<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/' xmlns:blogger='http://schemas.google.com/blogger/2008' xmlns:georss='http://www.georss.org/georss' xmlns:gd="http://schemas.google.com/g/2005" xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7451738</id><updated>2026-03-24T06:06:48.242-07:00</updated><category term="Islam"/><category term="society"/><category term="US"/><category term="Quran"/><category term="ancient civilisations"/><category term="Pakistan"/><category term="Middle East"/><category term="war of terror"/><category term="video"/><category term="photos"/><category term="Egypt"/><category term="stories"/><category term="World"/><category term="economics"/><category term="justice"/><category term="Pompeii"/><category term="roots"/><category term="words"/><category term="Arabic"/><category term="Iraq"/><category term="Petra"/><category term="World Heritage"/><category term="9/11"/><category term="Disaster"/><category term="Maya"/><category term="Pompeii: The Last Days"/><category term="Floods"/><category term="animals: sea"/><category term="Inca"/><category term="caution"/><category term="footer"/><category term="freedom"/><category term="nabateans"/><category term="Natural Wonders"/><category term="environment"/><category term="media"/><category term="oil"/><category term="refutations"/><category term="translations"/><category term="wisdom"/><category term="Deltas"/><category term="Eid"/><category term="Hadith"/><category term="Hajj"/><category term="History"/><category term="Saudi"/><category term="Turkey"/><category term="UN"/><category term="Vesuvius"/><category term="Africa"/><category term="CIA"/><category term="India"/><category term="Indus Valley"/><category term="Kashmir"/><category term="Literature"/><category term="Pyramids"/><category term="Ruins"/><category term="Salaat"/><category term="Salaf"/><category term="Tafseer"/><category term="Tajweed"/><category term="Timbuktu"/><category term="buttons"/><category term="charities"/><category term="duas"/><category term="excuse"/><category term="information"/><category term="timbuktu&#39;s Hajj"/><category term="true stories"/><category term="waterfalls"/><title type='text'>a sane voice in a mad world</title><subtitle type='html'>الســـلام عليكم و رحمة الله و بركاته -- assalamu aleikum wa rematullahi wa barakatuh -- peace! May Allah&#39;s Mercy be upon you. &#xa;&#xa;(( قُلْ إِنَّ صَلاتِي وَنُسُكِي وَمَحْيَايَ وَمَمَاتِي لِلَّهِ رَبِّ الْعَالَمِينَ ))  [ الأنعام: 162]&#xa;&#xa;Say: Verily, my prayers, my sacrifice, my living, and my dying are for Allah (God), the Lord of all. [Qur’an 6: 162]</subtitle><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://timbuktu58.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7451738/posts/default'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://timbuktu58.blogspot.com/'/><link rel='hub' href='http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/'/><link rel='next' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7451738/posts/default?start-index=26&amp;max-results=25'/><author><name>.</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10110902110113628160</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>447</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>25</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7451738.post-670176647816645355</id><published>2015-03-07T08:20:00.001-08:00</published><updated>2015-03-07T08:20:18.731-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Why should we read the Quran &amp; Hadith again and again?</title><summary type="text">

An old farmer lived on a farm in the mountains with his young grandson. Each morning Grandpa was up early sitting at the kitchen table reading his book. One day the grandson asked, &quot;Grandpa! I try to read the book just like you but I don&#39;t understand it, and what I do understand I forget as soon as I close the book. What good does reading the book do?&quot;



The grandfather quietly turned from </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://timbuktu58.blogspot.com/feeds/670176647816645355/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment/fullpage/post/7451738/670176647816645355?isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7451738/posts/default/670176647816645355'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7451738/posts/default/670176647816645355'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://timbuktu58.blogspot.com/2015/03/why-should-we-read-quran-hadith-again.html' title='Why should we read the Quran &amp; Hadith again and again?'/><author><name>.</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10110902110113628160</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7451738.post-7010170632600159800</id><published>2014-01-14T07:23:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2014-01-14T07:23:03.535-08:00</updated><title type='text'>A third Eid!</title><summary type="text">




Today they
had a field day celebrating “Eid-e-Miladun Nabi” in Pakistan.




And everyone
is talking about this being a defeat for the extremists.




The Quran
says something like: “take what the Prophet (saw) gives, and stop doing what he
prevents”




The Prophet
(saw) said something like: “You (Muslims) have two Eids (in a year)”. The
Sahaba, the Tabe`een, the Tib`a-Tae`een, all </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://timbuktu58.blogspot.com/feeds/7010170632600159800/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment/fullpage/post/7451738/7010170632600159800?isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7451738/posts/default/7010170632600159800'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7451738/posts/default/7010170632600159800'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://timbuktu58.blogspot.com/2014/01/a-third-eid.html' title='A third Eid!'/><author><name>.</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10110902110113628160</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7451738.post-421460682362067077</id><published>2013-09-05T21:49:00.002-07:00</published><updated>2013-09-05T23:08:18.492-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Graves of Sahaba and ahlul Bayt</title><summary type="text">

Many
people get emotional when talking about sites associated with the Prophet’s
(saw) companions or ahlul bayt. Others try to defend the Saudis no matter what
they do. I hold no brief either for those who venerate graves, or for the
Saudis.



I have
interests in archaeology, as well as many other subjects, and my best learning
part (age 20-30) was spent in the West, in a secular environment, </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://timbuktu58.blogspot.com/feeds/421460682362067077/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment/fullpage/post/7451738/421460682362067077?isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7451738/posts/default/421460682362067077'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7451738/posts/default/421460682362067077'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://timbuktu58.blogspot.com/2013/09/sahabas-and-ahle-bayts-graves.html' title='Graves of Sahaba and ahlul Bayt'/><author><name>.</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10110902110113628160</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7451738.post-444697213025967141</id><published>2012-11-16T06:15:00.001-08:00</published><updated>2012-11-16T06:16:19.865-08:00</updated><title type='text'>A few blogs of interest</title><summary type="text">



 


 JAIHOON.COM جيحون 




 



 Blackwater/Xe in Pakistan 




 
 


 Nuh ibn Zbigniew Gondek 




 
 


 Girl Solo in Arabia 




 
 


 O C C U P I E D 




 
 


 Girls Without Shoes 




 
 


 a sane voice: duas, Hajj, Umrah 




 
 


 Muslims-R-Us 




 
 


 Day in the Life of Muslim Kidz 




 
 


 The DOSSIER | Web Links 




 
 


 Muslim Blogs 




 
 


 The DOSSIER | Video

</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://timbuktu58.blogspot.com/feeds/444697213025967141/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment/fullpage/post/7451738/444697213025967141?isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7451738/posts/default/444697213025967141'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7451738/posts/default/444697213025967141'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://timbuktu58.blogspot.com/2012/11/jaihoon.html' title='A few blogs of interest'/><author><name>.</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10110902110113628160</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7451738.post-7536208073218590491</id><published>2012-11-16T05:48:00.002-08:00</published><updated>2012-11-16T05:50:49.621-08:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Hadith"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Islam"/><title type='text'>Another authentic site</title><summary type="text">

http://www.sunnah.com/
</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://timbuktu58.blogspot.com/feeds/7536208073218590491/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment/fullpage/post/7451738/7536208073218590491?isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7451738/posts/default/7536208073218590491'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7451738/posts/default/7536208073218590491'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://timbuktu58.blogspot.com/2012/11/another-authentic-site-httpwww.html' title='Another authentic site'/><author><name>.</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10110902110113628160</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7451738.post-7469032125616671620</id><published>2012-09-29T22:13:00.001-07:00</published><updated>2012-09-29T22:35:31.943-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Crying wolf: fear of Islam</title><summary type="text">

Crying wolf: fear of Islam




me kind of prejudice thatMichael Kugelman often writes insightfully on Pakistan and South Asia. Yet, when it comes to those who work for Islam, he displays the same kind of prejudice of the ignorant.

I am no supporter of HT, but I do not know of any instance where have they been involved in violence.

Secondly, what is wrong with working for a Caliphate. In the </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://timbuktu58.blogspot.com/feeds/7469032125616671620/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment/fullpage/post/7451738/7469032125616671620?isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7451738/posts/default/7469032125616671620'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7451738/posts/default/7469032125616671620'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://timbuktu58.blogspot.com/2012/09/crying-wolf-fear-of-islam-i-am-not.html' title='Crying wolf: fear of Islam'/><author><name>.</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10110902110113628160</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7451738.post-4138044854171092413</id><published>2012-04-29T10:38:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2012-04-29T10:39:02.889-07:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="nabateans"/><title type='text'>Thamud and medain</title><summary type="text">
MSN search Thamud

also search for Nabateans, Petra, al-Hijr

nabataea.net/medain.html

nabataea.net/medain2.html

photogo.net/main/eng/madaen_saleh.htm

baynardscastle.com/adventures/medsaleh.html

galenfrysinger.com/nabataean_tombs.htm</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://timbuktu58.blogspot.com/feeds/4138044854171092413/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment/fullpage/post/7451738/4138044854171092413?isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7451738/posts/default/4138044854171092413'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7451738/posts/default/4138044854171092413'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://timbuktu58.blogspot.com/2012/04/thamud-and-medain.html' title='Thamud and medain'/><author><name>.</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10110902110113628160</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7451738.post-1679662410904397876</id><published>2012-03-21T08:59:00.001-07:00</published><updated>2012-04-29T10:01:16.526-07:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="World"/><title type='text'>destroyed/lost cities; strange artifacts</title><summary type="text">
ancient destroyed cities

mysteries of worlds lost cities

world mysteryStrange Artifacts&amp;nbsp;</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://timbuktu58.blogspot.com/feeds/1679662410904397876/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment/fullpage/post/7451738/1679662410904397876?isPopup=true' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7451738/posts/default/1679662410904397876'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7451738/posts/default/1679662410904397876'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://timbuktu58.blogspot.com/2012/03/ancient-destroyed-cities.html' title='destroyed/lost cities; strange artifacts'/><author><name>.</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10110902110113628160</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7451738.post-1354001930667635840</id><published>2012-03-21T07:33:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2012-03-21T07:59:20.228-07:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="society"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="World"/><title type='text'>What ails the world</title><summary type="text">

What ails the world



In a nutshell, &quot;shirk&quot; - associating partners with God, or associating an imperfect being with the Perfect God.



Atheism denies God. To them, there is no God, just matter or energy which are interconvertible through Eistein&#39;s discovery

E = m x c x c




Where did matter (or energy) come from? What is the basis of the physical laws operating in the Universe? Who </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://timbuktu58.blogspot.com/feeds/1354001930667635840/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment/fullpage/post/7451738/1354001930667635840?isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7451738/posts/default/1354001930667635840'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7451738/posts/default/1354001930667635840'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://timbuktu58.blogspot.com/2012/03/what-ails-world.html' title='What ails the world'/><author><name>.</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10110902110113628160</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7451738.post-32750045558198634</id><published>2011-08-24T20:04:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2011-09-01T03:32:17.614-07:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Islam"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="society"/><title type='text'>Khilafate Rashida</title><summary type="text">I looked at what Hizbut Tahrir is asking for - Khilafa or the Caliphate. Who is opposing it vehemently, and why?
One may also ask why they have not asked for restoring Khifate Rashida.
Sunni thought has always looked upon Khilafate Rashida (The Rightly Guided Caliphate) as the model to aspire to. Why then this group has not asked Muslims to unite with this aim?
In the 1980&#39;s I came across a </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://timbuktu58.blogspot.com/feeds/32750045558198634/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment/fullpage/post/7451738/32750045558198634?isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7451738/posts/default/32750045558198634'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7451738/posts/default/32750045558198634'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://timbuktu58.blogspot.com/2011/08/khilafate-rashida.html' title='Khilafate Rashida'/><author><name>.</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10110902110113628160</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7451738.post-8460962516099444776</id><published>2011-08-18T22:29:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2011-08-18T22:59:34.345-07:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Islam"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="society"/><title type='text'>Satan&#39;s deceit</title><summary type="text">I see reports of conversions, mostly to Islam, but disturbingly enough, some from Islam to Christianity.

A part of these are due to &quot;marriage&quot; of Muslim girls to Christians in the West. It is forbidden, but it does occur. With children, and the pressure of society, some of these girls enter Christianity. What their inner thoughts are, were they really knowledgeable and practicing Muslims before </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://timbuktu58.blogspot.com/feeds/8460962516099444776/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment/fullpage/post/7451738/8460962516099444776?isPopup=true' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7451738/posts/default/8460962516099444776'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7451738/posts/default/8460962516099444776'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://timbuktu58.blogspot.com/2011/08/satans-deceit.html' title='Satan&#39;s deceit'/><author><name>.</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10110902110113628160</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7451738.post-7625777421238262956</id><published>2011-06-30T00:00:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2012-04-29T08:27:45.442-07:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="society"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="US"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="World"/><title type='text'>American Dream or NIghtmare?</title><summary type="text">
A great essay - long but worth a read and reflection.



The Painful Collapse of Empire:   

How the &quot;American Dream&quot; and American Exceptionalism Wreck Havoc on the World



We must tell the truth about the domination that is at the heart of the American Dream so that we may face the brokenness of our world.

&amp;nbsp; 

By Robert Jensen



June 29, 2011 &quot;Information Clearing House&quot; -- Whether </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://timbuktu58.blogspot.com/feeds/7625777421238262956/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment/fullpage/post/7451738/7625777421238262956?isPopup=true' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7451738/posts/default/7625777421238262956'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7451738/posts/default/7625777421238262956'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://timbuktu58.blogspot.com/2011/06/american-dream-or-nightmare.html' title='American Dream or NIghtmare?'/><author><name>.</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10110902110113628160</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7451738.post-5003232259342050212</id><published>2011-06-25T03:00:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2011-06-25T03:00:41.016-07:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Pakistan"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="US"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="war of terror"/><title type='text'>Obama loves to kill Muslims</title><summary type="text">under a different name, of course.

Pressure Pakistanis into attacking and killing their own countrymen, so that the country is split into factions fighting each other. Use drones within and outside the country to kill &quot;supected militants&quot; - which include babies and mothers and old men, and ordinary people out to earn a living. Use CIA agents to distribute money to the Tehrike Taliban Pakistan, </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://timbuktu58.blogspot.com/feeds/5003232259342050212/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment/fullpage/post/7451738/5003232259342050212?isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7451738/posts/default/5003232259342050212'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7451738/posts/default/5003232259342050212'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://timbuktu58.blogspot.com/2011/06/obama-loves-to-kill-muslims.html' title='Obama loves to kill Muslims'/><author><name>.</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10110902110113628160</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7451738.post-2121779113451888842</id><published>2011-06-24T06:58:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2011-06-24T06:58:15.981-07:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Pakistan"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="US"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="war of terror"/><title type='text'>another example of exceptionalism</title><summary type="text">The government, media and the Congress+Senate of the US are saying that Pakistan lied to them over uBL.

First of all, the account of the UBL killing is highly fishy. The US government changed the story many times, and the quick burial at sea arouses more suspicion that the US government has something to hide.

Secondly, it is not proved that Pakistan lied to the US. If Usama did live in that </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://timbuktu58.blogspot.com/feeds/2121779113451888842/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment/fullpage/post/7451738/2121779113451888842?isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7451738/posts/default/2121779113451888842'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7451738/posts/default/2121779113451888842'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://timbuktu58.blogspot.com/2011/06/another-example-of-exceptionalism.html' title='another example of exceptionalism'/><author><name>.</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10110902110113628160</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7451738.post-6171185906569064246</id><published>2011-06-23T19:41:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2011-06-23T19:41:59.512-07:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Pakistan"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="US"/><title type='text'>do Pakistanis hate the US</title><summary type="text">No

If they did, they would not want to send their young men to study and settle there.

What the Pakistanis hate is US exceptionalism, among other things.

The US government, senators, media are furious at the arrest of Pakistanis spying for the CIA.

In which country are spies of another country honored?

Would the US not arrest those Americans who spy for another country?</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://timbuktu58.blogspot.com/feeds/6171185906569064246/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment/fullpage/post/7451738/6171185906569064246?isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7451738/posts/default/6171185906569064246'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7451738/posts/default/6171185906569064246'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://timbuktu58.blogspot.com/2011/06/do-pakistanis-hate-us.html' title='do Pakistanis hate the US'/><author><name>.</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10110902110113628160</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7451738.post-6818247405777837519</id><published>2011-06-12T22:08:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2011-06-12T22:16:54.871-07:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Pakistan"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="society"/><title type='text'>One major reason why Karachi&#39;s electrics don&#39;t work!</title><summary type="text">
One major reason why Karachi&#39;s electrics don&#39;t work!
&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;
 &amp;nbsp;In January this year, more than 4,000 employees declared ‘non-core&amp;nbsp;personnel’ were restored by the coalition government but KESC management refused to accept the surplus personnel voluntarily. Now the solution is announcement of golden handshake packages and peaceful, dialogue and negotiation with the labour. </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://timbuktu58.blogspot.com/feeds/6818247405777837519/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment/fullpage/post/7451738/6818247405777837519?isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7451738/posts/default/6818247405777837519'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7451738/posts/default/6818247405777837519'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://timbuktu58.blogspot.com/2011/06/one-major-reason-why-karachis-electrics.html' title='One major reason why Karachi&#39;s electrics don&#39;t work!'/><author><name>.</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10110902110113628160</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7451738.post-550204369787184775</id><published>2011-05-06T08:27:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2011-05-06T08:27:08.003-07:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="9/11"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Pakistan"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="society"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="US"/><title type='text'>UBL museum, but the Pakis are stupid</title><summary type="text">News Update: Hoax or no hoax, most of the (so-called UBL) possessions that were found at the Abbotabad, have been burned down, and plans have been made to demolish the building there as soon as possible.

Had the Pakistanis been not stupid, they would preserve the building, and the material found in it - turning it into a UBL museum People would come from all corners of the world to have a </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://timbuktu58.blogspot.com/feeds/550204369787184775/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment/fullpage/post/7451738/550204369787184775?isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7451738/posts/default/550204369787184775'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7451738/posts/default/550204369787184775'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://timbuktu58.blogspot.com/2011/05/ubl-museum-but-pakis-are-stupid.html' title='UBL museum, but the Pakis are stupid'/><author><name>.</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10110902110113628160</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7451738.post-2974150658772665104</id><published>2011-05-05T10:08:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2011-05-07T23:55:05.103-07:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="9/11"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Pakistan"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="US"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="war of terror"/><title type='text'>The Agendas Behind the Bin Laden News Event</title><summary type="text">
                        
The Agendas Behind the Bin Laden News Event

By Paul Craig Roberts

 May 04, 2011 &quot;Information Clearing House&quot; -- The US  government’s bin Laden story was so poorly crafted that it did not last  48 hours before being fundamentally altered. Indeed, the new story put  out on Tuesday by White House press secretary Jay Carney bears little  resemblance to the original Sunday </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://timbuktu58.blogspot.com/feeds/2974150658772665104/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment/fullpage/post/7451738/2974150658772665104?isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7451738/posts/default/2974150658772665104'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7451738/posts/default/2974150658772665104'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://timbuktu58.blogspot.com/2011/05/agendas-behind-bin-laden-news-event.html' title='The Agendas Behind the Bin Laden News Event'/><author><name>.</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10110902110113628160</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7451738.post-2927356744909062772</id><published>2011-05-02T20:20:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2011-05-02T20:20:44.502-07:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="9/11"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="US"/><title type='text'></title><summary type="text">

&amp;nbsp;How to Photoshop a lie? 
Learn from the pros how its done!This picture (obl dead.jpg) of Osama bin Laden has been circulating the internet for 4 to 5 years now (maybe even more). A picture that has just (May 2nd, 2011) been released by US government and TV Networks as proof that OBL has been killed in Pakistan, May 2011.</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://timbuktu58.blogspot.com/feeds/2927356744909062772/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment/fullpage/post/7451738/2927356744909062772?isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7451738/posts/default/2927356744909062772'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7451738/posts/default/2927356744909062772'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://timbuktu58.blogspot.com/2011/05/how-to-photoshop-lie-learn-from-pros.html' title=''/><author><name>.</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10110902110113628160</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEF2FKAu3AEo6LWiTtL-aEzIsLtAqdCHoqvFmLsBmKhU-aNsDQd6U1CYrH6j2NObcfnxo4ReDpmoD4QMd7v_AKf4pbucgz4L0scKZy7MDwG3jawKilWlrAZXdMnfa6L4AoFgHzSQ/s72-c/bin+laden+fake.jpg" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7451738.post-458772364569653368</id><published>2011-05-02T06:13:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2011-05-02T06:13:14.707-07:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="9/11"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="US"/><title type='text'>Usama ben Laden dead?</title><summary type="text">Once again, the US declares that it has killed Usama ben Laden.

So far, serious questions about the 9/11 have not been answered.

We do not believe everything the US says. After all, their judge sentenced Aafia to 86 years for trying to kill US soldiers. The whole story of Aafia as told by the US is a pack of lies after lies.

And then, the Qs about 9/11 !!!

Anyway, everyone has to die some day</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://timbuktu58.blogspot.com/feeds/458772364569653368/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment/fullpage/post/7451738/458772364569653368?isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7451738/posts/default/458772364569653368'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7451738/posts/default/458772364569653368'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://timbuktu58.blogspot.com/2011/05/usama-ben-laden-dead.html' title='Usama ben Laden dead?'/><author><name>.</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10110902110113628160</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7451738.post-9074388601834768787</id><published>2011-03-07T07:33:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2011-03-07T07:33:42.980-08:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="society"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="US"/><title type='text'>US justice: 60 days for sport killing</title><summary type="text">An American soldier charged with killing Afghan civilians and mutilating their corpses has been sentenced to 60 days hard labor.&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;read more &amp;nbsp;A US military judge has found Specialist Corey Moore, 22, guilty of  serious misconduct -- including mutilating the corpse of a dead Afghan  civilian, AFP reported.  

He was also found guilty of smoking hashish and assaulting another  soldier</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://timbuktu58.blogspot.com/feeds/9074388601834768787/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment/fullpage/post/7451738/9074388601834768787?isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7451738/posts/default/9074388601834768787'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7451738/posts/default/9074388601834768787'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://timbuktu58.blogspot.com/2011/03/us-justice-60-days-for-sport-killing.html' title='US justice: 60 days for sport killing'/><author><name>.</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10110902110113628160</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7451738.post-7206275947880474381</id><published>2011-02-12T06:24:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2011-02-12T06:50:40.072-08:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="society"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="US"/><title type='text'>Bryan Fischer: a Christian Warmonger on Steroids</title><summary type="text">Laurence M. Vance quotes Bryan Fischer and refutes him:

&quot;The Scriptures certainly know nothing of squeamishness.&quot; Take the example of King David, a man who had slain &quot;his ten thousands&quot; (1 Samuel 18:7), &quot;fought with the Philistines, and brought away their cattle, and smote them with a great slaughter&quot; (1 Samuel 23:5), smote the Amalekites &quot;from the twilight even unto the evening of the next day:</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://timbuktu58.blogspot.com/feeds/7206275947880474381/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment/fullpage/post/7451738/7206275947880474381?isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7451738/posts/default/7206275947880474381'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7451738/posts/default/7206275947880474381'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://timbuktu58.blogspot.com/2011/02/bryan-fischer-christian-warmonger-on.html' title='Bryan Fischer: a Christian Warmonger on Steroids'/><author><name>.</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10110902110113628160</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7451738.post-4170131425305130124</id><published>2011-02-11T08:45:00.001-08:00</published><updated>2011-02-11T08:51:01.838-08:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Egypt"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Middle East"/><title type='text'>Congratulations, Egypt</title><summary type="text">Mubarak gone so congratulations, but it is only the first step.</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://timbuktu58.blogspot.com/feeds/4170131425305130124/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment/fullpage/post/7451738/4170131425305130124?isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7451738/posts/default/4170131425305130124'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7451738/posts/default/4170131425305130124'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://timbuktu58.blogspot.com/2011/02/congratulations-egypt.html' title='Congratulations, Egypt'/><author><name>.</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10110902110113628160</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7451738.post-5138844416073893705</id><published>2011-02-11T05:51:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2011-02-11T06:01:05.790-08:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Egypt"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Middle East"/><title type='text'>Live Egypt Feb 11, 2011 - alJazeera English</title><summary type="text"></summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://timbuktu58.blogspot.com/feeds/5138844416073893705/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment/fullpage/post/7451738/5138844416073893705?isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7451738/posts/default/5138844416073893705'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7451738/posts/default/5138844416073893705'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://timbuktu58.blogspot.com/2011/02/aljazeea-english-live-mainly-egypt.html' title='Live Egypt Feb 11, 2011 - alJazeera English'/><author><name>.</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10110902110113628160</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7451738.post-8675014553884517122</id><published>2011-02-09T09:31:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2011-02-11T09:07:28.231-08:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Egypt"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Middle East"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="society"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="US"/><title type='text'>crackdown continues in Egypt</title><summary type="text">Wael Ghonim and Ayman Mohyldin are free again, but others are still missing. Among them Blogger Abdul Kareem Nabeel Suleiman Amer, and independent film maker Samir Esh.
and many whose names we do not know.
6:47pm &amp;nbsp;There are reports of continuing crackdowns in Wadi al-Jadid.Attributing  the information to Egyptian security officials, Reuters reports that  several protesters suffered gunshot </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://timbuktu58.blogspot.com/feeds/8675014553884517122/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment/fullpage/post/7451738/8675014553884517122?isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7451738/posts/default/8675014553884517122'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7451738/posts/default/8675014553884517122'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://timbuktu58.blogspot.com/2011/02/crackdown-continues-in-egypt.html' title='crackdown continues in Egypt'/><author><name>.</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10110902110113628160</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry></feed>