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MOST CANADIANS U.S. DEBT CEILING, NOT SHUTDOWN, OPPOSE FIRINGS A BIGGER WORRY FOR CANADA BASED ON QUEBEC’S SECULAR CHARTER: POLL

Government shutdown won’t significantly harm economy unless it goes past Oct. 17 debt deadline Some businesses that transport goods across the U.S.-Canada border, shown above in Blaine, Wash., in May, are anxious that the government shutdown may affect their bottom line, but economists say the Canadian economy won’t be significantly affected unless the shutdown stretches past the deadline for approving the U.S. debt ceiling. (Elaine Thompson/Associated Press)

SECTARIAN BLOODSHED GRIPS MYANMAR

Sectarian bloodshed has forced women and children to flee to forests in western Myanmar after Buddhists have killed at least five Muslims. Security forces patrolled villages on Wednesday in Rakine State, where more than 800 Buddhist rioters torched homes and attacked local Muslims a day before. “We are doing all of this just out of our desire to protect our own religion, because we heard that a Muslim man in Thandwe abused Buddhism,” one rioter told Al Jazeera.

The violence left at least four men and a 94-year-old woman dead, a police official said. Four Rakhine Buddhists were injured in clashes and a fifth was missing, while 59 houses and a mosque have been torched since tensions flared on Saturday, police said. “The police are merely shooting into the air and not doing enough to prevent the violence,” a resident told Al Jazeera. The religious bloodshed coincided with President Thein Sein’s two-day tour in the violence-racked area as part of his first official visit to Rakhine state since a wave

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of violence erupted there last year. About 250 people have been killed and more than 140,000 left homeless in several outbreaks of inter-religious violence around the country since June 2012, mostly in Rakhine. In a message to a multi-faith conference, which was carried in state media on Wednesday, Thein Sein lamented “instigations fuelling minor crimes into conflicts between the two communities and two religions”.

The recent unrest has overshadowed internationally praised political reforms and increased pressure on the former military government general, who took power in 2011. The United States said it was “deeply concerned” about the latest unrest and urged authorities to respond “decisively”, in a statement issued by its embassy in Yangon. The region is home to the popular tourist destination of Ngapali Beach although no foreigners were believed to have been caught up in the unrest.

Source: Al Jazeera

Nearly three out of four Canadians oppose the idea that government employees should be fired as a result of Quebec’s proposed Charter of Values, according to a poll released Tuesday. The CTV-Ipsos Reid poll, surveying more than 1,000 people online across the country, found that 72 per cent of Canadians disagreed that “public servants like teachers, health-care workers and others should be fired from their jobs if they insist on wearing religious symbols and clothing at work,” and 28 per cent were in agreement. Support was highest in Quebec, where the proposed ban would be in effect, with 38 per cent agreeing workers should be fired. Still, 62 per cent disagreed. “I think it’s a question that the [Parti Québécois] hasn’t fully laid out for anybody,” John Wright, senior vice-president at Ipsos Reid, said.

“What is the consequence of a public servant defying the charter?” He said Quebec’s governing party should clarify whether workers who breach the charter rules would be fired, fined, ticketed or charged with an offence. “It kind of puts it in perspective that the Charter of Values has been a conceptual debate,” Mr. Wright said. “But the rubber has to hit the road at some point.”

Outside of Quebec, support for firing employees remained the same – at about 28 per cent – in all provinces except British Columbia and Atlantic Canada,

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Pakistan, India agree to restore ceasefire on Line of Control

Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif and his Indian counterpart Manmohan Singh, who met on the sidelines of United Nations General Assembly, Sunday agreed to task the DGMOs of both the countries to ensure ceasefire on the Line of Control (LoC).

An Indian official said that the two leaders, who met for more than an hour in a New York hotel, decided to task senior military officers to “find effective means to restore the ceasefire” on LoC. “Both the leaders agreed that the precondition for forward movement in the relationship, which they both desire, is really an improvement of the situation on the LoC,” Indian national security adviser Shivshankar Menon told reporters, referring to the Line of Control in the Himalayan territory.

According to sources both the leaders exchanged greetings in Punjabi language at the beginning of the talks.

During the meeting which started in a cordial atmosphere, both the prime ministers invited each other to visit their respective countries. The invitations were accepted from both sides, but no dates were set.

Briefing the media, Menon termed the meeting as positive

and constructive.

“As for how useful and productive the meeting was, I think the only proof will be in the months to come”, he added.

Burning issues like Line of Control (LoC) violations, Indian involvement in Balochistan unrest, the Kashmir dispute, Siahcen, Sir Creek, and cross-border terrorism besides ‘granting’ Most Favourite Nation (MFN) status to India and matters relating to peace between the two countries also came under discussion, he added.

He denied India was fanning unrest in Balochistan.

Menon said that it was decided in the meeting that the Director Generals of Military Operations (DGMOs) of both the countries would be tasked with ensuring ceasefire on the LoC. Menon said that Sharif promised “there would be action” on punishing extremists over the Mumbai attack, and said the talks were friendly.

To a question he said that no timeline had been set for the next meeting between the two premiers.

According to Menon no proposal for a reduction in military spending was brought up in the meeting from any side.

Pakistani Foreign Secretary, Jalil Abbas Jilani, addressing a press conference later said that all the core issues including Kashmir dispute were hashed out in the meeting. “Overall, the meeting was productive as both the leaders consented to find ways to restore calm on the LoC”, Jilani said.

Jilani also confirmed that Pakistan firmly held its stance on the evidence that points to India’s --direct or indirect-- hand behind the rampant militancy in Balochistan.

It must be mentioned that earlier India had refused to hold a joint press conference or the issuance of a joint communiqué after the talks, sources said.

Initially it was announced that Singh had invited Sharif to have breakfast with him but later the plan was changed for reasons better known to higher officials of both the nations.

Suicide attack at Taliban commander headquarters, 12 dead A suicide bomber attacked the headquarters of local Taliban commander Mullah Nabi Hanafi in Orakzai Agency, killing at least 12 people and completely destroying the headquarters on early Thursday. According to the sources, at first the attackers broke into the headquarters and opened fire after which the suicide bomber rammed an explosiveladen vehicle into the headquarters. The dead bodies have been recovered while there are reports of injuries as a result of the assault. The official sources have not yet confirmed the casualties.

Subsidy on power needs printing of notes: Musaddiq Malik

Special assistant to the prime minister on water and power Musaddiq Malik has said that the notification of revised power tariff would not be withdrawn.

Talking to Geo news, Musaddiq Malik said that in order to give subsidy on power there would be a need to print notes, which, he said would triple or quadruple the inflation.

He said that the Supreme Court was of the view that it is a responsibility of National Electric Power Regulatory Authority (NEPRA) to issue notification of revised power tariff.

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UN says nearly 1,000 Iraqis killed in September

Nearly 1,000 Iraqis were killed in September, one of the highest monthly death tolls in years, the UN said Tuesday, giving a sombre figure that reflects the militants’ determination to rekindle large-scale sectarian conflict. Iraq is going through its worst surge in violence since 2008, with near-daily militant attacks and relentless bombings blamed on hard-

line Sunni insurgents. The surge followed a deadly crackdown by the Shiite-led government on a Sunni protest camp in northern Iraq in April. More than 5,000 people have been killed since then. A statement from UNAMI said the mission recorded the deaths of 979 Iraqis in insurgent attacks in September. They included 887 civilians while the rest were members of security forces and Iraqi troops.

The figure was slightly lower than the UN’s July death toll, which stood at 1,057, but still one of the highest in years. The report said the worst-affected part was the Iraqi capital, Baghdad, where 418 people were killed in September. It said 2,133 people were wounded in last month’s violence. The UN representative in Baghdad said the report raised a stark alarm and called on Iraq’s political rivals to come together. “As terrorists continue to target Iraqis indiscriminately, I call upon all political leaders to strengthen their efforts to promote national dialogue and reconciliation,” Nickolay Mladenov was quoted as say-

ing in the report. “Political, religious and civil leaders as well as the security services must work together to end the bloodshed and ensure that all Iraqi citizens feel equally protected.” Hours earlier, al Qaeda’s local franchise in Iraq claimed responsibility for Monday’s string of car bombings that mostly targeted Shiite neighbourhoods in Baghdad, killing 55 people. The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant said the attacks were in retaliation to the “arrests, torturing and targeting of Sunnis” by the Shiite-led government and vowed more attacks. “To Sunnis we say: The Islamic State, God willing, knows where, when and how to attack,” the statement said. “The Mujahideen will not stay motionless.” The al Qaeda statement’s authenticity could not be independently confirmed but it was posted on a website commonly used by militants and its style was consistent with earlier statements by the terror network. Attacks continued on Tuesday, killing at least six people. In the northern city of Tikrit, 130 kilometres north

Myanmar warns against sectarian opportunists Myanmar will not allow those eager to incite ethnic and religious violence to exploit the Southeast Asian country’s newfound openness as it struggles along the path to democracy, Foreign Minister Wunna Maung Lwin said on Monday. The comments from the country formerly known as Burma came as terrified Muslims hid in their homes in the Northwest after armed police dispersed a Buddhist mob that torched houses and surrounded a mosque - the latest outbreak of sectarian tension. “There are always people who wish to rock the boat,” Lwin told the annual meeting of the UN General Assembly in New York. “We will not let anyone take advantage of political openness to instigate violence among different ethnic or religious communities.” Clashes between majority Buddhists and Muslims in Myanmar have killed at least 237 people and left more than 150,000 homeless since June 2012.

The violence threatens to undermine political and economic reforms launched in the two years since a quasi-civilian government replaced a military government. “Our reform process is still at a nascent and sensitive stage where there is little room for error,” Lwin said. “With this in mind the President (Thein Sein) has publicly emphasised the need for everyone to refrain from doing anything that could jeopardise Myanmar’s peaceful transition.” In April, the government said 192 people were killed in June and October 2012 clashes between ethnic Rakhine Buddhists

and Rohingya Muslims, most of whom Myanmar regards as illegal immigrants from Bangladesh, despite roots going back generations. The United Nations has described the Rohingya as “virtually friendless.”

Clashes between Rohingya and Rakhines in June 2012 led to unrest elsewhere in the country, where other groups of Muslims have been targeted, including Kamans, who are of different ethnicity from Rohingyas.

An estimated 5 percent of Myanmar’s population of about 60 million is Muslim. Lwin also said that the government has made “tangible progress in our efforts towards national reconciliation.” “The government’s peace overtures have led to reaching ceasefire agreements with all armed groups for the first time in 60 years,” he told the 193-nation General Assembly. “We are hopeful that we will be able to celebrate the signing of a nationwide ceasefire agreement in Naypyitaw very soon.” He said a new round of political dialogue should commence soon to reach a “comprehensive and lasting peace agreement.” “We have no illusion that the next step will be an easy one,” Lwin said. “But we are determined to pursue this path for the sake of our people as they deserve it for so long.” He reiterated the government’s goal of releasing more prisoners from jail. “We are speedily working through a screening mechanism to ensure that no prisoner of conscience remains behind bar by the end of the year,” Lwin said.

Source: Al-Jazeera

Weapons inspectors begin Syria mission

A chemical weapons disarmament team has arrived in Damascus to begin evaluating the country’s arsenal of the banned weapons. The inspectors from The Haguebased Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons travelled by road from Lebanon on Tuesday, a day after UN experts departed after probing a series of alleged chemical attacks. The team of 19 inspectors will begin a complex mission of locating and dismantling an estimated 1,000-tonne chemical arsenal as the civil war rages in Syria. “In the coming days, their efforts are expected to focus on verifying information provided by the Syrian authorities and the initial planning phase of helping the country destroy its chemical weapons production facilities,” a UN statement said.

They have about nine months to complete their task to

have the Syrian regime destroy its chemical stockpile by mid-2014. The team was unable to fly to Damascus, because the road between the airport and the city is the scene of frequent fighting. The group replaces an outgoing UN team of chemical arms experts that has ended its second mission to Syria to probe seven alleged gas attacks and hopes to present a final report by late October. Earlier this month it submitted Ran interim report that confirmed the use of the nerve agent sarin in August 21 attacks on the outskirts of Damascus. The United States threatened military action in response, accusing forces loyal to Assad of deliberately killing hundreds of civilians with rocket-delivered nerve agents. Syria denied the allegations, but agreed to relinquish its chemical arsenal, effectively heading off a strike, under a US-Russian deal which was enshrined in the landmark UN resolution. “At this point, we have absolutely no reason to doubt the information provided by the Syrian regime,” an OPCW official said on Sunday. In his first comments since the UN resolution was passed on Friday, President Bashar al-Assad on Sunday told Italy’s Rai News 24 his regime “will comply”. The Syrian conflict has killed more than 115,000 people since March 2011, according to figures released on Tuesday by the UK-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights. Source: Al-Jazeera

of the Iraqi capital, three suicide attackers tried to storm a building of the Interior Ministry’s anti-explosives division, killing an officer and two policemen, officials said. Five other policemen were wounded. In the town of Tarmiyah, about 50 kilometres north of Baghdad, a bomb went off next to a patrol of anti-al Qaeda Sunni militia, killing two and wounding three militiamen. The pro-government militia, known as Sahwa, was established during the height of insurgency to fight al Qaeda along with U.S. and Iraqi forces.

They are considered by al Qaeda as traitors.

In Baghdad, two gunmen on a motorcycle went on shooting spree in the southwestern Saydiyah neighbourhood, killing one civilian and wounding six, another police officer said.

Three medical officials confirmed the causality figures. All officials spoke on condition of anonymity as they were not authorized to talk to the media.

Source: CTV News

Obama reassures Israel over Iran talks

The United States reserves the right to keep all options, including military action, on the table with regards to engaging with Iran, the US president has said after holding talks with Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu. Addressing the media after meeting with Netanyahu at the Oval Office in Washington, DC, on Monday, Obama said the United States would be circumspect before entering negotiations with Iran. “We have to test diplomacy, we have to see if in fact they are serious about their willingness to abide by international norms and international law,” Obama said.

“We enter into these negotiations very clear eyed. They will not be easy.”

Obama also made clear that he reserved the right to take military action against Iran. The meeting comes just days after Obama’s historic phone call with new Iranian President Hassan Rouhani. Netanyahu urged President Barack Obama to keep tough economic sanctions on Iran in place, even as the US weighs a potential warming of relations and a restart of nuclear negotiations with Tehran’s new government. “If diplomacy is to work, those pressures must be kept in place,’’ Netanyahu said during the meeting with Obama. Al Jazeera’s Peter Sharp, reporting from Jerusalem, said Netanyahu would have been heartened by Obama’s reassurances that Iran would have to prove itself and that Israel had the right to defend itself. Netanyahu has been warning the US against equating Rouhani’s more moderate rhetoric with substantive changes in Iran’s nuclear policy. The Israeli leader, meeting with Obama at the White House, insisted that Iran’s “military nuclear programme” must be dismantled and called for maintaining or strengthening sanctions on Tehran. Israel considers a nuclear-armed Iran to be an existential threat while Iran denies that it is seeking nuclear weapons. Before leaving the US on Friday, Iran’s new President, Hassan Rouhani, shared a 15-minute phone call with President Obama, during which he said he wanted to seek a deal with world powers on Iran’s nuclear programme within months. The conversation was the highest-level contact between the two countries for more than 30 years - fuelling hopes for a resolution of a decade-old Iranian nuclear standoff. The sudden prospect of diplomacy with Iran overshadowed a host of pressing issues on the US-Israeli agenda. Netanyahu has long been sceptical of Obama’s preference for negotiating with Iran, repeatedly pressing his US counterpart to issue credible threats of military action if Tehran gets close to producing a nuclear weapon. Iran has offered to open its nuclear facilities to international inspectors as part of broad negotiations with the United States but has insisted that pursuing a nuclear programme is its right and that the programme is for peaceful purposes only. The US, Israel and other allies have long accused Iran of seeking a bomb. Iran says it is enriching uranium for power generation and medical purposes.

Source: Al-Jazeera

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US generals fired for Afghan security breach The head of the US Marine Corps has announced he was effectively firing two US generals over their failure to defend a major base in Afghanistan from a deadly Taliban attack last year, in an extraordinary and rare public censure. Gen James Amos, the commandant of the Marine Corps, said on Monday in announcing his decision that Maj Gen Charles M Gurganus and Maj Gen Gregg A Sturdevant “did not take adequate force protection measures” at Camp Bastion, an airfield in southwestern Afghanistan that was the Taliban target. The September 14, 2012 attack caught the Marines by surprise and resulted in two US deaths, with eight others injured. Six Marine Harrier fighter jets were destroyed by the attackers and others were badly damaged.

Gurganus, who was the top American commander in that region of Afghanistan, did not order a formal investigation after the attack.

In June, Amos asked US Central Command to investigate, and he said he decided to take action against the two generals after reviewing the results of that investigation. “While I am mindful of the degree of difficulty the

Marines in Afghanistan faced in accomplishing a demanding combat mission with a rapidly declining force, my duty requires me to remain true to the timeless axioms related relating to command responsibility and accountability,” Amos said. Sturdevant was in charge of Marine aviation in that region of Afghanistan. Amos asked the two generals to retire and they agreed. Gurganus, who had referred to the Taliban’s penetration of Camp Bastion’s supposedly secure perimeter as a “lucky break,” had been nominated for promotion to three-star rank; that nomination had been put on hold during the investigation.

He will retire as a two-star. On Monday, after Amos’s announcement, Gurganus issued a brief statement saying he felt privileged to have served in the Marine Corps for 37 years.

“I will treasure that forever. I have complete trust and confidence in the leadership of our Corps and fully respect the decision of our Commandant.” A request for comment from Sturdevant was not immediately answered.

Source: Al Jazeera

Illegal drugs cheaper, more potent despite decades of the war on drugs: B.C. study

The decades-long “war on drugs” has failed to curb the $350-billion a year global trade in illicit drugs, says a new study by researchers in British Columbia and California. Using statistics gathered by law enforcement and health authorities in the United States, Europe and Australia over a nearly 20-year period, the team from the International Centre for Science in Drug Policy tracked and compared the rate of drug seizures to indicators of availability for cocaine, opiates and cannabis.

Those numbers show that while the number of drug seizures has increased, the price of cocaine, cannabis and opiates like heroin has dropped. At the same time, the purity and potency of those drugs has increased, said the study published in the latest issue of the British Medical Journal “Open.” “These findings suggest that expanding efforts at controlling the global illegal drug market through law enforcement are failing,” said the report that involved the University of British Columbia, the B.C. Centre for Excellence on HIV/ AIDS and the Institute of the Americas at the University of California. Based on statistics gathered by the United States Drug Enforcement Agency, they found that the price of heroin in the U.S. dropped 81 per cent from 1990 to 2007, while the purity of cocaine seized by police increased by 60 per cent. For cocaine, the price — adjusted for inflation and purity — dropped 80 per cent, and the purity increased by 11 per cent. For marijuana, price decreased 86 per cent and purity jumped by 161 per cent. “The bottom line is that organized crime’s efforts to succeed in these markets has flourished, and the criminal justice system’s efforts to contain these markets has really been quite remark-

ably unsuccessful,” Dr. Evan Wood, one of the report’s authors and the Canada Research Chair in Inner City Medicine at UBC, said Monday. Similar trends were noted in Europe and Australia. Over the same period, the amount of drugs seized by law enforcement increased drastically, both in drug-producing countries like Afghanistan and Thailand and in western nations. “By every metric, the war on drugs has failed,” said Wood, adding that some estimates suggest more than $1 trillion has been spent over the past 40 years on that war in North America alone. The authors said they hope the study prompts authorities to reexamine drug control strategies that focus on supply reduction, over prevention and treatment. Werner Antweiler, a professor of economics at the Sauder School of Business at UBC, has studied the illicit drug economy and said the study results are no surprise. “The drug problem has not become less, but more,” Antweiler said. As was the case with the prohibition of alcohol in the 1920s and 30s, the illicit drug trade is so profitable and criminals will find a way to meet a continuing demand.

The suppression of supply has only a temporary, local effect on the trade, he said. “The problem is, ultimately, a demand-side issue,” Antweiler said. “What we need to do is treat it as a medical problem, and not a problem of controlling the production and distribution.”

Wood said there have been some encouraging changes in the United States and Europe. “In Canada, with our federal government it oftentimes feels like things are going in the opposite direction but I think there’s just a growing recognition that we need to begin exploring alternatives and greater openness to do so,” he said. Source: Vancouver Sun

What the U.S. government shutdown might mean for Canada

An estimated 800,000 U.S. government workers are off the job, after Congress failed to pass a key funding bill, triggering a partial government shutdown. The last time this happened – during the winter of 1995-96 -- the U.S. government shut down for three full weeks. This time, with the tensions higher and the issues more divisive, many expect this shutdown could last even longer. And as it drags on, the more likely it is that Canadians instead will be directly affected. Some inconveniences will be immediate for Canadians – such as the need to cancel travel plans to U.S. national parks and monuments. But Ian Lee, an associate professor in strategic management at Carleton University, says he has larger concerns. “My biggest fear is the economy,” Lee told CTV Canada AM Tuesday from Ottawa. Lee says he finds it “very instructive” that more than 240 American business associations wrote letters last week to the Democratic and Republican Party leadership, imploring them to avert the shutdown. “In other words, the entire business community in the U.S. is completely opposed to this shutdown because they’re worried what impact this is going to have on business confidence and consumer confidence. And that’s my concern too,” Lee said. There are estimates that if the shutdown drags on for a few weeks -- as many expect it will -- it could knock between 0.5 and 1.0 per cent off GDP growth. While those numbers sound small, to Lee, they will translate into a significant loss of jobs. “And that will feed back into us because of course we export about two-thirds to them. So this is not trivial; this is a very serious issue,” he said.

A temporary government shutdown sparked by political haggling over the health care law is one thing. But Lee says what concerns him more is that later this month, the country’s two major parties will have to spar again over the much thornier issue of raising the debt ceiling. “The even worse news about all this is

that this is just the warm-up to Oct. 17, when they really go at it over the debt ceiling,” Lee said. “Right now, they’re voting over the supply of funds for the current fiscal year; in three weeks, they’ll be voting on whether Congress is going to authorize the government to borrow any more money at all.” The U.S. currently owes about $17 trillion and has never defaulted on its debt. A tumble into default would be unprecedented and would likely set off an even bigger economic crisis -- both there and in Canada. If Congress doesn’t authorize the federal government to borrow more money to roll over the debt, “it’s going to make the current shutdown look like a Sunday school picnic,” says Lee. A lengthy government shutdown could have far-reaching effects in Canada. A team from Ottawa that travels with NASA each year to Antarctica to study polar ice conditions has already been told that the non-essential mission has been delayed. “If the project is cancelled entirely, we could be looking at an impact of hundreds of thousands of dollars” lost, said scientist Kevin Charles.

Border officers will remain on the job, but Canadian companies that export goods to the U.S. can expect delays at the border. Those companies are also bracing for a potential drop in demand. “Being a Canadian doing business in the world is always frustrating – we’re a relatively small player having to deal with other countries’ rules and regulations,” said Mel Svendsen, president of Standen’s Ltd., an Alberta-based parts and equipment manufacturer. On Monday, Finance Minister Jim Flaherty expressed his hope that the White House and Congress would come to a resolution quickly on the current spending and debt limit impasse. “This is a reminder that while Canada’s economy remains strong, we are still vulnerable to uncertainties outside of our borders, especially in the U.S. and Europe,” he said in a statement.

Source: CTV News

Quebec Poll : Continued from pg 1 where only 22 per cent and 16 per cent agreed, respectively. Foreign-born Canadians were more likely to agree that public servants should lose their jobs for wearing religious symbols. About 35 per cent agreed, seven points higher than the national average.

A larger percentage of men also agreed that public-sector workers should be let go for defying the charter. While only 22 per cent of women agreed, the number was at 35 per cent for men. The online survey has a credibility interval of plus or minus 3.5 percentage points nationally. The credibility interval for Quebec is 6.0. Mr. Wright said the poll results show that, though it may be favoured by some in theory, the Charter of Values has little support when it comes down to actual consequences. “You don’t even really have a strong conviction among those in Quebec that this should be the case,” he said, pointing out that among supporters in Quebec, only 13 per cent were “strongly” in favour of firing.

“I think that it’s a soft agreement.”

Source: Globe and Mail

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Ray of Hope amid Climate of Mistrust

Most probably, the political leadership in India is addicted to score political mileage through cursing Pakistan. Higher the degree of allegations and hatred against Pakistan, more are the chances to be elected to come into power. If that’s really the case, Dr Manmohan (81) has been up to the mark with his anti Pakistan tough tone, while addressing the General Assembly recently.

Following the speech of Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif in the general assembly, the prime minister of India had to target Pakistan labeling it as the “epicenter of terrorism” in South Asia.

The Indian premier didn’t even hesitate a bit while repeating the same “memorized version” of his story during his one on one meeting with President Obama.

Is it a reality that the Indian voters hate Pakistan so much that their PM felt so pressured to shift most of the blame of his regime’s failure towards Pakistan in order to get elected again next year? The audience can easily figure out the answer. Here, Indian premier’s attitude suggests there is a significant political mileage in Indian politics through blaming Pakistan. The fact of the matter is Mr. Singh’s party faces an electoral challenge early next year against the extremist Hindu parties that

have called for a tougher position against Pakistan.

On the contrary, Nawaz Sharif (63) was more optimistic while telling the United Nations last Friday that he wanted “a new beginning” with India. “We stand ready to re-engage with India in a substantive and purposeful dialogue,” he said during his speech to the United Nations General Assembly. Vow! Yet, India stubbornly creates negative arguments by complaining about non-action on the Mumbai attacks and blames Pakistan’s inability to suppress jihadi elements and the recent LoC violence. But, Pakistan has been rightly upset due to India’s lack of willingness to take up the core issues including Kashmir, Sir Creek and Siachen and the issue of Pakistan’s share of water from the flowing rivers.

Thank God, subsequent to the “heavily polluted Indian speech” in the general assembly, the ‘aftershocks’ changed into friendlier atmosphere to bring the rivals closer during their one on one meeting in the larger India Pakistan dynamic. Though, many claim it was just a waste of time as it ended up with nothing but inaction, yet any benefit of the said meeting cannot be overlooked either. Mr. Singh was very cau-

tious during his meeting with Mr. Nawaz. Probably, there is a great deal of trouble for his political party to survive the 2014 election.

In spite of all this, Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif believe that normalization of ties is the desired outcome between India and Pakistan.

Moreover, Prime Minister Sharif asserted for a sustained dialogue between the two countries. The two countries can prosper while making movement on the issues which have adversely affected relations. Sadly, both sides failed to come up with a workable mechanism to achieve the goal of normalization.

Positive development: According to Shivshankar Menon (India’s national security adviser), Mr. Singh and Mr. Sharif are in agreement to remove Kashmir related tensions which triggered three wars between Pakistan and India since 1947. The leaders have also pledged to push senior military officers to find “effective means” of restoring a 2003 cease-fire in Kashmir, said Mr. Menon.

Both the premiers agreed to pay visits to each other’s respective countries. Of course, something is better than nothing.

Other problem is the economic position of India is not as sound

as it was four years ago. The future condition of diplomatic relations between India and the U.S. is also preparing for a rough ride ahead. If the BJP assumes power in India after winning the upcoming Indian elections, a different scenario is quite predictable: The next expected Prime Minister of India, Narendra Modi, has been twice denied visas to go to the USA, in 2005 and again in 2013, on the basis of his record of human rights violations. Therefore, it’s quite likely that the entire ball game with respect to Indo-US relations changes.

It may safely be presumed after the Manmohan’s recent visit to the U.S., that the era of U.S.-India understanding is almost over.

Friendly relations between India and Pakistan are of crucial importance for mutual trade and economic well being indeed.

Since, Indian water terrorism is costing Pakistan in terms of agriculture and its economic prosperity, India must stop violating water rights of the low riparian Pakistan.

Beyond doubt, there is a desperate need for improving the India-Pakistan equation. Mr. Sharif seems moving slowly and carefully.

And, Mr. Singh is not so sure for his re-election. So, at end of the day, there is nothing but inaction.

Letters & Opinions

‘CHARTER OF VALUES?’ By: Gulshan Aalani Is it really charter of values or the Charter of devalue?

It is in fact degrading the symbols of ‘Religions’, violation of Charter of rights, and freedom of religions, which is also imposing discrimination, and segregation that is dividing the ethnic and regional line of nations.

The most dangerous controversial issue of ‘Charter of Values’ proposed ban on religious symbols by the Premier Pauline Marois of the Federal Bloc Quebecois party has shaken up the religious people of all domains, who value their divine religious rituals, and their outward identity that is in some cases ordained by the Divine Higher Power. Mainly the Hijab the divine Uniform for Muslim Women the ambassadors of true faith, identifying with H. Mary (RA) the Mother of Messiah Jesus (AS), who proudly wear it to show their faithfulness to the One Creator-GOD, HIS given religion and its legislated Blue Print.

After knowing the truth of the Divine Scriptural commands, in no circumstances any sane person would dare to violate HIS commands. Violation of HIS commands is a criminal activity. That can be learned from the law of the land. That is very well described in the song lyr-

ics: “Bad Boy, bad boy, what you going to do, when they come for you?”.

What next? Segregation of Brown, Black and White in work places? Are we going backwards to the time of slavery, the time of notorious leader Hitler and King Pharaoh?

Anything is possible according to the Prophecies, as we are in an era of Anti-Christ-AntiIslam, and worst is to come that will be unbearable for the Believers of Creator-GOD and the followers of HIS commandments.

Those who follow the commands of human gods has no fear as they have no idea who the real GOD is and what are HIS commandments, whose efforts of anti-GOD religious practices and the propagation in the name of peace and pluralism is the most deceitful.

However, devaluing the true divine symbols of GOD, is diminishing and leads to the appreciation in Ethics and moral values, which would hurt only the humans and not the Creator-GOD. IMPORTANT NOTE: Letters to the editor do not reflect the opinion of the Miracle media group. We do not publish anonymous letters or the letters of the people who do not disclose their identity to ‘The Miracle.’ A writer can use a pen name or request ‘The Miracle’ to withhold his / her identity. Please include your daytime telephone number for the confirmation of your letter. We regret the inconvenience.

5 Conservatives Members left!

By: Scott Andrews, MP Liberal Party of Canada Ethics Critic It’s been a bad year for the Conservatives. Five members of the government’s caucus have left while under investigation or facing outright charges.

These five have something else in common: they were all appointed or promoted by Prime Minister Stephen Harper.

After eight long years in power, this record raises unsettling questions about the judgement of our Prime Minister.

Let’s consider the facts. Mr. Harper rode into office promising an accountable and ethical government. Yet just last month he re-appointed MP Dean Del Mastro to a senior position as a Parliamentary Secretary, a mere week before he was charged with four violations under the Elections Act. Mr. Harper kept MP Peter Penashue in his cabinet while under investigation for similar elections violations before he was forced out.

Mr. Harper appointed Mike Duffy, Pamela Wallin and Patrick Brazeau to the Senate, all of whom are under investigation by the RCMP and were found to have claimed inappropriate expenses in the Deloitte audit.

And this list just starts to scratch the surface. It’s clear that the Conservatives believe there is one set of rules for them, and one set of rules for everyone else.

It doesn’t have to be that way.

The Liberal Party believes that politicians should be held to higher standards. This fall our caucus members will begin posting all their expenses online every quarter. The records will be searchable and comparable so that anyone can understand them. We hope this will be the first step of a cascade of transparency and openness as the other parties try to outdo each other.

Let’s try to raise the bar on government ethics—not keep turning a blind eye for our friends like Mr. Harper.

Quite obviously, the words without action are meaningless.

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F A I T H Sahih Bukhari ~ Hadith Number 592 Narrated Thumama bin ‘Abdullah bin Anas: Anas performed the Hajj on a pack-saddle and he was not a miser. Anas said, “Allah’s Apostle performed Hajj on a pack-saddle and the same Mount was carrying his baggage too.”

Short History of HAJJ

Hajj literally means ‘to set out for a place’. Islamically however it refers to the annual pilgrimage that Muslims make to Makkah with the intention of performing certain religious rites in accordance with the method prescribed by the Prophet Muhammad .

Hajj and its rites were first ordained

by Allah in the time of the Prophet lbrahim [Abraham] and he was the one who was entrusted by Allah to build the Kaba - the House of Allah - along with his son Ismail [Ishmael] at Makkah. Allah described the Kaba and its building as follows: “And remember when We showed Ibrahim the site of the [Sacred] House [saying]: Associate not anything [in worship with Me and purify My House for those who circumambulate it [i.e. perform tawaaf] and those who stand up for prayer and those who bow down and make prostration [in prayer etc.].”

[Surah Al-Hajj 22:26] After building the Kaba, Prophet Ibrahim would come to Makkah to perform Hajj every year, and after his death, this practice was continued by his son. However, gradually with the passage of time, both the form and the goal of the Hajj rites were changed. As idolatry spread throughout Arabia, the Kaba lost its purity and idols were placed inside it. Its walls became covered with poems and paintings, including one of Jesus and his mother Maryam and eventually over 360 idols came to be placed around the Kaba.

During the Hajj period itself, the atmosphere around the sacred precincts of the Kaba was like a circus. Men and women would go round the Kaba naked, arguing that they should present themselves before Allah in the same condition they were born. Their prayer became devoid of all sincere remembrance of Allah and was instead reduced to a series of hand clapping, whistling and the blowing of horns.

Even the talbiah [1] was distorted by them with the following additions: ‘No one is Your partner except one who is permitted by you. You are his Master and the Master of what he possesses’.

Sacrifices were also made in the name of God. However, the blood of the sacrificed animals was poured onto the walls of the Kaba and the flesh was hung from pillars around the Kaba, in the belief that Allah demanded the flesh and blood of these animals.

Singing, drinking, adultery and other acts of immorality was rife amongst the pilgrims and the poetry competitions, which were held, were a major part of the whole Hajj event. In these competitions, poets would praise the bravery and splendor of their own tribesmen and tell exaggerated tales of the cowardice and miserliness of other tribes. Competitions in generosity were also staged where the chief of each tribe would set up huge cauldrons and feed the pilgrims, only so that they could become well-known for their extreme generosity.

Thus the people had totally abandoned the teachings of their forefather and leader Prophet Ibrahim. The House that he had

“Say: Who has forbidden the adornment [i.e. clothes] given by Allah which He has produced for His Slaves?”

[Surah al-A’raaf 7:32] Another custom which was prohibited through the Quran was that of setting off for Hajj without taking any provisions for the journey. In the pre-Islamic period, some people who claimed to be mutawakkiloon (those having complete trust in Allah) would travel to perform Hajj begging for food through the whole journey. They considered this form of behavior a sign of piety and an indication of how much faith they had in Allah.

However Allah told mankind that to have sufficient provisions for the journey was one of the preconditions for making Hajj.

He said: “And take a provision [with you] for the journey, but the best provision is atTaqwaa (piety).”

[Surah al-Baqarah 2:197] In this way, all the pre-Islamic practices, which were based on ignorance, were abolished and Hajj was once more made a model of piety, fear of Allah, purity, simplicity and austerity. Now, when the pilgrims reach the Kaba, they no longer find the carnivals and the frolic and frivolity that had once occupied the minds of the pilgrims there before. Now, there is the remembrance of Allah at every step and every action and every sacrifice was devoted to Him alone. It was this kind of Hajj that was worthy of the reward of paradise, as the Prophet said: “The reward for an accepted Hajj is nothing less than paradise.”

May Allah grant us all the ability to visit His House and perform the Hajj in the manner of the Prophet Muhammad .

Aameen.

Competitions in generosity were also promade pure for the worship of Allah alone, hibited. Of course, the feeding of the poor had been totally desecrated by the pagans pilgrims was still encouraged as this was and the rites which he had established done during the time of Prophet Ibrahim were completely distorted by them. This but Allah commanded that the slaughtersad state of affairs continued for nearly ing of the animals which was done for two and a half thousand years. But then this purpose should be done seeking the after this long period, the time came for pleasure of Allah rather than fame and the the supplication of Prophet Ibrahim to be praise of the people. He said: answered: “So mention the name of Allah over these “Our Lord! Send amongst them a Mesanimals when they are drawn up in lines. senger of their own, who shall recite unto Then, when they are drawn on their sides them your aayaat (verses) and instruct [after the slaughter], eat thereof and feed them in the book and the Wisdom and sanctify them. Verily you are the ‘Azeezul- the beggar who does not ask, and the beggar who asks.”

Hakeem [the All-Mighty, the All-Wise].”

[Surah al-Hajj 22:36] [Surah Al-Baqarah 2:129] As for the deplorable practice of spatterSure enough, a man by the name of Muing blood of the sacrificed animals on the hammad ibn ‘Abdullaah was born in the walls of the Kaba and hanging their flesh very city that Prophet Ibrahim had made on alters, then Allah clearly informed them this supplication centuries earlier. For twenty-three years, Prophet Muhammad that: spread the message of Tawheed [true mon- “It is neither their meat nor their blood that otheism] - the same message that Prophet reaches Allah, but it is Taqwaa (piety) from Ibrahim and all the other Prophets came you that reaches Him.” with - and established the law of Allah [Surah al-Hajj 22:37] upon the land. He expended every effort The Prophet also put a stop to the practice Footnotes into making the word of Allah supreme of circling the Kaba in a state of nudity and 1 Labbaik Allahumma labbaik... (Here I am present, O’ God, I am present...) This is the chant which the pilgrims and his victory over falsehood culminated the argument that the pagans put forward say when they are traveling for pilgrimage. in the smashing of the idols inside the to justify this ritual was sharply rebutted in Source: Invitation to Islam Kaba which once again became the univer- Allah’s question: sal center for the worshippers of the one True God. Not only did the Prophet rid the Kaba of all its impurities, but he Oct 4-18, 2013 (Dhul Qadah 28-Dhul Hajah -12), 1434H) also reinstated all the rites of Hajj which were established by Allah’s Permission, in the time of Prophet Date Day Fajar Sunr Zawal Dhuhr Asar Maghrib Isha Ibrahim. Specific injunctions in the Fri 5:32 7:15 13:05 13:10 16:51 18:51 20:10 28 4 Quran were revealed in order to Sat 5:33 7:17 13:05 13:10 16:50 18:49 20:08 29 5 eliminate all the false rites which had become rampant in the pre*30 6 Sun 5:35 7:18 13:05 13:10 16:48 18:47 20:06 Islamic period. All indecent and D.H 7 Mon 5:37 7:20 13:04 13:09 16:46 18:45 20:04 shameful acts were strictly banned 1 8 Tue 5:38 7:21 13:04 13:09 16:44 18:43 20:02 in Allah’s statement: 2 9 Wed 5:40 7:23 13:04 13:09 16:42 18:41 20:00 “There is to be no lewdness nor wrangles during Hajj.”

3 10 Thu 5:41 7:24 13:04 13:09 16:40 18:39 19:58 [Surah al-Baqarah 2:197] Fri 5:43 7:26 13:03 13:08 16:38 18:37 19:56 4 11 Competitions among poets in the Sat 5:44 7:28 13:03 13:08 16:37 18:35 19:54 5 12 exaltations of their forefathers and their tribesmen’s achievements 6 13 Sun 5:46 7:29 13:03 13:08 16:35 18:33 19:52 were all stopped. Instead, Allah 7 14 Mon 5:47 7:31 13:03 13:08 16:33 18:31 19:50 told them: 8 15 Tue 5:49 7:32 13:02 13:07 16:31 18:29 19:48 “And when you have completed 9 16 Wed 5:50 7:34 13:02 13:07 16:29 18:27 19:46 your rites [of Hajj] then remember Allah as you remember your fore10 17 Thu 5:52 7:35 13:02 13:07 16:28 18:25 19:44 fathers; nay with a more vigorous Fri 5:53 7:37 13:02 13:07 16:26 18:23 19:42 11 18 remembrance.”

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Hellfire is abode of the arrogant people

By: Mohamed Baianonie Arrogance is the most insidious disease of the heart and their effects are reflected in the behavior and conduct of the sick person preventing them from entering Paradise.

In the authentic Hadith reported by Imams Muslim and At-Tirmidhi, the Prophet (peace be upon him) said, “One will not enter Paradise, if one has an atom’s weight of arrogance in his/her heart.”

According to this Hadith, arrogance is one of the major sins because it prevents a person from entering Paradise on the Day of Judgment. It is also clear that arrogance is from the diseases of the heart, as also the degree of arrogance varies. The heart can be filled with arrogance, or can have only an atom’s weight of arrogance.

Several verses and authentic Hadiths were revealed censuring arrogance and elucidating its danger.

First, what is arrogance? The Prophet (peace be upon him) defined it in an authentic Hadith reported by Imams Muslim and At-Tirmidhi, “One will not enter Paradise, if one has an atom’s weight of arrogance in his/her heart.” A man asked, “One may love his clothes to look good and his shoes to look good” The Prophet replied, “Allah is beautiful and loves beauty, arrogance is rejecting Truth and looking down on people.”

The different degrees and types of arrogance: The most evil kind of arrogance is rejection of Truth. In this context, many verses were revealed to censure arrogance and the arrogant people. On the Day of Judgment, it will be said to the arrogant people: “Enter the gates of Hell to abide

therein, and (indeed) what an evil abode of the arrogant!” (Qur’an, 40:76) Hellfire is abode of the arrogant people.

This is emphasized in the Hadith of the Prophet (peace be upon him) that is reported by Imam Muslim, “Paradise and Hellfire argued. Hellfire said: Inside me are the merciless and the arrogant people … and Allah has judged between them:… You (Hellfire) are my torture, with you I torture whom I will….”

Allah Almighty turns the arrogant people away from being guided with his signs. He, the Almighty, says “I shall turn away from My Ayah (verses of the Qur’an) those who behave arrogantly on the earth, in a wrongful manner.” (Qur’an, 7:146) The most severe arrogance is being arrogant against Allah and rejecting submission and worshipping Him. Allah Almighty says, “Verily! Those who disdain My worship (because of arrogance), they will surely enter Hell in humiliation!” (Qur’an, 40:60) From arrogance is being arrogant against the messengers and rejecting their message and not following them just because they are humans. This is the case of many non-believers about whom Allah Almighty says, “They said: ‘Shall we believe in two men like ourselves.” (Qur’an, 23:47) and “They said to their messengers: “You are no more than human beings like us.”

(Qur’an, 14:10) The tribe of Quraish also said, when it rejected and looked down on the Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) because he was an orphan and poor, as Allah Almighty said, “And they say: ‘Why is not

this Qur’an sent down to some great man of the two towns (Makkah and Taif)’.”

(Qur’an, 43:31) While describing the real situation of the disbelievers, Allah Almighty says: “And they belied them (those Ayat) wrongfully and arrogantly, though their ownselves were convinced thereof (i.e. those Ayahs are from Allah).” (Qur’an, 27:14) From the examples of arrogance against the Prophet (peace be upon him) reported

by Imam Muslim that a man who came and ate in the presence of the Prophet (peace be upon him) with his left hand, so the Prophet (peace be upon him) said to him, “Eat with your right hand.” The man said, “I cannot.”

The Prophet (peace be upon him) then supplicated to Allah against this man, “May Allah, make you unable to use your right hand.” “Nothing prevented him from doing so (eating with his right hand) except his arrogance, so he forever could not lift his right hand to his mouth.”

Allah Almighty explicated for us that arrogance is an exclusive attribute of Himself. In a Qudsi Hadith reported by Imam Muslim that Allah Almighty says, “Dignity is my lower garment, and arrogance is my covering. If anyone competes with Me in either of these two, surely I torture him.”

Allah Almighty says, “And do not turn your face away from men with arrogance, nor walk in insolence through the earth.

Verily, Allah does not like each arrogant boaster.” (Qur’an, 31:18) Allah does not like the one who is conceited and arrogant. The Prophet (peace be upon him) says what was reported by Imams Bukhari and Muslim, “While a man

was showing off his garment, he looked proudly to himself, all of a sudden, Allah immediately crumbled the earth underneath him, and he is still dropping with struggle through it till the Day of Judgment.”

Allah Almighty will not look with mercy, on the Day of Judgment, at the one who lengthened his clothes out of arrogance.

The Prophet (peace be upon him) says reported by Imams Bukhari, Muslim, and other, “Whosoever drags his clothes out of arrogance, Allah will not look at him on the Day of Judgment.” Abu Bakr said: “O Messenger of Allah, my garment slips (slightly off his waist) to the ground but I lift it!?” The Prophet replied, “You are not among those who do it out of arrogance.”

After we have heard all these verses and Hadiths about the dangers of arrogance and how bad the consequences are, we should be cautioned and get away from it and from its effects and its characteristics. So we teach ourselves to follow the truth when we know it, and humble ourselves in front of others. Imam Muslim reported that the Prophet (peace be upon him) said, “....And no one has humbled himself for the sake of Allah, but Allah has elevated him.”

The Prophet (peace be upon him) is the best example of humility in his life. Imams Bukhari and Muslim reported that “The prophet used to pass by children and give Salaam to them (greet them).” Imam Bukhari reported that, “A female slave from Madinah use to take the Prophet’s sleeve and take him wherever she wants.” Imam Bukhari also reported, “That the Prophet used to be at the service of his family.”

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Darul Qur’an Fundraising Dinner held at Crystal @York On September 28, The Darul Qur’an Institute of Islamic Studies organized and hosted its 2nd Annual Jalsah and Graduation Ceremony at the Crystal @ York Banquet Hall Surrey. This Jalsah was held to showcase what the students of Darul Qur’an have been learning.

The Performances included recitations of the Holy Qur’an with Tafseer and translation and recitations of the Duas that are recited in Salah. The students delivered awe-inspiring speeches and spoke about the importance of Salah, Dhikr, and good character. The little girls performances consisted of heart-warming Islamic Nasheeds about the months of Islam, praises of the Prophet SAW, the 99 names of Allah and an Urdu Nazm about out mother’s Dua. Towards the end Molana Oves and Molana Anees thanked the attendees, parents and well-wishers for supporting the Madrasah and prayed to Allah to accept their contributions.

At the end of the program, the guest speaker Hazrat Molana Muhammed Yusuf Sahib from California, recited a wonderful Nazm about visiting Makkah-Mukarramah. Qari Abdul Wahab also made Duaa and thanked all guests included Mr.& Mrs. Shahid Ch. of Crystal hall for their excellent services.

Darul Qur’an Institute Profile: Darul Qur’an Institute of Islamic Studies was established in the winter of 2006 by Molana Oves Wahab who started it by two students. It now has a staff of three with approximately 200 students. Classes are taught 5 days a week, Mondays to Fridays.

There are two timings: 3:30 to 6:00pm and from 6:30 to 8:30pm Molana Oves and Molana Anees are the administrators of the Madrasah and are the teachers of the boys section. They have studied Islam extensively throughout the world. Their quest for knowledge has taken them to Darul-Ulooms, Islamic Seminaries in the U.S., Canada, India, England and Egypt. Muallimah Siddika is the teacher of the girls section and she studied Islam in Muslim schools of South Africa.

The staff have more than 20 years of teaching experience between them. The students are taught to read the Qur’an with proper recitation and Tajweed, memorization of Soorahs from the Qur’an, the life of the Prophet Muhammad peace be upon him, Tahaarah and many other Islamic subjects.

The students are also taught how to deliver speeches and how to lead the five daily Salah and Taraweeh Salah. Molana Oves

and Anees also specialize in teaching and training students to memorize the entire Qur’an. With the blessings of Allah a Hafidh-ul-Qur’an graduated from the Madrasah last year. There are many students of the Madrasah who have memorized 5, 10, 15 and even 20 parts of the Qur’an and insha’Allah, soon many students will complete the memorization of the Qur’an and be a source of blessings for the community. After completing memorization of the Qur’an the students are awarded a, “Certificate of Completion”.

With the help of Allah, guidance of their dear father, Qari Abdul Wahab, and the Duas of the community the Madrasah progressed, the students learned much Islamic knowledge and the numbers of students were increasing and a larger premises was required to carry on the humble effort of the Madrasah staff.

In March of 2013, Darul Qur’an Institute of Islamic Studies relocated to their new premises located @ #24 & 25- 8528, 123 street in Surrey. Molana Oves and Anees spent 2 years to find the new premises.

After viewing many locations this premises was selected based on safety of children, suitable location, suitable for purpose, close proximity to homes of students and other important criteria. Before moving to this new location the Madrasah was managed from a basement for several years. After moving to the new location Molana Oves and Anees did a thorough renovation and renovated the entire premises. The end result is a facility that is safe, neat, clean and modern looking. After the renovations the facility has become worthy of being a place to learn the Deen of Islam from.

There is a reception room, office, girls classroom, two boys classrooms and lastly a multi-purpose hall that is used as a gym, basketball court, ball hockey arena, conference hall etc. Also, a 15 passenger van was acquired for the Madrasah to provide pickup and drop off for the Madrasah students who have difficulty with transportation.

The purpose of Darul Qur’an Institute of Islamic studies is to provide not only Islamic education to boys and girls but to give them the knowledge and skills to live as proper Muslims in the west who are Hafidh-ul-Qur’an and who are peaceful, law abiding and productive citizens of Canada. May Allah accept their efforts for His Deen.

October is Islamic History Month Islamic History Month Canada is an educational and cultural project originated, developed and sponsored by the Canadian Islamic Congress.

The objective of IHMC is to motivate and inspire Canadian Muslims to annually share their history, heritage and culture with fellow Canadians during one month, to be called the Islamic History Month Canada (IHMC).

This goal is to be achieved through community and public events such as; exhibitions, lectures, celebrity tours, book fairs, and other complementary activities.

This will be a month in which Canadian Muslims celebrate and share our diverse civilization, including our

contributions to the arts, sciences, medicine, architecture, humanities, music, spirituality, and every area of human knowledge. It will become a permanent part of Canada’s multicultural calendar with similar events across the country and will build bridges of understanding and appreciation between Muslims and all other Canadians.

Moreover, IHMC will enhance Canada’s ties, both economically and culturally, with other Muslim countries.

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IDRF Fundraising Dinner held for Water Projects

On Sept 29, at the Royal Palace Banquet hall at the City of Burnaby in British Columbia, International Development and Relief Foundation organized a fundraiser under the title “Friends of IDRF’ Event and Gala”. The theme of the fundraiser was “Why is Water Deemed Most Sacred in Islam’’.

The theme stemmed from the fact that water scarcity still prevails in many parts of the world, leading to health and hygiene issues, food scarcity as well as conflicts. The event’s aim is to raise funds to support IDRF Water projects in Pakistan, Gaza and Tanzania. Over the past 15 years, IDRF has dug over 100 water wells in Africa & South Asia and provided clean water through water points and water tanks, including in the Middle East.

IDRF’s new water project will provide clean water to communities through a variety of initiatives. For instance, in Pakistan, more than 3 million Pakistanis become victims of waterborne diseases every year, of whom 1.2 million die, almost half a million being children under five years of age. IDRF will build wells for families in their homes (Approximately 10 people in a family).

The cost of a household well is $400.

The event agenda comprised a number of reputable speakers who are either affiliated with IDRF or are long-term activists and supporters. The speakers list included Mr. Sam Rizvi, IDRF British Columbia representative, Mr. Ghohar sheikh, Doctor of Chiropractic at Essential Chiropractic and Wellness center, Mr. Haroon Khan, president of Pakistan Canada Association and Mr. Habeeb Alli, IDRF’s community development manager.

ven though it was a rainy day, as usual in Greater Vancouver area, which has affected the number of attendees, it hasn’t affected their compassion and generosity. The speakers’ inspiring words and Mr. Alli’s engaging fundraising technique, both, have motivated people to compete over their pledges.

One participant offered to donate for building 10 wells another one donated for 5 wells. The fundraiser was able to raise over 8000 Canadian dollars and the numbers are still counting as the organizers have encouraged participants to engage their friends on social media.

The event concluded with a delicious dinner that was served by the amazing and warm Royal Palace Banquet Hall caterers.

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From local media, Miracle Managing Editor Mr. M.N. Pirzada and Al Ameen’s Mr. Shahzad Mansoory also spoke on the importance of wells in Pakistan, Gaza, Tanzania and other parts of world and appealed everyone to continue their support . We would also like to encourage all our readers to please give generously through your Zakat, Saddaqh, and by donations for this noble cause of helping poor famillies and communities to get clean water.

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Muslims of BC prepare to leave for Hajj

Celebration was in the air on Sunday, September 22nd as Sulaiman Hajj Travel hosted a Final departing Hajj training session for the 2013 Hajis at Amir e Hamaza Musallah in Surrey/ Delta.

Takbeer! Allah Hu Akbar! were the chants as the passports with issued Hajj visas were handed along with exclusive Hajj kits and about the importance and safety procedures to the Hajis.

Maulana Abdul Lateef Naumani led the training, and Maulana Ghulam Baji and Br. Suliman Fouzi assisted him at some point of more information.

“It’s wonderful to see the glow and Travel Hajj Group and other individuals who have excitement on the faces of these Hajis, already left or are ready to fly for this spirtual journey of we are extremely fortunate to be servHajj and Ziarat e Roza e Rasool. ing the Muslims across Canada in fulfilling this important pillar of Islam,” stated Maulana Naumani.

He also confirmed that this year the numbers from the west reached 29 Hajis and more groups will be joining from Montreal. After training they made duaa for a safe holy journey of Hajj.

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Why Do Earthquakes Happen?

Earthquakes are usually caused when rock underground suddenly breaks along a fault. This sudden release of energy causes the seismic waves that make the ground shake. When two blocks of rock or two plates are rubbing against each other, they stick a little. They don’t just slide smoothly; the rocks catch on each other. The rocks are still pushing against each other, but not moving. After a while, the rocks break because of all the pressure that’s built up. When the rocks break, the earthquake occurs. During the earthquake and afterward, the plates or blocks of rock start moving, and they continue to move until they get stuck again. The spot underground where the rock breaks is called the focus of the earthquake. The place right above the focus (on top of the ground) is called the epicenter of the earthquake.

Try this little experiment: 1. Break a block of foam rubber in half.

2. Put the pieces on a smooth table.

3. Put the rough edges of the foam rubber pieces together.

4. While pushing the two pieces together lightly, push one piece away from you along the table top while pulling the other piece toward you. See how they stick?

5. Keep pushing and pulling smoothly.

Soon a little bit of foam rubber along the crack (the fault) will break and the two pieces will suddenly slip past each other.

That sudden breaking of the foam rubber is the earthquake.

That’s just what happens along a strike-slip fault.

Earthquake-like seismic waves can also be caused by explosions underground. These explosions may be set off to break rock while making tunnels for roads, railroads, subways, or mines. These explosions, however, don’t cause very strong seismic waves. You may not even feel them. Sometimes seismic waves occur when the roof or walls of a mine collapse.

These can sometimes be felt by people near the mine. The largest underground explosions, from tests of nuclear warheads (bombs), can create seismic waves very much like large earthquakes. This fact has been exploited as a means to enforce the global nuclear test ban, because no nuclear warhead can be detonated on earth without producing such seismic waves. http://www.geo.mtu.edu/UPSeis/why.html How Are Earthquakes Studied?

Seismologists study earthquakes by going out and looking at the damage caused by the earthquakes and by using seismographs. A seismograph is an instrument that records the shaking of the earth’s surface caused by seismic waves. The term seismometers also used to refer to the same device, and the two terms are often used interchangeably.

Modern Seismographs Most seismographs today are electronic, but a basic seismograph is made of a drum with paper on it, a bar or spring with a hinge at one or both ends, a weight, and a pen. The one end of the bar or spring is bolted to a pole or metal box that is bolted to the ground. The weight is put on the other end of the bar and the pen is stuck to the weight. The drum with paper on it presses against the pen and turns constantly. When there is an earthquake, everything in the seismograph moves except the weight with the pen on it. As the drum and paper shake next to the pen, the pen makes squiggly lines on the paper, creating a record of the earthquake. This record made by the seismograph is called a seismogram.

By studying the seismogram, the seismologist can tell how far away the earthquake was and how strong it was. This record doesn’t tell the seismologist exactly where the epicenter was, just that the earthquake happened so many miles or kilometers away from that seismograph. To find the exact epicenter, you need to know what at least two other seismographs in other parts of the country or world recorded. We’ll get to that in a minute. First, you have to learn how to read a seismogram.

On left: Two Illustrations Of A Modern Seismograph In Action (From Lutgens & Tarbuck, 1989). http://www.geo. mtu.edu/UPSeis/studying.html How Canadians Can Help When Natural Disasters Occur Abroad Canadians feel strongly about helping to support communities affected by natural disasters and other emergencies abroad.

The best way to help: Donate money - not clothing or food - to experienced humanitarian organizations.

Why should you donate cash instead of goods?

Because cash donations are quick, efficient and adaptable.

• Cash donations are the fastest, most efficient way to get help to people living in a disaster zone. They allow relief agencies to purchase quickly supplies based on the specific needs of the affected population.

• Cash donations allow relief agencies to purchase goods and services in the affected country or neighbouring areas. Your financial contribution in other words, is helping to 1. get aid to affected populations as quickly as possible, and 2.regenerate the local economy, which may have been seriously affected by the disaster.

• In most cases, it is more cost-effective to purchase goods locally than to airlift supplies from far away, as fuel and aircraft costs can be very high. In addition local goods can be purchased in much less time than it takes to organize the logistics of an airlift from a distant country.

• Culturally familiar goods can respond to humanitarian needs, as well as provide a small sense of comfort or normalcy to traumatized and displaced populations, which foreign, unfamiliar goods may not.

Why do governments and relief agencies discourage donations of food, clothing and other goods?

Because cash donations are more useful.

• Relief workers on the ground can lose valuable time sorting through unmarked or inaccurately labelled boxes of privately donated goods when the necessary supplies can be purchased locally and cheaply.

• Food, clothing and other goods may not be appropriate for the climate or the culture of the affected population. For example, survivors may need light-weight tents in the case of a hurricane in the summer, or winterized tents in the case of an earthquake in the winter.

• If goods donated by the Canadian public are not appropriate for a given crisis, they may end up not being used, but will have been expensive to transport to the affected region.

• In some parts of the world, items such as used clothing and blankets are subject to import regulations that call for fumigation for instance. If the goods have not been processed accordingly, they can be refused entry into the affected country, clog up air and seaports and thereby delay the processing and release of essential relief supplies. In other words, your wellintentioned goods may slow down the distribution of appropriate relief supplies in the affected country.

• Donations of out-of-date medicine and medical supplies can do more harm than good to the health and survival of an affected population. In addition countries regulate the import of medicine; the medicines you send might be forbidden from passing through a country’s customs, and money will have been wasted in transporting them from Canada.

You have already collected goods that you want to donate.

What should you do with them?

Be creative: turn them into cash donations. Many Canadians have found creative ways to turn clothes, toys and other goods into cash donations. Below are just a couple of ideas that may help you: • Organize a community garage sale, auction or raffle and donate all the proceeds to a recognized relief agency. Any leftover goods can be donated to a local charity or shelter.

• Use food donations to have a community potluck and have each person make a small cash donation for the food that they eat. The money can then be donated to a relief agency. If there are any non-perishable food items left over, donate them to a local soup kitchen.

You want to volunteer in the affected country. What can you do? Before volunteering your services, you should consider a few things: • The time when search and rescue services are needed is usually short – a period counted in hours, rather than days or weeks. A number of countries have decided to specialize in search and rescue and are closer than Canada to certain disaster-prone regions and can therefore be on the ground quickly and when it counts.

• The need for life-saving first aid and other immediate medical assistance is usually short-lived and can be provided by health services in the affected country or from nearby countries.

• Many agencies have their own rosters of both local and international volunteers who live near the affected area and who are able to contribute to immediate relief efforts. In a crisis, often, the people who can be most useful in the immediate term are those with relevant field experience and language skills, as they can navigate the situation more pro-actively than volunteers who do not speak the language or are unfamiliar with the area.

• Many countries require entry visas that can sometimes take weeks to obtain. In addition specific vaccinations may be required to enter certain countries. If you have skills that can be useful in a humanitarian crisis, you could approach relief organizations in advance to register as a volunteer and to get advice from them on how to prepare yourself to leave for a disaster zone at short notice.

You are interested in helping here in Canada. What can you do?

Get involved at the local level.

• Canadian NGOs or the local affiliates of international organizations may need assistance staffing phone lines during fundraising drives or organizing fundraising events in your community. Check their websites regularly.

You want to help beyond the relief phase. What can you do?

Stay involved for the long term.

•Many people want to help during the initial emergency, but do not realize how much assistance and money are necessary in the longer term reconstruction - long after the crisis phase of a natural disaster. Organize fundraising events. Encourage friends and family to donate to reputable agencies involved in rebuilding an affected area. Make cash donations over the holidays when most non-governmental organizations have fundraising drives.

•Learn more about disaster risk reduction and donate money to development projects that aim to reduce communities’ vulnerability to future natural disasters.

Where may you find information about experienced humanitarian organizations?

The Government of Canada works with experienced humanitarian partners and relief agencies to deliver humanitarian assistance in affected areas. For a full list of projects profiles, per country, including executing agencies/partners with which the Government of Canada worked with in the past, please see the Canadian International Development Agency’s Project Browser.

Earthquake effects, casualties & relief efforts in Pakistan The earthquake killed at least 515 people and injured more than 600 others. The earthquake struck a sparsely populated region of Pakistan. Most homes and buildings in the region are constructed of mud bricks and collapsed during the earthquake and aftershocks. An official in the Baluchistan province claimed that 80 percent of the homes in the Awaran district had collapsed or were damaged. In the regional capital Quetta, some areas appeared to be badly damaged. Officials from the Balochistan government estimated that at least 21,000 houses had been completely destroyed by the tremor, while some areas remained beyond the reach of rescue services 48 hours after the initial quake. An aftershock of magnitude 5 was felt in Awaran District on 27 September 2013, with its epicenter in Ormara.

Balochistan Chief Minister Dr Abdul Malik Baloch has

pleaded that in the days ahead, the most difficult period would be the rehabilitation process of earthquake victims for which international assistance, mainly from the United Nations, was needed.

NDMA efforts The National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) has not reported any new fatalities from Balochistan earthquake and has expressed satisfaction over relief work. Authorities said 1,758 food packs were en route to affected areas while the provincial disaster management authorities of Balochistan and Punjab had provided 5,726 and 7,958 packets of ration respectively. Meanwhile, the Sindh PDMA had supplied 2,200 packets while Pakistan Army and Navy had distributed 1,697 and 210 packets of food to earthquake survivors respectively.

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Coquitlam Husband and Wife Win 2nd Annual Surrey Marathon By: Jenna Livergant Surrey International Marathon The rainy weather did little to dampen the spirits of hundreds of runners and walkers who laced up to participate in today’s 2nd annual Surrey International World Music Marathon, presented by Central City. The event, which celebrates the cultural diversity of Canada’s fastest growing city, not only saw new course records set in the men’s and women’s Half Marathon it also celebrated a new course record in the women’s Full Marathon by Rika Hatachi of Coquitlam. She celebrated her victory with husband Tatsuya, who crossed the finish line just a few minutes before her to win the Marathon.

Full Marathon Elite Results Summary: Top Men: Tatsuya Hatachi, Coquitlam – 2:47:18 David Papineau, Vancouver – 2:59:21 Hans-Eric Zimmerling, Langley – 3:00:36 Top Women: Rika Hatachi, Coquitlam – 2:59:41 Kendra Braun, Langley – 3:11:57 Erin Nestmann, Delta – 3:23:40 Run Inn Half Marathon Elite Results Summary: Top Men: David Jackson, Abbotsford – 1:11:14 Drew Nicholson, Surrey – 1:14:55 Nicholas Browne, Vancouver – 1:17:30 Top Women: Lucy Smith, Sidney – 1:20:32 Suzanne Evans, New Westminster – 1:24:45 Karen Warrendorf, Vancouver – 1:31:37 Along with offering a brand new course for the Full Marathon and Run Inn Half Marathon, this year’s event welcomed participants of all athletic abilities in the Prospera Credit Union Relay Race, Mayor’s 5K Run/Walk, and Century Group Kids Fun Run, which provided fun activities along a 1K course. Among those who braved the rain was Surrey Mayor Dianne Watts who laced up her sneakers to participate in the Mayor’s 5K Run/ Walk.

“We’re thrilled with the results of this year’s event – everything from the incredible athleticism of our elite runners, to the expanded entertainment along our brand new route, to the outstanding support we received from our volunteers,” said Surrey Marathon Chair Elizabeth Model. “This year’s race has truly reflected the amazing energy and enthusiasm of our city, and we’re looking forward to growing the Surrey Marathon in years to come.”

In addition to the running competition, the Surrey International World Music Marathon celebrated Surrey’s diverse background during its ‘culture miles.’ Every mile of the race featured a new cultural celebration with live music, dancing and festivities that encouraged the runners along the way.

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IQRA TO STUDY HIGH SCHOOL EXPANSION STRATEGIES Alhamdulillah, with the blessing of Allah SWT, Iqra School Board has set-up a Project Committee to study the establishment of Iqra High School and expansion strategies for next ten years. “ Having established itself as the Acting #2 school in Surrey, and in top Chairperson 3% BC wide, there has been a growing demand from the community at large to expand from KG-Grade 8 to KG-Grade 12.

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U.S. government shutdown:

By Mark Gollom, CBC News As the partial U.S. government shutdown enters a second day, and with both Republicans and Democrats firmly entrenched in their positions, any movement from either party to break the spending impasse seems unlikely in the days ahead.

“It looks pretty bleak to me,” Matthew Baum, professor of public policy at Harvard University’s John F. Kennedy school of government, said in an interview.

The shutdown was initiated after a routine government spending bill saddled with Republican-sponsored provisions to delay parts of Obamacare, failed to win support in the Democratic controlled senate. This forced 800,000 federal employees off their jobs and meant the closure of a series of non-essential government services.

U.S. President Barack Obama has dug in his heels, refusing to sign any bill that would derail his signature legislation. Meanwhile, both sides are locked into a corner, with the Republicans continuing their demands to include anti-Obamacare amendments and Democrats refusing to consider any such provision.

Polls decidedly suggest the Republicans are being blamed for the shutdown. Possibly fearful of a political backlash, the Republican-dominated House has been attempting to pass bills to selectively fund the government to ensure services such as the national parks and veterans affairs remain open. But those efforts have been rebuffed by the Senate.

“It’s a political calculation so they can say the Democrats are responsible for keeping the things you care about closed. I just don’t

think it’s going to work. I think it’s a pretty naked stunt,” Baum said.

On Tuesday, House majority leader Eric Cantor staged a photo-op showing Republicans, ready to negotiate, sitting at a halfempty conference table.

“From the Republican side, they’re talking about Democratic intransigence. The Republicans are all over the press saying, ‘We offered a conference committee, they shunned us. Here we are,’” Baum said.

“The Democrat response is, ‘For the last however many months we’ve been asking for a conference committee and you have been rejecting it because you didn’t think you’d be able to sustain the repeal of Obamacare in conference. And now one hour before the shutdown, suddenly you want a conference? Forget it. This is a stunt.’”

Democrats reject ‘blackmail’ Republican attempts to delay Obamacare through the spending bill is pure blackmail, Democrats charge. Obamacare is also the law of land, they say, something settled by the results of the 2012 election and upheld by a conservative Supreme Court.

“The argument would go, if you give into blackmail, you’ll just get blackmailed more,” Baum said. “From a tactical standpoint, anything that eases the pressure on the Republicans for the Democrats when they feel like they have the upper hand would be bad.”

The Democrats may have no incentive to back down, but the real world consequences of a protracted shutdown could shake things up.

“The one thing that works against the

Democrats is that they are the party of the working middle class, much more than the Republicans are, and so their constituents are going to suffer more in the near term,” Baum said.

But any damage to constituents caused by the shutdown in the current political climate, is unlikely, for the time being, to push the Democrats to capitulate, Baum said.

As for the Republicans, those who aren’t from red states and have to worry about being unseated in the next election may start to get more concerned about the situation, if they continue to shoulder the blame.

“And there’s where you might see a crack in the wall,” Baum said.

“The only scenario I can see right now that could break this impasse is if the pressure on the non-Tea Party Republicans becomes too intense and they defect. I don’t really

What’s next?

know how plausible that is. I know there’s a handful willing to speak and say, ‘This is a bad idea what we’re doing.’ Are there enough of them who would be wiling to break from the leadership, I don’t know.”

Many observers have focused on Republican House Speaker John Boehner and whether he will submit a clean spending bill to the Senate without any anti-Obamacare amendments. With the support of non-Tea Party affiliated Republicans, that bill would likely pass, putting an end to the stalemate.

But there would likely be political damage.

“He seems to think that he can’t do that and survive as Speaker,” Baum said. “It seems not unlikely that he would risk losing his speakership.”

But Baum added that if the crisis drags out long enough, “you could end up with a pox on all their houses.”

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Terror has no religion! the Shias and the Sunnis are Muslims who believe in the same Allah and the same prophets, turn to the same qiblah and read the same Holy Quran. There is no difference in the Quran between Sunni and Shia. So why is there enmity instead of finding the least common denominator? Why is bloodshed and hatred encouraged? The answer is simple: Lovelessness.

The problem is not sectarianism.

Sectarianism is just another name for legalising hate and violence.

The essence of Islam is love, compassion and friendship. Muslims are obliged to defend and protect the freedom of thought and faith with the command in the Quran, “You have your religion and I have my religion” (109:6) and “...There is no compulsion where the religion is concerned” (2:256). This approach is the best description of democracy and ensures that members of every faith - are protected.

Saying that a religion, which has commands “... if anyone forgoes that [retaliation] as charity, it will act as expiation for him.... “ (5:45) even for someone who has committed murder, promotes violence is both ignorance and remorselessness. Every Muslim is obliged to believe that “killing one person is like killing all mankind and giving life to one person is like giving life to all mankind”.

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By Nahlah Ayed, CBC News In the early hours of Aug, 21, Scott Cairns was struggling to fall asleep in his Damascus hotel room when, staring out the window, he saw what appeared to be fresh fighting to the east.

“At that point I didn’t know what it was,” he said in an interview with CBC News. “It happens on a regular basis …there is incoming and outgoing fire from Damascus, so there are constant thumps and explosions. It was only later, when I heard the reports, that I could put it together.”

Cairns, a chemical weapons inspector in Damascus for the UN, later concluded that what he had witnessed from the safety of his hotel room was what is now believed to be the worst chemical weapons attack against civilians in a quarter century.

The timing, Cairns agrees, was odd.

The attack happened while his UN inspections team was on the ground to look into three prior allegations of chemical weapons use in the course of that country’s more than

two-year-long civil war.

In every instance, both the Syrian regime and the rebels blamed each other.

Then came that latest, most grotesque example, in the Damascus suburb of Ghouta. It, too, invited the same finger-pointing especially because of its timing.

“It’s probably not in anyone’s interest to launch an attack while inspectors are there,” Cairns said. “Our job ultimately became to switch directions and investigate that location.”

From there, it was a fast moving chain of international and often dramatic events involving the world’s top leaders, that ultimately took Cairns back to Syria this week on another mission: to start the process of dismantling and destroying all of that country’s chemical weapons capability.

‘Herculean’ task Inspecting the Ghouta area so soon after an alleged attack was an unexpected challenge (and an international first), for the UN team.

But in its scope it pales next to the task of ridding Syria of its vast stockpile of chemical weapons. It’s estimated Syria has some 1,000 tonnes of chemical agents and precursors, including VX, sarin, and mustard gas.

And though it denies responsibility for the Ghouta attack, the Syrian regime has nonetheless agreed to a UN Security Council resolution, passed last week, stipulating that its entire arsenal must be destroyed by the middle of next year.

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Simply because various terrorists call themselves Muslims, who execute people by shooting them when they cannot get an answer after asking them about the “pillars of faith”, who resort to their guns when they hear the answer “Yes” to the question of “Are you a Christian?” and who ruthlessly murder innocents, does not make these persecutors Muslim.

A suicide attack in a church in Pakistan has nothing to do with Islam as well. Allah mentions in the Quran that churches are “where Allah’s name is mentioned much”, (22:40) and thus, churches are under Allah’s protection. Anyone who tries to damage churches contradicts the command of Allah.

Conflict goes hand-in-hand with lovelessness. Let’s take a look at the Islamic world. Today some of the Shia Muslims do not accept Sunnis as real Muslims and there are Sunnis who do not consider the Shias as Muslims. However, no matter their differences, both

done, the West can also see that it is an irrational method to attempt to shape the Muslim world in line with their own interests.

No doubt, every state first thinks about the welfare of its citizens and country; however, they must know that when they do this in a manner that ignores the rights of others and treats them callously, it will generate a backlash as surely as night follows day.

The only way to solve these problems created by the mistakes of the last century is to build a new civilization. Gun-running, supporting dictatorial regimes, overt and covert pressure and oppression cannot build civilizations.

That can only be achieved by changing people’s minds. For this, we need to start a new education campaign together both in the West and the East. Let’s teach this peace-loving, forgiving, moderate, compassionate, understanding, mature spirit that Allah wants from us to all people again.

Let’s be the teachers of love.

If the prudent, moderate, rational peoples of the West and the Islamic world become allies, we can make big significant changes in little a short period of time.

Let’s not forget that the good are greater in numbers, but they don’t ally, whereas the evil becomes more effective because they do ally and are determined in spite of the fact that they are numerically inferior and less in numbers. http://harunyahya.com/

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By: Harun Yahya We are at a time when offensiveness, violence and hate have become ordinary in almost every corner of the world. There is news of more bloodshed from a different region almost every day, and the violence targets mostly innocent people.

The terrorist attacks which have taken place in Kenya and Pakistan over the last weekend have once again brought Islam and the subject of violence to the world agenda. Even though Islam is a religion of love and peace - and quite clearly states that everyone must be treated as first-class citizens regardless of faith, race, language and thought - how come there is so much violence and pain in the Muslim world?

No religion commands violence.

No religion encourages ruthlessness, selfishness, lovelessness and massacre. Violence and the conditions that pave the way for violence develops when ideologies that promote conflict replace the moral values of religion that sees people as equal servants created by Allah and praises modesty, patience, compassion and unrequited love.

tween religions, way of living and thought.

One of the reasons which lead some Muslims who embrace terror and violence as the “right path” - despite these explicit commands of the Qur’an - is that they drift away from the essence of Islam. When the bigoted mentality that embraces false hadiths that conflict with the Qur’an is combined with ignorance, a structure of hate and anger emerges.

The only way to avoid this is to spread the true spirit and morality of the Qur’an, which is love and peace. There are many lessons that the Muslim world needs to take from the Prophet Muhammad, who allowed Christians to perform their own prayer at Masjid al-Nabawi (Prophet’s Mosque in Medina), spread his own cloak for Jewish and Christian guests to sit on and who stood up and paid his respects when a Jewish funeral procession passed by him. To learn from these lessons, the Muslim world must know the Quran and our Prophet more closely. They need to explore the beauty of Islam with a reasonable, rational, realistic point of view purified of superstitions. This can only be achieved through education.

The West also has some responsibilities to end the violence; it can be honest and take the first step by recognising the pains caused by the policies they have followed since the beginning of the 20th century. When this is

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SPECIAL

Pakistan Earthquake: How did it create a ‘sudden island’?

Cartographers might have to put another island on the map after September 24 massive earthquake created a new island five kilometres off the southern coast of Pakistan, in the Arabian Sea near Gwadar area.

“It’s not a common way for is-

lands to be created,” says Andrew Miall, a geology professor at the University of Toronto. “But vertical movement of the crust is really common, and it just so happens that, in this case, the crust was very near the surface of the water.”

Sudden islands like this can be swallowed back up by the seas, as has happened in Pakistan in the past. But there have been cases,

such as following the Great Alaskan Earthquake almost 50 years ago, when new landforms like these can stay around.

In this case, local residents have been visiting the island and picking up rocks as souvenirs. But Pakistani authorities have been

warning them to stay away as methane gas is leaking out of the new structure and can be set off by sparks from a cigarette.

Muhammed Arshad , a hydrographer with the Pakistan navy, says the sea is only about six to seven metres deep in the area where the new land mass appeared.

And rare as it is, this sudden island is not Pakistan’s first. Arshad said that similar islands ap-

peared off a different part of the coast of Pakistan after quakes in 1999 and 2010.

Those islands were swallowed back into the sea during the monsoon season, a period of heavy rain and wind that sweeps Pakistan every summer.

After looking at photos of the new island in Gwadar, John Dixon, a geology professor at Queen’s University, said the new land mass is likely a “mud volcano” made mainly of soft mud, not hard rock.

“Because of this, it is likely that the island will be very temporary — it will probably be washed back into the sea by erosion due to wave action fairly quickly. In fact, one can see from the photo that this is already starting,” he says.

The island is likely composed of sediment from the sea floor that was pushed up above sea level while trying to escape either water or gas that was previously trapped between grains of sediment, he says.

When the earthquake hit, the sediment was reorganized and settled into a more compact arrangement causing the grains to be pushed out and upwards to try to escape the pressure.

This recent earthquake occurred

near the bend in the Earth’s plate boundary in southeast Pakistan where there is a combination of a dip and sideways slip between the Arabian and Eurasian plates.

In that region, earthquakes are typically shallow and lead to more sideways slip, so not much crustal uplift is expected, Dixon says.

Longer timeframe Islands are most commonly formed over decades or even hundreds of years through coastal erosion that causes remnants of land to be left behind.

Another common way for islands to be formed is when volcanoes on the sea floor eventually appear above sea level. Yet some islands, such as the one in Pakistan are formed almost immediately.

Miall explains that it’s common for earthquakes to cause movement along the Earth’s faults or breaks, and that blocks of crust get pushed either upwards or downwards, causing them to rise or sink.

“In this case, it looks like a large piece of the crust is pushed upwards above sea level,” he says.

The newly formed island stands 18 metres high, 30 metres long and 76 metres wide, Pakistani navy geologist Mohammed Danish told Pakistan Geo Television.

Scientists in Pakistan are unsure if the island will be permanent and are trying to get samples of its material. The island’s composition will help them determine if it may eventually subside back into the ocean.

“Usually these movements are permanent, but of course the waves could gradually erode it away so it disappears again,” Miall says.

Similar land formations happened in March of 1964 when the Great Alaskan Earthquake devastated the coast of southern Alaska and caused it to be suddenly uplifted.

Miall says that the earthquake, which was followed by a tsunami, created new land and lifted up Middleton Island in the Gulf of Alaska by almost four metres.

That elevated land, he says, is still there today.

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LIFESTYLE

A Muslim Gives Thanks

BY: Hesham A. Hassaballa Thanksgiving is an American cultural tradition that is wholly consistent with Islamic principles. Typically, American Muslims (including my family) get together with their families and have dinner together on Thanksgiving, usually because everyone has a day off on Thanksgiving, and so it is convenient and natural for families to come together.

In the past, I never gave the concept of Thanksgiving much thought, but that is changing now. Even though the story of Thanksgiving has a Christian backdrop, few things are more Islamic than thanking God for His blessings.

It is God alone who created me and gave me life, breath, and sustenance. He nurtures me and comes to my aid when I ask (or don’t ask) Him. Simply saying, “Thanks, Lord” and continuing to sin against him is to show the utmost ingratitude. And so, since He has given me so much, we Muslims ask: isn’t it only fair that my will be trumped by His? This is the best way to show my thanks to God, on Thanksgiving and beyond.

For instance, the stock market has taken quite a beating in recent months. Many Americans have had their nest eggs wiped out. If I had money in the stock market (which I don’t, fortunately or unfortunately), it would be tempting to funnel all the

money into bonds or other interest-bearing investments.

Yet as a Muslim, I show my gratitude for God’s blessings differently. Islam prohibits me from earning money from usury, and thus, bonds, bank certificates of deposit, or even simple money market accounts are out of the question. Either I tough out the storm in the markets, or I pull out altogether.

Islam embraces the idea of the need for occasional entertainment; it is essential to help us relax and rejuvenate. That entertainment, however, must occur with some limitations. Alcohol and gambling, for instance, must not be in any Islamic entertainment program. Thus, I will not be hitting the slot machines any time soon.

I graduated from Marquette University in Milwaukee, and if you did not drink, there was basically nothing to do on a Friday or Saturday evening. I remember quite a few lonely Saturday nights where all my drinking friends (including some Muslims) would be out at parties, and my non-drinking friends were unavailable. I would sit in my dorm room, sad and alone, watching the evening news, then “Saturday Night Live,” then “Showtime at the Apollo.” It was tough, but going out and drinking with my friends never was an option for me. Better to be lonely on a Saturday night than be ungrateful to God and sin against Him.

Where Are You?

By: Shabnam Khan - Family Counsellor An important key to letting go of the past and reaching your full potential, is by putting yourself in an environment where the seed of your dreams can grow. We know of people who are extremely talented.

They have incredible potential. But they still insist on hanging around the wrong people. If you are close friends with people who are negative, undisciplined and no great dreams, they will rub off on you very easily. Moreover the environment in which you place yourself will prevent you from rising any higher. You cannot hang out with negative people and except to live a positive life. If all your friend are depressed and defeated and have given up their dreams, make some changes.

Let’s be honest. You’re probably not going to pull them up, though you may have made numerous attempts. More likely, if

you continue to spend too much time in their presence, they will pull you down.

Certainly, you love your friends; you can even pray for them and try to encourage them to make positive changes in their lives. Sometimes the best thing you can do is break away from negative people and put yourself on a healthy, positive and fun-filled environment. This is extremely critical, because it doesn’t matter how great the potential in the seed, if you don’t put it in good soil, it will not grow.

It may be painful, but the best thing you can do is get away from somebody who is a constant drag on your spirit. Don’t allow somebody to treat you that way. You are extremely valuable after all you are the creation of Almighty God. There is something as “the gift of good-bye.” That means when somebody who is pulling you down chooses to leave. You may not realize it but that person just did you a great favor. Don’t look back, instead keep looking forward.

Get ready for new explorations and opportunities in your life. Have a positive atti-tude!!

I have had many discussions with people about Islam’s (and Judaism’s) prohibition against eating pork. Many have told me that the rationale for prohibiting pork was that, when the Hebrew Bible and the Qur’an were written, sufficient methods to sanitize meat did not exist, and it was likely people got sick after eating the flesh of swine. Now, however, eating pork is safe and there is no problem, despite what the religions say. I beg to differ. Islam (and Judaism) explicitly prohibits eating pork, and so I bypass the bacon and pass on the pepperoni.

During medical school, I attended meetings after class where pizza was served. To my chagrin, the meeting organizers would order only ONE vegetable pizza, and EVERYONE, being calorie conscious, would eat from the vegetable pizza, leaving me pathetic scraps. This has happened to me time and again, but I would never consider

having even one slice of pizza with pork on it. Taking the pepperoni off the slice does not count, either, because of the grease left on the slice. I do not mind, however. God said, “No,” and I said, “Yes, sir.”

In the Qur’an, one comes across this statement: “How can you reject faith (or be ungrateful) seeing that you were dead and [God] gave you life; then He will cause you to die and again bring you to life; and again to Him you will return” (2:28). God has shown His undying love for me by giving me so much in life. It is time for me to show my love for and gratitude to Him by being a willing, submitting servant.

Simply saying “Thanks” to God, although important, is not enough for me. Saying you love someone is nice; but showing you love someone through your actions is much more powerful. http://www.beliefnet.com/Faiths/Islam

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LIFESTYLE

Unveiling the Truth: The Hijab and Muslim Women in Canada

By: Rubab Abid (Toronto) Specially written for the Miracle The hijab has been a continually controversial and emotionally-charged topic throughout history. Within both the Muslim world as well as many Western countries, the on-going conversation surrounding the hijab and other Islamic headscarves has brought about intensely polarizing sentiments from both sides of the aisle. On the one hand, many Muslims around the world feel that the hijab is a religious and social mechanism through which Muslim women can assert their modesty, privacy, and morality. On the other hand, numerous Western politicians, commentators, and feminist organizations view the hijab as an archaic and oppressive religious symbol which unfairly subjugates and marginalizes the rights of Muslim women.

Within this whirlwind of social, political, and religious debate, the opinions and perspectives of young Muslim women are often left unheard. More specifically, young Muslim women who are born and raised in Canada find themselves placed in a very unique and interesting context with respect to the issue of the hijab. On the one hand, Muslim-Canadian women have been raised within a distinctly Western perspective and have been brought up in the influence of its social, cultural, and political practices. They have grown up surrounded by the power of the Western media, movies, music, television, and magazines, all of which project a distinctly sexualized image of female gender roles. On the other hand, many second-

generation Muslims living in Canada also feel a deep and profound sense of connection, value, and respect for their cultural and religious roots. Young Muslim-Canadian women often uphold culturallyspecific traditions and religious practices such as refraining from dating, avoiding alcohol and drugs, and wearing modest clothing such as the hijab alongside their distinctly Western upbringing.

As one can imagine, the task of balancing and harmonizing these two seemingly different worlds can be very a difficult process for many young Muslim Canadians. One of the most critical challenges facing Muslim women living in Canada centers on the hijab. Despite the assertions of certain critics, the decision to wear or not wear the hijab is a very complex and multi-faceted issue. It does not simply boil down to a purely religious duty on the one hand, or the fundamentalist Islamic oppression of women on the other. It is a decision which entails a wide range of social, political, economical, emotional, and psychological factors.

There are a wide range of reasons why many young Muslim-Canadian women choose to wear the hijab. Undoubtedly, there are countless Muslim women who wear the hijab solely as a religious act of duty and modesty and view the hijab as a symbol of their adherence to Islamic beliefs. However in a post-9/11 world, the effect and meaning of the hijab has become more and more politically charged.

With Western countries such as France and Germany and even the province of Quebec placing institutionalized bans on

the hijab in public places, many young Muslim women have been forced to reinterpret the meaning and significance of the hijab throughout their lives in the West. Many young Muslim women have come to utilize the hijab as a reactionary symbol of social and political protest against the intolerance and prejudice of anti-Islamic critics. These women utilize the hijab as a political tool through which they emphasize and promote their Muslim identity. For young Muslim women, the hijab becomes a badge of pride and condemnation against Western countries and their foreign policies.

On the other hand, many young Muslim women in Canada choose to wear the hijab as a direct response to Western ideals of overt female sexuality and the West’s overwhelming emphasis on external beauty. Many Muslim women feel that the hijab grants them a sense of protection and emancipation from conforming to Western ideals of femininity. In this sense, the hijab is utilized as a tool which grants young Muslims a sense of liberation and freedom. In both cases, Muslim women are shown to be actively and consciously deciding for themselves the method and manner in which they wear the hijab.

Conversely, there are also a wide and multi-faceted range of reasons why some Muslim-Canadian women chose to not wear the hijab. It is a sad fact that many Muslims are unfairly discriminated against in Western society as a result of their religious beliefs. Whether in the workplace, schools, universities, or

public places, many Muslim-Canadian women complain that they are often treated with hostility, fear, anger, and even violence as a result of their hijab. In many instances, Muslim women are overlooked for potential job opportunities or become the victims of bullying or social isolation. As a result, many young Muslim women feel that in order to avoid such bigotry and inequality, removing their headscarf is the most practical and effective choice for them. Other Muslim women simply choose not to wear the hijab because they feel that covering their hair does not signify the level of their religious beliefs and view the hijab as more of a cultural interpretation rather than a religious requirement.

It is important to note that young CanadianMuslim women, like all women, are not singular monolithic beings. They are diverse, complex, and multi-faceted individuals with wide-ranging thoughts, opinions, and experiences. Correspondingly, the various reasons behind why certain Muslim-Canadian women choose to wear or not wear the hijab are similarly complex and diverse. Why and how a woman comes to this decision is a personal judgment which only the woman herself can and should make. Hence, it is important for both Western society and the Muslim community itself to respect this choice and the reasoning and motivations behind such a critical decision.

Dialogue: Small things that could make big difference By: Abdulrahman Al-Zuhayyan One of the godly gifts bestowed upon humanity is the ability to communicate with one another to convey ideas and feelings.

One form of communication is negotiation.

This method is used almost in every human interaction to resolve differences in areas,

disruptive and the integrative dialogues.

The disruptive dialogue, which usually occurs between individuals who hadn’t previous encounter, each one perceive the other as an adversary, and their objective is to achieve results in the other side’s loss. In other words, the dialogue ends in win-loss,

involving peace, diplomacy, brokerage, even familial and dyadic relationships. Alternatively, dialogues that take place in all of those areas fall under the idea of negotiation. Many complain that when they are involved in a dialogue with relatives, friends, or associates to resolve some kind of a difference, it gets exacerbated and affects their relationship. And they wonder over the reasons of this undesirable outcome.

Negotiation — or in this case dialogue — is divided into two major types. These are the

where all contriving tactics may be used.

Whereas the integrative dialogue is the opposite of disruptive dialogue with respect to assumptions and tactics. The integrative dialogue stresses on building and maintaining relationships. So, trust and cooperative posture are expected from both sides and as a result they would be involved in creative problem-solving ways to satisfy their wishes and interests.

The scope of differences among relatives and friends usually involves, for instance,

ideas, techniques of doing things, travel plans, or buying new things. Hence, the dialogue should focus on understanding viewpoints rather than scoring points.

To do so, the tactics and styles that are often used in disruptive dialogue ought to be avoided because they don’t aim at achieving an understanding. Among those tactics are aggressively pursuing a specific set of terms to force the other party to have one alternative either to agree or otherwise (brinksmanship); pretending that a trivial issue as being so important (bogey); and other tactics, including deadlines, flinching and the likes. Instead, interlocutors should work to achieve a good understanding (agreement) that realizes equally their interests, i.e., achieving optimum gain rather than maximum gain.

With respect to style, a dialogue should facilitate between compromising, accommodating, and collaborating. While competitive and avoidance styles that are commonly used in disruptive dialogue should be avoided. Nonetheless, type of personality, emotions and non-verbal signs contribute to the success of a dialogue. Each individual may exhibit various styles in negotiating his/her differences with others according to his/her personality.

As relatives and friends are keen on maintaining their cordial relationships, soft dialogue is the most preferable style of negotiating their differences whatever they may be, instead of being hard, principled, or bad-faith interlocutor, which are typical

tactics used by adversaries.

While positive emotions put one in a good mood to use cooperative methods that makes the interaction enjoyable, negative emotions, specifically anger, tend to draw one to use competitive methods that only makes the parties less cooperative, and eventually yield a contentious dialogue.

Moreover, one should be aware of emotions shown by the partner, such as disappointment, sadness, pride, or anger. On the other hand, most important barriers to a fruitful dialogue could be a lack of trust, insufficient information, spoilers, gender differences and the place. So, each partner ought to fill the deficiencies in trust and information and pay attention to the other factors. Still, verbal communication only plays a minimal role in a successful dialogue as it constitutes 35 percent of the substance/message, and the non-verbal messages make up the rest of it (65 percent). Thus, interlocutors should work to stay relaxed and sincere in order to remain open, receptive and reciprocal. Discussing ideas, however, is another important area where most differences occur among relatives and friends etc. Ideas are point of views that are constantly changing as new information becomes available. So, no matter how solidly the idea was established, it does not represent the whole truth. Accordingly, one should use or acquire the virtue of listening to the other side’s point of view for the possibility that it may hold new valid information and one should be willing to accept this point of view and change the previously held views.

To sum it up, what lead to a functional dialogue between relatives and friends are trust, cooperation and sufficient and correct information.

Source: Arabnews

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HEALTH

October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month

October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month in Canada. Each year in Canada, October is recognized as Breast Cancer Awareness Month. Breast cancer is the most frequently diagnosed cancer among Canadian females, affecting thousands of women and their families each year. In 2008, an estimated 22,400 women will be diagnosed with breast cancer and 5,300 will die of it. One in nine women is expected to develop breast cancer - with the risk increasing significantly after the age of 50. One in 28 will die from the disease. Although, since the mid-1990s, the incidence of cancer and death has declined, it continues to be a life-threatening issue for thousands of Canadian women. The National Union of Public and General Employees (NUPGE) continues to encourage its 340,000 members to take an active part in the fight to end this disease.

An estimated 170 men will be diagnosed with breast cancer and 50 will die of it.

Breast cancer death rates have declined by 25% since 1986.

Incidence and death rates for breast cancer have declined since 1969 in women aged 20-39. Survival has been improving gradually. Today survival ranges between 87% and 89% for women aged 40 and older. For women under 40, survival is 81%, excluding Quebec.

What you can do Many women are alive and well today because their breast cancer was detected and treated early. The Canadian Cancer Society recommends that women: • Have a mammogram every 2 years if you are between the ages of 50 and 69. If you are between the ages of 40 and 49, discuss your risk of breast cancer and the benefits and risks of mammography with your doctor; • Have a clinical breast examination by a trained health professional at least every two years if you are between 40-69; • If you are 70 or older, talk to your doctor about a screening program for you; • Talk to your doctors about any changes.

There is no single cause of breast cancer but there are certain factors that may appear to elevate the risk. These include: • Age – Risk of diagnosis increases as a person ages • Personal history – If a person has previously battled the disease • Family history – Especially if a mother, sister or daughter has encountered breast cancer • Family history of ovarian cancer • Taking hormone replacement therapy for more than five years• Dense breast tissue • Other possible risk factors – Poor diet, lack of exercise, smoking, and obesity Sometimes, women develop breast cancer without any of these risk factors. A lot of women affected by breast cancer don’t have a family history of the disease. Even more surprising, some women have risk factors and never encounter the disease. Unfortunately, because of this uncertainty, early detection means a lot.

Health professionals recommend that you see them if you find any changes with your breasts such as: • Size and shape • If you find a lump on your breast or a lump in your armpit area • Skin changes on your breast (such as peeling) • Physical changes you find in the appearance of the nipple Here are 9 ways to change your life: 1. Eat Fruit You can’t go wrong with this – almost all dietary advice comes down to the single instruction to eat more fruit and veg. Diet is thought to be a key factor in one in four cancer deaths – and animal fat in the diet is the suspect ingredient in breast cancer. The Japanese, who eat a diet of fish, rice and vegetables that is extremely low in animal fat, also have low rates of breast cancer. A high-fat diet increases the levels of the female hormone

oestrogen in the blood, which encourages the growth of cancer cells. In populations with a high-fat diet, women tend to start their periods earlier and reach menopause later so they are exposed to high levels of oestrogen for longer, increasing their risk of breast cancer.

Studies into what effect eating fruit and vegetables has on breast cancer have produced mixed results. One study found that, when combined with taking exercise, the results were dramatic. Published in the Journal of Clinical Oncology last June, it showed that women who ate their five portions a day and walked briskly for at least 30 minutes halved their risk of breast cancer.

2. Walk It is enjoyable, simple and requires no equipment. Walking is good for all aspects of physical and mental health – and cancer is no exception. Brisk walking (or other exercise) for 30 minutes a day, five times a week, is all that’s needed. Currently only one in four women manages this. If all women did, Cancer Research UK estimates it would prevent 1,400 cases a year. Three large studies in Italy and the US showed that inactivity caused 11 per cent of cases of breast cancer. Exercise works best before the menopause, but it is effective afterwards, too. It is thought to alter oestrogen metabolism, resulting in a weaker version being made.

3. Avoid HRT Hormone replacement therapy is seen as the principal avoidable risk for breast cancer. At the height of its popularity, in 2002, an estimated two million women were taking HRT in the UK, and millions more worldwide. Tens of thousands of women will have developed breast cancer, ovarian cancer and endometrial cancer (of the lining of the womb) as a result. Overall, women currently taking HRT are 63 per cent more likely to develop these three cancers than those who are not. Earlier hopes that these risks would be counterbalanced by a reduction in heart disease have not been borne out.

Gynecologists recommend that women who wish to use it to ease the symptoms of the menopause do so for as short a time as possible.

4. Get screened Women diagnosed with breast cancer at the earliest possible stage have a nine in 10 chance of a successful recovery. This is the rationale for screening – to detect a tumour by mammography when it is still too small to feel. Women aged 50 to 70 are invited for screening every three years – shortly to be extended to ages 47 to 73. It is estimated that the scheme saves 1,400 lives a years in England – one life for every 500 women screened.

However, there is a downside in the shape of false alarms. Screening picks up abnormalities in the breast that look like cancer but turn out not to be. Several thousand women each year suffer the anxiety and discomfort of being recalled for further tests and undergoing biopsies of the breast to check for cancer – before being given the all-clear. Screening is now more accurate, since two views of the breast are taken, reducing the chances of cancers being missed.

4. Give birth Having children, especially before the age of 30, helps protect against breast cancer. It is down to those hormones, again. Over the last century, economic progress has led to delayed childbirth and smaller families as women with their own careers have sought to balance the demands of work and home.

But researchers estimate that delaying childbearing increases the risk of breast cancer by 3 per cent for each year of delay.

5. Breast-feed Breast-feeding protects against breast cancer, as well as being best for the baby. But smaller families and the rise in the number of working mothers has meant the time spent breastfeeding has reduced. Breast-feeding for six months reduces the risk, experts say. Yet many women never get that far. In England, 77 per cent of mothers start breast-feeding but more than a third switch to bottle-feeding in the first six weeks.

6. Lose weight Obesity increases the risk of breast cancer – but only after the menopause. A large European study called Epic found postmenopausal women who were obese had a 31 per cent higher risk of breast cancer than women with a healthy weight. Reducing obesity could save 1,800 cases of breast cancer a year. Obesity increases the risk of other cancers including those of the bowel, womb, kidney and oesophagus. Overall it is estimated that 7. per cent of cancers in women and 3 per cent in men are due to being obese or overweight. In the UK, 12,000 people might avoid getting cancer each year if they maintained a healthy body weight.

7. Get a stressful job (really) A 2005 Danish study published in the British Medical Journal found high levels of daily stress reduced the risk of the disease by 40 per cent.

The researche r s suggest that stress may be beneficial by reducing levels of oestrogen. They draw a distinction between daily stress of the sort experienced by women in high-pressure jobs and stressful life events such as bereavement, which have previously been linked with an increase in cancer. Stress can have other damaging effects, too – on the heart, for example, and by increasing the risk of compensatory behaviour.

8. Live somewhere clean It has long been claimed that exposure to pollutants used in the manufacture of products from plastics to cosmetics has an “endocrine disrupting” effect. A report from the World Wide Fund for Nature last year claimed their role in breast cancer had been neglected. It pointed out that less than half of new breast cancer cases can be explained by genetic and lifestyle factors and chemicals in the environment could be the missing link. Other studies have contradicted this suggestion and experts point out that compared with the natural levels of oestrogen in a woman’s blood, the level of the chemicals is too small to have significant impact. Still, moving to an unpolluted region is unlikely to do harm and could encourage tother beneficial changes, such as eating healthily, exercising more, and drinking less.

Don’t be nervous or anxious about finding changes in your breasts. Often these changes may not be related to cancer – but it’s worthwhile to tell your doctor as soon as possible New results from breast cancer clinical trial show non-breast cancer related causes account for most deaths. New findings from a landmark breast cancer clinical trial involving the drug letrozole show that, in this group of patients, women were more likely to die from non-breast cancer-related causes than from breast cancer-related causes. The research team found that non-breast cancer related causes accounted for 60% of deaths.

The top causes of death included: cardiovascular disease including stroke (15%), other malignancies (15%), infection (6%), multiple causes (5%), and non-cardiovascular organ failure (4%). The results were particularly striking for older women. Among women aged 70 years or older, non-breast cancerrelated causes accounted for 72% of deaths.

The new results are published in the February 12 issue of the Journal of the National Cancer Institute. The original study results were first published in The New England Journal of Medicine in October 2003 and involved 5,170 post-menopausal breast cancer survivors with a median age of 62 years (range 32 to 94 years). It determined that women who took letrozole for up to five years following 5 years of tamoxifen therapy experienced a significantly reduced risk of cancer recurrence. The clinical trial was coordinated by the National Cancer Institute of Canada Clinical Trials group and was funded in part by the Canadian Cancer Society. Routine use of mammography and improved treatment for breast cancer will mean that more women will survive breast cancer at older ages, at which time they might have a higher risk of death from causes other than breast cancer, says Dr Judith-Anne Chapman, lead author of the study. “The study findings show that we are successfully treating women with breast cancer. However, the study also underscores the need to pay more attention especially to older women and the potential for death from other causes,” Dr Chapman says.

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By Dr. Mee Lain Ling A 43-year old man came to my Traditional Chinese Medicine clinic for sharp left-sided knee and wrist pains that were aggravated by climbing up and down stairs, and carrying items over 5 pounds. He also had achy upper back and neck muscles. Pulse at his wrists was slightly weak and thin.

His tongue was purple-red with red-dotted tip and thin yellow coat at the root.

Typically, 25-55 year-old men are not at risk of being iron deficient, but this man’s case proved to be an exception. His pains reduced by 75% after six weeks following treatments of sliding cupping, acupuncture, Chinese herbal medicine, and natural nutritional supplements. Blood tests confirmed he had low serum ferritin, the first marker of iron deficiency. Hemoglobin, on the other hand, is the last marker and diagnoses anemia, a more severe condition of iron deficiency.

So what was the cause of this man’s low iron? There are four major groups of people at risk of iron deficiency. People with:

1. A general need for iron. This includes menstruating women, women planning pregnancy, pregnant or breastfeeding women, and teenagers and children between 1-4 years because of rapid growth and often lack of iron in their diet.

2. Decreased ability to absorb iron. This includes elderly because of weakened organ systems; those with low protein intake; and people with digestive problems that result in fast transit time of food causing diarrhea or loose stools which loses necessary nutrients, including iron.

3. Inadequate iron intake. This includes vegetarians, vegans, people on calorie-restricted diets, elderly due to decreased intake of food or bad teeth, and people eating mainly breads, dairy or processed foods.

4. Increased loss of iron. This includes women with heavy monthly periods. Typically women lose on average 75mL of blood each month, but in a heavy period, a woman can lose up to half a cup (125mL) or more. Blood loss during childbirth is included here. Athletes lose iron through

bruising, sweating, and overall need more iron to maintain active muscles and joints.

Those who had surgery or injury also have increased loss of iron.

Three other groups of people with increased loss of iron that often get missed in western medicine are people who eat spicy foods daily, those with Type A perfectionist personality, and those holding repressed anger.

Spicy foods, sustained high stress, and long-term held anger all lead to excess fire in the body that transforms the natural fire in the body from a warm, comfortable fireplace, to a blazing fire that burns the whole house of the body. Excess internal fire burns the blood and body fluid leading to faster-than-normal loss of iron, which then contributes to a host of conditions including diabetes and arthritis.

In this man’s case, he was a strong Type A perfectionist and pushed himself to work 10 – 12 hour days in order to meet deadlines for multiple projects that he chose to take on simultaneously. This enormous

stress led to high amounts of adrenalin to constantly run in the blood, causing excess internal heat to burn the blood, leading to his joint and muscle pains. The clue for excess fire presented in the quality of his tongue.

In cases of excess fire, wet cupping (hijama) can immediately relieve this, but it must be approached with caution. If iron levels are below threshold, then any further loss of blood through wet cupping technique can in fact aggravate joint pains, or iron deficiency symptoms, rather than alleviate them. This is because iron carries oxygen to the muscles and joints, so when it gets too low – from over-exercise, or other forms of blood loss, the resulting lack of oxygen causes sharp joint pains or muscle aches.

The author is a Doctor of Traditional Chinese Medicine with her clinic located in the Richmond Health Sciences Centre across from Richmond Hospital, B.C. Visit www. drmeelainling.com for more health articles and contact information.

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WOMEN

HOW HARD CAN IT BE?

The Marriage Challenge for Single Muslim Career Women Over 25 By: Munira Lekovic Ezzeldine My husband and I recently tried to match-make a couple of our friends.

Omar began telling his friend about a really nice woman we knew at 33, successful, beautiful. His first response was, “So, what’s wrong with her? Why is she 33 and not married?” Looking at the 30-yearold man before me, my first thought was, “I could ask you the same thing.” However, the reality set in that there’s a double standard when it comes to the issue of age and marriage.

Many Muslim women are successful lawyers, doctors, professors and journalists. They are outspoken and active in their Muslim and nonMuslim communities. They are intelligent and beautiful, and they are unmarried. The same women who are ambitious and focused on their academic and professional success are finding it difficult to find a suitable spouse.

Twenty years ago, as young Muslim boys and girls were being raised in the U.S., they were encouraged to excel academically and professionally. Parents placed a huge emphasis on education and hard work for both boys and girls. And apparently, they were taken seriously. Girls excelled and never felt they could not attain an education or a profession.

They worked hard and succeeded as their parents had encouraged all those years. Now, these same women are in their twenties and thirties and the same parents are now pressuring them to get married.

Are women to blame for being ambitious and educated? Apparently so. Women seem to be penalized for their ambition. Once a young woman passes the age of 25 and remains single, she is considered “old” and often finds it difficult to find a suitable spouse.

Suddenly, others tell her that she has become too picky and her expectations of a husband are unrealistic and that she should hurry up and get married already. “There are some of us who went to college and are successful in our careers and we are not on a search and destroy mission to get married,” says Suhad Obeidi, a 39-year-old former banking manager with an M.B.A. The reality is that Muslim women have worked hard for their education and careers and they will not give it all up in order to get married.

In recent decades, men have also become highly educated and progressive, and have even fought for women’s rights and the elevation of women in Islam. However, while these men are impressed with a successful and active woman, they do not consider her “marriage material.” Despite the elevation of women, many men have maintained traditional ideas as to the type of wife they seek. After all, they do not see anything wrong with the way their mother was.

Consciously or subconsciously, many men seek a wife who will fulfill the traditional role of a wife and mother and one who will maintain a traditional home life. She should

be educated, but she should also be willing to put her education and career on a shelf while raising a family. These women in their late twenties and early thirties appear too established in their career and lifestyle and therefore, more difficult to marry because they will not fall into this traditional role.

Many North American Muslim women want to be wives and mothers while at the same time be respected for their profession. “One big problem is that, rather than embrace her ambition and success, men simply tolerate it and expect something in return,” says Nagwa Ibrahim, a 25-year-old activist seeking a career as a human and civil rights lawyer.

Current expectations of marriage have changed for women and become more aligned with the examples of women during Prophet Muhammad’s lifetime. The Prophet’s first wife, Khadija, was an established career woman who was 15 years older than her husband.

Khadija was a very confident and successful woman who actually proposed to the 24-year-old Muhammad. Yet, the Prophet was not intimidated by her nor found her “unmarriageable.”

They maintained a strong marriage as she continued to be a businesswoman, as well as wife and mother.

Prophet Muhammad and Khadija were married for 28 years, the longest of all his marriages. The year that Khadija died was also referred to as the Year of Mourning by

Prophet Muhammad.

Many Muslim women seek not to compete with men, but rather to establish a partnership with their spouse. Ultimately, these women want to be cherished and loved in the same way that the Prophet loved Khadija.

This type of partnership in marriage can only exist when both people are accepting and respectful of one another’s ambitions and priorities in life.

Nagwa Ibrahim feels that men have succumbed to negative cultural stereotypes that are contrary to Islam when selecting a spouse.

“We (Muslim women) are the way we are because we are trying to be good Muslims,” she says.

Thus, a partnership in marriage can only be developed when men and women really follow the principles of Islam and learn to communicate their expectations of marriage as well as be understanding of one another.

Communication is vital to any successful marriage, but now more than ever, women must feel comfortable in expressing their expectations of marriage to a potential spouse and in return feel that they are being understood, respected and encouraged.

This evolution will happen once we see more modern examples of successful Muslim men and women getting married and further benefiting society by their union. Educated

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Therefore, when their daughters grow up, they will aspire to be women of excellence and ambition. Additionally, when their sons become men, their expectations and views of a suitable wife will include a partnership with an intelligent and successful Muslim woman. With further education and communication, men and women can understand and respect one another’s roles in society and in the home, which will ultimately benefit future generations of Muslims.

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JINNY SIMS: New Measures To Tackle Youth Unemployment Needed New Democrats are proposing new tax credits for businesses that hire young Canadians in order to tackle high levels of youth unemployment in Canada.

“The youth unemployment rate is double the national average, and yet Conservatives have failed to act,” said Official Opposition Finance critic, Peggy Nash (Parkdale – High Park). “We’re proposing a new tax incentive that

will benefit both businesses and young Canadians. It will encourage businesses to create new jobs for youth while helping them with the cost of training.”

New Democrats are calling on the government to introduce tax credits to businesses hiring Canadians aged between 18 and 25. Under the NDP proposal, businesses would be eligible for an amount of up to $1,000 for hiring a young

employee and for matching funds for the training of said employee.

The tax credit would be doubled in regions of the country where youth unemployment is most dire.

“Conservative inaction is compromising the future of our youth and our long-term economic prosperity,” said the NDP Employment and Social Development critic Jinny Sims (Newton – North Delta). “Conservatives

should adopt the NDP’s Youth Hiring Tax Credit policy as soon as possible to help reduce these high levels of youth unemployment in our country.”

“Young people today are more educated than ever but are not able to get jobs that match their capabilities,” said NDP Youth critic Matthew Dubé (Chambly – Borduas). “The NDP Youth Hiring Tax Credit is a win-win situation for

Kautilya Pandit, A Wonder Kid of Haryana For whom no question is tough enough

By: Bhanu P. Lohumi/TNS Have you ever heard in your life that at the tender age of five years and eight months a gentle boy Kautilya Pandit by name spontaneously talks about the various topics, for instance the world geography, per capita income, gross domestic product, politics, economy, and amazingly answers questions on a number of topics with affluence,

while other kids of his age only learn Alphabets (ABC) and recite nursery rhymes.

A resident of Kohand village in Gharonda sub-tehsil of Karnal, Kautilya -- who has transformed himself into a “sea of knowledge” in just three months -- draws inspiration from his grandfather who is his “best friend”. “I don’t have friends in my class, my grandfather is my best friend,” says the wonder kid, who came into the limelight after his appearance on TV channels.

With an enviable knowledge of 213 countries, their population, GDP (Gross Domestic Product), source of income, currency, religion, culture and heritage, the Class I student has an IQ of 150 -- which

psychologists say is the same as that of Albert Einstein.

Kautilya - who has been nicknamed ‘mini encyclopaedia’ - loves science and is very inquisitive and has a question on just about everything. He also writes songs and poetry and is an amazing dancer. Ask him about his ambition and pat comes the reply, “I want to be an IAS officer... no, a scientist... an astronaut...” he says before finally declaring, “I will first study and then decide.”

“Kautilya is God’s best gift to us. He is very curious by nature and is blessed with a photographic memory,” says proud father Satish Sharma. “We noticed Kautilya unusual talent that was way beyond his years,

our young workers and the businesses who hire them.”

but could never imagine that he is an ocean of knowledge.” “It all began in his summer vacation when he would spend a lot of time studying the atlas and other books.

And then began the questions. All our answers were met with a fresh question!” says Sharma. He understands things and that helps him retain them, he adds.

“His analytical powers are very good and he can leave anyone spellbound,” says Dr Kapil Singhal, a neurologist, who attended a live show with him.

His grandfather, Jai Krishan Sharma, who is always there to answer his queries, says, “A friend in need is a friend indeed and I am his best friend and am always there to answer his endless questions, but we want him to enjoy his childhood as well.”

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YOUTH

A Fiqh Perspective on Raising Children

By: Omar Abdl-Haleem I. Tarbiyyah It’s Meaning in the Arabic Language and in the Terminology of the Fuqahaa’ A. Tarbiyyah in the Arabic language means to raise a child (whether or not that child is their own), acting in his or her best interest until that child becomes independent and capable of managing its own affairs. Tarbiyyah includes following up the child’s nutrition, his or her physical, spiritual, and mental growth, and his or her education and acquisition of manners in such a way that the child is well taken care of, well-nourished, and well-mannered. The fruit of this labor is that when a child grows up to be a man or woman, they are equipped to handle the burdens of life, and they have the tools they need to have a successful Afterlife.

B. Tarbiyyah from a fiqh point of view is synonymous with the linguistic meaning, except that it is a little more specific. Fiqh is mainly concerned with the following three aspects of raising children: C. Educating them in a well-rounded way about what they need to know in terms of religious sciences, such as fiqh, and worldly knowledge, such as arithmetic.

D. Training them in Islamic behavior and values, for example in telling the truth, in good manners, such as respecting elders, and in refined etiquette as in eating in a calm manner.

E. Building and strengthening their Islamic identity such that they think of themselves as Muslims before they think of themselves as the sons or daughters of so-and-so, eastern or western, etc.

II. Educating the Children A. There is ample evidence from the Qur’an that educating children is necessary: Allah, Glorious and High, said: O you who believe! Save yourselves and your families from a Fire whose fuel is people and stones...[66:6].

Al-Qurtubi said in his tafseer of this verse: “Some of the scholars have said that when Allah, Exalted and High, said: ‘Protect yourselves!’ that it included protecting one’s own children from the Fire of Hell because one’s children are a part one’s own self. Al-Qushayri reported that when this verse was revealed Umar ibn alKhattaab said to the Prophet Muhammad, sallallahu alayhe wa sallam: “We can protect ourselves from the Fire of Hell, but how can we protect our families? “The Prophet(SAW) said: “By forbidding them from what Allah forbade and commanding them with what He commanded.” So because of this some scholars have said: “We must teach our children religion and goodness in addition to what good manners should necessarily be known.”

B. Evidence from the Sunnah that a man is responsible for the education of his family: Bukhari reported that the Prophet(SAW) said: “There are three (kinds of) people who will be rewarded twice (double): (The first is) a man from the People of the Book who believed in his prophet and then believed in Muhammad (sallallahu alayhe wa sallam). (The second is) a slave that fulfilled his obligation to Allah and his obligation to his master. (The third is) a man that had a slave girl whom he taught good manners and taught them to her well, and whom he educated and educated her well, then set her free and married her. Thus shall he receive his reward twice (double).”

Bukhari titled this hadeeth, A man educat-

ing his slave-girl and his family. Ibn Hajar explained why Bukhari considered this hadeeth as proof that a man is responsible for the education of his wife even thought the wife is not explicitly mentioned in the hadeeth. Ibn Hajar said: “The responsibility of a man toward his family [meaning explicitly wife and children) is greater than that toward his slave girl. “Therefore, this hadeeth is indirect proof that a man is responsible for the education of his wife and children.

III. Teaching Children Manners A. HERE ARE A TWO HADEETH ABOUT TEACHING BOYS GOOD MANNERS: Tirmithi reported that the Prophet(SAW) said: “A father has never given to a son a gift better than good manners.” Ibn Majah reported that the Prophet(SAW) said: “Be gracious with your children and teach them good manners.”

B. A HADEETH ABOUT TEACHING GIRLS GOOD MANNERS: Abu Dawud reported that the Prophet(SAW) said: “[A man] who raises three girls, and teaches them good manners, and marries them [to righteous men], and is good to them-for him is Paradise.”

C. THE TIME TO BEGIN TEACHING CHILDREN MANNERS: Training children begins when they are very small. It should, however, start out very slowly. As the child becomes more and more capable of reason, the training should become more and more intensive.

From the time the child is very young until he or she reaches seven years of age there should be an abundance of love and gentleness. From seven to 10, the training should be come gradually more intense, but there should also be an abundance of patience and very little or no punishment.

The most important and intensive period when it comes to training children is from age 10 to 14. Then the parent should be fully engaged in the training the child in good manners, and there should be reasonable punishment for bad behavior.

The Prophet(SAW) said: “Command your children to pray salah when they are seven. Hit them about it (meaning if they willfully do not pray) when they are ten and separate (at that age) between them in bed.”

IV. Establishing the Muslim Identity of the Child A. WHAT DO WE MEAN BY MUSLIM IDENTITY? Having a Muslim identity means the child is a Muslim in terms of his other thinking, speech, actions, behavior, ways, goals, purpose in life, perspective on affairs, how one judges matters, how one interacts with others, how one strives to spread Islam and establish truth and extinguish falsehood, and how one holds strongly to Islamic principles, even if others abandon them. In short, what we mean by Muslim identity is that a person strives to be upright in and of him or herself, and strives to help others be upright.

B. THE ADVICE OF LUQMAN TO HIS SON The Quran gives an example of a father admonishing his son for all fathers to follow. Luqman’s admonitions to his son consist of three main points that revolve around establishing one’s Muslim identity.

1. He teaches his son the Oneness of Allah (31:13-16) and teaching him about Allah and His attributes-namely that He has unlimited knowledge 2. He teaches his son to be righteous, in

and of himself, and to command others to be righteous. Luqman does so by commanding him to pray salah (31:17), enjoin others to goodness, to forbid them from evil, and to be patient with the afflictions Allah tests people with 3. He teaches his son to stay away from boasting and arrogance C. THE PROPHET’S ADVICE TO IBN ABBAS Tirmithi reported that Ibn Abbas said: “I was behind the Prophet(SAW) one day [riding], and he said: ‘Young man! Let me teach you some words [of wisdom]. Observe the boundaries of Allah, and Allah will protect you. Observe the boundaries of Allah, and you will find Allah near. And if you ask, ask Allah. And if you seek support, seek support from Allah. And know that the entire Ummah, if it gathers together to benefit

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you with something, they will not be able to benefit you with something, except for a thing that Allah has written for you. And if they gather together to harm you, they will not be able to harm you with something, except with something that Allah has written against you. The pens have been lifted and the scrolls are dry.”

Every parent should teach their child what Luqman taught his son and what the Prophet (SAW) taught Ibn ‘Abbas. All of what the Prophet(SAW) taught Ibn Abbas in this hadeeth revolves around a principle that the child should recognize: Everything is in the hands of Allah. So they should turn to Him. Nothing is in the hands of people. So they should not seek to please people. This is the core value we should seek to instill in our children.

Sources: Al Jumuah Magazine

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SPORTS

Toronto to host 2016 NBA All-Star Game New Democrats are proposing new tax credits for businesses that hire young Canadians in order to tackle high levels of youth unemployment in Canada.

“The youth unemployment rate is double the national average, and yet Conservatives have failed to act,” said Official Opposition Finance critic, Peggy Nash (Park-

dale – High Park). “We’re proposing a new tax incentive that will benefit both businesses and young Canadians. It will encourage businesses to create new jobs for youth while helping them with the cost of training.”

New Democrats are calling on the government to introduce tax credits to businesses hiring Canadians

aged between 18 and 25. Under the NDP proposal, businesses would be eligible for an amount of up to $1,000 for hiring a young employee and for matching funds for the training of said employee.

The tax credit would be doubled in regions of the country where youth unemployment is most dire.

“Conservative inaction is com-

promising the future of our youth and our long-term economic prosperity,” said the NDP Employment and Social Development critic Jinny Sims (Newton – North Delta). “Conservatives should adopt the NDP’s Youth Hiring Tax Credit policy as soon as possible to help reduce these high levels of youth unemployment in

our country.”

“Young people today are more educated than ever but are not able to get jobs that match their capabilities,” said NDP Youth critic Matthew Dubé (Chambly – Borduas). “The NDP Youth Hiring Tax Credit is a win-win situation for our young workers and the businesses who hire them.”

Another season, another promise of a reset in Vancouver

The Vancouver Canucks promised a “reset” after being swept from the start of the NHL playoffs last spring – a change in thinking led by new head coach John Tortorella, who will oversee an openingnight roster that features the same core of players but one that is younger than last season. The Canucks’ 23-man roster features 13 forwards, eight defencemen and two goaltenders, with the late additions being 23-year-old forward Zac Dalpe, acquired in a trade with the Carolina Hurri-

canes last weekend, and 24-year-old Ryan Stanton, picked up off waivers, officially announced Monday. The bet is on the veterans to produce a different result this season, under the guidance of Tortorella, with the hope the Canucks are more than a one-line team powered by the Sedin twins, Henrik and Daniel. The hope is that the team will receive significant contributions from players who were injured last year, such as Ryan Kesler and David Booth. “Changing the coach and changing the voice is the biggest change you can make,” team president and general manager Mike Gillis said in an interview Monday. “You are trying to get more out the same group, that’s what everybody’s doing.” The roster could likely be in considerable flux. The team probably won’t, for instance, carry eight defenceman all year.

The Canucks enter the season with some salary cap breathing room, which they have not had in recent years, and the fluctuating gap of between $1.2-million (U.S.)

and $1.9-million or so, depending on the roster configuration, gives the team some flexibility to make moves, Gillis said. The likes of 20-year-old defenceman Frank Corrado is one likely an addition later in the year, the GM said. Corrado was sent to the Utica of the AHL to benefit from significant ice time. After the Canucks were swept in the first round in May by the San Jose Sharks, Gillis declared the team needed to get younger and bigger. The team is younger, even without Corrado, or the 18-year-old rookies who received considerable attention in training camp. The declarations of the push for youth, from Gillis and Tortorella, had eyes focused on the team’s 2013 first-round picks, Bo Horvat and Hunter Shinkaruk, but they failed to crack the roster. Horvat was sent back to junior on the weekend, and Shinkaruk got the same news Monday. Still, Vancouver’s average age is a fair chunk lower than it was in January, standing at 28, down from 28.9 at the start of the truncated 2013

season. Subtracting the likes of veteran Manny Malhotra and adding players such as Mike Santorelli, the Canucks now rank around the middle of 30 NHL teams in average age, rather than fourth-oldest, as they previously were. In size, the team remains about the same, and again roughly in the middle of the league. An average height of close to 6-foot-2 is a smidgen higher than last season, and the average weight is 202 pounds, down a couple from 2013.

The newest arrivals show up with a lot to prove. Dalpe has 10 points in 41 NHL games over three seasons and has, to start, a five-game window to advertise his worth while Zack Kassian is out with a suspension. Stanton has 30 days on the main club, having come off waivers, and will have to battle to get on to gameday rosters. “We’re looking at this season very optimistically,” Gillis said of the Canucks in general. “I like where we sit. I like our roster. These guys are hungry.”

Source: Globe and Mail

Pakistan vs South Africa Schedule 2013 October - November 2013 at United Arab Emirates Pakistan and South Africa cricket board have confirmed the tickets for Pakistan vs South AFrica long series which include matches of all format, Starting with the 2 test matches than 5 One Day International matches and last but not the least are two Twenty20 International matches and this series will be played in October – November 2013 this year. It’s a home series for Pakistan but the matches will be played in neutral grounds in UAE and cities are Abu Dhabi, Sharjah and Dubai.

Pakistan earlier visited South Africa and got white washed in the test series while they did decent job in the limited over cricket, drawing the T20 series while narrowly lost the ODI series by 3-2 matches in the 5 game series.

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1st Test: South Africa v Pakistan at Abu Dhabi - Oct 14-18, 2013 Match scheduled to begin at 10:00 local time (06:00 GMT) 2nd Test: South Africa v Pakistan at Dubai (DSC) - Oct 23-27, 2013 Match scheduled to begin at 10:00 local time (06:00 GMT) 1st ODI: South Africa v Pakistan at Sharjah - Oct 30, 2013 Match scheduled to begin at 15:00 local time (11:00 GMT) 2nd ODI: South Africa v Pakistan at Dubai (DSC) - Nov 1, 2013 Match scheduled to begin at 15:00 local time (11:00 GMT) 3rd ODI: South Africa v Pakistan at Abu Dhabi - Nov 6, 2013 Match scheduled to begin at 15:00 local time (11:00 GMT) 4th ODI: South Africa v Pakistan at Abu Dhabi - Nov 8, 2013 Match scheduled to begin at 15:00 local time (11:00 GMT) 5th ODI: South Africa v Pakistan at Sharjah - Nov 11, 2013 Match scheduled to begin at 15:00 local time (11:00 GMT) 1st T20I: South Africa v Pakistan at Dubai (DSC) - Nov 13, 2013 Match scheduled to begin at 20:00 local time (16:00 GMT) 2nd T20I: South Africa v Pakistan at Dubai (DSC) - Nov 15, 2013 Match scheduled to begin at 20:00 local time (16:00 GMT)

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