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Commissioner's Award of Excellence
- JANUARY 2012 WINNER - Jason Workman, Juvenile Detention Officer
Youth Services Center
Category - Safety, Productivity and Customer Relations
The Lancaster County Board of Commissioners presented its January, 2012 Commissioners Award of Excellence to Jason Workman in the categories of Safety, Productivity and Customer Relations. Jason works as a Juvenile Detention Officer at the Youth Services Center. He began working for Lancaster County on February 24, 1997, and was nominated for this award by Johanna Machmer, a fellow employee at the Youth Services Center.
Jason has been a long-time employee of the Youth Services Center. In his day to day work he models teamwork. He capably helps staff with technology questions. Jason understands how the facility operates, which equips him to respond to requests for assistance in any part of the facility, and he does so on a regular basis. Jason's primary job is to transport youth. In her nomination form, Johanna noted that in Jason's 14 years of service bad weather has never interfered with his getting a youth to the desired location in a safe and timely manner. Joanna further stated "Jason does so much more than shuttle youth to court, placements and appointments. Our customers are the youth and families we serve. Jason deals with both and sometimes under difficult conditions. When the outcome of a court appearance is not what was expected or desired, Jason's interpersonal skills are of great benefit. He can empathize but also finds a way to respectfully challenge the youth to examine what they could do differently or to make a good decision. Add in his calm demeanor and typically an upset youth will settle down."
Deb Schorr, Lancaster County Board of Commissioners Chair, stated "The Board is pleased to recognize Jason for his outstanding work and dedication to the services the Youth Services Center provides. Jason is an asset to the facility and to the youth and families he encounters. On behalf of the Board I want to congratulate Jason on this award". The Commissioners Award of Excellence award recognizes employees who consistently provide outstanding service and work that demonstrates exemplary personal commitment to Lancaster County.


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I've been a bit down on the phở scene in Footscray over the last few months.
One of my regular go-to joints, Phở Tam on the corner of Leeds and Ryan streets has been hugely inconsistent on the soup front. They do a great bún riêu and have the hardish-to-find street food bánh bột lọc on the menu. Their phở bộ đặc biệt is above average: always packed with sizeable chunks of tendon, a thick slice of peppery sausage and toothsome strips of tripe.
The broth however ranges from sweet and watery to dense, beefy and rich depending on which day you hit it. I'm convinced that the broth gets watered down on a busy day, especially weekends; an undeniable conspiracy against the nine-to-five working man. The consolation is the above cà phê sữa đá – condensed milk sweet, rich and as predictable as a metronome.
Location: Corner of Leeds and Ryan Street, Footscray, Melbourne, Australia.

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Parking detail map for the TWU Dallas Center
Handicapped parking: 9 spaces available on the west side of the parking garage
The Dallas Center is located between downtown Dallas and Love Field, adjacent to Parkland, Children's and St. Paul's hospitals and the UTSW Medical Center.
From Stemmons Freeway (I-35E), take the Inwood exit north and turn right on Southwestern Medical Avenue. The Dallas Center will be the second driveway on the left. The parking garage is adjacent to the building and can be accessed from the north and south (via Southwestern Medical Blvd). Visitor parking is located just south of the parking garage and is designated with a green curb.
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EEOC Office of Legal Counsel staff members wrote the following informal discussion letter in response to an inquiry from a member of the public. This letter is intended to provide an informal discussion of the noted issue and does not constitute an official opinion of the Commission.
August 22, 2005
This is in response to your e-mail inquiry regarding the bona fide occupational qualification (BFOQ) exemption under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. Specifically, you have inquired whether sex can be a BFOQ when "[a] treating clinician/psychiatrist strongly recommends as patient treatment, that the patient be cared for by female staff, due to multiple mental disability diagnoses and abuse (patient's negative reaction to males is believed to be a factor that will hinder her treatment program)." While the Commission is unable to assess the legality of particular employment practices outside the context of specific charges of discrimination and a complete investigation, we can provide some informal guidance.
As you obviously know, Title VII permits gender based assignment if gender is a "bona fide occupational qualification reasonably necessary to the normal operation of that particular business or enterprise." 42 U.S.C. § 2000e-2(e). However, the BFOQ exception is very narrow and applies only in limited circumstances. 29 C.F.R. § 1604.2; EEOC Compliance Manual Section 625: Bona Fide Occupational Qualifications, at § 625.1. Under this standard, an individual cannot be excluded because of sex unless that individual's sex prevents him or her from being able to safely or efficiently perform job-related activities that fall within the "essence" of the employer's business. Int'l Union, United Auto. Aerospace & Agric. Implement Workers of Am., UAW v. Johnson Controls, Inc., 499 U.S. 187 (1991).
Initially, we note that Title VII only prohibits employment discrimination. Thus, for example, Title VII would not prohibit an individual from selecting a psychotherapist for private counseling on the basis of sex since the individual and his or her psychotherapist would not be in an employer-employee relationship. Also, Title VII applies only to businesses that employ fifteen or more people.
Assuming that this is a Title VII covered employer, however, basing patient assignment on the employee's gender is permissible only if sex is a BFOQ for that particular assignment. Whether sex is a BFOQ is a fact-specific determination that is limited to the particular circumstances in which the defense is raised.
Although the BFOQ exemption is very narrow, EEOC and the courts have recognized that the psychological needs of an employer's clients or customers can make sex a BFOQ. E.g., EEOC Compliance Manual Section 625: Bona Fide Occupational Qualifications, at § 625.8; Chambers v. Omaha Girls Club, 840 F.2d 583 (8th Cir. 1988). For sex to constitute a BFOQ under such circumstances, the fulfillment of the psychological needs of the clients or customers must fall within the essence of the employer's business and be necessary to the normal operation of the employer's business. For example, in one case, the EEOC determined that a social agency did not violate Title VII when it assigned same-sex counselor-teachers to assist individuals with intellectual disabilities in achieving independent living. EEOC Dec. No. 76-130, ¶ 6692 (CCH) (1976).
Similarly, under the facts you have presented, if medical evidence establishes that assignment of male staff would hinder patient treatment and the essence of the employer's business is to provide effective patient care, Title VII likely would not prohibit assignment of a female worker to that patient. We reiterate, however, that this determination must be made on a case-by-case basis taking into account the nature of the patient care and the particular patient's psychological needs.
We hope that this information has been helpful to you.
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House 2 - FY2013
Budget Recommendation
Deval L. Patrick, Governor
Timothy P. Murray, Lt. Governor
Patrick-Murray Administration Files Fiscal Year 2013 Budget
BOSTON – Wednesday, January 25, 2012 – Governor Deval Patrick today filed his Fiscal Year 2013 (FY13) budget recommendation, a balanced and fiscally responsible plan that reflects the Governor's unprecedented commitment to education, health care, creating jobs and other key priorities that support long-term job growth and prosperity and will continue to accelerate the Commonwealth's economic recovery.
In the face of unprecedented fiscal challenges, government needs to be smarter about how it delivers services. Reforms included in the Governor's budget proposal will drive innovation and implement bold changes to improve accountability and transparency.
Read Governor Patrick's FY 2013 Budget Message
The Governor's budget document comprises hundreds of pages of background and supporting materials, including:
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UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. -- The Advanced Manufacturing Forum, hosted by the Penn State Smeal College of Business' Center for the Management of Technological and Organizational Change (CMTOC), celebrated its 75th gathering at the end of last month at the Toftrees Golf Resort and Conference Center in State College, Pa.
The forum convenes twice per year to address management issues in the implementation of new manufacturing practices and technologies. Based around themes that are currently important to the industry, the last several forums have focused on sustainability.
"There are a number of sustainability-related concerns that affect manufacturing and its management," said Gerald Susman, director of the CMTOC and of Smeal's Sustainability Council. "Sustainable manufacturing is aligned with lean manufacturing in that sustainable reductions add to the bottom line."
"Companies who practice sustainability are more profitable because they exhibit good management and operational excellence and make products that enhance their customer's sustainability."
--Gerry Susman, Director, Center for the Management of Technological and Organizational Change, Smeal College of Business
Presentation topics at the 75th Advanced Manufacturing Forum ranged from using data to make plant processes more sustainable, reducing carbon dioxide in plant operations, using supply chain to reduce environmental footprint and more.
"Companies who practice sustainability are more profitable," said Susman, "because they exhibit good management and operational excellence and make products that enhance their customer's sustainability.
"And it makes good economic sense in a broad way—not just within one's own business."
The 75th Advanced Manufacturing Forum presenters included Daniel Marascalchi, vice president, global operations at Harris Products Group/Lincoln Electric Company; Energy and Sustainability Manager Dan Cassidy and Bill Mullen, director of MD&D Facilities Regional Lead East of Johnson & Johnson; Darrell Edwards, senior vice president of operations at La-Z-Boy; and Mark Cacciatore, vice president of manufacturing at Campbell Soup Company.
About the Center for the Management of Technological and Organizational Change
The Center for the Management of Technological and Organizational Change aims to identify organizational and management issues associated with the introduction of new technology, to design and conduct research that generates both theory and practical knowledge for dealing with such issues, and to disseminate research results by a variety of media to the business, research, and educational communities. The Advanced Manufacturing Forum is held twice per year to bring industry and academia together to discuss the latest trends and issues. For more information, visit www.smeal.psu.edu/research/cmtoc.


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The Egyptian military launched its first airstrikes in the Sinai peninsula in decades today, killing 20 "terrorists," Egyptian state-run media reports.
The airstrikes along the Israeli-Egyptian border came after several Egyptian military checkpoints in the region were attacked overnight and three days after unknown gunmen attacked Egyptian border guards. The incidents have left Egypt lurching to contain the Sinai's growing lawlessness, which has been fostered by the upheaval of post-revolution Egypt and poses an important challenge for the country's new leadership.
An unnamed Egyptian senior military official told Agence France-Presse that "20 terrorists were killed" in the village of Tumah, near the Gaza border, by Apache helicopter strikes. The military source said the operation was ongoing and other airstrikes have been reported in neighboring villages.
The attacks came the day after a military funeral for the 16 men who were killed by suspected militants on Aug. 5, when gunmen disguised as Bedouins staged an assault on a border post as guards stopped to break the Ramadan fast. The attack was the deadliest attack on Egyptian security forces on the peninsula since Israel and Egypt signed a peace treaty in 1979, according to Reuters.
The border unrest and escalating reports of militant and criminal activity in the Sinai region are seen as a test for Egypt's new president, its first Islamist head of state. The Washington Post reports:
Morsi is under heavy pressure to endorse a crushing crackdown on militants in the Sinai, but any missteps or abuses could trigger a backlash from Islamists, his main political base.
On Tuesday, Morsi stayed away from the military funeral for the 16 slain soldiers – a conspicuous absence for a leader whose thorny relationship with the military is being closely watched. Angry Egyptians heckled and tried to assault Prime Minister Hesham Kandil when he arrived for prayers before the funeral, prompting his security detail to whisk him out.
[W]hile Morsi's victory in Egypt's first free presidential election marked a watershed moment for Egyptian Islamists after decades of repression, it also set up a potential standoff between his government and religious extremists, who are willing to launch attacks against the state in order to further their own agenda.
"Those who carried out this crime will pay dearly," Morsi said, according to the Guardian. "Clear orders have been given to our armed forces and police to chase and arrest those who carried out this assault on our children. The forces will impose full control over these areas of Sinai."
No group has taken credit for the attack.
The airstrikes today followed overnight clashes between armed men and Egyptian security forces at numerous checkpoints in the region, including Arish and neighboring Rafah, reports Reuters. One checkpoint has been targeted 28 times since the uprising against former President Hosni Mubarak began, according to the state-funded Middle East News Agency.
Maj.-Gen. Amos Gilad, an Israeli defense ministry bureau chief, said the Egyptian military was determined to expunge terrorism in Sinai. "If they don't remove and uproot [terrorism], it will continue to strike," Mr. Gilad told Israel Radio today
But Mona Zamalot, an anti-militancy activist in the city of al-Arish, told the Washington Post she fears militants will move into the Sinai's towns if the government and military crackdown continues. "If the militants stay in the desert and mountains, they will fall," she said. "They want to go into the cities."
Ms. Zamalot said an Egyptian military official told her that the men believed to be behind the border post attack "want victory or martyrdom."
US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton expressed support for Egypt's efforts to strengthen security in the Sinai and State Department spokesman Patrick Ventrell said the US was committed to improving counter-terror work in Egypt and ensuring Israel's security. Mr. Ventrell added that those in the region would feel comforted when Egypt's new Islamist government and neighboring countries fully establish working relations.
Daniel Nisman, an intelligence officer at a security company in Tel Aviv, wrote in an Op-Ed for the Wall Street Journal that the US should start making its aid to Egypt conditional, based on Egypt's efforts to stamp out extremists inside its borders.
In the security vacuum that ensued since Hosni Mubarak's ousting, militant groups from Gaza and elsewhere swarmed into the Sinai Peninsula, quickly establishing a mini-Afghanistan on the Mediterranean. Amongst the sand dunes and jagged mountains, these militants found fertile breeding ground for their extremist ideology, quickly radicalizing the native Bedouin tribesmen who were long considered second-class citizens under the Mubarak dictatorship.
In the Sinai Peninsula, a strict counter-terrorism doctrine must be enforced upon Egypt, requiring the new leadership to provide tangible results in reigning in militancy within their borders. It would serve the Obama administration well to correct its approach toward post-revolution Egypt.


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This week, Tipitina's (501 Napoleon Ave, Uptown) celebrates 35 years serving up some of the best live music the city has to offer. On the 6th, they hosted a Super Fais Do Do with Bruce Daigrepont. On the 11th, they featured Re:Orientation with Gravity A and friends. This weekend, their anniversary party on Jan 18th and 19th features a reunion of the Radiators as well as the Soul Rebels and Dirty Dozen Brass Band. On the 26th, the venue hosts The Nevilles, a longstanding musical family. This selection of artists is just a taste of the quality live music that Tipitina's might be hosting any weekend in New Orleans, and for the past 35 years.
Tipitina's, founded January 14th, 1977, got its name from "Tipitina," a song by Professor Longhair who performed there till his death in 1980, and who has been historically, and is still today, a local favorite. It began as a neighborhood juke joint founded by "The Fabulous Fo'teen" and has since grown into one of the biggest and best of New Orleans' music venues.
On any day of the weekend, and often during the week, Tipitina's hosts a variety of musical acts both local and national, and of genres across the spectrum. One night they may have a few local indie bands on the bill, followed by a blues night, followed by a DJ and jam band. This wide array of music has made this a favorite venue for music lovers of all stripes.
On Sundays, Tipitina's hosts a Cajun Fais Do Do, its long-running weekly Cajun dance party. Bruce Daigrepont hosts a celebration of western Louisiana's rich and colorful Cajun culture every week for dancers and Cajun music lovers throughout the city.
In addition to the venue itself, the Tipitina's Foundation is also dedicated to promoting local musicians and music programs, especially those for children. From the Instruments A' Comin program, where musical instruments are donated and delivered to schools across the city, to the Music Co-op that serves up technology and training centers to local musicians, Tipitina's is thoroughly engrained in local music culture and preservation.
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Have y'all ever had one of those "Damn, I shoulda said. . ." moments? Generally this happens after someone has told you something totally unreasonable as though it were the most reasonable ish in the world. I had one of these conversations with my cousin recently. He told me he had been reading the blog and keeping up with what I was doing. Woohoo! "You know," he said, "I think you're a man-basher." Huh? Immediately, I began to mentally sift through the pieces I've written for the blog, searching for the day when I or any other CF had declared that "niggas ain't shit" or some other like sentiment. Couldn't find it. When I tuned back into the conversation, my cousin was saying, "you can't talk so loudly all the time. Sometimes you have to use your indoor voice." Indoor voice! Seriously?! Clearly I'd mistaken the CFC blog for an elementary school playground. And given the nature of this conversation, a recess—or better yet a time out—was most definitely in order. But I wasn't so lucky. He went on to tell me in an earnest, even sincere voice, "Cousin, I think what you really need is to get it. You need to get it good." Flabbergasted, I made a few half-hearted protestations and got off the phone. But the conversation has lingered, most likely because I didn't say what I shoulda said.
So here goes "Damn, I shoulda said":
I've never been a fairy tale type girl. So you'll be hard pressed to sell me on the notion that what I need in my life is a man that can wave his magic stick—er,um, wand—in the right direction [a little to the left is what you told me to tell him] and all my wishes will come true and my troubles will go away. The only folks I ever saw work that kinda magic was Grandmama, my mama, and our aunties, who overcame lots of stress and few resources to make a life for us.
Hell, these days a fairytale brother ain't the one who's fine as hell, pushin a nice whip, or owning a nice house. I'd settle for one who ain't afraid of or intimidated by a woman with big dreams of her own. That brother is mature, educated, emotionally stable, and has a few earnest goals himself. He ain't trippin on a sister with an opinion. In fact, he welcomes it. He sees my don't-take-no-shit attitude as confidence, and my willingness to hold folks accountable for their BS as maturity. Who I'm not checkin for or layin down with is the dude who thinks that the most effective way to deal with a powerful, self-defined sister is to dick her down. And tell her to shut up.
Thanks to a range of battery-powered resources, I don't need to let a man drill me, just so I can access his "natural" resources. My homegirl says that battery-powered alternatives [BPA's] are better for at least six reasons anyway: they're guaranteed safe; they travel easily; they don't make false promises; you can control the rhythm, timing, and movement of the interactions; you don't have to share; and you can see it in the package before you buy it. What this means for your little cousin is freedom, because though I have needs, I don't have to make a choice between my heart and my health, my soul and my sanity, my mind and my body to get those needs met. Perhaps that was (t)oo (m)uch (i)nformation, but you started it.
Here's what I admire about you: that you are working so diligently to raise two responsible and upstanding young men. I know you want your boys to know that their worth and manhood isn't between their legs, but between their ears. I know you want them to have strong minds and big hearts. The fewer little boys we have wielding their penises to solve their problems, the more men we will have partnering with us to solve the problems we face.
Anyway, Cousin, here's what I need you to get and get real good. What you're hearing from me is passion, not anger. There is a difference. Am I disappointed sometimes in the piss-poor choices I see Brothers making? Honestly, yes. Does expressing that disappointment make me a man-basher? No. It means I care enough/love enough to say something. When folks ain't trying to hear you, sometimes you have to speak louder. When Brothers start to listen, get willing to communicate, come to the table with open ears and hearts, I'll happily use my "indoor voice."
Thank you for reading our blog. And thank you for caring enough to offer your two cents about my life. I know it comes from a sincere and loving place. You probably don't know that you help inspire my crunk. When I feel tired and misunderstood, I remember one of your raps from back in the day: "I was given a gift/ and I feel honored to preach/ But most fear the power of speech."
Much, much love,
Your Little Cousin


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Islam (Arabic: الإسلام, al-'islām) is a religion founded by Muhammad (Mohammed) in AD 622 during the Umayyad aristocracy (a golden age for the Islamic Ummah in which it was specifically Arab). Islam practices a theology based in the teachings of the Qur'an. An individual who follows Islam is called a Muslim. According to Islamic belief, Isa or Jesus was but one prophet sent by Allah to pave the road for the ultimate revelation of God founded in Islam and revealed to Muhammad by the angel Gabriel.[1][2] Gabriel revealed Allah's last message, found in the Qur'an to the final prophet, Muhammad. The word Allah (الله) is the name of God predominately used by Muslims and the word Islam means "submission" or total surrender to the will of Allah.Middle East due to the variety of Islamic nations with Sharia-based laws and constitutions. Among these include Iran and Saudi Arabia. While some states are experiencing a recession from radical Islam (such as Egypt), Islam continues to expand in Europe, most notably France and England. Also, Islam is slowly but steadily increasing in the United States. Islamic political caliphates of history have shown a general Islamic desire to establish a global empire, which poses a threat to Christians in both Europe and the United States. Also, radical Sharia Islamists in Iran pose a threat to Israel with their development of nuclear weapons.
- 1 Fundamentals of Islam
- 2 Jihad
- 3 History
- 4 Demographics
- 5 Nation of Islam
- 6 Teachings of Creation
- 7 Other Doctrines
- 8 See Also
- 9 References
- 10 External Links
Fundamentals of Islam
The Islamic religion is characterized by outward expression of five forms of worship. Muslims must practice Islam's five pillars of faith, which are:[3]
- Profession of Faith in the oneness of Allah and Muhammad being the last prophet (شهادة, Shahāda).
- Ritual prayers five times each day (صلاة, Salāh).
- Alms giving of at least 2.5% of one's income to be distributed to the poor (زكاة, Zakāt).[4]
- Fasting during the day during the month of Ramadan (صوم, Sawm).
- Pilgrimage to Mecca for those who are able (حج, Ḥajj).
The Qur'an
- Main Article: Qur'an
According to Islamic teaching, the Qur'an (Arabic: القرآن, al-qur'ān) came down as a series of revelations from Allah by way of the Archangel Gabriel. Gabriel gave this message from Allah to the Prophet Muhammad who then later dictated it to his followers. The length is about that of the New Testament and these dictations from Gabriel began in 610 AD and according to Islamic tradition continued for twelve years in a cave near Mecca (Modern day southwest Saudi Arabia).
Translations of the Qur'an are generally not accepted by Islam because Arabic is considered the original and purest form. It is through this hermeneutic assumption that Islamic apologists often use as a way to deflect criticism based in an English translation of the text, stating that only those who are fluent in Arabic may understand their beloved holy book.
The way of Muhammad
- Main Article: Muhammad
Muhammad was the son of a merchant and orphaned at age six eventually marrying a rich widow Khadijah and having six children. Born in 570 AD, today Muhammad (Arabic: محمد, Muḥammad) is considered an ideal man, al-Insān al-Kāmil (الإنسان الكامل) in Arabic. By 630 AD all of Arabia was under his control. He is not considered divine nor is he to be worshiped by Muslims. He is a messenger of Allah and a model of how a Muslim should live their life. This is a fundamental teaching of the Qur'an that declares Muhammad is a; "... beautiful pattern (of conduct) for any one whose hope is in Allah and the Final Day, and who engages much in the Praise of Allah." [5]
The way of Muhammad is captured within the Arabic term "sunnah". Muslims discern the sunnah (سنة) of the prophet Muhammad by reading and studying the non-Quranic texts. These are called the hadiths of Muhammad and contain utterances to detail about personal habits and lifestyle choices of the prophet Muhammad. The hadiths[6] being reports of Muhammad's life were passed down orally until finally written down in the eighth century AD. The oral history of Muhammad found within the hadiths is considered to originate from contemporaries and eyewitnesses to Muhammad. There are thousands of hadiths with some very lengthy while others are only a few sentences. Many were considered fakes, not what they claimed to be. There are six major Hadith collections and through Islamic scholars during the time (from about 870 to 920 AD) those that were not real were found out.[7]
Being that the Qur'an and hadiths cover the life of Muhammad there are attempts made by Islamic scholars to find biographical themes of his life. What has been pulled out of the text by scholars is that Muhammad's life as a prophet has a natural progression. It can be separated into two epochs although not necessarily completely unique. First is his time in Mecca, where he received revelation for twelve years from the angel Gabriel and painstakingly tried to convert others, of the Quraish (Quraysh) tribe of the region of Mecca from which he grew up in, for fourteen. The Quraish being a branch of the Arab Banu Kinanah tribe, after Muhammad's death, lead the Ummayad Caliphate, Abbasid Caliphate and the Fatimid Caliphate. Frequent ghazi (plural ghazawāt) or raids however upon the Quraish by Muhammad and his followers over the years erupted into the Battle of Badr (624 AD), one of the few directly participated in by Muhammad and mentioned in the Qur'an.[8][9] A tentative Hudaybiyya (or peace agreement) in 628 is enforced only to be broken by Muhammad at the slightest provocation in 629 AD.[10][11] The second epoch division, after Mecca, takes place primarily within the city of Medina, The City of the Prophet. This time can be defined as, not a new peaceful life trajectory, but continuation and indeed maturity within the infantile actions of war he entertained in Mecca. The time in Medina gains mass converts to Islam, then through further leadership by Muhammad a strong national (or regional) political and military foundation is constructed to further the religion of Islam.
According to Gregory M. Davis, author of "Islam 101"[12] published on Jihad Watch,[13] Muhammad during his life can be characterized as:
| ... a quasi-Biblical figure, preaching repentance and charity, harassed and rejected by those around him; later, in Medina, we see an able commander and strategist who systematically conquered and killed those who opposed him. It is the later years of Muhammad's life, from 622 AD to his death in 632, that are rarely broached in polite company. In 622, when the Prophet was better than fifty years old, he and his followers made the Hijra (emigration or flight), from Mecca to the oasis of Yathrib—later renamed Medina—some 200 miles to the north. Muhammad's new monotheism had angered the pagan leaders of Mecca, and the flight to Medina was precipitated by a probable attempt on Muhammad's life. Muhammad had sent emissaries to Medina to ensure his welcome. He was accepted by the Medinan tribes as the leader of the Muslims and as arbiter of inter-tribal disputes.
Or in Latin, Anno Hegiræ.
The word jihad (Arabic: جهاد, jihād) or literally "struggle" has carried two mutually inclusive meanings over the centuries. Within one realm of meaning jihad is the rejection of worldly ways to achieve spiritual depth. A Muslim struggle to attain righteousness in the eyes of Allah. This rejection of the world inevitably reflects and encourages, what is found in the history of Islam as the alternative meaning of jihad. That being that the duty of all Muslims is to aid their local and global communities through armed struggle and conflict. Muslim clerics (imams), tribal chiefs (sheiks), and political leaders have portrayed jihad as a natural progression of a Muslim's life for the sake of the global Ummah (community or nation). The ummat al-mu'minin (community of believers) under a type of theological-political (Wahhabi Islam-Shari'a law) structure is used to bring the world under one Islamic banner transforming it into truly Ummah Wahida (One Community). It is carried out by Muslims to expand territory into non-Muslim territory, because Islam is seen, to them, as a global religion and all those who do not follow Sharia (Islamic law) are unjust regimes.[14] Within the realm of jihadist thought anyone who is not a Muslim is called kuffar, or "foreigner."[15]
This striking juxtaposition of jihadist ideology is a reflection of the historical development of the life of Muhammad.
Islam has mandatory highly specific legal and political principles for political governance of an Islamic society,[16] called Shari'a (Arabic: شريعة, Sharīʿa) which means "way" or "path." Shari'a is the vital component that enables successful jihad within the cultural context, attempting to transform a secular based country from within by setting up a dueling legal system. The specifics of Shari'a law are understood by way of the Qu'ran, the Sunnah and Sira of the Prophet Muhammad as well as the major schools of jurisprudence over the centuries that have developed law precedent.[17] There is no separation between the religious and political within Islam; Shari'a law effectively becomes the legal code, or what can be called the constitution of the worldwide Islamic caliphate, ordained by Allah for all mankind. To deviate from, to not of ever had, or to be in support for government reform against Shari'a law is to blatantly dismiss Allah, which causes adherents to attain this change not only through politics but combat.
Abrogation is followed by the majority of Muslims through four schools of thought of Islamic jurisprudence called the Hanafi, the Maliki, the Shafi'i and the Hanbali.[18] The jurisprudence of Shari'a law reaches a conclusion based upon Muhammad's life and interaction with Allah as all Islamic teachings should. Essentially laying out a principle that allows harmony through chronology among contradictory verses within the Qur'an.
|106. None of Our revelations do We abrogate or cause to be forgotten, but We substitute something better or similar: Knowest thou not that Allah Hath power over all things?[19]
Imran Ahsam Khan Nyazee explains abrogation as follows;
|The Law was laid down in the period of the Prophet (peace be unto him) gradually and in stages. The aim was to bring a society steeped in immorality to observe the highest standards of morality. This could not be done abruptly. It was done in stages, and doing so necessitated repeal and abrogation of certain laws.[20][21]
In other words, later more violent Qur'anic verses annul earlier contradictory peaceful verses. It is this that gives rise to an overall radical tone in interpretation of the Qur'an, and via application an individuals actions, that is of special concern to many Western commentators.
The first wave
The first major jihad was by the Arabs in 622-750 AD. The culmination, after many years of ghazi infiltration into France the Muslims mounted a large force and headed toward the French city of Tours.[22] The Battle of Tours in October of 732 AD in modern north-central France follows a history of the Umayyad Dynasty's expansive victories in Europe beginning with the Visigoth Christian Kingdoms of the Iberian peninsula, modern day Spain and Portugal, in 711 AD. Charles Martel (of the Franks) ultimately defeated the Muslim army that had invaded France.
Counter-Jihad: the Crusades
- Main Article: Crusades
The Crusades for the Holy Land by Christian kings, knights, and soldiers was to reverse Muslim empire expansion and lasted 200 years (1095-1291 AD).[14]
The second wave
The second major wave of jihad was by the Turks from 1071-1683 AD. It ended at the Battle of Vienna (September 1683) against the Ottoman Empire when once again a Christian army stopped Muslim expansion.
A third wave?
Multiple Western commentators allege that a third wave of jihad is now under way. If so, it does not involve mass armies. Instead, individuals or groups are perpetrating acts of sabotage and/or murder. Roots can be seen even in this "third wave" as far back as Muhammad's time in Medina. A modern understanding of the United States being targeted for the support of Israel can be attributed to the assassination of Robert F. Kennedy, United States Senator and candidate for the Presidency of the United States. This event took place on June 5, 1968, one year to the day following the Six-day War between Israel and various members of the Arab League. The perpetrator of this act, Sirhan Bishara Sirhan, is now serving a sentence of life imprisonment in the State Prison at San Quentin, California.
Violent Jihad
The next three decades saw more acts of this kind. The targets of these acts have been either citizens or soldiers of the Republic of Israel, or citizens and lawful residents of other Western countries, especially the United States.
At present, Islam has no speaker-for-all who is universally respected and acknowledged as the most authoritative interpreter of the Qu'ran, or commander-in-chief of any "army of Allah." Yet at least two men now pretend to be that speaker-for-all. One, President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad of the Islamic Republic of Iran, is, to be sure, a head of state. Some military analysts have alleged that he is conducting jihad by proxy, against forces of the United States and its allies within Iraq and providing technical support for Al-Qa'ida in Afghanistan.
The other, Osama bin Laden, is the founder and presumably still the head of a secret network of irregular combatants, or "terrorists," known by its Arabic name of Al-Qa'ida (literally, "The Base"). He was trained specifically during his involvement with the combatants Mujahideen of Afghanistan that managed to repel a Soviet military lacking guerrilla training for 10 years (1979-1989).[23] Through tribal lines Tajiks (from Tajikistan), Uzbek's (from Uzbekistan) and Pashtun's (from Eastern Iran) formed the Northern Alliance with a capital being Mazar-i Sharif (north-west) while the Taliban, a mostly Pashtun Sunni Islamist political movement based on Shari'a Law concentrated power in Kabul with its capture in 1996.[24] Later recruiting and more financing by Bin Laden developed Al-Qa'ida, in which found safe haven in Afghanistan, enabling it to perpetrate a number of acts of sabotage and mass-murder in the last decade of the twentieth century. It then opened the twenty-first century with a spectacular and shocking incident of hijacking multiple American airplanes, four in total and crashing them into specific targets killing mostly civilians. This happened on September 11, 2001 in New York at the World Trade Center towers, the Pentagon in Arlington, Virginia and in a field near Shanksville rural Pennsylvania where passengers fought back crashing the plane in the aftermath.
What shocked the world was that it occurred in American territory. Western forces, mostly American, have sought to hunt Bin Laden and frustrate his operations throughout the world ever since. Rumors have Bin Laden ill or dead of end-stage kidney disease.
Cultural Jihad and Shari'a
A cultural jihad is the act of disseminating propaganda and Qur'anic support for a specific, violent type of Islamic theological and legal or political domination. It has created a need for a type of reformation within the global Muslim community.
They ensure jihad by molding the education of young Muslims with Wahhabism, originating and propagating from the funds of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia through primarily oil.[25] The Tawhid, a major tenet of Wahhabi defines all that a man should believe such that Allah is a unique and singular God. Secondly there is Shari'a, which is a legal framework to dictate all he or she should do in their public and/or private life.[26] Also chief among radical modern Wahhabists is the encouraging of infiltration and destruction of the Jews, specifically of the present Republic of Israel, or "Palestine" as they insist on calling it today. The other objective is the destruction of the United States and other countries that embrace freedom and a representative republic rather then a totalitarian Islamic rule.[27][28] Those for which Islam is a religious and political system superior to that of, and should replace already established, legal systems in non-Muslim majority countries have been termed Islamists. [29][30][31]
Brave reformers of Islam try to make themselves heard to denounce the acts and objectives of specific terrorist organizations and the extreme version of Islam they propagate. The Western civilization rights of human freedom, specifically religious freedom and woman's rights within Muslim majority countries are routinely violated in which reformers often speak out against as well.[32][33]
Islam as a religion began in 622 AD and continues today. Its immediate and overall history is marked with significant battles among and against peoples living in lands that became the targets of the Caliphate or the overall Dar al-Islam (House of Islam). The theological beliefs of Islam that support the desire to establish a worldwide Caliphate ruled by Shari'a law are still a potent force within Islam today, and some suggest that it has become as dominant as it was in the days of the first and second waves of jihad.
After the time of Muhammad, the Umma (Muslim community) leadership came from four Rightly Guided Caliphs for about 30 years: Abu Bakr from 632-634, Umar from 634-644, Uthman from 644-656 and Ali from 656 to 661 AD who was the closest blood relative of Muhammad. By 650 AD Islam and its military campaigns had brought most of Syria, Palestine, Egypt (642) and the Persian Empire (643) under their control, capturing Jerusalem in 638, North Africa in 647 and Cyprus in 649. Some of the nations invaded and now controlled were considered the richest nations in the world at the time and were guarded to the teeth by powerful militarism, yet they all fell into Islamic hands.
During the time of Ali, the last Rightly Guided Caliph in 656 AD, he moved the Arab capital from Medina to Kufa in southern Iraq. As the closest blood relative to Muhammad he was extremely revered and followers were given a special name called the Shia or, "party" of Ali. During this time Arab exclusiveness within Islam was broken and all were considered equal when converted to Islam to become Muslim.
Ali was later assassinated in 661 by Muawiyah, the founder of the Umayyad Caliphate, who took his place as leader of the Umma. This triggered a split in loyalty from Muslims. Today almost 1500 years later these loyal groups still rule the majority of Islam. After the assassination two paths of loyalty within Islam became prominent: the Shia which follow Ali and the Sunni which pledged loyalty to Muhammad. During this time however Muslims continued to dominate the middle-east, eastern and southern Europe, as well as north African and Asian regions. From 650 to 732 AD massive expansion was taking place that ended up with eastern Turkey, India and China adding to the Umma's influence.
The Umayyad Caliphate (661-750) was ousted from Damascus and replaced by the Abbasid Caliphate with its capital in modern day Baghdad, Iraq in 755 AD. A different Umayyad line continued in Spain, beginning with the Umayyad prince Abd Ar-Rahman, until 1492 and the Battle of Andalusia. In the 730's Charles Martel and Charlemagne fought back Muslim expansion into France. The Battle of Tours is still seen today as an important historical event that stopped Islamization of Western Europe. The lack of ability by the Muslims to scout Europe accurately and set up defensive positions is known to have been a vital component in their ultimate defeat.[34] During the time of the Empire in Cordoba in Spain there were two capitals of rival caliphates, the Abbasid Baghdad and Umayyad Cordoba. Cordoba was probably the greater influence because of its geographical location.[35]
There is also another dynasty or caliphate called the the Fatimid Caliphate which started in Tunisia in 909 AD. Later the army of the Fatimid Caliphate conquered Egypt, Cairo in 969 becoming their capital. The caliphate lasted until its fall in 1171 AD because of a few reasons. The Zirids, or collection of governors declared independence inevitably declaring loyalty to the Baghdad, Abbasid Caliphate in the 1040's. Also the Fatimid empire was seriously challenged by Turkic invaders as well as Crusaders in the Levant.
|The spread of Islam beyond its traditional boundaries in the Great Arid Zone was enabled by the actions of regional rulers; the Fatimids and Berbers in North Africa made inroads into sub-Saharan Africa, just as the Ghaznavids did in India, with the sultan Mahmud (r. 997–1030) launching no fewer than 17 raids into the subcontinent. Africa, India, and Southeast Asia were thus softened up for the large-scale conversion of their populations to Islam that would take place in subsequent centuries.[10]
Ottoman Empire
- Main Article: Ottoman Empire
The Ottoman Empire, founded by Osthman or Osman I (born within the dominate tribe Oguz, forefathers of the Osmanli or Ottoman Turks) was born in 1258 and died in 1326, lasted from 1299 AD until November 1, 1922 being succeeded by the Republic of Turkey on October 29, 1923 until present day. Mongols stretched from Eastern Europe across Asia dominate from the unification of the Mongol and Turkic tribes in modern day Mongolia. The Genghis Khan invasions make him ruler of all Mongols in 1206 but with the breakup of the Yuan Dynasty in 1368 AD dissolution of the entirety was inevitable. Following the defeat of the Seljuk tribes (a branch of the Oguz [36]) from the Sunni Seljuk Empire, which stretched from the Hindu Kush to eastern Anatolia and from Central Asia to the Persian Gulf, by the Mongols in 1293 Osman I took lead of the Turks in an already fractured Mongol Empire. This gave way to the Ottoman Empire as influence spread and Muslims continue their fight against an ever-weakening Byzantine Empire.[37][38]
Tripolitan War (1801-1805)
Those that make up the majority of the worlds Muslim population (80-85%) strictly follow only Muhammad and are called Sunni, while those who also follow the teachings of Muhammad's son-in-law Ali, are called Shia and make up about 10-15%. There are few fringe minority groups or divisions which include Sufi, a mystical tradition.[40]
Sunni Islam is derived from the word Sunnah which means "example" or "way", from that of Muhammad. They maintain a huge majority overall but especially in Saudi Arabia, Morocco, Turkey, Somalia, Pakistan, Libya and Egypt. The Shia being considered the minority within Islam can also be referred to as the Shiites maintain healthy majorities in Iran, Iraq, Azerbaijan, Tajikistan, Syria and Bahrain.[41]
The Sunni and Shia follow the same holy book (Qur'an), they follow the teachings of Muhammad, offer prayers to Allah five times a day, fast in the month of Ramadan and both support visiting Mecca once in the follower's lifetime as an essential part of gaining salvation (the hajj). They differ however in adherence and loyalty because the Shia follow Ali and Muhammad.
Nation of Islam
The Nation of Islam founded in 1930's Detroit, Michigan by W. D. Fard Muhammad (1877-1934) precedes contemporary black liberation theology and maintains a more explicit form within the many declarations of W. D. Fard Muhammad and his first disciple Elijah Muhammad (1897 to 1975). It is related to Christianity and Islam because the NOI teaches that W. D. Fard Muhammad is both the Messiah of Christianity and the Mahdi of Islam. It is based around white oppression and the NOI teaches that the Jewish history presented within the Biblical record, specifically within Genesis 15:13-14 as mere symbolism to describe and validate the black African struggle with slavery. It is the same eisegesis of the Jews from the Bible that run common between the NOI and the black liberation theology movement.
13God said to Abram, "Know for certain that your descendants will be strangers in a land that is not theirs, where they will be enslaved and oppressed four hundred years. 14"But I will also judge the nation whom they will serve, and afterward they will come out with many possessions. Genesis 15:13-14
Teachings of Creation
Islam teaches creation in a way that is at times similar to that of the account in Genesis. But detailed theological analysis reveals that Islamic teaching on creation differs in many critical ways.
Six-day creation
- Main Article: Young earth creationism
Muslims believe that Allah created the heavens and the earth in "six periods of time," and continues to reign over His creation.
The Qur`an says:
|"7.54": Surely your Lord is Allah, Who created the heavens and the earth in six periods of time, and He is firm in power; He throws the veil of night over the day, which it pursues incessantly; and (He created) the sun and the moon and the stars, made subservient by His command; surely His is the creation and the command; blessed is Allah, the Lord of the worlds.
Although this seems similar to the creation account in the Bible, there are important differences. Muslims generally interpret the "six day" creation not as six days of 24 hours each, but as six separate periods of indefinite duration remaining consistent with internal wording. They do not precisely define how long a creation day is, but believe that life developed over a long period.
Life came from water
Although Muslims disagree with many ideas in the theory of evolution, especially human evolution, they accept much of it, such as life beginning in water, although not by unguided natural processes as evolution would purpose but rather by divine guidance by Allah.
As the Qur`an states:
|"24:45": And Allah has created every animal from water: of them there are some that creep on their bellies; some that walk on two legs; and some that walk on four. Allah creates what He wills for verily Allah has power over all things.
Adam and Eve
Muslims do not accept the evolutionary idea that humans came from ape-like animals. They believe human life began with God's creation of Adam (Arabic: آدم, 'Ādam) and Eve (Arabic: حواء, Hawwa). The Qur`an says:
|"15.26": We created man from sounding clay, from mud moulded into shape; 27. And the Jinn race, We had created before, from the fire of a scorching wind.
Chapter 15 of the Qur`an does not give the name of the first woman, but Islamic tradition knows her as "Hawwa". Muslims believe that Adam was a prophet who taught his children to worship Allah alone. His children continued to worship Allah alone for many generations. Then corruption seeped into their faith. So Allah sent prophets and messengers to call on them all to come back to the Unitarian faith.
- Main Article: Theory of evolution
Muslims will not accept any part of the theory of evolution that conflicts with the Qur`ans teachings. They believe there is a Creator (Allah) who has created everything, whether at once or through the process of growth and development. They reject the evolutionary teachings about the origin of humans from ape-like creatures.
Notable Creationists
Other Doctrines
Islam and its other doctrines actually show the major theological differences between it and Christianity far better than its creation doctrine.
Muslims and Jesus
- Main Article: Jesus Christ
Muslims respect Jesus (Arabic: عيسى, `Īsā) as a prophet, but do not believe He was the Son of God. They accept that He performed great miracles, but do not believe He was crucified (from chapter Maryam in the Qur`an).
However, the Quran states that Jesus was bestowed and strengthened with the ruhallah, or spirit of God[42] and gives him the title of the Messiah.
The Bible
- Main Article: Bible
Muslims believe that the Christian Bible (Old and New Testaments) is corrupt in many places. Islam therefore forbids Muslims to read the Bible to others (such as to a dying relative who is a Christian).
Heaven and Hell
Christians, Jews who are specifically viewed as deviating from the true path of Islam, and essentially all who deny Allah and Muhammad as his last prophet will go to a place of "disgraceful chastisement," according to the Qur`an. Only those who end up believing in and worshipping Allah will go to what is referred to as Paradise.
The Qur`an says:
|"4.150": Surely those who disbelieve in Allah and His apostles and (those who) desire to make a distinction between Allah and His apostles and say: We believe in some and disbelieve in others, and desire to take a course between (this and) that. "4.151": These it is that are truly unbelievers, and We have prepared for the unbelievers a disgraceful chastisement.
At least one Muslim questions the applicability of that statement. This person cites this verse, also from the Qur`an:
|"2:62": Verily, those who believe and those who are Jews and Christians, and Sabians, whoever believes in Allah and the Last Day and do righteous good deeds shall have their reward with their Lord, on them shall be no fear, nor shall they grieve.
|"5:69": Surely, those who believe, those who are the Jews and the Sabians and the Christians – whosoever believed in Allah and the Last Day, and worked righteousness, on them shall be no fear, nor shall they grieve.
These verses seem to say that a Christian and a Jew is not necessarily doomed.[43]
The Qu`ran is known to have contradictory passages. The chief principle that Muslims apply when trying to reconcile a contradiction is the Abrogation Principle, which states that the verse most recently written takes precedence. But the inconsistent application of this principle makes the resolution of this question unclear.
Noah's flood and the Ark
- Main Article: Global flood
Muslims regard Noah as one of the six great prophets of Islam; the others are: Adam, Abraham, Moses, Jesus and Muhammad. They also believe Noah went on an ark with two of each kind of animal. Unlike the Bible, the Qur`an does not give the dimensions or the geography of the land that the flood covered, nor that God had a hand in actually sending the animals to Noah. Because of this absence of information, most Muslims accept a local flood rather than a worldwide flood.
- Main Article: Fundamentalism
Fundamentalism is strictly a concept applied to Christian belief. The name originated in 1920 from a series of pamphlets issued between 1910 and 1915 titled The Fundamentals: A Testimony to the Truth. Leading evangelical churchmen of the time wrote these booklets for clergymen and theology students to give them the basics of the Christian faith.[44]
The media today use the word fundamentalism in a negative sense to mean "fanaticism". Muslims say there is no concept of "fundamentalism" in Islam. One Muslim website says, "The Western media has coined this term to brand those Muslims who wish to return to the basic fundamental principles of Islam and mould their lives accordingly. Islam is a religion of moderation and a practicing God-fearing Muslim can neither be a fanatic nor an extremist."[45] However, a religious duty associated with the five pillars of Islam is Jihad, sometimes defined as Holy War.
|This duty requires that if the situation warrants, men are required to go to war to defend or spread Islam. If they are killed, they are guaranteed eternal life in Paradise.[26]
The Trinity
- Main Article: Trinity
The word trinity itself is from the Latin trinitas, meaning "threeness." It is used to describe a fundamental Christian belief based on the biblical theological doctrine that one God is manifested to the world as a Father, a Son and a Holy Spirit.
However Muslims deny the Trinity.[46]
Jinn (genie)
Muslims believe in jinns (Arabic: جني, jinnī), or genies. A jinn is a spirit that inhabits the Earth and influences mankind by appearing in the form of humans or animals. The Qur`an teaches that Allah made the jinns subservient to Solomon, they were essentially helpmates for him.[47]
|"55.14": He created man from sounding clay like unto pottery, 15. And He created Jinns from fire free of smoke:
|"34.12": And to Solomon (We made) the Wind (obedient): Its early morning (stride) was a month's (journey), and its evening (stride) was a month's (journey); and We made a Font of molten brass to flow for him; and there were Jinns that worked in front of him, by the leave of his Lord, and if any of them turned aside from our command, We made him taste of the Penalty of the Blazing Fire.
See Also
- ↑ Volume 4, Book 55, Number 652: Translation of Sahih Bukhari, Book 55: Prophets Narrated Abu Huraira
- ↑ Volume 4, Book 55, Number 658: Translation of Sahih Bukhari, Book 55: Prophets Narrated Abu Huraira
- ↑ Five Pillars of Islam by Ishaq Zahid
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- ↑ Surah 33, verse 21. The Clans, The Coalition, The Combined Forces
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- ↑ Hamas, Al-Arabiya Seethe Over My Muhammad Bio by Robert Spencer. March 25, 2008
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- ↑ Is Newt Gingrich Wrong to Talk About Sharia? Raymond Ibrahim. Pajamas Media. August 24, 2010
- ↑ Obama's counterterror chief: jihad is "legitimate tenet of Islam" Posted by Robert on May 27, 2010 9:55 AM
- ↑ Surah 2, verse 106. The Cow
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- ↑ Islamic Legal Theory and Interpretation by Imran Ahsam Khan Nyazee
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- ↑ 26.0 26.1 Wenner, Sara. "Basic Beliefs of Islam." Minnesota State University, 2001. Accessed October 13, 2008.
- ↑ Saudi Government Extremism and the U.S. Response From the January 26, 2010 Huffington Post ;January 26, 2010 by Nina Shea , Talal Eid
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- ↑ Wahhabism by Wikipedia
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- ↑ Adam Silverstein, Islamic History: A Very Short Introduction (Oxford University Press 2010), pg. 26
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External Links
- The Judeo-Christian Origins of Islam (Part 1) by Ibn Warraq
- Military Expeditions led by the Prophet (pbuh) (Al-Maghaazi). Volume 5, Book 59, Number 369 Narrated Jabir bin 'Abdullah
- The OIC and the Caliphate: The Islamic agenda is not coexistence, but dominion. By Andrew C. McCarthy. February 26, 2011 4:00 A.M.
- Fear the Muslim Brotherhood By Andrew C. McCarthy for National Review Online. January 31, 2011 4:00 A.M.
- Harun Yahya Leading Muslim creation science site
- Islamicity Ask the Imam Hundreds of questions answered by Muslim religious leaders
- About Islam Creation and evolution in Islam
- Top Muslim Cleric Urges Western Muslims to 'Liberalize' By Raymond Ibrahim. July 23, 2010.
- Top ten reasons why sharia is bad for all societies By James Arlandson; August 13, 2005
- Shariah Law in Britain; A Threat To One Law For All and Equal Rights By One Law for All <http://www.onelawforall.org.uk>
- Internet Islamic History Sourcebook By Paul Halsall, October 1998
- Translation of Sahih Bukhari, Volume 5, Book 58, Number 234 University of Southern California; Center for Muslim-Jewish Engagement
- 911 Mosque Founder wants to Establish Shariah in USA By Walid Shoebat ; May 27, 2010
- United States Department of Justice FBI letter to Senator Jon Kyl
- Selected Government Exhibits & Documents from U.S. v. Holy Land Foundation The NEFA Foundation
- Islamic Plans for North America - "A Grand Jihad"! by Ztruth ; Posted on August 10, 2007
- CPAC: Robert Spencer and Dinesh D'Souza Debate Part I
- CPAC: Robert Spencer/Dinesh D'Souza Debate Part II
- Myths of Islam TheReligionofPeace.com
- Ummah by Answers
- The Grand Delusion Islam New Media Journal by Amil Imani
- Is it illegitimate to defend ourselves? by Hugh Fitzgerald
- Holy Qur`an by IslamCity
- Muslim Persecution of Christians by Robert Spencer
- Britain Adopts Islamic Law, Gives Sharia Courts Full Power to Rule on Civil Cases by Abul Taher ; September 15, 2008


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In this image of the Puyehue-Cordón Caulle region, acquired by TerraSAR-X on 6 July 2011, a newly formed lava field is visible northwest of the prominent Puyehue crater. The light blue coloured area is the lava field that has formed to the west of the new crater.
This image, acquired by TerraSAR-X on 8 June 2011, reveals the eruption site more clearly. At the time of acquisition, shortly after the start of the eruption, no lava was being discharged from the volcano and consequently, no lava field is visible. However, the new eruption site in the Cordón Caulle area stands out clearly from its surroundings – light blue against a dark background – and the edge of the new, elliptical crater can be clearly distinguished. The ash particles in the eruption column, which at that time was enormous, are disturbing the radar signals slightly; this is revealed by the presence of a dark 'cloud' north of the new crater, optimally located in order to permit clear identification of the active crater.
This aerial photo, taken on 20 June 2011 confirmed the precision of the location of the eruption site, just north of the former hot springs Los Baños, calculated using data from TerraSAR-X. Following the eruption, the lava rushed down the slope of the volcano, forming the lava field. Small mud flows, or lahars, are visible at the front of the lava flow, and are formed due to the melting snow. The volcano erupted on 4 June 2011.
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While the TerraSAR-X images, unaffected by the clouds, obtained on 8 June 2011, show the emerging eruption, the optical images captured with NASA's Terra satellite clearly detect the propagation of the ash cloud on the same day. Thus, optical satellite images, combined with radar images help the scientists on site to assess the further development of the situation.
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A team from the Chilean Volcano Hazards Program takes samples from the River Nilahue. The new vent lies in the headwaters of the river, first confirmed with the TerraSAR-X image Obtained on 6 June 2011. The Chilean authorities had evacuated the valley due to the risk of mud slides (lahars).
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The crater of the Chilean volcano Puyehue displays a striking, circular outline in this image from the German Aerospace Center (Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt; DLR) TerraSAR-X satellite – so this was not the culprit when a volcano in the southern Andes erupted on 4 June 2011. Instead, as the images from the German radar satellite show for the first time, the new eruption centre lies 6.7 kilometres further to the northwest, in the Cordón Caulle region. A field of lava, appearing as a uniform, light blue surface, is currently forming there. Radar images acquired by TerraSAR-X have been providing valuable information to the staff of the Chilean Volcano Hazards Program since the eruption began, helping them to assess the situation and predict its future development.
DLR's Center for Satellite Based Crisis Information (Zentrum für satellitengestützte Kriseninformation; ZKI) confirmed 40.525 degrees South, 72.142 degrees West as the coordinates of the eruption, which they reported to their Chilean colleagues when the natural disaster began. The 'International Charter on Space and Major Disasters' had asked DLR to supply satellite data about this emergency. "The TerraSAR-X images were very useful to us in confirming the location of the site of the eruption," explained geologist Luis E. Lara of the National Geology and Mining Service's (Servicio Nacional de Geología y Minería) Volcano Hazards Program (Programa de Riesgos Volcánicos) in Chile. The volcano expert coordinated the work of a team of experts and their collaboration with other national authorities and organisations in Chile. Scientists on site had already observed that the River Nilahue in the national park was at a temperature of over 45 degrees Celsius, so an eruption in the vicinity of its source was likely. Only the optical data contradicted this assumption: "optical satellite data suggested an eruption site further west." Up to this point, the experts had only been able to observe the volcano from great distances on the ground or during a few cautious overflights, but the cloud cover and large distances made it difficult to assess the situation precisely: "but the exact location of the volcanic vent was extremely important for our computer calculations of the distribution of the ash cloud."
In contrast, the cloud cover was no obstacle for the TerraSAR-X radar satellite, as the radar signals are unaffected by weather. "The ash cloud itself only slightly affected the radar signals, so that the view of the volcano complex in the TerraSAR-X images is almost undisturbed," said Robert Metzig, from the German Remote Sensing Data Center (Deutsches Fernerkundungsdatenzentrum; DFD). "On the other hand, the effect of the ash particles is still sufficient to clearly identify the eruption column and hence the active crater." Just five days after the location of the new crater had been determined using the images obtained with TerraSAR-X, the weather conditions enabled a flight close to the eruption centre for the first time. The flight confirmed that DLR scientists had accurately calculated the location of the new crater using the radar data.
Lava field in sight
"This TerraSAR-X image from 6 July 2011 clearly shows that, since the eruption began, a lava field has formed to the west of the new crater; it resembles a lake in the radar image," says Robert Metzig. "The dark areas in the higher elevations of the Puyehue National Park around the crater and the new eruption site are largely due to wet snow, which only reflects a small proportion of the radar signal back to the satellite." A combination of optical satellite images and radar images enables scientists in the field to continue observing the development of the volcano. "The optical satellite images give our colleagues in Chile the opportunity to observe the distribution of the ash cloud, and the radar images show the source of the eruption and any changes that might occur."
The Puyehue-Cordón Caulle volcanic chain, located roughly 750 kilometres south of the capital, Santiago de Chile, has been showing signs of an impending eruption since April 2011. The last time the volcano spewed out lava and ash was in 1960. Now, with the eruption of a new, smaller crater, ash was ejected up to 10 kilometres into the atmosphere, soon reaching the Argentine capital, Buenos Aires, 850 kilometres away, and the Uruguayan capital, Montevideo. The ash cloud even disrupted air traffic to Australia and New Zealand. Thousands of inhabitants in the region have had to evacuate their homes and move to emergency shelters, on the recommendation of the Programa de Riesgos Volcánicos.
The TerraSAR-X mission
TerraSAR-X is the first German satellite that has been manufactured under what is known as a Public-Private Partnership between the German Aerospace Center (Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt; DLR) and Astrium GmbH in Friedrichshafen. The satellite travels around the Earth in a polar orbit and records unique, high-quality X-band radar data about the entire planet using its active antenna. TerraSAR-X works regardless of weather conditions, cloud cover or the absence of daylight and is able to provide radar data with a resolution down to one metre.
DLR is responsible for using TerraSAR-X data for scientific purposes. It is also responsible for planning and implementing the mission as well as controlling the satellite. Astrium built the satellite and shares the costs of developing and using it. Infoterra GmbH, a subsidiary company founded specifically for this purpose by Astrium, is responsible for marketing the data commercially.
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Lt. Gen. Raymond Mason, (left) and retired Lt. Gen. Claude M. Kicklighter (right), along with five Vietnam War veterans, met June19, 2013, to mark the newly formed partnership between the Army and the United States Vietnam War Commemoration.
WASHINGTON (Army News Service, 06 19, 2013) -- During a ceremony that marked the newly-formed partnership between the Army and the United States Vietnam War Commemoration, Lt. Gen. Raymond Mason, Army G-4, recounted the story of when his father, also an Army officer, was instructed to attack a village during the Vietnam War.
His father refused then, resulting in a no-casualty report for what he told Mason would surely have been a disaster.
"If I was put in a situation like that," Mason said. "I hope I would have the guts to do what he did."
Mason represents the U.S. Army as one of many commemorative partners that will be involved in officially recognizing and commemorating the 50th anniversary of the Vietnam War.
In May 2012, President Barack Obama signed a proclamation, officially declaring a more than 13-year period, from May 28, 2012 to Nov. 11, 2025, as the "Commemoration of the 50th Anniversary of the Vietnam War." In that proclamation, he called upon local, state and federal officials to take part in honoring veterans of the Vietnam War.
The Army, represented by Mason, is the first military service to sign on as a partner of the commemoration.
Retired Lt. Gen. Claude M. Kicklighter serves as the director of the United States Vietnam War Commemoration. During the June 19 ceremony in the Pentagon, he presented to Mason a Vietnam War Commemorative Partner Certificate and flag, marking the Army's official partnership status.
As the first commemorative partner in the Pentagon, and first representing any branch of service, Mason said it is important for service members to learn from stories like those told to him by his father, and to also preserve them through their retelling.
"It's understanding what kind of things [veterans] go through in combat and what lessons we can learn," Mason said. "Few things in the military have been done for the first time."
Mason said commemorating the veterans and promoting and preserving their stories can help with both war tactics and the human side, such as post-traumatic stress or traumatic brain injuries.
Vietnam War veteran and Army logistics management specialist, Richard Dianich, attended the ceremony and said the commemoration is important in preserving information about the war and is especially important now because it has been 50 years.
Dianich was drafted into the war and has remained either serving or working for the Army since Vietnam.
"I was an unsuccessful Ph.D candidate in chemistry, but I knew how to fly really well, so I stayed with the Army," Dianich said.
Mason and the Army are now among 4,600 organizations to join the list of commemorative partners with the American Vietnam War Commemoration, which was congressionally chartered.
"This is a multi-year event that was opened last year and will last until 2025," Mason said about the Commemoration's plans. "We're shooting for 10,000 commemorative partners throughout the United States."
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Considering that The Expendables 2 will feature a who's who of macho male action icons, be chock-full of explosion-happy set pieces, and aims to embrace the model of testosterone-fueled blockbuster romps that were all the rage in the 1980s and '90s - even more so than the first film - it is assumed that this would be a very hard R-Rated movie, right?
Well, apparently that might not be the case after all, as the screenplay for the Expendables sequel is said to have been watered down to a PG-13 Rating, thanks to (bizarre though it may seem at first) co-star Chuck Norris.
Norris was interviewed recently by the Polish paper Kazeta. That story was thereafter translated by Expendables Premiere into English, which fished out a comment from the Walker, Texas Ranger actor about how "playing in this movie was a lot of fun. I play a super hero, who saves everybody's life" - along with the following tidbit:
"In Expendables 2, there was a lot of vulgar dialogue in the screenplay. For this reason, many young people wouldn't be able to watch this. But I don't play in movies like this. Due to that I said I won't be a part of that if the hardcore language is not erased. Producers accepted my conditions and the movie will be classified in the category of PG-13."
Now, Norris is not at all shy when it comes to letting people know about his Conservative outlook; so, the idea of him demanding that Expendables 2 not feature an excess of f-bombs isn't so ridiculous. Seeing how star/co-writer Sylvester Stallone was reportedly very determined to get just about every aging, muscle-bound badass of the silver screen onboard for the second Expendables, it's certainly possible he might've agreed to remove some of the more naughty language from the film's screenplay, in order to snag Norris.
That said: seeing how the above quote was translated from English into Polish and then back again, some errors might've popped up, in the process. Hence, Norris might've actually meant that Expendables 2 just won't feature anything worse than PG-13 Rated language - as opposed to the film itself being tailor-fit for anything lower than an R-Rating, as a whole (violence included).
[Update: Stallone confirmed the PG-13 rating with AICN but promises the film will deliver on the action. If the overall movie is better than the first and the action stars do what they do best, then it won't matter in the end. Below is Sly's quote.]
"...the film is fantastic with Van Damme turning in an inspired performance... Our final battle is one for the ages. The PG13 rumor is true, but before your readers pass judgement, trust me when I say this film is LARGE in every way and delivers on every level. This movie touches on many emotions which we want to share with the broadest audience possible, BUT, fear not, this Barbeque of Grand scale Ass Bashing will not leave anyone hungry..."
For the time being (and for the sake of discussion) let's just assume that Expendables 2 is going to be Rated PG-13. Is that, per se, a bad thing?
Well, on the one hand, studio heads should like the idea; after all, PG-13 movies tend to be much more lucrative than R-Rated films. Plus, seeing how a good chunk of the blood and guts spilled in the first Expendables flick was either CGI or digitally-rendered, it probably wouldn't require an extremely different filmmaking approach to produce a PG-13 sequel. Not to mention, naughty language wasn't really that big an aspect of the first Expendables movie, anyway.
However, graphic violence and cursing is a big part of many decades-old action classics (ex. Rambo, Commando, Die Hard, etc.), so for Expendables 2 to truly be a fitting homage to those kind of movies, it should arguably feature plenty of both. Otherwise, it seems to defeat the purpose of making an action movie throwback in the first place.
What do you think? Are you cool with the idea of The Expendables 2 being Rated PG-13? Or will you be skipping the theatrical cut of the film if it's anything less than R-Rated?
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Hero Initiative, the nonprofit organization that creates a financial safety net for comic creators in need, will be heading to THE biggest event in the entertainment industry, San Diego Comic-Con International, July 21-25 at the San Diego Convention Center. This will be your FIRST chance to get Hero's VERY limited edition Overstreet Comic Book Price Guide #40, plus you can attend exclusive cocktail parties with Joe Quesada, Dan DiDio, Robert Overstreet, David Lloyd and Tom DeSanto. And don't forget our great lineup of special guests at the booth!
GET YOUR OVERSTREET! Hero Initiative is proud to announce the release of its exclusive "Conan" Edition of The Overstreet Comic Book Price Guide #40. Only 500 Hero-exclusive hardcover copies will go on sale on Wednesday, July 21, 2010 at Comic-Con International, the same day the regular editions of the Guide go on sale nationwide. The book features John Romita, Jr., Klaus Janson, and Dean White's recreation of the cover for Conan The Barbarian #1, also celebrating its 40th year. Price is $35, and books are available only at the Hero Initiative booth, #5003. Get yours while supplies last!
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