It is astonishing how people can influence others, simply by keeping their company. Don't take a companion unless their state elevates you, and that they take you closer to God. Don't have friends that complain all the time. There's nothing worse than to be around a complainer. Be around people that uplift you, that are positive, optimistic. Help people with their problems, but put yourself in environments that help you move forward. And don't be of the people out there that don't want to see others succeed.....- Ustadh Yahya Rhodus

Saudi:Rizana Nafeek was accused of strangling a child and was beheaded. Fayhan al-Ghamdi (Islamic Preacher) raped and tortured his 5 yrs old daughter to death served a few months in jail paid $50000 and was released

http://www.newyorker.com/online/blogs/newsdesk/2013/01/a-maids-execution-in-saudi-arabia.html

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/middle-east/saudi-celebrity-preacher-who-raped-and-tortured-his-five-yearold-daughter-to-death-is-released-after-paying-blood-money-8480440.html

The Spiritual Implications of Dementia

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/lynn-casteel-harper/the-spiritual-implication_b_644586.html?ncid=edlinkusaolp00000008

"Eloquence is irrelevant: dementia sucks really bad. Dementia defies platitudes and niceties; however, it does not defy meaning and life. "......