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One year anniversary of the death of Osama Bin Laden Federal and local authorities stepped up security in New York City on May 2 as a precaution on the anniversary of al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden’s death one year ago. On May 2, 2011, bin Laden was killed in a covert US operation in the early morning of May 2 in Abbottabad, Pakistan.

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Obama sees ‘clear path’ to end Afghan mission

US President Barack Obama has declared that the US combat role in Afghanistan is winding down just as it has already ended in Iraq. “We can see the light of a new day on the horizon,” he said at the end of a secretive trip to the war zone on the anniversary of Osama bin Laden’s death. “Our goal is to destroy al-Qaeda, and we are on a path to do exactly that,” Obama said in a speech on Tuesday to America broadcast from Bagram air base halfway around the world. He spoke after signing an agreement with Afghan President Hamid Karzai setting post-war promises and expectations. With two armoured troop carriers as a backdrop, Obama made his remarks in the midst of his endeavor to win re-election as US president and commander in chief. He said that he will keep up the steady withdrawal of troops from Afghanistan and that there is a “clear path to fulfill our mission” after more than a decade of military involvement there. “My fellow Americans, we have traveled through more than a decade under the dark cloud of war,” he said. “Yet here, in the pre-dawn darkness of Afghanistan, we can see the light of a new day on the horizon,” he said. “The Iraq War is over. The number of our troops in harm’s way has been cut in half, and more will be coming home soon.” Obama’s unannounced visit in the midst of his 2012 re-election campaign appeared aimed at showing US voters he is pursuing a strategy to wind down the war. He was also seeking to reassure Afghans that Washington was not abandoning them in the face of a continuing Taliban insurgency. Most US and NATO troops are due to leave in 2014. Earlier in the day, Obama and Karzai signed a strategic partnership accord that charts the future of US-Afghan relations beyond the end of the NATO combat mission in the country in 2014. The partnership spells out the US relationship with Afghanistan beyond 2014, covering security, economics and governance. The deal is limited in scope and

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essentially gives both sides political cover: Afghanistan is guaranteed its sovereignty and promised it won’t be abandoned, while the US gets to end its combat mission in the long and unpopular war but keep a foothold in the country. The deal does not commit the United States to any specific troop presence or spending. But it does allow the US to potentially keep troops in Afghanistan after the war ends for two specific purposes: continued training of Afghan forces and targeted operations against al-Qaeda. The group is present in neighboring Pakistan, but has only a nominal presence inside Afghanistan. The US president, making only his third trip to Afghanistan since taking over as commanderin-chief in 2009, arrived at 17:50 GMT. Obama’s last trip in December 2010 lasted only a few hours when he flew into Bagram air base, outside Kabul, to meet US troops but he did not meet with Karzai. Ties between Kabul and Washington have strained since last May amid a series of bloody massacres and incidents by US troops against Afghan civilians as a 130,000-strong US-led NATO force fights a fierce Taliban insurgency. The last of the remaining 87,000 American troops in the country are due to pull out by the end of 2014, some 13 years after a US-led campaign in late 2001 to oust the Taliban regime accused of harbouring bin Laden.

Source: Al-Jazeera

Syrian security forces have kept heavy weapons in cities in breach of a UN-brokered cessation of hostilities, but the government and opposition both have committed truce violations, a top UN official has said. The 24 unarmed military observers now in Syria have seen Howitzer guns, armoured personnel carriers and other weaponry in cities, Herve Ladsous, the UN peacekeeping chief, told a press conference on Tuesday at UN headquarters. Ladsous insisted, however, that the monitors were having an effect in cities where they have been allowed to go. Withdrawing weapons and troops from Syrian cities was a key part of a six-point peace plan agreed by President Bashar al-Assad and UN-Arab League envoy Kofi Annan. Syria has told the UN that weapons have been pulled back. “Regarding the heavy weapons, yes, our military observers do see a number of APCs, for instance, they see a number of Howitzers and other military equipment in most places where they are,” Ladsous said. Syria has told the monitors that the armoured carriers have been disarmed but this has not been verified, Ladsous added. Ladsous, a UN undersecretary, said that government forces and opposition groups have broken the truce. “All the parties need to take further steps to ensure a cessation of violence in all its forms,” he said. “The important fact is that violations do come from both sides,” he said while refusing to say whether one side had committed more breaches.

A separate UN official said on Tuesday that more than 34 children have allegedly been killed in Syria since the truce officially took hold last month. “Since a truce was agreed on April 12 ... and despite the deployment of United Nations ceasefire monitors, more than 34 children have allegedly been killed,” Radhika Coomaraswamy, the special envoy for children and armed conflict, said in a statement. “I urge all parties in Syria to refrain from indiscriminate tactics resulting in the killing and wounding of children,” The UN also said on Tuesday it was accelerating the deployment of 300 unarmed ceasefire observers to Syria to ensure all are on the ground by the end of May to monitor both sides’ compliance with Annan’s six-point peace plan. “We have 24 observers on the ground and I fully expect this

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Supply routes’ closure threat to Afghan withdrawal: Pentagon

Pakistan’s decision to keep key supply routes into Afghanistan closed since Pakistani soldiers were killed by US aircraft in November 2011 have held up thousands of tonnes of equipment, the Pentagon said, and could “significantly degrade” withdrawal operations from Afghanistan. In a bi-annual report to Congress, the Defence Department said overall insurgent attacks declined in 2011 for the first time in five years, even though violence increased in areas surrounding the Taliban’s southern stronghold of Kandahar, a region where the US efforts have been focused since 2009. Overall, the Pentagon said, violence in Afghanistan decreased by nine percent in 2011 compared to 2010. The military statistics, released selectively, showed the United States moving “from us essentially losing the war to us making important progress” and seeking to consolidate those gains as foreign troops withdraw, a senior Defence Department official told reporters. Yet the report said that “long-term and acute challenges” remain in Afghanistan, including insurgents’ ability to renew their fighting power in Pakistan’s tribal areas and the ‘limited capacity’ of Afghan President Hamid Karzai’s government. The report’s conclusions are unlikely to extinguish doubts

about whether the Obama administration can establish a stable, secure Afghanistan as Western nations press ahead with plans to withdraw most combat soldiers by the end of 2014. The US official, speaking on condition of anonymity, said the evolving state of the Taliban, al Qaeda, and other terrorists would be clearer this fall, after the summer fighting season.

The Obama administration is due to pull the last of its 33,000 surge troops from Afghanistan by this fall, leaving around 68,000 US soldiers there.

More than 10 years after the Taliban government was toppled, the Afghan insurgency remains “a resilient and determined enemy”, the Pentagon said, likely to use highprofile attacks like the 18-hour siege of Kabul on April 15 to shake public confidence.

As the NATO force grows smaller, the Western strategy now hinges on its ability to transform an inexperienced, ill-equipped Afghan army into a professional fighting force that can face off against insurgents alone.

The Defence Department reported that more Afghan police units were considered capable of operating with minimal Western support, even though local forces remain hindered by attrition, poor leadership and inadequate management.

A year after al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden was killed in a unilateral US raid in Pakistan, the Pentagon said the group had been ‘degraded’, but the group retains a small presence in Afghanistan’s Kunar and Nuristan provinces.

The Obama administration also continues to grapple with what the Pentagon described as “selective counterinsurgency operations” by the Pakistani government, which US officials have long complained refuses to help the US hunt down Taliban terrorists whose interests may align with its own. Source: reuters

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Deputy Superintendent of Police Nasir Lodhi said Cheel Chowk and Afshani Gali areas had been echoing with heavy gunshots since Monday. He claimed to have killed a notorious gangster, Tariq Siyah Paat, at Afshani Gali.

The Sindh government had announced Rs 500,000 head money on his arrest. A police source said the gun battle between the gangsters and police further intensified when police commandos marched towards Gul Muhammad Lane

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Separately, an Airport Security Force (ASF) official, Aziz Baloch, sustained bullet injuries in the same area. Another man, Hassan Muhammad, was also injured in Bihar Colony area.

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Bahrain police fire tear gas at protesters

Riot police firing tear gas and stun grenades routed protesters in Bahrain’s capital as the government came under mounting international pressure to release jailed leaders of last year’s uprising. An appeals court decision on Monday to grant a retrial to 21 opposition figures was not enough to defuse resurgent unrest among the Gulf Arab state’s majority Shia Muslims, and street rallies resumed on Tuesday. A heavy riot police presence cut short a demonstration in the market area of Manama as tear gas and stun grenades were unleashed at several dozen who chanted anti-government slogans to mark World Labour Day. Several thousand protesters and suspected supporters were sacked or suspended from work last year during a crackdown on the uprising and some say they have not got

their jobs back. The cassation court, the highest judicial body in the Gulf Arab state, on Monday shifted the case of 21 men who were convicted in a military court to a civilian court and freed one, lesser-known prisoner. Seven of the 21 are abroad or in hiding. But the court ruled the men would remain in jail, including Abdulhadi alKhawaja, who has been on a hunger strike for three months. Khawaja’s wife Khadija al-Musawi said that Monday’s court decision does not change her husband’s demand for an immediate release - which has become a centerpiece of anti-government protests in recent weeks. ‘His condition to stop the hunger strike is to be free,’’ said al-Musawi. ‘If not, then the option is to die, and his death will be his freedom.’ In response, Sheikh Abdulaziz bin Mubarak

Al Khalifa, adviser to the government’s Information Affairs Authority, said: “We have full faith in the independent judiciary system in Bahrain and will wait to see these appeals take place. We are confident the outcome will be just.” He said the defendants faced serious criminal charges that went beyond the exercise of basic human rights. Rupert Colville, spokesman for the UN human rights agency, told a news briefing in Geneva on Tuesday that it had urged Bahraini authorities to bring about the release of Khawaja. “There is no reason for him to be held incommunicado and he should be given immediate access to his family, to the Danish ambassador...and to a doctor and a lawyer of his own choosing.” Bahrain, where the US Fifth Fleet is based as a bulwark against Iran across the

Gulf, remains in turmoil over a year after Shia-led protests first erupted, inspired by uprisings against autocratic regimes in Egypt and Tunisia. Opposition parties stage big rallies every week and clashes between riot police and youth protesters break out nightly in Shia neighbourhoods around the island country, whose government is dominated by the Sunni al-Khalifa family. The unrest has cracked the stability of Bahrain and spurred Saudi calls for a union of oil-exporting Gulf Arab monarchies to help counter Iranian influence and neutralise protest movements. Opposition leaders said the protest campaign would continue until all prisoners were released and political and human rights reforms enacted.

Source: Al-Jazeera

India ferry disaster leaves scores dead An overcrowded ferry has capsized during a storm in northeast India, leaving at least 103 people dead and about 100 others still missing, police has said. Rescue workers fought heavy wind and rain to search for survivors in the Brahmaputra River in Assam state early on Tuesday amid the floating debris. Heavy winds and rain after the accident hampered rescue operations, Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi, Assam’s top elected official, said. Women and children were among the passengers on the double-decker ferry, which was said to be packed with about 300 people. The district magistrate of neighbouring Goalpara district, Pritam Saikia, who has been supervising the rescue operations, said at least 100 people were still missing. About 150 passengers swam to safety or were rescued by villagers, Saikia said. An inquiry has been ordered into the incident. Strong winds and rain probably caused the accident, JN Choudhury, Assam state police chief, said. Choudhury said the accident occurred near Fakiragram in west Dhubri district, about 300km west of the state capital, Gawahati, and close to where the river enters Bangladesh.

Witnesses told police the vessel was old and broke in two after capsizing in the swollen river, one of Asia’s largest. Hasnat Ali, a passenger, told local television that the boat was tossed about and many of those on the roof were thrown off and managed to swim to shore before the ferry was dashed to pieces. I managed to cling to a log and was later rescued by local villagers, he said. Ferry travel is one of the cheapest forms of transport in India, and many staying in smaller villages do not have any other options for travel. Another accident in the Dhubri district in the state last week claimed the lives of four women, she said. Manmohan Singh, the Indian prime minister, issued a statement expressing shock and grief at the loss of lives. The Indian prime minister has announced a compensation of Rs 200,000 [about $4,000] each for next of kin of those killed in the tragedy. Gogoi said Singh had telephoned him and promised to rush disaster-response units from New Delhi and other locations. “Army, Border Security Force and other rescue teams with mechanised boats have moved to the site but nightfall and bad weather are hampering rescue efforts,” the Assam chief minister said. Boats are a common form of transport in India’s remote rural regions, but accidents are often caused by lax safety standards and overloading. In one of the last major ferry disasters in India, at least 79 Muslim pilgrims drowned when an overcrowded boat sank in the eastern state of West Bengal in October last year. The vessel, which was carrying an estimated 150 people, capsized in a river in the Sundarbans mangrove forest, 120km south of Kolkata, the state capital of West Bengal.

Source: Al-Jazeera

MPs killed in central Somalia suicide attack At least six people, including three members of parliament, have been killed in a suicide attack in central Somalia, authorities in the town of Dhuusa Marreeb have said.

The suicide attack on Tuesday targeted a hotel cafe where government and military officials were meeting.

Flood disease kills 7 in Fiji By: Imaad Ali Health officials in Fiji say at least seven people have died from the disease leptospirosis since widespread floods in January.

About 279 people contracted the disease, most of them from the country’s Western Division.

Leptospirosis is a bacterial disease passed on by animals.

Soil, mud, or water that has been contaminated with animal urine can be the source of infection.

Fiji’s national adviser for communicable diseases, Dr Mike Kama, told Radio Australia he has not seen so many

cases in Fiji for some time.

“Yes this is a spike. We’ve been registering around 15 cases since the start of the floods.”

The daily rate had peaked at 30 cases, he said.

‘Convict PM’s status to be decided after detailed verdict’ Acting Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Justice Mian Shakirullah Jan said here Monday the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) would form its opinion on the status of Prime Minister Yusuf Raza Gilani after receiving from the Supreme Court the detailed judgement in the contempt of court case.

Talking to media persons here at a local hotel during break in a UNDP-funded Workshop on Finalisation of Electoral Rolls and Planning for upcoming General Election, the acting chief election commissioner, being a serving senior judge of the apex court, faced a volley of questions, but he stuckto his contention that they would consider the matter after having received the detailed verdict.

Justice Shakirullah, who hails from Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, said they had received the short order of the seven-member SC bench and deliberated upon it but decided to consider the issue only when the detailed verdict would be before them. Over 200 ECP staffers from all parts of Pakistan attended the event besides the four Election Commission members (ECMs).

The acting chief election commissioner contended that the Election Commission would take a decision after having before it the SC judgment and the related provisions of the Constitution.“Have you read the Constitution,î was his reply when a reporter asked him what he was a legal expert would say whether or not Gilani was still a prime minister after having been convicted and handed down a few seconds punishment.

Asked if the Speaker of the National Assembly did not send a reference against the prime minister to the Election Commission, would they proceed against him on their own, the acting chief election commissioner said the electoral body would await the detailed judgment.

In reply to a question, Justice Shakirullah said that both the Supreme Court and the National Assembly were constitutional institutions. The acting chief election commissioner yet again parried a question whether Gilani was still a prime minister after having been convicted in the contempt of court case.

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said that there had been complications after the creation of new census blocks, but the electoral body was working hard to cope with them and the holding of the workshop was aimed at addressing such issues.

He pointed out field officers of the Election Commission had been invited, who were present in the workshop, from all across Pakistan to exchange views and come up with their problems so that their solutions would be found at the earliest.

Justice Shakirullah noted that the preparation of electoral rolls was a gigantic task and during its course, there had been cases of abnormal increases and decreases in the number of voters in the preliminary voter lists. He had already issued directions in this connection.

The acting chief election commissioner made it clear that to hold general election was not possible by 2200 officers and employees of the Election Commission. Therefore, all institutions and departments would have to assist it to make the task possible.

Earlier, for a few seconds power supply was suspended the moment Deputy Chairman

of the National Database and Registration Authority (Nadra) Tariq Malik in his opening remarks said, Thank you for putting me on the spot.î Unlike in 2007, when a massive number of cases of voter duplication were detected, this time around, while they were moving towards the finalisation of preliminary rolls, incorporating changes, there had been no single case of voter duplication, despite the fact the number of voters had increased to well over 83 million.

He said now there were no voters lists, but a database was available that made it quite easy to find out any discrepancy in the entire process relating to the preparation of voter lists. About abnormal decrease and increase in number of voters in some districts, he said, tallying the data was on with respective ECP staff and this would be completed shortly. He claimed all efforts were to ensure one vote for every CNIC holder. He added no CNIC holder was missing from the preliminary voter lists.

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Rupert Murdoch unfit to lead company, say U.K. lawmakers

News Corp. chief Rupert Murdoch must take responsibility for serious failings that caused Britain’s tabloid phone hacking scandal, lawmakers said Tuesday in a scathing report — as a narrow majority also insisted the tycoon was unfit to lead his global media empire. In a report on the malpractice at Murdoch’s now shuttered News of The World tabloid, legislators accused Murdoch and his son James of overseeing a corporate culture which sought “to cover up rather than seek out wrongdoing.” Parliament’s cross-party Culture, Media and Sport committee unanimously agreed that three key News International executives had misled Parliament by offering false accounts of their knowledge of the extent of phone hacking — a rare and serious censure that can see offenders hauled before Parliament to make a personal apology. The panel said the House of Commons would decide on the punishment meted out to the three executives: New York Daily News editor Colin Myler, an ex-News of The World editor, the British tabloid’s longtime lawyer Tom Crone and Les Hinton, the former executive chairman of News International and the former publisher of The Wall Street Journal.

Members of the panel said the 81-year-old Rupert Murdoch had insisted he was unaware that hacking was widespread at the News of The World, blaming his staff for keeping him in the dark. That explanation was not accepted. The legislators said if that was true, “he turned a blind eye and exhibited wilful blindness to what was going on in his companies.”

In a ruling opposed by 4 of the 11-member committee — all Conservatives — the panel cast serious doubt on Murdoch’s credentials as an executive.

The judgment on Murdoch implies that News Corp., which he heads, is also not fit to control British Sky

Broadcasting, in which the company has a controlling stake of 39 per cent. Ofcom, the broadcast regulator, said in a statement it is reading the report with interest. Louise Mensch, a Conservative Party member of the panel, told reporters the committee had been divided over the harsh criticism of Murdoch. Four Conservative members opposed the suggestion that Murdoch was unfit to lead a global company, but that stance was endorsed by four Labour Party members and one Liberal Democrat.

The panel’s chairman, a Conservative, did not vote.

Conservative panel member Philip Davies said the conclusion was “not only over the top, but ludicrous.” Legislators agreed, however, that Murdoch’s son 39-year-old son James, a former News International executive chairman, was also badly at fault over the scandal. They said phone hacking at the tabloid dated back to at least 2001, and insisted that James Murdoch could have halted the practice as early as 2008. But they stopped short of accusing the younger Murdoch of misleading lawmakers when he claimed not to have fully read a 2008 email which he had received and outlined that hacking was widespread. The committee also criticized Hinton, who worked as a top Murdoch aide on both sides of the Atlantic for decades and resigned from his post as the publisher of The Wall Street Journal amid the hacking scandal. The report said he misled them over his repeated claim that hacking was not rife at the News of The World. Myler and Crone had also failed to present factual accounts of what they knew, the report said. Committee chairman James Whittingdale said “it is for the House (of Commons) to decide what consequences follow” from misleading Parliament.

Source: Toronto Star

Israel ex-spy chief slams Netanyahu over Iran Binyamin Netanyahu, Israeli prime minister, has received a scathing attack from a former head of Israel’s internal security service over his handling of Iran’s alleged nuclear programme. Yuval Diskin,

the former director of the Shin Bet domestic intelligence service, said in a voice clip played on Israel Radio on Saturday that the country’s leaders were “messianic” and unfit to tackle the Iranian nuclear programme. “I have no faith in the prime minister, nor in the defence minister,” said Diskin. “I really don’t have faith in a leadership that makes decisions out of messianic feelings.” Diskin also told listeners that while he did not think Netanyahu’s decision was an “illegitimate decision”, he was “really” afraid that “these are not the people whom I’d like to see at the wheel during an operation like that”. Other retired officials have also criticised Netanyahu and his defence minister, Ehud Barak’s, rhetoric of intentions to open an unprecedented front with Iran and, potentially, with its allies on Israel’s borders. Meir Dagan, a former Mossad foreign intelligence director, last year also ridiculed the Israeli war option. However, Diskin’s has been the most harsh criticism of Netanyahu’s threat of a preemptive strike on Iran if diplomacy fails. “They’re creating a false impression about the Iranian issue,”

said Diskin. “They’re appealing to the stupid public, if you’ll pardon me for the phrasing, and telling them that if Israel acts, there won’t be an [Iranian] nuclear bomb.” Ron Kampeas, editor of the Jewish Telegraphic Agency in the US, told Al Jazeera that when Dagan made the claims last year, there was an attempt by the Israelis to make him seem “like an outlier”. “Now Diskin has come out and done it in more of a blunt way than Dagan had,” he said.

“There was already a little dent, this is going to make it a deeper dent.” Government officials rebuked Diskin and questioned his motives, implying that he had his eye on a political career or was settling scores after Netanyahu denied him a promotion.

Commenting on Diskin’s remarks, Amos Harel of the Haaretz newspaper said the temperature was rising in anticipation of nuclear talks in Iraq next month. “Nothing has been determined in the Iranian story, and the spring is about to boil over into another summer of tension,” said Harel. Diskin spoke days after Israel’s top military commander, Lieutenant-General Benny Gantz, told the newspaper that he viewed Iran as “very rational” and unlikely to build a bomb, comments that apparently undermined the case for a strike. Netanyahu’s rhetoric about a nuclear-armed Iran have stirred concern in Israel and abroad of a possible strike against its uranium enrichment programme. Iran says the project is entirely peaceful and has promised wide-ranging reprisals for any attack. World powers, sharing Israeli suspicions that Iran has a covert bomb-making plan, are trying to curb it through sanctions and negotiations. Talks to do so are to resume in Baghdad on May 23, but US President Barak Obama rated on Thursday their chance of succeeding as low. Some experts believe that Netanyahu’s stance is a “bluff” to keep up pressure on the Iranians.

Source: Al-Jazeera

French Muslims get call to vote for president They are France’s millions-strong minority with a voice that usually falls silent at election time. But this year, there is a special new effort to mobilize French Muslims to speak up at the ballot box in Sunday’s presidential race – amid a surge of Islam-bashing among the French right.

Imams and Islamic associations are calling on Muslims to do their duty as citizens and go to the polls. And while they’re not officially endorsing anyone, the call itself is a bold move in a country where statistics on religious affiliation are formally banned and where secularism is enshrined in the constitution.

Socialist Francois Hollande – the poll favorite – is more likely to benefit from the get-out-the-vote push, because conservative President Nicolas Sarkozy has spoken out against Muslim practices in his campaign and experts say that Muslims in poor neighborhoods and Muslim youth tend to vote for the left. But the Muslim vote is diverse, and there’s no guarantee that the push will bring out voters, since Muslims have tended in the past to avoid politics. French Muslims have been pounded with blame throughout the campaign for what they eat (halal meat), how they pray (in the street), and for allegedly using their growing numbers to supplant France’s civilization with their own. The massacre of Jewish schoolchildren and French paratroopers in March by an alleged Islamic extremist put Muslims in the spotlight anew and fed far-right fear mongering. Under the banner of patriotism and preserving the national identity, Mr. Sarkozy is trawling for far-right votes as he tries to undo Mr. Hollande. Far-right candidate Marine Le Pen, who ran an anti-immigration and anti-Europe campaign and sowed fears that France is being Islamicized, placed a strong third in the April 22 first-round vote. Though she was eliminated, her 18 per cent score was a historic high for her National Front party and her supporters could now boost Mr. Sarkozy’s support in the runoff. For some Muslim religious leaders, it is time to act. “We don’t live on Mars. We live in France and we are constantly listening to what is happening,” said Kamel Kabtane, the rector of the Lyon mosque, who was among a group of imams at some 30 mosques in southeast France pressing Muslims to vote. “By this initiative, we want to show that Muslims aren’t citizens of the second zone ...

They can vote for whom they want but be present in the voting booth,” he said. The more than 5 million Muslims in France – the largest such population in western Europe – could potentially prove a decisive weight for or against a candidate. But experts say their footprint on the political landscape is nearly invisible. The French model of integration is officially colourblind, demanding that immigrant minorities forgo their customs to meld into the universe of Frenchness. Statistics on race, ethnic origin and religion are formally banned, though researchers find ways to circumvent the rule, like using last names to deduce who is who.

Mr. Kabtane said the Muslim get-out-the-vote initiative in southeast France was the first of its kind, although some mosques in the Paris area are also asking Muslims to go to the polls. In most cases, imams say they make a point not to advise the faithful how to vote. However, an expert on secularism, Jean Bauberot, says the anti-Muslim rhetoric by the right makes the preferred candidate clear – the one on the left. “In the current atmosphere, Nicolas Sarkozy is doing all he can to alienate the Muslim electorate ...,” Mr. Bauberot said. “When they (imams) say go out and vote, people think ... you shouldn’t vote for Sarkozy.”

Source: Globe and Mail

UN : Continued from pg 1 number to increase rapidly over the next two weeks so that UNSMIS [UN Supervision Mission in Syria] will build up to full operational strength by the end of May,” Ladsous said. He said Syria has already refused visas for three proposed monitors. Meanwhile, the UK-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR) said two children were among 10 people killed in a mortar attack by government forces in the northern province of Idlib. Nine members of a single family were allegedly killed in a dawn bombardment on a village near the town of Jisr al-Shughur on Tuesday. The attacks follow two blasts on Monday which saw two government security buildings In Idlib damaged, killing at least eight people and causing serious damage. Syrian state media blamed the attacks on “armed terrorists”, a term it usually uses to describe those trying to overthrow President Bashar al-Assad. In the eastern Deir al-Zor province on Tuesday, 12 soldiers were reportedly killed in clashes with opposition fighters. The SOHR said troops hit back with mortar and heavy machinegun fire, killing at least one villager and destroying a school.

Source: Al-Jazeera

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UNRULINESS OF THE IRRATIONAL

Not only the scared and politically unaware voters but the absent electors too helped the corrupt/inefficient candidates become legislators who then elected/produced wrong rulers. Pakistan continues to suffer from political quagmire as the ruling elite fails to realise the seriousness of defying the judiciary, breach of law and misinterpreting the constitution openly by asserting with full confidence that no prime minister would ever write letter to the Swiss authorities against the President.

Recently the legal case of contempt of court case was concluded and the accused prime minster/chief executive of the federation of Pakistan is a convict now.

The criminal prime minister was sentenced briefly for a few seconds for contempt of court under Article 204(2) of the Constitution of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan, 1973 read with Section 3 of the Contempt of Court Ordinance (Ordinance V of 2003) for the willful flouting, disregard and disobedience of the court’s direction contained in paragraph number 178 of the judgment delivered in the case of Dr. Mubashar Hasan vs the federation of Pakistan.

Clearly, the contemptuous attitude of PM Gilani has been substantially detrimental to the administration of justice for bringing the honourable judiciary into ridicule indeed.

Also, there are some serious consequences in term of Article 63 (1) (g) of the 1973 Constitution which may be read as mitigating factors towards the sentence passed against the prime minister. The Order from the court does not, however, directly

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disqualify the Prime Minister as according the judgment, the conviction for contempt of court is likely to entail some serious consequences in terms of the said Article as it allows for the disqualification of any Member of Parliament who has been “convicted by a court for propagating any opinion or acting in any way that brings into ridicule the judiciary or Armed Forces of Pakistan.”

But the Court used the language “likely to entail” because the right to terminate parliamentarians’ tenure is constitutionally vested in the Speaker of the National Assembly and the Election Commission.

Thus, the outstanding issue remains whether Mr Gilani could have been automatically disqualified from holding public office.

Under Article 63 (2), once the Speaker has received notice of a parliamentarian’s conviction, he/she may forward the issue to the Election Commission within 30 days which must make a decision within 90 days. Therefore, the process to disqualify the prime minister has only just begun. It’s a long way to go as it offers a time consuming prescription. The Zardari’s PPP is thankful to Aitzaz Ahsan for using delaying tactics to cause a judicial fatigue.

Punishing PM Gilani under Section 5 of the Contempt of Court Ordinance 2003 with symbolic imprisonment inside the courtroom #4 till the rising of the court was short lived. The honourable bench rose after announcing judgment -- but without effectively fixing the stubborn PM Gilani who wilfully ridiculed the top judiciary’s decision (with regard to writing a letter to the Swiss government for reopening

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of corruption cases against President Asif Zardari). Some legal experts, however, argue strongly that the PM stands removed from office.

The wording of the short order clearly indicates that the matter of prime minister’s ultimate disqualification has been thrown in the parliamentary procedural tangle. Whether the conviction brings us any closer to the implementation of the original NRO order of the full bench? The answer is simply no. The environment of uncertainty spawned by this display of ‘judicial restraint’ will only contribute to the further deterioration of governance and the economy.

More political turmoil is fast approaching as the Zardari regime has no interest in following the law or obeying court orders.

In fact, PM Yousuf Raza Gilani is devoid of any moral authority to rule the country no matter what technicalities his legal experts may manufacture.

Nevertheless, the prime minister appears to have been dealt with a severe blow because of his conviction. But the letter he was supposed to write remains unwritten. Definitely, the unruly rulers are fully determined to ignore the court with respect to writing to the Swiss authorities claiming that it would amount to putting BB’s grave on trial.

By defying the orders of the Supreme Court over and over again, he not only demonstrated that he has no respect for rule of law but also made it clear that his loyalty to Zardari goes far beyond the oath that he took as prime minister. In actuality, the criminals help each other.

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Sources said SSP Chaudhry Aslam had disclosed this information at a high-level meeting at the CPO Office on Monday.

Six police officials have so far laid their lives and another dozen have been injured in the last several days. Sources said the BLA was supporting the gangsters, adding that they were getting weapons via Hub-Sakran border.

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Since the rogues are united to keep the president off the hook, Pakistan can’t get out of clutches of the certified political vultures.

Though, it appears with clarity from the short order of the seven-member bench of the Supreme Court in the contempt of court case that the prime minister has lost the moral and legal right to hold the post but the wording of the ruling — especially the mention of Article 63(1) (g) referring to the disqualification of the prime minister — is highly confusing and vague.

Until and unless hypocritical coddling is dealt with severely, the corrupt minds would continue to carry on with their dirty political schema. Therefore, Mr. Gilani must step down immediately to allow the justice to prevail in the best interest of Pakistan. Also, there is no justification left for him to stay in office any longer because he is now a heavy load on the national exchequer as well. Most importantly, a number of inconsistencies/contradictions including the non sense of presidential immunity clause in the constitution of Islamic Republic of Pakistan need an urgent fix to accommodate the Islamic law and jurisprudence in entirety for better governance to ensure blind justice for all in the troubled country.

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blocked the expressway and pelted vehicles with stones. They shouted slogans against the government and law enforcement agencies. The protesters demanded that the government bring an end to the operation. The protesters also pelted the police with stones when the latter tried to disperse them.

Police then baton charged the protesters, injuring eight people. Separately, in Maripur and Malir Kala Board areas, scores of people protested against the ongoing Lyari operation. They block Maripur Road and National Highway and also threw stones at the vehicles. Heavy contingents of police reached the scene and disperse them.

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It is Only a Sunnah

By: Abdul-Majid Jaffry Often, when Sunnah of the Holy Prophet Sallallaahu alayhi wasallam is mentioned we hear the remark, “it is only a Sunnah”, implying as if Sunnah is a mere matter of choice, not a duty or obligation, recommended, but not required. The response, for most part, is a result of the lack of understanding of the importance and the place of the Sunnah in Islam and in a Muslim’s life.

What is Sunnah? Allah sent his last Prophet and Messenger Mohammad Sallallaahu alayhi wasallam to teach and guide humanity how to conduct their individual and collective affairs and live their lives in a manner pleasing to their Creator. In this regard, the virtuous acts and deeds taught by the Prophet, through his words and conduct, are called Sunnah. They range in their scope from the manner of drinking water to burial of the dead to solemnizing the marriage to regulation of trade practices, etc. Even a simple task of drinking water becomes an act of worship if the intention underlying it is to comply with the Sunnah of the Holy Prophet. On the other hand, intentionally and habitually disregarding the Sunnah invites anger of Allah and His Prophet. The Holy Prophet is reported to said, “Whoever turns away from my Sunnah is not from me”, meaning he is not my follower.

How imperative is it to obey the Sunnah of the Prophet Sallallahu Alaihe Wa Sallam?

The imperative significance of the Sunnah is evident from the fact that Allah has not linked the success and salvation of humans with His obedience alone but also conditioned it upon the obedience to His Prophet.

That is, Allah Almighty has enjoined on us obedience to His Messenger, just as He has enjoined His own obedience. In the Quran Allah says, “And obey Allah and the Messenger that you may obtain mercy. (3:132).

And at another place He warns, “...and whoso disobeys Allah and His Messenger, he is indeed on a clearly wrong path (33:36).

To obey the Messenger means obey his Sunnah, what he has enjoined and what he has forbidden.

In the Islamic system of beliefs, Allah Subhanahu alone has the right to declare what is permitted and what is forbidden. He does so through the Quran and through His Prophet.

Allah vested in His Prophet the authority of a lawgiver. The Quran says, “...(Prophet) enjoins them good and forbids them evil, and makes lawful to them the good things and makes unlawful to them impure things, and removes from them their burden and the shackles which were upon them...” (7:157).

Therefore, what the Holy Prophet enjoins or forbids is from Allah. (“He does not speak from his desire; it is nothing except revelation revealed to him” (53:3-53:4). Another verse that tells us about Prophet’s authority as a lawgiver, “...So take what the messenger assigns to you and abstain from that which forbids you ...” (59:7). This verse is not limited to the division of the war booties as anti hadith groups claim, it is rather all

of behavior and conduct.” The believers have been exhorted to follow the Prophet Sallallaahu alayhi wasallam not only in the details of complex matters of their collective life, but also in the small details of their daily life. For example, matters of eating, drinking, dressing and sleeping, and those regarding which the Prophet gave specific guidance Today, Muslims overwhelmed by the West and its civilization and raised on secular education have developed inferiority complex about their religious and cultural heritage. Though they believe that the system of guidance, the Qur’an and Sunnah, is true, yet great many of them have abandoned Islamic values and ideals in favor of western standards and practices. Here it would be good to remember what the Holy Prophet said about imitating the non-believers. The Prophet of Allah said, “Whoever imitates a people is one of them.”

Since the Sunnah is an integral part of Muslim faith, its negligence and abandonment would diminish the faith of a believer in the same measure. It is for this reason that the Holy Prophet Sallallaahu alayhi wasallam has promised a great recompense for the revitalization of an abandoned Sunnah.

He said, “Whoever revives a Sunnah from my Sunnah that has been abandoned after me, then he will have an equal reward of all people who acts upon it, without decreasing from their reward in any way.”

encompassing and general in its proclamation.

The other dimension of the Sunnah of the Hadith Qudsi 3: Prophet is that it is a tangible expression On the authority of Zayd ibn Khalid al-Juhaniyy (may Allah be pleased with him), who said: of love for Allah, and the best way to gain The Messenger of Allah (may the blessings and Allah’s love and forgiveness. Quran tells peace of Allah be upon him) led the morning Prophet Sallallaahu alayhi wasallam to say prayer for us at al-Hudaybiyah following rainto believers, “If you do love Allah, Follow fall during the night. When the Prophet (may the blessings and peace of Allah be upon him) me: Allah will love you and forgive you finished, he faced the people and said to them: your sins ...” (3:31). This verse makes it Do you know what your Lord has said? They plain that without adhering to the dos and said: Allah and his Messenger know best. He don’ts of the Sunnah, no triumph in this said: This morning one of my servants became a world or the next can be achieved. believer in Me and one a disbeliever. As for him who said: We have been given rain by virtue of The clear imperative to follow Prophet MoAllah and His mercy, that one is a believer in hammad’s rulings and decisions can also be Me, a disbeliever in the stars (2); and as for him seen unambiguously expressed in this verse who said: We have been given rain by such-and“But no, by your Lord, they can have no such a star, that one is a disbeliever in Me, a believer in the stars. faith, until they make you (O’ Muhammad) judge in all disputes between them, and find in themselves no resistance against your Beware those who neglect and abandon the decisions, and accept them with full submisSunnah and say, “It is only a Sunnah”: The sion” (4:65). This verse clearly illustrates the Quran says, “....So, those who violate his supremacy of the Holy Prophet’s decisions (messenger’s) order must beware, lest they and judgment governing all departments of are visited by a trial or they are visited by a life - religious, social, economic, political painful punishment” (24:63). and cultural, etc. Here the Quran establishes It is not just Sunnah, it is the way of life preSunnah - Prophet’s decision and legal judgscribed by none other than the Allah through ments - as irrevocable, not to be challenged the revelation to His Prophet. or reinterpreted and must be accepted with Abdul-Majid Jaffry is a retired aerospace full submission. The emphasis on the Sunengineer and a freelance columnist. nah is to the point that if one knowingly denies the decrees and judgments of the Holy Prophet, he jeopardizes his faith.

The obligation to judge all matters in the light of the Quran and the Sunnah is also recognized from the famous hadith of Muaz bin Jabal radiyallaahu anhu. When the Holy Prophet appointed him as a Judge in Yemen, he enquired him, “What will you judge by when you decide a case?” Muaz bin Jabal said, “By the Book of Allah.” The Prophet further asked, “If you don’t find the answer in the Book of Allah, what will you do?”

Muaz bin Jabal replied, “I will look into the Sunnah of the Allah’s Prophet.” The answer of Muaz bin Jabal very much pleased Rasulallah Sallallaahu alayhi wasallam. The hadith further confirms During the month of Ramadan, we need HUFFAZ (memorizers of the holy that the Sunnah, after Quran, is a defiQur’an) for Taraweeh prayers. Please contact me immediately, if you are a nite and absolute part of the Muslim constitution.

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Edmonton: One Hafi z needed the perfect example of the Prophet’s Thanks, Syed Soharwardy Phone: 403-831-6330 life, the Quran says, “Certainly, there is an excellent example for you in the Messenger of Allah, for him who looks forward to Allah and the Last Day, and remembers Allah much (33:21). The Holy From May 4- 18, 2012 (Jamadi ul Akhara-12-26, 1433H) Prophet said about himself, J.ul. Ak Isha May Day Fajar SunR Zawa1 Dhuhr Asr Maghrib “Allah has sent me as an apostle so that I may 12 Fri 3:49 1:09 1:16 6:19 4 5:43 8:39 10:23 demonstrate perfection 13 Sat 3:47 1:09 1:16 6:20 5 5:42 8:40 10:25 of character, refinement 14 1:09 1:16 6:21 6 Sun 3:44 5:40 8:42 10:27 of manners and loftiness

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It is with great sadness that we report the passing away of - Sr. Hafiza Bibi Hussain

(of Vancouver originally from Fiji, mother of Br. Mohammed Khalid Hussain)

- Br. Parwiz Mohammad Saied (of Surrey originally from Afghanistan, brother of Khsraw Mohammad Saied of Texas)

- Sr. Ashiana Razak Sharma (of Surrey originally from Fiji, wife of Br. Ranjay Sharma and daughter of Abdul Razak)

- Sr. Alamtab Wahed (of Burnaby originally from Afghanistan, mother of Br. Laiq Wahed of Burnaby)

- Sr. ZubaidaAkhtar (Wife of Br. Zahoor)

We pray to Almighty Allah (S.W.T) for His mercy, to forgive all there sins and reward them with the best place in paradise, janaatul firdous and to give patience to the family, Ameen.

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How Obama fulfilled the dreams of Osama

By Hamid Mir Osama bin Laden is history now but AlQaeda is still determined to make some new history. US officials have rightly claimed many times that Al Qaeda has become weaker after the death of Osama bin Laden but they cannot deny the fact that bin Ladenism is still a source of inspiration for the militants fighting from Afghanistan to Yemen and from Iraq to Palestine. Dead Osama is as dangerous as living Osama.

The Obama administration has foiled at least 8 terrorist plots on the US soil since the death of Osama bin Laden on May 2, 2011. President Obama can take credit of bin Laden’s death but he is not aware that actually bin Laden got the death of his own choice. It was his old dream not to be captured by enemy but to be killed by enemy and no burial in any grave.

Osama bin Laden always prayed to become a martyr like his old friend Shafiq-al Madni. I heard the name of Shafiq from bin Laden first in 1997. I was the first Pakistani journalist to meet Osama bin Laden in March 1997 and I was the last journalist to interview him seven weeks after 9/11. I started writing his biography in 1998 and once I asked him about the people who impressed him a lot and created big impact on his life. Osama said that he was lucky to have brave friends like Shafiq-al Madni who always loved martyrdom.

Shafiq from Madina was a very good player of soccer but he joined the Jihad against the Soviet troops in Afghanistan with Osama bin Laden. He remained on the frontline during the battle of Jalalabad in 1989.

Shafiq al-Madni always wanted a unique and different kind of martyrdom. Once he told him: “oh my Sheikh Osama, please pray that when I become a martyr the stomach of birds and animals should become my grave, I don’t want to be buried in ground; I want that on the day of judgment birds and animals should tell the Allah Almighty that the body of Shafiq al-Madni was torn into pieces by the enemies of Islam because he was fighting in the name of Allah”.

Osama said that Shafiq al Madni was very good in destroying Russian tanks with his

RPGs. One day Shafiq and two other Arab fighters were trapped by the Russians in the battle for Jalalabad. The three men tried to escape but they were surrounded from all sides. Shafiq was senior to the other two.

He decided to provide them fire cover and ordered them to escape. He destroyed the tank coming from the front but became target of another tank gunfire from his left. His body was torn tosmall pieces. His dream came true.

He was killed on enemy territory and his dead body was not available. He was not buried in a grave. The stomach of birds and animals became his ultimate grave.

Osama bin Laden said: “Allah Almighty fulfilled the dream of Shafiq al-Madni, he became a martyr and I pray to Allah that I should also become a martyr like Shafiq al-Madni who never wanted to be buried in the ground”.

Osama was so much impressed with Shafiq al-Madni that he purchased a speedboat and docked it at the bin Laden marina at the Jeddah harbour. He named it after Shafiq al-Madni.

The engine of the boat was removed and replaced with a more powerful one. This “Shafiq al-Madni boat” was the first step towards Al Qaeda men’s training in operations in the seas. Osama loved sea a lot.

He read many books of Syed Qutab while fishing in the Red Sea. He had never imagined that the US Marines would bury him in the sea and he will not be buried in the any grave like his friend Shafiq al-Madni. The Obama administration never provided a grave to Al Qaeda but it certainly gave a martyr to Al Qaeda.

The Pakistani authorities have demolished bin Laden’s house in Abbotabad where he was killed on May 2, 2011 but Al Qaeda is not demolished.

The Obama administration fears that maybe Dr. Ayman al Zawahri is still present on the Pakistani soil but there is lack of cooperation between Pakistan and US against Al Qaeda after the Abbottabad operation and attack on Salala check post.

Pakistan never gave CIA full access to interrogate Osama bin Laden’s family. The big family was handed over to the Saudi authorities a few days back. Pakistanis

were careful because they feared a serious backlash from Al Qaeda.

They knew many Al Qaeda leaders were hiding quietly in big cities like Karachi and they can become a big danger anytime. Why Pakistanis are not ready to underestimate Al Qaeda? They know that Al Qaeda operators started moving from Karachi to Afghanistan after the attack on Mehran base in Karachi last year.

These operators helped Afghan Taliban launch attacks on the NATO forces in a more organised manner. They also advised Taliban not to listen to Pakistan for starting a dialogue with the US. Most of them are not active militants but they have become terror consultants.

Incidents like the desecration of Holy Quran in Afghanistan and the detention of a Pakistani woman Afia Saddiqui in a US prison are enough for Al Qaeda terror consultants to exploit the religious sentiments of the Muslim youth.

The Obama administration must tell the world what actually motivated young American Muslims like Sami Osmakac and Amine El Khalafi to organise terror attacks in US. Both were arrested in January and February this year in the US. They never visited Pakistan or Afghanistan, they never met any Al Qaeda leader in their whole life but even then they developed hatred against US. Sami was caught because he was trying to find out the Al Qaeda flag on web before hitting the targets.

If some boys living in the US can develop hatred against America then what about those boys who live in Afghanistan and Pakistan, who see the occupation forces with their own eyes and who participate in the burials of those innocent children and woman killed in US drone attacks? It is this pressure from these angry young boys, which stopped the senior Taliban leadership from opening formal negotiations with Washington.

The US prevented more than 50 terror attacks on its soil since 9/11 but Afghanistan and Pakistan are not America. These two countries are the biggest victims of US war against terrorism since 9/11 and are still unsafe even after the death of Osama bin Laden. One can differ with the ideology of Al Qaeda but the fact is that his ideology still exists and is getting stronger because of the US policies. The combination of flawed US policies and dangerous Al Qaeda ideology creates angry boys who want to become martyrs like Shafiq alMadni and Osama bin Laden.

Obama can throw the dead body of Osama bin Laden in the deep sea but he cannot drown the ideology of Al Qaeda in the sea.

If the US and its allies want to prevent Al Qaeda attacks in future they must throw out their bad policies in the sea.

The least they should do is punish the US soldiers responsible for the burning of Holy Quran in Bagram; punish the soldier who killed many innocent people in Kandhar and punish the officers who organised attack on Salala check-post. Don’t protect them, or you will be fulfilling the dreams of Osama bin Laden.

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Islamic economics and its comprehension

By Mohammed Al Balushi Economics, regardless of whether it is micro economics or a macro, is a subject which needs to be understood from the roots to its branches. Economic is the subject

which does not differ from one religion to another. It is a subject which fits all societies. It is the need of all human beings. No matter if you are a president or an ordinary person from the same state. No matter if you are a true Muslim or belong to any other respected religions. It does not even matter if you are an atheist. Economics as a subject is essential for all of you, because no one can survive without a piece of bread.

Understandingly, Islam is the religion which covers all aspects and elements of life. Practically, how does Islam look and apply economics for a better life? According to Islamic literature Islamic economics began with the advent of Islam, which means fourteen centuries ago.

Some Islamic books does highlight that. Quran, however, doesn’t explain in detail the fiscal policies but there are some economic teachings and guiding principles which determine such policies. However, the necessary details and teachings were classified by Prophet Mohammed, (PBUH). In early Islam, the main sources of income were zakah, jiziya, and khumus. In those days whatever was collected in the shapes of (zakah, jiziya, and khumus) were equally distributed to the public (needy people).

The second caliph Umar had justified the taxes by saying; “Taxes are justified only when they are collected in a just and legal way and they are spent justly and legally”.

In the current world, how the sunnah and sharia assist in formulating principles for fiscal operation? How does modern Islam and Muslims see economic in its true Islamic way and principle? Today, is the collection of zakah taking place appropriately? And is the distribution equally and justly done to the have-nots in the society in the world of Islam? Unfortunately, all such practices are not mostly seen in todays Islamic world. Economically, there are many good lessons from Islam, if applied many economic issues may get reduced. In many Islamic countries the proper distribution of wealth is lacking. One of the economists have said; “There is no underdeveloped country in the world, but there are some areas in the same country which are not developed by the ruler”. In the same way, you find one person is a billionaire while the other is penniless in the same country and within the same area.

Before the conclusion, in my personal opinion I would say that it is not the religion which makes a good economic policy or a worse one. It all depends on you as

an economist and explaining everything in an economic way. For economists things are meaningless if they are not translated into economic language. Suppose you are a film-maker and spend more than six months to complete the film. The film gets completed successfully. As an economist I am not interested how many days you have spent, where you went for shooting, what lighting methods you have used, what obstacles you have faced, instead, I am more interested in how much amount you have spent, what was your budget, and how much you have made as a net profit. Suppose you are a novelist and published some hundred books. As an economist I might not be interest in reading all of your books, because, these are not yet translated to me in an economical language.

But, I am very much interested to find out how many books were sold and read by people.

Individually, what is your contribution toward economics? How much do you produce per hour, per day, per week and per month? Once, you understood your productivity level and the value of it, then; it means you are on the right path, economically.

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Don’t let Syria become Libya

By Hamid Dabashi All the indications are that the US and its regional allies are gearing up for a Libyan déjà vu in Syria. That is a dangerous and potentially catastrophic turn of events for Syria, and for the region at large, resulting in even more blood than the murderous Syrian regime has shed so far.

The recent Al Jazeera report that the Lebanese navy intercepted “a ship loaded with three containers of weapons destined for Syrian opposition forces” is the most recent indication that the incessantly increasing violence has long since assumed regional and transnational proportions. The ruling regimes in Iran and Saudi Arabia are fighting their proxy wars on the backs of the Syrian people.

To be sure, just like Gaddafi’s, the bloody ruling regime in Syria is chiefly responsible for the carnage that has unfolded over the past year - for if they had allowed peaceful demonstrations to result in a peaceful transition to democracy, the US and its regional allies would not have had the opportunity to try to fish from the bloody water that Bashar al-Assad has created, nor would there be any room for the opportunist manipulations such as those proffered by Russia, China or Iran.

The Annan Plan A former secretary-general of the United Nations, Kofi Annan is a perfectly credible intermediary, perhaps the only one with such a credential at this point, and it seems that his plan is quite comprehensive. It calls for an immediate end to bloodshed, the delivery of humanitarian aid, a process for opposition demands to be peacefully articulated, the release of political detainees, allowing foreign reporters into the country, and permitting peaceful demonstrations.

But the ruling regime in Syria is abusing the Annan plan to murder more Syrians. Weeks after the Syrian acceptance of the Annan plan, Al Jazeera continues to report a massive and bloody crackdown upon the opposition: “Syrian troops,” Al Jazeera reported as of April 24, 2012, “have killed dozens of civilians in the city of Hama, activists have said, as UN military observers toured protest centres near the capital Damascus, and both Brussels and Washington imposed new sanctions.”

As of April 23, shells fired by Syrian security forces have killed at least 18 people in the central city of Hama, and the numbers are steadily on the rise. The UN reports that, by now, more than 9,000 people have died in Syria since the uprising began in March 2011. It is now well over a year that Syrians have been engaged in a defiant battle against their repressive, criminal, regime.

Annan’s plan, again at least nominally, has the support of at least elements within the ruling regime as well as its opposition, plus what ought to be global support. The United Nations Security Council has authorised the deployment of up to 300 unarmed military observers to monitor a ceasefire in Syria that formally came into effect on April 12 as part of the Annan plan. There is every reason to believe that if genuinely endorsed by all parties, the Annan plan can work.

Both Syrian regime and its nemesis abusing Annan But it is now all but evident that at least the more belligerent factions within the ruling regime in Syria is trying to abuse the Annan plan to try (in vain) to crush the uprising once and for all. The Assad regime is, of course, criminally ignorant - and that is the case not because the Saudis or the US are trying to abuse the situation to their advantage, but because the Syrian uprising, long in process and integral to the rest of Arab revolutions, will not die and will resurface.

It is in the nature of these transnational uprisings and the synergy among them that, in the long run, no single nation can be robbed of its revolution - neither by their own corrupt ruling regimes nor by the ludicrous hypocrisies extending from Riyadh through Tehran and Tel Aviv to Washington DC. That Annan’s plan is being abused by the Syrian regime has been evident from the onset and by the uninterrupted assault on civilian population, of which the UN secretarygeneral has just issued yet another warning. According to Al Jazeera: Ban Ki-moon, UN secretary-general, has said.

“The Syrian government is ‘in contravention’ of an internationally agreed peace plan by keeping troops and heavy weapons in cities. He also said he was ‘gravely alarmed’ by

reports of shelling of populated areas in Syria.”

No amount of white-washing these facts by the demented segments of “the left” can exonerate the criminal disposition of the ruling regime in Syria.

More troubling is the spread of violence, in manner and intensity, into districts in the capital where on Friday April 27, according to Al Jazeera, “at least nine people [were] killed and dozens injured by a reported suicide bomber in the Damascus district of alMidan”.

But the Syrian regime is not the only party trying to abuse the Annan mission. US officials are itching for it to fail, as the EU foreign ministers too have imposed a new round of sanctions on Syria, without allowing for the Annan plan to have a chance.

More recently, the wives of the German and British ambassadors to the UN have released a video urging Syria’s first lady to help end the bloodshed in her country.

The film, posted on YouTube, asks Asma al-Assad to urge her husband to stop violence against Syrians.

All these otherwise logical and perhaps even necessary gestures can systematically accumulate into a pretext for a US-NATO military strike along the lines of the Libyan model.

Signs of that possible eventuality are already evident. According to Al Jazeera: “The French foreign minister has said the UN Security Council should consider military action in Syria if an international peace plan fails to stop the violence under President Bashar al-Assad’s government.

Alain Juppe also demanded on Wednesday that 300 UN observers authorised to go to Syria be deployed within 15 days. He said Paris would consider peace envoy Kofi Annan’s scheduled report on May 5 as a deadline for Damascus to comply with the plan.”

If this is a UN-Arab League plan that Annan is trying to implement, why are the French issuing these sorts of ultimata? Who died and made them the arbiter of truth? Annan must decide his own deadline and the terms of his negotiations, not the French.

The same attitude is equally evident in the US, where The Christian Science Monitor recently reported how “the ongoing violence in Syria, despite the regime’s lip service to the Annan peace plan, has pushed the Obama administration to weigh stronger steps”. Particularly noteworthy in this report is the position of the pro-Israeli neo-con operation in Washington DC, known as WINEP (The Washington Institute for Near Eastern Policy). Christian Science Monitor reports: “No one here [in Washington] thinks the Annan plan is going to work,” says Andrew Tabler, a Syria expert with The Washington Institute for Near East Policy. “This plan does not deal with the disease itself. The disease is very simple. You have a minority-dominated regime that is not about to give up power, that has a 42-year record of not being able to reform, ruling over an opposition carved out of the youngest population in the Middle East outside the Palestinian territories. It’s just a storm.”

Such cliché-ridden verbosities, typical of WINEP sophomoric prose, reveals where exactly the drum beats of a USNATO military strike against Syria are being orchestrated.

Neither the US nor its European or, a fortiori, its Saudi partners, is in a position to assume the moral high ground.

As Bassam Haddad, Jadaliyya co-editor, has in a recent interview on Al Jazeera rightly stated “the emphasis on the United States’ role as being pivotal in promoting democracy in the region” is entirely flawed.

Let the Annan Plan work The Syrian democratic uprising is caught between a bloody ruling regime at home and an ever-belligerent imperial design that wants to micromanage those democratic aspirations to its own advantage - which laser-beams on what it deems best for its garrison state: Israel. Israel is the biggest loser in the Arab Spring - for the expansionist militarism that is the Jewish state has no blasted clue how to deal with open-ended Arab democracies. Arab dictatorship is

its preferred choice as to how to manoeuvre to keep itself floating.

The Israeli Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman is absolutely correct that post-revolution Egypt is a larger threat to Israel than Iran - but his habitual warmongering calls for troop deployments to Sinai border, whereas that threat is not a military threat; it is a democratic threat. A free and democratic Egypt is infinitely more dangerous to the Jewish apartheid state and its occupied territories than the repressive theocracy of an Islamic Republic that can scarce keep itself in power against its own rebellious population.

But the world at large is now heroically and imaginatively liberated from the criminal atrocities of the geopolitics of the region that wishes to safeguard the Israeli garrison state at all cost - costs that become quite steep during a US presidential election year. In that geography of despair, now finally exposed and overcome, Saudi Arabia, the US,

and Israel become beacons of democracy, and the combined calamity of the ruling regimes in Iran and Syria, plus their client operators in Hezbollah become “the resistance front”. It is the obscenity of that equation that is once and for all exposed for what it is: an obscenity.

Remember the Libyan uprising, when African countries wanted to negotiate a deal with Gaddafi, but the NATO bombing did now allow it to develop - sharing responsibility with Gaddafi’s own criminal banality trying to abuse that peace plan to stay in power. The task that now Kofi Annan is facing is that which South African President Jacob Zuma was trying to accomplish in Libya, when he conducted incessant shuttle diplomacy on behalf of the African Union to find a peaceful solution to the conflict.

Three months into the bombing of Libya, the African Union was still trying to solve the conflict peacefully. “We are here today to say that it is important that such a process be conducted and owned by the Libyan people, involving mutual concessions in a dialogue without predetermined conditions,” said Hamady Ould Hamady, the Mauritanian Foreign Minister, addressing the Security Council on June 15, 2011, on behalf of the AU High Level Ad Hoc Committee on the Crisis in Libya.

This time in Syria, let Annan be Annan - a peace envoy, a harbinger of non-violent transition in Syria - and not an excuse for the US-led military intervention. It is not just the criminal ruling regime in Syria that is trying to abuse the Annan plan hoping to crush the opposition. The US and its allies too are trying to abuse Annan as an excuse to wage a military strike. But Annan’s plan can work. He is the only one in a position to give the ruling regime (not just Bashar al-Assad) a way out of this bloody cul de sac. Unconditional surrender should never be the ruling paradigms in these or any other conflict resolution - not because Gaddafi then or Assad now deserves a face-saving strategy, but because Libyan and Syrian people need it for their future.

What ultimately prevents that possibility is not just the quagmire of violence in Syria. It is the imaginative geography of world politics that has historically written Asia, Africa, and Latin America out of the vital decisions affecting the globe. The US and EU have assumed disproportionate power of decision-making in global affairs and the UN is simply a diplomatic extension of their warmongerings. It is that grotesque geography of imperial domination that must be once and for all dismantled for the world determined to liberate itself, to begin to see itself.

Hamid Dabashi is Hagop Kevorkian Professor of Iranian Studies and Comparative Literature at Columbia University in New York. His new book, Arab Spring: The End of Postcolonialism has just been released by Zed.

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A cultural exhibition of various Islamic countries in Pakistan

Sent by: Inam Khan, Surrey ISLAMABAD: A cultural exhibition of various Islamic countries, in connection with the 24th Annual Cultural Week, began at the Faisal Masjid campus of the International Islamic University on May 2.

Students from approximately 25 Islamic countries, including Afghanistan, Saudi Arabia, Algeria, Kazakhstan, Turkey, Kenya, Bangladesh and Iran, set up stalls to portray their culture.

The wife of Iranian ambassador inaugurated the event, whereas diplomats from the embassies of various Islamic countries attended the opening session.

IIUI Rector Professor Fateh Muhammad Malik, President Dr. Mumtaz Ahmad President and Vice President Prof Dr. Sahibzada Sajidur Rehman were also present on the occasion.

The most attractive stall at the event was set by the students of Saudi Arabia to exhibit various aspects of the Arab culture, food and dresses.

Similarly, students from all four provinces of the country set up their stalls to highlight the culture of their areas.

There was a special focus on differentiating the culture of

Park Cleanup operation by ICNA & MCNA Volunteers By: Ghulam Mustafa On April 29, more than 25 brothers, sisters and kids did the operation Newton Athletic Park cleanup on volunteer basis under the ICNA & MCNA Kids club organization.

It was the great team efforts, which is a very healthy approach and promote volunteerism in our Muslim community. May Allah give them best of reward.(Aameen)

rural from urban areas. All departments of the university also set up their stalls.

The diplomats and guests visited all the stalls and showed keen interest in the cultural exhibition.

Speaking on the occasion, the wife of the Iranian ambassador said that she was happy to see a bouquet of various cultures of the Islamic countries presented at the exhibition.

Professor Fateh Malik said the purpose of such events was to provide the students of different Islamic countries with a platform within the campus to present and exhibit their cultures. “It is a step to create unity among the Muslim world.�

Hussain Rawish said that despite the differences in the cultures of Muslims, some common features were clearly exhibited at the cultural show. He urged the students to play their due role in the development of Pakistan.

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Imran Tipu, B.Sc. Civil Eng In our series of articles for roofing and renovation solutions, the current sixth article is regarding Garage door installation.

Garage Door Installation; Tips for Do-ityourself and Common Mistakes to Avoid One aspect of a new construction or renovation project is updating the garage door; now a days homeowners often opt for the convenience of a garage door opener, as well.

While a manual garage door torsion spring system is adequate for basic un-insulated steel garage door types, an insulated garage door, wood garage door, or elaborate custom garage door may require an overhead garage door opener to handle the added weight.

Prices Vary Drastically Depending on which type and size door is selected for the project, garage door prices can vary drastically. A basic style utilizing steel garage door panel construction is commonly priced under $400; a basic wood panel garage door for a 2-car garage can be purchased under $600; elaborate custom wood or steel garage doors can range from $1200 and onward. For the basic steel and wood panel styles, expect to add about $100+ to the price for installation.

Choose the Right Garage Door Opener System For an 8-foot garage door, consider at least a minimum lift motor size of 1/3 hp; for a 10 to 12-foot door, at least ½ hp.

Garage Door Installation; Difficult, but not Impossible Garage door installation may be a moderately difficult task, but a determined homeowner with some salty mechanical skills will be able to pull it off as a Do- ityourself project.

However, dealing with garage door springs can be very dangerous therefore never attempt the task alone. ALWAYS follow manufacturer instructions and cautions” All installation kits available include complete manufacturer’s instructions on how to install a garage door safely, and correctly.

The most common garage door problem is binding or twisting. Apparent when rollers and tracks show signs of wear, through time; and the door shudders and binds when opening and closing. This is a direct result of improper or incomplete installation.

The basic procedure to install a garage door begins with attaching the seal to the bottom of the first panel. And then set the first panel levelly in the opening. Once in place, partially drive a couple of nails in each side of the jamb to keep the panel wedged in place.

Always Use Lag Screws – not nails!

Using lag bolts into the framing members, bolt the track hangars into place. Do not completely tighten so that any necessary adjustments can be made later. Never use nails; always use lag screws. Make sure screws go into a solid frame member. This is because garage doors generate a considerable amount of force when opening and closing, and the weight of the door itself requires adequate support.

Set the next panel on top of the first, and fasten them together with the hinges and hardware provided. Attach the next section of track and hanger brackets. When adding panels, make sure any tongue and groove edges are properly lined up according to instructions; this will help prevent leakage - or binding and subsequent damage to panel edges.

When the door is in place and assembled, you are ready for the lift motor system assembly. There are two common types of lift motor systems; chain driven, and screwdriven actuators.

The chain driven system might be a better choice for several reasons; chain drive systems are reliable and easy to repair. And, they are much easier to shorten for adjustment when installing. All you need to do is cut the slider bar to fit the assembly, and shorten the chain.

Common Mistakes Plan ahead when constructing the garage; make sure there are no obstructions such as outlets, light fixtures, or any other items present on the garage ceiling where the center of the door and lift motor and assembly will be.

When undertaking the garage door opener installation, it is critical that the lift motor and assembly be installed so that it is attached to the perfect center of the door. It is a common installation mistake to place the lift motor and assembly off-center to allow

for obstructions. This will cause the door to twist and bind, causing it to shudder when opening or closing. Over time, this garage door problem will damage components, necessitating premature repairs.

Another common installation error is omitting the steel stiffener on the top edge of the top panel. The stiffener is usually 1.5 inch X 1.5 inch steel, or larger; necessary to re-enforce the top panel. This stiffener component might not come with some doors. That is because not all garage doors have an electric garage door opener.

Note: stiffeners are commonly omitted by sloppy installers who cut corners to save time. When there is no stiffener, repeated jerks created by the motor will slowly bend the panel until the system jams and no longer work. This type garage door problem can occur very slowly. By the time the problem becomes noticeable garage door repair is necessary, but door warranty has expired.

When installing the opener, position and adjust the lift motor so that when the gasket seal on the bottom of the first panel first contacts the floor, the door continues to close, with about ¼ to ½ inch overrun.

This will make a good seal on the floor. Be careful, however; while too little overrun makes a poor seal, too much will stress the door. Once installation is complete, test the safety reverse feature on the lift system.

Danger! Garage Door Springs can be Lethal; Call a Professional WARNING! Garage door springs, whether torsion spring or linear spring assemblies, can cause severe injury if improperly handled when adjusting.

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What’s Causing Your Dry Skin?

Dry Skin and Moisturizer Misuse If you’ve been contending with dry skin, you’ve probably already tried a moisturizer -- if not dozens. But while moisturizers are a crucial part of dry skin care, experts say that we don’t always use them very well.

The biggest mistake we make is applying moisturizer on dry skin, when it’s least likely to help. “You have to put on moisturizer when your skin is still damp,” says Kenet, author of How to Wash Your Face. “That way, the moisturizer is trapping the moisture still on your skin.” Your skin shouldn’t be sopping wet -- just pat yourself dry with a towel and put it on. Let it soak in for a few minutes, and then towel off the excess, Kenet says.

You’ve also got to get the right type of moisturizer. Experts recommend that people with dry skin get mild moisturizers that have no perfumes or alcohols. Often, the cheaper stuff you can get at the drugstore is better than the high-end products, Kenet says. The moisturizer may be thick and greasy in order to seal in the moisture needed for good dry skin care. However, some people may not be able to tolerate such a heavy cream. Lighter moisturizers -- even oil-free options -- are also widely available.

Petronic-Rosic has a simple moisturizer test. “Put some of your lotion in the palm of your hand and flip your hand over,” she tells WebMD. “If it runs or drips, it’s not thick enough for dry skin.”

Dry Skin and Dry Air

“Dry air is probably the most common cause of dry skin, especially during the winter,” says Kenet, “It draws the moisture right out of the skin.” Dry skin during winter even gets its own name: winter itch.

While cold, harsh weather does dry your skin, another big problem in the winter lies

indoors -- the dry heat churned out by your furnace. (During the summer, air conditioning can have a similar effect.) To counteract the dry heat, start with a moisturizer.

Turning down the thermostat a bit in the winter can also help, Kenet says.

Other dry skin care tips include using a humidifier in your bedroom, and bundling up -- with hats, scarves and gloves, when you’re outside. Petronic-Rosic recommends that people wear socks that go high up their shins during the winter. “Cold air can actually get under the pant leg and dry out the skin on the legs,” she tells WebMD. “I see it all the time, but it’s the sort of thing people don’t think about.”

Long, Hot Showers & Baths Also Dry Skin

Prolonged exposure to water -- especially hot water -- can wash away the natural oils that protect your skin. If you get out of the bath or shower and skin feels tight, it’s dried out.

So what should you do? First, choose showers over baths. But that’s not all. If you’re accustomed to waking up in the morning with a long, languid shower, dermatologists have some brutal advice: limit showers to a few minutes and skip the hot water.

“The water doesn’t have to be cold,” says Kenet. “But it should be lukewarm rather than hot.” Kenet also recommends angling the shower head away from you while you shave or soap up. It’s another way of reducing the time your skin is being pounded by the water.

Afterward, pat your body dry with a towel -- rather than vigorously rubbing it -- and put on a moisturizer right away.

Soapy Skin, Dry Skin?

“One of the biggest problems people have with dry skin stems from their soap,” says Burton. Soap can quickly strip away your

skin’s protective oils, and we tend to use way too much of it.

“The average person who goes to school or work just doesn’t get very dirty during the day,” says PetronicRosic. “But [in the shower] many people scrub at their skin like it’s the bottom of their shoes.” Unless you’re a child or a ditch digger, the only parts of the body that need any soap or cleanser at all are the face, hands, feet, groin and underarms. The rest of the body can usually just be rinsed off with water.

While our doctors -- and our mothers -- always told us to wash our hands frequently, that can also lead to trouble. Ironically, while done in the quest to rid ourselves of germs, excessive hand washing can dry out the skin and cause it to crack and bleed, making infection much more likely.

Many of us choose unwisely when we’re in the soap aisle of the supermarket. We go for harsh soaps, such as deodorant or antibacterial soaps, that generate lots of lather and leave us feeling squeaky clean. “The bubbling and lathering from soap removes the oils from the surface of the skin and dries it out,” says Petronic-Rosic.

For dry skin care, look for milder, “fragrance-free” soaps. That’s not the same as “unscented,” which may still have perfumes, Kenet says. For many people with dry skin, the best choice is a mild skin cleanser rather than soap, experts say.

Whatever you do, don’t use any harsh implements to wash yourself. “People will get these incredibly abrasive sponges and brushes,” says Burton. “Sanding your skin is not a good idea.” It can strip away that thin layer of natural oils that keeps our skin moist and healthy.

Problems of rich world’s young spreading to poorer countries Obesity, substance abuse and other lifestyle risks fac- gapore, where the adolescent death rate was just a third that of the United States, followed by the Netherlands ing teenagers in the rich world are spreading fast to counterparts in poorer countries, a probe published on Wednesday in The Lancet said.

The high-income world has been grappling with a rising tide of risks for non-communicable diseases, including the problems of obesity, physical inactivity and substance abuse” it said. “That tide is now overwhelming many low and middle-income countries that have yet to bring in measures to control the problems of injury, infectious disease and maternal mortality in this young age group.”

The medical journal published a study of health problems facing the world’s 1.8 billion adolescents, the biggest tally of this age group in human history. It defines this term as young people aged 10 to 24, at which the brain is considered to have reached physical maturity.

The risks facing young people are many, but often are poorly understood and undocumented, said the review.

They include deaths from road accidents, which are the biggest single cause of death among adolescents, from suicide or teen motherhood, and illness caused by the AIDS virus and substance abuse.

Globally, South Africa has the highest rates of recorded adolescent mortality, according to the inquiry. Deaths among adolescent males in South Africa are eight times higher than in rich countries. Among females, the rate is 30 times higher.

Among 27 rich countries, the highest mortality rate was in the United States, mainly due to violence and road accidents, followed by New Zealand and then Portugal. The safest country in the rich league was Sin-

Itchy Clothing and Dry Skin Kenet says that many people obstinately wear clothing that they find itchy. But no matter how much you might love the look of a sweater, it’s not worth it if it’s uncomfortable. “If a sweater is itchy when you try it on, it’s never going to get any less itchy,” Kenet says.

In fact, it might get more itchy. Dry skin is especially sensitive to contact irritants, so continually exposing your skin to uncomfortable clothing could make your skin drier and itchier, Petronic-Rosic says.

Go with clothes that feel comfortable the first time you put them on. “Instead of wool, choose cashmere if you can afford it,” says Kenet. “But cotton is just fine.”

Make sure your clothing isn’t too tight either, since chafing can also cause and irritate dry skin. And remember, if your skin feels irritated, use detergents without perfumes or dyes.

Some Drugs May Dry Skin

A number of drugs have the side effect of drying out the skin. They include: • High blood pressure drugs, like diuretics • Retinoids like Retin-A used for acne and for other purposes If you notice the onset of a dry skin problem after starting a medication, talk to your doctor. He or she may be able to help by changing the dose or switching the medication.

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The review points to new drivers of ill-health among adolescents, including the marketing of foods that are high in sugar, fat and salt and sales strategies by tobacco firms that aim at teenage girls.

Social media, too, is not without psychological or emotional risks.

The report noted emerging phenomena such as cyber-bullying, the act of sending explicit messages by mobile phone.

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The Importance of Islamic Education And The Role of Islamic Schools

By Sheikh Osman Mohamed All praise is due to Allah. We praise Allah, and seek His help and guidance. We turn to Him in repentance and we put all of our affairs in His hands. We seek refuge in Allah from the evil of ourselves and the evil of our bad deeds. Indeed, whoever Allah guides, none can misguide, and whomever Allah allows to fall astray, there is none who can guide him. I testify that there is no diety worthy of worship except Allah, the one true God who has no partner. I also testify that Muhammad is Allah’s servant and messenger.

I would like to discuss in this article the importance of Islamic education and the importance of Islamic schools for the education of Muslim children. When you read the Quran, you will realize the importance of knowledge in Islam. The first word revealed in the Quran was IQRA (96:1) which means “read, seek knowledge! Educate yourself! Be educated”.

Acquiring the knowledge of Allah is the most important obligation on every Muslim because Allah ordered seeking knowledge (i.e. the knowledge of Himself) prior to the declaration of the Shahadah. He said: (And know that there is no deity worthy of worship but Allah then seek forgiveness for your sins...) [Al-Quran 47: 19] Knowledge in Islam generally can be divided into two categories. The first

category is Fard Ain which is an obligation upon every Muslim to acquire. Any knowledge that we need in order to perform acts of worship that are binding upon us is considered Fard Ain (individual obligation). For instance, knowledge related to how to performing Salah, Fasting and Hajj is individual obligation.

The second category of the knowledge is Fard Kifayah (collective obligation) upon Muslims; this means that if a group of Muslims from the community gain that knowledge, then the obligation is lifted from the rest of the Muslims. For example, as a Muslim community there must be a group among us who study different branches of knowledge that we need for the development of our community, such as medicine, engineering and all other fields that are essential for the development of our community.

Why do we seek Knowledge?

1. We seek knowledge because Allah Almighty mentioned in the Quran that those who have knowledge are not equal to those who have no knowledge. Allah said: ((Are those who know equal to those who know not ? It is only men of understanding who will remember (i .e. get a lesson from Allah’s Signs and Verses.))( Al-Quran 9:39) 2. Through knowledge we will be able to distinguish what is right and what is wrong. It is essential for every Muslim to

KNOW YOUR TIME: Time-Tracking Experiment Umar Bin Al-Khattab, may Allah (glorified and exalted be He) be pleased with him said “Take yourself to account before you’re taken to account”.

As Muslims who believe that we’ll be judged for every minute we spent on this earth, it is sometimes quite useful to track how we spend our time in order to accurately measure how well we’re living our lives according to the purpose we’ve been created for.

About two years ago, I ran a time tracking experiment on myself for a few days to help me measure exactly how I spend my time in different activities. The results of this experiment were astonishing! It made me realize how much I was wasting my time and helped me take drastic measures to improve my productivity.

Here’s how you can run your own time tracking experiment with a few, free simple tools.

THE EXPERIMENT As with every successful experiment, you need the right measuring tools and apparatus to accurately measure the data and draw the most useful conclusions. This can be challenging if you’re trying to record what you do every minute of your day, since you’ll either forget to record what you do, OR be biased in your recording to show that you were productive when in reality you weren’t.

To overcome this problem, you need to divide your time tracking experiment into two parts:

1. Recording the time spent online/on a computer Since the majority of our time these days is spent on the computer and online, you can start by recording what you do on them.

Thankfully, there’s a great application for that!

RescueTime (Free) One of the best time tracking tools online today is RescueTime; a web-based time recording and analytical tool that sits quietly in the background of your computer and measures which application, website or document you’re currently actively using.

At the end of each week, RescueTime will send you beautiful (or scary) result graphs showing exactly what percentage of your time online/on the computer is spent on “Productive Tasks” (e.g. Word document, online research, presentations..etc) vs. “Unproductive Tasks” (e.g. social media, personal e-mails, etc). (Note: you can choose which applications/documents RescueTime should classify as “productive” vs. “unproductive”).

Another great feature of RescueTime is that if you’re away from your computer for more than 5 to 10 minutes, it will ask you to write down where you went and what you did, again giving you visibility of how you spend your time during your breaks away from your computer. (E.g. in one day, I realized I spent 5 hours at meetings!)

2. Recording the time spent offline/off a computer Now that you have an accurate recording of your time spent online or on the computer (and even during short breaks between your working day), it’s time to measure how you spend your time offline, especially when you’re away from your laptop for long stretches, or at home.

To record your time offline, I highly recommend the techniques used by accountants and auditors who need to record their time for billing purposes where they simply record what they are doing every 20m. There are a couple of ways to do this accurately: 1. You could keep a buzzer next to you

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gain enough knowledge to distinguish right from wrong, halal from haram and fulfill his/her religious duties. The Prophet (peace be upon him) said: (Seeking knowledge is compulsory (fard) upon every Muslim).

(Ibnu Majah).

Why is it essential to send our children to Islamic schools?.

There are many reasons that indicate the importance of registering our children at Islamic Schools. Some of these reasons are: Besides academic education, Islamic Schools offer solid Islamic teachings that help our children to practice their religion.

There are many opportunities practice the teachings of Islam in the school like performing Salaat Al- Zuhr, attending Salaatu Jumah and fasting with teachers and peers during Ramadan. Students are expected to wear Islamic clothing and maintain a proper Islamic manner. Their Islamic personality is shaped from a young age. They grow up with pride and confidence in their Islamic identity. There is no peer pressure to indulge in any un-Islamic behavior but a lot of support and incentive to behave in an Islamic way. Students’ concerns are resolved based on Islamic teachings. Usually topics covered in classes are presented from an Islamic perspective, thus enabling students to develop an Islamic world view from an early age. Students will get a chance to explore Islamic topics like Salah, Fasting, Hajj, important Islamic values like obedience to parents, charity, piety through projects and discussions with peers and teachers. Through brainstorming, questioning, discussing, pondering, researching opportunities offered in the classrooms, students can develop deeper understanding. There are no problems of drugs, guns,

sexual promiscuity nor sexual education taught without guidance from an Islamic point of view.

In order to keep and maintain Islamic identity, our children need to have enough Islamic knowledge that will enable them to build strong Iman, understand and practice our religion correctly. All these will not be possible without the proper education provided in Islamic schools.

Muslim communities and parents are responsible to provide & support schools that combine both Islamic and Academic. Allah Almighty says: ((O you who believe! Ward off yourselves and your families against a Fire (Hell) whose fuel is men and stones, over which are (appointed) angels stern (and) severe, who disobey not, ( from executing) the commands they receive from Allah , but do that which they are commanded.))( AlQuran 6:28) We cannot save ourselves and our families against a Fire without worshipping Allah and becoming real servants of Allah by practicing Allah’s commands that need knowledge to practice it. The best knowledge you can give to your children to be successful in this life and the next is knowledge given through the Islamic education they receive from Islamic schools.

About the author Sheikh Osman is a well respected Imam and scholar. He is currently teaching Quran, Arabic & Islamic Studies at BC Muslim School. He has a Master’s Degree in Education (Teaching Arabic to Non-Arabic Speakers) from the International University of Malaysia. He graduated from Umm Al-Qura University, Makkah, Saudi Arabia, Faculty of Applied Sciences, department of Chemistry. He taught different courses of Quran, Arabic and Islamic studies for both adult and children. He has taught different schools in Somalia, Saudi Arabia and Canada.

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What You Don’t Know, Will Hurt You...

By Nada Adams What if I told you of a toxic substance that is in every one of us, and it’s in larger concentration in our young children? What if this substance is currently poisoning your endocrine glands: i.e. your thyroid, ovaries, prostate, and breasts? What if I told you it will only cost you pennies a day to easily detoxify yourself from it? Will this be of interest to you? I would hope so.

WHAT IS IT? This toxic substance is called ‘Bromine.’

What is it? What does it do? Why is it in our diet? And how do we get it out of our bodies? This article will shed plenty of light on this much needed subject and will provide you with a plan to detoxify your body from it.

Bromine is a member of the halide family of elements on the Periodic Table. It consists of fluorine/fluoride, chlorine/chloride, bromine/bromide, and iodine/iodide that are grouped together because they all share a similar chemical structure. The halides iodine and chloride are the only 2 out of the 4 elements that “essential” and necessary from this group so that our human bodies have adequate amounts for numerous crucial processes. For example, iodine is crucial for production of thyroid hormone and chloride (natural unrefined salt) is necessary to maintain the balance of fluid inside and outside of our cells. It’s vital we have both these elements for our own survival; we cannot live without adequate amounts of both iodine and chloride in our body.

However, fluoride and bromine are complete opposites – they are both known carcinogens (meaning cancer causing) and medically have NO known therapeutic benefit in the human body. Fluoride, as I’m sure you know, has been reported to prevent cavities, but there is no good science behind such a claim.

According to studies done by the World Health Organization, they failed to show any cavity reduction in countries that use fluoride compared with countries that do not. Yet fluoride is a potent and powerful enzyme inhibitor that poisons hundreds of enzymes in our bodies, and it has been shown to cause cancer. Dr. Brownstein says, “Fluoride should be avoided, as you should avoid all carcinogens.”

WHAT DOES IT DO? Discovered in 1826, Bromine, a toxic substance, should be avoided at all cost since it can be rapidly absorbed by the intestinal tract. The size and weight of the element bromine is very similar to iodine. When both are present in the body, they will compete for absorption especially in our thyroid. This is extremely important because if the body ingests a lot of bromine, this toxin will bind to our iodine seeking receptors instead of the iodine it truly needs causing the thyroid gland to

become poisoned. Bromine will disrupt the normal function of the thyroid gland.

If the person is already deficient in iodine, exposure to additional bromine absorption will make matters worse. Once Bromine is absorbed, the body’s elimination of this toxin is a very slow process. Bromism (when too much bromine toxicity is in the body) will cause delirium, psychomotor retardation, schizophrenia, and hallucination. Individuals with Bromine toxicity will feel uninterested, apathetic and have difficulty concentrating.

They may also suffer from severe depression, headaches, and irritability. Everyone is different; while some people show symptoms with small ingested amounts, others may not show any apparent symptoms until they have absolved much higher level of Bromine.

WHERE IS IT USED? Bromine is used as an antibacterial agent for pools and hot tubs and is still used as a fumigant for termites and other pests. Unfortunately, even our crops are sprayed with bromine and fluoride as insecticide/pesticide making our vegetation contaminated with high levels of bromide, unless of course you buy organic. In only 10 years, from 1981 to 1991 – California tripled their use of bromine with crops – from 6.3 million pounds to 18.7 million pounds of toxic bromine. What do you think they’re using now – 20 years later?

Crops are not the only target...toxicity has also been reported from some carbonated drinks containing bromide toxin. Such products include: Mountain Dew, AMP Energy Drink, and some Gatorade products contain brominated vegetable oils.

150 years ago, Bromine was used extensively in sedative medicines and for treating seizures but later after the discovery of its toxicity, it was phased out of many but NOT all medicines. It’s still used in many prescription medicines including asthma and bowel & bladder dysfunction i.e. Atrovent inhaler, Atrovent nasal spray, Ipratropium nasal spray, Pro-Panthine, Pyridostigmine bromide, and the Spiriva HandiHaler. You must be wondering why it’s still in some medicines when it’s clearly a toxin?! Let’s just say, it’s part of a bigger plan.

In Bakery Products In the 1960s, iodine was used as a conditioning agent in the manufacturing process of bakery products. One slice of bread contained up to 150 micrograms (μg) of iodine, the recommended daily allowance for iodine.

In 1965, the National Institutes of Health reported the average person was consuming 726 μg iodine per day from baked goods and some researchers felt this daily dose was too high - that will cause problems to the thyroid.

Whether they had ulterior motives for the change or this was really a genuine concern, they made a tragic error - iodine was replaced with bromine in the 1980s. Consuming less than 1 mg of iodine is not even close to toxic levels. However, bromine increased iodine deficiency on a mass level while increasing Bromine toxicity in the human body. From 1971 until 2000, the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey showed iodine levels have declined 50% in

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USA in less than 30 years. The ingestion of bromine in an iodine-deficient state will further exacerbate thyroid illness and since iodine is necessary for breast health, bromine binding to breast tissue in place of iodine has been associated with diseases of the breast, including breast cancer. The oxidized form of bromide, bromine, is stored in the fat tissues.

HOW TO DETOXIFY YOUR BODY? 1. It’s simple! Stop ingesting brominecontaining foods, drink and medicines.

That means eat organic food grown without pesticides AND LIMIT (or better yet eliminate) bakery products that contain bromine (usually found in white flour baked goods always look at labels!)

2. Maintain adequate iodine levels. I use Iodoral - it can be found here: www.centerforholisticmedicine.com. Iodine taken in therapeutic doses can significantly help stop bromine from binding while also detoxify the body from it. Dr. Abraham has shown that iodine supplementation can result “in the whole body being detoxified” from the toxic elements bromide and fluoride. Dr. David Brownstein conducted lots of research verifying Dr. Abraham statement. If you suspect you have high levels of Bromine, I don’t recommend you do this process alone.

Seek a Naturopathic Doctor who is knowledgeable about iodine. Dr. David Brownstein said, “My clinical experience with the use of iodine has shown that the detoxifying effect of iodine supplementation translates into an improved immune system, a balanced hormonal system and more importantly, improvement in overall health.”

3. Use only unrefined sea salt daily (Celtic Sea salt – must be grey colour and moist (moisture indicates potassium is still present – dry salt has the potassium removed.))

Unrefined sea salt is an effective tool to help lower and remove bromine levels in the body.

The chloride in salt is part of the halide family (iodide, chloride, fluoride, and bromide).

Chloride competes with bromine for the absorption therefore slowing Bromine down

while helping the kidneys to release existing toxins. In fact, almost 100 years ago, “salting the bromide out” was used in medicine to help lower bromine toxicity. NOTE: A lowsalt diet will worsen bromine toxicity.

4. Exercise to sweat - can also help the body to release toxins. You may also consider using a Far infrared sauna daily or every other day to encourage elimination of toxins through the skin. Remember right after use, immediately wash or wipe off the sweat (it will be mixed with toxins) from your body to avoid re-absorption.

Following these four steps can help you achieve optimal health. For more information on this topic, I highly recommend these books, “Iodine: Why You Need it, Why You Can’t Live Without It” and “Salt Your Way to Health.” Next issue, I will cover the connection between B12 Deficiency and Dementia and what’s the best form of B12 to take.

Until next issue, never think it’s too late to get started. Decide. Today is a great day to get started!

About the author: Nada Adams is a 13-years natural health researcher, author and master coach with a strong interest in personal health/wellness, heart and mind connection, living in core values and authenticity and the power of herbs to help us all heal. She is a devout religious teacher and a life, success and wellness coach helping men and women live an Islamically Authentic Life. She has been an Islamic teacher since 1990 and youth teacher for over 12 years. Adams was the ‘Dear Diary’ columnist for 2 years in the GCDA Magazine, a National Canadian Magazine focused on educating Teens. She’s also the founder of “Lower Mainland Muslims Unite” meet-up group primarily to teach the authentic creed of Islam to new converts and those individuals curious to know more about Islam. She can be reached at info@ vipresultscoaching.com and her weekly meetup group can be found at www.meetup.com/ Lower-Mainland-Muslim-Meetup

Overcoming Humiliating Moments Shabnam Khan - Family Counsellor Everyone has unique personalities. As we grew up in various environments we are all exposed to different life events. All these affects our self-esteem. While some have generally experienced decades of social change leading to increased opportunities and a greater sense of selfconfidence and selfworth, individually some of us do have self-esteem issues.

These issues are less positive motivation for some overachievers!

If you are plagued by memories of humiliating moments from your past, there are three ways to put them behind you and move on .

Appreciate them: You can work your whole life to create the perfect image, but its those flawed moments that stand out as a testing ground for your character. The humiliating moments of your life can be pivotal events that give you the chance to grow stronger and define yourself to the world.

Embrace them: Wear them like a badge of honor and learn to love the imperfection and the humanness you now posses. If you embrace embarrassment you diffuse it, just as you stop a bully in his tracks by standing up to him.

Share them: Don’t think that you’re the only one who has humiliating moments in the life. So many has been in similar, if not worse, situations. When you begin to share your stories you’ll see how mistakes and embarrassing moments are a right passage for all of us.

On the other hand, for some overachievers with shaky foundation of self-worth mostly look to please others as a way of feeling better about themselves. This a kind of hurried overachiever who doesn’t stop for a second because they are always doing something for someone else - a friend, a family member, a colleague, a local community group and so on. Just remember, Self-Esteem has a very large component of Self-Respect to it.If you are a parent, the message conveyed here is that expectations of what your children can achieve has risen just as the world is becoming more competitive, creating an enormous clash between expectations and reality! As parents, educator’s and community leaders, we should try our best to build self-esteem and real coping skills in our children. Failure can be used as a motivator. Thinking that failure is bad for children is a mistake. Failure is an enormous character and self-esteem builder.

If children are allowed to fail, they will have to learn both coping skills and problem solving skills, which will make them feel competent ! shabnam@skcounselling.ca

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Volume 12 Issue 309 Jumada-al-Akhar 12, 1433 AH / May 4 2012

Canucks, Luongo to ‘take our time’

Vancouver Canucks general manager Mike Gillis admitted Thursday on Team 1040 radio he has not made a decision about the team’s goaltending situation for next season, amid reports long-time netminder Roberto Luongo has requested a trade. According to a tweet from the Twitter account of Sportsnet hockey analyst Nick Kypreos (@RealKyper) on Thursday, “Luongo asks for trade. Van didn’t even need to ask him to waive NTC. He tells them himself in exit meetings he wants out”. That tweet wasn’t

the only report that linked Luongo, the Canucks No. 1 goalie since the start of the 2006-07 season, to a possible trade. TSN also reported that Luongo next week will submit to Canucks management a short list of teams he’d accept a trade to, in the event that’s what the organization decides, with future star and sophomore netminder Cory Schneider set to become a restricted free agent on July 1. Gillis refuted those reports Thursday on the sports talk radio station. “We’ve met, but we decided that we were just going to take our time and meet in a few days or talk in a few days on the phone,” said Gillis of any possible meetings with Luongo. “I’m not quite sure why something like that would be out there. What came out of the meeting with [Luongo] was – and I don’t, as you know, unless it’s the rarest circumstances, I don’t talk about meetings – but we just decided that we’d take a couple of days here and take a deep breath, everything’s happened

really quickly, and collect our thoughts and then get together either beginning of next week or talk on the telephone next week and see where he was at. “It’s a little premature to start down that path already.”

Luongo’s agent Gilles Lupien was unavailable for comment, either by telephone or e-mail, prior to deadline. Rumours that Luongo’s future with the Canucks was in jeopardy began almost immediately after head coach Alain Vigneault started Schneider, 26, in Game 4 of the Western Conference quarter-final against L.A. The Canucks trailed at that point in the series 3-0, and were on the verge of becoming the first Presidents’ Trophy-winning team to be swept in the first round. The Canucks eventually bowed out in Game 5, losing 2-1 in overtime. Luongo started the first two games of the series, allowing seven goals on 64 shots, before Vigneault switched to Schneider for Game 3. Unlike in years past when Luongo took the fall in a Canucks

playoff exit – back-to-back Game 6 debacles against the Chicago Blackhawks in 2009 and 2010 – the 33-year-old netminder was hardly the issue for the way this series concluded. He was Vancouver’s best player in Game 1. He made 35 saves, before allowing the winning goal with 3:14 remaining. On Tuesday, as the Canucks cleared out their lockers and met with the media one final time until next season, Luongo told reporters he would be willing to waive his no-trade clause. Next season, Luongo will enter the third year of a 12-year, $64 million contract. His cap hit is $5.3 million, and it’s believed he won’t fetch as great a return on the trade market as Schneider will. The Tampa Bay Lightning, Florida Panthers, Toronto Maple Leafs, New Jersey Devils and even the Chicago Blackhawks have all been rumoured as destinations for a possible Luongo trade.

Source: Vancouver Sun

NFL players speak about being Muslim in the NFL

Arizona Cardinal safety Hamza Abdullah said that maintaining his Islamic faith is a great accomplishment, but when people ask him how he does it, he responds, “To be honest with you, being Muslim is just submitting your will to God.” Hamza and his brother Husain Abdullah discussed the struggles and rewards of practicing their faith as NFL players Tuesday night in the Class of 1950 lecture hall. The lecture was part of the Muslim Student Association’s Islamic Awareness Week. Despite being high profile professional athletes, it’s clear that nothing is more important and rewarding to these brothers than their Islamic faith. “I’m putting nothing in front of my religion,” said Husain. “This is something I choose to do. Not something I have to do.” The Abdullah brothers were two of 12 children raised in the Islamic faith by their parents in Pomona, Calif. Both played football at Washington State University before making their way onto NFL rosters. Hamza was drafted by the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in the seventh round of the 2005 draft while Husain signed with the Minnesota Vikings as an undrafted free agent in 2008. Both players acknowledged facing many challenges as Muslims playing in the NFL. Their examples included dealing with ignorance in the locker room and playing a physically demanding sport while fasting during Ramadan. “Being Muslim in the NFL and (being Muslim) in America, we are the minority,” said Hamza.

Hamza stressed to the Muslims in attendance the need to educate the world properly on what it means to be a Muslim, but he also noted the importance of showing others the faith through actions. “The walk that we walk does more than our tongue,” he said. “So for us being in the NFL, whether it be reading a little bit out of the Quran on the team bus every now and then, to fasting, to doing my prayers, that’s the image you want to show.” The Islamic fast Ramadan, in which Muslims abstain from eating from sunrise to sunset every day for a month, also presents a challenge to the Abdullah brothers during the football season as they are expected to be in peak physical condition. The brothers noted different teams’ and coaching staffs’ reactions to the fasting vary across the league. “In my seven years I’ve been with Tampa, to Denver, to Cleveland and now with Arizona.” Hamza said. “And with that, you find people who are for you and people who aren’t ... I’ve actually heard people make strong comments against (fasting).” When Husain entered the NFL, he took the approach of trying to hide the fact that he fasted. Eventually the Viking’s medical staff noticed and instead of condemning the ritual, they did all they could to help. “At Minnesota, they’re very respectful,” Husain said. “The training staff has went far and above.”

Source: The Exponent

Youth : Continued from pg 16 and set the timer for 20 minutes or 1 hour.

Every time the buzzer goes off, you record exactly what you’re doing on a piece of paper.

2. You can ask a friend, spouse, child, or someone else who’s close to you to simply record what you’re doing every 20 minutes.

That’s it! At the end of the week, you’ll have a pretty accurate picture of how you spend your time.

Finally, a word of caution: recording your time is a painful and tedious experiment and it can be very tempting to skip some steps, or record how you think you spent your time at the end of your day, but that

Messi sets mark with 68th score `

Barcelona’s Lionel Messi broke the European club scoring record with a hat trick on Wednesday that increased his season total to 68 goals. Messi got his ninth hat trick of the season in Barcelona’s 4-1 win over Malaga, breaking the mark of 67 goals that Gerd Mueller scored for Bayern Munich in 1972-73.

I need to bat higher - Umar

Umar Akmal, the Pakistan batsman, has said with their batting order, sending in batsmen he needs to bat higher up the order to covert accordingly to the state of the game. Umar his double figures scores to three figures. He said: “If I bat at the top of the order, mainly at scored his only ODI hundred three years back No. 4, then it would be easy for me to extend in Sri Lanka and has pressed for the chance to my innings and convert my 30 and 40-odd make more when Pakistan return to the country scores to a hefty innings. “I am doing all the in June. Pakistan’s ODI line up is currently necessary training with the coaches in the in transition with Umar moving around the Academy and playing club matches to apply middle order. He has been tried from No 3 to my learning. I am building myself to get ready No. 7 with most of his success coming at No for the Sri Lanka series where I had a wonder6, where he has scored 935 runs in 28 matches ful debut. I am setting my target to be the man at 40.65, and at No. 5, where his record stands of the series.” Umar, 21, scored his maiden at 811 in 21 matches at 40.55. But Umar ODI hundred in his third match of his career believes that a rise in the order will improve while, on the third day of his debut Test, he hit his record and he is making no secret about a century, becoming only the second Pakistani his ambition. It’s a matter of the batting order to score a hundred on debut away from home. that I’m not able to score a hundred,” Umar He has gone on to play 63 ODIs and 16 Tests told reporters in Lahore. “When I am batting so far, but reaching a hundred has been a rare down the order, sometimes I have to bat in a instance for him since his hugely-impressive crisis when the top order has stumbled and debut in 2009. His Test place is still uncertain sometimes I get fewer overs to bat otherwise though has an assured place in limited-over I have the tendency to score in three figures.” squad.

Apart from the first three, Pakistan are flexible will defeat the purpose! You need to be as 1. Limit time-wasting activities: If you find planning each day the night before, using our ProductiveMuslim Taskinator and objective as possible and avoid relying on that you spend a big chunk of your time completing at least 3 to 5 of the Most Imyour memory to remember what you did at on social media, TV or aimlessly surfing portant Tasks (M.I.Ts) early in the morning. certain times. the Internet, try to limit these activities by Moreover, such active management of time WHAT TO DO WITH THE RESULTS? allocating specific times for them during would help you avoid the common pitfall Once you have an accurate measure of the day. your time (both online/offline), you need to 2. Compress your work time into large of “heedlessness” from Allah’s commands compare the results with the results you’d work chunks: If you find that you work and allows you to truly develop a balanced like to achieve as a Productive Muslim – a in bursts of 10-20 minutes throughout the lifestyle that doesn’t forget the akhira and day, try to compress all your work time into works hard in this dunya. person who achieves success both in this life and in the Hereafter. If the results of large chunks of at least 45 to 90 minutes.

Once you’ve adopted some of the above your experiment show that you’re wastThis will allow you to work more producchanges and you feel that your time ing a lot of your time, then you know you tively and achieve greater results. management has improved, re-run the have to do something about it as the results 3. Manage your time actively: Instead of time tracking experiment again and let the won’t improve by themselves. managing your time reactively and fireresults speak for themselves.

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