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Saturday, January 02, 2016

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Friday, January 01, 2016

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Monday, December 14, 2015

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Monday, August 03, 2015

Faith

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For the sake of Jewish votes, the Zionist evil was portrayed as good. The Israeli oppression and brutality against innocent unarmed people and children were defended as justifiable actions. The victims were blamed for the violence.<br />
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For the sake of Jewish votes, the Democratic and the Republican candidates betrayed the truth. They promised to use America’s might and power to defend Israel, its interests and security. They tried to justify this shameful and hypocritical stance on the basis of American interests, American national security and friendship with Israel.<br />
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One may ask why can one country defend its national security and its national interest with such impunity, everywhere in the world?<br />
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Why are the Muslims and Muslim countries unable to do the same and defend their brothers and sisters in Palestine? Why can Muslims not defend their own national security and national interests.?<br />
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The question is probably a naive one because the answer is easy and obvious. Might is Right. America has the might. It’s the world’s most powerful country.<br />
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It is a super military power, an economic superpower, and is also a politically dominant power as a result of its military might and economic strength.<br />
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This cumulative power and strength enables the Americans to impose their will, dictate their terms and defend their interests. America pays 60% of the UN funds. Therefore, no person may be appointed as Secretary General without the blessing of the White House. No resolution may be adopted or implemented without their consent. The same is true for other world and regional organisations.<br />
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What concerns us is the present reality and the present situation of our Islamic Ummah. This is what we must keep in mind. This is what we must keep at heart.<br />
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It is not just an issue of rhetoric, to be heard and forgotten later. It is not an emotional issue for brief excitement and enthusiasm.<br />
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It is a question of destiny, a question of faith and commitment. This question concerns us all. It concerns our present, our future; in this life and the hereafter.<br />
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We are all responsible for our helplessness, weakness, our backwardness, our defeat and our divisions.<br />
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We read the Quran but we do not understand what we read. And when we understand, we do not implement and follow. We read the Sunnah and the Seerah of our Prophet but we fail to appreciate the lessons and wisdom behind the events and the actions.<br />
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The Quran calls for power and strength and yet we are weak and helpless. The Quran calls for unity and yet we are divided. The Quran calls for knowledge and yet we are ignorant and backward.<br />
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<b>The Quran says:</b><br />
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"Against them make ready your strength to the utmost of your power" (8/60).<br />
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In this verse Allah SWT is telling us, all Muslims, to make ready and prepare, to the best of our ability, whatever we can of strength and power to defend our self against the enemies of Allah and our enemies. Attaining power is the natural response to the command of Allah.<br />
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Being strong and powerful will be a deterrent for the enemies of Islam. To achieve our objectives, as Muslims we are asked and obliged to seek and acquire all means of power necessary for self-defence, protection of our interests and standing against our enemies.<br />
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The strength and power we must seek is not limited to arms and weapons. It includes the strength of faith, the strength of unity, the strength of knowledge, the strength of character, the strength of mass-media, physical strength and of course the material strength of wealth, economy and finance.<br />
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<b>The strength of faith</b><br />
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The most important type of strength is the strength of faith. The strength of Aqeeda and faith is the basis and the corner stone of the Muslim character , the Muslim community and the Muslim Ummah .<br />
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Any defect or weakness in the faith will no doubt have a negative impact and effect on the whole structure.<br />
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This is why the early revelations of the Quran focused on faith. And this is why the Prophet concentrated his efforts at the early stage of the Message towards faith and Tawheed (The Oneness of God). When faith fills the heart and touches the spirit, it inflames our desire to do righteous deeds and oppose all evil inclinations.<br />
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<b>The strength of unity</b><br />
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The strength of unity can be realised by love and brotherhood among Muslims everywhere. Unity is the bond that should bring all of us together. We should be like a strong and solid structure that withstands all attempts to disunite and fragment us. Allah tells us in the Quran:<br />
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"And hold fast, all together, by the Rope which Allah (stretches out to you), and be not divided." (2/103)<br />
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We are also told :<br />
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"And fall into no disputes. Lest you lose heart and your power depart"....(8/46)<br />
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<b>The strength of knowledge</b><br />
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We can not ignore nor under-estimate the strength of knowledge and science and their essential role in the development and prosperity of our societies and countries. Islam calls for knowledge and science that is beneficial to us. Seeking knowledge is the duty of every Muslim male and female. Therefore, it is the duty of all Muslim youths to seek all types of necessary and useful knowledge, technology and specialisation, which will add to the strength of the Muslim Ummah and reduce its dependence on others.<br />
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<b>The Power of wealth</b><br />
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Muslims are also required to preserve their wealth and protect all their resources. It must be dedicated for the development, welfare and advancement of the whole people. In many Muslim countries, wealth is the prerogative of the few. Financial resources are wasted on consuming western products and luxury commodities. Human resources are neglected and abandonned.<br />
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Muslim wealth and resources should be utilised as an effective power for the advancement of Muslim causes and objectives.<br />
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Muslims are also required to have and maintain strong moral character, a healthy mind and body.<br />
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The Prophet has said: " A strong Mu’min [believer] is better than a weak Mu’min and is more liked by Allah, and there is good in each one."<br />
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The strength referred to by the Prophet is not only the strength of the body and the muscles. But as said earlier, <b>the strength of faith</b>, the strength of knowledge, the strength of character and every other strength that is necessary and beneficial to our cause and objectives.<br />
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Without a strong faith and all other types of strength we will not be able to change our sad and miserable situation.<br />
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This change is the greatest challenge that we face now and for the foreseeable future.<br />
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"Allah will not change the condition of a people until they change it themselves or change them selves."(13/11)<br />
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The will to change must be accompanied with patience and hope. Patience because the task is heavy and the road is long and difficult. And hope because we trust in Allah who has promised:<br />
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"Whoever follows My guidance, will not Lose his way, nor fall into misery" (20/123)<br />
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Patience and hope are the weapons of the present and the future.<br />
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In their company man is able to bear the severest of hardships without submitting to defeat or disgrace.<br />
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Islam is the answer. Islam is the solution. Without Islam we will remain weak. Without Islam we remain divided. Without Islam we remain backward and defeated.<br />
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But with Islam we will be strong. With Islam we will be united. With Islam we attain strength dignity and power and with Islam we attain success in this life and the hereafter.<br />
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<b>Finally, let us pray:</b><br />
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"Allah ! We seek refuge in you from sorrow and hardship.<br />
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We seek refuge in you from humility and laziness,<br />
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We seek refuge in you from being coward and stingy, from defeat and cruelty and the tyranny of oppressors."<br />
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Ameen!           <br />
Aqeemus Salaah!<br />
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Tuesday, July 21, 2015

THE INSTRUMENT OF GOVERNMENT

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<b>THE INSTRUMENT OF GOVERNMENT</b><br />
Source: <a href="http://www.greencharter.com/files/gb1.htm" target="_blank">http://www.greencharter.com/files/gb1.htm</a><br />
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The instrument of government is the prime political problem confronting human communities (The problem of the instrument of government entails questions of the following kind. What form should the exercise of authority assume? How ought societies to organize themselves politically in the modern world?)<br />
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Even conflict within the family is often the result of the failure to resolve this problem of authority. It has clearly become more serious with the emergence of modern societies.<br />
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People today face this persistent question in new and pressing ways. Communities are exposed to the risks of uncertainty, and suffer the grave consequences of wrong answers. Yet none has succeeded in answering it conclusively and democratically. THE GREEN BOOK presents the ultimate solution to the problem of the proper instrument of government.<br />
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THE GREEN BOOK <a href="http://www.greencharter.com/" target="_blank">http://www.greencharter.com</a><br />
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All political systems in the world today are a product of the struggle for power between alternative instruments of government. This struggle may be peaceful or armed, as is evidenced among classes, sects, tribes, parties or individuals. The outcome is always the victory of a particular governing structure - be it that of an individual, group, party or class - and the defeat of the people; the defeat of genuine democracy.<br />
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Political struggle that results in the victory of a candidate with, for example, 51 per cent of the votes leads to a dictatorial governing body in the guise of a false democracy, since 49 per cent of the electorate is ruled by an instrument of government they did not vote for, but which has been imposed upon them. Such is dictatorship. Besides, this political conflict may produce a governing body that represents only a minority. For when votes are distributed among several candidates, though one polls more than any other, the sum of the votes received by those who received fewer votes might well constitute an overwhelming majority. However, the candidate with fewer votes wins and his success is regarded as legitimate and democratic! In actual fact, dictatorship is established under the cover of false democracy. This is the reality of the political systems prevailing in the world today. They are dictatorial systems and it is evident that they falsify genuine democracy.<br />
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PARLIAMENTS<br />
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Parliaments are the backbone of that conventional democracy prevailing in the world today. Parliament is a misrepresentation of the people, and parliamentary systems are a false solution to the problem of democracy. A parliament is originally founded to represent the people, but this in itself is undemocratic as democracy means the authority of the people and not an authority acting on their behalf. The mere existence of a parliament means the absence of the people. True democracy exists only through the direct participation of the people, and not through the activity of their representatives. Parliaments have been a legal barrier between the people and the exercise of authority, excluding the masses from meaningful politics and monopolizing sovereignty in their place. People are left with only a facade of democracy, manifested in long queues to cast their election ballots.<br />
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To lay bare the character of parliaments, one has to examine their origin. They are either elected from constituencies, a party, or a coalition of parties, or are appointed. But all of these procedures are undemocratic, for dividing the population into constituencies means that one member of parliament represents thousands, hundreds of thousands, or millions of people, depending on the size of the population. It also means that a member keeps few popular organizational links with the electors since he, like other members, is considered a representative of the whole people. This is what the prevailing traditional democracy requires. The masses are completely isolated from the representative and he, in turn, is totally removed from them. Immediately after winning the electors' votes the representative takes over the people's sovereignty and acts on their behalf. The prevailing traditional democracy endows the member of parliament with a sacredness and immunity which are denied to the rest of the people. Parliaments, therefore, have become a means of plundering and usurping the authority of the people. It has thus become the right of the people to struggle, through popular revolution, to destroy such instruments - the so-called parliamentary assemblies which usurp democracy and sovereignty, and which stifle the will of the people. The masses have the right to proclaim reverberantly the new principle: no representation in lieu of the people.<br />
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If parliament is formed from one party as a result of its winning an election, it becomes a parliament of the winning party and not of the people. It represents the party and not the people, and the executive power of the parliament becomes that of the victorious party and not of the people. The same is true of the parliament of proportional representation in which each party holds a number of seats proportional to their success in the popular vote. The members of the parliament represent their respective parties and not the people, and the power established by such a coalition is the power of the combined parties and not that of the people. Under such systems, the people are the victims whose votes are vied for by exploitative competing factions who dupe the people into political circuses that are outwardly noisy and frantic, but inwardly powerless and irrelevant. Alternatively, the people are seduced into standing in long, apathetic, silent queues to cast their ballots in the same way that they throw waste paper into dustbins. This is the traditional democracy prevalent in the whole world, whether it is represented by a one-party, two-party, multiparty or non-party system. Thus it is clear that representation is a fraud.<br />
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Moreover, since the system of elected parliaments is based on propaganda to win votes, it is a demagogic system in the real sense of the word. Votes can be bought and falsified. Poor people are unable to compete in the election campaigns, and the result is that only the rich get elected. Assemblies constituted by appointment or hereditary succession do not fall under any form of democracy.<br />
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<i>War = Either side has a chance of winning</i></div>
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<i>New definition of War = Might is Right </i></div>
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<i>Killing civilians as needed (</i><i>unarmed )</i></div>
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Philosophers, thinkers, and writers advocated the theory of representative parliaments at a time when peoples were unconsciously herded like sheep by kings, sultans and conquerors. The ultimate aspiration of the people of those times was to have someone to represent them before such rulers. When even this aspiration was rejected, people waged bitter and protracted struggle to attain this goal.<br />
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After the successful establishment of the age of the republics and the beginning of the era of the masses, it is unthinkable that democracy should mean the electing of only a few representatives to act on behalf of great masses. This is an obsolete structure. Authority must be in the hands of all of the people.<br />
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The most tyrannical dictatorships the world has known have existed under the aegis of parliaments.<br />
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THE PARTY<br />
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The party is a contemporary form of dictatorship. It is the modern instrument of dictatorial government. The party is the rule of a part over the whole. As a party is not an individual, it creates a superficial democracy by establishing assemblies, committees, and propaganda through its members. The party is not a democratic instrument because it is composed only of those people who have common interests, a common perception or a shared culture; or those who belong to the same region or share the same belief. They form a party to achieve their ends, impose their will, or extend the dominion of their beliefs, values, and interests to the society as a whole. A party's aim is to achieve power under the pretext of carrying out its program. Democratically, none of these parties should govern a whole people who constitute a diversity of interests, ideas, temperaments, regions and beliefs. The party is a dictatorial instrument of government that enables those with common outlooks or interests to rule the people as a whole. Within the community, the party represents a minority.<br />
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The purpose of forming a party is to create an instrument to rule the people, i.e., to rule over non-members of the party. The party is, fundamentally, based on an arbitrary authoritarian concept - the domination of the members of the party over the rest of the people. The party presupposes that its accession to power is the way to attain its ends, and assumes that its objectives are also those of the people. This is the theory justifying party dictatorship, and is the basis of any dictatorship. No matter how many parties exist, the theory remains valid.<br />
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The existence of many parties intensifies the struggle for power, and this results in the neglect of any achievements for the people and of any socially beneficial plans. Such actions are presented as a justification to undermine the position of the ruling party so that an opposing party can replace it. The parties very seldom resort to arms in their struggle but, rather, denounce and denigrate the actions of each other. This is a battle which is inevitably waged at the expense of the higher, vital interests of the society. Some, if not all, of those higher interests will fall prey to the struggle for power between instruments of government, for the destruction of those interests supports the opposition in their argument against the ruling party or parties. In order to rule, the opposition party has to defeat the existing instrument of government.<br />
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To do so, the opposition must minimize the government's achievements and cast doubt on its plans, even though those plans may be beneficial to the society. Consequently, the interests and programs of the society become the victims of the parties' struggle for power. Such struggle is, therefore, politically, socially, and economically destructive to the society, despite the fact that it creates political activity.<br />
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Thus, the struggle results in the victory of another instrument of government; the fall of one party, and the rise of another. It is, in fact, a defeat for the people, i.e., a defeat for democracy. Furthermore, parties can be bribed and corrupted either from inside or outside.<br />
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Originally, the party is formed ostensibly to represent the people. Subsequently, the party leadership becomes representative of the membership, and the leader represents the party elite. It becomes clear that this partisan game is a deceitful farce based on a false form of democracy. It has a selfish authoritarian character based on maneuvres, intrigues and political games. This confirms the fact that the party system is a modern instrument of dictatorship. The party system is an outright, unconvincing dictatorship, one which the world has not yet surpassed. It is, in fact, the dictatorship of the modern age.<br />
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The parliament of the winning party is indeed a parliament of the party, for the executive power formed by this parliament is the power of the party over the people. Party power, which is supposedly for the good of the whole people, is actually the arch-enemy of a fraction of the people, namely, the opposition party or parties and their supporters. The opposition is, therefore, not a popular check on the ruling party but, rather, is itself opportunistically seeking to replace the ruling party. According to modern democracy, the legitimate check on the ruling party is the parliament, the majority of whose members are from that ruling party. That is to say, control is in the hands of the ruling party, and power is in the hands of the controlling party. Thus the deception, falseness and invalidity of the political theories dominant in the world today become obvious. From these emerge contemporary conventional democracy.<br />
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"The party represents a segment of the people, but the sovereignty of the people is indivisible."<br />
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"The party allegedly governs on behalf of the people, but in reality the true principle of democracy is based upon the notion that there can be no representation in lieu of the people."<br />
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The party system is the modern equivalent of the tribal or sectarian system. A society governed by one party is similar to one which is governed by one tribe or one sect. The party, as shown, represents the perception of a certain group of people, or the interests of one group in society, or one belief, or one region. Such a party is a minority compared with the whole people, just as the tribe and the sect are. The minority has narrow, common sectarian interests and beliefs, from which a common outlook is formed. Only the blood-relationship distinguishes a tribe from a party, and, indeed, a tribe might also be the basis for the foundation of a party. There is no difference between party struggle and tribal or sectarian struggles for power. Just as tribal and sectarian rule is politically unacceptable and inappropriate, likewise the rule under a party system. Both follow the same path and lead to the same end.The negative and destructive effects of the tribal or sectarian struggle on society is identical to the negative and destructive effects of the party struggle.<br />
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CLASS<br />
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The political class system is the same as a party, tribal, or sectarian system since a class dominates society in the same way that a party, tribe or sect would. Classes, like parties, sects or tribes, are groups of people within society who share common interests. Common interests arise from the existence of a group of people bound together by blood-relationship, belief, culture, locality or standard of living. Classes, parties, sects and tribes emerge because blood-relationship, social rank, economic interest, standard of living, belief, culture and locality create a common outlook to achieve a common end. Thus, social structures, in the form of classes, parties, tribes or sects, emerge. These eventually develop into political entities directed toward the realization of the goals of that group. In all cases, the people are neither the class, the party, the tribe, nor the sect, for these are no more than a segment of the people and constitute a minority. If a class, a party, a tribe, or a sect dominates a society, then the dominant system becomes a dictatorship. However, a class or a tribal coalition is preferable to a party coalition since societies originally consisted of tribal communities. One seldom finds a group of people who do not belong to a tribe, and all people belong to a specific class. But no party or parties embrace all of the people, and therefore the party or party coalition represents a minority compared to the masses outside their membership. Under genuine democracy, there can be no justification for any one class to subdue other classes for its interests. Similarly, no party, tribe or sect can crush others for their own interests.<br />
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To allow such actions abandons the logic of democracy and justifies resort to the use of force. Such policies of suppression are dictatorial because they are not in the interest of the whole society, which consists of more than one class, tribe or sect, or the members of one party. There is no justification for such actions, though the dictatorial argument is that society actually consists of numerous segments, one of which must undertake the liquidation of others in order to remain solely in power. This exercise is not, accordingly, in the interests of the whole society but, rather, in the interests of a specific class, tribe, sect, party, or those who claim to speak for the society. Such an act is basically aimed at the member of the society who does not belong to the party, class, tribe or sect which carries out the liquidation.<br />
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A society torn apart by party feud is similar to one which is torn apart by tribal or sectarian conflicts.<br />
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A party that is formed in the name of a class inevitably becomes a substitute for that class and continues in the process of spontaneous transformation until it becomes hostile to the class that it replaces.<br />
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Any class which inherits a society also inherits its characteristics. If the working class, for example, subdues all other classes of a particular society, it then becomes its only heir and forms its material and social base. The heir acquires the traits of those from whom it inherits, though this may not be evident all at once. With the passage of time, characteristics of the other eliminated classes will emerge within the ranks of the working class itself. The members of the new society will assume the attitudes and perspectives appropriate to their newly evolved characteristics. Thus, the working class will develop a separate society possessing all of the contradictions of the old society. In the first stage, the material standard and importance of the members become unequal. Thereafter, groups emerge which automatically become classes that are the same as the classes that were eliminated. Thus, the struggle for domination of the society begins again. Each group of people, each faction, and each new class will all vie to become the instrument of government.<br />
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Being social in nature, the material base of any society is changeable. The instrument of government of this material base may be sustained for some time, but it will eventual become obsolete as new material and social standards evolve to form a new material base. Any society which undergoes a class conflict may at one time have been a one-class society but, through evolution, inevitably becomes a multi-class society.<br />
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The class that expropriates and acquires the possession of others to maintain power for itself will soon find that, through evolution, it will be itself subject to change as though it were the society as a whole.<br />
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In summary, all attempts at unifying the material base of a society in order to solve the problem of government, or at putting an end to the struggle in favour of a party, class, sect or tribe have failed. All endeavours aimed at appeasing the masses through the election of representatives or through parliaments have equally failed. To continue such practices would be a waste of time and a mockery of the people.<br />
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PLEBISCITES<br />
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Plebiscites are a fraud against democracy. Those who vote "yes" or "no" do not, in fact, express their free will but, rather, are silenced by the modern conception of democracy as they are not allowed to say more than "yes" or "no". Such a system is oppressive and tyrannical. Those who vote "no" should express their reasons and why they did not say "yes", and those who say "yes" should verify such agreement and why they did not vote "no". Both should state their wishes and be able to justify their "yes" or "no" vote.<br />
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What then, is the path to be taken by humanity in order to conclusively rid itself of the elements of dictatorship and tyranny?<br />
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The intricate problem in the case of democracy is reflected in the nature of the instrument of government, which is demonstrated by conflicts of classes, parties and individuals. The elections and plebiscites were invented to cover the failure of these unsuccessful experiments to solve this problem. The solution lies in finding an instrument of government other than those which are subject to conflict and which represent only one faction of society; that is to say, an instrument of government which is not a party class, sect or a tribe, but an instrument of government which is the people as a whole. In other words, we seek an instrument of government which neither represents the people nor speaks in their name.<br />
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There can be no representation in lieu of the people and representation is fraud. If such an instrument can be found, then the problem is solved and true popular democracy is realized. Thus, humankind would have terminated the eras of tyranny and dictatorships, and replaced them with the authority of the people.<br />
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THE GREEN BOOK presents the ultimate solution to the problem of the instrument of government, and indicates for the masses the path upon which they can advance from the age of dictatorship to that of genuine democracy.<br />
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This new theory is based on the authority of the people, without representation or deputation. It achieves direct democracy in an orderly and effective form. It is superior to the older attempts at direct democracy which were impractical because they lacked popular organizations at base levels.<br />
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POPULAR CONFERENCES AND PEOPLE'S COMMITTEES<br />
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Popular Conferences are the only means to achieve popular democracy. Any system of government contrary to this method, the method of Popular Conferences, is undemocratic. All the prevailing systems of government in the world today will remain undemocratic, unless they adopt this method. Popular Conferences are the end of the journey of the masses in quest of democracy.<br />
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Popular Conferences and People's Committees are the fruition of the people's struggle for democracy. Popular Conferences and People's Committees are not creations of the imagination; they are the product of thought which has absorbed all human experiments to achieve democracy.<br />
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Direct democracy, if put into practice, is indisputably the ideal method of government. Because it is impossible to gather all people, however small the population, in one place so that they can discuss, discern and decide policies, nations departed from direct democracy, which became an utopian idea detached from reality. It was replaced by various theories of government, such as representative councils, party-coalitions and plebiscites, all of which isolated the masses and prevented them from managing their political affairs.<br />
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These instruments of government - the individual, the class, the sect, the tribe, the parliament and the party struggling to achieve power have plundered the sovereignty of the masses and monopolized politics and authority for themselves.<br />
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THE GREEN BOOK (<a href="http://www.greencharter.com/" target="_blank">http://www.greencharter.com</a>) guides the masses to an unprecedented practical system of direct democracy. No two intelligent people can dispute the fact that direct democracy is the ideal, but until now no practical method for its implementation has been devised. The Third Universal Theory , however, now provides us with a practical approach to direct democracy. The problem of democracy in the world will finally be solved. All that is left before the masses now is the struggle to eliminate all prevailing forms of dictatorial governments, be they parliament, sect, tribe, class, one-party system, two-party system or multi-party system, which falsely call themselves democracies.<br />
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True democracy has but one method and one theory. The dissimilarity and diversity of the systems claiming to be democratic do, in fact, provide evidence that they are not so. Authority of the people has but one face which can only be realized through Popular Conferences and People's Committees. There can be no democracy without Popular Conferences and Committees everywhere.<br />
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First, the people are divided into Basic Popular Conferences. Each Basic Popular Conference chooses its secretariat. The secretariats of all Popular Conferences together form Non-Basic Popular Conferences. Subsequently, the masses of the Basic Popular Conferences select administrative People's Committees to replace government administration. All public institutions are run by People's Committees which will be accountable to the Basic Popular Conferences which dictate the policy and supervise its execution. Thus, both the administration and the supervision become the people's and the outdated definition of democracy - democracy is the supervision of the government by the people - becomes obsolete. It will be replaced by the true definition: Democracy is the supervision of the people by the people.<br />
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All citizens who are members of these Popular Conferences belong, vocationally and functionally, to various sectors and have, therefore, to form themselves into their own professional Popular Conferences in addition to being, by virtue of citizenship, members of the Basic Popular Conferences or People's Committees. Subjects dealt with by the Popular Conferences and People's Committees will eventually take their final shape in the General People's Congress, which brings together the Secretariats of the Popular Conferences and People's Committees. Resolutions of the General People's Congress, which meets annually or periodically, are passed on to the Popular Conferences and People's Committees, which undertake the execution of those resolutions through the responsible committees, which are, in turn, accountable to the Basic Popular Conferences.<br />
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The General People's Congress is not a gathering of persons or members such as those of parliaments but, rather, a gathering of the Popular Conferences and People's Committees.<br />
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Thus, the problem of the instrument of government is naturally solved, and all dictatorial instruments disappear. The people become the instrument of government, and the dilemma of democracy in the world is conclusively solved.<br />
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THE LAW OF SOCIETY<br />
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Law represents the other problem, parallel to that of the instrument of government, which has not been resolved. Although it was dealt with in different periods of history, the problem still persists today.<br />
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For a committee or an assembly to be empowered to draft the law of society is both invalid and undemocratic. It is also invalid and undemocratic for the law of society to be abrogated or amended by individual, a committee, or an assembly.<br />
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What then is the law of society? Who drafts it and what is its relevance to democracy?<br />
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The natural law of any society is grounded in either tradition (custom) or religion. Any other attempt to draft law outside these two sources is invalid and illogical. Constitutions cannot be considered the law of society. A constitution is fundamentally a (man-made) positive law, and lacks the natural source from which it must derive its justification.<br />
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The problem of freedom in the modern age is that constitutions have become the law of societies. These constitutions are based solely on the premises of the instruments of dictatorial rule prevailing in the world today, ranging from the individual to the party. Proof of this are the differences existing in various constitutions, although human freedom is one and the same. The reason for the differences is the variation in the assumptions and values implicit in diverse instruments of government. This is how freedom becomes vulnerable under contemporary forms of government.<br />
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The method by which a specific modality of government seeks to dominate the people is contained in the constitution. The people are compelled to accept it by virtue of the laws derived from that constitution, which is itself the product of the tendencies within particular instruments of governments.<br />
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The laws of the dictatorial instruments of government have replaced the natural laws, i.e., positive law has replaced natural law. Consequently, ethical standards have become confused. The human being is essentially, physically and emotionally, the same everywhere. Because of this fact, natural laws are applicable to all. However, constitutions as conventional laws do not perceive human beings equally. This view has no justification, except for the fact that it reflects the will of the instrument of government, be it an individual, an assembly, a class or a party. That is why constitutions change when an alteration in the instruments of government takes place, indicating that a constitution is not natural law but reflects the drive of the instrument of government to serve its own purpose.<br />
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The abrogation of natural laws from human societies and their replacement by conventional laws is the fundamental danger that threatens freedom. Any ruling system must be made subservient to natural laws, not the reverse.<br />
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The fundamental law of society must not be subject to historical drafting or composition. Its importance lies in being the decisive criterion in light of which truth and falsehood, right and wrong, and individual rights and duties can be judged. Freedom is threatened unless society adheres to a sacred law with established rules that are not subject to alteration or change by any instrument of government. It is, rather, the responsibility of the instrument of government to adhere to the laws of society. Unfortunately, people the world over are currently ruled by manmade laws that can be changed or abrogated, depending upon the struggle for power among competing forms of government.<br />
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Conducting plebiscites on constitutions is often insufficient. Plebiscites are essentially a counterfeit of democracy since a "yes" or "no" is the only option. Moreover, under man-made law, people are compelled to vote on these plebiscites. Conducting a plebiscite on a constitution does not necessarily make the constitution the law of society. In other words, the status of a constitution will not be altered by a plebiscite; it will remain no more than the subject of a plebiscite.<br />
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The law of society is an eternal human heritage that does not belong only to the living. Therefore, drafting a constitution or conducting a plebiscite on it is a mockery.<br />
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The catalogues of man-made laws emanating from man-made constitutions are fraught with physical penalties directed against human beings, while tradition contains few such measures. Tradition lays down moral, non-physical penalties that conform to the intrinsic nature of humanity. Religion contains tradition and absorbs it; and tradition is a manifestation of the natural life of people. Its teachings comprise basic social guidelines and answers to the fundamental questions of existence.<br />
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Most physical penalties are deferred to a future judgment. This is the most appropriate law affording due respect to the human being. Religion does not provide for prompt penalties, save in certain compelling instances necessary to the well-being of society.<br />
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Religion contains tradition, and tradition is an expression of the natural life of the people. Therefore, religion is an affirmation of natural laws which are discerned therein. Laws which are not premised on religion and tradition are merely an invention by man to be used against his fellow man. Consequently, such laws are invalid because they do not emanate from the natural source of tradition and religion.<br />
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WHO SUPERVISES THE CONDUCT OF SOCIETY?<br />
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The question arises: who has the right to supervise society, and to point out deviations that may occur from the laws of society? Democratically, no one group can claim this right on behalf of society. Therefore, society alone supervises itself. It is dictatorial for any individual or group to claim the right of the supervision of the laws of the society, which is, democratically, the responsibility of the society as a whole. This can be arrived at through the democratic instrument of government that results from the organization of the society itself into Basic Popular Conferences, and through the government of these people through People's Committees and the General People's Congress - the national congress - where Secretariats of the Popular Conferences and the People's Committees convene. In accordance with this theory, the people become the instrument of government and, in turn, become their own supervisors. Society thus secures self-supervision over its laws.<br />
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HOW CAN SOCIETY REDIRECT ITS COURSE WHEN DEVIATIONS FROM ITS LAWS OCCUR?<br />
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If the instrument of government is dictatorial, as is the case in the world's political systems today, society's awareness of deviation from its laws is expressed only through violence to redirect its course, i.e., revolution against the instrument of government. Violence and revolution, even though they reflect the sentiments of society regarding deviation, do not constitute an exercise in which the whole of society takes part. Rather, violence and revolution are carried out by those who have the capability and courage to take the initiative and proclaim the will of society. However, this unilateral approach is dictatorial because the revolutionary initiative in itself provides the opportunity for a new instrument of government representing the people to arise. This means that the governing structure remains dictatorial. In addition, violence and effecting change by force are both undemocratic, even though they take place as a reaction against an undemocratic prior condition. The society that revolves around this concept is backward. What, then, is the solution?<br />
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The solution lies in the people being themselves the instrument of government whose authority is derived from Basic Popular Conferences and the General People's Congress; in eliminating government administration and replacing it by People's Committees; and finally, in the General People's Congress becoming a truly national convention where Basic Popular Conferences and People's Committees convene.<br />
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In such a system, if deviation takes place, it is then rectified by a total democratic revision, and not through the use of force. The process here is not a voluntary option for social change and treatment of social ills. It is, rather, an inevitable result of the nature of this democratic system because, in such a case, there is no outside group who can be held responsible for such deviation or against whom violence can be directed.<br />
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An individual has the right to express himself or herself even if he or she behaves irrationally to demonstrate his or her insanity. Corporate bodies too have the right to express their corporate identity. The former represent only themselves and the latter represent those who share their corporate identity. Since society consists of private individuals and corporate bodies, the expression, for example, by an individual of his or her insanity does not mean that the other members of society are insane. Such expression reflects only in the individual's character. Likewise, corporate expression reflects only the interest or view of those making up the corporate body. For instance, a tobacco company, despite the fact that what it produces is harmful to health, expresses the interests of those who make up the company.<br />
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The press is a means of expression for society: it is not a means of expression for private individuals or corporate bodies. Therefore, logically and democratically, it should not belong to either one of them.<br />
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A newspaper owned by any individual is his or her own, and expresses only his or her point of view. Any claim that a newspaper represents public opinion is groundless because it actually expresses the viewpoint of that private individual. Democratically, private individuals should not be permitted to own any public means of publication or information. However, they have the right to express themselves by any means, even irrationally, to prove their insanity. Any journal issued by a professional sector, for example, is only a means of expression of that particular social group. It presents their own points of view and not that of the general public. This applies to all other corporate and private individuals in society.<br />
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The democratic press is that which is issued by a People's Committee, comprising all the groups of society. Only in this case, and not otherwise, will the press or any other information medium be democratic, expressing the viewpoints of the whole society, and representing all its groups.<br />
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If medical professionals issue a journal, it must be purely medical. Similarly, this applies to other groups. Private individuals have the right to express only their own, and not anyone else's opinions.<br />
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What is known as the problem of the freedom of the press in the world will be radically and democratically solved. Because it is by-product of the problem of democracy generally, the problem of freedom of the press cannot be solved independently of that of democracy in society as a whole. Therefore, the only solution to the persistent problem of democracy is through The Third Universal Theory .<br />
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According to this theory, the democratic system is a cohesive structure whose foundations are firmly laid on Basic Popular Conferences and People's Committees which convene in a General People's Congress. This is absolutely the only form of genuine democratic society.<br />
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In summary, the era of the masses, which follows the age of the republics, excites the feelings and dazzles the eyes. But even though the vision of this era denotes genuine freedom of the masses and their happy emancipation from the bonds of external authoritarian structures, it warns also of the dangers of a period of chaos and demagoguery, and the threat of a return to the authority of the individual, the sect and party, instead of the authority of the people.<br />
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Theoretically, this is genuine democracy but, realistically, the strong always rules, i.e., the stronger party in the society is the one that rules.<br />
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Sunday, July 19, 2015

Red Juma Mosque opens after 90 years - Russia

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MOSCOW April 2015:  Closed 90 years ago, Russia’s Red Juma mosque has finally opened its doors to worshipers, ending a dark history in which it was turned into a cinema and then a restaurant that served alcohol.<br />
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In a report published on Thursday, April 2, by the World Bulletin, the mosque, located at Tomsk region of Russia, was opened in an event attended by Tomsk Governor Sergey Jvachkin, Mayor Ivan Kleyin, Chechen Republic Parliament Speaker Dukuvah Adurakhmanov, and Chechen Republic Mutfi Salah Haci Meciev.<br />
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To the delight of the Muslim community, the ceremony was also attended by numerous representatives of the Islamic community as well as hundreds of Muslims that were part of the congregation.<br />
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Governor Jvachkin thanked the Tomsk community for assisting with the renovations and also thanked the Chechen Republic leader Ramzan Kadirov.<br />
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The Russian Governor pointed out how the restoration of the mosque beautified the entire city.<br />
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Red Mosque was founded in 1901 on the site of the first two wooden mosques, which were destroyed by fire. The construction of the mosque was completed in 1904, thanks to generous donations from the local Muslims.<br />
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In the late 1920s, the mosque was closed, and was converted into cinema hall and then a distillery. During that time, the building was almost completely damaged.<br />
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The mosque had no minaret and dome, and only in 2002 the building was returned to Muslims.<br />
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Islam is the country's second-largest religion, behind the Russian Orthodoxy.<br />
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There are some 23 million Muslims in the Russian Federation concentrated in the north of the Caucasus, representing roughly 15 percent of its 145 million population.<br />
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According to Russia Today, experts say that, by 2050, Muslims will make up about half of Russia's population, making it one of the world’s largest countries.<br />
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Red Juma Mosque opens after 90 years - Russia

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Thursday, June 18, 2015

Electronic tags for Muslim pilgrims coming soon

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Saudi Arabia (June 2015) will put in place an electronic bracelet system for all pilgrims visiting the country to perform their Hajj duties.<br />
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Al Arabiya has reported that Saudi Arabia will be asking all pilgrims who visit the country for their Hajj, to wear electronic bracelets containing personal information.<br />
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Hajj is the annual pilgrimage to Mecca and one of the most important events for Muslim people around the world, gathering more than 2 million people in Saudi Arabia to take part in one of Islam’s five main of faith.<br />
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Citing an unnamed government official , the Al Watan newspaper reported that Saudi Ministry of Hajj and Interior Ministry have completed an initial plan in order to introduce the practice.<br />
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Thursday, June 18, 2015

Chad bans Islamic Clothing

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The country of Chad (Africa) announced Wednesday (June 17 - 2015) that it had banned full Islamic face veils, or burqas, after suicide bombings hit the central African state’s capital earlier this week. The country’s prime minister said that militants had used the veil as “camouflage” and that security forces would begin burning all face veils sold in markets<br />
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Around 53 percent of Chad's population identifies as Muslim, according to the CIA Factbook. Burqas are worn in Chad mainly for religious reasons. However, some women also wear the garment to protect themselves from the hot and dusty Saharan climate, the BBC reported. Chad’s ban comes just weeks after Congo-Brazzaville instituted its own ban on burqas, which it said was designed to counter extremism.<br />
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<a href="https://www.blogger.com/null" name="more"></a>The Muslim-majority country in central Africa also said that it would be banning head-to-toe burqas and religious turbans. The ban would be applied everywhere, not only in public places, said Prime Minister Kalzeube Pahimi Deubet, adding that any clothing that covered anything but the eyes would be considered camouflage.<br />
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Chad bans Islamic Clothing

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Thursday, June 18, 2015

Democracy means the authority of the people

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My philosophy is based on the principle of self-ownership. You own your life. To deny this is to imply that another person has a higher claim on your life than you do. No other person, or group of persons, owns your life nor do you own the lives of others. You exist in time: future, present, and past. This is manifest in life, liberty, and the product of your life and liberty. The exercise of choices over life and liberty is your prosperity. To lose your life is to lose your future. To lose your liberty is to lose your present. And to lose the product of your life and liberty is to lose the portion of your past that produced it.</div>
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A product of your life and liberty is your property. Property is the fruit of your labour, the product of your time, energy, and talents. It is that part of nature that you turn to valuable use. And it is the property of others that is given to you by voluntary exchange and mutual consent. Two people who exchange property voluntarily are both better off or they wouldn't do it. Only they may rightfully make that decision for themselves.</div>
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At times some people use force or fraud to take from others without wilful, voluntary consent. Normally, the initiation of force to take life is murder, to take liberty is slavery, and to take property is theft. It is the same whether these actions are done by one person acting alone, by the many acting against a few, or even by officials with fine hats and fancy titles.</div>
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You have the right to protect your own life, liberty, and justly acquired property from the forceful aggression of others. So you may rightfully ask others to help protect you. But you do not have a right to initiate force against the life, liberty, or property of others. Thus, you have no right to designate some person to initiate force against others on your behalf.</div>
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You have a right to seek leaders for yourself, but would have no right to impose rulers on others. No matter how officials are selected, they are only human beings and they have no rights or claims that are higher than those of any other human beings. Regardless of the imaginative labels for their behaviour or the numbers of people encouraging them, officials have no right to murder, to enslave, or to steal. You cannot give them any rights that you do not have yourself.</div>
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Since you own your life, you are responsible for your life. You do not rent your life from others who demand your obedience. Nor are you a slave to others who demand your sacrifice.</div>
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Your action on behalf of others, or their action on behalf of you, is only virtuous when it is derived from voluntary, mutual consent. For virtue can only exist when there is free choice.</div>
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This is the basis of a truly free society. It is not only the most practical and humanitarian foundation for human action; it is also the most ethical.</div>
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Problems that arise from the initiation of force by government have a solution. The solution is for people of the world to stop asking officials to initiate force on their behalf. Evil does not arise only from evil people, but also from good people who tolerate the initiation of force as a means to their own ends. In this manner, good people have empowered evil throughout history.</div>
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Having confidence in a free society is to focus on the process of discovery in the marketplace of values rather than to focus on some imposed vision or goal. Using governmental force to impose a vision on others is intellectual sloth and typically results in unintended, perverse consequences. Achieving a free society requires courage to think, to talk, and to act - especially when it is easier to do nothing.<br />
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Sunday, May 10, 2015

You Are Eating Fake Food in the USA for sure

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One way to make more money is to sell fake food and not tell the public (hiding ingredients under scientific names, mis labelling etc.) and the governments of the world are part of the scheme to promote such practice.<br />
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<span style="color: #cc0000; font-size: large;"><b>Wood Pulp in Fast Food Burgers/Fish AND everything else! </b>...I'm Lovin It!</span><br />
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There may be more fiber in your food than you realized. Burger King, McDonald’s and other fast food companies list in the ingredients of several of their foods, microcrystalline cellulose (MCC) or “powdered cellulose” as components of their menu items. Or, in plain English, wood pulp.<br />
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The emulsion-stabilizing, cling-improving, anti-caking substance operates under multiple aliases, ranging from powdered cellulose to cellulose powder to methylcellulose to cellulose gum. The entrance of this non-absorbable fiber into fast food ingredients has been stealthy, yet widespread: The compound can now be found in buns, cheeses, sauces, cakes, shakes, rolls, fries, onion rings, smoothies, meats—basically everything.<br />
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The cost effectiveness of this filler has pushed many chains to use progressively less chicken in their “chicken” and cream in their “ice cream.” McDonald’s ranks highest on the list with cellulose integrated into 14 of their menu items including their renowned fish fillets, chicken strips and biscuits, with Burger King ranking second on the list with 13 menu items containing cellulose. Moreover, many cellulose-laden ingredients (such as honey mustard, bbq sauce, and cheese blends) can be found in multiple items throughout the menu making the filler difficult to avoid.<br />
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Data retrieved from publicly available nutritional information from McDonald’s, Burger King,Wendy’s, Taco Bell and Carl’s Jr.<br />
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All of these cellulose-based ingredients are non-digestible wood pulp possessing no nutritional value. Though some studies suggest that microcrystalline cellulose may have adverse effects on cholesterol, the FDA has approved powdered cellulose for human consumption in moderate doses.<br />
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Studies on the effects of microcrystalline cellulose are continuing, but meanwhile, so is the adoption of wood pulp-based fillers.<br />
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<b>Just a phew ref:</b><br />
<a href="http://www.notthemainstreamnews.com/2014/07/theres-wood-pulp-in-burgersim-lovin-it.html#more" target="_blank">http://www.notthemainstreamnews.com/2014/07/theres-wood-pulp-in-burgersim-lovin-it.html#more</a><br />
<a href="http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2014-07-03/how-fast-food-providers-beat-inflation-add-wood-pulp-burgers" target="_blank">http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2014-07-03/how-fast-food-providers-beat-inflation-add-wood-pulp-burgers</a><br />
<a href="http://www.ibtimes.com/mcdonalds-burger-king-taco-bell-more-have-wood-pulp-food-1616514" target="_blank">http://www.ibtimes.com/mcdonalds-burger-king-taco-bell-more-have-wood-pulp-food-1616514</a><br />
<a href="http://qz.com/223742/there-is-a-secret-ingredient-in-your-burgers-wood-pulp/" target="_blank">http://qz.com/223742/there-is-a-secret-ingredient-in-your-burgers-wood-pulp/</a><br />
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<span style="color: #cc0000; font-size: large;"> <b><u>59% of the 'Tuna' Americans Eat Is Not Tuna</u></b></span><br />
Nonprofit ocean protection group Oceana took 1,215 samples of fish from across the United States and genetically tested them in order to bring us the following astonishing facts:<br />
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59% of the fish labeled "tuna" sold at restaurants and grocery stores in the US is not tuna.<br />
Sushi restaurants were far more likely to mislabel their fish than grocery stores or other restaurants.<br />
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In Chicago, Austin, New York, and Washington DC, every single sushi restaurant sampled sold mislabeled tuna.<br />
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84% of fish samples labeled "white tuna" were actually escolar, a fish that can cause prolonged, uncontrollable, oily anal leakage.<br />
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The only fish more likely to be misrepresented than tuna was snapper, which was mislabeled 87% of the time, and was in actuality any of six different species.<br />
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If you've ever wondered why the sushi in the display case is so affordable, given the dire state of the world's tuna supply, well, now you know.<br />
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Although this is a report for the USA remember ....<br />
IF IT IS IN THE USA IT IS IN YOUR COUNTRY everything else is so why not tuna? See UK below as example !!<br />
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Sources are many:<br />
<a href="https://www.google.com/search?client=opera&q=WOOD+PULP+IN+BURGERS&sourceid=opera&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8#q=fake+tuna" target="_blank">https://www.google.com/search?client=opera&q=WOOD+PULP+IN+BURGERS&sourceid=opera&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8#q=fake+tuna</a><br />
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Shoppers are allegedly at risk of buying food “fake food,” including ham on pizza that is “meat emulsion” or poultry, prawns that are 50 per cent water, and fruit juice containing additives not permitted in the EU.<br />
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The results found by a council laboratory in West Yorkshire and shown to the Guardian newspaper, claim to reveal that almost <b>40% of 900 food samples were not what they were advertised</b>, or were mislabelled in some way.<br />
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The tests were part of a general surveillance programme by the local authority, and as part of checks focusing on products prone to being counterfeited.<br />
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<i><b>Read more here:</b></i><br />
<a href="http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/fake-food-mislabelled-drinks-meat-and-cheese-found-by-west-yorkshire-laboratory-9116142.htm" target="_blank">http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/fake-food-mislabelled-drinks-meat-and-cheese-found-by-west-yorkshire-laboratory-9116142.htm</a>l<br />
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and here ..<br />
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<a href="http://article.wn.com/view/2014/02/07/Fake_food_mislabelled_drinks_meat_and_cheese_found_by_West_Y/" target="_blank">http://article.wn.com/view/2014/02/07/Fake_food_mislabelled_drinks_meat_and_cheese_found_by_West_Y/</a> <br />
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<b><span style="font-size: large;">Japan:</span></b><br />
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<b style="font-size: x-large;">Taiwan:</b><br />
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You do the Math .. you know numbers 1+1 = ?<br />
I think you (we:) need a calculator!<br />
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I guarantee it, if you are eating canned tuna, stop and you will see a big difference in your health.</div>
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I guarantee it, if you are eating fast food, stop and you will see a big difference in your health.</div>
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If you eat rubbish going to the gym is not going to make you healthy!</div>
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You are what you eat!<br />
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Wake up!!!!</div>
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You Are Eating Fake Food in the USA for sure

August 2014: One way to make more money is to sell fake food and not tell the public (hiding ingredients under scientific names, mis label...

Thursday, April 16, 2015

Ramadan in St Petersburg

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<u>June 17 - 2015</u>:  When Ramadan starts on Thursday, the faithful in St Petersburg and elsewhere in northern Russia will face an obstacle that the prophet surely didn’t envision: in June, the sun never truly sets.<br />
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These are the celebrated “white nights”, the period lasting from roughly late May to early July when a few hours of twilight is the closest it gets to true night. Although they are observed across the far north, white nights have the strongest association with St Petersburg, the northernmost city with a population of more than 1 million and Russia’s unofficial cultural capital.<br />
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When asked about the difficulty of keeping to this strict schedule, he said it was no burden for the faithful. “Islam is a way of life,” he said. “For us, fasting is the same as getting up in the morning and brushing your teeth.”<br />
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Although there are no exact figures on how many Muslims live in St Petersburg, last year’s Eid al-Fitr festivities, which mark the end of Ramadan fasting, drew 42,000 worshippers to the city’s two main mosques, according to the interior ministry. As often happens on major holidays, most could not fit inside and had to take part from the street.<br />
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Read entire article at <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/jun/18/ramadan-in-st-petersburg-the-city-where-the-sun-doesnt-set" target="_blank">http://www.theguardian.com click here</a><br />
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Ramadan in St Petersburg

June 17 - 2015 : When Ramadan starts on Thursday, the faithful in St Petersburg and elsewhere in northern Russia will face an obstacle ...

Monday, April 06, 2015

Consumerism by Uthman Lateef

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Western prosperity has been achieved in 3 ways (Aldous Huxley)<br />
1 - through national debt, that is everybody would be in debt<br />
.. they buy what they do not need with money they do not have<br />
2 - one is through war, war making<br />
3 - planed or engineered obsolesce, product manufactured to break/unusable over time.<br />
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Allah tells us about the finite, and Allah tells that the finite elements has distracted you from the infinite.<br />
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You took good from this Dunya (world) .. more than required and behaved arrogantly.<br />
Now in the hereafter is your punishment.<br />
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Allah does not love those who exalt.<br />
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Wealth is not evil, but it is what you do with it.<br />
Like Time, Health, Wealth.<br />
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Seek what Paradise with what Allah has blessed you with.<br />
Why are you fixated with the small things of this dunya.<br />
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Show excellence to others, as Allah has been excellent to you.<br />
If Allah has given you Wealth (or Time, Health etc) use it to benefit others.<br />
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Did we overcome.<br />
OR where we overcome by corporate and self greed.<br />
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We have not just become consumers, but have been consumed by so called Capitalism (Individualism).<br />
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The American dream (they are always sleeping while the lected offcials kill).<br />
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It should be about Needs.<br />
Not about wants (at any expense .. war)<br />
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You have everything for the day, go and fix the worlds problems.<br />
Be a sheperd.<br />
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Eat and drink but not to excess.<br />
Buy but not to excess.<br />
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Be good.<br />
We should be servant to Allah's creation.<br />
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Who is the most beloved person to Allah?<br />
The most beloved is the one who bring the most benefit to people.<br />
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I wish I could have just made a broom and someone could have used it to sweep a place that would have benefited<br />
many people.<br />
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Quran is the word of Allah and belongs to all his creation.<br />
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Allah says: Do not saw corruption on the earth<br />
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Family members kill each other for this dunya.<br />
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We buy because of the image it creates.<br />
Consumerism is built on image (advertising).<br />
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Pseudo event .. the advert is odorless.<br />
Images are created as being flawlessness, it is not REAL.<br />
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But everybody is chasing.<br />
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The American dream.<br />
The American illusion.<br />
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Allah does not love the corrupt.<br />
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Consumerism.<br />
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But people say: what ever I have today is because is because what I have done (my own effort).<br />
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Beware of "I", "My", "We"<br />
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What we have is because of what Allah has given you.<br />
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So let us stop posing in the mirror and think "I".<br />
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Say "Thanks be to Allah" for ALL the things that we have.<br />
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Do we not know that nations before us were destroyed by Allah.<br />
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Stop saying and thinking "Look at what I have".<br />
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You want it because???<br />
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IMAGE<br />
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A culture of Arrogance and Envy (consumerism).<br />
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Fast Track to where?<br />
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Celebrity culture, use images of celebrity to promote THINGS.<br />
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Life In-corp.<br />
Branded products .. want the swoooosh.<br />
Branding sells (sheep like this).<br />
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Patriotism is another form of branding.<br />
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Branded products, if it is nameless you may have no value.<br />
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You must escape the Matrix, you must consume ethically.<br />
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Remember other suffer at your success.<br />
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How is it that one side is always conquering and being successful..<br />
Yet the other side is always suffering and dying.<br />
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Do not buy products on ethical principles (how they got to be made).<br />
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The glamour comes with a price .. the death/suffering of others.<br />
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Your happiness is built on consumption.<br />
The less you buy the more depressed you will be.<br />
That is the the culture.<br />
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The reward of Allah is better for you.<br />
Invest more for the next life.<br />
Do not invest in this life.<br />
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Allah knows everyone's story.<br />
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The stories mentioned in the Quran are the most important and relevant (today).<br />
Read and understand.<br />
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People who have so much (even very comfortable) still are not satisfies and/or are unhappy.<br />
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Just ahving the ability to pray should be enough for the Muslim,<br />
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Envy surrounds us, that is Consumerism.<br />
Arrogance and Pride is in abundance on the earth.<br />
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The slave of money and fine clothing have to be careful.<br />
But do not do it for showing off.<br />
Perish be the slave of the dinar and fine clothing.<br />
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Let us not be slaves of the Branding.<br />
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Let us create a new culture of living.<br />
An Islamic culture, by putting value in creation.<br />
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The bewildered herd.<br />
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Live in consumption.<br />
Die in consumption.<br />
NO..<br />
Do good things in life.<br />
Do great things in life<br />
For the sake of Allah.<br />
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Are you not listening?<br />
Simplicity is in Iman (faith)<br />
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Simplicity is in Iman.<br />
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"I am son of mother who used to eat dried meat in the desert"<br />
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The most noble of you in the eyes of Allah is the one who has Taqwa.<br />
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Invest for the next life.<br />
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Growth for the sake of growth, is the ideology of the cancer cell.<br />
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Allah gave you Wealth, give it back.<br />
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Allah gave you Time, give it back.<br />
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Allah gave you Health, help others.<br />
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The most beloved action that Allah likes is ..<br />
The happiness you bring to others.<br />
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Put self sacrifice over self interest.<br />
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Consumerism is about self interest.<br />
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Who ever can overcome the stinginess of them selves will be the successful.<br />
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<b>Let us transform ourselves Muslims ..</b><br />
1 Redistribution and sharing .. of things.<br />
2 Learning to live a minimalist life style.<br />
"Live in this life as if you are a stranger or a traveler".<br />
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">Feed others on the day of your own hunger.</span><br />
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Consumerism by Uthman Lateef

Western prosperity has been achieved in 3 ways (Aldous Huxley) 1 - through national debt, that is everybody would be in debt .. they...

Wednesday, April 01, 2015

Finnish Public Broadcasting To Read Entire Quran

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Finnish public broadcasting is reading the Quran — all of it, a half-hour at a time.<br />
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Radio 1, the radio arm of broadcaster Yle, will begin reading Islam's holy book on March 7 in 60 installments of a half-hour each.<br />
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The readings will begin with a discussion between Anas Hajjar, an imam from the Islamic Society of Finland, and professor Jaakko Hameen-Anttila, who translated the Quran into Finnish.<br />
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"In these introductory discussions, the two men will explore the religious and historical context of the text to be read," Yle said in a story on its website.<br />
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"It's nice to hear my translation be read aloud. It is important that the Quran is read in its entirety, and not just select items that show that Islam is bad and violent or good and beautiful," Hameen-Anttila told Yle.<br />
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He said that he and Hajjar discussed "everything between heaven and Earth" while recording the series.<br />
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"We haven't been at loggerheads, but Imam Anas Hajjar and I have often read the same passage and approached it from a very different point of view," he told Yle. "Imam Hajjar reads practical, contemporary meanings into the text and I see it as an historic work that is tied to the time in which it was created."<br />
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Fewer than 50,000 Muslims live in Finland, which has a population of about 5 million, the Pew Research Center says.<br />
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Source: <a href="http://www.npr.org/blogs/thetwo-way/2015/02/24/388731281/finnish-public-broadcasting-to-read-the-quran-in-new-series" target="_blank">http://www.npr.org/blogs/thetwo-way/2015/02/24/388731281/finnish-public-broadcasting-to-read-the-quran-in-new-series</a><br />
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Finnish Public Broadcasting To Read Entire Quran

FEBRUARY 24, 2015 Finnish public broadcasting is reading the Quran — all of it, a half-hour at a time. Radio 1, the radio arm of bro...

Sunday, March 01, 2015