Facebook is a top social networking site that is used all over the world. This website allows people to get in touch with friends and family members near or far, and people are addicted to using it. It not only allows a person to contact people, but it helps an individual stay informed about the world around them. However, parents in Pakistan believe that this website has a negative impact on the youth.

The negative impact of Facebook is that it is distracting students from their school work. It is something that kids can spend hours and hours on. Facebook allows kids to play games, chat with their friends, and like their favorite pages. This addiction is the problem that is the concern of many Pakistani people. Pakistan has a very competitive environment. Students here compete to get into top colleges, universities, and to get the top jobs. In order to get these things you must have good results from your exams, and you must have some extracurricular activities. Facebooking does not count as an extracurricular activity. Kids have to strive and they work their bottoms off day and night, so that they can get to where they need to go. There are not equal opportunities for every student, so the children in this country have to push their studies to the limit. The more knowledge they have, the higher they will be able to score on their exams.

Parents are concerned because Facebook is distracting kids from what is really important.

Shenila, the mother of two sons who often use facebook says, “They are not paying any attention to school because they find Facebook entertaining. Facebook cannot help them earn big bucks. Not only are they neglecting their school work, but they do not listen to a word I say. I told both of my kids to turn off the laptop and offer their daily prayers. Both of them acted as if they had not heard me. This Facebook is ruining my children. Neglecting school work is one thing, but not offering prayers or respecting my authority is something serious!”

Facebook is affecting Shenila’s sons negatively; however, not everything is bad about this social network. Students can learn about Islam on Facebook, they can get help from friends on homework and so much more. This website should not be taken in a negative sense because networking and getting in touch with people is also very important for survival. However, if parents in Pakistan are having serious problems, then there is always the option of setting strict limits or blocking Facebook for good. These strict measures may not seem fair to your child now, but they will soon learn that the competitive environment in this country does not give opportunities to time wasters.

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A leading member of the English Defence League banned from every football ground in the country has been spotted heading for Arsenal matches, the Old Bailey heard.

Joel Titus, 21, was banned from football after he led a mass brawl outside Liverpool Street station more than two years ago. At that time he led Brentford fans in a charge on rival Leyton Orient supporters.

But he has dodged the ban by switching allegiance to Arsenal and joining fellow hooligans in pubs, stations and on supporters coaches, the court was told. The leader of the youth wing of the EDL has also moved to Highbury to be closer to Arsenal's Emirates Stadium.

When he was arrested during one clash he was found with a hard-knuckle Kevlar glove – the same type of weapon he used during the earlier Liverpool Street fight.

Police are now applying for his football banning order to be extended to prevent a repeat of his behaviour. Judge Timothy Pontius will pass sentence today.

Evening Standard, 6 December 2012

Also convicted along with Titus for his part the Liverpool Street station brawl was Martin Pottle, who was jailed again earlier this year over the attack on Kingston Mosque.

In addition to his 9-month prison sentence for affray, last year Titus was slapped with an ASBO banning him from attending EDL protests and entering or loitering outside mosques.

Still, Titus does have his admirers. One of them described this convicted thug as follows: "Nice fella, not afraid to get his hands dirty (so what) ... intelligent kid – best of luck to him."

The author of that encomium is former EDL activist Andy Hughes of the Islamic Far-Right in Britain blog, whose witch-hunting anti-Muslim articles have been approvingly cross-posted at Harry's Place.

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The heir to cigarette smoking, shisha smoking is becoming more and more popular in society nowadays. This increasing habit of shisha smoking is emerging as a fashion statement in both boys and girls. A general misconception is that, unlike cigarette smoking, hookah or shisha smoking is safe for the health. The ever increasing trend of shisha smoking is bringing the new generation to destruction and is playing an important role in pulling down the future of upcoming youth. According to a survey by the world health organization it is estimated that 36 percent of young boys and nine percent of young girls are a part of the 25 million people who smoke shisha in Pakistan. Basically, shisha or Hookah is a water pipe with a hose and smoke chamber. The specially-made tobacco, or “flavored tobacco” is not less toxic than cigarette tobacco. In fact, it has been proven through research that one hour of smoking shisha is equal to the smoke inhaled by smoking 100-200 cigarettes. So in that sense, shisha is far more harmful to your health.

During the last few years, shisha smoking has gained popularity not only in Pakistan, but also in many other countries such as India, Bangladesh and China. Although the government has announced rules and regulations regarding smoking – specifically, that children under the age of 16 are prohibited to smoke, the government is unable to ensure any kind of check and balance of these rules and underage boys and girls are seen smoking openly. Now, this fashionable trend of shisha smoking has surpassed all limits. Shisha clubs are open in places that are accessible to the young generation.

Shisha smoking has many health disadvantages. First, it contains high levels of compounds which are very harmful to the human body such as heavy metals and many other harmful compounds which are capable of producing cancer. Shisha smoking is extremely dangerous for pregnant women as it can cause abnormalities and lower birth weights in babies. The shisha pipes which are used in the shisha clubs are also not properly cleaned so there is also the short-term chance for germs to be transferred from one to another by secondhand pipe smoking.

Because of these reasons, the future of the upcoming youth is in danger due to shisha smoking. Therefore, it is important to stop this trend in order to save the health of these children throughout the world.

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Youth is definitely the power of any nation and any religion. A nation gains its identity in the world mainly and mostly because of its youth. Only the youth has the power and strength to prove its nation and religion in the universe. So, to make a nation or religious successful most attention is paid and must be paid on the youth of the respective religion and nation. A nation that does not have a strengthened youth can never be successful. It is evident from the history that the nations that made their way in the world are those who had a powerful youth. In fact youth are the building blocks of any nation. Same is the case with the Muslim nation. The Muslims nation also has a very powerful and strong Muslim youth. If we have a look at the past history we can briefly have a look at the youth of the Muslim nation and their great deeds. No doubt Islam is a very spiritual and strong religion of the world. It also has a strong nation. This article deals with Muslim nations and also its youth.

In fact in this article we will discuss about the important role played by the Muslim youth in the modern world. History is quite evident about the fact that Muslims have done marvelous jobs in the past in every field of life. Many important and main inventions are related to the youth of the Muslim nation. Muslims scientist are also the youth of the Muslim nation and we all know that the youth of Muslims has made their way in the modern world. They have done marvels in the history of the modern world. Same is the case with the youth of the Muslim nation at present. Now a day’s the youth is even more aware and strong. They are much more powerful than their ancestors. The reason is that they have more resources than past and they also make the use of these resources at their best. This is the reason why the youth of Muslim nation is so renowned in the modern world.

One main merit and significance of the Muslim youth that is admired all over the world is their bonding and connection with each other. They all are alike one person without any discrimination. Their religion has ordered them to stay away from any kind of discrimination. And this is a fact that whenever a youth falls a prey of discrimination between each other, it has to face disasters. This disaster is not at all found in the youth of Muslim nation. They work for their nation by working in the world. They keep themselves involved with the modern world but never forget their religion, traditions, beliefs and limitations. They are strong enough to fight for their nation and religion. The youth of Muslim nation is admired by the whole world for its unity and hard efforts to mark their name in the modern world. This is why they have their own name and fame in modern world.

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Jawad Ahmad

I am 24 years old and i have done Masters in Business Administration (Finance) from a recognized university.
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The youth is an important part of any society, they are full of energy, motivation and encouragement pave their way towards success. It is true that they all just need proper guidelines to excel in every field of life. Once they select the right path then the results will be fruitful for the society. It is important for the Muslim parents to grow their child under Islamic values and tradition and tell them about the youth of Sahaba’s. They must follow the right path to be successful in life. It has been observed that youth of recent era is living an aimless life, they are just running after money and fame, they are ignoring the Islamic values and that is why Muslim youth is behind the youth of other religion.

Youth must have an aim of life, living the life for a purpose is much better than aimless life. When the life is aimless than youngster will try to commit frauds, crimes and other fraudulent activities. Youth has played an important role in the Wars and movements, in the recent revolution in Egypt you can find young blood behind this revolt. History is full of examples.

Now we will discuss the role of young Muslims in each and every field of life.

Role as an Imam: Prayer is the most important pillar of Islam and we all know that Muslims have to offer prayer 5 times a day so we need to select a person as Imam of Masjid and the person nominated(young) must possess qualities to act like Imam.

Role as a teacher: Islam has given great respect to the teacher and they are regarded high as they have to serve a very noble cause. As a teacher it is the duty of a person to do justice to his profession and taught the students with full devotion. As a teacher a person should teach his or her student to follow the right path, stay away from the sin, contribution to the Islamic cause and the teacher must have an exemplary character so that students can follow his steps.

Role as a Doctor:  The role of the doctor is very important as he has to serve the patient. The doctor must do justice to his profession and not work only for the money but also serve to community for free.

Role as a leader: As a leader the Muslim should adopt the right way so that people follow them. The personal character is very important for the leader, he should keep himself away from illegal work. He must stay away from the illegal source of earning. As a leader he must be honest, hardworking and clever. He must declare his assets and must pay tax with accordance to the law of that country.

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