The human life, in this world, ranges from 40 to 80 years on average with the overall world average for life expectancy going no further than 67 years –and then it all ends. One must, for his own sake think of what he/she has been making of the little time they have been given.

As time goes on, many of us start ignoring things that are actually the only reason for our existence. Even Muslims have started running away from their religious duties while the non-Muslims go ever further by denying Islam. With some topping it off by rejecting the ideology of religion over all; things could never get worse!

We need to ponder upon how everything is perfectly in place like a gigantic machine that has billions of small pieces; each has a separate nature and job, but they assist each other in their existence. If just one little thing goes wrong it can all fall apart, but it doesn’t! Because there is a greater power at work, because there is a God watching over us! He is there all hearing, all seeing –the provider, creator, owner and master. He tests us, sometimes by putting us through hardships and sometimes by boundless ease. Sometimes by giving and sometimes by taking. It is us who decide our fate in the end; it is our choices that decide where we end up.

Whenever there is a journey –there can only be one way to reach the destination, and there can be a hundred of misleading paths. When one starts his journey he faces crossroads every now and then, it’s the traveler who decides which path to follow. As it is taught in Islam, the righteous path has been shown to us; each one of us has been given a choice.

Why is there a choice? One may ask if there only has to be one righteous path, why lay tracks to mislead the traveler? The answer is love, God’s love towards his most prized creation; humans. God loves his creations so much that he boasts numerous times of their loyalty towards Him. God states repeatedly in Quran that the believers will never digress, the true believer will never make the wrong choice. Even if he makes a mistake, God offers him mercy if he repents.

God is ever merciful, but every journey has a time limit, every traveler has to keep track of the fuel tank. Human life is the time we have that is the only fuel we have. After being given all the liberty, we could wish for we are justifiably expected to get back “in time”. Life’s short, we must always excel in this world, but we must also not forget whom we belong and to whom are we going to return. May God be merciful when counting our sins, and may we be granted one last chance to turn to him before our time ends. Amen.

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The English Defence League has vowed to return to Cambridge in bigger numbers – despite a low turnout and several arrests.

Its rally on Christ's Pieces on Saturday ended early after only about 40 members turned up. More than 400 officers were drafted in to police them and a counter-demonstration by Cambridge Unite Against Fascism which had more than 500 people in its ranks, according to police.

EDL members said they were furious, claiming they were "penned in" during attempts to protest against a planned mosque in Mill Road. Scores of police surrounded the EDL protesters who were behind fences next to Drummer Street bus station.

EDL members were heckled by passers-by and began to fight among themselves as their stewards tried to eject a man who had a "banned" Nazi banner. When counter-protesters marched past, with the two groups separated by a police "no-go zone", one EDL member broke through but was quickly stopped by police.

A spokesman for the group's East Anglia Division told the News: "We are not thugs or extremists. We are the silent majority but we have been penned in like pigs while the police allow the lefties to march through the city.

"But we will be back in bigger numbers. The leaders are planning a national protest here in Cambridge. All we want to do is have a peaceful protest against a mosque that is not in keeping and will cause no end of traffic problems as it holds 1,000 but has just 80 parking spaces. We are not against Muslims. We are anti-Islam."

Tourist Vic Synott, 50, of Ayr, Scotland, came across the EDL chanting "we are the famous EDL". He said: "They are just showing themselves up by their behaviour. They are a disgrace."

EDL speakers hit out at MEP Richard Howitt for branding them "extremists".

The Euro MP told the counter-marchers the party had sent him a note "adorned with Nazi swastikas" and accusing him of being "a traitor to civilisation and democracy". He added: "There is only one group that represents everything in our society which is uncivilised and undemocratic. The traitors to Britain's traditions of tolerance, fairness and respect – the true traitors – are the EDL themselves. They are a joke."

Cambridge News, 25 February 2013

As you can see from the YouTube link, the so-called Nazi banner featured the word "ISLAM" with the letter "S" replaced by a swastika. The individual holding it shouted that "Islam is fascism – anti-democratic, misogynistic, anti-gay", while his drunken supporters chanted "stick your fucking Islam up your arse". However other EDL members, who were presumably too thick to understand the message behind the banner, attacked him on the basis that he had broken the EDL's ban on the public display of Nazi symbols.

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On Monday, November 19, representatives of the Oklahoma chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-OK) will meet a Muslim Air force veteran who had been barred from returning to Oklahoma when he finally arrives at Will Rogers World Airport.

"We welcome the positive development in this case and hope Mr. Long will not face any bureaucratic difficulties when he returns to his native land," said CAIR-OK Executive Director Adam Soltani.

Following intervention by CAIR-OK, Saadiq Long, a U.S. citizen and Air Force veteran living in Qatar, was allowed to board a Delta Airlines flight (3316) due to arrive at 5:02 p.m. on Monday. He has been struggling to return home for six months after being denied boarding on two previous flights to visit his terminally-ill mother, apparently because he had been placed on a government no-fly list.

CAIR press release, 18 November 2012

See also "Oklahoman on 'no fly' list allowed to fly home", KOCO.com, 18 November 2012

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The English Defence League was planning to hold a demonstration in Norwich on 27 October, the primary purpose of which was to express solidarity with a notorious right-wing Christian Islamophobe, the Rev Alan Clifford, whose church has been refused permission to hold a stall on local authority premises after a well-founded complaint that it was distributing anti-Muslim hate literature.

However, having held a meeting with regional organisers to discuss the way forward following their organisation's recent humiliation in East London, the EDL leadership has announced that the Norwich protest has been postponed and they intend to return to Walthamstow and hold a further demonstration there on that date.

In a video address aimed at rallying his now severely depleted troops, EDL leader Stephen Lennon has called for far-right unity in the face of the mass opposition that the EDL faced in Walthamstow earlier this month. Appealing to his critics to "let bygones be bygones" he states: "Everyone's welcome back. We need every man that's game going into East London on the 27th of October." As a number of commentators have noted, Lennon's new conciliatory approach to his opponents within the movement presumably includes split-offs from the EDL such as the Infidels.

The EDL have been whipping their members up into a state of fury over the supposed failure of the police to defend their right to "free speech" in Walthamstow. However, while some EDL supporters who didn't make it to the last protest may be fired up by indignation at the treatment of those who did, this is unlikely to outweigh the demoralisation resulting from last weekend's experience of a couple of hundred EDL hiding behind police lines, overwhelmingly outnumbered by the opposition. And even if the various neo-Nazi fragments like the Infidels are prepared to mend fences with the EDL leadership, as Lennon proposes, this will hardly bring in significant additional forces.

None of this should lead to complacency among anti-fascists, of course. We Are Waltham Forest, who organised the last hugely successful counter-demonstration, will also face a challenge in mobilising opposition to the EDL so soon afterwards. However, when EDL News describes the EDL's intended return to East London as a "last throw of the dice" by a leadership that is now entering its death throes, it is difficult to fault that analysis.

Postscript:  Meanwhile, Lennon has been treating his Twitter followers to his latest thoughts on Muslims and Islam:

And over at the EDL's Facebook page, the announcement of a return to Walthamstow has prompted comments such as this, from the EDL's South West Durham organiser:

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Jesus Christ is one of the Holy prophets sent to earth by Almighty Allah to spread Christianity and teach people morals, forgiveness and let them know more about Allah.  He was there when God created Adam and Eve. Jesus was a chosen slave of Allah, just like other Prophets who were assigned by Allah. All Prophets have various qualitative attributes, but the attributes of Jesus distinguishing him from other prophets. According to Islam Jesus was neither killed nor crucified or die but he disappeared, and it has mentioned in Qur’an as well that Allah raised him up.  In the Holy book, the whole life story of Jesus can be found easily.

Jesus life is full of teachings. His Mother was Virgin Mary, and this point is really very unique about Jesus. However Jesus disappeared from His tomb, he will definitely return, because God said that He will be the sign of the Day of Judgment. Qur’an said that Jesus, the Prophet and Messiah is alive and in the near future he will return to the earth. His noble morality and miracles are can be seen in history.

Undoubtedly, Muslims believe in Jesus and love him as well. So they have a belief that He will come back to the earth again and His purpose will be to save the humanity. In fact, Muslims are eagerly waiting for Jesus that He will come back to earth and solve the problems of humanity. This is also a fact that in every age or period, Allah answered the calls of His people, so it is also a believe that in the coming era, for the sake of humanity and save them from injustice, He will hold his people in the coming era. In fact He is still holding.

In today’s age anyone can observe the situation of the world. We have an understanding about good and bad, right and wrong but still we are moving towards the wrong path. The future of the world’s people can be seen as dark. But with the appearance of Jesus, this Dark Age will automatically convert into the shiny people and Jesus will save people from all kinds of bad deeds and injustice.

There is an examination in the Qur’an, which indicates that Jesus will surely return to earth. Different verses are the witness of this reality about Jesus. Jesus will come again in glory to judge the living and the dead. He will be a messenger of Allah, who come to return to earth. Because throughout history, Allah sent His messengers to many people, so it will happen in the coming period as well.

With the return point of Jesus, the Christ era will also return and this is the believe of the Christian people. Now-a-days, it has become the slogan that what would Jesus do on His return to earth. But the question of this answer has already presented in the Holy Book.

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