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Up until this point, we've had guitars loaded with digitally created sounds and altered tunings, but when it comes to self-tuning, it's strangely something that's only been achieved in the analogue world. Now, thanks to Auto-Tune, the rules have changed...
Since it was launched earlier this year, there's been massive interest in this instrument: the first digital guitar to tune itself at the push of a knob. The technology used to achieve this has been developed by Antares.
You may recognise this name as the inventor of Auto-Tune, the 'professional pitch corrector' that has changed the way modern music is recorded and even performed. Antares has also partnered with Parker Guitars in the USA, but Peavey is the first company to approach us with a real, live guitar!
The guitar side of the AT-200 (our sample is a final prototype) is pretty bland: a generic modern rock guitar. Its basswood body has a small edge radius, ribcage and forearm contours and a very credible gloss finish. The satin-finished neck is equally efficient, with a mainstream width, slim depth (a little too slim for anyone who likes more retro styles), a far-from-vintage flat radius and medium jumbo, nicely fitted frets.
Truss rod access is behind the friction-reducing nut, while the modern six-a-side head houses adequate tuners and a couple of string trees for the top four strings. All the hardware is black-plated, including the six- saddle through-strung bridge, which also has small tracks for the saddle intonation screws to prevent sideways movement under tension.
The Peavey pickups are embedded in black plastic covers and look like active EMGs, but they're actually passive units controlled by a three-way toggle that's placed rather closely between the knurled metal volume and tone knobs.
The only aspects betraying its Auto-Tune superpowers are a green LED on the bass side of the neck pickup's surround, a large recessed rear cavity cover plate (the production version will be smaller), a small non-recessed battery compartment with flip-up lid, and a MIDI-in socket next to the output jack on the guitar's side.
Plug in, and with the tone control pulled up (passive mode) it's a standard modern dual-humbucker rock guitar with a perfectly usable thick, high-output tonality. Push that tone control down, however, and you enter the virtual world. The green LED on the pickup ring lights up and the thick rock tonality of the pickups changes to a digitally created sound that, on our prototype, is a lot lower in output and much more single-coil-like in its voicing.
If, like us, you tune up as a matter of course before you plug in, when you strum all six strings and push down on the tone control, not a lot seems to happen apart from the green LED flashing momentarily, followed by a very quick whirring while the Auto-Tune does its stuff. Regardless of whether the strings are anywhere near in tune, the sound we hear IS - perfectly.
To that end, we tried this process plugged into our Peterson Virtual Strobe tuner. We tuned up in passive mode and, on checking the 12th fret harmonic with the fretted note, noticed it produced some minor discrepancies and the Virtual Strobe's 'wheels' moved up and down.
In the active Auto-Tune mode it's unbelievably accurate: the tuning wheels come to just about a perfect halt, meaning the note is very in tune. Any 12th-fret intonation issues are gone; even at the 24th fret, all strings gave a perfect reading (with the exception of the sixth string past the 17th fret - though we're not sure we've ever played up there before). A G# on the third string first fret is perfectly in tune, likewise an F at the first fret on the sixth string.
All good? Well, while you can trick the AT-200 to produce drop tunings, you can't create raised tunings - although that will be possible with MIDI control via Antares' outboard software. Our prototype is far from satisfying in terms of its digital sound, but Peavey's Fred Poole tells us that's not what we'll hear on the final version.
Also, the more you drop the tuning, the more 'digital' the sound becomes, but it's worth noting there's virtually no latency - no delay between the real string pitch and the virtual pitch. Initially, bends seem unaffected, although a clean, precise playing technique is essential to ensure the most natural result.
While more obvious hammer-ons/pull-offs seem to be accurately represented, we do hear some limits to the technology. Classical-style vibrato (where your finger wobbles the string laterally) doesn't really induce any subtle pitch sharpening, which is confirmed with the Peterson tuner.
Likewise, if you execute a very slow (sideways) upward bend, the bend kicks in - very smoothly and subtly - after the actual pitch of the string moves upwards a couple of cents. This corrective window can, of course, work in your favour. While in the real world a tricky high-fret chord may have a couple of slightly sharp intervals, in this digital realm they sound very much in tune.
Whatever you think about the ethics of Auto-Tune and similar technologies such as Celemony's Melodyne, the ability to virtually correct pitch is part of modern mainstream recording and, increasingly, performance.
Many studio guitarists have told us that in country and pop sessions, you'd better be spot-on in tune, otherwise your playing might not make the record. So, it seems more than logical to apply this tuning system to an electric guitar, and the Peavey AT-200 proves scarily accurate, even if the real-world guitar is out of tune and intonated incorrectly.
The ability to instantly drop-tune will be a godsend for many players, too, not least those working on recordings where an altered tuning can add a different sonic dimension to tracked parts. Of course, because all this is done in the virtual world there's no issue with string tension, because the strings don't move.
Indeed, if you want a bit more 'fight', you can raise the real tuning, and therefore the tension, but the Auto-Tune will continue to make sure it comes back to standard pitch in the virtual world. A brave new technology? Bring it on.


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In the name of Allah, Most Gracious, Most Merciful
Assalaamu `alaykum waRahmatullahi Wabarakatoh
A brief introduction to Tabligh Jama'at and their objectives
Tabligh literally means 'to convey'. Contextually, it refers to conveying the message of Islam. This is the sunnah of all the prophets. The most important rule of tabligh is hikmah. Allah Ta'ala says in the Holy Quran:
ادع إلى سبيل ربك بالحكمة والموعظة الحسنة
Invite (people) to the way of your Lord with wisdom and good counsel. (Verse: 16:125)
Whosoever does tabligh must adopt hikmah. It is only then, that people will understand and accept.
Tablighi Jamaat is not a jamaat/group Rather it is a movement that saw a gradual evolution starting from 1920-27.
Proof from Quran and Hadith For The Work of Tabligh
The work of tabligh 'has strong basis in Quran and sunnah'. There are numerous verses of the Quran and the Ahadith of Nabi (Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam) that support the practice of tabligh. Hereunder are a few of them:
From the Holy Quran:
ادع إلى سبيل ربك بالحكمة والموعظة الحسنة
Invite (people) to the way of your lord with wisdom and good counsel. (Verse: 16:125)
ولتكن منكم أمة يدعون إلى الخير ويأمرون بالمعروف وينهون عن المنكر
And there has to be a group of people from among you who call towards good and prevent from evil. (Verse: 3:104)
ومن أحسن قولا ممن دعا إلى الله وعمل صالحا وقال إنني من المسلمين
And who is better in utterance than the one who called people towards Allah, and acts righteously and says, "I am one of those who submit themselves (to Allah Ta'ala). (Verse: 41:33)
From the Ahadith of Nabi (Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam):
فقال أبو سعيد أما هذا فقد قضى ما عليه سمعت رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم يقول من رأى منكم منكرا فليغيره بيده فإن لم يستطع فبلسانه فإن لم يستطع فبقلبه وذلك أضعف الإيمان
Hazrat Abu Sa'eed (Radhiyallahu Anhu) narrates that he heard Nabi (Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam) saying, "Whosoever witnesses a forbidden act being committed, he should prevent it by the use of his hands; if he is unable to do so, then he should prevent it with his tongue; if he is unable to do so, he should at least consider it a vice in his heart; and this is a very low level of Iman".
(Sahih Muslim Vol.2 Pg.211/2 - Darul Ma'rifah)
عن النعمان بن بشير رضي الله عنهما عن النبي صلى الله عليه وسلم قال مثل القائم على حدود الله والواقع فيها كمثل قوم استهموا على سفينة فأصاب بعضهم أعلاها وبعضهم أسفلها فكان الذين في أسفلها إذا استقوا من الماء مروا على من فوقهم فقالوا لو أنا خرقنا في نصيبنا خرقا ولم نؤذ من فوقنا فإن يتركوهم وما أرادوا هلكوا جميعا وإن أخذوا على أيديهم نجوا ونجوا جميعا
It has been reported on the authority of Nu'man bin Bashir (Radhiyallahu Anhu) that Nabi (Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam) said, "There are people who do not transgress the limits (laws) of Allah Ta'ala, and there are others who do so. They are like two groups who boarded a ship; one of them settled on the upper deck, and the other on the lower deck of the ship. When the people of the lower deck needed water, they said, "Why should we cause trouble to the people of the upper deck when we can have plenty of water by making a hole in our deck". Now, if the people of the upper deck do not prevent this group from such foolishness, all of them will perish; but if they stop them, they will be saved".
(Sahih Al Bukhari Vol.3 Pg.152 - Darul fikr)
Their objective is that each and every Muslim adopts the Islamic way in all aspects of life. They do not advice anyone to leave all their daily activities and join this work, but they encourage people to take out some time from their daily engagements so that the rest of the time could be spent in accordance to the teachings of Islam. Spending time in the path of Allah is not the objective of the work, but rather it acts as a motivation to practice on all other aspects of Deen.
Their call is based on Quran and Ahadith and always guided by Pious Ulema and Muftiyan Karam
Their call is for complete deen and they say to people:
Our success in this life and the life hereafter is in obeying the commandments of Allah (SWT) and in following the noble ways (Sunnah) of Rasul-ullah (Sallaho Alaihe Wassallam)
There is ABUNDANT EVIDENT from the Qur'aan in their call as Allah (SWT) has said:
وَأَطِيعُواْ ٱللَّهَ وَٱلرَّسُولَ لَعَلَّڪُمۡ تُرۡحَمُونَ
[3:132]Obey Allah and the Messenger, so that you may be blessed.
قُلۡ أَطِيعُواْ ٱللَّهَ وَٱلرَّسُولَ*ۖ فَإِن تَوَلَّوۡاْ فَإِنَّ ٱللَّهَ لَا يُحِبُّ ٱلۡكَـٰفِرِينَ
[3:32] Say: .Obey Allah and the Messenger. Then, should they turn back, Allah does not love the disbelievers.
قَدۡ أَفۡلَحَ ٱلۡمُؤۡمِنُونَ
[23:1]Success is really attained by the believers
وَعَدَ ٱللَّهُ ٱلۡمُؤۡمِنِينَ وَٱلۡمُؤۡمِنَـٰتِ جَنَّـٰتٍ۬ تَجۡرِى مِن تَحۡتِهَا ٱلۡأَنۡهَـٰرُ خَـٰلِدِينَ فِيہَا وَمَسَـٰكِنَ طَيِّبَةً۬ فِى جَنَّـٰتِ عَدۡنٍ۬*ۚ وَرِضۡوَٲنٌ۬ مِّنَ ٱللَّهِ أَڪۡبَرُ*ۚ ذَٲلِكَ هُوَ ٱلۡفَوۡزُ ٱلۡعَظِيمُ
[9:72] Allah has promised to the believers, male and female, gardens beneath which rivers flow, where they shall live forever, and good homes in gardens of eternity. And Allah's pleasure is above all. That is the supreme success.
Tabligh Remind people as
They remind our Muslim brothers and Sisters to change their life according to Qur'aan and Sunnah and we believe that our reminder also has evidence from the book of Allah (SWT):
They remind our Muslim brothers and Sisters to change their life according to Qur'aan and Sunnah and we believe that our reminder also has evidence from the book of Allah (SWT):
وَذَكِّرۡ فَإِنَّ ٱلذِّكۡرَىٰ تَنفَعُ ٱلۡمُؤۡمِنِينَ
[51:55] And keep reminding, because reminding benefits the believers.
How to actually change their life? We refer them to the Ulama (& people of knowledge) and we believe that we evidence for that from the book of Allah (SWT) as well:
How to actually change their life? We refer them to the Ulama (& people of knowledge) and we believe that we evidence for that from the book of Allah (SWT) as well:
فَسۡـَٔلُوٓاْ أَهۡلَ ٱلذِّڪۡرِ إِن كُنتُمۡ لَا تَعۡلَمُونَ
[21:7]...So, ask the people (having the knowledge) of the Message, if you do not know...
SUMMARY OF Maulana Ilyas Idea of reformist Movement
Moulana Ilyas Saheb (Rahimahullah) observed that people were too engrossed in their worldly activities and had forgotten the objective for which they had been sent to this world. He realized that they had to free some time from their worldly engagements, to sit and ponder about Allah Ta'ala and their purpose for being sent to this world. Therefore, he started calling people to the masjid, and reminded them about Allah Ta'ala and His greatness. Initially people rebuked him, they discouraged him and used to say that they had no time for all of this; but as time went by, they realized the truth behind it and the need for it, and started joining him in calling others towards Allah Ta'ala. Thereafter, when more people started joining this work, a few guidelines had to be set, to make sure that the work was done in a proper manner. Different time periods of 3 days, 40 days, etc. were set, so that people knew for how long they had to be away, and could make the necessary arrangements for that period.
THE IMMEDIATE FACTOR FOR start of Tablighi Jamaat
1. Around 1910 Malkana tribe (near Agra,uttar pardesh,india) who were muslim started turning to nonbeliever.
2. Condition of the mewat tribe (At delhi-haryana border in ALWAR and Gurgaon district, india) was nearly same and were on the verge of becoming MURTAD and leaving Islam. According to gazette of Alwar and gurgaon" MEW tribe are very loose and careless muslim. They share most of the customs of other religion.There way is to celebrate religious function of both community and not to do any religious duty of any religion.They never go for Haj,but celebrate HOLI and Diwali."
(Ref:Gazetter of Alwar 1878,gazette of district Gurgao 1910) For detail refer book Life and mission of maulana ilyas by Maulana abul hasan ali nadwi (ali miyan) page 73-79.
3. The family of Maulana Ilyas was having religious connection with the people of mewat since his father and elder brother Maulana Muhammad .
4. Maulana Ilyas was very serious and in pain from the religious condition of Mew tribe.
5. He adopted different ways for reform/taleem of MEW people but situation was not under control.
The evolution of SYSTEM ADOPTED BY TJ
6. The initial Idea of GUSHT (MEETING MUSLIM BROTHER FOR THE SAKE OF DEEN AT THEIR DOORSTEP and home and doing one to one talk with hikmah and love and passion by MAKING A GROUP OF 3 TO 10 PEOPLE) WAS GIVEN by PEOPLE OF FIROZPUR NAMAK town of MEWAT.They were doing it in informal way and reported this to Maulan Ilyas. Maulana Ilyas liked this method for calling people who are not TALIB at all.
7. Then it evolved to the doing gusht in nearby villages making jamaat.There dawat was about KALMA and Namaz,but it was not in organized or formal way but continued for few years.
First Jamaat from Firozpur Namak to work outsidein 1927
8. In 1927-28 Maulana Ilyas called the people of FIROZPUR NAMAK to devout some time for dawat e deen in other area of MEWAT by making jamaat (group).
9. Initially 6 people became ready for going nearly 10 days (three elderly namely hafiz Muhammad Bin Nor Baksh, Nambardar Mehrab Khan,Choudhary Namaz Khan,and three children of 12-13 years.)
Work gained momentum after 1933
10. Work remained at slow pace till 1933,In the winter of 1933 nearly 250 people became ready to offer some time and came to DELHI JAMA MASJID. Maulana Hussain Ahmad Madni (Rahmatullah Alaihi)gave the departure advice to jamaat and it was sent to PANIPAT,KARNAL (HARYANA),SAHARANPUR &KANDHLA (UTTAR PARDESH).
Expansion of the work
With the passage of time People realized the importance of Effort of deen to strenthen our Iman and Amaal.They realized there duty as the ummat of last prophet to convey this maasage to others also.So people started joining them in large number and started sacrificing for the cause of Islam.
Era from 1933 to 1939
Maulana continued with his work, After return from his second Haj he came with Istaqamat and Sharah sadr(Allah opened his heart to continue with the work). But till 1939 it remained largely in the area around Mewat, Delhi and few districts of western U.P. Largely Mewatis played an active participation although some of the prominent ulemas and shyukh supported it most notably Maulana Hussain Ahmad Madni,(R.A) and Abdur Raheem sb Raipuri (R.A) largely due to the pious personality of Maulana Ilyas but by and large it remain unattended from Circles of ulemas and scholar.
Attention of Ulemas and Islamic Scholars to the work around 1939
In Dec, 1939, three big personalities of India Maulana Abul Hasan Ali Nadvi(R.A), Maulana Manzoor Nomani(R.A) and Abdul Wahid Sb M.A.(R.A),planned to observe the religious work going on by different people/organization and to make a decision about themselves to join.
(They visited Saharanpur, Raipur and in Raipur Abdurraheem Sb Raipuri advised them to visit Maulana Ilyas (R.A.) at NIZAMUDDIN,Delhi and to see the ongoing work of Dawah.
They were aware with the name of maulaana Ilyas and had recently read an article about his Dawah Movement in Mgazine Tarjumanul Quran of SHAABAN 1358 Hijri written by Maulana Abul Ala Maudoodi (R.A)(the Renowed writer and founder of Jamaat e Islami) ,after visiting Maulana Ilyas at Nizamuddin and visiting the areas of mewat. That article was in praise of Tabligh work,The title of this article was "EK DEENI TAHRREK (A religious movement). So with advice of Raipuri Rahmatullah Alaihi their plan to visit Nizamuddin became final.
(Ref.Autobiography of Abul Hasan Ali Nadvi "KARWANE ZINDAGI" vol 4)
(Ref.Autobiography of Abul Hasan Ali Nadvi "KARWANE ZINDAGI" vol 4)
Spread and Acceptance of work by Ulemas
Abul Hasan Ali Nadvi R.A started taking formal and active participation along with Maulana Manzoor Nomani R.A and it helped much for spreading of work among Ulema and Madarsas.
With there participation the work got an interface at a time when other Ulemas were not much attentive to the work. Maulana Ilyas has always acknowledged it and always praised Maulana Ali Miyan.
Ali Miyan visited Peshawar and other parts of (Pakistan) undivided India besides actively doing the effort in India.Apart from this other Ulemas were also took part.
An important Mashwara was called to discuss the ways of participation of students of Madarsa which was attended by Qari Tayyab Sb (R.A) Rector of Darul Uloom Deoband, Mufi Kifayatullah Sb Mufti e Azam Hind,Maulana Mohammad Shafi Sb of Madarsa Abdurrab Delhi,Hafiz Abdullateef Sb of Muzahirul uloom Saharanpur,Maulana Aizaz Ali ,teacher of Darul Uloom Deoband,and Maulana zakariya and Maulana Abdul Qadir Sb Raipuri (RAHMATULLAH ALAIHIM) (Ref :Biography of Ali Miyan:Sawane Mufakkirul Islam page no 197-205,Life and mission of maulana ilyas page no 159)
With there participation the work got an interface at a time when other Ulemas were not much attentive to the work. Maulana Ilyas has always acknowledged it and always praised Maulana Ali Miyan.
Ali Miyan visited Peshawar and other parts of (Pakistan) undivided India besides actively doing the effort in India.Apart from this other Ulemas were also took part.
An important Mashwara was called to discuss the ways of participation of students of Madarsa which was attended by Qari Tayyab Sb (R.A) Rector of Darul Uloom Deoband, Mufi Kifayatullah Sb Mufti e Azam Hind,Maulana Mohammad Shafi Sb of Madarsa Abdurrab Delhi,Hafiz Abdullateef Sb of Muzahirul uloom Saharanpur,Maulana Aizaz Ali ,teacher of Darul Uloom Deoband,and Maulana zakariya and Maulana Abdul Qadir Sb Raipuri (RAHMATULLAH ALAIHIM) (Ref :Biography of Ali Miyan:Sawane Mufakkirul Islam page no 197-205,Life and mission of maulana ilyas page no 159)
The effect of the work became all inclusive for all section of society
RIGHT FROM THE BEGINNING VIEW OF MAULANA ILYAS WAS TO INCLUDE EACH SECTION OF THE SOCIETY FOR THE EFFORT OF DEEN AND TO UTILISE THEIR CAPABLITIES FOR THE PROPAGATION OD DEEN. He became quiet successful in its endevour and work spreaded in colleges and university. Students and teachers of Jamia Millia Islamia and Aligarh Muslim University came closer to the work. Dr Zkair Hussain (Former president of india was professor at Jamia Millia Islamia that time) was close to Maulana Ilyas and used to come Nizamuddin regularlyWork also spreaded among business clas and other sections of the society. .(Ref Biography of Abul Hasan Ali NadviPage no 204,Life and mission of maulana Ilyas page no.219 )
Maulana Ilyas death
MaulanA Ilyas died on 13th July 1944. During last days of his illness he named a list of 6 persons to lead the effort after his death. Maulana Muhammad Yusuf son of Maulana Ilyas was one of these 6 people. And later on he was selected to lead the movement.
Maulana Yusuf himself was a great scholar of Islam. His famous book in Arabic HAYATUS SAHABA is like a masterpiece on the practical aspect of life of Hazrat Muhammad Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam and Sahaba Kara.It is a encyclopedic book very popular in the Arab World.Its English and urdu translations are similarly popular.
Transnational expansion of tabligh work after 1944
Maulana Yusuf was himself a great scholar of Hadith and gave the work of dawat the much needed scholary support. Apart from HAYATUS SAHABAH he also wrote Muntakhab Ahadith collection of Ahadith related to six qualities of Dawat and Tabligh. During his period work spreaded from the Indian subcontinent to other parts of the world.A Jamaat went from India to Arab which included Maulana Ali Miyan who was a prolific writer in Arabic and was popular in Arab World and it rooted the work in Arab Countries. With passage of time it became a transnational movement to strengthen Imaan and Amaal e Saliha. Maulana Yusuf died in 1964 at Lahore.
Muqami Kaam (effort of deen at home)
Tabligh work has two facets
1.Going in the path of Allah for some days.
2.Doing the Amaal and effort while being at home.
After Maulana Yusuf, Maulana Inamul Hasan took the responsibility to lead the effort. Maulana Inaamul Hasan Made a formal Tarteeb of Muqami Kam (effort of deen while being at home) and it hlped the brothers to strengthen the qualities and gain achieved in the path of Allah. And established strong connection between Daee and the his neihbour and surrounding.
Maulana Ilyas view was of Taking care of whole world
As Hazrat Muhammad Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam was last prophet and this ummat has responsibility for whole world. So the system of Tabligh has been designed to cater all these. To start from oneself to whole world. Muhammad sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam simultaneously did effort on all front
eg Even if his family member and people of makkah not accepted he went to Taif, even whole Arab not accepted he reached to Roman and Persian empire and did not waited to be accepted by all people of his area to start work in other areas. So in tabligh work a system was made to cater from onself, to family, to muhallah,to nearby town,to country,to whole world.
E.g FOR INDIVIDUAL :In faradi Amaal, tasbeeh,tilawat e quran Taleem ,gusht and effort in the pth of allah for person himself, FOR FAMILY: Daily Taleem and Muzakra with quran Halqa, . FOR MUHALLA: Daily Taleem in mosque, Daily meeting with brothers, Daily Mashura, Weekly Gusht, FOR NEIGHBORING LOCALITY:Second Gusht,and 3 day in a month,FOR COUNTRY:40 days FOR WORLD RESPONSIBILITY:4 Months. Women will also go in the path of Allah obviously under the ambit of Shariah Ruling and with many restriction always with her Husband/Sharai Mahram.
Regarding Dawah among Non Believers
Maulana Ilyas was in principle very serious about the important work of Muslim of calling nonbelievers towards Allah and the way of Salvation.
When Maulana Muhammad Ali Jauhar was going to London for Round Table Conference Maulana Ilyas wrote him a letter drawing his attention to give the massage of Allah to british officials including the british prime ministr churchil.That mean he was very much aware of the importance of this aspect.
But he was of the view that qualities are needed in muslims ummah to convey the massage of Islam to all mankind in a effective way. To put the house of muslim in order was of priority importance for him. And it has prove from Quran and Hadith that taking care of muslims is an important aspect of deen.
In Verse ABASA WATAWALLAH………….it has been stressed in the chaptor that those who are already in the fold should also get importance while about others it is not certain that they will come into the fold.
It is also necessary,that one should adorn oneself with the qualities of a true Believer. He should apply the commands of Deen upon himself.
This includes being punctual upon Salaah with Jama'ah(congregation). One should refrain from all sins and transgression. One should refrain from disobedience, adultery, drinking, stealing, transacting in interest, lying, backbiting, deceiving, not paying people their dues - even if they be non-Muslims.
He should deal with compassion and kindness. Likewise he should fulfil his promises. These are the qualities of a Believer. When one will adorn oneself with these qualities, he will be loved by the people. Hence this will attract them to Islam and they will eventually accept it.
Many of the countries such as Malaysia, Indonesia, Philippines, etc. were not conquered by Mujahideen. Islam spread in the these countries by means of traders who were steadfast on Deen. Hence the people loved them and enquired from them about their religion. Thus they entered into the fold of Islam.
Therefore it is necessary for the Daa'ie to adopt these qualities. We thank Allah Ta'ala that he granted the Tabligh Jama'ah the tawfeeq to adopt this noble method. They approach people with love and kindness. Hence we find that, due to their efforts, great benefit has been achieved throughout the world. We pray Allah Ta'ala to grant them the ability to continue with this good work and may He make all their actions solely for Himself. May they remain steadfast on this noble Da'wah in which there is great benefit for Islam and the Believers. Insha Allah.
(Historical fact refrenced from Abul Hasan Ali Nadvi (rahmatullah) book LIFE AND MISSION OF MAULANA ILYAS and Miyan Ji MUSA book Tabligh ka muqami Kam and Tabligh tahreek ki Ibtida in Urdu and hindi respectively. Miyan Ji Musa was among the first few people from mewat and was present throughout the evolution of tabligh work..)


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Format my online store product spreadsheet
When you import products into your online store, your spreadsheet must be saved as a .csv file and formatted based on the guidelines below.
- The best way to make sure you have a correctly formatted spreadsheet is to either use the starter template (instructions below) or export products from your online store and make changes there.
- If you already have a spreadsheet of products from another source, copy and paste your information into the starter template. That way your spreadsheet will be formatted correctly.
- You can start with a blank spreadsheet but it's not recommended. If you're missing required columns, your .csv file won't upload and if you have optional columns that aren't named correctly, they won't be imported into your store. It's best to use the starter template or your exported products from your Websites + Marketing online store.
Download the starter template
- Go to your GoDaddy product page.
- Scroll down, expand Websites + Marketing and select Manage next to your site.
- On your dashboard, expand Store, and then select Products.
- Select Import/Export, and then Import.
- Select CSV File.
- Select Starter Template.
Your computer will download the products_sample_file.csv spreadsheet. Find it, open it, and start filling it out. Feel free to rename it. When you're finished making your changes, upload it into your store.
Product spreadsheet guidelines
- Your spreadsheet must contain SKU, Name and Price as column headers. If it does not contain these fields, or if products in your spreadsheet are missing these values, your spreadsheet won't be able to be imported.
- All other fields, like Sales Price, Currency, Description, etc., are optional. If they're not in your spreadsheet as a column or if the values are blank for some of the product rows, that's okay.
- Column fields must be named properly. Column field names are not case sensitive. HEIGHT, height, and Height will all work. But misspelling the column as Hieght or abbreviating it as Hght will not work and your values in this column won't be uploaded.
- If your spreadsheet has extra columns (or if your columns aren't properly named), they will be ignored when you import your spreadsheet.
- The order of the column fields doesn't matter. You can have Name, Price, SKU or you can have SKU, Name, Price. Either of these examples will be uploaded without errors.
- Each column field, if it does have data, must be formatted correctly according to the list below. Data in a spreadsheet cell is not case-sensitive. Yes and YES and yes will all work. If the data in the cell doesn't match the requirements (for example, yeah instead if yes), your spreadsheet import will show you the error.
- The starter template spreadsheet includes a few product examples to get you started.
Product spreadsheet fields
These are all the available fields you can put in your spreadsheet .csv file, in the order found in the starter template file.
- SKU: (Required) A unique identification number to keep track of your inventory. Every SKU must be different! If a SKU in your spreadsheet matches a SKU already in your online store, we'll ask you to confirm you want to overwrite what's currently in your store with the new info on the spreadsheet. It can only be a combination of letters and numbers, no special characters and no decimals. For example: 100001 or DGT-RGN-GD-NTB.
- Name: (Required) The name of the product, which also appears when visitors browse the store. It can include text, numbers and special characters.
- Parent Product: If a product has options or add-ons, then this is the SKU of the parent product the options and add-ons are based on. It must contain the SKU of another product. For example: DGT-RGN-GD-NTB-1-4.
Note: Only use the Parent Product SKU field for variations of that product. Leave this field blank for the line item that contains the parent product.
- Price: (Required) How much your item costs. It must be numbers or decimals only. A maximum of 2 decimal places are allowed, but not required. Do not enter a currency sign (it will be added automatically) or a comma for thousands. For example: 7 or 7.50 or 1000 but not 1,000.
- Sale Price: The discount price. If you have a sales price, it strikes out the Price and shows the Sales Price instead. Same format as Price.
- Description: Tell your customers about the product. You can use text, numbers and special characters.
- Track Inventory: Do you want to track how many items are sold? This field must be set to TRUE, Yes, Y or X if you want to track items as they're sold and FALSE, No, or N if you don't. Acceptable options are: TRUE, Yes, Y, X, FALSE, No, N.
- QTY: The quantity, or how much of an item you have. If Track Inventory is turned on (True or Yes or X), then you must have a quantity. This must be a whole number like 4 or 18, no decimals or letters.
- Backorder: If the quantity of your product reaches 0, do you still want people to be able to backorder the item? Use TRUE, Yes, Y or X if you want people to be able to backorder items. Acceptable options are: TRUE, Yes, Y, X, FALSE, No, N.
- Weight: This is the item's shipping weight. You can only enter numbers or decimals like 1 or 2.4. Don't enter units like pounds, lb, ounces, oz, kilograms, kg, grams, etc. That will be added by the regional info in your store settings.
- Length: This is the item's length for calculating shipping. You can only enter numbers or decimals like 1 or 2.4. Don't enter units like inches, in, feet, ft, meters, centimeters, cm, etc. That will be added by the regional info in your store settings.
- Width: This is the item's width for calculating shipping. You can only enter numbers or decimals like 1 or 2.4. Don't enter units like inches, in, feet, ft, meters, centimeters, cm, etc. That will be added by the regional info in your store settings.
- Height: This is the item's height for calculating shipping. You can only enter numbers or decimals like 1 or 2.4. Don't enter units like inches, in, feet, ft, meters, centimeters, cm, etc. That will be added by the regional info in your store settings.
- Tax Category: These are the tax categories when you set up taxes. You must use tax categories that already exist or leave the field blank and add it later. If you have a tax category that doesn't exist, you'll see an error when you import your spreadsheet.
- Hidden: Determines whether product is displayed to site visitors. If marked TRUE or Yes or X, your product is NOT seen by store visitors or search engines. (Yes, I want this product hidden.) Acceptable options are: TRUE, Yes, Y, X, FALSE, No, N.
- Category: These are the categories when you add product categories. If the category doesn't exist, it'll be added based on the name in the cell. You can include nested sub-categories by using a forward slash, like Clothing/T-Shirts. (You can use a maximum of 3 levels of nested categories.) Finally, you can assign a product to multiple categories by separating each with a comma, like Clothing/T-Shirts, Outerwear, Travel.
- Image URL: You can only add one image URL per product. You can add more manually in your store. You need the image's full URL, and it must be accessible on the web (not password protected). For example, https://www.coolexample.com/image.jpg
- SEO Title (Deprecated): This is what shows up for the title in search engine results. You can use text and numbers.
- SEO Desc (Deprecated): This is the product description that appears below the hyperlink in search engine results. You can use text and numbers.
Required: Remove SEO Title and SEO Desc columns from your spreadsheet. These two fields are deprecated and will cause the import to fail.
- Option1 Name: Options allow you to specify dropdown options for products, such as sizes or colors. See Add-ons if you want people to specify type-in text like monogramming or additional choices like gift wrapping. The Option Name is the name customers will see. For example, Size.
- Option1 Value: This is the dropdown option for the Option Name. Enter the options separated by commas. If the Option Name is Size, then the Option Value could be Small, Medium, Large, XXL.
- Option2 Name: See Option1 Name. A product can have up to 3 options.
- Option2 Value: See Option1 Value.
- Option3 Name: See Option1 Name. A product can have up to 3 options.
- Option3 Value: See Option1 Value.
- Add-on1 Name: Add-ons are the personalized details or extra items you add to your products, like gift wrap or personalizing a product with a name. This is the name of the add-on that a customer sees when they check out. For example, Engraving.
- Add-on1 Type: There are only two types of add-ons a customer can get: selecting an option from a list like gift wrapping or a text box where the customer can type what they want like a customized name. Acceptable options are List of values or Custom text.
- Add-on1 Required: Choose if the customer must choose the add-on or not. Acceptable options are TRUE, Yes, Y, X, FALSE, No, N.
- Add-on1 Values: If the Add-on Type is set to List of values, then you need to add the options people can choose from, separated by commas. For example, if the Add-on Name is Gift Wrapping, the Add-on Type is set to List of values, and the Add-on Values can be Brown Paper, Metallic Paper, Decorative Cellophane.
- Add-on2 Name: See Add-on1 Name.
- Add-on2 Type: See Add-on1 Type.
- Add-on2 Required: See Add-on1 Required.
- Add-on2 Values: See Add-on1 Values.
- Add-on3 Name: See Add-on1 Name.
- Add-on3 Type: See Add-on1 Type.
- Add-on3 Required: See Add-on1 Required.
- Add-on3 Values: See Add-on1 Values.
Next steps
- Now that your spreadsheet is formatted correctly and has your product information, you're ready to import your products into your store.
- Then add your online store products to your GoDaddy Poynt Smart Terminal. (United States)
More info
- In addition to uploading new products from a spreadsheet, add physical products and digital products directly to your online store.
- Set up shipping for your physical products.
- Add taxes for your physical and digital products.


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CHICAGO – For four innings, it appeared Drew Pomeranz might test manager Jim Tracy's 75-pitch limit.
The Colorado left-hander took a no-hit bid into the fifth, then allowed solo home runs to Alfonso Soriano and Wellington Castillo in the Rockies' 5-3 loss to the Chicago Cubs on Friday.
"I felt great today," said Pomeranz, who left with a 3-2 lead after five innings and 72 pitches. "Velocity was good. Location was good. I think Castillo hit that ball pretty good, but I don't think Soriano's ball was going out."
Joe Mather took advantage of a rare start with a go-ahead single during the three-run eighth against
Matt Belisle (3-5) as the Cubs stopped a four-game losing streak and Colorado's five-game winning streak.
With the Cubs trailing 3-2, Brett Jackson led off the eighth with his second homer of the season.
Pinch-hitter Luis Valbuena doubled with one out and Mather, batting in the leadoff spot usually occupied by David DeJesus, followed with a go-ahead single. Mather scored an unearned run on reliever Matt Reynolds' throwing error to first on Anthony Rizzo's grounder.
James Russell (6-1) got two outs for the win, and Carlos Marmol pitched a one-hit ninth for his 16th save in 18 chances.
Cubs starter Jeff Samardzija gave up three runs — two earned — and six hits in seven innings with seven strikeouts.
"I enjoy pitching late in the year, Samardzija said. "I feel like I get stronger, if we can iron out a couple of these things early in the games, keep that pitch count down, I'll be pitching deeper in games and giving our team a chance to win, that's where we want to be."
Colorado went ahead in the first on a run-scoring wild pitch by Samardzija after Jonathan Herrera reached on an error by shortstop Starlin Castro and Jordan Pacheco's single.
Chris Nelson doubled the lead with a second-inning homer and Carlos Gonzalez led off the third with his 21st homer of the season, his first since July 23.
"We were in a good place, but we were hanging on," Tracy said. We took advantage of a wild pitch and we hit a couple of solo home runs with Gonzalez and Nelson."
NOTES: Cubs manager Dale Sveum opted for Mather to lead off against Pomeranz, giving DeJesus a day off. "We'll keep everybody else in their slot and see what happens," he said. "We haven't seen many lefties in a while, so we'll give Joe a few at-bats." ... Pomeranz was the first lefty starter the Cubs faced since Aug. 8, a 2-0 loss to San Diego's Clayton Richard ... Colorado 3B coach Rich Dauer is to be inducted into the Baltimore Orioles Hall of Fame on Saturday. He played for the 1983 World Series champion Orioles ... Rockies OF Dexter Fowler (ankle) is off crutches but likely will not be in the lineup during the Cubs series. He could possibly pinch hit Sunday, Tracy said. ... Colorado INF Josh Rutledge (quadriceps) is doing better but is heavily taped and progressing slowly.


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"Are you just going to cover this one topic? We all get it now, people lept to conclusions, rushed to judgment and didn't apologize." That's from an e-mail. Do we all get it?
Clearly we don't. If we all got it, people wouldn't continue to distort the known facts. But they are doing just that. But the larger response to the e-mail is provided by Bob Somerby today:
The second problem involves your interests, not those of the neighbor-who-wasn't. In this conversation, the over-paid poodles we still call a "press corps" disinformed you about this event.
Understand what happened that day. Compare us to Matthews, Page, Dyson.
Sitting unpaid on our sprawling campus, we had done the basic reading about the Gates/Crowley matter, such as it then existed. In the course of that reading, we had learned that the caller wasn't a neighbor. (Neither the Post nor the Times had said she was a neighbor that morning.) We already knew this—by 5 PM Eastern. But we were sitting here unpaid, as we've been for more than eleven years. Nor had we agreed to go on national TV to discuss this incident.
Matthews had decided to make this incident one of his program's topics. But so what? He didn't prepare—and indeed, he almost never does. Page and Dyson had agreed to come on national TV to discuss this event. But so what? They hadn't done the prep work either. In fact, none of these three "lettered" souls had done the basic background reading. Result? They quickly took part in the trashing of that non-neighbor neighbor—and they disinformed you in the process.
The world won't turn on the Gates/Crowley matter. (Although that caller's world has apparently been rattled.) But history has turned on other discussions, conducted by men just like these, on this and other cable "news" shows. In fairness, very few pundits have harmed your interests as vastly as Matthews has. Matthews is Joan Walsh's friend.
People like Matthews, Page and Dyson have done this sort of thing for years. In some of these cases, their pathological refusal to prepare—or to challenge Group Frameworks—has virtally destroyed the known world.
They have helped destroy your society's interests as they've lazed their way along in this manner. These men refuse to prepare themselves before they flounce out onto the air to hand you their cohort's latest Group Script. But so what? They persistently tell each other that they're "lettered," "academic." Because they know who Professor Gates is, they find it "unbelievable" that someone else wouldn't.
Do you get it? It's not just about this one incident. It's about how things are dumbed down and distorted to distract. It's about how when liars aren't called out they continue it and the war they've launched on Crowley can turn to a politician and destroy a country.
I happen to think Crowley is important. He's a person. He's been maligned publicly, he's been ripped apart. And what people like Matthews (or Amy Goodman) are offering isn't facts, it isn't even fatually related. It's like a "docu drama" which usually means the real story wasn't interesting enough so they 'jazzed' it up.
And if you think about it, all MSNBC is now is the stereotype of Lifetime. The stereotype of that cable channel is that viewers (largely women) watch just for those danger storylines (where the woman or the woman and her hunky boyfriend get the upper hand at the end). It's all about feeding your fantasies and not about feeding your brain.
And that really describes MSNBC. It's not interested in a smarter left. It's interested in dumbing down the left. A smart left couldn't be so easily controlled and a smart left might get some real traction. That's not in MSNBC's interests.
What's in their interest is to dumb down programming and to dumb down viewers.
They do that very well.
In case the e-mailer's point was that he felt I was too focused on Crowley, I've tried to expand a bit in tonight's post. But Crowley matters. He's a person and, if it were you, you'd want someone to stick up for you.
Going out with C.I.'s "Iraq snapshot:"
Tuesday, July 28, 2009. Chaos and violence continue, the US Defense Secretary visits Iraq, Nouri launches an attack on civilians at Camp Ashraf, Baghdad loses millions in a bank robbery, and more.
Today Gabriel Gatehouse (BBC News) reveals that, oh, US troops? Still patrolling. US troops are patrolling in Mosul. The 'pull-back' was for-show as was Nouri al-Maliki's no-no-we-don't-want-US-troops-in-Mosul. The largest question Gatehouse's report raises is why the BBC is the one breaking the news? Don't several US papers have staff in Baghdad?
He's not patrolling (and he's hopefully not editing copying) but US Secretary of Defense Robert Gates was in Iraq today. As always, it was an unannounced visit. They keep splashing waves of Operation Happy Talk but the US officials still can't visit Iraq openly. Kevin Baron (Stars and Stripes) reports that the press was told about the visit on Friday by someone at the Defense Dept and quotes the unnamed person telling them, "The purpose of going to Talil is so the secretary can get an understanding of the advisory and assistance brigades that are sort of being developed. This is what eventually we will be left with when we have a transitional force come September 2010." Elisabeth Bumiller (New York Times) is part of the press traveling with Gates and notes this his first visit to Iraq for 2009 -- seven months in, rather sad -- and that he plans to visit with both Nouri al-Maliki (puppet of the occupation) and Gen Ray Odierno (top US commander in Iraq). She also notes Gates will be playing an Amway salesman for US defense contractors as he meets with Iraqi officials to discuss "whether the U.S. will sell Iraq any F-16 fighter jets." Jim Wolf (Reuters) reports it more bluntly: "One of the topics they are expected to discuss is Baghdad's interest in acquiring Lockheed Martin Corp's (LMT.N) F-16 multirole fighter jets to counter possible threats from neighbouring nations after U.S. forces leave." And he will visit Kurdistan President Masoud Barzani. Al Bawaba reports that Gates' visit as 8 security guards were killed in a Baghdad bank robbery. AFP places the amount stolen at $3.8 million (US dollars). Gates was greeted with a parade. Well . . . a protest. Aljazeera reports followers of Moqtada al-Sadr staged a demonstration chanting "NO, NO TO AMERICA!" BBC reports, "At a news conference after his talks in Baghdad, Mr Gates side-stepped a question about whether some US forces might stay on beyond a 2011 deadline for withdrawal. The issue, he said, was best left until the end of 2010 or even 2011."
Whose funding the so-called "insurgents" in Iraq? For years General David Petraeus, Robert Gates and assorted others have insisted it was the government of Iran. Turns out, it may be the US. Free Speech Radio News explained yesterday:
Andrew Stelzer: The US Agency for Intenational Development, or USAID, has suspended a $644 million dollar program in Iraq because of two reviews indicating a portion of the money was ending up in the hands of insurgents and going to fund jobs that didn't exist. The government hired the Virginia-based International Relief and Development to run the public works job creation program. Former employees told USA Today that documents were faked and projects that didn't exist were included in progress reports.
Ken Dilanian (USA Today) explains the program "was designed to tamp down the insurgency by paying Iraqi cash to do public work projects such as trash removal and ditch digging." So the US government, not the Iranian one, has been funding the so-called 'insurgency.' Government officials in Iran are no doubt happy by another development. Nouri al-Maliki did their bidding today. Ernesto Londono (Washington Post) reports that Camp Ashraf, to the north of Baghdad, was raided today by Iraqi forces who "used batons, hoses, pepper spray and sound grenades during the raid at Camp Ashraf, home to the Mujahadeen-e-Khalq [approximately 3500 people]. The raid came a day after the Iraqi government announced it would assume complete responsibility of the camp and vowed to 'protest the people inside the base'." You can't trust Nouri. The Foreign Affairs Committee of the National Council of Resistance of Iran is stating that "Peyman Kord-Amir, artist and singer, is in coma right now due to severe blows to his head." They note 2,000 Iraqi forces were sent in and they note that following the 300 wounded and the 4 dead, residents of Camp Ashraf have started a hunger strike and have issued a list of demands which include the immediate removal of Iraqi forces and the freeing of prisoners, returning protection responsibilities for the camp to the US, allowing attorneys and human rights organizations into the camp. Nouri's bag boy Ali al-Dabbagh insists to UPI, The entrance of the Iraqi forces into Camp Ashraf is not a break-in but rather a well-coordinated operation to stabilize the security situation inside the camp." AFP is reporting that 150 were injured as Iraqi forces stormed the camp. Until recently, the US had been protecting the camp. Before the start of the illegal war, the Iranians were allowed in the country by Saddam Hussein. Nouri's close ties to Iran include the many years where his cowardly streak found him living there because it took to much strength and courage to fight to overthrow a government he didn't believe in. Much better to hide like a coward and wait for the US military to do so. AFP quotes US Gen Ray Odierno insisting the US had no prior knowledge of the assault: "We didn't know they were going to do this." Really? After May when Nouri ordered what was obviously the trial run for the assault, no one suspected? When he sent Iraqi forces into Camp Ashraf May 28th, no one had a clue?
Barack Obama's administration has failed. Following the election, they knew this was one of the issues that the previous administration would be dumping in their laps and they knew it was time sensitive. They refused to seriously address it and, in fact, took the promises of thug Nouri at face value in order to be done with the matter and wash their hands clean. They knew this was a serious issue and instead of treating it seriously, they passed the buck. On an issue that was early on desginated as "a litmus test" regarding Barack's dedication to human rights.
August 8, 2004, the US Embassy in Baghdad [PDF format warning] sent a report by John Negroponte which noted:
32. (U) 3,839 members and former members of the USG-designated foreign terrorist organization Mujahideen-e-Khalq (MEK) are currently resident at Camp Ashraf in Diyala Province under Coalition guard and protection.
33. (U) MF-I has designated these 3,839 individuals as protected persons under the Fourth Geneva Convention and considers the restrictions placed on MEK travel outside the compound and on visitor entry as "measures of control and security" permitted under Article 27 of IVGC.
34. (U) Those 74 residents of Camp Ashraf who are citizens or legal residents of third countries are permitted to repatriate with the approval of their respective governments. MNF-I and Post are currently facilitating a number of possible repatriations.
35. (U) IRC has been invited to vist Camp Ashraf to conduct individual interviews with the residents of the Camp. It is expected that these interviews may result in ICRC's recommendation that UNHCR make a determination of refugee status in many cases.
The term "terrorist" may be applied to the group. That was being re-evaluated by the US government (prior to the assault). Already this year England and the European Union took the Mujahadeen-e-Khalq off their list of terrorists groups. If "terrorist" is used, don't let that distract from the fact that this was a camp for exiles, that children were present during the assault. In March 2008, the International Red Cross' Juan-Pedro Schaerer explained, "The main responsibility to protect civilians lies with the States that have effective control over them -- in this case, the governments of the United States and of Iraq have to find a suitable solution in accordance with international law and relevant provisions of national law. Our main concern is to ensure that the authorities meet these obligations. In particular, they must always protect the lives, the physical and moral integrity and the dignity of those concerned. Morevoer, should anyone in Ashraf be suspected or accused of committing criminal offences, judicial guarantees must be respected as provided for in international law." The residents of the camp had rights. Those rights were not respected and the camp was assaulted. April 20th, Amnesty International issued "Iraq: concerns regarding the future of Camp Ashraf resident:"
Amnesty International has written directly to the Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki about recent developments relating to the more than 3,000 Iranian exiles currently living in Camp Ashraf, northeast of Baghdad, who Iraqi officials have said should leave the country. The Iranians are members or supporters of the People's Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI).
In particular, Amnesty International expressed concern at a recent statement reportedly made in an interview with al-Forat, an Iraqi TV channel, by National Security Advisor Dr Muwaffaq al-Rubaie, in which he said that the authorities intend gradually to make the continued presence of the Camp Ashraf residents "intolerable". Shortly after this, possibly in a related development, a team of medical doctors were denied access to the Camp for several days. One purpose of their visit was reportedly to provide treatment to a woman in the Camp in need of surgery for an internal cancerous tumour. The doctors were later allowed into the camp.
In its letter, Amnesty International urged the Iraqi Prime Minister to ensure that no action is taken by the Iraqi authorities that violates the human rights of the Camp Ashraf residents and to clarify the government's intentions towards them in the light of Dr al-Rubaie's reported threat to make their lives "intolerable." Amnesty International has previously called on the Iraqi government to ensure that none of the Camp Ashraf residents or other Iranian dissidents are forcibly returned to Iran in view of fears that they would be at risk of torture or other serious human rights violations there.
The PMOI is an Iranian opposition organization and many of its members have been resident in Iraq for many years. Until recently the organization was listed as a "terrorist" organization by the European Union (EU) and governments of non-EU states, but in most cases this designation has now been lifted on the grounds that the PMOI no longer advocates or engages in armed opposition to the government of Iran. Following the invasion of Iraq in 2003 the US forces provided protection for the Ashraf Camp residents, who were designated as "protected persons" under the Geneva Conventions. This situation has apparently been discontinued following the Status of Forces Agreement (SOFA) between the US and Iraqi governments which came into force on 1 January 2009, although the SOFA does not make any reference to Camp Ashraf or its residents. The Iranian government is said to be putting pressure on Iraq to expel the PMOI members and supporters from Iraq.
Amnesty International wasn't the only one raising concerns. April 24th the European Parliament adopted the following resolution:
The European Parliament,
- having regard to the Geneva Conventions and notably Article 27 of the Fourth Geneva Convention relative to the Protection of Civilian Persons in Time of War,
- having regard to the Geneva Convention of 1951 relating to the Status of Refugees and the 1967 Protocol thereto,
- having regard to the Status of Forces Agreement between the US and Iraqi Governments, signed in November 2008,
- having regard to its resolution of 12 July 2007 on the humanitarian situation of Iraqi refugees(1) and its resolution of 4 September 2008 on executions in Iran(2), which include references to Camp Ashraf residents having legal status as protected persons under the Fourth Geneva Convention,
-having regard to Rule 115(5) of its Rules of Procedure,
A.- whereas Camp Ashraf in Northern Iraq was established during the 1980s for members of the Iranian opposition group People's Mujahedin Organisation of Iran (PMOI),
B.- whereas in 2003 US forces in Iraq disarmed Camp Ashraf's residents and provided them with protection, those residents having been designated "protected persons" under the Geneva Conventions,
C.- whereas in a letter dated 15 October 2008 the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights urged the Iraqi Government to protect Camp Ashraf residents from forcible deportation, expulsion or repatriation in violation of the non-refoulement principle, and to refrain from any action that would endanger their life or security,
D.- whereas following the conclusion of the US/Iraqi Status of Forces Agreement, control of Camp Ashraf was transferred to the Iraqi security forces as of 1 January 2009,
E.- whereas, according to recent statements reportedly made by the Iraqi National Security Advisor, the authorities intend gradually to make the continued presence of the Camp Ashraf residents "intolerable", and whereas he reportedly also referred to their expulsion/extradition and/or their forcible displacement inside Iraq,
1.- Urges the Iraqi Prime Minister to ensure that no action is taken by the Iraqi authorities which violates the human rights of the Camp Ashraf residents and to clarify the Iraqi government's intentions towards them; calls on the Iraqi authorities to protect the lives and the physical and moral integrity of the Camp Ashraf residents and to treat them in accordance with obligations under the Geneva Conventions, in particular by refraining from forcibly displacing, deporting, expelling or repatriating them in violation of the principle of non-refoulement;
2.- Respecting the individual wishes of anyone living in Camp Ashraf as regards his or her future, considers that those living in Camp Ashraf and other Iranian nationals who currently reside in Iraq having left Iran for political reasons could be at risk of serious human rights violations if they were to be returned involuntarily to Iran, and insists that no person should be returned, either directly or via a third country, to a situation where he or she would be at risk of torture or other serious human rights abuses;
3.- Calls on the Iraqi Government to end its blockade of the camp, to respect the legal status of the Camp Ashraf residents as protected persons under the Geneva Conventions, and to refrain from any action that would endanger their life or security, i.e. to afford them full access to food, water, medical care and supplies, fuel, family members and international humanitarian organisations;
4.- Calls on the Council, the Commission and the Member States, together with the Iraqi and US Governments, the UN High Commissioner for Refugees and the International Committee of the Red Cross, to work towards finding a satisfactory long-term legal status for Camp Ashraf residents;
5.- Instructs its President to forward this resolution to the Council, the Commission, the Governments and Parliaments of the Member States, the UN High Commissioner for Refugees, the International Committee of the Red Cross, the Government of the United States of America and the Government and Parliament of Iraq.
The issue was debate by the UK House of Lords at the start of this month with the Labour Party Whip repeatedly assuring that England was on the issue and conveying this message to the Iraqi government and that message, and monitoring and they have "sought assurances" and received them. At the US State Dept today, spokesperson Ian Kelly was asked about the assault and responded, "We've seen these media reports and we're looking into them. As you know, the government of Iraq has assumed responsibility -- security responsibility -- for Camp Ashraf and its residents. We continue to monitor the situation closely to ensure the residents of Camp Ashraf are treated in accordance with Iraq's written assurance that it will treat the residents there humanely. This is in accordance with the constitutional laws and the international obligations of Iraq and the government has stated to us that no Camp Ashraf resident will be forcibly transferred to a country where they have reason to fear persecution on the basis of their political beliefs, poitical opinions or religious beliefs or whether there are substantial grounds for believing they would be tortured."
While Nouri, if Odierno is correct, ignores the US, they continue to cater to him. July 9th, five Iranian diplomats were released. Or were they? Apparently, four were released but the fifth was something else and the US military used the diplomats release to sneak the non-diplomat out. Bill Roggio (Long War Journal) reports:
The US had previously released two members of the Irbil Five in November 2007, according to The Associated Press, but the report received little attention. This "left room for Farhadi to be pawned off as one of the Irbil Five and snuck out the back door," one official told The Long War Journal.
The US captured Farhadi during a raid in the northern Kurdish province of Sulimaniyah on Sept. 20, 2007 [see LWJ report, Captured Iranian Qods Force officer a regional commander in Iraq].
Farhadi's detention caused a row between Iran and Iraq. Iran closed the border after claiming Farhadi was an Iranian trade delegation representative named Agha Farhadi who was visiting Iraq on a sanctioned business trip.
Why would they worry? Why would they hide Farhadi's release? Because Barack Obama has a large and growing problem with military families over a stunt pulled without explanation last month. From the June 9th snapshot:
This morning the New York Times' Alissa J. Rubin and Michael Gordon offered "U.S. Frees Suspect in Killing of 5 G.I.'s." Martin Chulov (Guardian) covered the same story, Kim Gamel (AP) reported on it, BBC offered "Kidnap hope after Shia's handover" and Deborah Haynes contributed "Hope for British hostages in Iraq after release of Shia militant" (Times of London). The basics of the story are this. 5 British citizens have been hostages since May 29, 2007. The US military had in their custody Laith al-Khazali. He is a member of Asa'ib al-Haq. He is also accused of murdering five US troops. The US military released him and allegedly did so because his organization was not going to release any of the five British hostages until he was released. This is a big story and the US military is attempting to state this is just diplomacy, has nothing to do with the British hostages and, besides, they just released him to Iraq. Sami al-askari told the New York Times, "This is a very sensitive topic because you know the position that the Iraqi government, the U.S. and British governments, and all the governments do not accept the idea of exchanging hostages for prisoners. So we put it in another format, and we told them that if they want to participate in the political process they cannot do so while they are holding hostages. And we mentioned to the American side that they cannot join the political process and release their hostages while their leaders are behind bars or imprisoned." In other words, a prisoner was traded for hostages and they attempted to not only make the trade but to lie to people about it. At the US State Dept, the tired and bored reporters were unable to even broach the subject. Poor declawed tabbies. Pentagon reporters did press the issue and got the standard line from the department's spokesperson, Bryan Whitman, that the US handed the prisoner to Iraq, the US didn't hand him over to any organization -- terrorist or otherwise. What Iraq did, Whitman wanted the press to know, was what Iraq did. A complete lie that really insults the intelligence of the American people. CNN reminds the five US soldiers killed "were: Capt. Brian S. Freeman, 31, of Temecula, California; 1st Lt. Jacob N. Fritz, 25, of Verdon, Nebraska; Spc. Johnathan B. Chism, 22, of Gonzales, Louisiana; Pfc. Shawn P. Falter, 25, of Cortland, New York; and Pfc. Johnathon M. Millican, 20, of Trafford, Alabama." Those are the five from January 2007 that al-Khazali and his brother Qais al-Khazali are supposed to be responsible for the deaths of.
That was a trade which was supposed to lead to the release of five British hostages. Two were released, their corpses. Earlier this month, Kim Howells, former Foreign Office Minister in the UK, told BBC that "he doubts Britain negotiated with the right people in its attempts to free five men kidnapped in Iraq." Howells: "I'm not convinced we were ever negotating with the right people. I mean, that's doubtful. The only real proof of life that I saw were the video. And there were stories circulating that a suicide had taken place, there were deadlines that came and went." And all of that goes to why the US would sneak out a prisoner.
Turning to other reported violence today . . .
Laith Hammoudi (McClatchy Newspapers) reports a Baghdad motorcycle bombing which claimed 8 lives and left seventeen injured and a two Baghdad roadside bombings which left four people injured. Reuters notes a Baghdad cafe bombing which claimed 2 lives and left fifteen injured.
Meanwhile, remember how Iraq was assuming control of paying Sahwa (also known as "Awakening" and "Sons Of Iraq")? Remember that spin started in November and we've had several other key 'dates' since. Well the US military announces today that the Iraqi government paid some members of Sahwa today in Kirkuk for . . the month of May. Handing out payments, Iraqi Lt Col Afrain declared, "This payment is for May. We have to work on solutions to the pay problem." Yes, you do. And, no, it's not a surprise, it's not something new and it's nothing your government shouldn't have been planning for some time ago.
Yesterday's snapshot included: " Deborah Haynes (Times of London) reports British troops will likely have to leave Iraq as a result of the Parliament failing to ratify the bilateral agreement between England and Iraq 'Bob Ainsworth, the British Defence Secretary, said that the naval training personnel would wait in Kuwait until they were given permission to return. It is an embarrassment to Britain, however, and an illustration of the low regard in which its role in Iraq -- it once had 45,000 troops based there -- is held'." Today the Telegraph of London quotes British Embassy spokesperson Jawwad Syed declaring, "The guys who were doing the training are temporarily moving out to Kuwait while we talk to the Iraqi government about what we might do in the interim." CNN reports that "about a dozen helping to train Iraqi police as part of a NATO mission" will remain. They also state it was the al-Sadr bloc in Parliament that kept the agreement from being voted on. "Our story begins," writes Babak Rahmi (Foreign Policy) in an article on Moqtada al-Sadr's rise, "in the summer 2007, when Sadr first dabbled in getting the extra credentials. The idea came after an outbreak of violence between Sadr's Mahdi Army and the Badr Organization, another armed Shiite group, in Karbala. Soon afterward, Iraqi police intervened and Sadr called a cease-fire, suspending his militia's activity. He went underground for security reasons. Soon thereafter, he left for Iran." Well why should he be any different from the previous exiles?
Saturday, Khalid al-Ansary (Reuters) reported the Ministry of Culture is censoring books in 'free' Iraq and quotes the ministry Taher al-Humoud explaining that all publishers now must "submit lists of titles for approval". An Iraqi correspondent for McClatchy blogs (Inside Iraq):
After the 2003 American-led invasion, Iraqis enjoyed an immediate benefit--freedom of expression.Today, after all the pain and sacrifices we have endured for six years, this freedom is threatened again.After the Saddam Hussein regime fell, thousands of book and dozens of newspapers that had been banned, censored or not permitted to be printed were suddenly free to publish.
Meanwhile Heath Druzin (Stars and Stripes) explores the northern section of Iraq, "Iraqi Kurdistan's only legal land crossing along the Turkish border, it is one of the busiest ports of entry in the country, accounting for much of the estimated $6 billion in trade between Turkey and the Iraqi Kurdish region, according to a 2008 report released by the U.S. Agency for International Development." Druzin explains that the violent exchanges between the PKK and Turkey are handled with free-flow of information between the US and Turkey; however, that's not the case for all:
Local villagers are not so lucky and, while no solid numbers are available, there have been many reports of civilian deaths and injuries. In March, a 2-year-old boy was killed near the Iranian border, and earlier this month, a farmer was badly injured by shrapnel.
More often, the attacks kill livestock, set pastures and farms ablaze and flatten homes. In between shelling, shepherds who graze their sheep along the poorly-marked border must worry about being captured by Iranian troops, a fate that has befallen at least nine Iraqi Kurds in the past month, according to local officials.
The fighting makes an already grinding existence, scratched out from unforgiving terrain through bee-keeping, herding, and subsistence farming, nearly impossible. At least 8,000 Kurds have fled the fighting, creating a refugee crisis in surrounding cities, according to the Refugee Office of Soran, a government organization that works with Kurdish refugees.
Druzin is the reporter the military attempted to censor. Xinhau notes today, "Turkish Interior Minister Besir Atalay on Tuesday said that Turkey, Iraq and the United States were determined to make their cooperation on fighting against terrorism more influential."
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In the past few years, the job market has vastly improved and home prices have rebounded — yet Americans are becoming even more irresponsible when it comes to saving for emergencies. According to a survey of 1,000 adults released by Bankrate.com on Tuesday, nearly one in three (29%) American adults (that's roughly 70 million) have no emergency savings at all — the highest percentage since Bankrate began doing this survey five years ago. What's more, only 22% of Americans have at least six months of emergency savings (that's what advisers recommend) — the lowest level since Bankrate began doing the survey. — From Market Watch
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10 Brothers, the goodwill of my heart and my supplication to God for them are indeed for their salvation.+ 2 For I bear them witness that they have a zeal for God,+ but not according to accurate knowledge. 3 For because of not knowing the righteousness of God+ but seeking to establish their own,+ they did not subject themselves to the righteousness of God.+ 4 For Christ is the end of the Law,+ so that everyone exercising faith may have righteousness.+
5 For Moses writes about the righteousness that is by the Law: "The man who does these things will live by means of them."+ 6 But the righteousness resulting from faith says: "Do not say in your heart,+ 'Who will ascend into heaven?'+ that is, to bring Christ down, 7 or, 'Who will descend into the abyss?'+ that is, to bring Christ up from the dead." 8 But what does it say? "The word is near you, in your own mouth and in your own heart";+ that is, "the word" of faith, which we are preaching. 9 For if you publicly declare with your mouth that Jesus is Lord,+ and exercise faith in your heart that God raised him up from the dead, you will be saved. 10 For with the heart one exercises faith for righteousness, but with the mouth one makes public declaration+ for salvation.
11 For the scripture says: "No one who rests his faith on him will be disappointed."+ 12 For there is no distinction between Jew and Greek.+ There is the same Lord over all, who is rich toward* all those calling on him. 13 For "everyone who calls on the name of Jehovah will be saved."+ 14 However, how will they call on him if they have not put faith in him? How, in turn, will they put faith in him about whom they have not heard? How, in turn, will they hear without someone to preach? 15 How, in turn, will they preach unless they have been sent out?+ Just as it is written: "How beautiful are the feet of those who declare good news of good things!"+
16 Nevertheless, they did not all obey the good news. For Isaiah says: "Jehovah, who has put faith in the thing heard from us?"*+ 17 So faith follows the thing heard.+ In turn, what is heard is through the word about Christ. 18 But I ask, They did not fail to hear, did they? Why, in fact, "into all the earth their sound went out, and to the ends of the inhabited earth their message."+ 19 But I ask, Israel did not fail to know, did they?+ First Moses says: "I will incite you to jealousy through that which is not a nation; I will incite you to violent anger through a foolish nation."+ 20 But Isaiah becomes very bold and says: "I was found by those who were not seeking me;+ I became known to those who were not asking for me."+ 21 But he says regarding Israel: "All day long I have spread out my hands toward a disobedient and obstinate people."+


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10 As dead flies cause the perfumer's oil to stink and bubble, so a little foolishness outweighs wisdom and glory.+
2 The heart of the wise one leads him in the right way,* but the heart of the stupid one leads him in the wrong way.*+ 3 In whatever way the fool walks, he is lacking good sense,*+ and he lets everyone know that he is a fool.+
4 If the anger* of a ruler should flare up against you, do not leave your place,+ for calmness allays great sins.+
5 There is something distressing that I have seen under the sun, the sort of mistake made by those in power:+ 6 Foolishness is put in many high positions, but the rich* remain in low positions.
7 I have seen servants on horseback but princes walking on foot just like servants.+
8 The one who digs a pit may fall into it;+ and the one who breaks through a stone wall may be bitten by a snake.
9 The one who quarries stones may be hurt by them, and the one who splits logs may be endangered by them.*
10 If an iron tool is dull and one does not sharpen its edge, he will need to exert much effort. But wisdom helps to achieve success.
11 If the snake bites before it is charmed, there is no advantage to the skilled charmer.*
12 The words from the mouth of the wise one bring favor,+ but the lips of the stupid one are his ruin.+ 13 The first words out of his mouth are foolishness,+ and his last words are disastrous madness. 14 But the fool keeps on speaking.+
A man does not know what will happen; who can tell him what will come after him?+
15 The hard work of the stupid one wears him out, for he does not even know how to find his way to the city.
16 How terrible for a land when the king is a boy+ and the princes start their feasting in the morning! 17 How happy for the land when the king is the son of nobles and the princes eat at the proper time for strength, not for drunkenness!+
18 Because of extreme laziness the roof beams sag, and because of idle hands the house leaks.+
19 Bread* is made for laughter, and wine makes life enjoyable;+ but money answers every need.+
20 Even in your thoughts,* do not curse* the king,+ and do not curse the rich in your bedroom; for a bird* may convey the sound,* or a creature with wings may repeat what was said.


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In its annual report, the Environmental Working Group (EWG) has unveiled the 'Dirty Dozen' list for 2024, spotlighting the twelve fruits and vegetables with the highest pesticide residues. This list, established in 2004, serves as a critical resource for consumers concerned about the safety of their produce. According to the EWG's analysis of data from the U.S. Department of Agriculture and the Food and Drug Administration, a staggering 95 percent of samples from the Dirty Dozen contained pesticides.
This alarming figure underscores the ongoing concerns regarding pesticide contamination in conventionally grown produce. The link between pesticide exposure and adverse health effects is well-documented. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) have identified associations between certain pesticides and issues such as miscarriages, birth defects, and developmental disabilities in children.
Topping this year's Dirty Dozen list are strawberries and spinach, claiming the first and second positions respectively. Notably, grapes have surged from eighth place in 2023 to claim the fourth spot this year, indicating fluctuations in pesticide contamination levels among different produce types. The complete 2024 Dirty Dozen list comprises strawberries, spinach, kale, collard & mustard greens, grapes, peaches, pears, nectarines, apples, bell & hot peppers, cherries, blueberries, and green beans.
In light of these findings, consumers are urged to take precautionary measures to minimize pesticide exposure when consuming non-organic fruits and vegetables. The CDC recommends thorough handwashing and cleaning of all preparation materials before and after handling produce. Registered dietitian nutritionist Carissa Galloway, serving as a Premier Protein Nutrition Consultant and Personal Trainer, offers practical steps for cleaning produce effectively.
These steps include holding the produce under cold water, using a clean paper towel or dedicated produce brush to remove dirt and grit, and drying the produce with a paper towel or salad spinner to preserve freshness. Contrary to popular belief, baking soda or vinegar are not deemed necessary for cleaning produce. Galloway emphasizes that washing produce under cold water remains the most effective method, as endorsed by the CDC.
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When you hear the words 'boat shoes' you probably imagine a pair of Sperry Topsiders. Though the company now makes other types of shoes, their staple is still the classic Topsiders. The shoes are slip on and made or a durable leather on top and a non-skid bottom that is tough enough to withstand the wind and pounding rain on the deck of a boat and yet look good enough to hit the yacht club in.
You can wear your Sperry Topsiders with more than just clothes for the boat and still look great in the process. Here are a few examples of outfits that go great with Sperry Topsiders:
• Preppy look: This is a classic look that involves the Topsiders. Start off with a pair of dress shorts that are beige or tan colored and wear a bright colored Polo style shirt tucked in. A brown belt contrasts the outfit nicely and will also match the color of the typical Topsiders. When wearing the Topsiders you should not have on any socks, but if you insist on doing so wear the kind that are below the ankle so that they stay as hidden as possible. Finish off the entire preppy look with a sweater cross draped over your shoulders.
• Casual with jeans: A great casual look that utilizes the Topsider is jeans and a nice button down shirt. The shirt should be tucked in and again you will want to go with a brown belt to match the Topsiders. The jeans should be a comfort fit and not be worn too tightly as doing so will ruin the appearance of casual. No need to wear a tie with this look and a couple of buttons being undone on the shirt is just fine. Again you shouldn't wear socks but if you have to opt for the ones that won't be all that noticeable.
• Khaki pants: No matter what color your khaki pants are, you can enhance the look with a pair of Sperry Topsiders. You can wear a Polo style shirt tucked in or you can go with a button down shirt that is long sleeved depending on how formal you wish to look. A nice lightweight jacket completes the look if it is chilly out. You can also wear a plain black scarf that is simply draped over your neck and allowed to hang evenly without tying it at all. The no sock rule still applies.
• Get cute with skirts: Ladies can get cute with any type of skirt they wear as Sperry Topsiders now come in a wide variety of colors and not just the classic brown that everyone is accustomed too. Pair your favorite cute skirt with your favorite top and depending on the color find the perfect pair of Topsiders to compliment the outfit. If it is chilly out then a cardigan sweater will do the trick every time. Like the guys, if you wear socks, be sure they are hidden as much as possible.
Whether you are going out on the boat or just out for a night on the town, the Sperry Topsider is the ultimate shoe that can encompass both situations and then some.