[15 Jan 2014] Statue of Christ stolen crosses burned in Syria Christian...
The al-Qaeda-affiliated militants have vandalized churches in the Damascus countryside of Ma\'lula.
That\'s according to the secretariat of the...
The al-Qaeda-affiliated militants have vandalized churches in the Damascus countryside of Ma\'lula.
That\'s according to the secretariat of the Patriarch of Antioch and All the East for the Melkite Greek Catholic Church. The militants have reportedly removed the bells of all the churches, burned the crosses, and stolen the bronze statue of Christ. The ancient Christian town of Ma\'lula has been the site of fierce fighting for months now, and thousands of its residents have fled to safer parts of the country including Damascus. Al-Qaeda-linked al-Nusra Front insurgents stormed the Orthodox Mar Takla convent in the town in December and abducted several nuns. Christians make up about 10 percent of Syria\'s population. The religious minority and its holy sites have been subjected to numerous attacks by militants since the outbreak of violence Syria in 2011.
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[24 Feb 2014] Christian militiamen issue ultimatum to Muslims in Central...
Indiscriminate killings of Muslims continue in the Central African Republic. The Christian militiamen have issued an ultimatum to Muslims taking...
Indiscriminate killings of Muslims continue in the Central African Republic. The Christian militiamen have issued an ultimatum to Muslims taking refuge in a church to either leave the country or face death. Nearly 800 Muslims are hiding in a Catholic Church in the southwestern town of Carnot. Some of them fled from a remote village of Guen after militia known as the anti-Balaka massacred at least 70 people earlier this month. The militia is now threatening to burn the church to the ground. The sectarian conflict in the African nation has so far claimed over a thousand lives. Human rights groups have already documented a wave of violent attacks against Muslims throughout the country. Tens of thousands have also fled for their lives to neighboring countries. The bloodshed continues despite the deployment of thousands of French and African peacekeepers.
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Inner Revolutions | Pray But Keep Rowing the Boat - English
Aisha El-Mekki’s mother didn’t believe in ‘sparing the rod’. She also had a deep respect for teachers, nuns and other authority figures; a...
Aisha El-Mekki’s mother didn’t believe in ‘sparing the rod’. She also had a deep respect for teachers, nuns and other authority figures; a respect that never trickled down to her youngest daughter. Discipline was real in the El-Mekki household, so from an early age she and her older sister formed an alliance. They promised not to tell on each other. Sometimes El-Mekki even took a beating for her sister. When she was in first grade, the two were sent away to a private, all-white boarding school. In third grade, El-Mekki was expelled.
“As a child, if I got backed into a wall, I would refuse to do whatever you wanted me to do because you were trying to force me.”
Upon returning to her home in Philadelphia, El-Mekki’s mother – who worked until five everyday – enrolled her daughter in the neighborhood school. It was around this time that El-Mekki met her best friend, Shakora. The two began spending afternoons together, deepening their friendship and getting into trouble.
“One time I was on a bus. It was a Friday afternoon. The bus driver said my pass had expired; that I had to get a transfer…so he gave me a transfer while waiting for the next bus and the next bus was late. We waited for a while. There was a crowd of people by the time the bus came. [The next bus driver] said that my pass had expired and that I needed to get off the bus. Well I didn’t have any more money, so I said, ‘I paid my fare and I will ride.’ This man decided that he was going to send a message. So he stopped a police car and told them that I refused to pay. The police emptied the bus and told the driver to drive to the police station with just me on it….so he drives this empty bus to the police station and they arrested me. And this just infuriated me. My mother had to be called and of course she was just livid….she had to end up getting a lawyer, and had to go court, miss time from work…and eventually it was resolved but I mean they charged me. I had a record. It was ridiculous. That was my first incident with what I consider police brutality…and how they can escalate a situation unnecessarily.”
Three years later, El Mekki graduated from an all-girls Catholic high school. It was at this point that she began to question the Trinity. She didn’t want to leave the church; she believed she would go to hell if she did. Still, the questions remained. So she kept her eyes open. After college, El-Mekki decided she wanted to become a social worker. She learned about a group called the Black Panther Party that was organizing programs for the needy.
“When I heard about these people feeding children – and I worked on the midnight shift – I said, ‘you know what? I’m gonna go up there’. And there were tables and tables of children being fed cereal and toast, and I was really amazed. People were doing this out of the bottom of their hearts. They weren’t getting paid for it. But they wanted to make sure the children were getting a decent breakfast.”
El-Mekki joined the group. At the same time, her religious search continued.
“I had an aunt that was Muslim. I used to visit her. She was not aggressive, she was not pushy, she was not trying to convert me. Anytime I had a question, she would answer. Her husband was very nice. And I liked the way her family was so calm. It was so peaceful. And so I would go visit her often. During that time I was in the Black Panther Party, and she didn’t disapprove. Everybody else in my family said, ‘Here she goes again, doing something off the beaten path.’ But not aunt Mariam. One time when we knew that there was going to be a police raid, and we were trying to get the children out because I didn’t want the children to be there. And she just told me to bring them to her house. You know? And I just admired her. I just said wow, if her religion supports revolutionary acts like that, then I want to hear more about it. So she would always be listening to Shaheed Malcolm’s albums. She owned every word he ever said. And she’d often have his records on when I’d go over there. And she gave me his book to read because I was always asking questions about him. And that was like the answer to my prayer. You know? The part where he said that our religion doesn’t teach us to be aggressive, but if you lay a hand on me, then I can send you to the cemetery. And I said, ‘I can do that. That is the religion that I need.’ You know, that allows me to defend myself. That doesn’t encourage me to just constantly turn the other cheek. Nobody else is turning the other cheek. They’re turning the other side of their hand. And so i decided you know what, that’s when I decided Islam was for me because it allowed me to be religious and at the same time, be revolutionary.”
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[Dars 2] Mah-e-Ramzaan 1443 | H.I Syed Kazim Abbas Naqvi | Soldier...
Day: 2 | 2 Ramzaan-ul-Mubarak 1443
Speaker: H.I Syed Kazim Abbas Naqvi
حجۃ الاسلام مولانا سید کاظم عباس نقوی...
Day: 2 | 2 Ramzaan-ul-Mubarak 1443
Speaker: H.I Syed Kazim Abbas Naqvi
حجۃ الاسلام مولانا سید کاظم عباس نقوی
Place: Catholic Lawn, Soldier Bazar, Karachi
کیتھولک لان، سولجر بازار، کراچی
Date: 04 April 2022
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[Dars 3] Mah-e-Ramzaan 1443 | H.I Syed Kazim Abbas Naqvi | Soldier...
Day: 3 | 3 Ramzaan-ul-Mubarak 1443
Speaker: H.I Syed Kazim Abbas Naqvi
حجۃ الاسلام مولانا سید کاظم عباس نقوی...
Day: 3 | 3 Ramzaan-ul-Mubarak 1443
Speaker: H.I Syed Kazim Abbas Naqvi
حجۃ الاسلام مولانا سید کاظم عباس نقوی
Place: Catholic Lawn, Soldier Bazar, Karachi
کیتھولک لان، سولجر بازار، کراچی
Date: 05 April 2022
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[Dars 4] Mah-e-Ramzaan 1443 | H.I Syed Kazim Abbas Naqvi | Soldier...
Day: 4 | 4 Ramzaan-ul-Mubarak 1443
Speaker: H.I Syed Kazim Abbas Naqvi
حجۃ الاسلام مولانا سید کاظم عباس نقوی...
Day: 4 | 4 Ramzaan-ul-Mubarak 1443
Speaker: H.I Syed Kazim Abbas Naqvi
حجۃ الاسلام مولانا سید کاظم عباس نقوی
Place: Catholic Lawn, Soldier Bazar, Karachi
کیتھولک لان، سولجر بازار، کراچی
Date: 06 April 2022
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[Dars 5] Mah-e-Ramzaan 1443 | H.I Syed Kazim Abbas Naqvi | Soldier...
Day: 5 | 5 Ramzaan-ul-Mubarak 1443
Speaker: H.I Syed Kazim Abbas Naqvi
حجۃ الاسلام مولانا سید کاظم عباس نقوی...
Day: 5 | 5 Ramzaan-ul-Mubarak 1443
Speaker: H.I Syed Kazim Abbas Naqvi
حجۃ الاسلام مولانا سید کاظم عباس نقوی
Place: Catholic Lawn, Soldier Bazar, Karachi
کیتھولک لان، سولجر بازار، کراچی
Date: 07 April 2022
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[Dars 6] Mah-e-Ramzaan 1443 | H.I Syed Kazim Abbas Naqvi | Soldier...
Day: 6 | 6 Ramzaan-ul-Mubarak 1443
Speaker: H.I Syed Kazim Abbas Naqvi
حجۃ الاسلام مولانا سید کاظم عباس نقوی...
Day: 6 | 6 Ramzaan-ul-Mubarak 1443
Speaker: H.I Syed Kazim Abbas Naqvi
حجۃ الاسلام مولانا سید کاظم عباس نقوی
Place: Catholic Lawn, Soldier Bazar, Karachi
کیتھولک لان، سولجر بازار، کراچی
Date: 08 April 2022
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[Dars 7] Mah-e-Ramzaan 1443 | H.I Syed Kazim Abbas Naqvi | Soldier...
Day: 7 | 7 Ramzaan-ul-Mubarak 1443
Speaker: H.I Syed Kazim Abbas Naqvi
حجۃ الاسلام مولانا سید کاظم عباس نقوی...
Day: 7 | 7 Ramzaan-ul-Mubarak 1443
Speaker: H.I Syed Kazim Abbas Naqvi
حجۃ الاسلام مولانا سید کاظم عباس نقوی
Place: Catholic Lawn, Soldier Bazar, Karachi
کیتھولک لان، سولجر بازار، کراچی
Date: 09 April 2022
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[Dars 8] Mah-e-Ramzaan 1443 | H.I Syed Kazim Abbas Naqvi | Soldier...
Day: 8 | 8 Ramzaan-ul-Mubarak 1443
Speaker: H.I Syed Kazim Abbas Naqvi
حجۃ الاسلام مولانا سید کاظم عباس نقوی...
Day: 8 | 8 Ramzaan-ul-Mubarak 1443
Speaker: H.I Syed Kazim Abbas Naqvi
حجۃ الاسلام مولانا سید کاظم عباس نقوی
Place: Catholic Lawn, Soldier Bazar, Karachi
کیتھولک لان، سولجر بازار، کراچی
Date: 10 April 2022
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[Dars 9] Mah-e-Ramzaan 1443 | H.I Syed Kazim Abbas Naqvi | Soldier Bazar...
Day: 9 | 9 Ramzaan-ul-Mubarak 1443
Speaker: H.I Syed Kazim Abbas Naqvi
حجۃ الاسلام مولانا سید کاظم عباس نقوی...
Day: 9 | 9 Ramzaan-ul-Mubarak 1443
Speaker: H.I Syed Kazim Abbas Naqvi
حجۃ الاسلام مولانا سید کاظم عباس نقوی
Place: Catholic Lawn, Soldier Bazar, Karachi
کیتھولک لان، سولجر بازار، کراچی
Date: 11 April 2022
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[Dars 10] Mah-e-Ramzaan 1443 | H.I Syed Kazim Abbas Naqvi | Soldier...
Day: 10 | 10 Ramzaan-ul-Mubarak 1443
Speaker: H.I Syed Kazim Abbas Naqvi
حجۃ الاسلام مولانا سید کاظم عباس نقوی...
Day: 10 | 10 Ramzaan-ul-Mubarak 1443
Speaker: H.I Syed Kazim Abbas Naqvi
حجۃ الاسلام مولانا سید کاظم عباس نقوی
Place: Catholic Lawn, Soldier Bazar, Karachi
کیتھولک لان، سولجر بازار، کراچی
Date: 12 April 2022
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[Dars 11] Mah-e-Ramzaan 1443 | H.I Syed Kazim Abbas Naqvi | Soldier...
Day: 11 | 11 Ramzaan-ul-Mubarak 1443
Speaker: H.I Syed Kazim Abbas Naqvi
حجۃ الاسلام مولانا سید کاظم عباس نقوی...
Day: 11 | 11 Ramzaan-ul-Mubarak 1443
Speaker: H.I Syed Kazim Abbas Naqvi
حجۃ الاسلام مولانا سید کاظم عباس نقوی
Place: Catholic Lawn, Soldier Bazar, Karachi
کیتھولک لان، سولجر بازار، کراچی
Date: 13 April 2022
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[Dars 12] Mah-e-Ramzaan 1443 | H.I Syed Kazim Abbas Naqvi | Soldier...
Day: 12 | 12 Ramzaan-ul-Mubarak 1443
Speaker: H.I Syed Kazim Abbas Naqvi
حجۃ الاسلام مولانا سید کاظم عباس نقوی...
Day: 12 | 12 Ramzaan-ul-Mubarak 1443
Speaker: H.I Syed Kazim Abbas Naqvi
حجۃ الاسلام مولانا سید کاظم عباس نقوی
Place: Catholic Lawn, Soldier Bazar, Karachi
کیتھولک لان، سولجر بازار، کراچی
Date: 14 April 2022
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[Dars 14] Mah-e-Ramzaan 1443 | H.I Syed Kazim Abbas Naqvi | Soldier...
Day: 14 | 14 Ramzaan-ul-Mubarak 1443
Speaker: H.I Syed Kazim Abbas Naqvi
حجۃ الاسلام مولانا سید کاظم عباس نقوی...
Day: 14 | 14 Ramzaan-ul-Mubarak 1443
Speaker: H.I Syed Kazim Abbas Naqvi
حجۃ الاسلام مولانا سید کاظم عباس نقوی
Place: Catholic Lawn, Soldier Bazar, Karachi
کیتھولک لان، سولجر بازار، کراچی
Date: 16 April 2022
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[Dars 15] Mah-e-Ramzaan 1443 | H.I Syed Kazim Abbas Naqvi | Soldier...
Day: 15 | 15 Ramzaan-ul-Mubarak 1443
Speaker: H.I Syed Kazim Abbas Naqvi
حجۃ الاسلام مولانا سید کاظم عباس نقوی...
Day: 15 | 15 Ramzaan-ul-Mubarak 1443
Speaker: H.I Syed Kazim Abbas Naqvi
حجۃ الاسلام مولانا سید کاظم عباس نقوی
Place: Catholic Lawn, Soldier Bazar, Karachi
کیتھولک لان، سولجر بازار، کراچی
Date: 17 April 2022
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