Obama's ''Afpak'' Plan

An air strike by the US military in Afghanistan earlier this week has killed more than 100 people, the vast majority of which women and children...

Now i get it - Obama's plan is to bully the two poor countries, bribing them into submission, probably threatening to withdraw aid whilst making demands upon the two countries, offering nothing in return, showing no respect for the sovereignty and civilian life in either country.

Obama, every body's favourite uncle Tom, sent Secretary of State Hilary Clinton to issue this half hearted ''apology'', here's what she had to say:

"We deeply regret it. We don't know all of the circumstances or causes. And there will be a joint investigation by your government and ours,"

Roughly translated into the Politico-American language, this reads:

''We know exactly what happened and to be honest we couldn't really care less, we just have to apologise so we don't look bad. Our government will not be investigating this incident thoroughly, and any evidence of foul play that is found will be swept under the rug, and the Afghan government will keep outta this if they know what's good for them!''

Meanwhile, Obama, instead of apologising to the conservative Muslim country and its people, proceeded to make yet more demands. Telling Pakistan and the Afghans to ''do more'' against the Taliban.

Now, i don't endorse the Taliban's overly strict interpretation, nor its alleged treatment of women in Afghanistan, but i cant help but wonder, why does America care? Some claim that the Taliban train terrorists and are accommodating Bin Laden, but what few people have been told is that the Taliban told the US that it would hand hand Bin Laden and others involved over, if they could provide sufficient evidence. The US and Co., after delivering the customary speech about ''bringing freedom and democracy'' before invading a foreign country, soon set off into Afghanistan, and, of course, Iraq shortly after.

So does America seek to fetch in Bin Laden? If so why did they not give them evidence, did i miss something? Does America want an end to anti-western Islamic extremism? Maybe, and maybe they are hiding in these lands and would love to kill westerners, however, there are quite a few people in the west who hate Muslims and would love to blow them up, and would happily beat up a Muslim they see in the streets after dark, so is it OK if Pakistan and Afghanistan invade the US and hunt these people down?Bomb targets on American soil and kill innocent people whilst they're at it?

Or, did the US seek to bring that ''democracy and freedom'' to both Afghanistan and Iraq? In a way, yes. To me it seems obvious that the US and the west wanted to invade these countries and install their ''democracies'', hoping that then, the countries neighbouring them would also follow suit, it makes sense, did they not do it to communists? Africans and Native Indians before this? The truth is that the west will not stop until the whole world does things their way, adopts their customs and force their culture. They wouldn't stop until the communists privatised their markets, they wouldn't stop until the Native Indians converted to their religion, and now they wont stop until the Afghan and Iraqi men are seen stumbling out of a pub at 4AM in downtown Kabul or Baghdad, until their women are splashed across the front covers of porn DVDs across the world, until all traces of the Shariah are wiped off the agenda, traded in for man-made ''democracy''. Makes perfect sense, this way, Iraq, Afghanistan and the countries around it will become subservient to the US. However, the majority of decent Muslims know that Democracy is no substitute for a just Shariah rule.

Anyway, back to now, the recent bombings in Afghanistan which killed several civilians. Doesn't Obama realise he will go the way of George bush this way? and that more people can be radicalised, making his problem worse. So much for ''change''.

Quran Miracles

Prophesised Signs of the Day of Judgement

The disappearance of knowledge and the appearance of ignorance

Books/writing will be widespread and religious knowledge will be low

Adultery and fornication will be prevalent (The Prophet, peace be upon him, said that this has never happened without new diseases befalling the people, which their ancestors had not known.)

The taking in of intoxicants will be widespread

Rain will be acidic

Gains will be shared out only among the rich, with no benefit to the poor

Great distances will be traversed in short spans of time

The people of Iraq will recieve no food and no money due to oppression by the Europeans

People will hop between the clouds and the earth

People will believe in the stars

Allah will send a disease to fornicators that will have no cure (HIV/AIDS perhaps)

When people begin to compete with others in the construction of taller buildings

Men will begin to look like women and women will begin to look like men

Other Miracles





''That Day We will fold up heaven like folding up the pages of a book. As We originated the first creation so We will regenerate it. It is a promise binding on Us. That is what We will do.'' (Qur'an, 21:104)


''They do not measure Allah with His true measure. The whole earth will be a mere handful for Him on the Day of Rising the heavens folded up in His right hand. Glory be to Him! He is exalted above the partners they ascribe!'' (Qur'an, 39:67)

The ''big crunch'' of the universe in the Quran

''We built seven firm layers above you. We installed a blazing lamp.'' (Qur'an, 78:12-13)

''We made the sky a preserved and protected roof yet still they turn away from Our Signs.'' (Qur'an, 21:32)

The seven layers of the Earths atmosphere and its protection against the sun

''It is Allah Who created the seven heavens and of the earth the same number, the Command descending down through all of them, so that you might know that Allah has power over all things and that Allah encompasses all things in His knowledge.' (Qur'an, 65:12)

The seven layers of the Earth

''It is He Who created the Night and the Day, and the sun and the moon: all (the celestial bodies) swim along, each in its rounded course.'' 021.033

The rotation of the sun and the moon

Sodom and Gamorrah - A True Story

The Background

''And Lut, when he said to his people, "Do you commit an obscenity not perpetrated before you by anyone in all the worlds? You come with lust to men instead of women. You are indeed a depraved people." (Qur'an, 7:80-81)

The aftermath

''[Our Messengers said to Lut,] "We will bring down on the inhabitants of this city a devastating punishment from heaven because of their deviance." We have left a Clear Sign of them behind for people who use their intellect.'' (Qur'an, 29:34-35)

''We turned the place completely upside down and rained down on them stones of hard-baked clay. There are certainly Signs in that for the discerning. They were beside a road which still exists. There is certainly a Sign in that for the believers.'' (Qur'an, 15:74-77)

''We rained down a rain upon them. See the final fate of the evildoers!'' (Qur'an, 7:84)

The ruins of Somon and Gamorrah lie near the dead sea, in recent times, a German archaeologist concluded:

''Together with the base of this mighty fissure, which runs precisely through this area, the Vale of Siddim, including Sodom and Gomorrah, plunged one day into the abyss. Their destruction came about through a great earthquake which was probably accompanied by explosions, lightning, issue of natural gas and general conflagration… The subsidence released volcanic forces that had been lying dormant deep down along the whole length of the fracture. In the upper valley of the Jordan near Bashan there are still towering craters of extinct volcanoes; great stretches of lava and deep layers of basalt have been deposited on the limestone surface.''

[Just a few of many miracles. This blog will be updated when i've got the time]

And remember, i don't seek to change beliefs, i seek to change presmuptions and ill-thought thinking patters common these days.

The Beginning

There i was, standing in front at the door of the mosque, it stood open perhaps symbolically, as if to ask ''do you dare?Do you dare to be among the brave and freeminded?'' There, before me was my future, a new way of life under a very new set of rules. Back behind me that old way of life, the way of life that had become mystifying to, the way of life i become disaffected towards through the years. My head filled with thoughts, good and bad, was i finally about to find my place? What if i'm making a mistake?, what if this doesn't work out for me? Finally, the one big, inevitable question slipped into my head during the flashpoint of uncertainty, one that will surely befall all potential and new Muslims: ''do you really believe in all that kinda stuff''? After a small pause i answered to myself resiliently: ''yes i do''.

Thinking back to all that went before, the bad times and the better times, accepting the sacrifices i'd have to take, the lifestyle changes i'd have to make. I accepted them because i knew it was for the best, and that this was the will of Allah, his call clear and his timing most wise. I'd been considering adopting Islam for months beforehand, and spent time learning about it, the more i learnt, the more sense it made, me and my potential religion agreed on so many principles, to me it seemed not the least outdated, it's doctrine and beliefs clear and simple, and, most of all, something i believed in. Indeed, Allah's timing was wise, as four days before converting, my sister, Tiana was born. With my older brother being 22, and my older sister being 21, and my younger sister being just 8, the chances were that, at just seventeen years old, i'd be the only one of my new sisters siblings that will be active and present in her growing years. I realised that there's a good chance that Allah has shown me the light and saved me from the fate of my then fellow non-believers and in exchange gave to me a responsibility towards my sister. All that went before, it all comes down to this day.

I stepped inside the small prayer room, where young children gathered to learn from the Quran, across from them was the Imam along with a handful of other community elders, they'd been waiting for me. They explained a few formalities before the imam outstretched his right hand, telling me to take it, at this moment, on the 27th of December 2008, i became a Muslim, by proclaiming ''ašhadu ʾal lā ilāha illa l-Lāh, wa ʾašhadu ʾanna muḥammadar rasūlu l-Lāh''.

It's now been some fivemonths since that day, and i haven't looked back since. The changes i've made to my life have slowly blended into normality and the initial shockwaves caused by me reverting to Islam have faded. So what am i doing here? There's alot i can do here by sharing my experiences and posting what will hopefully be helpful and informative blogs for Muslims and non-Muslims. My page is a little empty right now because i'm new here, and hardly know how to use this this at the moment, it'll come with time i'm sure, but be sure to leave comments on my upcoming posts, opinions and debate is welcome.