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MORNING BIRDS
Related to country: Bangladesh About this category: Environment
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Some birds sing in the morning.The favour of this song rejuvenates life.My morning birds are doel,bulbul,sparrows and crows.I become very happy to listen to the rhythmic song of doel.They come very close to my windows and sing for long times.The other birds are also very helpful to remind me of the morning activities.They help us plan for the days works.
Some friendly crows sit in pairs and share their views for long hours.We may be a little careful to save the habitat and trees for the living and safety of the birds,the wonderful gifts of nature.
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CRAVE FOR HIGHER EDUCATION
Related to country: Bangladesh About this category: Education
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I have visited five colleges with my son.He has recently passed the secondary school examination and intends to get admitted in a college of his choice.Everywhere I went,I found large number of students trying to secure admission forms and
depositing the same at the college counters.The numbers of students are very large at all the locations.Students were waiting in very long ques for hours with great patience.Nobody knew what was his fate.But they were very determine to get higher education.I hope the crave for their higher education will be fulfilled.
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BLOG CULTURE
About this category: Culture
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Blogging has become a way of life nowadays.It is a passion for many peoples.Many creative thought emerges as blogs and published in internet.Some people take pleasure by writing blogs while other groups of people gather enjoyment by reading them.In the mean time some blog writers have become famous for writing blogs.You may be curious on how the word "blog" was coined.Infact,the word was made from the words WEB and LOG where B has been taken from the former and LOG from the latter words.See how a brand new word,'BLOG' was created to conquer the world.It is a matter of great interest to note how the blogging will influence the world of tomorrow.
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FRAUDULENT MAILS
About this category: Education
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The females members are frequently annoyed by large number of fraudulent mails.The language and gestures of those mails are
very objectionable.If the computer experts can introduce any system to track the loafers and stop their undesirable activities.I request the tig management to think over this important issue.
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SOCIAL NETWORK
About this category: Culture
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TakingITGlobal is a worldwide social network.It has many virtues to be respected.But there are many social networks which promote nasty and unacceptable messages.Let us find them and inform the innocent peoples to remain alert about their ill-motifs.
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WELCOME RAIN
About this category: Environment
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The rain came as a blessing today.Hot spell was great suffering for all peoples.The workers were helpless during
the hot sunny days.Even it was very hot during the night times.This afternoon a shower came all on a sudden.The nature got cool and soothing.Little kids ran into the shower ignoring the frowns and shouts of the elders.The birds started to sing in jolly mood.The crows were dancing in the rain and calling their friends to join.The peoples of all age
enjoyed the coolness of the mother nature.It was a welcome rain indeed.
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Why is polygamy allowed in Islam?
About this category: Education
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POLYGAMY
Question: Why is a man allowed to have more than one wife in Islam? i.e. why is polygamy allowed in Islam?
Answer:
1. Definition of Polygamy
Polygamy means a system of marriage whereby one person has more than one spouse. Polygamy can be of two types. One is polygamy where a man marries more than one woman, and the other is polyandry, where a woman marries more than one man. In Islam, limited polygamy is permitted; whereas polyandry is completely prohibited.
Now coming to the original question, why is a man allowed to have more than one wife?
2. The Qur’an is the only religious scripture in the world that says, “marry only one”.
The Qur’an is the only religious book, on the face of this earth, that contains the phrase ‘marry only one’. There is no other religious book that instructs men to have only one wife. In none of the other religious scriptures, whether it be the
Vedas, the Ramayan, the Mahabharat, the Geeta, the Talmud or the Bible does one find a restriction on the number of wives. According to these scriptures one can marry as many as one wish. It was only later, that the Hindu priests and the Christian Church restricted the number of wives to one.
Many Hindu religious personalities, according to their scriptures, had multiple wives. King Dashrat, the father of Rama, had more than one wife. Krishna had several wives.
In earlier times, Christian men were permitted as many wives as they wished, since the Bible puts no restriction on the number of wives. It was only a few centuries ago that the Church restricted the number of wives to one.
Polygamy is permitted in Judaism. According to Talmudic law, Abraham had three wives, and Solomon had hundreds of wives. The practice of polygamy continued till Rabbi Gershom ben Yehudah (960 C.E to 1030 C.E) issued an edict against it. The Jewish Sephardic communities living in Muslim countries continued the practice till as late as 1950, until an Act of the Chief Rabbinate of
Israel extended the ban on marrying more than one wife.
(*Interesting Note: - As per the 1975 census of India Hindus are more polygynous than Muslims. The report of the ‘Committee of The Status of
Woman in Islam’, published in 1975 mentions on page numbers 66 and 67 that the percentage of polygamous marriages between the years 1951 and 1961 was 5.06% among the Hindus and only 4.31% among the Muslims. According to Indian law only Muslim men are permitted to have more than one wife. It is illegal for any non-Muslim in India to have more than one wife. Despite it being illegal, Hindus have more multiple wives as compared to Muslims. Earlier, there was no restriction even on Hindu men with respect to the number of wives allowed. It was only in 1954, when the Hindu Marriage Act was passed that it became illegal for a Hindu to have more than one wife. At present it is the Indian Law that restricts a Hindu man from having more than one wife and not the Hindu scriptures.)
Let us now analyze why Islam allows a man to have more than one wife.
3. Qur’an permits limited polygamy
As I mentioned earlier, Qur’an is the only religious book on the face of the earth that says ‘marry only one’. The context of this phrase is the following verse from Surah Nisa of the Glorious Qur’an:
“Marry women of your choice, two, or three, or four; but if ye fear that
ye shall not be able to deal justly (with them), then only one.”
[Al-Qur’an 4:3]
Before the Qur’an was revealed, there was no upper limit for polygamy and many men had scores of wives, some even hundreds. Islam put an upper limit of four wives. Islam gives a man permission to marry two, three or four women, only on the condition that he deals justly with them.
In the same chapter i.e. Surah Nisa verse 129 says:
“Ye are never able to be fair and just as between women....”
[Al-Qur’an 4:129]
Therefore polygamy is not a rule but an exception. Many people are under the misconception that it is compulsory for a Muslim man to have more than one wife.
Broadly, Islam has five categories of Do’s and Don’ts:
(i) ‘Fard’ i.e. compulsory or obligatory
(ii) ‘Mustahab’ i.e. recommended or encouraged
(iii) ‘Mubah’ i.e. permissible or allowed
(iv) ‘Makruh’ i.e. not recommended or discouraged
(v) ‘Haraam’ i.e. prohibited or forbidden
Polygamy falls in the middle category of things that are permissible. It cannot be said that a Muslim who has two, three or four wives is a better Muslim as compared to a Muslim who has only one wife.
4. Average life span of females is more than that of males
By nature males and females are born in approximately the same ratio. A female child has more immunity than a male child. A female child can fight the germs and diseases better than the male child. For this reason, during the pediatric age itself there are more deaths among males as compared to the females.
During wars, there are more men killed as compared to women. More men die due to accidents and diseases than women. The average life span of females is more than that of males, and at any given time one finds more widows in the world than widowers.
5. India has more male population than female due to female feticide and infanticide
India is one of the few countries, along with the other neighbouring countries, in which the female population is less than the male population. The reason lies in the high rate of female infanticide in India, and the fact that more than one million female fetuses are aborted every year in this country, after they are identified as females. If this evil practice is stopped, then India too will have more females as compared to males.
6. World female population is more than male population
In the USA, women outnumber men by 7.8 million. New York alone has one million more females as compared to the number of males, and of the male population of New York one-third are gays i.e. sodomites. The U.S.A as a whole has more than twenty-five million gays. This means that these people do not wish to marry women. Great Britain has four million more females as compared to males. Germany has five million more females as compared to males. Russia has nine million more females than males. God alone knows how many million more females there are in the whole world as compared to males.
7. Restricting each and every man to have only one wife is not practical
Even if every man got married to one woman, there would still be more than thirty million females in U.S.A who would not be able to get husbands (Considering that America has twenty five million gays). There would be more than four million females in Great Britain, 5 million females in Germany and nine million females in Russia alone who would not be able to find a husband.
Suppose my sister happens to be one of the unmarried women living in USA, or suppose your sister happens to be one of the unmarried women in USA. The only two options remaining for her are that she either marries a man who already has a wife or becomes 'public property'. There is no other option. All those who are modest will opt for the first.
Most women would not like to share their husband with other women. But in
Islam when the situation deems it really necessary Muslim women in due faith could bear a small personal loss to prevent a greater loss of letting other Muslim sisters becoming 'public properties'.
8. Marring a married man preferable to becoming 'public property'
In Western society, it is common for a man to have mistresses and/or multiple
Extra-marital affairs, in which case, the woman leads a disgraceful, unprotected life. The same society, however, cannot accept a man having more than one wife, in which women retain their honourable, dignified position in society and lead a protected life.
Thus the only two options before a woman who cannot find a husband is to marry a married man or to become 'public property'. Islam prefers giving women the honourable position by permitting the first option and disallowing the second.
There are several other reasons, why Islam has permitted limited polygamy, but it is mainly to protect the modesty of women.
Regards:
Danish Khan
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VITAMIN A + CAMPAIGN
About this category: Health
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UNICEF sponsored VITAMIN A + CAMPAIGN is going to be launched soon.It will be held on the 6th June,2009 in Bangladesh.All the children of 0-5 years age will receive one high potential vitamin A capsule and all children of 1-6 years age will receive one deworming tablet on that day.The vitamin A capsule prevents night blindness,measles and diarrhea.Deworming tablet stops drainage of nutrients from the child body and thus enhances the capacity of the child to retain the constituents of food.Every year many children all victim of the above mentioned diseases.Hence,proper implementation of this campaign is very essential for the betterment of the humanity.All people of political and religious allegiance should come forward to implement this program keeping aside their differences.Following news item from Nepal may be an eye opener for all concerned.
KATHMANDU, Nepal, 7 November 2007 – In a unique show of support for children’s rights, Nepalese political parties that have been locked in bitter infighting put aside their differences for two days last week to support the national distribution of vitamin A capsules and de-worming tablets.
Some 3.7 million children – ranging in age from six months to five years – received vitamin A supplements as part of the nationwide campaign to protect children’s health by boosting their immune systems.
Across the country, parents brought their children to health clinics, distribution centres and sanctioned private homes to receive the important health interventions.
“We’re here to ensure that our younger brother Dorje receives this vitamin so that he can stay healthy and free from diseases,” said Nima, 12, who had come with his two younger brothers, Pasang and Dorje, on their way to school.
“Every mother in the village believes that the vitamin A supplement will make their babies healthier and have already turned up,” said Female Community Health Volunteer Nirmala Khadka, who had made her house available as a distribution centre in Alapot village, on the outskirts of Kathmandu.
“All of this has been made possible by the support from all our partners and the hardworking Female Community Health Volunteers, who take it upon themselves to ensure that all children receive these life saving supplements,” said UNICEF Representative in Nepal Gillian Mellsop.
Escalating tensions
Nepal has been in the throes of escalating turmoil since early this year. The Constituent Assembly elections, which were scheduled for 22 November, have been indefinitely postponed because of serious differences between the major political parties.
Concerned that this would impact the campaign, UNICEF issued a press release urging all parties to support and facilitate the health campaign. A coalition of 13 Madhesi political parties issued a joint press statement expressing support for significant public health intervention for children.
“UNICEF is most appreciative of this support, as vitamin A capsules are responsible for preventing the deaths of more than 12,000 Nepalese children every year, and protecting another 2,000 from going blind,” said Ms. Mellsop.
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DIVERSITY IN NATURE
About this category: Environment
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I can't understand how such a great diversity exist in the nature.When I look at the plants in a field or in a forest,I can see many different species of plants.All with different shapes,sizes with many types of flowers.The same diversity may be seen among the birds,animals and other natural things like rivers,hills and terrain.This diversity make us feel special.We can easily understand the great architect who made the diversity for us must be very powerful.I like to adore the great power.
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FLOWER VASE
About this category: Culture
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Last night I sat in a sofa beside a flower vase.The vase was sitting on the small table.A combination of white tuberose and red rose were in the vase.The chinese vase presented a wonderful look with the fresh flowers which started to bloom in the night.The air was flooded with the strange mix of fragrance of the two species of flowers.Sometimes the fragrance of the tuberose dominated and swept the room.The room was dark.I was amazed by a strange feeling for hours together in the flowery room where I sat alone.I felt that I was sitting in a paradise space and enjoying a divine pleasure.
Flowers are good friends of life.
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THE GREAT PAINS OF FAILURE
Related to country: Bangladesh About this category: Education
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Failure is the pillar of success.But,this proverb or saying may be very cruel for many peoples.The shock or trauma may overwhelm the person who has just experienced a failure in his life and he/she may not bear he pain of the failure then.He/she may take various undesirable way to mitigate the pain.You know well what they do and may love to provide some cases for sharing with others.I suggest all persons to kindly to have patience and try to attain success again when the failure has come to test your fate.
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