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That is not happening out of the blue.
There are always causes and reasons for actions and those causes could be the effect of of some other actions.
These bombings are expression of anger, frustration, and lack of hope in life. These are the symptoms of a disease. Treating or removing sympoms will not cure the hidden illness. This is more complex than arresting some individuals and bombing their hideouts. We may bring a short lived peace by doing that. But it will raise its head again before we know it and the next time it will hit harder because we did not root it out. Ironically, we only know of its return when it shows its signs - deadly and painful!
We want to find someone to hold responsible for these acts and get our own souls off the hook . We fail to recognize our tiny, minute, microscopic contributions to this mess which are often brushed aside as trivial and non-consequential. These politicians and rulers are what we have made them and accepted them. They are from the same lot which condones its own misgivings but point at others. They lie like the whole nation does; they swindle in the same manner as everybody else does; they do exactly what everybody else would have done if they were in that position. Nations that are rotten in its core need blessed upright and strong leaders to pull them out the mess. We don't have "The Men" to lead us out of this storm.
By "Men", I mean people (men and women) who are very tall in their character who are Godfearing and free from social illnesses whose souls are unstained, pure and shining from inside. That purity of theirs may reflect in their personality, their dealings with people and nation.
These people will have to be raised among the nation and by the nation. It is our responsibility to cleanse our selves before we raise the next generation - cactus will never grow roses. We waited for over half century for others to raise a generation of pious leaders but indulged ourselves into all sorts of things.
No One will come to our rescue if we want to drown ourselves and we are at the brink of drowning.
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Is this really a true story? I have heard may tales similar to this one. Did you just pass-on a story that you heard or read in an email message. There is no reference of town or reporting agency or dates when it occured. Don't get me wrong!I am not disputting the power of dua but am rather skeptical of the event.
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That's so cool Mahi! There's nothing better you can do in life than getting married. I pray its the blessed and the happiest thing happened in your life and happiness be the name of your life thereon. Ameen!
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Guys and gals, I heard many words of wisdom and many opinions. We have ignored many other factors. There are social, religious, political and a gizillion other pressures on Muslim families contributing to unwise, unislamic actions, and in extreme cases, violent acts.
MY MESSAGE: HELP OUT MUSLIM COMMUNITIES IN THE WEST BY REDUCING PRESSURE ON MUSLIM FAMILIES.
Please read below excerpts from Sound Vision publication.
Jana Shearer of Tyler, Texas; Monika Rani, Rajesh Kumar and Vansh Kumar of Oak Forest, Ilinois, Sarah and Amina Said of Dallas, Texas and Aqsa Pervez of Toronto, Canada. These are the names of five girls, boys and women allegedly killed by a boyfriend or their fathers for reasons that are still under investigation. In the case of Shearer, her boyfriend Christopher McCuin did not only murder her earlier today, but he boiled her body parts as well. According to an Associated Press report on the grisly incident, McCuin was known to authorities for assaulting his estranged wife, his girlfriend and his sister. In the Oak Park case a father not only killed his pregnant daughter but her husband and grandson as well. In the case of Aqsa Pervez, her father allegedly murdered her due to her refusal to wear Hijab. For the Said sisters, it was because both were said to have boyfriends.
Although some media reports attribute religion, culture, and the Indian caste system for these murders, all of us know nothing can justify this violence.
We are hearing from Muslim social service workers that domestic violence is increasing. We are also hearing that divorces are going up. Muslim mental health in part might be responsible for these symptoms. While this is an age old problem, some recent variables I suspect are responsible for the mental health issues: wages of Muslim men are down by ten percent since 9/11 according to a Columbia University study; 76% of young Arab-Americans surveyed by Zogby International report have been personally discriminated against and about 50% of all Arab-Americans surveyed by a Yale study had clinical signs of depression. These statistics do not justify violence but they are a call for anti-domestic violence activists to also pay attention to the mental health issues in our community.
There are social, religious, political and a gizillion other pressures on Muslim families contributing to unwise, unislamic, and in extreme cases to violent acts.
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Bazigaar said:
ye sab bandits and crooks pak ame he kiyoon jama rehtay hain
That is a mil$ ques!
My assessment of Pak is that there are more criminals there then innocents. Sorry, that may hurt some feelings but let's look at it in this perspective. In general terms, do common people break law regularly, regardless of how trivial offense it may be? With close scruitny you will find find an affirmative answer.
We only see crime when others do it. We condone minor criminal acts of friends and family or at best acknowledge them as errors or mistakes but never recognize their crimies. We don't report them to LEAs.
Taking someone else's belonging is a common practise in Pak. Common people do that in different ways on daily basis. When there are riots, everybody who gets an opportunity turns into a thug and looter. The society in general is not "ameen".
Of course, On 27 Dec. there were high profile criminals who hit the gold that thay. But there were looters from local residents who settled scores, those who were looking for an opportunity to make up for their misfortunes in life and there were simple thrill seekers who found advanture in plundering other's hard earned belongings.
Generally, the mind set in Pak is that looting a richman's fortunes or that a business of a wealthy person is fairplay for it is rich persons fault that he/she got rich -- assumingly, ill-gotten wealth. Many people take upon themselves the responsibility to serve justice and claim their rights on such rich persons property.
On the other hand, miscreants destroy vehicles of middle and lower middle class and that of tranporters. Many of our columnists and writers present it that destruction of private property is a crime but it would have been a lesser crime if people had taken their frustration out on government property or that on the property of MNAs or their likes.
The point I am trying to make here is that a criminal act must not be condoned no matter how trivial it is. And if we do, how do we categorize a crime as trivial. May be burning government property is trivial and destruction of private property in not trivial. Loss of poor person is condemnable but that of a rich is acceptable!
Are we ever going to recognize bandits and crooks among our own?
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That place where there are warm water springs pop in a white (snow looking) backdrop is called Paukalay.
I don't think you can do justice with Istabunbul with only one day of visit to this great historic city. This city is full of history and landmarks of history - extremely rich in culture, heritage and civilization - A true crossroads of civilizations.
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I have been there and there is no place better than Turkey for pakis. Even pakis don't love each other as much as Turkish people love pakis. I'd love to visit there again and again. They are the most organized Muslims in the world. Love my Turkish brethren.
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Now this topic has nothing to do with sentiments. Why was it moved to that forum? People share their travels and other personal stories on the FOS, how's that different from pilgrimage related travel?
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Thanks to you, all my frinds. I will inshaAllah pray for all. Bazi: thanks for the tips Nikama: I visit JB, browse through some topics of interest and then sign off. I just don't post. It isn't by choice that I don't ontribute but Im rather pressed for time. I pray for your forgiveness in Mekkah if you will forgive me.
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Asian: I only know what you let us know. Your posts reflect your personality and your thoughts. There was no need to spy on you, you spill your beans yourself
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Asian said:
Smooth_daddy said:
Thanks Firah but I will not return to JB. I have been around for a while. I have seen you mature from early teenage to college years. Good luck in law school
