by Hena Zuberi, Saturday, 25 May 2013
 
The Islamic Circle of North America masjid (ICNA) in Alexandria, VA hosted an Open House and appreciation dinner on May 18th, 2013. The masjid was completed and inaugurated earlier this year.

The event was an opportunity for the wider community to meet the new imam, Shaykh Abdool Rahman Khan who sits on the Fiqh Council of North America.

In the upstairs women’s section, the speeches were broadcast over a large TV screen. As kids screamed and ran around and the majority of the women chitchatted, some sisters tried to concentrate on the speeches given by the President, Ramiz Abid, Dr. Essam Tellawi, Imam Abdool Rahman and Dr. Zahid Bukhari of ICNA.

It was a joyous, social occasion so a certain amount of informality was tolerated in the packed halls.

The speeches highlighted many weighty issues from the past, present and future of the new masjid.

Building the ICNA masjid was a journey. Br. Abid reminisced about the small trailer that served the community as a masjid for several years prior to the building of the new structure.

He recalled fond memories of youth meetings,”when we would horse around and end up breaking walls; once we even found racoons in the wall.”

Now that the structure is complete, the masjid is forming various committees to aid in running the masjid smoothly, including Jumu’ah, fundraising, sisters, and maintenance committees.

Dr. Essam Tellawi, a long standing member of the community, spoke on the bond of brotherhood and imaan. The masjid is diverse, and most attendees are immigrants from a variety of countries.

Dr. Bukhari spoke about the model of the American masjid and the expanded role that Islamic centers play. He believes the masjid is a place where future leadership develops, and which serves as a hub of social, relief and dawah activities.

Young girls and boys from the weekend school presented Quran and Salah recitation to the audience.

Bintu Fofana has three children in the weekend school. She has lived in the community for 4 years and was pleased with the new structure. “We did not go to Jumu’ah, we were waiting of this masjid,” she said, after watching her son, Kafumba, recite Quran on the big screen.

In her opinion, the new imam will be a welcome teacher of masjid etiquettes for the community.

Sr. Asma is from the Sudan, a warm friendly sister, she said she feels very happy about the new masjid and the arrival of the imam. “I can meet people and enjoy food together with different nationalities,” she said.

Saiqa Aziz’s daughter, Areeba, recited Surah Yaseen to the audience along with her friends Anum, Ayesha and Fatima. “Alhamdulillah,” Sr. Saiqa said with a grateful smile when asked about the masjid.

Imam Abdool Rahman Khan urged the congregation to stand together, love each other and work to develop this masjid with ‘tolerance, understanding and sabr.” The Imam has started counseling for youth, marriage and family as well as several circles of learning on aqeedah, tafseer, tajweed and hadith. (TML will be featuring a detailed interview with Shaykh Khan in the June issue in shaa Allah).

A South Asian dinner was served with humility by enthusiastic volunteers serving guests who sat on the floor of the new center.

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OnIslam Staff, Sunday, 26 May 2013
 
CAIRO – Eyeing to promote dialogue between followers of different religions and cultures, a major Muslim convention opened in the United States on Saturday, May 25, with the aim of boost tolerance in American society.

“The objective of this event is to promote dialogue between different cultures and faiths to help contribute to a more peaceful and tolerant society,” Asim Khan, lead coordinator for the Islamic Circle of North America (ICNA)’s WHYISLAM Project, said in a press release obtained by OnIslam.net.

“We look forward to welcoming people from all walks of life and to another great event that will draw thousands of people.”

Themed “Islam: The Pursuit of Happiness”, the three-day annual convention aims to promote peace and tolerance in society.

Muslim attendants would be offered special lectures and symposiums on how to achieve everlasting happiness.

To this end, sessions would be delivered in different languages including Arabic, Urdu, Bengali and Spanish along with English.

Special sessions would also be dedicated to Muslim women to discuss issues of concern to them.

A host of prominent Muslim speakers are attending the ICNA-MAS convention, including Boston imam Suhaib Webb.

The convention is being held at the Connecticut Convention Center, the largest convention facility between New York and Boston.

More than 15,000 Muslims from across the United States are expected to attend the annual convention.

A parallel youth event, organized by the Young Muslims (YM) organization, is being held during the three-day convention

Themed the “The Seekers: A Quest for Hope”, the event aims at inspiring young American Muslims to reclaim hope in Allah’s forgiveness and in people surrounding them.

The ICNA convention comes a month after a bombing targeted an international marathon in Boston and killed three people.

US Muslims have condemned the bombing, which was blamed for two brothers of Chechen origin.

ICNA is one of the largest, non-profit, grassroots Muslim organizations in North America with many projects, programs, and activities designed to help in reforming society at large.

Since 1968, ICNA has worked to build relations between communities by devoting itself to education, outreach, social services and relief efforts.

The United States is home to a Muslim minority of between six to eight million.

A US survey has also revealed that the majority of Americans know very little about Muslims and their faith.

Last year, Gain Peace, a Chicago-based Muslim outreach group, launched a public and television campaign to clear long-held misconceptions about Islam.
ICNA has also launched a campaign to educate Americans about Shari`ah and dispel wrong perceptions about it.

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A $40 million fund-raising campaign to improve the Central park playgrounds was announced last week by the Central Park Conservancy, which is the nonprofit group that manages the park. Thousands of children who play in the park will surely benefit from this initiative.

Although money shouldn’t be a problem since the conservancy has some of the wealthiest patrons in the city, there is a burning question as to the fate of the countless city parks that don’t benefit from private fund-raising. Parks that don’t benefit from private fund-raising include the Flushing Meadows-Corona Park, in Queens that is now marred by broken drainage, graffiti as well as pervasive litter, and the St. Mary’s Park that is located in the Mott Haven section of South Bronx, in this park, the baseball bleachers have no seats, and the cracked tennis court has no net.

New York is densely populated and expensive. This means that parks are not considered as a luxury or an amenity. They are instead looked on as backyards, and a place to get some oxygen. The private support that the parks receive is seen as meaningful and laudable, however, the fate of the remaining 1,700 parks comes into question. The Central Park and Prospect Park are both well maintained to the extent that they are seen as jewels to the system. Like the rest of the parks, they receive a minimal budget from the city, however, a large chunk of the money used to maintain them comes from very big donors, star-studded galas as well as high profile marketing campaigns.

Areas without the private resources to maintain their parks have the most “not acceptable” rated parks in their vicinity. The irony is that these areas need the open space provided by these parks the most. This brings up the question of how the playing field can be leveled in a bid to ensure that every neighborhood gets the parks that it so desperately needs. The Answer? More financing for parks in the annual city and state budgets.

According to Daniel L. Squadron, a democratic state senator who represents parts of Brooklyn and Manhattan, the budget can then be supplemented by an ambitious new program. The new program would be the creation of a Neighborhood Parks Alliance which would in turn form partnerships between a well-financed conservancy or a contributing park and a member park(s) that was in need of more money and support.

According to Daniel, a contributing park would commit 20 percent of its conservancy’s budget to member parks with which it partnered. Signatures gathered from local residents would constitute the way in which a park became a member park. The park would be able to establish its own conservancy group and receive a city commitment from the local council members and the Parks Department in order to maintain current government financing levels. The Contributing park conservancies would also provide continuing expertise, oversight and programmatic support in addition to money.

He cites as an example that the Central Park Conservancy has an annual budget for park expenses of nearly $40 million. $8 million, which is twenty percent of the budget, would go a long way for a number of smaller parks.

Daniel acknowledges that it is not a comprehensive solution to the problem of open-space equity, however it would mean that more parks could meet their community needs.

He states that, “A Neighborhood Parks Alliance is one simple way for more New Yorkers to have decent open space, so that more families in more communities can make a life in the city.”

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The Hezbollah leader voiced his opinion that if the Syrian regime fails then it paves the way for Islamic extremist to enter the Middle East and make it a “dark period”. He has promised not to let that happen and to provide enough support by lending his own army. He refuses to stay calm when their ally is under attack in Damascus.

In the televised speech, the leader, Sheikh Hassan Nasrallah, mentioned that the members of Hezbollah are fighting against the Islamic extremist who pose an immediate threat to Lebanon. The Hezbollah members refuse to let the Syrian army control the Lebanon borders.

This is the first speech which indicates that his members are involved in the fight and the rebels are committed to helping the Syrian town, Qusair, which is strategically located in the Lebanon frontier.

The leader was widely speculated for sending fighters to help Syria along with President Bashar al-Assad’s fighters. He defended himself by stating that his decision to help Syria is a part of his widely devised operation for naming it as a part of a big battle against Israel. He called it as the “existential war” for a group like his which is anti-Israel.

“Syria is the back of the resistance, and the resistance cannot stand, arms folded, while its back is broken,” the leader of Hezbollah said.

The leader of Hezbollah fears that if Syria falls in the hands of America, Israel, or takfiris then the people belonging to his religion will go to a dark place. He added, “If Syria falls, Palestine will be lost.”, marking the Israel’s retirement from the southern part of Lebanon in May 2000, in his speech.

“Takfiris” is a term adopted to supplement the reigns of the movement of Salafist which embraces violence to achieve its goals. Many people following it, use the techniques of Al-Qaida.

This particular speech was made by the Hezbollah leader along with the government of Syria to recruit more forces to defend their town in the Lebanon border.

The fighter in Qusair has given statements about extra tankers and ammunition near the Lebanon border where the fight is going strong.

An activist named Malek Ammar commented that he has never seen such a day since the battle started, as there was so much violence involved. He added that it looked like they were trying to evaporate all the houses in the city.

The Syrian observatory of human rights has informed that roughly 30 people were killed in the area where the opposition was held on Saturday. The dead ones were mostly rebels and about a dozen were badly injured.

Qusair is a town inhabiting 30,000 people. It has now become the targeted battleground due to its strategic location. Assad’s fighters want to take down that place since it is the safest way between the capital Damascus and Mediterranean coast. It separated the northern rebels from the south, as well.

The opposite team has returned to the fight. It is important that the path is blocked, and that Assad and his army are refraining from the safe way to deny their victory. If Assad is victorious, then they claim the upper hand in the American peace talk taking place in Russia this year.

Assad’s team has seized more than two third ground of Qusair. They are putting up a high price and rebels are trying, all they could, to keep them away.

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The European Union has reached an opinion that the olive oil served in the bowls at restaurants to be banned from 1st January 2014 and issued directives. When the same olive oil is shared by many which is not tamper – proof can be the source for spreading disease and strongly believes that a unhygienic approach while at an eatery.

The European Commission is of the view as briefed in Brussels by Oliver Bailly that the regulation of Olive oil serving in the food industry will benefit the end consumer as they deem to get prescribed quality Olive oil for the price they pay for. It is the onus of the restaurateur to provide a quality Olive oil and that cannot be served when it is poured from a big canoe.

The European Commission expressed its fears that Olive oil is the most commonly targeted products for fraudulent practices. Most of the ignorant consumers are the victims of using the cheap oils served by restaurateurs.

The guidelines issued to the restaurateurs to provide Olive oil along with dishes is only in tamper-proof bottles and not loose in bowls. The Olive oil must bear a label indicating the EU industrial standards. The officials fortified their stand of banning Olive oil serving in the jugs emphasized that consumers are ensured a safe, guaranteed product with appropriate labelling of its manufacturer with a tamper proof and in hygienic dispensers.

Critics Concern:

European Commission ban on serving of Olive oil in jugs has seen a severe resentment from all over Europe and even from outside the EU.

Olive oil largest producers from the EU – Italy, Greece, Portugal and Spain feared the ban has a greater impact on economic slump. Critics also accused the EU of redundant bureaucratic approach in the middle of an economic crisis.

Sam Clark, the expert food from London told ”The Daily” that the ban may stop serving the certain pre selected Spanish Olive oil. It is about preference and freedom of preference. The first moments of a customer’s time while thinking over the menu and indulging in the taste of Olive oil is so enjoyable, and that will be missed.

A small Spanish farmer expressed that he cannot produce the small bottles as his production is handmade and had no recourses to go for automation.

Ottolenghi a cynical comment that no more the Olive oil is served at the table, and it doesn’t make any sense, and most of them can defy the law.

The critics are in the EU itself as one of the official worries that the EU gets a bad remark for insisting the ban.

Martin Callanan MEP, the leader of European Conservative and Reformist group comments that the EU has more crucial things to attend than finding silly reasons to ban refillable Olive oil bottles.

Spokesperson from Defra states “Though we welcome the new rules, cannot support the ban as it may lead to unnecessary waste and lays an additional load on businessmen.

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There is an event organized by Yahoo in Manhattan, but the details about the event are not revealed so far. According to the statement made by Yahoo, there is something very special that had to be presented in front by Yahoo, any further details have not been given yet. The press is waiting anxiously about the details of the event as the curiosity among the people has reached the highest level. Yahoo is a very popular service provider over the internet, and had earned the public confidence, as well.

There was news about the Yahoo board meeting in San Francisco. The agenda of the meeting was announced in front of the media in which it was stated that voting would be done in the board meeting in which the decision would be made weather Yahoo should offer $1.1 billion to the famous blogger service company named Tumblr. Tumblr is quite famous in technical blogs as it has earned public respect recently. Yahoo was thinking about the deal for quite a while and finally the board meeting would decide the future relationship between Yahoo and Tumblr. The sources close to the board members have said that the deal between the two parties was already finalized as some of the final details would to be discussed in the board meeting.

CEO of Yahoo Marissa Mayer’s was highly keen on changing the image of Yahoo that was one of the largest internet providing company in the world. Yahoo was making deals with different companies in order to grab the attention of the young users who are always looking for a platform that has something different to offer. Since taking charge of Yahoo Company in July 2012, Marissa Mayer was looking very desperate to have a deal with Tumblr so that it would be quite easy for Yahoo to gather the attention of the new younger users so that the old image of Yahoo can be enhanced a bit.

The innovators and the reforms are required by the internet companies with the passage of time, and that is actually what Yahoo is looking for. Some measures have to be taken timely and precisely because there is a need to do some changes in order to keep the users motivated. Marissa Mayer is eager to have these types of deals in the future as well because she believes that the “cool factor “ have to be maintained, and that it should be the first priority.

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كثيرا من الناس لايرضي عن حياته الحالية!!

و كان يتمني ان تكون حياته افضل مما هي عليه الان

و يعتقد ان اذا الايام عادت به الي الخلف سوف يتجنب هذه الاخطاء و يعمل اشياء اخري بها تصبح حياته افضل مما هي عليه الان

و نسي انه ينظر الان لهذه اخطاء و الاختيارات بعين السنين و الخبرة و التجربة و ما تعلمه من الايام و العثرات و النجاحات لا بنفس الشخصية و الخبرات وقت حدوث الاخطاء

و هناك من يرضي بما هو عليه و لا يميل حتي الي التغيير من نمط الحياة و يري ان ليس بالامكان احسن مما كان  ويقول لو عاد بي الزمن سافعل نفس الخطوات

و لكنه في نظر الاخرين يأتي باخطأ

السؤال الذين يريدون التغير بماذا ننصحهم و ما هو الحل السحري

؟

الحل ان نضع نقطة و نبتدي من اول السطر نكتب اشياء جديدة في رحلة الحياة لا ننظر للخلف

و نصحح بعض الاخطاء القابلة للأصلاح

نريد ان نضع نقطة  (نفصل بها بين  كل ما حدث في المضي ) و نكتب احداث و نتبع سلوكيات جديدة صح و من اول السطر نكتب ما نريده و نعتقد انه الافضل الذي نتمناه

مثال جميل بسيط نستطيع ان نشارك فيه جميعا ونضع نقطة و من اول السطر.

في حب مصر : اتمني علي  وزير الزراعه ان يمنع زراعة الكوسه في مصر

 حتي نقضي علي الواسطة و المحسوبيه

في حب مصر: ننسي تماما كلمة انا و نحاول نستعمل كلمة كلنا بمعني ان نحاول نلغي كلمة انانيه من الحياة و لقد تعلمنا من ثورة يناير ان القوة في الجماعه

في حب مصر: كل انسان يكون نفسه لا يقلد احد و لا يغش او يتقمص دور ليس دوره حتي لا يفقد احترامه لنفسه

مثلا لا احد يصنع من نفسه بديل للشرطة فتعم الفوضي

في حب مصر: نلغي كلمة و انا مالي اذا رايت احد يرتكب اخطاء تستطيع تقويمه باللتي هي احسن مش بالخناق

و خصوصا من يخرب في المرافق العامة

في حب مصر: نحافظ علي حق الغير حتي نستطيع ان نحافظ علي حقوقنا

اي لا نتعدي علي ما يملكه الاخر  اي نحترم الملكية الخاصة و العامة

في حب مصر: نتعلم معني كلمة الحريه بمعناها الحقيقي الصح  لا نتعدي بها علي حرية الاخريين

الحرية انت تفعل ما يحلوا لك دون ان تجور بهذه الحرية علي حرية الاخرين

في حب مصر: نتعلم معني العمل الجماعي و لا يصح ان كل شخص يتقمص دور الريس المخترع

العمل الجماعي افضل من العمل الفردي

لاعب الكره لايستطيع ان يحرز هدفا بمفرده لابد من وجود الفريق بتقسيماته حتي تتنقل الكرة بينهم الي ان تصل لهداف الفريق فيستطيع ان يحرز هدفا

ويتحقق الفوز

في حب مصر: لا نخاف من كلمة الصدق نقول الحق مهما كان الثمن

كلمة حق عند سلطان جائر

في حب مصر: نسير في الشارع بما يرضي الله ونعطي الطريق حقه حتي نستطيع ان نسترجع للشارع المصري جماله و احترامه نحن لاتوجد لدينا  ازمة مرور نحن نعاني من  ازمه في الاخلاق من سائقي السيارات و طريقتهم الغريبة في السير عكس الاتجاه او التعدي علي مساحات الاخرين في الطريق …الخ و كذلك من المارة الذين يسيرون في عرض الطريق معرضين انفسهم للخطر

و كذلك من من يعبروا الطريق سيرا علي الاقدام

هذه بعض الاخطاء البسيطة

في تنفذها الكبيرة في نتائجها علي المجتمع

و التي نقع فيها وسهل ان نغيرها و تكون

فعلااااااااااا

نقطة و من اول السطر

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Baghdad was once a city bustling and full of life. About 98% of its population was literate, and 99% had access to safe drinking water. But all that is history. Baghdad is little more than a wasteland now. It is certainly not a tourist spot; even more so if you happen to be from the USA or any other western country. Baghdad is now a hostile place for its own citizens and foreigners. Most monuments that were worth travelling miles for and libraries that have housed thousands of years of knowledge were reduced to less than ashes by the US bombings and invasion. What remains of these historical objects are being defiled by the native people, in search of petty benefits.

Before one begins to advice on the places to visit in Baghdad, one must warn every person that aims to visit this city that it is akin to walking to your own deathtrap. You cannot be warned enough, and the risk you take is not of your belongings but of your life itself. Simply put, you may be killed; how horribly is a matter of speculation. If fate is kind, you will be killed quickly and painlessly, but worse has happened. So be warned that every visitor to Iraq now bears the responsibility for traveling on his own shoulders. You are strongly advised not to travel to Baghdad unless for official purposes only.

First and foremost, you need LOADS of paperwork and your place of stay and transport must be arranged for, usually through the government of your own country, then you will be warned about traveling to Baghdad. Few countries have their international flights connect them to Baghdad, but there is sufficient communication with the neighboring countries. Air travel seems to be the safest way, but you could also travel by a train that runs from Basra to Baghdad. You can also travel by road. But all of these ways are subject to delay due to either sandstorms that are very common in this desert region or insurgent attacks. Travel by road must be strongly discouraged.

Once there, you have a lot to see in this city of ancient heritage. Moving around the International Zone itself is not much of a bother, as it is a relatively small area. One could use a bicycle, or even walk if wanted. Outside the ‘Green Zone’ however, one must travel either in helicopters or rhinos, a variety of armored cars.

Inside the Zone, one may appreciate the Swords of Qadisiyah, a monument built to the supposed victory over Iran. Outside the Zone, one may look at the Monument of the Unknown Soldiers, also a remembrance of the Iran-Iraq War. The Al-Shaheed monument is yet another monument built to the Iraqi soldiers. Umm al-Qura mosque is a monument built to the Gulf War for a change. The Al-Faw palace was once a brilliant palace located on the banks of the Tigris river. The place that was a sacred ground to thank the ones who freed the Al-Faw peninsula, there now resides a US military base. Last, but not the least, the Al Khadhimain Shrine is the most important Shi’a Muslim worship sites.

One day, perhaps, Baghdad will be restored to all its former glory. Till then, you are advised not to travel to this mystic land.

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Stir Fry is a well-known dish in Islamic countries and many restaurants have this dish as their specialty. People all over the world know about stir fry, but Desi Stir Fry has a unique taste because it is embedded with spices. Do not have to come to Asia to try this dish as you can make it at the convenience of your own home.

Ingredients:

• Oil (2 tablespoons)
• Cloves of Garlic (2 chopped)
• Onions (2 chopped)
• Red Capsicum (1 chopped)
• Green Capsicum (1 chopped)
• Courgettes (100 grams chopped)
• Peas (1 cup)
• Ketchup (3 tablespoons)
• Light Soy Sauce (2 tablespoons)
• Chili Sauce (2 tablespoons)
• Chicken Stock (2 tablespoons)
• Mushrooms (2 cups chopped)
• Dark Soy Sauce (2 tablespoons)

Directions:

1. Get a pan and heat the oil in it.
2. Add in all the vegetables that you have prepared into the pan.
3. After that add in the tomato sauce, soy sauces, chili sauce, and chicken stock.
4. You must keep tossing the mixture until it is completely fried.
5. Take it out on a place once it turns light brown and crispy.
6. Serve!

Tips: Stir fry tastes best with yogurt on the side. You can prepare the yogurt by putting some salt, chopped onions, a little chili pepper, and tomatoes to get the complete taste. There are people who like to eat stir fry in a bun or even eat it with pita bread. It is tasty either way you eat, and it is a healthy dish to eat if you are on a diet!

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WASHINGTON:

Recently, the US president Barrack Obama had a press conference in Washington in which the major focus was on the foreign policies that the US would follow in the coming years. The US drone attacks have not only killed terrorists, but it has also caused many other precious lives. Obama specifically mentioned the policy of Drone attacks in countries like Pakistan, Somalia and Yemen in which there were many targeted attacks, but now a policy was reviewed by the US government in which the use of drone attacks would be limited from now onwards.

Obama regime was criticized by the media recently on domestic scandals that caused Obama a lot of damage. Soon after the scandals that came up to the scene two weeks before the press conference , Obama thought that he would be limiting the scope of the war on terror which George W Bush has initiated. However, Obama made it clear in the statement during the press conference that he felt that the American nation was threatened by the terrorists. While he was at Washington National defense university, he added that the chances of threats were not limited.

There is a pressure on the Obama regime about the use of unmanned aerial vehicles that were used to kill the terrorist in different countries including Pakistan. Giving the reason behind the attacks, Obama said his government would be using drones against the terrorist when they would be feeling that the risk was high enough, and it could not be neglected. Though it was made clear through Obama’s statement that there would no significant change in the drone policy still there are lots of other issues that Obama has to address. Pointing out the role of the military, Obama also said that he admits that the role of the military should be limited.

On Wednesday, Obama said the Defense Department will take the lead in launching drones, as opposed to the current practice of the CIA taking charge.

The change in policy by Obama has come up with the decision that from now onwards defense department would be handling drone attacks rather than the CIA. While elaborating, he said that the drones would be used if we failed to capture the terrorists. Talking about the sovereignty of the countries in which drones are used, he said that the US defense department would make sure that other civilians would not get killed in the drone attacks.

The reaction against the drones four American soldiers were already killed since 2009. A tribute was also paid by the US president that the Pakistani armed forces have suffered a lot during the war against terrorism.

Talking about the killing of Osama bin Laden Obama, he said that it affected the relationship with Pakistan, and he didn’t want the US military to have the operation on every soil that may bring crises. The relationship with Pakistan is still in the rebuilding phase, he added.

Obama also explained the reason of inability to close down the prison in Guantanamo Bay, in which he said he would be looking forward to the congress on this issue that should be resolved. He also condemned the killing of a British soldier.

One of the journalists interrupted Obama during the speech repeatedly asking the question about the killing of innocent people during the drone attacks.

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Islam is such a religion that preaches tolerance, mercy, and kindness. The definition of tolerance that was set by our Prophet was a guiding star for all Muslims. He was unduly oppressed by the people of his birthplace Mecca. Physical torture was a part of his daily routine, but still the Prophet kept on preaching the message of Allah and went on bearing the oppression by practicing tolerance. If a Muslim is not tolerant, then his belief is incomplete.

On day a person asked the Prophet (P.B.U.H), “What is Eman?” The Prophet P.B.U.H replied: “Eman is tolerance and patience.” Tolerance is one of the important aspects of human rights. Islam teaches Muslims how to tolerate. If there is no tolerance, then believe me, people in this world will start to kill each other for any reason. The people who deviate from the teachings of their religion cannot survive easily.

Islam teaches us to forgive and forget. If you cannot forgive the other person then you should not expect Allah to forgive you, but we do expect Allah to forgive us. Muslims have a very different reputation in this world today as compared to the past. In the past, the whole world knew the integrity and honesty of the Muslims, but today, that perception is changed to a great extent. Muslims are considered to be terrorists and the peace destroyers of the world.

This is mainly because of the fact that Muslims have forgotten the teachings of Islam. When a Muslim sees a negative perception of his personality, then this sure gives birth to anger and intolerance. It is stated in Quran that even if you are right, but you keep quiet in some argument just for the sake of ending the fight and not creating a feeling of hatred, then you will be getting a really nice status in Heaven.

Islam teaches Muslims to forgive when they are able to take revenge and practice tolerance when others make mistakes. Hope and fear from Allah make a Muslims tolerant. Practicing Tolerance is not easy especially today when everybody is trying to fill his own pocket through unfair means. Muslims need to follow the teachings of Islam strictly if they want to succeed today and hereafter.

The need of the hour is to awaken the Muslim spirit of ours that is lost in the materialism of this world. We need to gather good deeds in the life hereafter. The life in this world is temporary. If we practice the teachings of Islam and follow the right path that is provided to us, then we will succeed in the life hereafter. Tolerance is the first thing that can make us climb the ladder of that success.

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Where there’s hope, there is a way. There’s nothing in this whole world that cannot be achieved by human beings if they really want to. This last phrase is of more importance; “if they really want to”. This is important because I see the reason why the West and the Muslims of the world are not at an unambiguous peace ever is because they have never actually wanted to. This stands true for most of the western countries and most of the Muslim countries –if not all.

We know that Muslims make up around one fourth to one third of the world’s population, which means that every third or fourth person that a westerner meets will be a Muslim. Similarly, the term West if considered in the usual, broader context includes nearly 80 percent of the world’s developed countries. The aforesaid means that either the West hating Muslims unsuccessfully try to confine Islam and Muslims to the other 20 percent countries, or be at good terms with the West!

That being said, let’s also refute the exaggerated picture of animosity that the media depicts between Islam and the West. Although there are factions that would never want a truce between Muslims and the West, but that is not all! If we try to do some calculations, we would find that the extremists among Muslims would represent such a small percentage of the whole, and that would never put them in a position to call the cards for all the Muslims. But since the media gives rise to everything that can turn their TRP up, they only show the alarming dangerous and negative sides of the Bearded Men. Let me refer to a few examples just to show that a contrasting image exists to what the media shows. Have a look at Turkey, a completely Muslim dominated country that has nothing to do with all that goes on the TV about Muslim extremists. Look at the people of Egypt, who fought for a revolution within, and it had no extremist element in it. Look at Pakistan, whether you accept it or not, the country is giving up a lot for the war on terror, having lost thousands of people and billions of dollars they still stand in alliance to those fighting the war against terror.

Things are not as bleak as they seem, we just need to look again. Yes, there are disquieting elements among us; both of us, but the peace seekers are in a dominating number. Don’t we see thousands and thousands of Muslims and Christians living together as the best of friends in the US or the UK or Canada? Can they even image to be on as stringent terms as the media portrays about the relationship between the West and Muslims? If the Muslims are all bad how can a certain British MP named George Galloway have a soft corner towards Pakistan and Muslims, why don’t he and the rest of the world simply detest Muslims? There are people who do so too, but even in the west, the peace seekers are in a dominating number. When people get killed in the Oklahoma Tornado, Muslims pray for them. When die in the Boston Bombing, Muslims around the world and in Islamic Cultural Center north Frenso pray for them. When innocent children get killed in the Connecticut shooting, Muslims from the Newtown Islamic Center pray for them. Although it might come as a surprise to you, but recently a commendable group of Imams from all India, Indonesia, Jordan, Bosnia and Palestine visited the Auschwitz Wall of Dead and prayed for the Holocaust victims.

Islam is not all bad; on the contrary it is the world’s most peaceful religion with a balance to keep it survivable practically. I don’t deny the existence of extremist elements among Muslims, but I will purport till my last breath the fact that they are not the true example of a Muslim, they are people who have gone astray from the path of God and by doing that, they have nothing to do with Islam what so ever. The West and Muslims can work! You simply cannot expect more than 55 percent of the world’s population to take up arms against each other –23 percent of the world population are Muslims and 32 percent Christian. Neither they should, nor will they.

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امریکی ریاست کنکٹی کٹ کے ہارٹ فورڈ کنونشن سنٹر میں اسلامک سرکل آف نارتھ امریکہ(اکنا) اور مسلم امریکن سوسائٹی (ماس)کا سالانہ کنونشن ، امریکہ بھر سے ہزاروں مسلم امریکن کمیونٹی ارکان کی شرکت
اکنا ، امس کنونشن حسب روایت اس سال بھی ایسٹ کوسٹ پر مسلم امریکن کمیونٹی کا سب سے بڑا اجتماع بن گیا، غیر روایتی لیکن متاثر کن انداز میں ہزاروں شرکاءتک اسلامی تعلیمات کا پیغام پہنچایا گیا

نیویارک (محسن ظہیر سے ) امریکی ریاست لوزیانا سے تعلق رکھنے والامسلم امریکن شعیب خان ، امریکہ میں مسلم امریکن کمیونٹی کی اہم و نمائندہ تنظیم اسلامک سرکل آف نارتھ امریکہ (اکنا) اور مسلم امریکن سوسائٹی کے مہمانان خصوصی و مقررین میں سے ایک تھا کہ جنہوں نے ریاست کنکٹی کٹ کے شہر ہارڈ فوٹ میں منعقد ہونے والے اکنا اور ماس کے 38ویں سالانہ کنونشن سے خطاب کیا۔اس سال کنونشن کا موضوع ”اسلام ؛خوشی کا حصول “ رکھا گیا تھا اور اس موضوع کے حوالے سے خطاب کی بجائے 29سالہ شعیب خان جو کہ چند سال قبل موٹر سائیکل ایکسیڈنٹ کی وجہ سے دونوں ٹانگوں سے محروم ہو گیا تھا ، نے اپنی آب بیتی سناکر موضوع پر روشنی ڈالی

شعیب خان نے کنونشن کے اتوار کو ہونے والے مرکزی اجلاس جس میں ہزاروں کی تعداد میں امریکہ بھر سے آئے مسلم امریکن کمیونٹی کے ارکان نے شرکت کی ، کو مخاطب ہوتے ہوئے کہا کہ میرے پاس دونوں ٹانگیں نہیں ، چھ ہفتے تک کومے میں رہنے اور چھ ماہ تک لائف سپورٹ پر گذارنے کے بعد اللہ تعالیٰ نے مجھے نئی زندگی دی ،میں نے معذوری کو اپنی کمزوری نہیں بننے دیا اور ہمت و حوصلہ سے کام لیتے ہوئے آج اپنی نارمل زندگی جی رہا ہوں ۔ شعیب خان نے ہزاروں کے مجمع سے مخاطب ہوتے ہوئے کہا کہ میں خوش ہوں ، اللہ تعالیٰ کا شکرگزار ہوں ۔آپ ایک نظر میری طرف اور پھر اپنی طرف دیکھیں تو آپ کو معلوم ہوگا کہ اللہ کی آپ پر کتنی رحمت اور کرم ہے اور اس سے بڑھ کر آپ کے لئے اطمینان اور خوشی کا باعث اور کیا بات ہو سکتی ہے ۔

شعیب خا ن اور اکنا کا تعلق اس وقت قائم ہوا کہ جب چند سال قبل اس کا لوزیانا سٹیٹ میں موٹر سائیکل پر ایکسیڈنٹ ہوا جس کے بعد اسے بیہوشی کی حالت میں مقامی ہسپتال منتقل کیا گیا جہاں وہ پہلے چھ ماہ کومے میں رہا بعد ازاں چھ ماہ تک لائف سپورٹ پر رہا۔ اسی ہسپتال میں اکنا سے وابستہ بعض ڈاکٹرز بھی اس کے معالجین میں شامل تھے ۔شعیب خان کی زندگی بچانے کے لئے اس کی دونوں ٹانگیں کاٹ دی گئیں ۔نئی زندگی ملنے کے بعد شعیب خان نے فیصلہ کیا کہ وہ بھرپور انداز میں اپنی زندگی جئے گا ، گاڑی چلائے گا۔ اکنا ریلیف کے ایگزیکٹو ڈائریکٹر مقصود احمد کے مطابق اس حوالے سے لوزیانا سٹیٹ کی جانب سے پیشکش کی گئی کہ شعیب خان کے لئے سپیشل وین کی تیاری پر ایک لاکھ ڈالرز لاگت آئے گی اور اس کا آدھا خرچ سٹیٹ برداشت کرنے کے لئے تیار ہے۔ اکنا ریلیف کے مقامی ساتھیوں نے کمیونٹی کی مدد سے پچاس ہزار ڈالرز کے فنڈز اکٹھے کئے اور باقی ماندہ رقم سٹیٹ کی جانب سے مہیا کی گئی جس سے شیعب خان کے لئے خصوصی وین تیار کی گئی جس میں وہ اپنی وہیل چئیر سمیت بیٹھ جاتا ہے اور اب امریکہ بھر میں سفر کرتا ہے

مقصود احمد نے مزید بتایا کہ شعیب خان نے انفارمیشن ٹیکنالوجی میں ایڈمیشن لینے کے علاوہ وہیل چئیر ٹینس فیڈریشن بھی جوائن کی اور اب اس کا شمار وہیل چئیر ٹینس پلئیرز میں ہوتا ہے ۔اکنا آنیوالے دنوں میں شعیب خان کے ٹورنامنٹ کو بھی سپانسر کرے گی
شعیب خان نے جب کنونشن میں اپنی کہانی سنائی تو ہال میں موجود ہزاروں کمیونٹی ارکان نے نہ صرف اسے کھڑے ہوکر شاندار انداز میں خراج تحسین پیش کیا بلکہ اس کی زندگی کی کہانی کو متاثر کن قرار دیا ۔

اکنا کے کنونشن میں اس سال بھی حسب روایت امریکہ بھر سے اکنا کے ارکان کے علاوہ مسلم امریکن کمیونٹی کے اٹھار ہ ہزار سے زائد ارکان شریک ہوئے۔ ان ارکان کا تعلق مختلف شعبہ ہائے زندگی سے تھا اور اکنا کنونشن میں بھی سیمینار اور ورکشاپس کے علاوہ مختلف شعبہ ہائے زندگی سے تعلق رکھنے والی تقریباً ہر قسم کی سرگرمیوں کا اہتمام کیا گیا تھا جس میں اکنا بازار ،میرج بیورو، یوتھ سیمینار ز، بچوں کے لئے کھیلنے کودنے کے پروگرامزاور بین العقائد ڈائیلاگ شامل تھا

اکنا اور ماس جو کہ بنیادی طور پر ایک مذہبی تنظیم کے طور پر جانی جاتی ہیں لیکن امریکہ کی ایسٹ کوسٹ پر کنکٹی سٹیٹ میں ہونے والے اس کے کنونشن میں انٹرٹیمنٹ کے پروگرام کے علاوہ مزاحیہ مشاعرہ بھی قابل ذکر ہے ۔ اس حوالے سے جب اکنا کے مرکزی امیر نعیم بیگ سے پوچھا گیا کہ بظاہر اکنا جیسی مذہبی تنظیم کے پلیٹ فارم پر انٹر ٹینمنٹ اور مزاحیہ مشاعرہ جیسی سرگرمیوں کیا کچھ عجیب نہیں ؟تو انہوں نے کہا کہ تفریح طبع اور تفنن کے لئے بہت سے سرگرمیوں ہو سکتی ہیں جنہیں ہم حلال انٹر ٹیمنٹ بھی کہا جا سکتا ہے اور اہم ایسی سرگرمیوں کو اپنے کنونشن میں یقینی بناتے ہیں ۔ انہوں نے کہا کہ یہ تاثر درست نہیں کہ اسلام کوئی بالکل ہی خشک قسم کا مذہب ہے

اکنا کے کنونشن میںمسلم امریکن کمیونٹی کے معروف ریپر نیٹو ڈین نے دف کے ساتھ اپنے مخصوص انداز میں جب پرفارم کیا تو کنکٹی کٹ کنونشن سنٹر کے پانچ ہزار نشستوں کی گنجائش والے جام پیک ہال میں دائیں اور بائیں جانب الگ الگ اطراف پر بیٹھے ، مسلم کمیونٹی کے خواتین و حضرات نہ صرف خوب محظوظ ہوتے نظر آئے بلکہ انہوں نے دل کھول کر انٹرٹیمنٹ پیش کرنے والے ریپرز کو داد دی

اسی طرح کنونشن سنٹر کے ساتھ واقع میریٹ ہوٹل میں خصوصی محفل مشاعرہ کا بعد نماز عشاءاہتمام کیا گیا جس میں پاکستان سے خصوصی طور پر آئے مزاحیہ شاعرہ کے بے تاج بادشاہ شعراءانور مسعود اور خالد مسعود نے اپنے مخصوص انداز میں اپنا شاعرانہ کلام پیش کرکے مشاعرہ لوٹ لیا ۔اکنا ، ماس کنونشن میں اس سال ہونے والے اس مزاحیہ مشاعرہ میں سابقہ کنونشن کی نسبت سب سے زیادہ تعداد میں کمیونٹی ارکان جن میں اکنا کے سابق چار امیر سمیت اہم مذہبی سکالرز بھی شامل تھے، شریک ہوئے اور خالد مسعود اور انور مسعود کے مزاحیہ مشاعرہ پر ان کو لوٹ پوٹ ہو جانا ، قابل دید تھا۔پروفیسر امین اصلاحی سمیت بعض ارکان تو خالد مسعود کی شاعری سے پوری طرح محظوظ ہونے کے لئے اپنے ساتھ بیٹھے شرکاءسے خالد مسعود کی مخصوص انداز میں پنجابی اور اردو کی مکس شاعرہ کا ترجمہ پوچھتے رہے

اکنا کے مرکزی امیر نعیم بیگ کے مطابق اس سال ہونے والے کنونشن کی قابل ذکر بات یہ ہے کہ نہ صرف پہلے سے زیادہ تعداد میں مسلم امریکن کمیونٹی کے ارکان شریک ہوئے جن میں افریقین امریکن اور یوتھ کی تعداد سب سے زیادہ تھی ۔ اس سوال کہ امریکہ میں مقیم مسلم امریکن کمیونٹی جسے اسلاموفوبیا سمیت اہم چیلنجر درپیش ہیں، کے لئے اس کنونشن میں کیا پیغام ہے ؟تو انہوں نے کہا کہ ہمیں اسلاموفوبیا کا مقابلہ اسی انداز میں کرنا ہوگا کہ جیسے نبی کریم حضرت محمد مصطفیﷺ نے اپنے مکی اور مدنی دور میں کیا ،انہوںنے مخالفت اور حملوں کے باوجود دوسروں کی مدد کرکے ، ان کے دکھ درد میں شریک ہوئے اور اپنے عمل ، اخلاص ، کردار اور محبت سے لوگوں کے دل جیتے اور ہمیں بھی امریکہ سمیت دنیا بھر میں نبی کریم حضرت محمد مصطفیﷺ کے ماڈل کو ہی اپنا رول ماڈل بنانا ہے ۔

نعیم بیگ نے کہا کہ اس سال کنونشن کا پیغام اور موضوع بھی یہی ہے اور کنونشن میں شریک شعیب خان ، علامہ سراج وہاج امام زید شاکر، نعمان علی خان ، یاسر قاضی اور شیخ عمر سلیمان سمیت سکالرز و مقررین نے بھی یہی پیغام دیا ہے کہ حقیقی خوشی اندر سے اور سکون قلب سے ملے گی ۔قلب کو سکون اس وقت ملے گا کہ جب انسان قناعت اختیار کرلیتا ہے

اگر یہ کہا جائے کہ کنونشن میں موضوع ”خوشی کا حصول “ کے حوالے سے سب سے دلچسپ و موثر انداز میں روشنی ،جواں سال اسلامک سکالر نعمان علی خان نے ڈالی تو بے جا نہ ہوگا۔کنونشن سنٹر کے جام پیک ہال جس میں بڑی تعداد میں یوتھ کمیونٹی ارکان بھی موجود تھے ، سے اپنے خطاب سپائیڈر مین ، سپر مین ، ڈزنی لینڈ ، نیا گھر ، پرانا گھر، شادی بیاہ کے معاملات ، نئے کھلونے ، تحفے تحائف سمیت انسان کی زندگی میں سامنے آنیوالی خواہشات کے حوالے سے کرکے مجمع کو پوری طرح اپنی جانب متوجہ کیا اور زندگی کے چھوٹے موٹے معاملات کو پہلے از راہ تفنن کے طور پر بیان کیا اور پھر حاضرین کے سامنے سوال اٹھایا کہ گھر لینے کے بعد بڑا گھر لینے کی خواہش ،ایک گاڑی لینے کے بعد نئی اور بڑی گاڑی کا حصول ، ایک کے بعد دوسری اچھی جاب ، بچے کا ایک کے بعد دوسرا کھلونا لینے کا اصرار روز مرہ زندگی میں آنیوالے ایسے مراحل اور خواہشات ہیں کہ جب تک ان کی تکمیل نہیں ہو جاتی،ان کی بہت تمنا ہوتی ہے لیکن جب یہ خواہشیں پوری ہو جاتی ہے پھر نئی خواہشات کی تمنا ان پر غالب آجاتی ہے

نعمان علی خان نے پانچ ہزار سے زائد کے مجمع کے سامنے سوال رکھتے ہوئے کہا کہ خواہش جس کے سامنے دوسری خواہش کھڑی ہوجائے ، کی تکمیل سے زندگی میں خوشی میسر آتی ہے تو مجمع کا مجموعی جواب تھا کہ نہیں ۔انہوں نے کہا کہ جب بچے بڑے ہوتے ہیں تو ان کی ضروریات بڑھتی ہیں، جب وہ اور بڑے ہوتے ہیں تو کھلونے کی بجائے کھیلنا کودنا چاہتے ہیں ،پھر جب وہ اور بڑے ہوتے ہیں تو ان کا دل انٹرٹینمنٹ مانگتا ہے ، وہ ویڈیو گیمز اور پلے سٹیشن جیسی گیمز مانگتے ہیں ،پھر اپنی زندگی میں تزئین چاہتے ہیں اور پھر ان کا دل چاہتا ہے کہ وہ ان کے پاس جو کچھ ہے ، وہ دوسروں کو دکھائیں ، خود کو شوآف کریں ۔جب بھی زندگی کے مراحل تبدیل ہونگے ، ضرورت اور خوشی تبدیل ہو جائے گی لیکن حقیقت میں ہمیں اپنی زندگی میں ایسی خوشیوں کی بارش چاہئیے کہ جو ایک کسان اپنی فصل کے لئے مانگتا ہے۔ کسان بارش ضرور مانگتا ہے لیکن ایسی بارش کہ جو اس کی فصل کے لئے باران رحمت ہو ۔لہٰذا ہمیں اپنی زندگی میں ایسی خوشیاں حاصل کرنی ہیں کہ جو باعث قلب و اطمینان ہوں اور یہ خوشی اسلام کے مطابق قناعت سے زندگی بسر کرکے اور دوسروںکے کام آکر ہی مل سکتی ہے ۔

مسلم امریکن کمیونٹی کے عالمی شہرت یافتہ سکالرز امام سراج وہاج نے نعمان علی خان کے فلسفہ خوشی و سکون کے حصول کو شوبز اور گلیمر کی دنیا کے سپر سٹارز کی مثالین دیتے ہوئے کہا کہ ان سپر سٹارز کے پاس سب کچھ ہوتا ہے لیکن ایک لمحہ سکون کی تلاش میں مارے مار ے پھرتے ہیں ، ان کی زندگیوں کو اندر سے جھانک کر دیکھیں تو منتشر اور برباد نظر آئے گی ۔امام سراج وہاج نے کیلی فورنیا میں پاکستان کے عالمی شہرت یافتہ سابقہ پاپ سنگر جنید جمشید سے اپنی ملاقات کا احوال سناتے ہوئے کہا کہ جنید جمشید کے پاس زندگی کی ہر آسائش موجود تھی ، خواہشیں اس کے سامنے سرنگوں ہوتی تھیں لیکن وہ خوش نہیں تھا، اسے خوشی اور سکون اس وقت ملا کہ جب اس نے سچا راستہ اختیار کیا ۔انہوں نے کہا کہ انسان کی روح اگر اندر سے کھوکھلی ہو تو سکون اس کے قریب نہیں آتا۔ انہوں نے کنونشن میں شریک لوگوں سے مخاطب ہوکر کر کہا کہ خود تجربات کرنے سے بہتر ہے کہ دوسروں کی مثالوں سے سبق سیکھیں اور یہ اسباق ، اسلام ہمیں ہر قدم پر دیتا ہے ۔ انہوں نے کہا کہ اسلام کے مطابق زندگی بسر سے جسم کے اندر روح زندگی پاتی ہے اور جب روح زندگی سے بھرپور ہو جائے تو قلب کو سکون ملتا ہے ۔انہوںنے کہا کہ ہمیں اس دنیا میں ایک رول ماڈل بن کر رہنا ہے ، اس لئے کہ دوسروں کے لئے مثال بنیں اور آخرت میں سرخرو ہوں ۔

امام سراج وہاج نے کنونشن میں شریک ہزاروں خواتین کی جانب اشارہ کرتے ہوئے کہا کہ انہوںنے حجاب کوئی زبردستی نہیں پہنا بلکہ اس لئے کہ ان کا خدا ان سے ایسا چاہتا ہے ، انہوں نے کہا کہ ماہ رمضان میں لوگ آپ کے سامنے کھانا کھا رہے ہوتے ہیں لیکن مسلمان کھانے کی طرف نظر اٹھا کر بھی نہیں دیکھتا ۔یہ تقویٰ اللہ کو بہت پسند ہے اور اس کا اجر وہی دے گا

اکنا کے امیر نعیم بیگ نے کہا کہ اس سال کنونشن کا پیغام بھی یہی ہے کہ ہمیں امریکہ میں اسلام کی تعلیمات کے مطابق زندگی بسر کرنی ہے اور دوسروں کے بلا امتیاز کام آنا ہے ۔ یہ نہ صرف ہماری کامیابی کا راز بنے گا بلکہ ہمیں حقیقی خوشی بھی دے گا جس کی ہمیں ہمیشہ تلاش رہتی ہے ۔
معروف جواں سال سکالر شیخ عمر سلیمان نے کہا کہ وہ لوگ زیادہ خطرناک ہوتے ہیں کہ جن کی زندگی میں کوئی مقصد نہ ہو، ان کے لئے اپنی ہی نہیں بلکہ دوسروں کی زندگی بھی بے معنی ہوتی ہے ۔اسی طرح جس انسان کی زندگی میں کوئی خوشی یا سکون نہیں ، وہ زندگی سے مایوس اور متنفر رہتا ہے ۔جب زندگی کو کوئی مقصد مل جائے تو خوشیاں خود قریب آتی ہیں ۔ ہمیں خیال رکھنا ہے کہ زندگی کا ایسا مقصد بنائیں کہ جس کی وجہ سے حقیقی سکون حاصل ہو ۔انہوں نے کہا کہ اسلام ہمیں خوشی اور جینے کا مقصد دیتا ہے

معروف سکالر یاسر قاضی نے کہا کہ مسلمان زندگی اچھی آخرت کے لئے گذارتا ہے ۔ اللہ تعالیٰ سے وہ زندگی مانگیں کہ جو ہمار ے لئے بہتر ہو اور وہ موت مانگیں کہ جو بہتر ہو ۔ اللہ تعالیٰ سے دعا مانگیں کہ ایسا خوشی عطاءفرمانا کہ جو قلب کے سکون کا باعث بنے اور کبھی ختم نہ ہو۔مولانا یاسر قاضی نے کہا کہ اللہ تعالیٰ فرماتے ہیں کہ جن کے اعمال اچھے ہونگے ، ان کو جنت ملے گی اور جن کے اعمال زیادہ اچھے ہونگے ، انہیں جنت سے بھی بڑھ کر اجر ملے گا ۔جنت سے بڑھ کر اجر یہ ہے کہ زیادہ اچھے اعمال کرنے والوں کو اللہ تعالیٰ روز محشر اپنا دیدار نصیب فرمائیں گے اور قران میں ارشاد ہے کہ جب بندہ اللہ تعالیٰ کا دیدار کرے گا تو اس کا چہرہ روشن ہو جائے گا ۔یہ نعمت اعمال سے ممکن ہے ۔ انسان کو دنیا میں نہیں بلکہ آخرت میں جنت ملے گی اور وہی مقام ہوگا کہ اگر اس کے اعمال اچھے ہوئے تو وہ اللہ تعالیٰ کی زیارت کی سعادت حاصل کرے گا۔نبی کریم ﷺ نے فرمایا کہ جو اللہ تعالیٰ سے ملنے کی خواہش رکھتا ہے ، اللہ تعالیٰ اس سے ملنے کی خواہش رکھتا ہے

مولانا یاسرقاضی نے کنونشن میں شریک ہزاروں مسلم امریکن کمیونٹی کے ارکان سے کہا کہ آئیے ہم اپنے آپ سے یہ سوال کریں کہ کیا ہم اللہ تعالیٰ سے ملنے کی خواہش رکھتے ہیں ؟اگر جواب ہاں میں ہے ،تو ایسا اسی وقت ممکن ہوگا کہ جب ہم اچھے اعمال کریں گے ۔
کنکٹی کٹ میں اکنا کا کنونشن تین روز تک جاری رہنے کے بعد اختتام پذیر ہو گیا اور کنونشن میں شریک بڑی تعداد میں کمیونٹی ارکان اور والدین کا کہنا تھا کہ وہ نہ صرف خود اگلے سال بلکہ اپنے عزیز و اقارب کو بھی
ساتھ لائیں گے اور انہوںنے کہا کہ جب تک ہم کنونشن میں نہیں آئے تھے ، ہمیں اندازہ نہیں تھا کہ اس کنونشن کا ہمارے لئے کیا مطلب ہے

اکنا کے امیر نعیم بیگ نے اس سوال کی کیا کنکٹی کٹ کے کنونشن سنٹر کی چار دیواری سے باہر بھی اس سال کے کنونشن کا پیغام جائے گا تو انہوں نے کہا کہ کنونشن میں ہماری کوششوں سے متاثر ہونے والا ہر شخص ہمارا پیغام بن کر کنونشن سنٹر کی چار دیواری سے باہر جائے گا اور یوں ہر سال ہمارا پیغام نارتھ امریکہ بھر میں پھیل رہا ہے ۔انہوں نے کہا کہ نارتھ امریکہ میں بسنے والے مسلمانوں کو اسلامی تعلیمات پر عمل کرکے حقیقی خوشی حاصل کرنی ہے اور معاشرے کا حصہ بن کر اپنے حصے کا کام سب سے اچھا کرنا ہے اور بلاامتیاز دوسروں کے کام آنے کو اپنی زندگی کا مقصد بنانا ہے ۔

نمازوں کے دوران امت مسلمہ کی واضح تصویر نظر آتی تھی ، ہم نے حج اور عمرہ کے بعد اس جیسا منظر پہلی بار دیکھا ہئے کہ جہاں مختلف رنگ و نسل اور ممالک سے تعلق رکھنے والے مسلمان ایک جگہ پر جمع ہو

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By Omar Sacirbey| Religion News Service, May 24, 2013
 
Oklahoma is probably one of the tougher places to be a Muslim in America, but Muslims have stepped in to help with the cleanup of a massive tornado that killed 24 people.
 
“As Oklahomans, we’re part of this community, and our hearts just break for what happened,” said Adam Soltani, executive director of the Oklahoma chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations, one of several Muslim groups collecting donations.

“We want to show the compassion and mercy that Islam teaches us.”

While several states have passed laws forbidding courts from considering Islamic law, or Shariah, in their decisions, Oklahoma is the only one to have done it twice. The Grand Mosque of Oklahoma City has been vandalized twice in the last two years, most recently on April 27.

A police captain in Tulsa even went to court to avoid having to attend a “Law Enforcement Appreciation Day” at the Islamic Society of Tulsa.

While Muslim-American organizations have routinely provided emergency aid following natural disasters, the Oklahoma tragedy is special because of the anti-Muslim sentiment in the state. Rather than retreating, however, Muslims increased their outreach, convinced that when Oklahomans meet Muslims, their prejudices will fade.

“I believe this helps break down barriers,” said Saad Mohammed, director of outreach at the Islamic Society of Greater Oklahoma City. “But dialogue and interaction are going to have to continue if these barriers are going to stay down.”

Mohammed was at home in suburban Moore, taking cover in a closet with his wife and teenage twin sons when the tornado bore down. Their home was completely destroyed, but the family survived.

Mohammed and his family are now staying with friends, but he’s also been involved with collecting and delivering donations. “It’s a shock, but we have to keep moving forward.”

The evening after the tornado hit, Muslim leaders gathered at the Islamic Society of Greater Oklahoma City mosque to start a Muslim community donation drive. In less than two days, they had collected thousands of food items, toiletries, bottled water, and other necessities.

The Islamic Circle of North America, an outreach group from Jamaica, N.Y., dispatched its Disaster Relief Team, which helps with debris removal and patching damaged houses. Soltani and his wife were helping with cleanup efforts less than 24 hours after the tornado struck.

“Anytime people come into contact with people of other faiths or ethnicities, it breaks down the stereotypes people have,” said the Rev. Joshua Leu of New Hope Christian Church in Oklahoma City, and a local interfaith activist. “Whenever you have a disaster like this, people come together and stop caring about those differences.”

Soltani agreed.

“People don’t care if you’re Muslim or not. That’s irrelevant,” Soltani said. “It’s a testament to how Oklahomans come together when things go bad.”

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HARTFORD, CT (May 27, 2013) – ICNA thanks the attendees of the just concluded 38th Annual ICNA-MAS Convention for making this convention a success.
 
With 18,000 people in attendance at the Hartford Convention Center, this year’s conference, which was themed “Islam: The Pursuit of Happiness”, broke all previous records. About 14,000 people also tuned in to watch the ad-free live telecast from around the world.

The President of ICNA, Naeem Baig, said, “We thank Allah, subhanahu wa ta’ala, for giving us another opportunity to organize such a wonderful event. And, we also thank our speakers and scholars, our attendees, vendors and volunteers all of whom made this convention a memorable event.”

Prayers were well organized despite limited room this year.

This year ICNA launched the first ever web app for iPhone and Android. The app which was downloaded by about 2700 people, allowed for people to watch the live stream, view the program including parallel programs, hotel information and accommodations, food menus, flight information, and much more.

The bazaar was sold out much earlier this year and the vendors benefited from the higher attendance.

Running parallel to ICNA’s main sessions were the ICNA Sisters Wing sisters’ only sessions, the Window to Islam sessions, children program offered by MCNA, and the annual Young Muslims Youth Conference. Even with such a variety of choices, each session was filled to the brim.

Aside from the main parallel sessions, sessions such as those in Spanish and “Social Media for Parents” were a big success. For the first time ICNA also screened the film Test of Freedom to a packed audience at the conference.

Volunteers worked round the clock to provide an incident free, well organized and enjoyable experience. Here they are preparing the attendee package.

The main hall keynote session on Sunday reached maximum capacity and an overflow area was created where attendees were able to view the keynote and entertainment sessions live on two huge screens.

Due to the record breaking attendance this year, the ICNA-MAS Annual Convention will be moving to a bigger location next year. ICNA would like to thank the Hartford Convention Center and staff for accommodating us throughout these years and by Allah’s grace helping this convention grow into what it is today. Also to all the attendees who have continued to support us over the years, we thank you and hope to see you next year at a new location for an even bigger and better conference God Willing.

Photos by Muhammad Tahir

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Mumbai: the TV actor Vindoo Dara Singh, booked on match fixing charges in Mumabi, says Times of India

Three top Indian cricket players in the billion dollar industry, the Indian Premier League (IPL), were charged with match fixing this month and were taken into custody.

Since its birth, IPL is the subject of various criticisms such as its harmful effect on ‘’Classic’’ Cricket, overrated players etc. However, this time it is accused of a thing which turned the Cricket world upside down in the 90’s known as ‘’Spot Fixing’’. That really gives a bad signal because it reveals that the players are not even content with the sky-touching amount of money they legally earn from IPL.

The scandal resulted in the arrest of 11 bookies, who are believed to have paid more than 1.2 crore Indian Rupee ($ 0.2 million) to the three cricketers for blowing one ‘fixed’ over each in three matches played over the last 10 days. Three Indian cricketers (including one Test cricketer) were reported to be involved in Spot-fixing. Indian Test bowler Sreesanth who was arrested along with his Rajasthan Royals fellows A.Chandila and A.Chavan last week. However, Gurunath meiyappan, a key official of Chennai Super Kings was also arrested for the same reason.

After a couple of days if close watch- after the three bookies’ arrest, Vindoo was taken in too, on strong evidence suggesting his connections with the central figure in the scandal Ramesh Vyas.

Vindoo is the son of the late wrestler-turned actor Dara Singh; he was nominated as the winner of a famous reality show of India recently.

The Indian apex court did not agree to bring IPL to a close which is just a few days away from the grand finale on the grounds of few irregularities highlighted.

The Supreme Court has summoned for report from BCCI on the spot fixing scandal within a timeframe of 15 days. Besides, the Police suspects that more persons are linked to bookmakers and gamblers in this spot fixing scandal.

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Chuck Hagel, the US defense secretary, addressed the cadets of the West Point US military academy that the rising sexual assault must be stamped out of the military force.

A day before, President Obama had delivered a similar speech to the graduates from the US Navy. These are increasing reports about sexual assaults and misconducts happening in the Military services. The scrutiny is now centralized at West Point because an army sergeant was recently put under a lot of speculation for secretly videotaping girls.

Hagel stated “Sexual harassment and sexual assault in the military are a profound betrayal of sacred oaths and sacred trusts,”. He also added “This scourge must be stamped out.”

Hagel reminisced about the time when he served in the military in Vietnam. He said that they should take what the army teaches them and put it for use in transforming the military to a better place rather than embarrassing it. This was Hagel’s first speech at a graduation ceremony after he took the place as the Defense Chief.

He encouraged the graduates to be an example for the coming generation of soldiers by putting an end to the strong and persisting threat of suicide, alcohol and drug abuse. They should pave the way for building the volunteered force.

Hagel was wounded twice during his one year at war and was awarded two purple hearts. He was the only man to become the defense secretary after serving only in the enlisted corps. The former Republican Senator became the Chief of Pentagon last February.

He continued his speed by saying that the future army cadets should get over the wounds caused by the long war against Iran and Afghanistan. They should be ready for any future wars even if the setback on the budget has reduced their training along with their workforce. He encouraged them to be strong as any kind of social issue hinders the army’s performance.

Recent reports state that there is a drastic increase of 6% in the number of sexual assault case in the military. More than 800 women only wanted help in recovery, and failed to give a statement or file a case against the assault.

Sergeant First Class Michael McClendon, the one under speculation in West Point is charged for numerous offenses such as mistreatment, entering the women’s bathroom without notice, possessing inappropriate pictures and video of a dozen women in the West Point Academy. He was sent to Fort Drum New York after being charged for these violations on 14, May, 2013. All women in the military were informed of this.

Martin Demsey, Joint chief of staff has named this issue as a big crisis, and also stated that the women are losing their confidence about winning this particular battle.

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No matter how much it is criticized by the west, they cannot change the facts. And that is so because of two irrefutable facts; the people who criticize Islam are either non-Muslims or Muslim by name only and second; every other religion has been altered and manipulated by people so much that the real form of those religions has ceased to exist. Furthermore, it carries no value as to what a certain minute group of people has to say about a faith if the group in question is biased about everything other than themselves. Such is the case with most of the critics of Islam; they believe that what they follow is correct, and what they do not follow cannot be correct.

In a situation like this, the responsibility lays on the shoulders of believers that they refute their arguments with their actions so much that the truth prevails. Islam as clearly stated in the Quran, and Ahadith in numerous occasions, is a blessing not just for a sect but all of humanity. Our beloved Prophet Muhammad (S.A.W.W) was sent down as a blessing for all the universes and not just Muslims. Now, if that is so; can’t we, the Muslims see how blessed we are for being among those who are called the followers of Muhammad (S.A.W.W)? Yes, we are blessed not only by that fact but because we are the people our Prophet (S.A.W.W) would pray for all night long; we are the people who carry forward what the Prophet (S.A.W.W) gave to this world –we are the flag bearers!

But there lays another question; do we fulfill our responsibilities? Do we actually follow the path of our Prophet (S.A.W.W), and are really turning out to be what he used to call his ummah? The answer comes; if we actually were all that, the world would have seen it, and the image of Islam would not have been what some people think it is. If the Muslim side of ours was prevailing over our evil sides, people would not have termed us as extremists and intolerant fundamentalists.

Lastly, if we had been all what the Prophet (S.A.W.W) wanted us to be, we ourselves would have felt the blessings, the peace and joy at heart that Allah SWT bestows upon his loved ones. When a time comes that we no longer feel guilty of sins or the inclination to repent diminishes, we are at a constant risk of being replaced by some other deserving being in the eyes of God –but if all that continues, and if we keep our priorities aligned, the blessings of Almighty are boundless.

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In this post, we bring you all great news, one of our former Podcasters that you all followed and liked, Ehab Magdy Wassily has found his better half, and he is currently running a crowd-funding campaign online to raise the needed money for the marriage and the wedding. This campaign can be found at GoFundMe.com.

Ehab Magdy Wassily has been with us since we had 1 visitor per day, he was there when this community first started, his first article at the blog was a great hit and success. It was an article that talked about the misconceptions and the stereotypes that people in the western world have about Arabs and Egypt from his experience in a Q&A form. He was also a part of some of the exciting podcasts that discussed different events and topics regarding the civilization clash between the East and the West and how to build bridges instead of walls. He has not been active for quite a while now, but now we know what he busy was doing.

He recently was a guest in a Norwegian Radio Station, thanks to Muslim Academy. The interview was discussing the same things that Muslim Academy usually discuses concerning the differences between the East and the West and what can people like us do in order to focus on the similarities instead of the differences.

At the crowdsourcing campaign website page, he tells his story and the obstacles that he is currently trying to overcome. You can visit the page and read what he has to say or simply watch the video. You can visit his crowd funding campaign here (http://www.gofundme.com/helptruelove)  to help him out or simply to wish him good luck and leave him a comment in the comment box, he will surely appreciate any kind of support from the community of Muslim Academy.

We here, in Muslim Academy, wish Ehab the best of luck with his campaign and we wish him a happy life with his soon to be wife.

Good Luck Ehab!

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Hier, nous avons tous connus le jour de la Fête des Mères. qu’une personne soit chrétienne ou musulmane, il va de soi que les mères tiennent toujours une place importante. Le Coran enseigne aux musulmans le respect envers Allah et son prophète et met en même temps en valeur le respect que chacun doit apporter à sa mère. Le Coran et la Sunna mentionnent clairement et soulignent l’importance de l’obéissance et du devoir envers sa mère.

La mère dans le Coran
Dans le chapitre 17 du Coran, dans le 23e verset, Allah mentionne qu’il a été décidé que nous devons bien traiter nos parents, il a aussi été souligné que ce traitement est encore plus important lorsqu’ils atteignent un âge avancé. Il a été même interdit de soupirer pour montrer que l’on est fatigué, épuisé d’écouter ses parents. Il est recommandé de parler à ses parents avec douceur en utilisant des mots gentils.

Dans le chapitre 31, dans le verset 14, Allah souligne encore l’importance de l’obéissance que l’on doit à ses parents et surtout à sa mère. Il décrit la période de la grossesse comme un moment où la faiblesse ne fait que croître. Et Il continue de nous rappeler la période de sevrage de deux ans et ordonne à ce que nous soyons reconnaissants envers Lui et nos parents.

Dans le chapitre 45, verset 15, Allah répète l’importance de l’obéissance envers les parents et soulignent encore une fois les privations que la mère endure dans l’éducation de ses enfants. Il mentionne les premiers jours de maternité et l’éducation, nous rappelant la privation que nos mères endurent pour nous élever.

La mère dans la Sunna
Le prophète Muhammad (paix soit sur lui) a souligné à de nombreuses occasions l’importance du rôle de la mère. Dans un hadith, il (paix soit sur lui) a mentionné que la mère est la personne qui mérite la meilleure attention. Un de ses compagnons lui a demandé quelle serait la personne qui mérite le plus de respect, alors il lui répondit “Votre mère”. Son ami lui demanda “Alors qui ?”. Le Prophète répliqua encore une fois “Votre mère”. Son ami lui répéta la question plusieurs fois, mais le Prophète donna toujours la même réponse.

Dans un hadith, le Prophète Muhammad ordonna à un homme qui a demandé à se joindre à l’armée musulmane de revenir vers ses parents et de donner le meilleur de lui-même pour les servir. Le Prophète lui demanda d’abord, “Tes parents sont-ils encore vivants ?” Lorsqu’il a répondu par “oui”, le Prophète lui dit: «Vous devriez donner le meilleur de vous pour les servir.”

Dans un autre hadith, le Prophète mentionne que le comportement d’une personne envers ses parents peut être la raison de son accès ou non au paradis. Il dit: «Qu’il soit humilié dans la poussière. Qu’il soit humilié dans la poussière. ” Ses compagnons demandèrent à qui il faisait allusion. Le Prophète Muhammad a répondu: «Celui qui voit soit ses parents pendant leur vieillesse, mais qui n’entrera pas au paradis.”

Les précédents versets et les hadiths ne sont qu’une fraction des mots écrits dans le Coran et la Sunna de l’importance majeure du comportement que l’on devrait avoir envers ses parents, et surtout envers sa mère. Même dans les contextes où nous vivons actuellement, il est important que nous nous rappelions de ces versets et des hadiths afin de n’apporter aucun souci à nos mères et à améliorer son bien-être et bonheur, tant par amour pour Allah que pour eux.

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Recently, there was bloodshed in Iraq because of an explosion during the payer on Friday. Not only this, there was an attempt made by hackers on a western newspaper by the supporters of the Syrian President Basher Al-Assad, and a recent video has come up with a commander eating the flesh of a dead soldier in a reminder of the civil war that was initiated almost two years ago.

The involvement of different powers around the world in the Syrian war issues has prevented to have a resolution passed. Recently, the United States military personal General Martin Dempsey has condemned the step taken by Russia in which it has delivered anti –ship missiles to the Syrian government. So far both countries have failed to overcome the gap that was developed.

Russia does not seem to be keen on giving the statements against the United States allegations. According to the spokesmen of the Russian president Vladimir Putin, Russia would continue to facilitate its weaponry customer whatsoever.

According to the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, it is very unfortunate that the Russian government has made such kind of decision with knowing the fact that more than 80,000 people were killed during the civil war in Syria.

The missiles that were sold from the Russian government to the Syrian government can hit up to 300 km that means there is a higher probability that could be warships in the Mediterranean. Recently, the  United Nations secretary had a meeting with the Russian president on Friday, and he emphasized on the matter that there should be an international meeting held as soon as possible.

Interesting development about the international meeting is that France had made it very clear in a statement that they would not be sitting in the meeting if Iran was invited, and on the other hand, Russia want Tehran to play a major role in putting up the solution.

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الولايات المتحدة الامريكية احدي الدول الكبري في العالم و من اكثر الدول سياحة ، فهي مليئة بالمناظر الطبيعية الخلابة و بها الكثير ايضا من المتاحف مثل متحف الروك اند رول وهو متحف يقع على ضفاف بحيرة إيري في وسط مدينة كليفلاند ، بولاية أوهايو ، مخصص لحفظ وتسجيل المحفوظات وتاريخ بعض الفنانين والمنتجين المشاهير والمعروفين، وغيرهم من

الناس من الذين أثروا في طريق صناعة الموسيقى و الفن بشكل عام ، وخاصة في مجال موسيقى الروك .
تم إنشاء هذا المتحف العريق في 20 أبريل عام 1983، لم يكن هناك مكان لانشاء المتحف ، نظرت لجنة للبحث في العديد من المدن ، بما في ذلك مدينة ممفيس ، في موقع أحد استوديوهات وتسجيل وثائق ستاكس ، ومنزل سينسيناتي وهو منزل الوثائق الملكية ، في مدينة نيويورك ، وكليفلاند ، ضغطت كليفلاند بشدة لتكون هي الموقع المختار، وقدم بعض زعماءالمجتمع المدني في كليفلاند مبلغ 65 مليون دولار من الأموال العامة لتمويل البناء ، و جمعوا حملة لتوقيع عريضة من قبل 600،000 وكانت من المشجعين لصالح كليفلاند ضد مدينة ممفيس ، وصوت مجلس قاعة الشهرة لبناء المتحف في كليفلاند ، وربما كانت كليفلاند قد اختيرت لتكون موقع المنظمة لان المدينة تقدم أفضل صفقة مالية ، أو لأن مصطلح روك آند رول ظهر للمرة الأولى في كليفلاند بواسطة الإذاعي آلن فريد في بداية الخمسينات من القرن الماضي ، ولهذا السبب حظيت بشرف احتضان قاعة روك آند رول للمشاهير ، بعد منافسات شرسة ، انشئ الهرم الزجاجي الضخم احتفاء بالمركز الأمريكي لموسيقا ال روك آند رول ، وعلى شرف هؤلاء الذين كان لهم دور مؤثر في الموسيقا الحديثة ، وتخصص متحف روك آند رول المشاهير في استكشاف ماضي وحاضر ومستقبل الموسيقا ويفاخر المتحف بمقتنياته من الحرف الفنية الموسيقية التي يتجاوز عددها الآلاف وتم الحصول عليها من الفنانين وهواة جمع الأدوات الموسيقية من مختلف أنحاء العالم ، وتم أفتتاح المتحف في 2 سبتمبر 1995، ويجري قطع الشريط من قبل الفرقة التي شملت يوكو أونو، وريتشارد ليتل، وغيرها.

ويتكون هذا المتحف من سبعة طوابق ، فمن الأول للخامس يعرض فيه القطع والأعمال والوثائق التاريخية المؤقتة أو التي تم اقتراض بعضها لفترة قصيرة من الزمن ، مثل جولة المشوه ، وعرض لتذكارات من 12 عاما في جولة في الوجود ، وغيرها من الأعمال والموسيقية الأخرى ، اما الطابق الثالث هو المكان الذي يقع في قاعة الفعلي للشهرة ، ويتضمن جدار مع كل من التوقيعات وتسجيلات الزيارة ، أما السابع هو معرض مؤقت حيث تقام فيه المعارض التي تحتوي على مجموعة معينة لفنان ما. ويعتبر أصغر قسم لأنه في أعلى الهرم.
ويعتبر هذا المتحف جزء من إعادة تطوير منطقة ميناءالمدينة الشمالي .

و ياتي متحف الطيران والفضاء الوطني من اهم المتحاف ايضا وهو متحف يقع بولاية واشنطن تابع لمؤسسة سميثسونيان ، وهو المتحف الأكثر شعبية ، فيه أكبر عدد من الطائرات والمركبات الفضائية في العالم وهو أيضا مركز حيوي للبحث في تاريخ وعلوم وتقنيات الطيران والطيران الفضائي، بالإضافة إلى علوم الكواكب والجيولوجياوالجيوفيزياء، معظم المراكب المعروضة هي مراكب أصلية.
سعت مؤسسة سميثسونيان أن تجعله مثيرا للإعجاب معماريا ، ولكن دون أن يطغى على مبنى الكابيتول،  صمم المهندس غيو أوباتا من مكتب هيلموث وأوباتا وكاساباوم في سانت لويس المتحف ، وهو عبارة عن أربع مكعبات بسيطة مكسوة بالرخام ، تحتوي على العروض الصغيرة والمسرحية، وهي ممتصلة فيما بينها بثلاثة أروقة كبيرة من الفولاذ والزجاج التي تحتوي على المعروضات الأكبر حجما، كالصواريخ والطائرات ومركبات الفضاء .

و ياتي متحف بالتيمور للفن ايضا من هم المتاحف بامريكا و يقع في مدينة بالتيمور في ولاية ميريلاند ، وتأسس عام 1914 ، بنى على الطراز الروماني ، ويضم أكبر مجموعة من اللوحات التي تنتمي إلى القرن التاسع عشر ، كذلك لوحات كثيرة في الفن المعاصر والحديث ، ويوجد به حوالي 90 ألف لوحة فنية ، ويقع المتحف متاخما لجامعة جونز هوبكنز.
يضم المتحف ايضا أعمالا لفنانين منهم ماتيس وبيكاسو وسيزان ومانيه وديغا وغوغان وفان غوخ ورينوار.

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After the statement of Altaf Hussain, the British high commissioner has taken her statement very seriously, and it is very likely that there would be some action taken against Altaf Hussain. Recently during the election week in Pakistan, many questions were raised about the credibility of the Election commission of Pakistan that was damaged by MQM.

The ECP said that there would be a fair election in all parts of Pakistan, but it failed to do so as the MQM was found manipulating the results in Karachi where evidences were found that the MQM was directly involved in the rigging of the election. Hundreds of people were outside the polling station when they found that the MQM was influencing the elections in Karachi. In a protest against the rigging in elections, thousands of people gathered in Karachi to protest against the MQM, and the demand of the protesters was that there should be re-pooling in all parts of Karachi. The second major party that came up with the huge popularity in the elections of 2013 was the PTI which was led by Imran Khan one of the former captains of the Pakistani cricket team.The PTI supporters said that they were threatened by the MQM members that they would be facing extreme reaction by the MQM.

In response, the MQM leader while giving a statement tried to calm the people in Karachi live on telephonic conversation. Not only in Pakistan but also the international media were surprised by such a statement by Altaf Hussain. A lot of media coverage was given to the protestors so that their voice can be heard. In response, the election commissioner of Pakistan has taken an action, and announced that there should be re-polling in specific areas of Karachi where the polling wasn’t done.

Earlier, there were many statements by the MQM in which they have tried to treat people so that can come under their influence, but this time the protestors said that they won’t be backing up until there would be free and fair elections again.

The polling results that came up after the elections, particularly in Karachi were unacceptable because there were many witnesses that came up with the evidences that rigging was being-made in Karachi.

With the statement coming up of Altaf Hussain, there were complaints raised by thousands of people all around the United Kingdom and Pakistan that there should be notice taken by the UK government. There were complaints send to the London metropolitan police about the statement that Altaf Hussain addressed to the people of Karachi. People in the UK are also demanding that there should be some action taken against the MQM.

During the statement, Altaf Hussain, who was talking non-sense, said that if people didn’t like the MQM and they were not willing to accept the mandate given to them then it would be justified to separate Karachi from Pakistan. He said that if people have some problems with the MQM then it would be justified to say that Karachi should be handed over to the MQM as an independent state. However, we would all agree that there is no concept of state within a state. The MQM is intentionally provoking the people so seperation could be created in Karachi.

A statement like this can lead to chaos in Pakistan. After a strong response from the media and the people of Pakistan, the MQM spokesmen said in a statement that Altaf Hussain statement was misinterpreted by the media and it was manipulated, however the statement by Altaf Hussain was very much clear.

As a result of the complaints of the people in the UK, there was pressure on London Police to take a serious action against Altaf Hussain, and Thomson said in a statement that they were looking into the matter very seriously, and there were higher numbers of chances that Altaf Hussain may face some heavy charges. In the British law, it is a very serious crime if someone tries to provoke people to promote violence.

Altaf Hussain has denied the message that was understood from his statement a few days ago. He was advised by his doctors that he should have some rest so that he can continue his political activities.

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The Swiss Nobel laureate who shared the award for one of the greatest inventions of modern times; the microscope was regarded as one of the gifted physicists of the modern era. Born on the 6th of June 1933, Heinrich Rohrer was always up close to physics, starting off in an early age when he was enrolled as a student of masterminds like Wolfgang Pauli and Paul Scherer. He had important titles to his name even before the invention of the scanning tunneling microscope like spending time at the University of California for research on nuclear magnetic resonance, and joining IBM Research Laboratory where he later headed the physics department of research lab and invented the aforementioned microscope.

On late Thursday night 16th May 2013, the world lost this gem of a person at the age of 79 in Wollerau Switzerland. He was fighting an illness since quite a while though the death is believed to be of natural causes. He has left behind his wife, two daughters and two grandchildren all of whom must be extremely proud him.

Rohrer was acclaimed for his scanning tunneling microscope since it was a breakthrough into the field of nanotechnology; the microscope enables scientists to get up close and personal with the atoms by allowing them to make images as detailed as one-25th of the diameter of an atom! This has helped identify the previously unknown structures of viruses and chips. In words of John E. Kelly:

“The invention of the scanning tunneling microscope was a seminal moment in the history of science and information technology.”

The story of Rohrer and his partner, Dr. Binnig’s achievement started with their desire to study the lesser known structures of atoms in the course of which they found out that they needed a new type of microscope as the electron microscopes were not good enough for it –hence the invention process started. Just as all genius ideas are criticized at some point, the scientists at IBM were skeptical about their project due to the delicacy of the microscope to be built and often remarked them to be “completely crazy”. Some of them went on to add” “but if it works you’ll get the Nobel Prize” –as if that’s exactly what was written.

The depth that his work has provided to the field of nanotechnology is evidenced by the latest usage of his research by IBM to make a film. Verified by Guinness Book of World Records, that assembles atom into the shape of a boy that dances along while playing catch with an atom. All of the film was made using atoms frame by frames that were magnified to 100 million times –the film was called “A Boy and His Atom”.

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Khan vs. Barrera:

In early 2009, it was announced that Khan would fight against Marco Antonio Barrera on the 14th of March, who was a former seven-time and three-weight world champion. Frank Warren promoted Khan’s fight against the veteran Barrera, may be Khan’s highest-profile opponent up till now. Barrera was ranked 1 and Khan 5 in the WBO world lightweight rankings. IBF and WBO lightweight title holder Nate Campbell was stripped of the belts after moving up to the light welterweight division and Khan’s promoter Frank Warren and Barrera’s promoter Don King forced the WBO to make the Khan-Barrera fight to a world lightweight title eliminator. Later on ,the world-title status was instead given to the fight between Juan Manuel Márquez and Juan Diaz, ranked #2 and #3 respectively by the WBO.

On 14 March 2009, at the MEN Arena in Manchester, England, Khan beated Barrera, by a technical call. The fight was stopped at the close of the fifth round because Barrera suffered from a cut within the first round, which resulted from a clash of heads. Barrer was in no position to continue the fight. The fight then went to the scorecards where Khan was ahead on all three (50–44, 50–45, 50–45). With victory, Khan defended his WBA International lightweight title successfully, and also won the vacant WBO Inter-Continental lightweight title.

Frank Warren was impressed with Khan’s performance that he announced a world title fight for him before the close of the year.

Khan also said on the fight that,

“I felt so completely easy that I felt like I was on a better level than him. The jabbing and patience – I felt so strong.”

Khan vs. Kotelnik:

On 18 July 2009, Khan took a step forward to the light welterweight division to fight Andreas Kotelnik at the MEN Arena in Manchester for the WBA light welterweight title. Khan won by 120–108, 118–111, 118–111. By this, Khan was considered the third-youngest Briton to win a world title, being 22 years old.

On 6 October 2009, It was confirmed that Khan would defend his WBA light welterweight title against undefeated Ukrainian American boxer Dmitry Salita, Khan being a practicing Muslim and Salita being an Orthodox Jew, the fight was pictured as a religious fight by the media, referring to the fight as a “battle of faiths”. Later, Khan and Salita denied such claims. On 5 December 2009, Khan beat his  challenger Salita in just 76 seconds. Khan won by a technical KO in the very first round. Salita was knocked down three times, the first time after only ten seconds into the fight. It was the first loss of Salita’s career.

On 17 January 2010, Khan announced he had left British promoter Frank Warren and signed a deal with Oscar De La Hoya and Golden Boy Promotions.

Khan vs. Malignaggi:

On 9 March 2010, Golden Boy Promotions confirmed that Amir Khan and Paulie Malignaggi would appear in a press conference to announce their world title bout set for 15 May at The Theater at Madison Square Garden in New York. This was Khan’s first bout in the USA. Khan won the bout in the 11th round. 

Just after the fight, Khan said he wanted to fight Marcos Maidana next. He said that he would not be leaving the light welterweight division until he had unified the various belts, and then will face the winner of  Devon Alexander vs. Timothy Bradley match.

 

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