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Sunday, April 8, 2012

[chottala.com] BCCDI-Boishaki colorful Rally will be Start sharp at 11.30 am [2 Attachments]

[Attachment(s) from Mizanur Bhuiyan included below]

Dear

 Boishaki Festivity Lovers,

BCCDI-Bangla School is inviting you, families and relatives to attend in the "Bangla Novo Borsh1419" grand celebration and cultural festival "Alo Baishak Alo Ray" on 1st Baishak 1419 (Saturday, April 14 2012). BCCDI Boishaki Mela will hold a colorful traditional rally to receive Bangla Nobo Borsho-1419, at 11.30 am at the park entrance, Please be prepare to join the rally and report at the park entrance by 11.00 am. Thank you very much for your participation.   

Guest of Honor:

Mr. Jasim Uddin Deputy Chief of Mission, Embassy of Bangladesh in USA

Sponsors:

Nation Wide Insurance

ASR INC

People N Tech

All World Travel & Tours LLC

Dr. Faizul Islam /Inara Islam

Mazharul Haque

Sudeep Bose Attorney At Law

Dr. Arifur Rahman

Dastagir Jahangir

Media Partner

ATN Bangla

Chanel-I

***Please open the attached flyer for more details and colorful visualization* **

 For Stalls & Sponsor:    703-828-5319

        "Bhaisaki Shova Jattra" (Ever in DC Area)

·         Colorful Bhaisaki (Khatti Bangali) Music and Dance by Young generation from those are growing here.

·         Authentic Bhaisaki Presentation

·         Natok

·         Kobita Abritti

·         Puthi Patt

·         Bhaisaki food varieties (Pantha-Ilish, various Vortha combinations, firni, misti, jilapi and many other traditional items)

Date: Saturday, April 14, 2012.

Time : 11 am ( Shokal Agarota) To 5.00 pm(Bikal pachta)

Plance: Mason District Park

6621 Columbia Pike

Annandale Virginia-22006

Sincerely,

BCCDI & Bangla School Board of Directors


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[chottala.com] Israel bars German Nobel laureate Gunter Grass for poem critical of its nuclear arsenal




 

Israel declared Grass 'persona non grata' on Apr 8, 2012, over a poem titled What Must Be Said, in which the former SS soldier described the Jewish state as a threat to world peace. -- PHOTO: REUTERS 

Israel bars German author for poem critical of its nuclear arsenal

 
 

MCCLATCHY NEWSPAPERS

Israel's interior minister Sunday barred German author Gunter Grass from entering the country, in response to a new poem in which the Nobel laureate called Israel's undeclared nuclear arsenal a threat to world peace.

The case was the latest of several in recent years in which Israel has refused entry to controversial figures critical of its policies.

Interior Minister Eli Yishai said in a written statement that Grass' poem, published Wednesday, "is an attempt to fan the flames of hatred against Israel and the Jewish people, and thus promote the idea with which he was publicly affiliated in the past when he wore the SS uniform."

Grass disclosed in 2006 that he was drafted toward the end of World War II to serve in the Nazi Waffen SS unit. A spokesman for Yishai said that was the technical basis for the entry ban.

"If Gunter wishes to continue propagating his distorted and false works, I suggest he do so from Iran, where he will find a supportive audience," said Yishai, the leader of the ultra-Orthodox Shas party.

Grass' poem, titled "What Must Be Said," was published in the German newspaper Suddeutsche Zeitung, provoking Israeli condemnations and criticism in Germany, where the memory of the Holocaust constrains public debate about Israel and infuses the complex relationship between the two countries.

Referring to Israeli threats of military action against Iran's nuclear program, which Tehran says is for peaceful purposes, Grass warned against "the alleged right to first strike that could annihilate the Iranian people ... because in their territory, it is suspected, a bomb is being built."

In the poem, Grass, 84, said he had remained silent about Israel's nuclear capability because of fear that he would be labeled an anti-Semite.

"Why do I say only now, aged and with my last drop of ink, that the nuclear power of Israel endangers an already fragile world peace?" Grass wrote. "Because what must be said may be too late tomorrow."

Grass warned that by supplying Israel with submarines that could carry nuclear "all-destroying warheads," Germany risked complicity in "a foreseeable crime."

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who has compared Iran's nuclear program and threats against Israel to the Holocaust, promptly accused Grass of drawing a "shameful moral equivalence between Israel and Iran."

"It is Iran, not Israel, that is a threat to the peace and security of the world," Netanyahu said. "It is Iran, not Israel, that threatens other states with annihilation."

Noting Grass' service in the SS, Netanyahu added that it was "perhaps not surprising" for him "to cast the one and only Jewish state as the greatest threat to world peace and to oppose giving Israel the means to defend itself."

The Israeli Embassy in Berlin called Grass' poem anti-Semitic, saying that its publication before the Jewish Passover holiday, "belongs to European tradition to accuse the Jews of ritual murder before the Passover celebration."

German Foreign Minister Guido Westerwelle wrote in a commentary Sunday in the Bild am Sonntag newspaper that "putting Israel and Iran on the same moral level is ... absurd," adding that Germany has an "historic responsibility" toward Israel.

In an interview with Suddeutche Zeitung published Friday, Grass, who has long urged Germans to confront their Nazi past, sought to calm the storm, saying he did not intend to attack Israel, but Netanyahu's policies.

The Israeli entry ban against Grass, who was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1999, follows similar measures by Israel against other prominent opponents of its policies.

In May 2010 the linguist Noam Chomsky, an outspoken critic of American and Israeli policy, was prevented from crossing from Jordan into the occupied West Bank. In December 2008, Richard Falk, a United Nations investigator of human rights in the Palestinian areas, was refused entry on the grounds that he was hostile to Israel. Earlier that year, Norman Finkelstein, an American scholar who has been a sharp critic of Israel, was barred entry after a visit to Lebanon where he met officials of the guerrilla group Hezbollah.

Tom Segev, an Israeli historian who has interviewed Grass and was critical of his latest poem, said that the ban on his entry was an "utterly stupid" decision that would "exacerbate Israel's isolation and cause more harm."

Writing in the liberal newspaper Haaretz, Gideon Levy, a columnist, argued that while Grass' poem was "harsh" and wrongly accused Israel of threatening to wipe out the Iranian people, it did contain valid criticism that had drawn disproportionate reactions in Israel.

"A situation in which any German who dares criticize Israel is instantly accused of anti-Semitism is intolerable," Levy wrote. "Instead of accusing them, we should consider what we've done that caused them to express themselves that way."

(Greenberg is a McClatchy special correspondent.)

http://www.miamiherald.com/2012/04/08/2737901/israel-bars-german-author-for.html


What must be said

Why I am silent, silent for too much time, 
how much is clear and we made it 
in war games, where, as survivors, 
we are just the footnotes.

That is the claimed right to the formal preventive aggression 
which could erase the Iranian people 
dominated by a bouncer and moved to an organized jubilation, 
because in the area of his competence there is 
the construction of the atomic bomb.

And then why do I avoid myself 
to call the other country with its name, 
where since years - even if secretly covered - 
there is an increasing nuclear power, 
without control, because unreachable 
by every inspection?

I feel the everybody silence on this state of affairs, 
which my silence is slave to, 
as an oppressive lie and an inhibition that presents punishment 
we don't pay attention to; 
the verdict "anti-Semitism" is common.

Now, since my country, 
from time to time touched by unique and exclusive crimes, 
obliged to justify itself, 
again for pure business aims - even if 
with fast tongue we call it "reparation" - 
should deliver another submarine to Israel,
with the specialty of addressing
annihilating warheads where the 
existence of one atomic bomb is not proved 
but it wants evidence as a scarecrow, 
I say what must be said.

Why did I stay silent until now? 
Because the thought about my origin, 
burdened by an unclearing stain, 
had avoiding to wait this fact 
like a truth declared by the State of Israel 
that I want to be connected to.

Why did I say it only now, 
old and with the last ink: 
the nuclear power of Israel 
threat the world peace? 
Because it must be said 
what tomorrow will be too late; 
Because - as Germans and with 
enough faults on the back - 
we might also become deliverers of a predictable 
crime, and no excuse would erase our complicity.

And I admit: I won't be silent 
because I had enough of the Western hypocrisy; 
Because I wish that many will want 
to get rid of the silence, 
exhorting the cause of a recognizable 
risk to the abdication, asking that a free and permanent control 
of the Israel atomic power 
and the Iran nuclear bases 
will be made by both the governments 
with an international supervision.

Only in this way, Israelis, Palestinians, and everybody,
all people living hostile face to face in that
country occupied by the craziness, 
will have a way out, 
so us too.

Translation by Alessandro Ghebreigziabiher

http://www.payvand.com/news/12/apr/1035.html


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[chottala.com] Islam needs reform

If Islam does not need reform, ...
.
* ... why we do not have Slaves that are permitted in Islam?
* ... why are we not telling Non Moslim Countries to convert to Islam or pay us Protection Money and since they are doing neither, why are we not attacking those countries, looting the Defeated Nations to get Allah's Booty or Maalay GhanimaT and enslaving their people like Allah had told us in Qoraan?
* ... why we don't keep believing (against what Science says) that we are born out of Blood Clot as mentioned Allah told us in Qoraan?
* ... why we do not believe Earth is on standstill and Sky is like a Roof as Allah said in Qoraan that He is holding them with His Hands?
* ... why don't we believe Planets circle around Earth as Qoraan tells us?
.
You want me to keep going with this list, illiterate Imbecile Mollaa believing in stuff that God could have never said and is a Human 'Add On' Fabrication in Qoraan ...!
----------

--- In chottala@yahoogroups.com, bristi ahmed <bristyahmad@...> wrote:
>
> Exactly! our deen (Islam) doesn't need any reform, we need to understand our guidance.
>
>
>
> ________________________________
> From: "huahmed@..." <huahmed@...>
> To: Khabor <khabor@yahoogroups.com>; World_Today@yahoogroups.com
> Cc: WorldMuslimCongress@yahoogroups.com; worldsindhinet@yahoogroups.com; American_Muslims_Today@yahoogroups.com; Canadian_Muslims@...; insaaniyatlist@yahoogroups.com; Outclass@yahoogroups.com; Humane-Rights-Agenda@yahoogroups.com; U-S-A@yahoogroups.com; LIBERTY-AND-JUSTICE@yahoogroups.com; metaphysics-100@yahoogroups.com; globalobserver@yahoogroups.com; Afghanistan_Today@yahoogroups.com; cpp <communistpartyofpakistan@yahoogroups.com>; rawalpindi2@yahoogroups.com; Z <pakistan-zindabad@yahoogroups.com>; lahore_lahore_hai@yahoogroups.com; kool-karachi@yahoogroups.com; Islamic_World_Today@yahoogroups.com; Balochistan_National_Movement@egroups.com; balochistan@yahoogroups.com; PWAP@yahoogroups.com; C C <calcutta@yahoogroups.com>; "awamileague@yahoogroups.com" <awamileague@yahoogroups.com>; "tritiomatra@yahoogroups.com" <tritiomatra@yahoogroups.com>; alo c <alochona@yahoogroups.com>; Chottala <chottala@yahoogroups.com>; "bogra@yahoogroups.com"
> <bogra@yahoogroups.com>; Dalim vi <dalim.khandaker@...>
> Sent: Wednesday, April 4, 2012 6:41 PM
> Subject: Re: [KHABOR] Islam needs reform
>
>
>  
> Dear Mr. Turkman:
>
> May peace and security be with you. Our deen (Islam) doesn't need any reform instead, we Muslims need to understand our divine guidance.
>
> We Muslims make our deen full of religious rituals and failed to understand the true message of Quranic guidance.
>
> Thank you and have a wonderful day.
> Helal
> Sent on the TELUS Mobility network with BlackBerry
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: S Turkman <turkman@...>
> Sender: khabor@yahoogroups.com
> Date: Wed, 4 Apr 2012 09:35:02
> To: <World_Today@yahoogroups.com>
> Reply-To: khabor@yahoogroups.com
> Cc: <WorldMuslimCongress@yahoogroups.com>; <worldsindhinet@yahoogroups.com>; <American_Muslims_Today@yahoogroups.com>; <Canadian_Muslims@...>; <insaaniyatlist@yahoogroups.com>; <Outclass@yahoogroups.com>; <Humane-Rights-Agenda@yahoogroups.com>; <U-S-A@yahoogroups.com>; <LIBERTY-AND-JUSTICE@yahoogroups.com>; <metaphysics-100@yahoogroups.com>; <globalobserver@yahoogroups.com>; <Afghanistan_Today@yahoogroups.com>; cpp<communistpartyofpakistan@yahoogroups.com>; <rawalpindi2@yahoogroups.com>; Z<pakistan-zindabad@yahoogroups.com>; <lahore_lahore_hai@yahoogroups.com>; <kool-karachi@yahoogroups.com>; <Islamic_World_Today@yahoogroups.com>; <Balochistan_National_Movement@egroups.com>; <balochistan@yahoogroups.com>; <PWAP@yahoogroups.com>; C C<calcutta@yahoogroups.com>; <awamileague@yahoogroups.com>; <khabor@yahoogroups.com>; t t<tritiomatra@yahoogroups.com>; alo c<alochona@yahoogroups.com>; <chottala@yahoogroups.com>; <bogra@yahoogroups.com>;
> <pakistan-zindabad@yahoogroups.com>; <lahore_lahore_hai@yahoogroups.com>; <rawalpindi2@yahoogroups.com>; <Balochistan_National_Movement@egroups.com>; di a<Diagnose@yahoogroups.com>; <balochistan@yahoogroups.com>; <awamileague@yahoogroups.com>; <bogra@yahoogroups.com>; <chottala@yahoogroups.com>
> Subject: [KHABOR] Islam needs reform
>
> Jazoo is correct and Islam needs reform because if Islam was complete in days of
> Prophet, ...
> .
> * ... why its impossible to follow Timings of Nmaaz in countries too far north?
> * ... why we can not have same date by Islamic Calendar all over the world in
> this 21st Century advanced world?
>
> * ... why Islam does not explain, what to do in Inflationary Economy of Paper
> Currency about 'Riba'?
> * ... why Islam says, Moslims can not live amongst Non Moslims?
> * ... why Islam says, we must collect Protection Money from Non Moslims in our
> countries and make Non Moslim Countries to pay or attack them?
> * ... why in this 21st century civilized world Islam permits looting of
> Defeated Nations and calls that Looting, Booty or 'Mallay GhanimaT' like we did
> in backwards Savage 7th Century world?
> * ... why Islam tells us to enslave people of Defeated Nations like we used to
> in Savage 7th Century world?
> * ... why Islam declares Slavery legal like it was a custom in Savage 7th
> Century world?
> * ... why Islam says, "Christian and Jews can not be your friends", like we
> were living in days of the Prophet, when its impossible that some people may
> remain our Enemies forever?
> .
> If we believe in 7th Century Islam, ...
> .
> * ... we can not have Paper Money and Money in all Moslim Countries is supposed
> to be Gold and Silver Coins.
>
> * ... our countries can not accept any Aid or Loans from Non Moslim Countries or
> IMF or World Bank for their Monitory survival.
>
> * ... no Moslim can live in a Non Moslim Country permanently and raise his
> children because according to Islam, we can be in a Non Moslim Country only
> temporarily for Preaching Islam, Education, Ambassadorial Duty or Business
> only.
>
> * ... 1/5th of Moslims in this world live in Non Moslim Countries. Where should
> they go? (Ref: Population of 44 Moslim Countries 1.2 billion. Total Population
> 1.5)
> * ... which Moslim Country is ready to accept 149 million Moslims in India (of
> which 52% are Shiyah), when in 1997 Pakistan did not issue even Tourist Visa to
> even Great Grand Daughter of Moslim Hero Tipu Sultan so, she could go to
> wedding of her only grand-daughter in Pakistan because she spoke Urdu and
> wanted to go to Karachi? (Ref: 1. Daily Amn, Karachi about Tipu Sultan news. 2.
> India Population 1.18 billion. Moslims 12.26%. Sunnis 8.06%. Shiyah 4.2%.
> Census Bureau India)
>
> * ... which Moslim Country is ready to accept 79 million African Black Moslims
> of Nigeria and other 72 million Moslims living in Non Moslim Countries? (Ref:
> Moslims in India and Nigeria 149 + 79 = 228 million. Moslims in Non Moslim
> Countries 300 million. Moslims in rest of Non Moslim Countries 300 - 228 = 72
> million)
> .
> With so many flaws in Islam that was completed in 633 A.D. how can we say,
> nothing can be changed and no reform is needed?
> Are we Ommah of Imbeciles only?
>
> S U Turkman
>
> ________________________________
> From: jazoo <jazoo52000@...>
>
>
> I do believe that GOD revealed the way (deen) to us (the mankind) and it
> is one in the name ISLAM (in Arabic).
>
>
> Its a daring statement
>
> God revealed Deen to Mohammad(saw)....not to us.
> Mohammad(saw) delivered Deen to us through His explanations as directed by
> Quran.
>
> We have no means to know "Deliver whats has been revealed to you(5:67)"
> We have no means to know "This Day I have perfected your Deen(5:3)
>
> What was so special delivered to Mohammad(saw)...he was strongly advised not to
> delay...or he had not done any job of Risalat.
> What happened that "This Day" when deen was completed.
>
>
> ________________________________
> From: Prathiba Sundaram <prathibasam@...>
>
>
> Dear Zina, Coold down and be calm. I have read your mail, from top to bottom.
> I know/understand so many things. You (a Shia) says from (your) side view and I
> am from my view.
>
> You can call me anything. May ALLAH forgive you and bless you, dear.
>
> Still I say, I search the TRUTH and continue it.
>
> I do believe that GOD revealed the way (deen) to us (the mankind) and it is one
> in the name ISLAM (in Arabic).
>
> I do further believe the deen of Adam to the last human being should be ISLAM
> (variations may found in languages, geographical and environmental changes,
> differences etc.). I will not add shia- or sunni or anything-else with ISLAM.
> To me there is no shia islam or sunni islam, as you claim as a shia muslim. I
> am a Muslim and not following any cult, including Ismaili or Aga Khani or shia
> or sunni! Is it clear, Madam?
>
> Now come to me and speak with me.
>
> While ALLAH says :akmalthu lakum deenakum......PERIOD. Do not add anything
> later.............later Politics and History should be dealt as it deserves and
> do not mix with ISLAMic Essence.
>
> Regards
>
> Prathiba
>
>
> ________________________________
> From: Zina Khan <zina.khan@...>
>
> Sent: Tuesday, April 3, 2012 10:42 PM
> Subject: Prathiba-Sundari of Kerala slums : when you had enough, let me know
> bitch !
>
> Bilal did once paraphrase Allah’s words and say:
>
> "It is God, not man, who decides who will believe in Him."
>
> I have gauged the authenticity of Sunni Islam by its size. "
> All those 7O% of the total Muslim population have
> been misled or are dumb" .
>
> I went by the criterion:
> and remembered that according to statistics those who do not use 8O% of their
> brains are also in majority.. and so all the FOOLS are on one side !
>
>
> Intensive soul-searching and extensive research, will lead you to real Islam
> ..and you will renounce the Sunni cult ...you are not fluid...you are
> puzzled...confused...irrational and flying in all directions like some scattered
> locusts.....with numerous fiefdoms within your cult....you are conflictual and
> and at cross roads....the word "division" is not quite so accurate a term.
> Immediately, upon the Prophet's demise, there arose a splinter group that chose
> to break away from the mainstream and called itself "Sunni"- a term to
>
> identify themselves with...
>
> The following are some of the numerous predictions the Prophet is reported to
> have made regarding "divisions" in Islam in the wake of his death:
>
> -"You will, after my death, revert to the habits of your precursors."
> (Mishkat)..and so most of you are until today medieval and Jahils...
>
>
> -"There will be rulers (among you) who will not follow my ways of teaching.
> (Mishkat)....that is your cult baby !
>
>
> -"Calamities will fall on your houses, after me, like rain falls."
> (Mishkat, Muslim, Bukhari)....seems like you are blind and dumb...most of you
> are embroiled in turbulence and turmoil....bombs (stones) are falling over
> your kufr heads....and you cannot still understand..lol ! how stupid can one
> be?
>
>
> -"Prejudice and killing will increase in my Umma, after me." (Mishkat,
> Bukhari, Muslim)....that is why you kill and maim and call it "Jihad" to mislead
> the world...
>
>
> -"Your leaders will lead you astray, and the sword will be drawn and the
> bloodshed will not stop in my Umma, till the Last Day." (Mishkat, Daood,
> Tirmidhi)
>
>
> You totally deserve it !
>
> You betrayed Muhamad and his family and consequently Allah and have made a
> complete mockery of islam !
>
>
> -"Intrigue will start from my mosque (in Medina)." (Al-Belaghul Mobin)
>
> -"Immediately after me, there will be rulers who will lead you to kufr and
> if you will refuse to follow them, they will kill you." (Al-Belaghul Mobin, p.
> 43)
>
>
> Now you should know who is the Kufr ?
>
> -"Monkeys will jump on my mimber (pulpit) in the mosque." The Holy Prophet
> was shown a vision about this. (See Quran Ch. 17 v. 6O).
>
>
> The Omayyad rulers are referred to as monkeys by the Prophet and as the
> "Accursed Tree" in the Holy Quran.
>
>
> And so what would be the quaility of the TEXTS
> and Narrations, be like, whether you name it this or that?
>
> -"In the near future, you will see that ignorance will spread, spiritual
> knowledge will disappear and "haraj" will prevail." When asked, what "haraj"
> was, the Prophet said: "killing." (Al-Belaghul Mobin, p. 43)
>
>
> Your ignorance is clearly known and visible to the world !
>
> -"At the Kauther, some persons will come to see me but they will be
> repulsed. I will say, "O Allah, they are my companions. Allah will reply: "You
> do not know how they had made mockery of the religion (Islam) after you." I
> will then shout, "Go away." (Al-belaghul Mobin, p. 46)
>
>
> Reader is advised to read "Tarikhe Tabari" Volume 4, in the chapter "Events from
> 4O to 132 A.H."
>
>
> This is an account of the way the Omayyad rulers bought the iman of the Muslim
> subjects. Tabari, by the way, is a well-known Suni hadith reporter.
>
>
>
> The Prophet's Islam was Shia Islam as was Abraham's Islam, Moses’ Islam,
> and Jesus’ Islam. Abraham has been called a Shia -a friend of God - in the
> Quran.
>
>
> So Shia Islam is not just 14OO years old.
>
> The need to publicly use this label of "Shia" arose only when the self-seeking
> group (SUNNIS) decided to break away from the Shia main stream.
>
>
> Consequently, there arose a need to distinguish the Islam of the Prophet from
> that of the dissidents.
>
>
> Hence, the use of the labels "Shia" and "Sunni".
>
> We can conclude that the application of the word "Shia" is at least as old as
> Abraham himself -about 5OOO years - while that of "Suni" is only about 14OO
> years old.
>
>
> And, since we accept all the prophets before Abraham as Allah's friends, they
> can all be called "Shias".
>
>
> Besides, the word "Shia" has its origin in the Quran, so it is part of divine
> revelation while the word "Suni" is not.
>
>
> 14OO years ago, the Quran enjoined on the believers to make their will and
> testament during their lifetime.
>
>
> And yet, here it is alleged by the SUNNIS that the Prophet himself was guilty of
> failing to abide by the Quranic injunction.
>
>
> It would baffle any sane mind to think that the Prophet, who had toiled to
> transform the Arab nation from its barbaric state to a civilized one, would
> leave it unattended and uncared-for upon his demise.
>
>
> While even the head of an average household does worry about his loved ones
> and takes care to make known how he wants his affairs to be managed in his
> absence should he become deceased, this great Prophet of Allah, who preached
> making of a will mandatory, allegedly did not worry about the future of his
> beloved Muslim Umma (community) and gravely neglected to practice what he
> himself preached: He himself allegedly omitted to make a will. How absurd,
> indeed!
>
>
> When on his death bed, the Prophet wished to have his designation of Ali as
> his successor to be committed to writing and for this reason he asked for paper
> and pen several times, but those such as Omar and Abu-Bakkar kept ignoring him
> for they very well knew why the Prophet was repeatedly asking for pen and
> paper.
>
>
> The two also asked others who were present to ignore the Prophet who, they said,
> was delirious and not of sound mind anymore.
>
>
> Omar never wanted Hazrat Ali to succeed the Prophet, Divine will or not. In his
> statement to Abdulla ibn Abbass, Omar said:
>
> "Indeed, the holy Prophet was never clear about the succession of Ali;
> but, at times, he exaggerated in praising Ali publicly so much so that we felt
> that the Holy Prophet was going away from truth. It is also true that I
> prevented the Holy Prophet before his death from writing a will in favor of
> Ali. I did it for the sake of Islam. By God of Kaba the Quraish would have
> never accepted Ali as their ruler. Had Ali become the Caliph, the people of
> Arabia would have revolted against him. The Holy Prophet understood my
> intention and therefore he kept quiet."
>
>
> (and so now they created another off shoot of Islam..and drifted away from the
> Islam of Muhamad !)
>
>
> Omar would openly disobey the Prophet. A year before the conquest of Mecca,
> Omar was asked by the Prophet to go on a mission to Mecca.
>
>
> Omar refused to go amid enemies without security.
>
> Islam is submission to the will of Allah. Allah received our submission through
> the Prophet.
>
>
> And here, we see the Prophet's companion and future Caliph disobeying Allah and
> his Prophet.
>
>
> There are several examples of Omar's disobedience, and also of Othman’s.
>
> History records that every single pilgrim, at Ghadir-al-Khum, pledged
> fealty and allegiance to Ali upon his declaration as Prophet's successor. Even
> those, who were inwardly hostile to Ali for his great attributes and his
> exalted position with the Prophet, hypocritically, came forward to congratulate
> him on his appointment and to take an oath of allegiance to him.
>
>
> The first and foremost to take the oath were Omar and Abu-Bakar, the first two
> Khalifs.
>
>
> Al-Ghazali, a Sunni Muslim, widely known and highly respected for his writings,
> has testified as true the event of Gadir-al-Khum.
>
>
> Soon after the above event, the Prophet passed away. While Ali was occupied
> with the Prophet's funeral rites, the Prophet's youngest wife Ayesha procured
> the election of her own father, Abu Bakr .
>
>
> Thus came into existence the SUNNI temporal power a faction that came to be
> known as "Sunnis".
>
>
> Those true to their pledge to Ali stayed steadfast and came to be publicly known
> as "Shias".
>
>
> Funeral rites over, Ali became abreast of the new developments. In the interest
> of national unity, Ali chose to refrain from pressing his claim to temporal
> authority although he had inherited both, the temporal and spiritual authority
> the SUNNIS usurped this...now they are thus the "pious ones"...
>
>
> Ali, In his wisdom knew that, pressing his claim would mean a national
> disaster, civil strife, and reversion to the anarchy of the pre-Islamic
> period....and the Prophet's islam would have become destroyed but for the
> wisdom of Ali in handling this situation..
>
>
> It would mean hardship, destitution and disease for his
> now prosperous nation.
>
> It would mean working against the cause of Islam rather
> than for it. It would mean undoing all that the Prophet had
> done and lived for...Sunnism is not part of Prophet's Ummat !
>
>
>
> ________________________________
>


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