Bismillah [IslamCity] Guantanamao Bay Guard accepts Islam
Assalamo Alaikum Wa Rahmatullahe Wa Barakatahu. Woman accepts Islam on 24th Nov 2007 in Mumbai || Many Revert Stories = = = = = http://www.newsweek .com/id/190357/ page/1 The Guard Who Found Islam Terry Holdbrooks stood watch over prisoners at Gitmo. What he saw made him adopt their faith. By Dan Ephron | NEWSWEEK Published Mar 21, 2009 From the magazine issue dated Mar 30, 2009 Army specialist Terry Holdbrooks had been a guard at Guantánamo for about six months the night he had his life-altering conversation with detainee 590, a Moroccan also known as the General. This was early 2004, about halfway through Holdbrooks's stint at Guantánamo with the 463rd Military Police Company. Until then, he'd spent most of his day shifts just doing his duty. He'd escort prisoners to interrogations or walk up and down the cellblock making sure they weren't passing notes. But the midnight shifts were slow. The only thing you really had to do was mop the center floor, he says. So Holdbrooks began spending part of the night sitting cross-legged on the ground, talking to detainees through the metal mesh of their cell doors. He developed a strong relationship with the General, whose real name is Ahmed Errachidi. Their late-night conversations led Holdbrooks to be more skeptical about the prison, he says, and made him think harder about his own life. Soon, Holdbrooks was ordering books on Arabic and Islam. During an evening talk with Errachidi in early 2004, the conversation turned to the shahada, the one-line statement of faith that marks the single requirement for converting to Islam (There is no God but God and Muhammad is his prophet). Holdbrooks pushed a pen and an index card through the mesh, and asked Errachidi to write out the shahada in English and transliterated Arabic. He then uttered the words aloud and, there on the floor of Guantánamo's Camp Delta, became a Muslim. When historians look back on Guantánamo, the harsh treatment of detainees and the trampling of due process will likely dominate the narrative. Holdbrooks, who left the military in 2005, saw his share. In interviews over recent weeks, he and another former guard told NEWSWEEK about degrading and sometimes sadistic acts against prisoners committed by soldiers, medics and interrogators who wanted revenge for the 9/11 attacks on America. But as the fog of secrecy slowly lifts from Guantánamo, other scenes are starting to emerge as well, including surprising interactions between guards and detainees on subjects like politics, religion and even music. The exchanges reveal curiosity on both sides—sometimes even empathy. The detainees used to have conversations with the guards who showed some common respect toward them, says Errachidi, who spent five years in Guantánamo and was released in 2007. We talked about everything, normal things, and things [we had] in common, he wrote to NEWSWEEK in an e-mail from his home in Morocco. Holdbrooks's level of identification with the other side was exceptional. No other guard has volunteered that he embraced Islam at the prison (though Errachidi says others expressed interest). His experience runs counter to academic studies, which show that guards and inmates at ordinary prisons tend to develop mutual hostility. But then, Holdbrooks is a contrarian by nature. He can also be conspiratorial. When his company visited the site of the 9/11 attacks in New York, Holdbrooks remembers thinking there had to be a broader explanation, and that the Bush administration must have colluded somehow in the plot. But his misgivings about Guantánamo—including doubts that the detainees were the worst of the worst—were shared by other guards as early as 2002. A few such guards are coming forward for the first time. Specialist Brandon Neely, who was at Guantánamo when the first detainees arrived that year, says his enthusiasm for the mission soured quickly. There were a couple of us guards who asked ourselves why these guys are being treated so badly and if they're actually terrorists at all, he told NEWSWEEK. Neely remembers having long conversations with detainee Ruhal Ahmed, who loved Eminem and James Bond and would often rap or sing to the other prisoners. Another former guard, Christopher Arendt, went on a speaking tour with former detainees in Europe earlier this year to talk critically about the prison. Holdbrooks says growing up hard in Phoenix—his parents were junkies and he himself was a heavy drinker before joining the military in 2002—helps explain what he calls his anti-everything views. He has holes the size of quarters in both earlobes, stretched-out piercings that he plugs with wooden discs. At his Phoenix apartment, bedecked with horror-film memorabilia, he rolls up both sleeves to reveal wrist-to-shoulder tattoos. He describes the ink work as a narrative of his mistakes and addictions. They
Bismillah [IslamCity] U.K. diplomat suspended for alleged anti-Semitic tirade/DR MOHAMMED HASNAIN SIDDIQUI
High-ranking Foreign Office diplomat arrested over anti-Semitic gym tirade By Emily Andrews and Tamara Cohen Last updated at 9:41 AM on 09th February 2009 On bail: Diplomat Rowan Laxton is alleged to have launched an anti-Semitic tirade while on an exercise bike in a gym A high-ranking diplomat at the Foreign Office has been arrested after allegations that he launched a foul-mouthed anti-Semitic tirade. Middle East expert Rowan Laxton, 47, was watching TV reports of the Israeli attack on Gaza as he used an exercise bike in a gym. Stunned staff and gym members allegedly heard him shout: 'F**king Israelis, f**king Jews'. It is alleged he also said Israeli soldiers should be 'wiped off the face of the earth'. His rant reportedly continued even after he was approached by other gym users. After a complaint was made to police, Mr Laxton was arrested for inciting religious hatred through threatening words and behaviour and bailed until late next month. The maximum penalty for inciting religious hatred is a seven-year prison term or a fine or both. Mr Laxton, who is still working normally, is head of the South Asia Group at the Foreign Office, on a salary of around £70,000. He is responsible for all the UK's diplomacy in that area and for briefing Foreign Secretary David Miliband, who is Jewish. Mr Laxton has worked extensively in the Middle East - he married a Muslim woman in 2000 - and has been deputy ambassador to Afghanistan. The case could not have come at a worse time for the Foreign Office. Next week, Britain is hosting an international summit on combating anti-Semitism, with politicians from 35 countries. Mr Laxton had gone to the London Business School's gym in Regent's Park after work on January 27. An onlooker said: 'I was in the gym around 9pm and I heard this guy shouting something about f**king Israelis. 'This bald guy was cycling away on his machine in the middle of the exercise room. When another guy approached him he shouted f**king Jews, f**king Israelis. 'The gym was pretty full and everyone looked totally shocked. ' That sort of racist language is totally unacceptable. The gym staff called security and I think the guy was asked to leave.' Laxton was alleged to have been watching TV reports of the Israeli attack on Gaza as he used an exercise bike in a gym when he began the tirade Mark Gardner, deputy director of the Community Security Trust which monitors anti-Semitism, said: 'There were an unprecedented number of anti-Semitic incidents during the Gaza conflict. 'This alleged case is particularly shocking, given the position held by the civil servant in question. 'We must not allow an overseas conflict to cause racism here in Britain and especially not among civil servants. 'The Jewish community will be rightly appalled to hear of these allegations against such a senior figure. 'We hope that the appropriate disciplinary actions will be taken forthwith, as they would be if these comments had been made against any other section of society.' A Foreign Office spokesman said: 'It is too early to comment in detail on a matter that is currently the subject of police enquiries. But we take extremely seriously any allegation of inappropriate conduct on the part of our staff and continue to follow developments closely.' When contacted by the Daily Mail, Mr Laxton denied his comments were anti-Jewish but refused to answer when asked if they were anti-Israeli. The Oxford graduate joined the diplomatic service in 1993 and rose rapidly through the ranks. He ran the British High Commission in Pakistan for three years before moving to Afghanistan in 2001. He stayed in Kabul for two years, then returned to London. He was appointed head of his section last year. Mr Laxton is believed to be separated from his wife, a banker who is working in the United Arab Emirates. The Israel page of the Foreign Office website says: 'The Government has a shared responsibility to tackle anti-Semitism and all other forms of racism and prejudice'. http://www.haaretz. com/hasen/ spages/1067497. html __ Looking for the perfect gift? Give the gift of Flickr! http://www.flickr.com/gift/
Bismillah [IslamCity] Nurses Banned to Wear Scarf in Jinnah Hospital Karachi
Nurses Banned to Wear Scarf in Jinnah Hospital Karachi By Amna Gilani • Mar 8th, 2009 Nurses students have asserted their power and due to their stand, the callous administration of Jinnah Hospital and hostels are under fire and exposed to the public. News about bad attitude towards the female nursing staff at the Jinnah hospital were circulating for quite a time but the volcano erupted as one male doctor pulled down veil of one female nurse and ordered her to not to wear it again in front of him. Such complaints are rampant in the Jinnah hostels and both male doctors and male nurses don’t leave any chance to harass and tease the female nursing staff. Even they have access to their hostels and with the help of guards they often come into the corridors of the hostels. As the nursing girls of Karachi Jinnah Hospital started their vehement protests against this high-handedness, the administration tried to hush the matter and kept the girls imprisoned in the hostel by force for two hours with the help of guards. Hostel girls of Karachi hospital have also complained that the male doctors don’t accept male nurses with them and only work when the female nurse of their choice is given to them and these doctor often fight among themselves for the attractive young nurses. Now as the things have turned more bad and administration banned the scarf, all the nursing staff is out in protest. These so called Muslims are worse than the kuffar public. They should get a beating of their lives to get them in line. __ Yahoo! Canada Toolbar: Search from anywhere on the web, and bookmark your favourite sites. Download it now at http://ca.toolbar.yahoo.com.
Bismillah [IslamCity] Israelis who refuse to fight Arabs
Father, forgive me, I will not fight for your Israel Omer Goldman, daughter of a former Mossad chief, tells why she prefers jail to the military draft Igal Sarna Omer Goldman is a pretty girl, slender as a model. Never still, very restless, she is filled with anxiety by the expected loss of her freedom. For months before she refused to be drafted into the Israel Defence Forces, she went to a psychologist every week to prepare for what was to come: incarceration in a cell in a military prison. I met her several times last month in an apartment with other girls who are conscientious objectors. Together they would hand out flyers against Israel’s occupation of the West Bank and Gaza at the gates of a high school like the one she left a year ago. On her last day of freedom as a civilian, I saw her at the gates of the intake base to which she had received orders to report for induction into a two-year stint with the defence forces, like every Israeli girl. She had come to refuse the draft, to be tried and to be imprisoned immediately. Several dozen supporters showed up – members of Anarchists Against the Wall, her mother and a few girlfriends – and she stayed close to them as though she were trying to delay the end, the moment when she would clash all alone with the army. For Omer, this transition is sharper and more surprising than for most conscientious objectors: she is the daughter of the former deputy head of Mossad, the Israeli intelligence service, the man who nearly became its head. Omer grew up all her life in the warm bosom of a huge security establishment that has now become an enemy rather than a friend. Her father appears in the newspapers as N. He was a senior intelligence officer who transferred to Mossad and climbed to the top until in 2007 he became the deputy to Mossad’s chief, Meir Dagan, now considered the most powerful mystery man in the Israeli security system. N, whose speciality is Iran, was spoken of as Dagan’s designated successor, but Dagan had no intention of retiring. Differences of opinion developed between the two strong bosses, and N resigned in June 2007. This was the time when his 18-year-old daughter Omer, a pampered child of the wealthy suburb of Ramat Hasharon, was beginning to move away from the usual high-school- to-army trajectory. In parallel to her father’s struggle and his resignation from Mossad, Omer rebelled against the path he had paved for her and went to have a look at Palestinian life on the other side of the wall. Call this an adolescent’s rebellion against her father or a battle for the heart of a father who had left home. She is one of about 40 pupils who signed a school-leavers’ protest letter this year. Thirty-eight years ago the first such letter – a counterblast against the occupation and the war of attrition, sent by pupils in the final year of my secondary school to Golda Meir, the prime minister – caused an uproar. There have been other letters since then, and although the furore is not what it was, in Israel conscientious objection still arouses cold, self-righteous wrath. Omer told me that the crucial moment of her metamorphosis occurred this year when she went to a Palestinian village where the Israeli army had set up a roadblock. Someone she had considered her enemy all her life stood beside her and someone who was supposed to be defending her opened fire at her. “We were sitting by the roadside talking and soldiers came along and after a few seconds they received an order and fired gas grenades and rubber bullets at us. Then it struck me, to my astonishment, that the soldiers were following an order without thinking. For the first time in my life, an Israeli soldier raised his weapon and fired at me.” And when you told your father? “Dad was astonished and angry that I had been there and endangered my life. After that we had conversations. He supported me as his daughter and we have a good relationship, but he is decidedly opposed to what I do and even more to my refusal to serve in the army. “At first he thought this was a passing phase of adolescence and later he understood that this is coming from a place deep inside me. He and I have very similar characters. I, too, fight to the end for what I believe in. But we are opposites ideologically.” When I ask more about her father, Omer smiles and does not answer. A rare moment of silence. On September 23 she refused to serve in the army, was tried and was sent to prison for 21 days. This week she will be tried again – and again, until the army tires or she tires. In two weeks’ time my own son Noam is due to join the army, and I will be accompanying him to the base where I last saw Omer Goldman. Unlike her, Noam intends to do his military service. I understand them both. http://www.timesonl ine.co.uk/ tol/news/ world/middle_ east/article4925 056.ece __ Connect with friends from any web browser -
Bismillah [IslamCity] Boycott Israel _ Must Read and Spread
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Bismillah [IslamCity] A PAKISTANI GIRL - BURNING QURAAN(shocking shameful
سبحانه رب العرش راح يحاسبها حساب عسيرفي الدنيا قبل الآخره ان شاءالله ... . DEAR FRIENDS READ BELOW ARTICLE OF SHAME SEE THE ATTACHED VIDEO LINK .. HOW THIS PAKISTANI GIRL TRYING TO BURN THE HOLY QUR'AAN PLEASE SENT THIS TO ALL YOUR FRIENDS. AND MAKE DUA FOR THE SAFETY AND PROTECTION OF ALL MUSLIMEEN ACROSS THE WORLD. THANK YOU A Norwegian Comedian made a drama to burn the Quran but avoided by saying, the book would have more power, if I put it on fire. News Desk Oslo, May 31, 2008 -- A Norwegian Comedian with Pakistani origin in a stage show at Norwegian Town set to burn Quran, the Holly Book of Islam but she avoided to do it by saying, burning of the Quran can cause more power to the book. 32 year Old, Shabana Rehman is famous for her controversial attitude towards Islam and Muslims. According to the media reports, the stage show was held recently at Lillehammer in the context of a cultural festival. At the inaugural session of the show at Lillehammer, she was received by cheers but when she picked up a lighter and Quran in other hand and said, this is Quran. People present at the hall became surprised and totally silent. Then eying the Quran, she started to say, there are many books in the world but this book has more power. Indicating towards Quran and holding one corner of the Holly Book, she kept quite a while and then turning her eyes to the participants said, if I burn the book then, it would be come more powerful. Addressing the people she concluded, do not worry, I shall not burn the book. Then she put the Quran on the table and turned off the lighter. According to the media's reports, such event was a amazed occasion for the people and even one of the participants said, if she had started to burn the book, I was ready to cool the fire by putting my jacket on it. This was a very shocking event for not only Muslims of Norway but it also a large number of the Norwegians expressed concern on that. See Video: http://www.dagblade t.no/kultur/ 2008/05/27/ 536463.html Shabana Rehman setting to burn Quran but avoided at a stage show in Lillehammer- Norway Confidentiality and Disclaimer: The information contained in this message and any attachments herein is confidential and intended only for the addressee(s) . It may be privileged information and exempt from disclosure under applicable law. If you are not the intended recipient, the use of this information or its disclosure, copying, retention or distribution is prohibited and may be unlawful. If you received this message in error, please inform the sender promptly by replying to the address in the From field and permanently delete this message from your computer. DOHMS does not warrant that this transmission is virus free and will not be liable for any damages resulting from any virus. Department of Health and Medical Services, Dubai, UAE, www.dohms.gov. ae This email and any attachments may contain confidential information. If you or your organization are not the intended recipient and have received them in error, please delete them and contact du. If the content of this email does not relate to du's business, du does not endorse it. Without exception, du does not enter into agreements by exchange of emails and nothing in this mail shall be construed or interpreted as binding du or creating any obligation on behalf of du. You should check attachments for viruses before opening. Authorised, issued and fully paid up share capital of AED 4 billion Commercial Licence No. 576513; Commercial Registration No. 77967 Stay connected to the people that matter most with a smarter inbox. Take a look. __ Yahoo! Canada Toolbar: Search from anywhere on the web, and bookmark your favourite sites. Download it now at http://ca.toolbar.yahoo.com.
Bismillah [IslamCity] Shoe hurled at Israeli ambassador in Stockholm
Shoe hurled at Israeli ambassador in Stockholm,Sweden. The ambassador was giving a lecture about the Israeli elections when he was struck [Ylva Kronheffer] A woman has thrown a shoe at the Israeli ambassador to Sweden as he was giving a lecture on Israel's forthcoming elections. The shoe hit Benny Dagan in the chest during a seminar held at the University of Stockholm on Wednesday, a local police official said. Ylva Kronheffer, a board member of the Stockholm Association of Foreign Affairs, the student association which organised the seminar, said she was sitting in the front row and suddenly a shoe was flying over my head. She added that another person threw two books at the envoy but missed. The girl who threw the shoe asked the policemen to give it back to her. It was a red Nike shoe, Kronheffer said. The two protesters, who were shouting insults, were escorted out of the room by police. They were taken to a local police station but were released after being questioned. It was not known whether they were students at the university. Dagan continued his lecture after a short break and a heated discussion followed the seminar before being interrupted by the moderator. A protester who threw a shoe at Wen Jiabao, the Chinese premier, during a speech at Britain's Cambridge University earlier this week, was charged with a public order offence. An Iraqi journalist who threw his shoes at George Bush, the former US president, during a press conference in Baghdad in December, was arrested and is awaiting his trial. See Video http://intidada2000.com/2009/02/04/1022/ __ Get the name you've always wanted @ymail.com or @rocketmail.com! Go to http://ca.promos.yahoo.com/jacko/
Bismillah [IslamCity] My Visit to Guantanamo Bay
Brothers and Sisters Assalam U Alaikum FYI My Visit to Guantanamo Bay YVONNE RIDLEY 01 February, 2009 21:05:00 Guantanamo Bay is, without doubt, the world's most notorious prison which left an indelible stain on the Bush Administration. One of the first acts of US President Barack Obama was to order its closure and there is speculation that ... Full story Syed Jawed Anwar __ Yahoo! Canada Toolbar: Search from anywhere on the web, and bookmark your favourite sites. Download it now at http://ca.toolbar.yahoo.com.
Bismillah [IslamCity] Dutch MP Geert Wilders deported after flying to Britain to show anti-Islamic film
Dutch MP Geert Wilders deported after flying to Britain to show anti-Islamic film A controversial Dutch politician has been sent back to Holland after trying to enter Britain to show his anti-Muslim film in the House of Lords. By Christopher Hope, John Bingham and Bruno Waterfield Last Updated: 6:19AM GMT 13 Feb 2009 Mr Wilders was told he could not come to Britain on public order grounds Photo: EPA Geert Wilders had been invited to Westminster to show his 17-minute film Fitna, which criticises the Koran as a fascist book, by a member of the House of Lords. But on Tuesday Jacqui Smith, the Home Secretary refused Mr Wilders entry because his opinions would threaten community security and therefore public security in the UK. Mr Wilders went ahead with his trip anyway, and flew from Amsterdam to London on a British Midland flight.When he arrived at Heathrow airport he was met by two plain clothed officers from the UK Border Agency.As he was being led away, Mr Wilders said: I am not nervous but is this how Great Britain welcomes a democrat?Dutch Foreign Minister Maxime Verhagen said Holland would press for a reversal of the travel ban. Earlier on the flight, Mr Wilders had launched a savage attack on the Government. He said: They (the British Government) are the biggest bunch of cowards in Europe. I'm coming because I am invited by one of your members of parliament. I'm not provocative. I am an elected political representative. I am a democrat. I use my freedom of speech. I am using all the democratic means I have.Mr Wilders has urged the Dutch government to ban the Koran and warned of a tsunami of Islam swamping the Netherlands. His film Fitna sparked violent protests around the Muslim world last year for linking verses in the religious text with footage of terrorist attacks. Mr Wilders had been due to attend a screening of Fitna, organised by Ukip peer Lord Pearson, in the Lords.Lord Pearson said the screening would go ahead yesterday with or without Mr Wilders. In a joint statement, he and cross-bench peer Baroness Cox said they were promoting freedom of speech and accused the Government of appeasing militant Islam. They added: Geert Wilders' Fitna film, available on the web, is not a threat to anyone. It merely suggests how the Koran has been used by militant Islamists to promote and justify their violence. They react in fury and menace to our intention to show the film and have boasted that their threats of aggressive demonstrations prevented its previous showing in the Mother of Parliaments.In the Lords, Lord Pearson asked Lord West of Spithead, a home office minister, said: Do you think this situation would occur if Mr Wilders had said ban the Bible? Lord West replied: I certainly don't think we are guilty of appeasement in any way whatsoever. The Government and I are great believers in freedom of expression. This is based not purely on Fitna, on that particular film. It is based on a range of factors, including prosecution in the Netherlands for incitement and discrimination and for other statements as well. The National Secular Society said Miss Smith had made a mistake in denying an application by a democratically-elected politician from a sovereign state who wants to come and express an opinion. The ban was supported by the Muslim Council of Great Britain. A spokesman said: Geert Wilders has been an open and relentless preacher of hate - there is little difference between his views and those of the far right. More Details: http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2009/feb/12/far-right-dutch-mp-ban-islam http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/politics/4603165/Dutch-MP-Geert-Wilders-deported-after-flying-to-Britain-to-show-anti-Islamic-film.html http://www.nrc.nl/international/article2149956.ece/Geert_Wilders_stopped_in_London http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1141622/Banned-Dutch-MP-flies--sent-straight-home-again.html __ Yahoo! Canada Toolbar: Search from anywhere on the web, and bookmark your favourite sites. Download it now at http://ca.toolbar.yahoo.com.
Bismillah [IslamCity] UK activists boycott Israel
UK activists boycott Israel UK will import many of its Valentines flowers from Israel Saturday, 07, Feb 2009 12:03 By Laura Miller Demonstrators are planning nationwide protests today to boycott the sale of Israeli goods on UK high-streets. The national Boycott Israeli Goods (BIG) campaign, led by a coalition of pro-Palestine and anti-war groups, aims to impact on Valentines Day sales of flowers, many of which Israel exports to the UK. David Wilson, spokesperson for Stop the War, one of the groups supporting the campaign, told politics.co. uk: Valentines Day is the perfect day for love to all, and for people to remember those suffering abroad. He compared the action to the boycott of South African goods during apartied. Apartied herded one people into a caged area of the country. What is Gaza if it's not comparable to that? he said. The largest protest is expected in Middlesex at Carmel-Agrexco, the Israeli national exporter of fruit and vegetables and importer of large quantities of flowers to the UK. All the large supermarket chains will be targeted, as well as Barlays bank and Marks and Spencers, which has incurred heavy criticism in the past from pro-Palestine campaigners over claims the company's owner, Phillip Green, supports Israel through business deals and investments. Speaking to politics.co. uk a spokesperson for M S denied claims the chain has a political interest in importing goods from Israel. We don't have a special relationship with Israel, we have a relationship with individual farmers, she said. At the moment we don't even source very much from Israel, maybe ten out of 500 lines. Palestine Solidarity Campaign, one of the main organisers of today's protests, is also backed in the BIG campaign by the Jewish Boycott Israeli Goods group. Mark Gardner of the Community Security Trust, an organisation that acts to prevent and record violence against British Jews, said that while Jewish participation in the BIG campaign helped represent the community's diversity, it also added to the negative affect such campaigns have on British Jews. British Jews have no control or influence over what's happening in the Middle East. Campaigns like this can have the best motives in the world but it doesn't change the negative impact of the Jewish community, he told politics.co. uk. The involvement of a small number of vocal Jews allows others to point the finger at the large silent, blameless majority. This affects Jewish morale, because it encourages people to regard Jews as moral reprobabtes. Outside No 10 Downing Street on Sunday a separate protest, Children for the Children of Gaza, has been organised to show solidarity with the children in Gaza and Palestine on the whole. __ Instant Messaging, free SMS, sharing photos and more... Try the new Yahoo! Canada Messenger at http://ca.beta.messenger.yahoo.com/
Bismillah [IslamCity] MORE TRUTH ABOUT ZIONIST
This 6 minute video packs more truth in it then anything I have heard in mainstream media on this issue! http://www.youtube. com/watch? v=XUFLpP9Prxo __ Looking for the perfect gift? Give the gift of Flickr! http://www.flickr.com/gift/
Bismillah [IslamCity] Pakistan has world's largest WiMAX network - Will America catch up?
Pakistan has world's largest WiMAX network - Will America catch up?, wonders TMCnet http://techlahore. wordpress. com/2008/ 12/14/pakistan- has-worlds- largest-wimax- network-will- america-catch- up-wonders- tmcnet/ Posted in Economy, Education, Infrastructure, Living in Pakistan, SW Industry, Telecom, innovation by techlahore on December 14th, 2008 Doesn't that headline just put a smile on your face? You're not the only one. It's great to see that the significant human effort augmented by billions of dollars invested in Pakistan's IT infrastructure and skill-development are bearing tangible fruit. There are several areas where Pakistan is leading the pack already, and others where it is threatening to. Pakistan is the most connected country in South Asia, with the highest teledensity Pakistan's communications costs are lower than any other country in the region Pakistan has the world's largest biometric database (NADRA); this system (not the data) is now being provided to allied countries Pakistan has the world's largest WiMAX network Pakistan has one of the world's most aggressive Fibre-to-the- Home (FTTH) rollouts Pakistan has one of the highest rates of cellular connectivity growth in the world (According to PTA 2007's report the rate of growth in Pakistan's mobile sector is fourth highest in the world) Pakistan was the winner of the 2007 GSM industry association award The US is importing UAVs designed and built in Pakistan to protect America's borders With WLL (CDMA), WiMAX, GSM and FTTH, Pakistan is pretty much leading the pack in terms of diversity and breadth of connectivity According to Gartner, Pakistan is a first category offshoring location; this ranking has grown by leaps and bounds Pakistani companies won several awards at Asia's APICTA startup/innovation conference and were considered the most interesting and cutting edge in Asia The world's youngest Microsoft Certified Professional is a Pakistani and so if the world's youngest Cisco CCNA professional Pakistani students excelled in MIT's global software talent competition Citations of Pakistani scientific publications are rising sharply Over two dozen Pakistani scientists are working on the Large Hadron Collider; the grandest experiment in the history of Physics And I tire listing all of these out… there are so many more. The point is that the Pakistani IT industry is rapidly developing and this is most definitely an area where significant progress is being made, damning all the torpedoes and naysayers. Pretty exciting on its own, right? But progress in IT doesn't just mean progress in IT. It means a vibrant economy, better healthcare through Telemedicine, increased efficiency in government through record automation (e.g. land records project), a more effective defence, increased outreach for higher education and much more. Technology is a transformational vehicle for our society. And we're just now starting to see the impact. Many times, progress in specific areas will appear slow, but in part that is explained by the exponential curves normally associated with technology adoption. When you start small, high growth rates aren't 'visible on the ground' for the first few months or years because the overall numbers remain small. But this changes when you hit the knee of the curve, at which point things are fundamentally transformed and are altered for ever. In Pakistan, these transformations have occurred in many areas already, and will continue to occur in numerous others. Frankly, I just consider myself lucky to be around to watch the awesome progress unfold! __ Yahoo! Canada Toolbar: Search from anywhere on the web, and bookmark your favourite sites. Download it now at http://ca.toolbar.yahoo.com.
Bismillah [IslamCity] Boycott Israeli products: Terrorism of Israel
Visit www.inminds. co.uk/ boycott-israel. html http://www.hiroshim a- remembered.com/ http://www. boycottisraeligoods .org/ http://www.boycotta merica.org/ More than 345 Palestinians are killed and more than 200 are injured in recent air strikes: (Dont forget to visit above given links: Pepsi Co., Coca-Cola, Mc Donald, Nestle, Johnson Johnson, e.t.c. are American companies. Products of Pepsi Co are Pepsi, 7up, e.t.c. Products of Coca-Cola Co. are Coca Cola, Thumps up, e.t.c. (Products of Pepsico and Coca Cola company can be recognized from the advertisements and labels of soft drinks) Profit of Each Bottle of Pepsi and Coca Cola; or of any other products we purchase here, goes to America. From this, America gives million and billions of dollars to Israel to purchase arms and ammunition(war planes, tanks, missiles, guns, bullets, e.t.c.), which are used for killing Muslims. Israel has captured some parts of Palestine like, Baitul Muqaddas(Previous Kibla of Muslims), Gaza Strip, West Bank, e.t.c. Like any other country, Palestine is fighting for its freedom with Israel. Muslims of Palestine are fighting for the freedom of Baitul Muqaddas, Gaza Strip, e.t.c. America uses the profit got from Pepsi Co., Coca Cola, e.t.c to Support Israel. America gives this millions of dollars to Israel, so that it can use these million and billion of dollars against the Muslims who are fighting to free Baitul Muqaddas. Many freedom fighters, including children and women are killed each year in Israeli bombardment and firing. Statistics of the Palestinian losses during 29/9/2000 to 31/7/2004 in Israeli attack: No. of Palestinian children(below 18 years) killed: 643 No. of killed females: 239 Total No. of killed people: 3473 Total No. of wounded Palestinians: 41,424 No. of houses completely demolished: 6,757 No. of houses partially demolished: 59,107 (For statistics of children, females and total no. of people killed, in Palestine, and other parts of the world, visit www.google.com) Lets we 1.6 Billion Muslims, Boycott American and Israeli products and slap their economy. Visit http://www.hiroshim a- remembered.com/ http://www. boycottisraeligoods .org/ http://www.boycotta merica.org/ Please try to print this article in your Local Islamic Magazines LETS WE ALL WORK FOR THE FREEDOM OF PALESTINE __ Yahoo! Canada Toolbar: Search from anywhere on the web, and bookmark your favourite sites. Download it now at http://ca.toolbar.yahoo.com.
Bismillah [IslamCity] Images from Israeli Terrorist attack on Ghazza
Over 200 Tons of bombs. Of course no innocent civilians were targeted, These Zionist Pigs deserve thousands of Martyrdom (suicide) attacks. Please encourage your Imams to make Qunoot for the Muslims in Ghazza. O Allah! Send your rage upon the Zionist pigs - the scum of the earth - as well as those Idolic Muslim Rulers who prevent the Muslims from waging Jihad and helping their brothers. O Allah hear our call! O Allah exact revenge on Husni La Mubarak, the Traitor of the two Holy Mosques - Abdul-Kalb Aal As-Salool, and all others who have acted traitorously to this religion! O Allah guide the Ummah of Muhammad to raise the flag of Jihad. O Allah! have mercy on our oppressed brothers and sisters in Ghazza and everywhere else. O Allah! Guide Hamas to leave the dirty games of politics, democracy and compromise and to rise and wage Jihad against Your enemies! O Allah guide them to establish the Sharia! O Allah! Establish the Islamic State of Iraq and strengthen them, that it may be the launching pad for Jihad against the Jews. __ Instant Messaging, free SMS, sharing photos and more... Try the new Yahoo! Canada Messenger at http://ca.beta.messenger.yahoo.com/
Bismillah [IslamCity] Hijab-officer who became a role model...
Hijab-officer who became a role model The police constable, Rukshana Begum (24) is the woman who has the credit for the hijab now being part of the police uniform in parts of England. But in the whole of the nation, there are only 10 police officers who wear the hijab at work. Rukshana Begum completed her police training in 2003, but it was not before the end of 2006 that she seriously started to think about wearing the hijab. She aired the idea with her boss. In the little police district of Cambridgeshire, with 2900 employees, a specially-made hijab for police officers was made, authorized and launched. «That the policeforce went as far as incorporating the hijab in the standard uniform was quiet touching,» says Rukshana Begum, two years later. The 24-year old is born and raised in Cambridge, with parents from Bangladesh. She has been a follower of Islam all her life. Norwegian case In Norway, the Ministry of Police is in the process of deciding their stance on whether the muslim head-wear whould be allowed together with the police uniform. The matter is being considered after Aftenbladet on 25th September wrote about the muslim woman, Keltoum Hasnaoui Missoum from Sandnes, who wanted to apply to the Police Academy. Missoum wanted to wear the hijab, but was denied... The reason: The police uniform should be one of value-neutrality. Rukshana Begum does not agree with the argument. No to neutrality «Neutrality is a good thing, but I don't think anyone should have to limit themselves when it comes to practising their faith. For many, faith is more important than everything else. So I disagree with that statement. Here in Cambridgeshire, several police officers where a turban, and that has never been a problem. The police there says that Cambridgeshire is a country area of England, with many nationalities and few religious conflicts. The proportion of muslims in the police district is on a par with the national average of 3.3 per cent of the population. Role model When Begum started to wear the uniform-hijab, she received press coverage. People soon started recognizing her. She received words of support, especially from the muslim community. «I was not prepared for that. The only thing I wanted was to be able to wear the hijab at work, but I was suddenly a role model for others. That was a nice bi-product. Only ten wear the hijab Even so, few have chosen to follow in Begum's footsteps. Cambridgeshire launched the specially adapted hijab in June 2007. Metropolitan Police in London authorized the use of the hijab ten years ago, but has not incorporated a special uniform hijab. At present, there are only ten women police officers who use the hijab at work in the whole of England, according to the Association of Muslim Police (AMP) of the London police. There are no reliable statistics on the number of women police officers in England. No negative experiences Keltoum Hasnaoui Missoum from Sandnes experienced harassment after she went to the press with her uniform question. Begum has never met anything like that – even as a patroling police officer. «In general it's always been a positive experience: The hijab means that you show who you are sooner. No, I haven't experienced anything verbal, or any kind of expressions that make me feel uncomfortable.» Breaks barriers « Have you experienced positive things as a result of showing who you are?» «It has happened when patroling that people talk to me, rather than my colleague. That's not because I'm better at what I do, but because they feel there is a connection between us.» «People who come to live here may have bad experiences with the police in their homeland. Seeing a muslim woman as a police officer may help to break barriers.. If they are the victims of crime , it might be easier for them to report it, I think,» says Begum. Oppression One argument used in the debate is that the use of the hijab is thought by many to be a demand on women in islam, and this means that it should be viewed differently than the wearing of a cross around the neck. «The hijab is not like a necklace I can take off. When you first start to wear it, it's for life,» says Begum. «Should the police refrain from using a garment that many associate with the oppression of women?» «No, I don't see that as a problem. I don't understand how people can say that women are oppressed. With the hijab, I feel respected and dignified, but not in a snobby way. With the hijab, you are protected from evil, and I feel safe and free. If you let people oppress you, you will probably be oppressed.» Adapted work-day Cambridgeshire police district has implemented several measures for muslim officers. The police station has a quiet room for those who want to pray, offers shift changes during Ramadan so that fasting officers do not need to work evenings, and half an hour extra for lunch on Fridays, for those who want
Bismillah [IslamCity] Benazir's Palace in Dubai
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