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Earth is the third planet from the Sun and the fifth largest: orbit: 149,600,000 km (1.00 AU) from Sundiameter: 12,756.3 kmmass: 5.972e24 kg Earth is the only planet whose English name does not derive from Greek/Roman mythology. The name derives from...

Earth is the third planet from the Sun and the fif...

Venus is the second planet from the Sun and the sixth largest. Venus' orbit is the most nearly circular of that of any planet, with an eccentricity of less than 1%. orbit: 108,200,000 km (0.72 AU) from Sundiameter: 12,103.6 kmmass: 4.869e24 kg Venus ...

Venus is the second planet from the Sun and the si...

Mercury is the closest planet to the Sun and the eighth largest. Mercury is slightly smaller in diameter than the moons Ganymede and Titan but more than twice as massive. orbit: 57,910,000 km (0.38 AU) from Sundiameter: 4,880 kmmass: 3.30e23 kg In Ro...

Mercury is the closest planet to the Sun and the e...

Our Sun is a normal main-sequence G2 star, one of more than 100 billion stars in our galaxy. diameter: 1,390,000 km. mass: 1.989e30 kg temperature: 5800 K (surface) 15,600,000 K (core) The Sun is by far the largest object in the solar system. It cont...

Our Sun is a normal main-sequence G2 star, one of ...

My child-rearing techniques are directly influenced by being a Muslim. Islam touches all parts of my life and as such I try to raise my children in the most Islamic way possible. My children came into this world as Muslims, innocent and submissive to...

My child-rearing techniques are directly influence...

I have found that Muslims are very certain about what they believe. They feel they have the truth, and they can't understand Why non-Muslims don't see it. As with all people, a variety of opinions and interpretations also exists among Muslims, and po...

I have found that Muslims are very certain about w...

Some Muslim parents are willing to let the children stay with the grandparents or others for a few hours or overnight, but it isn't often. Muslim parents feel very responsible and have so many things they want controlled in their children's environme...

Some Muslim parents are willing to let the childre...

American holidays may be very difficult for the families of origin of the Muslim converts and for Muslims in general. Office parties featuring alcohol, dancing, and/or flirting relationships; the giving of gifts such as liquor, hams, turkeys; nationa...

American holidays may be very difficult for the fa...

Jodi's different lifestyle and dress were difficult for our whole family at first. Jodi's uncle, not many years older than she and always close to the family, made what he thought was a funny statement about her scarf in front of a visitor, and it hu...

Jodi's different lifestyle and dress were difficul...

The surveys indicated that both parents were involved in the care and training of the children. Reference was made to rights of children and parents from the aspect of rights that need to be extended to the children by the parents and from the childr...

The surveys indicated that both parents were invol...

The women expressed their concern about child-rearing in several areas. They especially want to pass on to their children the values of the Islamic community and religion. Living in a non-Muslim country makes it a little more difficult, and they feel...

The women expressed their concern about child-rear...

We had taken our children with us to the church campgrounds for annual family church camps during the years our children were growing up. Jodi also went to these campgrounds for youth camps. These were the grounds where many good growing experiences ...

We had taken our children with us to the church ca...

Another factor is the power that the family of the husband has over acceptance of the wife. Of course, this is something we all have to do in marriage-to work out the relationship with our in-laws, but in this situation there is the added dimension o...

Another factor is the power that the family of the...

+My parents were unsure about my husband as they didn't get to meet him in person until the night we married. We purposely spent a few days (after our marriage ) with them so they could get to know him better. They have grown to love him dearly. In f...

+My parents were unsure about my husband as they d...

+I met my husband playing Bingo. I was sitting by a family friend and it so happened he knew her too. He had a nice smile and was easy to talk to. I had come from a disastrous relationship with an abusive man nine years my senior but many years my ju...

+I met my husband playing Bingo. I was sitting by ...

From the first moment Jodi and Reza told us they wanted to - get married, they made it clear that they intended to live in his homeland, Iran. It was at the time that American hostages were being held captive in Iran, and relations between Iran and A...

From the first moment Jodi and Reza told us they w...

The Arabia of the seventh century was a setting in which the killing of baby daughters was common and women had few rights and were often mistreated. The Qur'an gave women the rights to hold title to property, to receive inheritance, to receive a dow...

The Arabia of the seventh century was a setting in...

The close identity of Islam with the prophets, with the emphasis on Allah as the same God the Christians and Jews worship, with the acceptance of Jesus as a great prophet and teacher, with the tracing of their roots to Abraham-all these make a famili...

The close identity of Islam with the prophets, wit...

Some of the women came from families who were determined that their daughters would be diligent in their church attendance, not only on Sundays but also during the week. The word "strict" was often used to describe the expectations of some families i...

Some of the women came from families who were dete...

Reading the verses of Qur'an especially the 68th verse of Zumar the Companies - the 39th Surah - , we find out that at the end of the time and at the begining of the resurrection,two sudden phenomena shall be taken place.All the living creatures shal...

Reading the verses of Qur'an especially the 68th v...

Whenever the amounts of percipitation is in excess of the Sum of evaporation,penetration and crater collections capacity,the excess waters after formation of a layer or thin layers over the ground surface,will cause a surface flow which could have th...

Whenever the amounts of percipitation is in excess...