"Humor"

Humour is nothing but an act of aggression. Humour is not to make others laugh a
s much as it is to make others know who is in charge in fact, telling jokes is a
method of reinforcing a social hierarchy. Those on top are freer to make others la
ugh. They are also freer to be more aggressive and a lot of whats funny is making
jokes at someone elses expense.
Displaying humour means taking control of the situation from those higher up the
hierarchy and this is risky for people of lower status.....
""Remember
In our Life, we seldom get people with whom we want to share and grow our though
t process. But because of our inner EGO we miss them forever.
It is you who have to decide with whom you are getting associated in day to day
life.
Small people talk about others,
Average people talk about things,
Great people talk about ideas.""
"Lisa Gherardini, the Wife of a wealthy Florentine merchent. Francisco del Gioco
ndo, has modeled for the sixteenth-century painting. Experts at the Heildelberg
University say that a book dated In October 1503 conferms Lisa del Giocondo was
the model for Leonardo Da Vinci's the most famous portraits in the world. 'Mona
Lisa.'
Afnan (Giorgia) Caliari Converted to Islam 7 years ago and is the firt to launch
ed online Italian clothing for muslim women.
Style basics: Formal dressing
Saturday, August 05, 2006
Source: Man's World
Image Source: Man's World
Formal dressing can sometimes be tricky, when you are wondering exactly what you
should wear without looking out of place. Here are some guidelines.
If you're joining a new office, you need to check out about the rules in the pla
ce where you're going to be working. This can be done very simply: you can ask a
bout the dress code for management and someone in HR will probably throw the man
ual at you.
If things aren't so organised, take a walk around the office and see what most o
f the guys are wearing. Turning up in a tie was once the obvious thing but nowad
ays most places expect a formal shirt and formal trousers, and that you tuck you
r shirt in. That's about it. But it would be as embarrassing to be the only one
with a piece of silk hanging from your neck as it would to be the only person wi
th his collar open. It's only in the higher echelons that suits are considered i
mportant but you should have two or three of those hanging in your wardrobe as w
ell.
At least two of these should be routine use suits. We'd suggest one in steel gre
y and the other in a deep navy blue, or black. The third suit should be a suit i
n which you pop champagne; in other words, a special occasion suit. Make sure yo
u get a classic cut so that it won't go out of style.
A dressy, white shirt is a must-have for suits and/or dress pants for more forma
l occasions. It's a classic article that will never go out of style. (If you're
a banker, you may have to wear a blue or white button-down shirt every working d
ay of your life).
A tie is a fashion essential because it complements the suit. Although you shoul
d have a variety of ties, you should always purchase at least one new, sensation
al tie per year because tie trends change frequently. This means changing your l
ook regularly (assuming you don't wear suits that often). But if you wear suits
everyday, you should buy a trendy tie every season. That way you'll be in style
and look sharp every time you wear a suit, you'll accumulate a nice collection o
f diverse ties in the process.
Wearing black shoes and a black belt is a fashion fundamental and will bail you
out on any occasion, whether it's casual or formal. If your budget for fashion g
oods is rather low, buy at least one pair of black leather shoes and a black lea
ther belt. Classic black shoes will last you at least a year or two while a blac
k belt will most likely last you a lifetime. Finally, make sure you wear your bl
ack shoes and black belt together - and don't forget the black socks that should
complete your ensemble.
Oh, and please get your handkerchief ironed.
1) WHITE OXFORD BUTTON-DOWN SHIRT: The white button-down can be worn with a suit
and tie, on its own with a pair of jeans, or underneath a sweater. May we sugge
st: Cotton button-down shirt ($40) by Izod.
2) LIGHTWEIGHT CASHMERE V-NECK SWEATER: A thin cashmere sweater can be worn ever
y month save for August. Goes with jeans or underneath a suit jacket. May we sug
gest: Cashmere V-neck ($178) by Banana Republic.
3) SUNGLASSES: Obvious for their functionality (that whole sun-in-the-eyes thing
), but also necessary as an accessory that adds the all-important final touch. M
ay we suggest: Sunglasses ($174) by Persol.
4) A DARK PAIR OF JEANS: Make sure they are crisp and able to be worn with a T-s
hirt, button-down, or the jacket from your suit. May we suggest: Vintage "Capita
l E" jeans ($178) by Levi's.
5) ONE SET OF CEDAR SHOE TREES: You need only one pair, to keep your just-worn s
hoes in good shape. May we suggest: Cedar shoe trees ($60) by Zegna.
6) WHITE T-SHIRTS: Sleep in them, wear them to the gym, or use them underneath a
shirt or sweater. May we suggest: Cotton T-shirts ($30 for a pack of three) by
Calvin Klein.
7) BLACK LACE-UPS: Clean, dressy black lace-up shoes will work with any color su
it and still look at home at the foot of your jeans. May we suggest: Leather lac
e-up shoes ($495) by Tod's.
8) OVERNIGHT BAG: Because a man never knows when he might have to flee at a mome
nt's notice, make sure it's big enough to carry two nights' worth of stuff. May
we suggest: Taiga-leather Kendall bag ($1,510) by Louis Vuitton.
9) THREE-BUTTON NAVY SUIT: Navy is the most versatile color for a man's suit. Ex
tend its life by wearing it with a shirt and tie, or wear just the jacket with j
eans and a button-down. May we suggest: Three-button wool suit ($1,595) by Canal
i.
10) MEDIUM-WIDTH TIE: If it's too skinny or too fat, you limit the types of shir
ts you can wear with it. A medium width, in a neutral color and pattern, has the
most versatility. May we suggest: Silk tie ($95) by Jack Spade.
Source: Man's World
Open letter to Bush from an Arab girl
8/14/2006 6:00:00 PM GMT
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BY MIRA AL HUSSEIN
2 August 2006
President Bush,
It has become extremely difficult to give you the benefit of the doubt on Lebano
n, for you have left no doubt in our minds. We are now certain like many of us h
ave always been that your foreign policy is completely biased towards Israel, an
d you have made no effort to hide this fact. Just out of curiosity: are they als
o drafted in Tel Aviv?

It is your choice, Mr Bush, to support Israel, just like it is our the entire A
rab and Muslim world's choice to support Lebanon. You insist that Israel has the
right to defend itself. Defending oneself, I believe, is a universal right, not
exclusive to Israel.
"The first Qana massacre did not quench the Israeli thirst for blood," it is sai
d, graphically describing yet another Israeli crime against the innocents of Leb
anon. In Qana, 57 armless, defenseless civilians died in an Israeli air strike,
37 of them were children. Maybe these numbers don't matter to you, Mr Bush; they
are mere numbers of the nameless Lebanese dead. But they matter to more than 20
0 million Arabs in the Middle East.
quote our late president, Shaikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan, who in 1973 had sa
id, "Arab oil is not dearer than Arab blood." But it seems that Iraqi oil is dea
rer than American blood. I am somewhat relieved to arrive at this conclusion. At
least there's no racism against a certain group of people. Everybody is a poten
tial sacrifice to secure US interests, even if it means sacrificing a whole nati
on.
No, Mr Bush, we will not accept, nor will we allow the sacrifice of more Lebanes
e civilians. A ceasefire should have been enforced two weeks ago. Was there a ne
ed for 37 children to die before you decided it was time for a ceasefire? How ma
ny more, Mr Bush, should die before you decide to stop sending those bloody weap
ons to Israel? Perhaps we can afford a sacrifice that will rein in your generosi
ty towards Israel permanently.
We have a dream for a new Middle East. Not the "New Middle East" that you've bee
n brainstorming in your Oval Office. It is the new Middle East that Middle Easte
rners have been dreaming of; a Middle East with no violence, and no US-made weap
ons to fuel that violence. It is a dream only we, Middle Easterners, are allowed
to dream and realise it.
In Arabic we have a saying that goes, "They murder the murdered and walk in his
funeral." Allow me to interpret this for you, Mr Bush: Your precision-guided mis
siles shipment has arrived in Tel Aviv. These missiles will "precisely" fall ont
o Lebanese villages; kill hundreds; and displace thousands more. (Evidently, we'
ve just witnessed the first "precise" target in Qana.)
Yet you have "compassionately" been able to send aid to Beirut, at the same time
, with supplies for the thousands of people directly and fatally affected by you
r vocal, (im)moral and military support for Israel. Please include US flags in y
our aid shipment to Beirut; they must have burned all the US flags in stock.
Mr Bush, Lebanon can and will be rebuilt, but lost lives cannot be restored. You
r credibility and your government's credibility have long been lost irretrievabl
y lost like those lost innocent lives. People will not forget this though. They
will not turn the other cheek; they will retaliate just like you had chosen to r
etaliate after 9/11. Retaliation is a value you have successfully promoted by pu
tting it into practice, always.
I was born too late to see how the British Empire had collapsed, but right on ti
me to see how the American Empire is falling apart. Mr Bush, You will surely be
remembered in history for hastening that process.
With no more respect to offer,
Mira Al Hussein is a UAE national writer based in Dubai who has had a brief stin
t with the KT. She can be reached at Mira.AlHussein@zu.ac.
"I become more than ever convinced that it was not the sword that won a place fo
r Islam in those days. It was the rigid simplicity, the utter self-effacement of
the Prophet, the scrupulous regard for pledges, his intense devotion to his fri
ends and followers and his intrepidity, his fearlessness, his absolute trust in
God and in his own mission. These and not the sword carried everything before th
em and surmounted every obstacle." (Mahatma Gandhi, Young India 1922)
"I believe that if a man like him were to assume the dictatorship of the modern
world, he would succeed in solving the problems in a way that would bring the mu
ch needed peace and happiness. Europe is beginning to be enamoured of the creed
of Muhammad. In the next century it may go further in recognizing the utility of
that creed in solving its problems." (George Bernard Shaw, The Genuine Islam, S
ingapore, Vol. I, No 8, 1936).
Have u Seen Day and Night at same time..........

THIS PHOTO IS ABSOLUTELY BEAUTIFUL. BE SURE TO READ THE TEXT BELOW TO HAVE A BET
TER UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT YOU ARE VIEWING. IT IS HISTORIC TOO AS THIS IS THE LAS
T MISSION FOR COLUMBIA .. Look a the beauty of Allah's creation the creator of d
ay & night. The photograph attached was taken by the crew on board the Columbia
during its last mission, on a cloudless day. The picture is of Europe and Africa
when the sun is setting. Half of the picture is in night. The bright dots you s
ee are the cities' lights. The top part of Africa is the Sahara Desert . Note th
at the lights are already on in Holland , Paris , and Barcelona , and that's it'
s still daylight in Dublin , London , Lisbon , and Madrid . The sun is still shi
ning on the Strait of Gibraltar . The Mediterranean Sea is already in darkness.
In the middle of the Atlantic Ocean you can see the Azores Islands; below them t
o the right are the Madeira Islands ; a bit below are the Canary Islands; and fu
rther South, close to the farthest western point of Africa , are the Cape Verde
Islands. Note that the Sahara is huge and can be seen clearly both during day ti
me and night time. To the left, on top, is Greenland , totally frozen.--

Jabir Ibn Haiyan, known as the alchemist Geber of the Middle Ages, is generally
known as the Father of Chemistry.
Jabir Ibn Haiyan, known as the alchemist Geber of the Middle Ages, is generally
known as the Father of Chemistry.

Jabir discovered mineral and others acids, which he prepared for the first time
in his alembic (Anbique). Apart from several contributions of basic nature to al
chemy, involving largely the preparation of new compounds and development of che
mical methods, he also developed a number of applied chemical processes, thus be
coming a pioneer in the field of applied science. His achievements in this field
include preparation of various metals, development of steel, dyeing of cloth an
d tanning of leather, varnishing of water-proof cloth, use of manganese dioxide
in glass-making, prevention of rusting, lettering in gold, identification of pai
nts, greases, etc. He also developed aqua regia to dissolve gold. The alembic is
his great invention, which made easy and systematic the process of distillation
. Jabir was mostly interested in experimentation and was well known for his accu
racy in his work.
Jabir's experimental ideas paved the way for now commonly known classification o
f substances as metals, nonmetals and volatile substances. He discussed three di
stinct types of substances based on their properties: a) spirits, i.e., those wh
ich vaporize on heating, like camphor, arsenic and ammonium chloride, b) metals,
e.g., gold, silver, lead, copper, iron, and c) compounds that can be converted
into powders.
Together with chemistry, Jabir was also interested in other sciences such as med
icine and astronomy, and had great achievements and contribution in these fields
. His books on chemistry, including his Kitab-al-Kimya, and Kitab al-Sab'een wer
e translated into Latin and various European languages. Wit these books being tr
anslated to European languages, Jabir?s books became famous in Europe for severa
l centuries and have influenced the evolution of modern chemistry.
Jabir invented several technical terms, such as alkali, which are found today in
various European languages and have become part of scientific vocabulary.

Someone who's Dumped :
I think going through the painful break-up of a relationship or love affair is t
he time You most begin to question Your hair to the books one You have on your b
edside table. Someone has decided you are unlovable, that they cannot bear to se
t eyes on you ever again. So an awful, gnawing, nagging doubt inevitably begins
to fester.
"If we don't change our father, mother or sibling, why must we change the person
whom we loved and want to spend our life with ?
"We don't know what we'll do till we really love someone".
Quoats:
A few hundred thousand dead Iraqi children was a good price to pay in order to ke
ep the late Saddam Hussein under control. ( Former US Secretary of States Madelin
e Albright )
"You are what you think, not what you think you are." (Bruce MacLelland's Prospe
rity Through Thought Force)
Today tomorrow and till my life is through. I'll always cherish knowing a friend
like you......
People demand vision. I hate vision. The cemetery of history is full of visionari
es. (Slovenias President Janez Drnovsek )
I've accepted that some people thought that I've gone crazy, but I'm not perturb
ed. They do not understand, Why should I worry what people of this level of consc
iousness should say or think about me? This is so irrelevant. to a Chinese philos
ophers tale The frog in its well was convinced that this well was the whole world.
And then came a turtle from the sea. The turtle told this frog that there was a
big ocean and the well was nothing. The frog said: OK. This turtle is crazy. (Slov
enias President Janez Drnovsek )
Bachelors should be heavily taxed. It is not fair that some men should be happie
r than others. --Oscar Wilde
Thers is no way out of the dessert except through it. African proverb.
Don't marry for money; you can borrow it cheaper. --Scottish Proverb
I don't worry about terrorism. I was married for two years. --Sam Kinison
The more clearly one sees the world, the more one is obliged to pretend it doesn
't exist.
John Irving, 'Son of the Circus'
Men have a better time than women; for one thing, they marry later; for another
thing, they die earlier. --H. L. Mencken.
When a newly married couple smiles, everyone knows why. When a ten-year married
couple smiles, everyone wonders why. Love is blind but marriage is an eye-opener
.When a man opens the door of his car for his wife, you can be sure of> one thin
g: either the car is new or the wife.I asked my wife, "Where do you want to go f
or our> anniversary?" She said,"Somewhere I have never been!" I told her, "How a
bout the kitchen? "We always hold hands. If I let go, she shops.
My wife was in beauty saloon for two hours. That was only for the estimate. --An
onymous
She got a mudpack and looked great for two days. Then the mud fell off. --Anonym
ous
She ran after the garbage truck, yelling, "Am I too late for the garbage?" Follo
wing her down the street I yelled, "No, jump in."
Badd Teddy recently explained to me why he refuses to get to married. He says "t
he wedding rings look like minature handcuffs....." --Anonymous

If your dog is barking at the back door and your wife yelling at the frontdoor,
who do you let in first? The Dog of course... at least he'll shut up after u let
him in!
A man placed some flowers on the grave of his dearly parted mother and started b
ack toward his car when his attention was diverted to another man kneeling at a
grave. The man seemed to be praying with profound intensity and kept repeating,
'Why did u have to die? Why did you have to die?" The first man approached him a
nd said, "Sir, I don't wish to interfere with your private grief, but this demon
stration of pain in is more than I've ever seen before. For whom do you mourn so
? Deeply? A child? A parent?"The mourner took a moment to collect himself, then
replied "My wife's first husband."
A couple came upon a wishing well. The husband leaned over, made a wish and thre
w in a coin . The wife decided to make a wish, too. But she leaned over too much
, fell into the well, and drowned. The husband was stunned for a while but then
smiled " It really works !
Climb the mountains and get their good tidings. Nature's peace will follow into
you as sunshine flows into trees. The winds will blow their own freshness into y
ou, and the storms their energy, while cares will drop off like autumn leaves.
Celebraty Comments Rants
"Hate's a very storng word. I just despise You to the maximum level just below h
ate." I'd wanted to hit You hard and if You not crying by the time You and walk
off then I did not do my job."
Its not that I'm all that bad. I just think that people had this idea that I sat
at home and sucked on lollipops and ate cotton candy while I watched cartoons--
- Wearing a tiara". She's learnt to find ways to deal with problems in her life.
Problems find you, You don't need to seek them out. And that includes feeling b
adly about yourself. Life will find a way of messing you up. Life will throw som
e curveballs your way You don't have to worry about that. I use to worry too muc
h, take myself too seriously. "I had to learn that perfectiionism slows everythi
ng down. All it does is keep You motivated by fear." (Anne Hathway)
ASADULLAH KHAN GHALIB: YEH NA THI HAMARI KISMAT:
1)Yeh na thi hamari kismat ke wisaal-e-yaar hota, Agar aur jite rahte yehi intez
ar hota.
1)To have met my friend was not my fate, A longer life'd have entailed a longer
wait. (Ghalib)
2) tere waade per jiye ham, to yeh jaan jhoot jaana, Ke khushi se mar na jaate a
gar ek etbaar hota.
2) Did I trust your words? What a wrong belief ! I sure had died of joy,had I be
lieved it true. (Ghalib)
3) Koi mere dil se puchhe tere tir-e-nim kash ko, Yeh khalish kahaan se hoti jo
jigar ke paar hota.
3) My heart alone could tell about your half-drawn arrow, Could it leave a sting
behind,had it pierced the marrow? (Ghalib)
4) Yeh kahaan ki dosti hai ke bane hain dost naasih, Koi chara saaz hota, koi gh
amgusaar hota.
4) What use this friendship which cannot but advise, O for a friend! to physic m
y sarrow,to heal my heart. (Ghalib)
5) Gham agarche jaan gusal hai, pe kahaan bachen ke dil hai, Gham-e-ishq gar na
hota,gham-e-rozgaar hota.
5) Mortifying is sorrow , no doubt, but how can one escape? If not to pangs of l
ove,we are to pangs of living a prey.(Ghalib)
6) Kahun kis se main ke kya hai,shab-e-gham, buri bala hai, Muhje kya bura tha m
arna agar ek baar hota.
6) Calamitous is the night of severance, terrible beyond words, I'd die with ple
assure had I to die but once.(Ghalib)
7) Hue mar ke ham jo ruswa, hue kyon na gharq-e-darya, Na kabhi janaaza uthta, n
a kahin mazaar hota.
7) Why didn't I drawn in a river ere this disgrace? There couldn't have been a f
uneral there wouldn't be a grave.(Ghalib)
DARD MANNAT KASHE DAWA NA HUA: (Ghalib)
1) Dard mannat kashe dawa na hua, main na achha hua bura na hua.
1) My pain would reckon on potion, I didn't heal, I wasn't worse. (Ghalib)
4) Kitne shirin hai tere lab ke raqib, Gaaliyan khake he mazu na hua.
4) So, sweet are Your lips that my rival , Was not repulsed by your reproach. (G
halib).
8) Zakhm gardab gaya, lahu na thama, Kaam gar ruk gaya rawa na hua.
8) The wound, though masked, continue to bleed , The plan, when thwarted,revived
not again. (Ghalib)
PHIR MUJHE DEEDAI TAR YAAD AYA: (Ghalib)
1) Phir mujhe deda-e-tar yaad aya, Dil jigar tishn-e-faryaad aaya.
1) I again recall those tearful eyes, My complaining heart is brimming again. (G
halib)
2) Dum liya tha na qayamat ne hunuz, Phir tera waqt-e-safar yaad aaya.
2) Hardly had the doom receded, When the thought of Your partiing rose again.(Gh
alib)
3) Sadgi haae tamanna yaani, Phir woh nairang-e-nazr yaad aya.
3) How naive is my desire! I again crave that tantalizing face.(Ghalib)
4) Zindagi yun bhi guzar hi jaati, Kyon tera rahguzar yaad aaya.
4) This life, somehow, would have passed, Why did I seek Your favoured path. (Gh
alib)
AAH KO CHAHIYE EK UMR ASAR HONE TAK: (Ghalib)
1) Aah ko chaahiye ek umr asar hotne tak, Kaun jita hai teri zulf ke sar ho ne t
ak.
1) It takes an age for a sigh to bear fruit, Who lives long enough to vanquish
your locks?
2) Daam-e-har mauj mein hai halqa-e-sad kaam-e-nihang, Dekheye kya guzre hai qat
ra pe gohar hone tak.
2) A hundred crocodiles lie coiled in the web of every wave, See what happens t
o the droplet ere if becomes a pearl.
3) Ashqi sabar talab aur tamanna betab, Dil ka kya rang karun khun-e-jigar hone
tak.
3) Love demands patience, desire will not wait, What hues should my heart reflec
t, till it bleeds to death?
4) Ham ne maana ke tagaful na karoge lekin, Khak ho jaenge ham tum ko khabar hon
e tak.
4) True, You'd respond without least delay, But ere you come to know , I'd be no
more.
5) Partawe khur se hai shabnam ko fana ki taalim, Main bhi hun, ek inaait ki naz
r hone tak.
5) The reflection of the sun heralds the dew-drop's doom, I too await your kindl
y glance.
6) Yak nazr besh nahi fursat-e-hasti ghafil, Garmi-e-bazm hai ek naks-e-sharar h
one tak.
6) Short is our span, as the twinkling of an eye, The glamour of the court is bu
t the glimmer of the spark.
7) Gham-e-hasti ka Asad kis se ho juz marg ilaaj, Shama har rang mein jalti hai
sahar hone tak.
7) Who but death can cure, Asad, the sorrows of this life, A taper anyway shall
burn, right till the dawn.
Hairan hun dil ko roun ke peetun jigar ko main:
4) Lo woh bhi kahte hain ke yeh be nang-o-naam hai, Yeh jaanta agar to lutaata n
a ghar ko mein.
4) " You are bereft of name or fame," lo! he too proclaims, If I knew, I woildn'
t have squandered my assets away.
ONLY PART From, SAB KAHAAN KUCH LALA-O-GUL MEIN NUMAAYAN HO GAYEn:
1) Sab kahaan kuchh lala-o-gul mein numaayan ho gayen, khak mein kya suraten hon
gi ke pinhaan ho gyen.
1) Some have emerged as tulips and roses,whither are the rest? What beauteous fo
rms lie concealed beneath the shroud of dust!
2) Yaad theen ham ko bhi ranga-rang bazm aaraayan, Lekin ab naqsh-o-nigaar-e-taa
q-e-nisian ho gayen.
2) I too reveiled in colourful sessions in days of yore, But now they only embla
zon oblivion's dim alcove.
13) Ranj se khu gar hua insaan to mit jata hai ranj, Mushkilein mujh pe itni pad
i ke asaan ho gai.
13) When one is used to sorrow, sorrow loses its sting, So many hardships have I
borne, I find them hard no more.
ONLY PART FROM, DIL HE TO HAI :
1) 'Tis heart, not brick or stone, why can't it swell with grief ? Cry I shall a
thousand times, if someone tortures me.
2)
RAHEYE AB AISI JAGA:
1) I now wish to live at a lonesome place, With none to converse,none to communi
cate.
2) I would buld a house without door or wall, There shouldn't be a neighbour ,th
ere wouldn't be a watch.
3) If I fall sick, none should come to tend, And none to mourn,if I depart.
ISHQ MUJH KO NA SAHI:
1) My love is not love, but frenzy,agreed, My frenzy,let thy glory be.
2) Sever not Your link with me, If naught else,let enmity be.
3) Why does my presence embarrass you? Call me alone,if not in company.
6) Have I thought of abondoning love? What,if love an ordeal be? I too will lear
n humble submission, Indifference-- Your nature be.
KOI UMEED Bar Nahi Aati:
1) All my hopes stand belied, No prospect is in sight!
2) Death will come when it will come,Why come not sleep at night?
3) I once could lough at the state of my heart,But nothing cam make me lough to-
day.
4) THERE MUST BE SOMETHING THAT HOLDS MY TONGUE, NOT THAT I KNOW NOT HOW TO SPEA
K.
5) I am in that oblivious state,A stranger to myself where I am.
6) I am dying to meet my death, Death doth come, but not if willed.
DIL-E-NADAAN:
1) What ails thee,my silly heart? What balm for your ache, at last?
8) I expect fidelity from hi, Who knows not what fidelity means.
9) Here I give my life,for you,what else is prayer, I do not know.
KISI KO DEKE DIL KOI NAWASANJ-E-FUGHAAN KYON HO: Part:
1) He came to sympathise,but caused my disrepute,Why be my confident,if you cann
ot brook the pain?
2) What love,what faith? If one has but to bang one's head,should,O stone-heart,
be it at your door?
3) If this is trial what is torture? When you are pledged to the rival,why test
my faith?
4) Censure not my yearning,you too are to blame,If you but stop resisting,all co
nflict will go.
SAQI BAJALWA DUSHMAN-E-IMAN-O-AAGAHI:
Beauty distroys your faith and sense, The song your wits and peace waylays.
BAZEECHA-E-ITFAL HAI:
1) To me this world is a children's play fair, A play goes on 'fore me call day
and night.
8) Men rejoice at union,but do they ever die? Lo,I pay with life for the desire
of the parting night.
1)Provoke me not I'm brimming with tears, ready at a touch,to unleash a flood.
In Europe I Saw No Muslims- I Saw Is
lam!!!
"In Europe I saw no Muslims, - I saw Islam! In Egypt I see Muslims, I see no Isl
am!"
These are abstracts from the book Islam as I Understand Written by Dr. Shabbir A
hmed, I was fascinated by it, I think one should take the time to read it too. M
y intention to draw attention to this book is that intellectual and open minded
people read it and discuss it with fellow brothers, let us all make an effort to
rekindle our IMMAN for without which all is going to be a waste so friends lets
not waste time lets make an effort and try to spread the knowledge the knowledge
of truth ISLAM.
LATIFI H.M.
THE CURRENT STATUS OF MUSLIMS
Surely you will prevail if you are indeed believers. (Al-Qur'an 3:139)
Over a Billion Muslims People Islam is a universal religion. Besides Asia, Afric
a, Europe and North America have substantial populations of Muslims. It is proud
ly claimed that there are more than one billion Muslims in the world.
However, Muslims are facing a global crisis. The crisis consists of political, e
conomic, social, military, and scientific setbacks. Allama Inayatullah Mashriqi,
in 1940's depicted the state of the East in general, and that of Muslims in par
ticular, in this way:
People ask me that I traveled the East for years. What have I seen? How shall I
tell what I have seen! From this end to that end I saw towns in ruins, broken an
d shaken bridges, dirt clogged canals, dusty streets, abandoned highways. I saw
wrinkled faces, undernourished bodies, stooping backs, empty brains, insensitive
hearts, inverted logic, aberrant reason. I saw oppression, slavery, poverty, po
mp and vanity, detestable vices, clusters of disease, burnt forests, cold ovens,
barren tilts, dirty attire and useless hands and feet.
I saw imams (religious leaders) without followings. I saw brothers who were foes
to one another. I saw days without purpose and I saw nights which lead to no da
wns.

Let's assess the situation from one more viewpoint. The great Egyptian scholar M
ufti Mohammad Abduh visited Paris a hundred years ago. Upon his return to Egypt
he startled the world by declaring, "In Europe I saw no Muslims, -I saw Islam! I
n Egypt I see Muslims, I see no Islam!"
Dear reader, although there are non-Islamic practices in the West, the so-called
billion plus Muslims are Muslims without Islam! Their political, economic and s
ocial conditions paint a complete picture of misery and chaos wherever they live
. Apparently the tree bearing such bad fruit should be blameworthy. Isn't a tree
known by the fruit it bears? Let me say at the outset: the tree bearing this ba
d fruit is what I call No. 2 Islam.
Subjugation to kings, despots, and tyrants, slavery to the mystic and the mulla,
submission to blind following of dogmas and beliefs, fear, illiteracy, lootings
& killings, ethnic and sectarian hatred, webs of superstition---- what is all t
his? Rule of slavery. Slavery of mind and body.
Usery/Interest THANK YOU KING
HENRY VIII.
Usury is the practice of making unethical or immoral monetary loans intended to
unfairly enrich the lender.
A loan may be considered usurious because of excessive or abusive interest rates
or other factors, but simply charging ANY interest at all can be considered usu
ry.
Someone who practices usury can be called a usurer, but the more common term in
English is LOAN SHARK!
The term may be used in a moral sensecondemning taking advantage of others' misfo
rtunesor in a legal sense where interest rates may be regulated by law.
Historically, some cultures (e.g., Christianity in much of Medieval Europe, and
Islam in many parts of the world today) have regarded charging any interest for
loans as sinful.
Some of the earliest known condemnations of usury come from the Vedic texts of I
ndia. Similar condemnations are found in religious texts from Buddhism, Judaism,
Christianity, and Islam (the term is riba in Arabic and ribbit in Hebrew).
At times, many nations from ancient China to ancient Greece to ancient Rome have
outlawed loans with any interest. Though the Roman Empire eventually allowed lo
ans with carefully restricted interest rates, the Catholic Church in medieval Eu
rope banned the charging of interest at any rate (as well as charging a fee for
the use of money, such as at a bureau de change).
The pivotal change in the English-speaking world seems to have come with the per
mission to charge interest on lent money, particularly the 1545 Act, "An Act Aga
inst Usurie" (37 H. viii 9) of King Henry VIII of the U.K..

::::: Shia'ism and Islam ::::::
One of the most perplexing scenarios to non-Muslims and new Muslims alike is the
division they may see between Shiites and Sunni Muslims. Some tend to become co
nfused when they see that each group claims to be following the true Islam. To t
ruly understand this subject to the fullest, one must delve into the early histo
ry of Islam and see under what circumstances this division actually began, a stu
dy far from possible for most people. Another way, much more in the scope of the
average person, is to analyze which group is true to the teachings of Islam, a
simple comparison may be done between Sunni and Shiite beliefs and practices in
relation to textual evidence, the Quran the revealed word of God, and the Sunnah
or teachings of Prophet Muhammad, may the mercy and blessings of God be upon hi
m.
Many times, people see this division to be a major one, while the fact remains t
hat Shiites only make up a mere 8 percent of the Muslim population, reaching eve
n this figure after taking hold of certain important political regions in histor
y. Not a division, one can confidently say that the Shiites are but one of the v
arious splinter groups which left the pure teachings of traditional Islam. Sunni
s, on the other hand, are not a splinter group, but merely name themselves as su
ch to differentiate themselves from the Shiites and other deviant sects.
The word Sunni itself comes from the term Sunnah, explained earlier to be the teachi
ngs of Prophet Muhammad, for they are strict in abiding by these teachings witho
ut any introductions, interpolations, or omissions. The word Shiite (Shia in Arab
ic) means a party, sect, supporters or a group of like minded individuals. God says in
he Quran addressing His Prophet, Muhammad:
Verily, those who divide their religion and break up into sects (Shia), you have n
o concern in them in the least. Their affair is only with Allah, Who then will t
ell them what they used to do. (Quran 6:159)
Although the specific groups called the Shiites is not what is directly intended
in this verse, it is inclusive of them.
When one studies a bit of history, they will see that the term Shiite was first
used amongst the Muslims in regards to a political issue over which the Muslims
varied, 37 years after the death of the Prophet. Although the Shiites claim that
their origin lies in that scenario, the actual term Shiite being used to denote
this specific sect actually occurred much later in history. In either case, it
is clear that the term was unheard of during the time of the Prophet, and thus w
e can say that the Shiites were a group which appeared after the death of the Pr
ophet.
The Shrine of the Zoroastrian, Abu Luluah, in Kashan, Iran, venerated by Shiites
Over the long evolution of Shiite thought, they incorporated many foreign concep
ts into their faith. Starting as a political opinion which favored some views of
Ali, the cousin of the Prophet, over some other companions, it became a sect pu
rporting strange ideas foreign to Islam. This was due mainly to the fact that th
is ideology was mainly espoused by people in areas far from the centers of Islam
ic learning, namely Persia, those who were either new to Islam, had either conve
rted to Islam nominally, and were living in areas where a large percentage of pe
ople remained upon their previous religions. Thus the Shiites became fertile soi
l to the introduction of foreign ideas, which they struggled to incorporate into
some aspects and beliefs maintained by Islam, resulting in a sect composed of i
deas stemming from Judaism, Zoroastrianism and Islam. Not strange is it then tha
t we see that one of the most important shrines in Shiism visited by many Shiite
s is that of Abu Luluah, a Zoroastrian who died after the Caliphate of Umar, locat
ed in the city of Kashan in present day Iran. Muhammad Ali Muzi, an Iranian Shiit
e researcher in France, stated:
The basic fundamentals of the Zoroastrian religion has entered into Shiaism even
in some minute issues. And this relationship marked the brotherhood between Shiai
sm and the ancient Magian Iran.[1]
We will now take a brief look at Shiism from just one aspect, that of beliefs. F
rom these few examples, one will clearly see how different it truly is from the
religion of Islam brought by Prophet Muhammad.
There are various articles of faith in Islam, and from them branch other beliefs
which must be held by all who attribute themselves to Islam. They are as mentio
ned in the verse:
but piety is that one has firm belief in God, the Last Day, the angels, the script
ures and the Prophets (Quran 2:177)
This is also mentioned in a statement of the Prophet, may the mercy and blessing
s of God be upon him:
Faith is that you believe in God, the angels, the scriptures, the Prophets, the L
ast Day... (Saheeh Muslim)
This short discourse will merely touch on some of these various aspects of faith
, and mention just some of the beliefs of the Shiites and how they differ from I
slam.
Belief in God
The proper belief about God, or creed is the most important aspect of the religi
on of Islam. During the first 13 years of Muhammads Prophethood, he corrected peo
ples beliefs about God, warning them against calling to others besides God, wheth
er angels, prophets, saints, martyrs, trees, stones, stars, or idols. He clarifi
ed that only God alone, the One who created them was to be worshipped. Very few
legislations and acts of worship were revealed for this period. The majority of
the Quran itself calls to this belief. God says in the Quran that calling to oth
ers besides Him is a sin worthy of eternal damnation in Hellfire:
Verily, whosoever sets up partners in worship with Allah, then Allah has forbidde
n Paradise for him, and the Fire will be his abode. (Quran 5:72)
This is an uncompromising belief in Islam, and is the basis from which one enter
s the fold of Islam. We find, however, that Shiites believe in the veneration of
others besides God. Homage is to be paid to great saints and martyrs, such as A
li, Hussein, Fatimah, their Imams, and they are directly called out to in times
of need. They believe that they can answer their calls as well as intervene for
them with God, a belief that according to Islam is clear disbelief[2]. God says:
Is not He (God) Who responds to the distressed one, when he calls Him, and Who re
moves the evil. (Quran 27:62)
Another important tenet which Shiism clearly violates is the concept that God Al
one administers the affairs of the universe, and it is He alone who knows the Un
seen. Shiism attributes these powers to their leaders, called Imams, and place t
hem in a position higher than the Prophets and angels. God says:
Say: None in the heavens and the earth knows the unseen except Allah, nor can they
perceive when they shall be resurrected. (Quran 27:65)
And among His Signs is that He shows you the lightning, by way of fear and hope,
and He sends down water (rain) from the sky, and therewith revives the earth aft
er its death. Verily, in that are indeed signs for a people who understand. (Qura
n 30:24)
The Shiites give many of these attributes to their Imams. Some of them even attr
ibute lightning to be caused by them[3].
In authoritative Shiite texts, its states:
The Imams have knowledge of whatever occurred in the past and whatever will happe
n in the future, and nothing is concealed from them. (Al-Kulaini, Al-Kaafi, p.260
)
The Imams have knowledge of all the revealed books, regardless of the languages i
n which they were revealed (Ibid, p.227)
The Imams know when they will die, and they do not die except by their own choice
(Ibid, p.258)
All of the earth belongs to the Imams. (Ibid, p.407)
There are many aspects of faith in Shiism that oppose Islam and which render a p
erson out of its fold. Due to this reason, Muslims do not consider Shiism to rep
resent Islam, but rather believe it to contradict the very basics of Islamic tea
chings.
Footnotes:
[1] The Role of Zoroastrianism in the Development of Shiaism.
[2] Bihar Al-Anwar, Al-Majlisi. An example of such preposterous beliefs can be fou
nd in the following statements of one of their Imams, or leaders:
When prophet Noah (Peace be upon him) was about to drown in the flooding waters,
he invoked God Almighty by our (i.e. the names of the Imams) names. Hence God Al
mighty came to his rescue. When Prophet Abraham (Peace be upon him) was thrown i
nto the scorching fire, he prayed to God through our names, and God Almighty ord
ered the fire to be cool and a means of safety for him [Abraham]. When prophet M
oses (Peace be upon him) struck the Sea with his rod in quest of a path, he invo
ked God with respect to our names and God made the sea dry out. Finally when the
Jews plotted to kill Jesus (Peace be upon him), he supplicated to God by mentio
ning our names and was rescued from death. God eventually raised him up. (Wasail A
s-Sheea, 4/1143)
[3] Bihaar al-Anwar, Al-Burhan, and others.