Eid -ul -Fitr is a unique festival. It has no connection with any historical event nor is it related to the changes of seasons or cycles of agriculture. It is not a festival related in any way to worldly affairs. Its significance is purely spiritual. It is the day when the Muslims thank Allah for having given them the will, the strength and the endurance to observe fast and obey His commandment during the holy month of Ramadhan. This day, in Muslim world, brings rejoicing and happiness. The rejoicing is not, however, at the departure of the month of Ramadhan;…

An estimated 1.6 billion Muslims around the world are marking the start of one of the most important months in the religious calendar, Ramadan. We believe that it was during Ramadan that the Qur'an was revealed to the prophet Muhammad. So, for the next 30 days Muslims will abstain from water and food from sunrise to sunset. The sound of rumbling tummies will echo from Milton Keynes to Mecca. Fasting is a humbling but rewarding experience. It's also exhausting and testing, a necessary reminder of the struggle that the majority of the world's population face every day to find food and water…

“In the Name of God, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful” Educating Muslims on Fasting  Another month of Holy Ramadan has arrived and Muslims have already begun the fasting from dawn to dusk maybe more as a mere routine formality than a serious spiritual exercise to strengthen Islamic faith for life time. Unfortunately, not many appear to be thinking in terms of spiritual or at least religious benefits they get from the strict fasting effort they undertake now and year after. As we have set in a fresh fasting now, we have to pose a question to ourselves. Do we think…

The use of big data systems is expanding faster than the rules or legal infrastructures that manage them. Everyday, transnational companies like Google process more than 24,000 terabytes of data and a few largest banks in the world manage more than 75 terabytes of internal corporate data. Facebook, the parallel world with 1.2 billion users at a time who send 10 billion messages, upload 350 million pictures and 250 million videos, is another hallmark of the rise of big data. TechAmerica Foundation sees big data as characterised by three main factors: volume, velocity and variety. In other words, big data…

Interdiction de la transfusion sanguine aux malades, insistance sur le côté exceptionnel des membres du groupe... Aux yeux du ministère russe de la Justice, les actions des Témoins de Jéhovah sont incompatibles avec la loi sur la lutte contre l'extrémisme. Cependant, la prohibition du mouvement risque de favoriser son retrait dans la clandestinité. Le mouvement des Témoins de Jéhovah (TdJ) viole la loi « Sur la lutte contre l'extrémisme », interdisant notamment pour des motifs religieux toute transfusion sanguine aux membres de cette organisation, a déclaré le ministère russe de la Justice, cité par les médias locaux. En outre, les membres de…