The global cop, the United States of America, is behaving in totalitarian manner. The very same crime for which it has been arm twisting, threatening, putting sanctions on, invading and devastating countries. Here is BBC report about the pre-dawn operation to clear Zuccoti Park of Occupy Wall Street protesters.
Tuesday, November 15, 2011
Uselessness of Argument
There is a famous incident of a disciple of a Shaikh. At the time of the death of the disciple Satan the cursed came to him and asked him what was his argument for existence of God. The disciple was of intellectual type. He had spent his life in intellectual pursuit. Satan the cursed is open enemy of man. His intention is always to harm man. And this is no hide and seek game. He means business-and a rather diabolic business at that. He wishes complete destruction of man. There is no hatred like his hatred and he is crafty. He knew that this disciple will love any intellectual challenge. And the disciple did accept the challenge by giving an argument in favour of existence of God. And with this action he was caught in the net of Satan the cursed. Satan rejected disciple's argument by a counter argument. The disciple gave another argument. This too was rejected by Satan the cursed by another argument. He did the same to the next argument. This is how it went on and on. Every argument presented by the disciple was rejected by Satan the cursed. By this time the Shaikh of the disciple had his premonition (kashf). When all of his arguments were rejected the disciple was about to die in a state of faithlessness-the sure route to doom in the hereafter. Shaikh was going perform his ablution with the water pot in his hand. Shaikh threw the water pot on the ground shouting that why don't you say that I accept God without any argument. This is what the disciple did and Allah Most High saved him by these means.
There is admonition for every believer in this incident but the admonition for the intellectually disposed people is rather acute. There is a large number of people who are obsessed with intellectual enterprise and the number, owing to modern western education and ideologies, is only increasing by the day. The situation is only compounded by the new comers to Islam from the west-these brothers and sisters come with their intellectual burden. And this burden is not recognized for what it is. Intellect has its limitations and it is not difficult to see that provided one is willing to listen-a quality that is singularly missing in the present generation. There are certain things that can not be decided by mere intellectual argument. Science had realized this long back. Some truth has to be decided empirically. That is science. Mere scholastic argument is useless here. Then there are certain things that can not be decided even empirically. You need divine guidance for them. Intellect is a wonderful blessing from Allah Most High and we must thank Him for this but it is equally important to realize that it has limitations and in case our intellectual conclusion conflicts with Shariah then we must give up the former with utmost urgency. Alas we could take heed.
There is admonition for every believer in this incident but the admonition for the intellectually disposed people is rather acute. There is a large number of people who are obsessed with intellectual enterprise and the number, owing to modern western education and ideologies, is only increasing by the day. The situation is only compounded by the new comers to Islam from the west-these brothers and sisters come with their intellectual burden. And this burden is not recognized for what it is. Intellect has its limitations and it is not difficult to see that provided one is willing to listen-a quality that is singularly missing in the present generation. There are certain things that can not be decided by mere intellectual argument. Science had realized this long back. Some truth has to be decided empirically. That is science. Mere scholastic argument is useless here. Then there are certain things that can not be decided even empirically. You need divine guidance for them. Intellect is a wonderful blessing from Allah Most High and we must thank Him for this but it is equally important to realize that it has limitations and in case our intellectual conclusion conflicts with Shariah then we must give up the former with utmost urgency. Alas we could take heed.
Monday, November 14, 2011
Dadri 1979
Dadri 1979 is a significant milestone in the history of Aligarh Movement. Your poor Alig has summarized some of the significant events of that year in a post earlier. Compared to them one might think that Dadri 1979 might be some minor affair. It is not. It is deeply ingrained in the psyche of the people who were affected by that event. This also means that many of the Aligs who are concerned about Aligarh Movement can not discount that fateful incident. Every Alig, worth his salt, knows about this. Many were directly affected. This was during the struggle for minority character for AMU that a large group of students left for Delhi by train. In the morning they were brutally attacked at the Dadri railway station. The attackers had boarded the train from Aligarh itself and had mustered local support also. Students had to resort to desperate measures, like running into field, to save their lives. Since we have not heard of any report or investigation into this episode the only thing that can be offered is above sketch that has emerged after years of hearing tidbits from various people over the years. The brain behind that attack is long gone-having enjoyed the fruits of his labour. The only thing that lingers is the feeling that how a small group of locals can stymie the tide of aspirations of a society that is much bigger than any continental European country.
Saturday, November 5, 2011
Macaulian Blogs
These are the blogs by Muslims who further the colonial agenda in an era where colonialism is taking its last breath-even in its economic colonialism phase. Lord Macaulay's bill on educational reforms in India envisioned a class of people in India who were equipped with modern education, who were Indian by their skin colour by western in thought. This was to be supposed to be the vanguard of British Empire in its colonies. What a visionary was lord Macaulay! He is long gone but his ideas are still in action. Talk of eastern opinion to the eastern. Talk of Islamic opinion to the Muslim. Let alone the western people. You'll get the look as if you have talked a silly thing, if not an outright blasphemy.
Sounds Like AAA
Here is a quote from the Muslimology blog.
From Albert Hourani’s paper on Islam in European thought. As you can see there isn’t a whole lot of good you can expect from the study of Islam in secular institutions.Sounds like a statement from An Alig's Armchair? But that blog is much older to the present one. And there is no dearth of Muslim bloggers on the net. The only rub is that far too many of them are Macaulian.
Jai Jawan, Jai Kisan
The full name is even longer JJJKJG. Yes that is it. Jai Jawan, Jai Kisan, Jalpan Grih. Jai is victory, Jawan is a soldier, Kisan is the farmer, Jalpan is refreshment and Grih is house-for those who are Hindi challenged. Ustadji (or Thakurji) indeed was a retired soldier who opened at Purani Chungi this small eatery. Purani is old and a Chungi is an octoroi (tax to be paid on goods being moved from one place to another) post. (It is interesting that in Maharashtra this tax is called Zakat or Jakat). One specialty of Ustadji was that he used to get along very nicely with the AMU fraternity-the whole spectrum. The reason that the whole spectrum was covered is rather simple-his establishment was an old landmark-he ran it himself for a long enough time. It will be duplicity not to acknowledge that some unscrupulous elements were mean enough to indulge in some exploitation of this guileless person who was a shining example of mutual love. Everybody Alig had his Jai Jawan experience. Nothing extra-ordinary but the run of the mill experience that makes life what it is-beautiful. We shall present a few of them here.
Once, in the times of Janab Muhammed Hamid Ansari Sahab to be more precise, the admission process was disturbed by extra legal elements. It was drizzling so the idea was floated by one colleague that let is warm up with a tea at Jai Jawan. On entering Jai Jawan the pair beat what is famous three days after the Republic day. It is called the hasty retreat. Inside the whole contingent that had brought the admission process to a halt was parked!
Then there is that incidence when, after 1998 Pokharan blasts, the then Prime Minister had issued the third addendum to Jai Jawan, Jai Kisan of late Lal Bahadur Shashtri. The third addendum was Jai Vigyan. Your poor Alig suggested this addendum to Ustadji. His response was lack luster. Ustadji was a die hard congressman and anything coming out of BJP, the party to which the then Prime Minister belonged, was not acceptable. Ustadji's sort of challenged whether this new addition was sensible at all. Going for atomic device testing in 1998 was completely against the long standing Congress policy, the party that has non-violence as integral part of its history, and Ustadji was not to be swayed by shallow nationalistic jingo.
Finally there is this anecdote we Ustadji used to tell fondly. When Mufti Muhammed Saeed came to lime light in Kashmir he interviewed on television about his Aligarh experience. Amongst the the things that he mentioned was this land mark of Jai Jawan, Jai Kisan. "I do not know whether it is still there but we used to frequent a place called Jai Jawan Jai Kisan", concurred Mufti Saeed Sahab. And Ustadji was obliged.
These are among the experiences that make Aligs what they are.
Once, in the times of Janab Muhammed Hamid Ansari Sahab to be more precise, the admission process was disturbed by extra legal elements. It was drizzling so the idea was floated by one colleague that let is warm up with a tea at Jai Jawan. On entering Jai Jawan the pair beat what is famous three days after the Republic day. It is called the hasty retreat. Inside the whole contingent that had brought the admission process to a halt was parked!
Then there is that incidence when, after 1998 Pokharan blasts, the then Prime Minister had issued the third addendum to Jai Jawan, Jai Kisan of late Lal Bahadur Shashtri. The third addendum was Jai Vigyan. Your poor Alig suggested this addendum to Ustadji. His response was lack luster. Ustadji was a die hard congressman and anything coming out of BJP, the party to which the then Prime Minister belonged, was not acceptable. Ustadji's sort of challenged whether this new addition was sensible at all. Going for atomic device testing in 1998 was completely against the long standing Congress policy, the party that has non-violence as integral part of its history, and Ustadji was not to be swayed by shallow nationalistic jingo.
Finally there is this anecdote we Ustadji used to tell fondly. When Mufti Muhammed Saeed came to lime light in Kashmir he interviewed on television about his Aligarh experience. Amongst the the things that he mentioned was this land mark of Jai Jawan, Jai Kisan. "I do not know whether it is still there but we used to frequent a place called Jai Jawan Jai Kisan", concurred Mufti Saeed Sahab. And Ustadji was obliged.
These are among the experiences that make Aligs what they are.
Friday, November 4, 2011
A Twitter Experience
There is an airlines called Qantas.
Yes, yes the same, the Australian one.
It used to have the most flamboyant exteriors.
For some years it has been in news for many wrong reasons.
Today was enacted one of those wrong reasons.
Flight from Sydney to London via Singapore with Boeing A380 would have been a boring one but one of the four engines (yes, yes A380 has lots of engines) decided to claim its share of Warholian fifteen minutes.
Coincidentally Stephen Fry was traversing the same route-traveling by an A380. (Why is he not a Sir already? Sorry to poke my nose.)
Then Qantas created the news mentioned above. A Boeing A380, after break journey at Singapore, had the above mentioned failure mid-air the fourth engine stopped working because of oil leak type of things.
Rodney Thomson wondered whether it was the same plane that was carrying Sir Stephen (yes, yes we'll later claim to be the first users of the title.)
Sir Stephen said yes it is. The action was shifted to Dubai where the flight was diverted to.
And there have been other tweets-equally amusing. Real life working like you know what.
And everybody is now talking about this because of BBC and others.
Yes, yes the same, the Australian one.
It used to have the most flamboyant exteriors.
For some years it has been in news for many wrong reasons.
Today was enacted one of those wrong reasons.
Flight from Sydney to London via Singapore with Boeing A380 would have been a boring one but one of the four engines (yes, yes A380 has lots of engines) decided to claim its share of Warholian fifteen minutes.
Coincidentally Stephen Fry was traversing the same route-traveling by an A380. (Why is he not a Sir already? Sorry to poke my nose.)
Then Qantas created the news mentioned above. A Boeing A380, after break journey at Singapore, had the above mentioned failure mid-air the fourth engine stopped working because of oil leak type of things.
Rodney Thomson wondered whether it was the same plane that was carrying Sir Stephen (yes, yes we'll later claim to be the first users of the title.)
Sir Stephen said yes it is. The action was shifted to Dubai where the flight was diverted to.
And there have been other tweets-equally amusing. Real life working like you know what.
And everybody is now talking about this because of BBC and others.
Character of Aligarh Movement
Aligarh Movement is basically an Islamic movement.
The proof lies in the fact that Sir Syed Ahmed Khan (RA) sought to produce those graduates that will have the crown of no god but God on their heads.
This statement should settle the question regarding the character of Aligarh Movement once and for all. In reality the situation is not that cozy.
One fair conclusion of the realization that Aligarh Movement is an Islamic movement will be that Alig community develop a synergy with those people who have chosen to focus their energies on preserving the religion of Islam.
Historically there has been lots of progress in this front.
The point in focus is the fact that many religious scholars have been visit the university for nearly all the duration of existence of Aligarh Movement. And many of them had a sort of regular visiting relationship. At one place former Proctor Professor Nafees Ahmed Sahab has written that when there was a serious threat to the minority character of the university, in late seventies, then the Elders of Islam in India visited Aligarh with quick succession.
Then there are many in Alig community who have close connection with the people who have devoted their life completely to preservation of Islam.
In spite of this the situation has not reached its logical conclusion.
Lord willing, some time, later we shall take but the point once again that it is desirable to take the state of affairs to its logical conclusion.
The proof lies in the fact that Sir Syed Ahmed Khan (RA) sought to produce those graduates that will have the crown of no god but God on their heads.
This statement should settle the question regarding the character of Aligarh Movement once and for all. In reality the situation is not that cozy.
One fair conclusion of the realization that Aligarh Movement is an Islamic movement will be that Alig community develop a synergy with those people who have chosen to focus their energies on preserving the religion of Islam.
Historically there has been lots of progress in this front.
The point in focus is the fact that many religious scholars have been visit the university for nearly all the duration of existence of Aligarh Movement. And many of them had a sort of regular visiting relationship. At one place former Proctor Professor Nafees Ahmed Sahab has written that when there was a serious threat to the minority character of the university, in late seventies, then the Elders of Islam in India visited Aligarh with quick succession.
Then there are many in Alig community who have close connection with the people who have devoted their life completely to preservation of Islam.
In spite of this the situation has not reached its logical conclusion.
Lord willing, some time, later we shall take but the point once again that it is desirable to take the state of affairs to its logical conclusion.
Thursday, November 3, 2011
On Shoulder's of Four Friends
Char Yaron ke Kandhon Pe Jis Din Teri Baraat Niklegi Ghar Se
Pehen Ke Kafan Ka Ek Joda Jab Janaaze Mein Sona Padega
On Shoulder's of Four Friends, the Day Your Procession Will Leave Home
Forced to Wear the Dress of Shroud, You Will Have to Sleep for Funeral
Pehen Ke Kafan Ka Ek Joda Jab Janaaze Mein Sona Padega
On Shoulder's of Four Friends, the Day Your Procession Will Leave Home
Forced to Wear the Dress of Shroud, You Will Have to Sleep for Funeral
When Obvious is not Obvious
Our western brothers and sisters have chosen that path for them, society as a whole, that has made them blind to the obvious things.
One such obvious thing is that strange man and woman should not have any privacy with each other. (The statement can be made more precise but we'll pass that for the moment.)
One example where this is being violated, for quite some time by now, is the presence of female staff in military.
We have talked about it earlier too.
Here is some more on the ensuing horror-this time from Australia.
One such obvious thing is that strange man and woman should not have any privacy with each other. (The statement can be made more precise but we'll pass that for the moment.)
One example where this is being violated, for quite some time by now, is the presence of female staff in military.
We have talked about it earlier too.
Here is some more on the ensuing horror-this time from Australia.
(1) Sex harassment rife at Australia military academy
(2) Australian soldier rapes to prove manliness
(3) Dirty games in Australian Navy
(4) Fallen Heroes
Till now people are taking these things as a disgrace, as it should be. Soon they will accept it as just another inconvenient truth-to be acknowledged and immediately forgotten. Now is the time to think about this curse as curse and take step to obviate it. Stop female recruitment to armed forces. Give women their proper place-even if some of them think that their legitimate place is beside the men in uniform. And even if some of the men have fooled some others to the effect that it is women's liberation to put them in very vulnerable position.
Focus Children
British people complain that children are not cultured.
And we are using sensitized words.
A social organization is claiming that the situation is opposite of that.
That is, grown ups people have the negative view.
One can only have sympathy with an advance society in a state of cluelessness.
Their children are behaving badly.
They do not know what to do about it.
And they are not sure whether the children are really behaving badly.
What else is it if not cluelessness?
What one does to the society percolates to children too. If adults start going in the wrong direction then sooner or later the children too will succumb to the same calamity. The warped western view of freedom has been showing the negative results for quite a long time but our friends are slow to take notice-they are completely oblivious to the causes of the catastrophe that their society is facing. The problem pertains to guidance and guidance is from God alone. And like the proverbial baby thrown out with the bath water our compatriots have thrown God out of their consciousness-because of the history of the Church. And do not talk about Islam. Our friends forget everything about freedom of speech when it comes to Islam. But again it still remains incumbent upon the custodians of the message of Lord Almighty to spread it to those who have not got it-or who have forgotten it. In times of distress, God Almighty tells us, rush back to God.
Source : BBC
And we are using sensitized words.
A social organization is claiming that the situation is opposite of that.
That is, grown ups people have the negative view.
One can only have sympathy with an advance society in a state of cluelessness.
Their children are behaving badly.
They do not know what to do about it.
And they are not sure whether the children are really behaving badly.
What else is it if not cluelessness?
What one does to the society percolates to children too. If adults start going in the wrong direction then sooner or later the children too will succumb to the same calamity. The warped western view of freedom has been showing the negative results for quite a long time but our friends are slow to take notice-they are completely oblivious to the causes of the catastrophe that their society is facing. The problem pertains to guidance and guidance is from God alone. And like the proverbial baby thrown out with the bath water our compatriots have thrown God out of their consciousness-because of the history of the Church. And do not talk about Islam. Our friends forget everything about freedom of speech when it comes to Islam. But again it still remains incumbent upon the custodians of the message of Lord Almighty to spread it to those who have not got it-or who have forgotten it. In times of distress, God Almighty tells us, rush back to God.
Source : BBC
Russia Does an India
India has got a long history of the so called communal riots-the pogroms targeting the minority.
Then we moved to a higher level of achievement.
In this stage minority youth were picked and staged encounters were held.
Somehow Amnesty International does not smell such odours. The ostensible reason is that the Indian legal system is in action and India is a working democracy and hence no body has to worry about law and order related matters when it comes to India.
(Not to talk, at the moment, about the various instances of bomb blasts where minority youth were apprehended by default and still languish in custody.)
Now Russia is using the same Indian technology of picking youth from the minority community and staging an encounter. Some how the story slipped the censors.
Source : Time
Then we moved to a higher level of achievement.
In this stage minority youth were picked and staged encounters were held.
Somehow Amnesty International does not smell such odours. The ostensible reason is that the Indian legal system is in action and India is a working democracy and hence no body has to worry about law and order related matters when it comes to India.
(Not to talk, at the moment, about the various instances of bomb blasts where minority youth were apprehended by default and still languish in custody.)
Now Russia is using the same Indian technology of picking youth from the minority community and staging an encounter. Some how the story slipped the censors.
Source : Time
Wednesday, November 2, 2011
Begging at Chinese Feet
This is the eve of western humiliation.
Somehow the world that has been reeling under western colonial onslaught does not realize the import of this historical moment.
The G20 submit will begin and the European Union will ask Chinese Premier to give them a billions of dollars so that impending European financial meltdown can be avoided.
There are doubts that Hu Jintao will have the requisite change in his pocket.
Honour and dishonour is from Allah(SWT).
May Allah(SWT) save those who follow the path of guidance from every loss.
Somehow the world that has been reeling under western colonial onslaught does not realize the import of this historical moment.
The G20 submit will begin and the European Union will ask Chinese Premier to give them a billions of dollars so that impending European financial meltdown can be avoided.
There are doubts that Hu Jintao will have the requisite change in his pocket.
Honour and dishonour is from Allah(SWT).
May Allah(SWT) save those who follow the path of guidance from every loss.
Rushing Up the Things
Israel is to speed up the building up of settlements in occupied territories.
And the funds to Palestinian Authority will be blocked.
The first news implies that Israel expects that some tough times are ahead for it. It might not get its way in near future and hence the rush.
And the second point is yet another exposure, if one was required, how the civil rights of a minority can be trampled and the good American and European Samaritans enjoy the show.
While it lasts.
Source : BBC
And the funds to Palestinian Authority will be blocked.
The first news implies that Israel expects that some tough times are ahead for it. It might not get its way in near future and hence the rush.
And the second point is yet another exposure, if one was required, how the civil rights of a minority can be trampled and the good American and European Samaritans enjoy the show.
While it lasts.
Source : BBC
Tuesday, November 1, 2011
Cupboard to Watch
A lot of skeletons should be tumbling out of this cupboard, sooner or later.
Income Tax department has been filtering the details of HSBC bank accounts provided by French government.
Some MPs from Haryana, Up and Kerala have been issues notices to show the sources of income that ended in their accounts with the bank. So far the money amounts to 800 crores only.
Income Tax department has been filtering the details of HSBC bank accounts provided by French government.
Some MPs from Haryana, Up and Kerala have been issues notices to show the sources of income that ended in their accounts with the bank. So far the money amounts to 800 crores only.
Global Financial Woes
They continue.
Greece has to take tough measures but the people are not ready for that (what else they think is the solution?) and the party members too want to rebel.
Financial markets are in a tizzy after the Greek referendum.
Italians are doing a Greece-they are in spending spree in spite of the looming economic disaster. Whole society playing Nero this time.
And bankrupt broker MF has skeletons in the cupboard.
Let us take the last one for some comments.
This firm did not differentiate between investors money and their own money.
Your poor Alig always wondered who was to implement responsibility if a company, a bank or a financial institution starts a joy ride with its assets? A casual on looker will only assume that this is how the finances are managed.
Indeed we need more understanding of the function of these institutions to make out the head and tail.
Greece has to take tough measures but the people are not ready for that (what else they think is the solution?) and the party members too want to rebel.
Financial markets are in a tizzy after the Greek referendum.
Italians are doing a Greece-they are in spending spree in spite of the looming economic disaster. Whole society playing Nero this time.
And bankrupt broker MF has skeletons in the cupboard.
Let us take the last one for some comments.
This firm did not differentiate between investors money and their own money.
Your poor Alig always wondered who was to implement responsibility if a company, a bank or a financial institution starts a joy ride with its assets? A casual on looker will only assume that this is how the finances are managed.
Indeed we need more understanding of the function of these institutions to make out the head and tail.
Crazier and Crazier in France
They started the Niqab banning spring in Europe, the French.
The developed and civilized people.
And continued that crusade-arresting, fining Hijabi sisters.
Now they have gone a step further.
A satirical magazine has brought out a special issue celebrating Islam's influence on Arab Spring.
Prophet of Islam, may peace and blessings of Lord Almighty be upon him, his progeny and companions, is, may Lord Almighty forgive us for repeating this, the guest editor. And there are his cartoons.
These people do not know what they are doing-to say the least.
Source : IiE
Update: It seems that the office of the obnoxious paper is in ashes.
The developed and civilized people.
And continued that crusade-arresting, fining Hijabi sisters.
Now they have gone a step further.
A satirical magazine has brought out a special issue celebrating Islam's influence on Arab Spring.
Prophet of Islam, may peace and blessings of Lord Almighty be upon him, his progeny and companions, is, may Lord Almighty forgive us for repeating this, the guest editor. And there are his cartoons.
These people do not know what they are doing-to say the least.
Source : IiE
Update: It seems that the office of the obnoxious paper is in ashes.
Eek! Sonoda Drinks Water
If Yasuhiro Sonoda, a Japanese official, drinks water then what is so eeky about it?
Well the water was decontaminated water. The contaminated water was radioactive contaminated. And it came from below the Fukushima Daiichi reactors. Journalists insisted that he demonstrate it clearly that the water is safe. Water was being used for plant irrigation. Perhaps that was not enough for the journos. So Mr Sonoda did the next best thing. He, nervously, drank it. And now journalists, being the nice people they are, are inquiring about his health.
Source : BBC
Well the water was decontaminated water. The contaminated water was radioactive contaminated. And it came from below the Fukushima Daiichi reactors. Journalists insisted that he demonstrate it clearly that the water is safe. Water was being used for plant irrigation. Perhaps that was not enough for the journos. So Mr Sonoda did the next best thing. He, nervously, drank it. And now journalists, being the nice people they are, are inquiring about his health.
Source : BBC
American Sporting Spirit
UNESCO voted to accept Palestine as a member.
US voted against the motion.
And when the battle was lost then US decided to cut UNESCO funding.
Sulking? May be.
One thing is apparent that when it comes to the crunch then even the standard bearers of world behave like brats.
US voted against the motion.
And when the battle was lost then US decided to cut UNESCO funding.
Sulking? May be.
One thing is apparent that when it comes to the crunch then even the standard bearers of world behave like brats.
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