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Monday, April 11, 2011

Re: [ALOCHONA] Amartya Sen on religion (Deen Elahi)



A brief believable essay is written by Golam Murtaza (a writer from West Bengol) on Deen Elahi in his book called 'Chepe rakha itihash'- suppressed history.
 
One who is interested in Deen Elahi of emperor Akbar may read the book. I had a photocopy of the book printed in 1986, 12 year ago, I bought the original book last week from Aziz market, 18th edition printed in 2008.
 
Amartya Sen's femine theory and Awami Leagues party slogan - ekattorer chetona, AL's secularism and AS's Deen Elahi above all AL, AS and Delhi's foreign policy all are synonyms today. Only AL and their supporters will not believe anything from it as Bangladesh and its culture and economy is not in their priority.  
Good luck.

--- On Thu, 7/4/11, Robin Khundkar <rkhundkar@earthlink.net> wrote:

From: Robin Khundkar <rkhundkar@earthlink.net>
Subject: Re: [ALOCHONA] Amartya Sen on religion
To: alochona@yahoogroups.com
Date: Thursday, 7 April, 2011, 1:59 PM

 
ITS FUNNY AS TO HOW EVERYONE OTHER THAN YOU ARE EITHER LITERATE FOOLS OR ILLITERATE! DUFUS
LOOK AT YOURSELF IN THE MIRROR!
-----Original Message-----
From: Faruque Alamgir
Sent: Apr 6, 2011 9:56 AM
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Cc: Isha Khan
Subject: Re: [ALOCHONA] Amartya Sen on religion

 

Friends

 

It is an established fact that  literate(fools) and illiterate Hindus are by born against ISLAM. The reason being the wide acceptance of the basic human principles of ISLAM which caters the need of day to day life of an individual irrespective of social standing or society and the whole nation and the globe as well. It strictly teaches n instructs it's followers not to be blind and die hard and be harsh against other believers of faiths and rather respect them with right dignity.  But the followers of the HINDUISM on getting any opportunity to undermine any religion specially ISLAM they do not leave any stone unturned to defame, denigrate the religion as well it's followers. Dada Amartya is no exception.

 

As Dada Amartya was well received by the PM and BAL to undermine our great son Md. Yunus, so, he is taking opportunity to set their vicious black teeth against ISLAM and high light their religion HINDUISM which in fact preachers hatred and discriminate amongst people of the tribe just due to birth by the class distinctively made by the so-called brute upper class Brahmins to squeeze the lower class forever.

 

Amartya dada is no different than literate(fools) and at last joined the queue of the ignorant fascist fundamentalist HINDUS and so-called secular K.Jibis supporting  the rubbish bull shit so-called religion created by Akbar

It is doubtful whether an warrior like Akbar that he had so much time and prudence (since he was an illiterate person + busy day in n day out to face war) to write such an attractive treatise to allure people out  from an established and respected religion ISLAM. Some say that it was Akbar's one type of diplomatic endeavour to appease the majority HINDUS of then INDIA to come and rally behind him since he showed that he has left ISLAM and believes in faith other than ISLAM. This he has done with the intention that HINDUS will support him since they(HINDUS) were die hard against ISLAM considering Muslims are invaders.

 

One wonders looking at the insular fundamentalist attitude of the  Noble Laureate Amartya who is suppose to uphold the cause of the people to unite n have solidarity instead he is echoing the sentiments of the blood sucker Bal Thakre/ Adbhani who has strictly asked the Muslims of the secular(???) HINDU  STAAN either become HINDU or leave HINDU STAAAN. What a tragedy of down grading in thinking of the world famous celebrity. Then what is the difference between him and the blood monger HINDU fundamentalist  in secular HINDU STAAAN.

 

The conscious people who had some iota of respect for the Noble Laureate  feels very frustrated and shocked observing the insular fundamentalist face. So, it is clear that how much a HINDUSTANI talks and claims to be so-called secular overtly but in fact they do neither believe nor practices the same. At the back of their mind they have hatred against MUSLIMS and wishes to subjugate them as well followers of other religious faith within their jurisdiction.

 

Conscious people should reject  Dada Amartya's book in totality and identify him as a fundamentalist Hindu.

 

Faruque Alamgir


On Tue, Apr 5, 2011 at 7:35 AM, Isha Khan <bd_mailer@yahoo.com> wrote:
 
Amartya Sen on religion



Amartya in his 'The Argumentative Indian' has repeatedly mentioned that (Islamic and Muslim) tradition should be rejected and 'rahi aqbal' theory given by Emperor Akbar should be accepted as the main principle. He has even gone to the extent of saying that this demon tradition should and must be fought and rejected by the society.'

Dr Sen says, "Akbar not only made unequivocal pronouncements on the priority of tolerance, but also laid the formal foundations of a secular legal structure and of religious neutrality of the state. ...Despite his deep interest in other religions and his brief attempt to launch a new religion, Din-ilahi (God's religion), based on a combination of good points chosen from different faiths, Akbar did remain a good Muslim himself."

"The pursuit of reason and rejection of traditionalism are so brilliantly patent as to be above the need of argument. If traditionalism were proper, the prophets would merely have followed their own elders (and not come with new messages".

Prof Dr Hasanuzzaman Chowdhury on Dr Amartya Sen's book:

http://www.amardeshonline.com/pages/details/2011/04/05/75481



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[ALOCHONA] Re: Free transit






Freedom of transit through the territory of one country to another country is a standard trade facility under the World Trade Organisation (WTO) rules. Article V of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) updated in 1994 stipulates the scope and application of these rules.

One of the provisions of the Article V states that "traffic in transit shall be exempt from customs duties and from all transit duties or other charges imposed in respect of transit, except charges for transportation or those commensurate with administrative expense entailed by transit or with the cost of services rendered." Thus, Bangladesh cannot impose any customs duties or transit duties for goods entering its territory from one part of India for destination to other parts (such as the Eastern part).

So far, so good. I think what is not being pursued in earnest by the Bangladesh government is collecting administrative fees and other charges for services provided to India in its transportation of goods through Bangladesh, whether using Bangladesh's roads, railways or rivers. There is no bar to collecting such fees and charges under the WTO rules.

A recent article in a newspaper in Bangladesh quoted Dr. Mashiur Rahman, adviser to Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on economic affairs, as saying that Bangladesh will be called "uncivilised" if it charges any fees for providing transit facilities to India. I consider that the view expressed by Dr. Rahman does not make sense as the WTO rules provide for such legitimate fees and charges except customs duties or transit duties for transport of goods through another country.

Is Egypt an "uncivilised" country because it charges "transit tolls" for foreign ships passing through the Suez Canal? Like Bangladesh, Egypt is a WTO member. Egypt collects transit tolls for ships and vessels passing through the Suez Canal. The Suez Canal Authority of Egypt collects these tolls based on net tonnage of goods transported in transit. The transit toll also depends on the type of vessels passing through the canal -- for example tankers of crude oil or petroleum products, LPG or LNG carriers, container ships and general cargo ships.

I think it is against the national interest of Bangladesh to give India a free ride on traffic in transit. While Bangladesh cannot charge transit duties, it should charge administrative fees and other expenses associated with the use of its infrastructure, including the use of roads, railways and rivers based on the actual costs involved. The charging of any fees should not be treated as a customs revenue raising exercise, rather it could be based on the user-pays principle.

This will be in line with the view of Finance Minister A.M.A. Muhith, who announced last year that Bangladesh will take "something" from India for using infrastructure facilities for transport of goods. To be consistent with his announcement, it is now incumbent on him to show real political will and leadership and take credible action to get that "something" from India.

Insincere political statements and subservient foreign policy will not bring any benefit to the country. Creation of confusion by those in power on issues of great national significance creates further problems, with potential adverse impact on public trust in the government and its machineries of administration.

If the Hasina government continues to be surrounded by the so-called "civilised" advisers, it will not receive right, objective and robust advice on the governance of the country. Sycophants and self-seeking advisers or ministers love clinging to power and authority without doing any real service to the prime minister in terms of good governance that benefits the nation and the party in power as well.

Sycophants do harm to the nation through their public behaviour and actions. They understand what is right or wrong but pursue the wrong with the intent of either appeasing their political masters or securing personal benefit. These people are quite clever. Sometimes they pretend to be loyal to an ideology but are actually self-serving in the ultimate analysis.

To conclude, Bangladesh will not be an "uncivilised" nation if it charges "something" from India for the traffic in transit.

The writer is an Economist.

  http://www.thedailystar.net/story.php?nid=181364

On Mon, Apr 11, 2011 at 8:23 AM, Isha Khan <bdmailer@gmail.com> wrote:
User fee for transit facilities, not transit fee suggested

It suggested that the government should not impose any transit fee for only geographical advantages unless the country (Bangladesh) provides any services involving cost or expenses for the routes,


The core committee in its report on transit has recommended for imposition of a 'user fee' on use of transit facilities by the neighbouring countries of India, Nepal and Bhutan.It suggested that the government should not impose any transit fee for only geographical advantages unless the country (Bangladesh) provides any services involving cost or expenses for the routes, the report said.

"….transit trade cannot be subject to any customs duties or fees/ charges that are purely transit-related unless the transit entails some costs for the host country," the report of sub-committee-3 titled, 'economic of transit access to India, Nepal and Bhutan through Bangladesh,' said.The committee recently submitted its study report to the commerce ministry suggesting imposition of user fee on cost involvement-related transit. It has also calculated an estimated cost for the required investment and identified potential routes for transit.

Dr. Sadiq Ahmed, vice chairman of Policy Research Institute (PRI) and head of the subcommittee, said: "It is against international convention on charging any fees for transit, based on geographical advantage alone."A country can impose user charges to other country in case of any cost or expenditure involved for offering the facility, Ahmed said, who is a leading economist of the country.It will be justified to slap user charges if any country takes services on use of transit, he said.

The core committee report said, it will be misleading if any host country charges any transit fee as a percentage of cost saving for the landlocked country. The committee proposed imposition of user fee on transportation services, administrative expenses (e.g costs of inspection etc) and use of any services."..if any guest countries use their own transport facility (ships, trucks or trains), transit may involve the use of port services, road services, or rail network services from the host countries," the report said.It defined those as 'economic services' which need investment, operation and maintenance cost.

The report said the guest countries are obliged to pay user fee for these services in the transportation process.For road transit, the committee identified four elements on which user charges can be imposed. Those are, road damage cost, accident externalities, congestion costs and environmental costs.

The report suggested transit fees for each truck at the rate of US$11.2 per 100 kilometre or $55.6 per trip. The fees include capital charge, routine and periodic maintenance, rehabilitation, traffic control and enforcement.

The core committee estimated US$ 7.13 billion or Tk 499.261 billion investments for infrastructure development on its identified routes for providing transit facilities for India, Nepal and Bhutan.The committee estimated the investment for the next ten years to develop the rail, water and road routes. It has also expressed concern over effective implementation of the transit agreements with the existing capacity and quality of road and rail infrastructure of Bangladesh.

Development of the road networks will require highest investment worth Tk 119.41 billion, followed by rail network at Tk 320.234 billion and inland water transport at Tk 11.715 billion, the report said.

According to the inland water protocol of 1972, India is enjoying transit and transshipment facilities on the river routes without any fees, excepting an annual maintenance charge.

Recently India has started using country's Ashuganj port to transship heavy equipments of Palatana power project in its state of Tripura. The core committee on transit identified seven routes for road transit followed by six routes for rail transit and three new routes for inland water transport.

Currently, only inland water transit is active which India is using for transshipment. Other routes, rail and road, require a large amount of investment to offer transit and transshipment facilities to India, Nepal and Bhutan.

The core committee also identified three potential new rail routes and two for inland water transport.It has identified the routes on the basis of distance, travel time and financial cost advantage.

The study has estimated 17.64 million tonnes of annual transit traffic after diversion of 41 per cent traffic to Chittagong port.'…the expected volume of transit will likely be substantial and in excess of 17 million tonnes per year," the study report said.The study report suggests improvement of port terminal facilities including docking, loading and unloading, storage and other facilities to meet international standards.

It also laid emphasis on investment in river dredging, road and rail networks through mutual agreements with India.Five sub-committees have finalized their reports on routes, the required infrastructure, transit traffic, economic analysis and legal issues, he said.

Talking to the FE Saturday, Bangladesh Tariff Commission (BTC) Chairman Dr Mojibur Rahman, who is the convener of the core committee, said: "We have submitted the report to the commerce ministry within the given time-frame, by March 31." He declined to comment on the issue as it is under review of the commerce ministry.

http://www.thefinancialexpress-bd.com/more.php?news_id=132208&date=2011-04-11



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RE: [ALOCHONA] Why did India help in 1971?



No, conclusion is that they do not own us nor they own our government after 40 years independence. Bangladesh is a soverign country for Bangladeshi people. They should not indulge in our matters in anyway or capacity. There is no question of hate. We all should coexit with respective honors.
Shahadat Suhrawardy 


To: alochona@yahoogroups.com
From: turkman@sbcglobal.net
Date: Mon, 11 Apr 2011 16:18:50 +0000
Subject: [ALOCHONA] Why did India help in 1971?

 
So, the conclusion is, since India acted selfishly in helping us in hate of Pakistan, we should hate India also just like Pakistan because we are Moslims and Indians are mostly Hindus, right?

--- In alochona@yahoogroups.com, Isha Khan <bdmailer@...> wrote:
>
> Why did India help in 1971?
>
> By Shah Mohammed Saifuddin
>
> Unlike our other neighbours India has a special place in our history because
> of its help in our liberation war. When the Pakistani military was murdering
> hundreds of thousands of unarmed people and raping the women of the then
> East Pakistan, India came forward with its helping hand and contributed to
> arming and training the mukti bahini. Almost 10 million people took shelter
> in India, especially in the states adjacent to East Pakistan border. Nobody
> in Bangladesh questions the fact that we got help from India but many
> question the nature of the help. Was it selfless help or India had a
> strategic interest in helping Bangladesh?
>
> With a view to find out the truth we have to analyze what India gained from
> our freedom struggle and its attitude toward Bangladesh after our liberation
> war. Let us examine the entire thing from strategic, economic, and political
> point of views.
>
> *Strategic point of view*
>
> India's peculiar geographic position constituted a major threat to its
> national security. Due to the geographic location of then East Pakistan, the
> seven sisters were completely isolated from the mainland. A small corridor,
> popularly known as chicken neck, was the only passage that could be used for
> traffic movement. Militarily, India was pretty vulnerable especially due to
> Chinese presence along the border. The war that was fought between India and
> China taught India the lesson that faster troops mobility is the only way to
> win a war. So, India needed transit facility through East Pakistan to
> transport troops and logistics faster to defend its vulnerable North Eastern
> states. Besides that, Pakistan was playing a vital role in instigating the
> insurgents in Assam and elsewhere to break up the entire region. The Indian
> military strategists were out of options and didn't know how the North
> Eastern region would be saved. The Hawkish politicians in India came to the
> conclusion that breaking up Pakistan is the only way to save the militarily
> insecure North Eastern region. By doing so,
>
> •They could weaken Pakistan and reduce the threat level.
>
> •Recapture the Pakistani portion of Kashmir
>
> •Create a new state that would be militarily and economically weak and
> provide the much needed transit for troops and logistics transportation
>
> •Project India as a regional superpower and warn all elements inimical to
> India's security that India had the power to defend itself.
>
> *Economic point of view*
>
> India also had an economic objective to dismember Pakistan. India was a
> country with huge population and needed additional resources to uplift its
> economy. The economic cooperation with Pakistan was all but encouraging.
> Besides that, the water resources of the Himalayas were needed for India for
> irrigation and power generation. Due to Pakistan's strong military, India
> was unable to use the resources unilaterally. Despite being a third world
> nation, Pakistan was a huge economic market that was able to absorb millions
> of dollars worth of Indian commodities. But the hostility between the two
> nations retarded the possibility of a robust economic cooperation between
> the two nations.
>
> Indian policymakers thought that if they could break Pakistan and create a
> new and weaker Bangladesh then they would be able to gain unrestricted
> access to its economic market. India knew that as a new nation, Bangladesh
> would need cheap industrial products to revive its economy. So, there was a
> tremendous potential for economic cooperation between the two nations. India
> also wanted to get transit through Bangladesh to transport raw materials for
> its North Eastern states. The economically backward North Eastern region
> needed more investment and various products to energize its economy. So, the
> Indians thought Bangladesh would be much more beneficial for Indian economy
> than East Pakistan. The economic calculation was very accurate because India
> managed to sell hundreds of millions of dollars worth of cheap products to
> Bangladesh both legally and illegally. They destroyed the thriving jute
> industry of Bangladesh to build their own right after our independence.
>
> India flooded the local Bangladeshi market with its products and offered
> millions of dollars more as loans to buy Indian commodities. We were reduced
> to a trading nation and almost destroyed the very basis of our own industry.
> India encouraged smuggling along the Indo-Bangla border so the government of
> Bangladesh had to close the border to stop the rampant smuggling to save the
> local traders. India never wanted an economically prosperous Bangladesh
> rather it wanted to use us as a market for its own products and in the
> process make us dependent on them.
>
> If we look at the present situation, the lopsided trade relation between the
> two nations speaks volume of the Indian intention to help us in 1971.
> Bangladesh is an open market economy and allows duty free access for Indian
> products to our market. But India follows a restricted policy when it comes
> to importing Bangladeshi products and imposed numerous tariffs and
> para-tariffs on the Bangladeshi goods. The yawning trade imbalance is a
> testament to the fact that India never wanted an economically
> self-sufficient Bangladesh.
>
> *Political point of view*
>
> Former Indian foreign secretary Mr. Dixit said, "We helped in the liberation
> of Bangladesh in mutual interest, it was not a favour,"
>
> His statement is clear evidence that India did not help Bangladesh on
> humanitarian ground. India had a long-term strategic plan to dismember
> Pakistan for its own gain. India had cultivated deep political relation with
> the disgruntled elements within the erstwhile East Pakistan. [1] As per a
> senior RAW intelligence officer, "Bangladesh was the result of a 10 year
> long promotion of dissatisfaction against the rulers of Pakistan".
>
> This goes to prove that helping Bangladesh was not an instantaneous decision
> of India rather it was a carefully designed strategic plan that was executed
> in pinpoint precision.
>
> One of the top bosses of RAW, K. Sankaran Nair, was responsible for training
> the erstwhile East Pakistani officers in guerrilla warfare. He also
> established excellent relation with Sheikh Mujibur Rahman. The relation was
> maintained via a RAW operative Mr. Banerjee. RAW even funded the 1970s
> election, in which Sheikh Mujib emerged as the winner [2].
>
> But after the liberation, things did not go the way India had planned. Mujib
> was assassinated and Awami League was ousted from the power. General Ziaur
> Rahman came to power and adopted an anti India foreign and defense policy to
> drag Bangladesh out of Indian sphere of influence. He established good
> economic and political relation with America and China. He also repaired
> relations with the Middle Eastern countries and created a huge opportunity
> for the Bangladeshi workers in the Arab nations. Money started to pour in
> and the economy got better. He amended the constitution to give it an
> Islamic flavour in a country where 90% people were Muslims. The Indian
> policymakers observed the political development in Bangladesh and clearly
> understood that things were getting worse as far as Indian interest was
> concerned.
>
> In the meantime, General Ziaur Rahman took various measures to upgrade the
> military. A close defense relation was established between Bangladesh and
> China. This irked the military establishment of India. They considered it a
> hostile act and found it hard to digest. The disgruntled elements in Delhi
> decided to create a rebel group in Chittagong hill tracts to keep Bangladesh
> under pressure and drain as much resources of this newly born poor country
> as possible. Shanti bahini played havock with the lives and properties of
> the people in CHT. General Zia quickly decided to populate CHT with
> Bengalees to maintain the territorial integrity of Bangladesh. In the
> meantime, India forcefully occupied South Talpatty disregarding Bangladesh's
> request for a joint survey to determine the ownership of the Island. [3]
> General Zia was assassinated in 1981 and many observers believe that RAW had
> a hand in the incident.
>
> General Ershad came to power in 1982 and more or less followed the same
> foreign policy as General Zia. But Ershad knew he should not annoy India
> beyond a certain limit so a tendency to keep India in good humour was
> obvious in his India policy. During his tenure, he agreed to abolish the
> guarantee clause from the water sharing treaty signed by General Zia. It
> went against our national interest because after abolishment of the
> guarantee clause, India reduced the water supply even further and that
> affected our agriculture and ecology. But the fact of the matter is even
> General Ershad couldn't take a fully pro-Indian stance due to public
> pressure. He had to continue the military modernization and amended the
> constitution to declare Islam as the state religion. This drew ire from the
> top leaders of India. Ershad didn't even try to take any initiative to give
> transit to India fearing wide spread protest across the country.
>
> Actually, the Indian leaders knew that the only party that was able to meet
> the Indian strategic demands was Awami League. They never stopped keeping
> relations with Awami League and provided all sorts of logistis support to
> Sheikh Hasina. According to some well-informed observers, India provided Tk.
> 300 crore to Awami League to win the 1996 election(Weekly Shugondha, 26th
> April, 1996). India's clandestine support for a particular party is a
> testament to the fact that India had a strategic reason to help Bangladesh
> in 1971.
>
> If India's help was altruistic in nature, India would have tried to win the
> hearts and minds of the people of Bangladesh but they never felt the need to
> do that and continued with their policy to clandestinely help bring Awami
> League to power. Even today, India leaves no stone unturned to malign
> Bangladesh. The Indian foreign ministry spends millions of dollars to hire
> foreign journalists to make fictitious reports to portray Bangladesh as
> Taliban sympathizer. Fortunately, Bangladesh took quick action to hang a few
> mis-guided Mullahs who were creating some disturbances. Bangladesh even
> signed various treaties to help the international community to combat
> terrorism.
>
> More can be written to prove that India's help in 1971 was not an altruistic
> one rather it was for gaining strategic advantages. India has an ambitious
> vision of becoming a world power but how can they achieve their goal if they
> cannot convince their neighbours that their intentions are benign? Using
> force to subjugate the weaker neighbours is not the way to go to establish a
> relation based on mutual trust and respect.
>
> *References*
>
> 1.RAW: Top-Secret Failures, p: 5
> 2.Ibid. , p: 8
> 3.Limits of Diplomacy: Bangladesh, Partha. S. Ghosh
>
> http://bangladesh-web.com/view.php?hidRecord=173793
>




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[ALOCHONA] Why did India help in 1971?

So, the conclusion is, since India acted selfishly in helping us in hate of Pakistan, we should hate India also just like Pakistan because we are Moslims and Indians are mostly Hindus, right?

--- In alochona@yahoogroups.com, Isha Khan <bdmailer@...> wrote:
>
> Why did India help in 1971?
>
> By Shah Mohammed Saifuddin
>
> Unlike our other neighbours India has a special place in our history because
> of its help in our liberation war. When the Pakistani military was murdering
> hundreds of thousands of unarmed people and raping the women of the then
> East Pakistan, India came forward with its helping hand and contributed to
> arming and training the mukti bahini. Almost 10 million people took shelter
> in India, especially in the states adjacent to East Pakistan border. Nobody
> in Bangladesh questions the fact that we got help from India but many
> question the nature of the help. Was it selfless help or India had a
> strategic interest in helping Bangladesh?
>
> With a view to find out the truth we have to analyze what India gained from
> our freedom struggle and its attitude toward Bangladesh after our liberation
> war. Let us examine the entire thing from strategic, economic, and political
> point of views.
>
> *Strategic point of view*
>
> India's peculiar geographic position constituted a major threat to its
> national security. Due to the geographic location of then East Pakistan, the
> seven sisters were completely isolated from the mainland. A small corridor,
> popularly known as chicken neck, was the only passage that could be used for
> traffic movement. Militarily, India was pretty vulnerable especially due to
> Chinese presence along the border. The war that was fought between India and
> China taught India the lesson that faster troops mobility is the only way to
> win a war. So, India needed transit facility through East Pakistan to
> transport troops and logistics faster to defend its vulnerable North Eastern
> states. Besides that, Pakistan was playing a vital role in instigating the
> insurgents in Assam and elsewhere to break up the entire region. The Indian
> military strategists were out of options and didn't know how the North
> Eastern region would be saved. The Hawkish politicians in India came to the
> conclusion that breaking up Pakistan is the only way to save the militarily
> insecure North Eastern region. By doing so,
>
> •They could weaken Pakistan and reduce the threat level.
>
> •Recapture the Pakistani portion of Kashmir
>
> •Create a new state that would be militarily and economically weak and
> provide the much needed transit for troops and logistics transportation
>
> •Project India as a regional superpower and warn all elements inimical to
> India's security that India had the power to defend itself.
>
> *Economic point of view*
>
> India also had an economic objective to dismember Pakistan. India was a
> country with huge population and needed additional resources to uplift its
> economy. The economic cooperation with Pakistan was all but encouraging.
> Besides that, the water resources of the Himalayas were needed for India for
> irrigation and power generation. Due to Pakistan's strong military, India
> was unable to use the resources unilaterally. Despite being a third world
> nation, Pakistan was a huge economic market that was able to absorb millions
> of dollars worth of Indian commodities. But the hostility between the two
> nations retarded the possibility of a robust economic cooperation between
> the two nations.
>
> Indian policymakers thought that if they could break Pakistan and create a
> new and weaker Bangladesh then they would be able to gain unrestricted
> access to its economic market. India knew that as a new nation, Bangladesh
> would need cheap industrial products to revive its economy. So, there was a
> tremendous potential for economic cooperation between the two nations. India
> also wanted to get transit through Bangladesh to transport raw materials for
> its North Eastern states. The economically backward North Eastern region
> needed more investment and various products to energize its economy. So, the
> Indians thought Bangladesh would be much more beneficial for Indian economy
> than East Pakistan. The economic calculation was very accurate because India
> managed to sell hundreds of millions of dollars worth of cheap products to
> Bangladesh both legally and illegally. They destroyed the thriving jute
> industry of Bangladesh to build their own right after our independence.
>
> India flooded the local Bangladeshi market with its products and offered
> millions of dollars more as loans to buy Indian commodities. We were reduced
> to a trading nation and almost destroyed the very basis of our own industry.
> India encouraged smuggling along the Indo-Bangla border so the government of
> Bangladesh had to close the border to stop the rampant smuggling to save the
> local traders. India never wanted an economically prosperous Bangladesh
> rather it wanted to use us as a market for its own products and in the
> process make us dependent on them.
>
> If we look at the present situation, the lopsided trade relation between the
> two nations speaks volume of the Indian intention to help us in 1971.
> Bangladesh is an open market economy and allows duty free access for Indian
> products to our market. But India follows a restricted policy when it comes
> to importing Bangladeshi products and imposed numerous tariffs and
> para-tariffs on the Bangladeshi goods. The yawning trade imbalance is a
> testament to the fact that India never wanted an economically
> self-sufficient Bangladesh.
>
> *Political point of view*
>
> Former Indian foreign secretary Mr. Dixit said, "We helped in the liberation
> of Bangladesh in mutual interest, it was not a favour,"
>
> His statement is clear evidence that India did not help Bangladesh on
> humanitarian ground. India had a long-term strategic plan to dismember
> Pakistan for its own gain. India had cultivated deep political relation with
> the disgruntled elements within the erstwhile East Pakistan. [1] As per a
> senior RAW intelligence officer, "Bangladesh was the result of a 10 year
> long promotion of dissatisfaction against the rulers of Pakistan".
>
> This goes to prove that helping Bangladesh was not an instantaneous decision
> of India rather it was a carefully designed strategic plan that was executed
> in pinpoint precision.
>
> One of the top bosses of RAW, K. Sankaran Nair, was responsible for training
> the erstwhile East Pakistani officers in guerrilla warfare. He also
> established excellent relation with Sheikh Mujibur Rahman. The relation was
> maintained via a RAW operative Mr. Banerjee. RAW even funded the 1970s
> election, in which Sheikh Mujib emerged as the winner [2].
>
> But after the liberation, things did not go the way India had planned. Mujib
> was assassinated and Awami League was ousted from the power. General Ziaur
> Rahman came to power and adopted an anti India foreign and defense policy to
> drag Bangladesh out of Indian sphere of influence. He established good
> economic and political relation with America and China. He also repaired
> relations with the Middle Eastern countries and created a huge opportunity
> for the Bangladeshi workers in the Arab nations. Money started to pour in
> and the economy got better. He amended the constitution to give it an
> Islamic flavour in a country where 90% people were Muslims. The Indian
> policymakers observed the political development in Bangladesh and clearly
> understood that things were getting worse as far as Indian interest was
> concerned.
>
> In the meantime, General Ziaur Rahman took various measures to upgrade the
> military. A close defense relation was established between Bangladesh and
> China. This irked the military establishment of India. They considered it a
> hostile act and found it hard to digest. The disgruntled elements in Delhi
> decided to create a rebel group in Chittagong hill tracts to keep Bangladesh
> under pressure and drain as much resources of this newly born poor country
> as possible. Shanti bahini played havock with the lives and properties of
> the people in CHT. General Zia quickly decided to populate CHT with
> Bengalees to maintain the territorial integrity of Bangladesh. In the
> meantime, India forcefully occupied South Talpatty disregarding Bangladesh's
> request for a joint survey to determine the ownership of the Island. [3]
> General Zia was assassinated in 1981 and many observers believe that RAW had
> a hand in the incident.
>
> General Ershad came to power in 1982 and more or less followed the same
> foreign policy as General Zia. But Ershad knew he should not annoy India
> beyond a certain limit so a tendency to keep India in good humour was
> obvious in his India policy. During his tenure, he agreed to abolish the
> guarantee clause from the water sharing treaty signed by General Zia. It
> went against our national interest because after abolishment of the
> guarantee clause, India reduced the water supply even further and that
> affected our agriculture and ecology. But the fact of the matter is even
> General Ershad couldn't take a fully pro-Indian stance due to public
> pressure. He had to continue the military modernization and amended the
> constitution to declare Islam as the state religion. This drew ire from the
> top leaders of India. Ershad didn't even try to take any initiative to give
> transit to India fearing wide spread protest across the country.
>
> Actually, the Indian leaders knew that the only party that was able to meet
> the Indian strategic demands was Awami League. They never stopped keeping
> relations with Awami League and provided all sorts of logistis support to
> Sheikh Hasina. According to some well-informed observers, India provided Tk.
> 300 crore to Awami League to win the 1996 election(Weekly Shugondha, 26th
> April, 1996). India's clandestine support for a particular party is a
> testament to the fact that India had a strategic reason to help Bangladesh
> in 1971.
>
> If India's help was altruistic in nature, India would have tried to win the
> hearts and minds of the people of Bangladesh but they never felt the need to
> do that and continued with their policy to clandestinely help bring Awami
> League to power. Even today, India leaves no stone unturned to malign
> Bangladesh. The Indian foreign ministry spends millions of dollars to hire
> foreign journalists to make fictitious reports to portray Bangladesh as
> Taliban sympathizer. Fortunately, Bangladesh took quick action to hang a few
> mis-guided Mullahs who were creating some disturbances. Bangladesh even
> signed various treaties to help the international community to combat
> terrorism.
>
> More can be written to prove that India's help in 1971 was not an altruistic
> one rather it was for gaining strategic advantages. India has an ambitious
> vision of becoming a world power but how can they achieve their goal if they
> cannot convince their neighbours that their intentions are benign? Using
> force to subjugate the weaker neighbours is not the way to go to establish a
> relation based on mutual trust and respect.
>
> *References*
>
> 1.RAW: Top-Secret Failures, p: 5
> 2.Ibid. , p: 8
> 3.Limits of Diplomacy: Bangladesh, Partha. S. Ghosh
>
> http://bangladesh-web.com/view.php?hidRecord=173793
>


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[ALOCHONA] IT IS NOT ONLY YUNUS STUPID !






IT IS NOT ONLY YUNUS STUPID!
 
It is the Grameen Bank and Grameen Phone.
 
Have not you seen the Air Tel take over of Warid, how the deal was done and how Air Tel is serviced by the Government's whole machinery and the regulatory authority?
 
Who is going to be the next Chairman or MD of the GB?
 
Wake up!


--- On Thu, 7/4/11, Abu Zafar Mahmood <rivercrossinternational@yahoo.com> wrote:

From: Abu Zafar Mahmood <rivercrossinternational@yahoo.com>
Subject: [Diagnose] Blake warns Yunus affair may affect Dhaka-Washington ties
To: "Bangla Vision" <banglavision@yahoogroups.com>, "ovimot yahoogroups" <ovimot@yahoogroups.com>, "dahuk" <dahuk@yahoogroups.com>, Diagnose@yahoogroups.com, "Khabor Yahoogroups" <khabor@yahoogroups.com>, "khabor yahoogroups" <khabor@yahoogroup.com>, "History islam" <history_islam@yahoogroups.com>, "Isha Khan" <bdmailer@gmail.com>, "Isha Khan" <bd_mailer@yahoo.com>, "Mo Abed" <hollywoodbanglanews@gmail.com>, "baaai news" <baainews@yahoogroups.com>, "zaglul uk" <zoglul@hotmail.co.uk>
Date: Thursday, 7 April, 2011, 9:43 PM

 
http://www.unbconnect.com/component/news/task-show/id-45042

Dhaka, Apr 6 (UNB) - US Assistant Secretary of State for South and Central Asian
Affairs Robert O Blake warned that failure to find a compromise that respects Dr
Yunus' global stature and maintains the integrity and effectiveness of Grameen
Bank "could affect our bilateral relations."

Blake made the remark on Tuesday in his testimony before the House Foreign
Affairs Committee in Washington.

Referring to his visit to Bangladesh and meeting with the government over Prof
Yunus affair, he said the Bangladesh government and Dr Yunus have become
embroiled in a struggle for control of Grameen Bank, which has implications for
the health of Bangladesh's civil society.


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[ALOCHONA] China Entices Burma As India Struggles To ‘Look East’



China Entices Burma As India Struggles To 'Look East'

Shruti Pandalai

The Chinese National Petroleum Corporation has offered aid worth $6 million to Myanmar for building hospitals. This is no philanthropy, but an exercise aimed at pushing Myanmar to speed up laying the planned 878 km-long crude pipeline. In other words, a move to secure China's access to Myanmar's oil reserves.1 Simultaneously, a 2,389 km pipeline from Kyakphu in Myanmar to China's Yunnan province is also being pursued. In 2010, the Asian giant pumped the largest investment into the junta's coffers, estimated at $8.17 billion.2 China's strides will, expectedly, fuel competition with India, which is energy hungry as well as concerned about encirclement by the red dragon. Indian initiatives in developing infrastructure, education facilities and aggressive bids for stakes in oil and gas in Myanmar with a focus on the North East have been obvious. However, is all of this too little, too late?

New Delhi's interest in the North East Region has often been critiqued as security-obsessed and not oriented towards "genuine economic development and trade promotion."3 Trade through the main border points mutually identified as Moreh (in Manipur) and Champhai (in Mizoram) have not lived up to the hype.4 The Myanmar Government has asked for strengthening the existing Moreh post so as to reap its full potential, before proposed trade points at Lungwa/Ledo, Pongru and Pokhungri in Nagaland and Nampong, Vijayanagar and Khimiyang in Arunachal Pradesh are agreed upon.5


Moreh's official trade is only a fraction of its expanding grey market, reflecting that border trade is in total disarray with no clarity as to who is in-charge.6 Obstacles in legal transactions, lack of regulation by Myanmar on transiting third country goods especially from China and threat of non-state actors hassling traders in strong turf wars, have all left no incentive to develop commerce. Instead, trade has shifted to Tamu's Namphalong market in Myanmar, disappointing local entrepreneurs in Manipur. This is just one case in point.

It is not just the numbers that seem bleak. Experts at an IDSA workshop "Imperative of Infrastructure Development for developing Indo-Myanmar Relations" stressed that de-hyphenating economic development in the North East from the goal of constructive presence in Myanmar would be a zero-sum exercise. The logic being that unless the Indian side of the border sees development, trying to improve connectivity and energy access on the other side would meet logistical failure.. In any event, India's current commitments in Myanmar seem to have been already outpaced by China.

According to reports, PetroChina "is constructing a four billion cubic meter gas depot at Hutubi in the border province of Xinjiang to make the most of gas piped from Myanmar."7 In contrast, as former Foreign Secretary Shyam Saran notes, "The problem with India's energy interests in Myanmar is that even if it develops A1 to A7 energy blocks or any other offshore Bay of Bengal blocks, how will be it be transported back to India? [...] At present, we only hold a 30 per cent stake in A1 and A3 blocks, and that too we are forced to sell to China because of the absence of a proper pipeline between India and Myanmar."8

Infrastructure bottlenecks remain in all of the India-initiated rail, road, power and energy related projects. The IDSA workshop suggested that New Delhi must focus "on infrastructure up to Tripura" and deal with logistic loopholes if execution of plans in Myanmar is desired. The detailed project report on the 2000 MW Tamanthi river project in Chindwin signed in 2008 is still being updated to get the requisite approvals.9 This is where China takes the game away from India. China acts, India deliberates.

Coming to specifics, in the field of power-generation, the dilemma seems to be between power requirement and the potential harnessed. While the North East grapples with a severe power shortage, there has not been any effort to better utilise the Arunachal Basin, which, moreover, delivers below capacity because of the narrow nature of its corridor. An alternative, in the view of experts, is to first ensure power surplus from the Arunachal Basin over and above the demands of the north east, which, they ambitiously claim, is possible. Second, it is important to sell the concept of dedicated power plants in Nagaland, Manipur and Arunachal. These must be insulated projects that focus on providing output to markets in Myanmar and Bangladesh with specific tariff regulations. This could work as an incentive for authorities on both sides of the border.

The immense potential of inland waterway arrangements as an efficient means of transport also remains largely unexploited. Currently, the emphasis seems to be solely on the Kaladan Multimodal Transit Project, which envisages connectivity between Indian ports on the east and the Sittwe Port in Myanmar coupled with riverine transport and road connectivity to Mizoram. This provides an alternate route for transporting goods to North East India, and will thus boost trade ties.10

This is an important project, considering the pressure on the Siliguri Corridor and Bangladesh's continued refusal to allow transit rights through its territory to the North-East. While project completion is expected by 2013, logistical issues of river engineering like dredging, removal of rock outcrops, rapids, lack of navigation aids, etc., combined with environmental concerns, may delay its dividends.11 In such a scenario, experts note that India must better use its current MoU with Bangladesh on Inland Water Transport, which has so far only been semi-operational, neglected and subject to the whims of the Bangladeshi authorities.

India is already watching nervously as China pushes ahead with the re-building of the historic "Stillwell Road"12. 61 kms of the stretch lies in India, 1,033km falls in Myanmar and 632 km in China. Naturally, relentless Chinese efforts resulted in the contract being awarded to a Chinese construction company, which has already begun work on the 194 mile stretch from Myitkyina in Myanmar to the Pangsau Pass in Arunachal Pradesh, close to the Indian border.13

India has not begun to build its side of the road. Opinion stands divided. Indian businessmen strongly feel that this road, which is now almost unusable and prone to interdiction by insurgents, could be the key for the economic success of the North East. Rebuilding it will help re-establish the region's trade ties with western China and South East Asia. The government, in contrast, sees this as a risky investment, given security concerns about China's territorial claims to Arunachal Pradesh as well as the challenge of battling insurgent groups currently operating in the region.14

Many cross-border highways planned to connect India with Myanmar and beyond are still works in progress. The ambitious Rhi-Tidim and Rhi-Falam road projects, the Moiwa-Chindwin-Thailand trilateral highway project as well as trans-rail networks are still being refined.15 So far, only the Tamu-Kalaywa-Kalemyo Road connecting Moreh to Myanmar has been completed. Complaints of neglect have, however, surfaced about the road from Imphal that feeds into Moreh, which is symptomatic of the general approach.
Experts from the Border Road Organisation have flagged real concerns. Logistically, not only is the North East region remote, it is also short on resources, and the soil, moreover, does not support the type of stones required for tar roads. More often than not, project costs do not include budgets for transporting heavy machines and equipment to these areas, which then translates into delays. Local quarrying affects the geographical balance of the region, which often destabilises the foundations of the roads laid. Overall, unlike China, India lacks in skilled manpower, which is a glaring shortcoming. Both in quality and quantity China seems to be at an advantage. This perhaps explains BRO's establishment of a China Study Group with the specific mandate of assessing rapid infrastructure build up near Tibet and the north east.

China's strides in Myanmar have been well planned and executed. Beijing backed the military-led Junta when it was internationally isolated and doled out infrastructure support and soft loans long before India decided to look east. India's image as a vibrant democracy and the strategic and economic need to counter Chinese influence in Myanmar will make policy options a lot tougher. Yet, what can be done now is to fully implement and leverage the existing framework and ensure that it delivers.

1. Saibal Dasgupta, "China's sweetener to speed up pipeline through Myanmar," Times of India, April 7, 2011.
2. "Chinese investment in Myanmar tops $8bn this year," Reuters, August 16, 2010,
reuters.com/article/2010/08/16/idINIndia-50868920100816.
3. L. S. Singh, "Indo-Myanmar Relations in the greater perspective of India's Look East Policy," in Thingnam Kishan Singh, ed., Look East Policy and India's North: East Polemics and Perspectives (2009).
4. Ibid.
5. Ministry of Development of North East Region, http://mdoner.gov.in/index2.asp?sid=127.
6. L. S. Singh, op. cit.
7. Saibal Dasgupta, op. cit.
8. "India's strategic interests in Myanmar: An interview with Shyam Saran," by M. Chaturvedi http://www.ipcs.org/pdf_file/issue/SR98-ShyamSaranInterview.pdf.
9. www.mea.gov.in.
10.Ministry of Development of North East Region, http://mdoner.gov.in/writereaddata/sublink2images/KaladanMultiModal2172726384.htm.
11. Executive Summary of DPR for Port & IWT, http://iwai.nic.in/misc/portiwt.pdf.
12. Stillwell Road was a route from India used by the British and American troops to supply Chinese troops against Japan during WW II. See, http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/china/8243834/China-plans-to-rebuild-Burmas-World-War-Two-Stilwell-Road.html.
13. Subir Bhaumik, "Will the famous Indian WWII Stilwell Road reopen?," February 8, 2011, www.bbc.co.uk http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-south-asia-12269095.
14. Ibid.
15. "India's strategic interests in Myanmar: An interview with Shyam Saran," op.cit.

http://www.idsa.in/idsacomments/ChinaEnticesMyanmarasIndiaStrugglestoLookEast_spandalai_110411

http://www.eurasiareview.com/china-entices-burma-as-india-struggles-to-%E2%80%98look-east%E2%80%99-analysis-11042011/

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[ALOCHONA] Tampering with Mother Nature



Tampering with Mother Nature

 

Sayed Javed Ahmad

 

Planet Earth – which we lovingly refer to as "Mother Earth" is now facing extinction thus jeopardizing every form of living being, including humans. It is sad to note that the human species is ruining the only habitable planet on the solar system.

 

Allah says in the Qur'an that He never brings any disaster on us, we do. The following verse makes it clear –

 

What! When a single disaster smites you, although ye smote (your enemies) with one twice as great, do ye say?- "Whence is this?" Say (to them): "It is from yourselves (because of your evil deeds): For Allah hath power over all things."  (Aal-e-Imran, Chapter #3, Verse #165)

 

If there were a Qur'an with which mountains were moved, or the earth were cloven asunder, or the dead were made to speak, (this would be the one!) But, truly, the command is with Allah in all things! Do not the Believers know, that, had Allah (so) willed, He could have guided all mankind (to the right)? But the Unbelievers,- never will disaster cease to seize them for their (ill) deeds, or to settle close to their homes, until the promise of Allah come to pass, for, verily, Allah will not fail in His promise.  
(Ar-Rad, Chapter #13, Verse #31)

 

Those who reject Faith will not cease to be in doubt concerning (Revelation) until the Hour (of Judgment) comes suddenly upon them, or there comes to them the Penalty of a Day of disaster.  (Al-Hajj, Chapter #22, Verse #55)

 

So We sent against them a furious Wind through days of disaster, that We might give them a taste of a Penalty of humiliation in this life; but the Penalty of a Hereafter will be more humiliating still: and they will find no help.  (Fussilat, Chapter #41, Verse #16)

 

In the above few verses we find few reasons for disasters that take place upon us. The first verse declares that they happen due to our own actions, second verse reflects that our ill deeds are the cause of disasters, the third verse says it is also due to lack of faith and then the last verse says it is allowed to happen to make the disbelievers taste and feel the pain and suffering so that they revert to truth in faith.

 

So, what are the ill deeds that cause us to face the disasters? Let us try to analyze it a bit.

 

  1. Disbelief: Disbelief or lack of faith has been revealed as one of the major causes. Allah has revealed the Qur'an to mankind to read, obey and follow. But most of mankind is still ignorant about it.
  2. Ill deeds: On top of their disbelief, they also indulge in various kind of ill deeds or activities from personal, to social as well as environmental.

 

Mainly due to these two reasons Allah allows disaster to happen so that they could taste it withstanding a chance for realization that there is a God who is the Commander of all Affairs.

 

Your Guardian-Lord is Allah, Who created the heavens and the earth in six days, and is firmly established on the throne (of authority): He draweth the night as a veil o'er the day, each seeking the other in rapid succession: He created the sun, the moon, and the stars, (all) governed by laws under His command. Is it not His to create and to govern? Blessed be Allah, the Cherisher and Sustainer of the worlds!  (Al-Araf, Chapter #7, Verse #54)

 

At the time of establishing this world, Allah has carefully planned and implemented all possible checks and balances to ensure that the planet Earth is sustainable for all forms of life for a certain length of time.

 

Not for (idle) sport did We create the heavens and the earth and all that is between!  (Al-Anbiya, Chapter #21, Verse #16)

 

Say: Is it that ye deny Him Who created the earth in two days? And do ye join equals with Him? He is the Lord of (all) the Worlds.  (Fussilat, Chapter #41, Verse #9)

 

He set on the (earth), mountains standing firm, high above it, and bestowed blessings on the earth, and measure therein all things to give them nourishment in due proportion, in four days, in accordance with (the needs of) those who seek (Sustenance).  (Fussilat, Chapter #41, Verse #10)

 

So He completed them as seven firmaments in two days, and He assigned to each heaven its duty and command. And We adorned the lower heaven with lights, and (provided it) with guard. Such is the Decree of (Him) the Exalted in Might, Full of Knowledge.  (Fussilat, Chapter #41, Verse #12)

 

We created the heavens and the earth and all between them in Six days, nor did any sense of weariness touch Us.  (Qaf, Chapter #50, Verse #38)

 

He it is Who created the heavens and the earth in Six days, and is moreover firmly established on the Throne (of Authority). He knows what enters within the earth and what comes forth out of it, what comes down from heaven and what mounts up to it. And He is with you wheresoever ye may be. And Allah sees well all that ye do.  (Al-Hadid, Chapter #57, Verse #4)

 

The time of creation two or six days mentioned above are not the time we know here on Earth. The "time" referred above are in relation to the time in the universe, which is not the same as on Earth. Our perception of time on Earth is bound to 24 hours framework in relation to sun rise and setting. But the time frame for the universe is based on other methods that are not known to us.

 

The verses above also clarify that everything has been created for a purpose, and they have been allowed to function or operate under the full authority of Allah. Therefore, tampering with any such setting would likely have a negative impact causing disorders in nature.

 

"I will mislead them, and I will create in them false desires; I will order them to slit the ears of cattle, and to deface the (fair) nature created by Allah." Whoever, forsaking Allah, takes Satan for a friend, hath of a surety suffered a loss that is manifest.  (An-Nisa, Chapter #4, Verse #119)

 

Tampering with natural orders is prohibited. Even our existence is following a natural process since our creation from Adam (A) –

 

O mankind! reverence your Guardian-Lord, who created you from a single person, created, of like nature, His mate, and from them twain scattered (like seeds) countless men and women;- reverence Allah, through whom ye demand your mutual (rights), and (reverence) the wombs (That bore you): for Allah ever watches over you.  (An-Nisa, Chapter #4, Verse #1)

 

It is He Who created you from a single person, and made his mate of like nature, in order that he might dwell with her (in love). When they are united, she bears a light burden and carries it about (unnoticed). When she grows heavy, they both pray to Allah their Lord, (saying): "If Thou givest us a goodly child, we vow we shall (ever) be grateful."  (Al-Araf, Chapter #7, Verse #189)

 

And Allah has made for you mates (and companions) of your own nature, and made for you, out of them, sons and daughters and grandchildren, and provided for you sustenance of the best: will they then believe in vain things, and be ungrateful for Allah.s favours?-  (An-Nahl, Chapter #16, Verse #72)

 

And made his progeny from a quintessence of the nature of a fluid despised:  
(As-Sajda, Chapter #32, Verse #8)

 

He created you (all) from a single person: then created, of like nature, his mate; and he sent down for you eight head of cattle in pairs: He makes you, in the wombs of your mothers, in stages, one after another, in three veils of darkness. such is Allah, your Lord and Cherisher: to Him belongs (all) dominion. There is no god but He: then how are ye turned away (from your true Centre)?  (Az-Zumar, Chapter #39, Verse #6)

 

In the above few verses Allah is also revealing to us that He is the sustainer of all living beings including mankind. In the following verses we would see how He planned for it –

 

Who has made the earth your couch, and the heavens your canopy; and sent down rain from the heavens; and brought forth therewith Fruits for your sustenance; then set not up rivals unto Allah when ye know (the truth).  (Al-Baqara, Chapter #2, Verse #22)

 

Behold! in the creation of the heavens and the earth; in the alternation of the night and the day; in the sailing of the ships through the ocean for the profit of mankind; in the rain which Allah Sends down from the skies, and the life which He gives therewith to an earth that is dead; in the beasts of all kinds that He scatters through the earth; in the change of the winds, and the clouds which they Trail like their slaves between the sky and the earth;- (Here) indeed are Signs for a people that are wise.  (Al-Baqara, Chapter #2, Verse #164)

 

Rain is a process that leads to fruits, vegetation and harvests –

 

It is He Who sendeth down rain from the skies: with it We produce vegetation of all kinds: from some We produce green (crops), out of which We produce grain, heaped up (at harvest); out of the date-palm and its sheaths (or spathes) (come) clusters of dates hanging low and near: and (then there are) gardens of grapes, and olives, and pomegranates, each similar (in kind) yet different (in variety): when they begin to bear fruit, feast your eyes with the fruit and the ripeness thereof. Behold! in these things there are signs for people who believe.  (Al-Anaam, Chapter #6, Verse #99)

 

It is He Who produceth gardens, with trellises and without, and dates, and tilth with produce of all kinds, and olives and pomegranates, similar (in kind) and different (in variety): eat of their fruit in their season, but render the dues that are proper on the day that the harvest is gathered. But waste not by excess: for Allah loveth not the wasters.  (Al-Anaam, Chapter #6, Verse #141)

 

It is He Who sendeth the winds like heralds of glad tidings, going before His mercy: when they have carried the heavy-laden clouds, We drive them to a land that is dead, make rain to descend thereon, and produce every kind of harvest therewith: thus shall We raise up the dead: perchance ye may remember.  (Al-Araf, Chapter #7, Verse #57)

 

The likeness of the life of the present is as the rain which We send down from the skies: by its mingling arises the produce of the earth- which provides food for men and animals: (It grows) till the earth is clad with its golden ornaments and is decked out (in beauty): the people to whom it belongs think they have all powers of disposal over it: There reaches it Our command by night or by day, and We make it like a harvest clean-mown, as if it had not flourished only the day before! thus do We explain the Signs in detail for those who reflect.  (Yunus, Chapter #10, Verse #24)

 

The mountains serve a purpose from where the rivers flow –

 

And it is He who spread out the earth, and set thereon mountains standing firm and (flowing) rivers: and fruit of every kind He made in pairs, two and two: He draweth the night as a veil o'er the Day. Behold, verily in these things there are signs for those who consider!  (Ar-Rad, Chapter #13, Verse #3)

 

And the earth We have spread out (like a carpet); set thereon mountains firm and immovable; and produced therein all kinds of things in due balance.  (Al-Hijr, Chapter #15, Verse #19)

 

And He has set up on the earth mountains standing firm, lest it should shake with you; and rivers and roads; that ye may guide yourselves;  (An-Nahl, Chapter #16, Verse #15)

 

"And remember how He made you inheritors after the 'Ad people and gave you habitations in the land: ye build for yourselves palaces and castles in (open) plains, and carve out homes in the mountains; so bring to remembrance the benefits (ye have received) from Allah, and refrain from evil and mischief on the earth."  (Al-Araf, Chapter #7, Verse #74)

 

He created the heavens without any pillars that ye can see; He set on the earth mountains standing firm, lest it should shake with you; and He scattered through it beasts of all kinds. We send down rain from the sky, and produce on the earth every kind of noble creature, in pairs.  (Luqman, Chapter #31, Verse #10)

 

Seest thou not that Allah sends down rain from the sky? With it We then bring out produce of various colours. And in the mountains are tracts white and red, of various shades of colour, and black intense in hue.  (Fatir, Chapter #35, Verse #27)

 

He even kept the osmosis of waters separate!

 

Or, Who has made the earth firm to live in; made rivers in its midst; set thereon mountains immovable; and made a separating bar between the two bodies of flowing water? (can there be another) god besides Allah. Nay, most of them know not.  (An-Naml, Chapter #27, Verse #61)

 

And made therein mountains standing firm, lofty (in stature); and provided for you water sweet (and wholesome)?  (Al-Mursalat, Chapter #77, Verse #27)

 

Apart of being an abode for many living forms, the oceans are also meant for our ships to sail on –

 

Behold! in the creation of the heavens and the earth; in the alternation of the night and the day; in the sailing of the ships through the ocean for the profit of mankind; in the rain which Allah Sends down from the skies, and the life which He gives therewith to an earth that is dead; in the beasts of all kinds that He scatters through the earth; in the change of the winds, and the clouds which they Trail like their slaves between the sky and the earth;- (Here) indeed are Signs for a people that are wise.  (Al-Baqara, Chapter #2, Verse #164)

 

And among His Signs are the ships, smooth-running through the ocean, (tall) as mountains.  (Ash-Shura, Chapter #42, Verse #32)

 

From the verses quoted above it becomes clear that Allah have been very mindful in every details of His sustenance planning for all living beings on the planet. Mankind, despite their wisdom and technological knowledge still largely depends on the natural process to survive. Any kind of tampering with nature results in disasters for us all.

 

But alas! Mankind has been tampering with mother Earth for a long time now. Every time there is a war around the globe, fire, explosions and destruction follows that causes disruption in the ecology and the environment. Peace of all kind of living creatures and plants are disrupted, often for years. Use of semi-nuclear bombs made of depleted uranium makes the area inhabitable for decades! In the countries where the depleted uranium bombs were used the people of those areas are sick or ill and giving birth to deformed children.

 

Hundreds of kilometers around the Chernobyl disaster areas are still inhabitable. Who knows what disaster would the Japan nuclear meltdown would bring to mankind and other living beings and for how long. The radiation of Japan nuclear fallout is spreading around the globe through wind and water ways.

 

British Petroleum's (BP) oil drilling accidents in the Pacific Ocean near the Gulf of Mexico has caused the ocean lives to die in masses due to covering of surface floor with oil and the oil is finding inroads through underground absorption all the way to Florida contaminating the surface floors. The oil that the USA and the Western world are fighting for is going bleed through their noses.

 

Weapons of mass destruction (WMD) like the poisonous gas, chemical and biological weapons are being used in many wars without any track and records of the harms they are doing to us. All we know is the number of new and deadly diseases are increasing with the increase of number of medicines to tackle the existing ones. Even in the name of vaccination many harmful materials are being injected in us that are having even more harmful effects than cure sometime leading to autism and even death.

 

Climate change is another growing threat. Scientists are still clueless about the causes of this changes that is becoming apparent every day. It could be because of the unplanned destruction of forests and mountains in order to expand urbanization and industries.

 

The chemical pollutants are destroying the ecological and environmental balances in the lakes and rivers resulting in poor and poisonous crops and harvest or not harvest at all. Number of fish resources has gone down as they cannot survive in polluted chemical waters.

 

New and unknown diseases like the Bird Flu and Swine Flu's have already taken a huge toll on our livestock and poultries pretty much destroying the entire industry beyond recovery. Genetically Modified Organism (GMO) experimental lab invented food is causing other serious alarms in terms of health and environment. Effectiveness of GMO as an alternative food source is now under question that is having a negative impact on the traditional grows.

 

The secret military weapons programs like the High Frequency Active Auroral Research Program (HAARP) are believed to be responsible for all atmospheric disturbances like unexpected tornadoes that appear occasionally. Underground nuclear bomb testing is blamed for increased earthquakes around the world that results in tsunamis.

 

Now let us ask ourselves the following questions:

 

  • Why do we need to make war with each other? For control of resources?

 

  • Why do we need control over resources? To deprive other groups or nations?

 

  • Why do we need governments, politics and borders? To have a domain of rule over some people?

 

  • Why do we need devastating weapons? To kill other people fast whom we do not like?

 

  • Why do we need to control weather and agriculture? To have control over the natural processes and play god?

 

  • Why do we need industries and urbanization? To live in luxury and lust?

 

Islam was sent to mankind as a religion to unite them as a single nation so that people of all races and ethnic background could live in peace and harmony worshipping One God Allah and following the same Way of Life, which is Islam.

 

"…This day have I perfected your religion for you, completed My favour upon you, and have chosen for you Islam as your religion…".  (Al-Maeda, Chapter #5, Verse #3)

 

Mankind was one single nation, and Allah sent Messengers with glad tidings and warnings; and with them He sent the Book in truth, to judge between people in matters wherein they differed; but the People of the Book, after the clear Signs came to them, did not differ among themselves, except through selfish contumacy. Allah by His Grace Guided the believers to the Truth, concerning that wherein they differed. For Allah guided whom He will to a path that is straight.  (Al-Baqara, Chapter #2, Verse #213)

 

All people are born under Islam as a natural religion –

 

Narrated Abu Huraira : Allah's Apostle said, "Every child is born with a true faith of Islam (i.e. to worship none but Allah Alone) but his parents convert him to Judaism, Christianity or Magainism, as an animal delivers a perfect baby animal. Do you find it mutilated?" Then Abu Huraira recited the holy verses: "The pure Allah's Islamic nature (true faith of Islam) (i.e. worshipping none but Allah) with which He has created human beings. No change let there be in the religion of Allah (i.e. joining none in worship with Allah). That is the straight religion (Islam) but most of men know, not." (30.30)  (Bukhari, Book #23, Hadith #441)

 

Will there be any reason for war, conflict or control for resources if all of mankind lives together under one single government without any borders obeying and worshipping the same God Allah believing in Islam?

 

Mankind evolved as a single nation under common parents, Adam (A) and Eve or Hawa (A) –

 

O mankind! We created you from a single (pair) of a male and a female, and made you into nations and tribes, that ye may know each other (not that ye may despise (each other). Verily the most honoured of you in the sight of Allah is (he who is) the most righteous of you. And Allah has full knowledge and is well acquainted (with all things).  (Al-Hujraat, Chapter #49, Verse #13)

 

So why can't we behave like a single nation again? We fail because of someone called "Satan" who is our avowed enemy and does not want mankind to live in peace as he thinks mankind is responsible for is fall from grace. Whereas the truth is, it was Satan himself who chose to fall from grace disobeying his creator. Therefore, Allah repeatedly reminds us of his presence and motives in the Qur'an,

 

"I will mislead them, and I will create in them false desires; I will order them to slit the ears of cattle, and to deface the (fair) nature created by Allah." Whoever, forsaking Allah, takes Satan for a friend, hath of a surety suffered a loss that is manifest.  (An-Nisa, Chapter #4, Verse #119)

 

Satan makes them promises, and creates in them false desires; but Satan's promises are nothing but deception.  (An-Nisa, Chapter #4, Verse #120)

 

O ye who believe! Intoxicants and gambling, (dedication of) stones, and (divination by) arrows, are an abomination,- of Satan's handwork: eschew such (abomination), that ye may prosper.  (Al-Maeda, Chapter #5, Verse #90)

 

Satan's plan is (but) to excite enmity and hatred between you, with intoxicants and gambling, and hinder you from the remembrance of Allah, and from prayer: will ye not then abstain?  (Al-Maeda, Chapter #5, Verse #91)

 

When the suffering reached them from us, why then did they not learn humility? On the contrary their hearts became hardened, and Satan made their (sinful) acts seem alluring to them.  (Al-Anaam, Chapter #6, Verse #43)

 

Then began Satan to whisper suggestions to them, bringing openly before their minds all their shame that was hidden from them (before): he said: "Your Lord only forbade you this tree, lest ye should become angels or such beings as live for ever."  (Al-Araf, Chapter #7, Verse #20)

 

O ye Children of Adam! Let not Satan seduce you, in the same manner as He got your parents out of the Garden, stripping them of their raiment, to expose their shame: for he and his tribe watch you from a position where ye cannot see them: We made the evil ones friends (only) to those without faith.  (Al-Araf, Chapter #7, Verse #27)

 

If a suggestion from Satan assail thy (mind), seek refuge with Allah. for He heareth and knoweth (all things).  (Al-Araf, Chapter #7, Verse #200)

 

We have not only been introduced to and given an exposure to our hidden avowed enemy and how he deceives us, but Allah also told us of seeking protection to Him from Satan's deceptions. Will Satan have any influence on us if we all bow down to Allah seeking His protection from the devil?

 

It is not easy to fight an evil force that is unknown and unseen to us who have so much of advantages over us. Therefore, in order to out smart the devil first we need to submit ourselves completely to the will of Allah Almighty and get ourselves under His protection. Once under His protection, Satan will become powerless.

 

If Allah helps you, none can overcome you: If He forsakes you, who is there, after that, that can help you? in Allah, then, Let believers put their trust.  (Aal-e-Imran, Chapter #3, Verse #160)

 

The Unbelievers spend their wealth to hinder (man) from the path of Allah, and so will they continue to spend; but in the end they will have (only) regrets and sighs; at length they will be overcome: and the Unbelievers will be gathered together to Hell;-  (Al-Anfal, Chapter #8, Verse #36)

 

Then he called on his Lord: "I am one overcome: do Thou then help (me)!"  (Al-Qamar, Chapter #54, Verse #10)

 

To become worthy of Allah's help we need to learn and understand Islam by heart from the original sources namely, the Qur'an and Sunnah. In the last sermon our Prophet (s) said,

 

O People, no prophet or apostle will come after me and no new faith will be born. Reason well, therefore, O People, and understand my words which I convey to you. I leave behind me two things, the QUR'AN and my example, the SUNNAH and if you follow these you will never go astray.

 

Islam calls for a simple way of life. The religion focuses more on after life than the enjoyment in this temporal life. As a result, we find Muslims living a simple lifestyle closer to nature. The concept of "exploitation" is missing in a Muslim society. Prophet (S) showed us how to live with others with patience and perseverance worshipping Allah alone. Allah declares –

 

"Those who follow the apostle, the unlettered Prophet, whom they find mentioned in their own (scriptures),- in the law and the Gospel;- for he commands them what is just and forbids them what is evil; he allows them as lawful what is good (and pure) and prohibits them from what is bad (and impure); He releases them from their heavy burdens and from the yokes that are upon them. So it is those who believe in him, honour him, help him, and follow the light which is sent down with him,- it is they who will prosper."  (Al-Araf, Chapter #7, Verse #157)

 

I have only created jinns and men, that they may serve Me.  (Adh-Dhariyat, Chapter #51, Verse #56)

 

Therefore, the sole purpose of our being here on Earth is to pass our time in worshipping Allah following the traditions of the Prophet (S) – who was the living Qur'an.

 

If we study the life of the Prophet (S) then we find that he lived a very simple life with very small means but accomplished so much in just 23 years that according to Michael Hart Prophet Muhammad (S) was ranked first among "The 100: A Ranking of the Most Influential Persons in History", the book that he wrote in 1992 that became a best seller worldwide. Everyone, regardless of national, ethnic and religious background should read the biography or the life story of the Prophet (S). There are many good books available in the market. He was indeed the best of mankind in all respect as mentioned by Michael Hart.

 

If we truly engage in worship of Allah as prescribed in Islam, we would hardly find any time to mind worldly businesses. Prayers five times a day would allow us just about enough time to eat rest and get around with some regular chores in between. But Satan encourages us to engage in world affairs more than we need thus remain busy neglecting our prayers and worship of Allah. Therefore, losing rewards that would have qualified us to earn an entry to heaven closer to Allah facing Him empty handed.

 

Allah have been so kind to Muslims that He gave most of the oil resources within the boundaries of Islamic empire to live well enough on this single resource and not having to worry about toiling too much on Earth hampering the prayers and worships. Indeed, the Islamic world could survive on exporting of oil alone quite comfortably for generations without any work! But alas, under the influence of the Western world the Islamic empire disintegrated into fragments with separate kings and kingdoms creating boundaries dividing the ummah (brotherhood). Therefore, the common resource has now been divided into segmented resources occupied by kingdom and domain. Although the oil resource was discovered much later and after the disintegration of the Islamic empire, but reunification of the empire would regenerate the economic power almost overnight.

 

Only the Islamic World Order could ensure justice under the authority of Islamic rule for all of mankind as this religion does have all the know how for it. The Islamic empire did sustain for over a thousand years and it can revive and sustain once again.

 

What we are witnessing around the world is injustice at random occurrence. Law and order is crumbling down in all so called civilized countries resulting in chaos and turmoil. Innocent people are being victimized around the globe facing genocide, annihilation and getting locked up in jail for cheap salve labor by force. Worldly greed for power and lust for leisure are the key causes that resulted from lack of faith in Allah. Under the influence of Satan majority of mankind forgot who they are whom they have to face in the life hereafter for accountability on which basis the permanent abode (heaven or hell) will be determined.

 

Satan uses all the earlier religions prior to Islam to keep the divisions alive among mankind keeping them apart from uniting as a single nation and worship One God – Allah. Innocent people are therefore are kept away from discovering the true religion and the true Creator. This gross failure of human intelligence by surrendering to Satan's deceptions would result in loss in the after life with severe punishments.

 

Those who break Allah.s Covenant after it is ratified, and who sunder what Allah Has ordered to be joined, and do mischief on earth: These cause loss (only) to themselves.  (Al-Baqara, Chapter #2, Verse #27)

 

Those to whom We have sent the Book study it as it should be studied: They are the ones that believe therein: Those who reject faith therein,- the loss is their own.  (Al-Baqara, Chapter #2, Verse #121)

 

O ye who believe! If ye obey the Unbelievers, they will drive you back on your heels, and ye will turn back (from Faith) to your own loss.  (Aal-e-Imran, Chapter #3, Verse #149)

 

Some He hath guided: Others have (by their choice) deserved the loss of their way; in that they took the evil ones, in preference to Allah, for their friends and protectors, and think that they receive guidance.  (Al-Araf, Chapter #7, Verse #30)

 

Say: "O ye men! Now Truth hath reached you from your Lord! those who receive guidance, do so for the good of their own souls; those who stray, do so to their own loss: and I am not (set) over you to arrange your affairs."  (Yunus, Chapter #10, Verse #108)

 

Who receiveth guidance, receiveth it for his own benefit: who goeth astray doth so to his own loss: No bearer of burdens can bear the burden of another: nor would We visit with Our Wrath until We had sent an apostle (to give warning).  (Al-Isra, Chapter #17, Verse #15)

 

We send down (stage by stage) in the Qur'an that which is a healing and a mercy to those who believe: to the unjust it causes nothing but loss after loss.  (Al-Isra, Chapter #17, Verse #82)

 

"Serve ye what ye will besides him." Say: "Truly, those in loss are those who lose their own souls and their People on the Day of Judgment: Ah! that is indeed the (real and) evident loss!  (Az-Zumar, Chapter #39, Verse #15)

 

To Him belong the keys of the heavens and the earth: and those who reject the Signs of Allah,- it is they who will be in loss.  (Az-Zumar, Chapter #39, Verse #63)

 

All truth seeking people should ask questions and demand proof on any claim made by the authority of other religions as most of their claims are false –

 

And they say: "None shall enter Paradise unless he be a Jew or a Christian." Those are their (vain) desires. Say: "Produce your proof if ye are truthful."  (Al-Baqara, Chapter #2, Verse #111)

 

O mankind! verily there hath come to you a convincing proof from your Lord: For We have sent unto you a light (that is) manifest.  (An-Nisa, Chapter #4, Verse #174)

 

Or have they taken for worship (other) gods besides him? Say, "Bring your convincing proof: this is the Message of those with me and the Message of those before me." But most of them know not the Truth, and so turn away.  (Al-Anbiya, Chapter #21, Verse #24)

 

And from each people shall We draw a witness, and We shall say: "Produce your proof": then shall they know that the Truth is in Allah (alone), and the (lies) which they invented will leave them in lurch.  (Al-Qasas, Chapter #28, Verse #75)

 

There was a time when people used to rise with the rise of the sun and go to sleep at sun set. There was no electricity to engage in any activity at night and stay up late. Today we have electricity produced from different methods compromising with nature tampering it here and there. With this electricity we watch TV and sleep late waking up late the next day after sun rise. The electricity contributed to growth to some industries like the brothels and night clubs where immoral activities are carried out in the name of entertainment.

 

In urban dwelling we have developed a system of running tap water where we waste more water than we use. We waste gallons of water while taking a bath under a shower; where as in the rural areas people are still bathing in the same old pond where there forefathers used to bathe. People in villages still live with the nature without disrupting it; where as in the name of development urbanized minds are destroying forests by felling trees filling up ponds lakes and canals preventing natural water to flow that flowed all along that generations witnessed.

 

Population boom with growing interest in worldly life resulted in many faceted developments geared toward leisure and enjoyment. Much of the nature's wealth and resources have been converted to achieve all that replacing with industries and manufacturing plants here and there in a desire to fulfill unending greed and lust damaging the environment with industrial pollution through chemical wastes. Illegal earnings through crimes and unethical means is all time high.

 

Narrated abu Huraira: The Prophet (s) said, "a time will come when one will not care how one gains one's money, legally or illegally."  (Bukhari, Book #34, Hadith #275)

 

The good news is, due to compounding negative effects for disturbances in nature resulted in an imbalance all over as a result we are witnessing many different kind of disasters on which we have no control – some are natural and some are man made.

 

Continued disaster followed by one another would result in a dire need for a grand change in the way we live and see the world – politically, economically and socially. Eventually, a time would come when people would recognize their Lord God Almighty Allah and bow down to Him is repentance seeking His Mercy and Blessings.

 

The crusade or persecution of believers by the disbelievers have already begun that would lead to a global war or conflict. The New World Order (NWO) symbolized by the one-eye on top of the pyramid (sign of Dajjal) will appear with tremendous might and power to claim its domain. At that time some believers will move to mountains and in isolation leaving urban dwellings for safety –

 

Narrated abu Said al-Khudri: allah's apostle said, "There will come a time when the best property of a man will be sheep which he will graze on the tops of mountains and the places where rain falls (i.e. pastures) escaping to protect his religion from afflictions."  (Bukhari, Book #54, Hadith #519)

 

The conflict would eventually begin between the believers and disbelievers -

 

Narrated abu Huraira: The Prophet said, "The Hour will not be established till you fight a nation wearing hairy shoes, and till you fight the Turks, who will have small eyes, red faces and flat noses; and their faces will be like flat shields. And you will find that the best people are those who hate responsibility of ruling most of all till they are chosen to be the rulers. And the people are of different natures: The best in the pre-lslamic period are the best in Islam. A time will come when any of you will love to see me rather than to have his family and property doubled."  (Bukhari, Book #56, Hadith #787)

 

The war would bring realization in people that this world is not worth fighting or killing for. Gradually, people would turn to religion to find peace and happiness. Thus, victory is guaranteed to the believers -

 

Narrated abu Said al-Khudri: The Prophet said, "a time will come when the people will wage holy war, and it will be asked, 'Is there any amongst you who has enjoyed the company of Allah's apostle?' They will say: 'Yes.' and then victory will be bestowed upon them. They will wage holy war again, and it will be asked: 'Is there any among you who has enjoyed the company of the companions of Allah's apostle?' They will say: 'Yes.' and then victory will be bestowed on them."  (Bukhari, Book #56, Hadith #792)

 

Once the domain of Allah is reestablished, people would become religious promoting peace and harmony among the nations. They would not pay attention to wealth – gold and / or silver; and the wars across the globe would result in reduction of men leaving more women seeking husbands –

 

Narrated Abu Musa: Thy Prophet (p.b.u.h) said, "A time will come upon the people when a person will wander about with gold as zakat and will not find anybody to accept it, and one man will be seen followed by forty women to be their guardian because of scarcity of men and great number of women. "  (Bukhari, Book #24, Hadith #495)

 

Narrated Abu Huraira: Allah's Apostle said, "Soon the river "Euphrates" will disclose the treasure (the mountain) of gold, so whoever will be present at that time should not take anything of it." Al-A'raj narrated from Abii Huraira that the Prophet said the same but he said, "It (Euphrates) will uncover a mountain of gold (under it)."  (Bukhari, Book #88, Hadith #235)

 

Secularists who are promoting anti-Islamic philosophies and ideas will find themselves in utter loss unable to contain chaotic situation around them realizing eventually that Islam has the answer and solution to all the problems created in the name of modernization by tampering with Mother Nature disbelieving the ultimate Creator and Sustainer Almighty Allah.

 

Come, let us all repent and seek forgiveness from Allah for our ignorance and disbelief so that He forgives us and recover us from the mess we have created in the name of secularism and / or modernization.

 

Invite (all) to the Way of thy Lord with wisdom and beautiful preaching; and argue with them in ways that are best and most gracious: for thy Lord knoweth best, who have strayed from His Path, and who receive guidance.  (An-Nahl, Chapter #16, Verse #125)

 

Do you need to witness more evil and suffer more to accept and believe in Allah and His chosen religion Islam? Declare, "There is n God but Allah, and Muhammad (s) is the messenger of Allah." Pick up a Qur'an translated in your language and begin to read it followed by life of the Prophet (S) and his traditions one after another until you are educated enough to follow the guidance and guide others as well.

 

It is He Who hath sent His Messenger with guidance and the Religion of Truth, to proclaim it over all religion, even though the Pagans may detest (it).  (At-Taubah, Chapter #9, Verse #33)

 

Welcome back to Islam!

 

References:

 

THE PROPHET MUHAMMAD'S (S) LAST SERMON: http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/source/muhm-sermon.html

 

The 100: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_100

 

Toxic munitions cause of baby deaths and deformities in Fallujah: http://www.globalresearch.ca/index.php?context=va&aid=16442

 

Scientific Facts on the Chernobyl Nuclear Accident: http://www.greenfacts.org/en/chernobyl/index.htm

 

Japan Nuclear Radiation 4 Times Chernobyl Levels OUTSIDE Evacuation Zone: http://blog.alexanderhiggins.com/2011/04/09/japan-radiation-4-times-chernobyl-levels-evacuation-zone-15921/

 

BP disaster: worst oil spill in US history turns seas into a dead zone: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/newsbysector/energy/oilandgas/7783656/BP-disaster-worst-oil-spill-in-US-history-turns-seas-into-a-dead-zone.html

 

Japanese radiation reaches US: http://rt.com/usa/news/japanese-nuclear-radiation-reaches-usa/

 

Biological weapons: http://library.thinkquest.org/C005719/page7.htm

 

Vaccination Myths: http://www.relfe.com/vaccine.html

 

HAARP Weather Weapon is responsible for Climate change: http://www.todaysviews.com/?p=371

 

Industrial pollution chokes people, crops alike: http://www.thedailystar.net/newDesign/news-details.php?nid=71816

 

Swine flu could mix with bird flu, expert warns: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30640335/ns/health-cold_and_flu/

 

50 HARMFUL EFFECTS OF GENETICALLY MODIFIED (GM) FOODS: http://pakalert.wordpress.com/2009/05/10/50-harmful-effects-of-genetically-modified-gm-foods/

 

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The prison industry in the United States: big business or a new form of slavery?: http://www.globalresearch.ca/index.php?context=va&aid=8289

 

Catholic Church: http://www.enotes.com/genocide-encyclopedia/catholic-church

 

Church Crime History: http://www.carlchinn.com/Church_Crime_History.html

 

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The Last Word on Fluoride Poisoning: http://www.activistpost.com/2011/04/last-word-on-fluoride-poisoning.html

 

 



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