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Thailand halal conference expected to attract thousands
Source: eturbonews.com
First Thailand Halal Assembly to help boost trade, travel with Islamic World poster-halal-assembly-re02Bangkok – An estimated 5,000 delegates are expected to meet in Bangkok between 28 – 30 December for the first “Thailand Halal Assembly 2014″ to be held at the Bangkok Convention Centre, Centara Grand Hotel at CentralWorld.
Organised jointly by the Halal Science Centre of Chulalongkorn University, the Central Islamic Council of Thailand and Halal Standard Institute of Thailand, the event is designed to help upgrade the standards of halal products and services being made in Thailand to cater to the rapidly growing Islamic market, both within Asia and worldwide. Prime Minister Gen Prayut Chan-Ocha will deliver the opening speech.
Rosalind Peterson addresses the UN on Chemtrails And Geoengineering (Video)
Rosalind Peterson addresses the United Nations on September 3-5, 2007 in New York at the 60TH Annual DPI/NGO Conference on Climate Change, and Confirms that Chemtrails, Geoengineering, SRM are very real. If you are still in doubt that those lines in the sky are contrails or that the milky haze which lingers all day is nothing to worry about, then you need to open your eyes and WAKE UP!
Omar Regan: Stand Up Comedy @ YM Youth Conference (Video)
Omar Regan’s Stand up Comedy at the YM Youth Conference in Baltimore, Maryland.
Donors pledge $5.4bn for Gaza reconstruction
Aid pledged at Cairo meet to rebuild enclave devastated by Israeli assault surpasses what Palestinians had asked for
Source: aljazeera.com
Global donors have pledged a sum of $5.4bn in aid to reconstruct the Gaza Strip amid warnings that the battered Palestinian enclave remained a “tinderbox” following its summer war with Israel.
“The participants pledged approximately $5.4bn,” Norwegian foreign minister, Boerge Brende, said during the closing statement at the Cairo conference which Norway co-hosted.
Imam Siraj Wahhaj: “Things Ain’t Good in the ‘Hood” (Video)
United For Change 3rd Annual Conference: “United We Stand: One Nation, One Destiny”. In his bestselling book, Ill Fares the Land, Tony Judt passionately argues that individualism, egoism, greed and the politics they gave birth to are undermining the very basis of community, equality and social justice. In the ensuing social carnage no one suffers more than the poor and disenfranchised members of our society. What are the political foundations of community, equality and social justice? Can America be a great nation if it tramples on its poor and downtrodden? How can more affluent Muslims display more compassion for the less fortunate members of our society both Muslims and others? These are some of the questions Imam Siraj Wahhaj answers in this lecture.
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Maldives to boycott Israeli products
Source: http://www.sun.mv/english/23670
Government has said today that three agreements between Maldives and the State of Israel have been dissolved and that discussions are ongoing to prohibit the import of Israeli products to Maldives.
Speaking at a press conference today, Minister at the President’s Office Mohamed Hussain Shareef said that Israeli goods consists of a small percentage of imports to the Maldives and that Maldives will reject investors from Israel in the future.
Minister of Foreign Affairs Dunya Maumoon said at the press conference today that three agreements signed with the Israeli government during former president Mohamed Nasheed’s Maldivian Democratic Party (MDP) administration have now been dissolved.
She also noted the international condemnation of recent Israeli aggression in Gaza and the increase in calls for a boycott of Israeli products by a number of other countries.
Night of Power- A Fight Against Hunger
Come together and join thousands from across the globe on this blessed night of knowledge and worship to help feed those most in need. We currently feed the hungry in India, Pakistan, Malaysia, Indonesia, Sudan, as well as the Rohingya and Syrian Refugees. To date we have provided over 1, 000, 000 meals.
The Night of Power Conference is powered by Charity Right with the objective of raising funds to eradicate food poverty through the Save 5 Million Lives Campaign. The movement aims to provide basic nutritional meals to those suffering from chronic hunger in the most poverty-stricken regions.
This first-ever global online video conference organised by Mercy Mission is to be held on the 27th Night of Ramadan (2014) starting on the 24th of July 6AM GMT.
The event shall be streamed LIVE, featuring over 20 world-renowned Islamic figures, for 36 consecutive hours. The theme of the Conference, ‘Spiritual Journey with the Qur’an’ aims to revive the Ummah through knowledge and action.
Tune in and benefit from some of the biggest names in Islamic da’wah. Increase in worship through the gaining of knowledge and giving in charity and make the most of your Ramadan. Every dollar donated to this cause saves ONE life.
Make a difference. Register and SAVE LIVES.
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Lesley Hazleton: A “tourist” reads the Koran (VIDEO)
http://www.ted.com Lesley Hazleton sat down one day to read the Koran. And what she found — as a non-Muslim, a self-identified “tourist” in the Islamic holy book — wasn’t what she expected. With serious scholarship and warm humor, Hazleton shares the grace, flexibility and mystery she found, in this myth-debunking talk from TEDxRainier.
TEDTalks is a daily video podcast of the best talks and performances from the TED Conference, where the world’s leading thinkers and doers give the talk of their lives in 18 minutes. Featured speakers have included Al Gore on climate change, Philippe Starck on design, Jill Bolte Taylor on observing her own stroke, Nicholas Negroponte on One Laptop per Child, Jane Goodall on chimpanzees, Bill Gates on malaria and mosquitoes, Pattie Maes on the “Sixth Sense” wearable tech, and “Lost” producer JJ Abrams on the allure of mystery. TED stands for Technology, Entertainment, Design, and TEDTalks cover these topics as well as science, business, development and the arts. Closed captions and translated subtitles in a variety of languages are now available on TED.com, athttp://www.ted.com/translate
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