യത്തേക്ക്... [read more]

Muslims 'are good for Britain,' says Tony Blair's sister-in-law Lauren Booth By Mail On Sunday Reporter Last updated at 3:49 PM on 13th February 2011 Add to My Stories The sister-in-law of former Prime Minister Tony Blair said yesterday that a rise in the number of Muslims would be ‘good’ for Britain. Lauren Booth, who converted to Islam last year, told the University of Essex’s annual... [read more]

Persian Gulf Banks' Debt Is Poised for Record Yearly Gain By Haris Anwar -Islamic bonds issued by financial services companies in the Persian Gulf are heading for their best year on record on prospects of debt restructuring and demand for higher-yielding assets in emerging markets.Shariah-compliant debt from financial institutions in the six-nation Gulf Cooperation Council returned... [read more]

One Thousand Years of Missing History Professor Salim T S Al-Hassani* Table of contents 1. Illuminating words 2. Academic voices 3. The Dark Ages revisited 4. Instances of creative contributions 5. Notes and references *** ... [read more]

Ecology and Islam: Review of Abdul-Matin’s “Green Deen” (2010) | Dissident Voice src="http://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js"> by Eric Walberg / January 14th, 2011 Paperback: 264 pages Publisher: Berrett-Koehler Publishers (Nov 11 2010) Language: English Muslim Americans are slowly beginning to make their mark on their conflicted society. There are more Muslims than Jews in the... [read more]

Israel clears out disputed site in Muslim quarter - Middle East, World - The Independent By Catrina Stewart in Jerusalem Friday, 14 January 2011 Israel has widened access to a revered Jewish site in the heart of the Jerusalem Old City’s Muslim quarter, a move that threatens to inflame tensions at one of the world’s most contested religious sites. Municipal officials recently ordered the removal... [read more]

Study: White Women in UK Converting to Islam More Than Men Jan 5, 2011 – 2:20 PM Print this page|EmailShare on FacebookShare on TwitterShare on DiggShare on Lifestream Dana Kennedy Contributor A new survey sponsored by a British Muslim organization estimates that about 5,200 people in the United Kingdom converted to Islam last year,... [read more]

Study: White Women in UK Converting to Islam More Than Men Jan 5, 2011 – 2:20 PM Text Size Print this page|EmailShare on FacebookShare on TwitterShare on DiggShare on Lifestream Dana Kennedy Contributor A new survey sponsored... [read more]

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Scientific American Mind 6 Ways to Boost Brain Power By Emily Anthes Adapted from the book The Instant Egghead Guide to the Mind, by Emily Anthes and Scientific American. © 2008 by Scientific American. Published by arrangement with St. Martin’s Press. About The Author: Emily Anthes is a freelance science and health writer living in Brooklyn. Her work has appeared in Seed, Discover, Slate, New... [read more]

Reality Check By THOMAS L. FRIEDMAN Published: December 11, 2010 var articleToolsShareData = {"url":"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2010\/12\/12\/opinion\/12friedman.html","headline":"Reality Check","description":"America must get out of the way so Israelis and Palestinians can see clearly, without any obstructions, what reckless choices their leaders are making.","keywords":"United States International... [read more]

Home / Headlines / "Islam is the Solution" - Media Monitors Network (MMN) "Islam is the Solution" by Uri Avnery (Saturday, December 4, 2010) "In Turkey, the Ataturk revolution is now threatened by the upsurge of a rejuvenated Islam. In Israel, the new Hebrew nation is under siege by a fundamentalist, aggressive Judaism. All over the Arab world, the situation is worse....To put it bluntly: secular... [read more]

Leaked Cables Show U.S. Pressured Saudis to Accept Copenhagen AccordThe handful of climate-related cables--among the hundreds of thousands of secret and unclassified messages released by the whistle-blower organization Wikileaks--show the United States put climate change at the center of its foreign policy relationship with the oil-producing giantBy Lisa Friedman and Climatewire November... [read more]

Al-Jazari: The Mechanical Genius Professor Salim T S Al-Hassani *Al-Jazari was the most outstanding mechanical engineer of his time. His full name was Badi' al-Zaman Abu-'l-'Izz Ibn Isma'il Ibn al-Razzaz al-Jazari. He lived in Diyar-Bakir (in Turkey) during the 6th century H (late 12th century-early 13th century CE).Large imageFigure 1: Wash-basin in the form of a peacock described by Al-Jazari... [read more]