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| | The Radical Green Roots of Anti-Immigration - Part I | | 2008-07-31 22:25:02 | | THE HISTORICAL ROOTS OF POPULATION CONTROLON of the great false-hoods of immigration reform is that it is a conservative entity. Nothing could be farther from the truth. Instead of having roots in conservative thought, it stems, instead, directly from Marxism. It is all about population control and eugenics, and is directly contrary to the very concept of the Republican Party. Part I of this series deals with the evolution of the individual, the role of the value of the one, to the devalue of the individual through collectivism. Through this collectivism came the modern liberal and through the modern ... | | By: The Pink Flamingo | | |
| | Roots and Homes | | 2008-07-23 02:18:42 | | Where my father was born:
Nablus, Palestine, also known as Jabal Al-Nar, the mountain of fire.
My memories of Nablus as a child are of old stone walls, jasmines, tea with mint, and the smell of burnt pine wood.
My dad’s tales of Nablus are of cinemas, circuses, and family love.
The box with old pictures from [...] | | By: And Far Away... | | |
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| Tra fish problem needs to be settled to the roots | | 2008-07-16 04:49:00 | | The biggest problem of tra fish is not lack of capital but overproduction, experts say. On July 15, the story of tra fish, once again, was put on the agenda of a meeting between leaders of provinces in the west of the southern region.
Dr Nguyen Huu Dung, Deputy Chairman of the Viet Nam Association of Seafood and Exporters and Producers (VASEP), said that it was unnecessary for tra fish to have | | By: Vietnam Business Finance News | | |
| | Experts: Roots of Medicare woes neglected | | 2008-07-13 06:12:00 | | WASHINGTON, July 13 — Medicare reimbursement procedures need a massive overhaul beyond the temporary fix passed by the U.S. Congress, experts say.
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| | The Roots of the Anti-Immigration Movement - (one more time) | | 2008-07-12 22:17:00 | | MALKIN, TANTON & PLANNED PARENTHOODThis morning, I discovered a fascinating comment concerning the article I posted about Malkin and LaRaza. "I post on Michelles' blog on a regular basis and I am becoming very concerned about the level of anti-hispanic hatemongering that I see displayed there by both the hostess and some of her responders. Her hatred of John McCain and her willingness to derail his campaign is simply an extension of this.It truly seems as though Ms. Malkin has lost all sense of proportion.Her blog has been overrun by Paulians, supremacists, and freaks who are into ... | | By: The Pink Flamingo | | |
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| Birthday Girl - Il Video dei The Roots ft Patrick Stump | | 2008-07-01 03:49:19 | | ????
I The Roots sono un gruppo hip hop statunitense, formatosi a Filadelfia nel 1987.
La loro maggiore peculiarit?? ?? quella di essere rimasti sempre fedeli alle proprie regole e al proprio stile, imperniato su inusuali giri di basso e chitarra, batteria dal vivo e voce roca e gutturale a bordo del microfono. Ispirati dal concetto di [...] | | By: Non Il Solito BLOG [. com] | | |
| | GREG STREET TO RELEASE “GREG STREET CERTIFIED WORLDWIDE” ON INTERSCOPE RECORDS GREG STREET CERTIFIED WORLDWIDE FEATURES APPEARANCES FROM LIL WAYNE, THE GAME, SOULJA BOY, RICH BOY, WALE, NAPPY ROOTS, KARDINAL OFFISHAL | | 2008-07-01 00:56:24 | | ATLANTA, GA -- Perennial radio personality and hip hop hit-breaker Greg Street is primed for the release of “Greg Street Certified Worldwide,” his long-anticipated compilation for Interscope Records. The compilation’s first single is the upbeat, feel-good track “Good Day,” featuring Nappy Roots which is currently airing on BET’s “106 and Park,” features Street with a classroom of singing school children interspersed with scenes of members of Nappy Roots. The compilation also features appearances from Lil Wayne, Game, Soulja Boy, Kardinal, Rich Boy, Wale and more. | | By: MVRemix Urban | | |
| | | PPI Returns to Roots with Second Gen PS TT | | 2008-05-27 07:26:00 | | PPI and WCF have a little bit of history together. Back in 2004 when WCF was still operating as GermanCarFans.com, we were the first to give coverage to a small new tuning firm from Germany who's first product was based on the first generation Audi TT, known as the PPI RS TT. The RS TT went on to become a top seller and the foundation for the success of this Audi tuning specialist from Swabia, Germany. Over the past 4 years PPI has evolved with a suite of products covering the entire Audi range. Their latest product, which was first shown in Essen this past December, now follows up on this success story, with the second generation named, PS TT.In addition to the lift-reducing body kit, one standout feature is the windscreen spoiler. Take it or leave it, the rest of the package is quite tasteful consisting of a front apron, side skirts and rear fascia with integrated carbon fiber rear fascia diffuser, and rear spoiler.Performance kit I for the 2.0 liter turbo FSI engine bumps output up | | By: Autoshows | | |
| | Deep Roots | | 2008-05-01 09:20:00 | | Deep roots, of faithanchoring our lives in the good soil,reaching down into the living watersfed by the creator, the sustainerour loving God; deep roots reaching out, stabilizing us,grounding us in study, in fellowship,indwelling relationship with Godlike trees against the blastwe are held up, protectedsteeled for the trials we all facewith deep roots of faithMay 1, 2008Psalm 1Psalm 1:3Upper Room daily devotionalhttp://www.upperroom.org/Devotional/default.asp?month=5&day=1&year=2008&x=107&y=6 | | By: Poetry Where You Live | | |
| | | On TV: Lil Mama, The Roots, Chuck D | | 2008-04-28 01:32:51 | | Hip hop acts on television this week include:
Lil Mama, who performs on 'Total Request Live' on Monday and 'Live with Regis and Kelly' on Tuesday and visits 'The Sauce' on Tuesday.
The Roots, who perform with Chrisette Michele on 'The Lat | | By: Rapdirt.com - Rap Music News | | |
| | A New View on the Roots of Itchy Skin | | 2008-04-26 02:25:34 | | In Brief:
The prevailing theory that chronic eczema is primarily an allergic disease has been challenged in recent years.
Genetic studies suggest that a defective, leaky skin barrier is the initial cause in up to half of eczema cases seen by doctors.
Topical drugs that reduce inflammation are still the mainstay of treating rashes, but new genetic findings [...] | | By: ArticlesModern | | |
| | | Word Roots 17 | | 2008-04-23 00:18:12 | | xen (strange, foreign)
xenocentric
favoring a culture other than one’s own
xenon
an inert gas
xenophile
one fond of foreign things
xenophobe
one abnormally fearful of foreign things and people
xero (dry, arid)
xerography
electrically charged, dry copying
xerophilic
adapted to making do with little moisture
xerostomia
abnormal dryness of the mouth
xeroprinting
dry printing
xerothermic [...] | | By: Career Help & Jobs in India | | |
| | Word Roots 16 | | 2008-04-23 00:15:12 | | tom (cut)
anatomy
structure of animals or plants
appendectomy
surgical removal of the appendix
microtome
instrument to cut into small sections
tomography
planar recording of internal body images, body section roentgenography
tonsillectomy
surgical removal of the tonsils
tox (poison)
toxic
poisonous
toxicology
science of poisons and their effects on organisms
toxiferous
conveying or producing poison
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| | Word Roots 15 | | 2008-04-23 00:11:50 | | sub (under, less than, below)
By the process of assimilation, sub sometimes changes to conform to the first consonant in the next syllable.
subacute
between acute and chronic
subcaption
secondary headline
subdivide
to further divide
subjugate
to conquer
sublime
splendid
submerged
hidden, cryptic
subornation
crime of persuading a person to commit perjury
subpoena
summons to [...] | | By: Career Help & Jobs in India | | |
| | Word Roots 14 | | 2008-04-23 00:07:32 | | quin (five)
quinquennial
occurring every five years, period of five years
quintuple
five times as much
quintuplicate
five identical copies
retro (back, backward)
retrieve
to regain, repossess
retrocede
to cede back
retrogression
movement, development backward
rubi (red)
rubefacient
causing redness
rubella
German measles
sang (blood)
consangineous
being of the same blood, ancestry
sanguinary
bloody, gory, bloodthirsty, murderous
sanguine [...] | | By: Career Help & Jobs in India | | |
| | Word Roots 13 | | 2008-04-23 00:03:14 | | ose (full of, having the qualities of)
grandiose
full of grandeur
otiose
vain, idle, without effect
paleo (old, ancient primitive)
paleobotany
science of fossil plants
paleology
study of antiquities
paleotechnic
relating to ancient art or early industrial development
pend (hang)
depend
to rely on, trust
pendant
a hanging object
pendente lite
while litigation is going on
suspend [...] | | By: Career Help & Jobs in India | | |
| | Word Roots 12 | | 2008-04-22 23:56:50 | | mega (large, strong, great)
megabit
one million bits
megabuck
one million dollars
megalopolis
densely populated area comprising several cities or metropolitan areas
megastructure
immense building with many stories
micro (small, enlarging, one-millionth part of)
microbe
extremely small organism
microgram
one millionth of a gram
microphone
device for amplifying or transmitting sound
microtext
text in microform
milli [...] | | By: Career Help & Jobs in India | | |
| | The Roots ft. Patrick Stump - Birthday Girl | | 2008-04-15 09:12:33 | | The Roots si Patrick Stump ne au scos videoclip la piesa Birthday Girl , cel oficial ca mai e o varianta pe youtube facuta de un fan si toti si-au luat teapa , credeau ca e varianta oficiala si a fost facut mai simplu asa .Piesa suna bine , era poe net de vreo 2-3 saptamani , m-au impresionat intotdeauna, The Seed ramane in istorie , Don't say nuthin' nu mai zic.. colaborarea cu E. Badu -I got me, Star iar..sunt o trupa care au un sound propriu si mereu au venit cu ceva nou .Sa nu uitam ca Scot | | By: despre orice | | |
| | On TV: Diddy, Jay-Z, The Roots | | 2008-04-13 23:38:14 | | Hip hop acts on television this week include:
Sean 'Diddy' Combs, who visits 'Total Request Live' on Tuesday.
The Roots, who perform on 'The Colbert Report' on Tuesday.
Jay-Z, who visits 'Tavis Smiley' on Thursday.
Lyrics Born | | By: Rapdirt.com - Rap Music News | | |
| | Adopted children discover their roots, farms, fishermen and the Great Wall of China this summer. | | 2008-04-03 23:12:04 | | Lotus Travel, Inc. the largest US based Chinese tour operator to specialize in China adoption travel and China heritage tours for adoptive families introduces their first annual Heritage Discovery Tour?, July 01-14, 2002.
On July 01, 2002 a special group of little travelers and their families will begin an exciting journey to China to discover their roots in the land of their birth and take the time to explore some of China?s most spectacular sightseeing highlights along the way.
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| | Roots & Shoots | | 2008-03-28 09:25:00 | | Roots & Shoots tableware is perfectly sized for sandwich and chip combinations, salads and pasta dishes. Whether for everyday use, picnics or informal patio dinners, these lightweight, dishwasher-safe plates will add style to every gathering. The packaged set of four plates form an integrated tree and foliage design. I just really like the design on these plates.roots&shoots
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| | Word Roots 2 | | 2008-03-28 08:11:20 | | ac, ad, af, ag, al, ap, as, at (to, toward, adjacent to)
By the process of assimilation, ad becomes ac, af, etc., to conform to the first consonant in the next syllable.
accede
to agree
accelerate
to speed up
accept
to take, receive
acclaim
praise
acclimate
to adjust to climate
accumulate
to gather, collect
adapt
to [...] | | By: Career Help & Jobs in India | | |
| | Word Roots 1 | | 2008-03-27 05:40:05 | | a, an (not without)
achromatic
without color
ahistorical
not historical
amoral
without morals
anesthesia
without pain
anhydrous
without water
apathy
without feeling
aplastic
not easily molded
aseptic
sterile, without infection
atheist
godless
atoxic
not poisonous
atrophic
not developing, growing
atypical
not typical
ab (away from, apart from)
abase
to lower, degrade
abdicate
to surrender, yield
abduct [...] | | By: Career Help & Jobs in India | | |
| | | True roots to India | | 2008-03-19 14:00:05 | | If you live in another country then you must be able to understand my feelings of home sickness and the feeling of missing something vital in life. The instinct from inside asks me many time to have a word with my friends and relatives back home but i cant. Why ?I cannot call them because its too expensive from United States to call home back in India. Though many times i tried to have them on Voice chat and Internet telephony but all failed as internet and power infrastructure is just not that good. Voice starts to crack and most of the times the call is lost or there is a power cut. So internet calls were also not good for me.Then I came across Trueroots.us. It gives you opportunity to call India at cheaper rates. Trueroots is a TATA enterprise and that already makes me feel closer to home. Well the india prepaid calling card had been a boon for me as now i can call home from United states, Canada or United Kingdom at cheap calling rates.This saves me a lot of money being spend in co | | By: IBIBO | | |
| | | | Getting to the roots of hair loss | | 2008-02-24 17:37:54 | | A healthy individual loses around a hundred hairs a day. Nothing to worry about as long as they are constantly replaced and the losses occur evenly around the whole scalp. But when hair loss goes well beyond this level it can become quite a problem for those affected -- not only superficially in terms of looks but also psychologically. A breakthrough on the hair front has now been made by an international research team headed by scientists at the University of Bonn.
read more | | By: Machines Like Us - Science and Technology News | | |
| | Indie Rock Roots Guitar Jam | | 2008-02-20 20:28:44 | | Hey ATOMIC fans. Here's my first post since last December.
I'm starting to get a little itch to get back and rock out with you on this blog.
I recorded this jam the other day when I was getting back to some of my Indie Rock roots. What I mean is just playing experimental but melodic guitar. Kind of like with a creative edge.
I don't know if you'll dig it or not.
Can't put my finger on what it sounds like or what bands influenced it, so I just called it "Indie Rock Roots."
Play mp3 | | By: ATOMIC Guitarist | | |
| | The jazz roots of hip-hop | | 2008-01-10 12:22:27 | |     Blue Note Records has been the most notable jazz label for decades, and many hip-hop stars have noticed. On Feb. 12, BN releases Droppin’ Science, a collection of their jazz songs that also wound up being sampled on some big hip-hop hits. Joe Williams, Lou Donaldson, and Ronnie Laws tunes became sampled hits for De [...] | | By: MusicNews&Views | | |
| | | | | Hot Roots. | | 2007-12-02 13:55:00 | | December 3 … Some random “on this day” browsing turned up a piece of apparently un-food-related trivia: today is the anniversary of the admission of Illinois as the 21st state in 1818. On the principle that there is food a degree or three away in every story, I set out on an Illinois food-fact finding mission. It is difficult to get the head around, but Illinois (a small part of it around Collinsville) grows almost all of the horseradish (Cochlearia armoracia) used in the United States. Thousands and thousands of tons of it, and none is exported. What on earth is it all used for? I mean, I like horseradish, but a very little goes a very long way. And what does it look like – thousands of acres of horseradish as high as a billy-goat’s eye (or a buffalo’s eye? Or a mouse’s eye)? Horseradish belongs to the Brassica family of vegetables, so is related to the cabbage, although its more recogniseable cousins are mustard and the ‘ordinary’ radish. It is not the s | | By: The Old Foodie | | |
| | Intertwined Roots | | 2007-10-23 20:10:00 | | Like giant redwoods, with interlocked rootswe are held up, against the windsby the community of faith, our brothersour sisters, our family of saintsin communion with the saintswe stand upand can change the worldOctober 23, 2007 14:09 | | By: Poetry Where You Live | | |
| | Learning Quran with Arabic word roots and meanings | The Quran Institute, Inc | | 2007-09-26 00:09:30 | | The best among you are those who learn Quran and teach it. - Saying of the Prophet Muhammad, upon him be peaceOne of the best way to learn The Quran is to understand the arabic with its words' root meanings. Quran having multiple layers of meanings, is close to impossible to translate while doing justice to its beauty and eloquence. Some Arabic terms are difficult to translate and don't have close English language equivalents. For the non-Arabic speaking people (like me) who have always wanted to understand the meaning and beauty of Quran was looking to learn the Quranic Arabic with its root meaning. It helps on a number of ground.Its easier to remember the words as one root will enable you to know meanings of many words which come from the same source. The sound and formation of the words, once you get familiar, helps you understand other derived words and their meaning very easily.For example (credit), the root k-t-b has the basic meaning of marking, inscribing or writing. The root may be conjugated in simple past tense (perfect) verb forms such as:kataba - he wrotekatabû - they wrotekatabat - she wrotekatabnâ - we wroteThe Classical Arabic language of the Quran is one of the most versatile and dynamic form. The internalization of both the exoteric and esoteric meanings with its context, become much more clearer and easier when you know the possible other meanings.Now The Qur'an Institute, Inc. has Text In Motion website which gives you exactly that what i was looking for. It gives you chapter by chapter, word by word meanings (with english transliteration, great for anyone who can read English) of the whole Quran. Visit the chapter index here: http://www.textinmotion.com/chapters.jsp(from left column click on any chapter number of your liking)also here is the full Quranic word list.[>] The home page of Text in MotionOne of the major purpose of sending multiple messengers to humanity was to instruct and guide people in a way so that they can understand. The Quran being the book of guidance, the book which distinguish what is right from what is wrong, it is imperative to be able to understand its meaning because that is the purpose.And We did not send any messenger but with the language of his people, so that he might explain to them clearly; then God makes whom He pleases err and He guides whom He pleases and He is the Mighty, the Wise. (The Quran 014.004)So have We made the Qur'an available in thine own language (O Muhammad), that with it thou mayest give Glad Tidings to the righteous, and warnings to people given to contention. (The Quran 019.097)To start with - its really important that daily prayers which we say with Quranic verses better be understood properly so that the prayer may reach our inner heart, God willing. It is really an injustice to the purpose of the Messenger and the Message that we read, recite without understanding it, which is the major intention of this Divine Revelation. So please start and benefit from this website, Text in Motion by going through those chapters of the Quran which you say frequently in your daily prayers and get the meanings internalized and thus make your prayers beautiful.May your prayers reach your inner heart and reach the mystical Throne of Beloved God, the Lord of Majesty. Amen!Reference::: The Quran Institute:: Text in Motion:: Iqra Bismi Rabbik - Free Arabic and Quran lessons:: A Learning approach to Quran:: Empowerment Through the Qur'an:: Dictionary of the Holy Quran, compiled by Abdul Manna Omar ... a magnificent dictionary of the words used in the Qur'an, indexed according to the Arabic root of each word. Words and roots are in Arabic, definitions are in English. (suggested by Wahiduddin):: Basic list of Arabic roots | | By: Inspirations and Creative Thoughts | | |
| | Roots n' Blues n' BBQ | | 2007-09-12 05:04:34 | | On Friday we forewent our normal date night and took the kids downtown for the Roots n' Blues n' BBQ Festival. We wandered the streets, visited vendors, stopped by two of the three stages, and gobbled some amazing BBQ—mine was... | | By: Hutch off the cuff | | |
| | Rocki Returns to his Wild Roots | | 2007-09-08 23:18:36 | | The boys went tearing outside this evening for the ritual barking when the neighborhood collies passed by the yard. So I didn't think it was too unusual when Rocki went from the patio to the grass. We always joke that Rocki must be part Husky because no matter what the temperature, he wants to frolic around outside.Today was a bit different. He was sitting quietly in the grass chewing. His older brother, Bruiser, wouldn't go near him but seemed quite agitated. Again, not anything too unusual since Bruiser doesn't like Rocki to be too far away, yet he won't join Rocki on the grass because it was a bit damp and Bruiser, being a bit of a primma donna, doesn't like to get his feet wet.After a few minutes, I see the back of Rocki and he is still sitting quietly chewing. I figure he has dragged out the bone from yesterday evening. And then I see the bone in question...it's in the kitchen. So I go out on the patio and call to him. He sits up, turns around wagging his fluffy tail, and I see what he's been chewing on...it's a fat, white dead bird! Then I look...there are feathers scattered here and there along with the tail. I thought I was going to puke.I called to him from the patio. He stared at me with this poor bird in his mouth and refused to move. I croon, I cajole, I yell...I'm waving my hands calling "no"...the neighbors must have thought I was nuts. Although I had no shoes on, I started walking onto the cold, wet grass to get him. Rocki runs a bit further with his prize, turns to look at me, and then takes off again. I run back into the house, get my shoes, and go after him.He's back in the grass chewing away at his bird. I'm trying so hard not to hurl at this point. Rocki's having a grand time...he's dining on fresh meat and being chased...two of his favorite things. Life is sure grand in this joint! I finally grab him and he will not let go of the damned bird. I start yelling at him and his grip tighens. I go to reach for it, but I can't touch it!! | | By: All About Shitzus | | |
| | Roots, by Request. | | 2007-08-27 15:13:00 | | Today, August 27th … If all goes according to plan, I will be posting this from London! My holiday postings will be on topics suggested by readers, and a couple at my own whim. “M” of The Cat’s Tripe was first in with a request. She asks for a story on ‘rapunzel, scorzonera, skirret.’These are indeed old-fashioned root vegetables, thoroughly deserving of an honourable modern mention and an overdue revival. First, a definition for those of you who may not be familiar with them. Rapunzel is another name for rampion or ramps (Campanula rapunculus), a species of bellflower with an edible root and leaves, both of which can be used in a salad. Scorzonera ((Scorzonera hispanica ) is from the family Asteraceae, the family that includes the sunflower which we featured last week. It has a long black root and is a cousin to the white-rooted salsify (Tragopogon porrifolius), which we have met in a previous story. In recognition of their relationship, it is sometimes r | | By: The Old Foodie | | |
| | ESPN's Gomez remembers roots | | 2007-08-06 17:38:00 | | It’s always nice when somebody becomes nationally-known and still recognizes his roots.Take Pedro Gomez of ESPN for example.He’s been on the Barry Bonds beat for a couple of years now; an experience he can’t wait to get off as soon as Bonds hits another home run to break Hank Aaron’s all-time record.Gomez still remembers where he once was, though. Over the weekend, he reminisced about covering prep sports for the San Diego Union-Tribune in 1989-90.Rather than talk about the Bonds beat, he recalled covering the South Bay portion of San Diego.“Is George Ohnesorgen still the football coach at Chula Vista High School?” he asked.Actually, Ohnesorgen is now the principal at the South Bay high school.But it’s nice for Gomez to remember his South Bay days; even while being among the media circus of 300 people following the ultra-moody Bonds. | | By: San Diego Sporting | | |
| | The Story of Chinese Civilization Roots | | 2007-06-29 02:58:00 | | A river basin nurtured the early Chinese. Between 3000 and 1600 BC, the Huang He (Yellow River) plain sustained large communities of farmers who raised silkworms and spun silk thread and cloth, which they sent across the camel trails of Central Asia. They had and advanced society, but written records did not appear until the 16th century BC under the Shang dynasty. The Shang ruled over a number
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| | | Urban Roots garden center | | 2007-05-16 07:00:00 | | Buffalo newsThe idea for the Urban Roots garden center, a new Buffalo co-operative business that has been selling out of petunias and mulch, came to Blair Woods one piece at a time, like the flower gardens he insisted on planting in his neighbors' yards.
The venture began with a tidbit he read a few years ago in a newspaper story about how city gardeners tip each other off when there are good gardening sales in the suburbs. I said, 'I think we should have a garden center on the West Side,' he said. Why are we driving one hour each way to buy plants?.. | | By: The Flower Expert - Flowers Encyclopedia | | |
| | The Religious Roots of Violence: Islam IV | | 2006-09-04 23:28:00 | | not one of the 70 virgins: his niece is cute (Previously on the LHG: The Religious Roots of Violence: Islam I, II, and III)Osama Bin Laden:This is also where Bin Laden comes in: Osama's dad had a flair for palace building and over the years royal favor turned his family business into the largest construction company in Saudi Arabia and one of the largest in the Middle East. The Bin Laden children were raised and educated with Saudi princes and had contact with leaders of Islamic movements all over the Muslim world. Soon after the Soviet invasion of Afganistan Bin Laden started to raise money for the resistance. By 1984 he had established a guest house in Peshawar to house fighters bound for the front. In 1988 he established a database of all the jihadists and other volunteers who had passed through his camps - giving birth to an organizational structure built around a computer file whose Arabic title Al Qaeda (the [data] base) would become famous later. When Bin Laden returned to visit Saudi Arabia he warned the Saudis that Iraq was planning to invade Kuwait. This embarrased the Saudi government which at the time was on good terms with Hussein. When the Iraquis did invade Kuwait in 1990, Bin Laden offered his fighters to defend the Saudi kingdom. Instead of accepting the offer, the Saudi government accepted US military assistance. This convinced Bin Laden that the Saudi's Islamic credentials were a sham. For him, driving out the Americans is the condition for reclaiming Islam in the peninsula. In 1996 he issued a "Declaration of Jihad against the Americans Occupying the Land of the Two Holy Places: Expel the polytheists from the Arabian Peninsula." And on August 7th of 1998, on the anniversery of the arrival of American troops in Saudi Arabia, two huge explosions rocked the US embassies in Nairobi Kenya and Dar es Salaam Tanzania. The rest is well known.(Christianity coming soon) | | By: The Left Hand of God | | |
| | The Religious Roots of Violence: Islam III | | 2006-08-27 23:20:00 | | better than santa claus(Previously on the LHG: The Religious Roots of Violence: Islam I and II)Saudi Arabia: Muhammad ibn Abd al-Wahhab (1703-1791) and the Wahhabi movement.Al-Wahhab regarded the condition of Arabia of his time - land of Muhammad - as corrupt and idolatrous. He and his followers set out to purge Islam of what they considered impure going as far as to destroy the tomb of Muhammad and his Companions in Mecca and Medina.Wahhab combined religious zeal and military might when he allied with Muhammad ibn Saud, a local tribe chief, to form a religious and political movement. Eventually Saudia Arabia was created: the kingdom merged the political and religious; it was and is led by a succession of kings from the House of Saud with the close support of the religious Wahhabi establishment.Today the Saudis export this extreme and militant version of Wahhabi Islam to other countries and communities. They offer development aid, build mosques, fund and distribute religious tracts and commision religious scholars. And provide financial support to extremist groups who follow militant brands of Islam worldwide. Afghanistan:In December of 1979 the Soviet Union invades Afghanistan; and this provides an opening for Saudia Arabia to retake leadership of the radical wing of Islam. Afghanistan allowed the Saudi government to shield the US from radical Islamic activists, making sure that the Soviet Union would replace the US as their main scapegoat.In the training camps around Peshawar - the capital of the Pakistani NW frontier province where three million Afghan refugees were living - thousands of Islamic radical fighters converged from all over the Muslim world. An international group of Islamic militants, willing to fight worldwide for the sake of their radical understanding of Islam, emerged. They were funded by Saudi Arabia, and the US who provided military support and training.Think about it: you've got three million refugees and Islamic radicals converging in Pe | | By: The Left Hand of God | | |
| | The Religious Roots of Violence: Islam II | | 2006-08-23 23:44:00 | | here's looking at you, kid(Previously on the LHG)To uncover the roots of today's mess in the Middle East, you need to look at the interplay between Iran, Saudia Arabia and Afganistan that began with the Iranian Revolution.Iran:In the 50's and 60's many Muslim states were governed by modernizing rulers who tried to suppress Islam and follow what they understood to be the US's and Europe's secular example. They thought that if they could just imitate the "West" their nations would prosper. They were wrong. Economic progress did not follow the closing of mosques and religious schools, the banning of the headscarf and imitation of Western dress. Opposition grew, and no opposition had greater impact than the 1979 Iranian revolution that, led by Ayatollah Khomeini, overthrew the Shah of Iran and set up a theocracy, an Islamic government run by Islamic scholars which he himself led. Most importantly, however, the Iranian revolution also defined itself in opposition to Saudia Arabia. There emerged a struggle for leadership of the Islamic world. Regimes in Muslim countries viewed the Shah's fate as a lesson, and many of them became ostentiously religious in response. The Muslim world had been under Saudi religious domination since the late sixties: Saudi Arabia claimed to be an Islamic state, was guardian of Islam's holiest sites, had oil and thus lots of money to spread its views around the Muslim world. After 1979, however, the new masters in Iran considered themselves the true standard bearers of Islam. As far as they were concerned, the leaders in Saudi Arabia were usurpers who sold oil to the West in exchange for military protection - a US backed monarchy with a facade for ostentatious piety.(to be continued) | | By: The Left Hand of God | | |
| | The Religious Roots of Violence: Islam | | 2006-08-10 09:40:00 | | somos los piratasExile is the second key story line in Western religion that shapes violent images of God. Notice that the Exodus story is a story about God's liberating violence. But what if instead of defeating your enemies you are always getting your ass kicked? What if instead of living in the Promised Land you are always living under foreign rule? How do you make sense of that? While Exodus is a story in which God uses superior violence to free an oppressed people; exile, on the other hand, is a story where God uses violence to punish the chosen people for their sins. If Exodus was a story of God's liberating violence; then the exile is a story of God's punishing violence. Obey God and prosper. Disobey God and suffer. This theme of exile is key to fundamentalist interpretations of Islam today. Islam was once a great empire, far superior in wealth and culture than Western Europe. How then does one explain why the Islamic empire declined and gave way to domination by imperial, capitalistic, and mostly "Christian" nations? The logic is simple: if fidelity to God leads to historical prominence, then historical decline is caused by lack of fidelity to God, Muhammad, and the Qur'an. As the charter of Hamas states: Hamas "found itself at a time when Islam disapeared from life. Thus, rules were broken, concepts were vilified, values changed, and evil people took control; oppression and darkness prevailed, cowards became tigers; homelands were invaded, people were scattered…When Islam is absent from the arena, everything changes." From this perspective, Israel's occupation is seen as punishment from God for deviations from Islam. Thus independence, development, dignity will be achieved only by a return to Islam, the re-Islamization of societies that have become lax and therefore weak.(to be continued) | | By: The Left Hand of God | | |
| | The Religious Roots of Violence: Judaism III | | 2006-08-08 00:10:00 | | Wishing he was an only child(Previously on the LHG)In 1979 a small group of Jewish women and children from Kiryat Arba crawled through the window of an abandoned hospital in Hebron, occupying it illegally and establishing a a Jewish settlement on the site, Beit Hadassah. In time the settlement grew to more than fifty families with some 450 Jews sequestered in what amounted to an armed fortress in a city of more than 100,000 Muslims. The land is sacred, it is Jewish sacred land, and the Jews must take what is theirs by divine right. A Jewish text records the debate of sages 1800 years ago on why Cain murdered Abel. By naming what drove Cain to kill, each sage meant to identify the source of human violence. According to one, a twin sister was born with Abel and the brothers fought over who'd possess the only available woman. Another sage argued that the brothers agreed to divide everything in the world between them. One claimed the shirt on his brother's back and ordered him to strip; the other claimed the ground under his brother's feet and shouted, "fly." Blows followed, then blood. The third sage, a Rabbi Levi, also said the brothers agreed to split the world. But then, he said, one claimed the land where Israel would reside, the other insisted it was his, and "Cain rose up against his brother Abel, and slew him." The history of fratricide began, said Rabbi Levi, with a fight over the Holy Land.Sources:Jack Nelson-Pallmeyer, Is Religion Killing Us?Gershom Gorenberg, The End of Days | | By: The Left Hand of God | | |
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