August, 2009

• 20 August

  Spell out your goals and work hard towards it Allah will make it happen Insha Allah

  At only 13 years old, Farik Naik (the son of Dr. Zakir Naik) gives a lecture on the topic: “Similarities Between Islam & Christianity.” Some of Farik Naik’s achievements are: He is able to speak Arabic fluently, and has understood the entire Arabic language, he has memorized the whole Quran of by heart, he can easily read and understand the …

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• 19 August

  Lessons from early American conversations with Islam, By Mokhtar Ghambou

  New York, New York – To hear Americans and Muslims talk about each other over the past years, you’d think the relationship between the United States and the Muslim world has been permanently belligerent. The violence and inflammatory polemics generated by the 9/11 terrorist attacks and the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan make it difficult to think otherwise. But if …

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• 19 August

  RISE AND FALL OF AMERICAN EMPIRE. AWAKE DEAR AMERICANS, By Chalmers Johnson

  However ambitious President Barack Obama’s domestic plans, one unacknowledged issue has the potential to destroy any reform efforts he might launch. Think of it as the 800-pound gorilla in the American living room: our longstanding reliance on imperialism and militarism in our relations with other countries and the vast, potentially ruinous global empire of bases that goes with it. The …

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• 18 August

  SMELLY FISH IN OIL: MORE BLASTS IN TROUBLED IRAQ

  On June 30, US combat troops withdrew from Iraqi cities and confined themselves to bases. Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki’s government declared it a major victory for the Iraqi people and his government, though the US troops are still seen moving around in the cities from which they withdrew in violation of the troop withdrawal agreement. Amidst a lull in combat …

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• 17 August

  What Actually Happened in Fatah’s Elections? By Esam AL-Amin

  CIA-Trained Security Chiefs Elected to the Palestinian Leadership “He is our guy.” George W. Bush speaking of Palestinian security chief Muhammad Dahlan, June 4, 2003 August 14, 2009 “Counterpunch” — The U.S. government has been meddling in the Palestinian internal affairs since at least 2003. Its effort is to transform the Palestinian national movement for liberation and independence into a …

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• 16 August

  Cricket, Nation and Religion

  The sight of dozens and dozens of Sri Lankan Muslim youth cheering the Pakistan team and celebrating its victory over Sri Lanka at the last two one-day matches was something that had disturbed quite a few in this country. When a prominent local Muslim politician was asked for his interpretation of this scenario, he quipped, “Yes it is quite disturbing. …

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• 16 August

  Next New Moon

  The following diagrams (courtesy of crescentmoonwatch.org) show the visibility of the new crescent Moon over the first three days of the lunation. The unshaded areas indicate regions from which the Moon cannot be seen. The Moon becomes more easily visible from the regions of increasing colour intensity i.e. the Moon will be seen easily from the regions shown in red. …

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