Re: Bismillah [IslamCity] Digest Number 2619
eGroup For Muslims Around The WorldAs-Salaamu 'Alaykum, They can do that and will do that but that doesn't mean we can use that information for our use. They will glee over the news where as we will know what is the problem and we can work on a dawa strategy and go give dawa to these people. wa'l salaamu alaykum Shahid. Re: egypt - Cairo youth break sex taboos Posted by: S A Hannan S A Hannan Mon Jul 28, 2008 1:29 pm (PDT) Dear members, Assalamu Alaikum.I have short comment on the article below from BBC .Western press and their followers elsewhere find pleasure in publicising such stories.We do agree there are such cases everywhere but it is very difficult to give any percentage on the basis of some samples. I have noticed in the past western press gleefully reporting that in China and Russia ( when communist rule was weakening ) how prostitution has started, how new fashions have come, how girls go around, how they like modern dancing.This was a peculiar way of getting pleasure at the loss of moral standard in any society. They do the same about Saudi arabia, Egypt, Pakistan,Tunisia, India, even thoug the situation in these countries is no where like the US or Europe. Instead of working for moral and ethical upliftment of society along with economic development, they feel pleasure in promoting the moral bankrupcy.The intention is to make us like them , rootless people, no family, neglected children, neglected old people and so on. We should see through this gameand also reform our society .
Bismillah [IslamCity] Prostration of Forgetfulness
*Bismillah Hir Rahmaan Nir Raheem Assalaamu alaykum wa rahmatuallahi wa barakatuhu* Prostration of Forgetfulness Sujud-al-Sahu Two Types Ibn Mas'ood, may Allaah be pleased with him, that the Prophet (peace be upon him) prayed either an extraneous addition or missed an essential part of the prayer (one of the narrators of the hadeeth was in doubt which). After saying 'salaam,' it was said to him, Oh Prophet of Allaah, has there been a new change in [the way of performing] the prayer? He replied, Why [would you say that]? They responded, You prayed in such and such manner. So he bent his legs and faced towards the qiblah and performed two prostrations then performed tasleem (saying 'salaam' to the right then the left). After facing towards us, he said, If something new had been introduced regarding the prayers, I would have informed you about it. To the contrary, I am but a human like you—I forget as you forget, so if I forget, remind and inform me. If any of you doubts during his prayer then he should try to discern the more certain and correct case, then complete the prayer based upon it, then perform tasleem, followed by two prostrations. (Al-Bukhari, Fath Al-Baari #401). Hadeeth related by Abu Sa'eed Al-Khudri, may Allaah be pleased with him, in which he said: the Prophet (peace be upon him) said, If any of you doubts during his prayer and he does not know how many [raka'aat] he has prayed, whether it is three or four, then he should discard and cast away his doubt. He is to continue upon what one is sure of [i.e. the lesser] then perform two prostrations before making tasleem. If he ends up [in reality] praying five [raka'aat], then his prayer will be an intercession for him; and if he ends up completely the [requisite] four [raka'aat] then it is targheeman for shaytaan. (targheeman: i.e., a way of vexing Satan and humiliating and debasing him, as well as rejecting him as a result of his failure to achieve his desire of disturbing the worshipper.) (Al-Nawawi in explaining the hadeeth from Sahih Muslim, 5/60). Actions while Praying Bukhari :: Book 2 :: Volume 22 :: Hadith 320 Narrated Salama bin 'Alqama: I asked Muhammad (bin Sirin) whether Tashah-hud should be recited after the two prostrations of Sahu. He replied, It is not (mentioned) in Abu Huraira's narration . -- *Surah Isra 17 verse 80 Say: O my Lord! let my entry be by the Gate of Truth and Honor and likewise my exit by the Gate of Truth and Honor; and grant me from Thy Presence an authority to aid (me). Ameen Transliteration :Wa qur rabbi adkhilni mudkhala sidqiw wa akhrijni mukhraja sidqiw wa-j'al li mil ladunka sulta_nan nasira_(n). Al-Tirmidhi HadithHadith 2482 Narrated by AbuHurayrah (May Allah be pleased with him) Allah's Messenger (peace be upon him) used to say, O Allah, grant me benefit in what Thou hast taught me, teach me what will benefit me, and increase my knowledge. Praise be to Allah in all circumstances. I seek refuge in Allah from the state of those who go to Hell. Tirmidhi and Ibn Majah transmitted it, Tirmidhi saying this is a tradition whose isnad is gharib. Ameen *
Bismillah [IslamCity] Need for a neutral panel to oversee investigations into terror attacks: Majlis-e-Mushawarat
Dr. Khan asked the central government to form a high powered neutral panel of retired judges, human rights activists, top lawyers and journalists to oversee the investigations into all terrorist acts. Need for a neutral panel to oversee investigations into terror attacks: Majlis-e-Mushawarat Submitted by Mudassir Rizwan on 28 July 2008 - 11:46am. http://www.twocircles.net/2008jul28/need_neutral_panel_oversee_investigations_terror_attacks_majlis_e_mushawarat.html By TwoCircles.net news desk, New Delhi: The All India Muslim Majlis-e-Mushawarat (AIMMM) President Dr Zafarul-Islam Khan has expressed deep pain and concern over the bomb blasts in Bangalore and Ahmedabad. Offering his sincere condolences to the family members of the innocent victims, he said that no effort should be spared to nab the real culprits behind these dastardly crimes against the country and the people of India. Dr Khan cautioned the police, security and intelligence agencies not to hurry to make statements or leak information until proper investigations are completed. He called upon these agencies and the central and state home ministries to probe all possible suspects and all possible beneficiaries from such crimes. Dr Khan said that a certain political party which has usurped the common plank of fighting terrorism is a sure beneficiary of such incidents in view of the forthcoming elections. He noted that these terrorist incidents are taking place in states ruled by this particular party and the chief minister of another state ruled by this party has already predicted that the next target of these crimes will be his state. Dr Khan specifically said that Hindutva criminal and terrorist gangs, responsible for similar crimes in the recent past in places like Nanded, Parbhani, Tenkasi and Thane, should be included within the purview of the current and future probes into all terrorist acts in the country. Dr Khan observed that such criminal gangs have received support from the Shiv Sena supremo and his newspaper “Samna” but the Maharashtra state authorities have failed to take any action to date against him or his newspaper for openly supporting and encouraging terrorism. Dr Khan asked the central government to form a high powered neutral panel of retired judges, human rights activists, top lawyers and journalists to oversee the investigations into all terrorist acts. Such a neutral panel is needed to restore the Muslim community’s faith in the investigations by security and intelligence agencies which, due to their consistently one-sided probes after each such criminal act, have totally forfeited the confidence of the Muslim community. Dr Khan also asked the central government to keep a sharp eye on the dubious activities of foreign intelligence agencies which are operating freely in our country. He asked the central government to immediately close down the offices of all such foreign intelligence agencies as their presence on our soil is not in the interest of the peace and security of the country. With Regards Abi
Bismillah [IslamCity] Ahmedabad Blasts : Very Bad Signal--Asia Post,Dhaka, editorial dated 29.7.08
- Ahmedabad Blasts : Very Bad Signal Agence France-Presse . has written from Ahmadabad that Indian leaders appealed for calm Sunday as the army was called out after a wave of bombings killed 45 people in Ahmedabad, a city rocked by deadly Hindu-Muslim riots six years ago.The string of 16 bombings, which left more than 160 people injured, ripped through crowded places in the tinderbox western city — markets, buses and then hospitals struggling to treat the scores of victims.They came just one day after another wave of nine bombings in the southern high-tech capital of Bangalore left one dead and several injured — prompting the government to put the entire country on high alert. Indian television channels said a little-known Islamist group calling itself the ‘Indian Mujahedeen’ had claimed responsibility for the attacks. Bomb squads defused at least three unexploded devices in Ahmedabad on Sunday, Indian news channels reported, and police said they had also found a car laden with explosives in the diamond-polishing city of Surat. Ahmedabad was calm Sunday, with police, soldiers and paramilitary forces fanning out across the city, which is the commercial capital of Gujarat state. Joint police commissioner Ashish Bhatia told AFP a number of people had been detained after raids, but said no formal arrests had yet been made. President Pratibha Patil expressed her ‘grief and sorrow’ and also ‘appealed to the people of Ahmedabad to maintain peace and harmony.’ Prime minister Manmohan Singh also appealed for calm.The group which sent the email claim minutes before the actual explosions in Ahmedabad also warned of repeat attacks elsewhere in India, prompting major security alerts in major cities including the capital New Delhi. ‘We have deployed an additional 3,000 personnel in the city to ensure foolproof Pakistan denies backing Muslim militants, including those operating in the disputed Himalayan state of Kashmir. Earlier in the week India said the two countries’ peace process was ‘under stress,’ repeating allegations that ‘elements’ in Islamabad were behind an upsurge in militant activities, including this month’s suicide attack against its Kabul embassy. We are also grieved at the loss of life.The scourge of terrorism of all types must be eliminated from all places and countries.This is indeed the most serious threat to social peace within each country and also threat to international peace. E-mail, as all intelligence authoritied know , may be a diversionary tactics but it is clear that a very organized group has done it.All countries should help India in finding the terrorists and fighting this terror .There should not be any blaming of others as is done nowadays rather the objective should be to unearth the evil-doers and punish them. -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.
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1) Live Fatwa Live Dialogues
2) News: AROUND THE WORLD.
3) European Muslims --Open Britain.
4)Art Culture -- Not Afraid to Stand Alone (Song of the Week).
5) Family --Srebrenica: The Funera.
6) Youth 4 the Future --Summer Courses: What Do You Think?
7)Living Shari'ah--Three Different Natures.
8)Helth Science --Treating Homosexuality: Therapist View.
9)Reading Islam.
1) Live Fatwa
Guest : Ahmad Shleibak
Subject General Fatwa Session
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2) News : AROUND THE WORLD
AK Case Shows Divided Turkey
Muslim-Christian Common Word in Yale
Inflatable Beach Church
Twin Bombings Kill 16 in Istanbul
Living With Little Karadzics
Britain Gets First Islamic Insurer
New Iraq…Oppressed Women
Begging for Pakistan Needy
World in Pictures.
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3)European Muslims --Open Britain.
As moral panic about immigration sweeps Britain, bogus asylum-seekers are the
focus of particular hatred. They appear to validate the prejudice that
dastardly foreigners cannot be trusted to play by the rules and want to abuse
our generous hospitality
4) Art Culture --Not Afraid to Stand Alone (Song of the Week)
Native Deen is a Muslim rap band coming from Washington, D.C., the US. It aims
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5) Family --Srebrenica: The Funera.
The March of Peace – The Path of Freedom on July 11, 2008, marked the 13th
anniversary of the genocide that began on July 11, 1995. Over 307 newly
recovered bodies were exhumed from 55 different mass graves to be laid to rest
in the Genocide Memorial Center next to the 3,200 civilians already buried
there. Medina
6)Youth 4 the Future --Summer Courses: What Do You Think?
It's summer and many youth have started school or university summer courses. In
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7)Living Shari'ah--Three Different Natures
.Allah the Almighty has granted Iblis and his offspring the chance to lead
people away from the right path. At the same time, He has also given Adam and
8)Helth Science --Treating Homosexuality: Therapist View
Having same-sex tendencies is a tough experience, and the task of the doctor
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IslamOnline.net's (IOL) Health and Science Page conducted this interview with
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I Knew God Would Take Care of Me
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Bismillah [IslamCity] Peculiar mentality Of Some Western Media--Asia Post, Dhaka, editorial dated 28.7.o8
Peculiar mentality Of Some Western Media We have seen the BBC report Youth Breaks Sex Taboo In Cairo. The BBC report says in part, “Spending the night together is difficult as both live at home with their families. Even going to a hotel means checking into different rooms and sneaking between them. Even among educated urbanites, the concept of an unmarried mother simply does not exist. A bride's virginity is so highly prized that doctors charge up to 1000 Egyptian pounds (US$173) to reconstruct a young woman's hymen. On any summer evening along Cairo's 6th October Bridge, veiled figures nestle up to young men. The couples gaze down into the Nile, engaged in intimate conversation amid the blaring horns and traffic fumes--- Dr Khofash is certain that the number of abortions is increasing: All gynaecologists know this, but we don't know how much it is increasing by.( http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/4708461.stm ) .Western press and their followers elsewhere find pleasure in publicizing such stories. We do agree there are such cases everywhere but it is very difficult to give any percentage on the basis of some samples.I have noticed in the past western press gleefully reporting that in China and Russia ( when communist rule was weakening ) how prostitution has started, how new fashions have come, how girls go around, how they like modern dancing.This was a peculiar way of getting pleasure at the loss of moral standard in any society.They do the same about Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Pakistan,Tunisia, India, even though the situation in these countries is no where like the US or Europe. Instead of working for moral and ethical upliftment of society along with economic development, they feel pleasure in promoting the moral bankrupcy.The intention is to make us like them , rootless people, no family, neglected children, neglected old people and so on.We should see through this game and also reform our society . . -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean. No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG. Version: 7.5.526 / Virus Database: 270.5.6/1576 - Release Date: 7/27/2008 4:16 PM -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.
Bismillah [IslamCity] Israel shoots dead nine-year-old boy (w/video)
Article link: http://mparent-1.livejournal.com/1092657.html Video: Israel shoots dead nine-year-old boy Jul. 30th, 2008 at 10:21 AM Related Shooting Back: Israeli occupation filmed by 100 Palestinian cameras Mourners to protest murder of 10 year old boy Added: July 29, 2008 In the occupied West Bank, Israeli soldiers have shot dead a nine-year-old Palestinian boy, near the village of Ni'lin, according to witnesses. It happened at the end of a demonstration against the separation barrier Israel is building. The Israeli military say they will conduct a full investigation. Jacky Rowland reports. Tags:activism,children,deaths,israel,palestinians,video Article link: http://mparent-1.livejournal.com/1092657.html MARC PARENT, mparent, mparent, ccnwon CRIMES AND CORRUPTIONS OF THE NEW WORLD ORDER NEWS http://mparent-1.livejournal.com/ http://www.wakeupfromyourslumber.com/blog/38 __ Get a sneak peak at messages with a handy reading pane with All new Yahoo! Mail: http://ca.promos.yahoo.com/newmail/overview2/
Bismillah [IslamCity] The ways to avoid anger and to live a happy life
--- On Thu, 7/24/08, Mona Sabry [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Date: Thursday, July 24, 2008, 9:45 PM Assalamu Alaikum, Please listen to these New important topics: Arabic Topic: كيف نعالج الغضب الذي يدمر صحتنا وسعادتنا واولدنا http://www.islamichappiness.com/renewImanArabic/renewArabic.html English Topic: The ways to avoid anger and to live a happy life: http://www.islamichappiness.com/renewImanEnglish/renewImanEng..html Please distribute it to everyone, Jazakum Allahu Khairan, NB.To learn more about Sister Mona who is conducting these classes, please visit: http://www.islamichappiness.com/home.html Assalamu Alaikum
Bismillah [IslamCity] The Miraculous Profound Journey of MIRAJ - The Greatest night in the History
Glorified be He Who carried His servant by night from the Inviolable Place of Worship to the Far Distant Place of Worship, the neighborhood whereof We have blessed, that We might show him of Our tokens! Lo! He is the Hearer, the Seer (Quran 17:1). Isra and Miraj: What are they and why are they important to Muslims? He was depressed and dejected. His beloved wife Khadija, a source of comfort and support, was dead. His uncle Abu Talib, a pillar of strength who defended him against the vicious attacks of his enemies, was also gone. His mission to Taif had been unsuccessful. He had tried to invite the people to ISLAM, but in hateful and humiliating retaliation, they had sent their children after him, throwing rocks on him until he bled. It was truly a Year of Sorrow. It was in this context that the Prophet Mohammed (peace and blessings be upon him) was taken up to the heavens in a miraculous and profound journey Muslims know as Isra and Miraj. This took place on the 27th day of the month of Rajab. It was the climax of the spiritual progress, which is not attained by anybody except Prophet Mohammed (pbuh). No doubt the night in which he was blessed with this unparalleled honor was one of the greatest night in the history of this WORLD. For the disbelievers, it only made them more stubborn in their disbelief. But for the true believers, it only strengthened their faith. For example, the Prophet's trusted Companion, Abu Bakr (may Allah be pleased with him) didn't flinch when confronted with this miracle. He firmly believed in it. It was because of this conviction that he was given the title as-Siddiq (the truthful one). Given today's advances in technology, where jumbo jets can send us across the ocean in a span of mere hours, how can we deny this miracle of travel, especially from the Being Who has no limits, whether those are of time or distance? As well, those who object to the possibility of such a journey-taking place are forgetting the story of Prophet Sulayman (pbuh), who lived several centuries prior to Prophet Mohammed pbuh. It was during his lifetime that the throne of the Queen of Sheba was transported about 1500 miles to his kingdom. Get to know more about the Miraculous and Profound Journey of Isra and Miraj Please read / listen Isra Miraj (in E ngl ish) Miraj Ka Safarnama (in Urdu) Miraj Ki Raat (in Urdu) Miraj Ka Paygam (in Urdu) Audio Dars/Lecture Miraj Ka Toufah (in Urdu) Note: We can send you the above books by e-mail as well if u don¢t have the Internet. Kindly contact us with an indicating book name to: Send Me Book FREE Available on www.al-islamforall. org (A unique comprehensive FREE e-Library in Multiple Languages) And many more books for the complete family in Multiple Languages The purpose of the web site is to provide wide range, authentic comprehensive information about all the teachings of Islam at one place with unique FREE download facilities. We will highly appreciate if you introduce among your friends in the best possible manners. Jazakumullah Khair
Bismillah [IslamCity] Iraq's unseen violence - The US government and military are preventing the public from seeing photographs that depict the true horror of the Iraq war
Iraq's unseen violence The US government and military are preventing the public from seeing photographs that depict the true horror of the Iraq war * * Dan Kennedy * guardian.co.uk, * Tuesday July 29 2008 Even by the squeamish standards of the American media, the photographic record of the war in Iraq is remarkably antiseptic. The paradigmatic images are not of combat or of bodies in the street but, rather, the digital snapshots taken by US soldiers of Iraqi prisoners being humiliated at Abu Ghraib - that is, a consequence of war rather than the thing itself. To an extent not appreciated by the public, the shortage of photographs depicting the dead and dying is not an accident. This past Saturday, the New York Times reported on the plight of Zoriah Miller, a freelance photographer who was banned from covering the Marines because he posted several photos of their dead bodies on his website. Miller, the Times added, is hardly alone in being pressured not to show the world anything too graphic. Questions about war photos are as old as photography itself. More than a century ago, Mathew Brady and other photographers shocked a nation with their images of dead soldiers in the American civil war. More recently, it has become an article of faith on the political right that grisly images of the Vietnam war - including the famous pictures of a street-side execution and of a naked young girl running from a napalm attack - undermined public support and led to the American defeat. Subsequent administrations have made it increasingly difficult for journalists to cover war in all its horror. That effort has reached its nadir during the presidency of George Bush. And though its roots lay in the White House's desperate attempts to maintain some level of support for its failed policies, its censorious campaign is now being waged on behalf of Bush's preferred successor, John McCain. Unpopular as the war is, it would be more unpopular still if the public could truly see it. Think back to the early, triumphant days of the Iraq war, leading up to the Mission Accomplished fiasco. War was reduced to a video game, with action figures racing through the desert and streaks of light aimed toward Baghdad. Once the insurgency began, the war became so dangerous for journalists to cover that they became dependent on the American military units with which they were embedded - a very different scenario from Vietnam, where reporters and photographers were able to operate with little interference. More than 4,000 American troops have died to protect their country from Saddam Hussein's non-existent weapons of mass destruction, but you'd never know it from the nightly news. In a break with longstanding tradition, the White House even banned the media from observing the flag-draped coffins of dead soldiers when they arrive at Dover Air Force Base, in Delaware. Contrary to conventional wisdom, bloody images of war do not necessarily undermine public support. I recently had an opportunity to view newsreel footage from the second world war, and a silent clip from the first world war, that were astonishingly graphic in their depiction of violence suffered by both the good guys and the bad guys. The difference is that the second world war, especially, enjoyed near-universal popular support. Terrible images of troops felled in a war for survival only toughened the national resolve. Images of dead American troops in Iraq, by contrast, would - like those pictures from Vietnam - only serve to deepen public anger. Just before I wrote this, I paged through a book of Iraq war photos by Ashley Gilbertson called Whiskey Tango Foxtrot. Gilbertson, whose pictures have often appeared in the New York Times, is not one to indulge in violence for violence's sake. There is as much blood and death in the brief slide show of Zoriah Miller's work as there is in all 264 pages of Gilbertson's book. Still, Gilbertson's images are difficult to look at because they are so real. His is not the Iraq of General David Petraeus, Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki and the surge-emboldened Sunni Awakening. Rather, we see courageous American troops, terrified civilians and an oppressive, overwhelming sense that it's all going to end badly. Gilbertson closes with the 2005 Iraqi elections, itself a bittersweet victory. He, and we, know that some of the worst violence occurred later on. As it occurs still. On Monday, at least 53 people were killed and another 240 wounded in separate suicide attacks in Baghdad and Kirkuk. McCain can repeat the surge is working as much as he likes. Iraq remains an incredibly dangerous and fragile country. Interviewers frequently ask Barack Obama if he'll admit he was wrong about the surge, but they rarely ask McCain if he was wrong about the war. In large measure that is because the American public cannot see the full consequences of this tragic mistake - a mistake
Bismillah [IslamCity] National insecurity - The Pakistani army must change its tactics against the militants if it is to halt a descent into chaos
National insecurity The Pakistani army must change its tactics against the militants if it is to halt a descent into chaos * * Martin Woollacott * The Guardian, * Wednesday July 30 2008 From the Mediterranean to the Indian Ocean, the armed forces of the states located in the world's most intense conflict zone are stacked together like a dangerous house of cards. They plan, plot and puzzle, as embattled military establishments always do. Yet the most important decisions are arguably those that face the army least often mentioned in discussion - that of Pakistan. For the Pakistani army has to decide how to save itself and the country it has dominated for so long. In the struggle across the region, it could even be said that decisions made in Rawalpindi, the army's headquarters, may turn out to be more important than those made in Washington, Baghdad, Tehran or Tel Aviv. And this army is highly autonomous. It has frequently been the government, and remains by far the most powerful institution in the country. The regional war on whose name nobody can agree - terror, occupation, invasion - has shifted its shape in recent years. In western eyes, anyway, it was in the beginning about Afghanistan, then Iraq was its epicentre, until the focus shifted to Iran and its nuclear ambitions, and then back to Afghanistan. Pakistan always figured when Afghanistan was in the spotlight because failure to deal effectively with the Taliban and al-Qaida in the border areas puts Nato forces at a disadvantage. Pakistan was seen as a dimension of the Afghan problem, and was again presented in those terms yesterday when the prime minister, Yousaf Raza Galani, assured George Bush in Washington that Pakistan would strive to secure the Afghan border. Now you could put it the other way round. As insurgents have moved from the border strip to some settled areas of Pakistan in recent months, it is at least an open question as to which country is the sideshow and which the main event. Without demonising these movements - which mix tribalism, jihadism, Pashtun national feeling and criminality, and are also the product of social breakdown resulting from decades of war - it cannot be right that parts of Pakistan are ruled by parallel governments, judged by parallel courts, and make war on their own terms whenever they wish. Militants are even now encroaching on the environs of Peshawar, the capital of the North-West Frontier Province. In Mohmand, the Taliban controls economic enterprises. The number of foreign fighters entering Pakistan is said to be now much higher than those entering Iraq. And they are coming to Pakistan not only to fight in Afghanistan, but in Pakistan itself. The Pakistani army, however, is still following a strategy of negotiations and ceasefires, punctuated by well-signalled and often bloodless sweeps by the local Frontier Corps. True, this is also the policy of the new national government and of the Peshawar provincial government. It is also true that heavy-handed military operations are not the best counter to insurgency. But in the army's case, the softly, softly approach has been shaped by the defeats and setbacks it suffered in earlier efforts to deal with insurgents and by its own involvement in backing extremist movements. Such movements were useful tools in the confrontation with India in Kashmir, and in influencing events in Afghanistan. It is less a question of the army's tactical choices than of whether it still cannot give up the idea of keeping the militant movements as a card in future conflicts. But the militants are out of control. They tried to kill Parvez Musharraf, they probably killed Benazir Bhutto, they have bombed army offices and even the headquarters of Inter-Services Intelligence. The attempt to outwit India, the rationale of the Pakistani armed forces since independence, is outdated. As Ahmed Rashid says in his book on the regional crisis, Descent into Chaos: The army's insecurity has now come full circle, for Pakistan's very future is at stake as extremists threaten to undermine Pakistan itself. That threat comes at a time when Pakistan is otherwise in a process of renewal, as evidenced by the success of liberal and secular candidates in recent elections. An expanding urban middle class wants a new kind of country, and feudal and tribal dominance in rural areas is fading. Overprivileged and muddle-headed, the army needs to follow suit. If it does so, the moment of opportunity for extremism in Pakistan will be brief - and that could have a transforming effect on the rest of the region. http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2008/jul/30/pakistan __ Not happy with your email address?. Get the one you really want - millions of new email addresses available now at Yahoo! http://uk.docs.yahoo.com/ymail/new.html
Bismillah [IslamCity] Aitezaz, Asma a RAW-linked Forum Courtesy:http://www.ahmedquraishi.com/article_detail.php?id=257
Aitezaz, Asma a RAW-linked Forum Published : March 27, 2008 | Author : Hassaan Karim Total Visits: 991 Print | Email to friend 2 reviews | Write a review addthis_pub = 'jonnicolucci'; Aitezaz, Asma a RAW-linked Forum By HASSAAN KARIM Friday, 28 March 2008. WWW.AHMEDQURAISHI.COM ISLAMABAD, Pakistan—The newspapers of Tuesday, Mar. 18, 2008, in Pakistan carried a report wherein the Chief Justice of U.K. and Wales criticized President Pervez Musharraf while addressing the ‘Indo-British Legal Forum’ in New Delhi. He appreciated the lawyers’ movement in Pakistan in so many words. Those who live in U.K. know that this forum is a creation of the Indian intelligence agency RAW and this event in New Delhi was funded and organized by RAW. All expenses for the travel of the British delegation headed was borne by the Forum. Such forums have been formed in the United States and Canada too. All these forums are funded by RAW. The British delegation included Lady Justice Arden of the Court of Appeals and Sir Suma Chakarabarti, the permanent secretary in the British Ministry of Justice. This Indian Hindu member has very close relations with Aitzaz Ahsan and is used by RAW to arrange such visits. Our mole has informed that Asma Jehangir [Read her rebuttal email to an earlier story here] in her recent visit to India had finalized the details of this activity of this forum and also met people of the Indian legal fraternity. She has received instructions and funds to facilitate and coordinate Indian Legal Forums in other countries. RAW will provide all the funding. Even now, if anybody has any doubt that there is no Indian connection in this so called lawyers’ movement in Pakistan, he or she is living in a fool's paradise. Aitzaz Ahsan is an Indian stooge who is befooling our Pakistani lawyer brothers. But Allah Almighty will save Pakistan from the anti-Pakistan agents. Insha Allah. Wake Up all you soldiers of Pakistan everywhere. Mr. Karim is a Pakistani commentator. The article reflects his personal opinion. He can be contacted at [EMAIL PROTECTED] © Copyrighted Material. AhmedQuraishi.com. Click here for republication. RELATED MATERIAL: Aitezaz Ahsan, Stop Lying, Please Aitezaz, Asma, Who Is Sushil Trivedi? And Ashok? When Aitezaz Ahsan Spoke Against Pakistan When Will Mr. Aitzaz Ahsan Tell The Truth? Can A Democrat Like Mr. Aitzaz Ahsan Answer These Questions CommentsPlease email us to report offensive comments All comments are in descending order, latest on top. Mr.Ujoo, the topic is about Itezaz Asma and not Musharraf. If you have no decency to condemn the activities of the two Indian agents, don't change the topic. Mr. Ahmed Quraishi, if what the article says is correct, Aitezaz Asma are guilty of high treason. So why are we discussiing it on internet? Why are they not taken to task? Is there no patriotic Pakistani leader in the Govt to take them to court? Is there no judge taking suo moto notice, or whatver they call it and try them. A simple Pakistani like me can't understand any of this---can someone please explain it all to me. Posted By: Muhammad Zubair | March 29, 2008 01:32:17 PM Musharraf's best course now is to step down gracefully beofre being kicked out of Pakistan. His fathers Bouchers and Negraponte are here to save his skin unfortunately as usual. But I think when the free JUDICIARY WILL BE RESTORED he willno be be there on the scene. I have no love for Nawaz Sharif and Zardari and co but Chief Justice has created history by standing up to the dictator. The lawyers movement, the civil society mov and the media are a strong vigil and check on the corruption of the politicians. No cuntry can survive without strong institutions like Judiciary. We as a nation have to invest in a system rather than one arrogant, impulsive man. Posted By: Ujoo | March 27, 2008 07:21:46 PM ABDUL WAHID OSMAN BELAL __ Not happy with your email address?. Get the one you really want - millions of new email addresses available now at Yahoo! http://uk.docs.yahoo.com/ymail/new.html
Bismillah [IslamCity] Cdn University Presidents Visit Israeli Universties, West Bank falls off itinerary
Another one-sided propaganda trip for our public officials. Sheldon Kirshner(Canadian Jewish News); TORONTO - The presidents of six Canadian universities visited Israel recently. Their one-week tour took place last month and culminated in a Canada Day reception at the Canadian ambassador’s residence in Herzliya, a Tel Aviv suburb. It was the fourth mission of its kind since 1993. The mission was co-hosted by two Canadian academics, University of Toronto law professor Ed Morgan and York University historian Irving Abella, both of whom have led previous missions. Participating on the trip were David Johnston, Sheldon Levy, Luc Vinet, Peter MacKinnon, Allan Rock and William Barker, the respective presidents of the University of Waterloo, Ryerson University, Université de Montréal, the University of Saskatchewan, the University of Ottawa and University of King’s College in Halifax. The president of McGill University, Heather Monroe-Blum, joined them for one day. “The purpose of the trip was to increase the familiarity of Canadian academics with the breadth and depth of the Israeli university scene, with a view to fostering faculty and student exchanges, graduate student fellowship opportunities, joint research projects and collaborative teaching and scholarships,” explained Morgan, a former national president of Canadian Jewish Congress. Abella, who is also a former CJC national president, said the objective was three-fold: to introduce the Canadians to their Israeli counterparts, to allow them to see first hand the quality of education and research at Israeli universities, and to encourage the creation of joint research and exchange programs. The visitors met the presidents and senior administrators of Tel Aviv University, Hebrew University, Bar-Ilan University, Haifa University, Ben Gurion University of the Negev, the Weizmann Institute, the Technion and the Herzliya Interdisciplinary Center. In addition, they conferred with officials of Al-Quds, a Palestinian university in eastern Jerusalem. Abella hoped that the presidents would be able to visit Palestinian universities in the West Bank, but the idea was scotched when the Canadian Embassy expressed concerns about their safety. full text; http://www.cjnews.com/index.php?option=com_contenttask=viewid=15083Itemid=101 Note: Ex-President Carter, French President Sarkozy, British PM Brown and Barrack Obama have all recently visited the West Bank..., but it it too dangerous for our intrepid university presidents? __ Instant Messaging, free SMS, sharing photos and more... Try the new Yahoo! Canada Messenger at http://ca.beta.messenger.yahoo.com/
Bismillah [IslamCity] Successful response to the modern-day crusaders
Successful response to the modern-day crusaders Brothers and sisters, Many of us are right in understanding the Euro-American crusade against Muslims. But is he willing to do something about it? Can he take part in filing criminal charges against the inquisitors / torturers; the criminals who perpetrated genocides in Hiroshima Nagasaki, in Vietnam, in Iraq or even initiating another international court for their trial? Can he initiate a campaign against homosexuality as a suicide for human race or for death- penalty for murderers as justice for the victim or for respecting those women to choose a home-based lifestyle? Since the first Crusade under Pope Urban II declared at the Council of Clermont in 1095 to the present NATO led global regime, the European-led-Christian world has been waging war against Islam either through open warfare, diplomacy or deceit and lies. Everybody except fools know it. Everybody saw what can of savages they were then as now in Guantanamo bay and others? But the question is what have the Muslims done about it? The fact is that since the first crusades till date Muslim rulers and religious leaders have not united in this war against those who are out destroy Islam whereas the Christians are united. In the first crusades Muslims got defeated because they did not support each other, particularly the rulers and the ulema just as they are now in Palestine, Afghanistan, Iraq or Iran against NATO / EU / UNSC / Allied forces ( whatever the name it is the same old crusaders). The formula for success is the same as ever : support each other against the common enemy. They are enemies because the European-led forces ( America is essentially Europeans since they are settlers from there) choose to impose their culture and attack other countries and cultures. So the minimum is to agree that the invaders are the enemies. But if Muslim rulers and ulema cannot agree even to this then where does the question of victory arise? See what OIC members were doing when Iraq was invaded? Some of them helped the invaders to attack Iraq from their soil!! Everybody including the Europeans themselves need to agree for their own good that their global rule is harmful. History is witness that when they are rulers they are unable to co-exist with other cultures and the environment because greed, lies, inquisition/torture and force is their way of government. Only under Islam and Muslims have all cultures enjoyed autonomy. Compare the lives of Spanish people under Islam and under Christianity or the life of Muslims in Europe now where they are not allowed to wear their dress as just two examples. They cannot tolerate other cultures because they lack confidence in their way of life whereas Muslims are confident of truth of their religion and so they believe that sooner or later all sincere people join Islam. But the rulers of the global regime will never be able to acknowledge the truth unless their military superiority is removed. How can any fool see the truth when they are rulers; even less so if their parents and grandparents have been winning wars for the last 500 years and expect their offspring to continue to rule the world? How can taking alcohol, dancing enjoying with the opposite sex and gambling can be a better of life than those who prepare for the eternal life, spend time with their families, serve the poor and help the weak? Even more fools are those of us who are defeated militarily and politically and appeal for their mercy while declaring our way of life is better than their way of life. If Muslim rulers and religious leaders resort to bribes and collaboration with the enemy to enjoy wealth and power then how can you expect respect from the anyone much less from the conquerors? And if anyone claims that Allah is on their side then my question is why Allah has abandoned them for the the last five hundred years? The enemies of Muslims has been attacking and destroying wherever and whenever they want around the world; we have been running or fighting the guerrilla way. It is time to accept that effectively the enemy of Muslims and enemy of mankind and enemy of creation and enemy of God are the rulers of the world now. It is not impossible to save the world. Anytime the support of God comes to Muslims it will be okay. But what kind of Muslims we are talking about? We are talking about Muslims who love to explore and discover; who love to declare the truth, who love to fight for the oppressed, who speaks out against unjust rulers, who love to make better things and provide service and above all who prefer the life of the aakhirat over the present life. We cannot expect much from Muslims who accept to whatever their unelected self-style rulers do, who try to keep unwilling people in Islam through the threat of death- penalty while trying to convert others, who are afraid to discuss the facts of history, who are ready to accept
Bismillah [IslamCity] Reminding u to read Soorat AlKAHF on Friday
Reminding u to read Soorat AlKAHF on Friday نذكركم بقراءة سورة الكهف كل يوم جمعة وقال صلى الله عليه وسلم : ( من قرأ سورة ( الكهف ) في يوم الجمعة أضاء له من النور ما بين الجمعتين ) [ صححه الألباني في صحيح الترغيب والترهيب / 736 ] .. وقال عليه الصلاة والسلام : ( من قرأ سورة ( الكهف ) ليلة الجمعة، أضاء له من النور ما بينه وبين البيت العتيق ) [ صححه الألباني في صحيح الترغيب والترهيب / 736 ] ..
