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In the course of the 20th century, hardly a region in the world has escaped the triumph of global consumerism. Muslim societies are no exception. Globalized brands are pervasive, and the landscapes of consumption are changing at a breathtaking pace. Yet Muslim consumers are not passive victims of the homogenizing forces of globalization. They actively appropriate and adapt the new commodities and spaces of consumption to their own needs and integrate them into their culture. Simultaneously, this culture is reshaped and reinvented to comply with the mechanisms of conspicuous consumption. It is these processes that this volume seeks to address from an interdisciplinary perspective.

The global trade in human organs is growing. The poor and desperate are being driven to extreme measures – willing to sell body parts, because of the global economic crisis. Iran is the only country in the world where it is legal to sell an organ for money. Everywhere else, it’s banned, and there’s a huge black market. Donors receive as little as $1000 for a kidney, although the going rate is around $5000. The real money is made by the brokers who charge up to $200,000 dollars to organise a transplant for a wealthy patient. India, Egypt, Moldova and Brazil are among the world’s leading providors of organs. They are either sold domestically or exported to patients in the US, Europe, the United Arab Emirates and Israel. The most commonly traded organs are kidneys, corneas and livers. It is believed as many as 15,000 kidneys could be trafficked every year. Al Jazeera’s Nisreen el Shamayleh reports, on the rising organ trade in Jordan.

(The Intelligence Daily) — A new low-wage industry study by the Center for Urban Economic Development, the National Employment Law Project, and the UCLA Institute for Research on Labor and Employment exposes the dark side of workforce exploitation in America’s three largest cities – New York, Los Angeles and Chicago.

How much more death and devastation does the world need to sit up and realise that the catastrophic effects of Climate Change are already upon us? There has been heavy flooding in several states in India, typhoons devastating the Philippines, Vietnam and parts of Thailand. Asia seems to be bearing the brunt of climate change. And yet, here in the Bangkok negotiations, the developing nation representatives complain, that there is a lack of urgency in the stance of the developed nations, in coming to a quick and amicable solution.

The objectives of the project presented here are then to bring solutions and scientificand technical help in the four following fields :✔ children education✔ training of the professionals✔ tourism guideline and information✔ development of specific collaborative tools for the local persons in chargevia “South East Asia Disaster Training & Prevention”.Possibly related posts: (automatically generated)Growing Disaster In South AsiaWhat We’re Reading: The problem with women … is men

The Forced Marriage Unit (FMU), a specialist body established by the Foreign Office and the Home Office, deals each year with around 1,000 complaints of forced marriages, now becoming one of the most prevalent forms of domestic violence in the U.K.

‘We were with al-Shafi’i one day when an old man wearing garments of wool came to us with a walking-stick in his hand. Al-Shafi’i stood up, fixed his clothes and greeted the old man. He sat down and al-Shafi’i began looking at him in admiration when the man said:

Michael Zammit-Cutajar, who chairs the working group on financing for adaptation measures in developing countries, said agriculture was “flagged” in the working text but would probably not get more of a mention than that.

United States- Upholding a motto “When Islam meets America,” Zaytuna Institute would apparently become a full accredited Islamic university by the next fall.The optimism came out of Imam Zaid Shakir, who was along with Sheikh Hamza and Dr. Hatem Bazian founded the Zaytuna Institute in 1996 ago in the Bay Area.The university would be open for men and women from any ‘religious and racial backgrounds, including the Jewish students.’“Every applicant will be considered on their merits,” Shakir said.Two major subjects at the university are Arabic language and Islamic legal and theological Islam.via Islamine: US to Have First Accredited Islamic University.Possibly related posts: (automatically generated)YouTube – Islamic Economics 101 IAW Sydney University Muslim Students Ass…Muslimness: First Islamic Arts E-Magazine