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STORIES FROM BANGLADESH-1: THE NIGHT OF HELL-FIRE IN 1950

Published in CanadaBdNews.com on February 4, 2012 (Click the + icon for bigger font and – icon for smaller font) [My grandchildren who were born in North America and are now growing up here are very much interested in hearing … Continue reading

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TO MY ELDERLY COMPATRIOTS

Published in CanadaBdNews.com (Click the + icon for bigger font and – icon for smaller font) Aristotle, a great philosopher of ancient Greece, wrote that knowledge sought for its own sake is better than that pursued for its practical benefit. … Continue reading

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SYLHET, THE LAND OF BLESSINGS

Dr. Abdur Rabb Published in CanadaBdNews.com on January 9, 2011 (Click the + icon for bigger font and – icon for smaller font) Sylhet, Sylhet, Sylhet! What a beautiful name! It sounds very sweet in my years. Allah subhanahu ta’ala … Continue reading

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SUFISM EXPLAINED

Dr. Abdur Rabb Published in canadaBdNews.com on January 23, 2011  (Click the + icon for bigger font and – icon for smaller font) In the beginning of my article on Sylhet published in canadaBDnews on January 9, 2011, I explained … Continue reading

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ALL HELL BROKE LOOSE ON THE NIGHT OF MARCH 25, 1971

Dr. Abdur Rabb Published in the CanadaBdNews.com on January 5, 2011 (Click the + icon for bigger font and – icon for smaller font) All hell broke loose on the night of March 25, 1971. I do not think it … Continue reading

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OUR LIFE IN WEST PAKISTAN

Dr. Abdur Rabb, Montreal Published in the CanadaBdNews.com on March 18, 2011 (Click the + icon for bigger font and – icon for smaller font) I have often been asked how I found myself in West Pakistan during the period … Continue reading

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HOW WE ESCAPED FROM PAKISTAN

Dr. Abdur Rabb, Montreal Published in the CanadaBdNews.com on February 6, 2011 (Click the + icon for bigger font and – icon for smaller font) [After Bangladesh became independent on December 16, 1971, the Pakistani Government held the Bengalis working … Continue reading

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INTERFAITH COMMUNITY SERVICE IN BANGLADESH

Dr. Abdur Rabb Published in the CanadaBdNews.com on May 1, 2011 (Click the + icon for bigger font and – icon for smaller font) I know a Bangladeshi Canadian who has been doing some charitable work both in his adopted … Continue reading

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DEATH THE INEVITABLE

Dr. Abdur Rabb Published in canadaBdNews.com (Click the + icon for bigger font and – icon for smaller font) Allah subhanahu ta’la says in the Holy Qur’an, “Indeed every individual will face death.” Every one of us, even the children after they … Continue reading

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A LETTER FROM A YOUNG DYING MOTHER TO HER ONLY SON

Introduction by Dr. Abdur Rabb Published in CanadaBdNews on April 24, 2011 (Click the + icon for bigger font and – icon for smaller font) Nargis Bhabi knew that she was fast approaching the end of her life on this … Continue reading

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