Becoming an Editor is a hard thing. Seriously!
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Learning to be a “selective-responsible-person” is tough. You have to know how to be firm; you have to know that sometimes it would hurt to save ourselves from being used by others. I learned the hard way years ago, and I’m still learning … .
“And leave those who take their religion as amusement and diversion and whom the worldly life has deluded …” (Qur’an, 6:70)
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”The flow around the Kaaba ebbed to a stop. The human particles formed concentric circles around it, and the hum of chanting melted into silence. All I could hear was the distinct voice of the imam leading the dawn prayer, the rustle of clothes as we performed out prostrations, and the voice in my heart: ‘O God! Let this not be the last time we pray before the Kaaba!’”
“Pilgrimage to Mecca” from National Geographic, November 1978
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Cartoon of the day: celebrating public transportation! Don’t forget to enter this week’s caption contest.
My name is Kelly Schomburg, I’m the girl with the red hair in these pictures. I was protesting at the Occupy Wall Street march yesterday when I and several other women were sprayed with mace and subsequently arrested. Many have already seen the video, which has been spreading like wildfire over twitter, Facebook, tumblr, and other video feeds, along with hundreds of other photos and videos. This is my recount of what happened.
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Have you thanked your mother today?
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Everyone has an equal chance of being good and being bad. The difference is in how you expose yourself to the world.
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I never thought of it this way. Mind blown. :o
› Islamic Thinking: Hospital Window
Two men, both seriously ill, occupied the same hospital room. One man was allowed to sit up in his bed for an hour each afternoon to help drain the fluid from his lungs. His bed was next to the room’s only window. The other man had to spend all his time flat on his back.
The men talked for…
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