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Bismillah [IslamCity] Rice, death and the dollar
*Apr 22, 2008* *Rice, death and the dollar* By Spengler http://www.atimes.com/atimes/Global_Economy/JD22Dj01.html The global food crisis is a monetary phenomenon, an unintended consequence of America's attempt to inflate its way out of a market failure. There are long-term reasons for food prices to rise, but the unprecedented spike in grain prices during the past year stems from the weakness of the American dollar. Washington's economic misery now threatens to become a geopolitical catastrophe. Months ago, I offered that China, Russia and other cash-rich nations held the antidote to the incipient credit crisis: If the US wants to remain the magnet for world capital flows it became during the 1990s, it will have to allow the savers of the world to become partners in the US economy, that is, to buy into its first-rank companies.(Western grasshoppers and Chinese antshttp://www.atimes.com/atimes/Global_Economy/II05Dj01.html, Asia Times Online, September 5, 2007.) No such thing occurred, of course, as Washington has made it clear that it would not allow sovereign funds to own the likes of Citicorp. What are the world's investors doing with the trillion dollars a year they used to invest in American securities, including subprime derivatives and various forms of collateralized obligations that turned out to have more obligation than collateral? They aren't buying American companies because they are not permitted to. They are buying food and other stores of value instead. Washington has weakened the value of the dollar as a palliative for the credit crisis, so much so that nobody seems to doubt that the US dollar will lose its status as the world's reserve currency, as journalist Amity Shlaes wrote in an April 9 Bloomberg News column entitled Monks may hold clue to dollar's future. Perhaps the dollar won't surrender its anchor role so soon, Shlaes continued. And perhaps that loss, if it comes, will happen because of events that take place nowhere near men in suits at a central bank. Maybe the answer to the dollar's riddle can be found in the cellphone photo image of a Tibetan monk in crimson and orange squaring off with a Chinese soldier ... China might recede into years of ethnic chaos. In any of these cases, the new Chinese government won't be forced to deliver the same growth, and therefore won't spend commensurate energy tending the dollar ... The flash of orange in the robe of the monk is important enough to change the picture for the greenback. Misguided is not the word for this sort of thinking. However unlikely it might be, one cannot exclude the possibility that ethnic chaos will afflict China at some future point. The one thing that can be stated with certainty is that long before chaos reaches China, it will have shattered a great deal of the rest of the world. China is exchanging its depreciating reserves of US dollars for things of value, notably rice, with frightening consequences for dependent countries, and deadly consequences for American foreign policy. The chart below shows the price of 100 pounds of rice against the euro's parity against the US dollar during the past 12 months. The regression fit is 90%. There is an even tighter relationship between the price of rice and the price of oil, another store of value against dollar depreciation. *Rice price vs Euro/US$ rate, April 15, 2007 to April 15, 2008 * As the chart makes clear, the ascent of the cost of rice to $24 from $10 per hundredweight over the past year tracks the declining value of the American dollar. The link between the declining parity of the US unit and the rising price of commodities, including oil as well as rice and other wares, is indisputable. China has bid aggressively for rice all year, and last week banned rice exports, along with Vietnam and several other producers. *Euro/US$ rate vs rice and oil, April 16, 2007 to April 16, 2008* For developing countries whose currencies track the American dollar and whose purchasing power declines along with the American unit, this is a catastrophe, as World Bank president Robert Zoellick warned the Group of Seven industrial nations in Washington last week. Food security suddenly has become the top item on the strategic agenda. Never before in history has hunger become a global threat in a period of plentiful harvests. Global rice production will hit a record of 423 million tons in the 2007-2008 crop year, enough to satisfy global demand. The trouble is that only 7% of the world's rice supply is exported, because local demand is met by local production. Any significant increase in rice stockpiles cuts deeply into available supply for export, leading to a spike in prices. Because such a small proportion of the global rice supply trades, the monetary shock from the weak dollar was sufficient to more than double its price. It is not only rice, of course, that the cash-rich countries of the world are buying as a store of value; the price of wheat, soy and other grains has
Bismillah [IslamCity] Urgent Action: House Votes on 60th Anniversary of Israel
Washington Report Webmaster [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] From: Washington Report Webmaster [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Urgent Action: House Votes on 60th Anniversary of Israel Date: Tue, 22 Apr 2008 15:47:04 -0400 We are forwarding this on behalf of ADC Let's all remember to do this today, it just took me less than a minute to do so!  House Votes On 60th Anniversary of Israel Today, House Considers Resolution Celebrating Israelâs Founding Take Action! Today, April 22, 2008, the House of Representatives will consider H.Con.Res 322 , a resolution recognizing the 60th Anniversary of the founding of Israel and reaffirming the friendship and cooperation between the United States and Israel. The non-binding resolution will be debated under suspension of the rules this afternoon. A vote is expected before 7:00 PM this evening. The resolution is sponsored by Majority Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) and has over 200 cosponsors. It is expected to attain the 2/3 vote need to pass under suspension of the rules. The American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee (ADC) urges you to contact the House of Representatives asking your Member of Congress to oppose this resolution because it fails to present the reality of the consequences of the birth of the State of Israel. Since this vote is happening today, ADC encourages you to call your representative at once. If you know your representative, you can contact them through the main switchboard at (202) 224-3121. If you do not know your Member of Congress or would like their direct number please visit this website: http://capwiz.com/adc/dbq/officials/ . You may also email them below. TALKING POINTS: The sixtieth anniversary of the creation of the State of Israel does not call for celebration but for an honest assessment of how the manner in which the State was created and its consequences. The creation of the State is the single event that led to on-going hostility between Arabs and Israelis, led to the instability of the Middle East region, a humanitarian crisis, and the continuation of the conflict between Israelis and Palestinians that literally worsens by the hour sixty years later. The creation of the State of Israel meant the destruction of over 400 Palestinian towns and villages and the forced expulsion of 711,000 Palestinians. Some of those Palestinian families still hold on to the keys to their homes that were overtaken in 1948. Generations of those original families still live in refugee camps. Over the intervening sixty years no concrete action has been taken to resolve this refugee problem. The refugee population now numbers 4.5 million Palestinians. Sixty years later, Israel and Palestine are consumed in violence. Innocent Palestinians and Israelis are both dying in the conflict. The United States contributes to the violence by providing military aid. The humanitarian crisis in Gaza spirals out of control. The majority of Palestinians live in abject poverty. Those populations remain vulnerable to extremist organizations. Israel continues collective punishment of the Palestinian population through the military occupation of Palestinian lands. This collective punishment includes home demolitions, expansion of illegal outposts and settlements, barrier walls, blocked access to medical care, check- points and targeting of the civilian population by the Israeli Defense Forces. The United States Congress should not pass one-sided resolutions that fail to address the entirety of what the creation of the State of Israel has meant to the very people that live there -- Palestinians and Israelis.Instead, the US should support a just and lasting peace between these communities by encouraging dialogue, diplomacy and the efforts of ordinary Israelis and Palestinians to seek peace and justice with one another. ABDUL WAHID OSMAN BELAL - Be a better friend, newshound, and know-it-all with Yahoo! Mobile. Try it now.
Bismillah [IslamCity] palestine: Statistics of the siege imposed on Gaza
Outcomes and Statistics of Siege imposed on Gaza Strip 52 Patients killed by Israeli Occupation due to Closure! 96% of factories are closed 67 thousand factories employee become out of work 25 thousand of textile workers became jobless 100% of textile factories are closed $58 million are the losses of wooden industries 570 thousand of wooden industries workshop are closed 20-30 food lorries inter Gaza Strip instead of 300 in the past 85% of citizens are under poverty line 650$ is the rate of annual income per capita 65% of stores works are decreased $55 million are the wastage of the agricultural sector $120 million are the wastage of the industrial sector $52 million are the losses of the fiber sector 470 cancer patients are likely to die 4500 strawberry farmers become out of work $14 million are the wastage of strawberry and flowers season $370 millions are the costs of stalled construction projects 3000 fishermen become out of work due to siege 160 thousand workers are out of work 6 months, Gaza with closed crossings and borders 136 medical instrument are stopped or our of order 97 sorts of medicines on the verge of depletion 107 class of basic medicines are depleted from Gaza Strip 22 money holistic are suspended from work due to the siege 322 patients are in serious danger and in need of urgent treatment 1562 patients in need of treatment outside Gaza Strip For more Information: www.freegaza.ps [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Popular Committee Against Siege(PCAS), PCAS Manager, Sam AK Gaza - Palestine Mob:00972598873055 [EMAIL PROTECTED] Website: www.freegaza.ps اللجنة الشعبية لمواجهة الحصار غزة- فلسطين
Bismillah [IslamCity] Four Year ago , exactly ,I wrote this.........23 April 2004
this text was published exactly 4 years ago by my good-friend Yousef El Mithammess whose name is translated into Jo the Enthusiastic === for the Athens Olympic Games 2004 The Palestinian-Olympic-team is getting ready !!! First hurdle for the Palestinian-Olympic-team preparing its travel to Athens (Pekin) Stones-Throwing not being an Olympic Sport .. they will try Clay-Pigeon-Shooting Provided.. it is not branded as being Anti-Semitic nor as any future danger for the Safety of Israel ! And because of the newly established Wall. the above kind of exercise might become very handy on other occasions ! and even as a new mean of transportation... Of course the Fans will be attending the Games but in order not to upset the Survivors of the Holocaust .. nor the , Guardians of world's Freedom Their name will be slightly changed into Fillies instead of Filistinians. Go Fillies go !! Support the Fillies !! Yousef el Mit'hamess President of the Fillies Fan's Club FFC April 23 2004 == PS: also re-published on the 23rd. April 2008 because nothing changed , since. - Sent from Yahoo! Mail. A Smarter Email.
Bismillah [IslamCity] Catholic Church for Saudi Arabia other muslim countries
The real reason for all these churches being built is found in #4, the last article, which is so Qatar has a chance to host Olympic games. Ignoring the command of the Prophet (sallallahua alayhi wassalam), just so they can make money from the Olympic games... and it seems to be the reason other are following Qatar. Compare their these actions to this: http://www.wwrn.org/article.php?idd=26035sec=33con=44 # 1 First Catholic Church for Saudi Arabia # 2 Vatican-Saudi talks on Churches # 3 Father Federico Lombardi # 4 Saudi Arabia extends hand of friendship to Pope Richard Owen in # 1 First Catholic Church for Saudi Arabia Published: March 18, 2008 Negotiations are underway to build the first Catholic church in Saudi Arabia with King Abdullah lending his support for its construction. Vatican Radio reports the Vatican and the Saudi government are currently in talks to allow the church despite the kingdoms ban on allowing the construction of any non-Muslim place of worship. No religion other than Islam is allowed to schedule public services, and even the possession of bibles, rosaries, and crucifixes is forbidden. Saudi Arabia is the only country on the Arabian Peninsula without a Catholic Church despite the 800,000 Catholics - virtually all of who are foreign workers. While Saudi Arabia does not have formal diplomatic relations with the Holy See, King Abdullah became the first reigning Saudi monarch ever to visit the Vatican last November. Commenting after his meeting with the Pope Vatican officials confirmed the Pontiff pressed for permission to open a Catholic church in the kingdom. Holy See spokesman Fr Federico Lombardi said that opening a Catholic parish in the Islamic land would be a historic achievement for religious freedom and a major step forward for inter-religious dialogue. The apostolic nuncio to Kuwait, Qatar, Yemen, the United Arab Emirates, and Bahrain, Archbishop Paul-Mounged El-Hachem, is reportedly the lead Vatican negotiator in talks with Saudi officials. http://www.cathnews.com/article.aspx?aeid=6247 # 2 Vatican-Saudi talks on Churches [Archbishop Paul-Mounged el-Hachem (14 March 2008)] Archbishop Hashem discussed the Saudi talks whilst visiting Qatar. The Vatican is holding talks with Saudi Arabia on building the first church in the kingdom, where some 1.5m Christians are not allowed to worship publicly. Archbishop Paul-Mounged el-Hachem, one of Pope Benedict XVI's most senior Middle East representatives, said the discussions had begun a few weeks ago. But the archbishop cautioned that the Vatican could not predict the outcome. The discussions come in the wake of King Abdullah's historic meeting with the Pope at the Vatican last November. A Catholic-Muslim Forum was also set up by the Pope two weeks ago to repair relations between the two faiths after the crisis caused by a speech he gave in Germany in 2006, in which he appeared to associate Islam with violence. 'Reciprocity' The disclosure of talks between the Vatican and Saudi Arabia, which do not have diplomatic ties, came soon after the first Roman Catholic church in the Qatari capital, Doha, was opened in a service attended by 15,000 people. Archbishop Hachem, the Apostolic Nuncio to Kuwait, Qatar, Yemen, Bahrain and the UAE, who attended the inauguration, said he hoped there would soon be a similar church for the many Christians in neighbouring Saudi Arabia. If we manage to obtain authorization for the construction of the first church, it will be an outcome of historic dimensions # 3 Father Federico Lombardi Spokesman for Pope Benedict Discussions are under way to allow the construction of churches in the kingdom, he said. Although he made clear the outcome was uncertain, the archbishop added that a church in Saudi Arabia would be an important sign of reciprocity between Muslims and Christians. The Vatican has noted that Muslims are free to worship openly in Europe and demands religious freedom as a condition for the opening of diplomatic relations. About a million Catholics, many of them migrant workers from the Philippines, live in Saudi Arabia. They are allowed to worship in private, mostly in people's homes, but worship in public places and outward signs of faith, such as crucifixes, are forbidden. The last Christian priest was expelled from the kingdom in 1985. Christians complain that rules are not clear and that the Saudi religious authorities, who enforce the kingdom's conservative brand of Islam, sometimes crack down on legitimate congregations. The authorities cite a tradition of the Prophet Muhammad that only Islam can be
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Bismillah [IslamCity] anti-islam: Austrian minister sparks controversy over teachers wearing headscarves
Austrian minister sparks controversy over teachers wearing headscarves (AFP, March 09, 2005) Austria's education ministry said Wednesday that public school teachers would not be banned from wearing the traditional Islamic headscarf despite controversial comments by the country's new interior minister. Liese Prokop, speaking to the weekly Falter, said she found teachers wearing the headscarf in public schools shocking. I don't know if a ban of the headscarf is legally possible, but I am in favor of it, the new minister of the governing conservative party was quoted as saying Tuesday. I find it shocking because it does not correspond to the values of our society and tolerance is going too far. Prokop also denounced forced marriages, honor killings and wife battery in Austria's minority Muslim community. Omar Al-Rawi, a Muslim community leader, said the statements amounted to a slap in the face of Muslim women. On Wednesday, education ministry spokesman Ronald Zecha told AFP that there was no proposal to bar teachers from wearing the headgear in public schools. There is no problem in Austria, because we have a system of good cooperation and of reciprocal tolerance with the different religious communities, Zecha said. Austria established freedom of religion in 1912, he said. The wearing of the Islamic headscarf has been the subject of heated debate across Europe. In France, it was banned in public schools after a protracted legal and political battle. http://www.wwrn.org/article.php?idd=2174sec=33con=44
Bismillah [IslamCity] NATANYAHU SAYS 9/11 GOOD FOR ISRAEL
*Netanyahu says 9/11 terror attacks good for Israel*http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/975574.html * **Iran Army urged to be fully prepared*http://www.al-wilayah.org/index657.htm * **Interrogation sessions were almost choreographed*http://www.al-wilayah.org/index658.htm * **Cakewalk In Iran* http://lawrenceofcyberia.blogs.com/news/* **Another Anniversary Americans Have Long Since Forgotten*http://lawrenceofcyberia.blogs.com/news/2008/04/another-anniver.html * **Christian-Zionist Church Sponsored Killing*http://www.al-wilayah.org/index661.htm * **Petraeus Points to War With Iran*http://news.yahoo.com/s/uc/20080411/cm_uc_crpbux/op_335802 * **US kill five Iraqi policemen south of Baghdad*http://www.al-wilayah.org/index660.htm * **State of Denial: Israel, 1948-2008*http://www.ameu.org/printer.asp?iid=280aid=593 * **September 11 was a third-rate operation*http://www.atimes.com/atimes/Middle_East/JC28Ak06.html * **'Extraordinary-rendition' procedure unreliable: CIA vet*http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/LAC.20080414.RENDITION14/TPStory * **Israel: 20 Questions Media Interviewers Fail to Ask*http://www.palestinechronicle.com/view_article_details.php?id=13642 * **Long after the Iraeli-Lebanese conflict* http://www.hd.net/drr306.html* **American Muslims Welcome Pope Benedict*http://www.cair.com/ArticleDetails.aspx?ArticleID=24611name=ncurrPage=1Active=1 * **North American ID card in the works through SPP*http://canadians.org/integratethis/insecurity/2008/Apr-10.html * **US and Iraqi military continue push into Sadr City*http://www.wsws.org/articles/2008/apr2008/iraq-a16.shtml * **So-called terror zealot vindicated*http://www.thestar.com/News/GTA/article/415012 * **A casual slur*http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/LAC.20080416.ERCMP16/TPStory/?query=scheuer * **Long overdue, not premature* http://www.al-wilayah.org/index656.htm* **Ban discriminatory actions, not inflammatory words*http://www.thestar.com/columnists/article/414860 * *
Bismillah [IslamCity] anti-Islam: German businessman who printed name of Quran on toilet paper will face trial
German businessman who printed name of Quran on toilet paper will face trial BERLIN (AP) - A German businessman who printed the name of the Quran on toilet paper and offered the rolls for sale to mosques and media will face trial for disturbing the peace. The man, identified only as Manfred van H., is scheduled to go on trial Feb. 23 at a court in Luedinghausen in western Germany, Jochen Dyhr, a spokesman for judicial authorities in nearby Muenster, said Thursday. The businessman last summer printed sheets of toilet paper with the sentence Koran, the Holy Qur'aen and sent them to about 15 mosques, television stations and magazines. In an accompanying letter, authorities say, he asserted that Islam's holy book is a cookbook for terrorists that calls for acts of violence. He proposed that a memorial to all victims of Islamic terror be set up, financed by sales of the toilet paper -- an offer that prosecutors say he also posted on the Internet. The businessman's offer led to criminal complaints and telephone death threats against him. Prosecutors argue that the man's actions overstepped the legally guaranteed freedom to criticize other religions. They say he has cited his right to freedom of opinion and artistic expression, and said his aim was to provoke rather than actually sell the toilet paper. http://www.courttv.com/people/2006/0210/toiletpaper_ap.html
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Bismillah [IslamCity] Somalia: Ethiopian massacred more than 40 Tulabas in side Masjid al Hidaaya
Ethiopian Aggression in Mogadishu, Somalia. The Ethiopian Army entered in Masjid al Hidaaya and massacred more than 40 Tulabas Students inside the Masjid and its surrounding. All these students are from Jaamal Tabligh. The Muslim world is silent and now the Ethiopian the enemy of Islam have dared to enter the masjid and kill the innocent students. This cannot be tolerated where are the Somalis and where are the Arabs and where are the Muslims?? Labbayk Ya Mahdi Ciidamo Ethiopian ah oo arday ka kexeeystay Masjidka Al Hidaaya iyo Meeydadkii dadkii rayidka ahaa ee ay shalay toogteen Ethiopi Submitted by wararka on Mon, 04/21/2008 - 11:35. Muqdisho. 21. April .2008. (Sh.M.Network)- Ciidamada Ethiopia ayaa Maanta masaajidka Al Hidaaya oo ay shalay gacanta ku dhigeen ayaa sida wararka lagu helayo waxaa ay ka kexeeysteen 41 Arday oo wax ka baranayay iskuul ku dhex yaalay Masjidkaasi. Dad Goob Joogayaal ayaa sheegay in meeydadka Dad ka badan 20 qofood laga helay Masjidka AL Hidaaya iyo Deegaano kale oo ku hareereeysan Degaanka Waxar Cadde kuwasi oo ay shalay dileen Ciidamada Ethiopia iyagoo ka kexeeysatay Masjidka Arday Gaareeysa 40 ruux oo wax kabaran jiray Madarasad Ku dhex taalay Masjidka AL Hidaaya oo culuunta Ismaaka Lagu baran jiray ee degaanka Waxar Cadde. Ardayda ayaa waxaa loo watay dhanka Warshadii hore ee Baastada oo fariisin u ah Ciidamada Ethiopia qaarkood. Mid ka Mid ah Ardaydii iyo Jameeco Tabiiq ah ee ay Ciidamada Ethiopianka qabteen isla markaana sii daayeen ayaa Warbaahinta Shabelle uga Waramay qaabka loo qabtay iyo weliba sida loo sii daayay waxaa u sheegay in 10 ka mid ah Jameecada Tabliiqa ah ay dileen Ciidamada Ethiopianka iyagiina lagu sheegay in ay yar yar yihiin isla markaan lagu war galiyay in aysan ku laaban arimaha ay ku jireen ee ahaa Barashada Culuunta Islaamka. Dad isgu soo baxay Deegaanka Waxar Cadde kadib markii ay isaga Bexeen Ciidamada Ethiopia ayaa waxaa ay ku mashquul san yihiin Aasida Meeydadka Dadkii ay dileen Ciidamada Ethiopia. Ciidamada Ethiopia ayaa waxaa ay iskugu soo uruureen Isgooyska SOS iyo Warshadii hore ee Baastada kuwasi oo mararka qaar ridaya Rasaas Teel Teel ah oo ay la eeganayaan Dadka rayidka ah ee ka Cararaya Deegaanaadasi. In kastoo ay xaalada Deegaanadaasi degen tahay hadana waxaa isa soo taray Qasaaraha dhimasho iyo dhaawac ee ka dhashay dagaaladii shalay ka dhacay halkasi deegaano ka tirsan degmada Huriwaa ee gobolka Banaadir kaasi oo u dhexeeyay Ciidamada Ethiopia iyo kuwa Dowlada Somalia oo isku dhan ah iyo xoogaga ka soo hor jeeda. Shabelle Media Network.Somalia. Qarax lagula eegtay Agagaarka Garguurte Gaari ay saaraayeen ciidamada Dowlada Somalia. Submitted by wararka on Mon, 04/21/2008 - 12:09. Muqdisho. 21. April .2008. (Sh.M.Network)- Qarax Miino ayaa maanta lagula eegtay Gaari ay Saaraayeen ciidamada Dowlada Somalia oo marayay Agagaarka Hotel GarGuurte ee Magaalada Muqdisho. Qarani ka dhacay hoteelkii Gar Guurte ayaa waxaa lala eegtay Gaari yar oo ay wateen Qaar ka Mid ah Ciidamada dowlada Somalia kasi oo aan la ogeeyn qasaaraha soo Gaaray Ciidamada Dowlada. Goobjoogayaal ku sugnaa halka ay miinada kula qaraxday Gaarigaasi ayaa ku waramaya in 3 askari uu dhawac ka soo gaaray qaraxasi ee maanta lala eegtay Gaarigasi ay saaraayeen Ciidamada dowlada. sidoo kale waxaa uu intaasi raaciyay Ninkasi in Maahn markii ugu horeeysay ee qarax sidan oo kale ah lala eegto Ciidamada Dowlada iyo Kuwa Ethiopia oo qasaare Geeystay. Shabelle Media Network.Somalia. Somali Muslims must unite all over the World and pray for the appearance of al Mahdi (r.a.) the Saviour of mankind the descendent of Prophet Muhammed s.a.w. - Looking for the perfect gift? Give the gift of Flickr!
Re: Bismillah [IslamCity] fatwa: Openly criticising the Muslim ruler
This is a nice excuse to continue our subservience. I think this ruling no more applies and is tantamount to rubbing salt on the wound. Muslim ummah is going thru treachery and bloodbath with full connivance of the rulers. We have a situation where it is mandatory for the muslims to overthrow their rulers and establish a just rule, else I fear we face total annihilation. abumaryam [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On openly criticizing the Muslim ruler Question: Is it permissible to openly criticize the Muslim ruler in front of a gathering and the people? Answer: We have spoken about this issue many times before! It is not permissible to speak about the rulers because this brings about evil and differing in the society and it splits the unity of the Muslims and cause hatred between the ruler and the ruled. And this splitting and evil leads to rebellion against the ruler and the shedding of blood and matters which have blameworthy consequences. So if you have a comment about them, take it to the ruler secretly by visiting him, if possible, or by writing to him or by informing someone who can convey it to the ruler as a sincere advice to him, and it should be done secretly not openly and this has been mentioned in the hadeeth, Whoever wishes to advise the ruler, then let him not mention it in public, rather let him take the ruler by his hand. So if he listens then that is that, and if not then he has fulfilled that which was upon him. And this meaning has been reported from the Messenger of Allaah (sallallaahualaihi wasallam). Shaykh Saalih al-Fawzaan Al-Ijaabaat al-Muhimmah fee Mashaakil il-Mudlahimmah by Muhammad bin Fahad al-Husayn Translated by Abul-Irbaad Abid Zargar - Be a better friend, newshound, and know-it-all with Yahoo! Mobile. Try it now.
Bismillah [IslamCity] Is Dubai Helping Ethnic cleansing in Palestine?
Is Dubai helping ethnic cleansing in Palestine? [ 20/04/2008 - 10:47 PM ] From Khalid Amayreh in occupied Jerusalem The government of Dubai recently allowed a major bankroller of Jewish settlement expansion in the West Bank to open at least two Jewelry stores in the Gulf emirate. According to reliable sources in the United Arab Emirates, of which Dubai is a key member-state, Israeli billionaire and diamond magnate Lev Leviev is preparing to open two large jewelry stores in Dubai, a world's hub of Jewelry trading. The first store will be opened soon at the Burj Dubai Mall (Dubai Mall Tower) while a second store is slated to be opened later this year in the new Atlantis Hotel on the Jumeirah Palm Island. Leviev has already opened one store in Dubai in March, 2008, in the lobby of al-Qasr Hotel on Madinat Jumeirah. The Dubai authorities were initially reluctant to grant the Israeli billionaire a license to do business in the oil-rich emirate. However, Leviev reportedly successfully lobbied North American and European connections to convince Dubai officials to reconsider their objections. Leviev's companies, including Africa-Israel and Leader Management Development as well as several other subsidiaries, have been quite active in displacing Palestinian villagers from their homes and land in several parts of the West Bank. The two firms have built hundreds of settler units in at least five Jewish settlements constructed on land illegally seized from its Arab proprietors. In recent years, a company called Danya Cebus, a subsidiary of Leviev's Africa-Israel built the settlement of Zufim on private Arab land seized from the village of Jayyous. The same company has built hundreds of settler units on land stolen from the village of Bilin. Numerous additional settler units were built in the two large settlements of Ma'ali Adomim, a few kilometers east of Jerusalem, and Har Homa, near the predominantly Christian Arab town of Beit Sahur. Israel hopes that these settlements will cut off East Jerusalem from the rest West Bank, thus making the Palestinian dream of making the city the future capital of a prospective Palestinian state utterly unrealistic and outright impossible. In addition to his intensive involvement in Jewish settlement expansion, including colonies defined by the inherently unjust Israeli justice system as manifestly illegal, Leviev has donated undisclosed but reportedly large sums of money to the Land Redemption Fund, a land-grabbing organization affiliated with Gush Emunim, the ideological group behind Jewish settlement activities in the West Bank. According to the Israeli newspaper, Yedeot Ahronot, the Land Redemption Fund uses fraud and strong-arm tactics to seize land from Palestinians for settlement expansion. Last year the Israeli group, Peace Now, and other settlement-watch groups, discovered that hundreds of settler units built in the settlement of Matityahu in the Salfit region, in the central West Bank, were actually built on private Palestinian land seized at gun point from its legal and rightful Palestinian owners. However, despite the discovery, the Israeli government refused to dismantle the illegal settler units, with one Israeli official saying that this problem will be discussed with the Palestinian Authority in the context of final-status talks. Leviev's companies are actually destroying the lives of thousands of Palestinians by narrowing their horizons and dispossessing them of their livelihoods. Abdullah Abu Rahma from the village of Bilin and Sharif Omar from Jayyous told representative of the human rights group Adala (www.adalahny.org), which monitors Israeli theft Palestinian land, that Leviev's companies are destroying the olive groves and farms that have sustained our villages for centuries. We call on people of conscience all over the world to impose broad boycotts and implement divestment initiatives against Israel similar to those applied against apartheid South Africa. The mayor of Jayous, which suffered incalculable losses due to Leviev's destructive rampage in the northern West Bank, told this reporter that Leveiv is indulging in ethnic cleansing against our community and our farmers. He is building settlements at our expense; he is destroying our land, our farms, and our orchards, and at the same time he is opening business in Dubai in order to finance his crimes against our people. Shame on Dubai and its government. Some Jewish organizations opposed to the Israeli policy of ethnic cleansing and apartheid have also called on the countries of the world to boycott Israeli businesses and firms involved in disposing Palestinians of their land. We call on the government and people of the United Arab Emirates to join the growing international campaign
Bismillah [IslamCity] How Arabs have been driven out of Hebron
How Arabs have been driven out of Hebron By Mario Vargas Llosa. Hebron is the image of desolation and pain. I'm talking of the H-2 sector, the oldest part of this ancient city, which is under Israeli military control and where some 500 colonos – settlers – live in four settlements. It is one of the holiest places of Judaism and Islam, the Tomb of the Patriarchs, where in February 1994, the settler Baruch Goldstein machine-gunned Muslims at prayer, killing 29 and wounding dozens. To protect these settlers, the zone bristles with barriers, camps and military posts, and is overrun by Israeli patrols. But such mobilisation will soon be unnecessary because this part of Hebron, subject to ethnic and religious cleansing, will soon have no Arab residents. Its centuries-old market, which was once as multi-coloured, varied and bustling as that of Jerusalem, is now empty and the doors of all the shops are sealed. Travelling around, you feel in limbo. So too when you walk through the surrounding deserted streets, with shopfronts shuttered with metal sheets and on whose roofs you glimpse military posts. The walls of this entire semi-empty neighbourhood are filled with racist inscriptions: Death to the Arabs. Some 25,000 residents have been cleared from their homes in H-2 zone in five years. In the Tel Rumeida neighbourhood alone, where there is a settlement of the same name, barely 50 out of 500 Arab families remain. The extraordinary thing is that they haven't already gone, subjected as they are to systematic and ferocious harassment by settlers, who stone them, throw rubbish and excrement at their houses, invade and destroy their homes, and attack their children when they return from school, to the absolute indifference of Israeli soldiers who witness these atrocities. No one told me this: I saw it with my own eyes and heard with my own ears from the victims themselves. I have a video of the hair-raising scene of children from Tel Rumeida settlement stoning and kicking Arab schoolchildren and their teachers who, to protect themselves, returned home in groups instead of individually. When I told Israeli friends this, some looked at me with incredulity and I saw they suspected I exaggerated or lied, as novelists often do. It turned out that none had ever set foot in Hebron. Translated by Elizabeth Nash. This is an edited extract of an article that appeared in El Pais Published: The Independent, Saturday, 19 April 2008 http://www.independent.co.uk/opinion/commentators/mario-vargas-llosa-how-arabs-have-been-driven-out-of-hebron-811770.html __ Sent from Yahoo! Mail. A Smarter Email http://uk.docs.yahoo.com/nowyoucan.html
Bismillah [IslamCity] Robert Fisk: Painters love martyrs and prophets
Painters love martyrs and prophets Saint Sebastian's death – arrows puncturing skin – is straight out of Shia martyrology By Robert Fisk Nothing annoys me more than a magnificent Renaissance painting which carries the deadly label school of. Why any of the great masters would let some junior copy or finish off his martyrdoms and crucifixions perplexes me, although – in an age when paintings were commissioned by popes and dukes – speed and commercial success were probably more important than artistic pride. Indeed, it was only when I began to examine the provenance of Hizbollah martyr portraits in Lebanon that I discovered the same principle applied. The top painter of Hizbollah's dead – those young men invariably shot, blown up or bombed to death by Israel – is a man called Shelala. But when I tracked his studio down in the Jnah suburb of south Beirut, I found that he would instruct a team of enthusiasts how to paint the martyr''s face – how big his beard should be, whether the tulips should be on the right or left of his head – and let them get on with the work. He would drop by later to touch up an eye or a pair of spectacles on the dead man's face before the finished product was carted off to be strung on an electric pylon or a cemetery wall in southern Lebanon. School of Shelala. I have to say that Pinturicchio of Perugia – Bernardino di Betto di Biagio for Renaissance scholars – is a cut above Shelala. His 15th-century virgins and saints have that luminescent quality and perspective that most Renaissance painting exults, and the Umbrian city's exhibition of his work – along with the confusingly named Perugino of Castel della Pieve (Pietro di Cristoforo Vannucci) – is a claustrophobic but dutiful collection of religious pretension and obedience. Yet I had forgotten the degree to which these two men – along with their schools and countless other minor artists across Italy – focused their attention on martyrs and anchorites, lonely old hermits who live out their days in grim contemplation of God's goodness and cruelty. The martyrs are familiar enough. Christ's body and blood are set pieces, the red fountains always pouring from identical wounds, the feet bleeding into little piles of gore where miniature but obsessive monks can be seen staring at the stuff with unbecoming enthusiasm. The violence of the age marries perfectly into the Shia martyrology of the imams Ali and Hussein, whose blood-boltered features dominate the posters beside the great mosques of Najaf and Kufa and Kerbala. Indeed, St Sebastian's death – all arrows puncturing white skin – is straight out of Shia martyrology. One altarpiece I came across in Perugia this week showed a remarkably pristine version of the crucifixion, with scarcely a sign of holy wounds, until, at the bottom right-hand corner, I espied the head of St Peter with what looked like a meat cleaver in the top of his skull, from which rained the inevitable blood. His face, eyes squinting in pain, bore the expression of a man who, well, who has just been bashed over the head with a meat cleaver. A violent time, the Renaissance. But a time of contemplation. Repeatedly, old St Jerome turns up in Pinturicchio's work. Over and over again, the ancient hermit can be seen kneeling or stooping in front of a cave amid barren mountains, shaggy-bearded – sometimes ginger, sometimes pepper and salt – staring at some distant vision. That this was painted at a time when Ferdinand and Isabella's Spanish cartoonists were obscenely portraying another holy man – Mohamed by name – who received another message from God, only marks the thin line between devotion and hatred. Yes, late 15th-century Spanish artists far outdid the puerile cartoons of 21st-century Denmark. But it was not just the Prophet whom St Jerome reminded me of. Who else comes to mind? Well, I can think of another man, his long beard growing whiter with age, who lives in caves and believes in visions and messages. I've even met him beside just such a cave. A night on the bare mountain must be just as bleak in Pushtunistan as it was in Umbria although the effects, as we know, can be catastrophically different. In an age when we are still supposed to believe in the clash of civilisations – how anyone was taken in by Huntingdon's preposterous book is still a mystery to me – and in faith foundations created by equally preposterous former prime ministers, it does no harm to look at the work of my old Palestinian friend Tarif Khalidi who lives just round the corner from me in Beirut. When he first turned up to teach at Cambridge, I pointed out of the window of his apartment and asked him if he didn't feel a bit far from home with the towers of King's College opposite his home. But what do they remind you of, Fisky? he asked. I thought for a moment before the obvious dawned on me. Minarets, I asked? Exactly, Fisky! he roared. And so I turn to his seminal book, The Muslim
Bismillah [IslamCity] Peace TV (dawn)
Peace TV PEACE TV channel originates in India and is run all over the world without any restrictions. This is the only channel full time propagating Islam (meaning peace). It is also trying to remove all the misconceptions about Islam in the best possible way. How sad and unfortunate that the telecast of such a unique Islamic channel has been barred by Pemra in the country so proudly called the Islamic Republic of Pakistan. I appeal to Muslims all over the world to pressure Pemra to remove all restrictions on this channel. I also appeal to all our religious parties to strongly agitate against this most unfortunate act of Pemra. I would also like to draw the attention of the new government in this regard. Hoping a new bill will free this most unobjectionable channel also. MAZHAR SHAH Karachi (II) AS democracys shades and colours start to show up on the faces and in the lives of a hopeful nation, we hope that this will also mean a liberated media in the true sense. Tolerance and liberty, freedom of thought and speechthis is not too much to expect. A channel by the name of Peace TV an eye-opening, educative channel which is the need of todays times for Muslims and the world alike -- is still banned on our cables. When cable operators are asked, they simply say that Pemra laws have forbidden it. The information minister should look into the matter, and not let a disappointment change into permanent disillusionment. FARAHNAZ ZAHIDI-MOAZZAM Karachi http://www.dawn.com/2008/04/20/letted.htm#3 - Be a better friend, newshound, and know-it-all with Yahoo! Mobile. Try it now.
Bismillah [IslamCity] Hadiths
Hadith Abu Hurairah (Radhiallaho anha) reported: The Messenger of Allah (Sallallaahu 'alaihi wasallam) said, The uttering of the words: Subhan-Allah (Allah is free from imperfection), Al-hamdu lillah (all praise is due to Allah), La ilaha illallah (there is no true god except Allah) and Allahu Akbar (Allah is the Greatest)' is dearer to me than anything over which the sun rises.'' [Muslim]. Hadith Abu Sa`id Al-Khudri (Radhiallaho anha) reported about Surat Al-Ikhlas (Chapter 112): The Messenger of Allah (Sallallaahu 'alaihi wasallam) said, By Him in Whose Hand my soul is, it is equivalent to one-third of the Qur'an.'' According to another version, he (Sallallaahu 'alaihi wasallam) said to his Companions, Is anyone of you incapable of reciting one-third of the Qur'an in one night?'' They considered it burdensome and said: O Messenger of Allah, which of us can afford to do that?'' He (Sallallaahu 'alaihi wasallam) said, Surat Al-Ikhlas [Say: He is Allah (the) One] is equivalent to one-third of the Qur'an.'' [Al-Bukhari] Commentary: One reading of Surat Al-Ikhlas has return and reward equal to the recitation of one-third of the Qur'an. This Surah mentions the Oneness of Allah. This is enough to make one realize how much Allah (SWT) likes the recitation and remembrance of His Oneness. This is the reason, He has declared Shirk (polytheism) an absolutely unpardonable sin. Please forward this Hadith to you relatives friends and may Allah SWT reward you. The True meaning of Life is to Plant Trees under whose shade you do not Expect to Sit. - Be a better friend, newshound, and know-it-all with Yahoo! Mobile. Try it now.
Bismillah [IslamCity] Muslims design robot making prayers
Robot Praying Salah http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dpm_ElmtHTw
Bismillah [IslamCity] I.R.P. - TWO days SEMINAR on: How To Establish A Happy Islamic Family
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