by Sharique on January 23, 2007
Wordpress these days seems to be updating its blogging software like I edit my articles! Every 7 day you have a new release. One of the most important features for me is
You can set any “page� to be the front page of your site, and put the latest posts somewhere else, making it much easier to use WordPress as a content management system.
I am trying to use WP for a newspaper site and this type of content manager change is a gift. Other interesting features include
Links in your blogroll now support sub-categories and you can add categories on the fly.
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by Sharique on January 22, 2007
Natural terrain in Canada looks like a woman’s face in profile.
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by Sharique on January 21, 2007
Part 1 here
She then goes on to Hadeeth, collection of sayings of Prophet Muhammed (Pease be upon him)
Even the Hadis –a collection of the words of Prophet Mohammed, his opinion on various subjects and also about his work, written by those close to him– talks extensively of the purdah for women. Women must cover their whole body before going out, they should not go before unknown men, they should not go to the mosque to read the namaaz, they should not go for any funeral.
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by Sharique on January 19, 2007
This is the first verse she quotes-
“Tell the faithful women that they must keep their gaze focused below/on the ground and cover their sexual organs. They must not put their beauty and their jewellery on display. They must hide their breasts behind a purdah. They must not exhibit their beauty to anybody except their husbands, brothers, nephews, womenfolk, servants, eunuch employees and children. They must not move their legs briskly while walking because then much of their bodies can get exposed.” (Sura Al Noor 24:31)
The bold are Ms. Nasreen’s addition and distortion. Here is the actual verse
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by Sharique on January 19, 2007
A woman being blown away because of storm that hit Europe this week. [Reuters]
A violent storm lashing northern Europe has hit the Netherlands and Germany after passing over Britain and France.
At least 28 people have been killed, as the high winds have sent debris flying and brought down trees and power lines.
Ten people were killed in Britain as rain and gusts of wind up to 99mph (159km/h) swept much of the country.
In Germany, hurricane-force winds claimed at least seven lives. Other deaths were reported in France, Poland, the Czech Republic and the Netherlands.
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