islamic council issued a correction and instructed muslims to now face north west when they pray to allah clearly the council didn't take into consideration the fact that the earth is round and the curvature can throw off people's sense of direction but the muslim population was put in these by clerics when they were reassured the allah still heard their prayers even though they were actually facing somalia and kenya and not mecca and i have to admit i'm a bit confused here if allah is still here is their prayers why does it matter what direction they prayed in the first place but anyway in the meantime i do have a suggestion for muslims where in the twenty first century where the public has no problem rely on technology so how about somebody come up with an app or a widget first smartphones and g.p.s. devices that can help them figure out what direction they're facing just think about it and essentially could look like a g.p.s. and it's no different than a glorified compass the muslim population is one of the largest in the world so like i said i'm no expert but and praying could really

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regions the government has offered assistance to the agricultural sector but even with the extra help if allah say they face bankruptcy. courts. and now the day with temperatures forty's not a cloud inside formers are starting the harvest to early to minimize further damage to the crops the expected green yard has been reduced from ninety five to seventy five million tonnes according to the group culture ministry but it's not only the poor outlook for the harvest that's pushing prices higher so we are seeing domestic prices rise the first reason is the drought and the growing concern of market participants about the harvest the second reason is a significant shift in the global market spawning futures prices over last month gain ten fifteen percent this is pushed russia's export prices up as well of the president being from one hundred sixty five to one hundred eighty three dollars per tonne that's an eighteen dollar hike in just a few weeks months but. the government is stepping up measures to help farmers as they suffer in the unusually dry weather its promise to extend loan subsidies help w

into private lives all while ignoring its own faults well joining me here in the studio is nikki kirk allah from the winston group and from our new york studio i have amanda marcotte blogger for panic on our start here with you know the government these child health experts are saying that this really this is a medical issue this is someone's life here is they have concern for it because obesity is not something to be treated taken lightly so if they can step in when there's physical abuse then why i couldn't they also step and if there's you know think you could call it medical abuse when you're not helping your child be healthy and in fact you're just making them completely overweight what what concerns me about classifying this is abuse is that it sort of pushes to the back part of the very serious cases of abuse we have finite law enforcement dollars we have finite health care dollars and i would rather see abuse cases going after people who molest children people who legitimately are neglecting children not taking parent children out of the homes of parents who give their kids fast foo

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