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"The West is where you are dependent, have been deceiving your brain and your soul bewitching. West depends where you are, have been deceiving yourself. Once the subtle persuasion and seduction, once the shackles and bondage "(Muhammad Iqbal). * Accordingly, Hidayat Nuim Recently evolved (developed) understandings of Islam are confusing. A term that appears at first glance as if it is true, but that tends to mean one. For example the term Islamic Violence, Islamic Relief, Islamic Inclusive and others. The emergence of the term is understood some Islamic circles as Western propaganda to divide Muslims, while others thought it was a treasure freedom of Muslims or Islamic discourse.

A new study in The Lancet rates the harmfulness of 20 psychoactive drugs according to 16 criteria and finds that alcohol comes out on top. Although that conclusion is generating headlines, it is not at all surprising, since alcohol is, by several important measures (including acute toxicity, impairment of driving ability, and the long-term health effects of heavy use), the most dangerous widely used intoxicant, and its abuse is also associated with violence, family breakdown, and social estrangement. A group of British drug experts gathered by the Independent Scientific Committee on Drugs (ISCD) rated alcohol higher than most or all of the other drugs for health damage, mortality, impairment of mental functioning, accidental injury, economic cost, loss of relationships, and negative impact on community. Over all, alcohol rated 72 points on a 100-point scale, compared to 55 for heroin, 54 for crack cocaine, and 33 for methamphetamine. Cannabis got a middling score of 20, while MDMA (Ecstasy), LSD, and psilocybin mushrooms were at the low end, with ratings of 9, 7, and 6, respectively.

"Iowa State University Distinguished Professor of Psychology Craig Anderson has made much of his life's work studying how violent video game play affects youth behavior. And he says a new study he led, analyzing 130 research reports on more than 130,000 subjects worldwide, proves conclusively that exposure to violent video games makes more aggressive, less caring kids -- regardless of their age, sex or culture."