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A world, unknown (BOOK) by Abdullah Saqib

noreply@blogger.com (ABUDi) — Wed, 05 Jan 2011 05:42:00 +0000

EQUATING LIFE BLOG IS PLEASED TO ANNOUNCE THAT ABDULLAH SAQIB,BLOG AUTHOR, WILL REVEAL HIS FIRST-EVER INSPIRATIONAL BOOK ON 11.02.2011

www.abookunknown.blogspot.com

"A world,unknown" is a book written by Abdullah Saqib, an engineering student in Islamabad,Pakistan.

The book is about the need for understanding the problems we face in our lives and the quest for unity. We all face problems but our approach towards problem solving is different and unique. Some concentrate on the short-term benefit while others tend to stress on the long-term. Many act alone but the consequences make them realise that the solution is unity. But how can unity be achieved when there are so many different groups,races,colors, and creeds? The answer is knitted within the book.

We all have our own world-view comprising of our thoughts,emotions,opinions,experiences, and perspectives and we normally wish to share our world with others. Our world becomes unknown when misconceptions, misinterpretations and related ills attack our world and seeks to eradicate it for without our world, we are lost souls with nothing to wait for but death.

Thus, this book combines all modes of english writing to motivate and inspire the reader to strengthen the world within through ideas and combine it with the worlds all around.

Conclusively, the mission of this book is to highlight the tussle going on which leads our world to become unknown and how to prevent this from happening. It ends with a manifesto, a call for action, urging to become leaders and agents of change for the betterment of humanity.

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PSYCHY.. a poem by Abdullah Saqib...

noreply@blogger.com (ABUDi) — Wed, 27 May 2009 17:17:00 +0000

I said this to my fellow brother,

Had an argument like no other,

With the aim of exploring each other,

Turned out to be much more lesser!

Mankind has a nature of colors,

Differing with one another,

But uniting on one thing or the other.

It seems white or it seems black,

Thinking forever that we’re on the right track,

May it be this or just that,

Whatever it is,it seems far more than what sounds fact.

With every experience,man learns something to view,

To apply,explore and to extract the very dew,

What seemed white now seems darker,

And what seemed black just turned lighter,

Turned out that the color was gray,

Preventing mankind from going astray!

Amidst all this, someone seems lost,

Wondering what this all could’ve cost,

Lamenting on the melting frost,

But what is out of focus ,

Is grayer than just bogus.

We live with each other,

Care for our brothers,

Dare to protect our sisters,

But stand for something better than the other,

Our energies integrate or disintegrate,

Our activities unite or disunite,

Our spirits rise or just shatter!

Rise up to the sky and wonder,

Is it a wonder or a blunder,

That we are all working for each other,

Trying to love our differences,

And to resolve our occurrences,

Not for you or me..,

But the greater part of us!

To make the air much sweeter,

To feel the sun more warmer,

To sense what we have for the other,

And then paint the sky a different color!

Brothers,sisters,mothers fathers,sons or daughters,

It is time that we think not to falter,

To highlight our weaknesses and let them shatter,

To give rise to strengths that are never to bother.

You and me,we and us,

Is a part of a sacred trust,

Explore what is beyond the crust,

And remember never to frust!

For anger is but a tool of the dust,

Threatening us in you and me,

Let us stand for what is and what was,

To give rise to a better clause,

For you and for me and for every feel,

Present, Future and History,

Reviving the very psychy…..!

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Truth about THE ECONOMIC BUBBLE- short documentary

noreply@blogger.com (ABUDi) — Sun, 26 Apr 2009 05:59:00 +0000

Why are you Muslim?

noreply@blogger.com (ABUDi) — Sun, 26 Apr 2009 05:54:00 +0000

‘Why are you Muslim?’ It may sound like an obvious question, but often many of us don’t have a clear answer to it. I remember being asked this question by my elder brother when I was fourteen years of age, my initial answer was ‘Well, our family is Muslim’, his reply to this made me think, he said, ‘If your family were Hindu or Christian, would you be as well?’. I replied with a strong ‘No, Islam is the truth’, the discussion that followed made me question the basis of my life and changed my life for ever. He triggered me to think about how to prove that Islam is the truth rather than just believing it emotionally or blindly. In fact Allah (swt) has condemned people for imitating their forefathers and adopting their belief without clear evidence.

In the Holy Qur’an, He (swt) says:

“And verily guess is no substitute for the truth.” [TMQ 53:28]

“They have no (certain) knowledge. They follow nothing but conjecture. For surely; they killed him not (‘Isa).” [TMQ 4:157]

"These are nothing but names which you have devised, you and your fathers, for which Allah has sent down no authority. They follow nothing but conjecture and what their Nafs desire. Even though there has already come to them the Guidance from their Rabb" [TMQ 53:23]

"Do you have Ilm (knowledge) for that which you claim so that you provide us with? You follow nothing but conjecture (Zann)." [TMQ 6:148]

The followers of other religions have no decisive proof for their belief, therefore they believe in their religions emotionally or through imitation. Some of them think that you just have to have faith without clear proof. However when it comes to normal things in life people apply a lot of thought such as buying a car, house, choosing a University course or which bank to join, so how can it be that when it comes to the most important questions about life; which define the purpose of our lives that we should just have ‘faith’ without being convinced absolutely.

It is therefore vital for a Muslim to believe in the existence of Allah (swt) without any doubt whatsoever and to believe in the Prophethood of Muhammad (saw) and that the Qur’an is the final revelation sent by Allah (swt) to humanity. Islam is unlike all the other religions as it has a decisive proof that convinces the mind.

Proof of the existence of God

Let us begin by discussing the proof of the existence of Allah (swt). Although we are taught theories regarding the origin of the Universe and origin of the Man such as the big bang theory and the theory of evolution, we should realise that they contradict the clear reality which everyone can sense.

The fundamental proof that God exists is that everything that we sense around us whether it is the mountains, the trees, the sun, the moon, the stars or animals and fellow human beings are limited things and are not eternal. By limited we mean that they have restrictions, a starting point and an ending point, and they have definable attributes i.e. they are all finite. Human beings are born and die. There is no-one alive who will not die. During their life span, they will grow to a certain height, weight and volume.

It is true that there are differences between the things that exist in the Universe however all of them share the quality of being limited and finite, the earth may be huge but it still has a certain shape, weight, volume by which it is limited, this applies to all planets, stars, solar systems and galaxies. Even though a galaxy may look huge to us as the earth looks huge to us and it is not eternal. Even if all of the galaxies and elements of the Universe are added together they do not become unlimited and therefore require an origin. No scientist could ever prove using hard facts that the universe has no bounds. In fact when they say that the universe arose from the Big Bang and is expanding they inherently admit it is finite in size, otherwise it could not .....

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is PAKISTAN ,today, an ISLAMIC STATE? by Abdullah Saqib

noreply@blogger.com (ABUDi) — Wed, 22 Apr 2009 12:44:00 +0000

a short presentation of ideas by Abdullah Saqib (equatinglife.blogspot.com) in FAST National University..

DEMOCRACY=DICTATORSHIP??
ISLAM=MOLVI+PUNISHMENTS+RESTRICTIONS???
PAKISTAN= ISLAMIC STATE?
MUSLIM= ISLAM?

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The Long March Episode : Democracy vs Dictatorship..

noreply@blogger.com (ABUDi) — Mon, 30 Mar 2009 13:19:00 +0000

The weekend in Pakistan saw the much awaited long march take its turn to add itself onto the list of the on-going Political crisis plaguing the country.

President Zardari had pledged to reinstate the deposed Chief justice Mr Chaudhry, who had been removed by Musharraf in the November state of emergency, within 30 days of taking office, but reneged on the promise, fearing the justice would re-open the case of alleged corruption by his late wife Benazir Bhutto and him over which immunity was granted by Musharraf in a potential power sharing deal.

The election of the PPP in power in January and the ‘in-house’ move of Zardari to Presidency saw him back down on his promise during the elections of re-instating the deposed judges if the PPP won.

Whilst Musharraf was in power we saw parties rally around the message that dictatorship was bad for the country and that is should be removed to guarantee ‘real’ progress. The message was not just for Musharraf but anyone with similar ambitions for dictatorial rule which had caused havoc in the country through the pursuance of the war on terror with no consultation from the national assembly, rasing juniors in army ranks above seniors who were more loyal to Musharraf, sending the heads of the two opposition parties into exile and sacking judges who could contest President Musharraf’s authority as un-constitutional.

Today, Democracy, through free and fair elections has bought Zardari, a renowned crook into the highest office of the country, allowed the bombing and killings in swat which has seen 500,000 people misplaced and thousands of innocent men, women and children killed by American drones, lying to the public that American strikes are unstoppable as they take place from Afghanistan whereas new information proves that the Pakistani gave the green light to America to bomb the citizens of the country, banning media reporting against the government as was done with GEO and colluding with the army to crackdown on lawyers, activists and opposition parties calling for the re-instatement of the deposed chief justice.

What can the people of Pakistan expect next even after the Chief Justice has been sworn back into power? How can people rest their confidence in Democracy for Pakistan after the information minister, Sherry Rehman resigned in the wake of the growing clampdown by government on protests by lawyers and opposition groups which speaks volumes on how many in the government see no difference in the previous regime and the new one?
Both Democracy and Dictatorship have wreaked havoc for Pakistan.

Those parties that questioned Dictatorship and contested it under Musharraf’s rule, are they now willing to challenge democracy and ask for its removal after witnessing its fruits?

By Majed Iqbal

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Quotable Quotes

noreply@blogger.com (ABUDi) — Sun, 08 Mar 2009 07:32:00 +0000

The following are some good quotes:

“I have always held the religion of Muhammad (saw) in high estimation because of its wonderful vitality. It is the only religion which appears to me to possess that assimilating capacity to the changing phase of existence which can make itself appeal to every age. I have studied him - the wonderful man and in my opinion far from being an anti-Christ, he must be called the Savior of Humanity. I believe that if a man like him were to assume the dictatorship of the modern world he would succeed in solving its problems in a way that would bring it the much needed peace and happiness.” [Sir George Bernard Shaw in ‘The Genuine Islam’ Vol. 1, No. 8, 1936]

“Our use of phrase ‘The Dark ages’ to cover the period from 699 to 1,000 marks our undue concentration on Western Europe... From India to Spain, the brilliant civilization of Islam flourished…To us it seems that West-European civilization is civilization, but this is a narrow view.” [Bertrand Russel in ‘History of Western Philosophy,’ London, 1948, p. 419]

“The Islamic teachings have left great traditions for equitable and gentle dealings and behavior, and inspire people with nobility and tolerance. These are human teachings of the highest order and at the same time practicable. These teachings brought into existence a society in which hard-heartedness and collective oppression and injustice were the least as compared with all other societies preceding it....Islam is replete with gentleness, courtesy, and fraternity.” [H.G. Wells.]

“…Science owes a great deal more to Arab culture (Islam), it owes its existence” [Robert Briffault in the “Making of Humanity”]

“I have to deplore the systematic manner in which the literature of Europe has continued to put out of sight our obligations to the Muhammadans. Surely they cannot be much longer hidden. Injustice founded on religious rancour and national conceit cannot be perpetuated forever. The Arab has left his intellectual impress on Europe. He has indelibly written it on the heavens as any one may see who reads the names of the stars on a common celestial globe.” [John William Draper in the “Intellectual Development of Europe”]

“History makes it clear, however, that the legend of fanatical Muslims sweeping through the world and forcing Islam at the point of sword upon conquered races is one of the most fantastically absurd myths that historians have ever repeated” [De Lacy O’Leary in ‘Islam at the Crossroads,’ London, 1923]

“Islam is a religion that is essentially rationalistic in the widest sense of this term…and the dogma of unity of God has always been proclaimed therein with a grandeur a majesty, an invariable purity and with a note of sure conviction, which it is hard to find surpassed outside the pale of Islam....A creed so precise, so stripped of all theological complexities and consequently so accessible to the ordinary understanding might be expected to possess and does indeed possess a marvelous power of winning its way into the consciences of men.” [Edward Montet, ‘La Propagande Chretienne et ses Adversaries Musulmans,’ Paris 1890. (Also in T.W. Arnold in ‘The Preaching of Islam,’ London 1913)]

Islamic finance may be cure for crisis, Vatican suggests

noreply@blogger.com (ABUDi) — Sun, 08 Mar 2009 07:31:00 +0000

Today's Zaman

As world markets suffer under the weight of the ongoing global financial crisis, the Vatican has put forward a new suggestion, arguing that the principles of Islamic finance may represent a possible cure for ailing markets.

The Vatican's official newspaper, L'Osservatore Romano, recently published an article titled "Islamic finance proposals and ideas for the West in crisis," prepared by Italian economists Loretta Napoleoni and Claudia Segre, in which it was suggested that the basic rules of Islamic finance could relieve suffering markets and particularly international financial systems. Noting that Islam prohibits "riba," Arabic for the usurious loaning of money, the article argued that "sukuk bonds," securities that comply with Islamic law, may be an alternative to interest. The article stressed that sukuk bonds are always real investments and never speculative.

The article said that in this atmosphere of crisis banks should take Muslims as an example and that the Islamic finance system may pave the way for the establishment of new rules in the Western world. The Vatican has suggested that the current capitalist system has failed. Pope Benedict XVI recently harshly criticized the capitalist system and the greediness of bank owners in the West. In the meantime, the Vatican itself has been badly affected by the crisis. It had recorded an 18 billion euro budget surplus in 2007, but this number had declined to 6 billion euros by the end of 2008 and is expected to fall further in 2009.

Ex-CEO of Hewlett-Packard comments on the Caliphate

noreply@blogger.com (ABUDi) — Fri, 20 Feb 2009 19:29:00 +0000

Below is an excerpt from a speech entitled “Technology, Business and our way of life: What’s Next?” given by Carly Fiorina in Minneapolis, Minnesota on September 26th, 2001 where she mentions the success of the caliphate as un-paralleled in world History.

“There was once a civilization that was the greatest in the world. It was able to create a continental super-state that stretched from ocean to ocean, and from northern climes to tropics and deserts. Within its dominion lived hundreds of millions of people, of different creeds and ethnic origins. One of its languages became the universal language of much of the world, the bridge between the peoples of a hundred lands. Its armies were made up of people of many nationalities, and its military protection allowed a degree of peace and prosperity that had never been known. The reach of this civilization’s commerce extended from Latin America to China, and everywhere in between.

And this civilization was driven more than anything, by invention. Its architects designed buildings that defied gravity. Its mathematicians created the algebra and algorithms that would enable the building of computers, and the creation of encryption. Its doctors examined the human body, and found new cures for disease. Its astronomers looked into the heavens, named the stars, and paved the way for space travel and exploration.

Its writers created thousands of stories. Stories of courage, romance and magic. Its poets wrote of love, when others before them were too steeped in fear to think of such things. When other nations were afraid of ideas, this civilization thrived on them, and kept them alive. When censors threatened to wipe out knowledge from past civilizations, this civilization kept the knowledge alive, and passed it on to others.

While modern Western civilization shares many of these traits, the civilization I’m talking about was the Islamic world from the year 800 to 1600, which included the Ottoman Empire and the courts of Baghdad, Damascus and Cairo, and enlightened rulers like Suleiman the Magnificent. Although we are often unaware of our indebtedness to this other civilization, its gifts are very much a part of our heritage. The technology industry would not exist without the contributions of Arab mathematicians. Sufi poet-philosophers like Rumi challenged our notions of self and truth. Leaders like Suleiman contributed to our notions of tolerance and civic leadership.

And perhaps we can learn a lesson from his example: It was leadership based on meritocracy, not inheritance. It was leadership that harnessed the full capabilities of a very diverse population-that included Christianity, Islamic, and Jewish traditions. This kind of enlightened leadership - leadership that nurtured culture, sustainability, diversity and courage - led to 800 years of invention and prosperity.

In dark and serious times like this, we must affirm our commitment to building societies and institutions that aspire to this kind of greatness. More than ever, we must focus on the importance of leadership- bold acts of leadership and decidedly personal acts of leadership. With that, I’d like to open up the conversation and see what we, collectively, believe about the role of leadership”.

Source: HP Website

Adam Smith,father of modern economics, praises khilafah

noreply@blogger.com (ABUDi) — Fri, 20 Feb 2009 19:26:00 +0000

Adam Smith, the 18th Century founder of modern economics whose picture is printed on the current UK £20 note, was exceedingly inspired by the Islamic method of governing. He proclaimed that:

"…the empire of the Caliphs seems to have been the first state under which the world enjoyed that degree of tranquility which the cultivation of the sciences requires. It was under the protection of those generous and magnificent princes, that the ancient philosophy and astronomy of the Greeks were restored and established in the East; that tranquility, which their mild, just and religious government diffused over their vast empire, revived the curiosity of mankind, to inquire into the connecting principles of nature."*

* Adam Smith, ‘History of Astronomy’, The Essays of Adam Smith (London, 1869), p. 353

Are you ready to die tomorrow??

noreply@blogger.com (ABUDi) — Fri, 20 Feb 2009 16:58:00 +0000

We think in detail about certain things, typically things that interest us or which we are directly facing. So football fanatics spend time in following up the latest football news, whose playing who, whose been bought and by which team, etc. People into music would know about the latest chart hits, the top ten, what new bands are on the scene and spend time thinking about this. Movie buffs would ponder about the latest movies, upcoming releases, the latest awards and the like.

Despite expending effort in applying thought upon these trivial issues people in Western society often pay little attention to clearly a vital topic, that of death. It has even become a taboo subject to the extent that people try to change the discussion when it is mentioned.

It is completely irrational to avoid thinking about death as it is the most definite thing in life. To turn away from it is avoiding the inevitable, know one lives forever. All of us know of people who have died whether within our families, community, friends or colleagues. The reason for why many avoid the topic is fear. Fear of the unknown and fear of leaving this life. In fact Western society pushes people into all forms of escapism, so that they attempt to escape reality by drowning themselves in music, movies, sport, and popular culture.

All of us will face death one day, our hearts will stop, our brain activity will stop and our bodies will decompose. However as Muslims we know that death is not the end. Allah (swt) has informed us that there is life after death, that we will be accounted for every action we performed and will be either sent to Jannah (paradise) or Jahannam (Hellfire) according to our deeds.

For a Muslim reminding oneself of death strengthens our realisation of the afterlife and commitment to Islam.

The Messenger of Allah (saw) said, “The clever one is he who disciplined himself and worked for what is after death, and the feeble one is he who followed his desires, then made (vain) prayers to Allah”.

No matter how ‘hard’ or ‘cool’ people think they are, one day they will die and will stand in front of Allah (swt).

“Say: The Death from which you flee will truly overtake you: then will you be sent back to the Knower of all things secret and open: and He will tell you (the truth of) the things that you did!” [Al-Jumu’a:8].

It will be too late to change after you have died, you cannot go back and change things and live life in a better way. There is coming back for the Salah (prayers) you have missed or to make right the wrongs you committed.

“Until, when death comes to one of them, he says: “O my Lord! Send me back (to life), in order that I may do good in that which I have left behind!” - No! It is but a word that he speaks; and behind them is a Partition until the Day they are raised up. Then when the Trumpet is blown, there will be no more kinship among them that day, nor will they ask of one another! Then those whose scales (of good deeds) are heavy, they are the successful. And those whose scales (of good deeds) are light, they are those who lose their ownselves; in Hell will they abide” [Al-Mu’minun: 99-103],

Thinking about death should make us correct out lives, perform our obligations and stay away from haram (prohibitions). Whilst we are alive it is not too late to change. In fact one of the pious Muslims in the past Al-Rabee’ b. Khaytham had dug a grave in his house, so that if he found hardness within his heart, he would enter it and lay down for as long as Allah wished and read: “O my Lord! Send me back (to life) in order that I may work righteousness in the things I neglected” repeating it, then he would reply to himself saying: “Oh, Rabee’, here, you have been returned, so work.”

The Messenger of Allah (saw) said, “Increase the remembrance of that which destroys all desires” [Al Tirmidhi]

And he (saw) said, “If animals knew what the sons of Adam knew of death, you would not have found any fat on them to eat” [Al Baihaqi in “Al Sha’ab”].

Thinking about death should not have only a temporary affect on us, so that if someone who is close to us dies, we get ill or have a near death experience, we go to the mosque for a while and start following Islam. However some time passes the affect wears off and we are back to our old ways. On the contrary, death should be at the forefront of our minds and should affect us in a permanent way.

The Messenger of Allah (saw) said to Abdullah b.Umar (ra), “If you awoke in the morning, do not speak to yourself of the evening, and if you reach the evening, do not speak to yourself of the morning. Take from your life for your death, and from your health for your illness, as you, oh Abdullah, do not know what your name will be tomorrow” [Bukhari].

We shouldn’t think that by temporarily following Islam and repenting to Allah (swt) and then going back to being negligent in our duties and entering into sin, that our repentance will count.

“Of no effect is the repentance of those who continue to do evil deeds, until death faces one of them, and he says: “Now I repent” nor of those who die while they are disbelievers. For them have we prepared a painful torment” [An-Nisa: 18].

Pondering about death should make us prepare for it, so that we treat this life as a journey and a test not as a time to be obsessed with enjoying ourselves disregarding the limits that Allah (swt) has placed on us. Allah (swt) says:

“And the life of this world is only a deceiving enjoyment” [al-Hadid: 20]

Ibn ‘Umar (ra) said, “I came to the Prophet (saw), and I was the tenth of ten men, when a man from the Ansar asked: Who is the most clever and the most honourable of people, Oh Messenger of Allah? He (saw) replied: “Those who remember death the most and work the hardest to prepare for it; they are the clever ones. They have left with the honour of this world and the dignity of the Akhirah” [Ibn Majah]

‘Uthman bin ‘Affan (ra), in the last Khutba he gave in his life, said: “Allah (swt) gave you this world to request the Akhirah, and did not give it to you for you to rely upon, for this world ends and Akhirah is everlasting. So let not that which ends make you disregardful, nor keep you busy from that which lasts. Choose to seek that which lasts over that which ends, for this world will be cut off and our return is to Allah.” Death reminds us of Akhirah, and there is no better reminder.

There are specific actions that the Prophet (saw) encouraged us to undertake to remind ourselves about death.

Abi Tharr (ra) said The Messenger of Allah (saw) said: “Visit the graves, as it will be a reminder of the Akhirah, and wash the dead, as taking care of an empty body is an outstanding admonition, and pray over the Jana’iz (funerals), as it may sadden you, for the sad one is in the shade of Allah” [Ibn Abi Al Dunya and Al Haakim].

And Ibn Abi Mulaykah said, The Messenger of Allah (saw) said: “Visit your dead and pray for peace upon them, for there is an admonition for you in it” [Ibn Abi Al Dunya - Good chain of narrators].
And Al-Dhaahik said: A man once said: Oh, Messenger of Allah, who is the most Zaahid (abstinent) of people? He (saw) said: “He who does not forget the grave and abandoned the luxuries of life, seeking that which lasts above that which ends, not counting yesterday as one of his days, and counted himself amongst the people of the graves”. It is easy to leave the thought of death at the back of your mind and believe that you have a long life left. The angel of death leaves no one, whether young or old when their time has come.

In fact the remembrance is not crying and wailing and blaming one’s self when one is on the brink of death, or attending a funeral or visiting graves alone. Rather, remembrance of death is when a believer imagines that he will meet his Lord at any moment, and his actions will be cut off, as will his ability for repentance. So he will be aware of himself, careful to obey Allah (swt), wary of his Lord every second of his life.

"Say: ‘My life, my death and acts of worship are all for the Lord of the mankind (Rabil alamin)” [Al-An’am: 162]

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is OBAMA fair??......lol

noreply@blogger.com (ABUDi) — Thu, 05 Feb 2009 16:18:00 +0000

i got an email nd i cudnt stop myself from sharing it... lol

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a PEACEFUL death.. >exclusive video<

noreply@blogger.com (ABUDi) — Sun, 25 Jan 2009 19:13:00 +0000

"Without You" album -Sami Yusuf- free download with LYRICS

noreply@blogger.com (ABUDi) — Wed, 21 Jan 2009 13:09:00 +0000

The highlight of the album is the track "Forever Palestine", a heartfelt song expressing the courage and endurance of the Palestinian people in these times of hardship and suffering. "Of the other songs in the album, Sallou is a beautiful synthesis of four different languages taking a different angle on the Danish cartoons controversy, while He is There, Without You, and Anything For You, all written by renowned British singer and songwriter Conner Reeves are songs that remind people of what they sometimes forget in their busy lives. A Thousand Times is a song about real friendship, while Not in My Name is an explosive song denouncing acts of violance - both written by Bara Kherigi. The song Never Never is influenced by Indian music and beautifully combines English, Hindi and Turkish. Salutation is a soft and meditative acapella track. The album also contains the hit single Asma Allah - the melodious ballad that was pre-released with a music video. All the songs in this album were composed by Sami Yusuf.

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LYRICS.. "Without You" by Sami Yusuf.(Awakening Records)

A Thousand Times - Lyrics

Anything For You - Lyrics

Asma Allah - Lyrics

Forever Palestine - Lyrics

He Is There - Lyrics

My Only Wish (interlude) - Lyrics

Never Never - Lyrics

Not In My Name - Lyrics

Sallou - Lyrics

Salutation - Lyrics

Without You - Lyrics

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My Only Wish - (interlude- Sami Yusuf 2009)

noreply@blogger.com (ABUDi) — Tue, 20 Jan 2009 18:45:00 +0000

SHOCKING Reality!

noreply@blogger.com (ABUDi) — Sat, 17 Jan 2009 09:28:00 +0000

Israel shells UN school in Gaza

War rages for 22nd day despite speculation of imminent Israeli 'unilateral ceasefire'.

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PALESTINE FOREVER by Sami Yusuf

noreply@blogger.com (ABUDi) — Sat, 17 Jan 2009 09:12:00 +0000

Bringing you the latest track from Sami Yusuf's new album "Without You"... This track revolves around Palestine and Gaza to be specific.. the lyrics are powerful and the video emotional...

Hope you are moved.. with this track "Palestine Forever" by Sami Yusuf...

May God free us from the clutches of our enemies and traitors.. May God bring peace and prosperity to us...and soften our hearts to STAND UP FOR WHAT IS RIGHT...and what is the TRUTH...

O people of GAZA.. we are with you... we are feeling your pain and we wont be at peace until u attain peace//

Gaza diary: Are we not human?

noreply@blogger.com (ABUDi) — Tue, 13 Jan 2009 17:09:00 +0000

By Mohammed Ali in Gaza City

Many Gazans feel hopeless in the face of the Israeli bombardment [GALLO/GETTY

As the death toll from Israel's war on Gaza continues to climb, Mohammed Ali, an advocacy
and media researcher for Oxfam who lives in Gaza City, will be keeping a diary of his feelings
and experiences.

Are we not human?

The air, the sea and the earth in Gaza City are now occupied by the Israeli military.

They occupy Gazans' minds, nerves and ears too.

In a bid to stop my children twitching, jerking, trembling and waking at every sound of an

attack during their few hours of sleep and their many waking hours, I put cotton wool in their

ears - it has not worked.

I wonder what damage is being done to my children's tiny hearts. Theirs are not as big as

mine, they can cope less with the stress that is being put on them.

We ran out of fuel for our generator, which meant that we were confined to a small room
filled with eleven people, with little light for three days.

We have not had water either; our well can only pump water if it has electricity which most
of the Gaza Strip has been denied since this nightmare started.

Unlike many other families, we were fortunate yesterday to find 20 litres of benzene to

power our generator. No fuel has come in since the onset of this attack on Gaza so we had

to pay seven times its usual price.

We have one day's worth of food left and the nappies I bought two weeks ago are nearly

gone. They are not good quality as little has been able to enter this strip of land since the

blockade was imposed on us 18 months ago. Bad quality nappies mean unpleasant leakages,

and for the last few days the little ones have had to be bathed in freezing cold water.

My sister who was with us the last time I wrote decided to return home in spite of our protests.

She feared that with food reserves running out we might have to eat one meal a day rather

than the two we have been having of late. At home she has a little food left, enough to keep

her and her family going for a while longer.

We are now 11, huddled together in my parents' dining room. My brother and I and our families

moved there, thinking that the first floor may be the safest option.

There is a saying in Arabic which says "death in a group is a mercy". I guess if we die together maybe, just maybe, we will feel less of the pain than in doing so alone.

I have had 8 hours sleep since the beginning of this conflict; we can hear attacks almost every minute.

I think to myself, if one of us is injured or needs medical attention what will happen? Ambulances

are finding it difficult to reach civilians, roads are blocked by rubble, Israeli forces in their path -

you could bleed to death.

Even if they did get to us, maybe we would be bombed on our way to the hospital. If we did

reach the hospital there might not be enough room to treat us - there is little medication or equipment or any electricity to fuel the life-saving equipment. We would not even be able to

get out of Gaza for the life-saving treatment we needed.

Hospitals are now running on back-up generators making life even more difficult for the doctors

who are trying to cope with the influx of the injured. If fuel runs out for the generators, those

on life-saving equipment will perish.

I heard a woman calling into a radio station today - ambulance services could not reach her

and I guess she thought the radio station might be able to do something. She was wailing

down the phone "our home is on fire, my children are dying, help me". I do not know what

happened to her and her children - I do not want to imagine.

I spend much of my time thinking that this could be the last hour of my existence.

As I try to fall asleep, I hear on the radio the numbers of people who have died rising by the

hour. I wonder if tomorrow morning, I will be part of that body count, part of the next breaking news.

I will be just another number to all those watching the death and destruction in Gaza or maybe

the fact that I work for Oxfam will mean that I will be a name and not just a number. I might

be talked about for a minute and moments later forgotten, like all those other people who have

had their lives taken away from them.

I am not afraid of dying - I know that one day we all must die. But not like this, not sitting idly

in my home with my children in my arms waiting for our lives to be taken away. I am disgusted

by this injustice.

What is the international community waiting for - to see even more dismembered people and

families erased before they act? Time is ticking by and the numbers of dead and injured are increasing. What are they waiting for?

What is happening is against humanity, are we not human?

There is no humanitarian crisis in Gaza?!

noreply@blogger.com (ABUDi) — Tue, 13 Jan 2009 16:33:00 +0000

Chris Gunness of one of the UN aid agencies speaks to SBS about the goings-on in Gaza, as well as some of the Israeli lies, including the purported claim that "there is no humanitarian crisis".

If they are afraid to move,they should open the borders and we will fight!

noreply@blogger.com (ABUDi) — Tue, 13 Jan 2009 16:22:00 +0000

Young Muslimah's message: Every Arab president is sitting on his throne and afraid to lose it. If they are afraid to move, or do something for Palestine, they should open the borders and we will fight!

Muslims in Afghanistan: We are all ready for jihad and ready to sacrifice to fight against the Jewish regime and to defend the Muslim land of Palestine.

Around the world, muslims continue to raise their voices. Gone are the days when this ummah would sit back and watch; wherever Musilms live, sizeable gatherings have been held.

Deadly Silence??

noreply@blogger.com (ABUDi) — Tue, 13 Jan 2009 16:14:00 +0000

where is the UN? where is the US wanting 'peace,democracy and freedom' for the world, where are the leaders? where are the guardians and the military that are bound to protect? Is HUMAN BLOOD that cheap?? Do we still trust those that have proved not worthy of trust?... OIC...sounds like "Oh! I See"

They keep on seeing..the leaders keep on laughing and the people keep on dying? Have we really equated life in such a hypocritical fashion? Open Your Eyes! You could be NEXT!!

Israel shelled Palestinians after evacuating them, UN says

Killing of 30 people in house full of evacuees 'one of gravest incidents' since Gaza operations began

Jo Adetunji
guardian.co.uk, Friday 9 January 2009 11.38 GMT
Article history

The body of a girl who was found in the rubble of her destroyed house following an Israeli air strike on a house in Zeitoun Photograph: Mohammed Abed/AFP/Getty Images

At least 30 people were killed in the Zeitoun district of Gaza after Israeli troops repeatedly shelled a house to which more than 100 Palestinians had been evacuated by the Israeli military, the UN said today.

The UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), said in a report it was "one of the gravest incidents since the beginning of operations" against Hamas militants in Gaza by the Israeli military on 27 December.

OCHA said the incident took place on 4 January, a day after Israel began its ground offensive in Gaza. According to testimonies gathered by the UN, Israeli soldiers evacuated about 110 Palestinians to a single-storey house in Zeitoun, south-east Gaza. The evacuees were instructed to stay indoors for their safety but 24 hours later the Israeli army shelled the house. About half the Palestinians sheltering in the house were children, OCHA said. The report also complains that the Israeli Defence Force prevented medical teams from entering the area to evacuate the wounded.

The OCHA report does not accuse Israel of a deliberate act but calls for an investigation. Responding to the report, an Israeli military spokeswoman, Avital Leibovich, told AFP news agency: "From initial checking, we don't have knowledge of this incident. We started an inquiry but we still don't know about it."

Among the dead were nine members of the Samouni family; a picture of three of the family's children in blood-stained clothing laid on a morgue floor and in front of their grieving father wasshown in the Guardian on Tuesday. The father, Wael Samouni, said dozens of people had been sheltering in the house after Israeli troops ordered them and neighbours to stay inside.

"Those who survived, and were able, walked two kilometres to Salah Ed Din road before being transported to the hospital in civilian vehicles," the UN said.

Rescuers from the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) and the Palestinian Red Crescent Society said they were able to reach the area on Wednesday only after being allowed safe passage by Israel.

The ICRC issued a statement on the incident yesterday, accusing the Israeli military of "unacceptable" delays in allowing medics safe access to injured Gazans.

More than 40 Palestinians were killed in another incident on Tuesday after missiles exploded outside a UN school that had been sheltering hundreds of people in the Jabaliya refugee camp, despite the UN saying the school was clearly marked with a UN flag and its position reported to Israeli military.

More than 750 Palestinians have died since the start of the Israeli military operation. More than half of Gaza's population are children, and the Palestinian ministry of health said about 42% of the casualties have been children.

Unicef said at least 100 children and minors were killed in the first 10 days of fighting. The Palestinian Centre for Human Rights, which posts staff at hospitals to track casualties, put this number at more than 160.

Abdel-Rahman Ghandour, the Jordan-based spokesman for Unicef in the Middle East and North Africa, said: "We are talking about urban war. The density of the population is so high, it's bound to hurt children … This is a unique conflict, where there is nowhere to go."

Israel has accused Hamas of using civilians as human shields and has said militants have fired rockets from rooftops of homes and mosques.

Mark Regev, an Israeli government spokesman, said: "Israel wants to see no harm to the children of Gaza. On the contrary, we would like to see their children and our children grow up without the fear of violence. Until now, Hamas has deliberately prevented that from becoming reality."

Fighting in Gaza has continued despite yesterday's UN security council resolution calling for an "immediate" and "durable" ceasefire and the full withdrawal of Israeli troops from Gaza. The resolution was passed with 14 out of 15 members in support of the resolution. The US abstained from the vote.

Palestinian PM crying in GAZA..

noreply@blogger.com (ABUDi) — Thu, 08 Jan 2009 18:15:00 +0000

we wish we had leaders like this... our leaders dont even know how to pray or lead a prayer coz if they feared Allah they wudve responded forcefully to watever is being done...MAY GOD RID US OF OUR RULERS and RAISE a sincere leadership so that the muslims stand under one banner...UNITED...
look at venezuala..atleast they did more than any of the muslim leaders,,

guardian.co.uk Venezuela Expels Israeli Ambassador in Solidarity with Palestinian ...
Venezuelanalysis.com, Venezuela - 16 hours ago
Israel will expel the Venezuelan charge d’affaires, based in Tel Aviv, in retaliation for the expulsion of the Israeli ambassador from Venezuela. Israel’s ...
To protest Gaza op, Venezuela gives Israeli diplomats 72 hours to ... Ha'aretz
Israel's Gaza invasion provokes protests throughout Latin America Kansas City Star
Chavez hopes Gaza situation improves under Obama The Associated Press

UN= United Neglectors! 20th century ROBBERY !!

noreply@blogger.com (ABUDi) — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 18:25:00 +0000

Coup against Mobarak?...

noreply@blogger.com (ABUDi) — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 11:38:00 +0000

News of Arrests of Egyptian Army Officers Amid Growing Resentment Within The Army Over Gaza

Posted by CBS News Investigates

Watan Newspaper:
An online news report that was widely distributed on the Internet today quoted unidentified diplomatic sources as saying that Egyptian authorities have arrested a number of high-ranking army officers and put military police on high alert following signs of growing resentment within the army over the way President Hosni Mubarak has handled the current situation in Gaza. The arrested officers were accused of forming a secret cell linked to outside political powers opposing the Egyptian regime.

The sources said that the current political situation might change in the coming few days because the Egyptian administration feels it was deceived and manipulated by the U.S. and Israel to scapegoat the current military operation in Gaza.

The sources also said that security will be tightened around Cairo as of today and more police will be deployed around key areas and around the residences of the big figures of the Egyptian ruling party.

http://www.cbsnews.com/blogs/2008/12/31/roundup/entry4693756.shtml

Egyptian army threatens Mubarek government with military coup for supporting Israel

[ 05 Jan 2009 12:45 ]

Cairo – APA. Loyal position of the Egyptian government on Israel’s military aggression against Palestine raised protest in the country. APA reports that protest actions condemned the government’s position in various cities. Tens of thousands of Egyptians marched towards Rafah checkpoint to help the Palestinians in Gaza Strip and chanted slogans against Mubarek government. Officers of the Egyptian army threatened the government with military coup. They said if Mubarek government supports Israel, the army will stage a coup.

http://en.apa.az/news.php?id=94703

The Purpose of life...

noreply@blogger.com (ABUDi) — Mon, 05 Jan 2009 13:55:00 +0000