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Depression

by salman on Feb 23, 2011 Knowledge, science Comments Closed • ,

Depression:

Depression is sadness, pessimism, personal problems, and perhaps feeling sorry for one’s own self. It has anguish, crying, bothering and hopelessness. Activities and social contacts seem so huge of a task because of loss of pleasure in and enthusiasm for their usual activities. Low energy, chronic tiredness, excessive sleeping, and insomnia are common.

There is no dearth of symptoms of depression; the list can keep on growing. Other symptoms can be poor appetite, heavy eating, weight loss or gain, feelings of inadequacy or worthlessness, anxiety, regrets, decreased productivity, poor concentration, or recurrent thoughts of death or suicide. The very own social animal definition of humans beings is at loss in case of depression.

Depression is one of the worst mental illnesses one can take or experience. Depression is something which can run in families. It usually starts between 15 and 30 and women are the most affected people. Depression is one pole of the bipolar disorder. (more…)

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“Gay Travels in the Muslim World”

by Asad on Dec 22, 2009 Islam, Knowledge, North America, World News Comments Closed • , , ,

gay_travels-935The Middle East is famous for hospitality, but will that extend to the tour for the Routledge Press book, Gay Travels in the Muslim World?

The book, edited by Michael Luongo, is the first and only gay themed American book ever to be translated into Arabic. The tour begins at Lebanon’s Beirut Book Fair where Luongo will be signing the book today at the Arab Diffusion. After Lebanon, Luongo will travel through Syria, Jordan, Palestine, and Egypt, among other countries during his six week tour.

“I’ve had conversations for the past two years about presenting this book in the Middle East, but until now, that just hasn’t happened,” said the 41 year old editor, noting he had tried to present the book at the Emirates Airlines Book Fair in the past.

“Ironically, the Arabs who were part of the Fair said yes, but the Europeans, afraid of controversy, said no. Homophobia is complicated, isn’t it?” So far in Lebanon, there has been a positive reaction, and Luongo said even a member of the Saudi government bought a copy of the book and asked about possibly presenting it in Riyadh.

The book has been a consistent gay travel best seller in the United States and was originally published by Haworth Press in 2007, until the company was bought by Routledge/Taylor & Francis in 2008.

In 2009, the Lebanese publishing company Arab Diffusion launched the book in Arabic. This itself was not without controversy as the publisher used the Arabic word “shaz” in its translation for gay, a word meaning “different” but which can also mean “pervert,” and historically used to mean gay. The lost-in-translation problem made headlines across the globe, including in the New York Post’s Page 6 gossip column. Arab Diffusion has agreed to recover the book using the more sensitive word “mithlee” a modern Arabic literal translation of homosexual. (more…)

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A Prayer to Welcome Ramadhan

by Asad on Aug 8, 2009 Fadhaail, Islam, Knowledge Comments Closed • ,

Here is a prayer to welcome the Month of Ramadhan. Each image I searched by using a word from each section of the Prayer. I just selected the first thing I saw…sort of a mosaic of google images. The source is linked for each picture and the search word is the caption not necessarily the title of the photograph. The prayer is long, but worth it. May Allah accept our fasts in the month of Shaban and the month of Ramadhan and may it be a means of us attaining nearness to Him.

Authibillahhimina Shaytanir Rajim…Bismillahir Rahamanir Raheem
Allahumma Salle Ala Muhammed Wa Alle Muhammed

Praise belongs to God who guided us to His praise and placed us among the people of praise, that we might be among the thankful for His beneficence and that He might recompense us for that with the recompense of the good-doers!

Thankful Thankful 

 And praise belongs to God who showed favour to us through His religion, singled us out for His creed, and directed us onto the roads of His beneficence, in order that through His kindness we might travel upon them to His good pleasure, a praise which He will accept from us and through which He will be pleased with us! (more…)

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Ad campaign in Bay Area answers questions about Islam

by Abdullah on Sep 15, 2009 Islam, Knowledge, Muslims, North America, World News Comments Closed • , , ,
Courtesy Islamic Circle of North America -- Billboards such as this one alongside U.S. 101 and Tully Road in San Jose are part of an awareness campaign sponsored nationally by the Islamic Circle of North America, which seeks to dispel misinformation about the Islamic religion

Courtesy Islamic Circle of North America -- Billboards such as this one alongside U.S. 101 and Tully Road in San Jose are part of an awareness campaign sponsored nationally by the Islamic Circle of North America, which seeks to dispel misinformation about the Islamic religion

It’s certainly not unusual to spot billboards in Silicon Valley urging you to step into Fry’s Electronics, shop at the Great Mall or buy a new Halloween costume.

But for the first time, billboards asking “Why Islam?” have sprouted up in San Jose, Santa Clara and Concord, along with a blitz of posters on buses and bus stops — a campaign to educate people about the religion and fight negative stereotypes. The ads offer free Korans and a toll-free number people can call to seek answers about the oft-misunderstood religion.

“The best-case scenario of this campaign would be to show the public that Muslims are hardworking, peace-loving family contributors,” said Ahmed Khaleel, 30, of Santa Clara, the outreach coordinator for the Bay Area Chapter of the Islamic Circle of North America, which is sponsoring the “Why Islam” project. “Since Sept. 11, Islam has stood at the focus of negativism. Islam is not synonymous with terrorism.”

The billboard campaign began in New York almost a year before the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001. Ironically, one of the campaign founders, Tariq Amanullah, died in the World Trade Center that day.

But as the nation mourns the eighth anniversary of the attacks today, the dual events of the tragedy and Ramadan make the timing of the billboard campaign especially poignant. Ramadan, a month of sunrise-to-sundown fasting, ends Sept. 19.

The message of the campaign is simply to show that Islam is quitesimilar to other religions. (more…)

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Age appropriate for cupping

by admin on Jul 19, 2009 Cupping, Islam, Knowledge Comments Closed • , ,

For Men

It is incumbent on every male person at the age of twenty-second and all the female menopause and beyond, starting from today (17) of the lunar month which falls in the spring of each year until (27) of the lunar month.

Stage of childhood and adulthood requires large quantities of iron that the body in the process of growth and cell divisions being enormous, and these quantities are not fully secured food for the developing body, but is to fill the gap through the digestion of aging and damaged cells in the liver, spleen and Belamyat general problem of the body iron reserve stock issue to the need of the body, Valjsm marrow bones and the general benefit of these cells after the addition of the appropriate transfer of remittances to build a series of red Kryate operations.

After twenty years, the large consumption depends porphyria damaged to stop growth and become a significant surplus (must get rid of it).
Cell divisions that occur in the enormous period of growth in children

For Women

Women’s natural bank through which you can get rid of blood unemployed, Fbmahid remaining blood at the top of its activity. When women reach menopause (Aldahi) depends Mahid become subject to the same conditions as men, which reached the age of twenty-interference in a new physiological changes lead to psychological and physical pave the way for the emergence of many diseases such as high pressure and lack of Tarwiyah, diabetes and others, become here cupping is irreplaceable never to return to the women psychological and physical stability, the process for conducting Trft simple cupping on the body and exhibit a hotbed of disease.

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Al Arabiya to telecast ’Inside Islam’

by Abdullah on Sep 18, 2009 Better life values, Family, Freedom of Speech, Islam, Knowledge, Muslims, World News Comments Closed • , , ,
Al Arabiya satellite channel

Al Arabiya satellite channel

Al Arabiya satellite channel will broadcast tonight at 10:00 p.m. a new documentary film titled “Inside Islam” in cooperation with the Coexist Foundation established by Mohammed Jameel, president of Abdul Latif Jameel Company. The film is one of the latest productions based on Gallup’s research and studies, which are conducted under the title “What a Billion Muslims Really Think.”

The Coexist Foundation (www.coexistfoundation.net) has developed a not-for-profit relationship with The Gallup Organization, in which the Coexist Foundation has agreed to support Gallup in order to transform world thinking based on a set of facts — the collective views of the world’s Muslims and Western populations.

“Inside Islam” is the latest documentary produced based on such studies and research work. A private reception prior to the world premiere of “Inside Islam” was conducted for approximately 180 officials from the US Department of State, including top officials such as the assistant deputy of the secretary of state and officials responsible for the Middle East in the department.

Speakers included Farah Bandith, the special envoy of the Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, to Muslim communities, Dalia Mogahed, senior analyst and executive director, the Gallup Center for Muslim Studies, and Alex Kronemer, co-founder and executive producer of the Unity Productions Foundations (UPF), the organization that supervised the film production. (more…)

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An overview of the circulatory system

by admin on Jul 20, 2009 Cupping, Islam, Knowledge Comments Closed • , ,

Some might wonder what is the secret that lies in the cupping of this simple surgical operation to address chronic diseases have bedeviled masters of modern medicine, but in the eyes of a simple mechanism to the movement of the blood, we can see the benefit of cupping, are fully aware of their usefulness.
Blood circulation system consists of a pump (the heart), arteries and veins and blood components

The blood of a world wide and his staff functions and objectives of that course of life and the lifeline of communication, he believes with all members and provide them with fuel and take the waste and provide them with immunity and defense.
This device is very complex thread of great importance at times of weakness and inactivity, and sometimes other diseases striking them.From its white blood cells, which represent the body of the defense against a aggression.

Numbering (4-7) Corpuscle million cubic meters in the meal.

It is also the components of blood: red cells, which has a population of about (5) Corpuscle million cubic meters in the meal, which is the transfer of oxygen necessary for the production of energy to all cells and tissues and which take carbon dioxide.

(more…)

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Article On Motivation

by Saqib Afridi on Jan 9, 2011 Knowledge Comments Closed • ,

Article On Motivation

Generally we blame motivation or a lack of willpower for failing to keep our Resolutions. But this is too simplistic a view. If you want to create an endless source of motivation you have to understand what motivation is and how it works. Everything in life has many, many layers and levels to it. And motivation is no different.

No one has ever lacked motivation. Probably the most common area where people talk  about motivation is losing weight and exercising.

Now why is someone overweight? Because they have too much motivation for the foods that make them put on weight.

Why don’t people exercise? Because they are more motivated to do anything rather than exercise.

The problem is not motivation. You are always motivated, but you are motivated for the things that you feel will bring the greatest rewards or the least pain.

Your motivation depends to a great extent on your personality. Introverts are more interested in avoiding pain, whereas Extroverts are more concerned with possible rewards. Some people have a longer-term view of life, others care more about now.

So an Introvert with a longer-term perspective is far more likely to choose the fat-free option because he or she wants to avoid the pain of being overweight.

Whereas a more impulsive Extrovert will probably go for the chocolate cake because the reward now is far more exciting than the possible pain in the future.

Everything we do is based on an economic mindset. By economic I don’t mean financial, but we do attribute everything with a value. And we continually look to maximize our pleasure and reduce our pain.

So if your Resolutions aren’t working out. Look for what you are valuing more. The pay-off may not be obvious or even now, but on some layer or level there must be a pay-off.

This brings us to another aspect of motivation. Different Resolutions work on different levels and as a result access different sources of motivation. The source of motivation you are using will determine how long you stay motivated for.

What does this mean?

Well, there are five levels of Resolution that I can think of. And each one has a slightly longer life span than the last. I think of them like this:

The five levels are;

The Resolution you make because it’s expected of you.

This type of Resolution has no real emotional pay-off to you. It’s just something you are doing because doing something else may cause you the pain of disapproval or the risk of standing out and appearing abnormal.

Doing what’s expected is easy. It saves anyone nagging you and the effort of thinking for yourself.

But once you are out of that situation its hard to maintain, because it loses it’s reward and you have to suffer the pain of carrying it out.

The Resolution you make because you feel bad at the moment.

This type of Resolution is made as a knee jerk reaction in the moment to get rid of a pain. So it has an emotional pay-off, but as soon as the pain has gone there is no reason to continue.

For example, if you really analyze why people exercise – I used to own a Health Club, so I did – you’ll find that they tend to do it because they’re fed up being overweight or unfit or whatever. But this isn’t a sudden decision. Most have been considering exercising for months or even years. What really gets them to start is a more intense emotional pain.

Either a Doctor scares them into exercising or more often it’s a time when they feel insecure. Perhaps they have just got divorced… or their relationship is hitting a rocky patch and they are thinking of either competing for their Partner or being back on the dating market. Whatever the specifics they feel so bad when they worry that they have to do something to ease the pain. ‘Yes, they say I’m determined to stay on the program this time. I know its not a quick fix’. And they mean it when they say it.

Two or three months later though, the situation that was causing the pain has resolved itself one way or another. So the incentive for exercising has gone. Yet still the grind of going through the boring routine is still there. Sooner or later the pain of exercising outweighs the pain relief it used to bring. And then the Resolution ends.

The Resolution you make because you want something.

Sometimes this level comes from wanting something to get rid of a pain. And sometimes it just a natural ambition to grow. It lasts until you outgrow the desire or something better comes along.

Often people will go through the other levels of Resolution. And with each stage of evolution they find that life in general starts to feel better after overcoming a problem.

Then somewhere something just clicks and they realize that they feel better because each problem caused them to grow, in order to resolve it. The idea pops into their head that if they were to just grow for the sake of it… life might get more and more enjoyable.

Because this resolution is based on a far more permanent feeling it lasts for far longer than the previous motivations, which were just passing wants. However what you want and do to feel good will change as you grow.

One time you may want X, but three months or three years (depending on how quickly you are evolving) later you change your mind about what will make you feel good. Then your Resolution will change possibly before your motivation goes.

The Resolution you make because it’s you.

There are some things that you just feel so strongly about that you absolutely must do them or you would never do them. This is because they just aren’t you. So the motivation for this type of resolution will last for as long as your identity remains constant.

You can have different Resolutions in different areas of your life at different levels. Each level of resolution represents the overcoming of a problem or an urge to grow.

Overcoming these problems or achieving these desires causes us to grow and evolve. Once we grow there is no going back. Try not being able to ride a bike or do up your shoelaces. So problems and desires are the carrot and the stick forcing us to evolve.

Eventually we can reach a stage where we realize that… all along it was us that created the problems. And if we just accept ourselves as we are… we can enjoy all of life – and life will enjoy us.

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Between revivalism and hybridism

by Abdurrahman on Sep 18, 2009 Knowledge, North America, World News Comments Closed • , ,
revivalism and hybridism

revivalism and hybridism

This is an answer to Hilman Latief’s “Cosmopolitan Muslims: urban vs rural phenomenon” (The Jakarta Post, Aug. 8, 2009), a response to my previous opinion on “Thick Islam and deep Islam” (the Post, July 16).

Since back in the colonial period, rural areas have been central to the life of Muslims in Indonesia. Most pesantren, the center of Islamic learning and religious authority, are located in rural areas. Most santri, live in rural area. Nahdlatul Ulama (NU), the largest Muslim organization in the country, is also based mainly in the rural areas.

While staying away from colonial government and then from Soeharto’s unfriendly politics towards Islam during his first two decades of power, Islam had more freedom to deeply and massively influence people’s life in the rural areas.

Consequently although politically and economically poor, Muslim life in the rural areas is rich with Islamic culture.

Through a long and sometimes uneasy process of give and take, in the rural areas Islamic values have been subtly intertwined with local traditions, norms and customs. As an expression of identity, as reflected in kenduri (ritual feasts) sarongs or qasidah songs, Islam looks more relaxed and comfortable both with itself and with others.

This is what I call “deep Islam”, an Islam that is deeply internalized and maturely externalized by its people, the santri.

Deep Islam is a rural phenomenon in the sense that it has fruitfully developed and has stronger influence in rural areas. Its home is there. Certainly this doesn’t necessarily mean that every rural Muslim is part of deep Islam or that deep Islam is found only in rural area. (more…)

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Camel farm gains credibility

by sufisahab on Oct 3, 2009 Better life values, Careers, Health & Fitness, Knowledge, United Kingdom, World News Comments Closed • , , , ,

Dr Marcel Smits

Dr Marcel Smits

The Bedouin of the Egyptian Sinai Peninsula have long been convinced that the milk of camels can cure almost any internal disease, driving bacteria from the body.

 

The Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations reports that doctors in parts of Russia and Kazakhstan often prescribe it to convalescing patients.

In India, camel milk is used therapeutically against jaundice, tuberculosis, asthma, anaemia and piles.

And there is some evidence of a much-reduced incidence of diabetes in parts of the country where it is regularly drunk.

European health food?

In the Netherlands, proving the veracity of such claims to a sceptical European audience has become a family concern.

When 26-year-old Frank Smits became Europe’s first commercial camel farmer, his father, Marcel, a neurologist at Gelderse Vallei Hospital in Ede, decided to help the cause by recruiting his medical colleagues to look into some of the alleged health benefits of his son’s product.

Three years down the line, Dr Smits has attracted enough interest and credibility for his research to win funding from the local health authority and nearby Wageningen University.

“I think this milk does have some potential to become a new health food in Europe, but I prefer health food when it’s proven scientifically,” he said. “And that’s what we are trying to do.

“For example, we did a study with diabetic patients, involving giving them half a litre of either cow or camel milk here in the hospital, starting early in the morning and monitoring their blood sugar level every 30 minutes for three hours.”

The patients were not told whether they had drunk milk from a cow or a camel, said Dr Smits, adding that the the full results from the tests would be available at the beginning of next year.

“In the meantime, we are starting a bigger study, lasting three months, with up to 200 diabetic patients and we would not be commissioning such a study if the results of the first research had not been encouraging,” said Dr Smits.

“We have also found evidence that diabetics feel better when they are regularly drinking camel milk, that their quality of life seems to improve.

“I don’t know if this is only the influence on the diabetes or if it is also other aspects of camel milk which improve well-being. And that is also one of the things we are looking into.” (more…)

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