Many of the instructions we give our kids are about self-control. Self-control means being able to resist immediate temptations and avoid acting on impulse in order to achieve more important goals, such as learning or being kind. When kids have better self-control, they do better in school and get along better with others.Self-control doesn’t have to mean effortful,… Read More »
Many of the instructions we give our kids are about self-control. Self-control means being able to resist immediate temptations and avoid acting on impulse in order to achieve more important goals, such as learning or being kind. When kids have better self-control, they do better in school and get along better with others.Self-control doesn’t have to mean effortful,… Read More »
Behold my servant, whom I have chosen; my beloved, in whom my soul is well pleased: I will put my spirit on him, and he shall show judgment to the Gentiles.Behold. This prophecy is expressly referred to the Messiah by the Targumist, who renders, ‘Behold my servant the Messiah,’ etc. ha avdi mesheecha; and it was amply fulfilled… Read More »
A GRANDFATHER in Russia threw his grandson into a scalding-hot oven in Omsk, Russia, after drinking heavily and claiming he “saw the devil in the boy”, leaving him in a “grave” condition in hospital.The unnamed man, 53, is said to have grabbed the two-year-old and thrown him into the red-hot furnace after a drinking session that lasted for… Read More »
It’s a running theme in Game of Thrones that characters that choose love over duty get severely fucked, from Robb Stark to Rhaegar Targaryen. Throughout the show, it’s Jon that’s always chosen duty over love. He abandons Ygritte and his family to serve the Night’s Watch, and he does it because he staunchly believes that it’s the right… Read More »
It is an arduous task to read the entire article, here are my two cents on some issues raised. On the lawfulness of Sea Animals, dead or alive, there is a clear quranic injunction that they are halaal.The other issue is about prohibition of blood. This too has been qualified by quran as the ‘flowing blood’. In both… Read More »
Uthman was an early convert to Islam and is said to have spent a great amount of his wealth on charity. On returning from a business trip to Syria in 611, `Uthman found out that Muhammad had declared his mission. After a discussion with his friend Abu Bakr Uthman decided to convert to Islam, and Abu Bakr took… Read More »
Uthman was born into the Umayyad clan of Mecca, a powerful family of the Quraish tribe. He was a companion of Muhammad who assumed the role of leader (caliph) of the Muslim Empire at the age of 70 following Umar ibn al-Khattab. Under his leadership, the empire expanded into Fars in 650 (present-day Iran), some areas of Khorasan… Read More »
It’s a running theme in Game of Thrones that characters that choose love over duty get severely fucked, from Robb Stark to Rhaegar Targaryen. Throughout the show, it’s Jon that’s always chosen duty over love. He abandons Ygritte and his family to serve the Night’s Watch, and he does it because he staunchly believes that it’s the right… Read More »
Mistakes were made” is an expression that is commonly used as a rhetorical device, whereby a speaker acknowledges that a situation was handled poorly or inappropriately but seeks to evade any direct admission or accusation of responsibility by not specifying the person who made the mistakes. The acknowledgement of “mistakes” is framed in an abstract sense, with no direct… Read More »