Anyone who is not happy with their lot in life and don't have much at stake in this world, will have the tendency to wish the world to go down in flames. A classic defeatist attitude. But it's nothing wrong with looking at the worst things that could happen because if you don't you could get caught off guard. Millions have a defeatist thinking, these are people who quit trying because of various reasons, usually they feel that the world is set up as such that they can't be successful or the world is too unfit/evil/commercialized for their participation, so they don't really try or they become JW's, it's nothing new.
Peace, LOL Spartacus
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New Year's Prediction
by You Know inthis is an essay by some guy: .
the horsemen of the economic apocalypse.
i find my mind is becoming more elastic these days, as in the silly putty toy of my youth.
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Invitation to the American Muslim community in sou
by Spartacus inm. a. muqtedar khan .
in the name of allah, the most benevolent and the most merciful.
may this memo find you in the shade of islam enjoying the mercy, the protection and the grace of allah.
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M. A. Muqtedar Khan
In the name of Allah, the most Benevolent and the Most Merciful. May this memo find you in the shade of Islam enjoying the mercy, the protection and the grace of Allah.I am writing this memo to you all with the explicit purpose of inviting you to lead the American Muslim community in soul searching, reflection and reassessment.
What happened on September 11th in New York and Washington DC will forever remain a horrible scar on the history of Islam and humanity. No matter how much we condemn it, and point to the Quran and the Sunnah to argue that Islam forbids the killing of innocent people, the fact remains that the perpetrators of this crime against humanity have indicated that their actions are sanctioned by Islamic values.
The fact that even now several Muslim scholars and thousands of Muslims defend the accused is indicative that not all Muslims believe that the attacks are unIslamic. This is truly sad.
Even if it were true that Israel and the US are enemies of the Muslim World, wonder what is preventing them from unleashing their nuclear arsenal against Muslims, a response that mercilessly murders thousands of innocent people, including hundreds of Muslims is absolutely indefensible. If anywhere in your hearts there is any sympathy or understanding with those who committed this act, I invite you to ask yourself this question, would Muhammad (pbuh) sanction such an act?
While encouraging Muslims to struggle against injustice (Al Quran 4:135), Allah also imposes strict rules of engagement. He says in unequivocal terms that to kill an innocent being is like killing entire humanity (Al Quran 5:32). He also encourages Muslims to forgive Jews and Christians if they have committed injustices against us (Al Quran 2:109, 3:159, 5:85).
Muslims, including American Muslims have been practicing hypocrisy on a grand scale. They protest against the discriminatory practices of Israel but are silent against the discriminatory practices in Muslim states. In the Gulf one can see how laws and even salaries are based on ethnic origin. This is racism, but we never hear of Muslims protesting against them at International fora.
The Israeli occupation of Palestine is perhaps central to Muslim grievance against the West. While acknowledging that, I must remind you that Israel treats its one million Arab citizens with greater respect and dignity than most Arab nations treat their citizens. Today Palestinian refugees can settle and become citizens of the United States but in spite of all the tall rhetoric of the Arab world and Quranic injunctions (24:22) no Muslim country except Jordan extends this support to them.
While we loudly and consistently condemn Israel for its ill treatment of Palestinians we are silent when Muslim regimes abuse the rights of Muslims and slaughter thousands of them. Remember Saddam and his use of chemical weapons against Muslims (Kurds)?. Remember Pakistani army’s excesses against Muslims (Bengalis)?. Remember the Mujahideen of Afghanistan and their mutual slaughter? Have we ever condemned them for their excesses? Have we demanded international intervention or retribution against them? Do you know how the Saudis treat their minority Shiis? Have we protested the violation of their rights? But we all are eager to condemn Israel; not because we care for rights and lives of the Palestinians, we don’t. We condemn Israel because we hate “them".
Muslims love to live in the US but also love to hate it. Many openly claim that the US is a terrorist state but they continue to live in it. Their decision to live here is testimony that they would rather live here than anywhere else. As an Indian Muslim, I know for sure that nowhere on earth, including India, will I get the same sense of dignity and respect that I have received in the US. No Muslim country will treat me as well as the US has. If what happened on september 11th had happened in India, the biggest democracy, thousands of Muslims would have been slaughterred in riots on mere suspicion and there would be another slaughter after confirmation. But in the US, bigotry and xenophobia has been kept in check by media and leaders. In many places hundreds of Americans have gathered around Islamic centers in symbolic gestures of protection and embrace of American Muslims. In many cities Christian congregations have started wearing hijab to identify with fellow Muslim women. In patience and in tolerance ordinary Americans have demonstrated their extraordinary virtues.
It is time that we acknowledge that the freedoms we enjoy in the US are more desirable to us than superficial solidarity with the Muslim World. If you disagree than prove it by packing your bags and going to whichever Muslim country you identify with. If you do not leave and do not acknowledge that you would rather live here than anywhere else, know that you are being hypocritical.
It is time that we faced these hypocritical practices and struggled to transcend them. It is time that American Muslim leaders fought to purify their own lot.
For over a decade we have watched as Muslims in the name of Islam have committed violence against other Muslims and other peoples. We have always found a way to reconcile the vast distance between Islamic values and Muslim practices by pointing out to the injustices committed upon Muslims by others. The point however is this – our belief in Islam and commitment to Islamic values is not contingent on the moral conduct of the US or Israel. And as Muslims can we condone such inhuman and senseless waste of life in the name of Islam?
The biggest victims of hate filled politics as embodied in the actions of several Muslim militias all over the world are Muslims themselves. Hate is the extreme form of intolerance and when individuals and groups succumb to it they can do nothing constructive. Militias like the Taliban have allowed their hate for the West to override their obligation to pursue the welfare of their people and as a result of their actions not only have thousands of innocent people died in America, but thousands of people will die in the Muslim World.
Already, half a million Afghans have had to leave their homes and their country. The war has not yet begun. It will only get worst. Hamas and Islamic Jihad may kill a few Jews, women and children included, with their suicide bombs and temporarily satisfy their lust for Jewish blood, but thousands of Palestinians then pay the price for their actions.
The culture of hate and killing is tearing away at the moral fabric of the Muslim society. We are more focused on “the other” and have completely forgotten our duty to Allah. In pursuit of the inferior jihad we have sacrificed the superior jihad.
Islamic resurgence, the cherished ideals of which pursued the ultimate goal of a universally just and moral society has been hijacked by hate and call for murder and mayhem. If Binladen were an individual then we would have no problem. But unfortunately Binladen has become a phenomenon -- a cancer eating away at the morality of our youth, and undermining the spiritual health of our future.
Today the century old Islamic revival is in jeopardy because we have allowed insanity to prevail over our better judgment. Yes, the US has played a hand in the creation of Binladen and the Taliban, but it is we who have allowed them to grow and gain such a foothold. It is our duty to police our world. It is our responsibility to prevent people from abusing Islam. It is our job to ensure that Islam is not misrepresented. We should have made sure that what happened on Sept. 11th should never have happened.
It is time the leaders of the American Muslim community woke up and realized that there is more to life than competing with the American Jewish lobby for power over US foreign policy. Islam is not about defeating Jews or conquering Jerusalem. It is about mercy, about virtue, about sacrifice and about duty. Above all it is the pursuit of moral perfection. Nothing can be further away from moral perfection than the wanton slaughter of thousands of unsuspecting innocent people.
I hope that we will now rededicate our lives and our institutions to the search for harmony, peace and tolerance. Let us be prepared to suffer injustice rather than commit injustices. After all it is we who carry the divine burden of Islam and not others. We have to be morally better, more forgiving, more sacrificing than others, if we wish to convince the world about the truth of our message. We cannot even be equal to others in virtue, we must excel.
It is time for soul searching. How can the message of Muhammad (pbuh) who was sent as mercy to mankind become a source of horror and fear? How can Islam inspire thousands of youth to dedicate their lives to killing others? We are supposed to invite people to Islam not murder them.
The worst exhibition of Islam happened on our turf. We must take first responsibility to undo the evil it has manifest. This is our mandate, our burden and also our opportunity.
Muqtedar Khan, Ph.D.
Director of International Studies, Adrian College, MI
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My husband is smoking pot
by jurs ini know this is not witness related but i just caught my husband smoking pot.
i am so upset !!!
he is an alcoholic and has a terrible temper.
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First, we really don't know for a fact that the man is an Alcholic. Jurs may think a beer or couple of beers a day makes an alcoholic. Second, his acting out violence maybe just how he is wired which is another issue. Is he hitting you, freaking out, then you got serious problems.
Jurs, I recommend not to be so quick to invite others in your marital business, instead of running to the internet asking for help you need to lovingly, quietly and constructively express your observations (not feelings) to your husband. Figure out if it's a control issue with you, re-evaluate your values, perhaps they maybe slightly unreasonable, maybe not. Perhaps you really don't want to be with him for other reasons you don't want to admit. I repeat judge your husband on how he treats you and the kids on a daily basis.
Some people love to see others in misery because they are miserable and when the first thing out of their mouth is to leave your husband or to get outside help then I question their advice. That's me, I say that because I've seen some families break up because too many people in the business. You must show confidence in your husband, give him a chance to show you that the family can have a quality life with him as Dad and husband.
If he hits you, if he verbally abuses you, if he gets drunk and acts out on a regular basis, if he can't provide for the family, if he stays away from home most of the time, if he is seeing other women, then you got problems. And you must discuss them with him, lay everything you observe on the table and when he makes a good point, give him that, you make decisions together, give and take, try to accommodate if possible. Set him straight when he is wrong. You have to honest, fair and strong to speak clearly and without attacking him. Don't order him or chastise him, allow him to be a man. But I would never tell you to leave him, that is a decision only you can make.
If the reasons you may want to leave him does not have the gravity of alcoholism or the others I pointed out (I'm sure there are more) and you still want to leave him then that's something you have to live with. It could be you don't love him that way anymore or you just don't want him for whatever reason that is none of our business, do what you got to do. But don't make him into a monster so that you feel better about breaking up the marriage.
Peace, Spartacus
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My husband is smoking pot
by jurs ini know this is not witness related but i just caught my husband smoking pot.
i am so upset !!!
he is an alcoholic and has a terrible temper.
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FreePeace the HOME WRECKER said:
"You are a textbook example of projecting your own situation on another."
FreePeace and what are you doing? Just because one or both of your parents or yourself have fucked up your life with vices does not mean your experience fits all. You projecting on us, hell we all projecting, she asked and we project. I do see some HOME WRECKERS in this thread, you one of them.
You assumed more about me than what I revealed about myself and you are completely wrong, kiss my ASS!
Peace, Spartacus
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My husband is smoking pot
by jurs ini know this is not witness related but i just caught my husband smoking pot.
i am so upset !!!
he is an alcoholic and has a terrible temper.
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Jurs, I find it so amazing some women on this board would rather see you raise your kids alone. If your husband is acting better and being responsible and trying to make things better around home and giving you attention then you need to give him credit for that. The pot may be helping him to cope with whatever he is dealing with within. Many people come out of good homes where vices were practiced. Some of you come from homes where alcohol and cigarettes were used and you consider your parents good.
Jurs, if you are a control freak then it's you who is part of the problem at home. Shit if he is able to smoke pot once in a while that should not be a problem but if he changes for the worse then you may have a point. He may be a person who is not suitable for family life, which has little to do with pot or alcohol it is who he is within. As long as he is a responsible family man then you aint got shit to say and being a good responsible man does not mean that he does whatever the hell you want him to do. You are not his ruler when you become his ruler then you don’t have a man anyway.
If you are looking for an excuse to leave him then you need to clarify the real reasons you want to. Pot smoking can be abused like eating food. There are more people killing themselves with FOLKS and SPOONS than pot.
Don’t buy into the hype. Judge your husband by his acts toward you and kids. When the first thing out of someone’s mouth is to leave your husband or to get other people involved in your marriage then they are HOME WRECKERS! I bet they don’t have a man.
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My husband is smoking pot
by jurs ini know this is not witness related but i just caught my husband smoking pot.
i am so upset !!!
he is an alcoholic and has a terrible temper.
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Hey I smoke pot and hardly drink alcohol. I've been married for 19 years. My wife does not smoke pot but she does not worry that I do. We have a great relationship. We have 2 kids who do not know I smoke pot. I smoke every other day or 2 or 3 times a week. Pot is a lot milder than alcohol/spirits, you can't overdose on it or lose your motor skills on a average high. A high wears off faster than a drunk. Pot is not a killer of innocent people on highways, alcohol is. Don't buy in the hipe, calm down. If your husband smokes pot his drinking will come to a trickle. Observe him, smoking pot moderately will chill out his violent acting out. But like anything else pot can be abused. Even so he won't be a drunk ass!
I hope this helps, Spartacus
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Muslim Clerics spiritually support terrorists
by Spartacus ini'm still numb.
what i don't understand, why some muslim clerics spiritually support terrorists.
obviously some of the terrorists were men who have families and well educated, some who are saudis (born with money) offered themselves as martyrs and think they are going to heaven.
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BlackMan4Life thanks bro.
I'm with you, I too can see how one could be brainwashed, as a xjw for 18 years I too at one point would have given my life in regards to the blood issue or whatever else I thought was proven from God. I know the particulars of what put me in that mind set, I don't know the particulars of Muslim religious doctrine that Muslim clerics take advantage of to brainwash their followers. I would like to know. I heard that potential martyrs believe that 30 virgins will be waiting on them in heaven for their taking and those men actually believe that. Families of these martyrs view them as heros. Where in the Koran that a Muslim Cleric can use to in his effort to brainwash.
I would find it very interesting.Spartacus
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Taliban Says Bin Laden Innocent
by jayhawk1 inthe taliban leader, mullah mohammad omar said that they did not have the technology to train the pilots therefore osama bin laden could not have been involved.
okay, we know they trained here and osama has money to give these a-holes.
the taliban needs to be dealt with too.
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Jayhawk, it does not matter anymore weather if Bin Laden was responsible after what happened Sept 11, he is a terrorist and leader. The goal is to crush all terrorists groups and rogue nations around the world. If a goverment supports and allows terrorists groups to function within it's borders, that goverment will be punished and removed from power.
Sparky
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Muslim Clerics spiritually support terrorists
by Spartacus ini'm still numb.
what i don't understand, why some muslim clerics spiritually support terrorists.
obviously some of the terrorists were men who have families and well educated, some who are saudis (born with money) offered themselves as martyrs and think they are going to heaven.
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I'm still numb. What I don't understand, why some Muslim Clerics spiritually support terrorists. Obviously some of the terrorists were men who have families and well educated, some who are Saudis (born with money) offered themselves as martyrs and think they are going to heaven.
Don't tell me that Muslim religion has nothing to do with men and women with families who sacrifice their well being to be part of a terrorist cell and ultimately offer themselves as martyrs.
What is it about Muslim beliefs that clerics take advantage of to brainwash potential terrorists? I just can't grasp why anyone would want to be part of the something so evil and unnecessary. What did Americans do so terrible for them to do such an evil deed? What merits some Muslim spiritual clerics to take part in terrorists groups? What the hell did America do to the Taliban? Remember the blind Muslim Cleric from Egypt who was part of the plot that tried to blow up the WTC some years ago; he is a well respected Muslim Cleric, why?
I know very little about Muslim beliefs as to why some in that faith would sign up to be a martyr.
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I Said Goodbye
by Farkel inmy father was rushed by ambulance from his rest home to st. marks hospital in salt lake city, utah friday, but i only just heard about it.
i received a call from the floor nurse and she told me he is not expected to live.
his lungs are filled fill up with fluid and are continuing to fill u with more fluid: he has pneumonia.
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I feel for you Farkel, I hope he wakes up so that you can say goodbye or he wakes up and lives with many more years ahead.
Take care, Spartacus