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Thursday, August 25, 2011
International Quds Day 2011
August 26, 2011
International Day of Quds
International Day of Quds
The world is engulfed in atrocities of various kinds- from colonization of lands to the exploitation of the poor, to human rights abuses. In the process, the dignity of human lives is greatly undermined by those who have the power to do so. The occupation of Palestine by the racist and illegal Zionist regime epitomizes these crimes and is the greatest threat to peace and stability across the globe.
History
The annual anti-Zionist day of protest was conceived originally by the leader of Iran's Islamic Revolution, Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini. In August 1979, the year of the Revolution, in solidarity with the Palestinians, Khomeini declared the liberation of Jerusalem a religious duty to all Muslims. He stated:
I invite Muslims all over the globe to consecrate the last Friday of the holy month of Ramadan as Al-Quds Day and to proclaim the international solidarity of Muslims in support of the legitimate rights of the Muslim people of Palestine.
For many years, I have been notifying the Muslims of the danger posed by the usurper Israel which today has intensified its savage attacks against the Palestinian brothers and sisters, and which, in the south of Lebanon in particular, is continually bombing Palestinian homes in the hope of crushing the Palestinian struggle. I ask all the Muslims of the world and the Muslim governments to join together to sever the hand of this usurper and its supporters. I call on all the Muslims of the world to select as Al-Quds Day the last Friday in the holy month of Ramadan - which is itself a determining period and can also be the determiner of the Palestinian people’s fate - and through a ceremony demonstrating the solidarity of Muslims world-wide, announce their support for the legitimate rights of the Muslim people. I ask God Almighty for the victory of the Muslims over the infidels.
—Ayatollah Khomeini.
The day is also marked throughout Muslim and Arab countries and almost in all over the world. During the First Intifada in January 1988, the Jerusalem Committee of the Organisation of the Islamic Conference decided that Quds Day should be commemorated in public events throughout the Arab world. In countries with significant Shi'a populations, particularly Lebanon where Hezbollah organizes Quds Day events, there is significant attendance. Events are also held in Iraq, the Palestinian Gaza Strip, and Syria. Hamas, and the Islamic Jihad Movement in Palestine endorse Quds Day, and hold ceremonies. Outside of the Middle East and the wider Arab World, Quds Day protests significantly have taken place in the United Kingdom, Germany, Canada, Sweden, France, the United States, and some predominantly Muslim countries in east Asia.
History
The annual anti-Zionist day of protest was conceived originally by the leader of Iran's Islamic Revolution, Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini. In August 1979, the year of the Revolution, in solidarity with the Palestinians, Khomeini declared the liberation of Jerusalem a religious duty to all Muslims. He stated:
I invite Muslims all over the globe to consecrate the last Friday of the holy month of Ramadan as Al-Quds Day and to proclaim the international solidarity of Muslims in support of the legitimate rights of the Muslim people of Palestine.
For many years, I have been notifying the Muslims of the danger posed by the usurper Israel which today has intensified its savage attacks against the Palestinian brothers and sisters, and which, in the south of Lebanon in particular, is continually bombing Palestinian homes in the hope of crushing the Palestinian struggle. I ask all the Muslims of the world and the Muslim governments to join together to sever the hand of this usurper and its supporters. I call on all the Muslims of the world to select as Al-Quds Day the last Friday in the holy month of Ramadan - which is itself a determining period and can also be the determiner of the Palestinian people’s fate - and through a ceremony demonstrating the solidarity of Muslims world-wide, announce their support for the legitimate rights of the Muslim people. I ask God Almighty for the victory of the Muslims over the infidels.
—Ayatollah Khomeini.
The day is also marked throughout Muslim and Arab countries and almost in all over the world. During the First Intifada in January 1988, the Jerusalem Committee of the Organisation of the Islamic Conference decided that Quds Day should be commemorated in public events throughout the Arab world. In countries with significant Shi'a populations, particularly Lebanon where Hezbollah organizes Quds Day events, there is significant attendance. Events are also held in Iraq, the Palestinian Gaza Strip, and Syria. Hamas, and the Islamic Jihad Movement in Palestine endorse Quds Day, and hold ceremonies. Outside of the Middle East and the wider Arab World, Quds Day protests significantly have taken place in the United Kingdom, Germany, Canada, Sweden, France, the United States, and some predominantly Muslim countries in east Asia.
Monday, August 1, 2011
Conversation
An American man was seated next to a little Iranian girl on the airplane, when the stranger turned to her and said, 'Let's talk. I've heard that flights go quicker if you strike up a conversation with your fellow passenger'. The little girl, who had just opened her coloring
book, closed it slowly and said to the stranger: 'What would you like to talk about?'
'Oh, I don't know,' said the American. 'Since you are Iranian, how about nuclear power?' And he smiles.
'OK, ' she said. 'That could be an interesting topic. But let me ask you a question first'.
'A horse, a cow, and a deer all eat the same stuff - grass. Yet a deer excretes little pellets, while a cow turns out a flat patty, and a horse produces clumps of dried grass. Why do you suppose that is?'
The American, visibly surprised by the little girl's intelligence, thinks about it and says,
'Hmmm, I have no idea.'?
To which the little girl replies,
'Do you really feel qualified to discuss nuclear power... when you don't know shit?'
book, closed it slowly and said to the stranger: 'What would you like to talk about?'
'Oh, I don't know,' said the American. 'Since you are Iranian, how about nuclear power?' And he smiles.
'OK, ' she said. 'That could be an interesting topic. But let me ask you a question first'.
'A horse, a cow, and a deer all eat the same stuff - grass. Yet a deer excretes little pellets, while a cow turns out a flat patty, and a horse produces clumps of dried grass. Why do you suppose that is?'
The American, visibly surprised by the little girl's intelligence, thinks about it and says,
'Hmmm, I have no idea.'?
To which the little girl replies,
'Do you really feel qualified to discuss nuclear power... when you don't know shit?'
Saturday, May 14, 2011
Osama’s death divides Pakistan
Islamabad, May 13, IRNA -- Pakistan seems to be divided after the US Special Forces killed Osama Bin Laden and now the government is under tremendous pressure both internally and externally with Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gilani calling for unity.
Main opposition leader and PML-N chief Nawaz Sharif has called for formation of a judicial commission to probe the agencies' failure to detect the intrusion of the US helicopters which conducted a 40-minute operation.
He said that an independent judicial commission, comprising the Chief Justice of Pakistan and the chief justices of all four provinces, present a report on the incident within 21 days and rejected the committee formed by the government terming it as unreliable.
The PML-N chief questioned the credibility of the armed forces and the intelligence agencies on their role in the incident stating that the presence of a most wanted terrorist near sensitive army installations was a matter of grave concern and added that such incidents placed a question mark on the country’s sovereignty.
Pakistani Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gilani, however, has exhorted political leadership from across the divide to stand united and give a collective strategy on national policy on security to face the serious challenges facing the country.
“We are at the crossroads today and the situation demands resolve and commitment of the nation to stand by the state institutions and defend our geographical and ideological frontiers,” he said during his first appearance in the Senate after the Abbottabad episode.
Gilani observed that no opportunity should be provided to others to cast an evil eye on the country.
He said the situation demanded more coordination between the political forces and all state institutions.
The premier emphatically said that al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden was not a Pakistani citizen, “we did not invite him to Pakistan”.
Pakistan Army Chief General Ashfaq Parvez Kayani has also ordered an inquiry into the intelligence failure in detecting the presence of Al Qaeda chief Osama bin Laden in the town of Abbottabad and for determining how the US carried out the operation `Geronimo` without the Pakistan military getting wind of it.
Jamaat-e-Islami (JI) Chief Syed Munawar Hasan has said the nation is facing the present situation because of the pro-US policies of the rulers.
He questioned the use of having a large army if it could not defend against the enemy.
A Pakistani political party Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) has announced a countrywide referendum over Abbottabad operation and released 17 questions seeking people’s opinion till May 17.
Central leaders of Pakistan Muslim League (PML-Q) (Like Minded) have demanded formation of Judicial Commission to probe the Abbottabad operation.
The government should also make a clear stance over the issue of Osama Bin Laden killing instead of making confuse statements, said the PML-Q like minded leaders, adding that whatever the reason was but the government should take the masses and parliament into confidence over this US operation in Pakistani territory.
PML-N’s Central Leader Khawaja Saad Rafiq, speaking in the Parliament, bashed the government as well as military for not having prior information about the Abbottabad incident calling it the biggest political, security and security failure.
JUI-F’s Maulana Attaur Rehman, taking part in the debate, said that the government had shown non-seriousness on the incident so far and noted that the government had no right to remain in power due to its failure.
PML-Q MNA Atia Anaytullah pointed out that May 02 incident was a declaration of war on Pakistan.
PPP leader Raza Rabbani, who recently quit the federal cabinet, has rejected government’s claim that state institutions of the country were on the same page and in harmony on national issues, pointing out that there was contradiction between the statements of the foreign office and other institutions regarding the incident.
Speaking on a point of order, he sought complete harmony amongst state institutions, particularly on sensitive matters.
Rabbani also condemned the statement of Interior Minister Rehman Malik that the government would give the US access to widows of Osama bin Laden.
Instead, they should be repatriated to their respective countries, he added.
Former Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi, addressing a gathering, has said that there is need to bring changes in leadership so as to avoid Abbottabad like operations in future.
Imran Khan the Chairman of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf commenting on the death of Osama Bin Laden has said that Pakistan is passing through a crucial situation and the death of Osama would increase the pressure on Pakistan.
He said that the political leadership should make consensus and Pakistan has to separate from the war against terrorism.
He added that now we should have to say to America that Osama is dead and let Pakistan to align itself from war on terror.
The Democracy Assessment Group of the Pakistan Institute of Legislative Development and Transparency (PILDAT) earlier had demanded a comprehensive explanation from the government on Osama bin Laden`s killing and urged parliament to constitute a joint commission to investigate lapses in the matter.
Main opposition leader and PML-N chief Nawaz Sharif has called for formation of a judicial commission to probe the agencies' failure to detect the intrusion of the US helicopters which conducted a 40-minute operation.
He said that an independent judicial commission, comprising the Chief Justice of Pakistan and the chief justices of all four provinces, present a report on the incident within 21 days and rejected the committee formed by the government terming it as unreliable.
The PML-N chief questioned the credibility of the armed forces and the intelligence agencies on their role in the incident stating that the presence of a most wanted terrorist near sensitive army installations was a matter of grave concern and added that such incidents placed a question mark on the country’s sovereignty.
Pakistani Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gilani, however, has exhorted political leadership from across the divide to stand united and give a collective strategy on national policy on security to face the serious challenges facing the country.
“We are at the crossroads today and the situation demands resolve and commitment of the nation to stand by the state institutions and defend our geographical and ideological frontiers,” he said during his first appearance in the Senate after the Abbottabad episode.
Gilani observed that no opportunity should be provided to others to cast an evil eye on the country.
He said the situation demanded more coordination between the political forces and all state institutions.
The premier emphatically said that al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden was not a Pakistani citizen, “we did not invite him to Pakistan”.
Pakistan Army Chief General Ashfaq Parvez Kayani has also ordered an inquiry into the intelligence failure in detecting the presence of Al Qaeda chief Osama bin Laden in the town of Abbottabad and for determining how the US carried out the operation `Geronimo` without the Pakistan military getting wind of it.
Jamaat-e-Islami (JI) Chief Syed Munawar Hasan has said the nation is facing the present situation because of the pro-US policies of the rulers.
He questioned the use of having a large army if it could not defend against the enemy.
A Pakistani political party Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) has announced a countrywide referendum over Abbottabad operation and released 17 questions seeking people’s opinion till May 17.
Central leaders of Pakistan Muslim League (PML-Q) (Like Minded) have demanded formation of Judicial Commission to probe the Abbottabad operation.
The government should also make a clear stance over the issue of Osama Bin Laden killing instead of making confuse statements, said the PML-Q like minded leaders, adding that whatever the reason was but the government should take the masses and parliament into confidence over this US operation in Pakistani territory.
PML-N’s Central Leader Khawaja Saad Rafiq, speaking in the Parliament, bashed the government as well as military for not having prior information about the Abbottabad incident calling it the biggest political, security and security failure.
JUI-F’s Maulana Attaur Rehman, taking part in the debate, said that the government had shown non-seriousness on the incident so far and noted that the government had no right to remain in power due to its failure.
PML-Q MNA Atia Anaytullah pointed out that May 02 incident was a declaration of war on Pakistan.
PPP leader Raza Rabbani, who recently quit the federal cabinet, has rejected government’s claim that state institutions of the country were on the same page and in harmony on national issues, pointing out that there was contradiction between the statements of the foreign office and other institutions regarding the incident.
Speaking on a point of order, he sought complete harmony amongst state institutions, particularly on sensitive matters.
Rabbani also condemned the statement of Interior Minister Rehman Malik that the government would give the US access to widows of Osama bin Laden.
Instead, they should be repatriated to their respective countries, he added.
Former Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi, addressing a gathering, has said that there is need to bring changes in leadership so as to avoid Abbottabad like operations in future.
Imran Khan the Chairman of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf commenting on the death of Osama Bin Laden has said that Pakistan is passing through a crucial situation and the death of Osama would increase the pressure on Pakistan.
He said that the political leadership should make consensus and Pakistan has to separate from the war against terrorism.
He added that now we should have to say to America that Osama is dead and let Pakistan to align itself from war on terror.
The Democracy Assessment Group of the Pakistan Institute of Legislative Development and Transparency (PILDAT) earlier had demanded a comprehensive explanation from the government on Osama bin Laden`s killing and urged parliament to constitute a joint commission to investigate lapses in the matter.
Not All The Nations Believing Blindly In Osama's Killing
The antiterrorism branch of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization is unconvinced when it comes to the death of Osama bin Laden.
"We need proof," Aleksei Kruglov, deputy head of the SCO's Regional Antiterrorism Structure, said this week.
"No one has yet provided any real information about the elimination of bin Laden, Kruglov told Russia's RIA Novosti news agency. "So far it has been just words, which we cannot just blindly believe."
Kruglov's comments came as the SCO, made up of China, Russia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, and Uzbekistan, prepares for a meeting of its Foreign Ministers' council in Almaty on May 13-14.
Kruglov noted that "there will be no issues related to bin Laden's elimination on the meeting's agenda." Likewise, he predicts that the Al-Qaeda leader's death will not have any effect on the activities of his department. It is "business as usual" for us, Kruglov said.
Kruglov, of course, is not the only official casting doubts over statements that bin Laden was killed on a U.S. raid in the Pakistani city of Abbottabad on May 2.
Iran's intelligence minister, for example, has claimed that Tehran has "accurate information that bin Laden died of illness some time ago."
Speaking on the sidelines of a cabinet meeting on May 8, Heidar Moslehi accused the U.S. of releasing "false news" to divert attention from its "fragile" economy and other issues.
"We need proof," Aleksei Kruglov, deputy head of the SCO's Regional Antiterrorism Structure, said this week.
"No one has yet provided any real information about the elimination of bin Laden, Kruglov told Russia's RIA Novosti news agency. "So far it has been just words, which we cannot just blindly believe."
Kruglov's comments came as the SCO, made up of China, Russia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, and Uzbekistan, prepares for a meeting of its Foreign Ministers' council in Almaty on May 13-14.
Kruglov noted that "there will be no issues related to bin Laden's elimination on the meeting's agenda." Likewise, he predicts that the Al-Qaeda leader's death will not have any effect on the activities of his department. It is "business as usual" for us, Kruglov said.
Kruglov, of course, is not the only official casting doubts over statements that bin Laden was killed on a U.S. raid in the Pakistani city of Abbottabad on May 2.
Iran's intelligence minister, for example, has claimed that Tehran has "accurate information that bin Laden died of illness some time ago."
Speaking on the sidelines of a cabinet meeting on May 8, Heidar Moslehi accused the U.S. of releasing "false news" to divert attention from its "fragile" economy and other issues.
Thursday, May 5, 2011
CIA Bin Laden death
The BBC, in an article published shortly after the 9/11 attacks, stated that bin Laden "received security training from the CIA itself, according to Middle Eastern analyst Hazhir Teimourian."
In a 2003 article, Michael Powelson of the Russian journal Demokratizatsiya wrote:
It is difficult to believe that the United States played no role in the operations of the son of one of the wealthiest men in Saudi Arabia. Indeed, it is much more likely that the United States knew full-well of bin Laden's operation and gave it all the support they could.
A 2004 BBC article entitled "Al-Qaeda's origins and links", the BBC wrote:
During the anti-Soviet jihad Bin Laden and his fighters received American and Saudi funding. Some analysts believe Bin Laden himself had security training from the CIA.
In a 2006 InDepth piece on Osama Bin Laden, the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation published that,
Bin Laden apparently received training from the CIA, which was backing the Afghan holy warriors – the mujahedeen – who were tying down Soviet forces in Afghanistan.
An article in Der Spiegel, in 2007, entitled "Arming the Middle East", Siegesmund von Ilsemann called Bin Laden "one of the CIA's best weapons customers."
According to author Steve Coll,
Overall, the U.S. government looked favorably on the Arab recruitment drives. ... Some of the most ardent cold warriors at [CIA headquarters at] Langley thought this program should be formally endorsed and extended. ... [T]he CIA "examined ways to increase their participation, perhaps in the form of some sort of international brigade" ... Robert Gates [then-head of the CIA's Directorate of Intelligence] recalled. ... At the [CIA's] Islamabad station [station chief] Milt Bearden felt that bin Laden himself "actually did some very good things" by putting money into Afghanistan.
Robin Cook, Foreign Secretary in the UK from 1997–2001, and Leader of the House of Commons and Lord President of the Council from 2001-2003, believed the CIA had provided arms to the Arab Mujahideen, including Osama bin Laden, writing, "Bin Laden was, though, a product of a monumental miscalculation by western security agencies. Throughout the 80s he was armed by the CIA and funded by the Saudis to wage jihad against the Russian occupation of Afghanistan."
In conversation with former British Defence Secretary Michael Portillo, two-time Prime Minister of Pakistan Benazir Bhutto said Osama bin Laden was initially pro-American. Prince Bandar bin Sultan of Saudi Arabia, has also stated that bin Laden appreciated the United States help in Afghanistan. On CNN's Larry King program he said:
Bandar bin Sultan: This is ironic. In the mid-'80s, if you remember, we and the United - Saudi Arabia and the United States were supporting the Mujahideen to liberate Afghanistan from the Soviets. He [Osama bin Laden] came to thank me for my efforts to bring the Americans, our friends, to help us against the atheists, he said the communists. Isn't it ironic?
Larry King: How ironic. In other words, he came to thank you for helping bring America to help him.
Bandar bin Sultan: Right.
According to Iranian state-owned Press TV, FBI translator Sibel Edmonds, who has been fired from the agency for disclosing sensitive information, has claimed the United States was on intimate terms with the Taliban and Al-Qaeda, using them to further certain goals in Central Asia.
According to author David N. Gibbs "a considerable body of circumstantial evidence suggests ... direct Agency support for Bin Laden’s activities."[11] Both Bin Laden and the CIA "held accounts in the Bank for Credit and Commerce International (BCCI)." "Bin Laden worked especially closely with Gulbuddin Hekmatyar" who Gibbs calls "the CIA’s favored Mujahiddin commander". Gibbs quotes Le Monde as saying bin Laden was "recruited by the CIA" in 1979, Associated Press as saying a former bin Laden aide told them that in 1989 the U.S. shipped high-powered sniper rifles to a Mujahiddin faction that included bin Laden, and Jane’s Intelligence Review as stating Bin Laden "worked in close association with U.S. agents" in raising money for the Mujahiddin from "vast family connections" near the Pakistan-Afghanistan border.
Condolences on CIA bin Laden's Death to Obama bin Laden.
In a 2003 article, Michael Powelson of the Russian journal Demokratizatsiya wrote:
It is difficult to believe that the United States played no role in the operations of the son of one of the wealthiest men in Saudi Arabia. Indeed, it is much more likely that the United States knew full-well of bin Laden's operation and gave it all the support they could.
A 2004 BBC article entitled "Al-Qaeda's origins and links", the BBC wrote:
During the anti-Soviet jihad Bin Laden and his fighters received American and Saudi funding. Some analysts believe Bin Laden himself had security training from the CIA.
In a 2006 InDepth piece on Osama Bin Laden, the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation published that,
Bin Laden apparently received training from the CIA, which was backing the Afghan holy warriors – the mujahedeen – who were tying down Soviet forces in Afghanistan.
An article in Der Spiegel, in 2007, entitled "Arming the Middle East", Siegesmund von Ilsemann called Bin Laden "one of the CIA's best weapons customers."
According to author Steve Coll,
Overall, the U.S. government looked favorably on the Arab recruitment drives. ... Some of the most ardent cold warriors at [CIA headquarters at] Langley thought this program should be formally endorsed and extended. ... [T]he CIA "examined ways to increase their participation, perhaps in the form of some sort of international brigade" ... Robert Gates [then-head of the CIA's Directorate of Intelligence] recalled. ... At the [CIA's] Islamabad station [station chief] Milt Bearden felt that bin Laden himself "actually did some very good things" by putting money into Afghanistan.
Robin Cook, Foreign Secretary in the UK from 1997–2001, and Leader of the House of Commons and Lord President of the Council from 2001-2003, believed the CIA had provided arms to the Arab Mujahideen, including Osama bin Laden, writing, "Bin Laden was, though, a product of a monumental miscalculation by western security agencies. Throughout the 80s he was armed by the CIA and funded by the Saudis to wage jihad against the Russian occupation of Afghanistan."
In conversation with former British Defence Secretary Michael Portillo, two-time Prime Minister of Pakistan Benazir Bhutto said Osama bin Laden was initially pro-American. Prince Bandar bin Sultan of Saudi Arabia, has also stated that bin Laden appreciated the United States help in Afghanistan. On CNN's Larry King program he said:
Bandar bin Sultan: This is ironic. In the mid-'80s, if you remember, we and the United - Saudi Arabia and the United States were supporting the Mujahideen to liberate Afghanistan from the Soviets. He [Osama bin Laden] came to thank me for my efforts to bring the Americans, our friends, to help us against the atheists, he said the communists. Isn't it ironic?
Larry King: How ironic. In other words, he came to thank you for helping bring America to help him.
Bandar bin Sultan: Right.
According to Iranian state-owned Press TV, FBI translator Sibel Edmonds, who has been fired from the agency for disclosing sensitive information, has claimed the United States was on intimate terms with the Taliban and Al-Qaeda, using them to further certain goals in Central Asia.
According to author David N. Gibbs "a considerable body of circumstantial evidence suggests ... direct Agency support for Bin Laden’s activities."[11] Both Bin Laden and the CIA "held accounts in the Bank for Credit and Commerce International (BCCI)." "Bin Laden worked especially closely with Gulbuddin Hekmatyar" who Gibbs calls "the CIA’s favored Mujahiddin commander". Gibbs quotes Le Monde as saying bin Laden was "recruited by the CIA" in 1979, Associated Press as saying a former bin Laden aide told them that in 1989 the U.S. shipped high-powered sniper rifles to a Mujahiddin faction that included bin Laden, and Jane’s Intelligence Review as stating Bin Laden "worked in close association with U.S. agents" in raising money for the Mujahiddin from "vast family connections" near the Pakistan-Afghanistan border.
Condolences on CIA bin Laden's Death to Obama bin Laden.
Friday, December 4, 2009
What is Western Culture?
Western culture is a body of concentrating on the animal-like enjoyment derived from forgetting the reasons of creation of Human.
This foundation of enjoyment has made feasible a vast accumulation of acting on instinctive needs, just as one of the animals.Many ideals in western culture are only to facilitate this enjoying of life, which include individualism, happiness, rights, capitalism, science and technology.
Western culture can also be referred to as spoiled culture; this is because its ideas and thoughts promote the development and sustainment of current corrupted civilization of the world.
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