smiling anqa

DONT BLAME ME...

BLAME MY BEARD

PERSIAN GROVER

PERSIAN PIKA

i have way too much time on my hands.
look what i have done.

i gave a rat a bath.

i made these pictures

i ate some cheese

and a bagel

as my son put it
you have done just about nothin

A dangerous criminal mind is on the loose somewhere in the homestead.

WHEN GOOD RATS GO BAD

I woke up this morning and I think that fluffy bin rattie has struck the homestead. Surveillance cameras caught one suspicious looking acharacter ripping up the grass.
the food supply was attacked and little poopies litter the floor. the escape ladder has been knocked off the roof and the suspects have barricaded themselves in the barn.

Witnesses who chooose not to be identified say that the trouble began last night. just after lights out.

there must be some socio-economic reasons that they would go this far.

greetings

Well, it seems that Mr. Michael Graham got himself fired. He is blaming it on CAIR. Now THATS funny. How is it possible that a pro-terrorism Islamic Fundamentalist group like CAIR could get an innocent, taken out of context, flag waving patriot such as Graham fired???

The fact of the matter is, it was not CAIR that got Graham fired, it was Graham that got Graham fired. Graham was racist (what is the word for -ist when it comes to a religion??) and Graham pushed his garbage far beyond the pale of freedom of speech. He was hate mongering and even supported the idea of MORE backlash for Muslim Americans.
He refused to apologize to Muslims in the USA and instead or any kind of repentance he continued on and on spreading his twisted, Pipe-ish lies and infalmmatory statements about Muslims and Islam.

So, now he sits blaming CAIR.

The funny thing is that most Muslims did not want to see him out of a job, but they did want him to re-examine his ideas in light of some truths and facts that he obviously has been neglected of knowing. Muslims do not take pleasure in someone losing their livlihood on account of ignorance. thats not us. it just isn't. Muslims would prefer to have someone educated and have the chance to be witness of facts.

The fact is that while he was on suspension, he ran over to the pro-zionist and anti-muslim sites and wrote alot and I mean ALOT of hateful and racist stuff.

Go figure.

I think either he

a. thought he was so indispensible to that radio station that he could do and say whatever he wanted without repercussion.

b. really believes that all muslims are terrorists to the point he is a fanatic..

c. thought that those sites he ran to would save his racist buttocks.

whatever he thought, he thought wrong.

People like Graham talking all that crap are the twin brother of the Men on the pulpits calling for others to strap on bomb vests. they are like 2 peas in a pod, together yet separate.

I just wish that people like Graham would lay off the propaganda and just try to educate themselves in an objective way.

maybe then they would not be fired....

The problem is not there is too much Islam but too little
Published: Tuesday, 2 August, 2005 12:57 PM Doha Time
By Yusuf Islam

LONDON: Today Muslims are being challenged to face up to the fact that crimes are committed in the name of their religion. Like many, I am finding it hard to accept.

One of the crucial factors about the London bombings, I think, goes right back to school: where did those who carried out the attacks get their teachings from? What curriculum were they following – or not following – when they decided it was OK to blow up themselves and people they didn’t even know? What background have the bombers come from and who taught them?

As a new Muslim – I wasn’t born a Muslim and didn’t have the customary upbringing – receiving an English translation of the Qur’an as a gift in 1976 was a wonderful chance to learn from scratch what the teachings of this misunderstood religion really proclaimed. You may or may not know that the word Islam is rooted in the word ‘peace’. Yes, some have claimed that there are verses in the Qur’an which endorse violence and fanaticism. But all that proves is that, when you quote out of context to further your own particular brand of extremism, you can choose any book on the shelf. Islam is not alone.

The message I picked up from the Qur’an was quite different. I found the light of knowledge and godliness shining from the verses and stories, linking mankind together as one family, regardless of colour, status or nationality. It told me of the wondrous universal teachings of peace and unity advocated by the greatest of educators, people such as Abraham, Moses, Jesus and others. Yet the followers of these messengers, in defiance of their noble teachings, have indulged in countless wars.

You can’t blame the teachers. You have to blame the distortions and ignorance of their followers. Again, Islam is not unique in this. At the end of every Friday sermon around the world, in every mosque, the imam usually recites the following words from the Qur’an: “Verily, God commands justice and kindness and giving to relatives and He forbids indecency, objectionable actions and extremism. God instructs you that you may be reminded.”

Yet no matter what the teachings convey, some listeners will be selective, and may choose not to be reminded.

It’s uncomfortable but easy to imagine youths today – many of whom are fugitives from the mosques in the first place – growing up against the backdrop of the injustices lambasting the Muslim world, being impressed by the fiery rhetoric of the sharp-tongued dogmatists. Youngsters are naturally attracted to short-cut solutions. This is where many of the problems start.

Education is crucial. Here in Britain, the education system has been slow, at best, in allowing Islamic teachings to be taught in their full breadth. There is a lack of commitment to the rigours of traditional learning. In the West, where Islam is denigrated and prejudice abounds, where headlines designed to shock and mesmerise dominate people’s minds, the real teachings of the faith are left for people to fall upon by chance. In terms of spiritual and moral nourishment, it has been left to largely irregular and inadequate models of religious education to deliver the goods.

An hour-long mosque sermon, once a week – which most Muslims attend – or a lecture by a visiting scholar who barely speaks English and has little understanding of British and European life, are never likely to deliver the balanced curriculum necessary to build the conscientious believer, one who not only knows his duty to God but also to the society and world he lives in.

The July 7 bombers attended state schools in Britain, not faith-based schools. Some of them, we are told, briefly visited madrassa schools in Pakistan. This may or may not be relevant, but it suggests that they felt they had had insufficient Islamic education in Britain. By going abroad, they laid themselves open to influences outside normal scholastic parameters.

If we fail to provide authentic and traditional spiritual values within everyday schooling, we allow rogue ideologists to distort the essence of religious concepts. We also exclude invaluable wisdom and repress the strong spirit of devotion that many believers naturally feel.

The teachings of Islam have nothing to do with the recent barbarities. The problem, to oversimplify, is not too much Islam but too little. In the same way, Christianity didn’t produce Hitler; but the absence of true Christian teachings and a lack of strong spiritual role models must have contributed.

Faith-based education produces major benefits. At, Islamia Primary, the first Muslim school to be granted aided status by the British government, by conforming to and delivering the national curriculum, we are able to balance society’s needs with the aspirations of Muslim parents. The results are not perfect, but they are encouraging.
Children, and particularly those disposed to disaffection, need spiritual support and firm moral borders when confronted by the pressures of modern life. We aim to provide these in a context of learning. Historically, Islamic civilisation nurtured the development of science and spurred the arrival of the European Renaissance. “Seek knowledge, even if it is in China”, is a much quoted Islamic proverb attributed to Prophet Muhammad. An uneducated Muslim is a dangerous entity to himself as well as to others. Ignorance contradicts the very essence of true Islam, which is based on the love and search for knowledge. So without knowledge, please don’t blame Islam. – The Independent

Yusuf Islam is chairman of the International Board for Educational Research and Resources. In 2004 he was honoured with the ‘Man for Peace’ award by a committee of Nobel peace laureates.