Lindsay Lohan avoids criminal charge in Betty Ford Quarrel

Prosecutors on Tuesday decided against filing a battery charge against Lindsay Lohan that might have sent the troubled actress to jail over a confrontation at California`s Betty Ford Center rehab clinic.
The District Attorney`s office in Riverside County, east of Los Angeles, has determined there is insufficient evidence to charge Lohan with a crime, said John Hall, a spokesman for the office.
The "Mean Girls" star is on probation for a 2007 drunk driving and cocaine possession conviction, and a new criminal complaint could have violated her probation, putting her back behind bars.

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Kisah Ummu Ma'bad, Si Wanita Tua Yang Menyaksikan Mukjizat Rasul

September 622 M. Secara diam-diam, Rasulullah SAW bersama Abu Bakar RA, Amir bin Fahira dan seorang penunjuk jalan bernama Abdullah bin Uraiqith bergegas meninggalkan Makkah menuju Madinah.

Duabelas tahun sudah Rasulullah menyebarkan agama Allah di kota Makkah, namun tekanan dari kafir Quraisy kian gencar.

Bahkan, kaum kafir Quraisy berniat untuk membunuh Rasulullah beserta sahabatnya yang telah masuk Islam. Guna menghindari kekejaman kafir Quraisy, Rasulullah pun kemudian hijrah ke kota Madinah.

Tanpa perbekalan yang memadai, Rasulullah berangkat menuju Madinah. Sebuah perjalanan yang tak mudah dan tak juga ringan.

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MALAIKAT-MALAIKAT PENYUSUP

Terjemahan al-Anfal: 12

Pertolongan Tuhan kepada umat Islam saat menghadapi musuh kafir pada perang Badar ini diungkap beberapa kali dalam beberapa gaya bahasa. Kali ini menggunakan kata wahyu (idz yuhi Rabbuk) yang dilewatkan kepada komunitas malaikat. Artinya, perolongan sebegitu definitif dan pasti dikucurkan seperti definitifnya wahyu al-Qur'an yang dinuzulkan kepada Nabi Muhammad SAW.Karenanya, maka para malaikat diperintahkan agar turun memberi pemantapan kepada umat Islam (fatsabbitu al-ladzin amanu), bahwa dalam ekspedisi Badar nanti Tuhan pasti membela dan menjamin kemenangan. Tehnisnya gimana?

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Asma Binti Ma'd, Akhwat Mukminah Yang Mendapat Berkah Rasulullah

Beliau adalah Asma’ binti Ma`d bin Tamim bin Al-Haris bin Ka`ab Bin Malik bin Quhafah, dipanggil dengan nama Ummu Ubdillah. Beliau adalah termasuk salah satu di antara empat akhwat mukminah yang telah mendapat pengesahan dan berkah dari Rasulullah shallallâhu ‘alaihi wa sallam dengan sabdanya: “Ada empat akhwat mukminat yaitu Maimunah, Ummu Fadl, Salma dan Asma” .

Beliau masuk Islam sebelum kaum muslimin memasuki rumah al-Arqam. Beliau adalah istri pahlawan di antara sahabat yaitu Ja`far bin Abi Thalib, sahabat yang memiliki dua sayap sebagaimana gelar yang Rasulullah shallallâhu ‘alaihi wa sallam berikan terhadap beliau. Rasulullah Shallallâhu ‘alaihi wa sallam manakala ingin mengucapkan salam kepada Abdullah bin Ja`far beliau bersabda :

‘Selamat atas kamu wahai putra dari seorang yang memiliki dua sayap (Dzul janahain).”

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Sains Dalam Kitab Muqaddimah Ibnu Khaldun

Muqaddimah. Inilah karya monumental Ibnu Khaldun, seorang ilmuwan dan sejarawan agung pada abad ke-14 M. Buku yang ditulis pemikir dari Tunisia, Afrika Utara itu tercatat sebagai karya yang sangat mengagumkan. Pengaruhnya begitru luar biasa, tak hanya mewarnai pemikiran  di dunia Islam, namun juga peradaban Barat.

Orang Yunani menyebut karya Ibnu Khaldun itu sebagai Prolegomena. Sejumlah pemikir sepakat bahwa Muqaddimah adalah karya pertama yang mengkaji  filsafat sejarah, ilmu-ilmu sosial, demografi, histografi serta sejarah budaya.  IM Oweiss dalam karyanya bertajuk Ibn Khaldun: A fourteenth-Century Economist menilai, Muqaddimah merupakan salah satu buku perintis ekonomi modern.

Selain itu, Ibnu Khaldun  dalam adikaryanya itu juga membedah dan mengupas masalah teologi Islam.  Yang  lebih menarik lagi, Ibnu Khaldun pun membahas sains atau ilmu pengetahuan alam dalam kitabnya yang sangat populer itu. Secara khusus, Ibnu Khaldun mengupas tentang studi biologi dan kimia dalam bab tersendiri mengenai ilmu pengetahuan alam.

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Western strikes in Misrata hit Gaddafi airbase-locals

Air strikes by Western forces near Libya`s city of Misrata have targeted a military airbase where Muammar Gaddafi`s loyalists are based, two residents said on Saturday, denying state TV reports that fuel depots were hit.
The base is seven kilometres (four miles) from the city, which is Libya`s third largest and is the last rebel holdout in the west of the country.
"The international forces struck Gaddafi battalions in the air military college, but some of the (government) forces fled shortly before the attack," resident Abdulbasset told Reuters by phone.

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Traces of radioactive iodine found in tap water in Tokyo

Slight amounts of radioactive iodine have been detected in tap water in Tokyo, its vicinity and most prefectures neighboring Fukushima apparently due to the nuclear crisis at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant, the government said Saturday.
While the substance was found in Tochigi, Gunma, Niigata, Chiba and Saitama prefectures as well as Tokyo, traces of cesium have also been found in tap water in two of them -- Tochigi and Gunma, the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology said, adding their levels do not affect human health even if they are taken in.

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Maimun, Budak Hina Yang Doanya Selalu Di Ijabah Oleh Allah

Basrah, Iraq. Sudah beberapa lama tak turun hujan. Hari itu belum beranjak siang. Terik matahari mulai terasa. Angin musim kemarau berhembus. Angin kering padang pasir menerpa wajah. Orang-orang mulai kesulitan mendapati air. Demikian juga binatang peliharaan yang kelihatan kurus-kurus.

Hari itu penduduk Basrah sepakat untuk mengadakan shalat Istisqa’. Untuk meminta hujan yang sudah sekian lama tertahan. Shalat itu akan dihadiri para ulama Basrah dan tokoh masyarakatnya. Yang langsung akan dipimpin oleh salah seorang ulama pilihan di antara mereka. Nampak di antara para ulama yang sudah hadir Ulama Besar Malik bin Dinar, Atho’ As-Sulaimi, Tsabit Al-Bunani, Yahya Al-Bakka, Muhammad bin Wasi’, Abu Muhammad As-Sikhtiyani, Habib Abu Muhammad Al-Farisi, Hasan bin Abi Sinan, Utbah bin Al-Ghulam, dan Sholeh Al-Murri.

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Kisah Bilal Bin Rabah Sang Muadzin Rasulullah

Bilal bin Rabah, Muazin Rasulullah Sholallahu alaihi wasallam, memiliki kisah menarik tentang sebuah perjuangan mempertahankan aqidah. Sebuah kisah yang tidak akan pernah membosankan, walaupun terus diulang-ulang sepanjang zaman. Kekuatan alurnya akan membuat setiap orang tetap penasaran untuk mendengarnya.

Bilal lahir di daerah as-Sarah sekitar 43 tahun sebelum hijrah. Ayahnya bernama Rabah, sedangkan ibunya bernama Hamamah, seorang budak wanita berkulit hitam yang tinggal di Mekah. Karena ibunya itu, sebagian orang memanggil Bilal dengan sebutan ibnus-Sauda' (putra wanita hitam). Bilal dibesarkan di kota Ummul Qura (Mekah) sebagai seorang budak milik keluarga bani Abduddar. Saat ayah mereka meinggal, Bilal diwariskan kepada Umayyah bin Khalaf, seorang tokoh penting kaum kafir.

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Portugal to head UN Libya sanctions committee

The UN Security Council will on Tuesday name Portugal to head its Libya sanctions committee and the first meeting will be held within days, diplomats said Sunday.
Portugal`s ambassador Jose Moraes Cabral will be named to head the committee on Tuesday and he will start talks on Wednesday on the makeup of the committee, UN envoys told AFP.
"His name was agreed by consensus. But there is some urgency now because of events so the first meeting will have to be speeded up. It will be within days," one diplomat told AFP on condition of anonymity.

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Red Cross, UAE to build camps on Tunisia-Libya border

The Red Cross and the United Arab Emirates plan to build two new camps on Tunisia`s border with Libya in anticipation of a fresh arrival of refugees, an aid official said Sunday.
The aid group will set up the camp two kilometres (1.2 miles) south of Choucha, where Tunisian authorities and the United Nations are already handling another camp, regional Red Cross director Monji Slim told AFP.
"We are preparing ourselves for the worst, if ever we need to receive 100,000 people, other foreigners or Libyans," he said.
The new camp, which is expected to be completed within the week, should accept some 5,000 refugees but has a capacity of up to 15,000, he added.

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Suspected Al-qaeda gunmen kill six in Yemen

Suspected Al-Qaeda gunmen killed six soldiers, including two officers, in three separate attacks Sunday in several restive regions of the impoverished country, officials said.

Yemen is a key US ally in the war against Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP), which has plotted several foiled attacks against the United States.

The bloodshed comes amid mounting protests against the regime of President Ali Abdullah Saleh, who claims to be the guarantor of security in the deeply tribal and impoverished country.

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Clinton calls for `immediate end` to Icoast violence

US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on Friday condemned Ivory Coast strongman Laurent Gbagbo and his forces for violence in the African nation and for a "callous disregard" for life.

"The United States calls for an immediate end to the violence," Clinton said in a statement that took aim at Gbagbo, who is resisting calls from the world community to hand the presidency to recognized November election winner Alassane Ouattara.

She said the "United States strongly condemns" attacks by Gbagbo`s forces on his own people, including one Thursday on unarmed women demonstrators that left seven dead. His forces denied responsibility.

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Actress Jolie visits Afghanistan: UNHCR

US film star Angelina Jolie has made a surprise two-day visit to Afghanistan to meet refugees in the war-torn country, the UN`s refugee agency said Wednesday.

Jolie, star of films such as "Mr & Mrs Smith" and also a UNHCR goodwill ambassador, spent two days meeting refugees, afterwards calling for more to be done to reintegrate former exiles into Afghan society.

Over 5.5 million people have returned to Afghanistan since 2002, the year after the Taliban were ousted by a US-led invasion, according to the UNHCR.

Most of them had fled to Pakistan and Iran and their return has increased the country`s population by over 20 percent, it says.

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Govt to subsidize national film production

The Indonesian government plans to allocate a special budget for subsidizing national film production to increase its number and quality.
"Next year we will start allocating a budget for subsidizing national film production. Good films which are full of messages for national character building will be subsidized," Culture and Tourism Minister Jero Wacik said here on Tuesday.
He said he would soon set up a team to select and determine the criteria for films to be subsidized so that production of such films would increase in terms of quality.

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Iskandar Zulkarnaen, Sang Raja Muslim Yang Saleh Dan Perkasa

Dialah Raja Muslim yang sangat berkuasa namun saleh. Daerah taklukannya membentang dari bumi bagian barat sampai timur. Ia mendapat julukan Iskandar “Zulkarnain”. “Zul”, artinya “memiliki”, Qarnain, artinya “Dua Tanduk”. Maksudnya, Iskandar yang memiliki kekuasaan antara timur dan barat.

Dia juga telah membangun dinding besar berteknologi tinggi untuk ukuran saat itu, diantara dua Gunung. Para ahli sejarah meyakini, dinding tersebut terbuat dari besi yang dicampur dengan tembaga itu terletak tepat di pengunungan Kaukasus. Daerah itu kini disebut  Georgia, negara pecahan Uni Soviet.

Secara topografis, deretan pegunungan Kaukasus itu memang terlihat memanjang dari laut Hitam sampai ke laut Kaspia sepanjang 1.200 kilometer tanpa celah. Kecuali pada bagian kecil sempit yang disebut celah Darialsepanjang 100 Meter kurang lebih.

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