A new layeha for the Mujahideen Layeha (book of rules) for the Mujahideen From the highest leader of the Islamic Emirates of Afghanistan. Every Mujahid must abide by the following rules: 1) A Taliban commander is permitted to extend an invitation to all Afghans who support infidels so that they may convert to the true Islam. 2) We guarantee to any man who turns his back on infidels, personal security and the security of his possessions. 3) Mujahideen who protect new Taliban recruits must inform their commander. 4) A convert to the Taliban, who does not behave loyally and becomes a traitor, forfeits our protection. 5) A Mujahid who kills a new Taliban recruit forfeits our protection and will be punished according to Islamic law. 6) If a Taliban fighter wants to move to another district, he is permitted to do so, but he must first acquire the permission of his group leader. 7) A Mujahid who takes a foreign infidel as prisoner with the consent of a group leader may not exchange him for other prisoners or money.
Bandeirantes The bandeirantes (Portuguese pronunciation: [bɐ̃dejˈɾɐ̃t(ʃ)is], "followers of the banner") were 17th century Portuguese Brazilian slavers, fortune hunters and adventurers from the São Paulo region[Note 1], the Captaincy of São Vicente (later called the Captaincy of São Paulo). They were the leaders of expeditions called bandeiras (Portuguese, "flags") that penetrated the interior of Brazil far south and west of the Tordesillas Line of 1494 that divided the Spanish (west) domain from the Portuguese (east) domain in South America. São Paulo was the home base for the most famous bandeirantes[Note 2]. Bandeiras[edit] The bandeiras were the expeditions by citizens of the São Paulo region (Paulistas), known then as the Captaincy of Sao Vicente, designed to enslave indigenous peoples and to find precious metals and stones. The course of the bandeira route was a difficult and perilous one. The Monument to the bandeiras, a stone sculpture group by Victor Brecheret, located in São Paulo, Brazil
Black Agenda Report OWFI: "Darkest scenario for women of Iraq" | World War From the Organization of Women's Freedom in Iraq (OWFI), Dec. 7: Darkest Scenario for Women of Iraq: Public executions of women by Islamist militias in Baghdad Shia Militias: A new wave of public executions against women is undertaken by Al Mahdi army. Dragging, flogging, hanging and shootings fall within the routine procedure of these executions which are taking place in growing numbers. In a Shia part of Baghdad, a sector which includes Nuwab Al Thubat and Al Amin, 3 girls were killed in one week –second week of November. Al Mahdi Shia militia guards - many of whom work as policemen – volunteer to punish “adulterer” women by torture and public execution. Sunni Militias: kill both women and men who practice some suspected behavior. Truck loads of Sunni families taken by Iraqi military to unknown destiny. 150 unclaimed women’s corpses in Baghdad morgue. Poets attacked and killed by Sunni militia in Baghdad suburb, Al Madaen. Al Mousawat Media Center Dec. 7, 2006
West Africa Squadron HMS Black Joke and prizes (clockwise from top left) Providentia, Vengador, Presidenta, Marianna, El Almirante, and El Hassey In 1819 the Royal Navy created a naval station in West Africa at a captured slaving port that the British renamed Freetown. This would become the capital of the first British colony in West Africa, Sierra Leone. Most of the slaves the squadron freed would choose to settle in Sierra Leone as they would not have to fear being re-enslaved, a danger in any other part of Africa. Until 1835 the Royal Navy was only allowed to take slavers that actually had slaves aboard. The Royal Navy considered the West Africa Station one of the worst postings due to the high levels of tropical disease. As the 19th century wore on, the Royal Navy also began interdicting slavery in North Africa, the Middle East, and the Indian Ocean. Between 1808 and 1860 the West Africa Squadron captured 1,600 slave ships and freed 150,000 Africans.[8] Notes[edit] See also[edit] References[edit]
frontline: saudi time bomb?: interviews: mai yamani For people who don't understand, the Shi'a and the Sunni are, at times, blood enemies. Specifically because, prior to the unification, in the great mosque of Mecca and in Medina, all the Islamic schools of thought were represented. They had all the Sunni schools of thought; they had the Shi'a; they had each one their own imam and somehow in different corners. ... It was after the unification of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia in 1932 that a process of national homogeneity was attempted. That was gradual. ... ... Actually, yes. ... So the dominant religion, the state religion in Saudi Arabia is this pure, stricter form of Islam? Yes. How does that help us understand that 15 of the 19 people who died as hijackers on Sept. 11 come from Saudi Arabia? This I'm finding very curious, and I think deserves investigation. Meaning they're from the Mecca and Medina area? Or from the tribes of the Hejaz. Which is in the south? Which is in the south, bordering on Yemen. That was a homogenization of thought.
Barbary pirates A Sea Fight with Barbary Corsairs, c. 1681 British sailors boarding an Algerine pirate ship The Barbary pirates, sometimes called Barbary corsairs or Ottoman corsairs, were pirates and privateers who operated from North Africa, based primarily in the ports of Algiers, Tunis, and Tripoli. This area was known in Europe as the Barbary Coast, a term derived from the name of its Berber inhabitants. Their predation extended throughout the Mediterranean, south along West Africa's Atlantic seaboard and even South America,[1] and into the North Atlantic as far north as Iceland, but they primarily operated in the western Mediterranean. Corsairs captured thousands of ships, and long stretches of coast in Spain and Italy were almost completely abandoned by their inhabitants, discouraging settlement until the 19th century. History[edit] Piratical activity by Muslim populations had been known in the Mediterranean since at least the 9th century and the short-lived Emirate of Crete. 16th century[edit]
امرأة أنجبت سفاحا بعد وفاة زوجها السعودي تصر على "رجمها&quo تم الارسال بنجاح خطأ بالارسال الرجاء المحاولة مرة اخرى رجاء استخدام أحد الخيارات التالية: إرجع الى الصفحة الرئيسية: History of slavery The history of slavery traces the history of slavery and the slave trade from ancient times to the present. Slavery is a legally recognized system in which people are legally considered the property or chattel of another.[1] A slave had few rights and could be bought or sold and made to work for the owner without any choice or pay. As Drescher (2009) argues, "The most crucial and frequently utilized aspect of the condition is a communally recognized right by some individuals to possess, buy, sell, discipline, transport, liberate, or otherwise dispose of the bodies and behavior of other individuals. Slavery can be traced back to the earliest records, such as the Code of Hammurabi (c. 1760 BC), which refers to it as an established institution.[4] Slavery is rare among hunter-gatherer populations, as it is developed as a system of social stratification. Slavery is no longer legal anywhere in the world,[7] though human trafficking remains an international problem. Origins[edit] Europe[edit]
Following Divine Orders: Violence in the Name of God - Internati The orders handed to the suicide killers are brutally clear: "This is the hour in which you will meet God. Pray to God and ask him to help you carry out this act. Once you are on the plane, you should pray to God because you are doing this for God. As the almighty Prophet says, a deed for God is something better than the whole world." Again and again: Pray, pray, pray so your faith doesn't waver and you don't abandon your mission out of fear. "Open your heart. Considering that nearly 3,000 people perished in the events of September 11, 2001, the "spiritual guide" for the attack on the World Trade Center, retrieved by FBI agents from terrorist Mohammed Atta's luggage, reads like a document born of religious paranoia. This document may seem macabre, but it reflects a breed of fanaticism that infuses numerous faiths, certainly not just Islam. Even in the "gentle faiths" Religious fanaticism has existed in all ages and all religions. Irresistible appeal for fanatics
Tasseography Spring Pouchong tea (Chinese: 包種茶; pinyin: Bāozhòngchá) leaves that may be used for tasseography divination Tasseography (also known as tasseomancy or tassology) is a divination or fortune-telling method that interprets patterns in tea leaves, coffee grounds, or wine sediments. The terms derive from the French word tasse (cup), which in turn derives from the cognate Arabic word tassa, and the Greek suffixes -graph (writing), -logy (study of), and -mancy (divination). Divination attempts to gain insight into the natural world through intuitive interpretation of synchronistic events. History[edit] The first inklings of Western tasseography can be traced to medieval European fortune tellers who developed their readings from splatters of wax, lead, and other molten substances. Method of tea-leaf reading[edit] An example of a tea leaf reading showing a dog and a bird on the side of the cup. The Encyclopedia of Occultism & Parapsychology, Fifth Edition, Vol. 2, edited by J. Coffee reading[edit]
Anti-Madrassa Anti-Talibat Protest in Pakistan Hundreds of human rights activists in Islamabad against the Lal Masjid and Jamia Hafsa, a women's madrassa. About 600 people demanded curbs on "extremist forces" they said were promoting "intolerance and violence".Last week female students from a madrassa in Islamabad abducted a woman they accused of running a brothel, holding her captive for two days.The students said Islamic law gave them the right to stop immoral activity.The students, from the Jamia Hafsa madrassa, seized the alleged brothel owner and two of her relatives, releasing them only when the woman had read out a confession.Human rights campaigners said students from the madrassa were "harassing and terrorising ordinary citizens of Pakistan in the name of Islam", AFP news agency reported. Jamia Hafsa is a madrassa for women (thus "Talibat" rather than "Taliban"), and damn are they fundo. Clad in big black burqas, they seem to be extremely obsessed with extremely self-flaggelating prayers to God. .