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26 April 2011
8 April 2011
Terms, names and concepts that you should know
Terms, names and concepts that you should know:
- Axis of Evil
- Rogue States
- Failed State
- e-waste
- Liberalism
- Socialism
- Communism
- Marxism
- Secularism
- Free market economy
- Democracy
- Conservatism
- Dictatorship
- Monarchy
- Autocracy
- Fascism
- Nationalism
- Adam Smith and Karl Marx
- 'Wealth of Nations' and 'Das Capital'
- Bureaucracy
- Military and civil bureaucracy
- Orientals and Orientalist (Edward Saeed)
- Conformists and non-conformists
- Oligarchy
- Globalization
- Inflation
- Recession
- Depression and Great Depression
- Westernization
- Modernization
- Police State
- Cold War
- Clash of Civilizations
- Big Brother is watching you
- Orwellian
- Civil War
- Proxy War
- Holocaust
- Jews Diaspora
- Anti-Semitism
- Ethnic Cleansing
- Racial cleansing
- Sects
- Ethnicity
- Race
- Environmental degradation
- Climate change
- Global warming
- Civil dictator
- Imperialism
- Empire
- State system and treaty of West Phalia
- Colonialism
- Economic Depression
- Weapons of Mass Destruction
- Diplomacy, Track 11 channel diplomacy, Back Channel Diplomacy
- Confidence Building measures (CBMs)
- Conflict Resolution
- Non Proliferation Treaty (NPT)
- NATO
- Charter of Democracy
- Dark Ages
- Renaissance
- National Reconciliation Order
- Machiavelli and "The Prince"
- GNP
- GDP
- Poverty line
- Guerilla Warfare
- Genocide
- Brain Drain
- Genocide
- Intifada
- Apartheid
- Noam Chomasky
- Gada Karmi
- Arundhati Roay
- Fareed Zakaria
- Local Government Ordinance Pakistan
- Social Networking Websites
- Cyber crime
- Cyber bullying
- Jasmine Revolution
- Bourgeoisies
- Proletariat
- Islamophobia
- Economic super power
4 April 2011
Conditions for Nikah
Shared by: Ayesha siddiqui
THE Prophet (PBUH) is reported to have said, “The nikah is my Sunnah”, meaning that getting married and performing the nikah is not just a legal formality, but also an important example of the Prophet. This fact does not detract from the importance of the act of getting married, but it clarifies that a person who is not able to get married has not committed a sin.
In Islam marriage is a mutual, legal contract in which both parties agree about each and every article of the agreement, which has been called a “strong bond” (4:21). The articles can be anything that does not go against the tenets of Islam. It is not a holy sacrament which would tie individuals in a divine bond. This means that the contract can also be revoked according to the strict conditions as specified in the Quran in Surah Al-Talaq, Surah Al-Baqarah and Surah Al-Nisa.
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THE Prophet (PBUH) is reported to have said, “The nikah is my Sunnah”, meaning that getting married and performing the nikah is not just a legal formality, but also an important example of the Prophet. This fact does not detract from the importance of the act of getting married, but it clarifies that a person who is not able to get married has not committed a sin.
In Islam marriage is a mutual, legal contract in which both parties agree about each and every article of the agreement, which has been called a “strong bond” (4:21). The articles can be anything that does not go against the tenets of Islam. It is not a holy sacrament which would tie individuals in a divine bond. This means that the contract can also be revoked according to the strict conditions as specified in the Quran in Surah Al-Talaq, Surah Al-Baqarah and Surah Al-Nisa.
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When the Obamas go out for dinner ...- The Guardian
Shared by: Kiran Ashraf
When the Obamas go out for dinner ..
They are accompanied by up to 30 burly Secret Service agents and the other diners are scanned for concealed weapons. But what about our PM?
What happens when the president of the United States fancies going out for a meal? He brings a lot more burly men in black suits than our prime minister. According to the Washington Post, when the first family visit a restaurant, they eat quietly, say hello to the chef and leave a "nice, but not crazy, tip". It's the Secret Service who really go to town.
Preparations begin several hours before; a small detail conducts a walk-through with the restaurant manager and choose tables for the first family. An hour before the arrival of the president, 20 to 30 agents take up positions all over the building. At the front door, they wield electronic wands, scanning the evening's other diners for hidden weapons. In the kitchen, a Secret Service agent, who is also a trained chef, watches over the restaurant staff's every move...
Technology Gives William & Kate the Upper Hand over the Press
shared by: Narjis Waseem
1981, it's hard to remember how much things have changed. When Prince Charles and Diana married, there was no Internet. No Facebook. No Twitter. Personal computers were little more than word processors. Photographs were taken on something called film. No cellphones. Television basically consisted of the three broadcast networks. CNN was 13 months old – and looked it.
Each royal wedding seems to symbolize a technological shift. The last major British royal wedding before Charles and Diana's was that of Princess Elizabeth, currently the Queen, in 1947. Then, there were only about 100,000 televisions in the U.S., all black-and-white. The notion of a live, color television transmission from London probably seemed as fantastic then as email would have in 1981.
Something else was going on in 1981, too. The press was at its zenith. Although it seems unimaginable today, reporters had cachet. The three network evening newscasts hit their peak in 1981-1982, with a combined 39.3 rating. The movie All the President's Men was released five years earlier, and every reporter thought they had at least a touch of Robert Redford or Dustin Hoffman. (Remember: Few VCRs, no CDs, no DVDs. It took longer for a movie to circulate then.) Journalists brought a zeal to their work not seen before or since. There were exposés of garden clubs.
Internet pioneer dies
By: Noor-ul-ain Hanif
Internet pioneer dies
LOS ANGELES, March 28: Paul Baran, the US engineer who helped create the Arpanet, the government-built precursor to the Internet, has died at the age of 84 in California, The New York Times reported on Monday.
Citing the son of the scientist, the newspaper said Baran had succumbed to lung cancer at his home in Palo Alto, California.
In a series of technical papers published in the 1960s, Baran suggested building a communications network that would be less vulnerable to attack or disruption than conventional networks, the report said.
According to The Times, his invention made in the mid-1960s was so far ahead of its time that when he approached AT&T
with the idea to build the network, the company refused.
“Paul wasn’t afraid to go in directions counter to what everyone else thought was the right or only thing to do,” the paper quotes Vinton Cerf, a vice president at Google and longtime friend of Baran, as saying.
“AT&T repeatedly said his idea wouldn’t work, and wouldn’t participate in the Arpanet project,” Cerf noted.—AFP
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