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SHAFAQNA-Do you know what your tears look like at a microscopic level? Dutch artist Maurice Mikkers does, and he’s been looking at hundreds of them. It seems that our tears can be as unique as snowflakes, and have a similar crystallised look under a microscope. Mikkers was a lab technician before he went to art school, and has yet to find two tears that look alike. He’s also investigating how temperature, humidity, and even the cause of the crying can influence a tear’s structure. “[A] dark field microscope will light up the tear on a black background, so you can actually see the beautiful pattes and shapes,” Mikkers says in the Quartz video above. “I think tears are so unexplored. We need ...

SHAFAQNA IN COLLABORATION WITH FORT RUSS –The most important information event of Friday was Vladimir Putin’s interview with Bloomberg, in which the Russian president touched on key issues on the global information agenda. I am sure that dozens of publications are going over this interview and discussing every question and answer in it, but I want to propose to you, dear friends, to look at this from a different angle. The point is that John Micklethwait, the editor-in-chief of Bloomberg who interviewed the Russian president, is not merely a joualist, but one of many joualists who has participated for many years in meetings of the Bilderberg Club as a full member of this shadow interest gr...

SHAFAQNA –With growing conces over national security, and the increased threat of those wishing to divide us, there has been recent public discussion about the future of our immigration program, and whether the values and customs of some migrant groups have a place in the Australian way of life. Negative attitudes towards Muslims in Australia seem to be based on a fear of the unknown, and this perceived difference in values and culture. Attributes we typically identify as integral to the Australian way of life – like our freedom and democracy – are commonly perceived as being at odds with Islam. It raises an interesting question – can Australian Muslims maintain their customs and traditions...

SHAFAQNA- Tuberculosis (TB) is one of the biggest scourges there is among infectious diseases, killing nearly 2 million people a year, most in developing countries. It is also notoriously hard and slow to detect in places without top-flight health care systems. Yesterday, researchers reported at the American Chemical Society (ACS) meeting here that they’ve devised a simple new way to diagnose TB, and even distinguish living TB cells from dead ones, which could give doctors an easy way to see whether their anti-TB medications are working. The researchers are now putting their diagnostic through its paces with samples from patients in South Africa, which has one of the world’s highest incidenc...

SHAFAQNA-An experimental cancer treatment based on rainforest berries has been successfully shown to destroy tumours in a matter of days. A drugbased on the fruit of the Australian blushwood tree is currently undergoing trials in Queensland. Denise Powell, a cancer patient who is part of the trial, said the treatment had a radical effect on a tumour in her armpit. “My cancer surgeon said, ‘I can take that one out, if you get any more you might lose an arm.” The blushwood tree, a rare species which grows in the Australian rainforest Denise said the drug had a visible and dramatic effect on her tumour The chemical inside the berries is calledEBC-46 and has already been shown to shrink tum...

SHAFAQNA-Since the influence of friend of man is very deep, Islamic teachings have given an important status to the friendship. In Holy Quran it is stated that most of the companions of the Fire will say, in the Hell, that “Oh, woe to me! I wish I had not taken that one as a friend. He led me away from the remembrance after it had come to me. And ever is Satan, to man, a deserter.” [1] So it is very important to know how your friend is. In this regard, there is a very nice hadith in which Imam al-Baqir (PBUH) said: My father Ali Ibn al- Hussein (A), once, advised me: ‘O son, do not associate, talk, or accompany five classes of people.’ ‘Who are they, father?’ asked me, and he (A) answered: ...

SHAFAQNA –Over the weekend, people tweeted an offer to their Muslim neighbors: #IllWalkWithYou. The hashtag spread quickly as Muslims around the country reeled from the news that two Muslim men were fatally shot blocks from their Queens mosque on Saturday afteoon. The murders of Imam Maulama Akonjee, 55, and his assistant Thara Uddin, 64, are under investigation. Although police have not determined a motive in the killings, the Muslim community feels strongly that the men were targeted because of their religion. They fear that the intensifying anti-Muslim rhetoric in the presidential campaign will only lead to more hate crimes. But in a remarkable show of solidarity, thousands of people ar...

SHAFAQNA –Following a series of violent attacks by militants whom have claimed to be loyal to Daesh, aka ISIL, France has been looking for effective counter-terror measures to protect both its citizens and its way of life. While many, most of all the French might have expected measures in tune with the gravity of the situation, David Lisnard, the mayor of Caes (seaside Mediterranean town) chose to legislate over fashion to curb radicalism. Starting this August, Caes will no longer allow for Muslim women to wear the burkini – Islamic swimsuit; a decision which officials have promised will help promote and protect France secular traditions. Shafaqna asked Mayor David Lisnard to elaborate on t...

SHAFAQNA –Saudi Arabia’s human rights record, especially with regards to protecting women, has often been called into question. Although women’s rights have been incrementally extended in recent years – they were allowed to vote in municipal elections for the first time last year – their actions are still severely restricted. In a country where a woman caot even open a bank account without her husband’s permission, here are several other things they are still unable to do: Drive a car There is no official law that bans women from driving, but deeply held religious beliefs prohibit it, with Saudi clerics arguing that female drivers “undermine social values”. In 2011, the “Women2Drive” campai...

SHAFAQNA –A Quran competition was held for Muslim youth in Dearbo, Michigan. It was organized on the sidelines of the 12th Aual National Muslim Congress Conference, held in Dearbo on August 5-7. According to muslimcongress.org, it was managed under the auspices of world-renowned Qari, HI Abazar Wahedi. There were two age groups and three categories for Quran competition. Contenders aged 16 years and below competed in memorization (Hifz) of one Juz (part), recitation (Qiraat) of Juz 30, and commentary (Tafseer) of Surahs Al-Masad, Al-Fil, Al-Kafiroun, Al-Nasr,and Al-Ma’oun. In the second age group, those over 16 years competed in memorization of two consecutive Juzes, recitation of Juzes 29,...

SHAFAQNA- IntroductionThey ask you about intoxicants and games of chance. Say: In both of them there is a great sin and means of profit for men, and their sin is greater than their profit. And they ask you as to what they should spend. Say: What you can spare. Thus does Allah make clear to you the communications, that you may ponder.(Holy Qur’an, Sura al-Baqarah, 2: 219)O you who believe! intoxicants and games of chance and (sacrificing to) stones set up and (dividing by) arrows are only an uncleaess, the Shaitan’s work; shun it therefore that you may be successful. (Holy Qur’an, Sura al-Ma’idah, 5: 90)The Shaitan only desires to cause enmity and hatred to spring in your midst by means of i...

SHAFAQNA –In order to bring you, our readers, closer to realities and truths, Shafaqna will conduct a series of exclusive podcast interviews with renown political analysts politicians, officials, religious leaders, and academics. As always our aim is simple – knowledge. In a world run, and based on falsehood, Truth has become somewhat of a rare commodity – still, we ought to seek what has been dissimulated as to rise truly free. As Imam Ali said: “Ask in order to understand, and do not ask in order to find fault, for surely the ignorant man who wants to lea resembles a man of knowledge, and surely a man of knowledge who wants to be difficult resembles an ignorant man who wants to find fault...

SHAFAQNA – The Shafaqna Institute of Middle Easte Studies received worrying information pointing to the pending execution by beheading of Ali Mohammed al-Nimr, nephew to late Sheikh Nimr al-Nimr. A young Shia Muslim from the easte Saudi Arabian province of Qatif, Ali Mohammed al-Nimr, was, like many others, arrested on account his faith has long upset al-Saud royals. Accused of conspiracy against the king, Ali Mohammed al-Nimr never stood a chance … The victim of a viciously sectarian regime which sole existence has been to oppress religious minorities to better asset its own absolutism: Wahhabism, Saudi Arabia has been a grand scale concentration camp for Shia Muslims. Brutalized for their...

SHAFAQNA-Spiritual fluctuation is one of the characteristics of our hearts. Our soul is also called ‘Qalb’ (heart) because it changes from time to time, one day and on one occasion and under certain circumstances we may feel more spiritual, and then we may feel low. One of the main reasons for that is that our heart is like a metal and hell & heaven are like magnets attracting these metals. When we are in the magnetic field of Dunya (Satanic worldly fields) naturally our spirituality diminishes, and likewise when you are in the heavenly fields you feel more spiritual. Depending on how often and for how long we hold our hearts in the magnetic fields of Dunya or Akhira we develop a hell or...

SHAFAQNA-Within the Muslim religion, women are unable to wear nail polish due to the daily ritual of washing their hands, arms, and face before prayer. Because nail polish is a barrier to the nail, devout Muslims have not beenallowed to wear the vaish, thus not being able to enjoy the fun of painting your nails! … until now. Orly Beauty has created a nail polish called Breathable, whichis a three-in-one polish, including a base coat, the colored nail vaish, and a top coat. The polish is “breathable” and apparently healthy for your nails. I was introduced to this new formula at CosmoProf Las Vegas and I am obsessed. They have an advanced oxygen technology that allows oxygen and hydration to ...

SHAFAQNA –Recent fighting in South Sudan has forced 37,491 people to flee to Uganda in the past three weeks, averaging more than 4,000 a day in the past week, the United Nations refugee agency waed today. “To put this in context, more refugees have arrived in Uganda in the past three weeks than during the entire first six months of 2016, when 33,838 came there in search of safety,” Adrian Edwards, a spokesperson for the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), told reporters in Geneva. Yesterday, an estimated 2,442 refugees were received in Uganda from South Sudan. More than 90 per cent of arrivals are women and children. “The new arrivals in Uganda are reporting ongoing fig...

SHAFAQNA –A group of American Muslims attended the Razavi Holy Shrine and visited the museums complex of Astan Quds Razavi. A group of twenty pilgrims visited treasuries of Qur’an and Exquisite Manuscripts including handwritten Qur’ans and those attributed to the Infallible Imams (PBUT, Master Farshchian museum, Muraqqahall, book covers and inscription tools, the Supreme Leader’s Donations treasury, etc. “It is the first time I travel to Iran and Mashhad, and my aim of this trip has been only visiting the Holy Shrine of Imam Reza (A)”, said a member of the group who is architecture student in Califoia. “Holy Shrine of Imam Reza (A) is inspiring to artists and architects and the symbols, str...

SHAFAQNA –As Poland prepares to welcome Pope Francis for World Youth Day a statement from the Vatican has denounced an “artificially created fear of Muslims” in the country which it says is being fed by some political parties. The problem, it states, derive from the fact that Poland is “ethnically homogenous” meaning that to many Polish people immigration is something new and seen as strange by many. The press release, written by a spokesman for the country’s bishops’ conference but distributed by the Holy See’s press office, says fears have been exacerbated by a lack of public debate, complicated migration procedures and no public programme of teaching people in the country Polish about di...

SHAFAQNA – It is narrated from Imam Sadeq (AS) who said: When your believing brother’s deed looks bad to you, it is necessary that for 70 times, you (try to) find an excuse for that act. If you caot find an excuse for him, say to yourself, maybe he has an excuse that we are not aware of it [1]. [1] Awalemul Olume wal Ma’arefe wal Ahwal,Vol. 20, page 706. Let's block ads! بخوانید...

SHAFAQNA – The Grand Ayatollah Makarem Shirazi answered a question about the guardianship of disbelieving (Kafir) child by Muslims. Question: Can the Muslim man and woman be guardians for a disbelieving child who is Najes (impure)? The Grand Ayatollah Makarem: If the guardianship and education of the child are given to them, in Taharat (cleanliness) that child follows them. Source: PERSIAN SHAFAQNA SHARE Facebook Twitter Previous articleWahhabi Saudi Arabia and the disappearing of Islam’s heritage – Redacting History and Faith Next articleFour bad characteristics to avoid according to Imam Ali (AS) Let's block ads! بخوانید...