3,600 patients with neurotoxic symptoms in Damascus hospitals

3,600 patients with neurotoxic symptoms in Damascus hospitals on Wednesday – Doctors Without Borders

However, MSF could not “scientifically confirm the cause of these symptoms”.
However, MSF could not “scientifically confirm the cause of these symptoms”.
It follows from the report that MSF will now replenish “empty stocks” and deliver additional medical supplies.

“In addition to 1,600 vials of atropine supplied over recent months, MSF has now dispatched 7,000 additional vials to facilities in the area. Treatment of neurotoxic patients is now being fully integrated into MSF’s medical strategies in all its programs in Syria,” stated Janssens.
It follows from the report that MSF will now replenish “empty stocks” and deliver additional medical supplies.
“In addition to 1,600 vials of atropine supplied over recent months, MSF has now dispatched 7,000 additional vials to facilities in the area. Treatment of neurotoxic patients is now being fully integrated into MSF’s medical strategies in all its programs in Syria,” stated Janssens.
“In addition to 1,600 vials of atropine supplied over recent months, MSF has now dispatched 7,000 additional vials to facilities in the area. Treatment of neurotoxic patients is now being fully integrated into MSF’s medical strategies in all its programs in Syria,” stated Janssens.
Syria is yet to give its assent to the UN inspectors currently in the country, who have not yet visited the sites of the alleged assault.

আল্লামা হযরত মাওলানা শাহ্ ছুফী নেছারুদ্দীন আহমদ (রহঃ) এর জীবনী

আল্লামা হযরত মাওলানা শাহ্ ছুফী নেছারুদ্দীন আহমদ (রহঃ) এর জীবনী

 

১৭৫৭ খৃষ্টাব্দে পলাশীর আম্র কাননের যুদ্ধে বাংলা বিষয় উড়িষ্যার শেষ স্বাধীন নবাব সিরাজুদ্দৌলার পতনের সাথে সাথেই শুরুহয় এদেশের ইসলামী তাহজীব, তমাদ্দুন ও আদর্শের অধঃপতন। বিশেষ করে এই উপমহাদেশের মুসলমানগণ বর্ণনাতীত লাঞ্ছনা ও গঞ্জনার শিকার হইতে লাগিল। ক্রমে ক্রমে অবস্থা এমন হইল যে মাত্র এক শতাব্দীর মধ্যে মুসলমানগণ তাহাদের স্বকীয় কৃষ্টি ও সভ্যতা প্রায় ভুলিয়া গিয়া নিপতিত হইল অধঃপতনের গভীর অন্ধকারে। জ্ঞানের অভাবে নিজ তাহজীব তামাদ্দুন বিবর্জিত হয়ে মুসলমানগণ বরণ করে নিয়াছিল বিধর্মীদের আচার ব্যবহার ও তাহাদের চাল-চলন, পোষাক-পরিচ্ছদ। বিজারতীয় অনুকরণে তাহারা নামের পূর্বে “শ্রী” ব্যবহার করিত, লুংগী পাজামার পরিবর্তে “ধূতি” পরিধান করিত। মাথায় টুপী না পরিয়া “টিকি” রাখিত, এমনকি কোন কোন মুসলিম মহিলা সিথিতে সিঁদুর পর্যন্ত ব্যবহার করিত। পূজা পার্বনে মুসলমানদের অবাধে অংশগ্রহণ, দেব-দেবীর নামে মান্নত ইত্যাদিবহু ইছলাম গর্হিত কাজ ও বিশ্বাস বাংলার ঘরে ঘরে সংক্রামক ব্যাধির ন্যায় ছড়িয়ে পড়েছিল।

জন্মকাল ও স্থান

সামাজিক এই অবক্ষয়ের সময় জাতিকে সটিক পথের দিশা দিবার জন্য অভিভক্ত বাংলার অন্তর্গত তৎকালীন বরিশাল বা বাখেরগঞ্জ জিলাধীন (বর্তমানে পিরোজপুর জিলাধীন) ছারছীনা গ্রামে জন্ম নিলেন মর্দে মুজাহিদ, যুগশ্রেষ্ঠ ওলিয়ে কামিল, মুর্শিদে বরহক, খাঁটি নায়েবে নবী আল্লামা হযরত মাওলানা শাহ্ ছুফী নেছারুদ্দীন আহমদ (রহঃ)।

তাঁরই প্রতিষ্ঠিত ছারছীনা দরবার উপমহাদেশের শরীয়ত ও মা’রেফতের এক অন্যতম শ্রেষ্ঠ কেন্দ্র। তিনি ইলমে শরীয়তে ছিলেন যেমন একজন অতিউঁচু স্তরের মুহাক্কিক আলেম, তেমনি ইলমে মারেফতেরও একজন অতি উচ্চ মকামের ওলিয়ে কামিল। নিজের জীবনে এবং তাঁর অনুগামী ও অনুসারীদের পরিপূর্ন রূপে সুন্নাতে নববীর আমল এ এত্তেবা তথা সুন্নাত পুনরুজ্জীবন এবং সর্বক্ষেত্রে তার প্রতিষ্ঠাই ছিল তাঁর মহান সাধনা। লেবাস, পোষাক, চাল-চলন, খাওয়া-দাওয়া, আমল-আখলাক, লেনদেন, মোয়ামালাত-মোয়াশারাত-এক কথায় জীবনের প্রতিটি ক্ষেত্রে প্রতিটি কাজে সুন্নাতের পাবন্দিতে তিনি ছিলেন অত্যন্ত কঠোর ও আপোসহীন। ফরজ, ওয়াজিব, সুন্নাতে মুআক্কাদাতো বটেই, এমন কি নফল, মোস্তাহাব ও মোস্তাহসানও তরক করতেন না তিনি, এবং তার মুরীদ মো’তাকেদদেরকেও এ ব্যাপারে বিশেষ তাকিদ দিতেন। তিনি ছিলেন কঠোর সাধক, আবেদ, জাহেদ, কাশ্ফ ও কারামওয়ালা মহান সুফী দরবেশ। শিরক-বেদআত ও কুসংস্কার উচ্ছেদের এক সংগ্রামী মর্দে মুজাহিদ, এক অসাধারণ সফল সংস্কারক।

Homemade perfect mayonnaise

3 Kinds of Ingredients of Homemade perfect mayonnaise 

 

1# 

2 egg yolks

Generous pinch of salt

250ml groundnut or sunflower oil

25ml olive, walnut or rapeseed oil

1 tbsp mustard of your choice (or 1tsp mustard powder)

1 clove garlic, crushed (optional)

1 tbsp lemon juice 

 

2#

500 ml of fresh Yogurt

1 tbsp. of Condensed milk

2 tbsp Olive oil

1 tsp of fresh mint (shredded)

1/4 tsp. of black pepper powder

A pinch of Salt

A tsp of herb seasoning 

 

3# 

290ml/½ groundnut oil

2 eggs, yolks only

1 garlic clove, crushed

1 heaped tsp powdered mustard

1 tsp salt

 milled black pepper

1 tsp white wine vinegar

Some Mid-East Recipe

 Some Mid-East Recipe

1#  Tant Hoda’s Recipe for KOFTA!

I recently visited my lovely aunt, Tant Hoda, and she gave me the recipe for her amazing kofta, an Egyptian recipe for grilled ground beef. Serve this in a pita sandwich with tahina, cucumbers and tomatoes or with rice and a bit of yogurt sauce. She’s an amazing cook and was kind enough to share her recipe for kofta with me. The hardest part about making kofta is the cooking process — you’ve got to make sure that you use a grill because you want that smoky taste.

Recipe:

2 lbs. ground beef
1/4 c chopped parsley
1 medium onion, chopped finely
1/4 tsp allspice
1/2 tsp pepper
salt, to taste
barbecue sticks, soaked in water

Heat up the grill. Mix all the ingredients together. Form a golf ball-sized ball of meat in your hand and shape it around the barbecue sticks, forming a sausage-like shape. Grill the kofta, rolling it around first on the grill to grease it up from the fat of the beef, and then leave it alone for about 3 minutes on each side. Gently remove the barbecue stick at the last moment to serve. 

2#  Egyptian Liver recepi... 

Serving Ideas: The sauce from this dish is so yummy! So you want to serve it with a thick bread that will absorb this sauce.  It could also be served with rice or pasta.

Condiments: Tahini sauce and mixed pickles.

TWO MOONS on 27th August

TWO MOONS on 27th August 

27^th Aug the Whole World is waiting for......... ....    
Share this with your friends as NO ONE ALIVE TODAY will ever see it again..Planet Mars will be the brightest in the night sky starting August. It will look as large as the full moon to the naked eye. This will cultivate on Aug. 27 when Mars comes within 34.65M miles off earth. Be sure to watch the sky on Aug. 27 12:30 am. It will look like the earth has 2 moons.

The next time Mars may come this close is in 2287. 

 

 

Syrian govt ready to cooperate with UN experts in chemical attack probe - Moscow

Syrian govt ready to cooperate with UN experts in chemical attack probe - Moscow

A handout image released by the Syrian opposition's Shaam News Network shows smoke above buildings following what Syrian rebels claim to be a toxic gas attack by pro-government forces in eastern Ghouta, on the outskirts of Damascus on August 21, 2013. (AFP Photo/Shaam News Network)

Speaking on Thursday, Russian Foreign Ministry spokesman Aleksandr Lukashevich said Moscow hopes that UN experts will conduct “objective investigation of all possible cases of use of chemical weapons on Syrian territory.”The Syrian government is ready for “maximum” cooperation with UN experts working to clarify the alleged use of chemical weapons in attacks, Russia’s Foreign Ministry says. The UN has requested access to Damascus suburbs to be granted “without delays”.

"We hope that the results will clarify the issue and will help to dispel numerous speculations around the alleged use of the Syrian chemical weapons that simultaneously create a positive background for the moves towards the start of the political process of settlement of the Syrian crisis", he said.

The statement comes the day after a gas attack was reported by opposition activists in the capital, Damascus, killing according to various reports from dozens up to 1,300. However, according to Lukashevich no one has a confirmed data on the number of killed. 

While rebel groups blamed the incident on President Bashar Assad's forces, the government suspects it was carried out by opposition to draw international attention to their cause.

The attack coincided with the visit of UN observers, coming to the country to investigate previous cases of chemical attacks in the war-torn country. 

UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has called on the Syrian government to allow a UN team, led by Swedish scientist Ake Sellstrom, to visit the site in the Damascus suburbs.  

"A formal request is being sent by the United Nations to the government of Syria in this regard. He expects to receive a positive response without delay," Ban’s office said in a statement. 

UN human rights chief, Navi Pillay, also said that allegations of the use of chemical weapons are“exceptionally grave and need to be comprehensively proved or disproved as soon as is humanly possible". 

France has called on the international community to respond with force if it is proved true that the Syrian government was behind Wednesday’s chemical attack on civilians.  

Speaking during a telephone conversation with the UN Secretary General, French President, Francois Hollande denounced “the likely use of chemical weapons" on the night of August 20-21

20 Greatest Inventions by Muslim Scientists

20 Greatest Inventions by Muslim Scientists

From coffee to cheques and the three-course meal, the Muslim world has given us many innovations that we take for granted in daily life. As a new exhibition opens, Paul Vallely nominates 20 of the most influential- and identifies the men of genius behind them

1) Coffee

The story goes that an Arab named Khalid was tending his goats in the Kaffa region of southern Ethiopia, when he noticed his animals became livelier after eating a certain berry. He boiled the berries to make the first coffee. Certainly the first record of the drink is of beans exported from Ethiopia to Yemen where Sufis drank it to stay awake all night to pray on special occasions. By the late 15th century it had arrived in Mecca and Turkey from where it made its way to Venice in 1645. It was brought to England in 1650 by a Turk named Pasqua Rosee who opened the first coffee house in Lombard Street in the City of London.

The Arabic qahwa became the Turkish kahve then the Italian caffé and then English coffee

2) Pin-Hole Camera

The ancient Greeks thought our eyes emitted rays, like a laser, which enabled us to see. The first person to realise that light enters the eye, rather than leaving it, was the 10th-century Muslim mathematician, astronomer and physicist Ibn al-Haitham. He invented the first pin-hole camera after noticing the way light came through a hole in window shutters. The smaller the hole, the better the picture, he worked out, and set up the first Camera Obscura (from the Arab word qamara for a dark or private room). He is also credited with being the first man to shift physics from a philosophical activity to an experimental one. 

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