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Sunday, July 6, 2014
Three-year-old fasts for a full day- most start at 10 yrs old (Ramadan)
A three-year-old girl fasted for a full day here on Wednesday, with her parents saying they are proud of her. Maryam's mother Iffar Aabroo and father Rashid Hassan have been encouraging her to do so. Most Muslim children only start fasting at the age of 10.
Her mother said she only started fasting when she was six years old, and thanked Almighty Allah for blessing her with a daughter who has been able to do so at such an early age.
"Maryam is just three years and seven months old and made no demands on us as she observed the first roza (fast) of her life,” her mother said, wiping away a tear. “Alhamdulillah, all praise to Allah,” she said. Maryam said she was initially only imitating her parents, "but after my mother told me the significance of Ramadan, I decided to fast." Maryam also joins her mother in daily prayers and Taraweeh at night. Her parents say their daughter is an example and inspiration to children of her age.
TEHRAN ( Iran pilot killed fighting in Iraq )
TEHRAN: An Iranian pilot has been killed while fighting in Iraq, state media reported Saturday, in what is thought to be Tehran’s first military casualty during battles against Islamic State fighters.
Iran’s official IRNA news agency did not say whether the pilot died while flying sorties or fighting on the ground.
It said Col. Shoja’at Alamdari Mourjani was killed while “defending” Shiite holy sites in the city of Samarra, north of Baghdad.
His death comes after Iran’s declarations that it will provide its western neighbor with whatever it needs to counter the militants who are laying siege to the Shiite-led government of Prime Minister Nuri Al-Maliki.
Samarra is a major flashpoint in the fighting and is home to the Shiite Al-Askari shrine which was bombed by Al-Qaeda in February 2006, sparking a bloody Sunni-Shiite sectarian war that killed tens of thousands.
The reports of the pilot’s death came as Iranian officials insist their assistance is not in the form of troops, but rather of weapons and equipment if Iraq asks for them.
The Fars news agency appeared to confirm the IRNA report, publishing photos of a funeral service for the pilot on Friday in his home province of Fars, in southern Iran.
Fars did not give any details, but hinted that Alamdari Mourjani was a member of Iran’s Revolutionary Guard, whose elite Quds Force is believed to be on the ground and assisting Iraqi forces, despite Tehran’s denials
MIAMI ( Three Dead, One Missing in Miami Boat Crash )
MIAMI – Three people died and one went missing after three boats collided in waters off Miami on Friday night during the Independence Day celebrations, local media reported Saturday.Miami firefighters rushed to Dinner Key Marina around 11:00 p.m. after getting a call about three boats crashing into each other off Coconut Grove, a tourist area of Miami.
A total of nine people were taken to hospitals – two to the Kendall Regional Medical Center, three to Mercy Hospital and four to Jackson Ryder Trauma, Local 10 channel said.
Jorge Pino of the Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission said that of the four people taken to Jackson Ryder Trauma, two later died, a man and a woman.
Miami firefighters found three people in the water, but said the investigation might discover that more are missing.
Up to now, the names of victims and survivors have not been revealed.
The investigations are currently focused on determining who was in each of the three boats involved in the crash and how many people there were in all.
Several media say that two children ages 3 and 5 were in the accident.
They were not injured and are back with their grandparents, Local 10 said.
The boats were towed to the Dinner Key Marina dock to continue the investigation
Saturday, July 5, 2014
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