World Vision – The Zambia Project (Video)

World Vision- The Zambia Project from Janssen Powers on Vimeo.

 World Vision is an amazing organization doing great things in Zambia and all over the world. To learn more about their effort to bring Zambia clean water, visit worldvisionwater.org.

Australian Muslim women fear for their safety

By:  Zeinab Zein

Source: theguardian.com

There has been a recent hash out of an old debate about whether Australia should ban Muslim women from observing Islamic practices of face veiling. The burqa, a head-to-toe whole body covering, has elicited calls for an outright ban in public places.

Why tech CEOs limit their children’s technology use

By: Nick Bilton

Source: nytimes.com/

When Steve Jobs was running Apple, he was known to call journalists to either pat them on the back for a recent article or, more often than not, explain how they got it wrong. I was on the receiving end of a few of those calls. But nothing shocked me more than something Mr. Jobs said to me in late 2010 after he had finished chewing me out for something I had written about an iPad shortcoming.

Support their resistance – Palestine (Video)

Palestinian children look out from their family’s house, which was badly damaged (IMAGE)

Imam Zaid Shakir: Humanity Knows No Bounds (Video)

 Imam Zaid speaks about the boundless capacity humanity has for evil and for good and whilst some people may have lost their way in this world it is our imperative to help others find their way again.

Sincerely pray & contribute financially and politically to ease their pain. #FreePalestine

Don’t let the overload of bloody images desensitize you. Try to empathize with the people and sincerely pray & contribute financially/politically to ease their pain. #FreePalestine

Carnivorous Plants Lure Insects Into Their Deadly Clutches (VIDEO)

 These carnivorous plants make light work of any insects that stray into their deadly clutches. This set showcases an array of bug-eating plants, from the Venus flytrap – beloved of children the world over – to the Cape sundew, which lures insect life in with drops of sweet-smelling fluid on the highly-adhesive tentacles that line its leaves. Surrounding tentacles then move to further ensnare the insect, before glands on the leaf start to release digestive enzymes – liquefying the insect’s internal organs and allowing them to be digested by the plant.

Muslim organizations shocked at HSBC’s abruptly closing their accounts

By: Mohammed Al-Shafey

Source: http://www.aawsat.net/

Following HSBC’s controversial decision to unilaterally close bank accounts belonging to a number Muslim organizations based in the UK, the Muslim organizations have hit back, branding the move “shocking” and “Islamaphobic.”

Last week, HSBC bank sent out a number of near-identical letters to Muslim organizations in the UK giving them two months to close their bank accounts, saying their services fell outside of the bank’s “risk appetite.” The Ummah Welfare Trust, Cordoba Foundation think tank and Finsbury Park Mosque were among the Muslim organizations to receive the letter.