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Omar Khadr’s mother both ‘happy and sad’ after son returns to Canada Visibly emotional, the mother of Omar Khadr said the fact her son has returned to Canada a convicted war criminal doesn’t make her happy and Canada needs to do more to give him his rights back. “If he’s treated as a criminal, a convicted war criminal, I’m not happy,” Maha Elsamnah told the Star on Sunday. “I want him to come back as a person who has been abused and misunderstood. I want Canada to give him his right.” Khadr, 26, landed at the Trenton military airbase early Saturday after a flight from Guantanamo Bay. American officials formally transferred Khadr into Canada’s care, bringing to an end U.S. involvement in the decade-long case. On Sunday, Foreign Affairs Minister John Baird told CTV that pressure from the administration of U.S. President Barack Obama forced the prisoner exchange months ahead of schedule. “Obviously the Americans are closing down the prison and wanted to send him back and under law, Canadian law, we’re pretty obliged to take him.”

Standing at the door of her Scarborough apartment Sunday morning, Elsamnah criticized Canadian media for its portrayal of her son and the lack of “truth” written about him and her late husband, Ahmed Said Khadr, who was killed

by Pakistani forces in 2003. “If this is what the Canadians want to know, that people can be killed and not stand up, stand up and be angry and hurt when you’re being attacked, or abused or bullied. “We don’t feel like we’re being treated fairly,” Elsamnah said before her daughter Zaynab Ahmed Khadr, slammed the door. A short time later, Elsamnah returned after a Star reporter slipped a note through the mail slot asking how she feels about her son being sent

to Millhaven Institution in Bath, Ont. “If anyone has any common sense, it’s very emotional for us,” she said.

“If someone has some common sense they’d understand I’m a mother and I’m happy and sad at the same time.” Khadr’s exit from Guantanamo brings an end to what the New York-based Centre for Constitutional Rights said Saturday was “one of the ugliest chapters” in the history of the Cuba-based American detention centre. The Khadr saga began in June 2002 on the battlefield in Afghanistan where U.S. Delta Force Sgt. Christopher Speer was fatally wounded and 15-year-old Khadr was taken into U.S. custody. In Oct. 2010, Khadr pleaded guilty to five war crimes, including murder. Khadr received an eight-year sentence in return for his guilty plea and a diplomatic note that said Ottawa would “favourably” consider his transfer to a Canadian prison after one more year in Guantanamo. The Toronto-born Khadr was Guantanamo’s youngest prisoner and its last western detainee.

Source: Toronto Star

Turkish military strikes targets inside Syria Turkish armed forces have launched artillery attacks against Syria in response to a mortar attack which killed five members of the same family in southeastern Turkey. In a statement on Wednesday, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Turkey’s prime minister, said the attacks, carried out following radar tracking, were within the rules of engagement. Separately, Bulent Arinc, deputy prime minister, said: “There has been an attack on Turkey’s mainland and its citizens lost their lives. There is definitely a response to it in international law ... We are not blinded by rage but we will protect our rights to the end in the face of such an attack on our soil that killed our people.” Turkey has also asked the United Nations Security Council to take “necessary action” to stop Syrian aggression, calling the mortar attack “a flagrant violation of international law.”The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said: “several shells from the Turkish side of the border fell on Syrian military positions near the village of Tal al-Abyad”. Western officials, from Anders Fogh Rasmussen, NATO secretary-general, to Hillary Clinton, US secretary of state, quickly condemned the initial attack from the Syrian side of the border, which struck a house in the border town of Akcakale. Omran Zoabi, Syrian information minister, said Damascus was looking into the origin of the deadly cross-border shelling. In a statement reported by state television, Zoabi said: “Syria offers its sincere condolences to the families of the victims and to our friends the Turkish people”. Clinton said the White House was “outraged” by the “very dangerous situation” created by the attack. Turkey agreed to convene an urgent meeting of NATO members in Brussels to discuss the shelling.

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Pakistani stocks close at all-time high; rupee weakens

Pakistani stocks closed higher on Wednesday as investors remained optimistic that more money will flow into the stock market after a monetary policy announcement scheduled for Friday, traders said.

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SC lets media bodies probe magazine editor issue The Supreme Court on Wednesday accepted a request of the All Pakistan Newspaper Society (APNS), Council of Pakistan Newspaper Editors (CPNE) and Press Council of Pakistan (PCP) to allow examination of the issue of chief editor of an English magazine, who was indicted on September 25 for scandalizing and disrespecting the judiciary, reported by Daily Times. A news report was published in an English magazine about an email allegedly written by the SC registrar to seek tax returns and verification of receipts from British companies, which had provided services to Dr Arsalan Iftikhar. A two-member bench of the apex court, headed by Justice Jawwad S Khawaja, on Wednesday accepted the request, but it did not drop the contempt of court proceedings against Mohsin Beg, the editor, and Samar Rao, production editor of the magazine for publication of the report.

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Iran’s rial plunges as Western sanctions bite

Iran’s currency, the rial, has lost more than a quarter of its value against the dollar over the past week, a sign that Western sanctions are having a serious impact on the country’s economy. The losses include a 17 per cent drop in one day: The black-market exchange rate plunged to about 34,500 per dollar on Monday, down from Sunday’s rate of about 29,600, according to currency-tracking websites. (The official rate remains has been pegged at 12,260 rials on the dollar for several years.) The decline comes after a week of tough talk at the United Nations, where US President Barack Obama said his country would “do what we must” to stop Iran from acquiring nuclear weapons, and Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu hinted at a military strike next year. The US and European Union have imposed increasingly-tough economic sanctions to pressure Iran into suspending its nuclear program.

Iran insists that the program is for peaceful purposes.

The International Atomic Energy Agency said in its latest report that Iran was blocking access to one site suspected of conducting research connected to nuclear weapons. The rial’s collapse also comes after Iran opened a new currency “exchange centre” in Tehran to supply dollars to import-

ers at a special rate. The launch was supposed to ease their fears about the availability of dollars, but it may have backfired, intensifying the demand for foreign currency.

Some Iranian officials insisted that the depreciation would be temporary. “The exchange centre is operating and once the next phase of the plan is implemented, the price of currency will drop,” said Gholamreza Mesbahi-Moghaddam, who head’s parliament’s planning and budget committee, according to the Mehr news agency. Inflation, already running at more than 25 per cent, will almost certainly rise as the rial deteriorates. Rising costs could worsen the job losses which Iranians say are hitting the country’s industrial sector. At the end of last year, Iran had $106bn of official foreign reserves, enough to cover about 13 months of imports of goods and services in normal times, according to the International Monetary Fund. But Nader Habibi, an economist at the Crown Center for Middle East Studies at Brandeis University in the US, estimated last month that the government now had about $50bn to $70bn left. Iran does not disclose timely information on its reserves. Victoria Nuland, the spokesperson for the US state department, said that the depreciation was linked to Western sanctions.

“This speaks to the unrelenting and increasingly successful international pressure that we are all bringing to bear on the Iranian economy,” she said. Nuland went on to acknowledge that “any depreciation of currency is always going to affect the people who use the currency,” but would not say whether the US was concerned about the impact of the currency collapse on civilians.

Source: Al-Jazeera

Iraq sees deadliest month in over two years September was the deadliest month in Iraq in more than two years, with 365 people killed in violence that included waves of nationwide attacks, official figures show. Fighters are regarded as weaker than when violence reached its peak in 2006 and 2007, but they remain capable of carrying out mass-casualty attacks across the country. The statistics compiled by the health, interior and defense ministries showed that 182 civilians, 88 police and 95 soldiers were killed in attacks in September. Another 683 people were wounded, which includes 453 civilians, 110 police and 120 soldiers, according to the figures.

It was the highest monthly toll given by the government since August 2010, when figures showed 426 people killed and 838 wounded in attacks. The previous deadliest month this year was July, when 325 people were killed in attacks,

according to official figures. The worst violence of the month occurred on September 8 and 9, when a wave of more than 30 attacks killed 88 people and wounded more than 400. Sunday was the second-deadliest day in September, with at least 33 people killed and 106 wounded in attacks. The string of bomb and gun attacks occurred in Baghdad and the nearby areas of Taji, Madain and Tarmiyah, and also hit Kut, Mosul, south of the northern oil city of Kirkuk, and areas around Baquba. In Baghdad’s central Karrada district on Sunday, a suicide bomber detonated an explosivespacked car, scattering debris for dozens of metres from the site of the blast, shattering store windows and smashing cars.

A headless, limbless torso surrounded by pieces of flesh lay at the scene. “I was in my shop and I heard the sound of a very powerful explosion,” said another store owner who gave his name only as Abu Ihab. “Dust was everywhere.” “We

were sitting in the shop while police were collecting flesh,” he said. “Human flesh was on the sidewalk, being collected and put in plastic bags.” “When the explosion happens, it does not care about any security measures,” he said.

“I sit in my shop and I am afraid for my life.” The deadly violence in Iraq and a lack of basic services are two of the main complaints against the government. “We are tired of this government,” said Haidar Mohammed, an employee of a shop on the street hit by the blast on Sunday. “The government does not do anything.” September also saw a brazen prison break in the city of Tikrit in which 102 inmates, among them 47 alleged al-Qaeda members who had been sentenced to death, managed to escape, according to the interior ministry. The ministry said that weapons had been smuggled into the prison during family visits, and that inmates were also able to seize a guard’s weapon, and take others from an armoury.

The inmates launched an uprising in the prison, taking control of the facility. Two highranking police officers also reported that fighters outside the prison detonated explosives at the facility’s perimeter to aid the escape. Out of the 102 fugitives, four had been killed and 23 captured as of Friday night, according to the ministry, which also said that 16 security forces members were killed in clashes related to the incident.

Al-Qaeda affiliate the Islamic State of Iraq (ISI) said in July that it was launching a “new military campaign aimed at recovering territory”. An earlier message posted on online forums said the ISI would begin targeting judges and prosecutors, and try to help its prisoners break out. Fighters have attacked a number of heavily-guarded sites in recent months. In addition to the Tikrit prison break, targets have included a prison in Taji, police stations, a military base, the counter-terrorism directorate in Baghdad, and an entrance to Baghdad’s heavily fortified Green Zone.

Seven arrested in Hong Kong boat crash that killed 38 Hong Kong police on Tuesday arrested seven crew members from two boats in a collision that killed 38 holiday revelers, but offered no theory about how the vessels ran into each other on a clear night in one of the safest and most regulated waterways in Asia. The Monday night crash was Hong Kong’s deadliest accident in more than 15 years, and the worst maritime accident in more than 40.

Dozens of students ‘shot dead’ in Nigeria Dozens of college students have been killed by attackers in Nigeria’s northeastern town of Mubi in Adamawa state, police say. The attack occurred between 10pm on Monday and 3am on Tuesday when assailants invaded student accommodations outside the campus of the Federal Polytechnic Mubi college, said one of its students, Danjuma Aiso. A senior police official told Al Jazeera that unknown gunmen went into the campus hostels and killed at least 25 people. Local officials confirmed that the attack had taken place. Yushau Shuaib, a National Emergency Management Agency spokesperson, said that “a number of people” had died. He said it was not clear whether the attack was the work of Boko Haram, a group blamed for previous deadly assaults, or the result of a dispute between rival political groups at the university. Officials also pointed out that the attack could be related to a students’ election that was recently held at the school.

Shuaib said initial reports indicated one of the victims was a candidate in the poll. “The killers went from room to room, slaughtering them one by one,” said witness Mohammed Awal, who was not harmed in the attack.

Some were shot, others killed with machetes, he said. Police were investigating whether the killings might have been motivated by a political feud inside the college, the Reuters

news agency reported. Adamawa state police spokesman Ibrahim Muhammad said 25 men were killed: 19 students of Federal Polytechnic Mubi, three students of another college, an ex-soldier, a security guard and an elderly man. He said the student halls had been raided by police last week as part of a crackdown against Boko Haram. During the raid, police recovered weapons including a rocket propelled grenade, dozens of homemade bombs, knives and automatic assault rifles. “Boko Haram (attackers) open fire sporadically,” said Muhammad. “In this case, the attackers called their victims by name and left other people in the room alone. This is not the modus operandi of Boko Haram.” “It is the work of insiders,” Muhammad said. The college attack follows the killing Saturday of three students outside a university campus, about 170km away, in the city of Maiduguri. Ahmed Mohammed, a spokesman for the University of Maiduguri, said on Monday that the university was aware of the attack but that he could not comment since it occurred off school premises. Adamawa state, where Mubi is situated, has a mixed Muslim and Christian population and borders Borno state, where Boko Haram came to prominence in 2009, staging an uprising in the state capital, Maiduguri.

Source: Al-Jaazeera

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Explosions rock Somalia’s Kismayo Obama, Romney clash on economy in critical first debate

African Union troops have entered the southern port city of Kismayo, a former rebel stronghold, and are now in control of strategic points in the city. Residents said an explosion was heard after the troops entered the city, with al-Shabab rebels claiming responsibility for the blast, the Reuters news agency reported. The troops went in on foot, rather than in armoured personnel carriers or tanks.

The AU moved in after al-Shabab fighters withdrew on Friday, following an earlier Kenyan and Somali air, sea and ground assault. Some Somali troops reportedly moved into Kismayo on Monday from the western edge of the city, residents said.

The soldiers did not remain there overnight, however. Witnesses said that the streets of Kismayo remained largely deserted, and businesses were closed. Kenyan troops had been maintaining their positions outside the city until moving in on Tuesday. They had been occupying positions about five kilometres from the city since launching their assault on Friday. The Kenyan Defence Forces said on its Twitter feed Monday afternoon that African Union, Kenyan and Somali troops were “consolidating the gains in Kismayo and expanding out to the rest of the city”.

The Kenyan military said that civilian safety and security was a top priority. Speaking to Al Jazeera, al-Shabab commanders termed the withdrawal on Saturday a “tactical retreat” in order to avoid conflict in the streets, but said that their group had not abandoned the town, and would continue fighting for it. The rebel group said its fighters were poised to engage the allied troops once they entered the city centre, threatening to turn the streets into a “battlefield”. Members of the African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM), which totals 17,000 soldiers across the country, have been cautious about pouring into the port city from its outskirts. The Somali government had earlier said that it would not enter the city until peace negotiations with local clan leaders had been completed.

On Monday, Hassan Sheikh Mohamud, the newly

elected Somali president, praised AMISOM for forcing al-Shabab to vacate the city. “We com-

mend AMISOM and the Somali troops who have shown bravery by forcing the enemy out of the town,” a statement from the president’s office said.

The United States has also praised AMISOM on its operations to take the city. “We applaud the work of AMISOM and what they have done in helping to degrade and defeat and push al-Shabab out of Somalia’s main cities,” said Johnnie Carson, the top US diplomat for Africa, on Monday. “We believe that this will help to bring about a return to stability in Somalia, and reduce over time the terrorist threat to Somalia and neighbouring states.” Carson called Somalia “a good news story for the region”, pointing to the nation’s new constitution and newly elected parliament and president, after years of lawlessness. Kismayo was al-Shabab’s last stronghold in the country, and the taxes it levied on goods coming into the port helped to fund the rebellion against the Somali government. The African Union force is made up of Ugandan and Burundian troops, who pushed al-Shabab out of Mogadishu in August 2011, and forces from Djibouti and Kenya.

Carson said troops from Sierra Leone would arrive in Somalia on Monday and Tuesday to bolster AMISOM. Source: Al-Jazeera

Quebec judge Richard Wagner nominated to Supreme Court Quebec Court of Appeal Justice Richard R. Wagner has been nominated to the Supreme Court. “Justice Wagner’s candidacy comes following a rigorous and comprehensive evaluation process of his merit and commitment to legal excellence,” said Prime Minister Stephen Harper in a release announcing the appointment Tuesday morning. “Held in high esteem by his judicial colleagues and members of his bar association, he is an exceptional candidate with the skills and qualifications needed to serve Canadians well,” the release says. Wagner, 55, becomes the Harper government’s fifth appointment. The Montreal lawyer was appointed to the Superior Court of Quebec in 2004, and the Harper government named him to Court of Appeal of Quebec in 2011. Prior to his judicial appointment, Wagner had a commercial litigation practice focused on areas such as real estate, commercial litigation and professional liability insurance. He was also a certified mediator. His professional background includes long list of executive and professional development roles in Quebec’s legal community. Wagner’s father, Claude Wagner, was Quebec’s first justice

minister when the provincial department was created in 1965, the CBC’s Hannah Thibedeau reports. His family also has conservative roots. His father ran in the 1976 Progressive Conservative leadership race won by Joe Clark. Wagner will appear before an ad hoc committee of parliamentarians on Oct. 4 to review his nomination. Since 2006, MPs have had the opportunity to question new Supreme Court nominees before they are sworn in. Earlier in the process, a committee of five MPs served on a selection panel to review and assess a list of candidates put forward by Justice Minister Rob Nicholson. They consulted with the prime minister, Chief Justice Beverley McLachlin and Quebec’s chief justice and attorney general. Quebec’s bar association, the Canadian Bar Association and members of the public also had the opportunity for weigh in on the nomination. The retirement of former justice Marie Deschamps effective Aug. 7 created a vacancy for a Quebec justice. Deschamps was a proponent of a strong balance of women and men on Canada’s highest bench.

Source: CBC News

President Barack Obama and Republican challenger Mitt Romney clashed over taxes, deficits and how to revive the U.S. economy as they shared the stage for the first time Wednesday in a high-stakes debate with the power to reshape the race for the White House. Obama said Romney wanted to return to the policies that hurt the U.S. economy. Romney said Obama’s policies had failed and America needs a change.”Going forward with the status quo is not going to cut it for the American people who are struggling today,” Romney said. The showdown was critical for Romney, a former Massachusetts governor. With five weeks to go before the election, polls show Obama leading in the most important states in what is a state-by-state vote that decides the presidency. Still, the race remains tight and the three debates this month give Romney an opportunity to shift the momentum, taking on Obama before a television audience of tens of millions.

Wednesday’s debate might be the most important of the three, with its focus on domestic issues. The weak economy, with unemployment at 8.1 per cent, has dominated the race.

Romney was particularly aggressive, like a man looking to shake up the campaign with a little less than five weeks to run. He said that under Obama’s policies “middle-income families are being crushed.” Obama has argued that he prevented a meltdown after inheriting an economy in free fall from the Republican administration of George W. Bush. Obama accused Romney of wanting to “double down on the top-down policies” that led to the economic crash four years ago. After Romney said he would repeal and replace regulations passed after the 2008 financial crisis, Obama responded: “Does anyone think there is too much oversight and regulation of Wall Street?” If so, “Gov. Romney is your candidate.” Obama said his opponent’s plan to reduce all tax rates by 20 per cent would cost $5 trillion and benefit the wealthy at the expense of middle income taxpayers. Romney shot back: “Virtually everything he just said about my tax plan is inaccurate.” But the debate began on a friendly note. The two rivals clasped hands and smiled as they strode onto the debate stage at the University of Denver, then waved to the audience before taking their places behind identical podiums. They faced questions from moderator Jim Lehrer of PBS. There was a quick moment of laughter, when Obama referred to first lady Michelle Obama as “sweetie” and noted it was their 20th anniversary. Romney added best wishes, and said to the first couple, “I’m sure this is the most romantic place you could imagine, here with me.” Many commentators and viewers were sure to focus on the style and body language of the two candidates. Romney often comes across as stiff and distant, while Obama is seen as warmer and more empathetic with everyday Americans. Polls show that most people expect Obama to outperform him at the debate. But beyond the attention to the candidates’ mannerisms, this debate also provided a showcase for the candidates’ clear-cut difference in philosophies. Romney and fellow Republicans see the federal government as too big, taxing Americans excessively, running up deficits and hindering job creation through unnecessary regulations. Obama and his fellow Democrats see government as a potential force for good, providing the infrastructure and education needed in a dynamic economy and giving even poor Americans the opportunity to succeed. Though Election Day is more than a month away, many Americans have already started casting ballots because some states allow early voting. That puts extra pressure on Romney to come up with a showing strong enough to alter the course of the campaign. In what has become an American political tradition, both campaigns have tried to lower expectations for their candidates’ performances in the debate, lavishing praise on their rival’s debating skills. And just as inevitably, they will declare their candidate the runaway winner just as soon as the debate ends — if not sooner. Romney took part in 19 debates during the campaign for the Republican primary early in the year. Obama has not been onstage with a political opponent since his last face-to-face encounter with John McCain, his Republican rival in 2008. The next two debates are Oct. 16 in New York and Oct. 22 in Florida. Vice-President Joe Biden and Romney’s running mate, congressman Paul Ryan, have one debate, Oct. 11 in Kentucky.

Source: CBC News

About 75,000 Rohingyas in Myanmar camps: Refugee International Up to 75,000 Muslim Rohingyas are housed in temporary camps under poor conditions, four months after violence broke out between Buddhist and Muslim communities in western Myanmar’s Rakhine state, Refugees International said Saturday. “There are somewhere between 65,000 to 75,000 Rohingyas living in camps in Sittwe,” said Sarnata Reynolds, programme manager for statelessness at the advocacy group for refugee rights.

Although the camps in the state capital, located 500 kilometres north-west of Yangon, are receiving humanitarian aid from the United Nations and Medicines Sans Fron-

tiers, sanitary and health conditions were bleak, it said. “We went to a school that has 1,800 living in it in one big room with two latrines and no showers,” Ms. Reynolds said. “There is acute malnutrition and some cases of tuberculosis.” A Refugees International team was permitted last week to visit eight camps for Rohingya refugees in Sittwe. The refugees have been living in the camps since mid-June when communal fighting in Sittwe forced the vast majority of the Muslim Rohingya population to flee.

Out of the 12 Rohingya neighbourhoods previously in Sittwe, one remained. Its estimated 8,000 residents have been barricaded

into the neighbourhood. “This community was able to defend themselves during the violence, but now they are restricted to their neighbourhood,” Ms. Reynolds said.

“If they leave, they face attack or arrest.”

An informal system of traders is providing the community with food, she said. Refugees International called on the Myanmar government to take steps towards bringing the Rohingya displaced by the violence back to Sittwe and in the long term to provide citizenship for the Muslim minority group. The Rohingya, who number about 800,000 in the three northernmost Rakine townships, have been legally discriminated

against in Myanmar for decades. Their statelessness dates to the 1982 Citizen Law, which identified 135 ethnic minority groups in Myanmar. It excluded the Rohingya and stipulated that people of Indian and Chinese descent who could not prove their ancestry predated the 1824-1948 colonial period were not entitled to citizenship. The plight of the Rohingya came to world attention with the June clashes, which left at least 89 dead and about 90,000 displaced.

About 3,000 Buddhist Rakhine were also displaced by the violence and they also continue to live in temporary camps, Ms. Reynolds said. Source: The Hindu

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PLEADING FOR VIABLE PEACE

Under the leadership of Imran Khan, the PTI (Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf) is all set to go for “peace march” to South Waziristan, where a vast majority of the vulnerable tribal communities live under constant threat to their lives and properties.

Beyond doubt, the region is infested with a minority of dangerous extremists/militants, drug lords, war lords and what not, yet the drone strikes are known to keep killing the rogues along with the innocent civilians due to lack of appropriate precautionary measures for no fault of the adversely affected ones indeed. The extremists in turn take revenge from the public anywhere throughout the country. Since the drone attacks are counterproductive and are giving rise to radicalization instead, PTI is proceeding with the bold step to familiarize the international community through raising this ignored issue.

Imran Khan said on channel 4, “We reject claims suggesting that drone strikes are highly precise and effective. If they were to be believed, why is the media not allowed to verify these claims?”

But, the sad part is when the government reacts just with lip service and nothing beyond.

The region of Waziristan have two parts North and South with quite distinct characteristics, though both tribes are subgroups of the Wazir Tribe. Shaukat Khanum (Khan’s mother), belonged to the Burki tribe of Kaniguram in South Waziristan.

Although dangerous outlaws live in the area, yet Taliban presence in the region is seen as the greatest threat by the international community.

Despite the security concerns, the PTI is

bold enough to go ahead as planned - hoping a presence of Pak soldiers in the area will help the rally run smoothly.

Over 100,000 people including women will be participating in the rally just to open “international eyes” to make the hidden truth visible. Unfortunately, the people from North Waziristan most likely will face trouble attending the Rally due to strict rules imposed by the Army deployed in the area.

Moreover, PTI condemns government act of making it difficult for the international media to come to Pakistan for a cause which is in the interest of Pakistan.

Amazingly, a civil society delegation from the USA with 30 Members has already arrived in Islamabad to participate in the PTI peace rally on October 7 to protest against drone strikes despite a travel advisory for Pakistan issued by the US State Department. The visiting delegation along with the parents of U.S. Army soldiers is keen to march with PTI to South Waziristan (The Nation). Former US army Colonel/ex Ambassador Anne Wright heads the delegation.

Wright had resigned from the Army when U.S. started its war against Iraq in 2003.

Being an anti-war activist and a member of the U.S. civil society organisation, she works for global peace and maintains that drone attacks are against principles of human rights. Her focus is to register her protest against the drone-attacks through rallying.

Her message to the people of Pakistan: “We came from US for this historic march against drone attacks. We also went the places in US from where the drones are operated and we registered our protest. We

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are also protesting US war policies and we are telling you that US people are also against these attacks. We want to say to you that we Americans are protesting against US government and we request you to raise protest against your government.”

Mr. Khan accused the government for not issuing visas to foreign journalists and human rights activists who were willing to attend the rally. We want the world to see how counter-productive these strikes really are while fighting terrorism, rather they caused more radicalisation.

Sadly, the people of Waziristan are displaced, infrastructure has been destroyed, and all economic activity is almost paralysed.

On the contrary, the US officials call drones the ‘most precise system’ in their arsenal, yet the identities of the victims remain undisclosed; also the elimination of terrorists becomes questionable for want of evidence.

“The Bureau of Investigative Journalism has recorded at least 2570 deaths since 2004 in 346 drone strikes.” (Rob CrillyTelegraph’s Pakistan Correspondent). There are 32 drone strikes so far in 2012 on FATA (Federally Administered Tribal Areas).

But a total of 340 drone strikes have killed more than 800 civilians and have caused around 3,300 casualties more or less, how many were militants? (No confirmed data available).

For the International coverage, foreign media and the international human right activists must be facilitated to report the ground reality & spread the credible information worldwide.

At the moment, It’s government’s responsibility to provide security to the media

personnel, so that the scheduled “peace march” receives its due coverage.

Since the visiting delegation plans to present a petition already signed by thousands of US citizens condemning drone attacks, a wider gap between the Americans and the Pakistanis would be narrowed to a great extent.

Hopefully, the peace rally would give a strong message to the world that Waziristan people are in fact peaceful and anti militancy.

Encouraging for the concerned ones is - Imran Khan always favours ‘dialogue process’ for the collective good of all.

In fact, drone strikes appear to be backfiring, as the extremism and militancy is on the rise. Furthermore, weeding out a minority of suspected militants doesn’t mean a licence to kill collaterally under any excuse or circumstance.

And, being an ally for war on terror, Pakistan has already sacrificed 34000 of its innocent citizens, 4000 soldiers and damaged its economy to the tune of $68 billion, yet militancy has gotten worse, therefore, now a non military solution is the best option.

Most importantly, a “negotiated settlement” must be given a free hand.

Last of all, not only the “peace rally” is a great move to help out the people of Waziristan, but it will be a mile stone for peace in the region.

Waan laysa lil insani illa ma’ sa’aa That man can have nothing but what he strives for.

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“Defamation, & Horrific Blaspheme Mocking The Universal Prophet Of God”.

By: Gulshan Aalani, Vancouver The Universal Messenger Muhammad (SAWS), is the final ‘Guide’, Mercy to mankind, and one of the saviors of mankind.

It is shameful and one of the greatest tragedies to make hateful blasphemous, derogatory statements against the true final Messenger of GOD. Whose appointment as a Universal Messenger is proven in many ways through the Divine Revelation Quran the final closing Revelation and a last warning for Mankind.

Quran: A perspicuous Book, Beacon of Light, includes Divine Revelations of the past, all in one, and its authenticity proven by Scientific verses and the following: 2: 136: “Say ye: “We believe in GOD and the revelation given to us and to Abraham, Ismail, Isaac, Jacob, and the tribes and that given to all Prophets from their Lord. We make no difference between one and another of them and we bow to GOD in Islam”.

3:3: “…It is HE who sent down to thee in truth the Book (Quran), confirming what went before it, and HE sent down the law (of Moses) and the Gospel of Jesus before this, as a guide to mankind and HE sent down the Criterion of judgment….”

21: 48: “In the past WE granted to Moses and Aaron the Criterion for judgment and Light and a Message for those who would do right…”

5. 50 and this (Quran) is a blessed message which WE have sent down: will ye then reject it? 47, 87:- WE (GOD) gave Moses the book and ….with succession of messengers; WE gave Jesus the son of Mary clear signs and strengthened him with Our Holy Spirit..”

42: 13: “The same religion has HE established for you as that which HE enjoined on Noah which WE have by inspiration to thee and that which WE enjoined on Abraham, Moses and Jesus”.

The above authentic messages from AllahCreator-GOD delivered word to word by HIS Messenger Muhammad (SAWS) who was officially appointed by GOD (Rabb), the GOD of Prophets Adam (AS), Isaac (AS), IsraelJacob (AS), Jonah (AS), John the Baptist, Moses (AS), and Messiah Jesus (AS) who has confirmed his advent in the Bible.

Sadly, throughout the history since Biblical time the anti-GOD, the infidels hated true Prophets of GOD and made many attempts to Murder them (Quran 36:30), but loved the false Prophets and human-gods.

Sadly, such hateful provocation by such antiGOD, anti-Prophets, whose aim is to create physical and mental devastating destruction, chaos and havoc all over the world: their bad behavior shows the lack of respect of others, and void of Social etiquette, which cannot be obtained by just the academic education but

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Thus, the abusers of Divine, misusing the Media and Charter of rights are the menace to the Society, their dangerous evil unethical action is more hurtful than the destroying of the properties, and considered one of the greatest ‘Sins’, and a Criminal activity in the Spiritual world as well as in this world. Without knowing HIM one’s mind soul and body gets contaminated with the devilish thoughts.

Evidently, everybody loves the democracy, and freedom of speech, but when it is turned into the dirty democracy, and filthy freedom that is the ‘Sign’ of evil spirit-Dajjal-antiChrist on loose leading mankind to the path of Hell.

Though, the retaliation in the most destructive manners by Muslims is also made haraam/forbidden by the Messenger (SAWS) who preached and practiced patience, yet was beaten by the pagans but he never raised a finger at them but showed mercy and kindness; advising Muslims to control anger, in the time of adversity, not to harm the innocents, and to guard their properties, and declaring: “you are all ‘One community’, also proven Scientifically: we are intertwined like the colorful Olympic Rings: all the Muslims consists of Jews, Christians, Bani Israel/12 tribes of Prophet Israel-Jacob (AS), Hindus,

Arabs, Quraysh, Aryans, Assyrians, etc. They only changed their religion but not their tribes, Genes and DNA, and so the hatred of each other is illegal, which doesn’t mean we should allow the bullies and war mongers to get away but deal with them legally, as we have no right to attack any innocents or any countries, even if they possess the Nukes.

The true Believers would not fear the Nukes but fear GOD only, and not undermine HIS power, Who is capable of destroying HIS enemies with a flick of a finger, which is proven repeatedly by the true events of Prophets Salih (AS), Lot (AS) Shuhaib (AS), Noah (AS), Hud (AS) Abraham (AS), notorious King Pharaoh the rebellious one: Quran: 7:73, 76;80, 83, 85,88, 94, 95/ 6:89/29: 39,40.

Mankind must accept HIS decision, follow HIS constitutional law and HIS Prophet’s teaching, follow his Sunnah/practical life, to live together with respect, he didn’t separate

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How the Prophet relates to your challenges

By: Reehab Ramadan Many times we may fall into thinking that Allah doesn’t love us because of the trials that we are put through, but as a mercy, Allah has sent us an example that we can emulate and an opportunity for us to relate to the Prophet on many different levels through our trials. As we go through the life of the Prophet and see the many hardships he endured we can begin to connect to him on a more personal level. We can see that he was human: when cut he would bleed, when put in difficult situations he would feel emotional pain - but regardless, he continued to strive in the way of Allah and kept his eye on the ultimate goal, pleasing Allah and entering Jannah.

The Prophet’s life began with a hefty trial.

He entered into the world as an orphan.

Not only is this hard in the general sense being that the lack of a father could affect his confidence and would undoubtedly effect the way he lived, but it was even more difficult because of the culture he was born into. He entered into a culture where lineage meant everything and orphans were dishonored. For anyone who started off life in a manner that was culturally unacceptable - be it a disability or a lineage issue - take comfort in the fact that our beloved endured the same tribulations as you, and he overcame it by the will of Allah.

Without a father, our Prophet only had his mother cling to. When he developed an emotional connection to her, and was old enough to remember his mother clearly, he then lost her to death as well. Imagine the emotional pain he must have felt - having already grown up without ever having contact with his own father, his mother was now gone as well. But he persevered

and carried on with life. The other strong parental connection he made was with his grandfather. His grandfather loved him dearly and Prophet Mohammed looked to him as a father figure. However, not long after his mother’s death, his grandfather passed away as well.

Have you ever lost a parent or even both parents? The Prophet could relate.

Prophet Mohamed continued to resiliently carry on. After the death of his grandfather, he went to live with uncle Abu Taalib and built a strong relationship with him that would be a vital aid to him in his years of calling to Islam.

When the Prophet received the message and began to preach, he was faced with another great trial. He was ridiculed, taunted, and accused of being a mad man by many of his community members. These were people whom he once happily interacted with, shared joyous moments with, and simply lived life with.

Have you ever lost a child or been given the news that you will not be able to have children? The Prophet could relate.

At the time of the Prophet , having male children was seen to be essential. Having daughters was a waste of money and sometimes even a shame. Men disliked it so much that they would take their young daughters and bury them alive, hoping that the next child their wife would bear would be a son. In the midst of all this, the Prophet had no sons that lived passed childhood.

His community had no sympathy towards him and would call him Abtaar (cut off).

Imagine having lost a son who meant the world to you and not only having to put up with the internal grief of the loss, but also

the community stigma and hurtful words.

But still, he remained steadfast.

Have you, or someone you are close to, ever been accused of something you did not do? Has your name been blotched by false rumors and untruthful tongues? The Prophet could relate.

While the Prophet was married to our Mother, Aisha , a heart-shaking occurrence took place. A man whom the father of Aisha supported and helped on a regular basis accused our beloved mother of a great sin and a great shame. Imagine, one of the most beloved people to you is accused of being unfaithful. Rumors spread about her, feelings were hurt, and hearts were shattered. Eventually her innocence was proven by a direct revelation from Allah, the most high, and her honor restored.

Have you had someone that you loved deeply return to Allah without having accepted the Message of Islam, no matter how hard you tried to convince them? The Prophet could relate.

Another great sadness in the life of the Prophet Mohammed was the death of his beloved Uncle. It was not just the death of the Prophet’s uncle that was saddening, but the fact that this man that was so close to the Prophet , passed away without accepting Islam and turning to Allah in full submission. The Prophet tried hard to get him to accept Islam, but his pride and attachment to his forefather’s religion did not allow him to utter the words of acceptance before he returned to Allah.

Have you ever been turned away from those whom you love while only trying to benefit them? The Prophet could relate.

Humiliation, kicking out, physical hurt, verbal taunts, and so many other pains

Narrated ‘Abdullah bin Abbas : Al-Fadl (his brother) was riding behind Allah’s Apostle and a woman from the tribe of Khath’am came and Al-Fadl started looking at her and she started looking at him. The Prophet turned Al-Fadl’s face to the other side. The woman said, “O Allah’s Apostle! The obligation of Hajj enjoined by Allah on His devotees has become due on my father and he is old and weak, and he cannot sit firm on the Mount; may I perform Hajj on his behalf?” The Prophet replied, “Yes, you may.”

That happened during the Hajj-al-Wida (of the Prophet ).

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were inflicted upon the Prophet throughout his life, making him a person we can relate to in almost every trial of our life. The above are just glimpses of the pains he felt in his life, yet he was always content, always at peace. His peace was internal, and bestowed upon him by As-Salam, the One who is peace and He who bestows peace.

Often times we think, ‘I’ve been through so much - no one understands, no one can help me.’ Think again. The Prophet went through so much in his life and continued to hold strong. He can relate to the pain and the heartbreak you are going through, he knew where to turn for help. He turned to Allah the most high. Take comfort in the fact that the Prophet can relate to you.

Follow his lead and turn to the only One who can bring everlasting peace, and have faith in the fact that this alone will relieve your pain.

Source: SuhaibWebb - Reehab Ramadan

Public Announcement New Masjid Opening Soon in North Vancouver Masjid Ar-Rahman and Islamic Center

Opening Nov 2012 InshaAllah 1398 W. 15th Ave. North Vancouver http://northvancouverislamicassociation.com Temporary Jumuah Location Jaycee House, 1251 Lillooet, North Vancouver Sisters are welcome

Inna Lillahi wa Inna Ilaihi Rajioun May this message find you in the best of health and true Islamic Spirit by the Grace of Almighty Allah (S.W.T.).

International Muballigh Colonel Nawab Syed Mohammed Amiruddin, father of Imam Syed Akram Abbas, Syed Zainul Abeddin and Syed Riazuddin (RCIC iCan helpImmigration), at the age of 98 years passed away in Toronto on September 17th . Colonel Sahib was a formidable force, in propagating Islam in the Global Village with his entire personal wealth, a legend in Islam and one of the greatest men who lived in the 20th Century.

Syed Amiruddin basically left this planet with teaching and instilling the process of contemplation resulting in the certitude of the divine to a global platform.

Miracle Media offers its deep condolences to his family .We pray to Almighty Allah(SWT) for his mercy, to forgive all his sins and reward him with the best place in paradise and to give patience to the families.

(Ameen)

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Politician Fundraising Dinners in Town MP Jinny Sims (Newton -North Delta) MLA Sue Hammel(Surrey-GreenTimber)

On Sep 21, Newton-North Delta NDP MP Jinny Sims organized a successful fundraiser in Surrey’s Bombay Banquet Hall. In attendance were many NDP MLA’s and candidates in BC.

On Sep 22, Surrey-Green Timbers NDP and its MLA Sue Hammel organized “New Democrats Got Talent,” a talent showcase and dinner featuring talent from within the NDP in Surrey’s Viceroy Banquet Hall.

2nd Annual Community Services Expo On Sep 22, Jasbir Sandhu, MP hosted the 2nd Annual Community Services Expo at the Surrey City Centre Library. Community and government organizations came together for this great, community building event. This was a chance to meet the organizations that are here in Surrey to help you, and to learn how you can make the most of the services they provide.

“The Community Services Expo brings Surrey’s wonderful community and government service providers together, and allows people an opportunity to learn about the services that are here to help them,” said Sandhu. “Community building is about connecting, and this event is a great opportunity for people and organizations to connect.”

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MLA Brar receives Terry Biggar Award

Surrey-Fleetwood MLA Jagrup Brar received “The Terry Biggar Award” from Corrine Atwood, ED of the BC Bottle Depot Association recently.

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Thousands Turn Out to Celebrate Surrey’s Inaugural Marathon

By Laura Ballance, Media Relations On Sep 30, More than 2,000 runners and walkers laced up for the inaugural Surrey International World Music Marathon, presented by Central City. The event, celebrating the cultural diversity of Canada’s fastest growing city, also drew a crowd of thousands who lined the streets of Surrey to cheer on participants in a range of categories for every athletic ability.

Along with the Boston-qualifying Full Marathon and Run Inn Half Marathon, participants came out for the Prospera Credit Union Relay Race, Mayor’s 5K Run/ Walk, and Century Group Kids Fun Run, which provided fun activities along a 1K course.

“We’re thrilled with the results of this first-time event,” says Marathon Chair Elizabeth Model. “It’s been our vision for more than two years to welcome the world to Surrey and provide an event that really is about inclusivity and the celebration of our diversity. We’re looking forward to growing the Surrey Marathon into one of the best in North America in the years to come.”

The Surrey Marathon was proud to welcome Fauja Singh as a participant in the Mayor’s 5K Run/Walk, along with Surrey Mayor Dianne Watts and a number of Surrey City Councillors. At 101 years old, Mr. Singh is the World’s Oldest Marathoner.

In addition to the running competition, the Surrey International World Music Marathon celebrated Surrey’s diverse background during its ‘culture miles.’

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New Businesses Opens in Town

On Sept 23 After a great success in Surrey, the Mr.& Mrs. Farooq Qayum and they are very conAfghan Chopan Restaurant opened its second fident to serve the Muslim community with Halal location @ Road 3; Richmond opposite Richmond delicious Food.

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On Sept 30, after great experience in Carpets & Cabinet businesses, Mr. Basharat Ali Sidhu and Mr. Zahid Ahmad opened Gateway Carpet Ltd @ 7925-128th St, in Surrey. At this opening Qari Abdul Wahab made a special Duaa for the success of their business.

Mamta Foundation holds successful food drive at Save-on Foods On Sept 23 The Mamta Foudation of Canada did a great job with the help of the team efforts of its volunteers.They started the food collection at the entrance of Save on Foods at Nordel way, Surrey and within few hours they got a very good response from the shopers of Save On Foods. They will distribute all this perishable food stuff among the needy people of the town. The Miracle highly appreciates this great effort for a great cause.

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Country Profile: Republic of FIJI (Matanitu ko Viti) The Fijian government has set aside 100,000 Fiji dollars ($57,000) to host a grand Fiji Day celebration on Oct 10, 2012, marking 42 years since independence in a move to unite the nation.

Celebrating 42 years of independence on Oct 10, 2012 Capital Suva: (Largest city) Official language: English, Bau Fijian, and Hindi Demonym :Fiji Islander, Fijian Government: Military-appointed and Parliamentary Republic Anthem: God Bless Fiji President: Epeli Nailatikau Prime Minister: Frank Bainimarama Paramount Chief of Fiji: Queen Elizabeth I Independence: October 10, 1970 Area Total 18,274 km2 (155th) Water (%) negligible Population 2009 estimate 849,000 (156th) Density 46.4/km2 (148th) GDP (PPP) 2011 estimate Total $4.133 billion Per capita $4,620.00 HDI (2010) 0.669 (86th) Currency Fijian Dollar (FJD) Time zone +11 (UTC+12) Summer (DST) (UTC+13) Calling code 679 Fiji, officially known as the Republic of Fiji Islands, is an island nation in Melanesia in the South Pacific Ocean about 2000 km northeast of New Zealand’s North Island.

Its more immediate neighbours are Vanuatu to the west, France’s New Caledonia to the southwest, New Zealand’s

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Kermadec to the southeast, Tonga to the east, the Samoas and France’s Wallis and Futuna to the northeast and Tuvalu to the north. Fiji has had inhabitants since the second millennium B.C. In the 17th and 18th centuries, the Dutch and the British explored Fiji. Fiji was a British colony up until 1970; British occupation las ted almost a century. Because of the abundance of forest, mineral, and fish resources, Fiji is one of the most developed economies in the Pacific island realm. Today, the main sources of foreign exchange are its tourist industry and sugar exports. The country’s currency is the Fijian dollar.

The majority of Fiji’s islands were formed through volcanic activity started around 150 million years ago. Today, some geothermal activity still occurs on the islands of Vanua Levu and Taveun. Fiji comprises an archipelago of more than 332 islands, of which 110 are permanently inhabited, and more than 500 islets, amounting to a total land area of ca. 18,300 km2. The two major islands, Viti Levu and Vanua Levu, account for 87% of the population of almost 850,000. The former contains Suva, the capital and biggest city. Most of Fijians live on Viti Levu’s coasts, either in Suva or in smaller urban centers. Viti Levu’s interior is sparsely inhabited due to its terrain.

Fiji has a local government system where city and town councils fall under the general supervision of the Ministry of Local Government and Urban Development. President Ratu Epeli Nailatikau became Fiji’s president, after a high court ruled that the military leadership was unlawfully appointed after a 2006 coup. During World War II, the United Kingdom allowed for many thousands of Fijians to volunteer to aid in Allies’ efforts via their attachment to the New Zealand and Australian army units. The Republic of Fiji Military Forces (RFMF), comprising of land and naval units defend and protect Fiji.

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heads of state of Fiji - Ratu Epeli Nailatikau

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Volume 12 Issue 320 Dhul Qidah 19, 1433 AH / October 5, 2012

October is Small Business Month in B.C

By Naomi Yamamoto Minister of State for Small Business VICTORIA - Did you know that in B.C., more than one million people are employed by small businesses? Or that 98 per cent of all businesses in B.C. are small businesses?

Small business is big business in B.C.!

Premier Christy Clark understands just how vital small business is to the economic engine of B.C., and that is why she has made small business a priority by creating my new portfolio. This will allow all of government to focus specifically on the issues and concerns that affect business owners and their communities.

This October, I want everyone to recognize small businesses, as well as their owners and employees, throughout B.C. Owning and operating your own business is no easy task. It’s work that requires immense courage, imagination, dedication and drive.

You work long hours and invest everything you’ve got into making your business a success.

I am constantly amazed by the wonderful things that B.C.’s small-business owners are doing in their communities. Even if you don’t own your own business, or aren’t employed by a small business, those businesses support your communities every day.

B.C.’s small-business owners also understand the need to be fiscally disciplined and why having a balanced budget is so important. As one columnist recently noted, “... when it comes to understanding the importance of jobs and fiscal discipline,

and providing for one’s family, there is no sector that understands it better than BC’s small business sector.”

I understand the life of a small-business owner, as I ran my own business for 21 years. I also worked with other businesses in my community, with the BC Chamber of Commerce and the North Vancouver Chamber. As the Minister of State for Small Business, I will work every day to make it easier for small-business owners to do business in B.C. Sometimes what’s most challenging for business owners is getting things up and running. In B.C., we are blessed to have so many creative and talented people and often times their new and innovative ideas need financial support to get off the ground. We want to encourage more angel investors.

As part of the BC Jobs Plan, our government is providing a $3-million increase to B.C.’s successful Small Business Venture Capital Program tax credit, targeted to direct investments in new businesses. This program encourages angel investors to invest their own capital directly into eligible, local, small business and offer strategic expertise. We currently support this program with up to $100 million annually.

I hear one thing time and time again from our business community: time spent filling out forms is time away from improving and growing their businesses. B.C. is leading the country in the fight against red tape.

We’ve reduced regulatory requirements by

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By Kazim Jafary Besides homebuyers who need first mortgage to buy a home there is another type of players in the mortgage market, those who are homeowners and go for a second mortgage to benefit from the equity in their homes which they already own. They are smart people, they know there is a financial product available in the market specifically designed for them called HELOC and they can easily benefit from it in a number of ways.

Home Equity Line of Credit - HELOC (pronounced as he-lock) is a form of second mortgage and is essentially a revolving line of credit secured against one’s home.

It allows a homeowner to use the equity in their home as security for borrowing money. To put it another way, a HELOC is a mortgage loan that lets the borrower take multiple advances of the loan proceeds at his or her own discretion, up to the lender’s stipulated maximum loan-to-value. Borrower only pays interest on the money he uses. Most lending institutions provide a home equity loan or home equity line of credit as an option to homeowners who are looking to borrow funds. The value of the loan is a predetermined percentage say up to 80% of the property value minus the outstanding balance of existing mortgage. For example, the appraised value of a home is $480,000 and the lender allows 80% loanto-value and the outstanding balance of existing mortgage is $344,000. While 80% of $480,000 is $384,000 but the owner would get $40,000 in HELOC ($384,000 minus $344,000).

It is a smart tool if used intelligently.

Homeowners are able to extract cash from

over 42 per cent since 2001 - that’s more than 150,000 regulatory requirements off

Federation of Independent Business and their SmallBiz Saturday event on Oct. 20. I

the books! And we’ve committed to holding the line right through to 2015.

We also continue to support BizPaL - now in 112 communities - in addition to the expansion of the Mobile Business Licence.

But we know that there are more things we need to do to help the close to 400,000 small businesses operating in B.C. That’s why it’s important to hear from owners about what’s working and what needs improvement. As co-chair of the Small Business Roundtable, I will be consulting with business communities throughout the province. I’m confident that by working together, we will be able to create the most business-friendly environment in the country.

I also want to recognize the Canadian

encourage all British Columbians to get out and support your local small businesses.

They are vital to the health and growth of your city or town, and B.C. would not be the same without our small-business owners.

This month I will be out in communities throughout the province, meeting with small-business owners and their employees to celebrate their successes and listen to their concerns. I hope to see many of you during Small Business Month in B.C. Thank you to the small business community. You are not only owners of businesses, but moms, dads, coaches and volunteers who are the heart and soul of B.C. Connect with the Province of B.C. at: www.gov.bc.ca/connect

ating investments, small businesses or debt consolidation. However, lenders can still provide a 15% amortizing mortgage on top

homeowners who have been planning to get a HELOC for whatever reason to act fast and benefit from still available incredibly low interest rates and quite high loanto-value up to 80%. Remember, it wouldn’t take long for these local lenders to follow suit and bring down the maximum limit to 65%.

Useful Terms Equity. The difference between a property’s appraised value or purchase price and the debt incurred to purchase the property is the owner’s equity in the property. For example, a home is purchased at a price of $500,000 with a down payment of 20% and the owner borrowed $400,000 as mortgage loan. So in this case the owner’s equity in home is $100,000.

Debt Consolidation. The act of taking out one big loan to pay off many other small loans. It’s a prudent way to secure a lower interest rate, secure a fixed interest rate or simply avail the convenience of servicing only one loan instead of many. Getting a single HELOC to pay off staggering balances on three, four or five credit cards is an example of debt consolidation.

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the value of their home. Though the interest rate charged may be higher than interest rate of first mortgage, it will typically be less than the interest rate charged on other types of loan (like credit cards) because it is secured. Having information of all the financial options available in the market is the first step towards reliable financial control and peace of mind. One of the many functions a mortgage broker performs is to provide information and education. Thus, with the help of sound advice of a financial professional such as a mortgage broker, many homeowners can use this option to of a HELOC, for 80% loan-to-value total. consolidate other debts at a lower interest According to OSFI the existing HELOCs rate and save a lot of money. But to avail it, are not affected, but future offerings are one has to be aware of it. Another attracsubject to the new limit of 65%. tive benefit is that if a HELOC is used to Some of the federally-regulated lendpurchase an investment the interest cost ers have already implemented the new may be tax deductible. guideline and now they only allow 65% The maximum loan-to-value of a HELOC loan-to-value. But a window of opportunity in Canada typically used to be 80% of still exists, there are many local lenders a property’s value. However, amongst like credit unions which do not fall within the much talked about recent changes to the purview of federal government so they mortgage rules which directly affected still offer 80% LTV HELOC with attractive homebuyers, there has been another salient low interest rates. It is high time for those change regarding HELOCs which affected homeowners. Based on this new rule, now the maximum loanto-value (LTV) allowed by the federal government on a HELOC has dropped to 65% from previously allowed 80%. This new Looking for a life partner rule applies to federally-regulated 33 years old Suuni Muslim Man, 5’-9 inch height, good financial institutions like famous looking, Bachelor in Accounting, family residing in Calgary, national banks. These lenders fall works as a Project Cost Specialist in Oil & Gas Industry in under OSFI, Office of the Superintendent of Financial Institutions Calgary, looking for his Bride 25-30 years old girl who is Canada, and they have until the willing to move to Alberta. end of this year to comply with Contact: Miracle Marriage Bureau, Email: naseer@telus.net this new rule.

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Volume 12 Issue 320 Dhul Qidah 19, 1433 AH / October 5, 2012

THAT DEFINING MOMENT: ON ANTI-MUSLIM FILMS, CARTOONS AND MY GAZA NEIGHBOR

By: Ramzy Baroud A neighbor of mine, of many years ago from a Gaza refugee camp, was a sacrilegious person par excellence. Unemployed like most inhabitants of the camp, he was extremely poor. His family responsibilities were daunting, yet prolonged Israeli military curfews made it impossible for him to find a job, let alone venture outside his miserable one-bedroom house to puff on cheap brand cigarettes, which he often borrowed from some other neighbor.

When life pushed Ghassan beyond his ability to cope, he would go to his house’ courtyard and begin to shout, shrieking most imaginative profanities against everything sacred. His howls would often end with muffled cries and tears, especially once he realized that he had crossed every sacred line there was to cross, including those pertaining to God, the Prophets (no one in specific) and all the holy books.

But when Israeli soldiers dragged Ghassan out of his house and ordered him to curse at Allah and to insult the Prophet Mohammed - otherwise they would have beaten him senseless - he obstinately refused. It’s not that the man would not compromise, for he had already walked on all fours, barked like a dog and spit grudgingly at a poster of Yasser Arafat. But Allah and the Prophet is where he drew the line. Ghassan retold the story many times, even long after the scars on his face healed, and his broken arm was once again useful. And in no time, he resumed his regular blasphemy whenever life pushed him passed that dreadful, breaking point.

During military curfews, Israeli soldiers often got bored. When all refugees were locked in, and no stone-throwing kids taunted them in the camp’s small alleys, the soldiers would break down a few rickety doors and entertain themselves by humiliating helpless refugees. The practice was

widespread and recurring. Men and boys would often comply with all sorts of requests, but many remained steadfast when the soldiers’ demands reached God and the Prophet. Many bones were broken that way, too many to count.

Spiritual, religious figures and symbols often represent the last hope to which poor, humiliated and disenfranchised people cling onto with absolute ferocity, for that hope is their last line of defense. Without it, all is lost.

Palestine has often served as a microcosm for a larger ailment, which many Muslims see as the lowest point of their collective humiliation that spans generations. Although Muslim solidarity with Palestinians is often wrapped up in religious symbols and slogans, in reality it is the degradation of the individual (as a representation of the Ummah - the nation) that troubles them most.

Palestine, however, is no longer the only low point. In the last two decades, other Muslim nations joined a growing list: Afghanistan, Iraq, Yemen, Sudan, Somalia, Libya and so on.

Insulting Islamic symbols often represents that breaking point for many Muslims. The phenomenon is too obvious to miss. Long before Salman Rushdie’s ‘Satanic Verses’ became a cause among western governments and intellectuals, supposedly so keen on shielding ‘freedom of speech’ from the hordes of vengeful Muslims: Offending Muslims somehow managed to survive all phases of political correctness that western countries experienced in recent decades.

It was hardly surprising that the latest antiIslam video - The Innocence of Muslims - was directed by a pornographer, promoted by rightwing hatemongers, and championed by the very self-righteous ‘intellectual’ elements that hailed every American military adventure in Muslim countries.

Those who are using the film, and the much violence and anger it generated, to preach ‘freedom of expression’ and such, are either willfully ignorant or know nothing of the political context behind all of this.

Similarly, it was not the single act of the Danish newspaper Jyllands-Posten publishing of the offensive Mohammed’s cartoons in 2005, nor Pastor Terry Jones’ burning of the Holy Quran antics in 2010 that enraged many Muslims. It was the identity of the perpetrators - as western, American - that placed the insults in an already unbearable political context: The sexual and physical abuse of Iraqi prisoners in Abu Ghraib, the insanity of Bagram prison in Afghanistan, the torture and unlawful imprisonment of Muslim detainees in Guantanamo, the millions of dead, maimed and displaced and a thousand more such examples.

Those who insist on placing ‘Muslim rage’ (the cover story of a recent Newsweek edition) within some futile discussion over freedom of speech are only confusing the issue. Offensive cartoons targeting Prophet Mohammed were published in numerous countries including newspapers in Africa, South America and even some Arab countries. There was no uproar. South Africa’s Mail and Guardian is notorious for attempting to add fuel to the fire, desperate for international attention. In 2010, shortly before the World Cup, cartoonist Jonathan Shapiro hoped to break away into international stardom with an offensive cartoon in the same newspaper, to no avail. Only local Muslim communities reacted, and the issue was more or less forgotten. Why?

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Letter : Continued from pg 7 different colors, or nationalities except the evil ways: the beautiful colorful Roses and hurtful Thorns are growing together, belong together yet most loved Roses are spreading the most exotic fragrance, which was the fragrance of Prophet, yet to be recognized by all.

No doubt we are in an era of Dajjal-AntiChrist-anti-Islam as Prophesized, and worst to come, due to the ignorance of GOD, and increase in satanic people like Salman Rushdie an author of satanic verses, Charlie of French Magazine etc.

Although, such are in minority harmful to society, the majority are the good GOD fearing people, like anti-war groups, M. A.W.O, Archbishop Tutu, former U.S. president

Carter, the Jewish, Christians and human rights activists etc.

Quran 5: 9, 59: “O ye who believe! Stand up firmly for GOD as witnesses to fair dealing, and let not the hatred of others to you make you swerve to wrong and depart from Justice”. “As to those who turn (for friendship) to GOD, HIS Messenger and the fellowship of Believers, it is the fellowship of GOD that must certainly triumph”. However, to avoid future devastating blaspheme and backlash, the blaspheme law (like anti-Semitic law) should be established all over the world, or follow the footsteps of Duchess Kate and get injunction in future.

Salaam/Peace

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Is it because Muslims are more tolerant to freedom of speech in Chile, Estonia and Peru, than the US, Denmark and France?

Or is it because the former are involved in no wars that continue to humiliate Muslims, pushing them to the brink like my old Gaza neighbor?

Just as the protests were building momentum, a NATO airstrike on September 16 killed eight women in the Afghani province of Laghman. Thousands of angry Afghans, helpless before the recurring lethal strikes, roamed the streets in tears chanting anti-US slogans, burning US flags and more. Their ‘rage’ over the film was accentuated by the deadly strike. Few in mainstream media even bothered to link both events, as if the intention is simply to maintain that Muslims are irrational and that their misguided logic is deserving of no consideration whatsoever.

When I saw Pakistani, Afghani, Yemeni, Lebanese and other protesters rallying against the constant provocation emanating from western countries, I couldn’t help but think of Ghassan. Demanding Muslims to become more ‘tolerant’ as their most sacred symbols are being desecrated, while the smoke of NATO bombs continues to fill the Afghani-Pakistani horizon, is not much different than demanding an unemployed, broken and despairing man to sit on all fours, bark like a dog and repeat slurs targeting Prophet Mohammed. As irreverent to religion as Ghassan was, that moment defined his very humanity. He refused to obey the soldiers, and the beating commenced.

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DESECRATION OF ISLAM AND THE PROPHET MUHAMMAD (PBUH) IS THE BLATANT VIOLATION OF THE ELEMENTARY HUMAN STANDARDS

By: C.R. Khan In the complete disregard of the rudimentary human culture an American film-maker has consciously endeavored to affront Islam and the holy Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) in an appallingly shameful way.

This vicious act of the wrong doer merits condemnation of the worst type from every individual with a sane head on his shoulder, no matter to which religious entity does he/ she belong to. Let it not be lost sight of that may it be Islam, Hinduism, Sikhism or the Christianity etc. are in fact the manifestations of the same Divine Persona, which may be identified by any designation in any religion. Hence, it is extremely vital for every non-Muslim to respect Islam, the Blessed Prophet (PBUH), Sanctified Quran and the other adorable teachings thereof in the same manner he/she reveres his/her own. In the like manner, every Muslim too is correspondingly responsible to reveal the matching respect for the other religions, no matter his/her own religious dogmas are not the same and he/she doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t contribute thereto.

In this backdrop, it is exceedingly deplorable for the writer, producer, director and

other crew-members, who were the parts of the said production, to paint the Holy Prophet and the religion propounded by Him in such poor colors which are wholly intolerable to the Muslim world across the globe. The indicted film-maker is not invested with any authority by law or ethics to call Islam a cancer or to make use of other disgraceful overtures to affront the same in a detrimental fashion, which is essentially provocative. The heart-throbbing and violent goings-on in the Muslim and non-Muslim countries around the globe are the glaring outcome of the supra acts of unsolicited incitement on the part of the aforementioned trouble-maker.

Even the government of America is not remitted of its blame, as it was its statutory duty not to let the offensive film of this type see the light of the day and exhibited on its soil. Every government owes the compulsion to observe the rule of law and take care of the religious sentiments and cultural aspirations of all the communities dwelling on the territory of the country and any carelessness in this regard is indubitably an act of unpardonable dereliction on its part. Since America has very courteous

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and nearby diplomatic relations to some of the Muslim countries (or at least pretends to be so) it was all the more necessary for her to abort at every cost the production of such an inflammatory movie on its soil, or at the minimum to decline its certification of any type for the exhibition purposes.

Hence, she cannot wriggle out of her sociolegal responsibility for such a deplorable and reprehensible recklessness, which is glaringly apparent on the very face of it.

The outbreak of the fury amongst the followers of Islam is but the expected outcome of what is currently happening in Pakistan and the other Islamic nations around the globe. The Muslims all around are seamlessly justified to come on the street for voicing their anguish and anger and denouncing the anti-Islam movie. This being their paramount religious concern, they are perfectly within their fundamental right to resort to stir to express their adoration for their cherished religion and veneration for their Blessed Prophet (PBUH).

Nonetheless, it is equally imperative for them to bear in mind that all their protests, rallies and road demonstrations etc. must be strictly the peaceful ones. They are no doubt permitted by law to express their feelings and anguish on the issue, but this right of theirs is subject to the condition that all such agitation shall remain peaceful and non-violent throughout. In other words, it is the legal compulsion of the planners and coordinators of such like demonstrations to make sure that their activity does not take any violent turn at any juncture. It, therefore, invokes the necessity of taking extraordinary precaution that the public or

private property is not put to harm, or the human blood is worthlessly sprinkled in the streets any way by the antisocial elements (who are generally in the habit of sneaking into such protests and demos from the backdoors for their subversive activities).

This is what is currently happening in Pakistan. The Muslims are shamelessly killed by none other than by the followers of their own religion. The killers are the Muslims and the preys (victims) too are the Muslims. Unfortunately -fatedly, Pakistan is currently passing through a very pathetic state of affairs, where the basic tenets of Islam are most blatantly violated.

Being the religion of peace and tranquility Islam nowhere sanctions senseless butcheries. On the contrary, the Sanctified Quran emphatically ordains that the killing of even a single human being tantamount to the slaughtering of the entire human race (and it is indubitably the worst type of sin in the estimation of the Allah (SWT).

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Islamic History Month Canada Opens Sixth Year Of Events 2012 Theme Showcases Islamic Arts

The arrival of October brings the opening of another anticipated Islamic History Month Canada and organizers are hoping thousands of Canadians – Muslim and non-Muslim alike – will gather in several major cities over the next four weeks to celebrate the 2012 theme of Islamic Contributions to the Arts.

This year’s featured keynote speaker is Dr. Karin Ruehrdanz, Curator of Islamic Decorative Arts at the Royal Ontario Museum and Professor in the Department of Middle Eastern Civilizations at University of Toronto. Dr. Ruehrdanz will present illustrated talks on “Europe and Islamic Art” in London, Toronto, and Kingston ON, and in Saskatoon SK. National chairperson Wahida Valiante expressed gratitude and appreciation for numerous volunteers who have helped make each year’s celebrations a multicultural success since IHMC was launched in 2007. She noted the growing public and organizational support the program (an outreach of the sponsoring Canadian Islamic Congress) has received across Canada, including half a dozen cities who have officially proclaimed Islamic History Month in their own civic jurisdictions.

“Without the enthusiasm and interest of Canadians whose roles and responsibilities influence public understanding and opinion, Islamic History Month could

not have become the national cultural success that it has,” she said today. “We cannot thank supporters like the Ottawa Police Service, the Toronto District School Board, and local public libraries enough.”

The Ottawa Police Service w held a public reception at its headquarters (474 Elgin St.) and display an Islamic History Month banner and information about IHMC events throughout October.

The Toronto District School Board has also made IHMC welcome throughout its system, publicly recognizing the contributions of Muslim students and educators to the intellectual and cultural wealth of the city and province.

In recent years, the TDSB has encouraged the use of IHMC resources, such as multi-grade workbooks developed to introduce students to Islamic history and culture (and which are also available for downloading from the IHMC website).

Public libraries have taken a leading role in promoting IHMC by participating in exhibits and documentary screenings.

Full schedule and details are available at www.islamichistorymonth.com or through the IHMC Face Book page link: http://www.facebook.com/pages/IslamicHistory-Month-Canada/322440464106 Contact Mrs. Wahida Valiante, IHMC Chair ihmc@canadianislamiccongress.com

Syria : Continued from pg 1 titled to respond” in the manner in which it did, Al Jazeera’s Simmons said. Witnesses said policemen were also injured in the Akcakale shelling, which originated only kilometres away from the Syrian border.

Ahmet Davutoglu, Turkey’s foreign minister, briefed Ban Ki-Moon, UN chief, on the situation shortly word of the attack reached Ankara. Though this the mortar attack marks the third instance of Syrian gunfire or artillery reaching Turkish territory, it is the “first time Turkey has actively become involved” in the situation, our correspondent said. Calling it a “very serious escalation”, he said the last time there was such tension between the neighbouring countries was when a Turkish war plane was downed in June. However, Turkey did not retaliate in that instance. Earlier on Wednesday, four blasts struck a government-controlled district close to a military officers’ club in the northern Syrian city of Aleppo, killing dozens and wounding more than 100, opposition activists said. “A medical source

said that at least 40 people were killed and 90 injured,” the UK-based watchdog group Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR) said. “Most of them were regime troops.” Meanwhile, official television channel Al-Ikhbariya said 31 people were killed and dozens wounded. The attacks within minutes of each other struck the main Saadallah al-Jabiri Square near a military officers’ club and a hotel. Syrian state television reported of “terrorist explosions” in the city. Aleppo, Syria’s commercial hub and largest city, has seen intensified fighting between regime forces and rebels trying to oust President Bashar al-Assad, especially after the fighters launched a new offensive last week. Aleppo-based activist Mohammad Saeed said the explosions went off minutes apart at one of the city’s main squares. He said the blasts appear to have been caused by car bombs and were followed by clashes and heavy gunfire.

Source: Al-Jazeera

Sultan of Brunei’s Daughter’s Wedding May Cost $20 Million, Goes on for a Week Princess Hajah Hafizah Sururul Bolkiah attends a ceremony ahead of the wedding.

In Muslim countries like Brunei, “A wedding is a reflection of your family, culture and values,” says Saukok Tiampo, “Its different from an American wedding, which reflects more on yourselves and your love for each other.” The princess is the fifth child of the Sultan and his wife, Queen Saleha.

Possibly the most lavish wedding the world has ever seen on September 21st, in Brunei, where the Sultan’s daughter Hajah Hafizah Sururul Bolkiah, 32, married a 29-year-old civil servant as part of a weeklong celebration estimated involved 2,000 guests . The ceremony itself, according to the UK paper The Daily Mail, will take place in the Istana Nurul Iman Palace, a 1,700 room palace that’s home to the Sultan and his family. The rule of thumb for average luxury wedding is $1,000 per guest,” Kalman says. “I would guesstimate that a no-holds-barred event like this could easily be $15 to $20 million.” Those

figures include only wedding itself. Additional celebrations throughout the week could be an additional $15 to $20 million, Kalman speculates. --Valerie Isakova Source: http://shine.yahoo.com/love-sex/ sultan-bruneis-daughters-wedding-mightcost-20-million-185100584.html

Rahela Nayebzadah launches new book “Jeegareh Ma” Based on a true story, Jeegareh Ma is a testament to the power of love in the face of struggle and hardship. Ghulam and Firishta, a wealthy couple, move to Kabul, Afghanistan, to begin a new chapter in their lives. Firishta is diagnosed with meningitis and passes away, leaving their six young children motherless. Moving back to Herat, Ghulam and his family discover that their motherland is no longer the same: the Soviet Union has invaded, causing them to seek refuge in Iran. In Iran, Ali, an impoverished, dark-skinned, and plumpish man asks for Maryam’s hand in marriage.

As Afghans living in Iran, Ali and his family are denied identity, worth, and value.

Ali’s prayers are answered

when he and his family are accepted by Canada as refugees. Jeegareh Ma is a story of courage where love, family, and God are put to the test. Rahela Nayebzadah is an Afghan Canadian who lives in BC. She is currently attending the UBC as a PhD student in the Faculty of Arts. Jeegareh Ma (published by The Key Publishing House) will be released on October 4, 2012 and can be ordered on Amazon or purchased at your local Chapters bookstore. Find Rahela Nayebzadah on Facebook and Twitter (https://twitter.com/r_nayebzadah).

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Canada’s Natural Health Products UNDER SIEGE...

By Nada Adams GMOs (a.k.a. Genetically Modified Organisms) were introduced and made by a chemical company, not an agriculture or food organization!! Monsanto the world’s worst polluter in the history of mankind were the producers of DDT, PCBs, Agent Orange, marketed aspartame, and invented bovine growth hormone (rBGH) to infect milking cows. You might be asking, ‘So what’s wrong with any of these substances?’ Stay tuned for the answer.

So far, GMO products have invaded soybeans, corn, beets (for beet sugar), cotton, and alfalfa agriculture. What does this means to you? If most of the soy and corn is GMO, then lots of what you eat that contains soy and/or corn has toxins from Genetically Modified Organism making the food highly toxic. Take for example: corn on the cob – it’s a delicious and sweet vegetable that almost anyone loves. Now consider ‘Roundup’ an herbicide that is a super toxic plant killer. SO what do these 2 non-related things have in common?

Answer. A Genetic Scientist at a monstrous chemical company named Monsanto decided to modify some corn seeds. The same company that makes ROUNDUP modified the corn so that it would not DIE when it’s sprayed with this super toxic herbicide. Non-Organic growers’ now-adays spray vast amounts of ROUNDUP on their crops especially corn and soybeans, to benefit their bottom line. How? The chemical kills ALL the weeds (so there are NO weeds at all) but the crop yields increases. Virtually no weeds after using Roundup, imagine that? How can a natural plant not die from so many toxins yet all the weeds die off in droves?!

Monsanto claims Roundup is safe but keep in mind, this is the same company that made Agent Orange which caused over 150,000 birth defects and causes lung, prostate and liver cancer. Back then, Monsanto claimed Agent Orange was safe too.

Monsanto’s Roundup weed killer is meant for Roundup Ready GMO crop seeds. It contains extremely toxic glyphosate agents that greatly harms grazing animals, pollutes the wells and groundwater of farm areas where they are used. [Learn more http://naturalsociety.com]. These toxins cause sterility and birth defects among animals and humans. Most of the honey bee die-off, or colony collapse, is attributed to glyphosates. If enough pollinating bees disappear, our food chain is endangered further.

There is a huge war for labelling going on in California it’s called Proposition 37.

It’s an initiated State Statute that would require labelling of GMO’s. This will also disallow the practice of labelling GMO’s with the word ‘natural’. Monsanto is working hard to prevent this from happening. As of August 2012 they have donated, $4,200,000 to fight against GMO labelling.

(That’s 4.2 million dollars). If what they are doing is safe, then what’s the worry?

Proposition 37 does not prohibit companies from producing GMO food; it simply says, LABEL IT! Don’t you want to have the freedom of choice? Wouldn’t you like to know if you’re eating something highly controversial? I certainly would. Monsanto insists that GMO’s (and Roundup) are perfectly safe...so why is Monsanto

spending so much money to keep us uninformed? That’s a good question! If you know anyone who lives in the state of California, please ask them to vote YES on Proposition 37 – because it’s our right to know! To learn more: www.facebook. com/carighttoknow and www.eatlocalgrown.com Why Should YOU Be Concerned About GMO? “Agro-ecologist Don Lotter, Ph.D. released an inside scoop when he stated: “The promoter gene used ... [the] cauliflower mosaic virus,... [was assumed to be] denatured in our digestive system, but it’s not.

It has been shown to promote the transfer of transgenes from GM foods to the bacteria within our digestive system, which are responsible for 80% of our immune system function.” Read Lotter’s interview here: www.organicconsumers.org/articles/ article_19468.cfm “In our study, the tumours also developed considerably faster than the controls, even though the majority of tumours occurred at four to seven months into the study in males and females respectively, underlying the inadequacy of the standard 90 day feeding trials for evaluating GM crop and food toxicity,” a recent 2012 French study states.

From Wessex Natural Law research papers: “The cauliflower mosaic virus (CaMV 35S) used for plant genetic engineering is cited as a source of viral recombination as well as a gene silencer and DNA disruptor.”

Forget petitioning the US government, it’s so corrupted - Michael Taylor, one of Monsanto’s most ruthless executives, now serves as FDA chief adviser in the Obama administration.

We need to do what can to help California succeed with Proposition 37. When they succeed to mandate GMO Labeling, that success will spill over from California making it easier to boycott GMOs elsewhere. (http://www.kcet.org) Did You Know: White House Secretly Eats Organic?

From 1994 to 2005, Walter Scheib, the executive chef at the White House said he had the personal honor of serving two unique and interesting first families – Clinton and Bush Families. Nearly all products used were obtained from local growers and suppliers. There was a small garden on the roof of the White House where produce was grown.

The Clinton and Bush families dined regularly on organic foods. Both wagyu and grass-fed beef were frequently used. “Not certified organic,” Mr. Scheib said. “But everything was absolutely grown without pesticides and fertilizers. I guess it’s what these days we call ‘natural.’”

And “the emphasis on organics became even more important when the Bushes arrived in the White House, Laura Bush was ‘adamant’ about organics, she insisted that fresh, organic foods be served in the White House,” but she just didn’t talk “much about it outside the house.”

While the Clintons and Bushes privately dined on organic and grass-fed, their administrations pushed policies that propped up industrial agriculture and the companies that dominate it. Clinton promoted GMOs to the very end of his term—a cause his wife Hillary has kept up as secretary of state. At least Clinton was progressive on maintaining strict USDA standards for organic farming. However, Bush matched Clinton’s zeal for propping up industrial farming but also tried to weaken organic

standards.

As for the Obama’s, Michelle Obama was pretty open about her preference for organics—at least at first. In 2008 pre-election profile, Ms. Obama told the The New Yorker that “in my household, over the last year we have just shifted to organic.” She added a little critique of a famous industrial-food sweetener: “And the fruit-juice-box thing and we think—we think—that’s juice. And you start reading the labels and you realize there’s high-fructose corn syrup in everything we’re eating. Every jelly, every juice, everything that’s in a bottle or a package is like poison in a way that most people don’t even know…”

Of course, soon after she moved into the White House, Ms. Obama famously broke ground on an organic garden on the lawn— and launched a campaign to inspire children to make healthier food choices but later (no thanks to outside influences) shifting her kids’ health campaign to emphasize exercise

over diet change instead.

Now the Obama’s have settled into the pattern established by their predecessors: privately eat organic while publicly maintaining the food system status quo—a pattern that Romney, if he wins, seems ready to maintain. So, organic for the elite, GMOs for everyone else - that’s precisely the kind of exclusive mindset that gives organic food a bad name. Do you have Questions/Comments? Email: info@vipresultscoaching. com or www.meetup.com/Lower-MainlandMuslim-Meetup.

About the Author: Since 1998, Nada Adams has been a 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. Adams was the ‘Dear Diary’ columnist for 2 years in the GCDA Magazine, a National Canadian Magazine focused on educating Teens

Goal of looking out for the best interests of older people

By Ralph Sultan Minister of State for Seniors It is my honour to have been appointed by Premier Christy Clark as Minister of State for Seniors. This is a new portfolio that has been created with a goal of looking out for the best interests of older people.

Seniors are going to have a voice at the cabinet table. This is important because they are almost one-quarter of the entire population of this province, and I am a part of that ever-growing group. So, I have a very personal interest in this file.

I am going to do a fair amount of travelling around British Columbia over the weeks and months ahead. I will be visiting as many communities as possible to meet with and listen to seniors and their families about their concerns.

The issues seniors face are numerous. They want to remain active. They want to stay in their homes as long as possible. They want access to health care. I understand that sometimes they find these things hard to do, and I want to help. In fact, all British Columbians want to play a role in assisting those who have helped build our province.

It doesn’t take much to help make it possible for seniors to stay in their homes longer. All it takes is a bit of time to perhaps pick up some groceries, or shovel a sidewalk in the winter, or even make a friendly visit at home. It is these little things that help seniors remain independent and part of their community. Our government recently provided the United Way of the Lower Mainland with $15 million to expand the provision of non-medical home supports to communities across the province to help seniors stay home for a longer period of time. The Better at Home services include housekeeping, grocery shopping, yard work and transportation to appointments.

Another initiative to help seniors remain independent and active is Age-friendly BC. I recently had the pleasure to announce that $500,000 is available for the program with grants of up to $20,000 for planning or projects focused on creating more age-friendly communities. To date, more than 100 B.C. communities have received support from this grant program.

This includes installing fitness equipment or benches, increasing garden and green space, and making services more accessi-

ble to seniors.

I hear from seniors that sometimes they find it difficult to navigate through all the information that is out there to help for them as they age. We want to make it simpler. This past February, the Ministry of Health released a document entitled Improving Care for B.C. Seniors: Action Plan. Its focus is both the system of supports available to seniors and initiatives to support healthy aging, improved quality of life, and independence.

The plan can be found online at: www.

SeniorsBC.ca.

We have already accomplished a lot that was set out in the plan. This includes consulting on elder abuse prevention, creating new advance care planning tools, expanding the After-Hours Palliative Nursing Service and developing new training materials to help physicians and home health teams with patients living with chronic illnesses.

In June, we launched a toll-free health care support line for seniors and families.

That number is 1 877 952 3181. In the coming months, our government looks forward to more actions being implemented, like easier access to information on health care and support options.

As part of the seniors action plan, we committed to establish a Seniors’ Advocate Office. It is important that the role of the seniors’ advocate be shaped by seniors, caregivers, service providers and other stakeholders. There were 22 public consultations held in nine communities - including two in seniors’ care facilities - with a total of over 500 participants. All of the input we have received will help shape the role of a new Seniors’ Advocate.

We want to help seniors to remain active and independent and continue to contribute their skills, knowledge and experience to their communities. We also would like communities to support older adults to live active and socially-engaged lives. As the newly-appointed Minister of State for Seniors, I will be working to make this happen.

I look forward to hearing from seniors around B.C., and I encourage British Columbians to get in touch with me to pass along their concerns.

I can be reached by email at Ralph.Sultan@gov.bc.ca

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October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month

October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month in Canada. Each year in Canada, October is recognized as Breast Cancer Awareness Month. Breast cancer is the most frequently diagnosed cancer among Canadian females, affecting thousands of women and their families each year. In 2008, an estimated 22,400 women will be diagnosed with breast cancer and 5,300 will die of it. One in nine women is expected to develop breast cancer - with the risk increasing significantly after the age of 50. One in 28 will die from the disease. Although, since the mid-1990s, the incidence of cancer and death has declined, it continues to be a lifethreatening issue for thousands of Canadian women. The National Union of Public and General Employees (NUPGE) continues to encourage its 340,000 members to take an active part in the fight to end this disease.

An estimated 170 men will be diagnosed with breast cancer and 50 will die of it.

Breast cancer death rates have declined by 25% since 1986.

Incidence and death rates for breast cancer have declined since 1969 in women aged 20-39. Survival has been improving gradually. Today survival ranges between 87% and 89% for women aged 40 and older. For women under 40, survival is 81%, excluding Quebec.

What you can do Many women are alive and well today because their breast cancer was detected and treated early. The Canadian Cancer Society recommends that women: • Have a mammogram every 2 years if you are between the ages of 50 and 69. If you are between the ages of 40 and 49, discuss your risk of breast cancer and the benefits and risks of mammography with your doctor; • Have a clinical breast examination by a trained health professional at least every two years if you are between 40-69; • If you are 70 or older, talk to your doctor about a screening program for you; • Talk to your doctors about any changes.

There is no single cause of breast cancer but there are certain factors that may appear to elevate the risk. These include: • Age – Risk of diagnosis increases as a person ages • Personal history – If a person has previously battled the disease • Family history – Especially if a mother, sister or daughter has encountered breast cancer • Family history of ovarian cancer • Taking hormone replacement therapy for more than five years• Dense breast tissue • Other possible risk factors – Poor diet, lack of exercise, smoking, and obesity Sometimes, women develop breast cancer without any of these risk factors. A lot of women affected by breast cancer don’t have a family history of the disease. Even more surprising, some women have risk factors and never encounter the disease.

Unfortunately, because of this uncertainty, early detection means a lot.

Health professionals recommend that you see them if you find any changes with your breasts such as: • Size and shape • If you find a lump on your breast or a lump in your armpit area • Skin changes on your breast (such as peeling) • Physical changes you find in the appearance of the nipple

Here are 9 ways to change your life: 1. Eat fruit You can’t go wrong with this – almost all dietary advice comes down to the single instruction to eat more fruit and veg. Diet

is thought to be a key factor in one in four cancer deaths – and animal fat in the diet is the suspect ingredient in breast cancer.

The Japanese, who eat a diet of fish, rice and vegetables that is extremely low in animal fat, also have low rates of breast cancer. A high-fat diet increases the levels of the female hormone oestrogen in the blood, which encourages the growth of cancer cells. In populations with a highfat diet, women tend to start their periods earlier and reach menopause later so they are exposed to high levels of oestrogen for longer, increasing their risk of breast cancer. Studies into what effect eating fruit and vegetables has on breast cancer have produced mixed results. One study found that, when combined with taking exercise, the results were dramatic. Published in the Journal of Clinical Oncology last June, it showed that women who ate their five portions a day and walked briskly for at least 30 minutes halved their risk of breast cancer.

2. Walk It is enjoyable, simple and requires no equipment. Walking is good for all aspects of physical and mental health – and cancer is no exception. Brisk walking (or other exercise) for 30 minutes a day, five times a week, is all that’s needed. Currently only one in four women manages this. If all women did, Cancer Research UK estimates it would prevent 1,400 cases a year. Three large studies in Italy and the US showed that inactivity caused 11 per cent of cases of breast cancer.

Exercise works best before the menopause, but it is effective afterwards, too.

It is thought to alter oestrogen metabolism, result- ing in a weaker version being made.

3. Avoid HRT Hormone replacement therapy is seen as the principal avoidable risk for breast cancer. At the height of its popularity, in 2002, an estimated two million women were taking HRT in the UK, and millions more worldwide. Tens of thousands of women will have developed breast cancer, ovarian cancer and endometrial cancer (of the lining of the womb) as a result. Overall, women currently taking HRT are 63 per cent more likely to develop these three cancers than those who are not. Earlier hopes that these risks would be counterbalanced by a reduction in heart disease have not been borne out. Gynecologists recommend that women who wish to use it to ease the symptoms of the menopause do so for as short a time as possible.

3. Get screened Women diagnosed with breast cancer at the earliest possible stage have a nine in 10 chance of a successful recovery. This is the rationale for screening – to detect a tumour by mammography when it is still too small to feel. Women aged 50 to 70 are invited for screening every three years – shortly to be extended to ages 47 to 73. It is estimated that the scheme saves 1,400 lives a years in England – one life for every 500 women screened.

However, there is a downside in the shape of false alarms. Screening picks up abnormalities in the breast that look like cancer but turn out not to be. Several thousand women each year suffer the anxiety and discomfort of being recalled for further

tests and undergoing biopsies of the breast to check for cancer – before being given the all-clear. Screening is now more accurate, since two views of the breast are taken, reducing the chances of cancers being missed.

4. Give birth Having children, especially before the age of 30, helps protect against breast cancer. It is down to those hormones, again. Over the last century, economic progress has led to delayed childbirth and smaller families as women with their own careers have sought to balance the demands of work and home. But researchers estimate that delaying childbearing increases the risk of breast cancer by 3 per cent for each year of delay.

5. Breast-feed Breast-feeding protects against breast cancer, as well as being best for the baby. But smaller families and the rise in the number of working mothers has meant the time spent breast-feeding has reduced.

Breastfeeding for six months reduces the risk, experts say. Yet many women never get that far. In England, 77 per cent of mothers start breast-feeding but more than a third switch to bottle-feeding in the first six weeks.

6. Lose weight Obesity increases the risk of breast cancer – but only after the menopause. A large European study called Epic found postmenopausal women who were obese had a 31 per cent higher risk of breast cancer than women with a healthy weight. Reducing obesity could save 1,800 cases of breast cancer a year. Obesity increases the risk of other cancers including those of the bowel, womb, kidney and oesophagus. Overall it is estimated that 7. per cent of cancers in women and 3 per cent in men are due to being obese or overweight. In the UK, 12,000 people might avoid getting cancer each year if they maintained a healthy body weight.

7. Get a stressful job (really) A 2005 Danish study published in the British Medical Journal found high levels of daily stress reduced the risk of the disease by 40 per cent. The researchers suggest that stress may be beneficial by reducing levels of oestrogen. They draw a distinction between daily stress of the sort experienced by women in high-pressure jobs and stressful life events such as bereavement, which have previously been linked with an increase in cancer. Stress can have other damaging effects, too – on the heart, for example, and by increasing the risk of compensatory behaviour.

8. Live somewhere clean

It has long been claimed that exposure to pollutants used in the manufacture of products from plastics to cosmetics has an “endocrine disrupting” effect. A report from the World Wide Fund for Nature last year claimed their role in breast cancer had been neglected. It pointed out that less than half of new breast cancer cases can be explained by genetic and lifestyle factors and chemicals in the environment could be the missing link.

Other studies have contradicted this suggestion and experts point out that compared with the natural levels of oestrogen in a woman’s blood, the level of the chemicals is too small to have significant impact. Still, moving to an unpolluted region is unlikely to do harm and could encourage tother beneficial changes, such as eating healthily, exercising more, and drinking less.

Don’t be nervous or anxious about finding changes in your breasts. Often these changes may not be related to cancer – but it’s worthwhile to tell your doctor as soon as possible New results from breast cancer clinical trial show non-breast cancer related causes account for most deaths. New findings from a landmark breast cancer clinical trial involving the drug letrozole show that, in this group of patients, women were more likely to die from non-breast cancer-related causes than from breast cancer-related causes. The research team found that non-breast cancer related causes accounted for 60% of deaths. The top causes of death included: cardiovascular disease including stroke (15%), other malignancies (15%), infection (6%), multiple causes (5%), and noncardiovascular organ failure (4%). The results were particularly striking for older women. Among women aged 70 years or older, non-breast cancer-related causes accounted for 72% of deaths. The new results are published in the February 12 issue of the Journal of the National Cancer Institute. The original study results were first published in The New England Journal of Medicine in October 2003 and involved 5,170 post-menopausal breast cancer survivors with a median age of 62 years (range 32 to 94 years). It determined that women who took letrozole for up to five years following 5 years of tamoxifen therapy experienced a significantly reduced risk of cancer recurrence. The clinical trial was coordinated by the National Cancer Institute of Canada Clinical Trials group and was funded in part by the Canadian Cancer Society. Routine use of mammography and improved treatment for breast cancer will mean that more women will survive breast cancer at older ages, at which time they might have a higher risk of death from causes other than breast cancer, says Dr Judith-Anne Chapman, lead author of the study. “The study findings show that we are successfully treating women with breast cancer. However, the study also underscores the need to pay more attention especially to older women and the potential for death from other causes,” Dr Chapman says..

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NHL focused on ‘minimizing damage’ from lockout

The NHL lockout has already cost the league almost US$100-million in lost revenue. That figure will likely end up looking like chump change by the time the sport’s latest labour dispute is settled.

Talks broke off quickly between the league and NHL Players’ Association on Tuesday morning and deputy commissioner Bill Daly emerged from the meeting saying he didn’t have “any progress to report.” For the first time, he also revealed the extent of the damage the lockout has inflicted so far — “close to” $100 million after the cancellation of the entire pre-season schedule. “That is not going to be recouped and that’s going to cost both sides,” Daly told reporters in New York. “That’s unfortunate but it’s a reality of where we are.” The revelation didn’t elicit much sympathy from the union. Executive director Donald Fehr pointed out the sides could have continued negotiating past the Sept. 15 expiry of the last agreement. “If this is a loss, this is a

loss that is entirely of their own making,” Fehr told The Canadian Press in an interview. “They’re the ones that did this, nobody told them to.” The $100 million lost so far represents approximately three per cent of the total amount of hockey-related revenue generated last season — essentially the pool of money the sides need to agree to split up. And the 17-day lockout hasn’t yet resulted in the cancellation of any meaningful games. However, with the regular season scheduled to begin on Oct. 11, it’s only a matter of time before that happens. “It’s something we obviously have to focus on in the short term and make an appropriate decision in the appropriate time,” said Daly. “We’re still focused on doing what we can to minimize the damage.” There are currently no other bargaining sessions planned. Fehr spoke with commissioner Gary Bettman by phone on Tuesday afternoon and is hopeful negotiations could resume in Toronto before the end of the week. The talks have seemed troubled since the beginning. A wide gulf has been evident since the NHL tabled an initial proposal that called for a flip in the way revenues are divided — with players receiving 43 per cent rather than owners — and included changes to rules governing contracts. The league has since

proposed seeing the players’ share reduced to 47 per cent over the course of a six-year deal. Meanwhile, the NHLPA’s latest offer would see it fall to approximately 52 per cent during the contract. They received 57 per cent last season. “They started out with a massive reduction in player salaries proposed and a massive reduction in player negotiating rights,” said Fehr. “They’ve sort of inched backwards a little bit after having run away from us about as far and as hard and as fast as they could. “That’s not the way to start out to try and make an agreement.” The league is growing frustrated with the union’s unwillingness to table a new offer that includes more concessions.

Daly has said repeatedly that the ball is in the NHLPA’s court. “We’re looking for a long-term deal that’s fair for the players, fair for the teams and good for the fans,” he said. “That’s what we want out of this negotiation and we need a negotiating partner to get there.” There are now more than 100 locked-out NHL players who have deals in Europe, with Zdeno Chara (HC Lev Praha, KHL), Patrice Bergeron (HC Lugano, Switzerland), Matt Duchene (Frolunda, Sweden) and Jamie Benn (Hamburg, Germany) among those signing deals on Tuesday.

The Russian-based KHL also announced plans to televise five games in the U.S. on ESPN3 later this month — three involve Alex Ovechkin’s Moscow Dynamo — and a league executive indicated similar plans are in the works with a Canadian broadcaster. “(We’re) working on it,” KHL vice-

president Ilya Kochevrin told The Canadian Press via text. Meantime, frustration continued to boil over among players left skating informally back in North America.

Any of the excitement Zach Parise felt after signing a $98-million contract with his hometown Minnesota Wild this summer has disappeared, with the forward again levying pointed criticism in the direction of the commissioner. “You hope (the lockout) doesn’t go too long, but it’s tough to grasp when you’ve got a guy in Gary Bettman bragging every year that we’re making ‘record revenue, record revenue, record this,’ and all of a sudden they want to take a quarter of what you’ve made away,” Parise told the Minneapolis Star Tribune. With no progress being made, the situation is turning toxic. Daly indicated that he doesn’t believe a mediator would help the process along because there is no misunderstanding between the sides at the negotiating table.

At this point, he thinks they both understand what the other is trying to accomplish. “I don’t think that we have a lack of communication in this negotiation,” said Daly. “They understand what our position is. To this point we certainly understand what their position is. “We just wish it was different.” Despite the doom and gloom in the air, Fehr vowed to forge on. “You never give up and you always keep trying and you hope that lightning’s going to strike one day,” he said. “We’ll see.”

Source: National Post

Kobe Bryant says of the Lakers: ‘It’s my team’ There’s no mistaking who is the head honcho on the Lakers. “I got a question earlier about whose team this is,” Kobe Bryant said. “It’s my team.” Even after the Lakers acquired Dwight Howard, who is considered the best center in the league, and Steve Nash, a future hall of fame point guard, Bryant is clearly at the top of the pecking order. The fact that Bryant can make such a bold statement

without anyone so much as batting an eye is a testament to the respect that he commands.

“It’s hands-down Kobe’s team,” Magic Johnson told The Times on Monday evening at Time Warner Cable Sportsnet’s launch party.

“It’s never going to change until Kobe is not on the team. “Kobe is the leader as of today, and this year, and whenever he’s playing, because he’s been there, he knows how to win, he knows how to perform in the clutch moments. Dwight needs to learn how to do that. Will it ever be Dwight’s team? Yes, someday it will, but right now this is Kobe’s team. Make no mistake about it.” Howard, a six-time all-star, may have automatically been the franchise player on most NBA teams -- but he seems to know his place alongside Bryant, who has won five NBA championships and is considered one of the greatest players of all time. “Learning from

Kobe, I think this is something that I need for myself so I can grow as a player and as a person,” Howard said. “He’s been through almost every single situation possible on the court and off the court, and I think he can really help me out a lot.” Howard’s tone has markedly changed after joining the Lakers, the 16-time NBA champions. His humility is in stark contrast to the hubris he showed in his prolonged and infamous “indecision.” So clearly the key to the Lakers’ success this season will be chemistry. Can Howard, a larger-than-life star in Orlando who has a career average of 18.4 points and 13 rebounds, handle not being his team’s first option? Can Bryant share the ball and the limelight with another superstar? Can Nash somehow maintain the peace?

The process will surely take time -- but Lakers Coach Mike Brown is doing his part to make things as clear as possible. “Everybody asks me who is going to take the last shot in a game that’s 100-100 with three seconds left on the game clock,” Brown told The Times. “Well, it’s Kobe. Kobe is going to be our first option.”

The Lakers look incredible on paper. But they’ve also foundered in the past -- by their high standards -- with a stacked team that couldn’t seem to gel. Look at the 2003-04 season, when the Lakers had Bryant, Gary Payton, Karl Malone and Shaquille O’Neal -- yet fell short of winning a championship.

Johnson said that the Lakers’ success this season will hinge on the players not only knowing their roles, but accepting them.

“It’s just like when I played with Kareem [Abdul-Jabbar],” Johnson said. “Yes, he was the best player, but it was my team.”

Source: LA Times

Keara Chicquen of University of Calgary’s Dinos scored one of the two goals for her team. Dinos lost to UBC’s Thunderbirds by 5 to 3 at Tamanawis Secondary during the season’s first game on September 22. Photo credits: Arsalan Butt, www.elza.ca

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