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Return to Pakistan's valley of death

published by You on 3 August, 2009 - 19:20

They left in fear, and many are going back the same way.

The Pakistan government says it is safe for families to return to the Swat valley, and it's paying them 25,000 rupees to do so (£180; $300).

But plenty of those making the journey to the picturesque and formerly peaceful region are not so sure.

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When asked who was to blame for the chaos and carnage which engulfed Swat, his response was swift.

"We blame ourselves because the people of Swat gave the Taliban permission to come in," he said.

"After we welcomed them, and showed them love, they committed atrocities."

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Trainee Taliban

We met five teenage boys who provided harrowing accounts of their time in Taliban training camps.

Unity Foundation Event - Welcoming Ramadhan '09

published by Unity Foundatio... on 3 August, 2009 - 16:46

Brothers and Sisters

Assalamu Alaykum

We pray you are in the best of health & imaan.

Unity Foundation are pleased to present an essential half day refresher course covering the Hanafi Fiqh Of Ramadhan taught by Shaykh Atabek Nasafi. *

WELCOMING RAMADHAN '09

Your participation in the course will insha’Allah enhance your ability to adhere to the necessary laws of Ramadhan whilst also enhancing your spiritual journey within the sacred month.

Course details

Date:

Sunday August 16 2009

Registration 11:30am

Start 12:00pm - 4:00pm

Venue:

St Augustines New Avenham Centre

St Austins Place

Preston

PR1 4PN

Brothers & Sisters Welcome (Segregation will be maintained)

Reserve your place by emailing

Barclays profit up to almost £3bn

published by You on 3 August, 2009 - 11:19

Barclays has announced an 8% rise in first-half profits, boosted by its investment banking division.

Pre-tax profits for the first six months came in at £2.98bn ($5bn), although this was slightly below analysts' forecasts.

Profits at its investment bank Barclays Capital doubled, but those at its UK retail banking arm more than halved.

HSBC reported half-year profits of $5bn, although this was about half what it made in the same period a year ago.

Shares in Barclays rose 9% in morning trading, while HSBC climbed 4.6%.

Read more @ BBC News

Palestinians evicted in Jerusalem

published by You on 2 August, 2009 - 19:58

Israeli police have evicted nine Palestinian families living in two houses in occupied East Jerusalem.

Jewish settlers moved into the houses almost immediately. The US has urged Israel to abandon plans for a building project in the area.

Israel occupied East Jerusalem in 1967 and later annexed it, a move not recognised by the world community.

The evictions have been condemned by the United Nations, the Palestinians and also the UK government.

The US said the evictions were not in keeping with Israel's obligations under the so-called "road map" to resolve the Israel-Palestinian conflict.

'Deplorable'

Ramadhan 1430/2009

published by TPOS on 2 August, 2009 - 17:19

Salaam Alaykum,

YES, the blessed month is just (about) 20 days away! Biggrin so i thort id take the opturnity to say (a little early):

[center][size=30][color=green]Ramadhan Mubarak Everyone![/size][/color][/center]

Inshallah everyone will start and finish Ramadhan at the same time. (ok that may be a bit too much to ask :|)

Make sure u take advantage of this blessed month! Smile

Also, please forgive me for anything wrong i have done/said to you Smile

EDIT - just to note:

  1. All the ramadan related content on this site (or you could click the "ramadan" tag just underneat this post)
  2. Ramadan and eid related articles on the old static site.

Bombshell: Bin Laden worked for US until 9/11

published by You on 2 August, 2009 - 03:02

Former FBI translator Sibel Edmonds dropped a bombshell on the Mike Malloy radio show, guest-hosted by Brad Friedman (audio, partial transcript).

In the interview, Sibel says that the US maintained ‘intimate relations’ with Bin Laden, and the Taliban, “all the way until that day of September 11.”

US man 'killed child by praying'

published by You on 2 August, 2009 - 02:21

A US jury has found a man guilty of killing his sick 11-year-old daughter by praying for her recovery rather than seeking medical care.

The man, Dale Neumann, told a court in the state of Wisconsin he believed God could heal his daughter.

She died of a treatable disease - undiagnosed diabetes - at home in rural Wisconsin in March last year, as people surrounded her and prayed.

Neumann's wife, Leilani Neumann, was convicted earlier this year.

The couple, who were both convicted of second-degree reckless homicide, face up to 25 years in prison when they are sentenced in October.

A lawyer representing Dale Neumann said he would appeal...

Differentiating between what is easy and what is right.

published by You on 2 August, 2009 - 01:38

A bit of a moral dilemma: I think I always take the easy way out. If the going gets tough, so I simply quit?

Thing is most (but not all) of the times I also think I did the right thing - so the question beckons - how do you d
ifferentiate between what is easy and what is right?

How do you know you are righteous? How do you define easy? How do you define hard?

(last one is always a good question - for things that I have done that people consider hard, at the time I (probably) thought it easy.)

Also - how would you define yourself? what story would you give?

I have a fear/hunch/notion that my story would be defined by one word: "quitter".

Pakistan Christians die in unrest

published by You on 1 August, 2009 - 20:09

Six Christians have been killed in religious unrest in Pakistan's central Punjab, after days of tension sparked by the rumoured desecration of a Koran.

The four women, a man and a child died as Muslim militants set fire to Christian houses in the town of Gojra, officials said.

TV footage showed burning houses and streets strewn with debris as people fired at each other from rooftops.

Officials said the rumours which led to the unrest were false.

Read more @ BBC News

Graduates to get gap-year money

published by You on 1 August, 2009 - 18:38

The government is to pay for graduates struggling to get a job to go on trips abroad, The Department for Business, Innovation and Skills has confirmed.

It said the scheme will be launched with expedition company Raleigh International next week.

It will pay for 500 young people under the age of 24 to travel to places such as Costa Rica and India to take part in projects such as building schools.

It comes as graduates face an increasingly tough job market.

Forty-eight graduates are chasing every job on offer this year, according to a study by the Association of Graduate Recruiters.

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