Power struggle: Egyptian wife wantsdivorce over energy crisis

An Egyptian woman filed for divorce this week in the city of Giza,
citing her husband's reaction to recent power outages, local media
reported Tuesday.
Egyptian newspaper al-Masry al-Youm said thewoman was fed up with her
husband's refusal to leave their densely-populated home district,
which has been hit by recurrent electricity cuts.
In the divorce filing, the woman reportedly cited unsuitable living
conditions, saying the area was not only prone to outages, but has
also become home to ex-convicts and unlicensed street hawkers.
When she insisted the family move house, her husband physically
attacked her in front of her children, the paper said.
She also reportedly said her husband could in fact afford a new house.
The family court based in Giza,near Cairo, has yet to rule on the
divorce request.
Several districts in the Egyptian capital of Cairo have had daily
power cutslasting several hours, while further south in the
governorates of Assuit, Sohag, al-Wadi al-Gadid, Minya, Fayoum, and
Beni Suef, power cuts have been lasting entire days.
The government has blamed the power shortages on spiraling consumption
rates and high temperatures.
Earlier this month, President Mohammed Mursi sought to calm Egyptians,
saying, "I am sorry for the power cuts. I have the same problem athome
and I promise it willbe solved as soon as possible," assuring that new
generation plants will be launched later this year.
Still, power cuts have driven Egyptians across the country to stage a
series of protests, some ofwhich blocked railway lines and highways,
while a number of hydro towershave reportedly been destroyed by
looters seeking electricity.

Vitamin C can cut harmful effects of airpollution

A diet rich in fruits and veggies may lessen the harmful effects of
air pollution for people suffering from chronic lung diseases,
researchers suggest.
Researchers looked at London hospital patients with asthma or chronic
obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), and found that those with low
levels of vitamin C had an increased risk of breathingproblems on days
when outdoor air pollution levels were high.
"This study adds to a smallbut growing body of evidence that the
effects of air pollution might be modified by antioxidants,"said
Michael Brauer, an environmental health scientist at the University of
British Columbia in Canada.
Antioxidants, such as vitamin C, may protect the body from harmful
molecules called free radicals that damage cells. Free radicals can
form when air pollution enters the lungs, and evidence suggests they
play a role in heart disease, cancer and even respiratory ailments.
Antioxidants can bind to free radicals, counteractingthem before they
damage cells.
In the new study, researchers at Imperial College in London looked at
more than 200 patients admitted to the hospital for asthma or COPD,
along with the levels of air pollution on the days before and after
they entered the hospital. The majority of patients were between ages
54 and 74, though some were as young as 18. Many of them were former
smokers.
Specifically, the researchers looked at levels of "course particulate
matter," which is produced largely through the combustion offossil
fuels.
Results showed that with every increase in course particulate matter
of 10 micrograms per cubic meter (mcg/m3), there was a 35 percent
increased risk of hospital admission for people with asthma or COPD.
However, the risk of admission was 1.2 times greater among people with
low levels of vitamin C.
Study researcher Cristina Canova said, "The protective effect of
vitamin C was still present after excluding smokers and elderly
subjects, implying that the effect of this antioxidant was not
explained by smoking or age." However, the study noted that smokers
and older people tend to have lower levels of many nutrients than
nonsmokers.

5a] Is there anything in the Qur’aan or Sunnah about global warming?

5a]
which has the most rain and rivers on earth.
I said: Can you confirm that for us?
He said: Yes, this is an undeniable fact.
I said to him: Listen, who told Muhammad (peace and blessings of
Allaah be upon him) of that? This is all mentioned in a hadeeth that
was narrated by Muslim; he (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him)
said: "The Hour will not begin until the land of the Arabsonce again
becomes meadows and rivers." Who told Muhammad (peace and blessings of
Allaah be upon him) that Arabia was once meadows and rivers? He
thought, then he said: TheRomans. I said to him: And who told him that
Arabia would once again become meadows and rivers? He thought for a
moment and said: The One Who is above! Then I said to him: Write it
down. So he wrote in his own hand: I am astonished at the scientific
facts that I have seen in the Qur'aan and Sunnah, which we could not
prove until recently by modern scientific methods. This indicates that
the Prophet Muhammad (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) did
not attain this knowledge except by revelation from above.
By Allaah, I spent only two and a half hours withthis German until he
said all of that. This giant among scientists wrote that and approved
of it, which indicates that thereis one science, one truth, One God.

And Allaah knows best.

5] Is there anything in the Qur’aan or Sunnah about global warming?

5]
What do Islam and Quran say about the big problem we have in the world
so-called "global warming"? They say that the world will melt after
some decades and things are getting really dangerous and so on. Does
the science in Quran tell something about this?.
Praise be to Allaah.
The problem of global warming is regarded as one of the most serious
environmental problems of our time, concerning which experts have held
many conferences and published many articles about its dire
consequences. These experts attribute this rise in temperature to the
accumulation of gases in the atmosphere that is caused by factories,
power stations and car emissions, which has led to a rise in air
temperature and ocean temperature, which threatens to melt the
ice-caps and cause flooding of land, which is expected to change the
features of some countries completely and to change the climate of
vast areas on earth.
We could not find anything about this in theQur'aan and Sunnah,
apartfrom one hadeeth which some scholars who are specialized in
sharee'ah and environmental sciences say has to do with this topic,
and some of the most prominent specialists in the world agreed with
them, which is that the Arabian Peninsula will again become meadows
and rivers. They attribute that to a complete change in the earth's
climate and the melting of the Arctic ice cap due to global warming.
What we think is that Arabia becoming meadows and rivers againis
something concerning which there is no doubt, but we cannot be certain
that it will happen because of the melting of the ice cap, because
that is known only to Allaah. But we mention this view because it is
relevant and because it has been said by some specialists, both
Muslims and kaafirs.
The hadeeth is:
It was narrated from Abu Hurayrah (may Allaah be pleased with him)
that the Messenger of Allaah (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon
him) said: "The Hour will not begin until the land of the Arabsonce
again becomes meadows and rivers." Narrated by Muslim (157).Meadows
refers to spacious land with a greatdeal of vegetation.
1.
Dr. Zaghloul al-Najjaar says:
This hadeeth is a scientificmiracle that describes a natural fact that
was not understood by scientists until the late twentieth century,
when it was proven by definitive evidence that the Arabian Peninsula
was meadows and rivers in ancient times. Climate studies have also
indicated that the arid desert is now on its way to becoming meadows
and rivers again, because the earth throughout its long history passes
through climatic changes that takeplace gradually over long periods of
time, or they may be sudden and swift.
Climate studies indicate that we are coming into anew rainy period,
the evidence of which is the shift of the ice-cap in the northern
hemisphere towards the south, and a noticeable fall in winter
temperatures.
The fact that the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him)
referred to this ice age in his hadeeth "until the land of the Arabs
once again becomes meadows and rivers" is proof of his Prophethood,
and shows that he was always connected to divine revelation, and was
taught by the Creator of the heavens and the earth. End quote.
See: http://www.eqraa.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=3687
2.
Shaykh 'Abd al-Majeed al-Zandaani said:
Professor Alfred Kroner, one of the most famous geologists in the
world, attended a geological conference in the College of Earth
Sciences in the King 'Abd al-'Azeez University. I said to him: Do you
have any proof that Arabia was once gardens and rivers? He said: Yes,
this is well known to us and it is a scientific fact. Geologists know
this because if you dig in any area you will find signs that tell you
that this land used to be meadows and rivers. There is a lot of
evidence.
I said to him: Do you haveany evidence that Arabia will once again
become meadows and rivers? He said: This is something real and proven.
We geologists know it and measure it and calculate it. We can say
approximately when it will happen, and it is not far off, it is quite
close. I said: Why? He said: Because we have studied the history of
the earth in the past, and we have found that it passes through many
stages, oneof which is the ice ages. What does ice age mean? It means
that a certain amount of sea water turns into ice and collects at the
North Pole, then it begins to shift towards the south, and when it
shifts towards the south itcovers whatever is beneath it, and the
climate on earth changes. Among the climatic changes is the change
that takes place in Arabia, where the weather becomes cold and Arabia
becomes one of the lands which has the most rain and rivers on earth.
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