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Documentary: 101 East – We built this city (Video)
After Singapore’s first riot in decades, locals ask hard questions about the migrant worker abuse.
On the night of December 8, 2013, paramedics rushed to the scene of a fatal traffic accident in Singapore’s Little India neighbourhood, where tens of thousands of South Asian workers socialise on their day off.
Little did anyone expect the situation to escalate into a bloody riot, Singapore’s first in more than 40 years.
Foreign workers power Singapore’s booming economy, forming a fifth of Singapore’s 5.3 million population, mostly in low-paying jobs that locals avoid.
The accident had occurred after construction worker Sakthivel Kumaravelu, a 33-year-old labourer from India, was stopped from boarding a bus ferrying migrant workers back to their dormitories. The bus ran over and killed him as he chased after it and fell.
My name is Zayd Mikhail and this is how I accepted Islam
Source: http://hadithoftheday.com/zayd/
My name is Zayd Mikhail and this is the story of how Allah SWT helped me find Islam.
I am from New York, United States and I accepted Islam in 2010 when I was 25 years old. I was born into a Catholic family. I don’t remember how practicing my dad was because my parents divorced at a young age, but my mum has always been dedicated to her religion. She never forced it on me, or any of my brothers, but it was important to her that we attend church once a week with her as part of spending time together.
As a young adult my mum actually almost became a nun for the Catholic Church, but met my dad just before she entered into a nunnery. After church on Sundays, I went to “Sunday School” like many Catholic children do, but I was inquisitive and had dozens of questions after every sermon. I asked things like “If Jesus is God how can he be the son of God?” And “If Jesus died for our sins then we can sin as much as we want and go to heaven?” No one ever gave me any real solid answers for these types of questions.
History: How North Korea got this way (Video)
Vox’s Max Fisher explains the historical events that produced the bizarre, tragic North Korea we know today.
14 Things You Can Do For Muslim Unity This Eid
By: Abdul Malik Mujahid
Source: http://www.missionislam.com/
How can we build Muslim unity in one day? Of course, none of us can perform such an awesome task in 24 hours, but we can take small, meaningful steps to work towards that goal, especially on Eid day.
Eid is a day of joy and happiness. It’s a time when Muslims of all colors, schools of thought and other variations come together to worship Allah collectively. We all commemorate the sacrifice of Prophet Ibrahim, Hajira and Ismail (peace be upon them). It’s a great opportunity to take advantage of everyone’s high spirits to do some unity building.
Here are some suggestions of small things we can do to build Muslim unity this Eid.
144-Year-Old Wisteria In Japan
Source: http://www.boredpanda.com/largest-wisteria-bloom-japan/
Image credits: y-fu
This plant, located in Ashikaga Flower Park in Japan, is certainly not the largest in the world, but it still comes in at an impressive 1,990 square meters (or half an acre) and dates back to around 1870 (the largest, at about 4,000 square meters, is the wisteria vine in Sierra Madre, California). Although wisterias can look like trees, they’re actually vines. Because its vines have the potential to get very heavy, this plant’s entire structure is held up on steel supports, allowing visitors to walk below its canopy and bask in the pink and purple light cast by its beautiful hanging blossoms.
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Mufti Menk – What Do I Gain With All This Pain? (Video)
Mufti Ismail Ibn Musa Menk of Zimbabwe. The University of Bradford Islamic Society Presents: What Do I Gain With All This Pain?
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This is a Fennec Fox (IMAGE)
Its furry feet work like snowshoes to protect it from extremely hot sand.
PASS THE KNOWLEDGE (LIGHT & LIFE) 