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Nothing is Everything

Durban, South Africa on 19, 20 and 21 March 2012 Sir, I would like to take this opportunity to thank you for this life changing workshop at the end of this second day (20 March 12, Durban). I must add that my attendance has come at the perfect time in my life and it already has a profound effect on my thinking and…

Let Satan Out of Your Lives

The Discover Yourself Workshop was held in Stanger, South Africa at  Zakariyya Muslim School on 23, 24 and 25 March, 2012. MARIAM: I had attended last year with my daughters and I wanted my husband, who was completely against it, to attend. I told him that I would like to give him a gift. Alhamdulillah he accepted, now that I have…

Tools for Inner Peace

The Discover Yourself  Workshop was held in Johannesburg, South Africa, at Suleman Nana Memorial Hall on 30, 31 and 1 April 2012. Some of the participants share their experiences of the Workshop JULIE: Today, sadly our journey ends. In this troubled world of today, there are people like Sadathullah Sir, who travel the world to share and enlighten mankind, giving…

A Tenner and a Two-Rupee

Barber Vishwanath was busy shaping up his customer in his small kiosk underneath the big banyan tree near the village chaupal. Ramu was again at his doorstep with his outstretched palm seeking the usual two-rupee coin. “I have not seen a boy more stupid than this, just see the fun and decide for yourself, whether I am right,” said Vishwanath in a tone barely audible to anyone…

Old Man and the Plastic Plate

By Maqbool Ahmed Siraj (Translated from Urdu) Illustrations by Fakrunnissa Mohsin He was an old man who had not tasted any grief in his life. He had lived a happy life, siring a number of sons and daughters. His business had had a remarkable stability, never having suffered any loss. Now he and his wife were left alone in their cottage, with all children having set up their…

Dodges Death, Blessed with Iman

A.I.Makki The first Muslim armies fought a series of battles with the Persian Empire and emerged victorious. At that time, Harmusan was the ruler of a small part of the Persian Empire. He was the last among the Persian Kings to fight courageously with the Muslims. It was at the end of the third phase of the final battle that he was taken prisoner and was…

Global Warming : Interview with Neeraj Jain

‘Rise of Sea Level will Gobble Up 50 Major cities’ Neeraj Jain is a social activist and is one of the founders of the Lokayat, an activist group based at Pune taking up several causes in the  public interest. Ecology is one among them. He recently made a presentation at the Poona College on the threat of Greenhouse Effect in  the threeday conference on ‘Worldview of Development: Challenges and Alternative…

Tobacco, the Killer

Tobacco was responsible for 1,20,000 death””84,000 men and 36,000 women””adults in 2010 in India, according to a paper published in The Lancet. Oral cancer is said to cause twice as many death as lung cancer. Which means those who chewed tobacco (pan  masala, zafrani patti etc) were more vulnerable to death. About 170 million Indians chewed tobacco and 120 million smoked, according to a 2009- 2010 survey. The tobacco-related cancers constitute…

Some Progress, Some Concerns

Inclusive growth has emerged as the key theme of the Planning in the country in the wake of high degree of inequalities. The Right to Compulsory and Free Education Act was passed two years ago and will become justiciable from April 1, 2013. Under the Act every  child in the age group of 6 to 14 can demand free education from the State. It incorporates the…

“Every Muslim Child needs Education..” that’s My Dream

Meher Tabassum is a Scientist working at the Division of Remote Handling and Robotics, Bhabha Atomic Research Centre, Mumbai,  India. She is a Government of India employee, with an official status of Class I Gazetted Officer. In an interview with TwoCircles.Net, she shares her aspirations and the importance of education for young Muslims today. “I was born in Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh, to a  highly educated Sunni Muslim family. Since my…