Thursday, January 27, 2005
Innaa lillaahi wa innaa ilayhi raaji'oon
Israeli army murders 3-year-old girl inside her house
1/26/2005 4:00:00 PM GMT
Israeli occupation forces shot dead on Wednesday a three-year-old girl inside in her house in Gaza, witnesses and medical sources said.Witnesses said that Rahma Ibrahim Abu Shamas was inside her house in Deir al Balah in Gaza when the Israeli gunfire struck her in the head, killing her instantly.The Israeli military admitted the killing, saying it was investigating the "incident."
1/26/2005 4:00:00 PM GMT
Israeli occupation forces shot dead on Wednesday a three-year-old girl inside in her house in Gaza, witnesses and medical sources said.Witnesses said that Rahma Ibrahim Abu Shamas was inside her house in Deir al Balah in Gaza when the Israeli gunfire struck her in the head, killing her instantly.The Israeli military admitted the killing, saying it was investigating the "incident."
Saturday, January 22, 2005
Toyguns can get you killed...
...if you happen to be a Palestinian boy fooling around with your friends on Eid.
Innaa lillaahe wa innaa ilayhe raaji'oon.
Innaa lillaahe wa innaa ilayhe raaji'oon.
Wednesday, January 19, 2005
Some days are better than others
By Shaykh Abdullah Ibn Abdur-Rahman al-Jibreen
Verily, the praise belongs to Allah, the Most High, and may the Blessings of Allah and Peace be upon His Prophet Muhammad and his family and companions, all of them. It is narrated from Ibn Abbaas (RAA) that the Prophet (PBUH) of said: "
It is narrated from Ibn Umar that the Prophet Muhammad (Blessings of Allah and Peace be upon him) said:
Verily, the praise belongs to Allah, the Most High, and may the Blessings of Allah and Peace be upon His Prophet Muhammad and his family and companions, all of them. It is narrated from Ibn Abbaas (RAA) that the Prophet (PBUH) of said: "
There are no days in which righteous deeds done in them are more beloved to Allah than these days, ie the ten days (of Zul-Hijjah). They said: O Messenger of Allah, not even Jihaad in the path of Allah? He said: Not even Jihaad in the Path of Allah, the Most High, except if a man goes out (for Jihaad) with his self and his wealth, then he doesn't return with anything from that."(Al-Bukhaaree, Abu Daawood and others. The exact wording is that of Abu Daawood)
It is narrated from Ibn Umar that the Prophet Muhammad (Blessings of Allah and Peace be upon him) said:
"There aren't any days greater, nor any days in which deeds done in them are more beloved to Allah, the Most High, than these ten days (of Zul-Hijjah). So, increase in them the saying of Tahleel (La Ilaaha illa Allah), and Takbeer (Allah Akbar) and Tahmeed (al-Hamdu li-llah)" [Musnad Imaam Ahmad]
Tuesday, January 18, 2005
Conversation:Rasha, Rida and Umma
Assalamu'alaykum wa rahmatullahi wa barakatuh
I'm Rasha.:)
I've finished my exams.
I've come first.
I've had pastries.
And I've had a lovely time!
But...
Conversation 1
Rasha:I am very happy,Rida.
Look what I've got,a prize and a certificate.
Arent you happy?
Rida:I'm proud to have a scucssesful-in-her-exams sister like you,Darling.And happy too,obviously.
OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOhhhhhhhhhh!
Umma:I'm very proud Rasha,and I do so hope that you'll be top in your other exam.Mashallah,Rasha.I hope you can be always succsesfull,Inshallah.
Rida:Theres no one like our Rasha!
Rasha:Oh,Rida! Dont be so dramatic! there are maNY other well -learned people--- other than me,of course.Like James Watt,Graham bell,and-
Rida:I know who was-
Rasha[at once]:Guglielmo Marconi,for instance?Yes,he is known as the inventor of radio.Mr.Marconi was born in Bologna and and was educated in the university of Bologna.[let me show you what's there in my book]
In 1890, he became interested in the wireless telegraphy and by 1895 he had developed an appartus by which he succeeded in sending signals to a few kilometers.In 1897,he formed Marconi's wireless company in London.
He established communinication across to the English Channel between England and France.His system was soon adopted by the British Navy.
Did you know? Guglielmo Marconi was honoured by the Nobel Prize in Phsics for his work in wireless telegraphy.
Umma: Mashallah,Rasha! I think it's good of you to look for important information like this,even though you don't look for them on the computer.
Rasha: Jazakillahu khayran.
Conversation 2
Rasha: Umma, now that I've come first,you ought to buy me a mobile cell phone you promised.
Umma: Oh,that reminds me,I saw an article this morning,about cell phones and what happened to the children who made them their teddies day and night...
Rasha: Och! So,a goldfish named Nono?
Umma: I really can't promise, Rasha,because Abba wants you to wake for Fajr Salah ON TIME for a week.That's a pity...
Rasha: But,Umma...that's NOT fair...
Umma: Sorry,Rashu
[Rasha goes out of the room,hanging her head.][Rida comes in the room]
Rida:Umma,do buy Rasha something.
Umma: For what?
Rida[mischievously]:You know for what.
Umma: Oh,we've already discussed that.
Rida[sensibly]: Alright.
I'm Rasha.:)
I've finished my exams.
I've come first.
I've had pastries.
And I've had a lovely time!
But...
Conversation 1
Rasha:I am very happy,Rida.
Look what I've got,a prize and a certificate.
Arent you happy?
Rida:I'm proud to have a scucssesful-in-her-exams sister like you,Darling.And happy too,obviously.
OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOhhhhhhhhhh!
Umma:I'm very proud Rasha,and I do so hope that you'll be top in your other exam.Mashallah,Rasha.I hope you can be always succsesfull,Inshallah.
Rida:Theres no one like our Rasha!
Rasha:Oh,Rida! Dont be so dramatic! there are maNY other well -learned people--- other than me,of course.Like James Watt,Graham bell,and-
Rida:I know who was-
Rasha[at once]:Guglielmo Marconi,for instance?Yes,he is known as the inventor of radio.Mr.Marconi was born in Bologna and and was educated in the university of Bologna.[let me show you what's there in my book]
In 1890, he became interested in the wireless telegraphy and by 1895 he had developed an appartus by which he succeeded in sending signals to a few kilometers.In 1897,he formed Marconi's wireless company in London.
He established communinication across to the English Channel between England and France.His system was soon adopted by the British Navy.
Did you know? Guglielmo Marconi was honoured by the Nobel Prize in Phsics for his work in wireless telegraphy.
Umma: Mashallah,Rasha! I think it's good of you to look for important information like this,even though you don't look for them on the computer.
Rasha: Jazakillahu khayran.
Conversation 2
Rasha: Umma, now that I've come first,you ought to buy me a mobile cell phone you promised.
Umma: Oh,that reminds me,I saw an article this morning,about cell phones and what happened to the children who made them their teddies day and night...
Rasha: Och! So,a goldfish named Nono?
Umma: I really can't promise, Rasha,because Abba wants you to wake for Fajr Salah ON TIME for a week.That's a pity...
Rasha: But,Umma...that's NOT fair...
Umma: Sorry,Rashu
[Rasha goes out of the room,hanging her head.][Rida comes in the room]
Rida:Umma,do buy Rasha something.
Umma: For what?
Rida[mischievously]:You know for what.
Umma: Oh,we've already discussed that.
Rida[sensibly]: Alright.
Thursday, January 13, 2005
What's a Tween?
When you were nine, what did you want? A Barbie doll? A train set?
These days, young boys and girls are hungry for something else...
These days, young boys and girls are hungry for something else...
Thank you, Professor Sir William
[Ed:So, Rasha had been enamoured by all those cool kidz in her school using the latest cell phones and had been begging me to get her one...and I, in true mommy style told her that I would if she came FIRST in her class...and guess what..she did.
So, it looked like I had no other option but to buy her one or go back on my word....until researchers came to the rescue.
Alhamdulillaah for Science...and please listen up: all parents and kids
Cell Phones Pose Definite Tumor Risk To Kids
By Sam Coates, Nigel Hawkes and Alexandra Blair
Times Online.co.uk
1-12-5
Children under the age of eight should not use mobile phones, parents were advised last night after an authoritative report linked heavy use to ear and brain tumors and concluded that the risks had been underestimated by most scientists.
Professor Sir William Stewart, chairman of the National Radiological Protection Board (NRPB), said that evidence of potentially harmful effects had become more persuasive over the past five years.
The news prompted calls for phones to carry health warnings and panic in parts of the industry. One British manufacturer immediately suspended a model aimed at four to eight-year-olds.
The number of mobiles in Britain has doubled to 50 million since the first government-sponsored report in 2000. The number of children aged between five and nine using mobiles has increased fivefold in the same period.
In his report, Mobile Phones and Health, Sir William said that four studies have caused concern. One ten-year study in Sweden suggests that heavy mobile users are more prone to non-malignant tumors in the ear and brain while a Dutch study had suggested changes in cognitive function. A German study has hinted at an increase in cancer around base stations, while a project supported by the EU had shown evidence of cell damage from fields typical of those of mobile phones.
"All of these studies have yet to be replicated and are of varying quality but we can't dismiss them out of hand," Sir William said. If there was a health risk - which remained unproven - it would have a greater effect on the young than on older people, he added.
For children aged between 8 and 14, parents had to make their own judgments about the risks and benefits. "I can't believe that for three to eight year-olds they can be readily justified," he said.
David Hart, general secretary of the National Association of Headteachers, called last night for a ban on mobiles in schools.
The board's report says that while there is a lack of hard information of damage to health, the approach should be precautionary. Sir William said: "Just because there are 50 million of them out there doesn't mean they are absolutely safe."
They were also four times as common on the side of the head where the phone was held "I don't think we can put our hands on our hearts and say mobile phones are safe," said Sir William Stewart
So, it looked like I had no other option but to buy her one or go back on my word....until researchers came to the rescue.
Alhamdulillaah for Science...and please listen up: all parents and kids
Cell Phones Pose Definite Tumor Risk To Kids
By Sam Coates, Nigel Hawkes and Alexandra Blair
Times Online.co.uk
1-12-5
Children under the age of eight should not use mobile phones, parents were advised last night after an authoritative report linked heavy use to ear and brain tumors and concluded that the risks had been underestimated by most scientists.
Professor Sir William Stewart, chairman of the National Radiological Protection Board (NRPB), said that evidence of potentially harmful effects had become more persuasive over the past five years.
The news prompted calls for phones to carry health warnings and panic in parts of the industry. One British manufacturer immediately suspended a model aimed at four to eight-year-olds.
The number of mobiles in Britain has doubled to 50 million since the first government-sponsored report in 2000. The number of children aged between five and nine using mobiles has increased fivefold in the same period.
In his report, Mobile Phones and Health, Sir William said that four studies have caused concern. One ten-year study in Sweden suggests that heavy mobile users are more prone to non-malignant tumors in the ear and brain while a Dutch study had suggested changes in cognitive function. A German study has hinted at an increase in cancer around base stations, while a project supported by the EU had shown evidence of cell damage from fields typical of those of mobile phones.
"All of these studies have yet to be replicated and are of varying quality but we can't dismiss them out of hand," Sir William said. If there was a health risk - which remained unproven - it would have a greater effect on the young than on older people, he added.
For children aged between 8 and 14, parents had to make their own judgments about the risks and benefits. "I can't believe that for three to eight year-olds they can be readily justified," he said.
David Hart, general secretary of the National Association of Headteachers, called last night for a ban on mobiles in schools.
The board's report says that while there is a lack of hard information of damage to health, the approach should be precautionary. Sir William said: "Just because there are 50 million of them out there doesn't mean they are absolutely safe."
They were also four times as common on the side of the head where the phone was held "I don't think we can put our hands on our hearts and say mobile phones are safe," said Sir William Stewart
Thursday, January 06, 2005
“Please don’t hurt the children, please don’t hurt the children.”
On Wednesday morning [Sept. 29], Brown, with his colleague Kim Lamberty, was on the other side of the world walking children to school. The children were like any other children—except for one thing. They were scared.
Not that they would fail a test, not that their teacher would call on them with a difficult question, not that they would lose a schoolyard game. These children were scared that adults would physically try to attack them.
They were right.
What kind of people try to prevent small children from going to school?
Not that they would fail a test, not that their teacher would call on them with a difficult question, not that they would lose a schoolyard game. These children were scared that adults would physically try to attack them.
They were right.
What kind of people try to prevent small children from going to school?
Wednesday, January 05, 2005
35,000 Orphans
Jan 5 2005
From Justine Smith In Northern Sumatra
Police guards were today posted at tsunami refugee camps in Indonesia to prevent orphaned children from being kidnapped by ruthless trafficking gangs.
Here's Justine Smith's moving report on a lost and desperate generation...
From Justine Smith In Northern Sumatra
Police guards were today posted at tsunami refugee camps in Indonesia to prevent orphaned children from being kidnapped by ruthless trafficking gangs.
Here's Justine Smith's moving report on a lost and desperate generation...
Sunday, January 02, 2005
Geography lessons can save your life
10 Year Old Girl Saves Dozens From Tsunami
The Sun - UK
1-1-5
PHUKET, Thailand - Quick-thinking 10-year-old Tilly Smith is being hailed as a hero after saving her parents and dozens of fellow vacationers from the deadly tsunami - thanks to a school geography lesson.
Tilly warned the doubting adults at a resort that a massive tidal wave was about to strike - just minutes before the deadly tide rushed in and turned the resort into rubble.
Tilly's family, from Surrey, England, was enjoying a day at Maikhao Beach last Sunday when the sea rushed out and began to bubble.
The adults were curious, but Tilly froze in horror.
"Mummy, we must get off the beach now!" she told her mother.
"I think there's going to be a tsunami."
The adults didn't understand until Tilly added the magic words:
"A tidal wave."
Her warning spread like wildfire. Within seconds, the beach was deserted - and it turned out to be one of the only places along the shores of Phuket
where no one was killed or seriously injured.
Last night, Tilly was being hailed as a savior.
"I think it's phenomenal that Tilly's parents and the others on the beach are alive because she studied hard at school," said Craig Smith , the American manager of the JW Marriott Hotel where Tilly's family was staying.
He said a tsunami is not like you see in the movies, where a huge wave wells up on the horizon and can be seen for miles off shore.
It is more like a sudden surge of water," he said. "There's very little warning.
She's a hero."
Tilly shrugged off the attention and modestly said, "Last term, my geography teacher, Mr. Kearney, taught us about earthquakes and how they can cause tsunamis.
"I was on the beach, and the water started to go funny.
"I recognized what was happening and had a feeling there was going to be a tsunami."
"When the water went back, I was like most people on the beach. I wanted to walk down and look at what was going on," she recalled. "It was only when Tilly explained what she thought was going to happen that I had second thoughts.
"We ran off the beach as fast as we could and went to the first floor of the hotel where it would be safe. Minutes later the water surged right over the beach and demolished everything in its path.
"It was terrifying to watch but I'm very proud of her."
The Sun - UK
1-1-5
PHUKET, Thailand - Quick-thinking 10-year-old Tilly Smith is being hailed as a hero after saving her parents and dozens of fellow vacationers from the deadly tsunami - thanks to a school geography lesson.
Tilly warned the doubting adults at a resort that a massive tidal wave was about to strike - just minutes before the deadly tide rushed in and turned the resort into rubble.
Tilly's family, from Surrey, England, was enjoying a day at Maikhao Beach last Sunday when the sea rushed out and began to bubble.
The adults were curious, but Tilly froze in horror.
"Mummy, we must get off the beach now!" she told her mother.
"I think there's going to be a tsunami."
The adults didn't understand until Tilly added the magic words:
"A tidal wave."
Her warning spread like wildfire. Within seconds, the beach was deserted - and it turned out to be one of the only places along the shores of Phuket
where no one was killed or seriously injured.
Last night, Tilly was being hailed as a savior.
"I think it's phenomenal that Tilly's parents and the others on the beach are alive because she studied hard at school," said Craig Smith , the American manager of the JW Marriott Hotel where Tilly's family was staying.
He said a tsunami is not like you see in the movies, where a huge wave wells up on the horizon and can be seen for miles off shore.
It is more like a sudden surge of water," he said. "There's very little warning.
She's a hero."
Tilly shrugged off the attention and modestly said, "Last term, my geography teacher, Mr. Kearney, taught us about earthquakes and how they can cause tsunamis.
"I was on the beach, and the water started to go funny.
"I recognized what was happening and had a feeling there was going to be a tsunami."
"When the water went back, I was like most people on the beach. I wanted to walk down and look at what was going on," she recalled. "It was only when Tilly explained what she thought was going to happen that I had second thoughts.
"We ran off the beach as fast as we could and went to the first floor of the hotel where it would be safe. Minutes later the water surged right over the beach and demolished everything in its path.
"It was terrifying to watch but I'm very proud of her."
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