tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-58461512012-01-10T02:45:48.740-05:00The disjointed ramblings of a soul seeking clarity.Luqman لقمانhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16384139499531969160noreply@blogger.comBlogger2651100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5846151.post-1176752663934061542011-01-26T10:29:00.001-05:002011-01-26T10:29:54.568-05:00

If you want to discredit the Islamists, let them win. The mistake that the current counterinsurgency doctrine makes is to keep Islamists in the opposition, either as a minority party in parliament or as an insurgency. If the ideologues of the war on terror are sincere in their description of the “Global Struggle against Violent Extremism” as fundamentally an ideological conflict, then keeping

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Bismillahi r-Rahmaani r-RaheemMay this message find you in the best state of health and iman. Darul Uloom is happy to announce the introduction of two new classes, starting Monday April 30th, 2009. In addition to the Ilm an-Nehw (Arabic Grammar) class which takes place on Mondays following Salatul Maghrib and the Ilm as-Sarf (Arabic Morphology) class which takes place on Wednesdays following

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To what extent is our reliance on the latest research justified? To what extent to some of the profound theoretical problems in cognitive science distort empirical research and, subsequently, the lesson planning done on the basis of this research.

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Notice the red cord on his right wrist. Tying a red thread or cord around the wrist is a Hindu practice and it is unlikely a Muslim, especially one politicized enough to carry out an attack such as this, would observe it. I think this provides more evidence that this was a false flag operation or at least an attack by a non-Muslim group. For more information about the significance of the red

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http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081127/ap_on_re_as/as_india_shootingI find this rather suspicious. How on earth do we know that this isn't the work of some far-right Hindutva group? Anybody can send out an e-mail saying that their mujahideen. If I were someone who hated Muslims and wanted my country to be emptied of them and I had resources and no scrupples this is the type of thing I would do:

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On this day 70 years ago occured the largest massacre in the history of Puerto Rico. A peaceful crowd of nationalist protestors demanding independence was attacked by soldiers and police, resulting in 19 deaths and a 100 wounded. May Allah grant freedom to all the oppressed peoples and may he guide them into the fold of Islam! Ameen.

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A websites dealing with her case can be found here and here.

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Happy Nawruz! Alhamdulillah, spring is here!

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Dear Retriever Weekly, I am writing concerning the “X-Ray Project” which has recently been installed in the Commons at the University of Maryland Baltimore County. This work consists of x-rays of victims of suicide bombings taken from Israeli hospitals. While I do not believe in censorship and certainly reject violence against innocent civilians, I object to the content of this exhibit for

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The 17 year long genocide of the Iraqi people continues with these strikes against 'terror targets'. Once again, the US is bombing one of the most populous cities in the Arab world. Once again, the seat of a culture which was ancient when the Greeks were first developing an urban civilization is being destroyed by the forces of Western racism and imperialism.

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It lacks a comprehensive vision of society which can succesfully integrate youth into society and raise them to be God-conscious, altruistic, and virtuous. Islam provides this. In addition it promotes a healthy disdain for riches and promotes ties of brotherhood across boundaries of class, ethnicity, and race. These factors combine to ensure that events such as this never happen.

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Imam: As-salaamu 'Alaykum wa Rahmatulah, As-Salaamu 'Alaykum wa RahmatullahMalik(after counting Tasbih): Salaam Alaykum Iqbal Sahab. Kya hal hai?Iqbal:Va laykum salaam, Thik hai.Malik: Do you ever wonder, my friend, why we do this? Is it just to avoid punishment or is it because it is right to worship Allah in the way he has prescribed?Iqbal: Ah, I see you're in one of your questioning moods

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Some intellectual coolness from abdul-Haqq.

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In honor of the Daniel Pipes motivated hacking of Imam 'Abdul-Alim Musa's Myspace page I present the following reflection.Both antisemitism and Islamophobia involve rifling through a diverse array of religious and cultural texts with the aim of extracting those statements which would cast the target in the worst possible light. Both presume to dictate to the Jew or to the Muslim what kind of

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I think alot more than two people were killed when the butchers opened fire.

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On Friday and Saturday I attended a conference on Islamic Law and the West held at the Washington College of Law. The list of speakers included Dr.Umar Faruq Abdullah, Dr. Mohammad Fadel, and Dr. M. Shahid Alam. The introductory panel consisted of an interesting, if basic, introduction to the categories used in Islamic Law (Dr. Fadel), an analysis of Islamic Constitutionalism with reference to

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I attended this conference last weekend and it was quite an experience. You can find a webcast here (video) and here (audio). Inshaa'Allah, I'll write more later.

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"Once we realize that we have a common enemy, then we unite- on the basis of what we have in common. And what we have foremost in common is that enemy- the white man."-Al-Hajj Malik Ash-ShabazBrother Malik ash-Shabaz (Malcom X) said these words at the tail end of his association with the Nation of Islam, but I don't think they can be dismissed as Black nationalist propaganda. Throughout his life

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Memory is like a broken record,each repetition failing,succeeding, failing,sketching the outlinesof decaying order.The record breaks-spontaneous, creativestatic.

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Check here for an interesting post.This has lead me to the following musings.How much of the traditionalist movement is a strictly a middle-class phenomenon? I know that Tareeqah Tijaniyyah is making inroads among the African community, but other than that organization what effect has there been among working class Muslims? I think there is an inherent bias in these salafi vs. traditionalist

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I apologize for the bluriness and glare in some of these pictures, but I was using a camera phone.Some crowd shots from the beginning of the protest, when the program of speakers was starting.Tibetan singing bowls for peace. I wonder what would have happened had the gongs been struck?Teamsters for peace.Buddhists marching for peace.Radical Chearleaders."Enough! Give us peace."The back banner

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"I am Salman, the son of Islam from the children of Adam."- Hazrat Salman Al-Farsi (RA)This adequately sums up my feelings on the subject; Islam is the universal birth right of all humankind. By embracing it one can overcome the jahiliyyah of one's own past and of the past (and ongoing) actions of one's race, ethnicity, or tribe. It offers the conception of the Ummah to stand against all of the

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An excellent post by Taliba on the Prison Industrial Complex can be found here.What can be done? Organize.Critical Resistance is a grass-roots organization dedicated to ending the Prison-Industrial Complex. I know from personal experience that these are hard-working, serious sisters and brothers who are dedicated to achieving their goals. They are definately worth supporting.

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"Hezbollah-led protesters target Lebanon"Notice how protest which started out peacefully and which escalated to stone throwing and barracade building only after government attempts at suppressing "sedition" is qualified as 'violent' throughout the article. The title of the article even implies the Hizbullah is some external force trying to invade the Lebanon, instead of an indigenous, grass roots

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Begin Quote:Come to as many events as you can!Invite others and spread the word!All events are free and open to the public.ISLAM AWARENESS WEEKFriday, January 26• JUM'AH: "ISLAMIC ROOTS IN AMERICA"Speaker: IMAM JOHARI1:15pm, MC Continental Ballroom[Chair of Government Relations for the Muslim Alliance in north America, President of the Muslim Society of Washington]• EID AL-ADHA DINNER"Hajj

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Coolness.

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Some colleagues and I have started a new blog to deal with some of the questions raised in my earlier post on the need to challenge the hegemonic discourse of science.It can be found here and on the side bar.

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It looks like this out there.Not a blizzard to be certain; deceptively safe, in fact. I ended up spinning out twice this evening while picking up my mom's dog from Petsmart. Both times I did a 180 and ended up on the opposite side of the road. It first happened on Rte. 100 and, after narrowly avoiding a collision with another car, I ended up off the road stuck in a ditch; alhamdulillah, a kind

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A conference on Islamic Law is being held at American University on Friday, February 2nd and Saturday February 3rd. Dr. 'Umar Faruq 'Abdullah and Dr. Azizah al-Hibri are scheduled to speak. It looks to be very educational and inshaa'Allah, I will be attending.

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SIDDIQUN: Free Imam Jamil—An Evening at Masjid Al-IslamWe need to stand by our leaders when they need our help, even if others would prefer to look away. Even giving a little could help alot, if it gets us closer to freeing one of our brothers in the sijin.

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INFIDEL & KAFIR WATCH: Surprise! They bombed, but 'Al Qaeda' escaped

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As Muslims and as human beings we must oppose the hegemonic discourse of science. By hegemonic discourse, I mean a way of thinking, of proceeding in an inquiry, and of framing a debate that uncritically assumes the dominance and universal applicability of the tools, concepts, and methodologies of one field of study over all other fields. In the case of science, the tacit assumption is that

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What I find disturbing about this is what's not being said. For one thing, they've watered down his remarks which were, fortunately, broadcast on today's edition of Democracy Now. He didn't say 'suspected' terrorists. He said that the detainees were terrorists without qualification. While I am happy that the response to these remarks was swift and strong, it focused almost entirely on the

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Read it here.More likely, they killed some Afghan brothers just trying to get by. I trust the people that live there and know whether their fellow tribesmen or brothers in Islam have been killed much more than a beaurocrat or a spokesman for the force which did the killing. But,hey, they have to prove that Pakistan is doing its part in "The War on Terror." Americans won't question it because

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A report on the recent shut down of four radio stations in Somalia.Funny, how the ICU never shut them down...

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Be there.

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At last the Puppet Masters reveal themselves. After having destroyed much of Afghanistan, Iraq, and Haiti, the US government has turned its eye to another front in its War on People of Color: Somalia. It has been funding and putting its political (and now military) weight behind an 'interim government' composed of the warlords who have wrecked Somalia for the past decade and a half. This was

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I wrote the following essay for my application to the ALIM Winter 2007 program. Insha'Allah I will be attending; the subjects and line up of teachers are very exciting.The current generation of Muslims is beset by a technique of propagating the deen which is heavily influenced by modernity. This new type of dawah gravitates around slogans instead of substance and promises a utopian return to

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Phoenix Reborn: The Fire of Truth: I Dream of RevolutionA good dream from a friend of mine.

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DAM has a new website which can be found here.Their new album "Dedication"(Ahdaa') can is available for purchase at the Palestine Online Store.Their music is excellent and they speak the truth, so they're definately worth supporting.

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My advice to you,o Muslim,is to become notched like Zulfiqar.Make what is taken from youthe source of your strength.Remember that wherethere is absence there is Presenceand where there is presence there is Absence.

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Somali, Ethiopian troops prepare assault - Yahoo! NewsThis is utterly disgusting; the 'transitional' government is, with foreign aid and encouragement, going to slaughter the one force which has actually shown itself competent to rule the country. Unsurprisingly, the US is complicit in this. The success of the ICU government in uniting the country, putting an end to piracy, and re-establishing

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On this day 515 years ago, according to the Gregorian calendar, Grenada, the last outpost of Islam in Spain, fell to Ferdinand and Isabella. The sublime al-Hambra Masjid was converted, crudely, into a church. May Allah give us the strength and the patience to overcome adversity and to build a new future for the Ummah.Ameen

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In secret reverieI pipe away,bouncing, raucous musicin sharp keys.Nubile youths dance,forgetting that they, too, are mortal.The music draws me outand now it seems that I am the audienceto a song from a worlda shadow away.It stops- I stop,listening attentivelyas it reverberates throughmy memory, passes,and is gone.

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What right have I to criticize an 'imperfect democracy,' one which grants me the exercise of an assortment of civil liberties which are denied to a large section of humanity? First and foremost I criticize in order to retain the very right to criticize; it is by exercising this right to air my views and seek redress that all of my rights are made more secure. The proposition that the second

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May Allah fill this world with justice as it is currently filled injustice.Ameen.

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"Personality is a state of tension and can continue only if that state is maintained."-Allama IqbalOne of the greatest tensions to which the personality is subject is that between the truth and expedience. We are naturally gregarious creatures; we have a desire for appreciation and social acceptance. In fact, our flourishing as human beings depends on it. At the same time, Humans were created

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Can be found at Informed Comment.

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While I have a great personal distaste for the death penalty, I accept that it is part of Islamic law and therefore just when certain stringent conditions have been met. The execution of Saddam did not meet any of those conditions. The government, such as it is, of Iraq has no authority to execute anyone; it was put into power by foreign occupiers and itself has a history of major human rights

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Funny how this isn't being brought before the UN, huh? A blatant act of aggression against a Muslim country goes unnoticed, yet a peaceful nuclear program by a Muslim country calls down UN sanctions. Bunch of hypocrites, all of them. They'd rather have brutal warlords they've bought and paid for carve the country up than have it be united under an Islamic government with popular support.

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Allah (SWT) bless the Ummah of Rasulullah (SAW) on this, our Eid.Ameen.

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(Nota Bena: This is not an argument that abortion is permissible under all circumstances. Clearly this is not the case under Islamic Law. My point here is to demonstrate the problems associated with acting on unaided reason in one's moral life. What can be considered an self-evident truth varies from person to person; it is too subjective a measure to serve as the foundation of ethics. Divine

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May Allah (SWT) grant all of the muslimeen wa muslimaat a blessed Ramazan.

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Informed CommentHow exactly is this a conspiracy theory?The Pope, by his remarks, is lending comfort to those who want to stir hatred between Muslims and Christians. And the Iraq war was called for and supported by many outspoken Zionists. People with the same mindset are also behind the cartoons and are engaged in various schemes to schemes to stir up emnity. They feel that if they can

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I've been reading Peirce's "What Pragmatism Is" and I'm wondering whether Peirce's philosophy leads itself to a kind of practical mysticism whereby the universals of the ideal human being (insan-e-kamel?) and the ideal society become instantiated by a process of "evolution." These trends ultimately converge on a point, which "signifies the real." What bearing could these ideas have on Islam?

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Allah forgive me, but I noticed an error in the prayer calender in the sidebar. I had Salat ul-Fajr beginning two hours before sunrise; this has now been corrected to approximately an hour and twenty minutes. The timings should now be accurate for Malikis living in the Baltimore area (note: Salat ul'Ishaa' starts when the redness of the dusk disappears; this is different from the Hanafi ruling).

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I am thorougly disgusted with these attacks on Churches within Dar Al-Islam. This is totally gratuitous- these Christians have suffered along side their fellow countrymen against colonial depredations and slanderous attacks on their nations. To attack their Churches is wrong and is against what the Prophet (SAW) taught and is against general understanding of the scholars regarding what is owed

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Today is the 24th anniversary of the Sabra and Shatila massacre. May Allah have mercy on the dead and the survivors and grant victory to the people of Palestine.

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The Montreal college shooter is Indian. No one seems to think this is very important; you just have to guess from his name. Why do I have the feeling that if his name was Muhammed or Ali we'd hear a round of condemnations of both Islam and the Muslim commnity?

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I came to Islam after a long process of soul searching and philosophical reflection. I had long been an atheist, smugly confident in the ability of science to solve all of life’s problems and to guide humanity into a new age of reason and enlightenment. Coupled with this belief was a belief in social justice which was crucial to my conversion. I set about exploring the world’s religions (even

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He said several insulting things about Islam and bragged about how the threat of Muslims killing him would not stop him from spreading the 'Good News,' but didn't want to talk to me. Instead he was busy debating Bible contradictions withthis guy:

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. A shot of the joust. For more pictures look here.

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The 'House of Yahweh' is broadcasting on Anne Arundel Public access claiming that on September 12th of this year a nuclear war will break over a quarter of the earth "around the river Euphrates." They seem to be a hybrid between Christianity and Judaism, believing Hazrat 'Isa [whom they call by Yahoshua] is the Messiah but keeping all 613 commandments of Jewish law. Why do I think that when

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A lone muslimah protests outside of Lafayette Park before the rally. 

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The front of a feeder march. 

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More from the feeder march. 

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Marching towards the White House. 

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Wise counsel from the Qur'an. 

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More words of wisdom from the Qur'an. 

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Mourning the dead side by side. 

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A shot of the perpetual protest in front of the White House. 

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Muslims aren't the only ones to use religious symbolism in a political context. 

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Pakistani Americans standing with Lebanon and Filasteen. 

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A crowd shot. 

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الله أكبر من البيت الأبيض 

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Marxists way in on the issue, casting it as a struggle between the Palestinian (and Israeli) proletariat and the entrenched forces of capital which split the workers along ethno-religious lines and bribe one section with a higher standard of living in order to get them to look away while the entire Palestinian nation is destroyed. This same tactic was used during the colonization of this

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This is not simply a Muslim issue; it is a human rights issue. All religions which are true to their purpose support social justice and oppose violence as means of solving disputes. 

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Protesters filled the park. 

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This speaks for itself. 

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Protesters along the road bordering Lafayette Park. 

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The Protest was called for a number of issues. 

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All of Filesteen is holy. 

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A rally against the attacks on Lebanon on August 11th at the Baltimore County Courthouse in Towson. It was called by the American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee.A view from inside the rally. A civil disobedience advocate, fresh from a jail sentence, urges us to put our bodies where our mouths are.A Baptist minister and Vietnam War veteran who has worked with the American Friends Service

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Informed CommentFox news was airing 'exclusive pictures from inside the cabin' of the plane that the suspect flew to the US."You won't believe what he's drinking!" When I heard that I honestly thought that I'd stepped into some surealSimponsesque Bizarro world.

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And here is a section of Pakistan's original anthem, which was originally approved of by Quaid-E-Azam. آئی سرزمین پاک زرے تیرے ہیں آج ستاروں سے تبنک کہیں آج تیرى خاک روشن ہیں کہکشاں سے O land of Pakistan, Each particle of yours Is being illuminated by stars. Even today your dust has been Been brightened by the galaxyFrom the same source as the previous post.

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پاک سرزمین شاد باد كشور حسين شاد باد تو نشان عزم علیشان ! ارض پاکستان مرکز یقین شاد باد پاک سرزمین کا نظام قوت اخوت عوام قوم ، ملک ، سلطنت پائندہ تابندہ باد شاد باد منزل مراد پرچم ستارہ و ہلال رہبر ترقی و کمال ترجمان ماضی شان حال ! جان استقبال سایۂ خدائے ذوالجلال Blessed be the Sacred Land Happy and bounteous realm Symbol of high resolve Land

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Happy 14th August to all my Pakistani peeps.پاکستان زنداباديحيا باكستان

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Today marks the sixty-first anniversary of the completely unnecessary atomic holocaust at Hiroshima. Oh Allah, please never allow such horific weapons to be used again.Ameen. For those who are nearby there is a list of protest activities here.

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Informed CommentLet them know that you want the Israeli Agression to stop and that you want them to vote against H. Res. 921.Oh Allah have mercy on the people of Lebanon and Palestine and grant them victory over their oppressors. Let the tears of the mothers of Palestine and Lebanon form a flood that washes away the invading armies and thwarts their plans for bloodshed. Oh Allah have mercy on

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Watchdog group: More neo-Nazis in military - Yahoo! NewsAmericans concerned by 'extremist' infiltration in the Pakistani Army should tend to their own house first.

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Israelis bomb camp, cut power and water - Yahoo! NewsThe water has now been cut off as well.

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Israeli troops enter Gaza; Bridges hit - Yahoo! NewsSo in response to an attack against an Israeli military outpost on Palestinian soil on the border between Palestine and Egypt and the taking of a single POW, the IDF invades Gaza and attacks civilian targets such as the main power station and bridges. Yet the Palestinians are the badguys, the terrorists. The fate of a single Israeli soldier is

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Islam: What the West Needs To Know"Protocols of the Shuyukh of Mecca" Just another example of islamophobes adopting the tactics of anit-semites- selective quotation, allegations of conspiracies and of government acquiescence, and the implication that virtually every Jew/Muslim is knowingly or unknowingly part of the international cabal, and thus an enemy of White Christian civilization. So

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Informed Comment Concerning the recent arrests in Miami. I wonder what Michael Muhammad Knight makes of this. An example of racist institutions presuming that people of color are guilty until proven innocent? An counterfactual to the contention that 'folk-islams' are inherently less violent than the 'orthodox' variety? Or are the feds so desperate to find 'homegrown' terrorists that they'll

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Waters calls on Israel to remove wall - Yahoo! News Kudos to him. Of course, while the article mentions the number of Israeli deaths, it is silent about the thousands of Palestinians that have been killed since the start of the Intifada, many in their own homes as a result of IDF bulldozers at work.

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Informed Comment A travesty of justice a bit north of here. An example of how the Patriot act has made our already kafka-esque legal system even more so. I pray that Allah has mercy on these men and grants them justice.

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Realm of Truth: Will The Real Slim Shady Please Stand Up?And who gets to do the defining of the civilization? The Muslim people themselves or loudmouths with guns and slogans? Obviously western interference is wrong, but this does not mean we should support any force that happens to be opposed to it. Nor should we reject any force out of hand simply because it may play along with the west for

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The Council on American-Islamic Relations - CAIR: Article Contents I don't know what to say about this, other than to blame Parker and Stone for this (the refrain is clearly taken from 'Team America: World Police.' Of course, me being offended by this type of thing is being oversensitive. And offense at a similar song with anti-semitic lyrics is a totally justified expression of an enlightened

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