Posted on 07/23/2008 8:22:35 AM PDT by Righting
Arabs.. racism.. it exists...
word 'abd - Arabic for "slave" - often used in our household... so common ..its negative connotations.. to anyone darker skin than themselves - from southern Sudanese house servants to migrants from Darfur- clear intent to demean.. addressing a particularly dark-skinned or thick-lipped child.
was a kind of racism that no one challenged, addressed,..through a child's eyes.. on a scale of colour, lighter was good, darker was bad. The word 'abd, although strictly meaning "slave" or "servant", became synonymous with negritude. my Islamic heritage reinforced this with quotes from Muhammad such as "You should listen to and obey your ruler even if he was an Ethiopian [ie black] slave whose head looks like a raisin" (Sahih Bukhari).
When we moved to E. Africa.. 'abd was seamlessly transferred to the locals whom we interacted only in their capacity as domestic staff , grounds-keepers at international schools. While I myself was "black" of North African descent, my family believed its Arab roots were somehow genetically dominant, giving us smaller features and a marginally lighter skin tone - deeming ourselves to be an entirely a different race from "pure" Africans.
Our next move was to Saudi Arabia, where the Arab ethnicity with which I identified so strongly was suddenly cast into doubt: now it was my turn to be the "slave". My belief that I was an Arab, racially superior to non-Arab Africans, became laughable in the heartland of Arabia - a place where "Arabness" was not only determined by skin colour but by whether you could uninterruptedly trace your lineage back to the founding father of your clan. In fact, ancestry is so important in Saudi Arabia that courts have the power to annul a marriage if gaps are later discovered in a person's lineage.. blood line pollution.
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BR
I agree that the Mahdi is a Persian invention, but it was done to make ArabIslam more palatable to Iranis. Why haven’t Iranis thrown off this yoke and returned to Zoroastrianism is beyond me
This is very interesting. I had actually been working on a graphic about the Mehdi or Mahdi, but after reading your explanation it sounds like it would be incorrect to portray Obama as that, right?
Lol, good thing you didn’t say ‘white brain’!
I know about your neighbor, is he going to vote for Obama?
The missives sent backand forth between the British Foregin Office and their anbaador in Tehran, Iran have been declassified and the whole plan and tactical details are clearly mentioned and described. I have seen some of those papers, so speak from certainty. No wish to malign the Bahais, many wonderful people among them but the origin of their faith is an artificial political ploy of the British.
I believe the Russian Czars were complicit and built them a temple.
Anyway, it is what it is. No disrespect intended but facts are facts and reside in the British archives and viewable to the pulic.
Sounds like Kwanzaa. Invented by a nutty informer within the 60’s and 70’s Black Power movement while he was working for the FBI.
Cronos,
Read http://noiri.blogspot.com/2008/07/enemy-within-islamic-iran.html and with $530 MILLION spent on the repression forces, it;s hard to fugure how to oppose them with untrained, unarmed civilians.
Potlatch, PhilDragoo
Obama as the 12th Imam
PhilDragoo already had one graphic of that but no harm in creating another -double barrel shotgun can use two cartridges. Street Sweeper shotgun can use lots. (Street Sweeper is a banned shotgun with a revolving drum using cartridges in a similar way a Tommy gun uses bullets)
I replied to the wrong comment so have conbined it.
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The key part to the education of others about Obama is to simply tell them how their income taxes will radically increase
And that he is part of the plan to add 10¢ a gallon to their federal gas taxes - My neighbor works and he must drive his car to work
Then tell them that all Senators and Reps get a free car and gasoline and service
Money trumps race pretty quickly
He also knows Obama has no American black blood - yet he plays the “slave card”
Yes, right now they all blame everything on Bush and ‘think’ it will get better under the dems! Pipedreams of the uninformed.
The ‘black’ business is a hard one for people to pay attention to. Black looks black and white looks white.
I read that Obama’s relatives are not African black.
I just got the funniest YouTube in email ever! Wish you could see it. A man pulls up to the gas pump, the nozzles all have little Arab head drapes on them.
The grades of gas have Sunni, etc, etc, on them. He puts one in his car and the amount goes up into thousands but he can’t pull it back out - it fights him, wraps around his neck, etc. You laugh your head off!!
NozzleRage YouTube
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zSaZ5v1eW5I
http://www.irshad.org/islam/prophecy/mahdi.htm
Identification of the Prophesied Imam Mahdi
The Holy Prophet Muhammad(SAW) has prophesied about several events that will occur just before the advent of the day of judgment. Among these, Rasulullah(SAW) has foretold the advent of one of his descendants, Al Mahdi (the guided one), which will materialize when the believers are severely oppressed in every corner of the world. He will fight the oppressors, unite the Muslims, bring peace and justice to the world, rule over the Arabs, and lead a prayer in Mekkah at which Isa(pbuh) (Jesus) will be present.
Throughtout the history of Islam, a few individuals — driven either by the desperate state of Muslims in their community or a selfish pursuit of power and prestige — laid claim to being Mahdi and found a following among the uninformed masses who were looking for salvation from the heavens. For some of these individuals (like Bab of Iran or Mirza Ghulam of India) the claim to being Mahdi was just a stepping stone to the development of heretic sects which broke away from the fold of Islam. Thus, it is at least prudent to visit the facts of this prophecy and avoid falling pray to false claimants that will appear from time to time.
As Muslims, we should remember that the prophecy about Mahdi is one that will come to pass. This prophecy, however, does not absolve the Muslim ummah from its duty to strive in the cause of Allah(SWT), oppose injustice, and seek peace and betterment of human condition. Centuries have passes from the time of the holy Prophet(SAW) and there is a good possibility that many more will expire before the advent of Al Mahdi. Muslims who are negligent in their duty hoping for a savior are committing a grave mistake and are not following the divine decrees ordained in Quran or taught by Rasulullah(SAW).
...followed by numerous hadith...and on the very bottom there’s one that is pointedly discounted and attributed to Ali, which makes it shia.
The prophecy of the ‘guided one’ coming to rule the world come from muhammad himself. Obviously a plagiared version of the Hebrew Messiah.
FARS, it’s the TWELVERS waiting for the 12th imam that are exlusively shia, is that correct?
plagiared...plagiarized!
Thank you FARS. Yes I have viewed Phil’s graphic many times, mine is totally different as I do not copy others.
I just wanted to know the validity of it all.
All I can reply is AH-AH-AH, LOL.
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You should hear some of the audios of Obama that Rush, Sean, Mark Levin play
No script or teleprompter and Obama turns into a babbling idiot!
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You should hear some of the audios of Obama that Rush, Sean, Mark Levin play
No script or teleprompter and Obama turns into a babbling idiot!
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