Boycott Israel [IslamCity] Throwing Good Money After Bad Governance in Afghanistan
My Fellow Americans Our WAR ON MUSLIMS Has Manifold Aims. One Is to PLUNDER the WEALTH of the Muslims to ENRICH Us, Another Is to DESTROY Their Economic INFRASTRUCTURE Back to STONEAGE Finally to SLAUGHTER the ISLAMIC MORONS in Their THOUANDS So as to SEND a Strong Message NEVER Dare Question Our ACTIONS. God Bless America. GWB Throwing Good Money After Bad Governance Last Updated: 12:01am GMT 20/11/2006 http://www.telegraph.co.uk/opinion/main.jhtml?xml=/opinion/2006/11/20/dl2001.xmlsSheet=/opinion/2006/11/20/ixopinion.html In a crisis, a Labour politician's first instinct is to reach for his wallet or, rather, for your wallet. The struggle against the jihadists has not gone as well as had been hoped. Something close to a full-scale war rages in Afghanistan against a new Taliban insurgency. In Iraq, coalition troops and their local auxiliaries are virtually confined to base, while warlords fight it out over great tracts of the country. Tony Blair's response? To spend his way out of trouble, lavishing overseas aid on the Islamist heartlands notably in Pakistan in the hope that economic growth will distract the tribesmen from their zealotry. The trouble is, there is absolutely no evidence that foreign aid quells fanaticism. Indeed, there is some evidence of negative correlation. Afghanistan has received more than $8 billion in grants since 2001, while the US alone voted for $18.7 billion for reconstruction in Iraq in 2003; yet the peoples of these lands are more radicalised than ever. The largest recipients per capita of development aid in the world, by a considerable margin, are the Palestinians, who have none the less constructed a society in which paramilitarism and even suicide bombings are regarded as normal, if not meritorious. It is possible to envisage how overseas aid might achieve its objectives. Tightly focused programmes to, for example, incentivise the substitution of narcotics crops, can succeed. But such schemes are the exception rather than the rule. It is more usual for foreign aid, as in Palestine, to foster corruption, dependency and resentment. An economy in which subventions keep young men idle and just above the poverty line is arguably the perfect terrorist habitat. It is striking, for example, how many of our own attempted Tube bombers were living on welfare, despising the hand that fed them and despising themselves for feeding from it. Had this option been closed, they might have had to find gainful employment, and so had less time to work themselves into a condition of existential rage. The idea that political violence is born of poverty and despair derives, ultimately, from Marx. Like many of his ideas, it looks plausible on the page, but turns out not to be true. Most revolutions happen at times of rising wealth and aspiration. If Mr Blair thinks that Western aid will win over the Muslim world, he misunderstands human nature. One of the reasons that Iraqis distrust the West is that they had come to associate it, via the UN's oil for food racket, with their own corrupt officials. The last thing we want is for a similar thing to happen in Pakistan. There are many things Mr Blair could usefully do to help that country, such as encouraging investment and trade and the opening of EU markets to Pakistani exports. Aid, in the final analysis, allows autocratic governments to spend more money without having to ask their peoples: in other words it makes them more irresponsible. This is in no one's interest. AB [EMAIL PROTECTED] First They Came for the EXTREMIST, FUNDAMENTALIST MODERATE Muslims. And I DIDNT Speak Out Because I Wasn't An Extremist, Fundamentalist or a Moderate Muslim. Then FINALLY They Came for Me the NON-PRACTICING Muslim And NO Muslims Were Left to Speak Out for ME. - Choose the right car based on your needs. Check out Yahoo! Autos new Car Finder tool.
Boycott Israel [IslamCity] Thought / Reminder for the Day
The tools of conquest do not necessarily come with bombs and explosions and fallout. There are weapons that are simply thoughts... attitudes... prejudices. To be found only in the minds of men. For the record, prejudices can kill, and suspicion can destroy, and the thoughtless, frightened search for a scapegoat has a fallout all of its own for the children, and the children yet unborn. And the pity of it is... that these things cannot be confined to... The Twilight Zone. -- Rod Serling closing narration to the episode entitled The Monsters are Due on Maple Street http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Monsters_Are_Due_on_Maple_Street -- -- -- G. Waleed Kavalec -
Boycott Israel [IslamCity] a historical compromise............without compromising history
I have just found a historical-compromise : (without compromising history.) We shall not wipe-off the Map the state of Israel and we shall keep that state of Israel, but we shall give it all back to the Palestinians. Because and anyhow, 19.7% of the Israeli-citizens are originally abducted-Palestinians carrying an Israeli-Passport ,imposed on them, by Israel. And secondly , Israel is occupying another 3 million Palestinians which is equal to the number of Israelis so if we add up the occupied-Palestinians and the abducted-Palestinians they are more than those imported Israelis. Let alone, the exiled-Palestinians, another 2.5 million, who are to added to this equation. So keep the name of State of Israel ,if you wish, but give back the country to its original ,historical and lawful owners. Washington may keep pumping money in that direction and the country shall be refilled with real-Semites , again. After all , those Israelis once pretended also that Falafel and Hoummos were Israeli dishes , so they may also call Palestine: Israel , if they wantas long as they give it back !! and we shall accept ,in that case , to call our Hoummos and Falafel : Israelis Raja Chemayel a pragmatic-nationalist and also a pragmatic-terminologies 21.06.07 PS : I think and hope that President Ahmadinejad also agrees with what I proposed here.after all , he does not cares much about our Hoummos. Only, he cares , about the Justice !! - Now you can scan emails quickly with a reading pane. Get the new Yahoo! Mail.
Boycott Israel [IslamCity] Re: War on Islam ?- Britain KNIGHTS Satanic Salman RushDIE
Tory MP Stewart Jackson, chairman of the all-party group on Pakistan, said: I have tried to read one or two of his books myself, and I would have got more stimulation from the Yellow Pages. The suggestion that the British public have been queueing up to demand that Salman Rushdie is given a knighthood is frankly a joke. A few cappuccino-sipping Lefties in Hampstead may have thought this was a good move, but the idea he is a popular cultural icon is laughable. http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/news/article-23401260-details/Rushdie%20row%20'a%20shock%20to%20knighthood%20committee'/article.do -- Salaam all Seems Muslims in England have a opportunity here to show we are capaple of calmly - and stubbornly - applying political and economic pressure. And media pressure. And - more important - we need those in London and the UK to make an effort to see that these alleged public requests are themselves made public. 1. WHO made such requests, if they were really made? 2. HOW do they stack up against other similar requests? Anyone want to give odds that if we can actually track back we will find the nominators to either be, or be influenced by, those elements who want to see the levels of Islamophobia and/or Muslim unrest exacerbated? Remember, having a them is what keeps certain kinds of people in power. The one thing those kinds are most afraid of - is the simple light of day. G. Waleed Kavalec - There are weapons that are simply thoughts. For the record, prejudices can kill and suspicion can destroy. -- Rod Serling On 6/19/07, Alan Border [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: *Boycotting of Non Essential Goods Services from Countries, Communities Organizations Which Are Hostile to Islam Muslim Interests, is an Effective a Non Violent Method of Showing Our Displeasure. This Should Be an On Going Policy By Governments, Businesses Individuals NOT a Knee Jerk Reaction to a Particular Incident or Situation – AB* *Queen Knights Fatwa Author Rushdie* *POSTED: 11:09 a.m. EDT, June 16, 2007 * *http://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/europe/06/16/queens.honors.ap/index.html* *LONDON, England* (AP) -- *Author Salman Rushdie, who was forced into hiding for a decade after **Iran**'**s spiritual leader ordered his assassination, is to receive a knighthood in the latest honors list, ** Buckingham** **Palace** has announced.* The Midnight's Children author, along with CNN reporter Christiane Amanpour as well as a KGB double agent and perhaps the government's toughest human rights critic are on the list marking Queen Elizabeth II's official birthday Saturday. *I am thrilled and humbled to receive this great honor, and am very grateful that my work has been recognized in this way, Rushdie said in a statement. Rushdie is one of the most prominent novelists of the late 20th century and is known for his unique mix of history with magical realism. His 13 books have won numerous awards, including the Booker Prize for ** Midnight**'**s Children in 1981. In 1993 the novel won the Booker of Bookers, a special award honoring the best novel in the 25-year history of the prize.* He went into hiding after Iran's Ayatollah Khomeini issued a 1989 fatwa, or religious edict, ordering Muslims to kill the author because his novel The Satanic Verses allegedly insulted Islam. The Iranian government declared in 1998 that it would not support but could not rescind the fatwa. Rushdie says he receives a sort of Valentine's card from Iran each year on February 14 letting him know the country has not forgotten the vow to end his life. Ian Botham, one of England's most successful 20th century cricket players, was also made a knight. CNN's Chief International Correspondent, Christiane Amanpourhttp://www.cnn.com/CNN/anchors_reporters/amanpour.christiane.html/, government lawyer-turned human rights campaigner Shami Chakrabarti, Glastonbury Festival founder Michael Eavis and comedian Barry Humphries, who created the character of Dame Edna Everage, were all named Commanders of the Order of the British Empire, or CBE. *One of the most remarkable names on the list is former KGB agent Oleg Gordievsky, who like Rushdie lived for years under the threat of assassination. British intelligence recruited Gordievsky in the 1960s and he later became invaluable when **Moscow** assigned him to its **London**embassy to spy on **Britain** in 1982. But three years later, his cover was blown and he was arrested while in the **Soviet Union**. He was released due to a lack of evidence and he escaped by secretly boarding a train to **Finland**.* Gordievsky was appointed a Companion to the Order of St. Michael and St. George, or CMG, an honor for individuals who have rendered important services related to Commonwealth or foreign nations. Author Ian Fleming wrote in his novels that the queen gave the same appointment to his fictional spy, James Bond. Other famous names on the list include singer Joe Cocker, soccer
Boycott Israel [IslamCity] Principles Of Islamic Banking
O you who believe! do not devour your property among yourselves falsely, except that it be trading by your mutual consent, and do not kill yourselves. Surely Allah is Merciful to you. Qur'an [4:29] Islam is a complete way of life. Allah, the Creator of humanity, has given us guidelines affecting many different aspects of our lives, including the economic aspect. There is a great deal of information in the Qur'an and Sunnah which describes how Muslims are to engage in economic transactions. Just as Muslims are obligated to obey the rules of Islam regarding prayer, fasting, etc., they are also commanded to obey the injunctions regarding interest for example. Reflecting the growing and global Muslim revival, Islamic banking is widely regarded as the fastest growing segment of the international banking system. The remarkable growth and development of Islamic banks all over the world has produced greater accessibility to different services and transactions which satisfy the conditions elucidated in the Qur'an and Sunnah. Judging from the success of some of these banks, it may be that they are pioneers into a potentially huge and untapped market. To top it off, they are helping bring to reality the goal of economic independence and strength to the Muslim Ummah. a.. Introduction to the Principles Of Islamic Banking b.. Research Report on Islamic Banking c.. Islamic Funding Structures And Financing Vehicles d.. Islamic Investment in Australia with MCCA Principles Of Islamic Banking [This article was published in the 10th issue of Nida'ul Islam magazine, November-December 1995] For millions of Muslims, banks are institutions to be avoided. Islam is a religion which keeps Believers from the teller's window. Their Islamic beliefs prevent them from dealings that involve usury or interest (Riba). Yet Muslims need banking services as much as anyone and for many purposes: to finance new business ventures, to buy a house, to buy a car, to facilitate capital investment, to undertake trading activities, and to offer a safe place for savings. For Muslims are not averse to legitimate profit as Islam encourages people to use money in Islamically legitimate ventures, not just to keep their funds idle. However, in this fast moving world, more than 1400 years after the Prophet (s.a.w.), can Muslims find room for the principles of their religion? The answer comes with the fact that a global network of Islamic banks, investment houses and other financial institutions has started to take shape based on the principles of Islamic finance laid down in the Qur'an and the Prophet's traditions 14 centuries ago. Islamic banking, based on the Qur'anic prohibition of charging interest, has moved from a theoretical concept to embrace more than 100 banks operating in 40 countries with multi-billion dollar deposits world-wide. Islamic banking is widely regarded as the fastest growing sector in the Middle Eastern financial services market. Exploding onto the financial scene barely thirty years ago, an estimated $US 70 billion worth of funds are now managed according to Shari'ah. Deposit assets held by Islamic banks were approximately $US5 billion in 1985 but grew over $60 billion in 1994. The best known feature of Islamic banking is the prohibition on interest. The Qur'an forbids the charging of Riba on money lent. It is important to understand certain principles of Islam that underpin Islamic finance. The Shari'ah consists of the Qur'anic commands as laid down in the Holy Qur'an and the words and deeds of the Prophet Muhammad (s.a.w.). The Shari'ah disallows Riba and there is now a general consensus among Muslim economists that Riba is not restricted to usury but encompasses interest as well. The Qur'an is clear about the prohibition of Riba, which is sometimes defined as excessive interest. O You who believe! Fear Allah and give up that remains of your demand for usury, if you are indeed believers. Muslim scholars have accepted the word Riba to mean any fixed or guaranteed interest payment on cash advances or on deposits. Several Qur'anic passages expressly admonish the faithful to shun interest. The rules regarding Islamic finance are quite simple and can be summed up as follows: a) Any predetermined payment over and above the actual amount of principal is prohibited. Islam allows only one kind of loan and that is qard-el-hassan (literally good loan) whereby the lender does not charge any interest or additional amount over the money lent. Traditional Muslim jurists have construed this principle so strictly that, according to one commentator this prohibition applies to any advantage or benefits that the lender might secure out
Boycott Israel [IslamCity] Theist vs. Atheist Debate : Does God not Exist
Theist vs. Atheist Debate : Does God not Exist Hassanain Rajabali Michael Corey vs. Dan Barker Richard Carrier Part-1: http://youtube.com/watch?v=2j0a4Tkjwpsmode=relatedsearch= Part-2: http://youtube.com/watch?v=_aiAtnTJxRo Take the Internet to Go: Yahoo!Go puts the Internet in your pocket: mail, news, photos more. http://mobile.yahoo.com/go?refer=1GNXIC
Boycott Israel [IslamCity] MUSLIM DAY @ CANADA'S WONDERLAND - Sat July 7/07
Can-Muslim Entertainment Productions Presents THE BIGGEST MUSLIM EVENT OF THE SUMMER...!! MUSLIM DAY @ CANADA'S WONDERLAND Saturday JULY 7, 2007 Sponsored by: The Meadowvale Islamic Centre 6508 Winston Churchill Blvd, Mississauga, ON www.mici.org 905-824-2604 Live Concert by the World Famous Nasheed Artists, AASHIQ AL-RASUL from United Kingdom WALEED HILAL! Park Opens: 10 AM Concerts Begin: 6 PM Come With Your Family And Friends And Enjoy A Full Day of Halal Fun, And Games With Two Live Nasheed Concerts! Shop At Our Bazaar! Pray Eat Halal Foods! Ride Roller Coasters With Family And Friends All Day Long! and much much more, so don't miss out this year... :) Ticket Prices (Prior To The Event Day Only!) Adults = $30 Children (Age 3 - 6) Seniors (Age 60+) = $29 Children Under The Age of 3 - FREE ~~~LOWEST PRICESS EVER!!!~~~ . .Buy Your Tickets NOW! Tickets Hotline: (416) 882-9840 For Info Regarding: Advanced Booking, Vendors, Volunteering Ticket Outlet near you see below Syed Asad Dean 647-273-3094 [EMAIL PROTECTED] Courtesy of: AHLUS SUNNAH FOUNDATION OF CANADA http://www.alsunnahfoundation.org CANADIAN MUSLIMS http://ca.groups.yahoo.com/subscribe/Canadian_Muslims www.MuslimDay.ca - What kind of emailer are you? Find out today - get a free analysis of your email personality. Take the quiz at the Yahoo! Mail Championship.
Boycott Israel [IslamCity] Arab�s court new disasters by following the terrorists� misguided promise of �dignity�
By Shaker Nabulsi There is no doubt that the escalating waves of Islamic terrorism during the past two years have worried the entire world. Arabs seem to be relying on terrorism to rouse them from a deep sleep. The level of violence we are now seeing in the Arab world is excessive, whatever the assertions of the Afghan Arabs', or those responding to Israeli massacres in Gaza and the West Bank. Even if American forces define the borders of Syria, Iran, Saudi Arabia, Jordan and Kuwait, and even if Arabs hear the American voice more than they hear their own, this level of violence is too much. But nobody should be surprised that it is taking place. Terrorism has been a feature of the Arab world since the independence era of the 1940s, when - in truth - there was no independence, but simply a withdrawal and redeployment of foreign troops, since when the Arab world has relied on the West economically, politically and militarily to an extent that deemed independence more a word than a reality. The Arab world has been living with the current phases of terrorism since 1943. Historically it has been state terrorism, official terrorism, sometimes even called beautiful terrorism. Authoritarian states have terrorized their citizens for decades. When Arab states became independent their leaders engaged in terrorist activities in order to suppress dissent. They killed innocent civilians, even children, while attempting to consolidate their power. The leaders who took power at this time became executioners. Later, many became victims of those very people whom they had terrorized, as Saddam Hussein became the victim of the Shi'ites, whom he had terrorized for decades. As the political philosopher Hannah Arendt said in her book On Violence (1970: The waves of terrorism hit their peak when they devoured young children, but the murderers of yesterday have become the victims of today. Joseph Conrad commented on the link between state power and terrorism in his famous book Confidential Informant (1907) when he said that the terrorist and the policeman come from one basket. The link between terrorists and policemen can be seen in the military dictatorships of some Latin American countries, such as Argentina, where the terrorists were former plainclothes military personnel. Stephen Kenzar in his 1978 book Torment Argentina correctly compared Argentine terrorists to certain Arab rulers. Did Arab dictators learn from Hitler that terrorism is the strongest political weapon? Hitler explained in Hermann Rauschning's book Voice of Destruction: conversations with Hitler (1940) that it was terrorism that silenced the critics of the Third Reich. Did the terrorists learn from the Italian fascist leader Benito Mussolini, who announced in a speech on 14 December 1914: He who spills blood is he who controls history? Terrorism was not the problem for the Arab world immediately after independence. The real problem was exploitation, and terrorism was a result of this problem. Terrorism in the contemporary Arab world is like a measles virus that is spreading the body. A virus is deadly, and attacks the weak and those who are not inoculated. Mahatma Gandhi said in his 1920 Journal of Young India that terrorism is the tool of weaklings, not of the strong, and this is still true. The virus of terrorism has been growing since the days of independence. Those men who were seen as the heroes of the independence movement became the exploiters of their countries after independence. They were able to do this because the forces to ensure a civil society were absent. As Ralph Anderson has said: Terrorism's viruses [were] not the product of force, but evidence of the absence of force. Terrorism brings change for the worse. It makes the Arab world more violent than ever. In the absence of forceful opposition to terrorism, this virus is now appearing as a skin rash. The only medicines that effectively inoculate victims against this virus are justice, democracy, human values, a strong culture, and a willingness to change for the better. Mark Twain stated that there are two types of terrorist acts. The first type is committed in the heat of passion. The second type is committed in cold blood. The acts of terrorism now being committed in the Arab world are of the first type. They are acts of emotion that are praised by Arab writers, clerics, politicians, and the Arab media. They are accompanied by prayers to God, and the terrorists are even blessed publicly for their bravery and commitment to Islam. However, is the beginning of the third millennium the right time for such a deadly disease to infect the entire Arab world? This is the era of the Internet, globalization, secularism, the conquest of space, the collapse of dictatorships in the East and West, and the end of the Cold War. It should be the era of global cooperation, not terrorism. We must not forget
Boycott Israel [IslamCity] CMF condemns the implementation of the No-Fly list and calls upon all citizens to report any violation of human rights
Press Release Canadian Muslim Forum (Version français a suive) The Canadian Muslim Forum condemns the implementation of the No-Fly list and calls upon all citizens to report any violation of human rights Date: 19-06-2007 The Canadian Muslim Forum (CMF) condemns the implementation of the Canadian No-Fly list on Monday June 18th 2007 that represents nothing but false feeling of security as part of the post 9-11 syndrome. As if terrorists are going to travel with their own name and passport! And as if the threat is from the air only! The Canadian Muslim Forum (CMF) condemns denying people the right of free movement, without being informed and without being given the right to examine the case against them. This is a violation of human rights and jeopardizes Canadas reputation yet again. All Canadians, feels the need for security and peace of mind. However, by denying people the freedom of movement, we legalize the discrimination and the stereotyping without achieving security. Security will be achieved only when we all work together to establish a worlds peace built on justice and freedom of choice. The Canadian Muslim Forum (CMF) is urging the government to re-examine this unnecessary list and to move forward by presenting this list to the court and prosecuting those people in a legal and normal court without judging them based on information that experience has proven to be often inaccurate. The Canadian Muslim Forum (CMF) is calling upon all citizens who would be subject to this list or subject to any kind of discrimination to report it immediately and in detail his/her experience to any of the Canadian human rights associations, the CMF, transport Canada office of reconsideration and his/her MP, so we can keep track and deal with this new power abuse implemented by the government. Media contact and Spokesperson: Bachar Elsolh, president of CMF (514) 983-5323 Mohamed Kamel, vice-president of CMF (514) 863-9202 No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.5.472 / Virus Database: 269.9.1/857 - Release Date: 20/06/2007 2:18 PM
