In recent years, health experts around the world have been increasingly concerned with the spread of infectious diseases. Outbreaks of swine flu, poultry flu and severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) mean that infectious diseases have increased in a global context and are now on the agenda of world politicians and health politicians alike. In developed and developing countries, health officials focus on infectious disease research and connect it to policy-making and infrastructure. Globalization is increasingly challenging the scope of infectious…

In the name of Allah, the Compassionate, the Merciful That is Islam in a nutshell 1. To Islam • belongs that you believe that this cosmos with everything in it is a creator has: He is Allah alone, who has no partner. He is above the heavens with an overview of creation, He sees it and hears it, and He is the only one who is entitled to worship. 2. Islam • means that you refrain from worshiping anything other…

Why do Muslims think their religion is the truth? Do you have convincing reasons? All praise is due to Allah. Dear questioners, a nice greeting. So then to continue: At first glance, your question logically reveals that it is from a person who has not joined the religion of Islam, but whoever practices this religion recognizes what is contained in it and afterwards acts, the magnitude of the favor in which he lives, and thereby lies under the shadow of…

The Hajj (Great Pilgrimage to Mecca) is the fifth of the basic Muslim worship activities and facilities known as the Five Pillars of Islam. The pilgrimage in Islam is not made to any shrines of saints, to monasteries asking for the help of holy men, or to places that are said to have done miracles, even if we see many Muslims doing so. The pilgrimage is made to the Kaaba, which is located in the Holy City of Mecca in…

(part 1 of 2)   Most of us who have declared war on our bellies have already experimented with some forms of fasting, such as pure fruit fasting, water fasting or sugar-free fasting, whatever we call it. But what many may find rather strange and surprising is that a whole community of people – be it men or women, old or young, rich or poor – completely refrain from eating and drinking from dawn to sunset; for a whole month:…