intheheartofgreenbirds
4th June 2008, 08:01 PM
Narrated Anas: "I will narrate to you a Hadith I heard from Allah's Apostle and none other than I will tell you of it. I heard Allah's Apostle saying, 'From among the portents of the Hour are the following: Religious knowledge will be taken away; General ignorance (in religious matters) will increase; illegal Sexual intercourse will prevail: Drinking of alcoholic drinks will prevail. Men will decrease in number, and women will increase in number, so much so that fifty women will be looked after by one man.' (Translation of Sahih Bukhari, Wedlock, Marriage (Nikaah), Volume 7, Book 62, Number 158)"
A puzzling phenomenon is playing out across the world, in countries as diverse as the United States, Sweden and Japan.
Though more boys are being born than girls in most places, their numbers are falling. And no one is sure why.
The change is small, but real. In the US, the number of baby boys versus girls has been declining since 1970, translating into 17 fewer males for every 10,000 births or an estimated 135,000 fewer boys born between 1970 and 2002, according to a study last year in Environmental Health Perspectives.
http://www.theage.com.au/news/parenting/puzzle-over-declining-male-births/2008/06/03/1212258802921.html
A puzzling phenomenon is playing out across the world, in countries as diverse as the United States, Sweden and Japan.
Though more boys are being born than girls in most places, their numbers are falling. And no one is sure why.
The change is small, but real. In the US, the number of baby boys versus girls has been declining since 1970, translating into 17 fewer males for every 10,000 births or an estimated 135,000 fewer boys born between 1970 and 2002, according to a study last year in Environmental Health Perspectives.
http://www.theage.com.au/news/parenting/puzzle-over-declining-male-births/2008/06/03/1212258802921.html