Allah is enough for me

When he was placed in the well
or locked in the dungeon
betrayed by his own flesh and blood
convicted of what he did not
handsome Yusuf sighed
Allah is enough for me!

Taken in as a slave made to work
night and day resisting all temptation
Allah is enough for me!

Until the king had a dream
Many hard years had gone
by patience and repentance
Allah is enough for me!

Till...the fortunate day
there he sees his father
in the land of content
Allah is enough for me!

Handsome Yusuf cried
Allah is enough for me!

Every night brings a new day
Allah alleviates all pain
Everything has its end
Allah is enough for me!

Everything has its end
Allah is enough for me!

Allah is enough for me!

Hellfire is real

Islam teaches that Hell is a real place prepared by God for those who do not believe in Him, rebel against His laws, and reject His messengers. Hell is an actual place, not a mere state of mind or a spiritual entity. The horrors, pain, anguish, and punishment are all real, but different in nature than their earthly counterparts. Hell is the ultimate humiliation and loss, and nothing is worse than it:

رَبَّنَا إِنَّكَ مَن تُدْخِلِ النَّارَ فَقَدْ أَخْزَيْتَهُ وَمَا لِلظَّالِمِينَ مِنْ أَنصَارٍ

“Our Lord! Surely, whom You admit to the Fire, indeed You have disgraced him, and never will the wrongdoers find any helpers.” (Quran 3:192)

أَلَمْ يَعْلَمُواْ أَنَّهُ مَن يُحَادِدِ اللّهَ وَرَسُولَهُ فَأَنَّ لَهُ نَارَ جَهَنَّمَ خَالِدًا فِيهَا ذَلِكَ الْخِزْيُ الْعَظِيمُ

“Know they not that whoever opposes God and His Messenger (Muhammad), certainly for him will be the Fire of Hell to abide therein? That is the extreme disgrace.” (Quran 9:63)

IMPORTANCE OF ISLAMIC EDUCATION

Prophet PBUH said: Seeking knowledge is obligatory to every Muslim Men and Women

The reason that the Quran has urged us to reflect upon Creation and to study the natural world and acquire knowledge is to confirm in us mankind’s instinctual freedom of thought upon which all sages are in agreement, in order that the power of human understanding and thinking may be so enlightened that it may fulfill the function of which it was Created.

Children are invaluable assets of future generations. Islam has given particular attention for their education and training as well as for their respect, love, and affection. Islam provides detailed instructions for preservation of children’s rights and emphasize for their guidance so that they could endeavor for perfection as human beings with an aim of worshiping Allah and serving the humanity

And if they fail in this duty, their children will say : my parents and grandparents were Muslims but I am an atheist.

If a person learns knowledge, then he fear Allah and he follow his command only, then he should not depend or rely on any one but Allah. Allah is Maula and Wakeel, He knows inside of our hearts that's the teaching of Quran.

33/39 Quran

	(It is the practice of those) who preach the Messages of Allah, and fear Him, and fear none but Allah. And enough is Allah to call (men) to account.

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Rape Rampant In US Military

By Dahr Jamail
21 December, 2010
Aljazeera

Statistics and soldiers' testimonies reveal a harrowing epidemic of sexual assault in the US military Sexual assault within the ranks of the military is not a new problem. It is a systemic problem that has necessitated that the military conduct its own annual reporting on the crisis. A 2003 Air Force Academy sexual assault scandal prompted the department of defense to include a provision in the 2004 National Defense Authorization Act that required investigations and reports of sexual harassment and assaults within US military academies to be filed.
The personal toll is, nevertheless, devastating. Military sexual trauma (MST) survivor Susan Avila-Smith is director of the veteran’s advocacy group Women Organizing Women. She has been serving female and scores of male clients in various stages of recovery from MST for 15 years and knows of its devastating effects up close. “People cannot conceive how badly wounded these people are,” she told Al Jazeera, “Of the 3,000 I’ve worked with, only one is employed. Combat trauma is bad enough, but with MST it’s not the enemy, it’s our guys who are doing it. You’re fighting your friends, your peers, people you’ve been told have your back.

That betrayal, then the betrayal from the command is, they say, worse than the sexual assault itself.” On December 13, the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) and other groups filed a federal lawsuit seeking Pentagon records in order to get the real facts about the incidence of sexual assault in the ranks. The Pentagon has consistently refused to release records that fully document the problem and how it is handled. Sexual assaults on women in the US military have claimed some degree of visibility, but about male victims there is absolute silence. Pack Parachute, a non-profit in Seattle, assists veterans who are sexual assault survivors. Its founder Kira Mountjoy-Pepka, was raped as a cadet at the Air Force Academy. In July 2003 she was member of a team of female cadets handpicked by Donald Rumsfeld, at the time the secretary of defense, to tell their stories of having been sexually assaulted. The ensuing media coverage and a Pentagon investigation forced the academy to make the aforementioned major policy changes. Report reveals alarming statistics Mountjoy-Pepka often works with male survivors of MST. She stated in a telephone interview that four per cent of men in the military experience MST. “Most choose not to talk about it until after their discharge from the military, largely because the post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) in over 60 percent of MST cases is too overwhelming,” she informed Al Jazeera.

Last week the Pentagon released its “annual report on sexual harassment and violence at the military service academies”. At its three academies, the number of reports of sexual assault and harassment has risen a staggering 64 percent from last year. The report attributes the huge increase to better reporting of incidents due to increased training and education about sexual assault and harassment. Veteran’s Administration (VA) statistics show that more than 50 percent of the veterans who screen positive for MST are men. According to the US Census Bureau, there are roughly 22 million male veterans compared to less than two million female vets. In Congressional testimony in the summer of 2008, Lt. Gen. Rochelle, the army chief of personnel, reported the little known statistic that 12 percent (approximately 260) of the 2,200 reported rapes in the military in 2007 were reported by military male victims. Due to their sheer numbers in the military, more men (at a rough estimate one in twenty), have experienced MST than women. Shamed into silence Billy Capshaw was 17 when he joined the Army in 1977.

After being trained as a medic he was transferred to Baumholder, Germany. His roommate, Jeffrey Dahmer, by virtue of his seniority ensured that Capshaw had no formal assignment, no mail, and no pay. Having completely isolated the young medic, Dahmer regularly sexually assaulted, raped, and tortured him. Dahmer went on to become the infamous serial killer and sex offender who murdered 17 boys and men before being beaten to death by an inmate at Columbia Correction Institution in 1994. Capshaw reflects back, “At that young age I didn’t know how to deal with it. My commander did not believe me. Nobody helped me, even though I begged and begged and begged.” The debilitating lifelong struggle Capshaw has had to face is common among survivors of military sexual assault. Later during therapy he needed to go public. Since then he says, “I’ve talked to a lot of men, many of them soldiers, who are raped but who won’t go public with their story. The shame alone is overwhelming.” In 1985 Michael Warren enlisted in the navy and for three years worked as a submarine machinist mate on a nuclear submarine. One day he awoke to find another soldier performing fellatio on him. He recollects with horror, “I was paralyzed with fear. I was in disbelief... shame. When I reported it to the commander he said it was better for me to deal with it after being discharged. Nobody helped me, not even the chaplain. The commander at the processing centre wouldn’t look me in the face. When I filled out my claim later they didn’t believe me. It’s so frustrating.” Armando Javier was an active duty Marine from 1990 to 1994. He was a Lance Corporal at Camp Lejeune in 1993 when he was raped. Five Marines jumped Javier and beat him until he was nearly unconscious, before taking turns raping him. His sexual victimization narrative reads, “One of them, a corporal, pulled down my shorts and instructed the others to ‘Get the grease’. Another corporal instructed someone to bring the stick. They began to insert the stick inside my anus.

The people present during this sadistic and ritual-like ceremony started to cajole, cheer, and laugh, saying “stick em’ – stick-em’.” Extreme shame and trauma compelled him not to disclose the crime to anyone except a friend in his unit. He wrote in his account, “My experience left me torn apart physically, mentally, and spiritually. I was dehumanized and treated with ultimate cruelty, by my perpetrators… I was embarrassed and ashamed and didn’t know what to do. I was young at that time. And being part of an elite organization that values brotherhood, integrity and faithfulness made it hard to come forward and reveal what happened.” The reality of being less equal Women in America were first allowed into the military during the Revolutionary War in 1775 and their travails are as old. Drill instructors indoctrinate new recruits into it at the outset by routinely referring to them as “girl,” “pussy,” “bitch,” and “dyke.” A Command Sergeant Major told Catherine Jayne West of the Mississippi National Guard, “There aren’t but two places for women - in the kitchen or in the bedroom. Women have no place in the military.” She was raped by fellow soldier Private First Class Kevin Lemeiux, at the sprawling Camp Anaconda, north of Baghdad. The defense lawyer in court merely wanted to know why, as a member of the army, she had not fought back. The morning after the rape, an army doctor gave her a thorough examination. The army’s criminal investigation team concluded her story was true.

Moreover, Lemeiux had bragged about the incident to his buddies and they had turned him in. It seemed like a closed case, but in court the defense claimed that the fact that West had not fought back during the rape was what incriminated her. In addition, her commanding officer and 1st Sergeant declared, in court, that she was a “promiscuous female.” In contrast, Lemeiux, after the third court hearing of the trial, was promoted to a Specialist. Meanwhile his lawyer entered a plea of insanity. He was later found guilty of kidnapping but not rape, despite his own admission of the crime. He was given three years for kidnapping, half of which was knocked off. The long term affects of MST Jasmine Black, a human resources specialist in the Army National Guard from June 2006 to September 2008 was raped by another soldier in her battalion when she was stationed in Fort Jackson, South Carolina.

She reported it to her Sexual Assault Response Coordinator (SARC) and the Military Police, but the culprit was not brought to book. After an early discharge due to MST and treatment at a PTSD Residential Rehabilitation Treatment Program (PRRTP) facility, she was raped again by a higher-ranking member of the air force in February 2009. Administrator for a combat engineering instruction unit in Knoxville, Tennessee, Tracey Harmon has no illusions. “For women in the military, you are either a bitch, a dyke, or a whore. If you sleep with one person in your unit you are a whore. If you are a lesbian you are a dyke, and if you don’t sleep with other soldiers you are a bitch.” Maricela Guzman served in the navy from 1998 to 2002 as a computer technician on the island of Diego Garcia. She was raped while in boot camp, but fear of consequences kept her from talking about it for the rest of her time in the military. “I survived by becoming a workaholic and was much awarded as a soldier for my work ethic.” On witnessing the way it treated the native population in Diego Garcia, she chose to dissociate from the military. Post discharge, her life became unmanageable.

She underwent a divorce, survived a failed suicide attempt and became homeless before deciding to move in with her parents. A chance encounter with a female veteran at a political event in Los Angeles prompted her to contact the VA for help. Her therapist there diagnosed her with PTSD from her rape. The VA denied her claim nevertheless, “Because they said I couldn’t prove it … since I had not brought it up when it happened and also because I had not shown any deviant behavior while in the service. I was outraged and felt compelled to talk about what happened.” While it will go to any length to maintain public silence over the issue, the military machine has no such qualms within its own corridors. Guzman discloses, “Through the gossip mill we would hear of women who had reported being raped. No confidentiality was maintained nor any protection given to victims. The boys’ club culture is strong and the competition exclusive. That forces many not to report rape, because it is a blemish and can ruin your career.” The department of defence reported that in fiscal year 2009, there were 3,230 reports of sexual assault, an increase of 11 percent over the prior year. However, as high as the military’s own figures are of rape and sexual assault, victims and advocates Al Jazeera spoke with believe the real figures are sure to be higher. Veteran April Fitzsimmons, another victim of sexual assault, knows what an uphill battle it is for women to take on the military system. “When victims come forward, they are ostracized and isolated from their communities.

Many of the perpetrators are officers who use their ranks to coerce women to sleep with them. It’s a closely interwoven community, so they are safe and move fearlessly amongst their victims.” Her advice to women considering joining the US military? “The crisis is so severe that I’m telling women to simply not join the military because it’s completely unsafe and puts them at risk. Until something changes at the top, no woman should join the military.” This is the first in a two part series on sexual harassment in the US military. Research support was provided by the Investigative Fund at The Nation Institute.

Where is Allah?

Some other religions teach "God is everywhere." This is actually called "pantheism" and it is the opposite of our belief system in Islam. Allah tells us clearly there is nothing, anywhere in the universe like Him similar to his likeness, nor is He ever in His creation.

He tells us in the Quran He created the universe in six "yawm" (periods of time) and then He "astawah 'ala al Arsh" (rose up, above His Throne). He is there (above His Throne)

Allah has such complete Knowledge as to be able to Know all things past, present and future in all places at exactly the same time. The same can be said for His absolute Hearing and Seeing. In this way, His Knowledge, His Hearing, His Sight is everywhere simultaneously.

Press TV- Maldivians want Israeli surgeons out

An Israeli delegation of "eye surgeons" has received a chilly welcome in the Republic of Maldives, where angry people accused them of organ harvesting.

The delegation of “Eye from Zion” organization arrived in the islands on Thursday, a year after Tel Aviv renewed diplomatic relations with the nation.

The relations between the two countries were severed following the 1973 Ramadan war, Israel's Ynet news website reported on Tuesday.

The angry protesters held demonstrations in front of the hotel where the eye surgeons stayed, burning the Israeli flag and calling for the deportation of the delegation.

Islamic opposition party Adhaalath and the Islamic Association of the Republic of Maldives condemned the travel of the Israeli doctors to the country, considering it as a part of an Israeli-Zionist conspiracy intending to steal the Maldivians' organs.

The association's website said there is a secret agenda behind the Israelis' visit to the Maldives, stressing that these physicians, who are members of an Israel-Jewish organization, are sent overseas to harvest organs for implantation.

They added that Israelis similarly steal organs from the Palestinian bodies.

The party further demanded the government to expel the Israeli delegation immediately and not to allow them to operate in the country.

MRS/PKH/AKM

http://www.presstv.ir/detail/155440.html

Italian Court Increases Sentences for 23 CIA Agents

by AFP

(Dec 15, 2010) An Italian court upped the sentences for 23 CIA agents convicted in absentia of abducting an Egyptian imam in one of the biggest cases against the US "extraordinary rendition" programme.

The 23 CIA agents, originally sentenced in November 2009 to five to eight years in prison, had their sentences increased to seven to nine years on appeal in what one of the defence lawyers described as a "shocking blow" for the US.

They were also ordered to pay 1.5 million euros (two million dollars) in damages to the imam and his wife for the 2003 abduction.

Washington has refused to extradite the agents, who all remain at liberty but now risk arrest if they travel to Europe.

US military says won’t release rape records

Sexual assault pervades the military, but the Pentagon refuses to release records that fully document the problem and how it is handled, the American Civil Liberties Union and other groups said in a federal lawsuit that seeks access to the records. Tens of thousands of service members have reported some form of sexual assault, harassment or trauma in the past decade, according to the lawsuit filed on Monday in New Haven against the departments of Defence and Veterans Affairs. The plaintiffs include the Service Women’s Action Network, the ACLU of Connecticut and Yale Law School students.

The groups want information on the number of acquittals, convictions and sentences, the number of disability claims related to sexual trauma that were accepted and rejected, and the number of sexual harassment complaints. The records are needed to determine the extent of the problem and what has been done to address it, the groups say. The Department of Defence does not comment on pending lawsuits, a spokeswoman said. A message was left on Monday with the Department of Veterans Affairs. The government prosecutes 8 percent of military sex offenders, while 40 percent of civilian sex offenders are prosecuted, according to the lawsuit. Post-traumatic stress disorder claims related to sexual trauma are often denied for failing to prove the case, even when men and women in uniform have been diagnosed with the disorder, the lawsuit said.

The Department of Defence said there were 3,230 reports of sexual assault involving military service members as victims or subjects in fiscal year 2009, an increase of 11 percent from the prior year, keeping in mind that 90 % of rape and sexual assault are not reported. The report said part of the increase stemmed from a social marketing campaign aimed at preventing sexual assault.

Communist China plans to build mosques across the country

In an apparent move to appease its 20-million-strong Muslim minority, Communist China plans to build mosques across the country to meet their religious requirement.

Authorities are addressing a lack of religious facilities for millions of Muslims who have moved to coastal cities in search of jobs and livelihood, a senior official at the State Administration for Religious Affairs (SARA) said.

A large number of Muslims have migrated to cities from inland regions since 1978 leading to a growing demand for religious facilities, primarily more mosques, greater availability of Islamic food and special graveyards, Deputy Director of the Islamic Department of the SARA Ma Jin was quoted as saying by the state-run China Daily.

By 2008, about three million Muslims, or more than 10 per cent of the country's total Muslim population, had migrated from rural areas in traditional Muslim-concentrated western provinces to coastal cities, according to the Annual Report on China's Religions in 2009.

A book is a garden

“A book is like a garden carried in the pocket.” – Arab proverb

A book in your pocket is like a secret treasure. It is a magical means of transportation, a source of knowledge, a historical record, and a treasure chest containing the knowledge of human minds and hearts, or in the case of the Quran, the message of Allah to humanity.

You can take the book out of your pocket and lose yourself in it, forgetting about all the worries of the world, just as you can do in a beautiful garden.

Indian Worshipers Of Idols Occupied Army Terrorists Martyr 93,537 Kashmiris In 21 Years, Mirwaiz Denounces Indian State Terrorism In IHK

Srinagar, December 09 (KMS): In occupied Kashmir, Indian troops during their unabated acts of state terrorism martyred 93,537 innocent Kashmiris including 6,981 in custody during the last 21 years.

According to a report released by the Research Section of Kashmir Media Service on the eve of International Human Rights Day, these killings rendered 22,747 women widowed and 107,397 children orphaned. It added that the troops molested 9,984 women and destroyed 105,900 structures during the period. In the current uprising, 122 peaceful demonstrators were killed by Indian police since June 2010 and at least 1,500 Kashmiris are currently detained under draconian law, Public Safety Act. Addressing a seminar in Srinagar, today, the speakers appealed the international community to impress upon India to stop human rights violations in occupied Kashmir. Presiding over the seminar, the APHC Chairman, Mirwaiz Umar Farooq, said that the ongoing phase of the Kashmiris’ struggle had clearly manifested its indigenous and peaceful nature. He denounced the state terrorism unleashed by India to suppress the movement of Kashmiris’ right to self-determination. An Indian Army vehicle crushed to death a Kashmiri social worker, Malik Javed Ahmad, in Barzalla area of Srinagar.

The members of Joint Association of Kashmiri Affected Families staged a silent sit-in at Bagh-e-Mehtab in Srinagar on the eve of World Human rights Day. They were carrying placards to press their demand of knowing the whereabouts of the Kashmiri people, disappeared in custody. The speakers at a seminar, held in connection with International Human Rights Day in Brussels, expressed concern over the continued gross human rights violations being committed by Indian troops in the occupied territory. They said that Kashmiris had been deprived of their inalienable right to self-determination for the last more than six decades. The speakers included Barrister Abdul Majeed Tramboo, James Elles, Professor Nazir Ahmad Shawl, Ms. Victoria Schofield, Khalid Mehmood, Ronald Barnes and Frank Schawalba-Hoth.

Taliban Not Responsible For Cutting Aisha's Nose, Ears

The Taliban were not behind the slicing off of a woman’s nose and ears in central Uruzgan province, chief of the human rights commission said on Monday. The story of how Aisha Bibi, 19, was mutilated as punishment for running away from her abusive husband and in-laws a year ago caused an international outcry.

She was given refuge by an Afghan non-governmental organization, and sent to the US for reconstructive surgery and psychological treatment. Much of the western media blamed the Taliban for the brutal act, saying Aisha’s husband was a Taliban member and he and his father had orchestrated the punishment. The Taliban, however, denied any involvement. On Monday, Abdul Ghaffar Stanakzay, head of the AIHRC in Uruzgan, also absolved the Taliban after what he said was a “thorough investigation of the case”. "This was because of domestic violence which Aisha fell victim to," he told reporters. Aisha - who was reportedly given away by her family in childhood as a "blood debt" - had her trip to California for reconstructive surgery documented by ABC News.

The front cover of Time magazine generated debate over the headline "What Happens if We Leave Afghanistan" and over the use of the photo itself. Aisha's case has been used in the West to illustrate the fear of what will happen if US, British and other international forces leave prematurely.