Saturday, October 10, 2009

40 Tips for Better Life - Do you care your self?

Take a 10-30 minutes walk every day. And while you walk, smile.
Sit in silence for at least 10 minutes each day.
Sleep for 7 hours.
Live with the 3 E's -- Energy, Enthusiasm, and Empathy.
Play more games.
Read more books.
Make time to practice meditation, yoga, and prayer.
They provide us with daily fuel for our busy lives.
Spend time with people over the age of 70 & under the age of 6.
Dream more while you are awake.
Eat more foods that grow on trees and plants and eat less food that is manufactured in plants.
Drink plenty of water.
Try to make at least three people smile each day.
Don't waste your precious energy on gossip.
Forget issues of the past. Don't remind your partner with his/her mistakes of the past.
That will ruin your present happiness.
Don't have negative thoughts or things you cannot control. Instead invest your energy in the positive present moment.
Realize that life is a school and you are here to learn.
Problems are simply part of the curriculum that appear and fade away like algebra class but the lessons you learn will last a lifetime.
Eat breakfast like a king, lunch like a prince and dinner like a beggar.
Smile and laugh more.
Life is too short to waste time hating anyone. Don't hate others.
Don't take yourself so seriously. No one else does.
You don't have to win every argument. Agree to disagree.
Make peace with your past so it won't spoil the present.
Don't compare your life to others'. You have no idea what their journey is all about. Don't compare your partner with others.
No one is in charge of your happiness except you.
Forgive everyone for everything.
What other people think of you is none of your business.
GOD heals everything.
However good or bad a situation is, it will change.
Your job won't take care of you when you are sick. Your friends will. Stay in touch.
Get rid of anything that isn't useful, beautiful or joyful.
Envy is a waste of time. You already have all you need.
The best is yet to come.
No matter how you feel, get up, dress up and show up.
Do the right thing!
Call your family often.
Your Inner most is always happy. So, be happy.
Each day give something good to others.
Don't over do. Keep your limits.
When you awake alive in the morning, thank GOD for it.
Take care...................

Tuesday, January 27, 2009

The Power of Prayers

Almighty God ALLAH always has three replies to our Dua,

1)'Yes'

2)'Yes,but not now' 3)'I have a better plan for you'

There's never a 'NO'....just have faith and keep praying. This is an awesome prayer.... Believe it and you shall be blessed.. YA ALLAH, most Gracious and Loving God, I pray to You that You abundantly bless my family and me. I know that you recognize, that a family is more than just a mother, father, sister, brother, husband and wife, but all who believe and trust in you.

Oh Allah, I send up a prayer request for Your blessings not only on the person who sent this message to me, but for all those whom I have forwarded this message on to and myself. I am also aware that the power of joint prayers by those who believe and trust in You is more powerful than anything. I thank you always for Your blessings.

Almighty Allah, deliver the person reading this right now from debt and debt's burdens. Release Your Godly wisdom that we may be good stewards over all that You have given us Allah, for I know how wonderful and mighty You are.

Ya Rabbul Aalameen I am also fully conscious of the fact that if we just obey You and walk in Your way that You have shown to us, you will pour out your blessings on us. I thank you now Allah for the recent blessings I have received and for the blessings yet to come because I know you are not done with me yet. In your name I pray. Innaka Alaa Kulle Shai-in Qadeer Ameen . My Daugther in Law - Rida Noor, From - New Zealand

Monday, January 26, 2009

Obama: U.S. is not muslims enemy!!! ???

– Obama's first formal interview on Al-Arabiya TV Reuters – U.S. President Barack Obama speaks in the East Room of the White House in Washington, January 26, 2009. …
President Barack Obama presented a humble and conciliatory face of America to the Islamic world Monday in the first formal interview since he assumed office, stressing his own Muslim ties and hopes for a Palestinian state, and avoiding a belligerent tone — even when asked if America could "live with" an Iranian nuclear weapon.
The interview with the Dubai-based Al-Arabiya Network was a dramatic piece of public diplomacy aimed at capitalizing on the new American president's international popularity, though it balanced America's traditional commitment to Israel, whose security Obama called "paramount.'
"I have Muslim members of my family. I have lived in Muslim countries," Obama said, according to a White House transcript. "My job to the Muslim world is to communicate that the Americans are not your enemy."
The Al Arabiya interview, directed squarely at Muslims around the world, revived a vision of personal, symbolic international change that was in the air when Obama - with his far-flung family members, and complicated story - launched his campaign. It was a vision, and an aspect of his story, that the candidate buried when, in 2007, was forced to combat whispering campaigns about his own faith.
But by giving his first interview to the Arabic network, Obama signaled his continuing belief in his personal power as a symbol of America against the temptations of Islamic militancy. He even dismissed "bankrupt" ideas and policies that don't improve children's health care, jabbing at "nervous" Al Qaeda leaders in language that echoed his campaign against George W. Bush.
The occasion for this interview was the departure of Obama's special envoy, George Mitchell, to the Middle East, and a more aggressive and optimistic approach to that conflict than some argued that the circumstances dictated. The president offered no timeline for peace, but a firm view that a Palestinian state remains within reach.
"What I told him is start by listening, because all too often the United States starts by dictating — in the past on some of these issues — and we don't always know all the factors that are involved," Obama said. "What we want to do is to listen, set aside some of the preconceptions that have existed and have built up over the last several years. And I think if we do that, then there's a possibility at least of achieving some breakthroughs."
Obama's interview was marked by attempts to sympathize with the concerns of ordinary Muslims, particularly on the question of living conditions in the West Bank. But he sought a conciliatory tone throughout the interview, at one point avoiding even restating American policy, and his own platform, than an Iranian nuclear weapon is plainly unacceptable.
"Will the United States ever live with a nuclear Iran? And if not, how far are you going in the direction of preventing it?" asked the interviewer, Al Arabiya Washington Bureau Chief Hisham Melhem.
Obama responded only generally, expressing disapproval of an Iranian bomb but not the flat condemnation that is standard from American officials.
"You know, I said during the campaign that it is very important for us to make sure that we are using all the tools of U.S. power, including diplomacy, in our relationship with Iran," he said. "Now, the Iranian people are a great people, and Persian civilization is a great civilization. Iran has acted in ways that's not conducive to peace and prosperity in the region: their threats against Israel; their pursuit of a nuclear weapon which could potentially set off an arms race in the region that would make everybody less safe; their support of terrorist organizations in the past -- none of these things have been helpful."
During the campaign and transition periods, Obama's condemnations of an Iranian nuclear weapon were more direct: "[T]heir development of nuclear weapons would be unacceptable," Obama said on Meet the Press on December 7.
A senior Obama aide said Monday night that Obama had not changed his views on Iran. Obama also signaled a move away from President Bush's confrontational, generalizing language. Melhem noted to Obama that "President Bush framed the war on terror conceptually in a way that was very broad, 'war on terror,' and used sometimes certain terminology that the many people -- Islamic fascism. You've always framed it in a different way, specifically against one group called al Qaeda and their collaborators."
"I think that you're making a very important point. And that is that the language we use matters," Obama replied. "[W]hat we need to understand is, is that there are extremist organizations -- whether Muslim or any other faith in the past -- that will use faith as a justification for violence. We cannot paint with a broad brush a faith as a consequence of the violence that is done in that faith's name.
"And so you will I think see our administration be very clear in distinguishing between organizations like al Qaeda -- that espouse violence, espouse terror and act on it -- and people who may disagree with my administration and certain actions, or may have a particular viewpoint in terms of how their countries should develop," he said. "We can have legitimate disagreements but still be respectful. I cannot respect terrorist organizations that would kill innocent civilians and we will hunt them down."
Obama's shift Monday was one of tone, not of policy, and he also affirmed America's support for Israel.
"Israel is a strong ally of the United States. They will not stop being a strong ally of the United States. And I will continue to believe that Israel's security is paramount," he said. "But I also believe that there are Israelis who recognize that it is important to achieve peace. They will be willing to make sacrifices if the time is appropriate and if there is serious partnership on the other side."
Obama's interview plan was made public only Monday afternoon, and the interview, which concluded just after 6:00 p.m., was distributed to reporters in the evening and embargoed for release at 11:00 p.m.
Asked why Al Arabiya had been granted the president's first interview, and aide said: "We want to communicate directly to the entire world America's new foreign policy." Jonathan Martin contributed to this story.

18 ANSWERS OF THE HOLY PROPHET - MUST READ

A traveler once came to the Masjid to see the Prophet Muhammad (S.A.W) after greeting the prophet; he was asked where he was from. The traveler replied that he came from very far just to get a few questions answered. Following is the dialogue between the traveler and the Prophet.

Traveler : I do not want azaab (punishments) to be written in my account.

Prophet : Behave well with your parents.

Traveler : I want to be known amongst people as an intelligent person.

Prophet : Fear Allah (Jalla Jalalahu), always.

Traveler : I want to be counted amongst Allah's favourites.

Prophet : Recite Quran every morning and evening.

Traveler : I want my heart to always be enlightened. (Munawer)

Prophet : Never forget death.

Traveler : I never want to be away from Allah's blessing.

Prophet : Always treat fellow creatures well.

Traveler : I never want to be harmed by my enemies.

Prophet : Always have faith in only Allah.

Traveler : I never want to be humiliated.

Prophet : Be careful of your actions.

Traveler : I wish to live long.

Prophet : Always do sila-e-rahm. (Goodness towards blood Relations)

Traveler : I want my sustenance to increase.

Prophet : Always be in wudhoo. (wuzu)

Traveler : I wish to stay free of azaab in the grave.

Prophet : Always wear pure (tahir) clothes.

Traveler : I never want to be burned in hell.

Prophet : Control your eyes and tongue.

Traveler : How do I get my sins forgiven?

Prophet : Always ask forgiveness from Allah with a lot of humility.

Traveler : I want people to respect me always.

Prophet : Never extend your hands of need at people.

Traveler : I want to always be honoured.

Prophet : Never humiliate or put down anyone.

Traveler : I don't want to be squeezed by fishare qabr. (Squeezing in the grave)

Prophet : Recite Surat Al Mulk (The Dominion) often.

Traveler : I want my wealth to increase.

Prophet : Recite Surat Al Waqiah (The Inevitable) every night.

Traveler : I want to be safe and at peace on Day of Judgment.

Prophet : Do Zikr (Praises) of Allah from dusk to night.

Traveler : I want to be in full attention & concentration during prayers.

Prophet : Always do wudhoo (wuzu) with concentration and attention

Thursday, November 27, 2008

Vaiko urges British Parliament to restore Eezham Tamil sovereignty

[Thursday November 27 2008 05:27:59 AM GMT] Vaiko, the general secretary of Marumalarchi Dravida Munnetta Kazhakam (MDMK) from Tamil Nadu, while addressing British parliamentarians of the All Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) for Tamils on Wednesday in the British Parliament, said that the British Parliament has a moral responsibility to rectify the historic injustice caused on to the Eezham Tamils during the colonial rule It was the British who statutorily put the Tamil and the Sinhala territories together in 1833, made Ceylon a unitary entity and refused to consider federalism in their constitutional reforms. When they left in 1948, they passed on the power to the Sinhala majoritarian rulers, he said. Sir Ivor Jennings, an International authority on constitutional Law and who was a party to the Soulbury constitution under which Ceylon became independent, regretted later for the injustice of the constitution when he saw the plight of the Tamils in the independent Ceylon, Mr. Vaiko, who goes by one name, told the cross party parliamentarians.
Extending gratitude for the opportunity to address the parliamentarians of the cross party forum, Mr. Vaiko, who has been invited to the United Kingdom by the APPG, gave a historical walk-through on the background of the Tamil struggle for freedom in the island of Sri Lanka. Giving a detailed account of the major oppressive policies such as disenfranchisement, standardisation, colonisation, Sinhala only policy and the role of Buddhist extremism in determining the affairs in the island, Vaiko explained how Tamils fought for their rights through a non-violent struggle. Vaiko described how Bandaranaike - Chelvanayakam pact and all the other pacts, reached between the Tamil and Sinhala leaders, were abrogated by the same Sinhala leaders who were party to the agreements. He also narrated how the non-violent struggle was crushed and state-sponsored violence and genocidal pogroms against Tamils.
Referring to a speech made by the then Prime Minister of India, late Madam Indira Gandhi, in the Indian Parliament on 16 August 1983, after Black July anti-Tamil pogrom, he said that Ms. Gandhi clearly termed what was going on in Sri Lanka against Tamils as a genocide. She also declared that the conflict in Sri Lanka was no longer an Internal affair of that island, but a matter of universal concern. 100,000 Tamils, including 22,000 young men and women, have sacrificed their lives for Tamil sovereignty, he said adding that all those who were concerned on the resolution of the conflict should pay attention to the historical ground realities. An independent Tamil Eelam is the only viable solution, he said. As in the case with Montenegro, East Timor and Kosovo, the Eezham Tamil people have long back overwhelmingly mandated their sovereignty and self-determination in the Vaddukkoaddai Resolution of 1976 and its endorsement in the 1977 elections, he explained. How could Tamils live together when the Sinhala leaders themselves reiterate their racial policy saying that Sri Lanka is a Sinhala state and there could be no question of Tamil homeland, he asked.
On the current developments, he observed that a tremendous upsurge was sweeping through Tamil Nadu state with 65 million Tamils, who are agitated against the genocidal war that has been thrust upon the Tamils by the Colombo government. The upsurge has transcended the borders of Tamil Nadu as evidenced by the recent protest by students in New Delhi, he said. Thousands of students from 17 different states of India made it a demand in their protest in front of the Indian Parliament in New Delhi that there should be no military support and that the war should end. When the Jews were subjected to discrimination and genocide, the United Kingdom contributed to the creation of the Israel, Vaiko said. Having a peace loving and resourceful Tamil diaspora, which struggles for the freedom of its homeland, the UK has a moral obligation to see that Tamil Eelam is established, he said adding that it was also time for the International Community to force the Sri Lankan state, as the party which abrogated the Norwegian facilitated Ceasefire Agreement, to unilaterally declare a ceasefire. It was also time for the International Community to consider de-proscription of the Liberation Tigers of Tamileelam (LTTE), he said. Reflecting on the address by Mr. Vaiko, Stephen Pound, the Labour member of Parliament for the Ealing North constituency, said it was one of the best speeches that deserved a record in the British parliament as a passionate, emotional and historical record. Keith Vaz, MP for Leicester East and Virendra Sharma, MP for Ealing, Southall, also appreciated the address by Vaiko as an informative account on the history of the conflict in Sri Lanka.

Thursday, November 13, 2008

Dialogue among civilizations

The importance of the UN meeting on dialogue under the heading Culture for Peace cannot be overstated.
The importance of the UN meeting in New York on dialogue between cultures and civilizations under the heading Culture for Peace cannot be overstated. Dialogue goes to the heart of international relations. The world is no longer made up of different cultures living in their own separate spaces — if it ever was. Thanks to technology, we live in an interdependent global village, mixing in with each other to an extent that was unimaginable even 50 years ago.
Muslims, for example, now constitute the second largest faith community in several European countries while in the U.S., the father of the next president was a Muslim; but equally there are several hundred thousand Christian expats working here in Saudi Arabia and elsewhere in the Gulf. Whatever our faith or culture, we live and work side by side with each other. If we cannot do that without respect for each other, then there is no hope for humanity. There can be no peace in the world.
The issue is all the more vital because of the way in which religion is being attacked, abused and twisted the world over, invariably for political purposes. It is seen on the attacks on religion in the secularized West, ostensibly in the name of freedom of speech. It is seen in the fanatical and hate-filled variants of mainstream faiths — of Islam as well as of Christianity, Judaism and Hinduism — that have sprung up across the world and which have done so much to damage peace and understanding.
Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Abdullah has taken a lead in promoting international dialogue between faiths and cultures, with the first historic interfaith dialogue conference in Makkah in June and then the meeting in Madrid in July. But he is far from being alone in understanding the need for dialogue. The presence of so many international leaders at the UN meeting is testimony to that.
There is a poignant but powerful irony in the fact that today’s meeting at the UN should come a day after ceremonies were held in many countries across the world to mark the 90th anniversary of the end of World War I, the war that was supposed to end all wars, and two days after the 70th anniversary of Kristallnacht, the attack on Jewish shops and homes in Nazi Germany that has come to symbolize Hitler’s demonic effort to wipe out Judaism and the Jews. The remembrance of those events gives future generations the chance to avoid repeating them. Dialogue provides another means to ensure that humanity does not go insane again and launch new wars out of fear and hatred for the beliefs and traditions of the “other”. Would there have been a world war or massacres in Rwanda or Srebrenica if there had been dialogue beforehand? We can never know but it is worth considering.
Over the centuries, the world has seen where ignorance and bigotry lead. The Crusades, the Inquisition, forced conversions, massacres, suppression of indigenous cultures in the name of colonialism and imperialism, 9/11 — and that is just the tip of a blood-soaked iceberg. We saw it again in India just weeks ago with the politically instigated anti-Christian riots and killings, and earlier anti-Muslim riots. There is a long and painful history of mass slaughter in the name of this religion or that, this civilization or that.
In a world where we have the capacity to kill on an industrial scale and hate can be spread at the click of a mouse, the ignorance and fear has to end. It has to be replaced by respect. Otherwise we are all the losers.
The 20th century was a bloody and murderous one. We must try and ensure that the 21st is a century of peace. Dialogue is the first step.
Source: Arab News