Iranian Sunni and Shiite clerics visit South Lebanon and Rabab Sadr -...
New documentary titled \"Eyes Wide Open\" covering the journey of Iranian Shiite and Sunni clerics to South Lebanon. In their journey...
New documentary titled \"Eyes Wide Open\" covering the journey of Iranian Shiite and Sunni clerics to South Lebanon. In their journey they meet influential figures and visit various religious locations. A rare meeting between the clerics and Sheik Hassan Nasrallah will also be translated shortly. In this segment, the religious scholars visit the sister of Imam Musa al-Sadr, Rabab Sadr.
Sayyid Musá a?-?adr (1929-disappeared in 1978) (Arabic: ????? ???? ??????, Persian: ???? ???? ???, also transliterated Musa-ye Sader, Moussa Sadr and many other variants), was an Iranian-born Lebanese philosopher and a prominent Shiah religious leader who spent many years of his life in Lebanon as a religious and political leader.
Musá a?-?adr was born in Qom, Iran in 1929 to the prominent Lebanese a?-?adr family of theologians. His father was Ayatollah ?adr ad-Din a?-?adr, originally from Tyre. Grand Ayatollah Mu?ammad Baqir a?-?adr is a distant cousin.
He is said to have
worked tirelessly to improve the lot of his community - to give them a voice, to protect them from the ravages of war and intercommunal strife ...
A?-?adr was widely seen as a moderate, demanding that the Maronite Christians relinquish some of their power but pursuing ecumenism and peaceful relations between the groups. He was a vocal opponent of Israel but also attacked the PLO for endangering Lebanese civilians with their attacks.
In 1974 he founded the Movement of the Disinherited to press for better economic and social conditions for the Shiah. He established a number of schools and medical clinics throughout southern Lebanon, many of which are still in operation today.
In August 1978, al-Sadr and two companions departed for Libya to meet with government officials. The three were never heard of again. It is widely believed that the Libyan leader Muammar al-Gaddafi ordered a?-?adr\'s killing, but the motivation is unknown. Libya has consistently denied responsibility, claiming that a?-?adr and his companions left Libya for Italy. Some others have reported that he remains secretly in jail in Libya. A?-?adr\'s disappearance continues to be a major dispute between Lebanon and Libya. Lebanese Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri claimed that the Libyan regime, and particularly the Libyan leader, were responsible for the disappearance of Imam Musa Sadr, London-based Asharq Al-Awsat, a Saudi-run pan-Arab daily reported on 27 August 2006.
According to Iranian General Mansour Qadar, the head of Syrian security, Rifaat al-Asad, told the Iranian ambassador to Syria that Gaddafi was planning to kill a?-?adr. On August 27, 2008, Gaddafi was indicted by the government of Lebanon for al-Sadr\'s disappearance. [8]
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Muslim Youth Helpline - English
Hope other communities will take inspiration from this project. We need more of such culturally sensitive, religiously informed, and professionally...
Hope other communities will take inspiration from this project. We need more of such culturally sensitive, religiously informed, and professionally trained services in our communities addressing issues of youth, women, and families.
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Philosophy of Ashura and Live Images of Tasua Mourning in Kashan, Iran -...
Recorded Press TV program on Dec 26 2009. Mohsen Saleh, Lebanese Prof. of social science talks on philosophy of Ashura with live images of Tasu'a...
Recorded Press TV program on Dec 26 2009. Mohsen Saleh, Lebanese Prof. of social science talks on philosophy of Ashura with live images of Tasu'a mourning on the eve of Ashura, in Kashan, Iran.
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Caught on camera - Lancashire police arrest amateur photographer -...
Bob Patefield used his video camera to record the moment police stopped him from taking photographs of Accrington town centre. He shows how the...
Bob Patefield used his video camera to record the moment police stopped him from taking photographs of Accrington town centre. He shows how the police claims he was engaging in anti-social behaviour led to his arrest
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Pakistan bans Facebook and Youtube - 20May2010 - English
Pakistani authorities have decided to block access to Facebook and YouTube following the announcement of an online competition to draw pictures of...
Pakistani authorities have decided to block access to Facebook and YouTube following the announcement of an online competition to draw pictures of the Prophet Mohammed.
The country's telecommunication authority asked internet service providers to indefinitely block the popular social networking websites, saying they contained "blasphemous" material.
Al Jazeera's Kamal Hyder reports from Islamabad, the capital of Pakistan.
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[G20] Over 10,000 peaceful people marched through streets of Toronto -...
Clip from a large protest in downtown as G20 Summit takes place in Toronto. Thousands of people from different walks of life representing trade...
Clip from a large protest in downtown as G20 Summit takes place in Toronto. Thousands of people from different walks of life representing trade unions, students and various movements for social justice took part in the rally.
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Hezbollah and the modern history of Lebanon - Part1 - English
Fawwaz Traboulsi is Associate Professor teaching history and politics at the Lebanese American University in Beirut and American University in...
Fawwaz Traboulsi is Associate Professor teaching history and politics at the Lebanese American University in Beirut and American University in Beirut. is an associate professor of Political Science and History at the Lebanese American University in Beirut. Dr. Traboulsi has been a visiting professor at New York University; University of Michigan, Columbia University and Cairo University and a visiting fellow at St. Antony’s College, Oxford. Dr Traboulsi has translated several works, including Edward Said’s Out of Place and Humanism and Democratic Critique. He writes in both English and Arabic on Lebanese history, Arab politics, and social movements, with his most recent book A History of Modern Lebanon (published by Pluto Books, London, 2007).
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Special Report On Hizbullah Museum / Theme Park - English
Special Report on a newly opened Hizbullah Islamic Resistance Theme Park in the South of Lebanon. The park shows many secrets of the Islamic...
Special Report on a newly opened Hizbullah Islamic Resistance Theme Park in the South of Lebanon. The park shows many secrets of the Islamic Resistance against the Zionist Occupation of Lebanon and how the Islamic Resistance overcame and ejected the Zionists from Lebanon. Very interesting and well worth watching.
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MWM FLOOD RELIEF EFFORTS IN PAKISTAN - Urdu
Bad situation in Pakistan due to flood and efforts of MWM are mentioned in this short video. MWM is helping many innocents regardless of their...
Bad situation in Pakistan due to flood and efforts of MWM are mentioned in this short video. MWM is helping many innocents regardless of their religion, sect, region, creed, or language. This video has been made by the supporters of Majlis Wahadat Muslimeen.
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Ramadan : Hungry for God - Short Documentary - English
Members of Ireland's Shia Islamic community discuss how the month of prayer and fasting fosters greater personal and social responsibility.
Members of Ireland's Shia Islamic community discuss how the month of prayer and fasting fosters greater personal and social responsibility.
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MWM Flood Relief Camp in Karachi, Pakistan - Urdu
Victims of the disastrous flood are being helped by Majlis e Wahdat e Muslimeen, Pakistan. For more details, visit www.mwmpak.org and for videos,...
Victims of the disastrous flood are being helped by Majlis e Wahdat e Muslimeen, Pakistan. For more details, visit www.mwmpak.org and for videos, visit videos.mwmpak.org.
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[Must Watch] Wars could cost over $4 trillion - English
Although a new study has doubled the US war costs, it does not account for the enormous subsequent expenses for the injured troops, a US analyst...
Although a new study has doubled the US war costs, it does not account for the enormous subsequent expenses for the injured troops, a US analyst says.
"The cost of taking care of [the injured troops] … has not really been taken into account seriously, either by economists or by political figures in the United States," historian and investigative journalist Gareth Porter told Press TV on Thursday.
The new study, conducted by the Nobel Prize winner for economics Joseph Stiglitz and Harvard University Professor Linda Bilmes, shows that the long-term costs of the US wars in Afghanistan and Iraq doubles initial estimates, suggesting the revised six-trillion-dollar figure.
The analyst also warned that "the institutional interests of the military itself [is] so enormous that the [US] military is absolutely determined to avoid an end to this war any time soon."
Porter called on the people and the politicians in the United States to take action to make their government bring the wars to an end.
http://edition.presstv.ir/detail/144762.html
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Wars could cost over $4 trillion
Authors of the book The Three Trillion Dollar War now estimate that the total cost of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan could top $4 trillion over time. A lagging economy, increases in the cost of medical care, higher than expected expenditures on post-combat medical and psychiatric care, and a surge in disability benefits are likely to place a significant strain on the federal budget.
House Veterans Affairs Chairman, Bob Filner (D-California), stated:
"This may be more of a crisis than the Medicare and Social Security problems we have looming...It rivals both in the potential impact. This is another entitlement we've committed ourselves to, and it could break the bank."
Filner aims on utilizing the latest cost estimates to propose a "veterans trust fund" to pay for the long-term war expenses, a proposal that has so far found minimal support in the Democratic-led House due to the startling price tag associated with it.
Having already blown past original cost projections, combat operations alone in Iraq, Afghanistan, and Pakistan have cost nearly $1.1 trillion in nine years. With well over 30,000 maimed for life, a PTSD epidemic, and record suicide rates (in the military), an estimated price tag of at least $4 trillion over the next several years appears to be reasonable.
As a result, those who claim to be fiscally conservative should take a long hard look at the immense cost of open-ended, overseas wars, especially at a time when America could be facing a debt crisis in the not-too-distant future. Vague objectives, shifting benchmarks, imprecise definitions of victory, and unclear exit strategies inevitably lead to costs that far exceed initial budget estimates.
In addition, those who claim to espouse a more progressive, anti-war stance should take a long hard look at the current war policy, as the trillions being spent could be better invested in infrastructure, health care, education, alternative energy, and other domestic programs. Perhaps the strategy of electing leaders who espouse peace, fiscal responsibility, and change in U.S. foreign policy, yet intensify wars, spend even more on the military, and adopt much of their despised opponents' previous platform, should be more critically examined.
http://caivn.org/article/2010/09/30/wars-could-cost-over-4-trillion
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The Miracle in the Ant by Harun Yahya-part 1-English
In this book we are going to tell you about a creature that you know quite well, that you meet everywhere without actually giving it much...
In this book we are going to tell you about a creature that you know quite well, that you meet everywhere without actually giving it much attention, that is highly skillful, highly social and highly intelligent - The Ant. Our aim is to review the lives full of miracles of these minute creatures that are never of any significance in our daily lives.
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The Miracle in the Ant by Harun Yahya-part 2-English
In this movie we are going to tell you about a creature that you know quite well, that you meet everywhere without actually giving it much...
In this movie we are going to tell you about a creature that you know quite well, that you meet everywhere without actually giving it much attention, that is highly skillful, highly social and highly intelligent - The Ant. Our aim is to review the lives full of miracles of these minute creatures that are never of any significance in our daily lives.
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