News Sadly another report comes of a student shooting in his school, killing one student and seriously wounding four others before killing himself. "The students and teachers in this community, near Seattle, had known they were no more immune to violence than Columbine or Sandy Hook; they had even practiced lockdown drills. But they never could have guessed who the perpetrator would be." [New York Times, 26/10/2014] Comment Practical lockdowns…

News In Pakistan, a poverty-stricken mother killed two daughters by poisoning them and attempted to commit suicide afterwards but was rescued according to media reports on 26th October 2014. The tragic incident took place in Ada Riazabad area of Layyah where a woman named Bilquees poisoned to death her two daughters; Muqaddas aged 4 and Ishrat aged 2 years old. The woman reportedly attempted suicide but was rescued. The woman…

News UNICEF UK has just released a report in which it states that a child is killed by violence every five minutes in the world, saying that most of those deaths occur outside war zone. This report's aim is to call for new targets to end all forms of abuse, which it calls a global "epidemic" - by 2030. Comment Listing up all kinds of facts has always been a…

It is undeniable that numerous Muslim sisters in various walks of life have begun to wear the hijab. Not only in Malaysia, but in neighboring countries such as in Southern Thailand and Indonesia, more women are starting to wear the hijab. According to statistics, more than 70% of Muslim women in Malaysia consistently wear the headscarf. This is surely a positive phenomenon among Muslim women. Not only that, many Muslim…