[ENGLISH e-Book] Al-Ghadir and its Relevance to ISLAMIC UNITY by Shaheed...
Message of Thaqalayn
\"Al-Ghadir\" and its Relevance to Islamic Unity
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Ayatullah Murtaza...
Message of Thaqalayn
\"Al-Ghadir\" and its Relevance to Islamic Unity
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Ayatullah Murtaza Mutahhari
Translated by Mojgan Jalali
Vol. 3, No. 1 and 2 (1417 AH/1996 CE)
The distinguished book entitled \"al-Ghadir\" has raised a huge wave in the world of Islam. Islamic thinkers shed light on the book in different perspectives; in literature, history, theology, tradition, tafsir, and sociology. From the social perspective we can deal with the Islamic unity. In this review the Islamic unity has been dealt with from a social point of view.
Contemporary Muslim thinkers and reformists are of the view that unity and solidarity of Muslims are the most imperative Islamic exigencies at the present juncture when the enemies have made extensive inroads upon the Islamic community and have tried to resort to different ways and means to spread the old differences and create new ones. We are aware that Islamic unity and fraternity is the focus of attention of the Holy Legislator of Islam and is actually the major objective pursued by this Divine religion as firmed by the Qur\'an, the \"Sunnah\", and the history of Islam.
For this reason, some people have been faced with this question: Wouldn\'t the compilation and publication of a book such as \"al-Ghadir\" which deals with the oldest issue of differences among the Muslims- create a barrier in the way of the sublime and lofty objective of the Islamic unity?
To answer this question, it is necessary first to elucidate the essence of this issue, that is, the Islamic unity, and then proceed to examine the role of the magnum opus entitled \"al-Ghadir\"and its eminent compiler \'Allamah Amini in bringing about Islamic unity.
Islamic Unity
What is meant by the Islamic unity? Does it mean that one Islamic school of thought should be unanimously followed and others be set aside? Or does it mean that the commonalties of all Islamic schools of thought should be taken up and their differences be put away to make up a new denomination which is not completely the same as the previous ones? Or does it mean that Islamic unity is in no way related to the unity of the different schools of Fiqh (jurisprudence) but signifies the unity of the Muslims and the unity of the followers of different schools of Fiqh, with their different religious ideas and views, vis-a-vis the aliens?
To give an illogical and impractical meaning to the issue of the Islamic unity, the opponents of the issue have called it to be the formation of a single Madhhab, so as to defeat it in the very first step. Without doubt, by the term Islamic unity, the intellectual Islamic \'Ulama\' (scholars) do not mean that all denominations should give in to one denomination or that the commonalties should be taken up and the different views and ideas be set aside, as these are neither rational and logical nor favorable and practical. By the Islamic unity these scholars mean that all Muslims should unite in one line against their common enemies.
These scholars slate that Muslims have many things in common, which can serve as the foundations of a firm unity. All Muslims worship the One Almighty and believe in the Prophethood of the Holy Prophet (s). The Qur\'an is the Book of all Muslims and Ka\'abah is their \"qiblah\" (direction of prayer). They go to\"hajj\" pilgrimage with each other and perform the \"hajj\" rites and rituals like one another. They say the daily prayers and fast like each other. They establish families and engage in transactions like one another. They have similar ways of bringing up their children and burying their dead. Apart from minor affairs, they share similarities in all the aforementioned cases. Muslims also share one kind of world view, one common culture, and one grand, glorious, and long-standing civilization.
Unity in the world view, in culture, in the civilization, in insight and disposition, in religious beliefs, in acts of worship and prayers, in social rites and customs can well turn the Muslim into a unified nation to serve as a massive and dominant power before which the big global powers would have to bow down. This is especially true in view of the stress laid by Islam on this principle. According to the explicit wording of the Qur\'an, the Muslims are brothers, and special rights and duties link them together. So, why shouldn\'t the Muslims use all these extensive facilities accorded to them as the blessing of Islam?
This group of \'Ulama\' are of the view that there is no need for the Muslims to make any compromise on the primary or secondary principles of their religion for the sake of Islamic unity. Also it is not necessary for the Muslims to avoid engaging in discussions and reasons and writing books on primary and secondary principles about which they have differences. The only consideration for Islamic unity in this case is that the Muslims- in order to avoid the emergence or accentuation of vengeance - preserve their possession, avoid insulting and accusing each other and uttering fabrications, abandon ridiculing the logic of one another, and finally abstain from hurting one another and going beyond the borders of logic and reasoning. In fact, they should, at least, observe the limits which Islam has set forth for inviting non-Muslims to embrace it:
\"Call to the way of your Lord with wisdom and good exhortation, and have disputations with them in the best manner... \"(16: 125)
Some people are of the view that those schools of fiqh, such as, Shafi\'i and Hanafi which have no differences in principle should establish brotherhood and stand in one line. They believe that denominations which have differences in the principles can in no way be brothers. This group view the religious principles as an interconnected set as termed by scholars of Usul, as an interrelated and interdependent set; any damage to one principle harms all principles.
As a result, those who believe in this principle are of the view that when, for instance, the principle of \"imamah\" is damaged and victimized, unity and fraternity will bear no meaning and for this reason the Shi\'ah and the Sunnis cannot shake hands as two Muslim brothers and be in the same rank, no matter who their enemy is.
The first group answers this group by saying: \"There is no reason for us to consider the principles as an interrelated set and follow the principle of \"all or none\". Imam \'Ali (\'a) chose a very logical and reasonable approach. He left no stone unturned to retrieve his right. He used everything within his power to restore the principle of \"imamah\", but he never adhered to the motto of \"all or none\". \'Ali (\'a) did not rise up for his right, and that was not compulsory. On the contrary, it was a calculated and chosen approach. He did not fear death. Why didn\'t he rise up? There could have been nothing above martyrdom. Being killed for the cause of the Almighty was his ultimate desire. He was more intimate with martyrdom than a child is with his mother\'s breast. But in his sound calculations, Imam \'All (\'a) had reached the conclusion that under the existing conditions it was to the interest of Islam to foster collaboration and cooperation among the Muslims and give up revolt. He repeatedly stressed this point.
In one of his letters (No.62 \"Nahj al Balaghah\") to Malik al-Ashtar, he wrote the following:
\"First I pulled back my hand until I realized that a group of people converted from Islam and invited the people toward annihilating the religion of Muhammad(s). So I feared that if I did not rush to help Islam and the Muslims, I would see gaps or destruction which calamity would be far worse than the several-day-long demise of caliphate.\"
In the six-man council, after appointment of \'Uthman by \'Abdul-Rahman ibn \'Awf, \'Ali (\'a) set forth his objection as well as his readiness for collaboration as follows:\"
You well know that I am more deserving than others for caliphate. But now by Allah, so long as the affairs of the Muslims are in order and my rivals suffice with setting me aside and only I am alone subjected to oppression, I will not oppose (the move) and will give in (to it).\" (From Sermon 72, \"Nahj al- Balaghah\").
These indicate that in this issue \'Ali (\'a) condemned the principle of \"all or none\". There is no need to further elaborate the approach taken by \'Ali (\'a) toward this issue. There are ample historical proofs and reasons in this regard.
\'Allamah Amini
Now it is time to see to which group the eminent \'Allamah, Ayatullah Amini - the distinguished compiler of the \"al-Ghadir\" - belonged and how he thought. Did he approve of the unity of the Muslims only within the light of Shi\'ism? Or did he consider Islamic fraternity to be broader? Did he believe that Islam which is embraced by uttering the \"shahadatayn\" (the Muslim creed) would willy-nilly create some rights for the Muslims and that the brotherhood and fraternity set forth in the Qur\'an exists among all Muslims?
\'Allamah Amini personally considered this point - i.e. the need to elucidate his viewpoint on this subject and elaborate whether\"al-Ghadir\" has a positive or a negative role in (the establishment of) Islamic unity. In order not to be subject to abuse by his opponent - be they among the pros and cons - he has repeatedly explained and elucidated his views.
\'Allamah Amini supported Islamic unity and viewed an open mind and clear insight. On different occasions, he set forth this matter in various volumes of the \"al-Ghadir\'. Reference will be made to some of them below:
In the preface to volume I, he briefly mentions the role of \"al-Ghadir\" in the world of Islam. He states: \"And we consider all this as service to religion, sublimation of the word of the truth, and restoration of the Islamic \'ummah\' (community).\"
In volume 3 (page 77), after quoting the fabrications of Ibn Taymiyah, Alusi, and Qasimi to the effect that Shi \'ism is hostile to some of the Ahl al-Bayt (the Household of the Prophet) such as Zayd bin \'Ali bin al-Huseyn, he notes the following under the title of \"Criticism and Correction\":
\"These fabrications and accusations sow the seeds of corruption, stir hostilities among the \'ummah\',create discord among the Islamic community, divide the \'ummah\', and clash with the public interests of the Muslims.
Again in volume 3 (page 268), he quotes the accusation leveled on the Shi\'ahs by Sayyid Muhammad Rashid Rida to the effect that \"Shi\'ahs are pleased with any defeat incurred by Muslims, so much as they celebrated the victory of the Russians over the Muslims.\" Then he says:
\"These falsehoods are fabricated by persons like Sayyid Muhammad Rashid Rida. The Shi\'ahs of Iran and Iraq against whom this accusation is leveled, as well as the orientalists, tourists, envoys of Islamic countries, and those who traveled and still travel to Iran and Iraq, have no information about this trend. Shi\'ahs, without exception, respect the lives, blood, reputation, and property of the Muslims be they Shi\'ahs or Sunnis. Whenever a calamity has befallen the Islamic community anywhere, in any region, and for any sects, the Shi\'ahs have shared their sorrow. The Shi\'ahs have never been confined to the Shi\'ah world, the (concept of) Islamic brotherhood which has been set forth in the Qur\'an and the \'sunnah\'(the Prophet\'s sayings and actions), and in this respect, no discrimination has been made between the Shi\'ahs and the Sunnis.\"
Also at the close of volume 3, he criticizes several books penned by the ancients such as \"Iqd al-Farid\" by Ibn Abd al-Rabbih, \"al-Intisar\" by Abu al-Husayn Khayyat al-Mu\'tazili,\"al Farq bayn al-Firaq\" by Abu Mansur al-Baghdadi, \"al-Fasl\" by Ibn Hazm al-Andulusi, \"al-Milal wa al-Nihal\" by Muhammad ibn Abdul-Karim al-Shahristani \"Minhaj al-Sunnah\" by Ibn Taymiah and \"al-Bidayah wa al-Nihayah\"by Ibn Kathir and several by the later writers such as \"Tarikh al-Umam al-Islamiyyah\" by Shaykh Muhammad Khizri, \"Fajr al Islam\" by Ahmad Amin, \"al-Jawlat fi Rubu al-Sharq al-Adna\" by Muhammad Thabit al-Mesri, \"al-Sira Bayn al-Islam wa al-Wathaniyah\" by Qasimi, and \"al- Washi\'ah\" by Musa Jarallah. Then he states the following:
\"By quoting and criticizing these books, we aim at warning and awakening the Islamic \'ummah\' (to the fact) that these books create the greatest danger for the Islamic community, they destabilize the Islamic unity and scatter the Muslim lines. In fact nothing can disrupt the ranks of the Muslims, destroy their unity, and tear their Islamic fraternity more severely than these books.\"
\'Allamah Amini, in the preface to volume 5, under title of\"Nazariyah Karimah\" on the occasion of a plaque of honor forwarded from Egypt for \"al-Ghadir\", clearly sets forth his view on this issue and leaves no room for any doubt. He remarks:
\"People are free to express views and ideas on religion. These (views and ideas) will never tear apart the bond of Islamic brotherhood to which the holy Qur\'an has referred by stating that \'surely the believers are brethren\'; even though academic discussion and theological and religious debates reach a peak. This has been the style of the predecessors, and of the \'sahaba\' and the\'tabi\'un\', at the head of them.
\"Notwithstanding all the differences that we have in the primary and secondary principles, we, the compilers and writers in nooks and corners of the world of Islam, share a common point and that is belief in the Almighty and His Prophet. A single spirit and one (form of) sentiment exists in all our bodies, and that is the spirit of Islam and the term\'ikhlas,\"
\"We, the Muslim compilers, all live under the banner of truth and carry out our duties under the guidance of the Qur\'an and the Prophetic Mission of the Holy Prophet (s). The message of all of us is \'Surely the (true) religion with Allah is Islam ... (3:18)\' and the slogan of all of us is \'There is no god but Allah and Muhammad is His Messenger.\' Indeed, we are (the members of) the party of Allah and the supporters of his religion.
In the preface to volume 8, under the title of \"al-Ghadir Yowahhad al-Sufuf fil-Mila al-Islami\", \'Allamah Amini directly makes researches into the role of \"Al- Ghadir\" in (the establishment of) Islamic unity. In this discussion, this great scholar categorically rejects the accusations leveled by those who said: \'Al-Ghadir\' causes greater discord among the Muslims. He proves that, on the contrary, \"Al-Ghadir\"removes many misunderstandings and brings the Muslims closer to one another. Then he brings evidence by mentioning the confessions of the non-Shi\'i Islamic scholars. At the close, he quotes the letter of Shaykh Muhammad Saeed Dahduh written in this connection.
To avoid prolongation of this article, we will not quote and translate the entire statements of \'Allamah Amini in explaining the positive role of \"al-Ghadir\" in (establishing) Islamic unity, since what has already been mentioned sufficiently proves this fact.
The positive role of \"al-Ghadir\" is established by the facts that it firstly clarifies the proven logic of the Shi\'ahs and proves that the inclination of Muslims to Shi\'ism - notwithstanding the poisonous publicity of some people - is not due to political, ethnic, or other trends and considerations. It also verifies that a powerful logic based on the Qur\'an and the \"sunnah\" has given rise to this tendency.
Secondly, it reflects that some accusations leveled on Shi\'ism - which have made other Muslims distanced from the Shi\'ah- are totally baseless and false. Examples of these accusations are the notion that the Shi\'ites prefer the non-Muslims to the non- Shi\'i Muslims, rejoice at the defeat of non-Shi\'ite Muslims at the hands of non-Muslims, and other accusations such as the idea that instead of going to hajj pilgrimage, the Shi\'ahs go on pilgrimage to shrines of the Imams, or have particular rites in prayers and in temporary marriage.
Thirdly, it introduces to the world of Islam the eminent Commander of the faithful \'Ali (\'a) who is the most oppressed and the least praised grand Islamic personality and who could be the leader of all Muslims, as well as his pure offspring.
Other Comments on \"al-Ghadir\"
Many unbiased non-Shia Muslims interpret the \"al-Ghadir\" in the same way that has already been mentioned.
Muhammad Abdul-Ghani Hasan al-Mesri, in his foreword on\"al-Ghadir\", which has been published in the preface to volume I, second edition, states:
\"I call on the Almighty to make your limpid brook (in Arabic, \'Ghadir\' means brook) the cause of peace and cordiality between the Shia and Sunni brothers to cooperate with one another in building the Islamic \"ummah.\"
\'Adil Ghadban, the managing editor of the Egyptian magazine entitled \"al-Kitab\", said the following in the preface to volume 3:
\"This book clarifies the Shi\'ite logic. The Sunnis can correctly learn about the Shi\'i through this book. Correct recognition of the Shi\'ahs brings the views of the Shi\'ahs and the Sunnis closer, and they can make a unified rank\".
In his foreword to the \"al-Ghadir\" which was published in thepreface to volume 4, Dr. Muhammad Ghallab, professor of philosophy at the Faculty of Religious Studies al-Azhar University said:
\"I got hold of your book at a very opportune time, because right now I am busy collecting and compiling a book on the lives of the Muslims from various perspectives. Therefore, I am highly avidfor obtaining sound information about \'Imamiyah\' Shi\'ism. Your book will help me. And I will not make mistakes about the Shi\'ahs as others have\".
In this foreword published in the preface to volume 4 of the\"al-Ghadir\", Dr. \'Abdul-Rahman Kiali Halabi says the following after referring to the decline of the Muslims in the present age and the factors which can lead to the Muslims\' salvation, one of which is the sound recognition of the successor of the Holy Prophet (s):
\"The book entitled \"al-Ghadir\" and its rich content deserves to be known by every Muslim to learn how historians have been negligent and see where the truth lies. Through this means, we should compensate for the past, and by striving to foster the unity of the Muslims, we should try to gain the due rewards\".
These were the views of \'Allamah Amini about the important social issues of our age and such were his sound reflections in the world of Islam.
Peace be upon him.
Text Source: http://www.al-islam.org/mot/default.asp?url=ghadir-relevance.htm
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Mokhtarnameh - Avsnitt 38 - Den röda drömmen - Farsi sub Swedish
I Guds den Nåderikes den Barmhärtiges Namn
I Hans Namn som försåg hjärna och hjärta med logik
Mokhtar Thaqafi, även kallad Abu Ishaq,...
I Guds den Nåderikes den Barmhärtiges Namn
I Hans Namn som försåg hjärna och hjärta med logik
Mokhtar Thaqafi, även kallad Abu Ishaq, son till Abu Ubayd Thaqafi; hans far ökänd som en av erövrarna av det oövervinneliga persiska riket och han själv beryktad och respekterad utav egen bedrift för sitt mod, medvetenhet och politiska skarpsinne och dessutom högaktad bland så väl araber som iranier som inte sällan var oense sinsemellan.
Lät hjärnans logik få övertaget under Imam Hassans(A) tid och höll sig i utkanterna, bort från den starkt politiskt manipulerade arenan. I efterhand, och efter Imam Hassans(A) martyrskap, fastän läget tett sig som han själv beräknat, insåg han sitt misstag av att inte ha lyssnat till hjärtats logik och försökte återgälda genom att stå Imam Hossein(A) till tjänst; men nu var det inte minst ödet som kom emellan och hade annat i förvar för honom.
Det är en svårfångad mystiskt och svårbegriplig känsla som inte kan hjälpas att kännas rätt över denna personlighet. En känsla som må vara svårt att lägga fingret på och än mer svårtolkad men som desto mer fångar in och lämnar intryck på ett djupare plan.
Hjärnans logik, som är bunden till att begripa först när alla pusselbitar är synligt på plats, har svårt att greppa den sanning som ändå känns av och att enbart försöka begripa det på den nivån till att börja med kommer vara en ansträngning med föga resultat; för att ha en chans att förstå Mokhtar och hans revolution, se med hjärtats logik!
Mokhtarname är en nyproducerad filmserie i vacker tappning, baserad på ett historiskt verklighetstroget, till namnet, känd händelse vars bakgrund och händelseförlopp är mindre känd. Filmserien återger det historiska händelseförloppet baserat på tillförlitliga historieskildringar och för att möjliggöra att en större publik får del av historien, följer varje avsnitt undertextad på svenska.
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Mokhtarnameh - Avsnitt 39 - Dödandet av jätten - Farsi sub Swedish
I Guds den Nåderikes den Barmhärtiges Namn
I Hans Namn som försåg hjärna och hjärta med logik
Mokhtar Thaqafi, även kallad Abu Ishaq,...
I Guds den Nåderikes den Barmhärtiges Namn
I Hans Namn som försåg hjärna och hjärta med logik
Mokhtar Thaqafi, även kallad Abu Ishaq, son till Abu Ubayd Thaqafi; hans far ökänd som en av erövrarna av det oövervinneliga persiska riket och han själv beryktad och respekterad utav egen bedrift för sitt mod, medvetenhet och politiska skarpsinne och dessutom högaktad bland så väl araber som iranier som inte sällan var oense sinsemellan.
Lät hjärnans logik få övertaget under Imam Hassans(A) tid och höll sig i utkanterna, bort från den starkt politiskt manipulerade arenan. I efterhand, och efter Imam Hassans(A) martyrskap, fastän läget tett sig som han själv beräknat, insåg han sitt misstag av att inte ha lyssnat till hjärtats logik och försökte återgälda genom att stå Imam Hossein(A) till tjänst; men nu var det inte minst ödet som kom emellan och hade annat i förvar för honom.
Det är en svårfångad mystiskt och svårbegriplig känsla som inte kan hjälpas att kännas rätt över denna personlighet. En känsla som må vara svårt att lägga fingret på och än mer svårtolkad men som desto mer fångar in och lämnar intryck på ett djupare plan.
Hjärnans logik, som är bunden till att begripa först när alla pusselbitar är synligt på plats, har svårt att greppa den sanning som ändå känns av och att enbart försöka begripa det på den nivån till att börja med kommer vara en ansträngning med föga resultat; för att ha en chans att förstå Mokhtar och hans revolution, se med hjärtats logik!
Mokhtarname är en nyproducerad filmserie i vacker tappning, baserad på ett historiskt verklighetstroget, till namnet, känd händelse vars bakgrund och händelseförlopp är mindre känd. Filmserien återger det historiska händelseförloppet baserat på tillförlitliga historieskildringar och för att möjliggöra att en större publik får del av historien, följer varje avsnitt undertextad på svenska.
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Mokhtarnameh - Avsnitt 40 - Flygning - Farsi sub Swedish
I Guds den Nåderikes den Barmhärtiges Namn
I Hans Namn som försåg hjärna och hjärta med logik
Mokhtar Thaqafi, även kallad Abu Ishaq,...
I Guds den Nåderikes den Barmhärtiges Namn
I Hans Namn som försåg hjärna och hjärta med logik
Mokhtar Thaqafi, även kallad Abu Ishaq, son till Abu Ubayd Thaqafi; hans far ökänd som en av erövrarna av det oövervinneliga persiska riket och han själv beryktad och respekterad utav egen bedrift för sitt mod, medvetenhet och politiska skarpsinne och dessutom högaktad bland så väl araber som iranier som inte sällan var oense sinsemellan.
Lät hjärnans logik få övertaget under Imam Hassans(A) tid och höll sig i utkanterna, bort från den starkt politiskt manipulerade arenan. I efterhand, och efter Imam Hassans(A) martyrskap, fastän läget tett sig som han själv beräknat, insåg han sitt misstag av att inte ha lyssnat till hjärtats logik och försökte återgälda genom att stå Imam Hossein(A) till tjänst; men nu var det inte minst ödet som kom emellan och hade annat i förvar för honom.
Det är en svårfångad mystiskt och svårbegriplig känsla som inte kan hjälpas att kännas rätt över denna personlighet. En känsla som må vara svårt att lägga fingret på och än mer svårtolkad men som desto mer fångar in och lämnar intryck på ett djupare plan.
Hjärnans logik, som är bunden till att begripa först när alla pusselbitar är synligt på plats, har svårt att greppa den sanning som ändå känns av och att enbart försöka begripa det på den nivån till att börja med kommer vara en ansträngning med föga resultat; för att ha en chans att förstå Mokhtar och hans revolution, se med hjärtats logik!
Mokhtarname är en nyproducerad filmserie i vacker tappning, baserad på ett historiskt verklighetstroget, till namnet, känd händelse vars bakgrund och händelseförlopp är mindre känd. Filmserien återger det historiska händelseförloppet baserat på tillförlitliga historieskildringar och för att möjliggöra att en större publik får del av historien, följer varje avsnitt undertextad på svenska.
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[15 May 2012] Gaza marks Nakba Day - English
Refugees in the Gaza Strip which is home to the largest Palestinian refugee population in the Middle East held a rally to mark the Nakba Day....
Refugees in the Gaza Strip which is home to the largest Palestinian refugee population in the Middle East held a rally to mark the Nakba Day.
The day of catastrophe or Nakba marks the expulsions of hundreds of thousands of Palestinian refugees of their homes prior to the creation of Israel on their lands in 1948. They were displaced from Palestine and lost their land and property.
Six decades down the road, Palestinian refugees are scattered in camps in the West bank and Gaza Strip, or in neighboring countries like Jordan, Syria, Lebanon or elsewhere, but they are still holding fast to their Palestinian identity and right of return.
In December of 1948, the UN General Assembly resolution 194 called for the return of all Palestinian refugee’s to their homeland.
Israel refused to implement the resolution and instead legislated in 1950 The Law of Return that gives all Jews around the world the right to emigrate to and settle in Israel.
Israel, which was violently created on occupied Palestinian lands in May 1948, has continued to fight and suppress the Palestinian culture and identity.
Representatives of Palestinian refugees met with the United Nations representative in Gaza demanding the implementation of the UN resolutions concerning refugees’ right of return.
Annual rallies such as this one unite Palestinians as they struggle with six decades of suffering.
Sixty four years on, Palestinian refugees say they will never give up their right of return to the land of their ancestors.
Ashraf Shannon, Press TV, Gaza.
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Nakba Day marked in Paris - 19 May 2012 - English
64 years ago, hundreds of thousands of Palestinians were forced out of their homes in the face of Jewish and later Israeli troop advances. They...
64 years ago, hundreds of thousands of Palestinians were forced out of their homes in the face of Jewish and later Israeli troop advances. They were displaced from Palestine and lost their land and property. It is still a painful memory for some who recall that day which is known as the catastrophe.
Hadeel Abokhaled’s grandmother was one of them.
She told they had forgotten their sister in the home where they were fleeing out of the home and they couldn’t come back and there are a lot of stories like the families who took the pillow instead of their babies so we hear a lot of stories like this.
She says, almost every Palestinian family living in refugee camps, has a similar story to tell.
Their towns and villages were razed to the ground to make way for Israeli colonies.
In the French capital, this demonstration is a show of strength, a show of support for hundreds of thousand of Palestinians who lost their land, homes and families in 1948.
Six decades on, Palestinian refugees are scattered in camps in the West bank and Gaza Strip, or in neighboring countries like Jordan, Syria, Lebanon or elsewhere.
Palestinians were forced out of their native land, but their love for their land has transcended boundaries and lived on 64 years after occupation passing down from generation to generation.
They are still holding fast to their Palestinian identity and right of return and not a single one of them has forgotten the key to the ancestral home.
Whatever the solution to the plight of the Palestinians, one thing is clear… the scars caused by pain, separation and humiliation will not disappear any time soon.
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Cooking Recipe - Broccoli and Grape Salad - English
Quick salad with broccoli, grapes, poppy seeds and crunchy almonds.....
Recipe:
4 cups broccoli florets
2 cups of red grapes spliced in half...
Quick salad with broccoli, grapes, poppy seeds and crunchy almonds.....
Recipe:
4 cups broccoli florets
2 cups of red grapes spliced in half
1/2 cup sliced almonds
1 1/2 tbsp black poppy seeds
1/2 cup mayonnaise
2 tbsp of honey
black pepper to taste
Method:
Mix the Mayonnaise and the honey together until well blended than go ahead and add the broccoli and grapes and toss. Make sure all the dressing is incorporated well with the dressing than add the poppy seeds and toss until well combined lastly toss with almonds to garnish!!!!
Don't forget to sprinkle it with black pepper and enjoy!!!
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US-NATO - Humanitarian Intervention in Syria: Towards a Regional War? -...
Prof. Michel Chossudovsky, Director of the Centre for Research on Globalization weighs in on the insurrectionary nature of the Syrian conflict and...
Prof. Michel Chossudovsky, Director of the Centre for Research on Globalization weighs in on the insurrectionary nature of the Syrian conflict and its potential to generate a larger regional conflict in the Middle East.
As the Syrian crisis enters its 16th month, the recent massacres in Houla and Hama have revived calls for foreign intervention and the toppling of President Bashar al-Assad. US Ambassador to the United Nations Susan Rice has recently hinted that the United States would soon take action outside of the Annan plan and the authority of the United Nations if the persistent violence in Syria continued unabated. While the Syrian opposition severs its commitment to uphold Kofi Annan's peace plan and openly calls for a UN- no-fly zone to replace the monitoring mission, US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has announced a new transition plan that would remove Assad from power completely. As outside forces plan a post-Assad transition strategy, the people of Syria are fast approaching a historic crossroads, of which may lead to a broader sectarian conflict that would forever reshape the Middle East
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[16 July 2012] George Galloway London militarized for Olympics - English
[16 July 2012] George Galloway London militarized for Olympics - English
The private security company, G4S, was handed 300 million pounds to hire...
[16 July 2012] George Galloway London militarized for Olympics - English
The private security company, G4S, was handed 300 million pounds to hire 10,000 security guards to police the London Olympics. Last week, the army marched in another 3,500 soldiers to tighten the security for Londoners. "There are already signs all over the place warning drivers not to venture in the central London and the underground stations are festooned with posters warning of the mayhem to come," said George Galloway.
East London, where the Olympics are centered, has become a militarized zone. Blocks of apartments have had ground-to-air missile batteries installed on their roofs despite protests by the owners. Special lanes are being installed on approach roads so the athletes and organizers can be fast tracked, avoiding the traffic jams. According to the governor of the Bank of England, Britain is now in recession, which is set to continue for another five years.
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[22 July 2012] The holy month of Ramadan begins in Iran - English
[22 July 2012] The holy month of Ramadan begins in Iran - English
The Ramadan moon has already been sighted in all Muslim countries; this means...
[22 July 2012] The holy month of Ramadan begins in Iran - English
The Ramadan moon has already been sighted in all Muslim countries; this means the beginning of Muslim month of fasting.
In Iran, like other Muslim countries, the fasting month of Ramadan has begun with its special ceremonies and customs. Throughout the month, devout Muslims abstain from food and drinks from dawn until sunset when they break the fast with the Iftar meal. Fasting during this month is often thought figuratively to burn away all sins.
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[23 July 2012] Pakistanis start fasting in Ramadan with full religious...
[23 July 2012] Pakistanis start fasting in Ramadan with full religious fervor - English
Mah-e-Siyam or Ramadan, the ninth month of Islamic lunar...
[23 July 2012] Pakistanis start fasting in Ramadan with full religious fervor - English
Mah-e-Siyam or Ramadan, the ninth month of Islamic lunar calendar in which Muslims fast from dawn to dusk, has started in Pakistan with full religious fervor.
Across Pakistan the decorated mosques are hosting worshipers that come to refine their spiritual-body in Ramadan, the month of food-for-soul.
Giving and sharing and not forgetting those who can't bring even a single meal to the table is perhaps the first lesson Ramdan teaches us that is why charity has become an inseparable part of this month.
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Mr Bear is getting ready to fast! Childrens Ramadhan stories - English
Come and meet Mr Bear, he will be fasting too!
Did you know that other animals and insects will be fasting too this Ramadan??
It's Our Islam...
Come and meet Mr Bear, he will be fasting too!
Did you know that other animals and insects will be fasting too this Ramadan??
It's Our Islam is a new series brought to you by the Ramadhan4U team.
Stories told by children for young and old alike!
You can see more of our episodes and our other projects at our website Ramadhan4U.com - making your Ramadhan and informed one this year!
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Vermicelli Bars/Bites - English
Sweet and crunchy bite sized vermicelli bars with coconut and pistachios!
Recipe:
1 stick unsalted butter
2 pkts of vermicelli 7.5 oz each...
Sweet and crunchy bite sized vermicelli bars with coconut and pistachios!
Recipe:
1 stick unsalted butter
2 pkts of vermicelli 7.5 oz each total of 15 oz
1 14 oz can plus 2 tbsp of condensed sweet milk
1 1/2 cup of dedicated coconut (reserve 1/2 cup for garnishing)
1/3 cup of chopped pistachios (reserve some for garnishing)
Method:
In saucepan add the one stick of butter and melt the butter making sure you don't burn the butter, once the butter is melted add the vermicelli and roast it until golden brown than go ahead and add the coconut and the nuts followed by the condensed milk once all of the ingredients are completely combined decide if you want to make the pieces or the balls I decided to do both so in a 5 by 5 pan I got 16 pieces and from the other half I got about 12 balls. Roll the balls in the coconut and for the bars you can sprinkle the reserved pistachios and coconut!!!
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How to make: Homemade Chicken Soup video (Quick and Easy) -...
Visit our website for more episodes! http://ramadhan4u.com to make your ramadhan a productive Ramadhan.
Recipes can be found at...
Visit our website for more episodes! http://ramadhan4u.com to make your ramadhan a productive Ramadhan.
Recipes can be found at http://www.ramadhan4u.com/cookbook/index.htm
Quranic Cuisine, the programme which brings you cooking and the Holy Quran.
Every episode features and ingredient which is mentioned in the Holy Quran.
Check out the Chicken soup dish in our episode of Quranic Cuisine from www.ramadhan4u.com :)!
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Curried Corn With Coconut Cream!! - English
Fast and easy curried corn infused with spices and coconut milk bringing pure satisfaction to the taste buds as well as a crunch from the corn!!...
Fast and easy curried corn infused with spices and coconut milk bringing pure satisfaction to the taste buds as well as a crunch from the corn!!
Recepi:
3 cans of corn (washed and drained)
2 tbsp of olive oil
3 to 4 currey leaves
2 tbsp tomato paste
Sambal to taste
1 tbsp mustard seeds
1 tbsp cumin
1/2 tsp of turmeric
11/2 tbsp of mango powder
2 tbsp dried parsly flakes
lemon juice to taste
1 14 oz can of coconut milk
salt to taste
fresh parsley chopped
Method: In a sauce pan on med high heat add about 2 tbsp of olive oil once heated add the curry leaves and the mustard seeds, once the mustard seeds pop go ahead and add the cumin and the rest of the spices. Stir the spices to infuse the flavors than go ahead and add the coconut milk, once the coconut milk boils than do a taste taste and if perfect go ahead and add the corn until well combined, lastly add the fresh parsley and serve... You can garnish with fresh parsley leaves and dried parsley flakes... enjoy!!!!!!
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While They Are Fasting وهم صائمون - رمضان على...
ليس السلاح ما صنع المقاومة، بل الإنسان فيها». هذا ما خرج به ضياء أبو طعام، بعد يوم...
ليس السلاح ما صنع المقاومة، بل الإنسان فيها». هذا ما خرج به ضياء أبو طعام، بعد يوم أمضاه برفقة المقاومين، في مواقعهم السريّة، والمخفيّة عن العيون. في شريط وثائقي بعنوان «وهم صائمون»، تعرضه «المنار» عند العاشرة والنصف مساء غد، يصوّر يوميات صيام المقاومين على الجبهة، وخلف المدافع. ويعرض العمل جزءاً من حياة هؤلاء المقاتلين، (مع إخفاء الوجوه)، بكثير من الخفر وبصورة خالية من الاستعراض.
وكانت الفكرة الأساسية من الفيلم تمضية يوم كامل مع المقاومين في شهر رمضان، وفي موقع حقيقي، «لأننا تعوّدنا على رؤية المقاومة بأشكال مموّهة، ودائماً ما تكون مقرونة بالسلاح والصواريخ، لكن هناك جوانب أخرى لا يراها أحد عنهم، فحاولنا أن نعكس أشياء منها»، يقول أبو طعام. أمضى الصحافي مع المقاومين ساعات طويلة، بين تصوير وحديث وتأمّل. «حبكة الفيلم كلّها تقوم على تصوير المقاومين، والخروج بصورة لهم لم يرها أحد من قبل. وينقل الفيلم للمشاهد كيف ينامون وكيف يحضّرون إفطارهم وكيف يصلّون، وكيف يمضون الشهر الكريم على الجبهة، بعيداً عن عائلاتهم». وبحسب الفيلم، يبدأ يوم المقاومين في شهر الصوم فجراً، ثمّ ينهون مهامهم التي تحتاج إلى جهد كبير قبل الظهر، ليتابعوا مهام أخرى إلى آخر النهار، وأحياناً في الليل.. يحتفظون بنضارة وجوههم، ورغم ان إفطارهم يقوم على طعام بسيط جداً.
يخبرنا أبو طعام أنّ التحضيرات التي سبقت تصوير الفيلم، «تطلّبت الكثير من الوقت. لأننا كنا نحتاج للحصول على أذونات كثيرة، قبل التنفيذ». وأثناء التصوير، كان المكان مبهماً بالنسبة للفريق، ولم تتم معاينته من قبل، بل ارتكزت التحضيرات المسبقة على شرح شفهي قدّمه أحد عناصر المقاومة، رافقهم لاحقاً أثناء التصوير.
ويقول ضياء أبو طعام إنّ هذه التجربة جعلت «معنى المقاومة الحقيقي، يتجسّد تجسّداً في رأسي وقناعاتي. وقد تفاجأت كثيراً بما رأيته عن قرب، مع أني أعمل في قناة للمقاومة إلا أن معرفة المقاومين عن كثب تختلف كثيراً عن الرصد من بعيد». الهدف من فيلم «وهم صائمون» إذاً هو الدخول إلى مختبر المقاومة، والتعرّف إليها بشكلها العفوي.. في هذا الفيديو سيكون المشاهد أمام وثائقي يحكي كيف تنتج «المقاومة إنساناً وليس سلاحاً».
«وهم صائمون» انتاج قناة «المنار»
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وداع شهر رمضان - بصوت أبو بشير النجفي...
وداع شهر رمضان - بصوت أبو بشير النجفي Farewell to the Month of Ramadhan - Arabic
وداع شهر رمضان - بصوت أبو بشير النجفي Farewell to the Month of Ramadhan - Arabic
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Vali Amr Muslimeen Ayatullah Khamenei warns of plot against Muslims - 19...
The first day of the lunar month of Shawaal marks the end of the fasting month of Ramadan, which is celebrated by Muslims as the Eid-ul-Fitr or the...
The first day of the lunar month of Shawaal marks the end of the fasting month of Ramadan, which is celebrated by Muslims as the Eid-ul-Fitr or the feast of fast- breaking worldwide.
In capital Tehran, massive crowds of people gathered at University of Tehran and surrounding areas to perform the Eid prayer, which is traditionally led by the Leader of Iran\\\'s Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei.
Since Eid Al-Fitr and its special prayers is an occasion for Muslims to forget further unity, leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei has waned Muslims of a plot to sow division among the Islamic Ummah.
Ayatollah Khamenei also said Islam\\\'s enemies are using sophisticated tools to achieve their goals. He also hailed the public for the massive turnout on the International al-Quds Day across the world. He said the occasion keeps the Palestinian cause alive and will have significant implications for the future of the Muslim world.
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Sayyed Khamenei: Speech at the International Conference of Islamic...
Supreme Leader\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\'s Speech to Participants of International Conference on Islamic Awakening
11/12/2012
The following is the full...
Supreme Leader\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\'s Speech to Participants of International Conference on Islamic Awakening
11/12/2012
The following is the full text of the speech delivered on December 11, 2012 by Ayatollah Khamenei the Supreme Leader of the Islamic Revolution at the International Conference of Muslim University Professors and Islamic Awakening.
In the Name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful
First of all, I welcome you honorable guests who have come here from different countries and I also welcome the dear and honorable professors from our own universities.
Since almost one and a half years ago until today, many meetings and conferences on Islamic Awakening have been held in Tehran, but I think that the International Conference of Muslim University Professors and Islamic Awakening has a special significance. This significance is because of the role of outstanding personalities and intellectuals in promoting new ideas in every society. They are the people who can lead a nation to salvation or to - God forbid - destruction. Unfortunately, the latter happened in certain countries, including our own country, over the last 70 or 80 years.
There is a narration from the Holy Prophet (s.w.a.), Muhammad ibn Abdullah, which says, \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\"The masses do not follow the right path unless outstanding personalities guide them towards it.\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\" When he was asked who these outstanding personalities are, he answered, \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\"Religious scholars.\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\" Religious scholars were the first people whom he referred to as outstanding personalities and then he mentioned other groups of people. Therefore, university professors, luminaries and outstanding personalities can be the leaders of the people in every country, provided that they show purity and courage. They should not be afraid of the enemies. If they show fear, greed, negligence and laziness, they will fail to achieve the desired result. If they do not show fear, greed and negligence- if they show courage, then their efforts will achieve the desired result.
During the early days of the Revolution, about thirty one years or thirty two years ago, I and two other people went from Tehran to Qom to meet Imam Khomeini (r.a.). At that time, he was still in Qom. We - who were members of the Revolutionary Council at that time - went there to ask for his opinion about a very important issue. When we explained to him what the issue was, Imam (r.a.) looked at us and asked, \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\"Are you afraid of America?\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\" We said, \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\"No\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\". Then he told us to implement our decision. Then we implemented our decision and we succeeded. If you show fear, greed and negligence and if you let deviant orientations play a role [in your decision-making], you will face serious problems.
Today the entire world is faced with a great event. This great event is Islamic Awakening. This is a fact. Muslim nations and the Islamic Ummah have awakened. Today achieving domination over Muslim nations is not as easy as it used to be during the time after World War I and during the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Today, if global arrogance wants to dominate Muslim peoples, they will face serious difficulties. Islamic Awakening has penetrated the Islamic Ummah which has resulted in a number of revolutions and the fall of corrupt and dependent regimes in certain countries. But this is only part of Islamic Awakening, not all of it. Islamic Awakening is a deep and widespread movement.
Of course, the enemies are afraid of the phrase \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\"Islamic Awakening.\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\" They are trying not to let the phrase \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\"Islamic Awakening\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\" be used to refer to the current great movement in the region. Why are they doing this? It is because they tremble with fear when they see genuine Islam. They do not fear the kind of Islam which is based on money, corruption, aristocracy and the kind of Islam which is not supported by the majority of people. But they are terrified when they see the kind of Islam which is supported by the majority of people and which is based on action, reliance on God and divine promises. \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\"And surely Allah will help him who helps His cause\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\" [The Holy Quran, 22: 40]. Whenever this kind of Islam emerges, whenever there are signs that this kind of Islam is approaching them, they tremble with fear. They are filled with fear \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\"as if they were frightened donkeys, fleeing from a lion\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\" [The Holy Quran, 74: 50-51]. Therefore, they do not want the phrase \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\"Islamic Awakening\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\" to be used. But we believe that the current great movement is a true example of Islamic Awakening and it has penetrated the world of Islam. This movement will continue in the future and it will not easily deviate from its path.
We should identify the problems of these regional movements. This is the first point that I want to discuss with you. You should identify the problems of these movements and revolutions in Egypt, Tunisia, Libya and similar countries. What are the dangers? What are the problems? Why do we say that these movements are Islamic in essence? Take a look at the people\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\'s slogans. Take a look at the role of Muslim believers in overthrowing corrupt regimes. If Muslim believers and Muslim groups who firmly believe in Islam and who are greatly respected by the people had not participated in these movements, these large public demonstrations would not have been held. The pressures that the people exerted, with their presence, on oppressive regimes like those of Hosni Mubarak and Ben Ali, completely destroyed their shaky foundations. They were Muslim peoples with Islamic slogans. The crucial role of Islamist parties in overthrowing these regimes is a clear proof that this movement is an Islamic movement. And whenever there was an election in these countries, the people voted for Islamist parties. They supported Islamic parties and they preferred them to other parties. Today, if a free election is held almost everywhere in the world of Islam - there may be a few exceptions - and if Islamist leaders and politicians participate in this election, the people will vote for Islamist politicians. This is the same everywhere in the world of Islam. Therefore, this movement is undoubtedly an Islamic movement.
Well, I said that we should identify the problems in these movements. Besides identifying the problems, we should delineate the goals of these revolutions, otherwise there will be confusion. We should delineate these goals. One of the most important goals of Islamic Awakening is getting rid of global arrogance. We should announce this openly because it is wrong to think that global arrogance - headed by America - may get along with Islamic movements. Wherever Islam and supporters of Islam prevail, America does its best to destroy them while putting on a friendly smile. Regional revolutions have no other choice than distancing themselves from global arrogance. We do not say that they should go to war with America, but we say that they should determine what the position of America and global arrogance is on the recent events in the region. They should do this correctly because if they do not gain a proper understanding of their position, they will be deceived.
Today, global arrogance is ruling over the world by using money, weapons and science. But it lacks new ideas and a road map. Today global arrogance has this big problem. It does not have any new ideas to help the people and intellectuals. But you do. You have Islam. When we have new ideas and a road map, we can delineate our goals and we can stand up against global arrogance. In this way, their weapons, their science and their money will not be effective as they were in the past. Of course, they will not be entirely ineffective, but we should think of ways to counter them - if there is time, I will explain more. Thus, in the first place, we should have new ideas, a road map and an ideology. We should know what we want to do.
We should delineate the goals of Islamic Awakening. One of the important goals of Islamic Awakening, which regional developments should pay attention to, is to preserve the pivotal role of Islam. Islam should be the pivot. Islamic principles and sharia should be the pivot of things. There is an all-out effort to claim that sharia is not compatible with progress, change and civilization. This is what the enemy says. No, it is perfectly compatible. Of course, there are many people in the world of Islam who do not have enough knowledge of Islamic jurisprudence and who have supported the enemy\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\'s claim with their dogmatic and old-fashioned ideas. These people are Muslims, but they are at the service of the enemy. There are such people in Islamic countries which are located near us. They call themselves Muslims, but they do not have any new ideas about and any new outlook on Islamic teachings. Islam is for all eras and centuries. Islam answers all the needs of human beings. We should only develop the necessary expertise in order to find Islam\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\'s answers to all the questions of human beings. Some people do not have this expertise and they only know how to excommunicate and drive certain people out of religion. And they call themselves Muslims. Sometimes we discover that these people cooperate with the enemy. We should make Islam and sharia the pivot of our activities. This is one of the goals of Islamic Awakening.
Another goal of Islamic Awakening is building a governing system. If a governing system is not built in countries which have carried out a revolution, they will face dangers. In North African countries, similar revolutions were carried out about 60 or 70 years ago. It was in mid-twentieth century that a revolution was carried out in Tunisia and certain people came to power. Similarly, a revolution and a coup d\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\'état were carried out in Egypt and certain people came to power. The same thing happened in some other countries. But they failed to build a governing system. This resulted in not only the destruction of these revolutions but also in the complete political transformation of the individuals who had come to power as revolutionaries. There was a complete change in their political behavior and they turned their backs on their values. This happened in Tunisia, Egypt and Sudan during that time. It was around 1343, 1344 or 1345 that I and a couple of my friends were listening to Sawt al-Arab radio station in Mashhad - Sawt al-Arab used to be broadcast from Cairo in Egypt. It was broadcasting the interviews of Gamal Abdel Nasser, Muammar Gaddafi and Jaafar Nimeiry who had gathered in one place. We were being suppressed by the dictatorial regime of Mohammad Reza Pahlavi in Mashhad, but these fiery and impassioned speeches made us very enthusiastic and brought us great joy. Well, Abdel Nasser died and you saw what his successors did. You also saw what happened to Gaddafi and Nimeiry. Those revolutions underwent drastic changes because they had no plans and they did not build a governing system. There should be a governing system in countries which have carried out a revolution. They should build a solid foundation. This is one of the important issues regarding Islamic Awakening.
Another important issue is strengthening popular support. Islamic governments should not separate themselves from the people. The people have certain expectations and needs. The real power is in the hands of the people. Whenever the people hold demonstrations, whenever they become firmly united and whenever they unanimously support their leaders and government officials, then America and even powers that are greater than America cannot do anything to harm them. We should maintain the support of the people and you intellectuals, authors, poets and religious scholars can do this. The most significant people are religious scholars who have a heavy responsibility. They should clarify for people what they want and where they are going. They should enlighten them about the problems and the enemy. They should help the people remain vigilant. In this way, no harm will be inflicted on the Islamic Ummah.
Another issue is training the youth in scientific areas. Islamic countries should make progress in scientific and technological areas. I said that the west and America dominated the world by means of science - one of the means they used was science. They acquired wealth by using science. Of course, they acquired part of their wealth by using political machinations and immoral methods, but science also played an important role. We should make progress in science. There is a narration which says, \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\"Knowledge is power. Anybody who has knowledge will be able to dominate those around him. Anybody who fails to gain knowledge will be ruled.\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\" You should make progress in science. Acquiring knowledge is like having strong arms. If you do not have strong arms, other strong people will twist your arms. You should encourage the youth in your countries to make progress in science. This is possible. We have done this in Iran. Before the Revolution, we were ranked one of the lowest nations in terms of science. No one paid any attention to us. Today those who carry out research in this regard say that Iran ranks 16th in the world in terms of science and the news of our achievement spread quickly in the world. This has been achieved in the shade of the Revolution, Islam and sharia. News of this achievement spread several months ago. Those organizations who said this predicted that Iran\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\'s scientific rank would be single-digit in a few years. They specified a year by which Iran will achieve this rank - in 10, 12 years. They said that Iran will be ranked fourth. This is because Iran has a fast rate of scientific growth. Of course, we are still far behind the world. Our scientific growth is several times faster than the global average, but we are still behind other countries. If we move forward at this speed, we will make great progress. The world of Islam should continue making progress. Islamic countries are talented. We have good young people. They are very talented. Muslim peoples used to be pioneers in science during a certain period. Why would we not expect that the world of Islam will be an authoritative source of reference in scientific areas? Why would we not expect that we can reach a point where all countries turn to Muslim countries in scientific areas? This is possible in the future. We should try very hard. Progress in science can be achieved in the shade of Islam and regional revolutions. The Islamic Ummah has proved that it can move forward at a greater speed.
Another important issue is unity - it is almost time for praying and we need to go. Dear brothers and sisters, our enemies are making the best of the discord that exists among us. They are trying to create discord among Muslim peoples under such pretexts as Shia and Sunni Islam, ethnicity and nationality. They are trying to create discord by magnifying Shia and Sunni differences. You see that they are creating discord in Islamic countries which have carried out a revolution and in other Islamic countries. Everybody should be vigilant. The west and America are the enemies of the world of Islam. We should address and respond to this issue from this perspective. They are provoking the emotions of the people. Their intelligence services are working very hard and they sow destruction wherever they can. On the issue of Palestine, they created as many obstacles as they could. Of course, they failed in their efforts. We are moving forward. The world of Islam is moving forward.
The recent event in Palestine is very important. An 8-day war broke out between the people of Gaza and the Zionist regime which claims to have the strongest army in the region. But when both sides decided to declare a ceasefire, it was the Palestinian side that set conditions. Is this believable? Would anybody have believed ten years ago that one day there would be a war between the Palestinians - not all Palestinians, a group of them in Gaza - and the Zionist regime and it would be the Palestinians who set conditions for a ceasefire? Well done to the Palestinians. Well done! Well done to Hamas, Islamic Jihad, and the soldiers who fought in Palestine and Gaza for their outstanding courage. What they did is a perfect example of courage. I want to express my gratitude to the Palestinian soldiers for their sacrifices, their efforts and their patience. They saw that \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\"Verily, with every difficulty there is relief\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\" [The Holy Quran, 94: 6]. If we show patience, God Almighty will resolve our problems. Because they resisted the enemy and showed great patience, God Almighty resolved their problems. This is a lesson for both the Palestinians and other people. You should not underestimate the significance of unity between Muslim peoples. It is a very important issue.
The point that our Bahraini brother raised about the silence of the world of Islam on the issue of Bahrain is true. The reason why some people are silent on this issue is that they have a denominational bias. According to these people, you can help people who have risen up against their corrupt government unless these people are Shia like the people of Bahrain. Some people have such an attitude towards this issue. They should change their attitude.
We should know the enemy. We should know what his plots and machinations are. We should know how he tries to harm us. Our position on the issue of Syria was based on such an outlook. We cannot even stand to see that blood runs from the nose of a single Muslim. Even this is very painful for us. What we say is that those who are dragging Syria into a civil war, destruction and fratricide are to blame for the current situation in Syria. The demands of all peoples should be met in conventional ways and without using such violence.
I hope that Allah the Exalted guides all of us. I hope that Allah the Exalted bestows His blessings on your efforts. I hope that Allah the Exalted bestows a bright future on this great wave of Islamic Awakening.
Greetings be upon you and Allah\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\'s mercy and blessings
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Kids Cartoon - PINGU - Pingus Tobogganing - All Languages Other
Pingu and his friends Pingo and Pingg are going tobogganing up in some high mountains. After a long climb, they reach the top, and sled their way...
Pingu and his friends Pingo and Pingg are going tobogganing up in some high mountains. After a long climb, they reach the top, and sled their way down. Pingu\'s friends go down at great speed, but Pingu has trouble; his sled doesn\'t seem to slide and he can only go slowly. It then turns out that the skis on the bottom of Pingu\'s sled are rusted, and his friends give him a greased rag to polish them with. After Pingu\'s friends come down a second time, he shows them how clean the skis are, and does a test, which turns out successful. They try a third time, but Pingu over-polished the skis, and he goes zooming down too fast to control. His sled breaks, and he crashes into a snowman, getting stuck inside it. Pingu\'s friends find him, move the snowman inside, and then put it near the furnace so it melts to free Pingu. When he thaws completely, Pingo offers him the greased rag again. Pingu rejects angrily. Then they all have a good laugh about it.
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Doctors Corner - Importance of Breakfast - Urdu
The best morning show ever, full of information, related to medicine, ailments, diagnosis, treatments, cooking segment, exercise, talks with...
The best morning show ever, full of information, related to medicine, ailments, diagnosis, treatments, cooking segment, exercise, talks with experts, gardening, reports, special events like exhibitions in Iran specially Tehran, visiting places in Tehran and other cities, about technology, Iranian progress and developments etc. Hassan Zaidi, covers interesting topics based on different technologies, while Khurram Gardezi covers the medical topics.
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[01] If Hezbollah was Defeated - Arabic sub English
Credit: Ziad B
If Hezbollah was defeated is a 17 episode series surrounding the Middle Eastern issues. It is an in depth analysis. Al Manar...
Credit: Ziad B
If Hezbollah was defeated is a 17 episode series surrounding the Middle Eastern issues. It is an in depth analysis. Al Manar takes you back to the very start of the Palestinian issue and fast forwards to the present day crises that has developed. Al Manar presents you with the establishment of the Zionist entity, the loss of consecutive Arab wars to reclaim the mother land and to how Israel lost to Hezbollah?
An intensive analysis and documentary on the most prevalent issue in modern day society that has an affect on everyone who is rooted to the Middle East.
I have added english subtitles to the documentary that will benefit non Arabic speaking people who are interested in learning about the history and the current day political and military situation in the region.
If Hezbollah Was Defeated is brought to you by Al Manar TV. All rights are reserved to the Al Manar Broadcasting Network.
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[06] If Hezbollah was Defeated - Arabic Sub English
Credit: Ziad B
If Hezbollah was defeated is a 17 episode series surrounding the Middle Eastern issues. It is an in depth analysis. Al Manar...
Credit: Ziad B
If Hezbollah was defeated is a 17 episode series surrounding the Middle Eastern issues. It is an in depth analysis. Al Manar takes you back to the very start of the Palestinian issue and fast forwards to the present day crises that has developed. Al Manar presents you with the establishment of the Zionist entity, the loss of consecutive Arab wars to reclaim the mother land and to how Israel lost to Hezbollah?
An intensive analysis and documentary on the most prevalent issue in modern day society that has an affect on everyone who is rooted to the Middle East.
I have added english subtitles to the documentary that will benefit non Arabic speaking people who are interested in learning about the history and the current day political and military situation in the region.
If Hezbollah Was Defeated is brought to you by Al Manar TV. All rights are reserved to the Al Manar Broadcasting Network.
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[07] If Hezbollah was Defeated - Arabic Sub English
Credit: Ziad B
If Hezbollah was defeated is a 17 episode series surrounding the Middle Eastern issues. It is an in depth analysis. Al Manar...
Credit: Ziad B
If Hezbollah was defeated is a 17 episode series surrounding the Middle Eastern issues. It is an in depth analysis. Al Manar takes you back to the very start of the Palestinian issue and fast forwards to the present day crises that has developed. Al Manar presents you with the establishment of the Zionist entity, the loss of consecutive Arab wars to reclaim the mother land and to how Israel lost to Hezbollah?
An intensive analysis and documentary on the most prevalent issue in modern day society that has an affect on everyone who is rooted to the Middle East.
I have added english subtitles to the documentary that will benefit non Arabic speaking people who are interested in learning about the history and the current day political and military situation in the region.
If Hezbollah Was Defeated is brought to you by Al Manar TV. All rights are reserved to the Al Manar Broadcasting Network.
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