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Ottawa in early talks with B.C. about how to undo HST Ottawa and the B.C. government have begun preliminary talks on how to undo the harmonized sales tax if a referendum next September forces the province into retreat on the tax. “The process of unravelling it would not be simple at all,” Finance Minister Colin Hansen said Thursday. “There have been, as I understand it, some discussions at the officials’ level.” Mr. Hansen said he expects the province would reinstate the 7-percent provincial sales tax just as it was before the introduction of the 12 per cent HST. “The intent is that we would put it back the way it was,” he said. “It’s something we’re going to have to give some serious consideration to, but I think if we were to go in and start to tinker with it, instead of putting it back the way it was, I think that would generate all kinds of controversy and

More than 2.5 million Muslim pilgrims begin Haj At least 2.5 million Muslims began the annual Haj pilgrimage on Sunday, heading to an encampment near the holy city of Mecca to retrace the route taken by the Prophet Mohammad 14 centuries ago as reported by Reuters. Traveling on foot, by public transport and in private cars, the pilgrims will stream through a mountain pass to a valley at Mina, some three km outside Mecca. The path is the same as the Prophet himself took on his last pilgrimage. The Haj, one of the world’s biggest displays of mass religious devotion lasts for five days. In the past it has been marred by fires, hotel collapses, police clashes with protesters and deadly stampedes. Saudi Interior Minister Prince Nayef said on Wednesday the kingdom could not rule out an attack by Al Qaeda’s regional wing, although the kingdom’s forces were ready to combat any such operations. Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula on Sunday denied it had any intentions of targeting Muslim pilgrims at Haj. Islam is now embraced by a quarter of the world’s population and Haj is a duty for all able-bodied Muslims who can afford it. Many wait for years to get a visa. “I can’t explain the feeling of being here,” said Mahboob Bangosh, a Canadian pilgrim from Toronto of Afghani origin.To minimise the risk of overcrowding and to lessen congestion on the roads the authorities will for the first time be operating a Chinese-built train that will call at Haj sites. The $1.8 billion railway project has tracks that are 18 kilometres long and will transport 180,000 passengers this year, said Habib Zein Al Abideen, assistant minister for municipal and rural affairs. “We will have a capacity of 72,000 passengers per hour next year. This year we operate at 35 per cent capacity. Next year we could

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Pakistani Taliban makes blast claim

The Pakistani Taliban has claimed responsibility for a car bomb that destroyed a police facility in Karachi, the country's biggest city, killing at least 17 people and wounding more than 100 others. A group of fighters opened fire on Thursday on the building before detonating a bomb at a Criminal Investigation Department (CID) compound, leaving a crater of about 12 metres across and four metres deep in front of the site. "We accept responsibility for this attack. They used to arrest and torture our comrades here. We will target everyone who does this in the same way," Azam Tariq, a Pakistani Taliban spokesman, told the AFP news agency from an undisclosed location. It was a rare attack on government security forces in Karachi, a politically tense city of 16 million in the southern Sindh province - far removed from Taliban strongholds in the northwest. Witnesses and police said the CID building collapsed, trapping people under the rubble.

Salahuddin Babar Khattak, the Sindh police chief, said the CID building was used to hold anti-government fighters in

custody. But no important suspect was in detention at the time of the attack. Al Jazeera's Kamal Hyder, reporting from Islamabad, said "the CID office is a highly secured area that is frequented by a lot of important people". Al Jazeera's Imran Khan, reporting from Karachi on Friday, said that the blast followed the launch of new army operations in Pakistan's northwest. "Investigators will be looking for clues as to what type of explosive was used," he said. Karachi police had announced on Thursday the arrest of activists from Lashkar-i-Jhangvi, a group linked to al-Qaeda. Pakistani Taliban members too had been rounded up in recent weeks, Pakistani officials said on Friday. "We detained at least 10 suspects from the bomb site and the nearby impoverished neighbourhoods," one security official told AFP on condition of anonymity. "We think they have links with [Pakistani Taliban] and Lashkar-i-Jhangvi. We have arrested quite a large number of suspects in the last few months from Karachi and it shows that these groups have penetrated into the city. It seems as though these people have gained strength in Karachi." Around 3,800 people have been killed in suicide attacks and bombings, blamed on homegrown Taliban and other armed groups across Pakistan, since government troops stormed the Red Mosque in Islamabad three years ago. The Karachi bombing came less than a week after a suicide bombing on a mosque packed with worshippers killed 68 people in northwest Pakistan. Karachi has already suffered its most serious bout of political violence in years, with 85 people killed after a politician was shot dead in August. The city is Pakistan's economic capital, home to its stock exchange and a strategic port where Nato docks its supplies ready to be transported overland to support the war in Afghanistan.

Source: Al-Jazeera

Bush faults Pakistan on extremism Former US president George W. Bush has written in a new memoir that he became convinced Pakistan would not act against Islamic militants and all but admitted he ordered drone strikes on its soil. In his book "Decision Points" published Tuesday, Bush said he had "complex" relations with Pakistan and its former military leader Pervez Musharraf, who pledged to support the United States after the September 11, 2001 attacks. Bush acknowledged that Pakistan "paid a high price for taking on extremists" and said its forces were successful for several years in targeting Al-Qaeda militants crossing the porous border with Afghanistan. But Bush said: "Over time, it became clear that Musharraf either would not or could not fulfill all of his promises." "Some in the Pakistani intelligence service, the ISI, retained close ties to Taliban officials. Others wanted an insurance policy in case America abandoned Afghanistan and India tried to gain influence there," Bush wrote. Bush said he grew frustrated by late in his presidency. He recalled a meeting with US special forces returning from Afghanistan in which one troop pleaded with him, "We need permission to go kick some ass inside Pakistan." Bush said he could not reveal details of his decision but noted that the Predator, an unmanned predator

drone, "was capable of conducting video surveillance and firing laser-guided bombs." "I authorized the intelligence community to turn up the pressure on the extremists. Many of the details of our actions remain classified. But soon after I gave the order, the press started reporting more Predator strikes," he wrote. President Barack Obama has intensified the drone attacks, which most US policymakers consider an effective way to kill senior Al-Qaeda leaders without risking US troops. But Pakistan has publicly protested the drone attacks, calling them violations of its sovereignty that kill civilians and risk worsening anti-US sentiment. Some US scholars have questioned the legality of the strikes, saying they amount to extrajudicial killings. Musharraf raised controversy in 2006 when the United States threatened to bomb Pakistan "back to the Stone Age" if it did not lend support after the September 11 attacks. In the memoir, Bush said Colin Powell, then secretary of state, called Musharraf on September 13, 2001 and told him he "had to decide whose side he was on" and gave him "non-negotiable demands" including breaking relations with the Taliban and denying AlQaeda havens inside Pakistan. Bush said that Pakistan's

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Violent clashes in Bangladesh as ex-PM says she was evicted

Former Bangladeshi Prime Minister Khaleda Zia said she was evicted from her house Saturday, setting off violent protests by thousands of her supporters in the capi-

tal Dhaka. The two-time former premier wept live on television saying she was forced out by law-enforcers from her sprawling military district house in Dhaka after a court deadline to vacate the government-leased home expired on Friday.

"They broke the front door, cut the grilles and then broke open my bedroom door.

They dragged me out and pushed me into a car," Zia, also the main opposition leader, said wiping tears from her eyes. "I was forced out with only one clothing. I was humiliated. They evicted me from my house breaking all rules and regulations.

They also hit my family members," she said. Officials said Khaleda Zia whose Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) ruled the country in 1991-96 and 2001-6 left the house "willingly" accepting a high court

ruling. She has been living in the house for more than three decades. Thousands of BNP supporters clashed with police and held angry demonstrations across the capital and several nearby districts, torching vehicles and two buses, police said. "They became violent, threw rocks at policemen and damaged many cars. We fired rubber bullets and tear gas to disperse the activists," said deputy police commissioner Abdul Baten. Dozens of opposition activists were arrested, he said, adding security has been stepped up after the BNP called a nationwide strike on Sunday in protest at the government's "vindictive" move. An armed forces spokesman said Zia left her Shaheed Mainul Road house on her own in accordance with the court order. "She showed full respect to the high

court ruling and left the house willingly.

There is no question of using any force," said Shahinul Islam, the chief spokesman of the armed forces. He added that Zia's residence was the property of the Dhaka cantonment and was leased to her by the government in 1982, after her husband General Ziaur Rahman, a military strongman and ex-army chief, was killed in a 1981 failed coup. Bangladesh's government, led by Zia's main political rival, Sheikh Hasina, cancelled the lease last year, saying she should move to her other house in Dhaka as she is now a civilian and leads a political party. The eviction is seen as a tit-for-tat act by the current premier -- Zia cancelled a lease of a state palace to Hasina when she was in power in 2001-6. Source: AFP

Israel to debate US settlement deal The US has offered Israel an incentive package to reinstate a 90-day moratorium on West Bank settlement building, in an effort to revive stalled peace talks with the Palestinians, diplomatic sources said. The proposed moratorium, which would not include building in occupied East Jerusalem, is to be discussed in Israel's weekly cabinet meeting on Sunday. The potential freeze would cover future construction as well as works that were undertaken since September 26 when the previous 10month government moratorium expired, sources said. The US promised Israel it would not ask for an additional settlement freeze after the 90-day period and that they would back up the proposed moratorium with security measures, the sources said. Sherine Tadros, Al Jazeera's correspondent in the West Bank, said details are emerging that Israel would agree to the extension, although there has been no official confirmation.

"However, we don't yet know the Palestinian reaction, will it be enough?

After all, this is being done to try and bring them back to the negotiating table," she said. The Palestinians have previously said they will not resume peace negotiations until Israel stops building in the West Bank and East Jerusalem - territory they claim as parts of their future state.

"We know the US has been pushing Israel to extend that moratorium. We are hearing the incentives include security arrangements that could include 20 fighter jets that the US would supply to Israel," Tadros said.

"Israel also wants guarantees from the US that it would veto resolutions being brought to the UN [that are not in their favour]. Such as the Goldstone report on Israel's war on Gaza that was very critical of Israel and Hamas and accused them of crimes against humanity. "And another UN resolution on Israel's deadly raid on the Gaza bound aid flotilla on 31 May. We don't have confirmation from the US side that this is what they are offering." Khaled Elgindy, an adviser to the Palestinian leadership on negotiations with Israel in 2007, said that the settlements issue had been a "nuisance" to US efforts to bring Israeli and Palestinian officials to the table. "The plan of the administration for the past year has been to get an agreement on borders and security so as to obviate the need for a settlement freeze," he told Al Jazeera. "They understand that genuine talks cannot continue while there is settlement activity, it undermines the process." Israel insists the issue of settlements will become null and void once final borders are agreed upon. Members of the coalition government of Binyamin Netanyahu, Israel's prime minister were opposed to extending the 10-month "freeze", leading to the suspension of direct peace talks with the Palestinians. It was not clear if they would support the latest attempts to extend the moratorium. Under the plan Israel would "declare an additional suspension of construction" in the West Bank, which it captured from Jordan in the 1967 Middle East war.

However, the council representing Israeli settlers has already denounced the proposed deal. "The request to renew the freeze on construction is a trap into which Israel must not fall," it said. Netanyahu convened a meeting of his inner cabinet on Saturday night to brief them on his meetings with Hillary Clinton, the US secretary of state, and other US officials last week.

Source: Al-Jazeera

Cyclone Jal kills 118 people.

Cyclone Jal has killed at least 118 people including 55 in India. Over 70 000 people were evacuated from Andhra Pradesh in southeast India.

Bush 'sickened' by Iraq war reasons Afghan President Hamid Karzai has said that the United States must reduce the visibility and intensity of its military operations in Afghanistan, The Washington Post reported. The United States should end special operations forces raids that aggravate Afghans and could exacerbate the Taliban insurgency, Karzai said in an interview with the Post. "The time has come to reduce military operations," the president told the paper. "The time has come to reduce the presence of, you know, boots in Afghanistan ... to reduce the intrusiveness into the daily Afghan life." Karzai also said he wanted US troops off the roads and out of Afghan homes and that the long-term presence of so many foreign soldiers would only worsen the war, the Post reported.

However, an unnamed NATO military official expressed scepticism in comments to the paper.

"We understand President Karzai's concerns, but we would not be as far along as we are pressuring the network had it not been for these very precision operations we do at night," the official told the Post. "I don't see any near-term alternative to this kind of operation." Karzai told the Post he was speaking out not to criticize the United States but in the belief that candour could improve what he called a "grudging" relationship between the countries. He described his own deep scepticism with US policy in Afghanistan, beginning with last year's presidential election, which he said was manipulated by US officials, the paper said. He also expressed his conviction that government corrup-

tion had been caused by billions of US dollars funnelled to unaccountable contractors, the Post noted.

Afghans had lost patience with the presence of American soldiers in their homes and armoured vehicles on their roads, Karzai told the paper. "The raids are a problem always. They were a problem then, they are a problem now. They have to go away," Karzai said. "The Afghan people don't like these raids, if there is any raid it has to be done by the Afghan government within the Afghan laws. This is a continuing disagreement between us." He acknowledged that an abrupt withdrawal would be dangerous, but said that US soldiers should confine themselves more to their bases and limit themselves to necessary operations along the Pakistani border, the Post said. Karzai said he wanted the US government to apply more pressure on Taliban sanctuaries in Pakistan while focusing on development projects and civilian assistance in Afghanistan, the report added.

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Rizzuto death signals demise of Mafia clan: experts Montreal police continue to scour the woods behind the mansion of slain mobster Nicolo Rizzuto, searching for clues left by a lone gunman who shot and killed the elderly Mafioso through a window Wednesday night.

The bold assassination made headlines around the world and could be the final blow against the oncedominant Rizzuto crime family, whose influence appears to have declined in recent years. After an overnight investigation, authorities pulled down orange police tape that cordoned off Antoine Berthelet Avenue, a quiet street in northwest Montreal dubbed "Mafia Row" because it is home to several members of the Rizzuto clan. But officers with the major crimes unit are still combing the dense pine woods behind Rizzuto's stately mansion, where police believe the gunman lurked before shooting the patriarch through a kitchen window. "The shot came from someone that was outside the home, probably somewhere in the woods ... and hit the victim in the upper body," said Const. Raphael Bergeron. Two women, believed to be Rizzuto's wife and daughter, witnessed the murder and were treated for shock. Police have no suspects at this time. The brazen attack is the latest in a string of assaults against the formidable clan, which lost many members in the wake of a 2006 dragnet that rounded up most of the family's underworld power brokers, including Nicolo Rizzuto himself. The murder of such a revered figure is highly symbolic, even though it's difficult to say how much clout he still had in the family's business, said Montreal police Cmdr. Denis

Mainville, head of the major crimes unit. "We know that Mr. Rizzuto was an important member of the Italian Mafia, but new players have surfaced in recent months," Mainville said. Riuzzuto's son Vito is currently finishing a 10-year sentence in a Colorado prison for racketeering, linked to three 1981 murders in Brooklyn against the Bonnano crime family. Vito Rizzuto's incarceration left a void in the Mafia world, which propelled the power struggle seen in recent years in Montreal. In addition to this year's killings, police are investigating a string of arsons that have targeted Montreal pizzerias and cafes across the island. This past year, Nicolo Rizzuto's grandson and namesake, Nick Jr., was gunned down in broad daylight on a street in Montreal's N.D.G. neighbourhood, and close family associate Paolo Renda went missing after being abducted from his car in May in Montreal. Many Mafia watchers say Rizzuto's death marks the demise of his crime family. "It's finished for them in Montreal," said André Cédilot, a seasoned investigative reporter for La Presse newspaper who recently penned a book about the Mafia's ties to Quebec's economy.

Jean-Pierre Charbonneau, a former journalist with Montreal newspaper Le Devoir, said it may be too soon to say that the murder is the final blow against the Rizzuto clan but how the elderly don died is significant. One Canadian Mafia expert said the motives behind the slaying couldn't be clearer.

Source: CBC News

Obama backs India for top UN seat

Barack Obama, the US president, has backed India's bid to obtain permanent membership of the United Nations Security Council. In a speech to the Indian parliament on Monday, Obama said that he looked forward to "a reformed UN Security Council that includes India as a permanent member". India has been lobbying for a fixed seat on the UN's highest body for years, a reflection of the Asian country's growing global weight and its challenge to rival China. India says a seat on the council would reflect the importance of the G20 nation as its trillion dollar economy helps spur global growth and its government exerts increasing influence over issues from Doha trade to climate change talks. The foreign ministry in Islamabad, the Pakistani capital, was quick to denounce the US endorsement of India's UN bid. In a written statement, it said: "India's aspirations for recognition as a global power notwithstanding, there are reasons enough to discredit this proposed direction of the process of UNSC reforms, such as India's conduct in relations with its neighbours and its continued flagrant violations of Security Council resolutions on Jammu & Kashmir." The statement also says that Pakistan hopes the US will make a moral judgment, not based on "any temporary expediency or exigencies of power politics".

Obama's trip with more than 200 US business executives, along with his UN announcement, underscored the growing importance of India, which by 2020 is

expected to be one of the five largest economies in the world, along with Asian powers China and Japan. The president is seeking to open up India's massive, yet often underdeveloped and restricted markets, in a bid to help counterbalance the rise of China. During his three-day trip - the longest stay in any foreign country by Obama - the US leader announced $10bn in business deals between the two nations. The president hopes that he will be able to reassure voters at home that countries like India offer benefits for US jobs rather than causing unemployment through outsourcing. The UN move comes as India increasingly competes with China for global resources, from Africa to South America.

But its economic assertiveness has often been accompanied by cautious diplomacy on issues like Myanmar and engagement with Iran. Attaining the UN seat could face resistance from some of the UN Security Council's five permanent members - Britain, China, France, Russia and the United States. Since the body's inception, the UN Security Council has had five permanent members, each with the power to veto resolutions. It has been criticised for not reflecting global 21st century power. The West is increasingly dependent on India and China to power their moribund economies and it is unclear how much Delhi will reciprocate by opening its economy more to foreign firms.

Obama will also visit Indonesia, South Korea and Japan on the tour that will see Washington push to prevent countries unilaterally devaluing currencies to protect their exports, a top theme at the G20 summit in Seoul this week. Obama has also announced the US will relax export controls over sensitive technology, another demand of India's. Sectors like retail and the financial services are restricted to foreign investors and there are few signs that Singh's ruling Congress party has plans for any major reforms soon. Francisco Sanchez, the US under secretary of Commerce for International Trade, said the US wanted greater market access to India's infrastructure and energy sectors.

India has targeted to spend $1 trillion over five years on upgrading its poor infrastructure, from potholed roads to log-jammed ports.

Source: Al-Jazeera

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Aung San Suu Kyi could call for lifting of Burma sanctions Aung San Suu Kyi's readiness to consider calling for the lifting of sanctions on Burma is likely to force western governments to reconsider the measures, which have been widely criticised as uncoordinated, poorly targeted and ineffective. But analysts, campaigners and diplomats said today that while the pro-democracy leader's moral authority meant she would be closely listened to, it would take time and argument – and more improvements on the ground – to change long-standing policies. Much depended on what happens to Aung San Suu Kyi next, a foreign office spokeswoman said, adding: "It remains to be seen whether she will be able to assume a role of her choosing in Burma's political life." Yesterday, Canada said it would keep sanctions to maintain the pressure to restore civilian rule in Burma. But significant changes were already afoot before Aung San Suu Kyi was released from house arrest. Ten days ago, her National League for Democracy said it was ending support for a 15-year tourism boycott — opposed by many anti-regime Burmese because it hits taxi drivers, guest house owners and souvenir sellers more than YJR regime loyalists who run the airline and big hotels. Britain has been reluctant to address concerns that the sanctions are ineffective, with the foreign office today insisting they "are designed to target regime members and their associates, not to harm the ordinary people of Burma". Australian opposition parties called last week for tougher measures. Sanctions were first imposed by the US in 1993, with the EU following three years later when it suspended all bilateral aid other than humanitarian assistance. In 2007, EU measures were extended to include a ban on imports of gems, timbers and metals after troops suppressed anti-government protests, but there was no monitoring mechanism to enforce them. The measures were tightened again last year when Aung San Suu Kyi's house arrest was extended. The US president, Barack Obama, also renewed existing US sanctions. The UN has no sanctions, not least because of opposition by China. Critics say Aung San Suu Kyi's comments show that the time has come to look at the policy again. "Western governments are under pressure from campaign groups to maintain the sanctions," Marie Lall, an Asia expert at London's Chatham House thinktank, said.

Source: The Guardian

HST : Continued from pg 1 distrust.” Finance Ministry documents obtained by The Globe and Mail this week suggest the ministry believes that completely axing the HST to bring back the former provincial sales tax would cut $5-billion in annual revenues for B.C. and force program reductions as well as “dramatic” increases in income tax and other levies. The grim scenario outlined in material obtained through a freedom of information request is at odds with the milder arguments in favour of the HST that have been advanced by Premier Gordon Campbell and Mr. Hansen. “Dramatic increases to existing taxes would be required to maintain expenditure levels,” says an adviser’s submission from the ministry’s tax policy branch to a deputy treasury board official. NDP finance critic Bruce Ralston dismissed the forecasts in the documents as a “doomsday scenario” cooked up in the ministry. “It’s not a helpful addition to the debate,” he said. “If they were planning to use it, it’s quite misleading.” Mr. Hansen has said he was wary of introducing any of the material to the debate on the HST, and Mr. Ralston said there was a sound basis for such caution. “He has no credibility on these issues,” he said. Bill Tieleman of the Fight HST movement, which engineered the gathering of enough signatures to force the tax referendum under the province’s Initiative legislation, said the numbers in the material seemed “crazy” to him. “It’s probably intended to scare taxpayers,” he said, wondering aloud if the material was part of some “propaganda campaign” designed to affect the referendum vote. Mr. Hansen, looking forward, said there has been no decision yet on whether the province would undo the cut to the basic personal tax exemption, which is worth a total of $174-million this year. The reduction was introduced as part of the HST package. “We will try to provide the public as much information as we can,” he said. “But if the vote goes against the harmonized sales tax, there will still be a lot of work to sort out how that will happen.”

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TRUE IMPLICATION OF ‘HAJJ’ IN ISLAM ‘Eid-ul-Fitr’ and ‘Eid-ul-Adha’ (called the ‘Eid-ul-Zuha’ also) are the two most significant festivals of the Muslim community across the globe. Both Eids are celebrated throughout the world with the extreme religious reverence by the followers of Islam.

Whereas the ‘Eid-ul-Fitr’ is fêted to commemorate the completion of the fasting of the month of Ramzan the ‘Eid-ul-Adha,’ on the other hand, is associated with the Hajj (religious pilgrimage to Mecca) and sacrificing an animal in the name of Allah (SWT). As per the time-honored tenet of Islam, every Muslim is expected to embark on one pilgrimage at the minimum, in their lifetime if they can afford it.

The Hajj is commanded in the Sanctified Quran in the following words: "And pilgrimage to the House is a duty unto God for mankind, for him who can find the way thither" (3:97) - and its rites were established by the Holy Prophet Muhammad (PBUH), but the Muslim tradition dates it back to Adam and Abraham, who were instructed by the angels in the performance of the rites.

As with the fasting, exceptions have been specifically ordained for those individuals, who are physically or financially unable to fulfill the obligation, and one is actually commanded not to proceed to the Hajj if to do so would bring about any hardship for his or her family. However, those unable to go by themselves may fulfill their obligation by sending someone in their stead. The Holy Prophet (PBUH) himself performed Hajj only once in his life, as one of his last

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Every year, Hajj unifies the Islamic fraternity by bringing together the believers of Allah (SWT), from all over the world to worship Him together at one geographical location, according to the rules prescribe by Him. Most of the communities across the world are facing disintegration into sects and sub sects, as a consequence of a number of variations amongst the thinking and viewpoints of their spiritual headmen, may those be of the diminutive nature only. The mammoth gathering of millions on Muslims at one common place of religious worship is, indeed, a very confirmatory and the commendable stride to gear up integration and solidarity in the different shades of the Muslim Ummah. When Muslims from different countries get together and interact with one another as the members of the same fold, the feelings and mindset of oneness stands cultivated and spontaneously a sentimental relationship gets developed amongst them, which is the prerequisite for the unity, affinity and harmony of any community. Hajj witnesses the world's greatest example of eliminating social discrimination and any other human differences.

Ultimately, Hajj purifies body, mind & soul of the pilgrims which are the prerequisites of the spiritual elevation of the human beings.. Upon arrival at the boundary of

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bolic amount,” said Walid al-Mushawer, a Saudi pilgrim. Saudi Arabia has worked hard to improve facilities to ease the flow of pilgrims at Haj. In 2006, 362 people were crushed to death.

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Bush : Continued from pg 3 cooperation was impeded by its "obsession" with historic rival India. Both Bush and Obama have sought warmer relations with the world's largest democracy. "In almost every conversation we had, Musharraf accused India of wrongdoing," Bush wrote. Musharraf, who is touring the United States as he tries to stage a political comeback, insisted Tuesday that he had evidence that Indian intelligence agents met with Pakistani separatists who came via Afghanistan. "If I'm allowed to be very, very frank, India's role in Afghanistan is to create an anti-Pakistan Afghanistan," Musharraf, who stepped down in 2008, said at the Council on Foreign Relations in New York. Musharraf said that India's consulates in the southern cities of Kandahar and Jalalabad "have no

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ance to all. While it is performing Tawaf of Ka’ba or running seven times between the small mountains of Safa and Marwa, the observance of the rites of Hajj in the faithful manner, keeps the pilgrims very close to the purity of mind, which is the solitary mode to acquire the vicinity of God. The throwing of pebbles at “Jamarat”, representing the devil, is described by Imam Ghazali as “an expression of the pilgrim’s intention to obey Allah's commandment, and a demonstration of his humility and servitude to Him.” Besides, it teaches two important aspects of human life stated above, which are primarily the key ingredients of the cultural advancement of the human beings.

May Allah (SWT) accept the Hajj of all pilgrims this year and return them safely to their homes, spiritually purified and elevated (Ameen). At the same time, all of us who did not go for Hajj this year, should still embrace the message it cultivates – unity, self-control and unconditional submission to Allah (SWT). By embracing these Islamic values, we will indeed understand the real significance of Eid-ul-Adha and can celebrate it in its true spirit.

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Makkah, the pilgrims enter the state of Ihram, a the symbol of purity and equalityin which they will remain throughout the period of Hajj. The males entering this pure state do wear the Ihram garments - two white, flawless sheets wrapped around the body. This aspect of the rite not only signifies the state of holiness the pilgrims have entered, but it further denotes the feeling of equality and unity amongst the pilgrims by removing their visual indicators of class, wealth and culture. Physical cleanliness alone is devoid of any sense in the absence of the transparency of one’s mind (thoughts) and religious uplift. It includes the state of one’s altitude from the worldly desires. Hence, this purity is the prime objective of Ihram, which every Muslim must stick to, not during the Hajj alone, but even after his return there from.

Allah (SWT) has prescribed various rules pertaining to the control of the five senses during Hajj. Sight, Hearing, Taste, Smell and Touch are the five key senses that often control human life and behavior. These senses are of enormous benefit to the human beings if utilized affirmatively and in appropriate manner, but there misuse in any way often leads to the dilapidation of human character, which in return has devastating effects on shaping our personalities in good mental mold. Undertaking of the Hajj and the fulfillment of all the prescribed religious requirements thereat provided us the best possible opportunity to streamline all our five senses in the positive direction.

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other role" except "creating trouble in Pakistan." India also has consulates in Mazar-i-Sharif in the north and Herat in the west. The Indian embassy in Kabul was targeted in an attack last year claimed by Taliban militants. India, not a traditional donor, has committed 1.3 billion dollars to Afghanistan since the fall of the Taliban regime and is building roads, power lines and a new parliament building. Musharraf also said that Pakistan "is trying its best" to fight Taliban and Al-Qaeda leaders. "Why is the responsibility of their coming into Pakistan not the fault of Afghan forces and US forces and coalition forces?"

Musharraf said. "It should be shared at least 50-50 -- we are at fault, you are also at fault," he said.

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Two Eids: The root of the problem Dr. Waheed Younis, Toronto (an excerpt) Occurrence of two Eids is a very sensitive issue for the Muslims of North America.

No matter which community celebrates Eid on what date, it is the heartiest desire of each one of us that this issue should be resolved once and forever. It is quite frustrating that in this time and age, we haven’t been able to resolve an issue as simple as hilaal sighting. The purpose of this article is to provide some basic information to the general masses of our community. The root cause of this problem is

identified and explained for the benefit of the ordinary Muslims. It is our intention to bring the hearts of the Ummah together. May Allah accept our efforts, forgive our mistakes and save us from hurting any of our brothers. In order to address the issue of two Eids, first we need to see why do we have this problem and what is the root cause of it.

1. The Problem It must have been observed that every year when we have two Eids, the process goes as follows: The hilaal is claimed to be seen in some country but it couldn’t be seen here in entire North America. At that point the community divides; one group insists that we should follow the hilaal sighting of the other country and the other group thinks that we should follow our own local hilaal sighting. Both sides substantiate their claims through lots of hadeeths and fatwas. Interestingly enough, the plea of both sides is based on the assumption that the hilaal sighting claim in this other country is correct. But is it really correct? In the following pages, we have attempted to address this question.

2. The Science of Moonsighting Before addressing this question in depth, first the phenomenon of hilaal formation is described briefly.

It is known that moon revolves around earth and different phases of the moon result from different relative positions of the sun, earth and moon. In this regard, the angle formed by sun-earth-moon, also called “elongation angle”, which, changes with the revolution of the moon is of utmost significant. This is obvious that when this angle is zero, moon will be between sun and earth, the bright face of moon will be towards sun and the dark face will be towards earth. At this position the moon is not visible from earth and this phase of the moon is called “new moon”.

Similarly, when this angle is, the earth will be between moon, the full bright face ofosun and 180. Lots of arguments and discussions are heard in this regard. Some people address the issue in terms of “Ikhtilaaful-Matalaa” and “Ittifaaq-ul-Matalaa”. This is also heard that Eid-ul-Fitr should be cel-

ebrated on local sighting but Eid-ul-Adha Royal Astronomical Society, Vol. 35, pp. should be celebrated after the day of 425-461. the west of Pakistan (in spite of Arafaa and so on. The moon will be clear sky), it simply indicates that the toward earth and the phase of moon will hilaal sighting claim in Pakistan was very Volume 2, Book 26, be called “full moon”. In the same manner, doubtful. So far, sufficient information has Number 594: when this angle is only half of the moon been provided to the reader so that the will be seen from earth. It can be realized authenticity of a hilaal sighting claim can Narrated Abu Huraira: that as the elongation angle increases from be judged to some degree. Now let us diszero to, the bright area of the cuss the issue of two eids in the North The Prophet was asked, "Which invisibleo90omoon’s circular disc increases America. is the best deed?" He said, "To from zero percent (completely 180 moon) 4. Suggested Solution believe in Allah and His to 100 % (full moon).

Based on the science of moon sighting, it Apostle." He was then asked, From the above discussion, it should be should be clear that if the hilaal have been "Which is the next (in goodclear that there is a strong seen anywhere in the East of us, it will defness)?"

He said, "To participate relationship between the initely be seen here. But on the other hand, in Jihad in Allah's Cause." He elongation angle and the if it have not been seen anywhere in the phase of the moon (or East, it doesn’t mean that it will not be was then asked, "Which is the the bright/visible area of seen here also. In either case (whether it next?" He said, "To perform the moon’s circular disc). was seen in the East or not), significance of Hajj-Mabrur. " The moment at which the local sighting can not be denied. If the the elongation angle is hilaal was seen in the East, local sighting zero can be determined will confirm it. If it was not seen anywhere very precisely exactly as in the East, we might be the first one to it is known that there was no report of the moment of sunrise or witness the hilaal and the new month hilaal sighting (Zul-Hajj 1423H) from any sunset can be determined should start from us. Note that there are country in the West of Saudi Arabia, precisely. This moment is only four possibilities regarding local hilaal including North America where sunsets also called “conjunction sighting claim and any such claim from after 8-11 hours of Saudia. All this indiof moon” or the “birth of the East of us. These possibilities and sugcates that the hilaal sighting claim in Saudi new moon”. Recall that gested outcomes are summarized in the Arabia was extremely suspicious. the moon is not visible at following. moonset at that location was only at 17:18. this moment. With the aIt is suggested that we should closely The inaccuracy of this claim is more than revolution of moon, watch for the news of confirmed hilaal obvious. elongation angle starts sighting in the countries east of us. This Muslims are not the only community who increasing from zero. When this angle will help us decide about local hilaal and is follow the lunar calendar. Jews and becomes around, the crescent starts formeasy now a day. There are websites where Chinese are few of those who follow this ing. Though the elongation angle is the the news of hilaal sighting is posted from calendar and keep track of the moon most important factor affecting the visibil- all over the globe. People can call their sighting. Other than the religious and ethity of the hilaal home countries (several hours before sunnic communities, lots of scientific, astroFrom the discussion so far, it should be set) and conveniently get the news in case nomical, military, aviation and naval clear that there is a certain time lag hilaal have been seen there. But if the organizations around the world keep track between the birth of new moon and the hilaal was not seen there, we should still of the phases of moon. first visibility of hilaal. This lag varies a lot, look for it locally.

This is an excerpt of a research paper by Dr. depending upon the location of observer Assuming that the hilaal sighting claim of Waheed Younis. The entire paper can be and the time of the year. But in any case it Saudi Arabia was correct, the hilaal should read online at http://moonsighting.com/artican not be less than 15 hours. It should be have also been seen more clearly, in the cles/twoeids.pdf. W’Allah-o-Alam. very obvious that a claim of hilaal sighing, countries to the West of Saudi Arabia. But which is less than 15 hours after conjunction of moon would surly be wrong.

3. An Alternate Way of Confirmation There is another way to confirm the claim of hilaal sighting. Let us assume that the hilaal was claimed to be seen in Pakistan.

We know that the sun sets in Morocco, 5 hours after the sunset in Pakistan. At the time of sunset in Morocco, the age of moon will be 5 hours more than its age at the sunset in Pakistan.

Consequently, the elongation angle will be larger, more area of moon will From Nov 16 -30, 2010 (Dul Hajja 9*-23, 1431) be illuminated and the Dul Hajja Nov8 Day Fajar Sunrise Zawal Dhuhr thickness of the crescent Asr Maghrib Isha will be larger. In other 4:34 22929* 7:23 11:57 12:04 16 Fri 5:37 2:45 6:12 words, the probability of 4:33 10 5:39 7:24 11:57 12:04 17 Sat 6:11 2:44 the hilaal sighting in 4:32 11 18 Sun 5:40 7:26 11:57 12:05 2:43 6:10 Morocco will be much 4:31 11:58 12 7:27 5:41 19 Mon 12:05 2:42 6:09 higher than its probability 4:30 13 Tue 5:42 7:29 11:58 12:05 20 2:41 6:08 in Pakistan. Similarly after 10 hours, the probability 4:29 14 7:30 11:58 12:05 21 Wed 5:44 2:40 6:07 of the hilaal sighting at 4:28 15 5:45 7:32 11:58 12:05 22 Thu 6:06 2:39 the Eastern coast of North 4:27 16 7:33 11:59 12:06 23 Fri 5:46 6:05 2:38 America will be even 4:26 11:59 17 7:35 Sat 5:47 24 12:06 2:37 6:04 higher than its probability 4:25 11:59 18 Sun 5:49 7:36 25 6:04 12:06 2:36 in Morocco. In short, the 4:24 probability of hilaal sigh19 7:38 12:00 12:07 26 Mon 5:50 2:36 6:03 ing will keep increasing as 4:24 20 Tue 5:51 7:39 12:00 12:07 27 6:03 2:35 we go towards the West of 4:23 21 7:40 12:00 12:07 28 Wed 5:52 2:34 6:02 Pakistan. But if the hilaal 4:22 12:01 22 Thu 5:53 7:42 29 12:08 2:34 6:02 couldn’t be seen from 4:22 12:01 23 30 Fri 5:54 7:43 12:08 2:33 6:01 anywhere in Ilyas, M., *910* 1994: “Lunar Crescent Source: Masjid Al Noor Visibility Criterion and Islamic Calendar”, Quarterly Journal of the

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ZamZam Water: Scientific Research Findings Research by Tariq Hussain, Riyadh,

By MOINUDDIN AHMED Come the Hajj season, and I am reminded of the wonders of Zamzam water.

Let me go back to how it all started. In 1971, an Egyptian doctor wrote to the European press, a letter saying that Zamzam water was not fit for drinking purposes. I immediately thought that this was just a form of prejudice against the Muslims and that since his statement was based on the assumption that since the Ka'aba was a shallow place (below sea level) and located in the center of the city

of Makkah, the wastewater of the city collecting through the drains fell into the well holding the water.

Fortunately, the news came to King Faisal's ears who got extremely angry and decided to disprove the Egyptian doctor's provocative statement. He immediately ordered the Ministry of Agriculture and Water Resources to investigate and send samples of Zamzam water to European laboratories for testing the portability of the water.

The ministry then instructed the Jeddah Power and Desalination Plants to carry out this task. It was here that I was employed as a desalting engineer (chemical engineer to produce drinking water from sea water). I was chosen to carry out this assignment. At this stage, I remember that I had no idea what the well holding the water looked like. I went to Makkah and reported to the authorities at the Ka'aba explaining my purpose of visit.

They deputed a man to give me whatever help was required. When we reached the well, it was hard for me to believe that a pool of water, more like a small pond, about 18 by 14 feet, was the well that supplied millions of gallons of water every year to hajis ever since it came into existence at the time of Hazrat Ibrahim(A.S.)many, many centuries ago.

I started my investigations and took the dimensions of the well. I asked the man to show me the depth of the well. First he took a shower and descended into the water. Then he straightened his body. I saw that the water level came up to just above his shoulders. His height was around five feet, eight inches. He then started moving from one corner to the other in the well (standing all the while since he was not allowed to dip his head into the water) in search of any inlet or pipeline inside the well to see from where the water came in.

However, the man reported that he could not find any inlet or pipeline inside the well.

I thought of another idea. The water could be withdrawn rapidly with the help of a big transfer pump which was installed at the well for the Zamzam water storage tanks.

In this way, the water level would drop enabling us to locate the point of entry of the water. Surprisingly, nothing was observed during the pumping period, but I knew that this was the only method by

which you could find the entrance of the water to the well.

So I decided to repeat the process. But this time I instructed the man to stand still at one place and carefully observe any unusual thing happening inside the well.

After a while, he suddenly raised his hands and shouted, "Alhamdullillah! I have found it. The sand is dancing beneath my feet as the water oozes out of the bed of the well."

Then he moved around the well during the pumping period and noticed the same phenomenon everywhere in the well.

Actually the flow of water into the well through the bed was equal at every point, thus keeping the level of the water steady.

After I finished my observations I took the samples of the water for European laboratories to test.

Before I left the Ka'aba Sharief, I asked the authorities about the other wells around Makkah.

I was told that these wells were mostly dry. When I reached my office in Jeddah. I reported my findings to my boss who listened with great interest but made a very irrational comment that the Zamzam well could be internally connected to the Red Sea. How was it possible when Makkah is about 75 kilometres away from the sea and the wells located before the city usually remains dry?

The results of the water samples tested by the European laboratories and the one We analysed in our own laboratory were found to be almost identical.

CALCUIM & MAGNESUIM IN ZAM ZAM WATER: The difference between Zamzam water and other water (city water) was in the quantity of calcium and magnesium salts. The content of these was slightly higher in Zamzam water. This may be why this water refreshes tired hajis.

FLOURIDE IN ZAMZAM WATER: But more significantly, the water contains fluorides that have an effective germicidal action.

Moreover, the remarks of the European laboratories showed that the water was fit for drinking.

Hence the statement made by the Egyptian doctor was proved false. When this was reported to King Faisal he was extremely pleased and ordered the contradiction of the report in the European Press. In a way, it was a blessing that this study was undertaken to show the chemical composition of the water.

In fact, the more you explore, the more wonders surface and you find yourself believing implicitly in the miracles of this water that Allah Ta'ala bestowed as a gift on the faithful coming from far and wide to the desert land for pilgrimage.

Let me sum up some of the features of Zamzam water: Never Dried Up:This well has never dried up. On the contrary it has always fulfilled the demand for water.

Same Salt composition:It has always maintained the same salt composition and taste ever since it came into existence.

Portability:Its portability has always been universally recognised as pilgrims from all over the world visit Ka'aba every year for Hajj and umrah, but have never omplained about it. Instead, they have

always enjoyed the water that refreshes them.

Universal taste:Water tastes different at different places. Zamzam water's appeal has always been universal.

No Biological Growth:This water has never been chemically treated or chlorinated as is the case with water pumped into the cities.Biological growth and vegetation usually takes place in most wells. This makes the water unpalatable owing to the growth of algae causing taste and odour problems. But in the case of the Zamzam

water well, there wasn't any sign of biological growth.

Centuries ago, Bibi Hajra A.S. searched desperately for water in the hills of Saffa and Marwa to give to her newly born son Hazrat Ismail A.S. As she ran from one place to another in search of water, her child rubbed his feet against the sand. A pool of water surfaced, and by the grace of Allah Ta'ala, shaped itself into a well which came to be called Zamzam water. { May we appreciate and utilize this great Ni'mah of Allah Ta'ala}

Hajj: 5th Pillar of Islam FIRST DAY: 8 Zul Hajj 1. During the night before Fajr of 8 Zul Hajj, put on ihram, make your niyyah (intention) and recite talbiyah 3 times and pray to Allah Almighty.

2. After Fajr, leave Makkah for Mina.

However, people can go to Mina even before Fajr during the night.

3. Today in Mina, offer Zuhr, Asr, Maghrib and Isha prayers.

4. Stay overnight in Mina.

SECOND DAY: 9 Zul Hajj 1. After Fajr prayer in Mina, go to Arafat.

2. In Masjid-e-Namra, the imam leads Zuhr and Asr prayers, combined and shortened, at Zuhr time. At other places in Arafat, similarly combine these two salats or offer them at their proper times with jama’at.

3. Wuquf-e-Arafat or standing until sunset.

4. At Maghrib time, without offering Maghrib prayer, leave for Muzdalifah.

5. Offer Maghrib and Isha prayers together in Muzdalifah at Isha time.

6. Stay overnight in Muzdalifah.

THIRD DAY: 10 Zul Hajj 1. In Muzdalifah, after Fajr prayer and Wuquf, proceed to Mina.

2. Throw 7 pebbles at Jamrat-ul-Aqabah.

3. Animal sacrifice.

4. Shave your head or cut some hair from it.

5. Go to Makkah for Tawaf-e-Ziarat.

6. Stay overnight in Mina.

FOURTH DAY: 11 Zul Hajj 1. At any time in the afternoon, throw 7 pebbles on each of the 3 pillars starting with the first pillar, then on the middle pillar, and lastly on the pillar of Aqabah.

2. If you could not do Tawaf-e-Ziarat yesterday, do it today.

3. Stay overnight in Mina.

FIFTH DAY: 12 Zul Hajj 1. At any time in the afternoon, throw 7 pebbles on each of the 3 pillars in he same order as was done on 11 Zul Hajj.

2. If you could not do Tawaf-e-Ziarat earlier, it is essential to do it today before Maghrib.

3. You can leave Mina on 12 Zul Hajj before the sun sets. If the sun sets before you are able to depart, remain in Mina for the third night and throw pebbbles again the next day.

Note: • In Mina, Arafat and Muzdlifa, all the prayers are shortened and offered at their proper times except noted above.

• Whenever you finish Tawaf-e-Ziarat during the night, come back to Mina for stay.

• There are 3 obligatory acts (Fard) without which Hajj is invalid: * Ihram * Wuquf-e-Arafat * Tawaf-e-Ziarat 4. Before returning to your country after completing the rites of Hajj, perform the Farewell Tawaf (Tawaf al-Wida).

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From the desk of Consul General of Pakistan Vancouver My colleagues at the Consulate General join me in extending a happy Eid-ul-Adha to all members of the Pakistani community and as well as other members of the larger Muslim community. We also extend our congratulations and best wishes to all those blessed ones who are performing Hajj this year.

Eid-ul-Adha marks the supreme sacrifice of Prophet Abraham and it is a day when we all gather with our families and friends to enjoy and thank Almighty Allah for His countless bounties and blessings.

Today as we celebrate Eid-ul-Adha, we must not forget those families who have lost their loved ones in the recent floods in Pakistan. We should also remember those who have lost their homes and try to help them so that they could also be part of Eid-ul-Adha festivities. We also remember our brave soldiers, policemen and security officials who embraced martyrdom while fighting for our security.

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Greetings from the Prime Minister

As Muslims around the world celebrate Eid al-Adha, it is my distinct pleasure to convey my warmest greetings to the staff and readers of The Miracle newspaper as you observe the Festival of Sacrifice.

Marking the end of the Hajj, Eid al-Adha commemorates the Prophet Abraham’s unwavering faith and his willingness to sacrifice his son out of obedience to God. This is a special time for Muslims around the world to reflect on their own faith and engage in almsgiving. Here at home, our Muslim communities continue to honour and preserve these centuries-old religious traditions.

Canada has inherited a wealth of histories, cultures and traditions. Together, our diverse peoples are forging a harmoniously pluralistic society that stands as a model to the world. Our significant Muslim community has enriched this proud legacy.

On behalf of the Government of Canada, please accept my best wishes for a blessed and joyous celebration.

Eid Adha Moubarak!

Please join me in prayers for the salvation of those we have lost and for the peace and prosperity of our beloved country.

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Hajj and Eid ul Adha Mubarak for Two Days celebrations When this issue reaches your hands,

everyone will be busy in preparing for Eid-ul-Adha celebrations. North Americans may be confused again about moon sighting for month of Dhul Hajja and we may once again have two Eids ,one is on Tuesday Nov 16th and other is on Wed Nov 17th in Lower Mainland. By the time these lines print, you will know the answer.

Be it shopping for new clothes, buying groceries and ordering Qurbani for the big Eid feast, Eid brings with itself a busy and enjoyable schedule for everyone. As we celebrate this occasion, we should remember those who have lost their loved ones in various natural and human disasters throughout the world and especially the biggest devastating flood in the history of Pakistan. This Eid, please continue to help the poor and orphans with your generous donations.

I would like to extend warm greetings to everyone on the auspicious occasion of Eid-ul-Adha of 1431 H. May Allah (SWT) accept the pilgrimages of those who made the blessed journey this year (Ameen). As we celebrate on this occasion of Eid-ul-Adha, I would also like to thank supporters and well wishers of The Miracle for providing continuous support through advertisements of their busi-

nesses, sharing their thoughts in writing with our readers, especially our regular and occasional contributors.

May Allah bless all of us with His blessings with the beginning of the new Islamic year 1432 H. We welcome feedback from our readers, so as always; feel free to comment on this issue. Your concerns and suggestions are highly appreciated for improving our quality in future.

At the end, I request all Muslim Canadians to be proud of their religious values and live here with peace and dignity as Muslim ambassadors.

Promote Muslim businesses and their products and make your contribution in benefiting the Canadian economy.

United we stand, divided we fall.

Jazakumullah khair

Mohammad Naseer. Pirzada Managing Editor

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Humanity First raised 56K in a 2nd annual fundraising dinner

On Nov 6th The Humanity First held a fundraising dinner. This year's theme was ‘Dine and Let Humanity Shine’ which was held at Grand Taj Banquet Hall in Surrey.

The program master of ceremony was Mr. Soleman Hashmi, who conducted all in very well. After moment of Silence then he requested the chief speaker to say about this organization. Mr. Rizwan Peerzada, Regional Coordinator BC of “Humanity First” gave a beautiful 20 mins presentation. In which he explained all the past, current and future projects of Humanity First in all over the world. He said that The Humanity First Canada is firmly committed in making a positive difference to people whose lives have been torn apart by poverty and natural calamities. Our mission is to serve all mankind and restore communities such they become sef- sufficient and have sustainable future. This organization has been actively involved in various types of social activities which include providing shelter and drilling water

wells along with providing a variety of disaster relief services. This event was illustrated global mission of particularly in Africa and now in Pakistan donated more than $550,000 dollar value of goods and medicine. Mr. Peerzada informed supporter that Humanity First administrative cost is no more than 7% and some areas much less.

It has been Humanity First endeavor to bridge the gap between people who need help and people who are willing to help.

This has been made possible only with the continued support of magnanimous individuals and organizations who have offered us help both in cash and kind.

After Mr. Peerzada briefing, MLA, Harry Bains did welcome all the guests and appreciated this great noble cause of Humanity First. At this event City Councilor and Deputy Mayor Marvin Hunt, Jagrup Brar , MLA gave beautiful remarks about The Ahmediyya Community support for Humanity First

and these type of organization humanitarian efforts, particularly what they are doing for needy people in many parts of world.Mr. Mohammad Asalm Shad, Regional President of BC and Ejaz Chattah Surrey School Trustee also gave his view about this charitable work. From Media Mr. Hashmi recognized Miracle Media Managing Editor Mr. Naseer Pirzada contribution and Radio Red FM and Radio India.

Before the dinner Sponsors were given display space. The recipients were Mr. Ch. M.

Aslam Shad, Mr. Imran Alvi Real Estate agent and CEO from Overseas Auto body, Yellow Cab, North Shore Taxi A large number of men and women from South Asian Community and other local community were attended this Humanity First event and raised plus fifty six thousand dollars in shape of bought Tickets and given big donations. The delicious dinner was served at the end of the program. for further visit their website at www.humanityfirst.ca, or contact at 604767-1965

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Local community members and leaders Welcome CG of Pakistan On November 5th, Mr. Shuja Alam newly Counsel General of Pakistan has been given a warm welcome reception at Afghan Chopan Banquet Hall Surrey.

Mr. Irfan Malik V.P of Pakistan Canada Association and CEO of Malik Painting hosted this wonderful evening, he welcomed every guest at reception.

Mr. Zakir Bokhari was the master of ceremony, after the recitation of Holy Quran, he welcomed everyone and newly appointed CG of Pakistan in Vancouver.

He also spoke on current situation of Pakistan and made Duaa for all Muslim Ummah especially for Pakistan. Mr. Malik thanked of all South Asian community and local Indo Canadian politicians for their times and to meet the CG of Pakistan.

Mr. Shuja Alam the chief guest of this event, thanked all the Pakistani community, local politicians and Mr. Malik who provided him this opportunity to knew community members. Mr. Alam said that he has only been here few weeks, and he

impressed by the different communities and as well as the natural beauty of British Columbia.

About Pakistan he acknowledged the facts and figures of current situation in Pakistan. He strongly believes that this time the people of Pakistan will refine and appear with dignity and pride at the map of world. He appealed the local Pakistani community to reunite and be part of the solution in assisting Pakistan.

He said that still there are a lot of oppor-

tunities for investment in Pakistan, move forward and be part in exporters of your country. Canada has a rich market of Pakistani products, which would be beneficial for both countries. He also assured his commitments to continue providing services to Pakistanis, expedited visa services for the Indo Canadian. At the end of delicious dinner Mr. Malik assisted him to introduced everyone at theirs table.

MLA Harry Bains Honours Veterans in Newton Surrey-Newton – MLA Harry Bains joins several hundred Guides, Scouts and residents of Surrey to honour veterans at the Newton Cenotaph.

“For the past five years I have been invited to honour our veterans with the Girl Guides and Scouts of Surrey-Newton.” said Bains, “This event grows bigger every year, hundreds people attended this service. Janice Gardener Chisholm and the organizers of this event do a tremendous job educating our youth of the sacrifices that were made by our veterans.

It is imperative we teach our youngsters the value of these sacrifices but always look for peaceful solutions to settle our differences.” he added. “It is these youth who will be making the decisions in the future and the more they know about our history the better prepared they will be to make decisions to avoid war and bring ever-lasting peace.”

Special Thanks to Girl Guides Canada and Scouts Canada for co-hosting this event.

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A Story of Appreciation One young academically excellent person went to apply for a managerial position in a big company. He passed the first interview, the director did the last interview, made the last decision. The director discovered from the CV that the youth's academic achievements were excellent all the way, from the secondary school until the postgraduate research, never had a year when he did not score. The director asked, "Did you obtain any scholarships in school?" the youth answered "none".

The director asked, “Was it your father who paid for your school fees?" The youth answered, "My father passed away when I was one year old, it was my mother who paid for my school fees. The director asked, " Where did your mother work?" The youth answered, "My mother worked as clothes cleaner. The director requested the youth to show his hands. The youth showed a pair of hands that were smooth and perfect.

The director asked, “Have you ever helped your mother wash the clothes before?" The youth answered, "Never, my mother always wanted me to study and read more books.

Furthermore, my mother can wash clothes faster than me.

The director said, "I have a request. When you go back today, go and clean your mother's hands, and then see me tomorrow morning.

The youth felt that his chance of landing the job was high. When he went back, he happily requested his mother to let him clean her hands. His mother felt strange, happy but with mixed feelings, she showed her hands to the kid. The youth cleaned his mother's hands slowly. His tear fell as he did that. It was the first time he noticed that his mother's hands were so wrinkled, and there were so many bruises in her hands. Some bruises were so painful that his mother shivered when they were cleaned with water.

This was the first time the youth realized that it was this pair of hands that washed the

clothes everyday to enable him to pay the school fee. The bruises in the mother's hands were the price that the mother had to pay for his graduation, academic excellence and his future. After finishing the cleaning of his mother hands, the youth quietly washed all the remaining clothes for his mother.

That night, mother and son talked for a very long time. Next morning, the youth went to the director's office. The Director noticed the tears in the youth's eyes, asked: " Can you tell me what have you done and learned yesterday in your house?"

The youth answered, “I cleaned my mother's hand, and also finished cleaning all the remaining clothes' The Director asked, “please tell me your feelings." The youth said, Number 1, I know now what appreciation is.

Without my mother, there would not the successful me today. Number 2, by working together and helping my mother, only I now realize how difficult and tough it is to get something done. Number 3, I have come to appreciate the importance and value of family relationship.

The director said, “This is what I am looking for to be my manager. I want to recruit a person who can appreciate the help of others, a person who knows the sufferings of others to get things done, and a person who would not put money as his only goal in life. You are hired.

Later on, this young person worked very hard, and received the respect of his subordinates.

Every employee worked diligently and as a team. The company's performance improved tremendously. A child, who has been protected and habitually given whatever he wanted, would develop "entitlement mentality" and would always put himself first. He would be ignorant of his parent's efforts. When he starts work, he assumes that every person must listen to him, and when he becomes a manager, he would never know the sufferings of his employees and would always blame

others. For this kind of people, who may be good academically, may be successful for a while, but eventually would not feel sense of achievement. He will grumble and be full of hatred and fight for more. If we are this kind of protective parents, are we really showing love or are we destroying the kid instead.

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their brothers and sisters. It is not because you do not have money to hire a maid, but it is because you want to love them in a right way. You want them to understand, no matter how rich their parents are, one day their hair will grow gray, same as the mother of that young person. The most important thing is your kid learns how to appreciate the effort and experience the difficulty and learns the ability to work with others to get things done.

Parents have rights too!

By: Dr. Zanbka Malik Our parents are the most precious things that we are blessed with in this world. All religions of the world have laid great emphasis on the rights of parents and the duties of children towards them.

To be obedient and to show kindness to parents has been enjoined in the Holy Quran. The Holy Quran says," your ALLAH has commanded that you worship none but Him, and that you be kind to parents.

Whether one or both of them attain old age in your life, say not to them a word of contempt, nor repel them, but address them in terms of respect."- Surah Bani Israel (17:23), to obey parents, is next to worshipping Almighty Allah.

According to Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him), the parents of a certain person will bring him close to Heaven or Hell.

What this means is that if a person obeys his parents, treat them respectfully, shows kindness attends to their needs and keeps them happy and comfortable, he will attain Paradise.

Nowadays it’s a trend among children to command, disobey and shout at the parents and when they reach old age send them to old homes The time that the parents need to be looked after most, is in their old age.

To serve them at that stage of their lives is the best way of pleasing Almighty Allah and attaining Paradise. Abu Hurairah, a companion of the holy Prophet, has said that "a person is indeed disgraced, who does not earn Paradise by caring for his parents during their life time especially old age” A person once asked the holy Prophet (Peace be upon him), "Who has the greatest claim on me with regard to service and kindness?" The Holy Prophet replied, your mother and this he repeated three time and fourth time he said "Your father this shows that the claim of a mother is greater than a father and other relatives It is the duty of sons and daughters to pray for the forgiveness of their parents after their death and treat their relatives and friends with due respect. In the Holy Quran, Muslims are urged to pray for their salvation “And say, O allah , Have mercy on both of them as they cared for me when I was little".

In the light of the Holy Quran and holy Prophet's sayings, one can understand that the respect for parents occupies a special place in the moral and social teachings of Islam. Now it’s up to us to see what we are doing and where we are lagging behind.

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Brunch with Miracle Team at Al Madina Restaurant

By Soondas Zahid On November, 7th the Miracle newspaper held an annual get together at Al-Madina Restaurant for Brunch. Shortly after all the guests arrived the Zuhur prayers took place followed by the brunch. Later, Mr. Shuja Alam, the new Consul General of Pakistan in Vancouver, was invited to the stage and welcomed with a bouquet of flowers. The annual meeting started off with Talawat-EQuran recited by Mr. Azhar Syed. Mr. Rafiq, the Honorary chief editor and Urdu editor of The Miracle, was the host for the day. He welcomed all the guests. Shortly after giving a brief introduction, Mr. Rafiq asked Mr. Alam to introduce himself to the crowd. Mr. Alam thanked the whole Miracle team for inviting him. He mentioned his previous postings as a Pakistani foreign service diplomat prior to his recent transfer to Canada. Then, Mrs. Misbah, the assistant editor of the paper was asked to come up on stage and tell everyone about what happens behind the scenes when the paper is being processed.

She gave a short outline of the journey of a biweekly issue before it is sent to press and is ready to be distributed on Thursday and Friday. Then Mr. Rafiq introduced the advisory committee of the newspaper which includes Mr. Shams Jillani, Mr. Azhar Syed, Mr. Aslam Hayat, Mr. Shams Saddiqui, and Maulana Naumani the religious advisor who was at Hajj at the time.

A concise introduction was given about the Urdu writers of the paper, which included

Mr. Aslam Hayyat, Mr. Shams Jillani , Mrs. Alam Aara, Mrs. Salim Karim and Mr. Afzal Malik. Mr. Rafiq mentioned that The Miracle newspaper is not only a paper which covers the articles and the events, but it also showcases the opinions of local Muslim and Pakistani community. He requested Mr. Shuja Alam the Consul General of Pakistan to also become a part of the newspaper and feel free to state his opinions in it. Mr. Rafiq also called Ms. Soondas Zahid upon the stage to introduced herself. Ms. Zahid has recently joined the Miracle as a news reporter and aspires to be a journalist. She thanked Mr. Pirzada who gave her this opportunity to work with the paper. Afterwards, Mr. Aslam Hayat, Mr. Afzal Malik, Mr. Salim Kareem, Mr. Shams Siddiqui, Mr. Azhar Syed, Mr. Farrukh Alam (PCA President), and Mr. Amir Muneer were all invited to state their few opinions of their own about the paper. Mr. Shams Siddiqui expressed

his honest opinion about the financial viability of the newspaper as a business and how the managing editor has carried on with the business as a community service for all these years despite the financial crises. Mrs. Khadija Naseer was also asked to give a brief speech about her experience with the newspaper. She mentioned some of the unpleasant experiences and indecent behaviors that are unfortunately faced by managing editor of the newspaper and commended her husband for his strong will to carry on with the paper despite the obstacles. Finally the managing director, Mr. Pirzada shared his views. He mentioned the difficulties in collecting the revenues and that he hopes to get finer revenues so he can be capable of sharing it with the rest of the team. Towards the end Mr. Shuja Alam was asked to state his opinion about the paper. He said that upon his arrival in Canada, the first paper he read was the Miracle newspaper and he

felt very proud about the fact that this paper has no controversial issues in it. He liked the way how this paper has equal content in both Urdu and English languages. Mr. Shuja Alam stressed that media plays a lot of role in the society and the Miracle paper is doing an admirable job towards it. He mentioned how there were some concerns about Pakistan here because since we live out of our country, people expect a lot more from us.

Although Pakistan has completely transformed in 10 years, it has become a vibrant society. Hopefully Pakistan will transform more in years ahead and will be a better country. Pakistan has a very bright future.

At the end, Mr. Rafiq thanked Mr. Alam and all the guests for their valuable time to attend the brunch meeting and for their continued support for the newspaper.

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Surrey Board of Trade announces Surrey Business Award Winners and Launch of International Trade Initiative Surrey, B.C. – On Thursday, November 4, 2010, the Surrey Board of Trade recognized 8 of Surrey’s best businesses in a variety of different categories. The Surrey Business Excellence Awards, with Presenting Sponsors Kwantlen Polytechnic University and TD Canada Trust, and media sponsor the Leader Newspaper, celebrated their 12th year at the annual event on November 5th, with more than 420 people in attendance.

• Student Entrepreneur of the Year Sponsored by Simon Fraser University • Winner: Adrenaline Productions Category 1: 1-5 Employees • Sponsored by Guildford Town Centre Winner: Murdoch Jewellers • Category 2: 6 - 20 employees Sponsored by KPMG LLP • Winner: van der Zalm + associates Inc. Category 3: 21+ employees • Sponsored by Colliers International Winner: Endurance Wind Power Inc • New Business of the Year Sponsored by Super Save Group • Winner: ONEbean Coffee Company Not-for-profit (Budget under $500,000) • Sponsored by the Sheraton Vancouver Guildford Hotel Winner: Surrey Hospice Society • Not-for-profit (Budget over $500,000) Sponsored by Abbotsford International Airport Winner: Elim Christian Care Society • Business Person of the Year Sponsored by Hamilton Duncan Armstrong &

Stewart Winner: Arvinder Bubber The event took the form of an “Academy Awards” style dinner, and was held at the Sheraton Vancouver Guildford Hotel from 6:00 – 9:30 p.m.

In addition to celebrating the achievements of Surrey businesses, the Surrey Board of Trade also announced their plans to found a Surrey International Trade Centre to promote business opportunities around the world.

The Surrey Board of Trade has successfully formed a network with Consulate Offices, Chambers of Commerce and other international organizations, representing Brazil, China, Indonesia, Mexico, the Philippines, Malaysia, India, Pakistan, Costa Rica, Russia, the United Kingdom, the United States of America and all Latin American Countries (through the Canadian Council of Americas). The Surrey Board of Trade, partnered with these international representatives, will work together towards the goals of Surrey’s International Trade Centre – they are: To promote two-way trade, investment, economic cooperation, and international marketing opportunities between Surrey businesses and international partners; To promote Surrey businesses internationally and to identify opportunities for industrial cooperation; To receive delegations from overseas and send international delegations; To encourage international businesses, locally and from within these countries, to join the Surrey Board of Trade as an international member; and,

for the Consulate and or country organization to encourage their chamber of commerce/board of trade to have a Letter of Understanding with the Surrey Board of Trade.

There is no other Board of Trade or Chamber of Commerce in Canada that is taking this strategic approach to doing business globally.

Hundreds Celebrate Diwali with MLA Sue Hammell SURREY – Over 250 people joined Surrey-Green Timbers MLA Sue Hammell to celebrate Diwali at her open house on Saturday November 6th. “Everyone had a fabulous time at my open house,” stated Hammell. “This year instead of having just a meet and greet, I wanted to do things differently by educating my constituents about the celebration and culture of Diwali.” Families from all ethnic backgrounds decorated divas, enjoyed the art of mehndi and learned how to make fresh Jalebis. Two local dancers also performed during the event.

“The making of fresh Jalebis was a big hit with attendees,” said Hammell. “I had the opportunity to make a few and let me tell

you, there is a real art in making them.”

MLA Bruce Ralston, MP Sukh Dhaliwal, Councillor Marvin Hunt and Surrey North NDP Candidate Jasbir Sandhu also participated during the festivities. Sue Hammell will be hosting a Christmas Open House on Saturday December 11th between 1-3pm.

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Evil of Feudalism and the Ailing Economy

By Tariq Mian The feudalism continues to be one of the major threats to the economy of Pakistan. The Feudal Lords hold positions in politics and government and own numerous acres of land.

When members of feudal families obtain responsible positions in Civil Service, business, industry and politics, their influence takes over everywhere. Greed and corruption is pretty normal for them for they run their own parallel governments and mini-kingdoms in rural areas. Such a land owner controls many hectacres of land and human resources and maintains his say in the distribution of water, fertilizers, tractor permits and agricultural loans and consequently exercises unlawful influence over the police, revenue and judiciary of the area unfortunately. In some instances, simply owning hundreds of hectares of land without cultivation renders nothing but a waste of natural resource.

Beyond any doubt, the worst moral, social, economic and political crises facing the nation are caused by the unconstitutional feudal behaviour. The landlords use their economic power over the peasants who till their land. The landlords allow haris (sharecroppers) to till the soil. On top of this, the landlords usually provide the loans for seeds and equipment that keep the haris in operation. The loans are at punitive rates, and the haris are usually forced to pay half their income as cost of loan.

Therefore, the haris remain poor and live at their landlord’s mercy throughout lifetime. A landless peasant is a blessing for the feudal lord. Hence, education, land reforms, economic opportunity and legal protection for the poor cultivators are against the interest of the feudal elite.

Furthermore, at any moment, they could be thrown from the land with little or no hope of survival. The feudal lords are

actively opposed to any development in the rural areas.

Moreover, quite a few of the major political parties are dominated by the feudal lords such as the zamindars, jagirdars, nawabs, nawabzadas, sardars and choudhries, the sole exception being the Jinnahs. As majority of the provincial and federal parliamentarians belong to the feudal class, they always look after their own interests. In the presence of the powerful land lords, legislating a workable ‘land reforms Act’ is nothing but a sweet dream. Thus, under the present circumstances, it seems almost impossible to make even a single dent in their ‘deep rooted exploiting system.’

On the contrary, the general public is deeply frustrated because of rising prices of utilities like electricity, petrol, food and items of daily use. Sadly, the government is imposing a 15 per cent RGST in addition to a 10 per cent flood surcharge on the poor masses instead. Actually, an increased tax on large holdings of land is missing.

The masses are unaware of their constitutional basic rights. The illiterate public can not get rid of the greedy landowners. In order to achieve an economically sound Pakistan, the feudal system must be eliminated.

For the sake of economic health, it is strongly suggested to put a stop to heavily taxing the poverty stricken masses. Rather, there is an immediate need to save Rs931 million from an unjustified possible wastage. Rs447 million for the President House and Rs484 for the Prime Minister Secretariat – has been allocated for the estimated expenditure of the two houses in the current fiscal year. The non-developmental expenditure of the government is on the rise and tends to overburden the poor country. Instead, this money can be used to alleviate poverty and bring a healthy economic condition.

The feudals are just so powerful, and they have the money to buy influence and reward support. Just imagine! how Khawaja Nazimuddin was deposed after he attempted to break up feudal estates, and Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto was overthrown and

hung after he passed one too many land reform laws.

It is worth mentioning that despite the ‘Transparency International Perception Report 2010,’ corruption in Pakistan continues to be on the rise. The recent Hajj fraud, the massive bank loan write offs and the Rental Power Plants have been described as the biggest crime in the history of Pakistan. Back in 2008, there was a countrywide launching of load-shedding program showing a power deficit just to create a huge demand and justification for the purchase of Rental Power Plants. This forced factories to shut down on a large scale and create unemployment, which would then lead to protest rallies and riots.

A bill was hurriedly presented to the cabinet for approval in the 2008 Budget and was immediately passed in parliament, allowing the government to import 14 Rental Power Plants, through their own favourite businessmen hoping for the handsome kick backs. Banks were pressurized, advances were given and LCs opened for the importation of the RPPs. Fortunately, the CJ Pakistan has taken Suo Motto action and has asked the relevant

authorities and the banks to submit their reports. Due to the intervention by Supreme Court, the government has suspended the Contracts of six RPPs out of the 14, until further orders.

Nevertheless, the under-utilized agricultural potential is causing a significant loss of opportunity to start other money generating industries in the country. Remedy for correcting the whole scenario remains with the desperately needed ‘Land Reforms Act’ as the only way to pressurize the feudal lords to use their land productively without exploiting the peasants.

Moreover, there is a great deal of need to distribute the State’s unused land among the destitute members of the oppressed farming community. And at the same time, billions of dollars stashed away in various foreign bank accounts must be credited back to Pakistani banks and national exchequer to rehabilitate all the displaced flood victims.

Most importantly, the media and the civil society should have courage to resist the ‘wrong policies’ of the government in the best interest of the entire population without any fear of reprisals.

Airports Security System unmasked

By P. Sarshar A young man of Asian origin, disguised as a white elderly man, boarded an Air Canada plane in Hong Kong by evading with success the airport security checks and ultimately landed in Canada. Now, unfortunately for him he is facing an immigration panel and prompting with impunity the people to question the efficacy of the screening procedures at the international airports. Donning a rubber mask like some kind of superhero, the man eluded airport security in his home country (Hong Kong), thus, exposing within the public view the vulnerabilities commonly inherent in our airports’ security system.

Optimistically, his attempted conduct (howsoever that may be contrary to the law of aviation and the statutory legislation) could inadvertently work to save from damage the Canadians from the similar acts of deception from the terrorists.

It was only the flight attendants that somehow or the other managed to bring into light secret identity of the wrong doer, after noticing that the supposedly the elderly man appeared to have "young-looking hands," and had a mysterious Batman to Bruce Wayne-like transformation in the

airplane bathroom, they promptly reported him to the security, as per the report of the Canada Border Services Agency report.

Accordingly, the man was immediately put under arrest when the plane landed. As per an immigration review panel he will be remaining in the police custody for at least another month. Nevertheless, one thing is for sure: that is to say that several traditional modes of the airport defense – from intrusive searches to passport scrutiny – have miserably failed, thus, leading to a complete breakdown of the ongoing security protocol, consequently, raising some serious questions about the temperament of our largely ceremonial (but minimum in essence) airport security apparatus.

It is exceedingly astounding that whereas on one side the people are forced to remove their shoes, submit to bodily searches and even discard their tubes of toothpaste before boarding flights, this masked man, on the other side, daringly slipped through all the supra protections to unmask the airports security system.

Between the terrorist scares and illegal packages, have airports become so focused on custom and procedure that they have forgotten the most essential and a large

amount of significant component of the airport screening: that is to make absolutely affirmative and beyond the shadow of a doubt that a person's face is perfectly real and authentic?

Indubitably, the instant case goes a long way to prove to that apparently the airports in general no longer employ the same basic security measures as even the sleaziest nightclubs often do for the maintenance of security within their premises. This incident, therefore, ought to be an eye opener not barely for Hong Kong and Canada, but for all other airports across the globe. If it were not for this masked hero's stunt, the next person, who boarded a plane disguised as an old man, could have been looking for something much more sinister than could possibly be imagined. No doubt, this case was leaked to the media due to its very unusual nature, but just think over for a moment as to how many similar incidents, despite happenings, have not been brought to the public's attention, or even worse, have gone completely unnoticed, thanks to the poor quality security system currently prevailing at the airports in Canada and elsewhere? Would the Federal Minister, responsible for the

national security at the airports across Canada, bother to review the current situation and adopt the requisite measures to combat this crisis involving the security of the airports and millions of passengers travelling every year in the Canadian aircrafts?

The strict observance of the extra-alert is essential also for the reason that the new details emerged Wednesday about the interception of a mail bomb bound from Yemen for the United States, including information suggesting that the bomb could have also exploded in the Canadian airspace, as indicated by the data from Houston-based Flight-aware that UPS Flight 232 from the East Midlands, England, to Philadelphia (containing the explosive device) was about 257 kilometers northwest of Quebec City at 5:30 a.m., when British police say the bomb was set to blow up. It is, thus, crystal clear that Canada is not immune from international or home grown radicalization and the adoption of fool proof security measures at all the Canadian airports is the most urgent need of the hour.

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November is Diabetes Awareness Month

World Diabetes day is observed this Sunday, November 14, 2010. This year’s slogan is “Let’s take control of diabetes.

Now.” World Diabetes day was created in 1991 when the International Diabetes Federation and the World Health Organization joined together to bring attention to the public for the threat of diabetes in their health. In 2007 the United Nations approved the resolution to celebrate November 14th as World Diabetes Day. World Diabetes Day will allow governments to outline proper support needed for diabetic patients and raise recognition to diabetes.

World Diabetes Day marks the celebration of Frederick Banting’s birthday. Frederick Banting and Charles Best created an idea of medicine to help diabetic patients.

Which led to insulin, discovered in 1922.

More than two million Canadians currently have type 1 and type 2 diabetes.1 As many as one third of these people are unaware they have this condition.It is estimated that over three million Canadians will be diagnosed with diabetes by 2010.Type 2 diabetes accounts for about 90 per cent of all diagnosed cases and is one of the fastest growing diseases in Canada, with over 60,000 new cases yearly.3

What is Diabetes?

Diabetes is caused by too little of insulin, resistance to insulin or sometimes both. A person with diabetes has high blood sugar because: -the pancreas doesn’t make enough insulin -the muscle, fat, and liver cells don’t respond to the insulin properly -or both above Insulin is a hormone that is produced by the pancreas to control the blood sugar.

Type of Diabetes: There are three major types of diabetes: -Type 1 Diabetes: usually diagnosed in the childhood stages. Type 1 diabetes is when the body make too little of insulin or no insulin at all.

-Type 2 Diabetes: more common than type 1 diabetes and often times people don’t know they have it. Usually occurs in adults.

Type 2 diabetes is where the pancreas doesn’t make enough insulin to keep the blood glucose levels normal because the body won’t respond to insulin.

-Gestational Diabetes: usually occurs in pregnant women at any time and they develop high blood glucose. These women who have gestational diabetes during pregnancy have a higher risk for type 2 diabetes or cardiovascular disease later in life.

Controlling diabetes The onset of type 2 diabetes can be delayed by increasing physical activity, healthy eating and losing weight.

Controlling levels of glucose and levels of insulin, which help the body use glucose for energy, are both keys to managing type 2 diabetes.

Given the progressive nature of the disease, most people living with type 2 diabetes may require multiple medications with different mechanisms of action to achieve optimal glycemic control and to manage co-morbidities. As beta-cell function declines, many drug therapies become less effective over time.

Results from the Diabetes in Canada Evaluation (D.I.C.E.) study demonstrated that almost 50 per cent of study participants with diagnosed type 2 diabetes did not achieve the Canadian Diabetes Association Guidelines target level of

blood glucose (HbA1C less than or equal to 7 per cent).

The percentage of patients who did not have their blood glucose levels under control increased to more than 62 per cent among those who had type 2 diabetes for 15 years or more.

This failure to achieve adequate control occurs for a variety of reasons, including: the progressive nature of the disease, some issues of tolerability and durability with available medications, and lack of adherence to lifestyle modifications and therapy.

In a survey conducted in 2007 with 200 Canadian physicians (160 GPs and 40 specialists) who treat people living with type 2 diabetes, one third of GPs and two-thirds of endocrinologists feel that there are not enough treatment options for their diabetes patients.

Impact of living with type 1 and type 2 diabetes It is estimated that 40 per cent of Canadians with living with diabetes will develop long term complications.

Canadian adults living with diabetes are twice as likely to die prematurely than nondiabetics.

For people living with type 2 diabetes, life expectancy may be shortened by five to10 years.

Every year, diabetes is a contributing factor in the deaths of some 41,500 Canadians.

Approximately 80 per cent of people living with diabetes will die as a result of heart disease or stroke.

The financial burden for people living with diabetes is two to three times higher than it is for those without diabetes with direct costs for medications and supplies between $1,000 and $15,000 a year.

The Canadian Diabetes Association esti-

mates that diabetes and its complications cost the Canadian healthcare system approximately $13.2 billion every year.

Provincial statistics In 2005 there were approximately 400,000 adults with diabetes in Quebec. In 2016, this number is expected to double.

Diabetes affects more than 800,000 people, or 8.73 per cent of Ontario's population.

75,000 people in Nova Scotia live with diabetes with the greatest total prevalence rate found in males (11.89 per cent in males vs.

6.9 per cent in females).

Nova Scotia had over 5,300 new cases in 2001/02.

Approximately 120,000 Albertans live with diabetes and each month an additional 1,000 people in Alberta are diagnosed with the disease.

More than 67,000 Manitobans are affected by diabetes and each day 16 Manitobans are diagnosed with this disease, compared to the national average of 11 new cases diagnosed daily.

In BC, there are more than 210,000 people living with diabetes, excluding the one in three people who have diabetes but do not know it.15 By 2010, without action, more than 325,000 British Columbians will be suffering from diabetes.

BULLAY SHAH ACADEMY OF CANADA S.R. Pirzada Syed Wali Hussain Shah Astana-e-Alia Shahensha-e-Weelayat Hazrat Qibla-Sheikh-ul-Hadith Gujrat-Pakistan

From Pir Afzal Ahmed Naqashbandi 604-760-0096 Hajj & Eid Mubarak to all Muslim Brothers and Sisters. May Allah (SWT) shower His blessings upon you on this auspicious occasion. Ameen

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Eating Ummah - MIX THIS EID his menu includes dishes from around the Muslim world. It is an international Eid-ul-Adha feast which can bring together Muslims from different parts of the world on Eid day. You'll find different kinds of dishes, from the East and the West.

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Suggestion on how to set up this meal 1. Start off making this feast by inviting fellow Muslims from different parts of the world to your meal. Not only will this diversify your Eid guest list, it will also be a great way to open your heart and your home to a fellow Muslim, no matter where they are from.

Ask them to bring one particular dish from their country of origin.

2. Serve the food buffet style on the table or on the floor. Spread a decorative table cloth over white sheets, if you decide to do it on the floor.

3. Make sure everyone sits together and eats. A note though: it would be more comfortable to separate the genders if you are having both men and women over.

And remember, the food is not the main focus. It's about Muslims being together.

The Prophet Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him) said: Eat together, and do not separate, for the blessing is in the company (Ibn Maja).

4. To help younger kids develop an appetite for this great feast, don't give them snacks about one to two hours before the meal so they are more likely to be hungry by meal time and can eat with everyone else.

5. Remind everyone to wash their hands before eating.

6. Get one of the younger family members to say a short Dua (supplication) before eating. Especially remember those who have not been blessed with so much to eat.

Chechnya and Mozambique are current examples to keep in mind. Everyone should pray for those suffering there and elsewhere and thank Allah for giving us more than we need to fill our stomachs.

The international nature of this particular Ummah feast at your home should be a great unifying factor, and it should remind all of us that we are truly Muslim brothers and sisters before we are Africans, Americans, Arabs, Indians, Indonesians, Malaysians, Pakistanis, etc.

Remind everyone to begin eating by saying Bismillah (In the Name of Allah).

7. Once the meal is over, remind everyone to wash their hands again and say the following as the Prophet instructed: Praise be to Allah, who gave us to eat and to drink and made us Muslims (Abu Dawud, Tirmidhi).

8. EVERYONE should help clean up after the meal. Men should help with the housework as this was a practice of our blessed Prophet.

The Food Now, here is an example of a menu you can use to put together an Eid feast based on recipes from across the Muslim world.

The UMMAH TABLE Recipes from around the world An Ummah table setup could include the following dishes:

Meatball Appetizers - America Ingredients: 1 egg beaten 2/3 cup of soft bread crumbs 3/4 cup of grated onion 1 teaspoon salt 1/2 teaspoon ground allspice

1/2 teaspoon allspice 1 pound ground beef 1 tablespoon cornstarch 1 (12 oz) can of beef consomme (undiluted) Method: In a bowl combine all the ingredients except beef, cornstarch, and consomme.

Once the mixture is prepared, add the beef and mix well. Shape into 11/4 inch balls. In a skillet over medium heat, brown meatballs and then drain. Transfer to a baking dish. Combine the cornstarch and the consomme until smooth and add to the skillet.

Bring to a boil, stirring to loosen browned bits from pan. Boil for 2 minutes, or until thickened. Pour over the meatballs. Bake uncovered at 350 for 50-60 minutes or until no longer pink. (Makes 30).

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Salt and pepper 1/4 cup cilantro leaves Method: For the Ras-el-Hanout Spice Mix: Grind together in a spice grinder or mortar and pestle, and store in an airtight container.

You may also mix the same spices preground.

For the Tagine: Put 3 tbsp of ras-el-hanout in a food processor with garlic cloves and olive oil and puree to a smooth paste. Place chicken thighs and drumsticks in a freezer bag with the paste, mix well and place in the refrigerator to marinate for a minimum of 1 hour. Place the marinated chicken into a large pot along with dried apricots, dates, onions, almond butter, saffron, turmeric, salt and pepper. Pour in enough water to just cover everything, put a tight fitting lid on the pot and place over medium-high heat. Simmer for 2 hours, until the chicken legs are tender and the liquid has thickened. Adjust seasoning and add cilantro leaves just before serving.

Zarda - Pakistan Ingredients: 2 cups rice 4 cups water 1 8 oz package of slivered almonds 1 8 oz package of shredded coconut

2 small cardomoms 1/2 teaspoon powdered nutmeg 2 tbsps orange peel cut into strips Yellow food color Method: Soak the rice for 1 1/2 hours. Boil the rice on high heat until 3/4 cooked. Drain rice and set aside. Add 2 tablespoons of oil to a pot and heat on medium heat. Layer one layer of rice, then one layer of sugar, coconut, and orange peel. Layer repeat layers then cover and cook for 10 minutes.

When rice is done, add a few drops of the food coloring. Mix and serve. Before serving garnish with slivered almonds.

Mexican Cornbread -Mexico Ingredients: 1 pk of Cornbread Mix 1/2 jalapeno pepper 1/4 bunch spring onions

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2 small tomatoes chopped 1/4 cup spicy salsa 1/3 cup cheddar cheese Method: Follow directions according to package to mix cornbread. Add half the water and then add the salsa. Add the rest of the ingredients. Mix thoroughly. Bake in a 13x9 dish as directed for 30 minutes or until a knife inserted in the center comes out clean.

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British Columbia Mainland Cricket League Award Night 2010 On Nov 12, BCMCL organized Awards Night at Punjab Banquet Hall in Surrey. About two hundred Cricket lovers were participated these Awards for 2010 season ceremony. Mr. Inam Desai, president of BCMCL along with other league officials welcomed all guests at the Punjab Banquet Hall entrance.

Numerous awards were handed during the night for the following accomplishments across the various divisions: • Champions Trophy (Divisional Titles • Shields Finals(Play-Off-Winners) • Best Batsman Awards • Best Bowler Awards • Wicket-Keeping Award • Sportsman of the Year • Cliff Cox Award • Norman Person Award(Junior Merit) • Lifetime Achievement Award Jack Kyle (in appreciation of his dedication, commitment to Junior Cricket) Sadru Kassam (in appreciation of his services and contribution to BCMCL) Mr. Jawad Dawood, who plays for Centurion Cricket Club in the Premier Division, won the Batsman of the Year award after scoring 370 Runs at an average of 75 runs per inning. During the season he scored a high of 179 in which he struck 13 sixes and 14 fours included.

Manny Pacquiao unanimous winner Canucks overcome two-goal deficit, add to Maple Leafs' woes The Vancouver Canucks feel like the team they want to be. Facing the desperate Toronto Maple Leafs in the middle of a five-game road trip, there were plenty of chances to break. But the Canucks managed to hang tough and were rewarded Saturday night with a 5-3 victory. Mason Raymond's tiebreaking goal in the third period was the difference. The Canucks are 4-4-1 away from Vancouver. After getting off to a bit of a slow start, Roberto Luongo stood tall when it mattered most.

He made 16 saves in the final period to give the Canucks a chance to win -something they were able to do when Raymond sneaked a soft shot from the top of the circle between Jean-Sebastian Giguere's pads at 13:36 of the third period. It will only heighten the sense of panic in Toronto. The Maple Leafs delivered their most solid performance in weeks, but still lost. They have only one victory in 12 games. "We kept pushing, we had some great opportunities. I thought our young guys played really well. But when it mattered, Luongo made some big saves and denied us a point or even two." Daniel Sedin and Dan Hamhuis also had goals for Vancouver (10-4-2). Fredrik Sjostrom, Phil Kessel

and Mikhail Grabovski scored for the Maple Leafs (5-8-3). Sjostrom and Kessel put the Maple Leafs ahead 2-0 with goals just over three minutes apart. Sjostrom tipped a shot between Luongo's legs at 4:12 of the first period before Kessel scored his eighth of the season with a high wrist shot at 7:39. The Canucks showed no signs of panic. He soon scored a power-play goal from in close -his 10th tally of the season -- before Kesler added two more to quickly make it 3-2 early in the second. Toronto was able to get the tying goal when Grabovski beat Luongo high, but Luongo wouldn't allow another puck to get past him. Even after watching his team win for the eighth time in nine games, Coach Alain Vigneault took a low-key approach. One bright spot for Wilson was the play of Nazem Kadri and Keith Aulie, who both looked good after getting called up by the Maple Leafs from the AHL on Friday. The East has been a kind place for Vancouver, which improved to 5-0-1 against teams from the other conference. That has been a trend in recent years as the Canucks were 13-5 against the East last season.

Source: ESPN

Manny Pacquiao more than made up with speed what he lacked in size. Giving away both pounds and inches, boxing's little superstar turned Antonio Margarito into a bloody and nearly blind fighter with a dizzying array of punches Saturday night in a lopsided decision victory that wasn't close from the opening rounds on. In a spectacular performance before a delighted crowd of 41,734 at Cowboys Stadium, Pacquiao cemented his claim to being the best fighter in the world by dominating the bigger but slower Margarito almost from the opening bell. Pacquiao won round after round, opening a cut on Margarito's cheek, closing his right eye, and turning his face into a bloody mess. The punches came quickly, and they came often. Margarito was plenty game as he tried to stalk Pacquiao around the ring, but every time he got close Pacquiao would land a four- or five-punch combination that snapped his head back and stopped him in his tracks. The beating was so thorough that the congressman from the Philippines turned to referee Laurence Cole several times in the 11th round, imploring him to stop the fight. It went on, though, even though Margarito had no chance to win. Pacquiao moved up in weight yet again to take on Margarito, a natural welterweight with a reputation for ruggedness in the ring. And rugged he was, though he took a beating all night long at the hands of a faster and seemingly more powerful opponent. Pacquiao won every round on one scorecard, 120-108, and was ahead 119-109 and 118-110 on the other two. The Associated Press had it a 120-108 shutout. That almost happened, but Cole allowed it to go on even as Margarito kept taking such a beating that he went directly to a hospital afterward for treatment of his cuts. There wasn't any way Margarito was going to win the fight, but he could still see out of one eye and wanted to continue. Ringside punch stats reflected Pacquiao's dominance, showing him landing 474 punches to 229 for Margarito. But it wasn't just the sheer volume of punches, but the power in which they came at almost every angle. Roach predicted before the fight that Pacquiao would carve Margarito apart because he was simply much too quick for his opponent. He did just that, starting from the first round when he landed an early flurry up the middle that seemed to set the tone for the fight. It wasn't entirely easy, though. Pacquiao said Margarito hurt him in the middle rounds with shots to the head and the body, though he was unable to land more than one of two punches at a time.

When he did manage to land, more often than not Pacquiao was there to fire right back with volleys of his own that found their mark almost every time. While there was no controversy in the ring, there was a dispute in the dressing room before the fight when a member of Pacquiao's camp saw a weight-loss supplement in Margarito's gear and demanded his blood be tested immediately for possible banned substances. Texas boxing officials ruled that would not be necessary and the fight went on. Roach also made sure he was in the dressing room to watch the hands of Margarito, who is still banned in California for a hand wrapping scandal, get wrapped.

But it was Margarito's corner who demanded Roach also rewrap his fighter's hands in a display of gamesmanship. Once the fight started it didn't matter. Pacquiao landed some big left hands early, cutting Margarito beneath the right eye and causing it to swell. By the middle of the fight he couldn't see out of that eye and his left eye began closing, too. The fight was for the WBC 154-pound title even though the contract weight was 150 pounds. Margarito weighed 150 at Friday's weigh-in, but was 165 on the unofficial HBO scale before the fight while Pacquiao, who had been 144.6, was 148 pounds. Pacquiao also gave away 4∏ inches in height and was at a sixinch reach disadvantage, but that didn't matter either. Pacquiao earned a guaranteed $15 million, though he is likely to make millions more on his cut of the television revenues. He planned to give a concert at Lake Tahoe on Tuesday and then return to his political duties in the Philippines. Source: ESPN

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International/Overseas Students Admission This is to inform you that Pakistan Medical & Dental Council (PMDC) this year has allowed Dow University of Health Sciences to provide admissions to 25 more international/overseas students in Dow International Medical College (DIMP) which is equipped with the state of the art facilities & equipments, and being served by the most experienced Professors and Doctors of Pakistan. The seats will be filled on first come & first serve basis. You may visit their website: www.duhs.edu.pk which will give you a virtual tour of the Campus. Dow International Medical College is spread on an area of 150 acres and has all possible facilities and boarding & lodging for overseas students. Please disseminate circulate the above information among all interested and concerned students who are interested to seek admission in Dow International Medical College (DIMC), Karachi.

For any queries, please contact Mr. Ubaid Hasan Akhtar, Project Director, Dow University of Health Sciences, Karachi (mobile: 0092-300-821-3221).

THE CANDA URDU ASSOCIATION AGM NOTICE - 2010 The Annual General Meeting (AGM) of The Canada Urdu Association will be held as per the detail given below:

Sunday – December 05, 2010 From 3:00pm to 5:00pm At Al-Madina Restaurant 9320 – Scott Road, Surrey Only the members in good standing (who paid the membership fee up to 2010) will be permitted to attend the AGM. Raminder Pal Singh Kang General Secretary Cell: 604-729-0406

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