I'm not going to be sarcastic nor humorous - the situation in Syria is such that it overwhelms me.
Thousands have died and continue to do so. The beast that is Bashar deserves a most wretched death, all that he has done I guarantee you it will all come back to him. I am not here to discuss the dirtbag rather I wish to bring to your attention the victims of this tyrant.
Men, women, children and the elderly - none have been spared the horror! I'm not going to go into the graphic details but to put it simply...women's honour has been violated, men have been massacred and children have been left orphaned...yet the world 'leaders' remain silent.
I think its fair to say the Syrian people should not have any expectations of being rescued by the UN, Arab League or any other pathetic and useless group! To be honest, I'm pretty sure the Syrian are brave enough and smart enough to know only they can help themselves and most obviously - God. But here's the thing, I always like to defeat people expectations! They expect nothing from outsiders, so lets do the opposite - lets show them we care and we're thinking about them. Please donate, whether its a pound or a penny....give what you can.
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Thursday, 9 February 2012
Saturday, 14 January 2012
Guantanamo - 10 Years Later!
10 years later Guantanamo remains open and worse of all, active. 170 captives remain stranded on this is island in a facility that will go into history books as the the worst criminal act by the USA. I guarantee you!
This facility is known to have carried out regular torture & this came in all forms, physical, mental and sexual. The implications of this on the detainees mental health are terrifying. Sexual abuse is sadly quite common in regular state prison, committed by criminals on other incarcerated criminals. Never have I heard of such rampant cases of sexual abuse by GUARDS on prisoners as often as I have from Guantanamo. I say without hesitation that the majority of guards at GITMO are more criminal than those being held. Guantanamo is the equivalent of letting dogs look after humans - a disaster waiting to happen. Human rights group argue that indefinite detention alone is an act of torture, add solitary confinement to that and you have a lethal mental weapon against detainees.
Acts of torture are common. This is not me saying it, the documents speak for them self! Khalid Sheikh Mohammed was captured in March 2003 & had been waterboarded atleast 183 times by the CIA. That wasn't all, he was held at a secret detention facility - so only God knows what else he & many others were put through. A judge even declared that "Americas idea of what is torture...does not appear to coincide with that of most civilized nations".
This facility has held over 700 people. That's 700 lives destroyed / tainted forever, not including the guards. As much as one can say they are weak people to follow commands even when they are so blatantly inhumane one can't begin to think of what they feel when they're back home with their families, knowing what evil acts they've witness & participated in.
Guantanamo has changed the future for many people. It has transgressed all limits both morally & legally. It has always been said that in war leave alone the women, the children & the old. Guantanamo has had no mercy. The oldest captive was 89 year old Mohammed Sadiq, and the youngest 14 year old Naqib Ullah (I'm pretty sure I've heard of a 12 year old being held but can't find the details). There have also been statements of women being held there. The US government has since become cocky & has even so far as to go into other nations and kidnap foreign citizens! Last year Italy convicted 26 CIA agents in absentia for kidnapping an Italian citizen & then dumping him in the woods near his house a year later.
The individuals that remain there are there simply to save face! Shaker Ameer, Fayiz Al Kanderi, Omar Khadr & many more are ready for release but due to the US governments stupidity & plain arrogance they remain stranded.
"GTMO should be closed, torture abolished, military commisons scrapped, renditions ceased, indefinite detention should be a thing of the past & people (including children) should no longer be made to 'disappear' into unknown black site prisons" - David Hicks (in an exclusive interview with Jason Leopold) The fact that such a statement needs to be said tells us how bad things have got.
Guantanamo is no longer about keeping the bad guys locked up. The bad guys aren't the ones in the cages - scary but true! Rather it's the ones in uniforms carrying out the commands who should be locked up. It's the leader who allows their actions to continue, when a true leader would be ashamed of having such actions associated with his leadership, who deserves to be locked up. The real criminals sit behind desks arguing to keep practicing torture & sign new laws that make torture acceptable! The real criminals strut around thinking their invincible, I swear by the One who created this Earth & everything in it, they will be judged & true justice will be served!
This facility is known to have carried out regular torture & this came in all forms, physical, mental and sexual. The implications of this on the detainees mental health are terrifying. Sexual abuse is sadly quite common in regular state prison, committed by criminals on other incarcerated criminals. Never have I heard of such rampant cases of sexual abuse by GUARDS on prisoners as often as I have from Guantanamo. I say without hesitation that the majority of guards at GITMO are more criminal than those being held. Guantanamo is the equivalent of letting dogs look after humans - a disaster waiting to happen. Human rights group argue that indefinite detention alone is an act of torture, add solitary confinement to that and you have a lethal mental weapon against detainees.
Acts of torture are common. This is not me saying it, the documents speak for them self! Khalid Sheikh Mohammed was captured in March 2003 & had been waterboarded atleast 183 times by the CIA. That wasn't all, he was held at a secret detention facility - so only God knows what else he & many others were put through. A judge even declared that "Americas idea of what is torture...does not appear to coincide with that of most civilized nations".
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| Detainee returning after interrogation |
This facility has held over 700 people. That's 700 lives destroyed / tainted forever, not including the guards. As much as one can say they are weak people to follow commands even when they are so blatantly inhumane one can't begin to think of what they feel when they're back home with their families, knowing what evil acts they've witness & participated in.
Guantanamo has changed the future for many people. It has transgressed all limits both morally & legally. It has always been said that in war leave alone the women, the children & the old. Guantanamo has had no mercy. The oldest captive was 89 year old Mohammed Sadiq, and the youngest 14 year old Naqib Ullah (I'm pretty sure I've heard of a 12 year old being held but can't find the details). There have also been statements of women being held there. The US government has since become cocky & has even so far as to go into other nations and kidnap foreign citizens! Last year Italy convicted 26 CIA agents in absentia for kidnapping an Italian citizen & then dumping him in the woods near his house a year later.
The individuals that remain there are there simply to save face! Shaker Ameer, Fayiz Al Kanderi, Omar Khadr & many more are ready for release but due to the US governments stupidity & plain arrogance they remain stranded.
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| David Hicks |
Guantanamo is no longer about keeping the bad guys locked up. The bad guys aren't the ones in the cages - scary but true! Rather it's the ones in uniforms carrying out the commands who should be locked up. It's the leader who allows their actions to continue, when a true leader would be ashamed of having such actions associated with his leadership, who deserves to be locked up. The real criminals sit behind desks arguing to keep practicing torture & sign new laws that make torture acceptable! The real criminals strut around thinking their invincible, I swear by the One who created this Earth & everything in it, they will be judged & true justice will be served!
Monday, 2 January 2012
List of those detained at #Guantanamo
They deserve to be heard....
Al-Afghani, Haroon
Al-Afghani, Muhammed
Fazl, Mullah Mohammad
Ghani, Abdul
Gul, Khi Ali
Karim, Bostan
Khairkhwa, Khirullah Said Wali
Omari, Mohammad Nabi
Hamidullah
Kamin, Mohammed
Khan, Shawali
Mohammed, Haji Wali
Noori, Mullah Norullah
Obaidullah
Razzak, Abdul (73 years old & died in custody)
Shah, Nahir
Sohail, Mohammed Mustafa
Wasiq, Abdul Haq
Zahir, Abdul
Zahir, Mohommod
Belbacha, Ahmed Bin Saleh
Belkacem, Bensayah
Hadjarab, Nabil
Khadr, Omar Ahmed (taken into custody when 15 years old)
Abbas, Yusef
Abdulghupur, Hajiakbar
Khalik, Saidullah
Mohamed, Ahmed
Razak, Abdul
Al Sawah, Tariq Mahmoud Ahmed
Bin Isamuddin, Riduan
Al Iraqi, Abd Al Hadi
Malik, Abdul
Al Awda, Fouzi Khalid Abdullah
Al Kandari, Faiz Mohammed Ahmed
Diyab, Jihad Ahmed Mujstafa
Abdelrahan, Abdelrazak Ali
Abdelrahman, Abdelrazak Ali
Abu Bakr, Omar Khalifa Mohammed
al-Libi, Abu Faraj
Ali Bakush, Ismael Ali Faraj
Ghereby, Salem Abdul Salem
bin Lep, Mohammed Nazir
Zubair, Mohamed Farik bin Amin
Aziz, Ahmed Abdel
Slahi, Mohamedou Ould
Nasir, Abdul Latif
Shokuri, Yunis Abdurrahman
Abu Rahman, Abdul Rabbani Abd Al Rahim
Baluchi, Ammar
Khan, Majid
Mohammed, Khalid Sheikh
Paracha, Saifullah
Rabbani, Mohammed Ahmad Ghulam
Zubaida, Abu
Mingazov, Ravil
Al Bedani, Abdul Khaled Ahmed Sahleh
Al Bihani, Tolfiq Nassar Ahmed
Al Darbi, Ahmed Muhammed Haza
Al Nashiri, Abd al-Rahim
Al Qahtani, Jabran Said Wazar
Al Qahtani, Muhammad Mani Ahmed Al Shal Lan
Al Sharbi, Ghassan Abdullah
Al Shumrani, Mohammad Al Rahman
Al Zahrani, Muhammed Murdi Issa
Ali Bin Attash, Hassan Mohammed
Amar, Abu
Ami, Shakir Abdurahim Mohamed
Hawsawi, Mustafa Ahmed
Qahtani, Said Muhammad Husyan
Qattaa, Mansoor Muhammed Ali
Shalabi, Abdul Rahman
Dourad, Gouled Hassan
Al Qosi, Ibrahim Ahmed Mahmoud
Idris, Ibrahim Othman Ibrahim
Muhammaed, Noor Uthman
Ahjam, Ahmed Adnan
Faraj, Abd Al Hadio Omar Mahmoud
Shaaban, Ali Husein
Abdulayev, Omar Hamzayavich
Al Yazidi, Ridah Bin Saleh
Hkiml, Adel Bin Ahmed Bin Ibrahim
Ourgy, Abdul Bin Mohammed Bin Abess
Rahman, Mohammed Abdul
Sliti, Hisham Bin Ali Bin Amor
Abd Al Sattar, Muieen A Deen Jamal A Deen Abd Al Fusal
Hamidullah, Ali Sher
Hussein, Abdul Qadir Yousef
Tahamuttan, Mohammed Abdullah
Abd Al Mujahid, Mahmoud Abd Al Aziz
Abd Al Rahman Abd, Allal Ab Aljallil
Abd Al Wahab, Abd Al Malik
Abu Ghanim, Mohammed Rajab Sadiq
Ahmad, Majid Mahmud Abdu
Ahmed, Abdul Rahman
Ahmed, Fahmi Abdullah
Al Alawi, Muaz Hamza Ahmad
Al Ansi, Muhammad Ahmad Abdallah
Al Bihani, Ghaleb Nassar
Al Busayss, Adil Said Al Haj Obeid
Al Dhuby, Khalid Mohammed Salih
Al Edah, Mohammed Ahmad Said
Al Hamiri, Mohammed Abdullah
Al Hikimi, Ahmed Umar Abdullah
Al Hilal, Abdul Al Salam
Al Kazimi, Sanad Yislam
Al Khalaqi, Asim Thahit Abdullah
Al Madoonee, Musab Omar Ali
Al Marwalah, Bashir Nasir Ali
Al Maythali, Ha Il Aziz Ahmed
Al Mudhaffari, Abdel Qadir Hussein
Al Nahdi, Sulaiman Awath Sulaiman Bin Ageel
Al Qadasi, Khalid Abd Jal Jabbar Muhammad Juthman
Al Qurashi, Sabri Mohammed Ebrahim
Al Rahizi, Ali Ahmad Muhammad
Al Rammah, Omar Mohammed Ali
Al Sabri, Mashur Abdallah Muqbil Ahmed
Al Saleh, Abdul
Al Sani, Fahmi Salem Said
Al Shamyri, Mustafa Abdul Qawi Abdul Aziz
Al Sharabi, Zuhail Abdo Anam Said
Al Suadi, Abdul Aziz Abdullah Ali
Al Wady, Hamoud Abdullah Hamoud Hassan
Al Warafi, Muktar Yahya Najee
Al Yafi, Al Khadr Abdallah Muhammed
Al-Marwa'I, Toufiq Saber Muhammad
Alahdal, Abu Bakr Ibn Ali Muhhammad
Awad, Jalal Salam Awad
Awad, Waqas Mohammed Ali
Azani, Saad Masir Mukbl Al
Baada, Tarek Ali Abdullah Ahmed
Balzuhair, Shawki Awad
Bin Atef, Mahmmoud Omar Mohammed
Bin Attash, Walid Muhammad
Binalshibh, Ramzi
Bwazir, Mohammed Ali Abdullah
Ghazi, Fahed Abdullah Ahmad
Hadi, Salem Ahmed
Haidel, Mohammed Ahmed Said
Hakim, Abdel Ghalib Ahmad
Hamdoun, Zahar Omar Hamis Bin
Hassan, Emad Abdalla
Hatim, Said Muhammed Salih
Hintif, Fadil Husayn Salih
Ismail, Ali Hamza Ahmed Sulayman
Ismail, Yasin Qasem Muhammad
Jarabh, Saeed Ahmed Mohammed Abdullah Sarem
Khnenah, Muhammed Ali Hussein
Khusruf, Mohammed Nasir Yahya
Masud, Sharaf Ahmad Muhammad
Mohammed, Hussein Salem
Moqbel, Samir Naji Al Hasan
Muhammad, Abd Al Rahman Abdullah Ali
Nashir, Sa Id Salih Sa Id
Nassir, Jamil Ahmed Said
Qader, Ahmed Abdul
Qader Idris, Idris Ahmed Abdu
Qasim, Khaled
Qyati, Abdul Rahman Umir Al
Rabeii, Salman Yahya Hassan Mohammed
Rahman, Abdul
Said Kuman, Ahmed Yaslam
Salam, Mohammed Ahmed
Saleh, Ayoub Murshid Ali
Saleh Naser, Abdul Rahman Mohamed
Salem Al Zarnuki, Mohammed Ali
Salih, Abdul Al Razzaq Muhammad
Sharqawi, Abdu Ali Al Haji
Sulayman, Abdul Rahman Abdul Abu Ghityh
Suleiman, Fayiz Ahmad Yahia
Uthman, Uthman Abdul Rahim Mohammed
Zaid, Walid Said Bin Said
Monday, 26 December 2011
Aafia Siddiqui - A modern day horror story
I am not here to discuss Aafia Siddiquis innocence or guilt. I'm simply highlighting the tragic and horrific truth of her story.
Aafia Siddiqui and her three children were abducted around March 2003, because a man who was water boarded mentioned her name. Now lets just think about this, 2003 was a horrible time to be in Pakistan / Afghanistan, everyone had heard the horrific tales of abuse in captivity. As a women, can you just imagine her fear not only for herself but for her children. Throughout history, those in a position of power over alleged criminals have violated it - Zimbardo et al proved that! Now not only is she captive so are her young children, one is still a baby. (I refuse to comment on the fact that she was hunted down because a man mentioned her name while being drowned almost to death!)
No one actually knows where she was held, but Moazzam Begg has many times mentioned a lady he was forced to hear screaming in Bagram Prison, there was a female prisoner held there - prisoner 650 also known as the Grey Lady of Bagram. Many believe that female prisoner was Aafia Siddiqui. In that prison we have proof that mens dignity and honour was violated, what they did to women there doesn't bare thinking about. A picture tells a thousand stories, so I show you below a picture of Aafia before and after captivity - no one can deny it shows a broken women.
Don't make stupid comments like 'well she's come out of prison how do you expect her to look!' - when I see men / women come out of the prisons in the UK they're usually fatter than when they went in! They don't come out looking dehydrated, disheveled, underweight and have broken noses!
I'd like to highlight that Aafia Siddiquis' CHILDREN were abducted also. Where were the worlds chid protection laws for them? Was it because they were muslim the laws were no longer valid?? I'm not trying to insight hate, but this is how racial tensions arise because one universal rule is abandoned for certain types of people (this was also done to Omar Khadr, who is now carrying out a sentence in Guantanamo even though he was a child when taken captive). The true tragedy of this case is that FIVE years later Aafia Siddiquis son re-emerged, he has never spoken out about where he was or what happened. Aafias' daughter re-emerged SEVEN years later, she too has never spoken about where she was or what happened during those seven years. This may be selfish but I'm glad i have not been told...Aafias youngest child is still unaccounted for - presumed dead. Yet no one bats an eye lid...
From 2003 - 2008 what happened to Aafia Siddiqui? Her family claim that she was held in Bagram prison, routinely tortured and raped. If this is the case then a rational person can admit that this would have an effect on an individuals mental health. When her mental health was assessed, not ONE but TWO professionals came to the conclusion that she was unfit to stand trial. Another 'professional' was brought in and deemed her fit - the judge sided with this individual. Since Aafias story is entwined with injustice I doubt she was surprised by this verdict. In her own words "there's too many injustices", this just reinforced it. Eventually the trial came to an end, with its fair share of drama and outbursts - outbursts of an individual who had been through things we cant even imagine and lost all hope in justice. In Sept 2010 she was sentenced to 86 years. As she was sentenced she made an appeal urging forgiveness and asked the public not to take any action in retaliation - Are these really the words a terrorist?? If anything, now was her chance to insight hate and make the most of it since in the eyes of her supporters (and rational thinkers) this was a MASSIVE injustice.
Sadly her story does not end here, she is carrying out her sentence at the Federal Medical Center, Carswell. At this establishment, over a seven year period, seven members of staff have been convicted of sexual abuse. A 2007 government report in England says "Estimates from research suggest that between 75 and 95 percent of rape crimes are never reported to the police', so yes seven were convicted but how many are still there?
I hope that Aafia finds some comfort in the knowledge that people are aware of her, they know her name and her story. I hope and pray she finds peace in her faith.
"I appeal to God and He hears me" - Aafia Siddiqui.
Indeed He does and I too pray for her, her children and her forgiveness because we should never have let it get this far....
Aafia Siddiqui and her three children were abducted around March 2003, because a man who was water boarded mentioned her name. Now lets just think about this, 2003 was a horrible time to be in Pakistan / Afghanistan, everyone had heard the horrific tales of abuse in captivity. As a women, can you just imagine her fear not only for herself but for her children. Throughout history, those in a position of power over alleged criminals have violated it - Zimbardo et al proved that! Now not only is she captive so are her young children, one is still a baby. (I refuse to comment on the fact that she was hunted down because a man mentioned her name while being drowned almost to death!)
No one actually knows where she was held, but Moazzam Begg has many times mentioned a lady he was forced to hear screaming in Bagram Prison, there was a female prisoner held there - prisoner 650 also known as the Grey Lady of Bagram. Many believe that female prisoner was Aafia Siddiqui. In that prison we have proof that mens dignity and honour was violated, what they did to women there doesn't bare thinking about. A picture tells a thousand stories, so I show you below a picture of Aafia before and after captivity - no one can deny it shows a broken women.
I'd like to highlight that Aafia Siddiquis' CHILDREN were abducted also. Where were the worlds chid protection laws for them? Was it because they were muslim the laws were no longer valid?? I'm not trying to insight hate, but this is how racial tensions arise because one universal rule is abandoned for certain types of people (this was also done to Omar Khadr, who is now carrying out a sentence in Guantanamo even though he was a child when taken captive). The true tragedy of this case is that FIVE years later Aafia Siddiquis son re-emerged, he has never spoken out about where he was or what happened. Aafias' daughter re-emerged SEVEN years later, she too has never spoken about where she was or what happened during those seven years. This may be selfish but I'm glad i have not been told...Aafias youngest child is still unaccounted for - presumed dead. Yet no one bats an eye lid...
From 2003 - 2008 what happened to Aafia Siddiqui? Her family claim that she was held in Bagram prison, routinely tortured and raped. If this is the case then a rational person can admit that this would have an effect on an individuals mental health. When her mental health was assessed, not ONE but TWO professionals came to the conclusion that she was unfit to stand trial. Another 'professional' was brought in and deemed her fit - the judge sided with this individual. Since Aafias story is entwined with injustice I doubt she was surprised by this verdict. In her own words "there's too many injustices", this just reinforced it. Eventually the trial came to an end, with its fair share of drama and outbursts - outbursts of an individual who had been through things we cant even imagine and lost all hope in justice. In Sept 2010 she was sentenced to 86 years. As she was sentenced she made an appeal urging forgiveness and asked the public not to take any action in retaliation - Are these really the words a terrorist?? If anything, now was her chance to insight hate and make the most of it since in the eyes of her supporters (and rational thinkers) this was a MASSIVE injustice.
Sadly her story does not end here, she is carrying out her sentence at the Federal Medical Center, Carswell. At this establishment, over a seven year period, seven members of staff have been convicted of sexual abuse. A 2007 government report in England says "Estimates from research suggest that between 75 and 95 percent of rape crimes are never reported to the police', so yes seven were convicted but how many are still there?
I hope that Aafia finds some comfort in the knowledge that people are aware of her, they know her name and her story. I hope and pray she finds peace in her faith.
"I appeal to God and He hears me" - Aafia Siddiqui.
Indeed He does and I too pray for her, her children and her forgiveness because we should never have let it get this far....
Sunday, 18 December 2011
Kindness
We seriously under rate kindness.
If only we could display the awesomeness of kindness for the whole world to see, we'd all be trying to out do each other in it! It is kindness that gets us through the day, it is kindness that gives us hope and it is kindness that is the foundation of a happy home.
When your feeling down in the dumps and your parent/sibling/friend says not to worry its all going to be okay, you want to believe them but deep down you think 'Well obviously they're going to say that'. I don't do that. If someone i know is in a pretty bad situation I'm not going to sugar coat it. The truth is they are in a tough place. But what I am going to do is listen to every single word that comes out their mouth. Honestly, listening is one of the toughest skills to acquire - but once you do, you realise the true value of it! Kindness isn't just about smiling to strangers and making others feel good about themselves, it's about taking the time to get to know the individual that stands before you. It's about learning to adapt to the needs of other people. I know that I cannot behave with my co-workers the way i can with my friends. I know that sarcasm is not appreciated by some friends so do not use it, whereas with others it's an ongoing thing! I know, even through texts, when a friend is feeling down in the dumps and I know how to approach the issue too.
We live in a society that tells us we shouldn't have to change for anyone. We should not change our ways to suit others because that means we aren't doing what makes us happy! What a load of cods wallops! Its shit like that that's let yobs get away with so much! Those who are unwilling to adapt to different people and situations are the ones who are left behind.
When i talk about adapting I'm not talking about changing YOUR personality i'm talking about the way you address people, how you talk to one person differs to another. I, as a Muslim, have to pray 5 times a day. Even if I'm at work or in a shopping center. But how I go about it differs depending on where I am and who I'm with.When a women / man looks at me either trying to be intimidating or looking rather uncomfortable, I smile. A smile is a doorway to conversation, If the person is curious then he/she knows now is their chance to start a conversation, if not then they see that I am neither a threat nor am I easily intimidated!
I remember walking around town and an elderly man gave me way, so I smiled and thanked him. He said something that I will probably never forget : 'What a beautiful smile, you should show it off more often', not only did he make my day hopefully I too made him happy. How often do we under value something as simple as a smile - how stingy have we become!
And for those muslims out there reading this then here's something that should encourage you even more so :
Prophet Muhammad, upon whom be peace, once said: "Charity is prescribed for each descendant of Adam every day the sun rises."
He was then asked: "From what do we give charity every day?"
So in all seriousness - LETS GET SMILING!! :)
If only we could display the awesomeness of kindness for the whole world to see, we'd all be trying to out do each other in it! It is kindness that gets us through the day, it is kindness that gives us hope and it is kindness that is the foundation of a happy home.
When your feeling down in the dumps and your parent/sibling/friend says not to worry its all going to be okay, you want to believe them but deep down you think 'Well obviously they're going to say that'. I don't do that. If someone i know is in a pretty bad situation I'm not going to sugar coat it. The truth is they are in a tough place. But what I am going to do is listen to every single word that comes out their mouth. Honestly, listening is one of the toughest skills to acquire - but once you do, you realise the true value of it! Kindness isn't just about smiling to strangers and making others feel good about themselves, it's about taking the time to get to know the individual that stands before you. It's about learning to adapt to the needs of other people. I know that I cannot behave with my co-workers the way i can with my friends. I know that sarcasm is not appreciated by some friends so do not use it, whereas with others it's an ongoing thing! I know, even through texts, when a friend is feeling down in the dumps and I know how to approach the issue too.
We live in a society that tells us we shouldn't have to change for anyone. We should not change our ways to suit others because that means we aren't doing what makes us happy! What a load of cods wallops! Its shit like that that's let yobs get away with so much! Those who are unwilling to adapt to different people and situations are the ones who are left behind.
When i talk about adapting I'm not talking about changing YOUR personality i'm talking about the way you address people, how you talk to one person differs to another. I, as a Muslim, have to pray 5 times a day. Even if I'm at work or in a shopping center. But how I go about it differs depending on where I am and who I'm with.When a women / man looks at me either trying to be intimidating or looking rather uncomfortable, I smile. A smile is a doorway to conversation, If the person is curious then he/she knows now is their chance to start a conversation, if not then they see that I am neither a threat nor am I easily intimidated!
I remember walking around town and an elderly man gave me way, so I smiled and thanked him. He said something that I will probably never forget : 'What a beautiful smile, you should show it off more often', not only did he make my day hopefully I too made him happy. How often do we under value something as simple as a smile - how stingy have we become!
And for those muslims out there reading this then here's something that should encourage you even more so :
Prophet Muhammad, upon whom be peace, once said: "Charity is prescribed for each descendant of Adam every day the sun rises."
He was then asked: "From what do we give charity every day?"
The Prophet answered: "The doors of goodness are many...enjoining good, forbidding evil, removing harm from the road, listening to the deaf, leading the blind, guiding one to the object of his need, hurrying with the strength of one's legs to one in sorrow who is asking for help, and supporting the feeble with the strength of one's arms--all of these are charity prescribed for you."
He then said: "Even your smile for your brother is a charity."So in all seriousness - LETS GET SMILING!! :)
Wednesday, 14 December 2011
Consequences
This new bill is a whole load of cods wallop!!
Never has and never will indefinite detention on home soil or abroad been a reasonable or effective solution. The idea of it is preposterous!
All indefinite detention (without trial) does is incite more hatred and animosity between the two parties.
Since when has actually standing by the principles that your nation was founded upon been a weakness? Since when has been fair and just been a weakness? Since when has such obvious stupidity and oppression been acceptable!! Oh I could go on forever!!!!
This doesn't just affect US citizens it affects any one from any country - why can the US decide my fate! If you want to find out more details about the bill then feel free to google it - I am not going to copy and paste facts so that you either assume I am bias or that I have pasted snippets that suit me.
All these types of laws do is encourage stereotyping and discrimination. They also give radicals' material and motive to continue saying what they say. The government only has itself to thank when a young boy is torn away from his father and later goes on to exact his revenge. If anything the government should spend the money they intend to waste on keeping people locked up forever on rehabilitation. Does it really cost that much more to sit and talk things through...this method only has benefits.
If you are arrested and face the prospect of indefinite detention then you are willing to do anything to get out of it - FACT! But once you start attending group circles that actually face the issues rather than bury them it catches your attention, and you begin to listen. Eventually you start interacting, then start voicing your opinion which leads to counter arguments. These counter arguments may go against your opinion but the logic behind them trumps yours - resulting in a change in your beliefs and attitude. If the people who hold you treat you with respect or at the very least treat you right then you cannot complain...but if they are first class tossers to you then you believe you have every right to hate them and to tell your family how awful they are which spreads and leads to further hatred towards the system in place. Kindness has never and will never be a weakness. Ignorance and fear is, these new laws in place just show us how afraid the US is...surely a nation with confidence in their abilities would not stoop to such low levels.
Yes my method may be way too simple to be effective, but usually the simplest and most obvious method is!!
Next time Iran does something to its own citizens & the US releases some pathetic statement then I wholeheartedly hope Iran tells them to F*** off! The US has lost the right to be known as the "land of the free...", well done Obama!
Never has and never will indefinite detention on home soil or abroad been a reasonable or effective solution. The idea of it is preposterous!
All indefinite detention (without trial) does is incite more hatred and animosity between the two parties.
Since when has actually standing by the principles that your nation was founded upon been a weakness? Since when has been fair and just been a weakness? Since when has such obvious stupidity and oppression been acceptable!! Oh I could go on forever!!!!
This doesn't just affect US citizens it affects any one from any country - why can the US decide my fate! If you want to find out more details about the bill then feel free to google it - I am not going to copy and paste facts so that you either assume I am bias or that I have pasted snippets that suit me.
All these types of laws do is encourage stereotyping and discrimination. They also give radicals' material and motive to continue saying what they say. The government only has itself to thank when a young boy is torn away from his father and later goes on to exact his revenge. If anything the government should spend the money they intend to waste on keeping people locked up forever on rehabilitation. Does it really cost that much more to sit and talk things through...this method only has benefits.
If you are arrested and face the prospect of indefinite detention then you are willing to do anything to get out of it - FACT! But once you start attending group circles that actually face the issues rather than bury them it catches your attention, and you begin to listen. Eventually you start interacting, then start voicing your opinion which leads to counter arguments. These counter arguments may go against your opinion but the logic behind them trumps yours - resulting in a change in your beliefs and attitude. If the people who hold you treat you with respect or at the very least treat you right then you cannot complain...but if they are first class tossers to you then you believe you have every right to hate them and to tell your family how awful they are which spreads and leads to further hatred towards the system in place. Kindness has never and will never be a weakness. Ignorance and fear is, these new laws in place just show us how afraid the US is...surely a nation with confidence in their abilities would not stoop to such low levels.
Yes my method may be way too simple to be effective, but usually the simplest and most obvious method is!!
Next time Iran does something to its own citizens & the US releases some pathetic statement then I wholeheartedly hope Iran tells them to F*** off! The US has lost the right to be known as the "land of the free...", well done Obama!
Saturday, 3 December 2011
Tis the season to be jolly...
Not to put a downer on things - but is it really?
I'm sitting in my warm house knowing my dads sounds asleep in good health, while there is a child out there who has never seen / met his father because my government won't bring him back from Guantanamo Bay.
Shaker Aamer, has been held for almost 10 years - for 10 years old his children have been unable to see him or hear his voice! He was unofficially cleared for released in 2007 and officially for 2 years, so why does the government still insist on using up valuable tax payer money on keeping him holed up there??!
Why are we blind and deaf to this injustice!! When you sit around your table on Christmas eve and all wake up to open your gifts on the 25th, think about those who are waking up holed in cells they DO NOT belong in. Think about those children who are unjustly being punished by being separated from their fathers. To bring the man back to this country is the just thing to do, even if he goes to another prison cell atleast he's a step closer to home than he is now. Recently, Clive Stafford Smith wrote an open letter on how he believes if he is not released soon Shaker Aamer will die there. Imagine you were his son / daughter reading that, you know according to the law he SHOULD be a free man...but yet he's not.
What kind of justice is this? Have we totally lost our sense of righteousness that we can stand by and let this happen?
What can we do to help? How are we going to bring him back - what authority do I have?
Your probably thinking all the above - write to your local MP, heck write to the PM! Or at the very least bring awareness to the issue because although you might not be able to make the change someone out there may be able to and how are they going to do so if they aren't aware...
So this Christmas Day when you open your gifts, just remember how fortunate you are. And if you are a person who prays, I ask that you pray that justice is served and Shaker Aamer and his family are granted freedom from the shackles of tyranny and blatant injustice.
I'm sitting in my warm house knowing my dads sounds asleep in good health, while there is a child out there who has never seen / met his father because my government won't bring him back from Guantanamo Bay.
Shaker Aamer, has been held for almost 10 years - for 10 years old his children have been unable to see him or hear his voice! He was unofficially cleared for released in 2007 and officially for 2 years, so why does the government still insist on using up valuable tax payer money on keeping him holed up there??!
Why are we blind and deaf to this injustice!! When you sit around your table on Christmas eve and all wake up to open your gifts on the 25th, think about those who are waking up holed in cells they DO NOT belong in. Think about those children who are unjustly being punished by being separated from their fathers. To bring the man back to this country is the just thing to do, even if he goes to another prison cell atleast he's a step closer to home than he is now. Recently, Clive Stafford Smith wrote an open letter on how he believes if he is not released soon Shaker Aamer will die there. Imagine you were his son / daughter reading that, you know according to the law he SHOULD be a free man...but yet he's not. What kind of justice is this? Have we totally lost our sense of righteousness that we can stand by and let this happen?
What can we do to help? How are we going to bring him back - what authority do I have?
Your probably thinking all the above - write to your local MP, heck write to the PM! Or at the very least bring awareness to the issue because although you might not be able to make the change someone out there may be able to and how are they going to do so if they aren't aware...
So this Christmas Day when you open your gifts, just remember how fortunate you are. And if you are a person who prays, I ask that you pray that justice is served and Shaker Aamer and his family are granted freedom from the shackles of tyranny and blatant injustice.
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