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The True Face of Islam

Wed, 21 Feb 2007 17:34:22 GMT

And, I see no bravery in your eyes anymore, only sadness...

Thu, 23 Nov 2006 23:28:00 GMT

Little child dry your crying eyes
How can I explain the fear you feel inside
Cause you were born into this evil world
Where man is killing man and no one knows just why
What have we become just look what we have done
All that we destroyed you must build again

When the children cry let them know we tried
Cause when the children sing then the new world begins

Little child you must show the way
To a better day for all the young
Cause you were born for all the world to see
That we all can live with love and peace
No more presidents and all the wars will end
One united world under God

What have we become just look what we have done
All that we destroyed you must build again
No more presidents and all the wars will end
One united world under God

When the children cry let them know we tried
When the children fight let them know it ain't right
When the children pray let them know the way
Cause when the children sing then the new world begins

Thursday, November 23, 2006

Thu, 23 Nov 2006 15:10:18 GMT

Pinestraw on the ground around a fallen Cherokee rose

It's got me wonderin' why those mighty winds of change must blow

Once this land was free from fences and shotguns

Back when the people killed here for food instead of fun

When the Earth was sanctified

Cherished in the red-man's eyes

Before the Cherokee rose

The Cherokee rose

The Cherokee rose

My boots sink down into the soft red Georgia clay

Bought with their blood, this land here never was ours to take away

Disheartened souls unjustly driven from their homes

Many died along the way, now we build our houses upon their bones

After all these years I can see the trail of tears

Damn this Cherokee rose

Oh the Cherokee rose

The Cherokee rose

Oh they call us the land of the free

And the home of the brave

But I don't hear much

 About the injustice that we've done along the way

We try to black it out

Never think about

The price they had to pay

We never cry for what was lost

Shed a tear for the heavy cost

Of what we call "freedom"

All the gold in the world couldn't pay the debt we owe

We'll never right those wrongs, but I believe we should let them know

That we won't forget and sure as hell won't justify

And we'll do our best to keep their memories alive

Oh the least that we could do

Is dedicate one lonesome bloom

Won't ya take this Cherokee rose

Oh the Cherokee rose

The Cherokee rose

The Cherokee rose

Saturday, September 30, 2006

Sat, 30 Sep 2006 14:31:11 GMT

Tuesday, August 29, 2006

Tue, 29 Aug 2006 02:18:23 GMT

Words of the Rabbis Opposing Zionism - Today's Quote

Rabbi Amram Blau

Rabbi Amram Blau

The Jewish People are absolutely opposed to any injury against the Arab nation. The Arab nation never harmed the Jewish People until the advent of Zionist nationalism. The Jewish People are commanded by the Torah to seek the peace of the governments where they are citizens, and not to rebel against any nation, G-d forbid, especially when this concerns the Holy Land, to which we are forbidden to engage in mass immigration.

Jews who follow the Torah are not even suspected of murder or any injury against any person, and we are severely prohibited from engaging in any violent action, including in relation to the struggle over Palestine. Judaism is totally opposed to nationalism, and in fact Jews have refused to move to the Zionist state even though the state proclaims itself as the representative of the Jewish People.

Sunday, August 27, 2006

Sun, 27 Aug 2006 18:20:35 GMT

Just when you thought animal experimenters couldn't get any lower, along come new cruel and pointless "gay sheep" experiments. That's right; Charles Roselli of Oregon Health and Science University (OHSU) and Frederick Stormshak of Oregon State University (OSU) are killing homosexual sheep and cutting open their brains in an attempt to find the hormone behind homosexual tendencies so that these tendencies can be changed. And guess what? Roselli plans to "cure" humans of their homosexual tendencies next.

Please click here to send a message to OHSU and OSU today asking them to stop experimenting on and killing gay sheep.

Tuesday, June 06, 2006

Tue, 06 Jun 2006 04:08:03 GMT

I'd be eternally greatful if this site was promoted.

Thanks.

Thursday, May 04, 2006

Thu, 04 May 2006 22:48:49 GMT

Seeing this on Habibah's xanga completely made my day. I hope you enjoy it as much as I did...

PALESTINIAN PROTEST!!!

I finally feel like a U of I student

I made the front page of the daily illini *click*

<-- Well!! Do what it says! Kiss him! He's Palestinian! He has the coolest name.. His name is Ali Jihad.. AJ for short.

<--- Dancing to Hava Nagila Hava.. I did join in later on..

<-- Nader trying to steal the flag from Biggs.

<-- Aly talking about the injustice in Palestine

<-- The star of david and 2 stripes.

<-- More dancing

<-- I was with the desi crew hookah ing Shhhhhh

Its the Jewish Jamboree!

Face painting is fun

Here comes Mona with her Palestinian pride

Showing off the Arab pride at the Jewish Party

SIGNS and PROTESTS

<-- Protest!!

<-- Biggs showing me how to smoke a hookah (my first and last time)

<-- I liked the taste

Their side of the quad

Dina and I.. Dudes! I am not fat, I'm just wearing a really baggy shirt and pants.. Jeeeez

We didn't have that many people turn out at first, so Aly decided to make a sign to show that we have hookah too!

Bible Thumper sign.. Not with the Israeli party...

HERRRRRRRRRRRRZZZZZZZZZZZLLLLLLLLLLLL!!!!!!!

The bible thumper be thumpin'

<-- Dina's lovely shirt

Uncle Sam was confused for a Clown by a lil kid...

Mhmm...

A soldier needs to hookah!

Me with the Desi Israeli soldier...

Dina painting my face

Ohhh sexy!! pssh..

Soldier boy cant get enough hookah

<---- Thats meeee

Can you see the Palestinian flag?

He's a mean soldier dude..

This Israeli thought our wall was cool..

What a wonderful way to celebrate...

Well.. All righty then..

The Wall

He took a picture of me, so I took a picture of him

Wednesday, January 25, 2006

Wed, 25 Jan 2006 20:49:13 GMT

Action for Animals 2005 Highlights:

-- Vegan outreach booth at 30 Warped Tour concerts in 30 cities nationwide. We distributed 8,000 copies of our multimedia CD on veganism and factory farming along with 15,000 copies of Why Vegan and 3,000 Vegetarian Starter Kit magazines.
-- Mailed out 5,300 vegan information packs to people who requested them.
-- Produced and distributed a total of 33,140 copies of our multimedia CD on veganism and factory farming.
-- Distributed a total of 76,865 pieces of literature.
-- Maintained nine outdoor magazine stands for distributing Vegetarian Starter Kit magazines. Through these stands and other outreach we distributed over 5,000* Vegetarian Starter Kit magazines (*in addition to the 5,300 Vegan Starter Packs mailed out & the 3,000 Vegetarian Starter Kit magazines distributed on Warped Tour).
-- Held a total of 52 demonstrations to protest the cruelty of KFC, puppy mills, the fur industry, and the production of foie gras.
-- Sold, through www.AFAstore.com and through AFA outreach booths, over $35,000 in animal rights message gear (shirts, bumper stickers, buttons, etc). All of the items sold promote animal rights and veganism, and all the profits are recycled into AFA’s vegan outreach and education campaigns!

None of this would have been possible without our generous donors and our wonderful volunteers both in Seattle and nationwide. I am positive that with your support 2006 will be a great year for AFA and for the animals.

If you support our work and would like to see AFA continue to be an effective force for change, please consider making a special year-end contribution. If you are unable to donate, or even if you are, please get active with AFA or with any vegan or animal rights organization. Together, we have the power to stop the animals’ suffering. Please see below for more details on how you can help.

1) If you are not vegan, PLEASE resolve to become vegan in 2006! Living vegan is the best way to separate yourself from the abuse and the killing of animals that are intrinsic in the egg, dairy, and meat industries.
For a FREE Vegan Starter Pack, including a copy of our multimedia CD on veganism and factory farming, please visit http://www.VeganStarterPack.com.
To purchase vegan cookbooks, books on vegan nutrition, DVDs, message gear (shirts, stickers, buttons, etc), bulk literature & CDs, and other resources please visit http://www.afastore.com.

2) If you are already vegan, or on your way, resolve to become more active in the animal liberation movement! Every one of us has the ability to make a difference in the lives of animals. Even doing something as simple as wearing a shirt with a pro-vegan message or keeping a few stores’ free info racks supplied with literature and CDs can make a huge difference! Please contact AFA if you would like to become more active and need literature or support. We are happy to help.

3) Donate to Action for Animals so we can continue to be an effective force for change. Even a small donation makes a big difference.

DONATE BY MAIL
Check or cash can be mailed to:
Action for Animals
2006 Kickoff Fund
PO Box 45843
Seattle, WA 98145
http://www.afa-online.org/donate.html

DONATE ONLINE
To donate to AFA by PayPal, Visa, MC, Amex or Discover please visit this page and click on either the PayPal or Visa/MC button: http://www.myspace.com/actionforanimals

Thank you for caring about the plight of the animals and for supporting AFA!

EDIT:

An awesome friend of mine created this blogring: http://www.xanga.com/groups/group.aspx?id=2049600. He also explains the purpose of it on his xanga: http://xanga.com/justkeepholding. If you agree with it, please join it and comment, comment, comment! I think its an awesome idea, and I'm glad he's using my xanga.

ANOTHER EDIT:

In PETA’s latest anti-fur ad campaign, music legend Tommy Lee appears nude—except for his tattoos—alongside the caption, “Ink, Not Mink,” and urges: “Be comfortable in your own skin and let animals keep theirs.” Says Lee in an interview with PETA, “[W]hat the fur trade does to animals is absolutely terrifying. A lot of hip-hop artists wear fur, and they think it’s a status symbol. That doesn’t register; I just see dead animals.”

Lee joins stars such as Charlize Theron, Dennis Rodman, Simon Cowell, Ellen DeGeneres, and Bill Maher in speaking up for fur-bearing animals. Supermodel Gisele Bündchen, who used to pose for Blackglama Mink but now regrets it, tells Vanity Fair, “It was a bad decision on my part, because I don’t wear fur. ... I am the biggest animal-lover in the world.” And Sarah Jessica Parker recently said that unlike her character on Sex and the City, she would never wear fur.

To highlight some famous fur foes, we’ve created an anti-fur leaflet featuring quotes from celebrities such as Pamela Anderson and Alec Baldwin. If you would like a set of 50 to hand out, please e-mail us with your name and mailing address.

Find out how you can get active against fur.

Thank you for all that you do for animals. They truly need you!

In 2005, retailers Wet Seal and J.Crew agreed to stop selling fur thanks to pressure from activists. For both of these companies, the final blow came when their respective CEOs were flooded with phone calls from the peta2 Street Team at their homes. Now that 2006 is upon us, it's time to turn up the heat on one of the top decision makers at a company that continues to torture millions of animals every year: KFC.

More than 850 million chickens are tortured and killed each year for KFC restaurants. Undercover investigations have revealed shocking cruelty to animals in the factory farms and slaughterhouses of KFC's suppliers. The people who are responsible for the cruelty—including cutting off baby chicks' beaks and scalding conscious birds to death—do not work in these farms or slaughterhouses; no, the true villains are CEO David Novak and his fellow executives who are pulling the strings from hundreds of miles away.

David Novak and his company have refused to adopt even minimal animal welfare guidelines to prevent the worst abuses chickens face. While millions of birds suffer in filthy sheds, David and his wife Wendy lounge around quite comfortably in their upscale Kentucky neighborhood. Doesn't seem right, does it? We want you to give this cruel asshole a piece of your mind today. Call or write to let him know exactly what you think about the fact that he makes a living by torturing animals:

David Novak, CEO, Yum! Brands (KFC's parent company)
13006 N. Osage Rd.
Anchorage, KY 40223
502-245-4014 (home phone)

After you've called and written to Mr. Novak, submit a Street Team report telling us what you said, and we'll give you 1,000 points. Forward this e-mail message to your friends so that they can call David themselves and you'll receive a 250-point bonus.

If by chance you're unable to reach David because his voicemail is full or he has taken his phone off of the hook, try giving this fellow a call instead:

Gregg Dedrick, President, KFC
414 Watch Hill Ln.
Louisville, KY 40245
502-243-6975 (home phone)

Thank you for continuing to be a voice for those without voices.

Wednesday, January 11, 2006

Wed, 11 Jan 2006 07:52:43 GMT

Fulla has the Mid-East doll market covered

By Ed O'Loughlin Herald Correspondent in Jerusalem
December 23, 2005

Contrasting role models … Barbie and Fulla in Jerusalem this week.
Photo: ED O'Loughlin

SHE is the must-have toy this festive season, flying off the shelves. But the season in question is Eid al-Adha next month, not Christmas. Santa Claus means nothing to her.

Fulla, the Muslim doll, is now thought to be the best-selling girl's toy in the Arab world, two years after she first came on the market, displacing her Western rival, Barbie, in shops across her native Levant.

With thick black hair and large dark eyes, Fulla is the physical antithesis of Mattel's blonde, empty-eyed icon of Western consumerism.

Compared with Barbie's improbably pneumatic curves and lanky legs, Fulla's assets are modest, and never officially on display. Although she is marketed with a range of funky clothes, furniture, jewellery and grooming equipment, to avoid offending Muslim modesty, she has no swimwear.

And when she steps outdoors, she hides beneath a white hijab scarf and modest ankle-length coat, or even an all-enveloping black abaya cloak. Like the little girls who play with her, Fulla must learn to lead a double life.

The rise of Fulla, who is skilfully marketed by her Syrian creators, New Boy Toys, has aroused mixed feelings across the Middle East.

Many Arab parents are happy to see a local girl take on and defeat the might of Western myth-making. But some worry that Barbie, with her independent lifestyle and wide range of jobs, is giving way to a new role model who hides her hair and figure and - judging from the slick adverts on Arabic satellite TV - has little to do but shop, hang out with her friends, Yasmeen (suspiciously blonde) and Nadia (a coppery redhead), or pray on her optional prayer mat.

As for romantic prospects, Fulla has no male friends at all, "though she might have angry brothers", as one joke has it.

Fulla's role in shaping expectations is undoubtedly a selling point for some conservative Muslim parents.

"Fulla is one of us but Barbie is still a stranger," says Mohammed al-Sabbagh, a manager at Space Toon, Damascus's leading toy store.

"Fulla is my sister, my wife, my mother. She comes from the same culture. The other thing for me, as a parent, is about what I want for my child. Barbie has a boyfriend and a bikini and so on, which is not our style in the Middle East."

Space Toon has recently been running a special promotion: buy one "outdoor" Fulla and get two cartons of Fulla spreadable processed cheese.

New Boy's Western-style aspirational TV advertising has created a profitable buzz among little girls across the region, who - like their Western counterparts - compete to be first in the playground with the latest spin-off product.

For the vast majority, questions of religion and modesty play no conscious role in their choice of toy. Yasmin Bakr, 7, who comes from a liberal, non-hijab-wearing family in the Palestinian town of Ramallah, has Barbie and Fulla dolls. But if she had to choose between them, she would hold on to Fulla.

"Because she's nice. She looks nice, everything. I like her face so much."

Both dolls are of very similar size and construction, and some are even manufactured by the same subcontractor in China.

So successful is the Fulla range, selling more than 1.3 million dolls at about $20 each, that it has already spawned a Chinese knock-off, Fulah, sold in near identical packaging.

Fulla's connection with Syria - still at war with Israel - prevents formal distribution in Israeli-controlled areas like East Jerusalem, although they can sometimes be found in toyshops there.

Across the city, the three toy stores in West Jerusalem's Malcha Mall do not sell Fulla dolls at all.