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Council of Europe Human Rights Commissioner: Islamophobia a Crisis

The Europen Commissioner for Human Rights, Thomas Hammarberg , in his latest Human Rights Comment for the Council of Europe published yesterday cautioned that the growing intolerance towards Muslims is the symptom of a problem that could bring European society to the brink of moral degradation. He further argues that the increasing demands that Muslims do more to assimilate in Europe are worsening ethnic tensions and aggravating the problems they are meant to solve. His comments are regarded by some analysts as a veiled warning to Germany and the Netherlands. The Council of Europe, which has 47 members, is Europe's top body on human rights and democracy. It is based in Strasbourg, France, and is not linked to the European Union. In his report covering political treatment of Muslims across Europe, Hammarberg draws attention to a widespread "increasing expression of intolerance towards Muslims" in political discourse. The Swiss referendum banning the building of minarets wa

Bloomsbury Books Brings Authors from Around the World to Qatar's Museum of Islamic Art

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Bloomsbury Books, in conjunction with Qatar Museums Authority, has invited a group of renowned international authors to participate in a roundtable discussion at the Museum of Islamic Art (pictured). The event will take place on Sunday at the museum's auditorium from 6-8pm. The roundtable discussion will be moderated by internationally renowned Egyptian writer Ahdaf Soueif and authors will talk about what inspires them in their work. Participating authors represent several countries and come from a variety of backgrounds. Among them: Radwa Ashour (Egypt); Adam Foulds (United Kingdom); Philip Hensher (United Kingdom); Sonia Jabbar (India); Jamal Mahjoub (Sudan); Nasser Rabat (Syria/USA); Yousef Rakha (Egypt); Kamila Shamsie (Pakistan) and Ghassan Zaqtan (Palestine). Each of these authors among others has visited the Museum of Islamic over the past month and has been inspired by an object to write a story. A collection of these stories will be combined in a book which will be publish

ތުނބުޅި ބޭލި މީހުންނާއި ހެދި ރާއްޖެ ނިއު ސެވެން ވޮންޑާސް ގަ ނުހިމެނުން އެކަށީގެން ވޭ.

އޮބިނޯވެ، ދެން އަޅުނޑުވެސް ހެޑްލައިން އެއްވިއްޔާ މި އައިޑިޔާ ބޭނުންކުރާނަން. ކަމެއްވާއިރަށް ތުނބުޅިލީ މީހުން ކުރި ކަމެކޭ ބުނާހެން ތުނބުޅި ނުލާ މީހުނޭ ކިޔަންފަށައިފިއްޔާ ކިތައް ހެޑްލައި ފެންނާނެބާ އެމީހުން ބަދުނާމްކޮށް ލިޔެފައިވާ؟ ބަކުރުބޭ އައިޑިޔާއަށް ސާބަސް! ތުނބުޅި ބާލައިގެން ތިބޭ މީހުންގެ ސަބަބުން ދިވެހި ރާއްޖެ އަށް ހާދަ ބޮޑު ގެއްލުމެއް މި ލިބުނީ. ތުނބުޅި ބޭލި މީހުން ގެސްޓުން ކައިރިއަށް ތުނބުޅި ބާލައިގެން ދަނީ ގެސްޓުންނަށް އޮޅުވާލަން. ބުރުގާ ނާޅާ އަންހެނެއް ވައްކަން ކޮންގެން ވެސް ކުރިން ރޯދަމަހެއްގާ އަތުލި. އިތުރަށް

International Islamic Medical Conference Focuses on Muslim Organ Donors

How to dispel Muslim prejudices against organ donations is the focus of the 5th International Congress of the International Society for the History of Islamic Medicine. The question "Why do some Muslims still resist organ donation?" was examined at the conference hosted by Istanbul University from Tuesday to Thursday. Some 200 experts on medicine, theology and related fields from approximately 30 countries, including Syria, Turkey, Iran, Malaysia, the United States and France, participated in the event. The problem is that even though the vast majority of Islamic legal scholars permit organ donations, it is still perceived with considerable distrust by the general Muslim public. The High Council for Religious Affairs of the Religious Affairs Directorate in Turkey ruled in a 1980 decision that Islam allows organ donation and transplantation. Similar rulings have been issued by organizations in various Muslim countries, such as the International Islamic Conference in Malaysia,

Headscarf row mars Turkey's anniversary celebration

Mr Gul had decided to allow his wife to wear the Islamic headscarf at the event in Ankara. In previous years he had held two separate receptions. The fiercely secular army held its own reception, just before the president's. Mr Gul's move is seen as a symbolic challenge to restrictions on wearing the scarf in public. It also reflects the government's growing confidence that it can overturn the restrictions, correspondents say. Read More

Berlusconi model says 'sorry' over sex scandal

Karima Keyek, the 17-yeaold Moroccan model at the heart of a sex scandal in Italy, said she is "sorry" for the trouble she has caused, as Silvio Berlusconi faced calls for his resignation. Miss Keyek, previously identified only by her stage name of "Ruby", said she "felt bad" over the affair and had removed herself from Facebook, where she had called herself Ruby Rubacuore – Ruby the Heartbreaker. "I'm sorry for everything that has happened," the teenager said from an undisclosed location near Genoa, where she is staying in a women's shelter. "Above all I'm sorry because I've involved people who just wanted to help me and never asked for anything in return." Miss Keyek ran away from her Moroccan parents, who live in Sicily, in her early teens and is understood to have earned a living as a belly dancer and waitress as she tried to break into television as a showgirl. In an affair which the Italian press have dubbed "

Bodyguard claims he's father of Michael Jackson's son

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MICHAEL Jackson's former bodyguard, Matt Fiddes, believes he is the father of the late singer's son, Prince Michael II Blanket - but he is waiting for final confirmation before going public. The martial arts expert acknowledged yesterday that he had donated sperm to Jackson because the singer feared being killed on stage. Mr Fiddes, 32, who is in Australia to promote his fitness centre business in Brisbane, hinted the paternity issue had been solved. "It has been crazy," he said. "I knew (the news) would break eventually because (paternity) has been mentioned in court documents and people have known for a while, but no one was game to print it. "There is an incredible resemblance between me and him. "We knew the story would break but not on the day I was due to fly out to Australia, which was why my trip here was delayed." Fiddes was part of Jackson's inner circle before the singer died he has now been cut off by the Jackson family. "When

Mohammed tops list of English baby names

Last year's most popular name for baby boys in England has been knocked off -- by Mohammed. That's not immediately obvious from data put out this week by the Office of National Statistics, which declared Wednesday that Oliver was the single most popular name for boys born in 2009. But a CNN analysis of the top 4,500 boys names shows that, when different spellings of the name are lumped together, Mohammed is No. 1. Oliver and variations come second, followed by Jack, Thomas, Charles, Harry, William and Daniel. The United Kingdom is about 4.6 percent Muslim, with just under 2.9 million Muslims according to the Pew Forum on Religion & Public Life. And Muslims have a strong tendency to name their sons Mohammed. "The first reason why people keep the children's name Mohammed is because of their love of the prophet Mohammed, because they want to emulate him," said Imam Abdullah al-Hasan of the East London Mosque. "They want to copy him not just through his behav

F(x) Luna “I want to do a fake marriage with Lee Joon” honeymoon to Maldives?

F(x) Luna “I want to do a fake marriage with Lee Joon” honeymoon to Maldives? F(x) Luna chose MBLAQ Lee Joon as the male idol that she wants to have a fake marriage with. On KBS 2TV ‘Happy Birthday’s’ recent recording Luna revealed “I want to do a fake marriage with someone that is manly and cool” and shyly picked Lee Joon. Luna also delivered that “for the honeymoon Maldives would be nice.” Lee Joon who heard this, for surely replied “I really want to go to Maldives.”Lee Joon revealed the reason to be “As I was doing my hair at the shop I happened to see a magazine with Maldives’s sea’s color being clear and pretty so I want to fall in and play in it.” READ MORE

Swiss couple victim of marriage 'hate video' in Maldives

The Maldives expressed "shock and disgust" Wednesday after a video surfaced of a Swiss couple being mocked and insulted by a celebrant during their marriage ceremony at a luxury hotel. In the video, posted on YouTube several days ago, a couple can be seen seated opposite the celebrant as they renew their wedding vows at the Vilu Reef hotel, which charges 400 dollars a night for the use of its honeymoon suite. Speaking in the local Dhivehi language, the celebrant calls the couple "swine" amid a host of other insults during a hateful profanity-laced tirade littered with often bizarre personal and religious-tinged taunts. Muslim-majority Maldives, a nation of 1,192 tiny coral islets scattered some 550 miles (880 kilometres) across the equator, is one of South Asia's most expensive holiday destinations and is popular among Western honeymooners. Foreign Minister Ahmed Shaheed said he was "horrified" to see the video. "I was shocked and horrified,"

Russian legal official tried for rape of three girls

A former Russian legal official has gone on trial for the rape of three under-age girls in a case which raised fears of a cover-up. Viktor Basov, 29, was working as a deputy district prosecutor in Russia's far eastern Khabarovsk region when he was arrested in December. He denied raping the girls, one aged 14 and the others 15, one after the other. The regional prosecutor shut the case within hours, only for federal prosecutors to reinstate it. Mr Basov went on trial in Khabarovsk on Wednesday on charges of raping and sexually assaulting all three girls, first inside his car, then again inside his flat. 'Premature' arrest Alerted by the parents of the girls, police had arrested Mr Basov hours after he allegedly committed his crimes on Sunday 6 December, Russian media report. He was released on 7 December when regional prosecutor Vitaly Kaplunov ruled the launching of the case to have been "unlawful, unfounded, unmotivated and premature", and closed it. An official

NY man charged with planning to kill former President George W. Bush

A suburban Rochester, New York, man described as potentially "the next Oklahoma City bomber" has been arrested and charged with planning to kill former President George W. Bush, according to federal authorities. The suspect, 23-year-old Ian Rotunno of Greece, New York, repeatedly told Secret Service agents he was intent on killing the former president, and had planned to go to Washington or Texas to carry out that mission. However, Rotunno, after loading his truck with assorted weapons, turned himself in to Owego, New York, police on October 7. Rotunno was charged Tuesday in federal court in Buffalo with "knowingly threatening to kill, kidnap or inflict bodily harm upon a former President of the United States." If convicted, he could receive up to 10 years in prison. Secret Service Agent Joel Blackerby said in an affidavit that Rotunno believes the U.S. government is corrupt and it is his job to do "whatever is necessary to stop it, call attention to his views

Arizona convicted killer's last words: 'Boomer Sooner'

The state of Arizona executed convicted killer Jeffrey Landrigan late Tuesday after the U.S. Supreme Court cleared the way for the lethal injection, a corrections official said. The execution was carried out at 10:26 p.m. (12:26 a.m. ET), said Barrett Marson, a spokesman for the Arizona Department of Corrections. "I'd like to say 'thank you' to my family for being here and all of my friends," were Landrigan's final words, according to Marson. He concluded with "Boomer Sooner," a cheer often used by University of Oklahoma fans. Landrigan's last meal consisted of steak, fried okra, french fries, strawberry ice cream and a Dr. Pepper, Marson said. READ MORE

Italian seaside town planning miniskirt ban

seaside city in Italy is planning to ban miniskirts and other revealing clothing to improve what the mayor calls standards of public decency. Castellammare di Stabia is trying to be the latest location in Italy to make use of new powers to crack down on what is deemed to be anti-social behaviour. Mayor Luigi Bobbio said the regulations would help "restore urban decorum and facilitate better civil co-existence". Offenders would face fines of between 25 euros (£22) and 500 euros (£440). 'Right decision' "Nothing too revealing" is the new policy Mayor Bobbio wants to enforce, says the BBC's Duncan Kennedy in Rome. That means a tough new dress code which would effectively outlaw everything from miniskirts to low-cut jeans when people walk around Castellammare di Stabia, our correspondent adds. Mr Bobbio, from the centre-right People of Freedom party, says he wants to target people who are "rowdy, unruly or simply badly behaved". There will also be

Nude photos and cruel messages, teen digital dating abuse grows

There were no scars, no bruises to indicate the abuse Allyson Pereira, a 16-year-old high school sophomore in New Jersey, had suffered. Her emotional pain was caused by her high school boyfriend, who blitzed her with cruel comments via instant messages, e-mails and MySpace, calling her ugly and accusing her of cheating. Then, he dumped her. A month later, he changed his mind. She said he gave her an offer: Text him a naked picture of herself, and he would get back together with her. Pereira, now 21, regrets sending her boyfriend the topless picture that was subsequently forwarded to other students in her high school. She never expected the image would be spread like wildfire. "I was so ashamed, embarrassed and mad," she said. "Someone actually came to me and said 'You're Ally. Is that you?' " READ MORE

Spanish prostitutes don reflective vests to avoid fines

Prostitutes working along a main road outside a Spanish city are wearing reflective yellow jackets to avoid police fines. Police say the women are a traffic hazard on the busy LL-11 east of Lleida in Catalonia and face fines of 40 euros (£35) for not wearing the bright bibs. Officers say they are simply enforcing a law that applies to everyone walking along rural highways. Lleida recently banned street prostitution. However, the area where the prostitutes work, Els Alamus, is outside the city limits. Police say the women congregate at roundabouts and without the jackets they pose a danger to themselves and to drivers. A Catalonian police spokesman said: "In the past couple of months the prostitutes have been fined for two reasons - for not wearing the reflective jacket and for creating danger on the public highway." The mayor of Els Alamus, Josep Maria Bea, told Spanish media that the fact that the women use reflective vests does not solve the problem of prostitution in the m

Paul the World Cup octopus dies in his tank in Germany

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Paul the octopus, an unlikely star of the 2010 World Cup who 'predicted' the outcome of seven matches, has died at an aquarium in Germany. Staff at the Sea Life centre in Oberhausen said they were "devastated" to learn that he had passed away during the night. READ MORE

Allah's Being & the Limits of Human Imagination

Everything in our limited experience must have a beginning and end. We ourselves are born and we ultimately die. This is the case with our parents and forefathers as well as with our children and descendants. Such relationships permeate creation. Some people, due to intellectual weakness or simplicity, assume that everything must be comparable to their own past experience. They rely on the imagination, which is really only capable of visualizing that which has in one way or another already been experienced. This is why the imagination is incapable of grappling with absolutes and with universal concepts. Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) was referring to the limits of human reason when he said: People will keep asking questions until they come to asking: “Allah created the universe, but who created Allah?” Whoever has thoughts like this should simply declare: “I believe in Allah.” Seek Allah’s help and desist from such thoughts. [Sahīh Muslim (134)] The human mind has limitations, an

How to raise a creative genius

"I think that the best part of it all [reading] is, it can put you in another environment and tell you about something that you may not think of on your own. It can give you experiences that you may not be able to obtain yourself," Jolisa said. When Gavin Ovsak started multiplying double-digit numbers in his head in kindergarten, his mother, Cathy, was astonished. "We were like, where did that come from? When did they cover that today?" said his mother, who lives in Hopkins, Minnesota. Today, Gavin is a 16-year-old award-winning inventor who's finishing up applications for two prestigious science competitions. His entry is the Circuit-Hat Accessibility Device, an electronic hat that allows disabled people to use a computer without a mouse. When he's not working on these kinds of projects, he's performing improv comedy, leading a robotics team and heading his school's foreign exchange club -- and, of course, homework. What motivates this passion for l

Iraq files reveal checkpoint deaths

Almost 700 civilians, including pregnant women and the mentally ill, killed for coming too close to checkpoints. READ NORE

WikiLeaks releases secret Iraq file

Al Jazeera accesses 400,000 secret US military documents, which reveal the inside story of the Iraq war. Read More

Left to die in jail

How a secret order given by the Pentagon could have led to the death of a detainee who the US knew was being tortured. Read More

My MOTHER....

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My mom only had one eye. I hated her… she was such an embarrassment. My mom ran a small shop at the local market. She collected little weeds and such to sell… anything for the money that we needed, she was such an embarrassment. There was t...his one day during primary school. I remember that it was field day, and my mom came. I was so embarrassed. How could she do this to me? I cast her a hateful look and ran away. The next day at school…’your mom only has one eye?!’ and they taunted me. I wished that my mom would just disappear from this world, so I said to my mom, ‘Mom, why don’t you have the other eye?! You’re making me a laughing stock. Why don’t you just die?’ My mom didn’t respond. I guess I felt a little bad, but at the same time it felt good to think that I had said what I’d wanted to say all this time. Maybe it was because my mom didn’t punish me, but I didn’t think that I had hurt her feelings. That night…I woke up and went to the kitchen to get a glass of water. My mom was

އެހީގެ އަތެއް މަޖްދީ ޝަރީފް އަށް

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Need a ""HELP"" MAJUDHEE SAREEF (majey) މަރާއި ހަނގުރާމަ ކުރަމުންދާ މި ޒުވާނާއަށް އެހީގެ އަތެއް ފޯރުކޮށްދޭށެވެ. އިތުރަށް

Sex Survey at D.C. School Sparks Controversy

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A Washington, D.C., middle school is under fire after distributing a survey to seventh-graders asking both boys and girls about their sexual orientations and whether they knew how to put on a condom, among other sex-based questions. “Our local data show that almost 23 percent of middle school students -- and this was in a 2009 survey -- said that they had already had sexual intercourse once,” he said. “We know that we have an STD epidemic that’s 16 times the national average, that our pregnancy rates are three times the national average … so what we know is that young people are sexually active and we need to work together parents, schools, all of us to make sure young people get the information and skills they need to protect themselves.” The survey, developed by Metro TeenAIDS, a group dedicated to helping young people fight against HIV/AIDS, was intended to raise awareness of sexually transmitted diseases and teach the children how to avoid them, MyFoxDC.com reported. But some paren

Prosecutors Ask to Drop Anti-Islam Charges Against Dutch Lawmaker Geert Wilders

The prosecutors now say that Wilders was targeting the religion, not Muslim individuals, and he has some leeway as a lawmaker to make statements about social problems, Reuters reported. Earlier this month, Wilders appealed for freedom of expression and then exercised his right to silence as the trial began, at a time when his popularity and influence in the Netherlands are near all-time highs. Read more

Wisconsin GOP hammers Feingold on bin Laden stance

"I would prefer to see him get the ultimate punishment in a battlefield setting,” said Feingold in an Oct. 1 interview with WKOW TV in Madison, Wis. When asked what should happen to bin Laden if U.S. troops capture the terrorist alive, the senator answered that he "deserves to be executed for his crimes, but I am a person who does not believe we should use execution as a means of our justice system." Read more

Islamic face-veil part of 'British way of life'

The full Islamic face-veil is a part of the “British way of life” and should be celebrated along with religious symbols such as the crucifix, according to a report published today. Opponents of the veil claim it oppresses women and presents a barrier between those who wear traditional dress and the rest of society. But in a new report from think-tank Civitas, Alveena Malik, a former faith adviser to the last Labour government, said the test of whether religious symbols are appropriate should be based on whether they are practical. Politicians in France and Belgium have voted in favour of banning the full veil, or “niqab”, and other European countries are thought to be considering similar action. In a new report, Women, Islam and Western Liberalism, Mrs Malik said: “We in Britain need to take a different direction from others in Europe and to accept the veil as part of a modern British way of life.” She continued: “The wearing of religious symbols, including the full veil, should be a f

Retired French schoolteacher in 'niqab rage' case

"For me, wearing the veil is an act of aggression; I felt attacked as a woman," she said. The plaintiff allegedly refused and continued shopping with a friend and two small children. When Mrs Ruby bumped into her a few minutes later and saw she was still wearing the veil, she allegedly "snapped". Rushing at the woman in black, she tore off her niqab and scratched and slapped her alleged victim. Mrs Al-Suwaidi claimed her alleged assailant then bit her right hand and cried: "Now I can see your face." In an interview with Le Parisien before the trial, Mrs Ruby explained: "I find it unacceptable that someone should be wearing a niqab in this country of human rights. Jeanne Ruby, a retired 63-year-old English teacher told police that she "snapped" when she spied the woman from the United Arab Emirates, whose whole face was covered, in a home furnishings shop in Paris' chic 15th arrondissement. The case came a week after France's Constitu

Carla Bruni-Sarkozy not welcome at the Vatican

Vatican officials are said to have sent the French ambassador an unambiguous message concerning the Italian-born supermodel's presence during her husband's 30-minute audience with the Pontiff earlier this month, namely: "Carla Sarkozy is not welcome in the Vatican." Le Canard Enchaîné, the satirical weekly said the Pope was concerned that her presence would spark a rash of nude and scantily-clad photos from her modelling career being published in Italian newspapers. Read more

US man to be charged with toilet paper assault

A man is facing an assault charge for allegedly hitting a town hall custodian on the back of the head with a roll of toilet paper because he was angry the cleaning man was whistling while he worked. Read more

Workers scurry to reach four trapped miners in Ecuador

Rescue workers searched Friday for four miners believed trapped in a collapsed mine in southern Ecuador, a government official said. The miners have been trapped since about 3 a.m., said Jorge Espinosa, the under-secretary of mining development at Ecuador's Ministry of Nonrenewable Natural Resources. They are about 500 feet (150 meters) deep, Read more

New fish species found deep below ocean surface

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Scientists have discovered a new species of fish living almost 4 1/2 miles below the surface of the Pacific Ocean. The ghostly white snailfish was found September 10 in the Peru-Chile trench in the South Pacific by an international team of marine biologists led by Alan Jamieson of the University of Aberdeen in Scotland. The scientists also found cusk-eels and crustaceans living in the trench off the west coast of South America. Those creatures had never before been observed at such depths, where sunlight never penetrates and water pressure is almost 10,000 pounds per square inch. Read more

ލޯބި އިތުރުވާނެ

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މިފައިސާ މިއަށްވުރެ ފައިދާ ހުރިގޮތެއްގާ، ހޭދަކުރެވިދާނެއެވެ. ހަފްތާ ބަންދުގައި އާއިލީ ޕިކްނިކެއް ރާވާލެވިދާނެ އެވެ. އޭގެ ސަބަބުން އާއިލާގެ ގުޅުން ވަރުގަދަވެ ލޯބި އިތުރުވާނެ އެވެ. އަދި އެފައިސާ ﷲ ގެ މަގުގައި ޞަދާގާތެއްކުރުމުގައިވެސް ހޭދަކުރެވިދާނެ އެވެ. މިދަންނަވާލި ގޮތައް އަޅުގަނޑުމެންގެ ދިރި އުޅުން ބައްޓަން ކުރަމާހިނގާތޯ އެވެ. އޭރުން ތިބާގެ ދިރިއުޅުން އުފާވެރިވެ، ހިތްހަމަޖެހުން ލިބިދޭނެއެވެ. އިސްލާމް ދީނަކީ ހަމައެކަނި ދީނެއް ނޫނެވެ. އެއީ ދިތރިއުޅުމުގެ ފުރިހަމަ ނިޒާމެކެވެ. އަޅުގަނޑުގެ ލޮބުވެތި އުޚްތުން ނޭވެ. އިސްލާހުވެ ، ދަރީން އިސްލާހު ކުރަމާ ހިނގާށެވެ. އިންޝާ ﷲ މިއަދަކުނޫން އެކަމަކު މާދަމާ، ރަނގަޅު ޖީލެއް މިގައުމުން ފެންނާނެއެވެ. އިތުރަށް

ފިރިހެނުންގެ ޝިކާރައަކަށް

ފަހަކަށް އައިސް ރާއްޖޭގައި 17 އަހަރު ނުވާ ކުޑަކުދިން ބަނޑުބޮޑުވުމާއި ބަދުއަހުލާގީ އަމަލު ހިންގުން ވަނީ އާންމުވެފައެވެ. މިފަދަ ކަންކަން ގިނައިން ހިނގާފައިވަނީ އަންހެނުންކުދިން ހައްދައިގެންކަން ފާހަގަކުރެވެއެވެ. އިތުރަށް

Democracy at work - from shirt tearing to saree pulling

Every time there are unruly scenes in Parliament or Legislative Assemblies in States, experts and media are quick to point out that democracy and etiquette have touched a new low. When a DMK MLA pulled at the saree of J Jayalalithaa in the Tamil Nadu Assembly in 1999, democracy was called a 'disrobing drama.' More on that later in this piece. READ MORE

An actor's positive HIV test has caused

An actor's positive HIV test has caused two of the US adult film industry's largest studios to postpone filming. Wicked Pictures and Vivid Entertainment told The Los Angeles Times that production had stopped as a precaution. The unnamed actor was a member of the Adult Industry Medical Healthcare Foundation. Clinic spokeswoman Jennifer Miller said efforts were being made to notify other performers who may have had sexual contact with the actor. READ MORE

Atheists Neither Citizens Nor Patriots

"I don't know that atheists should be considered as citizens, nor should they be considered patriots. This is one nation under God." "As you are aware, the President is a religious man who neither supports atheism nor believes that atheism should be unnecessarily encouraged or supported by the government." READ MORE

'Water mining' is now a prime culprit for raising sea levels

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Nowhere in the Maldives juts more than 10 feet above the Indian Ocean, making it extremely worried about sea level rise. Its president, Mohamed Nasheed, illustrated the point by holding a cabinet meeting under water in the run-up to last year's Copenhagen summit. But a new study shows that global warming is not the only cause of swelling seas. Much comes from "water mining" – the pumping of vast amounts of groundwater from beneath the earth, mainly to irrigate crops. This inevitably ends up in the oceans after it evaporates from farmland and comes down as rain. READ MORE

ދީނީ ތައުލީމު ޖައްވަށް ފަޒާއަށް؟

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A mission to abolish Islam in Maldives ދީނީ ތައުލީމު ޖައްވަށް ފަޒާއަށް ދުއްވާލަން ބޭނުންވަނީތޯއެވެ؟ ރާއްޖެއަކި 100 އިންސައްތަ މުސްލިމު ޤައުމެއްކަމަށް ބުނާއިރު މިތަނުގައި އިސްލާމީ ރިވެތި އުސޫލުތައް އާންމުވެދާނެތީ ބިރުން އުޅޭހެން ހީވާކަހަލައެވެ. ‘ހަމާލާއަކަށްފަހު ހަމަލާއެއް’ ދެމުން ތިޔަ ގެންދަނީ ދިވެހި ރައްޔިތުންގެ ލޭކައްކުވަންތޯއެވެ؟ އިތުރަށް

ރައީސްއަށް އިސްލާމިކް މިނިސްޓްރީ އިން ސިޓީއެއް ފޮނުވައިފި

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A mission to abolish Islam in Maldives އަބްދުއްލަތީފް ރާއްޖޭގެ ތައުލީމީ ދާއިރާގައި ހުރި ގިނަ މައްސަލަތަކެއް ފާހަގަކުރައްވައި ރައީސުލްޖުމްހޫރިއްޔ މުޙައްމަދު ނަޝީދު އަށް މިނިސްޓްރީ އޮފް އިސްލާމިކް އެފެއަރޒް އިން ސިޓީއެއް ފޮނުވައިފިއެވެ. ” ޢިއްޒަތްތެރި ރައީސެވެ! އަޅުގަނޑު މަނިކުފާނަށް މިސިޓީލިޔަން ގަސްތުކުޅައީ، ދިވެހިރާއްޖޭގެ ވަރަށް ގިނަ ފަރާތްތަކަކުން، ތަޢުލީމީ ދާއިރާގެ ތެރެއިން އިސްލާމްދީނާއި ގުޅުން ހުރި ބައެއްކަންތައްތަކާމެދު ކަންބޮޑުވުންތަކެއް އެކިސިފަ ސިފައިގައި އަޅުގަނޑާ ހަމައަށް ފޯރުކުރަމުން ގެންދާތީވެއެވެ. އަދި މަނިކުފާނަކީ މިވަގުތު ދިވެހިރާއްޖޭގެ ރައީސުލްޖުމްހޫރިއްޔާ ކަމަށް ވުމުންނާއި، އަޅުގަނޑުގެ ހިތުގައި މަނިކުފާނަށާއި ސަރުކާރަށް އޮތް ހެޔޮ ޝުޢޫރެއްގެ ސަބަބުންނާ ވެސް އެކުގައެވެ. އަދި، މިނިސްޓްރީ އޮފް އިސްލާމީކް އެފެއާޒްގެ މެންޑޭޓްގެ ތެރޭގައި ތައުލީމީ ކަންކަމުގައި ސަރުކާރަށް ލަފާދިނުން ވެސް ހިމެނޭތީވެ. ދެތިން ކަމަކާމެދު އެއްޗެއް ދަންނަވާލުމުގެ ގޮތުން” ކަމަށް އެސިޓީގައި ލިޔެފައިވެއެވެ. “މިސިޓީގައި އަޅުގަނޑު ބަޔާންކުރާ ވާހަކަތައް މިބަޔާން ކުރަނީ ޤާނޫނު އަސާސީއާއި، އެމްޑީޕީ އިއްތިހ

ބަރަހަނާކަމަށް މަޝްޙޫރު މެޑޯނާގެ ހަޔާތް

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A mission to abolish Islam in Maldives މިކަމުގެ ހެކި ދައްކަވަމުން ޝައިޚް ސަމީރު ވިދާޅުވީ ދަރިވަރުން ކިޔަވާ ފޮތްތަކުގައި ހުރި އިސްލާމް ދީނާއި އިސްލާމީ ތާރީޚާއި ގުޅޭ އެތައް ކަންތައްތަކެއްގެ ވާހަކަ މިހާރު ފޮތްތަކުން ނެގުމަށްފަހު ހުޅަނގާއި ގުޅުންހުރި ވާހަކަތައް ފޮތްތަކުގައި ހިމަނާފައިވާކަމަށެވެ. ” ކީއްކުރަންތޯ އަޅުގަނޑުމެން ލަވަކިޔުންތެރިޔާ ބަރަހަނާކަމަށް މަޝްޙޫރު މެޑޯނާގެ ހަޔާތް ދަރިވަރުންނަށް ކިޔަވައދޭންޖެހެނީ ؟ ކީއްވެގެންތޯ އިސްލާމީ ޝަޚުޞިއްޔަތުތަކުގެ ވާހަކަތައް ނުހިމަނީ؟” ޝައިޚް ސަމީރު ސުވާލުކުރެއްވިއެވެ. އިތުރަށ ް

ބިރުދައްކައިގެން ޝޯވްކުޅުވަން

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A mission to abolish Islam in Maldives ޓީޗަރުންނަށް މަޖްބޫރުކޮށްގެން ޝޯވް ބާއްވަން ނިންމާ މުވައްޒަފުންނަށް އެކަން އަންގާ މަޖްބޫރުކުރުވަމުންދާތީ ވަރަށް ގިނަ ޓީޗަރުން އެކަމާއި ކަންބޮޑުވުން ފާޅުކޮށްފައިވާކަމަށާއި، އަދި ބައެއް އާއިލާއިން އެކަމަށް ކަނޑައެޅިގެން ދެކޮޅު ހަދަމުންދާތީ ޓީޗަރުންނަށް ކަންބޮޑުވެފައިވާކަމަށްވެސް އަބްދުﷲ ވިދާޅުވިއެވެ. އިތުރަށ ް

މުންނާރު ބުޑުގައި ފިރިހެނުން

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A mission to abolish Islam in Maldives އެޑިއުކޭޝަން މިނިސްޓަރު ޑރ. މުސްތޮފާ ލުތުފީ، ސިޔާސަތެއް ކަނޑައަޅުއްވައި ދެ ޖިންސް އެއްކޮށްލައިގެން މަސްހުނިކޮށް ކިޔަވައި ދިނުމަކީ އިސްލާމް ދީނާއި އަހުލާގު ނައްތާލުމަށް ކަނޑަ އަޅާފައިވާ ސިޔާސަތެއް ކަމަށާއި އެ ސިޔާސަތު ބަދަލު ކުރުވަން ސަރުކާރަށް މަޖުބޫރު ކުރުވާނެ ކަމަށްވެސް އެމީހުން ބުނެފައިވެއެވެ. މިއީ ފެށުމެއް ކަމަށާއި މަދަނީ ޖަމާއަތްތަކާއެކު މިކަމާ ދެކޮޅަށް ހުރިހާ އެންމެން ނެރޭނެކަމަށް ބުނެ އެޑިޔުކޭޝަން މިނިސްޓްރީގެ ނިންމުންތައް ބަދަލުކުރަން ކުރެވެން އޮތް ހުރިހާކަންކަން ކުރާނެކަމަށްވެސް އެމީހުން ބުނެފައިވެއެވެ. އިތުރަށް

Grand mufti's warning: Don't look at pornography!

Saudi Arabia's Grand Mufti Sheikh Abdul Aziz bin Abdullah Al-Asheikh has warned young men and women against watching pornography on the Internet and satellite channels in his Friday sermon at the Imam Turki bin Abdullah Mosque in Riyadh. “The eyesight is a bounty given to us by Allah so we should not misuse it,” he said, adding that it is sacrilegious to sell or circulate CDs containing pornography. “This is a means to deviate the youth and corrupt society,” he said, adding that modern technology should be used to benefit man, and for educational purposes. READ MORE

US woman mistakenly uses glue instead of eye drops

A woman accidentally glued an eye shut when she mistook super glue for her eye drops. KSAZ-TV says Irmgard Holm of Glendale had cataract surgery a year ago. She was reaching for what she thought was one of her half-dozen eye drop medications. The burning sensation told her immediately something was seriously wrong. Holm says the eye drops and the super glue bottles are nearly identical. READ MORE

Last puff: S.African famed smoking chimp dies

Qondile Khedama, a spokesman for the central South African city of Bloemfontein where Charlie had been a fixture at the small zoo, says the chimp died Tuesday, apparently of old age. Charlie was believed to be 52. Khedama says zoo officials noticed about five years ago that visitors were tossing Charlie cigarettes, and he was mimicking smokers. Khedama says zookeepers tried to stop visitors from encouraging Charlie in a habit many humans are trying to quit. Newspapers picked up the story. Charlie featured in a US TV news report, and became the first animal visitors would ask to see. Khedama says Charlie’s body will be mounted and displayed in an area featuring other preserved, popular zoo residents. READ MORE

މުންނާރު ބުޑުގައި އިށީދެ ގިނައިން ތިބީ ދެލޯ ހުރި މީހުންނެވެ

ސަރުކާރުގެ ތައުލީމީ ސިޔާސާތާ ދޭތެރޭ ހިތްހަމަނުޖެހިގެން ބެލެނިވެރިންތަކެއް ރައީސުލްޖުމްހޫރިއްޔާ ދިރިއުޅުއްވާ ގެކޮޅު މުލީއާގެ ދޮށަށް އެއްވެއްޖެ އެވެ. "ތައުލީމީ ނިޒާމުގެ ތެރެއިން އަހުލާގާއި އިސްލާމްދީން ނައްތާ ނުލު"މަށް ބުނާ ބެނާއެއް ހިފައިގެން 50 ވަރަކަށް މީހުން ކުރާ މުޒާހަރާގައި ބެނާގައި ލިޔެފައިވާ ލިއުން ފިޔަވައި އެ މީހުން އެއްވެސް ވަރަކަށް އަޑުއުފުލައެއް ނުހަދަ އެވެ. އިތުރަށް

ދީނީ ޢިލްމުވެރިން ގޮވާލާކަމަށް ބުނެ އުފުލާ އަޑު އުފުލުމަށް ގޮންޖަހަމެވެ

ރަނގަޅަށް އައުރަ ނިވާކޮށް ހިޖާބުން ނިވާވެގެން ތިބުމަކީ އަންހެނުންގެ ޙައްޤުގެ ވާހަކަ ދައްކާ މީހުން ގަބޫލުކުރާކަމަކަށް ނުވެއެވެ. އެއީ ހައްދު ފަހަނައެޅުން ކަމުގައި ދެކެއެވެ. ތަހުޒީބީ ދުނިޔޭގައި ބަރަހަނާފޮޓޯތަކާއި، ބަރަހަނާ ފިލްމުތަކުގައި އެންމެ ގިނައީ އަންހެނުންނެވެ. އެފަދަ ތަކެތީގައި، އަންހެނުންނަށް ދީފައި އޮންނަނީ ވަރަށް މަތިވެރި މަޤާމެއް ދޮގެއްތޯއެވެ. ޢާއްމު ފިލްމުތަކާއި ޝޯތަކުގައި ނިވާކަން ކުޑަގޮތްގޮތަށް ވިޔާފާރީގެ ގޮތުގައި ބޭނުން ކުރާތަން ގިނައިން ފެންނަނީ އަންހެނުންނެވެ. ހެދުންލައިގެން އޮރިޔާމުން އުޅޭ އަންހެނުން ސުވަރުގެ ނުވައްދަވަނޭކަމަށް އަންގަވާފައިވަނީ އިސްލާމީ ޝޭޚުން އެކަމަށް ބޭނުން ވެގެނެއްނޫނެވެ. އެއީ ޢާލަމުތަކަށް ރަޙުމަތެއްކަމުގައި ފޮނުއްވި ރަސޫލާގެ އެންގެވުމެކެވެ. ކަނބަލުންގެ ސަލާމަތާއި ކަރާމަތަށްޓަކައެވެ. އިސްލާމީ ޝޭޚުން ކުރައްވާކަމަކީ ރަސޫލާގެ ވަޢީދުބަސް ފުޅު ހަނދާންކޮށްދީ އިސްލާޙުވުމަށް ގޮވާލެއްވުމެވެ. ބަޔަކު ކިތަންމެ ނުރުހުނަސް އެއީ އެކަން އޮތްގޮތެވެ. ޖަދަލުނުކޮށް ބިރުވެތިވެ އިސްލާޙުވުމަށް ވުރެ ހެޔޮގޮތެއް ނެތެވެ. ދުނިޔެވީ ގިނަޒިންމާތަކުން އަންހެނުން ވަނީ ރައްކާތެރިކުރެވ

މުސްތަފާގެ މައްސަލައިގައި އެމްޑީޕީގެ ޕާލަމެންޓަރީ މެންބަރުން އިދިކޮޅު

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އަޅުގަނޑު ހިތައް އަރަނީ މުސްތަފާއަކީ ޖާސޫސެއް ބާއެވެ. އޭނާ އަކީ އަސްލުގައި އެމްޑީޕީވެސް މީހެއް ނޫނެވެ. މަޤާމުގެ ދަހިވެތިކަމުގައި އޭނާ ކުލަ ބަދަލު ކުރީއެވެ. އޭނާ އަކީ ނައިބުރައީސް ޕާޓީގެ މީހެކެވެ. އެމީހުންގެ އެޖެންޑާވެސް މީގައި އޮންނާނެއެވެ. ރަޝީދު މިނިސްޓަރު ބަނގުރާ މައްސަލައިގާވެސް އިސްތިއުފާ ދީފައި ބުނީ އެއީ ރައީސް ނަޝީދުގެ ސިޔާސަތު ކަމުގައެވެ. އިތުރަށ ް

ދިވެހި ދަރިވަރަކު ހޯދި ކާމިޔާބީ ގެ ވާހަކަ އަކީ ލޮލަށް ފިނިކަމާއި ހިތަށް ހަމަޖެހުން ގެނެސްދިން އުފާވެރި ޚަބަރެކެވެ

މުޙަންމާބެ: ހިތި ހިތާމާގެ ކަރުނަ ލޮލަށް ގެނުވާ، އަދި ބޮލާއި ސިކުނޑިއަށް ތަދުކުރުވާ ފަދަ ރުޅިވެރިކަން ހިތަށް ގެނުވާ ޚަބަރުތައް ދިވެހިބިމުން ކޯދުލާ އަރަމުން ދާ ދުވަސްވަރެއްގައި ކީރިތި ޤުރްއާން ކިޔެވުމުގެ އިންޓަރނޭޝަނަލް މުބާރާތަކުން ބާރަ އަހަރުގެ ދިވެހި ދަރިވަރަކު ހޯދި ކާމިޔާބީ ގެ ވާހަކަ އަކީ ލޮލަށް ފިނިކަމާއި ހިތަށް ހަމަޖެހުން ގެނެސްދިން އުފާވެރި ޚަބަރެކެވެ. މި ޚަބަރު އުފާވެރި ވީ ދުވަސް ހަމަވެ އެކްސްޕަޔަރީ ޑޭޓް ފަހަނައަޅާ ގޮސްފައިވާ ވެރިކަމެއް ގެ މުގުލުގައި ހުރި ޙުސްނީ މުބާރަކް ގެ އަތުން އިނާމު ލިބުމުގެ ޝަރަފު ދިވެހި ދަރިއަކަށް ލިބުމަކުންނެއް ނޫނެވެ. އަދި ކީއްތޯއެވެ! މި ޚަބަރު މިހާ އުފާވެރި ޚަބަރަކަށް ވީކީ ދިވެހިރާއްޖެއަށް މި ރީތި ނަން ހޯދައި ދިން ރިފްދާ މުޙައްމަދު ރަޝީދު (زَادَهَا اللهُ عِلمًا و حُبًّا للعِلم) މަތީ ވަނައެއް މި މުބާރާތުގައި ޙާޞިލު ކުރުމަކުންނެއްވެސް ނޫނެވެ. (ސީދާ ގުޅުން ނެތަސް ތިރީގައިވާ ލިޔުން ކޮމެންޓެއްގެ ގޮތުގައި ޖަހައި ދިނުން ލިޔުންތެރިޔާގެ އަރިހުން އެދެމެވެ. މި ލިޔުމަކީ މަށަށް ވަރަށް ކަމުދިޔަ ލިޔުމެއް ކަމުން މުރާސިލް ގެ ކިޔުންތެރީންނަށްއ ގެނެސް ދިނުމަށް ޓަކައެވެ. ލ