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What Should You Know #15: Terrorism
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Sibak Al-khayl (horse Racing) in IslamBy: Ibrahim | 20/12/2007 | ReligionHorse Racing (sibak al-khayl or ijra al-khayl) had been a major sport and a favorite pastime in pre-Islamic Arabia. It was a part of equitation (furusiyya), regarded as essential for military training and also as an object of entertainment for the people from all walks of life. During the Islamic period the breeding, maintenance and training of horses became one of the means of facilitating the prosecution of the holy war. The Prophet regarded horse-breeding as a meritorious calling, and assigned to it a share in the booty obtained on the battle field. This religious sanction fostered a competitive attitude amongst the breeders and encouraged the augmentation of the stock, which suffered considerable depletion in the course of the wars of that time. Cavalry was in fact to become an important factor in the military success of the Muslims. Ayat Al-dhurriyaBy: Ibrahim | 09/04/2008 | ReligionAccording to the Koran: "God chose Adam and Noah and the family of Abraham and the family of Imran above all (His) creatures. Offspring, one from the other"(3:33-34). The word dhurriya means direct descendants, family or lineage. It occurs 32 times in the Koran in the context of the prophets, indicating that their mission was assigned to their direct descendants to carry on. Musta alinsBy: Ibrahim | 10/12/2009 | Religion"Badr al-Jamali, the Fatimid vizir expected the succession of Musta'li but he died in 487/1095, a month before the death of Imam al-Mustansir. The Imam appointed Lawun Amin ad-Dawla as a new vizir, but after few days, al-Afdal, the son of Badr al-Jamali managed to obtain office of vizirate when the Imam was on death-bed. Role Models for Baby Boomer GenerationBy: hasan yahya | 10/11/2009 | EthicsHow much role models play in a person’s life? This question brings the writer back as one of the Baby Boomers Generation to his early years of his life, and who were the role models for his generation and himself which is different from today’s role models. Review Of MuhajababesBy: Amal Awad | 13/02/2007 | Art & EntertainmentI remember, one afternoon in 2004, watching TV in my aunt's sitting room in a small West Bank village. Much of the night before had been taken up speaking about the current toxic situation in the region, my family regaling me with tales of redemption, betrayal and fear. All told... People of Pakistan Are You Ready?By: Mohammad Mansoor Ali Ansari | 17/11/2009 | PoliticsEvery day passing is adding to the agony of Pakistani nation. The uncontrolled terrorism and failures of the Government to control Law and Order situation is making every Pakistani a mental patient. The raise in prices of basic commodities like sugar, milk, wheat and lot more plus unbearable cost of Utility bills together making Pakistanis a highly disappointed nation. We can come out of this crisis but we need to understand the black game of our own Government. The Impact of Privatization of Solid Waste Collection and Transportation in Delhi: The Impact on the informal Recycling SectorBy: Jomit C P | 24/06/2009 | EducationIf there is to be privatization of solid waste management services, it must be designed to be equitable for everyone. It can offer answers for urban poverty and the increasing urban environmental problems we face. If urban policy makers are to use this for the optimal benefit of a city, then privatization should be seen as a means of enabling the urban poor, not disempowering them. This requires a paradigm shift and visionary leadership, but there are rudimentary examples to build up from. Origin of the Word “assassins”By: Ibrahim | 14/01/2008 | ReligionThe Ismailis were not a band of terrorists, but their fighting against their oppressors was a struggle for survival. Mediaeval Europeans, who remained absolutely ignorant of Muslim beliefs and practices, had transmitted a number of tales, and produced a perverted image of the Ismailis. Rene Dussaud writes in Histoire et Religion des Nosaires (Paris, 1900) that, "One of the very few Europeans who have appreciated the good points of this remarkable sect and who is of opinion that the judgments pronounced by western scholars are marked by an excessive severity. It is certainly wrong to confound as do the Musulman doctors, in one common reprobation. And the Old Man of the Mountain himself was not so black as it is custom to paint him." In more recent times, too, many western scholars have continued to apply the ill-conceived term Assassins to the Nizari Ismailis without being aware of its etymology or dubious origin. Paul E. Walker makes his comments in his Abu Yaqub al-Sijistani: Intellectual Missionary (London, 1996, p. 1) that, "Until recently, however, the Ismailis were studied and judged almost exclusively on the basis of the evidence collected or fabricated by their enemies, including the bulk of the medieval Sunni heresiographers and polemicists who were hostile towards the Shi’is in general and the Ismailis among them in particular. These Sunni authors in fact treated Shi’ite interpretations of Islam as expressions of heterodoxy or even heresy. As a result, a ‘black legend’ was gradually developed and put into circulation in the Muslim world to discredit the Ismailis and their interpretations of Islam.
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