Posts

Showing posts with the label Mars

Comet ISON surprises skywatchers as NASA tries to photograph it from Mars

Image
By Marshall Connolly, Catholic Online (NEWS CONSORTIUM) 9/30/2013 Comet appears to glow green with poisonous gas. Well, are you ready? After a year of breathless anticipation, skywatchers are prepared to receive the potential comet of the century next month as Comet ISON sails by Earth one it's first and last trip around the Sun. Comet ISON has a yellow-green tint in this image. Share on email LOS ANGELES, CA (Catholic Online) - Astronomers have been watching Comet ISON closely as it approaches Mars this week, then continues in the general direction of Earth. When it was detected, now just over a year ago, astronomers originally predicted that its close brush with the Sun might cause it to brighten enough to rival the full moon. That prediction has been downgraded as the comet's brightness develops, but there are a number of other surprises that makes ISON worth paying attention to, including its color. Backyard astronomers still have a couple we...

Halal and Haram in Chocolates and Ice Creams

Image
HALAL & HARAM DIRECTORY O believers ! Eat of the good things that We have provided you with and give thanks to Allah. (2: 172) Though thorough research has gone into producing this guideline, it is by no means complete and only covers the common products as it is very difficult to obtain exactly the listing of halal and haram ingredients present in all products. Also, companies are constantly changing their product ingredients and Muslims should always be aware that what is originally certified halal might in the future be haram and vice versa. Due to aggressive campaigning by The Vegetarian Society, UK, most products now display their symbol ‘Suitable For Vegetarians’ which means that there is NO animal content in that particular product, making it halal. However, a product can still contain alcohol, making it haram . Please check. Points to note: · Medicine containing alcohol is not permissible unless on authority of a doctor with no alternative med...