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Nada dering azan haram

(Petikan dari myMetro ,Sabtu, 2 Januari 2010)

KAHERAH: Mufti Mesir, Ali Gomaa mahukan masyarakat Islam menjawab azan yang dilaungkan di masjid, bukan apabila ia berdering menerusi telefon bimbit.
Beliau semalam mengeluarkan fatwa mendesak masyarakat Islam berhenti menggunakan bacaan ayat suci al-Quran atau azan sebagai nada dering. Menurutnya, ia tidak sesuai, mengelirukan dan mencemari kata-kata Tuhan.
“Kata-kata Allah itu amat suci. Allah mengarahkan kita menghormati dan mengagungkanNya,” kata Ali.
Menurutnya, penganut Islam diwajibkan bersolat lima kali sehari dan masa itu diumumkan hanya dengan azan dari masjid.
“Azan adalah untuk mengumumkan waktu solat. “Menggunakannya untuk nada dering membawa kepada kekeliruan.” Nada dering Islamik begitu popular di Mesir, Arab Saudi, Tebing Barat dan negara Islam lain.Sekumpulan ulama Saudi baru-baru ini juga merayu rakyat negara itu supaya tidak menggunakan ayat suci sebagai nada dering.
Di Mesir, azan atau ayat al-Quran bukan setakat popular sebagai nada dering.
Ia juga dijadikan skrin saver dan pesanan teks dalam ucapan sempena sambutan hari kebesaran.
Nada itu boleh dimuatturunkan dari Internet, laman web syarikat telefon bimbit dan disiarkan menerusi stesen televisyen.
Majoriti penduduk Mesir berfahaman Sunni dan terdapat hampir 50 juta pengguna telefon bimbit.
Mereka yang mahukan nada dering Islamik, mufti itu mencadangkan mereka menggunakan nasyid. — Reuters

If you love eggs but still feel a bit guilty when you eat them, here's some happy news: eat your eggs with a smile, because they're good for you.

Nutrition recommendations have lifted the cloud over eggs and the thinking now is that an egg a day is OK.

For much of the past 40 years the public has been warned away from eggs because of the risk of heart disease. Unhealthy serum cholesterol levels have, after all, been linked to increased risk of cardiovascular disease, and eggs are relatively high in dietary cholesterol.

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Eggs, the new good food.

Increasing understanding about the causes of high LDL (bad) cholesterol levels has helped us unscramble the difference between cholesterol in the blood and cholesterol in food.

Cholesterol is made naturally in the bodies of all animals and humans. It is necessary for the production of hormones and vitamin D, and to keep cell walls healthy. The liver makes most of the cholesterol needed by the human body so you shouldn't have to worry about getting enough from your food.

Dietary cholesterol is found in animal foods, such as meat, fish, poultry, dairy products and, of course, eggs. While the cholesterol in food can raise your blood cholesterol levels, researchers now know that consuming too much saturated fat and trans fat generally contributes more to unhealthy serum cholesterol levels.

Some research has even questioned the connection between egg consumption and cardiovascular disease. A study published in the Journal of the American College of Nutrition showed that risk of cardiovascular disease in men and women did not increase with increasing egg consumption. In fact, it showed quite the opposite. From their findings of analyzing more than 27,000 subjects, they indicated that the egg consumers actually had lower serum cholesterol levels than those subjects who abstained from eggs.

The Harvard School of Public Health's research showed the dietary cholesterol in eggs does not have a negative effect on blood cholesterol levels of healthy people. This and numerous other studies have shown there is no link between eating eggs and a higher risk of heart disease or stroke for healthy adults. Some recent studies have even shown that HDL (good) cholesterol increased when people ate an egg-supplemented diet.