Children Of A Lesser World

The world has two faces, one of which is very bright, pleasant and kind. I saw this beautiful face of the world when I read the news of transformation of San Francisco into Gotham City for a day to grant 5-year-old cancer victim’s wish to become a superhero. Five-year-old Miles Scott, from Sikiyou County, near Oregon, assumed the persona of ‘Batkid’, donning a mini cape in his crusade to rid the city of its fiercest foes, the Penguin and the Riddler. Thousands of volunteers signed up to help cheer along the boy, who is in remission after a four-year battle with leukemia, as he enjoys his dream day granted by the Make-A-Wish Foundation. When the charity, which grants wishes for ill children, asked Miles to name his dream, his answer was simply: ‘I want to be Batkid!’ A whole scenario was created for Miles in which he tried to fight the evil foes and save the city. Moreover, around 1,000 special edition ‘Gotham City Chronicle’ newspapers were handed out at Union Square, with the headline: ‘Batkid saves city.’ This should be appreciated a lot and is a very impressive effort.

I see this shining face of the world whenever I see the organizations of the world feeding, clothing and educating the deprived children. Every year, the wishes of thousands of children are granted, who are suffering from fatal and incurable diseases. They are given hope that they will survive no matter how much serious their disease is. In every country, effective steps are being taken to provide education to children so that they can become a useful part of the society. Their talent is recognized and promoted. Huge slogans are raised everywhere to put an end to child labour and efforts are made to terminate child abuse by making laws and getting them implemented. Orphanages are being opened to help the children who’ve lost their parents. The children affected by war are a main focus of many organizations. They do their mental counseling and provide them with basic facilities of life to clear their minds of the fear of war.

The world is doing brilliant job for some children. But this world, as I said, has two faces, the other face is dark and frightening. At one side, it’s raising the voice of Children’s Right , while on the other, it is bombing innocent children, forgetting its own slogans. According to an estimation, 168 – 197 children are killed by drone attacks by 2013 (reference: wikipedia).By late October 2013, the opposition activist group Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR) reported the number of children killed in the conflict had risen to 6,365. While, according to Huffington Post, Somalia Famine killed 133,000 children under the age of 5. Among them, may be children who were orphaned or suffering from chronic diseases. They had already been badly affected by war and instead of their mental counseling, they were targeted by heavy weapons. Where are the world Children’s Right organizations? Why do they not get up for the rights of these children? Are they not as innocent as Miles Scott? Are all the children not the same? If you are striving to give children their right, than why didn’t you strive to fulfill the wishes of these children? Why were they not given a right to live? They are not given educations and their schools are destroyed. This proves the Children Welfare efforts of the world are just limited for the children of a particular community and territory.

All the children are the same. They are all innocent, small and mischievous. Children are like flower buds which, if given suitable conditions, transform into colourful flowers which spread their fragrance all over, otherwise they may wither and become totally useless. As all the children are same, they must be given equal opportunities to get educated, fed, clothed and developed. They must also be given the right to live and their wishes should be fulfilled instead of ruining their lives through bombs and drones.

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What PEACE are you talking about?

Peace is the most common topic talked and written about, in this 21st century. Countless discussions are held every month all round the globe to give peace a chance and make people realize that disharmony is the main threat to human civilization today. Even I can talk for hours about the importance of peace and write bundles of papers about it. But, is it really what the world today needs? Are all the world peace problems going to be solved just by discussions and articles telling people that we need peace? Definitely No!
To solve any problem, the first key step is to find the root cause and study the problem from grass root level. Who and why is spreading disharmony and disrupting the world peace? Yes! it’s all those lunatic Syrians, Iraqis, Afghans, Chechans, Palestinians, Bosnians and Kashmiris who’ve got so worn out minds and lack of patience that they can’t bear any peace, right? My answer would definitely be YES, if I were not one of the above. But say it fortune or misfortune, I’m a Syrian, an Afghan, a Kashmiri, a Chechan and all those who you call ‘peace destroyers’ of today!
You tell me to keep calm. You advise me and lecture me everyday to make peace. You tell me I should become a source of peace for this world. Do you expect me to lose all my dignity and self-esteem and exhibit patience every time you shed my blood?
I’m a Syrian, you bomb my house and my buildings everyday killing and orphaning hundreds. When you are not satisfied with the amount of violence, you bury alive my people warning me not to ask for independence of expression again. But, I strive for my right. I protest for my right and as an extreme measure of warning, you throw all those chemical bombs on me. You break into my home at night and when I shout against the violence, you say such an enemy of peace I am. And you expect peace from me.
When I’m an Afghan, I get killed by NATO forces for no fault. But I still keep peace. I beg you not to kill my people, not to snatch away their dignities but you use heavy weapons on me and keep bombing and firing at me unless each part of my body is so damaged that it no more remains recognizable. Your drone bombs my lands and when I go and see the destruction, I see those militants you bombed, I find a mother who had been asleep holding tightly her small child and find both dead. I congratulate you and your drones, such ‘dangerous terrorists’ you killed!
When I take hold of AK47s to save my people’s lives and dignity from the armed men wandering through my streets and to protect my home from the attacks of machine guns, you say I don’t deserve peace because I can’t keep it!
I am a Kashmiri, who you define as a hurdle in the way of peace. You say I destroy peace. But why do you expect peace from me, when I’m in habit of seeing dead people before going to bed everyday? I see you breaking into my homes with my sisters and mothers inside. I come to streets to protest for my freedom of expression and every time I get shot. I still don’t violate peace. I ask for my rights in every possible peaceful manner I can but you keep treading upon me. I tell people to remain stick to their religion, I advise them to keep asking for their right of self-determination and freedom of expression and speech and you bomb my entire home saying I was destroying the peace. Why don’t you blame the armed forces seven of which surround a single Kashmiri, not giving him the right to even breathe by his own will?
I’m an Arab Palestinian, a Bosnian, a Chechan and an Iraqi. You (Israel, Serbia, Russia and America) are the world peace-keepers, right? So much peace you are creating that you deserve applause! I’m such a non-sense that I always complained about your bombing policies. The policies and rules which allow you to widow my sisters and mothers, to orphan my children, to make my old parents carry the coffins of their children at a time! Those policies acting upon which, you destroy hundreds of my homes in a second, leaving my people gasping for life. I’m such an idiot that I never knew that these were all your peace keeping policies! Indeed I am a destroyer of peace because I always shouted against your policies because that was only I could do.
So you want world peace. And you expect me to be the most important part of it. I can do nothing but laugh at your thought of expecting peace from me when you’ve snatched away everything from me. I wonder how do you expect flowers in response to bombs? Why do you want peace from me when you’ve destroyed all the peace I had? After seeing what the world peace-keepers are doing, people still search for the causes of unrest in the world. The only way this world can achieve peace is not by blaming the oppressed for the unrest but those who are actually a reason of it.

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When Weakness Becomes Strength!

Are you going through the same thing? The food is made with all taste yet it seems tasteless.The day is full of sunshine still it all seems dark? The sun is warming the air but the environment is so cold and lifeless.The joys are still the same but the lips find it too hard to curl into a smile.The foreheads are just as they always were, only with more lines and furrowed brows.The eyes are more watery than before and on the verge of tears.All the facilities are just the right way that you wanted them to be, yet they're lacking that charm with in them.Festivals and occasions are coming and going but the hearts are still dissatisfied and heavy...

These are all, the symptoms of a weakness.A weakness that is causing pain and unrest in the hearts of all those who care.It is weakening all those hearts who beat for others irrespective of  religion, caste, creed, skin colour or anything.It's affecting all those who still care for the ones not cared about anymore.This weakness is called humanity.Humanity is a weakness, isn't it? Yes it is! I don't know what is your stand on it but I know that every bit of good is a weakness in the time overwhelmed by evil! It is a weakness because it's rare.How can you even imagine humanity flourishing in a world where you need to launch social media campaigns for hours and hold massive protests just to tell the people out there that those dying in Gaza and Palestine are no other-planetary-creatures but humans? Humanity is a weakness in a world where you constantly have to remind people that those who are dead or injured in a way that left them in a worse state than death, could've been their own loved ones! Humanity is indeed a weakness in a world taken over by brutality.

If you are suffering from this pain inside your heart, if you have this strong desire to help that child who just lost his father who went to market to buy his family food or that woman who's lost the only child she conceived after 24 years of marriage or that man who lost all those for whom he lived, you are really weak.A really weak human being you are then! Just because you have humanity deep in your heart - the biggest weakness of the present century, a century where you'll see humans everywhere but humanity hardly anywhere! You are a really weak person to have lit a candle within your heart and not  let darkness penetrate your insides.You are weak enough to not take the news of 100+ people dying in a day in Gaza as a boring casual news!

But you know what? It will not remain a weakness forever, humanity.No matter how weak you feel now, there will be a time when this weakness will overpower the evil of this world.I believe, as I have every right to do so, that a day will come when humanity will overcome people's lust of spilling blood.That day might be too far from today.That day might come after we're resting in our graves.But on that day, a person as weak as you will be remembered as the strongest man of history for possessing a heart full of humanity.

ANOTHER WORLDCUP

How many of you followed the Football World Cup? Pretty entertaining it was, right? Yes indeed, Football is one of the most loved and watched sports of present.Football World Cup is the best treat a football fan can get.It returns after a long duration of four years and is longed by all football lovers.All around the world people are getting crazy about Germany wining the final against Argentina.Through out the Cup people had been betting, supporting and doing everything they could for their favorite team to win the Cup.

And indeed, there is no wrong is loving a sport or waiting eagerly for its world cup or even being a fan of the sport.But the problem arises, when the world turns blind in the love of FIFA World Cup and doesn't realize there's already another World Cup going on.Yes! Another World Cup! But, deliberately or not, the media, UNO and nearly everyone seems to have turned their backs towards it and it's hardly getting any coverage because of the Football craze going on.

Let me introduce you to ANOTHER WORLD CUP that's going on miles from Brazil.The World Cup is being held in the Gaza Strip of Palestine and the goals in this world cup are made by missiles instead of footballs.

Yes, there has been an Israel Vs Gaza Match for quiet a long now.The worst part is that the both opponents are no match because Israel seems much more in hold of the situation.By now, it's almost more than 197 to 0. Israeli bombs and missiles have killed about 197 innocent and defenseless Palestinians in 1400 air strikes with 220 houses destroyed leaving 850 injuries.

Israeli attacks in Palestine are nothing new.Nearly after every few years, a series of attacks bursts out in which hundreds of innocent Palestinians are martyred.Israel has  broken 65 UN Resolution so far yet the world doesn't even seem to give a fit to thousands of lives lost.That's the point where I call it a World Cup! Nearly all UNO countries have given Israel free hand to carry on the barbaric killings and they don't even bother themselves to give a condemnation statement.It's not just just Israel Vs Palestine, it's all those countries against Palestine who fund Israel to make weapons of mass destruction and a large part of this funds comes of America and Britain.

It's often seen that Israel takes the aid of some important and attention seeking event to carry on its barbarism behind the curtain of that event, just as FIFA World Cup.Stats show that Israel has been involved in Lebanon War almost at the time FIFA 2006 was held, Gaza Flotilla Raid - FIFA 2010 and now massive bombardment over Gaza during FIFA 2014.

Imagine sleeping at night and not knowing you'll wake up the next morning.Imagine going to market and doubting you'll ever return home alive.Imagine seeing a dead body every few hours.Imagine fasting the whole day and not knowing you'd be alive to hear the Maghrib Adhaan!That kid who’s leg got cut off could’ve been your son. That man who lost his eye could’ve been your father. That lady who is currently suffering from mental disorders could’ve been your mother. That young female who was burned to death could’ve been your wife.It is painful for us just to imagine this, imagine their pain who are going through it everyday

All I want people to deduce from it is that never take a human life for granted.Don't just sit idle saying you're used to it! Used to what? Your brothers and sisters crying for help and dying? Ask those you've lost their loved ones!
The Prophet Muhammad(SAW) said that the life of a human is worth more than Ka'ba! And, thousands of such precious and innocent lives are been taken away by the Israeli beasts.It's the time, the Ummah needs to reunite! If not much, there's something each and every one of us can do : pray to Allah (SWT) for our Gazawi brother and sisters going through all this brutality in the Holly month of Ramadan and boycott Israeli products because they are ultimately funding the Gaza attacks and spilling Muslim blood.

The Fabulous Seven!

Assalam o Alaikum (May Peace Be With You All)! :) 

After 'The Famous Five' and 'The Fabulous Five' series you've read, I am bringing you a very motivational and inspirational story of 'The Fabulous Seven (And Their Dog)'!


Once, before the times of Muhammad(PBUH), there used to live seven sturdy youngsters.They Followed the Prophet of the time, Eesa (Alaihis Salaam) and managed to survive with dignity in the era ruled by the filthy king of Damascus (Syria/Shaam).The king forced the people to accept him as god instead of Allah and all he did was to expose his kingdom and the society to filth and immoral relations between people.The society was engulfed by all kinds of immoralities.Furthermore, the king forced the people to bow below him (do sujood) and hence obey all of his orders, no matter shirk or whatever!


In those dark times, the Fabulous Seven refused to obey any sort of orders that contradicted with the teachings of the Prophet (AS).They watched out for their dignities and didn't get involved in any of the deeds which were morally degraded or caused them lose their Hayah.


When the society was overwhelmed by Fitnah and there was left no true follower of Allah and Prophet (AS) , The Fabulous Seven thought of an idea they had to act upon in order to save their Eeman.The seven thought of living in a cave, away from the diseased society and worship Allah more easily.So, they were soon on their way.While moving to the cave, they came across a dog on their way, whom they tried to get rid of but it wouldn't go!Then, the seven decided to take the dog a long with them.The eight finally reached the cave.


Tired from the journey, they went to sleep in the cave.They slept and slept and slept until centuries passed! And when they woke up, they asked each other:
"How long have we slept? Probably one entire day or one and a half day."
But they didn't know, they had slept for 309 lunar years! Entire 3 centuries!


They went out of the cave to the market to get some bread and butter for themselves when they found all the men in the market surprised at them! The people were surprised to see the currency they had, their eyes pooped out seeing the currency 3 centuries old.That was the time when they realized how long they had slept.They remembered everything and thanked their Lord;Allah!But to their fortune, this new era was ruled by a pious king! They went to him, told him their story and he favoured them.They were respected and adored by everyone.The fabulous Seven lived for two months further and died.


These were the Ashaab e Kahf.And, the Surah Al Kahf, that is advised to recite every Friday, tells the story of these FABULOUS SEVEN! :)

TO DO LIST

• We live in the time when our beloved ones and role models are the media persons and those who are not worth it.Why not have some lofty ideals like the Fabulous Seven! Ain't it amazing, how they made an effort to come closer to Allah and Allah helped them through tough times? We live in a time of Fitnaat, let's make the Pious Seven, our role models and learn from their lives inshaAllah.So that we make Allah our friend and He makes us His! :)

• Let's all make an effort to recite Surah Al kahf every Friday to gain the countless blessings of it!

Abu Darda' ( May Allah be pleased with him), narrated that the Holy Prophet said,

 "One who memorized the first ten verses of Suratul Kahf will be secure against the Dajjal (Anti-Christ) . Another version says: "One who commits to his memory the last 10 verses of this surah will remain immune from the Dajjal."

                                                                                    [Muslim]

Indian Mental Colonialism In Kashmir

The term "Colonialism" refers to the British Raj in the Subcontinent.It refers to the occupation of the British over the Subcontinent which was eradicated when the Sub-continent was partitioned.

We all have heard and read about the remains of the British colonialism in many contexts but in this blog of mine, I would particularly make the Mental Colonialism of India in Kashmir, a point of my discussion.

 In 1947, started the era of Indian occupation on Kashmir , when the Maharajah of Kashmir 'Hari Singh' , like the maharajah of many other princely states(the 600+ states as were ruled by Rajahs and Maharajahs) , did not give any opinion about joining Pakistan or India(the main reason of which was the wish of pupil to join Pakistan and his to join India).In these circumstances , when the partition of Sub-continent was announced and some princely states were yet to decide their future, India got a chance and along with the consent of Hari Singh , occupied Kashmir through military action.

Kashmiri people never accepted and knelt down to the occupation of India.At first, India tried hard to rule over Kashmir through power and bloodshed and later by providing the Kashmiris with modern facilities but found none of the policies any useful.They could not buy the faith of Kashmiris neither could lessen their love for Pakistan whose reason was Pakistan's support with the Kashmiris.

Pakistan supports the Kashmiri public for two main reasons ; 1)Kashmiri people wanted to join Pakistan like the other Muslim majority areas at the time of partition, so they had been interested in Pakistan since then. 2)Pakistan was expecting Kashmir  to be a part of Pakistan but the Indian occupation in Kashmir through military was not acceptable to them.

Pakistan has always been a very special attraction for the people of Kashmir, mainly for being the only ideological Muslim state and the state who has always stood by Kashmiris.It is due to the love of Kashmiris and their trust on Pakistan that Pakistan could never resist raising the voice of Kashmir at many platforms (though the last 5 years of Pakistani democracy seem disappointing in this regard.)

India has always feared the special spiritual bond between Pakistan and Kashmir.It knows Kashmiris always stand by Pakistan.From cricket matches to wars, Kashmiris have always,very enthusiastically,prayed for and emotionally supported Pakistan.And this also, India knows very well that if in a condition Kashmir has options of Pakistan or India in front of it, the majority of Kashmiris would without thinking once, pick Pakistan.This fear has caused India try many tactics to maintain their rule over the minds and souls of Kashmiris.Once India realized that the brutal military action in Kashmir turned out to be no good but spreading more and more hatred for India , India tried playing a mental game in Kashmir and then started the 'Indian Mental Colonialism'!   Realizing they cannot win Kashmir by force, India started playing a mental game.India has strengthened it's roots deep in Kashmir by infusing it's culture in the young generation of Kashmir.They are constantly trying to involve Kashmir in many facility-providing projects for farmers, students and the local residents to make themselves look better in the eyes of the people.They want Kashmiris to forget their standpoint on freedom and get busy with resuming their lives as normal 'Indians' and utilize the facilities provided by India to the full capacity.The,so called modernized ,Kashmiri youngsters feel very proud, adopting the Indian culture,the Indian way of living and the Indian language.India is trying to dominate every aspect of the lives of Kashmiris.If India could not colonialize Kashmir by force, it would do it by the Mental Colonialism.Though this colonialism has not reached to a 'maximum level' in Kashmir but the Indian attempts to make Kashmiri pupils like and praise India for their facilities, are increasing day by day and so is the no. of colonialized people.Though the love of Kashmiris for Pakistan remains at it's place, the silence of Pakistan over the violence and related Issues (like the execution of Afzal Guru) on government level has been much disappointing to them as they have had high expectation with the government of Pakistan.But Pakistani people have , as always, stood by Kashmiris and held many protests in Pakistan to show solidarity with Kashmir.Apart from the governments of Pakistan and Kashmir, the love and spirituality based bond between the pupils of Pakistan and Kashmir cannot be weakened.A Pakistan journalist says and I quote:
"When I asked question to the students of Punjab University Lahore that why is Kashmir important for you?They said Kashmir is in our blood."

 Before the Mental Colonialism of India in Kashmir makes the masses, a mental slave of India forgetting their duty as Muslims, to stand up against the dominance of Hindus, it's the duty of us all to make them aware of the reality of India and unveil the real purpose of India behind the mind game.

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