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I laughed so hard I almost coughed up a lung.
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Yeah the whole thing didn't make sense on what Barack so in him, but now it all adds up.
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The First Prognath always struck me as thalidomide baby. Now we know where it keeps the flipper.
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I wish I had'nt seen that.
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I didnt know mooch shaved his nutsack….
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Give her a break. She was just trying to hide the Schnitzen grueben! And screw the spell checker!
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We all knew it, but why? Before breakfast too. Stomach will be growling all day now.
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Excessive pressure on the nutsack made its head swell up. It is proportioned like an evil, chocolate Giada de Laurentiis.
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I'm sure there's a similar pic of Sarah Jessica Parker out there somewhere, but I don't wanna see that either.
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Nah, they're just as fake as she is. Take Mooch out of her bubble-wrapped bubble of "black victimization" and manufactured outrage and put her in a real ghetto, stepping over junkies, dodging real bullets or living in the high-end real estate valerie jarrett and tony rezko make their money on and her strap-on would just be a hindrance to her ability to run. Hell, she'd probably jettison her expensive shoes and one of her boob belts.
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That's the entire show, should be in there somewhere.
That's the entire show, should be in there somewhere.
Edit: beaten by 90 seconds
Frankly, I doubt Roberts or any of the others really care that much about their own or the reputation of the court. Certainly not enough to 'bend' their opinion. If anything, Roberts not 'going with his supposed political slant' shows how little he or SCOTUS thinks about their 'reputation'. Furthermore, I think the whole 'polarised SCOTUS' thing is overdone. This really isn't the first SCOTUS were decisions hinge on a single judge's opinion.
I think SCOTUS is perceived to have 'reputation' issues, mostly because of Citizens United. But, it is important to remember that SCOTUS didn't rule that the states should throw out all election laws about money in politics. The states did that themselves, using the SCOTUS verdict as a convenient reason. Which it wasn't. In fact, one state didn't do that (or all of it at the least): Montana. Ofcourse the state of Montana is now challenged in court over that, but it remains to be seen if they'll lose that case. Other states could have gone the same way.
But ofcourse, on both sides, it is easy to lay the blame on a 'polarised' SCOTUS.
I think they ruled on this the day before the ACA decision. IIRC they didn't even hear oral arguments, and ruled against Montana in a 5-4 decision. Legal scholars have been weighing in over the past year about the partisanship of the court. The verdict is that it's the most pro-corporate, and more importantly anti-consumer and predictably partisan, SCOTUS since the 19th century. It's not just citizens united. It's a lot of more minor rulings that were looked at.
I thought it was possible, until I read about how his opinion effectively restricts the applications of the commerce clause. Limiting the commerce clause is a conservative position. I imagine he's aware of the reputation of the court, currently at its lowest level since SCOTUS polling began, but I wouldn't read too much into his siding with the four others who voted yes on ACA as being some sort of public relations stunt.
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Atul Gawande's latest is pretty good.
They must want to make the effort, however. Thats a key factor. The major social advances of the past three centuries have required widening our sphere of moral inclusion. During the nineteenth century, for instance, most American leaders believed in a right to votebut not in extending it to women and black people. Likewise, most American leaders, regardless of their politics, believe peoples health-care needs should be met; theyve sought to insure that soldiers, the elderly, the disabled, and children, not to mention themselves, have access to good care. But many draw their circle of concern narrowly; they continue to resist the idea that people without adequate insurance are anything like these deserving others.
And so the fate of the uninsured remains embattledvulnerable, in particular, to the maneuvering for political control. The partisan desire to deny the President success remains powerful. Many levers of obstruction remain; many hands will be reaching for them.
For all that, the Courts ruling keeps alive the prospect that our society will expand its circle of moral concern to include the millions who now lack insurance. Beneath the intricacies of the Affordable Care Act lies a simple truth. We are all born frail and mortaland, over the course of our lives, we all need health care. Americans are on our way to recognizing this. If we actually donow, that would be wicked.
Here is some fascinating reporting from CBS:
http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-3460_162...alth-care-law/(CBS News) Chief Justice John Roberts initially sided with the Supreme Court's four conservative justices to strike down the heart of President Obama's health care reform law, the Affordable Care Act, but later changed his position and formed an alliance with liberals to uphold the bulk of the law, according to two sources with specific knowledge of the deliberations.
Roberts then withstood a month-long, desperate campaign to bring him back to his original position, the sources said. Ironically, Justice Anthony Kennedy - believed by many conservatives to be the justice most likely to defect and vote for the law - led the effort to try to bring Roberts back to the fold.
"He was relentless," one source said of Kennedy's efforts. "He was very engaged in this."
But this time, Roberts held firm. And so the conservatives handed him their own message which, as one justice put it, essentially translated into, "You're on your own."
The conservatives refused to join any aspect of his opinion, including sections with which they agreed, such as his analysis imposing limits on Congress' power under the Commerce Clause, the sources said.
Instead, the four joined forces and crafted a highly unusual, unsigned joint dissent. They deliberately ignored Roberts' decision, the sources said, as if they were no longer even willing to engage with him in debate.
I love politics. "I agree with you but waaah I'm going to go against you just to spite you, or because you are XYZ"
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This is the shit that actually gets under my skin. Lallante's right, those two comparisons are very very different. Marco Rubio pulled this crap on Fareed Zakaria's GPS this week when Fareed asked him some tough questions about his party's stance on immigration, torture, etc. Rubio kept saying things like "I'm willing to call out Democrats AND Republicans. Both sides need to take blame."
Except in the cases he was talking about, blame should have been pretty squarely on the Republican's shoulders. Whenever the Republicans were fuckin up, he (and many others) pretend to be bipartisan and say "oh I'm a reasonable person that blames BOTH parties" even though the other party had nothing to do with it, and they're just trying to drag the Dems down with them. Rubio didn't say ANYTHING was JUST the fault of the Republicans.
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Actually I'm pretty sure he did say he "had" (as in past tense) called out both sides and I know for sure he tried to give examples.
edit: god damn Fareed needs to get with the times and post his shows on the internet, I really don't want to go downstairs to my DVR to check this.
He did the same thing on the Daily Show with Jon Stewart last week. Exactly the same turn of phrase. Of course Stewart just let him skate on it because hes not a serious interviewer.
Problem with Stewart is not that he doesn't ask the hard questions, but that he lets his guests get away with evasive answers to them. That in addition to him asking his questions in such a muddled way that it is usually easy for his guests to muddle the issue even further.
Ofcourse, the Daily Show isn't the show for tough interviews, it is supposed to be satirical and funny, and Stewart, missed opportunities and all, most of the times, drags up some zingers, even if he can't break the bubble.
But yes, Republicans are masters at sharing the blame when they have fucked it up, and equally masters at pointing to the Democrats to blame everything on them. It is almost interesting to see how they vacillate between those two positions. It must also be quite frustrating for an interviewer, because they're also masters at the plain old lie, and will use it at any point to come back to the first two options. So, even when the interviewer has got its facts straight and available, the Republicans just brush it off as 'untrue' (or unamerican). I do feel sorry for Rachel Maddow actually, with her nerd streak for numbers, graphs, figures, and facts.
But most interviews with most Republicans end up going something like this:
* How about this? What happened there?
- Yes, a clear example of how government is the problem. Both Republicans and Democrats share the blame on that.
* But certainly this can't be blamed on the Democrats?
- No there clearly the Democrats are to blame. Here's my contorted view from inside the bubble of why that is the case.
* But clearly that is just not the case!
- Yes it is, you don't think it is because you've been lied to by the Democrats. My Republican ideology trumps all your little facts.
Marco Rubio is a smooth talker, but this is exactly what he, and the other Republicans do all the time. Marco Rubio is just better at it than most.
They never stop /o\
Some comments are amazing. (from here: http://www.wnd.com/2012/07/obamas-so...er-challenged/ )
Wasn't the obscure "jurist" Roberts proposed as U.S. Supreme Court Chief Justice by pathetic RINO globalist Johnny "Build the Dang FEMA Concentration Camp Fences" McAmnesty (McCain)'s pathetic RINO globalist campaign manager "Sergeant" Schultz to pathetic RINO globalist W(ar) Son-of-a-Bush? Now it all comes clear as the sellout Roberts invents a new "tax" not authorized by the Constitution to save CommieCare Healthcare DEform to line the pockets of the "crony capitalism" (NAZI) system to destroy our democracy and free market capitalism prosperity. Look for Flipper to join in the future with the four Constitution-hating Marxists that have infiltrated OUR Court to "find" further destruction of the Constitution "authorized" by the New World Order/UN Dictatorship/One World Government "law" like the upcoming North American Union and Security and Prosperity Partnership "agreements," and UN "treaties" like the Law of the Sea Treaty and Agenda 21! Think a fake social security number will bother him?
All of these globalist traitors should be given Nuremberg-style treason trials, then thrown into the FEMA concentration camps they built for us. TYRANNY COMES IN BLACK ROBES, TOO. TREASON, FLIPPER!!!
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Robert D. Pollitt, a lawyer with the firm Steptoe & Johnson, filed the motion Friday morning on behalf of Western Pocahontas and the council.
Pollitt alleged that any further restrictions on mountaintop removal or valley fills "will result in a regulatory taking" of coal property owned by his clients.
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Well, we got our hopes up for nothing. Ken Macha announced this morning that Jeff Suppan will be joining the team as the fifth starter when he returns from the disabled list, and is expected to start next week against the Cubs. Just a few quick thoughts on this:
- Aside from the salary, does Jeff Suppan have dirty photos of Ken Macha somewhere?
- Who does Chris Narveson have to kill to be considered for a rotation spot?
- Macha is aware that the Cubs are probably the worst team for Suppan to come back against, right? The last time I checked, Derrek Lee's OPS against Suppan was Pujols-esque.
The only possible way this makes sense is if the Brewers are setting Suppan up to fail, so he can pitch his way out of the rotation. If that was the case, you could argue he's been pitching his way out of the rotation since the beginning of spring training.
This was the worst case scenario from the start, and it's pretty clear now that there never was any real competition for the last spot in the rotation. If there was a competition, Suppan would've finished dead last in the three-way race. For once, I find myself agreeing with a lot of the comments in the JSOnline blog post, and to me, that's the scariest thing of all about this.
I'm not one to log on to throw up a vent post -- especially this early in the season -- but this is just ridiculous.
Edit: Updated with Macha's comments:
"I don't think if he was in the bullpen, (the salary) would matter," said Macha. "He's going to be one of the 12 pitchers."
Except he did nothing to earn being one of the 12 pitchers, let alone top 12 starters in the organization.
"We could have a number of No. 5 starters over the course of the year," said Macha. "Right now, we're going in this direction. Production will be a big part of it."
If production will be a big part of deciding whether Suppan stays in the rotation or not, why wouldn't production be a big part of deciding to give him the rotation spot in the first place? His production -- or lack thereof -- in the spring didn't warrant him getting the job.
"There are a couple of things you can look at," said Macha. "Suppan was our lead guy out last year. Now, he's not in a situation where he's No. 1 against the other team's No. 1."
Yeah, because that was his problem last year, being matched up with another team's ace. That's why he walked more batters in 2009 than he had since 2000, posted a WHIP of 1.695, and coughed up 25 homers. That's why his ERA+ was a horrific 76. I'm sure it was just the fact that he was going up against another team's ace, and not the fact that he was one of the worst starters in baseball last year.
"You could make a case for all three guys."
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Michael Yudin, acting assistant secretary for special education and rehabilitative services, will give opening remarks at the "Measuring and Improving Child and Family Outcomes" conference on Saturday, Oct. 27, in Minneapolis, Minn. Yudin will discuss the U.S. Department of Education's early learning efforts and the importance of improving results and outcomes for young children. Yudin heads the Education Department's Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services, which includes programs aimed at improving results and outcomes for the nation's infants, toddlers, children and adults with disabilities.
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- Learn about other states' strategies for measuring and improving outcomes for children and families, hear the latest guidance and resources from the Early Childhood Outcomes Center and other national technical assistance centers;
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None of the games were though, penalties, turnovers, and T.O.P., special teams, you name it. No excuses, just poor playing against a now 2-6 49ers Team. Tough week. Tougher flight back. Tougher bye-week. We played at Wembley back in the 80′s. It was a weird place, a soccer field, and folks stood up behind these bars in the stands like a corral. They liked their beer warm and we went in early and practiced against the Rams in Preseason, so we could hit new guys versus ourselves. We visited a few places since we had some down time, odd clubs, old everything, interesting history, but I was glad to get back.
Has anyone looked at the standings NFL-wide? Nobody's lighting it up, and did you see the Steelers-Saints game last night. That's the way the game's suppose to be played… wide open 100 miles an hour, in your face football. We gotta get back to that here.
ChargerHater0315 mentioned dog-bone chomping in the camera late in the week and I mentioned that was me after that AFC Championship game because I was pissed from being hit all game with apples, batteries and dog bones. Alex Gibbs, our O-line coach, was hit in the head with Jack Daniels bottle after the game thrown from the stands. P.S. chargerhater0315, Greeley was a cool town to practice in, great people and wonderful fans.
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Jun 18, 2008 03:39 AM »
As-salaamu alaykum wa rahmatullah,
There's a chance we may be going to Spain next month, insha'Allah (one of my travel goals now that I've been to the Haram, walhamdulillah!). Has anyone been? What would you recommend? Any advice?
I'm pretty sure we'll be renting a car and travelling to southern Spain (can't miss the Al-Hambrah), but would love to hear some more advice.
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Jun 18, 2008 02:04 PM »
salams, i just went in may
Alhambra is amazing alhamdulillah but make sure you book tickets in advance otherwise it is v busy and they don't allow you in
If you are going to barcelona, las ramblas is really really interesting there are even halal resteraunts in a couple of the side streets.
Valencia is supposed to also be beautiful though i didn't make it there this time.
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Asalamualaikum wrt,
All praise be to Allah. When I visited some of the sites there with the Ulema, they were crying. It is good to reflect on what brought Muslims to their height, and what caused their downfall, so that we can correct ourselves. Here is an article I wrote about the al-Hamraa as a college student.
Islamic Iconography in Alhambra's Court of the Lions
The light of Allah, it is taught in Islam, is visible to those who reflect on the prism of His creation. Thus the world is a theatre for the manifestation of Divine attributes. The art and architecture created under the aegis of Islam bears witness to this fundamental Islamic metaphor. In this paper, I intend examine the artistic and architectural methods by which the artists of Sultan Muhammad V turned this root metaphor into an iconographic system, using Alhambra's renowned Court of the Lions as an example.
By far the most complex in the palace, the Court of the Lions consists of the court itself and four principal surrounding chambers: the Hall of Muqarnas, the Hall of Justice, the Hall of the Abencerajes, and the Hall of the Two Sisters with the House of Aisha to its North. All were built around a polygonal basin supported by stone lions by Muhammad V from 1354-1359.
The location of the court itself invites speculation that its builder sought to create a complex with Divine orientations. Being on a hill known in medieval times as Sabikah, the Court of the Lions contains many rooms with windows or loggias designed to command an extensive outlook. One could gaze out the Hall of the Abencerajes at the many gardens within the palace, or on the city below . While still remaining behind walls, this layout gives the feel of a view from up above, surrounded by gardens, and is strikingly similar to the Quranic description of heaven, or Jannah as "…gardens beneath which rivers flow… "
Water holds a special place in Islam, as it is considered to be the gift of Allah from the Heavens. The Quran repeats what means "And We send down water from the sky according to (due) measure, and We cause it to soak in the soil; and We certainly are able to drain it off with ease. "
Thus it seems that despite the many practical advantages of running water, its use in the Court of the Lions was perhaps part of a greater iconography. The presence of water in a Muslim palatial setting is not unusual. Almost all Umayyad estates were provided with baths, at times highly elaborate, as at the Khirbat al-Mafjar. There are, however, several features of the Court of Lions that suggest that water was used for more than just aesthetic appeal. One is that the central fountain itself was built in the 11th century, and is curiously older than the rest of the monument. It has been speculated that it was retained only because of its symbolic attachment to the story of Solomon in the Old Testament.
Water is carried by aqueducts from the surrounding hills into the buildings, where it flows from the fountains through an elaborate system of channels in the floor. The are no less than eleven fountains, combining both sight and sound to form the perfect metaphor for the Quranic Paradise. Olivares describes the Court's central basin, supported by the twelve stone lions as "twelve crystalline jets falling like dew drops from the mouths of the lions. " The fountain perhaps aspires to al-Kauthar, a fountain in Paradise.
The water symbolism is continued by projecting pavilions, each sheltering a fountain. The overflow drains through four channels to the center, perhaps forming al-Tasneem—the river of Paradise. This theme of a garden with pools or fountains, with a division of cultivated space into four parts, and with a pavilion in the center, is easily found in Muslim tradition. Mosaic representations in the Great Mosque of Damascus and the Masjid al Aqsa echo this theme. Indeed, we also see this pattern repeated in fourteenth century Mongol constructions, as well as the great Mosque of Ali Shah in Tabriz, and in the chehar baghs of later Iran. One may conclude that by channeling the water in such a specific manner, the Court of the Lions echoes a root metaphor shared with its Islamic brethren.
There is yet another aspect to a consideration of water in the Court of Lions. Unlike the Court of the Myrtles, where the use of water is essentially static, we find it here used dynamically. Agitated by a single slender jet, each fountain basin is flush with the marble floor and overflows into a narrow depression around its edge. This agitation sets the reflections in the water in motion; the image of the richly ornamented court would thus be made ethereal to an observer seated next to the fountain. This dynamic use also gives rise to the sounds of flowing water—the music of heaven—and as we shall see later plays a significant role in creating an ambience in synchrony with the dynamic architecture of the court.
The columns of the court create spectacular visual illusions, adding an important element to its heavenly aura. The thin, once highly polished marble columns form a complex pattern of two, three, or four clusters at the pavilion that sets the whole composition in motion; a subtle shift in position reveals radiant light and soft shade succeeding each other. As Olivares notes "It is a sequence of various and multiple prospects, but all within one theory of a rich variety disconcerting in its prevailing oneness. " Perhaps it is the unity of the Divine that this one theory seeks to embody.
The slender nature of the columns beckons the attention of the observer—who would have been seated on the floor—towards the heavens instead of laterally. Indeed, the thinness of the columns themselves seems to spite any earthly requirements. If vertical space tends to seem infinite, the horizontal space does not. Rather than having a flowing or unified space, we are presented with a succession of independent cells, each complete in itself and separated from its neighbors by a screen of columns or an arch. Architecturally, this produces a complex contrast that questions the distinction between internal and external space.
We find many other styles of architecture within the court that represents Allah's attributes symbolically. The vaults in the Hall of the Muqarnas, suspended from wooden frames, direct light in a way that dematerializes the ceilings and suggests infinite space. Originally polychromed and gilded, the muqarnas alludes to the famous verse from Surah Nur, where the Quran describes the light of Allah as like a niche within which rests a brilliant lamp.
The vaults themselves are lit from below by rows of small windows closed by pierced shutters or grilles of colored glass. Similarly pierced, the spandrels may be pierced to admit light. Thus, what should appear solid becomes cloud-like. The arches bear stalactite-like surfaces that resemble dripping waters frozen in time, and again add to the water iconography.
The approach to the Court of the Lions appears to signify the great importance of the coming destination. The Hall of the Kings is a long room opening onto a larger room, which in turn opens onto a larger vaulted area and finally opens onto the main Court of the Lions. Each of the smaller rooms along the approach has painted ceilings, depicting scenes of chivalry; they perhaps attest to the devotion of the courtiers below. Artificially thick walls that seem to emphasize the passage into a remarkable place surround the court. The doorway to the court is given little emphasis so that it forms a complete and inward looking world, the image of Paradise.
The metaphor of the night sky as heaven appears in artistic forms throughout the Court of the Lions. We find, for example, in the Sala de la Barca alcoves at either end covered in semi-domes decorated with stars. The windows of the Hall of the Abencerajes, similarly, are oriented to capture nighttime constellations. We even find an inscription in the Hall of the Two Sisters comparing the chamber itself and the court opening from it to the constellations, while the Hall of the Muqarnas is proclaimed to have beauties both apparent and hidden. The stars, say the verses, would prefer to remain here than in the heavens. The arches of the court "vault over columns, adorned with light like the celestial spheres which are over the glowing pool of the dawn. "
Study of the inscription, or kasida, around the basin of the lion fountain supports our claim that the court was intended to be an archetypal embodiment of pureness on earth. It reads in part:
Blessed be He who granted to Imam Muhammad mansions embellished with splendid adornments.—Is not this garden perchance a work whose beauty God wished to remain without equal?—Composed of tremulously resplendent pearls, it has pearls enough and to spare to adorn its own base.—Liquid silver flows between its jewels, the beauty of whose whiteness and brilliancy is without peer.—The liquid and the solid so mingle before our eyes that we do now know what it is that flows.
It is interesting to note that the kasida reflects the insubstantial dream-like air of the court sensed by modern observers, and reveals that this was indeed the intention of its builders.
Little would one know from its austere exterior that within lay colonnades, pools and fountains, and rich decoration in stucco and tilework that combine to create the essence of heaven on earth. Each step through the Court of Lions, with the sonorous hum of falling water, the ebb and flow of light and then shadow, the beckon of a soaring sky, draws the visitor into the magic of its heavenly iconography. The ultimate goal of worshipping the Divine as if we see Him is thus brought one step closer—as the artists of Sultan Muhammad V invite his guests to drink from the liquid silver that flows through his palatial walls.
We are left to ask, how did such a great civilization crumble? Perhaps we can reflect on the words of the great Caliph Umar ibn al Khattab, who said when asked by some of the people of Jerusalem to abandon his modest clothing: "We are a people whom Allah gave glory through Islam; the more we seek glory by other than what Allah glorified us with, the more Allah will humiliate us."
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Jun 23, 2008 04:45 PM »
wa 'alaykum assalaam,
its good to read up on the history of Andalusia before visiting the following cities, it'll bring the history alive
I highly recommend: 'The Story of Islamic Spain' by Syed Azizur-Rahman. Also, 'The Muslims in Spain' by Stanley Lane-Poole.
Cities to explore: Toledo, Seville, Granada and Mijas.
Bring back lotsa pics!
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Jun 23, 2008 06:16 PM »
walaikum assalaam,
I've been hearing a lot about Espana. I would recommend along with the whole southern spain experience, that you explore Madrid, Barcelona, Seville. I also heard that in Sept they have this tomatillo festival (people throwing tomatos at one another). (Not quite sure if they are rotten or else it's just a waste).
Oh and of course if time permits why not venture to Portugal. The people are very very nice there:)
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Jun 25, 2008 01:47 AM »
Jazaakum Allahu khayran for the great suggestions.
Been studying Andalusian history for a few years formally and informally (I teach 6th grade World History), and *almost* wrote a class (fictional) story set in Andalusia. It seems the more we know our history (esp in Spain and Jerusalem), the more depressing it gets. We should actually cry about it (and yes, we're bringing tissues...and a camera!). :'(
Hope to bring back something for my students, insha'Allah (when I told them, one of them actually said,"Awww, sr. Sofia, that's like your dream!").
I don't know if I'll come back awed or regret going...but we'll see, insha'Allah...
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Jun 25, 2008 11:39 PM »
Asalamualaikum wrt,
Here is a nice link I came across regarding Andalucia:
Here is a brief excerpt:
Praise be to Allaah.
Andalusia was one of the greatest periods of Islamic history, indeed it is a beacon in the history of mankind as a whole, because it was a source of knowledge on earth for many centuries, from which Europe learned all its lessons of civilization and civility. Its conquest, beyond a doubt, was one of the greatest incidents of the first Hijri century (92 AH/711 CE). That period was the greatest and most prosperous in the history of Andalusia from the beginning of history and perhaps until the end of time.
If you are running short on time, perhaps you can print out some articles and read them while you are there. May your journey be an opportunity to increase your Emaan and love of Islam and its history. Ameen.
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oh wow awesome!!! enjoy your trip inshaAllah.
try reading the andalusian poetry thread before you go and there's also a little article about some history there too somewhere!
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