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by Shaikh Abdullah Faisal
4th August 2014 / 9th Shawwal 1435 AH (Evening)
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In Arabic we say: [دار الردة] Dar ar-Ridda (the domain of apostasy)
- in the world today we have different domains
i. Darul-Kufr
- Darul-kufr is the land of the original kaafirs; they are not plotting against the Muslims
- for example: Abyssinia was a Christian country, in the time of the prophet (SAW)
- Abyssinia was not plotting to bring harm to the Muslims; verbally or physically
ii. Darul-Harb
- Darul-harb is a kaafir land that harms Muslims
- they plot to bring harm to Muslims either verbally or physically
- they lock up innocent Muslims at home and abroad
- they kill innocent Muslims abroad
iii. Darul-Islam
- Darul-Islam is the land where the Islamic Shariah is fully implemented
- for example, the territory of Iraq and Syria where the Islamic State governs
There is a dar, which you forget about and our topic tonight is about
- this dar is called Dar ar-Ridda
- Dar ar-Ridda is a country which is traditionally a Muslim country
- but the ideology of the people is kufr, shirk and zandaqah (heresy)
an example of such a country is Iran
- Iran used to be Sunni
- when it was Sunni it produced great scholars
- but today; it is Dar ar-Ridda
- when they became Shia, they stopped producing scholars
Another example of Dar ar-Ridda is; Pakistan
- a country is Dar ar-Ridda when the majority of the people practice kufr, shirk or zandaqa
- if you should go to Pakistan and do a census,
- the average Pakistani would be a Barelvi
Whenever you are in a society and the majority of the people practice kufr, shirk and zandaqa
- and authentic tauheed (Islamic monotheism) is not taught
- therefore it is rare and scarce
- that society is classified as the domain of apostasy - Dar ar-Ridda
i. APOSTASY BY THE HEART
In their hearts is disease, so Allah has increased their disease; and for them is a painful punishment because they [habitually] used to lie. (Al-Baqarah 2:10)
- e.g. if you wake up one morning and you doubt Muhammad (SAW) is a real prophet,
- you have now become an apostate from Islam
- or if you doubt Judgment Day is real, you become an apostate
- your wife becomes haram for you
- and you cannot be buried in the graveyard with the Muslims
ii. APOSTASY BY THE TONGUE
And if you ask them, they will surely say, "We were only conversing and playing." Say, "Is it Allah and His verses and His Messenger that you were mocking?" Make no excuse; you have disbelieved after your belief. If We pardon one faction of you - We will punish another faction because they were criminals. (At-Tawbah 9:65-66)
- you cannot crack jokes about the hijab or the beard or the jilbab
- this makes you an apostate
iii. APOSTASY BY THE LIMBS
And it has already come down to you in the Book that when you hear the verses of Allah [recited], they are denied [by them] and ridiculed; so do not sit with them until they enter into another conversation. Indeed, you would then be like them. Indeed Allah will gather the hypocrites and disbelievers in Hell all together - (An-Nisa 4:140)
- just for you to be at a gathering and people are making mockery of Islam,
- you become one of them
O you who have believed, do not take the Jews and the Christians as allies. They are [in fact] allies of one another. And whoever is an ally to them among you - then indeed, he is [one] of them. Indeed, Allah guides not the wrongdoing people. (Al-Ma'idah 5:51)
This is called an example of apostasy by the limbs
- 5:51 and 4:140 are examples from the Quran of apostasy of the limbs
- Ibn Hazm says no two Muslims dispute about the meaning of this ayah (5:51)
- you have to follow the apparent meaning of this ayah, don't put a spin of the ayah
Ibn Hazm Stated in Al-Muhalla (11/138): "What is correct is that His statement, the Most High, "And if any amongst you takes them as Auliya', then surely he is one of them." (The Quran 5:51), should be understood on the basis of its apparent meaning. The person being referred to is a disbeliever from the generality of disbelievers, and no two Muslims disagree regarding this."
For you to die in Islam, it is a bonus and a barakah
- because some sahabas apostatized from Islam
- and joined the army of Musaylimah al-Kaddhab
Abu Huraira narrated that the Prophet (SAW) said, "On the Day of Resurrection a group of companions will come to me, but will be driven away from the Lake-Fount, and I will say, 'O Lord (those are) my companions!' It will be said, 'You have no knowledge as to what they innovated after you left; they turned apostate as renegades (reverted from Islam)." [Sahih Bukhari (8/120) No. 6585]
Allah and His rasool said you should kill the apostates; in the Islamic State
- you cannot kill apostates in Europe and America
- people go to Europe and America to apostate from Islam
- 4:89 is an example to prove that we kill apostates
They wish you would disbelieve as they disbelieved so you would be alike. So do not take from among them allies until they emigrate for the cause of Allah. But if they turn away, then seize them and kill them wherever you find them and take not from among them any ally or helper. (An-Nisa 4:89)
- this is the ayah used by the scholars to say we kill apostates
On the authority of Ibn Abbas (RA) narrated the Messenger of Allah (SAW) said: "If somebody (a Muslim) discards his religion, kill him." [Sahih Bukhari (4/61) No. 3017, Musnad Ahmad (1/322) No. 2968, Sunan al-Nasa'i (7/104) No. 4059, Sunan Ibn Majah (3/574) No. 2535, Sunan Abu Dawud (4/126) No. 4351, Sunan Tirmidhi (4/59) No. 1458]
Narrated By 'Abdullah: Allah's Apostle said, "The blood of a Muslim who confesses that none has the right to be worshipped but Allah and that I am the Messenger of Allah, cannot be shed except in three cases: In Qisas for murder, a married person who commits illegal sexual intercourse and the one who reverts from Islam (apostate) and separates from the main body of the Muslims." [al-Bukhari (6878) and Muslim (1676)]
The above is the evidence used to prove that you kill the apostates in hadith
- whether you are a revert or a born Muslim; you have to die as Muslim
Ibn Qudamah (rh) said: "All the scholars of Islam are agreed that the apostate is to be killed." [al-Mughni (9/3)]
It is worthy of mentioning that it is haram to take jizya from apostates
- many of you say: 'why do ISIS kill Shia?'
- the Shia were given the choice; to come back to Islam or die
- to take jizya from apostates means; you have made up your own Islam
Abu Bakr as-Siddiq fought against apostates, he did not take jizya from them
- either you come back to Islam or die
- there is no third option
Abu Hurairah (RA) reported: When the Messenger of Allah (SAW) passed away, Abu Bakr (RA) was appointed as his successor (caliph). Amongst the Arabs some men apostatised. Abu Bakr (RA) resolved to fight them. 'Umar bin Al-Khattab (RA) said to Abu Bakr: "How can you fight them when the Messenger of Allah (SAW) has declared: 'I have been commanded to fight people till they testify La ilaha illallah (there is no true god except Allah); and if they do it, their blood (life) and property are secured except when justified by law, and it is for Allah to call them to account." Upon this Abu Bakr (RA) said: "By Allah, I would definitely fight him who makes distinction between Salat and the Zakat, because it is an obligation upon the rich to pay Zakat. By Allah I will fight them even to secure the piece of rope which they used to give to the Messenger of Allah (SAW)." 'Umar (RA) said: "I realized that Allah opened the heart of Abu Bakr (RA) for fighting those who refused to pay Zakat, and I fully recognized that Abu Bakr was on the truth." [al-Bukhari (1399, 1400) and Muslim (20)]
As for killing apostates, it is a matter of ijtihaad (an independent judgement)
- it is left up to the ijtihaad of the Qadi (judge)
- it is the same ruling for a zindeeq (heretic); that makes up his own religion
- you do not take jizya from a zindeeq
Jizya is taken from Jews, Christians and Zoroastrians
- a zindeeq is a person who makes up his own Islam
- we do not call it Islam; we call it hislam
- the Qadiyani and the Shia are zanaadiqa
- a Shia believes the Quran is corrupted
SHIA HUJJAH: The present Quran is in an altered, corrupted and distorted form.. (Fatuhat-e-Shia, p. 129)
- they elevate their imams above Allah
SHIA HUJJAH: Imams are God (Jila-ul-Ayoun, Vol. No. 2, Page No. 85)
- they say: 'Allah is a liar and He makes mistakes'
SHIA HUJJAH: "Allah often lies and does mistakes" [Usool-al-Kafi, page 328, Yacoob Kulayni, Vol. 1]
- but 'our imams cannot make mistakes'
SHIA HUJJAH: All the Imams are infallible just like the prophets. The Shia derives their religion from their immaculate (infallible) Imams" (Usool al Kafi, p. 22)
You don't even know what the Shia believe
- yet you have the audacity to criticise Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi; for killing Shia?!
Why are the majority of Muslim countries called; domain of apostasy?
- because they don't just believe in Allah alone, they believe in false deities other than Allah
- the majority of people don't believe
And most of them believe not in Allah except while they associate others with Him. (Yusuf 12:106)
- majority of Muslim countries are domains of apostasy
- invoking others besides Allah and black magic is kufr akbar
- sheikhs in these countries, do not teach you negations of faith
- Abu Hanifa (rh) said learning tawheed is fiqh al-akbar
- an apostate is worse than a kaafir according to ibn Taymiyyah (rh)
- he engaged with people who believed in pantheism
- there is no difference between creation and Creator
Shaykh al-Islam Ibn Taymiyah said - refuting the pantheistic belief of the Baatinis: "It is well known that the kaafir Tatars are better than these (Baatinis), because the latter are apostates from Islam, of the worst type of apostates. The apostate is worse than one who is a kaafir in the first place in many aspects." [Majmoo' al-Fataawa, (2/193)]
- not every Muslim who does kufr is a kaafir and a apostate
- maybe he did kufr under duress
- he might have an impediment of takfeer
- the proof of excuse is 16:106
…except for one who is forced [to renounce his religion] while his heart is secure in faith… (An-Nahl 16:106)
- this ayah was revealed in situation of Ammar bin Yasir (RA)
- they had already killed his mother and father and were going to kill him
- he renounced Islam and they left him alone
- he is not a kaafir because he apostatized with his tongue; for them not to kill him
- so not every Muslim who does kufr is a kaafir, maybe he was under duress
- you cannot say kufr pretending you will get killed without any threat
al-Qurtubi (rh) said: "And it was said that if believer resides between disbelievers, if he has a fear about his life, he can manage them by his tongue, while his soul would be full with belief. And taqqiyah is not permitted except if there is fear of being killed, or fear that a limb could be cut, or (any other) great punishment. And if someone is forced to make kufr, the authentic view that he can persist and refuse to say words of kufr." [Tafseer al-Qurtubi (4/57)]
- you cannot make takfeer on someone with a slip of the tongue
- the hadith of man in desert.
In another version of Muslim, he said:"Verily, Allah is more pleased with the repentance of His slave than a person who has his camel in a waterless desert carrying his provision of food and drink and it is lost. He, having lost all hopes (to get that back), lies down in shade and is disappointed about his camel; when all of a sudden he finds that camel standing before him. He takes hold of its reins and then out of boundless joy blurts out: 'O Allah, You are my slave and I am Your Rubb'. He commits this mistake out of extreme joy." [Sahih Muslim (4/2104) No. 2747]
- we have to learn this, so we don't become khawarij making takfeer on innocent Muslims
- maybe the person was taught tawheed by wicked scholars
- a person who was in a village and taught by fake scholars; 'that Allah is everywhere'
- you cannot make takfeer unless you establish the hujjah on an ignorant Muslim
Muslims are ignorant of key issues of deen.
- al-wala wal-bara, kufr bit taghoot, tawheed hakamiyyah, fiqhul-waqiah, jihad
- tahakkum = to take your disputes to the taghoot for judgement, this is an act of apostasy
While 'Allama al-Shinqiti-May Allah be merciful with him-has said: To commit shirk with Allah in judging is of the same meaning as to commit shirk in His worship, there is no difference between the two in any manner. There is no difference in any sense between he who follows a system (nizam) other than Allah's system or law other than Allah's law (sharia) and he who worships an idol or prostrates to a false god. They are the same and both are polytheists [associating others] with Allah. [Adwa' al-Bayan, (7/162)]
- a Muslim in a village in Pakistan doesn't know that Tahirul-Qadri is a kaafir
- ignorance is another impediment of takfeer
- a Muslim living in the US; there isn't proper sheikhs in the US
- maybe the only one is Ahmad Musa Jibril (ha), he's trying to teach tauheed
- if you open your mouth and try to teach the tauheed of Ibn Taymiyyah
- they will lock you up for at least 100 years, like they did to Ali Tamimi (ha)
- all Ali Tamimi did was to preach tauheed
- it is impossible to find a sheikh in America
The current state of affairs in America is ignorance, ignorance is prevalence
- a Muslim in the US, who goes to the ballot box to vote for Barrack Obama
- you cannot make takfir on him
- because an American Muslim is so jahil, he doesn't know democracy is the greatest shirk
- if a Muslim in Pakistan, Bangladesh and Turkey don't know democracy is the greatest shirk
- how will a Muslim in America know that?
- because democracy being shirk akbar was not known to him
- only after establishing the hujjah can you make takfeer if they refuse
The wicked scholars like Tariq Ramadan taught people that democracy and Islam are compatible
- rejecting democracy and its believers is part of the kalimah
- the average Muslim living in darul-harb/kufr is jahil
We believe in categorisation of knowledge and excuse of ignorance when kufr and shirk is not clear
- we do not make takfeer for someone who votes for JEI (in Pakistan)
- because the person thinks its an Islamic Jama'ah
- same thing in Egypt
You cannot make takfeer on Muslims living in this domain of apostasy because the people are jahil
- you cannot make takfeer unless you establish the hujjah
- this ruling is for democracy, but not for bowing to qaboor (graves) and insulting Allah or sahabas or thinking Quran is corrupted
- because these things are known in Islam by necessity
- to make takfeer on the sahabas makes you a kaafir
- this excuse of ignorance is only for those partaking in democracy
- those who make takfeer on sahaba, we cut off his head
Imaam Ibn Hazm quoted a report with an isnad going back to Hishaam ibn 'Ammaar, who said: "I heard Maalik ibn Anas say: 'Whoever curses Abu Bakr should be whipped, and whoever curses 'Aa'ishah should be killed.' He was asked, 'Why do you say that concerning (the one who curses) 'Aa'ishah?' He said, 'Because Allaah says concerning 'Aa'ishah, may Allah be pleased with her (interpretation of the meaning): "Allaah forbids you from it [slander] and warns you not to repeat the like of it forever, if you are believers." [al-Noor 24:17]'" Maalik said: "Whoever accuses her goes against the Qur'aan, and whoever goes against the Qur'aan should be killed." Ibn Hazm said: "This comment of Maalik's is correct, and it is complete apostasy to reject Allaah's words that clearly state her innocence." [al-Muhalla (12/440)]
Imam al-Nawawi (rh), said: "'Aishah's innocence of that of which she was accused is stated definitively in the Qur'an. If anyone doubts that, he becomes a kaafir and an apostate, by the consensus of the Muslims." [Sharh Sahih Muslim (17/117)]
- ibn Qudamah said: if a person apostates, you give him 3 days to come back to Islam
Ibn Qudaamah said: "The apostate should not be put to death until he has been asked to repent three times. This is the view of the majority of scholars, including 'Umar, 'Ali, 'Ata', al-Nakhaii, Maalik, al-Thawri, al-Awzaa'i, Ishaaq and others. Because apostasy comes about because of doubt, and cannot be dispelled in an instant. Time should be allowed for the person to rethink the matter, and the best length of time is three days." [al-Mughni (9/8) No. 7086]
- ibn Qudamah al-Maqdisi (rh) was a scholar in time of Salah ud-Deen al-Ayyubi
- and a scholar of ahlus sunnah wal-jammah
Some apostates are killed even if they make taubah
- just because a man makes taubah does not mean we have to spare him
- that is between them and Allah.
Shaykh al-Islam Ibn Taymiyah (rh) said: "Apostasy is of two types: ordinary apostasy and extreme apostasy, for which execution is prescribed. In both cases there is evidence that it is essential to execute the apostate, but the evidence indicating that the sentence of death may be waived if the person repents does not apply to both types of apostasy. Rather the evidence indicates that that is allowed only in the first case – i.e., ordinary apostasy – as will be clear to anyone who studies the evidence that speaks about accepting the repentance of the apostate. In the second type – i.e., extreme apostasy – the obligation to put the apostate to death still stands, and there is no text or scholarly consensus to indicate that the death sentence may be waived. The two cases are quite different and there is no comparison between them. It does not say in the Qur'aan or Sunnah, or according to scholarly consensus, that everyone who apostatizes in word or deed may be spared the death sentence if he repents after he is a captured and tried. Rather the Qur'aan and Sunnah, and scholarly consensus, differentiate between the different kinds of apostates." [al-Saarim al-Maslool, (pg. 366-367)]
- ibn taymiyyah said there are 2 types of apostates
- we kill them to make an example of them
- the ordinary apostate isn't out there to attack Islam and Muslims with his tongue, pen, media, actions etc.
- in both cases the person is executed
- apostasy is in their word or deed
What do we do to the extreme apostate?
- he should be crucified (see 5:33)
Indeed, the penalty for those who wage war against Allah and His Messenger and strive upon earth [to cause] corruption is none but that they be killed or crucified or that their hands and feet be cut off from opposite sides or that they be exiled from the land. That is for them a disgrace in this world; and for them in the Hereafter is a great punishment, (Al-Ma'idah 5:33)
- the extreme apostate is crucified
- the ordinary apostate, you give them 3 days to come back to Islam.
On youtube, we see Islamic State videos where they execute apostates
- these people were working for taghout and they are punished accordingly
- many of you see these videos and say: "this is barbaric"
- who told you its barbaric to crucify these people?
- the problem is you, you are either jahil about your deen or weak in eman
Another extreme apostate is Mansoor al-Hallaj; who said 'ana al-haqq'
- this person was so evil, they didn't even ask him to make taubah
- the governor executed him on the spot
Al-Qaadi 'Iyaad said: "The Maaliki fuqaha' of Baghdad at the time of al-Muqtadir were unanimously agreed that al-Hallaaj should be killed and crucified because of his claim to divinity and his belief in incarnation, and his saying "I am al-Haqq [God]," even though he outwardly appeared to adhere to sharee'ah, and they did not accept his repentance." [al-Shifa bi Ta'reef Huqooq al-Mustafa, (2/632)]
- wahdatul wajood = union = everything is Allah
- Allah is mixed with His creation
- even though he didn't wage war against Islam and Muslims
- he was executed because he was an extreme zindeeq.
Waging war on Allah and His messenger is of 2 types according to ibn Taymiyyah
- physical and verbal, verbal is far worse and dangerous
Shaykh al-Islam Ibn Taymiyah (rh) said: "Muhaarabah (waging war against Islam) is of two types: physical and verbal. Waging war verbally against Islam may be worse than waging war physically – as stated above – hence the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) used to kill those who waged war against Islam verbally, whilst letting off some of those who waged war against Islam physically. This ruling is to be applied more strictly after the death of the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him). Mischief may be caused by physical action or by words, but the damage caused by words is many times greater than that caused by physical action; and the goodness achieved by words in reforming may be many times greater than that achieved by physical action. It is proven that waging war against Allaah and His Messenger (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) verbally is worse and the efforts on earth to undermine religion by verbal means is more effective." [al-Saarim al-Maslool, (pg. 385)]
- that is why those who waged war on Islam with words and media
- were dealt with differently even on conquest of Makkah
- a word can carry a million times over, in the event its in the form of a book
- like the book by Salman Rushdie
Someone who became a superstar by speaking ill of Islam and Muslim in mass media
- is more dangerous type of kaafir than a soldier
- another country that used to be in the domain of apostasy were Iraq and Shaam
- now, alhamdulilah, they are governed by Shariah and Khilafah
- they had previously adopted Arab Ba'athism and Arab nationalism
Michel Aflaq was the founder of the Ba'athism
- born 1910 and he died 1989, founder of Arab socialism
- his aim and objective was to replace Islam with Arab socialism/ba'athism
- he was a Christian Arab, the ideology of the people was ba'athist.
- but when the US invaded Iraq and all the sectarian violence took place
- in which Sunnis were targeted, the Muslims woke up and came back to Islam
- many Muslims came back because of all the mujahideen came from all over the world
- to wake the local people up
The US invasion was a gift to the Muslims in Iraq
- there is already a movement in Pakistan
- Bangladesh and Egypt need the movement that believe in jihad, hijrah and shariah
- only with hijrah, jihad and shariah; can a domain of apostasy transform into a domain of Islam
- and this is what took place in Syria and Iraq
Taariq bin Shihab reports that when Umar (RA) was travelling to Shaam, Abu Ubaydah bin Jarraah (RA) was accompanying him. "O, Abu Ubaydah! Had anyone other than you made such a statement, I would have made him a lesson for the Ummah of Muhammad (SAW). We were once amongst the lowest of people, but Allaah gave us honour because of Islaam. As soon as we start to seek honour in avenues other than that in which Allaah has granted us honour, Allaah will then humiliate us." [Mustadrak al-Hakim (1/130) No. 207]
- izzah belongs to Allah, the prophet and the Muslims, but the hypocrites realise it not
…And to Allah belongs [all] honor, and to His Messenger, and to the believers, but the hypocrites do not know. (Al-Munafiqun 63:8)
- Saddam was found in a rat hole, Gaddafi was killed and also found in a rat hole
- and soon Bashar al-Assad will follow
- they will be disgraced because they tried to find izzah in other than Islam


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In 1987, a group of leading conservation biologists called for a "new age of exploration and classification of the biosphere on a scale to rival that of the colonization of the new world". And indeed, scientific-political responses to mass extinction have taken
markedly colonial forms. For instance, huge effort and resource has been invested in the collection of comprehensive data on existing species, as reflected in projects such as the IUCN's Red List and the 'Encyclopedia of Life'. These projects employ the distinctly colonial strategy of using taxonomic knowledge to subjectify and control the Other (see, for instance, Said 2003). Indeed, the objective of these data collection programmes is to support biopolitical efforts to 'make life live', or, in Achille Mbembe's words, to 'abolish mortality'. This goal is most directly reflected in 'ex situ conservation' programmes. In these contexts, life forms classified as endangered are entered into global breeding programmes and made to reproduce in ways that are often indistinguishable from coercion (see the work of Van Dooren and Chrulew). These strategies exemplify a colonial logic in which billions of beings are suspended between being and nothingness "dwel[ling] close to death" in a state of "half life" (Mbembe 2001). In this context, all life on Earth is imagined as wretched: driven to the edge of extinction yet (selectively) forced to remain in existence.
What framework can one use to engage critically with these kinds of responses to mass extinction? On the one hand, they are clearly linked with the maintenance of boundaries, hierarchies, violence and power dynamics used to separate humans and other beings. From this perspective, they look like issues for posthumanist critique. On the other hand, the particular logics and strategies used in response to mass extinction owe much to the repertoire of colonial thought and practice, and therefore demand insights from postcolonial and decolonial thought. Engaging critically with responses to mass extinction seems to call for a form of engagement that synthesizes the two. And this is far from the only issue that makes such a demand. To name just a few, the logics and practices surrounding geo-engineering, synthetic biology, and space colonization all cry out for this kind of response. Why, then, do the two bodies of thought remain so separate?
Rob Nixon and Graham Huggan have each helped to explain why proponents of environmental thinking and postcolonialism have been reluctant to join forces. For Nixon, US-dominated environmentalist narratives have traditionally clashed with the aims and ethos of postcolonial thinkers in several ways. For instance, he argues that where the former stressed purity (e.g. of 'wildnerness') and connection to place, the latter has tended to place more value on hybridity and cosmopolitanism. Moreover, he contends that the anti-humanist strains of some strands of environmentalism jar with the postcolonial commitment to humanism and equality. By framing certain groups of humans as 'excessive' (primarily in terms of population), they appear to reproduce the violent logics of colonial power. For his part, Huggan points out that environmentalism is viewed by some postcolonial theorists as yet another means for extending neocolonial forms of control. The example of colonial conservation, discussed above, does little to dispel this fear. From these perspectives, the orientations and normative commitments of the two approaches seem to pull in different directions.
However, it is crucial to note that Nixon and Huggan are writing about environmentalism, and not posthumanism (for a brief introduction, see this post). Posthumanists might be environmentalists, or not – and vice versa. Rather than espousing a particular ideal of an 'environment' to be preserved, posthumanism does precisely what it says on the tin: it attempts to decentre and deconstruct dogmatic forms of humanism. While many variations of posthumanist thought focus on the relations between humans and other beings, they do not necessarily espouse the notion of an 'environment' (let alone 'nature'). Instead, they are concerned with the boundaries and hierarchies constructed between beings, and with what these structures efface. However, for precisely this reason, the integration of posthumanism and postcolonialism might be an even harder sell.
There are good reasons for posthumanists to engage with postcolonial thought in order to contest the erased histories and power dynamics that have entrenched exclusive norms of 'humanity' and its planetary dominance. In other words, it is quite logical to imagine decolonial or postcolonial posthumanist approaches, and some authors have already begun to elaborate them. For instance, Erika Cudworth and Stephen Hobden have shown how norms of 'civilization' underpin assumptions about a firm boundary between humans and other animals, and of the dominance of the former over the latter. Deconstructing these standards, they claim, denaturalizes claims about both the superiority of humans over 'nature', and of certain groups of humans over each other. In making this argument, Cudworth and Hobden call for the exploration of "new possibilities for humanism without the imperialist baggage of a civilising mission". Nonetheless, their work seeks to unsettle the humanist ethos that lies at the heart of postcolonial theory.
However, the central place of humanism in postcolonial theory prevents an easy reconciliation with posthumanism. This raises a crucial question: could there be a posthumanist postcolonialism? Moreover, are there good reasons for postcolonial theorists to adopt a posthumanist perspective? What's in it for them? I want to argue that there are, indeed, very strong reasons for adopting this kind of perspective. Most importantly, posthumanist perspectives can help to resolve a perennial tension within postcolonialism: the tendency of humanism to entrench the conditions of dehumanization. Several of the key texts of postcolonial theory identify dehumanization as one of the primary tools of colonial rule. In his introduction to Fanon's Wretched of the Earth, Jean-Paul Sartre contends that "violence in the colonies does not only have for its aim the keeping of…enslaved men at arm's length; it seeks to dehumanize them". Dehumanization is said to occur when biologically human subjects are socially constructed as any one of a range of nonhuman beings: threatening animals (lions, hippopotami, ants, gorillas, even zombies or tribal masks) (Mbembe 2001); 'things' (Césaire 1955); or 'vegetal' forms (Fanon, 1963) that can be harvested like the 'fruits of the trees' (Arendt, 1976). Moreover, Aimé Césaire contends that dehumanization applies not only to the subjects of colonialism, but also redounds onto the colonizers. As he puts it, "colonization…dehumanizes even the most civilized man".
As I have argued elsewhere, dehumanization functions only when it is possible to posit a sharp boundary between the onto-ethical category of 'humanity' and everything else in the universe. In order for it to be effective – that is, in order for dehumanizors to get other people to treat another being as 'dehumanized' – two conditions must be in place. First, there must be a widespread belief that anything that does not fit the normative criteria of 'humanity' has no ethical standing and can be disposed of with impunity. It is only on this basis that dehumanization functions as an expeditor and justification of violence. Second, it must be assumed that there is a firm boundary separating 'humans' from 'nonhumans', and that simply categorizing a being on one side or the other is enough to determine its onto-ethical status. As Samera Esmeir puts it, this logic underpins "the idea that humanity can be given or taken back". In short, the functionality of dehumanization utterly relies on the positing of a firm boundary between humans and other beings.
One of the most important normative tools of postcolonialism is to assert the humanity of the oppressed in the face of the peoples and structures that would dehumanize them. For instance, Fanon interpellates colonial subjects to 'rehabilitate mankind' by demanding their rightful membership in the category of humanity. Similarly, Said undermines the claims of dehumanizing colonial logics by invoking universal humanism based on shared rationality. Yet their calls have ironic consequences. Paradoxically, by asserting one's 'humanness', one entrenches the set of beliefs that renders it revocable.
There are several ways of countering the logic of dehumanization without entrenching its basic onto-ethical principles. One is to invoke a transcendental notion of 'humanity', rooted in a divine realm that is not subject to the transformations and manipulations of human agency. This type of belief underpins Christian (and other transcendental) systems in which humanity is endowed by the divine. This kind of argument helps to address the second condition of dehumanization: the belief that humans (or their social structures) can invest or divest beings with humanity. However, it may also entrench rigid and timeless norms of 'humanity'. And, as Neta Crawford has argued, it is the ability to extend or otherwise alter the boundaries of 'humanity' that has enabled the recognition of the ethical standing of many peoples. A posthumanist account, on the other hand, offers an immanent means for addressing this problem that retains, in fact affirms, the fluidity of being and becoming on Earth.This approach rejects both of the conditions of dehumanization, undermining its possibility. It requires embracing the idea that there is no such thing as a 'pure' human – just as there is no such thing as a 'pure race', or 'untouched nature'. Esmeir identifies the embryo of this idea in Fanon's Wretched of the Earth. He argues that dehumanization (and (re-)humanization) will always be partial processes, "because the nonhuman coexists with and within the human". The force of Fanon's argument lies in the assertion that a being can retain its 'humanity' – that is, its ethical core – even when the boundaries between it and other forms of being are dissolved.
Adopting this orientation would involve recognizing the multitude of ways in which human beings are entangled and co-constituted by other beings – animals, plants, metals, machines, and matter of all forms. Crucially, recognizing the entanglement of humans with other beings does not mean yielding to attempts to degrade the status of humanity. On the contrary, as Jane Bennett puts it, recognizing the liveliness of all matter not only minimizes differences between objects and subjects, but elevates all materiality such that "all bodies become more than mere objects". In such a context, it would be nonsensical to claim that a being was disposable or inferior simply on the basis of its being 'non-human', and the rug would be pulled from underneath the logic of dehumanization.
I want to be very clear: this argument is not intended to let perpetrators of dehumanization off the hook, or to downplay the violence that their actions involve. And I am certainly not advocating that the targets of dehumanizing violence accept or capitulate to these violent acts. On the contrary, I am arguing that they can radically neutralize the process of dehumanization by removing the basis on which it operates. Dehumanization functions only insofar as people believe in its effectiveness – that is, to the extent that they accept the two conditions discussed above and act accordingly. A posthumanist postcolonial approach makes it possible to undermine this logic.
There are multiple other ways in which posthumanism and postcolonialism could be fused in mutually strengthening ways. In fact, this would be less a matter of joining separate discourses than of drawing out existing affinities – or, simply put, following through key principles of each discourse to their logical conclusions. There are a few obvious starting points for such a project.
First, one of the most important values of postcolonial thought is the recognition and embrace of heterogeneity. As Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak argues, "the colonized subaltern subject is irretrievably heterogeneous"; it is figured as a homogeneous mass only by the essentialist, taxonomic categories imposed upon it. Indeed, Chandra Talpede Mohanty contends that subaltern groups such as 'women' are constructed on the basis of a perceived common experience of oppression. These arguments are mirrored in Jacques Derrida's treatment of the 'animal': a category used to homogenize an almost unthinkably diverse set of beings, and to construct them through their shared subjection to industrialized violence. Each of these approaches acknowledges the violence of erasure and homogenization enacted by ontological categories, whether the distinction between 'subaltern' and colonizer, 'man' and 'woman', or 'human' and 'animal'. But instead of arguing for the inclusion of the second term in each pair within the first, these approaches call for the celebration and expression of diversity.
In the same spirit, Césaire rejects a both 'narrow particularism' and 'disembodied universalism', seeking a "universal rich with all that is particular…the deepening of each particular, the coexistence of them all". These ideas are mirrored in Isabelle Stengers' notion of 'cosmopolitics', which involves involves attending to the multiple, diverse and constantly transforming beings that constitute the cosmos. Although it does not advocate treating each being as equal (normatively or ontologically), it insists on acknowledgement and responsiveness to modes of being that do not necessarily fit with a universal ideal or common form of measurement – for instance, the category of 'humanity'. Crucially, this includes finding ways of attending to the "shadows of that which does not have, cannot have or does not want to have a political voice" (Stengers 2005, 996). In a context in which the subaltern is too diffuse and heterogeneous to 'speak' as a unified subject, it is necessary to engage in "measuring silences" (Spivak 1985, 92). Indeed, Stengers argues that, in a cosmpolitical context, all beings can 'force thought' in a manner similar to what Homi Bhabha has called 'presencing'. That is, they can slow the universalizing process by unsettling existing assumptions, boundaries and patterns of political action. Drawing on this principle, a posthumanist postcolonial ethos can cultivate responsiveness to the multiple forms of presencing. Instead of pursuing a humanism made to the measure of the human world, cosmopolitics calls for an ethics responsive to the universe in all of its heterogeneity.
Various postcolonial positions also call for a relational ethics across the boundaries that define 'humanity'. They encourage genuine forms of 'contact' (Césaire 1955) not based on violence and subjugation, but instead generative of "solidarities across class, race and national boundaries" (Mohanty 2003, 19). A posthumanist postcolonial ethos would involve extending these affinities and connections across the boundary of species and forms of being. Mbembe (2001) recognizes how colonial violence encompasses a range of humans, plants, animals and objects. Indeed, he argues that colonial violence annihilates subjects by forging a "close connection, both venal and convivial, among slave-being, animal-being, native-being, and thing-being" (Mbembe 2001, 240). In other words, colonial power does not only makes slaves of humans, and animals of slaves, but also slaves of animals and so forth. This is a mode of 'being-together', but not of 'existing together' (Mbembe 2001, 27) in the sense of recognizing the other as a full participant in being. A crucial means for resisting this kind of negative conviviality would be to convert it into a positive form, as Donna Haraway's recent work suggests. This entails cultivating a sense of responsiveness and accountability to the other beings with which humans interact – not by humanizing them, but rather by understanding the multiple ways in which we cohabit with them. For Haraway, living well with others does not involve aspiring to an impossible ideal of nonviolence. Instead, involves cultivating a "responsible relation to always asymmetrical living and dying, and nurturing and killing" (Haraway 2008, L751- 759). This, in turn, demands a form of 'becoming-with' as 'becoming worldly': building sites of attachment with other beings, and tying 'knots' which bind humans into patterns of "response and regard that change the subject- and the object" (Haraway 2008, L4588). In other words, Haraway calls for the diametric opposite of dehumanization and its boomerang effect: a mode of interaction in which each being is enriched in its trajectory of becoming through contact with the other.
As this brief discussion has suggested, there are numerous shared nodes of postcolonial and posthumanist thought. Cultivating them would not involve 'exporting' ideas from one into the other, but rather on amplifying existing resonances. At its root, this is a move to recognize not only shared aims, overlaps or similarities, but rather the fact that both bodies of thought contest and struggle against the same logics, violences, structures and repertoires of action. Although I have analyzed the issue in terms of 'postcolonial posthumanisms' and 'posthumanist postcolonialisms' to reflect existing perceptions, I don't intend to suggest that either approach should dominate. What I am proposing is a mutual co-extension , of postcolonial thought and ethics beyond the boundaries of the normatively 'human', and of posthumanism into the realm of global ethics. Even better, a decolonial ethos that centres Indigenous and other non-Western cosmovisions that do not rely on Cartesian dichotomies, holds huge promise (more on this to come…)This kind of approach can better equip us to confront an Anthropocene epoch in which 'humanity' and colonial power are increasingly conflated.

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There are some parents who think that their child can sit anywhere they like with a particular favourite spot being on the top of shop service counters. In an example of this, a toddler in India is sat upon the glass top of a jewellery display while his parents look at the trinkets. Out of their eye line the baby falls backwards off the cabinet and is luckily caught by a passing assistant thus avoiding injury. This CCTV footage has been seen around the world with most comments congratulating the catch and others condemning the parenting skills on show.


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Foundation Awards MacColl Johnson Fellowship to Three RI Writers
| Feb 01, 2013
Three Rhode Island writers have been named recipients of prestigious MacColl Johnson Fellowships from The Rhode Island Foundation. Angel Green, Michael Morse, and Stephanie Reents will receive $25,000 each – one of the largest no-strings-attached awards available to writers in the United States.
The Robert and Margaret MacColl Johnson Fellowship Fund, established at the Foundation in 2003, provides up to three artist fellowships each year, rotating among composers, writers, and visual artists on a three-year cycle. The financial support of $25,000 enables artists to concentrate time on the creative process, focus on personal or professional development, expand their body of work, and explore new directions. In the last eight years, 24 composers, writers, and visual artists have received more than $600,000.
The 2012 MacColl Johnson Fellows are:
- Angel Green is on the faculty at University of Rhode Island (URI), teaching in the interdisciplinary studies program and the English department. A veteran of the U.S. Navy, she has published short stories in URI Review, Potomac Review, and African American Review and has been honored with the URI English Department's Creative Nonfiction Award (1999), the Nancy Potter Short Story Award (2000), and a URI Foundation Dissertation Fellowship (2000). Green is working on an historical sociology that explores "American racism sited on the black female body." A Newport resident, Green plans to use the fellowship to travel to Barbuda and the African island of Goree for research, as well as to a former breeding plantation off the coast of North Carolina. The fellowship will also allow Green to take some time off from teaching to focus on writing.
- Michael Morse has served as an emergency medical technician and firefighter with the Providence Fire Department for more than 20 years. He will retire from service this year and hopes to transition into a full time writing career. Morse has published two narrative non-fiction books: Rescuing Providence (2007) and Responding EMS: It Happens Now(2011). Both books follow Morse on the job as he responds to emergencies throughout the city. A native of Warwick, this is the first grant or fellowship to which Morse has ever applied. Having spent many years working on an old computer between emergency calls, Morse plans to use a portion of his grant to purchase a new computer.
- Stephanie Reents has taught as an assistant professor of English at Holy Cross since 2005. She has been named a Bread Loaf Conference Scholar, a Stegner Fellow, and a Rhodes Scholar. Her first book, The Kissing List (2012) received wide praise, including from The New Yorker and The New York Times. Additionally, Reents' short stories have been included in the O. Henry Prize Stories, noted in the Best American Short Stories, and appeared in numerous journals. A resident of Providence, Reents plans to use the fellowship to take a leave from her teaching duties and return to Oxford, England, the setting of her novel in progress, The Claustrophobic House.
The Fellows were determined by a panel of four out-of-state professionals in the literary arts. The panel also named three finalists. These writers receive no cash award, but were recommended to be recognized:
- Thomas McBee, the author of This Fragile Fortress, columnist for an online literary magazine The Rumpus, and contributor to Salon.com and The New York Times.
- E.C. Osondu, a Nigerian writer and Providence College assistant professor known for his short stories, including the award-winning Waiting and Janjaweed Wife.
- Max Winter, author of the soon-to-be-completed novel, Louder than Good, and recipient of a 2012 RISCA Fellowship.
Rhode Islanders Robert and Margaret MacColl Johnson were both dedicated to the arts all their lives. Mrs. Johnson, who died in 1990, earned a degree in creative writing from Roger Williams College when she was 70. Mr. Johnson invented a new process for mixing metals in jewelry-making and then retired to become a fulltime painter. Before he died in 1999, Johnson began discussions with the Foundation to create what has become this prestigious fellowship program in music composition, literature, and visual arts.
Guidelines and applications for the 2013 fellowships, which will be awarded to visual artists, will be available on the Foundation's website after July 1, 2013. For more information and application details, see Robert & Margaret MacColl Johnson Fellowships.
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INSP Awards: The Best Project 2019 Finalists Revealed
Today we're bringing you the first set of Finalists in our Impact categories – for Best Project.
INSP Awards: The 2019 Best News Feature Finalists are here
As the excitement continues to build for the 2019 INSP Awards, we will be announcing the Finalists in each category over the next fortnight – starting today with the Top 5 Entries for Best News Feature.
INSP Awards: Here come the 2019 Best Cover Nominees
Best Cover is always one of our most hotly contested INSP Awards, and this year is no exception, with a record 78 entries in this category from street papers around the world!
INSP Awards: Announcing the 2019 Best News Feature Nominees
We're delighted to reveal the first set of nominees for the INSP Awards 2019 today, and we're kicking off with the Top 10 Entries for Best News Feature.
INSP Vendor Playlist: Jörg Peterson (Hinz&Kunzt, Hittfeld, Germany)
This year we asked vendors: if you could give a song as a present this Christmas, what would you choose? The result was the INSP Vendor Playlist, which is now available for your listening pleasure. Hinz&Kunzt vendor Jörg wants to share the work of his favourite band, Unheilig, with the rest of the world.
Our vendors: Ewa (Hinz&Kunzt, Hamburg, Germany)
Ewa, 51, sells Hinz&Kunzt at her pitch in front of the Douglas perfume shop on Mönckebergstraße, Hamburg. Earlier this year, she worked in the KunztKüche, where her hard work and dedication were noticed by her co-workers and, in May, she was the winner of the 'Mit dir geht mehr' (You make our city better) campaign. Hinz&Kunzt met up with Ewa, who has high hopes for the future and who has done so much to support others in her community.
Attacks on the homeless are on the rise in Hamburg
The Global Street Paper Summit is an opportunity to focus in on a lot of the amazing work being done by street papers. However, that doesn't mean that the problems affecting their vendors are overlooked. In Germany, the number of violent attacks on homeless people – arson, assault, rape – is increasing. Figures released by the German Federal Criminal Police Office [Bundeskriminalamt: BKA] show that, year on year, the number of attacks is continuing to grow. Hinz&Kunzt examined the reasons why such violence is on the rise and asks what can be done to stop it.
Our vendors: Petra (Hinzt&Kunzt, Hamburg, Germany)
Petra, 55, sells Hinz&Kunzt in front of the Edeka supermarket in the Winterhude quarter of Hamburg, often in the company of her dog, Luna. Here, Petra talks about the friendly relationships that she has with many of her customers and talks about what life has been like since she became homeless three years ago. One day, she hopes to have a place of her own that she can call home.
Our vendors: Holger (Hinz&Kunzt, Hamburg, Germany)
Holger (53) sells Hinz&Kunzt at the Isemarket in Hamburg Eppendorf. Here, he looks back on his earlier life, which was turned upside down in the 1980s when he worked at a shop selling stolen goods and was blackmailed by his physically abusive boss. The support of friends on the street led him to Hinz&Kunst 20 years ago; now, his life is full of hope – and love.
A hunt for clues in Hamburg
Olaf S died on a park bench close to St Michael's Church, Hamburg. He was homeless and had braved sleeping out in the elements on a night when the temperature dropped below freezing. Two of his old friends, in collaboration with German street magazine Hinz&Kunzt, try to understand the circumstances of Olaf's tragic decline.
Hinz&Kunzt to celebrate 25th anniversary with pop-up restaurant staffed by Hamburg's best chefs
German street paper Hinz&Kunzt turns 25 this year and, to celebrate, its team of staff and vendors are opening a pop-restaurant, Kunzt Kitchen, which will serve meals rustled up by some of Hamburg's best chefs.
Our vendors: Constantin (Hinz&Kunzt, Hamburg, Germany)
Constantin (60) is a vendor for Hinz&Kunzt at the REWE-Center in Dorotheenstraße. After losing his home and his family in his native country of Romania, he travelled to Germany looking for work. After finding himself sleeping rough, he turned to the German street paper for help.
Hinz&Kunzt vendor Peter gets the send off he deserves
For Hinz&Kunzt vendor Peter, the Kiez area was his home. After his death, his colleagues, friends and neighbours honoured him with a funeral march through St. Pauli. The tour ended in the pub called Silbersack – so did Peter's sales tours in the past.
Our vendors: Gerald (Hinz&Kunzt, Hamburg, Germany)
Gerald is a Hinz&Kunzt vendor who sells the magazine from his pitch in front of the Haspa Spitalerstraße in Hamburg. He tells us about his difficult childhood, years spent in prison and his dreams of becoming a chef.
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Our vendors: Raitis (Hinz&Kunzt, Hamburg, Germany)
Raitis (60) sells Hinz & Kunzt in front of German supermarket Edeka on Stresemannallee, Hamburg.
Our vendors: Alexandra (Hinz&Kunzt, Hamburg, Germany)
Alexandra used to work as a street musician, travelling between Hamburg and Romania. Now she sells Hinz&Kunzt, and sees her future in Hamburg: she proudly explains that her daughter can already speak very good German.
INSP Awards: Discover our Best News Feature Nominees for 2017
This year's nominees for Best News Feature are in – take a look at the stories that have captured our imagination and made the longlist.
Our vendors: Rainer (Hinz&Kunzt, Hamburg, Germany)
Rainer has always loved sailing, so after years of unstable employment he was happy to turn his hobby into a career. The boat became his home, so when his employer filed for bankruptcy he lost more than just his job. Through Hinz&Kunzt he has found new work, and hopes to one day buy his own boat.
Our vendors: Peter (Hinz&Kunzt, Hamburg, Germany)
Ten years ago, after the collapse of his marriage, Peter became homeless. "I deliberately wanted to destroy myself," he says. Peter's story is one filled with loss, but thanks to Hinz&Kunzt, he now has a "brighter future".
Street paper hits back as Hamburg leader says homeless create "fear and disgust"
Hamburg street paper Hinz&Kunzt has hit out against a top local government official who wants to clear homeless people out of the city's Central Station.
October global street paper covers get scary
Between Halloween and Trump, there's a frighteneing vibe on this month's international street paper covers. Thank god for Street Cat Bob…
Our vendors: Aleksas (Hinz&Kunzt, Ahrensburg, Germany)
Aleksas' life story is spread across Europe. Born in Lithuania, now living in Germany and with a son and daughter in England, the 58-year-old is finding a way to face his challenges.
Prophets of Rage to Bridget Jones – September street paper supporters
There's support from big name stars featured on this month's covers – but also stark reminders of why street papers are so necessary for homeless people.
Olympic fever gripped world's street papers this August
August's street paper covers have the Olympic spirit, featuring 'cuddly lawnmowers', a homeless wedding, Steven Spielberg, and a cheeky little bit of rickrolling.
Our vendors: Ion (Hinz&Kunzt, Hamburg, Germany)
Originally from Romania, Ion knows the waterways of Europe like the back of his hand, from years working on boats. He left his homeland due to corruption and heartbreak – but has found support in Germany from Hinz&Kunzt.
Hard-hitting, striking… phizz-whizzing: it's June's street paper covers
A gloriumptious look at the world of Roald Dahl, a red-haired mischief-maker, a mafia flower plot and Yanis Varoufakis at the INSP Summit… explore June's street paper covers.
INSP Awards: best photo finalists are picture perfect
Our final five shortlisted contenders for Best Photograph at next week's INSP Awards show the ability of street papers to offer their readers a different point of view.
INSP Awards: best photo nominees offer insight and empathy
Featuring vendors' makeshift homes, tender moments and even 'knights of the country road', the nominees for Best Photograph at the INSP Awards show the ability of street papers to offer their readers a different point of view.
Our vendors: Rolf (Hinz&Kunzt, Hamburg, Germany)
Hinz&Kunzt vendor Rolf speaks out about his past and his hopes for the future saying "The end will come if I stay on the streets … I want to live a few more years."
March's covers reveal the power of illustration
From fierce illustrations to wild covers, experience dozens of the world's best street paper artwork from the last month.
German vendors share in Hinz&Kunzt award triumph
German street paper Hinz&Kunzt was awarded with the prestigious Federal Cross of Merit for its work with the homeless and vulnerable people of Hamburg. Yet the paper says the award really belongs to its vendors.
Rock gods to proud vendors: February's street paper covers are out of this world
From rock gods to proud vendors, February's street paper covers featured lots of fascinating and inspiring people. Explore the world's street papers here.
"Don't give up" urges Hinz&Kunzt editor as she scoops major award
Birgit Mueller was honoured by local government for her tireless commitment to helping homeless and socially vulnerable people in Hamburg. She discusses her 23 years at the street paper.
Starting 2016 with street papers: January's covers collected
Haruki Murakami, Beyonce and Bowie all graced January editions of street papers.
Vendor dodges frostbite and horned owl attacks in 3000km trek across Sweden
As #VendorWeek kicks off, we travel 3,000km across Sweden on foot, sleeping rough with Hinz&Kunzt vendor Torsten Meiners.
Early birds from 10 countries snap up places at 2016 Global Street Paper Summit
Delegates from 10 countries are already registered to attend the international gathering of street papers in Athens – the only event of its kind in the world.
Our vendors: Carmen (Hinz&Kunzt, Hamburg, Germany)
Carmen's biggest wish is to care for her son: "Ionut should have it better in life than I had". Selling the street paper Hinz&Kunzt has helped her secure a stable livelihood for her family. Read her story here.
Lifting the ban on bottle collecting isn't enough to help Hamburg's poor
Hamburg's Hinz&Kunzt has been successful in fighting back against a ban on collecting bottles for recycling – a vital source of income for homeless people in the city. But our real goal has to be a society in which no-one is forced to rake through rubbish.
Milano Centrale: a resting stop for refugees
Milan's central train station acts as a hub and temporary safe haven for floods of refugees, mainly from Syria, who seek a better life in Europe. Inside the station's majestic marble halls, hundreds of refugees have sought food, shelter and the help of "haulers" who charge them money to travel to France, German and Sweden, as the police turn a blind eye.


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With the recent rise in several studios trying to copy the success of Disney's Marvel Cinematic Universe, it makes sense on paper to reboot a previous franchise that worked. Legendary Pictures's MonsterVerse, hopes to bring the famous monsters made by the Japanese film company, Toho, back to the spotlight. This franchise got off to a bumpy start with the release of the disappointing 2014 reboot of "Godzilla" — directed by Gareth Edwards ("Rogue One: A Star Wars Story") — which suffered from having lifeless characters and a painfully slow paced narrative. "Kong: Skull Island" is the second installment to this franchise and hopes to be entertaining. However, "Kong: Skull Island" is both better and worse than Edwards's "Godzilla."
Set in 1973, "Kong: Skull Island" follows a group of scientists and soldiers who travel to an uncharted island, known as Skull Island, to map and explore the area. Upon arriving, they are attacked by a giant ape, King Kong, and are thus stranded. The surviving members must navigate their way through the island and try not to get eaten by the dangerous creatures of the island.
The film continues the strange trend of taking a director who made a critically well received indie film and give them a mega-blockbuster. This time, it's Jordan Vogt-Roberts ("The Kings of Summer") who got plucked from the indie world and he might have been the wrong choice. His over-stylized direction makes for a very obnoxious viewing experience comparable to a Michael Bay film. The abrupt editing and rapid pacing in this film is annoying as well, as it gives the audience no breathing room. Also, his directorial influence isn't subtle as he tries to emulate "Jurassic Park" and "Apocalypse Now," but ends up forgetting to be its own entity.
The biggest misstep was the size of Kong, it is impossible to take seriously. This was done so that King Kong would be big enough to fight Godzilla in a future face-off film, but his size comes across as absurd. Granted, it's not like the story of "King Kong" was believable to begin with.
The film is overpopulated with performers who try to do the best with the bland material they were given. Tom Hiddleston and Brie Larson play '70s characters that were considered cliche in the '70s. John C. Reilly is supposed to be the comedic relief/exposition delivery man of the film, but his performance doesn't mesh well with the film's tone. The only actor who has any true depth is Samuel L. Jackson as Lt. Packard. At the start of the film, his character is disappointed about leaving Vietnam as he feels like he never got to fully complete his job. On the island, he feels like he's finally getting the war he missed out on. His character also has a Captain Ahab-esque relationship with Kong, which is shown in some impressive visuals with Packard staring up at Kong in fury as the world around him is in flames.
"Kong: Skull Island" marks strike two for this MonsterVerse, as it goes over the top with its action and gives little dimension to its characters. While the film could pass as a generic popcorn flick with a few entertaining monster fights, the film doesn't honor the legacy of the iconic character. We can only hope that next year's "Godzilla: King of the Monsters" won't be strike three.


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Elementary Curriculum Instructional Services--Amy Boston, Director
The foundation for our children's education is established in elementary school. The staff at Miami Trace Elementary School strives to provide all children with an effective, standards-based education. Instruction is based on the Ohio Academic Content Standards, which have been developed for all core subject areas in grades K-5. Students receive instruction in the following subject areas: reading, language arts, mathematics, social studies, science/health, art, music, and physical education.
The MTES instructional staff uses data in order to identify students who may need additional instructional support or enrichment. Collaborative Intervention Teachers provide instructional support and enrichment based on students' needs. Title I teachers provide extra support primarily in the area of reading with some focus on mathematics. In grades 3-5, Core Subject Specialists provide instructional support with a focus on Ohio Achievement Assessment preparation. Special education is provided for students who are identified as needing an Individualized Education Plan. Our gifted education program begins for qualifying students in grade three. All of our support teachers work in conjunction with the regular classroom teachers in order to closely monitor the progress of our students.
Technology is a critical component of our instruction at Miami Trace Elementary School. Every classroom has a SMART Board, which is an interactive whiteboard that allows teachers and students to basically view and interact with what is on a computer screen. Many of our textbook programs include an electronic resource that teachers use to instruct students using the SMART Board. Computers can be found in every classroom. We are also fortunate to have a computer lab in our media center giving teachers the opportunity to instruct a technology-based lesson to an entire class of students.
Parental involvement and support is critical in the elementary grades. Whether it is volunteering here at school or helping your student read or practice skills at home, we appreciate what you do to help your child. Pacing guides, documents that show the yearly plan for instruction for all subjects, are currently being revised and will be available on this website in the near future. These guides identify all of the skills that will be instructed during the school year.
It is the goal of the Miami Trace Elementary staff to provide the best possible educational experience so that our students can become successful, independent, productive citizens.


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Baby Gift Bags
The Scotland Public Library wants to congratulate new parents in town. If you have a child that was born in 2018 or 2019 and you haven't received a Baby Gift Bag, stop by the library today! Funding for the bags is provided by the Hampton/Scotland School Readiness Grant.
***Don't forget to check our Parenting Shelf in the Children's Room.
Fax Service – $1.00 per page
Copy/Printout Service – $.15 per page
Loan Periods:
Books, Magazines, CDs, Books on CD, Books on Tape - 3 weeks (.05/per day fine)
All children's DVDs – 1 week ($1/day/movie fine)
Most DVDs – 2 days ($1/day/movie fine)
Passes/Coupons to Area Attractions:
NEW TO THE LIBRARY: 1 year membership to Mystic Seaport Museum – 50% discount.
CT DEP – State Parks & Forests Day Pass – free parking at all state parks.
Connecticut Science Center – coupons for 20% admission for up to 4 people.
Mystic Aquarium in Mystic, CT – reduced admission for 2 adults and 2 children.
Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art in Hartford, CT – free admission for 2 adults and 2 children.
Connecticut's Old State House in Hartford, CT – free admission and $5 all day parking with stamp validation at welcome desk.
The library accepts donations of gently used books in good/very good condition during library hours only. Please do not put donations in the book-drop or leave outside of the building. Any questions, call the library.
Low Vision Aids:
The library offers books on CD, Large Print books, and has magnifying devices for use in the library. Stop by the desk to find out about getting a Digital Talking Book Player from the State of CT Library for the Blind & Physically Handicapped.
Mary Geragotelis (Library Director), Beth Meikle (Library Assistant), & Charlotte McLevy (Library Assistant) will work diligently to help get you what you need. Just ask!


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|Solutions for safe drinking water
We are so fortunate to live in this great country of ours. There are many blessings available to us every day and they can be so common that we never even think about them. One of these is having pure, safe water available by just turning on a spigot.


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Special Needs
Each week we have Bible Study classes for those with special needs. Our teachers are gifted, loving, and patient people who have a great heart for those with mental and physical disabilities. These classes encourage fellowship and further a relationship with our Savior, Jesus Christ.
Sunday | Bible Study Communities
Children and Teenagers
9:15 a.m. D Building 118
9:15 a.m. B Building W5
10:50 a.m. B Building W5
Wednesday | Discipleship
8:00 p.m. A Building 202
If you would like more information,
contact Nicole Rivera in the Church Office.


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The 69-year-old female driver who was involved in the road traffic collision on the A952 Mintlaw to Fraserburgh earlier this month has sadly died.
She has been named as Ann Moore from the Lonmay area.
Ann's white Morris Minor was involved in the collision with a silver Renault van on the A952 on Tuesday, July 3, at around 8am.
Sergeant Stuart Lawrence, from the North East Road Policing Unit, said: "First and foremost our thoughts at this time go out to Ann's family and friends. I would ask anyone with information who hasn't yet come forward to contact Police Scotland on 101.''


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We are taking an active role in protecting the unborn this month. In addition to marching in the annual March for Life event, we will be participating in OneVoiceDC and hosting a Brunch and Briefing and a Lobbying Day. Look below for more details on the exciting ways CWA is fighting for life!
CWALAC Brunch and Briefing
Come attend a briefing on the Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act, one of CWALAC's pro-life legislative objectives for the 114th Congress. You will receive policy material and helpful details on how you can help ensure one of the first votes of this new Congress is a pro-life one. Brunch will be served and details on lobbying will follow.
CWALAC's House Director, Shari Rendall, Senate Director, Alexandria Paolozzi, and a Member of Congress will address our attendees and provide key policy information to help you understand the issue.
Time and Location: January 22, 8:30am-11:00am , location TBD
Be sure to save your spot and RSVP by e-mailing [email protected]. Once you RSVP, CWALAC will send you additional information regarding the location and time.
Capitol Hill lobbying
Our Capitol Hill Lobbying Day is part of "Project 535," a program unique to Concerned Women for America (CWA) in which the face and voice of our half-million members come alive to bring our nation back to Biblical values.
To find out what we will be lobbying for during the week of the March for Life or to RSVP, email [email protected]
One Voice
Penny Nance, Concerned Women for America's CEO and President, will pray during OneVoiceDC on the night before the March for Life. The event will join pro-life, pro-family, and pro-liberty organizations and individuals together for a night focused on prayer and worship to end the ultimate human rights injustice of our day: abortion.
When: January 21, 2015
Time: 7pm-9:30pm
Where: Renaissance Washington DC Downtown Hotel
Price: Free
* All are invited to attend. Learn more about the event here.
We will be live tweeting all day during the March for Life. Join the conversation on January 22, by using the themes: #EveryLifeisaGift and #WhyWeMarch.
March for Life
CWA will join thousands of others in marching during the annual March for Life. For information on the March for Life, click here.
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Council has reinstated mains water taps in the Village Square recently but they are for restricted use. If we want free, convenient & perhaps fun use of water in our public space we will need to become self sufficient and capture some of that beautiful rain from our skies.
Great news is local architect Dan Sparks has responded to the community need for irrigation in the town square and nominated a dedicated 23,000 litre rainwater tank for Peregian Square in the design of the proposed four squares supermarket redevelopment.
Right now the community has the opportunity to identify this as a valuable contribution to the village while the application is being reviewed by the Council Planning Department.
What a brilliant way of creating an integrated development one that supports a wider vision that just the sphere of self interest. The square has never looked so good with the loving attention it has been lately receiving.
it is a unique and wonderful part of Peregian and needs all the help and notice it can get. I love seeing the gathering of picnic groups spread over the green lush lawns and reminds me how lucky we are to actually have a town square!!


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Keeping It Simple Always Looks Good
I always wanted a clean, stock truck and finally found what I had been looking for at the 1999 Goodguys Nationals in Columbus, Ohio. I knew I wasn't going to change much since I always thought these trucks looked good the way they rolled off the assembly line. I just wanted it down in the front a little.
A deal was made with its owner, and I took possession of it a week later. On the way home, the shifter linkage and transmission jammed up. My buddy, who was following me in my car, thought he could clear it up by yanking on the shifter. Before I could get him to stop, he had broken the shifter arm off the column, so we had to limp the truck home.
I put it in my backyard and looked at it for about a month until I decided it needed a newer engine and transmission. I rolled the truck into the garage in the fall of 1999 and had at it. The plan for the buildup was pretty easy, I wasn't doing any major work–just taking it apart, cleaning it up, and repainting it.
I knew I wanted to lower the front and after looking at all the front suspension options, I opted for a dropped I-beam and reversed-eye springs. I read an article in CLASSIC TRUCKS about installing a Toyota pickup power steering box and decided to add that as well.
I've always liked the keep-it-simple approach the best. I heard all the pros and cons about the straight axle, but I knew I could make it drive well. With a little work in the springs, new bushings, and a sway bar coupled to the Toyota power steering setup, I wound up with a smooth, easy-driving truck.
The stock rearend was in great shape, inside and out, so I reversed the spring eyes, added new bushings, a sway bar, and new shocks. I didn't feel that I needed to upgrade the drum brakes, but I did want help applying them–so I added an ECI power booster.
The stock engine and trans were pulled out and replaced with a 302 and AOD. After I made up some new engine mounts and a trans mount, the combo fit in real easy. Then it was onto the body–pretty straightforward: repair, straighten, and sand. After every piece was done, I took the truck to my painter, Jim Calvin, who sprayed the color and cleared it. It was brought back to my house so I could wet sand and buff it. After every piece was sanded and buffed, it was time to start the reassembly.
First, the cab went on with new mounts. Next thing on the list was to start wiring with the Painless Wiring 12-circuit kit. All of the wiring was laid in roughly and finished off when the time came. Next came the inner and outer fenders, radiator support, hoses, belts, etc. I finished up the bed with a new wood floor and set it in place. The interior came next. Mid Fifty F-100 supplied the kits that my wife and I installed.
Then came the hood. Since it takes three people to take the hood off or put it on, whenever someone would come over, we would immediately put them to work on helping us hold the hood while we figured out what adjustments it needed to make it fit. First, I used some chrome stock hinges, but they wouldn't hold the hood up. Then, I rebuilt the original hinges, but they wouldn't let the hood close properly. Finally, the decision was made to put on a No Limit Engineering flip kit. With a little more work, we got the hood to fit really well. The whole process took about a month. Looking back, that was a good decision since the hood does fit great and it is much easier to work on the engine. The last job was to build an exhaust system. I was always intrigued by the systems that were pieced together with mandrel bent turns. So I bought some 2-inch stainless tubing, some turns, and a pair of Turbo Tone mufflers from Stainless Specialties. After two weekends worth of work, I had a nice, simple system that looks and sounds great.
Then came the moment of truth. I filled all of the fluids and fired it up. After some tweaking on the AOD to get it shifting right, we were ready for the road. The truck rides great and the Toyota power steering kit makes this truck drive real nice. It has plenty of power from the 302 and gets 20 mpg!
|Ray Deselms
|Lambertville, Michigan
|1956 Ford F-100
|Frame / Builder
|stock / Ford
|front and rear sway bars, steering stabilizer, transmission crossmember, front and rear shock mounts
|Chassis Builder
|by owner
|Rearend / Ratio
|stock / 3.73
|Rear suspension
|stock, reversed-eye main leaves
|Rear brakes
|stock drum style
|Front suspension
|stock, 1 1/2" drop
|Front brakes
|stock drum style
|Master cylinder
|E.C.I. with power booster
|Steering box
|Toyota 4×4 power steering
|Front wheel make, size
|Wheel Vintiques Gennie, 15×6 (4" bs)
|Rear wheel make, size
|Wheel Vintiques Gennie, 15×8 (4 1/2" bs)
|Front tire make, size
|BFGoodrich Radial T/A P215/70R15
|Rear tire make, size
|BFGoodrich Comp T/A P255/70R15
|Gas tank
|Year and make
|'79 Ford V-8
|302 ci
|General Kinetics F3H-270-S
|Valve covers
|finned aluminum
|Manifold / Induction
|Edelbrock Performer / Edelbrock 1405, 600cfm
|Mallory Unilite
|stock manifolds
|Exhaust / Mufflers
|stainless steel, 2" / Stainless Specialties, Turbo-tone
|cover for windshield wiper motor, bracket for horns, aluminum fan shroud, by owner
|Built by
|Rick Schorling, Schorling Racing Engines, Toledo, OH
|Make and model
|Ford AOD
|Modifications by
|Rebuilding Exchange,
|Temperance, MI
|Body style / Material
|pickup / steel
|Fenders front / rear
|trim strips on running boards
|stock with No Limit flip kit
|Bruce Horkey ash, louvered tailgate cover, tailgate latches inside bed
|Bodywork by
|Paint by
|Jim Calvin, Toledo, OH
|Paint type / Color
|PPG / Brite Orange
|Headlights / Taillights
|stock / stock with chrome housings
|stainless steel pulled in
|closer to body
|stock reconditioned by United Speedometer
|Air conditioning
|Steering wheel
|Steering column
|stock bench
|by owner and wife
|Material / Color
|velour and vinyl / gray and black
|Mid Fifty kit / charcoal


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Denby Dale & District Lions Club are holding a Beer Festival on Friday 24th & Saturday 25th October in St. John's Church in Penistone.
Open times are 6.30pm to 11.30pm both nights.
The entry fee is £6.00 which includes a glass and your first drink. You then buy tokens to exchange for more drinks.
Pie & Peas will be available to buy separately.
20 Real Ales plus 2 Ciders will be available.
Live Music both nights.
Profits are to be shared between the Church and Barnsley Hospice.


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DragonPass Announces Strategic Asia-Pacific Hub in Singapore
DragonPass, one of the world's leading providers of travel benefits and services, has officially opened its Singapore office as it continues to rapidly extend its global expansion.Singapore will serve as the operational hub for DragonPass's Asian business development outside of China, and the servicing of its South East Asian business partnerships and clients.
Singapore is the second office opening outside of China following the opening of the European headquarters in the UK three years ago. Located in Capital Tower, the Singapore office allows the company to extend its tailored clinical development services via highly qualified region-specific expertise in both travel and services.
Over the last few years Asia Pacific has witnessed extensive economic growth and has become a global travel powerhouse. Mark Koch, Dragonpass Global CEO, advises: "DragonPass is very excited to invest in providing regionalised support and solutions to our current and future clients based in APAC. Singapore is a key strategic location for our on-going commitment to delivering market leading customer service and innovation across the travel services industry."
Through its advanced online platform, DragonPass offers an extensive global suite of products including airport lounge access, exclusive airport restaurant programs, limousine and concierge services (including VIP terminal access), airport valet parking and premium benefits both inside and outside of the airport ecosystem.
Founder and chairman of DragonPass Kehui Cai said, "We have always believed in creating a superior travel experience for our customers and we look forward to delivering that to our clients in the AP region and globally".