အခမဲ့သင္ယူ ႏုိင္ေသာ အစၥလာမ့္ အြန္လိုင္းတကၠသိုလ္ ဖြင့္လွစ္

The Islamic Online University (IOU) is the brainchild of Dr. Bilal Philips. He envisioned an institution that would offer online intensive, undergraduate, and graduate courses in Islamic Studies completely tuition-free. The IOU was initially launched in 2001 from UAE with an offering of a few short courses. After a five year interlude, it was restarted in 2007 from Qatar with a greater offering of completely free short courses. Alhamdulillah, although we began with 1,500 students in 2007, by the end of 2008, the number of registered students tripled, reaching 4,500. And now, as 2009 has ended, Allah has blessed the IOU with a student...

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DKBA ‘kidnapping’ defector children

      The pro-Burmese government Democratic Karen Buddhist Army (DKBA) is taking captive family members, including young children, of soldiers who have defected to an opposition Karen army. A seven-member platoon fled the DKBA’s 999 brigade on 11 July and, armed with weapons and ammunition, joined the Karen National Liberation Army (KNLA), the armed wing of the Karen National Union (KNU). But the following day, the families of platoon leader Saw Myo Myo and three other defectors were taken by DKBA troops in Shwe Gkoh Ko, a town close to the Karen state border with Thailand. “The DKBA is angry with me,” said Saw Myo Myo. “I heard that my father, my sister and my wife have been taken captive…and being detained in Shwe Gkoh Ko. Apparently, they told my wife she has to pay for...

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