Readers,
As no doubt many if not all of you are aware, Salman Rushdie wrote a highly controversial book many years ago for which he was widely condemned by the muslims and had a fatwa for his head.
I have never read the book, nor come across anyone who has so have always reserved judgment as to whether what he said was worthy of the fatwa for his death placed on him.
Fortunately, I have just come across a 14 part lecture on youtube on 'How Rushdie fooled the West' by the great late Shaykh Ahmad Deedat (may Allah have mercy on his soul). It is absolutely fascinating that it is not only the holy prophet of Islam (pbuh and hp) but also many other people including Margaret Thatcher and Londoners - only the readers perceive it not.
Without going into any more depth so as not to ruin your enjoyment of Shaykh Ahmad Deedat's delivery, I strongly recommend you all to listen to it. It is lengthy, and it is a royal pain in the place the sun doesnt shine to have to keep loading the next part but there is a lot to be gained.
Quick warning though - it is not suitable material to listen to if you are a prude or just sensetive to foul language - Shaykh Ahmad Deedat is not inherently foul mouthed - rather the language of the book he is quoting is full of expletives and it would be otherwise impossible for him to do his topic justice without quoting Rushdie's foul words and translating other foul words from hindi.
Here are the links:
Part 1: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E9VBE9yZ-qk
Part 2: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q61xZX3xxUE
Part 3: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XNvjcM6-HHI&feature=related
Part 4: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7ZpsPXhtWLQ&feature=related
Part 5: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bh4ST2kykLs&feature=related
Part 6: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bLHced3AIZk&feature=related
Part 7: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lFUrhBlUq_M&feature=related
Part 8: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qIuuLBW0x0k
Part 9: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=91rze-_GyeY
Part 10: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o1LeZjZNY8s
Part 11: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TuAbpVygrZg
Part 12: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5BbJ12Z34Y4
Part 13: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DspKVU_3b5c
Part 14: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s8Uj1hu5Dns
Enjoy!!!
Friday, 1 February 2008
Sunday, 6 January 2008
Can God ever be seen?
Readers,
the topic of seeing God has been raised by many human beings and takes two main forms. the first is that 'if God cannot be seen, then how can I believe in Him?' and the second is 'Will we see God on judgment day?' - the second being disputed amongst different schools of thought. There are those who believe God can put himself into the body of a man (ie Jesus pbuh) and there are those who say that God cannot do that because he would then be confined in one place or partitioned and it is not God if He is confined to a place or partitioned.
Whilst listening to the late shaykh Ahmad Deedat earlier today, he said something fantastic about 'seeing God' He said that human beings cannot even look at the sun directly which is merely a creation of God without blinding themselves and yet they ask why they cannot see God. Can you imagine how bright the light which made Sunlight must be?
I would recommend Shaykh Deedat's lectures to everybody looking to gain an insight into comparative religion. You can find them on Peace tv, sky channel 823 or on youtube - or if you are really adventurous you can search his stuff on torrents to download.
Peace be with you all.
the topic of seeing God has been raised by many human beings and takes two main forms. the first is that 'if God cannot be seen, then how can I believe in Him?' and the second is 'Will we see God on judgment day?' - the second being disputed amongst different schools of thought. There are those who believe God can put himself into the body of a man (ie Jesus pbuh) and there are those who say that God cannot do that because he would then be confined in one place or partitioned and it is not God if He is confined to a place or partitioned.
Whilst listening to the late shaykh Ahmad Deedat earlier today, he said something fantastic about 'seeing God' He said that human beings cannot even look at the sun directly which is merely a creation of God without blinding themselves and yet they ask why they cannot see God. Can you imagine how bright the light which made Sunlight must be?
I would recommend Shaykh Deedat's lectures to everybody looking to gain an insight into comparative religion. You can find them on Peace tv, sky channel 823 or on youtube - or if you are really adventurous you can search his stuff on torrents to download.
Peace be with you all.
Friday, 14 December 2007
The International Library of Poetry
Dear Readers,
I am writing to inform you and warn you in order that perhaps I may help you prevent yourself being scammed out of your hard earned cash from The International Library of Poetry .
Little over 2 weeks ago or so, I came across a poetry competition on facebook with prize money of $10,000. So me being me, decided I might as well enter. I am not blessed with great literary talent but figured it would be something that would pass my time and 'you gotta be in it to win it' after all.
The last couple of days have seen me receive two emails praising my efforts and encouraging me to pay 70 dollars to become a member and pay additional money to get a watch and an engraved bronze medallion recognising my achievements as a literary genius.
Considering I spent 5-10 minutes on maybe 3 or four poems entered, I was flattered but not deceived. I conducted a little research online and it appears that almost everybody gets these emails encouraging them to invest money and because the email makes them believe they have some genuine talent worth investing in, many a poor persons must have lost their hard earnt cash in pursuing the dream this scam offers.
Furthermore, it has come to my attention that the work you publish which they tell you is copyrighted when you publish it - is not actually copyrighted and so you are in danger of it being stolen.
Fortunately - the work I submitted was carried out quickly and was not personal and doesnt mean anything to me - but think of others who may have pourred their hearts and souls into their poetry and invested their money only to discover they have been had.
My message is simple - be careful. think twice and then think again!
Peace
I am writing to inform you and warn you in order that perhaps I may help you prevent yourself being scammed out of your hard earned cash from The International Library of Poetry .
Little over 2 weeks ago or so, I came across a poetry competition on facebook with prize money of $10,000. So me being me, decided I might as well enter. I am not blessed with great literary talent but figured it would be something that would pass my time and 'you gotta be in it to win it' after all.
The last couple of days have seen me receive two emails praising my efforts and encouraging me to pay 70 dollars to become a member and pay additional money to get a watch and an engraved bronze medallion recognising my achievements as a literary genius.
Considering I spent 5-10 minutes on maybe 3 or four poems entered, I was flattered but not deceived. I conducted a little research online and it appears that almost everybody gets these emails encouraging them to invest money and because the email makes them believe they have some genuine talent worth investing in, many a poor persons must have lost their hard earnt cash in pursuing the dream this scam offers.
Furthermore, it has come to my attention that the work you publish which they tell you is copyrighted when you publish it - is not actually copyrighted and so you are in danger of it being stolen.
Fortunately - the work I submitted was carried out quickly and was not personal and doesnt mean anything to me - but think of others who may have pourred their hearts and souls into their poetry and invested their money only to discover they have been had.
My message is simple - be careful. think twice and then think again!
Peace
Monday, 10 December 2007
The Voice of Human Justice
Dear Readers,
I came across a magnificent book called 'The voice of human justice' by George Jordac in my dad's library little over an hour ago and having read the first chapter, feel compelled to recommend the book to everybody.
The book is a biography of Ali ibn Abu Talib (as)- the cousin and son in law of the prophet of Islam, Muhammad (pbuh and his family). What makes this book so special is that it is written by a Christian man who recognises the greatness of Imam Ali so much better than so many muslims.
Reading the recognition of the greatness of the man from a person outside the folds of my religion brought tears to my eyes. It is tragic that with such characters sent to us for our benefit we find a way to fight with each other and kill innocent people.
How anyone purporting to be a follower of the religion of Ali can do injustice in the name of Ali's religion is absolutely preposterous.
Generally speaking, biographies of saints are difficult to appreciate because the writers of such biographies adhere to the belief that they were saints. However, when finding a neutral who tells it the way it is - thats the real beuaty.
I tell you - if you want to know about the second greatest man who has lived on our planet after Prophet Muhammad and from the perspective of a non-muslim - read the voice of human justice by George Jordac.
Simply fantastic.
Peace
I came across a magnificent book called 'The voice of human justice' by George Jordac in my dad's library little over an hour ago and having read the first chapter, feel compelled to recommend the book to everybody.
The book is a biography of Ali ibn Abu Talib (as)- the cousin and son in law of the prophet of Islam, Muhammad (pbuh and his family). What makes this book so special is that it is written by a Christian man who recognises the greatness of Imam Ali so much better than so many muslims.
Reading the recognition of the greatness of the man from a person outside the folds of my religion brought tears to my eyes. It is tragic that with such characters sent to us for our benefit we find a way to fight with each other and kill innocent people.
How anyone purporting to be a follower of the religion of Ali can do injustice in the name of Ali's religion is absolutely preposterous.
Generally speaking, biographies of saints are difficult to appreciate because the writers of such biographies adhere to the belief that they were saints. However, when finding a neutral who tells it the way it is - thats the real beuaty.
I tell you - if you want to know about the second greatest man who has lived on our planet after Prophet Muhammad and from the perspective of a non-muslim - read the voice of human justice by George Jordac.
Simply fantastic.
Peace
Sunday, 25 November 2007
Tidying up
Readers,
As some of you are probably all too aware - I am quite a messy person - by nature of course! Today I decided to have a bit of a tidy up and its amazing the things you find when you empty out a cupboard that you have been putting miscellaneous crap that you arent quite sure that you want to get rid off for the last 3 years or so.
Add that to the fact that the guy using the wardrobe before you - in this case my older brother - had the exact same idea for the 10 or so years preceding my time with the cupboard and what you find that you have is - chaos!
Absolutely useless junk. I found three walkmans. You would probably be hard pressed to find someone to take one of those things of you today and yet here I am - the not so proud owner of three of them. Owner? well possession is ninth tenths of the law - surely you knew that right? Anyway - as you can imagine - the three walkmans along with the few 'Now 45' tapes which I was not the one to buy before you all start judging me - will all go to the bin. If I want to listen to S Club 7- well not that I would admit to anyway - but there is always youtube and mp3 players!
Incidentally I also came across a couple of vhs videos and old old textbooks from both my brothers uni days and my own. What I have learnt is that while most books are timeless - textbooks designed for students are certainly not! Thats right ladies and gentlemen - they are probably all going to have to be recycled.
The lesson to be learnt is that if you are studying - then sell your textbooks from the previous year - fast and cheap because if you dither - you may find them in your cupboard in 5 years time with the same dilema I face today. Do not say you were not warned!
The other interesting thing that came out of all this is that old diaries are fantastic! I was just scanning through a diary from 2001 and its amazing the amount of memories you can pick up from writing down a few words for each day.
So - the bit where I have to make my point..
Dont put off cleaning because you too may find some amazing treasures!
Peace
As some of you are probably all too aware - I am quite a messy person - by nature of course! Today I decided to have a bit of a tidy up and its amazing the things you find when you empty out a cupboard that you have been putting miscellaneous crap that you arent quite sure that you want to get rid off for the last 3 years or so.
Add that to the fact that the guy using the wardrobe before you - in this case my older brother - had the exact same idea for the 10 or so years preceding my time with the cupboard and what you find that you have is - chaos!
Absolutely useless junk. I found three walkmans. You would probably be hard pressed to find someone to take one of those things of you today and yet here I am - the not so proud owner of three of them. Owner? well possession is ninth tenths of the law - surely you knew that right? Anyway - as you can imagine - the three walkmans along with the few 'Now 45' tapes which I was not the one to buy before you all start judging me - will all go to the bin. If I want to listen to S Club 7- well not that I would admit to anyway - but there is always youtube and mp3 players!
Incidentally I also came across a couple of vhs videos and old old textbooks from both my brothers uni days and my own. What I have learnt is that while most books are timeless - textbooks designed for students are certainly not! Thats right ladies and gentlemen - they are probably all going to have to be recycled.
The lesson to be learnt is that if you are studying - then sell your textbooks from the previous year - fast and cheap because if you dither - you may find them in your cupboard in 5 years time with the same dilema I face today. Do not say you were not warned!
The other interesting thing that came out of all this is that old diaries are fantastic! I was just scanning through a diary from 2001 and its amazing the amount of memories you can pick up from writing down a few words for each day.
So - the bit where I have to make my point..
Dont put off cleaning because you too may find some amazing treasures!
Peace
Saturday, 24 November 2007
Why?
Readers,
Why was Steve Mclaren appointed as England manager when it was clear to everyone before his tenure started that he was not the right man for the job?
Why was he given a four year contract?
Why was he paid a staggering 2 million pounds pay off for failing to qualify?
Why is the world of football so disproportionate to the real world that everybody else lives in?
Its unbelievable - that is what it is.
Just a week or so ago - I wrote to thank Israel for doing their bit to get England to the euros. To be fair to Israel, its not their fault Mclaren was incapable of selecting, organising and motivating a team to achieve a draw against a team that had nothing to play for.
What hurts the most is Mclaren says the day of his sacking is the saddest day of his life - well what about the day before you clown? Remember - when YOUR inability to do your job properly meant that YOUR country did not qualify for a major international tournament for the first time in over a decade? What a selfish jerk - I try not to judge - honestly I do - perhaps not hard enough but I do dammit.
Still when Mclaren says it hurts more to lose his job than England not qualifying when it is so patently clear for the whole world to see it was his fault we didnt qualify - well it jars me. Whats more is that this man is not being sacked just like that - he is being paid more money than 99.9% of humans who have lived, live or are going to live in this world are ever going to see - and for what? for failing to do his job properly!!!
I was told by a friend recently and by employers in the past that it is the easiest thing to be a critique and criticise everything. Ironically the title of this whole blog - you know the 'random positivity' thing was meant to be semi ironic but still... sometimes its just bloody necessary to vent.
I couldnt find the energy or the words to describe how I felt at England's failure to qualify - and now that I have - its coming out in spades, - spades of anger at the clown - you know the rich one!
We havent finished paying off the last sacked manager and so when we appoint the next England manager - we are going to be paying three men at the same time to be doing one job.
All I have to say is
Why?
Why was Steve Mclaren appointed as England manager when it was clear to everyone before his tenure started that he was not the right man for the job?
Why was he given a four year contract?
Why was he paid a staggering 2 million pounds pay off for failing to qualify?
Why is the world of football so disproportionate to the real world that everybody else lives in?
Its unbelievable - that is what it is.
Just a week or so ago - I wrote to thank Israel for doing their bit to get England to the euros. To be fair to Israel, its not their fault Mclaren was incapable of selecting, organising and motivating a team to achieve a draw against a team that had nothing to play for.
What hurts the most is Mclaren says the day of his sacking is the saddest day of his life - well what about the day before you clown? Remember - when YOUR inability to do your job properly meant that YOUR country did not qualify for a major international tournament for the first time in over a decade? What a selfish jerk - I try not to judge - honestly I do - perhaps not hard enough but I do dammit.
Still when Mclaren says it hurts more to lose his job than England not qualifying when it is so patently clear for the whole world to see it was his fault we didnt qualify - well it jars me. Whats more is that this man is not being sacked just like that - he is being paid more money than 99.9% of humans who have lived, live or are going to live in this world are ever going to see - and for what? for failing to do his job properly!!!
I was told by a friend recently and by employers in the past that it is the easiest thing to be a critique and criticise everything. Ironically the title of this whole blog - you know the 'random positivity' thing was meant to be semi ironic but still... sometimes its just bloody necessary to vent.
I couldnt find the energy or the words to describe how I felt at England's failure to qualify - and now that I have - its coming out in spades, - spades of anger at the clown - you know the rich one!
We havent finished paying off the last sacked manager and so when we appoint the next England manager - we are going to be paying three men at the same time to be doing one job.
All I have to say is
Why?
Saturday, 17 November 2007
*(No)* Thank you Israel!!!! *(in spite of your best efforts, We (Engerland still managed to get ourselves out of Euro 2008!)*
Readers,
I am writing upon hearing the news that Israel have just gone and done England a massive favour in the Football European Championships 2008 Qualifying Group!
After the doom and gloom this country felt just a month or so ago - it is amazing to feel on top of the world again such a short time afterwards and even more amazingly so because we (England) didnt even kick a football this glorious evening! - Thats right for all of you who dont know - England needed Israel to avoid defeat against Russia today to realistically stand a chance of qualifying for next years European Championships! And they not only avoided defeat - they went and beat the Russians! YES!!!!
Every time I talked to friends or read about England, somebody was blasting Mclaren (AKA McClown - the 'England Coach' and I use that expression loosely since it is Mclaren we are talking about here!)or the players or both and maybe they deserved it - but after all that has been said and done - a draw at home to Croatia who have already qualified will take us to Austria and Switzerland next year summer time!!
What a let off! Before the game - the Israel coach was talking about how he hoped Russia would qualify and when you add that to the fact that Israel were already out of the competition and were only playing for national pride - it was the pefect recipe for disaster (for England).
Yet here we are - one month on from that painful night in Moscow - all is forgiven.
The future is bright again and we even have me uttering three words I never thought I would - lets hope it is the first and last time.
Oh sod it - one more because I am that happy right now.
*(No)* Thank you Israel!!!!!!!
*( In spite of your best efforts - We (Engerland) still didnt qualify for Euro 2008 and so now all we got left to think about when we hear 'Israel' is how you stole my muslim brethren's land!)*
Peace
I am writing upon hearing the news that Israel have just gone and done England a massive favour in the Football European Championships 2008 Qualifying Group!
After the doom and gloom this country felt just a month or so ago - it is amazing to feel on top of the world again such a short time afterwards and even more amazingly so because we (England) didnt even kick a football this glorious evening! - Thats right for all of you who dont know - England needed Israel to avoid defeat against Russia today to realistically stand a chance of qualifying for next years European Championships! And they not only avoided defeat - they went and beat the Russians! YES!!!!
Every time I talked to friends or read about England, somebody was blasting Mclaren (AKA McClown - the 'England Coach' and I use that expression loosely since it is Mclaren we are talking about here!)or the players or both and maybe they deserved it - but after all that has been said and done - a draw at home to Croatia who have already qualified will take us to Austria and Switzerland next year summer time!!
What a let off! Before the game - the Israel coach was talking about how he hoped Russia would qualify and when you add that to the fact that Israel were already out of the competition and were only playing for national pride - it was the pefect recipe for disaster (for England).
Yet here we are - one month on from that painful night in Moscow - all is forgiven.
The future is bright again and we even have me uttering three words I never thought I would - lets hope it is the first and last time.
Oh sod it - one more because I am that happy right now.
*(No)* Thank you Israel!!!!!!!
*( In spite of your best efforts - We (Engerland) still didnt qualify for Euro 2008 and so now all we got left to think about when we hear 'Israel' is how you stole my muslim brethren's land!)*
Peace
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