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Islamic Anarchism, Pipedream or Possibility?
This web site is well worth looking at to get beyond Bush and Blairs defence of the Islamic religion rather then people who happen to be from a Muslim background. The articles opposite are a selection from the site.
Irshad Manji is the best-selling author of The Trouble with Islam Today. It has been published internationally, including in Pakistan. The Urdu as well as Arabic translations are posted on this website, and can be downloaded free of charge.
"it is the Western rendition of Islam, and not an expression which Muslims have anything to do with. Apparently, it seems to imply that there is what you may call fundamentalist Islam as distinct from non-fundamentalist Islam"
From "Muslim Saints and Mystics: Episodes from the Tadhkirat al-Auliya’ (Memorial of the Saints)"
Fazl brought Harun to the door of the house of Sofyan-e Oyaina. They knocked at the door.
“Who is it?” Sofyan asked.
“The Commander of the Faithful,” Fazl replied.
Hearing of what had happened, Sofyan said, “Fozail-e Iyaz is such a man as you are seeking. You must go to him.” And he recited this verse: Or do those who commit evil deeds think that We shall make them as those who believe and do righteous deeds?
“If I am seeking good counsel, this is sufficient,” remarked Harun.
They knocked at Fozail’s door.
“Who is it?” Fozail asked.
“What business has he with me, and what have I to do with him?” Fozail demanded.
“Is it not a duty to obey those in authority?” countered Fazl.
“Do not disturb me,” cried Fozail.
“Shall I enter with an authority or a command?” said Fazl.
Harun entered. As he approached Fozail, the latter blew out the lamp so as not to see his face. Harun stretched out his hand, and Fozail’s hand met it.
“How smooth and soft this palm is, if only it could escape from Hell-fire!” Fozail remarked. So saying, he arose and stood in prayer. Harun was much affected and weeping overcame him. “Say something to me,” he begged.
Harun wept bitterly, so that his consciousness was like to fail.
“Enough! You have slain the Commander of the Faithful,” chided Fazl the vizier.
“I am speaking of debts owed to men, Fozail,” said Harun.
Then Harun placed a purse of a thousand dinars before him. “This is lawful coin, of my mother’s inheritance,” he said.
It may not be bad to distinguish a living myth -a sort of spirit of the community- from its carcas or its recuperation called religion. And hence all religins in this sense would include such wisdoms. I can supply you with many examples from Judaism, Christianity, Islam and Hinduism & Budhism. But I like such stories i...
Indie filmmaker makes SUV ads ahead of May's "Moonrise Kingdom."
As love letters to cinema scored big at Sunday night's Oscar ceremony, Wes Anderson gave his own tribute to movies past during the commercial breaks.
The Royal Tenenbaums director debuted on TV two commercials for the Hyundai Azera SUV during the broadcast, with each featuring a series of nods to Hollywood's long tradition of innovative wheels. The first, titled Talk to My Car, is an ode to interactive motors that includes a Bond-esque submarine hybrid (with scenery...
The second ad, Modern Life, features more contemporary settings, but is easily recognizable as an Anderson production.
Anderson has made ads for a number of companies; in 2010 he and Roman Coppola made a retro-style commercial for Stella Artois beer, directed a series of spots for AT&T in 2007 and appeared in an ad for American Express in 2006.
Moonrise Kingdom, the director's next film, will hit theaters in late May and features Bruce Willis, Bill Murray, Frances McDormand, Jason Schwartzman, Tilda Swinton and Edward Norton.
SYDNEY (Reuters Life!) - Ever been attracted to or put off a place just by its name?
Travel website VirtualTourist.com (www.virtualtourist.com) have compiled a list of the “Top 10 Most Interesting Place Names.” The list is not endorsed by Reuters.
It may sound like the birthplace of Borat, but in reality it is the cotton capital of Australia and a great place to learn more about the history of the country.
Don’t expect a town full of hyper-philosophical people. The name is a derivative of the town’s distinctive Y-shaped intersection of two major highways.
The name of this UNESCO world heritage site outside Fort Macleod refers to an ancient method of capturing bison.
While not one of the world’s most bustling tourist destinations, this town in Bavaria could be the ideal location for true romantics.
Giving new meaning to the term, “If at first you don’t succeed.” This is the perfect place for anyone looking for a second chance in life.
Hard to believe that this rafting town has such an off-putting moniker. In fact, it’s known for its beauty as well as its hospitality.
It may sound like something you put on cake, but it’s actually a stunning hilltop on the North York Moors with impressive views. Its name is derived from the Old Norse for Odin’s rock or crag.
Known for its eerie rock formations, the town has good-naturedly set up a post office so that postcards can literally be sent from Hell.
When the producers of the famous radio game show put out a call in 1950 for a town to name itself after the program and then host the show, this small spa city of about 7,300 people stepped up and changed its name from Hot Springs.
It’s generally agreed that a tavern established in the 1700s called “King of Prussia Inn” was the source of the name of this community of about 18,000 people.
At least 25 people have been killed and 60 injured, many critically, in a suicide bomb attack on a religious procession of Shi’ite Muslims in Karachi, Pakistan’s largest city.
Furious participants in the ceremony turned on police, soldiers and media after the blast which sent smoke billowing over the centre.
Film footage showed police and ambulances with broken windows, as Karachi’s mayor, Mustafa Kamal, appealed for calm. The suicide bomber evaded heightened security during the traditionally tense month of Muharram when Shi’ite’s mourn the death in a seventh-century battle of Muhammed’s grandson Ali which led to their spl...
Warnings of possible attacks had increased overnight after a suicide bombing on Monday killed eight and wounded 80 in Muzaffarabad, the capital of the Pakistan-controlled part of Kashmir. Scores of lesser incidents of violence between Shi’ite and Sunni Muslims have been reported in the run-up to Ashura, the holiest day...
Eyewitnesses in Karachi said that armed Shi’ites in the procession fired shots in the air after the bomb blast, while others pelted police and medical teams with stones.
Kamal warned that the attack could be related to wider terrorist activity and attempts to destabilise the country during the crisis over al-Qaeda and Afghanistan.
Pakistan’s interior minister, Rehman Malik, said the bomber detonated his explosives at the start of the Ashura procession, on the 10th day of Muharram. The provincial health minister, Sagheer Ahmad, warned that the death toll at the city’s Civil hospital could increase because the victims’ injuries were so severe.
The blast follows more than 500 civilian deaths in bomb attacks across Pakistan since mid-October when the country’s army launched an attack on alleged al-Qaeda and Taliban refuges in the border province of South Waziristan. Army commanders said shortly before the attack that security in centres such as Peshawar was “o...
Extra paramilitaries had been mobilised in Karachi after an explosion yesterday injured 30, but was later attributed to a build-up of gas in faulty sewage pipes. In the eastern city of Lahore, all entry and exit points to Shi’ite processions for Ashura were sealed and all participants had to queue for scanners.
A couple days ago, we brought you the movie trailer. Today we have a few new stills and the official plot synopsis for Miramax’s Eagle vs. Shark. I can’t say enough how much I dug this film. It’s Little Miss Sunshine meets Napoleon Dynamite.
I kinda prefered the Sundance version with the sleeping bags more. This one looks a little too indie, and most people easily skip over lower budget films.
First up are the photos. As always, left click for a better look.
Jemaine Clement as JARROD (left) and Loren Horsley as LILY (right) in EAGLE VS. SHARK.
Director Taiki Waititi (center) with Loren Horsley as LILY (left) and Jemaine Clement as JARROD (right) on the set of EAGLE VS. SHARK.
From New Zealand comes a wickedly offbeat love story – a funny, fractured romance between two total misfits, woven into an all-consuming quest for revenge, and shot through with the strange, sweet hilarity of the human condition. EAGLE vs. SHARK introduces the original and delightfully different vision of writer-dire...
It all begins with Lily (LOREN HORSLEY), a lonely oddball and fast-food waitress who happens to be a hopeless romantic. Then there’s Jarrod (JEMAINE CLEMENT), the man of Lily’s dreams, another lonely oddball and video game clerk, who has spent the last decade plotting ultimate vengeance on a bully from his high school ...
When these two connect at a “dress as your favorite animal” party, she’s an anemic Shark and he’s a fluffy-headed Eagle. It’s a match that seems made in outcast heaven, but when Lily decides to risk everything for love, her hopes are nearly dashed. After a brief fling, Jarrod dumps Lily because he’s too busy “training”...
EAGLE vs. SHARK is written and directed by Taika Waititi. The film is produced by Ainsley Gardiner and Cliff Curtis and executive produced by Emanuel Michael. The cast of New Zealanders includes Loren Horsley, Jemaine Clement, Craig Hall, Rachel House, Brian Sergent and Joel Tobeck. The film is set to the mesmerizing s...
Photo credits: Matt Grace/Courtesy of Miramax Films.
French consumer spending fell the most in nearly two years in November as unseasonably warm weather held back energy and clothing purchases. As David Pollard reports, the retail sector across Europe is also suffering from the unseasonal weather.
You might not normally want to be doing this in December in Paris. And certainly not in a T-shirt. Unless it's December 2015 - when record after weather record is being smashed. Temperatures regularly in the mid-teens centigrade. Prompting some visitors to be unusually candid about what they're wearing. (SOUNDBITE) (En...
ULAN BATOR, Jan. 28 (Xinhua) -- A solar power plant with an installed capacity of 10 megawatts has been officially launched in Mongolia's central province of Govisumber, Mongolian state television reported on Monday.
Mongolia's total renewable energy capacity stood at 275 megawatts at the end of 2018, according to the Ministry of Energy.
The 10-megawatt solar power plant was officially put into operation on Sunday in Sumber soum, an administrative subdivision in Govisumber, said the project's operator ESB Solar Energy.
"The construction of the Green Climate Fund-funded power plant took six months. The power plant can generate 17.1 million kWh of electricity per year to the country's national power grid," the company said.
The Green Climate Fund is a fund established under the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) to help developing countries in their efforts to adopt renewable energy.
Mongolia, which enjoys more than 250 days of sunshine a year and boasts a potential wind capacity of 1,100 gigawatts, has set a goal of supplying 20 percent of its energy through renewables by 2020 and 30 percent by 2030.
ABC's Jonathan Karl goes one-on-one with the Wisconsin governor.
gop, tea party favorite, he made his name taking on unions and now is possible a 2016 contender. On karl is back with the inside story of the man who was once the most divisive politician in america. Reporter: It was three years ago that the occupied movement was born right here in madison, wisconsin. The focus of the ...
It's been a tragic year for veterans of the WWE, as 2018 has been rife with the deaths of several high-profile wrestling talents. Wrestlers such as Vader, Nikolai Volkoff, and others are among those who've recently passed, and now the world has lost yet another member of the memorable Hart Foundation in Jim "The Anvil,...
My condolences to @NatbyNature & her family over the loss of her father, Jim 'The Anvil' Neidhart. My thoughts, prayers & heart are with you, Nattie.
As Matt Hardy mentioned, Jim Neidhart was the father of current WWE superstar Natalya, who has been absent from social media ever since news broke of the wrestler's passing. According to TMZ, dispatchers were called around 6:00 a.m. to a Florida home where Neidhart was said to be having seizures and convulsions. Nataly...
Okerlund's kind words about Jim "The Anvil" Neidhart were backed up by superstar and WWE Executive Vice President of Talent, Live Events & Creative Triple H, who characterized the passed superstar as a great family man.
The only thing bigger than his on-screen character was his heart.
Jim “The Anvil” Neidhart loved performing with & spending time with his family...and he made us all smile while doing it.
The cause of Jim Neidhart's death is unknown, although his struggles with addiction have been reported on in the past. Neidhart had completed two rehabilitation programs under the WWE in the time since his arrest in 2010, but it is not known whether or not drugs or alcohol played a factor in his passing. Aside from his...
And because no pro wrestling reaction rundown can be complete without an entry from the Nature Boy himself, here's how Ric Flair reacted to the news.
We at CinemaBlend would like to offer our condolences to the friends and family of Jim Neidhart, and wish them well during this difficult time.
For economies still experiencing the worst of the global financial crisis, a double-digit expansion of a key output indicator would be a cause for wild-eyed celebration. In Turkey, industrial production data on Tuesday confirmed an 11.3% annual growth rate in November–the highest growth for more than a year–but markets...
The hefty expansion in November was less about a momentous surge in output and more about the longer working month due to a religious holiday, economists said. The extra four days of work helped industrial output register a huge rebound from October’s 5.7% year-on-year contraction.
Market moves were also limited because the November expansion was flagged by central bank Governor Erdem Basci, who said industrial output–a crucial indicator of Turkey’s economic growth–would likely hit double-digits in November.
“Because of the shifting religious holiday dates and number of business days, we think that November industrial production has offset the bad production data in October … The data does not contain new information for the central bank, in our view, as this increase was expected as a reversal of weak October data,” said ...
Will Ottawa Go Its Own Way?
ANDREW COHEN is Associate Professor of Journalism at Carleton University and Global Fellow at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars. He is the author of Two Days in June: John F. Kennedy and the 48 Hours That Made History .
On April 2, 1965, Prime Minister Lester Pearson of Canada traveled to Philadelphia, where he gave an address urging U.S. President Lyndon Johnson to consider a limited halt in the bombing of North Vietnam. Although Pearson’s appeal was respectful and restrained, the president felt betrayed, and he let it be known when...
The relationship between the two never recovered. As the war in Vietnam escalated, Pearson realized that he could do nothing to stop it. Johnson never again asked Canada, “Now, what can I do for you?” as he had when he telephoned Pearson to thank him for sending peacekeepers to Cyprus in 1964. For decades, that afterno...
Volvo Cars is to take over a Portuguese racing circuit for 3 months this summer with a 12-week experiential event to launch the new S60 model to its global dealership.
The event is being designed and produced by live event and experiential specialists Line Up. Beginning on 29 June, 5,600 dealers from 36 markets will be invited in tailored groups to a two-day interactive experience themed ‘Driving Performance’ that will see them get to grips with the new Volvo S60.
Line Up has designed the whole event to reflect the ‘dual personality’ of the Volvo S60 – a car which combines Volvo’s reputation for safety with a new ‘naughty’ side for more daring drivers.
his reinforces the model’s new ad campaign which announces that ‘the naughty Volvo’s are here’. Line Up has devised an engaging programme of events that will showcase the S60’s driving capabilities. Dealers will take part in a series of interactive learning sessions and presentations, competitor car driving comparisons...
There will also be opportunities for dealers to share their reactions to the S60 experience via social media. The night before the driving activities, dealers will be enjoy an experiential dinner at a contemporary coastal venue that has been designed by Line Up to have the look and feel of a Supper Club.
After welcome drinks on the terrace, guests will be treated to a three-course dinner complete with a series of ‘naughty’ surprises that will be revealed as the evening progresses. To make the experience even more memorable, dealers will then be treated to an overnight stay at a four star hotel.
This will be the fourth year running that Line Up has masterminded this type of event for Volvo, having produced award-winning launches in Stockholm and Gothenburg.
Pope Francis has caused another round of cheering and dismay by calling for a “better translation” of the words of the Lord’s Prayer. Specifically, he says that the line familiar to us English speakers as “lead us not into temptation” should be rendered as “let us not fall into temptation,” because a loving Father does...
And yet, and yet: The words of Jesus are clear. The original Greek is not ambiguous. There is no variant hiding in the shelves. We cannot go from an active verb, subjunctive mood, aorist tense, second person singular, with a clear direct object, to a wholly different verb—“do not allow”—completed by an infinitive that ...
Here someone will shout, “But sometimes the meanings are not literal.” I agree. Sometimes the primary meaning is figurative; but that is still a linguistic judgment, and not theological exegesis. Even so, we are far more likely to paint for our readers a broad range of figurative meaning by keeping close to the literal...
Someone else will say that language changes over time, and that is why we need revisions. Perhaps; but the ancient Greek has not changed, and English in this regard has not changed. “Lead us not into temptation” means “do not lead us into temptation,” and that is that. We might revise and render “temptation” as “testin...
No, I believe that the Greek means what it means, and what it means is accurately rendered as “lead us not into temptation,” exactly the same in Matthew as it is in Luke.
Then someone objects, and says that the Greek is just a translation of the Lord’s Aramaic, so that we, by guesswork, can efface the Greek and replace it with a supposititious original. There are three problems here. First, the Greek is the text we have, and it is canonical. Second, there is no reason to suppose that Gr...