Beware she may become the reason to cut back funding for all "Assisted Living" research. :)
Couldn't agree more!
Sunday, April 19, 2009
Saturday, April 18, 2009
After the flogging
Learn new meanings of "living in the moment" from Taliban. Extract from the article:
When asked whether the actions of Swat’s school-blasting warlord Fazlullah were un-Islamic (haram), Sufi said, “the debate on past happenings is disallowed in Islam; a hadith sharif says what has happened in the past should not be discussed”.
Citing another hadith, he further explained that “a Muslim should not discuss past happenings because he may not remember all the (details) and therefore, he may...sin by not speaking the truth.”
Surosh Irfani has rightly observed:
Small wonder then that the leaders of Wahhabi-Salafi movements such as Al Qaeda, LeT and Jama’at-ud Dawa are not trained jurists but “engineers or medical doctors”. Such self-proclaimed jurists have reduced Islam to a combustible mix of intolerance, hatred and isolationist arrogance, exploding across the world, but most notably among Muslims themselves.
However, I slightly beg to differ here. Islamists are mostly led by "engineers and doctors" rather than the "trained jurists" is primarily because the latter somehow lack the knack of managing people, resources and weapons which the former seem more adept at. It's not that the former are missing some information that only "trained jurists" are aware of.
Learn new meanings of "living in the moment" from Taliban. Extract from the article:
When asked whether the actions of Swat’s school-blasting warlord Fazlullah were un-Islamic (haram), Sufi said, “the debate on past happenings is disallowed in Islam; a hadith sharif says what has happened in the past should not be discussed”.
Citing another hadith, he further explained that “a Muslim should not discuss past happenings because he may not remember all the (details) and therefore, he may...sin by not speaking the truth.”
Surosh Irfani has rightly observed:
Small wonder then that the leaders of Wahhabi-Salafi movements such as Al Qaeda, LeT and Jama’at-ud Dawa are not trained jurists but “engineers or medical doctors”. Such self-proclaimed jurists have reduced Islam to a combustible mix of intolerance, hatred and isolationist arrogance, exploding across the world, but most notably among Muslims themselves.
However, I slightly beg to differ here. Islamists are mostly led by "engineers and doctors" rather than the "trained jurists" is primarily because the latter somehow lack the knack of managing people, resources and weapons which the former seem more adept at. It's not that the former are missing some information that only "trained jurists" are aware of.
Tuesday, April 14, 2009
Justice has it way....
Finally, Pakistani parliament approves enforcement of Shariah in Swat. Now is the time to put one's money where one's mouth is. All those MPs who voted in favor should embark on "hijra" to Swat where they could enjoy the blessings of "Divine Justice" without any interference from "liberal extremists". Imran Khan, Ansar Abbasi, Dr. Jahil Online and others should lead the caravan.
Meanwhile, all hail to Ayaz Amir for sticking his neck out against the medieval legislation.
Finally, Pakistani parliament approves enforcement of Shariah in Swat. Now is the time to put one's money where one's mouth is. All those MPs who voted in favor should embark on "hijra" to Swat where they could enjoy the blessings of "Divine Justice" without any interference from "liberal extremists". Imran Khan, Ansar Abbasi, Dr. Jahil Online and others should lead the caravan.
Meanwhile, all hail to Ayaz Amir for sticking his neck out against the medieval legislation.
Beards, Cuban and Pakistani style
Here is a socialist's take on Islamic fundamentalism in Pakistan. Some extracts from the article:
Yes, it is absurd to compare Cuban revolutionaries with fanatic reactionaries. But here in Pakistan we are at a dead end, where absurdity holds sway over everything logical. Pakistan has become capable of generating any absurd headline possible. Be ready every time you tune to a news channel.
Here is a socialist's take on Islamic fundamentalism in Pakistan. Some extracts from the article:
Yes, it is absurd to compare Cuban revolutionaries with fanatic reactionaries. But here in Pakistan we are at a dead end, where absurdity holds sway over everything logical. Pakistan has become capable of generating any absurd headline possible. Be ready every time you tune to a news channel.
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