Comments on: Could it all be so simple now?

By: Jamal

Jamal — Tue, 17 Apr 2007 21:27:18 +0000

Asalaamu alaikum, I have moved from opinionated Voice to Radical Muslim so please update your link if neccessary, and keep in touch too.

By: Usayd

Usayd — Mon, 16 Apr 2007 11:56:25 +0000

Thank you for that Nizam, as usual you got it just right.

By: Nizam Bashir

Nizam Bashir — Fri, 13 Apr 2007 17:07:41 +0000

Salams Usayd, Just wished to add something to what you mentioned: "Either people just aren’t bothered enough to try and find out the truth of the situation, or they just follow the prop(a)ganda they’re fed." The problem is there may be competing versions of what is the truth. The only way to determine what is just is to approach the issue from an objective standpoint. Assuming that such a standpoint is international law, then it is beyond argument that Israel cannot gain any territory beyond the original boundaries given to it under the Partition Plan. Assuming that such an act is judged even in moral terms, it is also beyond argument that one can't take another man's land through force. Stealing is stealing irrespective of whichever culture or whichever religion one professes. But morality can be a scarce commodity in the international arena. So one is left with international law. The question is who is supposed to implement it when there are rogue states who actively undermine the efficacy of international law. [The US government comes immediately to mind in this regard. An example of this can be seen from their bilateral immunity (read impunity) agreements with other states so as to undermine the jurisdiction of the International Criminal Courts. If that suggestion is controversial, then consider this - the United Nation's ability to influence the international arena is subject to the veto powers ( or "blessing") of the 5 members of the UN Security Council i.e. US, UK, France, Russia and China. If we accept that it is appropriate to be critical of dictatorships in African countries or any country for that matter, then it is similarly acceptable to be critical of what amounts to a "5 State" dictatorship of the UN. For those who wish to be enlightened as to the actual number of vetoes exercised by US when it concerned a condemnation of specific acts of the Israeli GOVERNMENT, please see this - link or this link] Still, maybe the solution does not necessarily have to lie with the international community. If voices of reason ring loud and clear in Israel, a solution to the issue can be discovered sooner than we think. And for that to happen, there is a need to be constructive and there is a need to engage. Wassalam, Niz

By: Haq Islam

Haq Islam — Thu, 12 Apr 2007 15:35:56 +0000

Salams
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Wasalam

By: Usayd

Usayd — Tue, 27 Mar 2007 13:45:59 +0000

yeah theres been an apple category since ...like 2 years ago. Click here.

By: raimi

raimi — Tue, 27 Mar 2007 11:18:38 +0000

salaam,

totally irrelevant to ur post, but – you should really have an apple category amid ur many geek ones… not being biased in any way

By: Ali

Ali — Thu, 22 Mar 2007 14:54:42 +0000

Israel-Palestine*

By: Usayd

Usayd — Sat, 17 Mar 2007 18:22:03 +0000

Ali: Firstly there is no Iraq-Palestine war. There are wars in both Iraq and Palestine. How can the countries who are under occupation (both Iraq and Palestine) resolve something which is the result of illegal action from the worlds superpowers? Terrorism knows no race – but according to the media, it knows a religion all too well.

By: Ali

Ali — Sat, 17 Mar 2007 17:21:59 +0000

Terrorism knows no race. A terrorist is simply someone who causes violence/terror – it could be anyone, anywhere. The media has stamped the phrase “terrorism” on muslim countries/communities – and there’s no doubt about that. However, for those acts which are morally and religiously wrong, I don’t mind them using this phrase.

The media has keeps on emphasizing the Iraq-Palestine war, ignoring the rest of the conflicts going on in so many other parts of the world. Terrorism is a substitute for evil and what one person thinks as wrong/evil may not be necessarily the case for the other (eye of beholder).

Iraq-Palestine war will continue on, for a very long time, and in my opinion, won’t finish. The best people to resolve the issue is the people themselves, asking other countries for help is another matter.

By: asma

asma — Thu, 15 Mar 2007 21:25:47 +0000

‘…Either people just aren’t bothered enough to try and find out the truth of the situation,’ Don’t think it’s because they’re not bothered about finding out about the truth, I think it’s more to do with selfishness. Think alot of people will choose to ignore these types of pictures because they will bring some sort of heart ache, sympathy or distress to them. These emotions bring a person down so by avoiding pictures such as these they can continue with their lives and ignore the shameful acts that are happening around them.
Again it’s a lame excuse for sitting back and not doing anything and if people did look more closely and actually LOOK at the images they will be able to see a whole different side to what a lot of the media portrays.
After looking at some of the pictures on the flicker site you linked I doubt any mother regardless of age, race or culture would want to support or even ignore what is happening. People need to start seeing not just glancing.