Death of Islam

Shamil Basayev

 

He sits in front of a banner proclaiming in Arabic: “There is no God

but Allah, and Mohammed is his prophet"

 

Justifying his attacks on civilian targets, he states: “We are at war

and we look at the reality, and not at whether the population has

weapons in their hands"

 

So spoke the man who claimed responsibility for the atrocity at the

school in BESLAN.

This is one of the men responsible for the death of ISLAM, see blog entry

http://ito.blogspot.com/2005_03_20_ito_archive.html.

 

Shamil Basayev died yesterday.

"Shamil and other brothers of ours became martyrs by the will of Allah,” said

a statement on a website claiming to be associated with the Basayev terrorists.

 

What, I wonder,in this warped religious fantasy is the

description given to ISLAM KHADIKOV.

 

If only we could devote as much energy to loving as we

seem able to devote to...sport?...hating?......rituals?

 

 

 

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Deprived and oppressed?

In this past week the first anniversary of the London
Terrorist bombings took place. A video from one of
the 'bombers' was also aired in an attempt at
justification for mass murder. Perhaps it is fair to
ask a few questions:

1. How is it that in Afghanistan and Iraq more
Muslims have been and are slaughtered indiscriminately
by other Muslims, and this was happening with or
without the 'Allied forces presence' ?

2. Which country, prior to the second Iraq war, donated
most to Iraq in terms of food and medical aid? Be
surprised to learn that it was NOT a Muslim country.

3. Was Shezhad Tanweer (The bomber at Aldgate)
really deprived and underpriviledged in British Society
when he could leave in his will the sum of £121,000
(after tax)....and was only 22 years of age when he died?

Immams of the true Islam unite....and defend the truth
of the Prophet and the truth of events. For if tolerance
is surrendered to intolerance it is the end of the authority
of Islam in the hearts of most peoples.

Fear has never - and will never - triumph over love in the
long term.

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Brain chip

4 billion calculations/transactions per second!

 

IBM's Big Blu?

Intel's latest?

AMD's best?

 

Nope!  That,according to the incredible film

 "What the 'bleep' do we know"

is the amount of transactions carried out by

the average human brain

 

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nailed in the foot

British scientists reacted angrily last night to the views of a senior Vatican official, who said Catholic researchers working on embryonic stem cells should be excommunicated.

 

Paul Embery, a Catholic priest in London, said that excommunication did not mean God had abandoned the transgressor. "It's not saying that somebody is not loved by God" he said

 

see also the Crimen Sollicationis  entry in this blog for other categories suitable for excommunication - like bishops who don't keep secret their paedophile priest investigations!!!

 

Oh Dear, you would think that by now the Vat would have realised.....huh?

 

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Islamic silence

Throughout history there has been a continuing
manifestation of the capacity for horror of which
mankind is capable.
In modern history, the Nazi concentration camps
(originated by the British in South Africa!), Israeli

atrocities, the Cambodian 'Killing Fields', the

obscenities of Vietnam, clearly illustrate this

'inhuman capacity'.

 

However, in ALL of these cases voices -
empowered by religious,moral or ethical energy
- were raised in opposition. And these voices
became broadcast the world over.

 

As we daily read of the appalling scenarios in Iraq,
it is reasonable to ponder...where are the Islamic
voices of peace, love,compassion?
Do we hear Iranian Immams, Saudi Princes, Iraqui
sect leaders...... protesting the kind of grotesque
inhumanity that was, for example, meted out to
the young Iraqui journalist Atwar Bahjat?  Is this

the 'Glory of the Arab world'?

 

The absence of such voices...whilst the voices
of extremists receive world-wide attention ...
seems to confirm the succesful hijacking of
the truth of Islam. Beware Islam.

 

Islam is becoming a pseudonym

for horror.

 

Will the real Islam please stand up and speak?

 

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In respectful memory of Atwar Bahjat
 

Crimen Sollicationis

Crimen Sollicationis - Latin for "the crime of solicitation" - issued in
1962 by the Congregation of the Doctrine of the Faith (CDF), an
office attached to the Vatican. Described as a "blueprint for
deception and concealment" by lawyers investigating the
worldwide sex-abuse scandals, Crimen Sollicationis contains
strict instructions for dealing with what the Vatican calls the
 "worst crimes" - such as allegations of paedophilia and bestiality.

 

Rather than report these offences to the civil authorities, the CDF
instructs bishops to investigate them "in the most secretive way"
or face the "penalty of excommunication".

 

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conspiracy in the Catholic church

The real conspiracy in the Catholic church has nothing to do with
the Da Vinci Code, says Patrick Wall - it's the cover-up of
paedophile priests.
Mark Honigsbaum meets the former monk who is leading a
crusade to hunt down the perpetrators and bring them to justice

Full article:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/religion/Story/0,,1766941,00.html

 

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perseverance and obstinacy

The difference between perseverance and

obstinacy is that one often comes from a

strong will, and the other from a strong won't.

Henry Ward Beecher

 

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Better do a good deed near at home than go far...

Better do a good deed near at home

than go far away to burn incense.

chinese proverb

 

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Kiran Bedi

If you want to know more about Kiran Bedi you can visit the website at:

www.kiranbedi.com

 

You will be amazed at the activities of this most remarkable and effective

modern Indian crusader

 

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Now here's an interesting film about a very very special woman - Kiran Bedi.  

Our lives are not determined by what happens t...

"Our lives are not determined by what happens to us but by how we react to what happens, not by what life brings to us, but by the attitude we bring to life. A positive attitude causes a chain reaction of positive thoughts, events, and outcomes. It is a catalyst, a spark that creates extraordinary results".  Anon

 

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Will to Live unity

"I am life which wills to live, in the midst of life which wills to live. As in my own will-to-live there is a longing for wider life and pleasure, with dread of annihilation and pain; so is it also in the will-to-live all around me, whether it can express itself before me or remains dumb. The will-to-live is everywhere present, even as in me. If I am a thinking being, I must regard life other than my own with equal reverence, for I shall know that it longs for fullness and development as deeply as I do myself. Therefore, I see that evil is what annihilates, hampers, or hinders life. And this holds true whether I regard it physically or spiritually. Goodness, by the same token, is the saving or helping of life, the enabling of whatever life I can to attain its highest development. 

 

In me the will-to-live has come to know about other wills-to-live. There is in it a yearning to arrive at unity with itself, to become universal. I can do nothing but hold to the fact that the will-to-live in me manifests itself as will-to-live which desires to become one with other will-to-live. "

 

Albert Schweitzer 

 

 

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By any other name

All actions have reactions, interactions.

 

All non-actions create reactions, interactions.

 

We are on the verge of a 'critical mass point' in human progress: the time is very near when we commit ourselves fully to the celebration of unconditional lovingness. Loving not simply our neighbour, but also finding ways to love our 'perceived' enemy, as ourself... unconditionally.

 

(As Gandhi once said "the only devils are those running around in our own heads".).

 

The more we progress towards the acceptance of 'what is', the acceptance of who we truly are in spiritual terms, the closer we come to materialising the fullest Paradise here on earth, expressing our lovingness in the abundance of health, peace and compassion.

 

The human race, thanks to the instancy of modern life, is wearying of the old polarised and
unloving concepts, religions and philosophies.

 

We stand on the very edge of an amazing and truly wonderful age in the history of humankind.
To be true to our destiny, we must be true to our name....kind humans :)

 

 

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Playtime is over

What we appear to need in this modern world,is a mechanism for celebrating our differences.

We have already created more than enough methods for condemning our differences.

The question to ask of ourselves, is which of these attitudes holds the highest probability for peace, harmony, and self fulfillment ( the expression of lovingness)

It is time for us to come into the consciousness of unconditional love, for the 'toys with which science has gifted us' are far too dangerous for us to 'play at being purposeful' any longer.

 

 

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Love's Logic

I've always believed in numbers and the equations and logics that lead to reason.

But after a lifetime of such pursuits, I ask,

"What truly is logic?"

"Who decides reason?"

My quest has taken me through the physical, the metaphysical, the delusional -- and back.

And I have made the most important discovery of my career, the most important discovery of my life: It is only in the mysterious equations of love that any logic or reasons can be found.

 

John Nash: 1994 Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences Acceptance Address

 

 

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Potential Virus?

During this past week I have been receiving many

SUSPECT emails.

Suspect?  Well,take a look -

1.The subject says pdf file, the content is a PIF file

2. The subject says Photo,the content is a BHX file

3. The subject says 'Real Show', the contect is a UUE file

4. The subject says jpg, the content is a PLF file.

 

All of the ACTUAL attachment files are known or

possible carriers of virus, particularly the MyWife

virus, according to www.filext.com and other sources

 

The emails come from a Norwegian email address but

appear,unless its forged, according to the data I have

been given to originate in the Phillipines.

 

Never, never, NEVER open an email containing attachments

(in this case they are all over 100kb) if:

5. it comes from a person you do not know

6. you have not checked the 'file header' (you can do this

on most webmail systems without opening the attachment)

to make sure the file type that is ACTUALLY enclosed

poses no risk to your computer.

 

AND be very sure your protection measures (anti-virus,

anti-spyware, anti-phishing,etc) are absolutely up to date.

 

Interesting that people have the need to perform such

strange actions in the first place, huh?

 

 

 

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The art of......

In a quote usually attributed to Otto Von Bismarck, we are often

told that 'politics is the art of the possible".

 

Faith, we are told, reminds us that through belief all things are possible.

 

One-ness is the awareness that the impossible already is, it is simply

for us to draw it into our consciousness and translate it into our actions.

 

"If you want to fool the world...tell the truth" also Otto Von Bismarck

 

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Beyond Religion and Politics ?

U.S. President George W. Bush offered humanitarian aid Friday to the quake victims, while noting that relations between Iran and the United States are strained.

"I do want to offer my country's assistance to the people affected by the recent earthquakes in Iran," Bush told a news conference in Cancun, Mexico, where he was meeting with Canadian and Mexican leaders.

"We, obviously, have our differences with the Iranian government, but we do care about the suffering of the Iranian people."

I guess there are a lot of cynics out there who will simply say that such a gesture is simply

backdoor American Imperialism.......

"There lies before us, if we choose, continual progress in happiness, knowledge, and wisdom. Shall we, instead, choose death, because we cannot forget our quarrels? We appeal, as human beings, to human beings: Remember your humanity, and forget the rest. If you can do so, the way lies open to a new Paradise; if you cannot, there lies before you the risk of universal death."  Russell-Einstein Appeal pub.1955

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