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Myspace blocks any links taken off myspace so here are all the links from this. http://www.michanimalnews.com/Montcalm_Animal_Control.html http://guide.labanimal.com/guide/companyd.jsp?b=5285 http://www.michanimalnews.com/Montcalm_Killing_Fields.html http://www.docstoc.com/docs/2832874/dba-michigan http://www.michanimalnews.com/co2_euth_followup.html http://www.michanimalnews.com/Home_Page.php http://blogs.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=blog.view&friendID=155142848&blogID=459936369 Montcalm Co. Michigan HELP PUT A END TO ANIMALS GOING TO RESEARCH Montcalm Co. Michigan- Dealer Sell Dogs To Research Labs WE CAN put an end to this dirty practice .. R&R Research http://guide.labanimal.com/guide/companyd.jsp?b=5285 of Howard City, Michigan has been under contract with the Montcalm County Animal Shelter for purposes of euthanizing their unclaimed animals after the mandatory 5 day hold. For a period of time, and up until recently, the gassing of the animals had been carried out in a "CO2 barrel." R&R Research may also come into the shelter and pull any animal he deems appropriate post the hold time, for sale to research labs. R & R Research, A History of Shady Dealings Cited for Animal Care Violations http://www.michanimalnews.com/Montcalm_Animal_Control.html ***Yes, It's a For Profit Business (From MI Animal News) To listen to the B Dealers and their supporters, you would hear a tale of altruism, concern and philanthropy. The B Dealers claim they are helping humanity by taking pets from shelters and selling them to research institutions. They rarely include the fact that they are for profit corporations, making money off of each animal that they sell. For example, USDA records indicate that R & R sold 592 animals in 2004, leading to gross receipts of $99,723. In 2005 R & R earned gross receipts of $179,115 based on the sale of 611 animals. 2006 was a really good year, R & R gross receipts were $196,272 based on sales of 621 dogs and cats. Montcalm County is giving dogs and cats to R & R and based on its submission to the USDA, R & R resells the animals for an average of $311 each. Shelter Statistics 2004 through 2007 shelter statistics http://www.michanimalnews.com/Montcalm_Killing_Fields.html The shelter reports reveal that no attempt to save animals lives is made by the Montcalm County Animal Control Shelter. Less than 10% of the dogs and cats are returned to their homes or adopted. Research dealer R & R took 14% of the shelter animals and gassed the remaining 70%. Dogs Cats Total Admitted: 4109 3926 8035 Returned/owner: 550 6 556 Adopted 431 99 530 Given to Research 519 297 816 Killed by Gas 2271 3382 5653 R & R is one of 5 active Class B Dealers http://www.docstoc.com/docs/2832874/dba-michigan in the state of Michigan who is permitted BY LAW to take animals for this profitable business. Please read this recent article http://www.michanimalnews.com/co2_euth_followup.html by Justine DePalma of the Michigan Animal News http://www.michanimalnews.com/Home_Page.php who has done extensive research on the subject with the latest information of the euthanization practices as well as the continued agreement with Moncalm Co. We can make a change to STOP THIS and the time is NOW The contract with R&R Research is up for renewal in January and the city commission will have the first of its hearings on January 12th. Please make your voices heard and use the sample letters below to be sent to the City Commission of Montcalm Co. along with the city of Stanton's mayor. Be sure and specify where you are calling/emailing from so they are aware that this of national concern to the outcome of Montcalm's animals. Please be polite as it a more effective means of communication of these issues Please contact firstname.lastname@example.com (yahoo.com) or firstname.lastname@example.com (comcast.net) for additional information Thank you to Susan, Maria and Polly for your work and research for the Montcalm animals. FW: From Susan Hayley firstname.lastname@example.com, Subject: Help STOP it, Pound Dogs & Cats Sold for Research, Montcalm Co, MI Hello, A few weeks ago many of us rescues, transporters and other animal lovers were all included in a series of e-mail pleas that were an effort to rescue 11 dogs headed to a research lab. Several of us have combined our efforts, including web searches, to try to help stop the practice altogether. This letter comes to you in hopes that you will all join in to send a strong message to the people who can do something. And if we all write to them it WILL be a strong message. We have effected change before with our combined voices. I am told that Montcalm County, Michigan, routinely sells animals to research. Several rescuers have been working non-stop to rescue animals from that facility--from a fate worse than death. But what also has to be done is to stop the practice. The county's contract with the Class B dealer (R & R Research of Howard City, Michigan) is up for renewal in early January. The Montcalm County commissioners need to hear from all of us that this barbaric practice has to stop. Please ask the county commissioners to vote not to renew the contract with R&R Research. Be persistent. Be well reasoned. And always be polite. There are two sample letters at the bottom of this email. This will come up for a vote at the commissioners meeting on Jan 12, so please do not delay. Thank you, Susan Hayley Contact Information Montcalm County Board of Commissioners Administrative Building 3rd Floor 211 W. Main St. PO Box 368 Stanton, MI 48888 (989) 831-7300 Commissioner Marcia Walker (616) 754-8236 email: email@example.com (chartermi.net) http://www.montcalm.org/government845962.asp Commissioner Tom Lindeman Email: firstname.lastname@example.com (sbcglobal.net) http://www.montcalm.org/government845991.asp Commissioner Ron Retzloff (989) 235-6827 email: email@example.com (email@example.com) http://www.montcalm.org/government846012.asp Commissioner John Johansen (616) 754-5375 email: firstname.lastname@example.com (pathwaynet.com) http://www.montcalm.org/government846034.asp Commissioner Carl Paepke (616) 636-5692 NO EMAIL ADDRESS http://www.montcalm.org/government846054.asp Commissioner Ron Baker (231) 937-5465 email: firstname.lastname@example.com (hotmail.com) http://www.montcalm.org/government846071.asp Commissioner Pat Carr (989) 352-8129 NO EMAIL ADDRESS http://www.montcalm.org/government846092.asp Commissioner Roger Caris (989) 268-5875 email: firstname.lastname@example.com (gccmha.org) http://www.montcalm.org/government846111.asp Commissioner John McCrackin (989) 584-3713 NO EMAIL CONTACT http://www.montcalm.org/government846131.asp City of Stanton Mayor Mayor Robert Burns 225 S. Camburn St. Mailing Address P.O.Box 449 Stanton, MI Zip Code: 48888 Phone: 989 831-4440 Fax: 989-831-5756 E Mail: firstname.lastname@example.com (cityofstantonmi.com) SAMPLE LETTERS Sample Letter 1 Ladies and Gentlemen: People throughout the country (and throughout the world) have learned of the plight of stray animals in your county�first abandoned by their people, only to then face the ultimate betrayal�being sold to an unethical Class B dealer for subsequent use as research animals�with the whole operation being funded by taxpayers despite their vehement protests. Montcalm County is one of the few remaining counties in the country that still betrays the trust of its citizenry by turning animals from the "shelter" over to the atrocities of research. Not only is the practice barbaric, outdated and sharply criticized by ethicists, medical experts and animal lovers alike, but the lab that Montcalm chooses to deal with (R&R Research, Inc. of Howard City, Michigan) has come under fire for unethical operations and flagrant violations of law. R & R has engaged in less than ethical practices including listing itself as an animal shelter in the yellow pages. The State of Michigan Attorney General's Office ordered the ads removed. Quite obviously, R & R is no shelter. Ionia County Animal Control ended its relationship with R & R after it was discovered that a dog that an Ionia Animal Control Officer claimed was shot to death, was actually at R & R Research. An undercover investigation by WOOD TV in the 1990's showed video of R & R owners gassing animals in a rusty 55 gallon drum. In 2006, the USDA cited R & R for improperly transporting dogs. The poor creatures were chained to the side of a livestock trailer, which is illegal since the regulations demand that each animal is transported in an individual compartment. In 2005, a USDA inspection found sick cats, quarantined without a treatment plan. In both cases, it's clear that R & R's actions led to the suffering of animals. Compassion and ethical considerations aside, Montcalm County is, in this time of financial crisis, enriching R & R, a private corporation, at the expense of its taxpayers. Montcalm County is giving dogs and cats to R & R and based on R & R's own submission to the USDA, R & R resells the animals for an average of $311 each. The only one who has benefited from the deal is R & R which resells animals at a huge profit. The animals don't win since they loose the chance at finding a new home. Montcalm County looses any income from adoptions and also the goodwill that a well run shelter generates. Instead, the relationship between the dealer and the shelter is a source of bad publicity for Montcalm County and its elected officials, with many groups even calling for a boycott of all Montcalm businesses until the shelter stops selling to research. I respectfully request that, in considering the renewal of the R & R contract (or even entering into one with another Class B dealer), you take into account the concerns and welfare of your community (economic as well as social) and have Montcalm County take another step into the 21st century by leaving pound seizure behind. Please do not renew the R & R contract. It is the ultimate betrayal. Sincerely, Polly Grunfeld Sack Fairport, New York ________________________________ Sample Letter 2 To whom it concerns, Please vote against renewing the R & R Research contract on Jan 12. The contract allows innocent dogs and cats, some of them surrendered pets, to be turned into research subjects where they suffer cruelties and atrocities. I have read of some researchers putting acid in a dogs eyes, inflicting pain and withholding pain medication, gassing the animals, chaining them, allowing sick animals to go without treatment. I have read that R & R has been criticized for violations and for cruelty. Breeding and using companion animals for research purposes is barbaric and inhumane. Allowing it to continue is wrong. It is understandable that people can become desensitized to behaviors, conditions and practices once they have become accustomed to them. This could make it seem "normal" for dogs and cats to be used and abused in this way when it has been happening unchallenged for generations. Or sometimes human nature can cause people to turn a "blind eye" to awful things and simply be in denial. I'll bet those poor animals aren't in denial. Please open your hearts and vote accordingly to STOP the practice of using companion animals in research. Please do not renew the R & R contract. 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By Geri Guidetti Copyright 2002
An ill-wind blew across Percy Schmeiser's land in 1996. Today in his 70s, the third-generation Saskatchewan, Canada, farmer has been growing and improving his own canola (oil seed) crops for 40 years. Each year, he would save some of his harvested seed for planting the following year. Though some farmers in the surrounding area were growing Monsanto's patented, genetically modified (GM) Roundup Ready canola, Schmeiser was not. He was growing his own, but the wind blew and bees flew, both apparently carrying grains of GM pollen from neighboring fields into Schmeiser's crop. Or maybe it was GM seed transported from surrounding farms that often blew off trucks traveling the roads adjacent to Schmeiser's land. No matter. Without his knowledge or consent, errant, patented Monsanto genes had apparently been incorporated into some of the Schmeiser family's 1997-harvested canola seed.
In 1998, the farmer planted over a thousand acres of his land with the seed he had saved from the previous year's crop. A hired Monsanto investigator analyzed samples of canola plants taken from Percy Schmeiser's land, and the company found evidence of its patented genes in the plant tissue. When Schmeiser refused to pay Monsanto fees for use of its patented herbicide resistance technology, technology he neither bought nor wanted, Monsanto sued him. According to a report on the trial (<http://www.percyschmeiser.com/www.percyschmeiser.com), Monsanto sought damages for patent infringement totaling $400,000. This included about $250,000 in legal fees, $13,500 for technology fees, $25,000 in punitive damages and $105,000 in the profits Schmeiser realized from sale of his contaminated 1998 crop.
Monsanto vs. Percy Schmeiser was heard in a Canadian court June 5 - 20, 2000. According to reports, Monsanto never directly tried to explain how their genes got into Schmeiser's field. In fact, the Western Producer, a Canadian agriculture magazine, quoted Monsanto attorney, Roger Hughes, as saying, "Whether Mr. Schmeiser knew of the matter or not matters not at all." In other words, Schmeiser's fields were contaminated by Monsanto's GM technology, and it didn't matter if Schmeiser was aware of the contamination or not. They were going to make him pay for it! Percy Schmeiser said, "It was a very frightening thing because they said it does not matter how it gets into a farmer's field; it's their property.......if I would go to St. Louis (Monsanto headquarters) and contaminate their plots--destroy what they have worked on for 40 years--I think I would be put in jail and the key thrown away."
On March 29, 2001, nearly three years since the contaminated canola was discovered in Schmeiser's field, Canadian Judge W. Andrew MacKay agreed with Monsanto that it did not matter how its genes got onto Percy Schmeiser's fields; the farmer was still guilty of having them without having paid for the privilege. (You can read the entire decision at http://www.fct-cf.gc.ca ). Sadly, as part of the damages, the farmer also lost 40 years of work improving his own canola seed line, as his crop was confiscated.
As you might imagine, the decision has had a chilling effect on farmers here and around the world. The Washington Post reported that a National Farmers Union spokesman said the organization has been following the Monsanto vs. Schmeiser case "...with apprehension. We're extremely concerned by what liabilities may unfold for the farmer, particularly with cross-pollination of genetically modified plants." The National Farmers Union represents 300,000 U.S. farmers and ranchers. Monsanto has filed hundreds of similar patent infringement lawsuits against farmers in the U.S. and Canada. Some of those farmers in North Dakota and Illinois are counter-suing the company for deliberately causing genetic pollution and then suing its victims. Win or lose, many face financial ruin from the court battles alone.
The Percy Schmeiser case, and others ongoing and to come, does not bode well for farmers, or even backyard gardeners, here or abroad. The idea that individuals can be held legally and financially responsible for the fate of patented pollen and seed blown by the wind or carried by insects in open field conditions is simply absurd. In fact, Monsanto knows it and maintained that all a farmer has to do if he or she discovers Monsanto's patented plants growing on their land is to call the company and they will come out and take care of the problem.
For starters, how would a farmer even know his field had been contaminated with Roundup Ready GM canola? The plants are often visually indistinguishable. The only way he'd know is by spraying his crop with Monsanto's Roundup herbicide to see if it had resistance. Obviously, he wouldn't do that because the herbicide would kill his own non-resistant, non-GM crop! Percy Schmeiser and other farmers regularly spray Roundup around telephone poles surrounding their fields to keep them clear of crops and weeds. When Schmeiser had sprayed around his telephone poles in 1997, he was surprised to see that some of the canola plants did not die. He suspected contamination.
If a farmer does identify GM plants in his field, according to Ann Clark of Plant Agriculture, University of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario, Monsanto would likely come out and spray the offending plants with the herbicide of choice, 2,4-D. But, as a farmer, would you call the company if their offending plants were interspersed with your own crop, the latter likely to be killed or damaged by the toxic herbicide? Such treatment would be especially catastrophic for an organic farmer whose field could no longer be certifiable as organic for years to come.
For some perspective on the potential scope of the GM gene pollution problem, in the year 2000, Monsanto's GM seed was planted on 103 million acres worldwide, accounting for 94% of the global area sown to genetically modified seed (RAFI). The potential for the GM contamination of millions of more acres of land and for thousands more victim farmers is simply mind-boggling. In fact, in June, 2001, Canadian CBC radio reported that genetically engineered canola plants had spread across the Canadian prairies. University of Manitoba plant scientist, Martin Entz said that GM canola had spread much more rapidly than originally thought and that it was "absolutely impossible to control."
Impossible to control also describes another 2001 GM debacle--the contamination of U.S. food supplies with StarLink corn, a GM corn intended by French parent company, Aventis, for animal consumption only. StarLink contains an insecticidal toxin, Cry9C protein, 50-100 times more than that in GM corn intended for humans. The protein had the potential to trigger severe allergic reactions. Aventis had assured EPA officials that StarLink would only be sold to farmers growing it for livestock. Dealers selling the corn would see to it that each farmer signed an agreement to provide a 660-foot buffer strip around his or her StarLink fields to prevent contamination of nearby cornfields with StarLink pollen. Grain elevators were also to be told at the time of sale that the corn was not for human consumption. Sadly, virtually every level of the program to protect humans failed miserably.
During the year 1998, 10,000 acres in the U.S. were planted to StarLink. In 1999, it had grown to 250,000 acres. By 2000, StarLink corn was planted on 350,000 acres in the U.S. and co-mingled with other corns by 2200 farmers in 12 states, according to Seed Savers Exhange. During 2000, 98 of Iowa's 99 counties grew StarLink! About 10% of all corn stored in the U.S. is now contaminated with StarLink corn.
In 2001, the USDA earmarked up to $20 million of taxpayers' money, money originally intended for natural disaster relief for farmers, to help buy back 300,000 to 400,000 bags of contaminated seed. Containment, not control, was the only possible solution, as the damage to the U.S. seed stocks is permanent. The genes are "out there", replicating themselves in the chromosomes of other corn varieties meant for human consumption, and likely finding their way into any food containing corn products such as corn syrup and corn starch--nearly every sweetened, thickened product in the "modern" diet. If there is any reassuring news in this new reality, it is that the concentration of Cry9C is likely to be so low in current and future foods contaminated with the original StarLink genes that allergic reactions to this particular protein are highly improbable. That is, however, very small comfort given the scope and biological significance of this single genetic event.
August, 2001, was a particular low point in the battle for a ban on the Terminator gene technology. Terminator technologies use genetic engineering techniques to program a plant's DNA to kill its own embryos (suicide seed) thus forming sterile seed. The plant-to-seed-to-plant-to-seed, etc, cycle of life is broken, preventing a farmer from saving harvested seed to grow next season. It will ensure that farmers must return to the seed company year after year to purchase expensive seed, often with heavy GM seed technology licensing fees added. The first Terminator was created and announced by our own U.S. Department of Agriculture in partnership with a U.S.-based cotton seed company, Delta & Pine Land Company. They were granted a U.S. patent on the technology in 1998. (See June, 1998 Food Supply Update at www.arkinstitute.com). In August, the USDA announced that it had agreed to license the technology to its corporate partner, the first step toward commercialization. Delta & Pine Land Co. has said it has every intention of commercializing it.
"USDA's decision to license Terminator flies in the face of international public opinion and betrays the public trust," said RAFI research-director, Hope Shand. "Terminator technology has been universally condemned by civil society; banned by international agricultural research institutes; censured by United Nations bodies....and yet the U.S. Government has officially sanctioned commercialization of the technology by licensing it to one of the world's largest seed companies." Silvia Ribeiro, also of RAFI, added, "USDA's role in developing Terminator seeds is a disgraceful example of corporate welfare, involving a technology that is bad for farmers, dangerous for the environment, and disastrous for world food security."
The USDA and Delta & Pine Land Company, at last count, own three Terminator patents. This is an egregious use of U.S. taxpayers' dollars to support corporate profits instead of public good, to advance the portfolios of restrictive corporate patents on life instead of improving the lives and livelihoods of U.S. farmers and the consumers they serve. Terminator technologies will not be a boon to U.S. farmers or struggling Third World farmers who are considered prime targets for Terminator seeds. It will make them ever more dependent on the corporate seed and chemical companies.
Remember, once the genetic genie is out of the bottle, you can't put it back. If Terminator genes pollute surrounding fields and wild plants, the consequences will be far greater than the corn debacle. Neighboring farmer's crops may produce sterile seed. What if that farmer is a seed grower, growing seed stocks for the country's next crops? Multiply that scenario by tens of thousands of farmers. Can Terminator eventually terminate all seeding plants? No one, not a single corporation or government official, can assure you it will not. Remember Percy Schmeiser! Remember StarLink!
Here is a rundown of Terminator patent holdings current to 2001: Syngenta (Novartis) has two Terminator patents. Syngenta (Zeneca) has four. Delta & Pine Land/USDA have three. BASF (ExSeed Genetics, LLC/Iowa State University) have one. DuPont (Pioneer Hi-Bred) has one. Pharmacia (Monsanto) have one. Cornell Research Foundation has one. Purdue Research Foundation (with support from USDA) has one.
It is important to take stock of where we have been in the big food picture in recent years because it speaks volumes about where we might be going this year and beyond. In light of the September attacks on the U.S., it is critical that we pay attention to every aspect of our food supply system with unprecedented vigilance. The truth about security with respect to food and terrorism is simple, really: there is none. The Schmeiser decision, StarLink tragedy and Terminators all point to a future in which individuals will have little or no control over the content of the food they eat, and little control over production. If individuals are discouraged by court decisions from feeding themselves--if they abdicate all rights to control the ways and means of livelihood and food production, turning control over, like serfs, to their corporate lords, then we are lost.
For years these Food Supply Updates have discussed the insanities of a food production system growing ever more concentrated, technology, oil and chemical dependent, biologically and chemically contaminated, remote from its nearly 300 million completely dependent consumers, and controlled, from seed to mouth, by a relative handful of very powerful people. The long list of cumulative observations and warnings voiced in this newsletter over the years (read earlier Food Supply Udates archived at www.arkinstitute.com ) could just as easily be viewed as an ongoing tutorial for those determined to ferret out our vulnerabilities. Our vulnerabilities can easily become someone else's opportunities.
We must keep one watchful eye on our current food supply security system, a "blanket" riddled with holes, and the other on the ongoing, ominous shift in the control of food from the farmer and consumer, to governments and a few very powerful, multinational corporations. How might our new agricultural technologies be used against us? Is Terminator gene technology a potential terrorist weapon? What is the relationship between "X" government with "Y" corporation? What is their global agenda? See what I mean? It is a daunting task, but more than ever, our lives may depend on it.
Stay tuned.
Geri Guidetti The Ark Institute
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"Koran Boy" and Miracles
Last October a popular British tabloid, The Sun, printed a story about a young Muslim boy in Dagestan, dubbed "Koran Boy" whose family claimed that miraculous imprints of the Quran would appear on his body at varying times.1We all may have encountered stories in this vein at one time or another – reports of a tree in the perfect form of a man bent in ruku', a fish on whose scales "Allah" is clearly written, or clouds shaped into the testimony of faith La ilaaha illa Allah. Or perhaps we've seen charts indicating the number of times certain words are used in the Quran which amazingly coincide with scientific statistics, or read an email quoting verses from the Quran that seem to prove antecedent knowledge of math or astronomy. Each may be labeled as miraculous, but are these truly miracles? How should we understand and feel about these stories and ideas?
In Arabic there are a number of words that coincide with the common understanding of the word 'miracle'. One such word is mu'jizah (pl. mu'jizaat), occurrences or abilities beyond the bounds of the regular laws of the universe, which were granted especially to the prophets. As Muslims we believe that Allah (subhanahu wa ta 'ala – glory be unto Him) caused these mu'jizaat to occur at their hands as a means of affirming their nubuwwa [prophethood].2 For example, the noble prophet Esa (alayhis salam – may peace be on him) was granted the ability to speak while still an infant in the cradle, to bring the dead to life and to heal the leper.3 The Seerah [biography ] of our beloved Prophet ﷺ is replete with mu'jizaat.4 Among many other miraculous events, he caused the moon to split, heard pebbles testify to his prophethood, threw a handful of dust that blinded an entire army, and journeyed to Jerusalem from where he ascended the Heavens on the blessed night of Isra' wal Mi'raaj. The greatest mu'jizah with which he came with was the Qur'an, the power of which Allah (swt) describes in a verse in Surat ar-Ra'ad:
"And if there had been a Qur'an with which mountains could be moved, or the earth could be split asunder, or the dead could be made to speak (it would not have been other than this Quran)." (13:31)
While the scientific details of the Qur'an are certainly part of its miraculous nature, there are many other elements it contains which, when studied and reflected upon, can be extremely faith affirming. Its literary power – its magnificent and inimitable rhythm, syntax and measure – is awe-inspiring, especially for one who has mastery of its language. The narratives of past prophets and peoples strike a chord in some, while for others the guidance which it offers from a philosophical perspective and its compelling answers to life's 'big questions' is its most astounding feature. For the scholar, the legal derivations that can be drawn from the preciseness of its verses are remarkable, while, for the worshipper, its spiritual dimensions profoundly affect the heart and soul and deeply resonate. Hence we must be careful not to confine the power of the verses of the Qur'an to its scientific dimensions alone. We must also be wary of attempts to confirm every present-day theory of the sciences with the Qur'an, as it may be that some will later be amended or even discredited.
Mu'jizaat such as the Qur'an were a special gift given to the prophets. However, events or occurrences that go beyond the norms of nature are not limited to them alone. A common axiom that can be found in many books of Aqeedah [belief] is "Al mu'jizatu lil nabiy, wal karamatu lil waliy, wal istidraaj lil ghawiyy." In the event that we find extraordinary occurrences happening with individuals other than the prophets, we regard them as either a karamah or as istdiraaj. If the individual is someone God-fearing, righteous and devoted to adherence of the Shari'ah, then one can assume that such an occurrence is a karamah, a sign of Allah's (swt) favor upon the person and a means of confirming the veracity of Islam.5 A beautiful example of this can be found in the Qur'an in the story of Sayyidah Maryam (alayhaa salaam – peace be upon her). From among the karamaat she experienced was that she would be provided with fresh sustenance from an unseen source while alone in her private quarters, which she said was "from Allah; for Allah provides sustenance to whom He pleases without measure" (Qur'an, 3:37). Another example of a karamah is in the well-known hadith of three men who were trapped in a cave, to whom Allah (swt) granted an escape on account of their good deeds.6
In contrast to the above, if we see miraculous events or abilities occurring at the hands of someone who does not show deference to the Shari'ah, or is openly a sinner (a faasiq), then this is a case of istidraaj. Instead of being a sign of Allah's (swt) pleasure, it is actually a means by which that person draws closer to punishment and destruction. Linguistically, istidraaj connotes a slow, gradual progression by degrees. It denotes allowing a disobedient person to feel more and more confident in their transgressions, to arrogantly continue, unaware of their true state, only to reach their deserved fate and due punishment in the end. Prophet Muhammad ﷺ is reported to have said, "When you see Allah [continuously] granting someone things that they love, while they are constantly in a state of disobedience to Him [muqeem 'ala ma'asiyatihi], then know that this is istidraaj."7 He ﷺ then recited the verse from the Qur'an, "But when they forgot the warning they had received We opened to them the gates of all (good) things, until, in the midst of their enjoyment of Our gifts, on a sudden We called them to account, and they were plunged in despair." (Qur'an, 6:44)
For this reason it is possible for two individuals to experience the same "miracle"; for one of them it is a reward from Allah (swt) for their devotion and steadfastness, while for the other it is a means of punishment due to their obstinate disobedience. Its outer appearance is exactly the same, while its inner truth could not be more dissimilar. This is the full meaning of the principle mentioned above, that the mu'jizah is for the prophets, while a karamah is for the waliy – one devoted to Allah (swt) with an intensely close relationship with Him, and istdiraaj is for the ghawiyy – the one misguided and who has gone astray.
On account of this we must be cautious when reading reports about karamaat. The specific individual in question, their practice and belief, is deeply linked to what the miraculous occurrence signifies. Further, Shaytan may try to deceive or corrupt a righteous servant through these means. Shaykh Abdul Qadir al-Jilani, known as the Sultan of the Awliyaa, recounts the following story:
"Once, while I was in 'ibadah, I had a vision of a glorious throne before me, upon which was a figure of light. It said to me, 'O Abdul Qadir! I am your Lord, and I have made permissible for you what has been made prohibited for others!' I [immediately recognized this as deception from Shaytan, and] responded by saying, 'Are you claiming to be Allah, the One besides whom there is no other god? Get away, you enemy of Allah!' The light [that I saw] rent into pieces, and became instead a deep darkness, and the vision responded by saying, 'O Abdul Qadir, you have defeated me with your understanding of religion, your knowledge, and your striving in spiritual endeavors. I have caused fitna to seventy people before you with this very trick.'' Sh. Abdul Qadir was asked, 'How did you know that this was Shaytan?' He responded by saying, '[It was] by his claim that he had made permissible for me what was prohibited, while I know that the Shari'ah which Muhammad ﷺ established cannot be abrogated or altered [in such a way].'"8
Additionally, when hearing about extraordinary events we should apply the general principle taught to us in Surat al-Hujuraat about news: that we must verify whatever we hear, and be cautious in accepting reports especially when the source's credibility may be in question. Allah (swt) says,
"If a faasiq comes to you with any news, ascertain the truth, lest you harm people unwittingly, and afterwards become full of repentance for what you have done." (Qur'an, 49:6)
Finally, while the stories we read of a tree, a fish, or other creation with a distinctive marking indicating Allah's existence may certainly be an ayah [sign], is it not the case that the world around us, in all its beauty, complexity and design is a much greater ayah for us? Perhaps if we looked at things on a grander scale, and pondered more deeply on the everyday miracles we see around us – if we sought 'to see a world in a grain of sand, and a heaven in a wildflower' as a poet once said – our faith can be renewed and uplifted without overly relying on these reports, and we can be of those who respond in affirmation when Allah (swt) asks, "Do they not contemplate in their own minds?" (Qur'an, 30:8)
"Behold! In the creation of the heavens and the earth; in the alternation of the night and the day; in the sailing of the ships through the ocean for the profit of mankind; in the rain which Allah sends down from the skies, and the life which He gives therewith to an earth that is dead; in the beasts of all kinds that He scatters through the earth; in the change of the winds, and the clouds which they trail like their slaves between the sky and the earth;- (Here) indeed are Signs for a people that are wise." (Qur'an, 2:164)
"Indeed, in the creation of the heavens and the earth, and the alternation of the night and the day are signs for those of understanding – who remember Allah while standing, or sitting, or [lying down] on their sides, and give thought to the creation of the heavens and the earth, [saying], 'Our Lord, You did not create this aimlessly; Exalted are You. Protect us from the punishment of the Fire. Our Lord, indeed whoever You admit to the Fire – You have disgraced him, and for the wrongdoers there are no helpers. Our Lord, indeed we have heard a caller calling to faith, [saying], 'Believe in your Lord,' and we have believed. Our Lord, so forgive us our sins and remove from us our misdeeds and cause us to die with the righteous." (Qur'an, 3:190-191)
May Allah make us people of insight and reflection, and from those who see His Power, Ability and Beauty through the signs in His creation, ameen.
- http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/2689523/Koran-boys-skin-mystery.html ↩
- Al Wadih al-Mubeen fi Aqidatil Islam. ↩
- The Noble Status of Jesus and Mary in Islam, by Sh. Muhammad Hassan, Translated By Faisal Ahmad. ↩
- There are certain intellectuals, particularly in more modern times, who have rejected the occurrence of any miraculous event at the time of the Prophet Muhammad ﷺ other than the Quran. However, the large number of authentic texts we find in the corpus of ahadith which describe the mu'jizaat that occurred, as well as the references to them in many places in the Quran are a sufficient response to this assertion. ↩
- Al Wadih al-Mubeen fi Aqidatil Islam. ↩
- Bukhari and Muslim. ↩
- Ahmad, at-Tabarani, Bayhaqi. Reported by Sh. Albani as sound. ↩
- This is a well-known story that can be found in many biographies of Sh. Abdul Qadir al-Jilani. This particular narration has been mentioned in Majmu' al-Fatawa by Sh. Ibn Taymiyyah. ↩
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I don't get the point of this article? Is "Koran boy" a fictitious bad thing or made up?
What the point? What do you mean to convey?
Masha'Allah, very nice breakdown of the subject sister. May Allah continue to put wisdom on your pen.
As-salamu alaikum,
Thank you very much for this piece sister. I have been telling people for a long time that if you want miracles of Islam. Read the Qur'an and Sunnah and you will find thousands of miracles. We should always be suspect of any outrageous claim purported through pictures or agenda based internet sites (even Muslim ones). The russian baby one is interesting and hasn't been proven wrong so maybe its true. Allah knows best. I have, myself, in research proven many of these to be wrong. The thing with many of these things – other than the baby- seemingly making Arabic words is that Arabic is a language which has the effect of lines arranged in an unsophisticated manner so you can often read into it what you like. Especially if you appreciate the beautiful science of caligraphy. Maybe you can remember when coca cola bottles said No God No Muhammad or whatever. The problem with this is that when these things are proven wrong it is like Islam is being proven wrong so let's not put our faith in these. lets put our faith in the Qur'an and Sunnah.
Allah knows best
Good topic!! Thanks for bringing it up. I get those emails every week with a picture of the egg with Allah on it or the Australian tree making sujood!! You should see how many youtube videos there are dedicated to those pictures with nasheed playing in the background! It's like you said, while miracles do exist, the greatest miracle is Islam and our relationship with our Creator.
i don't think it would be wise to relate the Koran boy with those other miracles…
the Koran boy story is a sign of the end of times and some hadith relates it as well
7 of them will come… this according to the calculations of some scholars is the 5th
Please elaborate….
as salaamu alaykum,
Br Mike – To read more about that particular story you can read the original article in the link cited in the footnote. I mentioned it because it is the latest story being sent around in email, etc – the type of story people get excited about and feel is a sign of the truth of Islam. The main point of my article is that people should consider these stories more carefully, and look at them from the broader perspective of Islamic principles and what we know of miracles from the Quran, hadith, etc. Perhaps if you re-read the article, especially the last few paragraphs, you will see what I'm getting at, inshaAllah.
Maghi85 – I'm not sure what you are referring to. Could you please share with us the hadith that you have in mind?
wasalaamu alaykum
"the type of story people get excited about and feel is a sign of the truth of Islam"
I think therein lies the problem. It is the lack of knowledge coupled with the weakness of faith that leads alot of people to clinging on to such often ridiculous stories. It is a justification for the religion as if it needs one!
Great article!
In a nutshell, if the words appearing on the child were leading away from Islam or stating something that was 99.99% truth but polluted with 0.01% lies thencertainly there would be cause to doubt this event. But thus far nothing witnessed has been anything other than what is in the Quran. The only thing to be wary of is what Muslims from Pakistan, India and Bangladesh often succumb to – deityfing persons and worshiping them instead of Allah Subhanotalah. So I hope Muslims can extract some good from this event and not begin worshiping the poor child.


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The Responsibilities of Leadership
In his book Spiritual Leadership Oswald Sanders states that Jesus defined leadership as service. The true leader is concerned primarily for the welfare of others, not with his own comfort or prestige. Sanders quotes an intereresting list of leadership rules written by Archbishop Edward White Benson who was the archbishop of Canterbury for a number years in the late 1800′s. Here is Benson's list for the leader:
- Eagerly start the day's work.
- Do not murmur at your busyness or the shortness of time, but buy up the time all around.
- Never murmur when correspondence is brought in.
- Never exaggerate duties by seeming to suffer under the load, but treat all responsibilities as liberty and gladness.
- Never call attention to crowded work or trivial experiences.
- Before confrontation or censure, obtain from God a real love for the one at fault. Know the facts; be generous in your judgment. Otherwise, how ineffective, how unintelligible or perhaps provocative your well-intentioned censure may be.
- Do not believe everything you hear; do not spread gossip.
- Do not seek praise, gratitude, respect, or regard for past service.
- Avoid complaining when your advice or opinion is not consulted, or having been consulted, set aside.
- Never allow yourself to be placed in favorable contrast with anyone.
- Do not press conversation to your own needs and concerns.
- Seek no favors, nor sympathies; do not ask for tenderness, but receive what comes.
- Bare the blame; do not share it or transfer it.
- Give thanks for credit for your own work or ideas is given to another.
Sanders reminds us that Archbishop Benson did live in a different era, but his rules for life carry relevance today.
The Sanders book on Spiritual Leadership is a great book for those in ministry or in secular leadership. It is twenty-two short chapters on timely leadership topics. (Spiritual Leadership: Principles of Excellence for Every Believer, Moody Press, 1994, ISBN 0-8024-6799-7).


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So I don't know. I have all these journals. I must be so cool.I feel good today. Just got back from the game. The JV lost and the Varsity won. I like going to them games. They are great to watch. Mike is so good at sports. I'm jealous. whatev.Jay me and you best friends. hm. Thanks for not talking to me today ::moves hands all around:: what the heck was that all about?
I don't know what to write. i think I'll make this journal on how I feel. The other journal can be for what I did that day. So here it goes. right now I feel kind of akward. I don't know why. I wish I could be open as to how I feel.I just can't.I can but... I don't want people to think I'm insane or something.I can say I'm happy about something. And Angry about another. And upset/sad about one thing. But no one cares unless I explain. Let's just say in general I feel bad for people. People who used to be very good friends of minespeople who used to be just 'friends'new friends.people who I used to talk to.people that make me laugh for the wrong reasons. I don't feel bad for then actually, I just want them to know I love them.
I hate school.I can't stand people.People are very loud. People say dumb stuff.I feel bad for the people that sleep with people they don't care about or even love. And that they just sleep with them to have physical affection. It really is sad. Aww poor themI miss school. I missed you everyone!Oh yeah I made up my mind. I just relized I don't have feelings. I just thought that I might have, or was starting to. That's all. It's over with. . .
I have a bad stomache ache. I don't know what to do with my situation. Well it's not even a situation. I'm almost postive I don't like him but who knows.
This journal is way better then my other one. I am still going to update both but I like this one the best. It's pretty. So this weekend was really fun, well saturday was. I like going to other towns other then Clayton. For 1 ,the town is boring and 2 ,the people just make me angry. I got all A's B's and C's in all my classes but Spanish again I have a D. :*( whatev. Today some girl was like Hi Stacey Snoke all rude I was like uh hi. and then she was laughing. I don't even know her but I do know she's like 7. Whatev againYouth Group was pretty good lasnight. I'm glad I went. I wasn't going to go because I was so tired. Today my mom is scraming at me at 7:19 in the morning because she thinks I'm going to fail because I haev 16 absenses. rawr. I'll refrain from saying unnecessary things.I have SGI ( In school suspension for all you people that ask 'what is SGI')Mrs. Leach and me aren't friends. I'm confused about a lot of things. argI'm sick. Bye. ..throws up..
this is my new journal. I don't know what I'm going to do to it yet. I still have to decide. I want a backround but for some reason I can't figure out how to do it. arg.


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GRAND BAY, Ala. – A Grand Bay man is in jail accused of choking and beating his girlfriend for the second time in less than a year. The victim said this time her attacker told her he was going to kill her.
Trent Stokley was denied bond Monday, February 17 because sheriff's deputies say he committed the same crime against the same victim eight months ago.
The victim told FOX10 News the attack was triggered, because the suspect was angry about the previous arrest.
The victim said she was violently awakened early Monday.
"Starting at 4 o'clock in the morning he went into a rage, woke me up out of a sleep. Snatched me out of the bed proceeded to punch me, choke me, tell me I was going to die," she said.
"He would choke me to the point that I would pass out and I would wake up and I could just hear the audible screaming. I would come to and I would try to get him off of me, and then he would put me back out. And, that went on until about 8am. Finally he hid my phone, and both sets of my car keys, and he went to sleep. Then at one o'clock in the afternoon he woke up and he proceeded to start again," she explained.
Trent Stokley, 33, is accused of the vicious attack. The victim said Stokley returned her phone briefly after her ex-husband texted him wanting to talk to his six year old son.
"And he told me to text him that everything was okay," she said.
"And I did, and then I also fired off a secondary message that just said, Mark I need 911. He said I'm going to die, he's been beating me since 4am."
After sending the second text, the woman said she was able to quickly delete it before giving the phone back to her attacker.
The ex took the text to authorities. "He filed a report in South Carolina, and the sheriff's office took it here, and they showed up," she said.
Lori Myles with the Mobile County Sheriff's office confirmed deputies acted on the report from South Carolina.
"She had communication with her ex husband and that's really what alerted us, before he took her communication tools away," Myles said.
After being beaten and tormented for hours the victim was finally able to sent her ex a text around 7:30 last night. It was 40 minutes before sheriff's deputies arrived. When the patrol car pulled into her drive, the victim says her attacker was telling her she was about to die.
The victim said she was afraid of what could happen when deputies arrived.
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Eight months ago the victim called 911 and had Stokley arrested. She says he was angry about the last arrest.
"He was convinced that he was going to go to prison for what he had done in June, and that I was going to pay, and he was going to go ahead and kill me, and then he would go to prison as a murderer and not as a woman beater," she said.
It was the previous arrest that led to no bond in this case. FOX10 News Reporter Renee Dials asked the victim why she had not left. The woman said she did, but she said she returned, because she feared for the safety of other family members.
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Faculty promoted to professor were Andrew Balas, mathematics; Scott Hartsel, chemistry; Robert Hooper, geology; Paul Kosower, music and theatre arts; Thomas Lockhart, physics and astronomy; Karen Loeb, English; Blaine Peden, psychology; Joseph Rohrer, biology; Nicholas Smiar, social work; Lloyd Turtinen, biology; Paul Vanderheiden, accounting and finance; James Walker, mathematics; and CeCelia Zorn, nursing systems. Gary Schwartzhoff, music and theatre arts, was promoted to associate professor. Promoted to assistant professor were Karen Pope, library services; and Anna Alexander-Doelle, family health nursing.
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In addition to our web presence, which we've had for over a decade, the Reading Railroad Heritage Museum and Reading Company Technical & Historical Society are moving forward into the world of online social networking to spread the word about our historic preservation efforts. If you're a current Society member, you can visit the RCT&HS Members' Portal for news updates, downloads of the Crusader, and some online fellowship. In addition, we've recently launched a few Facebook pages focusing on various Society activities. In addition to checking out our principal site here for general news and announcements, visiting these Facebook pages is a great way to keep up to date on what's happening with these specific groups. Click on the links below to leave www.readingrailroad.org and jump to one of our Facebook pages. This is an ongoing effort, and more links will be added as pages are created. Surf on!
April 14, 2013 – Official Opening of Member's Treasures Exhibit at RRHM.
April 25 -28, 2013 – Modular RR and Sales table at Fair Lane Village Mall in Pottsville
May 18, 2013 – 5th Anniversary Celebration at Reading Railroad Heritage Museum
June 1-2, 2013 - Schuylkill Valley Sojourn – hikers and canoes travel down the river from Schuylkill Haven
June 14, 2013 - Museum Tour 11AM – Reading Children's Home
RCT&HS HO Scale Modular Layout Group - Facebook page
Project #3640 Restoration - Facebook page