has anyone watch the series 'the arrivals'. the videos (51 parts) are available on youtube and also from the site below.http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=le_ySMrOkFU
http://www.wakeupproject.com/Index.aspwanted to know peoples views on the things discussed.. maybe can be a new thread
Salaams
This is a topic I know very little about, but it was suggested during the current gaza conflict that some people said it was all about oil/gas (which sounded ludicrous to me as I had never heard such a thing before.)
War and Natural Gas: The Israeli Invasion and Gaza's Offshore Gas Fields
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Who Owns the Gas Fields
The issue of sovereignty over Gaza's gas fields is crucial. From a legal standpoint, the gas reserves belong to Palestine.
The death of Yasser Arafat, the election of the Hamas government and the ruin of the Palestinian Authority have enabled Israel to establish de facto control over Gaza's offshore gas reserves.
Drunken sailors left out of rhyme
"Drunken sailors" have been removed from the lyrics of a nursery rhyme in a government-funded books project.
But the Bookstart charity says the re-writing of What Shall We Do With the Drunken Sailor? has "absolutely nothing to do with political correctness".
The charity says that the shift from drunken sailor to "grumpy pirate" was to make the rhyme fit a pirate theme, rather than censorship.
"Put him in the brig until he's sober," has also been lost in the new version.
This latest ideological spat over nursery rhymes was sparked by the re-writing of What Shall We Do With the Drunken Sailor.
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Baa-baa
This is the latest in a series of disputes over nursery rhymes.
Peace Now: Settlements expanded faster in 2008
On day US Mideast envoy arrives in Israel, Peace Now movement publishes report on settlement expansion activity last year. Yesha Council pleased with 'documentation of Zionist enterprise'
Jewish settlements and outposts in the West Bank expanded more rapidly in 2008 than the previous year, Peace now reported on Wednesday. The timing of the report is no coincidence, and it was released on the day US Envoy to the Middle East George Mitchell was scheduled to arrive in Israel.
Mitchell has spoken out against the illegal construction of settlements in the occupied Palestinian territories in the past.
And they say that brits don't know how to complain...
Virgin: the world's best passenger complaint letter?
Dear Mr Branson
REF: Mumbai to Heathrow 7th December 2008
I love the Virgin brand, I really do which is why I continue to use it despite a series of unfortunate incidents over the last few years. This latest incident takes the biscuit.
Ironically, by the end of the flight I would have gladly paid over a thousand rupees for a single biscuit following the culinary journey of hell I was subjected to at thehands of your corporation.
Look at this Richard. Just look at it:
Man who took one bill and handed rest back to bank teller gets 15-year sentence
A man who said he robbed a downtown Shreveport bank because he was out of a job and hungry has been sentenced to 15 years in prison for first-degree robbery.
Roy Brown, 54, of Audrey Lane, pleaded guilty in Caddo District Court to robbing the Capital One bank in December 2007.
Brown admitted walking up to a teller with one of his hands under his jacket and telling her it was a "stickup." The teller handed the man three stacks of bills and he took a single $100 bill, told her he was homeless and left, police said.
Brown surrendered to police the next day, telling them his mother didn't raise him that way.
Drink-driver, 13, did 70mph in stolen car going the wrong way
A 13-year-old who became one of the youngest drink-drivers in the UK was given a four month custodial sentence yesterday after driving a stolen car at 70mph without lights in a 30mph residential area.
Jon Smee, of Salford, who at 4ft 10in tall can barely reach the steering wheel of a car , was caught by police after he lost control of a Ford Mondeo at a roundabout near Manchester centre in November.
At Salford magistrates court, District Judge Jonathon Finestein said it as "a miracle" that Smee escaped the crash without seriously injuring or killing himself or other people...
Read more @ The Guardian
Charity Week 2009
with Ummah Welfare Trust
Monday 9th - Friday 13th February
Charity Week is upon us once again and as you would expect, we would like to raise as much money as last year, if not more inshaAllah. We will be donating for a number of causes being the Gaza Crisis, widow sponsorship, a deep boring rig for Africa, a Medical Clinic in Somalia and education for children in Albania. All helped by the Ummah Welfare Trust with a 100% donations policy. So each and every penny you donate is sure to reach your intended target by the permission of Allah. Please go to http://www.uwt.org for full details regarding the causes being funded.
Full Schedule: http://www.goldsmithsisoc.co.uk/#/chari ... 4532586797
Wednesday 18th Feb (Reading Week) Seminar -
Madinah Jamia Masjid and Islamic Centre Presents
In the Memories of
Abu al-Hassan bin Uthman al-Jilaani al-Hajweri Hazrat Data Gunj Buksh and
Imaam al-Akbar Shaykh ul-Islaam wal Muslimeen Arife Billah
Imaam Ahmad Raza Khan al-Qadiri Barkaati Muhadith e Barelwi
Date: Saturday 14th February 2009
Time: After Salatul Maghreb-Isha
Venue: Madinah Jamia Masjid and Islamic Centre, Clydesdale Street (Off Gainsbrough Ave), Coppice OLDHAM OL8 1BT
Tilawat: Hafiz Muhammad Wajid Rehmaan
Naat Khuwaan: Muhammad Aadil Attari al-Qadiri (Bolton)
Urdu Speaker:
Maulana Hafiz Muhammad Aqeel Jalaali al-Qadiri
(Imaam and Khateeb Madinah Jamia Masjid, Oldham)
English Speaker:
Maulana Muhammad Salim Ghisa Noori al-Qadiri
Contacts: 07920475366/07931898346
