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Muhammad, Jesus and Moses (peace be upon all of them) are three men who preached a common message. “WORSHIP ONE TRUE ALLAH ” !

YA BAKİ ENTEL BAKİ

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Worship Allah and associate nothing with Him, and to parents do good, and to relatives, orphans, the needy, the near neighbor, the neighbor farther away, the companion at your side, the traveler, and those whom your right hands possess. Indeed, Allah does not like those who are self-deluding and boastful.

The Noble Qur’an ~ Surat An-Nisa’ [4:36]

Say, “We have believed in Allah and in what was revealed to us and what was revealed to Abraham, Ishmael, Isaac, Jacob, and the Descendants, and in what was given to Moses and Jesus and to the prophets from their Lord. We make no distinction between any of them, and we are Muslims [submitting] to Him.

The Noble Qur’an ~ Surat ‘Ali `Imran [3:84]

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Ve Allah’a ibâdet edin, hem O’na hiçbir şeyi ortak koşmayın; sonra ana-babaya, akrabâya, yetimlere, yoksullara, yakın komşuya, uzak komşuya, yakın arkadaşa, yolda kalmışa ve ellerinizin altında bulunan (kölelere ve…

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A Peaceful Protest Today – Please Spread the Word

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Here’s a message (from a woman I have had the honor of working with in women’s leadership training with WMW Jamaica) shared widely on social media, regarding a peaceful protest this afternoon in Kingston. My apologies for posting it so late. As my last blog post noted, let’s stand  up and be counted!

Friends Jamaicans. I’ve listened to enough to know its a pretty bleak future if changes are not made about how we make decisions about Jamaica’s resources. Its time that we earned a bit of self-respect as a people. No fight, no quarrel. I am inviting all of us who think this country is of worth and value to join me and other like-minded Jamaicans TOMORROW 4:00-5:30pm at the corner of Knutsford Blvd and Oxford Road to let our leaders know that the Board of the NHT needs to be dissolved and proper governance structures be put…

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Ferguson on fire

It’s been 20 years since I last visited St. Louis, things have declined until now, they are experiencing the same turmoil that shook Cincinnati in 2001. Both episodes were driven by long neglect, over policing of “certain” neighborhoods until everything came together for a social implosion. After happening so many times, why the surprise, the denials, and in ten years or less another repeat in another city. Coping, self-delusion, and … are what we are good at – that and hoping that things will change without having to work at it.

Sarah Kendzior

My latest for Politico:

Darren Wilson will never be on trial. Black St. Louis always was.

For 108 days, there were protests in St. Louis. The vast majority of the protests were non-violent. Looting and arson, limited to the initial August days, became media memes that bore little resemblance to life on the ground. St. Louis is an insular city, and its agony was internal, felt rather than seen. Comparatively few participated in the protests, but everyone shared the dread of the impending decision. Residents woke every day to new emergency procedures, to strategic leaks, to media rumors and lies. When asked why it was taking over 100 days to deliberate over events that allegedly took 90 seconds, officials replied that the road to justice was long. They gave St. Louis a waiting game and let the protesters pretend they were players.

In November, when rumors circulated that a…

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Reporter arrested in Ferguson: “I was just doing my job” – Reporters Without Borders

I was standing on the sidewalk when I saw a police officer coming towards me, yelling at people in the street. I thought I was doing the right thing as I was on the sidewalk but apparently I was supposed to be on the other sidewalk. It was very unclear. Then I was arrested and taken to jail. It did not make a lot of sense.

They took me to jail for four hours. I had never been to jail before. I was booked, got a mugshot. Originally I was charged with ‘failure to disperse’ and then with ‘unlawful assembly.’ It was very unclear why. A protester who was also charged with ‘unlawful assembly’ had hit a police cruiser earlier in the night.

The police were very inaccurate on how they reported what happened but thankfully there was a video to prove that I was on the sidewalk the whole time (…) and not on the street. I was wearing my media credentials and had a camera. That in my mind was an appropriate ID for a journalist.

I was there in August and I was aware that other journalists had been arrested then but I never thought it would happen to me. It did not cross my mind that I was making a statement: I was just doing my job.

via Reporter arrested in Ferguson: “I was just doing my job” – Reporters Without Borders.

Canadian celebrity radio host charged with sexual assault -police | Reuters

A celebrity radio host was charged with multiple counts of sexual assault on Wednesday in a scandal that has grabbed Canada’s media spotlight.

Jian Ghomeshi, 47, former host of the internationally syndicated music and arts program Q on Canadian Broadcasting Corp radio, surrendered to police and was charged with four counts of sexual assault and one of choking, Toronto police said.

via Canadian celebrity radio host charged with sexual assault -police | Reuters.

I have a dream: that white van man and black cab man can live together in harmony

Amen

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Some politicians blame white van man – some are attacking black cab man. But I have a dream that one day white van man and black cab man can live together in peace and harmony.

So let us not wallow in the valley of despair, my friends.

Even though we face the difficulties of today and tomorrow, I still have a dream.

I have a dream that our children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the colour or the mode of their transport but by the content of their character.

I have a dream that one day – even in the UK, with its vicious prejudice, with its leaders having their lips dripping with the words of “immigrant” and “scrounger” – every type of transport shall be exalted, and every car and bus and van and bicycle of every colour shall be treated equally and even the pedestrians shall be blessed with the…

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R.I.P. Lebanese Legend Sabah

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You’ve killed her a thousand times over with those senseless jokes, the rumors and then some more jokes when the rumors were debunked. But this morning, Lebanese singer Sabah passed away at the age of 87.

My earliest memory of Sabah is being a kid hovering around my mom’s waist as she sang her song “Sa’at Sa’at” while she cooked, or, if she felt playful, went about a round of “Jib el Mejwez.” Today, my mom is the one who reaches my waist, but she still sings those songs when she cooks, and they’ve become engrained in my mind as a result too.

With over 50 albums in her decade-long career, she is on the same rank as some artists that many consider worthier of more clout, such as Fairuz and Um Kulthum.

More senseless things happen daily that’s for sure, but Lebanon lost one of its giants today and…

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