GOOD SPEECH - Afeef Khan on Islamic Revolution and situation in Gaza -...
Speech delivered by brother Afeef Khan on a program to celebrate the 30th anniversary of Islamic Revolution. Afeef Khan is the editor of the first...
Speech delivered by brother Afeef Khan on a program to celebrate the 30th anniversary of Islamic Revolution. Afeef Khan is the editor of the first ever Tafseer e Quran written in English by Imam Al Asi. He is also in the editorial board of Crescent International Magazine.
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President Ahmadinejad requests the crowd to forgive the clowns - 20Apr09...
The opening of a United Nations conference in Switzerland on anti-racism was marred by chaotic scenes Monday as protests and a walkout by delegates...
The opening of a United Nations conference in Switzerland on anti-racism was marred by chaotic scenes Monday as protests and a walkout by delegates disrupted a controversial address by Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad.
The presence of the Iranian leader at the conference had already prompted Israel to withdraw its ambassador from Switzerland, while several countries including the United States are also boycotting the gathering.
Dozens of delegates walked out of the chamber as Ahmadinejad accused Israel and the West of making "an entire nation homeless under the pretext of Jewish suffering ... in order to establish a totally racist government." Video Watch delegates make their exit »
He said Zionism, the Jewish national movement, "personifies racism," and accused Zionists of wielding economic and political resources to silence opponents. He also blasted the United States-led invasion of Afghanistan.
Protesters in brightly colored wigs interrupted Ahmadinejad as he began to speak, shouting: "You're a racist!" in accented English.
But some delegates cheered, while security officers dragged at least two protesters from the chamber.
Earlier, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman called Ambassador Ilan Elgar home to protest a meeting between the Swiss president and Ahmadinejad, Israel's foreign ministry said in a statement.
"The meeting of a president of a democratic country with a notorious Holocaust denier such as the Iranian president, who has openly declared his intention of wiping Israel off the map, is not in keeping with the values represented by Switzerland," the ministry said.
Netanyahu's office had earlier said the diplomatic move was a response to the presence of Ahmadinejad at the conference.
Ahmadinejad has said that the Holocaust is a myth, and Iran hosted a conference in 2006 questioning the Holocaust, in which about 6 million Jews were killed.
The United States, among others, is refusing to send envoys to the Durban Review Conference.
The U.N. high commissioner for human rights said Sunday that she regrets -- and is "shocked" by -- the United States' decision to boycott.
"I am shocked and deeply disappointed by the United States' decision not to attend a conference that aims to combat racism, xenophobia, racial discrimination and other forms of intolerance worldwide," High Commissioner Navi Pillay said in a written statement.
"A handful of states have permitted one or two issues to dominate their approach to this issue, allowing them to outweigh the concerns of numerous groups of people that suffer racism and similar forms of intolerance... These are truly global issues, and it is essential that they are discussed at a global level, however sensitive and difficult they may be," she said.
The U.S. State Department said Washington's decision was based in part on a conference document that "singles out" Israel in its criticism and conflicts with the United States' "commitment to unfettered free speech."
President Barack Obama noted Sunday that the United States had previously warned it would not attend the conference if the document was not sufficiently altered in advance. According to the State Department, the document contains language that "prejudges key issues that can only be resolved in negotiations between the Israelis and Palestinians."
The language reaffirms the Durban Declaration and Programme of Actions from the 2001 conference in Durban, South Africa, which the United States has said it won't support.
Obama said the United States hopes to partner with other countries "to actually reduce discrimination around the globe, but this (conference) wasn't an opportunity to do it."
Australia, Canada, Germany and Italy, among others, are also boycotting the conference. Poland announced Monday it too would pull out of the conference.
Netanyahu on Monday praised the countries that refused to attend: "I congratulate the nations that boycotted the show of hate."
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EU President Global Warming Used To Suppress Human Freedom-English
Czech Republic President Vaclav Klaus currently also holding the European Union presidency denounces global warming alarmism in a speech at Columbi...
Czech Republic President Vaclav Klaus currently also holding the European Union presidency denounces global warming alarmism in a speech at Columbi Klaus blames alarmists He has written a book expressing doubts that climate change is man made
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The Future of Food - Documentary - Part 1 - English
Directed produced and written by Deborah Koon Garcia. THE FUTURE OF FOOD offers an in-depth investigation into the disturbing truth behind the...
Directed produced and written by Deborah Koon Garcia. THE FUTURE OF FOOD offers an in-depth investigation into the disturbing truth behind the unlabeled patented genetically engineered foods that have quietly filled U.S. grocery store shelves for the past decade.
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The Future of Food - Documentary - Part 2 - English
Directed produced and written by Deborah Koon Garcia. THE FUTURE OF FOOD offers an in-depth investigation into the disturbing truth behind the...
Directed produced and written by Deborah Koon Garcia. THE FUTURE OF FOOD offers an in-depth investigation into the disturbing truth behind the unlabeled patented genetically engineered foods that have quietly filled U.S. grocery store shelves for the past decade.
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The Future of Food - Documentary - Part 4 - English
Directed produced and written by Deborah Koon Garcia. THE FUTURE OF FOOD offers an in-depth investigation into the disturbing truth behind the...
Directed produced and written by Deborah Koon Garcia. THE FUTURE OF FOOD offers an in-depth investigation into the disturbing truth behind the unlabeled patented genetically engineered foods that have quietly filled U.S. grocery store shelves for the past decade.
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The Future of Food - Documentary - Part 5 - English
Directed produced and written by Deborah Koon Garcia. THE FUTURE OF FOOD offers an in-depth investigation into the disturbing truth behind the...
Directed produced and written by Deborah Koon Garcia. THE FUTURE OF FOOD offers an in-depth investigation into the disturbing truth behind the unlabeled patented genetically engineered foods that have quietly filled U.S. grocery store shelves for the past decade.
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The Future of Food - Documentary - Part 6 - English
Directed produced and written by Deborah Koon Garcia. THE FUTURE OF FOOD offers an in-depth investigation into the disturbing truth behind the...
Directed produced and written by Deborah Koon Garcia. THE FUTURE OF FOOD offers an in-depth investigation into the disturbing truth behind the unlabeled patented genetically engineered foods that have quietly filled U.S. grocery store shelves for the past decade. Part 7 available on youtube.
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The Future of Food - Documentary - Part 8 - English
Directed produced and written by Deborah Koon Garcia. THE FUTURE OF FOOD offers an in-depth investigation into the disturbing truth behind the...
Directed produced and written by Deborah Koon Garcia. THE FUTURE OF FOOD offers an in-depth investigation into the disturbing truth behind the unlabeled patented genetically engineered foods that have quietly filled U.S. grocery store shelves for the past decade.
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The Giving Tree - Shel Silverstein - Children-s Story - English
courtesy lisasimpson on youtube. "Once there was a tree . . . and she loved a little boy." So begins a story of unforgettable perception,...
courtesy lisasimpson on youtube. "Once there was a tree . . . and she loved a little boy." So begins a story of unforgettable perception, beautifully written and illustrated by the gifted and versatile Shel Silverstein. Every day the boy would come to the tree to eat her apples, swing from her branches, or slide down her trunk . . . and the tree was happy. But as the boy grew older he began to want more from the tree, and the tree gave and gave. This is a tender story, touched with sadness, aglow with consolation.
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Professor Hamid Algar on Obama-s Iran Policies - English
This lecture took place on 11 February 2009 at UC Berkeley on the occasion of the 30th anniversary of the Islamic Revolution in Iran. Hamid Algar...
This lecture took place on 11 February 2009 at UC Berkeley on the occasion of the 30th anniversary of the Islamic Revolution in Iran. Hamid Algar has been a member of the University of California-Berkeley faculty since 1965. He is the biographer of Ayatollah Khomeini and ranks among world's leading historians of Islam. He teaches courses on Persian literature the history of Islam and Shiism and Sufism. He has written books and articles on each of these subjects including more than 100 articles in the Encyclopaedia Iranica.
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[3] MOVIE : Ekhrajiha (The Outcasts) - Urdu
The film had also broken all box-office records in Iran.
written and directed by Masoud Dehnamaki, set during the Iran–Iraq War.
The film had also broken all box-office records in Iran.
written and directed by Masoud Dehnamaki, set during the Iran–Iraq War.
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[4] MOVIE : Ekhrajiha (The Outcasts) - Urdu
The film had also broken all box-office records in Iran.
written and directed by Masoud Dehnamaki, set during the Iran–Iraq War.
The film had also broken all box-office records in Iran.
written and directed by Masoud Dehnamaki, set during the Iran–Iraq War.
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[2] MOVIE : Ekhrajiha (The Outcasts) - Urdu
The film had also broken all box-office records in Iran.
written and directed by Masoud Dehnamaki, set during the Iran–Iraq War.
The film had also broken all box-office records in Iran.
written and directed by Masoud Dehnamaki, set during the Iran–Iraq War.
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[1] MOVIE : Ekhrajiha (The Outcasts) - Urdu
The film had also broken all box-office records in Iran.
written and directed by Masoud Dehnamaki, set during the Iran–Iraq War.
The film had also broken all box-office records in Iran.
written and directed by Masoud Dehnamaki, set during the Iran–Iraq War.
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جانم فدائے رہبر How Leader of the Muslim Ummah moves hearts...
Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei, Sayyed Ali Khamenei was born in Mashad, the holiest city, in the north-eastern province of Khorasan, in 1939. Both...
Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei, Sayyed Ali Khamenei was born in Mashad, the holiest city, in the north-eastern province of Khorasan, in 1939. Both his parents belonged to clergy\'s families and spent the year 1964, he achieved the highest degrees in his theological studies at the Theological Academy of Qum but continued his studies at the Theological Academy at Mashad up to the age of twenty-nine.
Political Activities before Victory of The Islamic Revolution
During the rule of the deposed shah, Ay. Khamenei was a favourite pupil of Imam Khomeini, the leader of the Islamic Revolution, he was also considered to be one of the most eminent and dependable leaders of the movement of the Iranian Muslims, this movement entered a new phase in 1962 after Imam Khomini`s pronouncements against the Shah regime.
Responsibilities After the Victory
In the course of these struggles, Ay. Khamenei was arrested many times and spent three years in prison between 1964 and 1978. He was also exiled to a place with worst climate condition for almost a year.
In 1978, upon return from exile and the height of the revolutionary of the Iranian Muslims, he, together with a few close associates led the struggle of the people in Khorasan.
Later, in the same year when Leader of the Revolution was temporarily in Paris, he was selected as a member of the government of the Islamic Republic of IRAN. He was entrusted with the responsibility of representing the Revolutionary Council in the Army as well as Deputy for Revolutionary Affairs at the National Ministry of Defence and some time later. He was appointed to the post of the Revolutionary guards.
At about this time, Imam Khomeini chose him to lead the Friday congregational Prayers in Tehran and in 1980 he was elected to Islamic Consultative Assembly by the people of Tehran. After the formation of the Supreme Council of Defence, Ay. Khamenei joined it as the representative of Imam Khomeini.
Ay. Khamenei was one of the founding members of the Islamic Republic Party in IRAN and held the post of the Secretary-General of the Party.
Ay. Khamenei was the victim of an assassination attempt on 27th June 1981. having delivered an important speech at the consultative assembly, which ended in the dismissal of Bani-Sader from the Presidency of IRAN, he was addressing the faithful at poor residential area in Tehran, after leading the congregational prayer, when a time-bomb exploded nearby which injured him in the hand, chest and face. He was immediately transferred to a hospital by the deboted people of Tehran and he miraculously survived; his right hand, however, is not still functioning properly.
Presidency
In the 1981, following the martyrdom of the second President of the Islamic republic of Iran, he becomes a candidate and, in September of the same year, he was elected the Third President of the Islamic Republic of Iran with %95 of the votes cast in his favour by the Iranian people (the total number of votes was 16,847,717). He was reelected as president in 1985 for a second four-year term.
Ay. Khamenei heads the Supreme Council of Defence and the Supreme Council of the Cultural Revolution.
Since the beginning of the imposed war, he has often visited various war fronts and has often inspected the frontline in order to help remove any shortcoming or to advise on organizational matters.
Leadership
In 4th June 1989, One day after demise of Imam Khomeimi, Assembly of Experts closed Ayatollah Khamenei to lead the Islamic Revolution of IRAN.Since 1994, Ayatollah Khamenei has been introduced as the Religious authority in religious authority for Shi`ait people in the world by the Ulama from different countries.
Family
Mr. Khamenei is married and has six children.
Works & Books
He has a good command of the Arabic and Turkish and English language and, in addition to writing, he is a good judge of literary and poetic works. He has translated and written numerous books on Islam and history. His translations include \" Future of the Islamic lands,\" \" A Thdictment against the Western Civilization,\" and \" Imam Hassan`s Peace Treaty.\" From among his writings, one may mention: \" The Role of Muslims in the Independence struggle of India.\" General Pattern of Islamic Thought in the Quran,\" The Question of Patience,\" On the Inner Depth of prayers,\" \"Understanding Islam properly,\" \"Imam Al-Sadegh`s Life,\" and a collection of lectures on the question of Imamate. He was also a co-writer of the famous pamphlet \" Our Positions,\" which helped the political, social and philosophical advancement of Islamic Republic Party. Other contributors were martyred Ayatollah Beheshti, martyred Hojjatol-Eslam Bahonar and Hojjatol-Eslam Hashemi Rafsanjani.
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Epilogue-Ben Whites Israeli Apartheid: A Beginners Guide-...
This week's Epilogue is reviewing 'Israeli Apartheid: A Beginner's Guide' written by Ben White who has applied his considerable intellect to the...
This week's Epilogue is reviewing 'Israeli Apartheid: A Beginner's Guide' written by Ben White who has applied his considerable intellect to the way Israel's laws applied to only some of its citizens.
Ben White is a freelance journalist and writer specializing in Palestine and Israel. He also writes on the broader Middle East, Islam and Christianity, and the 'war on terror.' Ben has been to Palestine many times since 2003 and has a BA in English Literature from Cambridge University.
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Holy Quran - Surah al Asr, Surah No 103 - Arabic sub English sub Urdu
This is a ‘meccan’ surah. Asr means age which implies continuity of time. According to some commentators it is a reference to the period in...
This is a ‘meccan’ surah. Asr means age which implies continuity of time. According to some commentators it is a reference to the period in which the Holy Prophet (s) was sent into this world to preach the religion of ALLAH (swt), Islam, so that mankind, in all ages, come out from the darkness of ignorance into the light of divine guidance and reach higher realms of spiritual bliss. Some say that it refers to afternoon prayers (salatul asr). Imam Jafar bin Muhammad as Sadiq (as) said: \"It refers to the age when the living Imam of the Ahl ul Bayt, Muhammad bin Hasan al Mahdi al Qa-im (ajtfs), will be commissioned by ALLAH (swt) to administer the society of all human beings under the law of ALLAH (swt) prescribed in the religion of Islam.\" Whether it refers to the time of the Holy Prophet (s) or his true successor who will act according to the teachings and laws he brought from ALLAH (swt) to guide mankind, those who follow them will achieve success in the life of hereafter, and those who reject them will be the losers. Imam Ja’far as-Sadiq (as) has said that the person who recites this surah in his recommended prayers will have a shining face on the Day of Judgement.
The one who recites this surah will be patient in adversity and will be counted from among the people of truth. If this surah is written after ‘Isha prayers and kept, it will be a safety from the tyrant ruler in whose presence one is brought.
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Holy Quran - Surah al Fajr, Surah No 89 - Arabic sub English sub Urdu
This is a ‘meccan’ surah.
Imam Ja’far as-Sadiq (as) urged believers to recite this surah in their prayers as it is the surah of Imam...
This is a ‘meccan’ surah.
Imam Ja’far as-Sadiq (as) urged believers to recite this surah in their prayers as it is the surah of Imam Hussein (as) and the one who recites it often will be in the company of Imam Hussein (as) on the Day of Judgement.
It is narrated from the Holy Prophet (s) that the one who recites this surah, ALLAH (swt) will forgive his sins amounting to ten times the number of people who recite this surah. On the Day of Reckoning he will have a shining light. If this surah is written as a talisman and then tied to one’s back, after which he goes into his wife, then ALLAH (s.w.t.) will give him a child who will be a means of pride and blessings for him.
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Holy Quran - Surah ad Dhariyat, Surah No 51 - Arabic sub English sub Urdu
This is a “meccan” surah.
In the commentary of Majma’ul Bayan it is narrated from the Holy Prophet (saw) that the reward for...
This is a “meccan” surah.
In the commentary of Majma’ul Bayan it is narrated from the Holy Prophet (saw) that the reward for reciting this surah is ten times the number of moving winds or breezes.
Imam Ja’far as-Sadiq (as) has said that recitation of this surah increases ones sustenance and makes it easy to earn. Drinking water in which this surah was dissolved (after being written) acts as a remedy for back problems (e.g. backaches). If a pregnant woman wears a talisman of surah adh-Dhariyat, her pregnancy and delivery will be easy. Keeping this surah close to a dying person makes his death easy.
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Holy Quran - Surah al Inshiqaq, Surah No 84 - Arabic sub English sub Urdu
This is a “meccan” surah.
This surah mentions details of the Day of Judgement when everyone will be questioned about their deeds in this...
This is a “meccan” surah.
This surah mentions details of the Day of Judgement when everyone will be questioned about their deeds in this world.
The Holy Prophet (saw) has said that the one who recites this surah will not get his/her book of deeds from his back on the Day of Reckoning. If written and worn by a pregnant woman, the delivery of the baby becomes easy. However, it is important that after delivery, this surah should be kept away from her. If this surah is tied on any animal (e.g. camels or horses) then it keeps them safe.
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Qaseeda by Junaid Jamshed from Hadi Ul Anam Arabic and Urdu
A nice nasheed sung by Junaid Jamshed in his new album Hadi Ul Anam which is written by companion of Hazrat Hassan Bin Sabit.
A nice nasheed sung by Junaid Jamshed in his new album Hadi Ul Anam which is written by companion of Hazrat Hassan Bin Sabit.
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Zainab Alkhawaja on Hunger Strike, Activists risk lives to protest US...
The Gulf nation of Bahrain is intensifying its crackdown on pro-democracy protesters. On Saturday, masked police offers broke into the home of...
The Gulf nation of Bahrain is intensifying its crackdown on pro-democracy protesters. On Saturday, masked police offers broke into the home of Abdulhadi Alkhawaja, a prominent Bahraini human rights activist. He was beaten and detained. We speak to his daughter, Zainab Alkhawaja, who witnessed the attack and is now on a hunger strike. Her husband and brother-in-law were also beaten and arrested in the pre-dawn raid. We also speak to Nabeel Rajab, the president of the Bahrain Center for Human Rights. He is facing a possible military trial for publishing the photograph of Ali Sager, a protester who died while in Bahraini custody. Published with written permission from democracynow.org. http://www.democracynow.org Provided to you under Democracy NOW creative commons license. Democracy NOW!, an independent non-profit user funded news media, recognized and broadcast world wide.
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Telling the Story of Gaza - April 2011 - English
Laila El-Haddad is a talented blogger, journalist, social media activist, and parent-of-two from Gaza. She is author of the recently published book...
Laila El-Haddad is a talented blogger, journalist, social media activist, and parent-of-two from Gaza. She is author of the recently published book Gaza Mom: Palestine Politics, Parenting, and Everything in Between, based on the award-winning blog she has written since 2004, and contributing author to The Goldstone Report: The landmark Investigation of the Gaza Conflict.
She received her B.A. from Duke University and her MPP from Harvard's Kennedy School of Government.
From 2003-2006, El-Haddad was the Gaza stringer for the Al-Jazeera English website and contributed regularly to the BBC and the Guardian. She has also been published in the Washington Post, the Baltimore Sun, the International Herald Tribune, and The New Statesman, among others, and has appeared on CNN and NPR. In 2007, she co-directed the award-winning Gaza-based documentary Tunnel Trade.
A running theme in El-Haddad's writing is the personalization of the situation of Gazans and Palestinians, a topic to which she brings her characteristic wry humor and introspective humanity about her daily life and those of other Gazans.
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[Islam & Life] How should Muslims tackle hate crimes committed...
A rise in the number of hate crimes against Muslims in London is being encouraged by main stream politicians and sections of the media, a study...
A rise in the number of hate crimes against Muslims in London is being encouraged by main stream politicians and sections of the media, a study written by a former Scotland Yard counterterrorism officer suggests. Attacks ranging from death threats and murder to persistent low level assaults such as spitting and name-calling are done by extremists and sections in main stream society.
This edition of Press TV's Islam and Life asks how Muslims should tackle hate crimes committed against them.
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Nabeel Rajab on President Obama meeting with Salman bin Isa al-Khalifa -...
Amidst an intensifying crackdown on anti-government protesters in the tiny Gulf island Kingdom of Bahrain, President Obama met Tuesday with Crown...
Amidst an intensifying crackdown on anti-government protesters in the tiny Gulf island Kingdom of Bahrain, President Obama met Tuesday with Crown Prince Salman bin Isa al-Khalifa, a visit that was not announced beforehand. We speak with Nabeel Rajab, president of Bahrain's Center for Human Rights, based in Manama. "We do not see anything that makes us optimistic that the government has the willingness to go for a dialogue with the opposition and to listen to the grievances and demands of the people," says Rajab, noting that soldiers from Saudi Arabia, Jordan and Bahrain continue to arrest protesters and the doctors treating those injured during pro-democracy demonstrations. You must obtain written permission from Democracy NOW! to use any portion of the content. Published, with permission from democracynow.org. http://www.democracynow.org Provided to you under Democracy NOW! creative commons license. Copyright democracynow.org, an independent non-profit user funded news media, recognized and broadcast world wide.
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Lahoo Lahoo - Song for Karachi by Syed Imon Rizvi - Urdu
Dr. Nadeem Naqvi has written this song specially for Karachi and Syed Imon Rizvi has composed and sung this song and we hope that people will...
Dr. Nadeem Naqvi has written this song specially for Karachi and Syed Imon Rizvi has composed and sung this song and we hope that people will appreciate the efforts.
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