By SABRINA TAVERNISE / NY Times For generations, politics took place in the parlors of a handful of rich families, a Westernized elite that owned large tracts of land and sometimes even the people who worked it. But Pakistan is urbanizing fast, and powerful forces of change are chipping away at the landed aristocracy, known in Pakistan as the feudal class.

Categories: Pakistan  Politics  Elections  Change  Lifestyle  

Added: August 29, 2010

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By Umm Reem / muslimmatters.org The problem arises when the people who attend the masajid do not take care of themselves, their clothes and their body odor. Let me politely explain my dilemma without offending anyone. I have had days when I really wanted to pay attention to the recitation but couldn't do so because the person standing next to me had a stench of sweat

Categories: American Muslims  Mosque  Islam  Lifestyle  Ramadan  Perfumes  

Added: August 26, 2010

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By Dr. Mohamed Elmasry / Canadian Charger If commercial messages are any indication, our disconnected society finds it much easier to lavish more individual affection on our dogs and cats than on our neighbour's noisy children, who may in fact be receiving less direct human interaction than most household pets.

Categories: Lifestyle  Love  Spirituality  The West  Beauty  

Added: August 25, 2010

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By Haleh Banani / muslimmatters.org When we reflect on the psychological implications of fasting (saum), then we are even more empowered to embrace the blessed month of Ramadan and soar to new heights of spirituality

Categories: Ramadan  Islam  Spirituality  Lifestyle  Temptations  

Added: August 13, 2010

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By Samantha Henry /The Associated Press In ancient times, Muslims looked at the sun to determine daily prayer times. But in modern times, Muslim communities are using technology to determine the beginning of each prayer time, find mosques and fulfill daily spiritual obligations

Categories: Ramadan  Technology  Islam  Muslims  Lifestyle  

Added: August 12, 2010

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By Dr. Chandra Muzaffar /Countercurrents.org Widening income inequality is a major obstacle to the unity and solidarity that 1Malaysia envisions.

Categories: Malaysia  Market Economy  Lifestyle  Economic Disparities  

Added: August 09, 2010

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By Taha Ghayyur / Sound Vision While divorce is not something encouraged by Islam, especially when all the means of reconciliation have not been exhausted, it is not something to be kept hidden from the community. The fact that about a third of the respondents decided to keep their divorce hidden, shows how much stigma divorce still carries in our community.

Categories: Divorce  American Muslims  Family  Islam  Lifestyle  Survey  

Added: July 30, 2010

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By V. Radhika Given the current controversy surrounding the hijab, especially in Quebec province where girls have been expelled from soccer for wearing the headscarf, many of these youngsters could have reservations about coming out to a sports arena in their conventional garb.

Categories: Sports  Muslims in the West  Hijab  Lifestyle  Business  

Added: July 12, 2010

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By Karim Saad / altmuslim.com Despite the worldwide recession, Muslims in greater numbers are searching for Muslim-friendly hotels and resorts to spend their money on, leaving hotels from Muslim and Western countries alike scrambling to earn their business.

Categories: European Muslims  Halal Food  Islam  Lifestyle  Business  Leisure  

Added: July 02, 2010

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By Philip Lim /AFP Aimed at "cosmopolitan Muslim women" in Asia, a new magazine is focusing on readers' lifestyles rather than religion

Categories: Gender  Lifestyle  Media  Malaysia  Indonesia  Modernity  

Added: June 28, 2010

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