Two funny forwards

I generally do not post forwards but I think these two deserve a place on cyberspace.So read and have a laugh.

Six answers given by a GIRL when she is proposed……….


1 Nahi

2 Mujhe waqt chahiye


3 I have always seen u as a friend


4 I already have a boy friend


5 We should concentrate on studies


6 Tum abhi tak mujhe jante kahan ho? Yeh infatuation hai.


Six answers given by a BOY when he is proposed…… …..


1 Yes


2 Yes


3 Yes


4 Yes


5 Yes


6 Yes
___________________________________________________________________
Girl :
Aisa khat likh Saajna,
Meri umar beet jaae

Padhte padhte…!!













Boy :

#include
Void main()
{
Int i=1;
While(i)
{
Printf(“\n Lo Padho..!!”);
}
Getch();
}

Histrionic,Narcissistic and Schizotypal::Thats me

Disorder	Rating
Paranoid Personality Disorder:	Low
Schizoid Personality Disorder:	Low
Schizotypal Personality Disorder:	Moderate
Antisocial Personality Disorder:	Low
Borderline Personality Disorder:	Low
Histrionic Personality Disorder:	Very High
Narcissistic Personality Disorder:	High
Avoidant Personality Disorder:	Low
Dependent Personality Disorder:	Low
Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder:	Low
-- Take the Personality Disorder Test -- -- Personality Disorder Info --

Well I took this test on the sit and it confirms what I have always believed. I am loony with a number of loose nuts.

Anyway I do think there is a clash in the results coz I cant be all the above things simultaneously

The Intellectuals in Islam

Gracefully she approached

Gracefully she approached,
in a dress of bright blue silk;
With an olive branch in her hand,
and many tales of sorrows in her eyes.
Running to her, I greeted her,
and took her hand in mine:
Pulses could still be felt in her veins;
warm was still her body with life.

"But you are dead, mother", I said;
"Oh, many years ago you died!"
Neither of embalmment she smelled,
Nor in a shroud was she wrapped.

I gave a glance at the olive branch;
she held it out to me,
And said with a smile,
"It is the sign of peace; take it."

I took it from her and said,
"Yes, it is the sign of...", when
My voice and peace were broken
by the violent arrival of a horseman.
He carried a dagger under his tunic
with which he shaped the olive branch
Into a rod and looking at it
he said to himself:
"Not too bad a cane
for punishing the sinners!"
A real image of a hellish pain!
Then, to hide the rod,
He opened his saddlebag.
in there, O God!
I saw a dead dove, with a string tied
round its broken neck.

My mother walked away with anger and sorrow;
my eyes followed her;
Like the mourners she wore
a dress of black silk.
By Simin Behbahani (Khalili)

A beautiful poem by an Iranian lady poet. I have been searching for Islamic intellectuals recently and I think I just found one .. Either I am searching in the wrong place or they are an endagered species.. The importance of artists--poets, writers , painters and sculptors does not arise from the harmony they bring but rather from their ability to have an independent view-point.

Read more here http://www.iranchamber.com/literature/sbehbahani/simin_behbahani.php

and here A Poet Who 'Never Sold Her Pen or Soul'

Interesting Articles

1. Bill Gates on the skills one needs to succeed.

2. Computer Skills still undervalued in UK board room.


Both the above stories highlight what I am increasingly convinced about-that the next generation of leaders will technocrats first and foremost.

A Senseless Murder!!!!!

""You must believe in free will; there is no choice. ""

A hundred murders may be a statistic but each and every one is an individual tragedy.

Aqsa Parvez ,a sixteen year old Canadian Muslim girl was reportedly strangled by her father reportedly because of her insistence against not wearing the hijab.

Another honour killing added to the count.

A photograph of her which I have uploaded to the right shows her smiling a pose. Now the smile is gone and the heart no longer beats. A TRAGEDY. SO YOUNG.

The present incident has nothing and everything to do with Islam.

Islam itself has nothing to do with honour killings.

The fact is there is no "honour in murder".

AND IT MUST BE SAID LOUD AND CLEAR.

THE QURAN IN NO PLACE CONDONES MURDER.

But in many muslim cultures especially from the middle east tend to believe otherwise. Father's , brother's ,husband's and brother-in-laws seem to think that murder shall bring back a lost honour. And they justify it. Why is it that the concept of honour is linked to women only?

If the girl wanted to give up the hijab, she should be allowed. The girl should have had that choice which was so cruelly denied.

If she did not believe in something, it was her own imaan. God will judge us all. QURAN FORBIDS US FROM JUDGING OTHERS

The father had no right to do what he did.

Hope he is punished in this world and the next for his crime.

I take solace in the sublime. May Allah grant peace to her soul.

Let us vow to remember Aqsa and swear to always say "there is no honour in honour killing"

Kya Karoon,had to speak out

I generally avoid commenting on aricles in forums on the web because I believe seldom a meaningful dialogue is possible because the person who has written that rabid, anti-islam article is unlikely to change his views even if someone proves his premises are invalid.

But this article in New-York Times was such that I had to comment. Because while I ignored it in NYT, it was published next day in the Times Of India, a paper I read.

http://www.nytimes.com/2007/12/07/opinion/07ali.html?_r=1&oref=slogin

It is sad that the TOI will so blindly print an article from a foreign news-source(NYT) without verifying details.

The author is introduced as a former member of Dutch parliament. The fact is Miss Ayaan Hirsi Ali is a lady who has openly renounced Islam and yet will openly call Islam 'her religion' for her benefit and for publicity's sake. Her remarks to an extent in the past have been openly Islamaphobic and border on xenophobia. She was a member of the far-right in Dutch parliament and was disqualified when it emerged that she had lied while appealing for asylum in 92. Any other citizen would have been deported but because she is so openly anti-Islam , a special allowance was made so that she could remain a dutch citizen.

It is very easy to condemn and to vilify. The fact that the author has a muslim sounding name makes it appear as if a Muslim is confessing no moderates exist. Because Miss Ali does imply so very clearly.

I ask, should the TOI have given her legitimacy by printing her article?

The author uses generalizations when scope for none exist. Saudi- Arabia has laws that even many orthodox muslims are not very comfortable with, let alone the moderates. Why does she not see the example of India where despite hiccups Muslims are a very progressive lot. Or Turkey which despite being a Muslim majority state enforces secularism to a point that even America ad Europe do not.

The problem is Islam suffers from bad public relations. Newspapers will scream about the injustice in Saudi Arabia or the sentencing of the teacher in Sudan. They will search for people who support the act and print their comments in bold. Maybe unintentionally, but a feeling percolates through that the problem is Islam. It is not.

However the fact that many Muslims have condemned the act vociferously is seldom reported. Even if it is printed it becomes a footnote, just a small paragraph at the end. Many Muslim, yes Muslim bloggers have vociferously condemned the trial judgement in Saudi-Arabia and other such acts.

Why do moderate muslims need to apologize for what they are not guilty of ? The author intentionally turns a blind eye to many wonderful people trying to in their own small ways encourage dialogue and make the world a better place. And that is the fatal flaw in the article

Little Rock

Extract 1:-
Few pictures capture an epoch. But in the contorted, hate-filled face of a young white girl named Hazel Bryan standing behind Elizabeth, screaming epithets at her, Counts encapsulated the rage of the Jim Crow South. And even behind her large sunglasses—her eyes were as sensitive as the rest of her—Elizabeth embodied something else: the dignity, and determination, and wisdom, and stoicism, with which black Americans tried to change their lot.


Extract 2:-
"This little girl, this tender little thing, walking with this whole mob baying at her like a pack of wolves" was how Benjamin Fine later described the scene. Once she reached the bus stop, Elizabeth sat herself down at the edge of the empty bench, as if not wanting to take up too much space. "Drag her over to this tree!" someone shouted.

I have always been in awe of the American Civil Rights Campaign, not because of what was achieved but how and with what it was achieved. In the 1950s most of the African-American population were till living in miserable ,segregated areas working in low paying jobs.

They were oppressed, the Jim-Crow laws legalized discrimination, denied the right to vote, had no colleges, poor schools for their kids, abused in their faces, terrorised by the Ku-Klux Clan and other white supremacist groups AND STILL THEY DARED TO HOPE.

They demanded equality and they fought for it -peacefully. The struggle was hard but segregation ended.

But the story gas still not ended. Discrimination still exists, the black population in America is still marginalized.

YET THE DOORS OF OPPURTUNITY ARE WIDE OPEN.

There is a lesson here for the world today especially the Islamic world. Stop whining about being discriminated. CREATE INTELLECTUALS. Educate each and every child so he has the courage to fight rather than just blame others.

final extract:
"It doesn't matter whether your teacher likes you or not; study for yourselves. Even a shy person can develop steel. And if you reach out to someone being harassed, you can save his life."


Read the full story here.

The Initiative must come from wihin

This is an interesting article I read about mosques being able to regulate themselves. Click to read the whole story. I think it is quite a positive step.

I have always beleived mosques can be used to spread a better message, not just within muslim communities but also outside. The hearts and mind can be won with a concerted effort. What plagues Islam is bad P.R. !

Anyway the best thing is the initiative has come from within. Its muslims who must realize the chaos we are in-both as individuals and as a group and make amends.