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"Wow, I made this pack." That was the thought in my head as I worked to carry sixty plus pounds at fifteen thousand feet on Aconcagua. South America's highest peak is located in Argentina along the spine of the rugged Andes mountain range. At 22,849 feet, it is the highest point outside of the Himalaya in Asia. Our route is called the "False Polish" traverse. There are three camps above base camp and we will spend a total of 16 days on the mountain. We will shuttle our gear and supplies up the mountain in alternating carries and moves. This is what mountaineers call "capsule style" climbing. We carried everything up and down the mountain ourselves as a self supported climbing team. I knew what was involved in climbing Aconcagua because I had been there the previous winter. Before I left for Argentina this time, I built a stripped down version of the Mystery Ranch G6000. I wanted a pack that carried as well as the G-series but I wanted to make it as light as possible. It all seemed like a blur. Building the pack, planning the trip, organizing the gear, buying the food, and getting myself and two other climbers to the mountain. Then I was loading the pack up with gear to go up the mountain. "Wow, I built this pack." During the expedition I had time to reflect on the trust I was putting in my craftsmanship. I thought about the course building a pack takes. Starting out as raw materials in a basket, all the pieces being sewn together, then inspected and shipped. Ski patrollers, fire fighting crews, climbers, hunters, and soldiers are some of the people who use our packs. All of them will rely on the work we do in Bozeman, in much the same way I was relying on my own work on Aconcagua. It was gratifying to feel how our attention to detail and craftsmanship would make a difference to the people using Mystery Ranch gear.
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Can you have Robert guide me up Everest, actually I was hoping he could CARRY me up in one of your packs?! Would the limiting factor be Robert, or your pack?
interesting questions….
on one hand Mystery Ranch Backpacks have a lifetime warranty… and on the other hand Robert is a really strong climber…
My bet would be… if Robert made the pack…, he'd probably be able to carry you to the summit of Everest in it and of course it would last a lifetime!
How much does the strip-down G6000 weigh? Does Mystery Ranch have it for sale?
I've used the G6000 on many trips and always started out with around 75 pounds, and over the last couple of years have decided the pack could use a lightening makover.
First off, I'd get rid of the back vertical pack zipper as it's never used. And then, I'd do away with the bottom sleeping bag compartment divider and the big straight ziiper with the outside buckle and the inside compression strap and buckle. It's much easier and quicker to just stuff my bagged sleeping bag down in from the top of the pack.
Other than this, it's the most comfortable pack I've ever used, and handles a heavy load w/o complaint. It has no weak points as far as I can see.


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Katy Perry Lacy Tights and Skimpy Leotard PHOTOS
by Meg at . CommentsSinger Katy Perry was photographed yesterday parading to and from a Hollywood studio in some revealing dance togs. She was sporting black lacy tights and a skimpy grey leotard.
The musician was a guest judge last night on American Idol and managed to butt heads with Kara DioGuardi. We're not sure if their little feud was trumped up or a real clash between divas. Check it out on video below.
View photos below and AI video. More Katy Perry photos here.
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Ooooh sexy. Who cares? She has the body for it. And if she was rehearsing, then let her wear what's comfortable for her. I really like her judging stint on American Idol. I love how Kara became the Paula of the panel.


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Note: Probably filmed in the Pathe studio.
Several shots of the musician and band leader Sid Millward playing the clarinet accompanied by the Nitwits who are a small jazz band. They play several lively and cheerful songs.
Note: one of the tunes is 'St Louis Blues', which segues into 'Roll Out The Barrel' towards the end - SL.
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Halloween is practically upon us, and as the holiday approaches, my thoughts are filled with clever costumes, candy and pumpkin carving (which Popular Mechanics editors do in their own special way). But if your favorite part of Halloween involves hearing the screams of Dracula's victims, you're in for a real treat this year.
Tomorrow, cable giant Comcast is launching "FEARnet", a multiplatform service comprised of Web, cable and mobile branches that will include everything horror-related. It's frightening to think of all the gore and guts we'll be able to consume, but Comcast appears to be taking advantage of America's recent slasher flick obsession as much as the holiday; "Saw III" took in more than $34 million at the box office this weekend.
The FEARnet cable channel will be available to Comcast digital cable subscribers and will feature 30 on-demand movie titles from the Sony/MGM and Lions Gate film catalogues each month. The premiere set includes classics like "Carrie," "The Night of the Living Dead" and "Poltergeist 2." Throughout the year, the channel will rotate about 200 films through its lineup.
On the Web, even more content will be available for those thirsting for blood. In addition to trailers and nine full-length movies available for free, the site will include about 50 movie rentals and downloads, reviews and mobile content. In true MySpace fashion, users—or victims, as FEARnet calls them—can create profiles, blog about their favorite films and chat with other horror fanatics while watching movies.
Navigating through the site, the content looks intriguing, but even hearing the frightening noises chills my bones. I think I'll celebrate my Halloween with some candy and a costume, and leave the exploration of FEARnet to braver souls. —Emily Masamitsu


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ok, heres my problem, i want to get the rotator between 2 vectors. seems like it should be easy, but the only way i see of doing it is using the dot product. unfortunatly this returns the cosine of the angle between the vectors... which i can't convert to a rotator without an ArcCos function, which UT doesn't seem to provide. am i missing something obvious here? please help! im going to stay up till someone tells me how to do this, so i can carry on with my late night coding session :) now wheres my pepsi max and extra large pizza, sure i left it here somewhere... :)


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Situated in Medford, this hotel is within 1 mi (2 km) of Rogue Valley Mall and Providence Medford Medical Center. Medford Railroad Park and Children's Museum are also within 2 mi (3 km).
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An indoor pool, conference rooms, and meeting rooms are available at this hotel. Free continental breakfast is provided, as well as free WiFi in public areas, free self parking, and a free airport shuttle. Other amenities include a children's pool, dry cleaning, and laundry facilities.
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Most of the items I sell are listed as freepost. However, where postal charges are absolutely necessary due to high postal rates for items measuring above large letter, you will only pay one postage regardless of the number of items. Please feel free to contact me if you have any questions.
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UVM will provide a shuttle bus between the Sheraton Burlington and UVM's Davis Center. Currently, no other shuttle buses are planned. Public bus transportation is available in Burlington and a list of Taxi service numbers will be provided to participants.
Sheraton Hotel and University of Vermont Conference Center 870 Williston Road Burlington, VT 05403 Phone: (802) 865-6600 Toll Free: (800) 325-3535 Fax (802) 865-6670 Make your reservations now! |
The University Inn & Suites 1076 Williston Road S. Burlington, VT 05403 Phone: (802)863-5541 (800)808-4656 Fax: (802)862-2755 website |
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- Sweater (seminar rooms at the conference facility are typically cool)
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- A watch or cell phone clock
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when i open a dwg in Fusion the scale is always out... by x10 or more... how do you set the scale to open drawing 1:1 ?? im using Fusion on the iMac...
nice one
Can you post one of these files here? Thanks!
hi phil,
i've attached the file in dwg format... it is drawn 1:1. the problem i have is when i open the drawing in fusion it scales it up.... i have the units set to mm and 1:1...
any help to why it does this would be great
Sorry but I couldn't get that file to open in any software. Fusion or AutoCAD. What program are you using to create this DWG?
While Inventor Fusion for Mac allows the import or open of DWG data, not all DWG data is supported. DWG can be 2d or 3d. Fusion for Mac, and all the other Fusion products such as Fusion 360 (which also runs on Mac) fully support 3d DWG data only.
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Johnson Co. Discusses Social Host Ordinance
CORALVILLE, IA (CBS2/FOX28) - Johnson County law enforcement may soon be able to slap anyone with a fine for letting minors drink on their property.
The county Board of Health is currently looking for feedback on a Social Host ordinance that would hold parents and other property owners accountable if underage people are drinking at their homes.
About 14 percent of Johnson County 11th graders admit to binge drinking in the last 30 days, according to the Iowa Youth Survey. And though that is lower than the state average of 19 percent, Public Health Director Doug Beardsley says it is still too high.
He's hoping the Social Host law would set a new community standard and cut down on those numbers, as it has done in other states. Currently 19 other states have a similar law.
Some parents agree with the ordinance.
"I would feel responsible for my kids and they would be punished for it, and I would pay whatever I had to pay to compensate for it, because it's not right," Sheila Bartley said.
But for Janice Wallace, who lost her son in a drunk driving accident when he was 13, it seems safer to let kids drink in a home rather than sending them out into the streets.
"If they want to drink, they're going to find a way to drink anyway regardless. And having it in their home with a parent, as long as the parents are there -- no, I don't think it should be enforced," Wallace said.
Beardsley said, while situations like that are very unfortunate, he would challenge the idea that minors "are just going to drink" and hopes parents and the community can set a higher standard for their children.
The state gave Johnson -- and 22 other counties -- grants to pursue putting Social Host ordinances into place.


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Do any of the disney hotels, restaurants, attractions, etc have wireless internet? If so, is it available for free, T-Zone, or other?
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Do any of the disney hotels, restaurants, attractions, etc have wireless internet? If so, is it available for free, T-Zone, or other?
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Wi-Fi (Wireless Fidelity) High Speed Wireless Internet Access
Wi-Fi is available to those staying at certain Disney resorts. If your laptop computer or Personal Digital Assistant (PDA) is Wi-Fi enabled, you'll be able to access the internet from the common areas of these resorts.
Fee: $4.99 for the first 60 minutes or $9.95 for 24 contiguous hours. The vendor that provides this Wi-Fi service, Smart City, will bill you using a secure credit card transaction via the on-screen internet connection.
Requirements: a wireless interface card (WIC) installed on your device. These are available for purchase in each resort's business center.
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Stormalong Bay Pool
Technical Support is available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, by calling the vendor, Smart City, at their help desk: 407-938-HELP.
Lobby area across from Business Desk
Smart City Telecom.
I've been happy with the service, though I do wish they'd expand it - all resorts should have some WiFi available in certain public areas, even the value resorts. It would be nice to not have to lug my laptop out to the Boardwalk or something.
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Men's Health Week: Top health concerns for men
NASHVILLE, Tenn. – June 10, 2013 -- On average, men die approximately five years before women. Several of the top causes of death include heart disease, certain cancers and stroke – conditions often associated with unhealthy lifestyle choices, like smoking.
In honor of men's health month, here are a few top health concerns men should be aware of:
- Heart Disease: Heart disease is the number one threat to men's health. This condition usually can be prevented by making simple life style changes. Some tips to improve heart health include the following: avoid smoking, eat a healthier diet, maintain a healthy weight, become better at managing stress and limit alcohol intake.
- High Blood Pressure: High blood pressure is a major concern because it leads to other fatal diseases. High blood pressure can be directly linked to heart attacks, heart failure, strokes, kidney failure and other serious health problems.
- Prostate Cancer: There is no way to prevent prostate cancer, but men can lower their risk by limiting their intake of red meats and eating more fruits and vegetables.
- Lung Cancer: Despite being the most preventable cancer, lung cancer is also one of the leading causes of cancer death among men. The easiest way to steer clear of lung cancer? Don't smoke. Smokers are approximately 30 times more likely to develop lung cancer than nonsmokers.
In addition to making healthy lifestyle changes, one way men can take charge of their health is to visit the doctor. Regular check-ups contribute to better health by identifying possibly serious problems early, before they become life threatening.
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Saint Thomas Health is Middle Tennessee's faith-based, not-for-profit health care system with more than 6,500 associates. Saint Thomas Health is focused on transforming the health care experience and helping people live healthier lives, with special attention to the poor and vulnerable. The regional health system includes – Baptist Hospital, Saint Thomas Hospital and The Hospital for Spinal Surgery in Nashville, Middle Tennessee Medical Center in Murfreesboro and Hickman Community Hospital in Centerville – and a comprehensive network of affiliated joint ventures, medical practices, clinics and rehabilitation facilities. Saint Thomas Health is a member of Ascension Health, a Catholic organization that is the largest not-for-profit health system in the United States. For more information, visit www.sths.com.


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Bryan Adams Talks About Photographing Elton John & Amy Winehouse
The singer told CBS Local putting 'Exposed,' his new photography book, together nearly killed him and what it was like working with celebrities like Elton John and Amy Winehouse.
Elton John Postpones "Diving Board" LP To Give It "Tighter Identity"
Elton John had his 30th solo album wrapped up and ready to go last spring. In fact, he was so confident that he released an 10-song tracklist for Diving Board in anticipation of its deliverance. But with the release date being delayed until 2013 for promotional reasons, the extra time to sit and speculate the finished product has given Sir Elton second thoughts.
5 Musical Icons We'd Like To See Judge 'American Idol'
The current rumor involves quite the eclectic mix of genres: the already-confirmed Mariah Carey, rapper Nicki Minaj, country star Keith Urban, and Idol staple Randy Jackson. But what about the icons here? We've got a few ideas.
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Madonna definitely got something off her chest at the last show on the European leg of her MDNA world tour.
Elton John, Billy Joel Mourn The Loss Of Bassist Bob Birch
Earlier this week, Bob Birch, Elton John's bassist of 20 years, passed away at the age of 56 near his Los Angeles home. Now John and frequent tourmate/fellow piano man Billy Joel have paid respects to Birch on their respective websites.
Elton John's Bassist Bob Birch Dead
Bob Birch, the longtime bassist for Elton John's backing band, died this morning (August 15), John's official website confirms.
Elton John Sues London Newspaper For Libel
When he hasn't been calling Madonna any four-letter-word he can think of, Sir Elton John has been busy filing libel suits against a London newspaper recently.
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Elton John gives a few reasons why he's not a Madonna fan.
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In the midst of recording 6th album, British arena rockers Muse received a phone call that would put them in front of an audience of billions. More than just part of an Olympic montage, Muse's song "Survival" was chosen as the official theme of the London 2012 Olympics. But how and why was the anthemic song chosen? Two words: Elton John.


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Fresh Roadmap for Firefox
The Mozilla Project has updated its roadmap for the coming versions of Firefox. The next big release, Firefox 4.0 with Geko1.9.4 underneath, is scheduled for the end of 2010.
According to the roadmap, the next minor update from the Mozilla Foundation will be the release of Firefox 3.6 (codenamed Namoroka) in November, with the simultaneous launch of Fennec 1.0, the Firefox version optimized for mobile devices. Firefox 3.6 has its own Wiki site with details of each stage of development.
Version 3.7 is scheduled for the first quarter of 2010, with a Geko1.9.3 chassis. Main feature here will be plugins that work as separate tasks which should increase browser stability. Developers also plan a bookmarking synchronization capability.
Firefox 4.0 and Fennec 2.0, planned for the third or fourth quarter of next year, will bring a new graphic interface for all platforms. The first designs for the new interface (as Windows mockup) can be viewed here.
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yes fix bugs
Another long standing one: expand a youtube video to full screen, and 3.0 and 3.5 dies.
Optimisation and bug hunting
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Firefox Does Features Not Bugs
Anyone who knows Firefox knows it's all about features and more features. Don't bother submitting bug reports to Firefox, because the "community" doesn't like them. Like all Linux projects, Firefox has a history of breaking their code from the previous year, ignoring all the bugs and compatibility issues, and then announcing the next "major version" as soon as possible.
many bugs in 3.5.*
first mozilla firefox developers should worry about fixing the existing bugs, rather than working on new features. many bugs are lieing there in bugzilla without any action.
here are some of the bugs I'm aware of
1. firefox disappears from taskbar
2. when addon updates says new addon installed instead it should say addon updated to avoid confuse user.
3. firefox freezes until loads new link.
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Following the unveiling of the 2010 Ford Fusion sedan at last week's Los Angeles Auto Show, Ford has announced the lineup and pricing. For 2010, the Fusion comes in S, SE, SEL, Sport, and Hybrid flavors.
The base S model starts at $19, 270, and includes a 2.5-liter four-cylinder engine making 175 hp, and a six-speed manual transmission. That's up $235 from the 2009 S model, which came equipped with a 2.3-liter four-cylinder engine good for 160 hp, and a five-speed manual transmission. Standard features include electronic stability control, antilock brakes, and a tire-pressure monitoring system.
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- Earnings beat the consensus estimate of 70 cents.
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Greenwood Hills Country Club was incorporated in 1989. Following incorporation, an agreement was reached with a group of local investors who shared the vision of constructing a premier golf facility in the Wausau area. This group of investors make up the Board of Directors of Greenwood Hills Country Club, Inc.
Course construction began in 1991. The summer and fall of 1992 as well as the spring of 1993 brought record rainfall to the area, which caused numerous setbacks and delays in the course construction. The front nine construction was completed in the summer of 1993 and opened for play in October. The back nine construction was completed in June of 1994 with the entire 18 holes available for play in August of that same year.
The modern clubhouse was constructed in 1995 and provides golf shop, restaurant, private member bar and lounge, locker room, bag storage, and adminstrative office services for the members.
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Greenwood Hills also offers wintertime recreational opportunities with its groomed cross-country skiing and snowshoe hiking trails.
In June of 2000, Greenwood Hills received a prestigious designation as a Certified Audubon Cooperative Sanctuary, one of only five in Wisconsin and 236 in the world. Harmony with nature is stressed at Greenwood Hills.
During 2007 and 2008 a new teeing area plan was implemented which renovated some small tee boxes while adding 8 new teeing areas. This project allowed GHCC to extend to a maximum length of 7017 yards from the tournament Black tees while also creating a set of forward Teal tees measuring at 4788 yards bringing our forward tee box yardage in line with the USGA recommended course length for women. These changes give our members a choice of seven different length courses to choose from with three sets of tees rated for women's play. There are also junior teeing areas located in the fairways of most holes providing an age appropriate length course for our newer golfers.
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Altered Cigar Box Idea… Revisited
UncategorizedAbout a year ago, I created an Altered Cigar Box Project and presented it as a class at Captured Moments. It was a well received class and while I was developing my presentation for the class, I realized that a project like this one would make an excellent Blog entry. I think it is difficult and overwhelming to sit down to a project like this without a process in mind. Here is an image of my finished Box and here is what I did to make my project easy!
OK, here is how it started. My husband is a cigar smoker. I had a ton of accumulated cigar boxes that I'd been hauling around, knowing that some day I would develop a class to use them for. Fortunately, he smoked the same cigars for a long time so I had quite a bit of the exact same cigar box… perfect for developing a class.
So now I needed to come up with a theme. It is difficult trying to conduct a class or workshop unless everyone is focusing on at least a similar theme. I decided to promote this project as a "Treasured Things" box. I selected a paper line from 7 Gypsies that I thought looked antiquated and nostalgic. (Certainly a style that I like!)
I first covered the box with the paper inside and out and for the class was able to pre-cut the papers for everyone so that paper cutting was not taking up too much time and effort in the class. Then I needed to give everyone, including myself, some "homework". We had to write down a list of our "treasures". Things we treasure in life, or treasured items, it didn't matter… the list would become our guide and template for developing our box.
Once my list of "treasured Things" was created, all I had to do was find ways to represent the things on my list. This was the fun part. Not only was it fun, but I was able to use stuff out of my scrapbook bag, using up some of those accumulated extras that seem to multiply overnight!
I chose to represent one or two items on my list on each side of the box. As I rifled through my scrapbook bag , I pulled all kinds of things that I thought could represent something on my list. Some things I did use, some things I did not. It was fun to be creative with these representations, keeping in mind that the theme was quite personal and was representative of myself.
Here is some of what I was able to come up with…
Using sayings, photos, rub-ons, stickers, fibers, etc this box became very 3-dimensional and very interesting to look at. It was almost a challenge for someone other than myself to recognize the specific treasures and how they were interpreted and represented on the box. A true conversation piece!
The obvious representation as well as the obscure make this box fun and interesting. Once I got rolling and started to find interesting things to use on the box, everything just came together.
What was great about this class was that once the box was covered with the paper, everyone's box then took on a life of it's own. It was great to watch the transformations of each box as it became the owner's own. Each person was asked to bring whatever they wanted to use on the box as well as stuff they might offer up to others. We had tables full of everything anyone could possibly think of needing for their project. It was exciting. Everyone helped each other with ideas and suggestions.
This was a fun class and a great project. I have since used this type of planning for similar "altered" type projects that need a direction in order to come together. I hope this explanation is helpful for you when you are looking to create something like this. The box takes on so much more meaning if what you select to add to it represents something about you. Have fun!
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Sandra Bryan Says:
August 5th, 2009 atTara, Lovely cigar boxes. Please tell me . Did you paint the boxes or just leave the wood as is. And how did you do the papers on the outside? I have cigar boxes that I am making for Christmas presents. Thanks.
Tara Says:
August 6th, 2009 atHi Sandra. Thanks for your compliment on the cigar box. It was a fun project for sure. For one box, which was more of a sturdy cardboard and not wood… I only painted the edges of the box so that I wouldn't have to bring the paper around the corners. (The box was a bright green color on the corners which I didn't want to come through). I slightly roughed up the smooth surface with sand paper just so my paper would adhere stronger. I cut the paper down to size and used a good quality scrapbooking glue stick to adhere it. On another cigar box, that was wood, Again, I just painted the edges a color I wanted them to be because I covered the rest of the box with paper. I did also sand it very lightly.
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November 9th, 2009 atTara, I really appreciated hearing your thought process on the altered cigar box. It really helped me understand how you think through the creative process and development so that you have a meaningful and beautiful object. I think this will really help me break out the collected stuff and make it into real objects of art and expression – the kind of results I really want to turn out. Thanks.


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Early retirement and inevitable wealth lie in wait just around the corner. All I have to do is give away my personal contact information to a total stranger. And for my personal convenience, I can start these wheels of communication rolling by just replying to an email.
"Pack your bags!" I joyously reported to my beloved wife. "We're buying a bigger house ... and this time in the city so we won't have to rely on that septic tank ... and maybe a couple more cars with real spare tires, one of those new curved TV's and heck, we might even take the plunge and finally get us one of those pretty green-and-yellow John Deere riding lawn mowers! I'm awfully tired of pushing."
Call us the Beverly Hillbillies of the 21st century, if you will, but I'm gonna start loadin' the pickup just as soon as David Fenton gets back to me.
Who's David Fenton? Well, I didn't know him either until the other night when he sent me an email to my office computer informing me that my distant ... but apparently much-beloved relative, Albert Norton ... had passed on, and in so doing had left an estate for dissemination to next of kin.
I am one, as I am told. David says so.
Funny thing, I didn't know I had a relative named Albert. And I still don't know how or where he hangs ... er, hanged ... his hat. David is supposed to send me all this info once I reply to his email with my phone number and some other details that he will use to call me in person. Of course, all he's got to do is check the Cleveland phone book listings. My name and number are right there, right smack in the middle of one of those white pages with all the itty-bitty print.
But David's probably pretty busy, so he prefers e-messaging. According to his email, David's now retired but he still works as a consultant and investment advisor. He apparently provided these services to Albert.
Some of you readers out there are probably chuckling, "Did you just hop off the back of a turnip truck, or what?"
Skeptics ... tsk-tsk. You always ridicule that which you don't understand.
For your information, David's email informed me this is actually the SECOND time he's tried to contact me. And, he advises, it will be the last if I don't respond. So, to quote from that irreverent TV comedy from the late 1960s and early '70s — "Laugh-In" — you can bet your "sweet bippy" that I'll respond this time. To the easily offended, I don't recommend looking up "bippy."
Just so you'll understand the depth of David's heart, he referred in the email to my lost loved one as "... your late relation Albert Norton."
He went on to explain, "There is Estate (cash deposit in bank and some landed properties) belonging to your late family member whom I will like to discuss with you. He is related to you going by the lineage, surname and country of origin."
That Albert ... he was a good ol' boy, whoever he was. Still not sure if he was a black-sheep uncle or a 23rd cousin, but David will fill me in on all that once he gets back to me.
David's email message goes on to offer assurances of his professionalism, but he warns me to avoid spilling the beans on the contents of our communication. I'm pretty sure he's just being wary of e-Predators and any distant Norton kinfolk of dark practice and ill-repute.
He writes, "Once I receive your information and endorse same appropriately, I shall provide you all the privileged information/legal documents relating to the deceased and also will give you guidelines on how to realize this goal without the breach of the law. I would respectfully request that you treat the content of this letter as privileged and respect the integrity of the information you come by as a result of this correspondence. Contact me immediately for more information and to begin the legal process of redeeming your lawful entitlement before the bank is compelled by law to hand over the money to the government."
Obviously, David's got my back.
I hope you caught some of his key words: "Privileged," "respect, "integrity" ... oh, and "lawful entitlement." I liked that one.
In the final graph of his message, David repeats he needs my "personal contact details" and my personal phone number. He wants to give me a call. And he adds, "... it's urgent." Again, he warns me, "This is my second but final attempt to reach you."
Understood, Dave.
Although you didn't ask for a major credit card number, a bank account or even my list of life insurance beneficiaries, I'll assume you know what's best. After all, you are the professional.
I'm hoping I haven't blundered by publishing this information in today's column. Remember, David instructed me not to spread the word.
At least, that's the way I read it.
In a final disclaimer, he writes, "The information contained in this transmission is privileged and confidential. It is intended for the use of the individual or entity named above. If the reader of this message is not the intended addressee, the reader is hereby notified that any consideration, dissemination or duplication of this communication is strictly prohibited. If the addressee has received this communication in error, please immediately destroy all copies, whether in document or electronic form, return this transmission to the sender at the above email address, and notify us immediately."
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My Education Key Fundraiser at Tawheed Center in Farmington
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By Adil James, TMO
Sohail Khan of MyEducationKey.com, with many prominent supporters, described his website and performed a fundraiser this past Saturday evening at the Tawheed Center. About 200 people attended the fundraiser. Sohail Khan described the MyEducationKey project, emphasizing its themes of being useful to people everywhere, empowering people world-wide with high quality education–for everyone, everywhere. The website provides all levels of education through video-taped lectures. Interactive education is available from kindergarten through graduate school, including ACT/SAT prep, and professional development. Instruction is provided by excellent professors.
Some of the universities that have already contributed lecture series are MIT, Berkeley, Stanford, Yale, Harvard, and more.
In the future, Mr. Khan explained to TMO, there may be degree programs available and possibly accounting, but for now students pursue their educations on the site on an ad hoc basis.
The site is perfect as a supplement for a separate educational system–high school students (including non-Muslims) through testimonials on the site have explained that they use Myeducationkey to cover holes in their understanding of what they have learned in their full time school.
Several of the evening's speakers spoke of their deep happiness at being able to, in a sense, attend MIT for the purposes of learning a subject. People in their sixties expressed the hope that in fact the site provided a way for them to continue to learn.
The site already has very impressive statistics. 13,500 video lessons have been uploaded to the site. 47,000 lectures have been watched. The site has received 800,000 hits. Students, (university and primary/secondary), in the US, Pakistan, India, and China, have sought knowledge through the site.
Future plans for the site include global outreach, courses of professional development, teachers being able to create their own courses, mobile apps, multiple languages, virtual classrooms, and much much more.
This is a project helpful to all of humanity that was started by Muslim insights and contributions, a 501(c)(3) organization.
Several educators including Dr. Mohammed Syed, Dr. Nasser Ahmed, and Mr. Saleem Khalid spoke of their admiration for the project.
If you are interested in donating, please visit myeducationkey.com.
$100 Million Mosque To Be Built Near Ground Zero
May 6, 2010 by TMO · Leave a Comment
"$100 million project will create a venue for mainstream Islam and a counterbalance to radicalism"
By Cristian Salazar, Associated Press
NEW YORK In a building damaged by debris from the Sept. 11 airliners that brought down the World Trade Center and soon to become a 13-story mosque, some see the bridging of a cultural divide and an opportunity to serve a burgeoning, peaceful religious population. Others see a painful reminder of the religious extremism that killed their loved ones.
Two Muslim organizations have partnered to open the mosque and cultural center in lower Manhattan, saying the $100 million project will create a venue for mainstream Islam and a counterbalance to radicalism. It earned a key endorsement this week from influential community leaders.
But some 9/11 victims' families said they were angered that it would be built so close to where their relatives died.
"I don't like it," said Evelyn Pettigano, who lost a sister in the attacks, during a phone interview on Thursday. "I'm not prejudiced. … It's too close to the area where our family members were murdered."
But the growing number of congregants at the only other nearby mosque, open only one day a week, created a need for an additional space for Muslim prayer in the neighborhood, said Daisy Khan, the executive director of the American Society for Muslim Advancement and a board member of the Cordoba Initiative, the two organizations sponsoring the project.
The history associated with the building, a former Burlington Coat Factory store that closed after being damaged on 9/11, was a reason to pick it for the project, she said.
"We want to create a platform by which the voices of the mainstream and silent majority of Muslims will be amplified. A center of this scale and magnitude will do that," Khan said. "We feel it's an obligation as Muslims and Americans to be part of the rebuilding of downtown Manhattan."
The organizations publicly unveiled the preliminary plan for the project, known as the Cordoba House, on Wednesday at a meeting of the finance committee of the local community board, which is composed of influential stakeholders in lower Manhattan. While the agency has no authority over what can be developed at the site, their support is viewed as key to gaining acceptance from residents.
Edward "Ro" Sheffe, the chairman of the financial district committee for Community Board 1, said the 15 members passed a resolution of support for the project, though he emphasized that the board had no authority to approve or disapprove of a house of worship, per se. Indeed, he said the developers could do whatever they wanted with the building, which they own.
"They came to tell us what they had in mind and see what we felt about it," he said. "The understanding we came away with was that this was an ongoing dialogue."
The members' only concerns had to do with the aesthetics of the building, and whether it would fit with the surrounding architecture, he said. The overall feeling was one of goodwill because the financial district, a fast-growing residential area, lacks for amenities such as community centers.
"We very much need residential amenities for the people who live here," he said.
But the simple idea of a mosque so near ground zero angered those whose family members were killed by adherents to radical Islam.
"I think it's despicable, and I think it's atrocious that anyone would even consider allowing them to build a mosque near the World Trade Center," said Rosemary Cain, whose son, George Cain, a firefighter, died on Sept. 11.
Anita LaFond Korsonsky, a Livingston, N.J., woman who lost her sister, also said she had misgivings.
"I presume that these people aren't going to be gathering there to plan another attack," she said.
The Muslim organizations plan to announce the groundbreaking later this year, possibly to coincide with the 10th anniversary of the attacks, Khan said. It could take up to three years to build the Cordoba House; the groups currently have no funds for the project but plan to start raising money, she said.
A Friday prayer service has been held since September at the building, she said.
Marvin Bethea, a paramedic who survived the toxic collapse of the twin towers and suffers from a range of afflictions, including post-traumatic stress disorder and asthma, said he supports the mosque.
"Not all Muslims are terrorists," Bethea said. "Muslims died on 9/11, as well. This is a tremendous gesture to show that we're not all full of hatred and bigotry."
[Associated Press writer Karen Matthews contributed to this report.]
Prairie Muslims Build Mosque for Arctic
April 22, 2010 by TMO · Leave a Comment
CBC News
Muslims of Manitoba billboard sponsored by the Islamic Social Services Association. Similar billboards are on display throughout Winnipeg, the capital of the Canadian province of Manitoba. |
TMO Editor's note: There are approximately 850,000 Muslims in Canada, out of which about 5,000 live in the Canadian mid-western state of Manitoba. The following article is a Canadian Broadcasting Service feature about an interesting project by Winnipeg Muslims.
Winnipeg Muslims are building a little mosque on the Prairie, and plan to ship it to the Arctic.
Dozens of Muslim families in Inuvik, in the Northwest Territories, currently send their children to live elsewhere in Canada because the community doesn't have a mosque or Islamic education centre.
A Winnipeg-based charity plans to change all of that.
'It is very important to this community — really important.'—Abdalla Mohamed, Inuvik resident
The Zubaidah Tallab Foundation is raising money to build a mosque in Winnipeg then ship it 4,000 kilometres by truck and barge to the northern community.
Abdalla Mohamed, who lives in Inuvik but sent his children to live in Edmonton, said he cannot thank the Winnipeg group enough.
"This project will help us along for planning, and putting some curriculum in place and putting some schooling in place. It is very important to this community — really important," he said.
Right now, the business owner travels between Inuvik and Edmonton to visit his children as often as possible.
"It's really tough, but sometimes you do what you have to do," he said.
About 100 Inuvik Muslims
The Muslim community in Inuvik has tried raising money for a mosque, but it's just too small to do it on its own — only about 100 members, Mohamed said.
What it has raised it will contribute to the Zubaidah Tallab Foundation, which needs almost $300,000 by September to get the mosque on the final barge of the year to Inuvik.
"What a beautiful project. It's amazing sending a mosque [almost] to the North Pole," said Hussain Guisti, who heads the foundation.
When it arrives, the structure will be the northernmost mosque in the world.
"We're looking at a very small charity that's ready to make Islamic history," said Guisti.
Community News (V12-I14)
April 1, 2010 by TMO · Leave a Comment
Shah R. Ali Receives Soros Fellowship
This is a second in our continuing series on profiles of young Muslim American achievers who are recipients of 2010 Paul and Daisy Soros Fellowships for New Americans.
Shah R. Ali came to the USA from Pakistan at the age of 10. He quickly adapted to life in New Jersey and excelled in math and science: he spent two summers doing research in chemistry at New York University. He graduated summa cum laude in three years from the Honors College at the Newark campus of Rutgers University, where he spent additional years on a nanotechnology project to detect dopamine for potential diagnosis of Parkinson's disease. His work led to several first- and second-author publications in Journal of the American Chemical Society and Analytical Chemistry, among others.
Now 25, and a second-year medical student at Stanford University, Shah is working in the lab of Irving Weissman, where he is studying cardiogenesis using embryonic stem cells. He has recently become interested in neglected tropical diseases: in addition to helping organize a conference at Stanford Law School on access and drug development for neglected tropical diseases (NTDs), he is leading the Stanford chapter of Universities Allied for Essential Medicines and a related lecture series. He has also interned at the Institute for OneWorld Health. He hopes to dedicate his career to drug development for NTDs.
St. Cloud rally in support of Muslim students
ST.CLOUD,MN–A rally was held on Monday in support of Muslim students who attend St.Cloud schools. About thirty people showed up.
The St. Cloud Times reported on Monday that the group claimed that school staff members are not doing enough to keep Muslim students from being harassed and sometimes contribute to it.
The rally crowd Monday was mostly adults. They chanted and held signs that said "Discrimination is intolerable" or "St. Cloud school district must integrate" among other things.
Superintendent Steve Jordahl says the staff responds appropriately to each complaint and denies that staff members aren't doing enough to stop harassment of Muslim students.
A Muslim civil rights group in Minnesota has called for a federal probe of harassment complaints at two St. Cloud schools.
Kamran Pasha speaks at Islam Awareness Week
BOSTON, MA–Boston University's Islam Society celebrated the second day of Islam Awareness Week Hollywood- style.
Screenwriter, director and writer Kamran Pasha detailed his experiences and challenges as one of the first Muslim-Americans in the film and publishing industries at the Islam Society's "Lights, Camera, Islam! The Story of a Muslim in Hollywood," the Daily Free Press reported.
He encouraged the audience to pursue diverse careers which can be fulfilling.
College of Arts and Sciences junior and Islamic Society President Hassan Awaisi said he really appreciated that Pasha encouraged members of the Muslim community to pursue fields that are viewed by Muslim society as "unconventional" and insecure.
"He encouraged everyone to see they can be a devout and practicing Muslim by using their talents to serve God through arts, film and music," he said. "By sharing personal stories, Pasha allowed people to identify with him and revealed issues many Muslims are dealing with such as inferiority and modernization."
New mosque opens in Highland
HIGHLAND, IN–The Illiana Islamic Association opened a new 24,000 square foot facility in Highland. The Muslim community now comprises of around 150 families. They earlier used to rent places for worship.
Iman Mongy Elquesny, of the Northwest Indiana Islamic Center in Merrilville, reminded the congregation that with the new facility also comes responsibility.
"Don't think you're done now," he said, smiling. "Today is the beginning because today, you have exposed yourself. You'll be asked to visit places and have people visit you."
The leadership of the mosque thanked the township for their cooperation in securing the facility.
Muslim Students Bring Food, Conversation to Florida Homeless
By Imran Siddiqui, Voice of America
In the southern U.S. state of Florida, a group of American Muslim students is running a non-profit organization called Project Downtown. The project's goal is to help the poor, poor people of all backgrounds and cultures. Our correspondent went down to the city of Tampa, Florida to learn more about Project Downtown and the Muslim students who belong to it.
Like just about any major city in the United States, the city of Tampa has its share of homeless people. But it also has people who are reaching out to help Tampa's homeless.
"We are here because, in Islam, we are supposed to feed the hungry," said one of the students. "So that's our purpose here. That's all."
The students belong to Project Downtown, an organization that started about two years ago in Miami and now has branches other U.S. cities. The Tampa members of Project Downtown say what motivated them was seeing people in need.
"Project Downtown was started by a couple of groups and a couple of university students back in Miami, and people have been gathering money after seeing a problem in the community, went out and bought sandwiches," said another student. "They went to the local city hall and started feeding."
The city of Tampa has almost 350,000 people. It is estimated that about 11,000 of these are homeless. That's about three percent of the population. For the students of Project Downtown, the religion of the people they are helping does not matter. What matters is that they are in need. Jill Moreida is a member of Project Downturn.
"We come up to them," said Jill Moreida. "We don't just give them food and walk away. We don't feed them like they're at the zoo. We make friends with them; we talk with them. We interact with them. Week after week after week. And we know stories about their family. We know when they're sick. We get to develop relationships with them."
"Oh, we wait for them! We wait! You see, we waited in the rain," said a homeless man. "We got caught in the rain! We feel beautiful with them coming."
As the relationships develop, Jill says, the homeless gain a new understanding of Islam.
"They say they cannot believe how amazing the Muslims are," said Moreida. "And it's acts like that, that not only are we serving…we do it for the sake of Allah, when we're feeding them. But there's a bigger message being brought, and it's exposing a whole new realm of people to Islam. Teaching them to not be afraid of us, to not have that stereotype that we're going to hurt them or anything."
Project Downtown is one of several outreach efforts sponsored by the Muslim community of Florida. Its funding comes from other Muslim groups in the state, including the Tampa Bay Muslim Alliance. Dr. Hussein Nagamiya, a cardiologist, is head of the alliance.
"Our main idea is to feed the hungry, to clothe the poor, to address their needs, because these are homeless people, and they don't have anywhere to go," said Hussein Nagamiya. "So, we give them conveyances such as bicycles that were given away. We conduct their [medical] tests. Some of them may never have a test in the entire year. We detect diseases for them and send them on to free clinics, etc."
In addition to helping the poor and teaching people about Islam, organizations like Project Downtown and the Tampa Bay Muslim Alliance hope to achieve another goal: Showing their fellow Americans that, in the words of Dr. Nagamiya, the vast majority of American Muslims are good citizens who make positive contributions to the United States. (Courtesy: Voice of America)
600 Chinese Working in Saudi Embrace Islam
October 22, 2009 by TMO · Leave a Comment
Gulf News
Riyadh, September 27: Over 600 Chinese nationals working on the Haramain Rail project have embraced Islam in a recent ceremony in Makkah.
They are workers of the Chinese Railway Company, which won the multibillion contract for implementing the 450km rail road linking the holy cities of Makkah and Madinah via Jeddah and Rabigh.
Dr. Abdul Aziz Al Khudhairi, undersecretary at the Makkah Governorate, said that this year's celebration of the Kingdom's National Day coincides with a number of auspicious and historic occasions.
These included launching of the prestigious international research university – King Abdullah University for Science & Technology (KAUST), celebration of Eid Al Fitr and a recent ceremony of Chinese workers pronouncing their Shahada.
Dr. Abdul Aziz, who witnessed the event, described it as a "direct response to critics of the government for contracting Chinese company."
Among the converts, there are 70 workers who are engaged in the construction of Makkah monorail project, which links the holy city with the holy sites of Mina, Muzdalifa and Arafat.
"Their conversion took place 24 hours after getting books introducing Islam in Chinese language at their worksite at Arafat, which is outside the Haram area," he said adding that the credit goes to the Office of the Call and Guidance for Expatriates in Makkah.
Efforts are underway to spread the message of Islam among some 5,000 Chinese nationals working on the Haramain train," he said adding that the major problem for the Call and Guidance Office is the lack of enough books on Islam in Chinese language.
It is noteworthy that the first phase of Haramain Rail consisting of 70km has well been started a few months ago. This represents expropriation of land, filling works, construction of bridges and tracks. The project is expected to be operational in 2012.-Agencies
Repackaging Islamism
July 16, 2009 by TMO · Leave a Comment
By Rafia Zakaria
Couched in a corporate structure that relies on savvy marketing, attractive rhetoric and smart, modern packaging, projects like IslamOnline represent the effort to change in appearance and language what remains the same in substance.
The headquarters of IslamOnline.net is palatial building located on the outskirts of Cairo. Away from the dirt and unrelenting traffic of the bustling Egyptian capital, its shiny and brand new campus is located across the street from an equally palatial mosque. If you've spent any time in Cairo, the glass ensconced air-conditioned office of this Qatari-funded online empire can be a welcome respite from the desert heat, undoubtedly for both the casual visitor as well as the nearly one hundred Egyptian men and women who work here.
According to its publicity materials, IslamOnline strives for "an Islamic renaissance" and envisions itself as becoming the largest and most "credible reference on Islam and its peoples". The website hosts a number of features from "news" to "politics in depth" to "family" and "art and culture". A whole section is devoted to "Euro-Muslims", even though the website is based in the Middle East; assumedly perhaps because much of traffic for the website comes not from Egypt itself but from Muslims living in Europe.
The technology is slick, the graphics trendy and the young, energetic staff quite committed to the avowed project of rebranding Islam. Words like "moderate" "diverse" and "plural" are recurrent in the vocabulary of the editors, used repeatedly to describe both their mission and their purpose.
These two facets of IslamOnline, its Egyptian staff and Western consumers and the conscious rebranding of Islam are worthy of attention.
Take first the savvy rhetorical repackaging that is insistent on the fact that the "Islam" it is peddling is both "moderate" and "diverse". When questioned regarding what constitutes "moderate" Islam, however, the editors are resolute in providing synonyms instead of concrete responses. Ignored thus is the idea that diversity, in essence, stands for the representation of a variety of views that include the extremes, while moderation stands for a particular selection which avoids the extremes.
Also ignored is the reality that selecting what is moderate therefore inherently invokes a judgement and an interpretation regarding what is considered to be so. For instance, on the issue of hijab, the editors of IslamOnline state that the moderate position is that all Muslim women are required to wear the hijab; this is also, they insist, the "majority" position but the process of enumerating what a "majority" means, or why conflicting interpretations are ignored is again left unexplained. The same women who denounce the intolerance of Europeans toward women who wear the headscarf are thus unwilling to tolerate that a Muslim woman can refuse to wear one and still practice her faith.
This lack of self-awareness among the editors of IslamOnline and the self-described promoters of the "correct" and "moderate" Islam is disturbing given the stated aims of the organisation. It is difficult indeed to discern whether the editors and staff of this web-based dawa organisation are being deliberately evasive regarding their project of proffering a particular definition of "moderate" Islam or truly ignorant of their own role in advancing a project whose strings are being pulled by their financiers.
The geographical dynamics of both the headquarters of IslamOnline as well as the constituents of its staff add further complications to the question. 180 Egyptians, men and women, some commuting up to two hours each way, brave the heat and dust of Cairo to work in this air-conditioned glass building reeking of Gulf money. Sitting in neat cubicles, they collect news articles and fatwas for Muslims around the world, most notably in the West.
Their writings say little or nothing at all about the rising unemployment in Cairo, the blatant poverty visible on every city street, or the lack of political process in their country. In fact, these proximate realities, experienced undoubtedly by editors and staff, are all not represented in the conversation and largely the content of IslamOnline. In the deliberate divorce of these two realities then, IslamOnline, in the real and not virtual sense, represents outsourcing at its best: the relegation of dawa to Egyptian Muslims propagating an Islam envisioned by their Gulf financiers.
The disjunction is obvious not simply in the economic disparity between the largely Egyptian producers of IslamOnline, its Qatari backers and its largely Western consumers, but also in the avowed rhetoric of diversity versus its project of propagating the "correct" Islam. The Sharia section, which according to their own statistics is the most popular section of the website, is run by a doctoral student from Al-Azhar University. In his words, the process of compiling the "diverse" and "moderate" views espoused by IslamOnline stands for the effort to combine "authentic" opinions on various subjects from all four Sunni mazhabs. Shiite schools of thought fail to make this authenticity cut and hence are not represented.
A similar conclusion could be reached about the propagators of "authentic" Islam of IslamOnline; a document retrieved from IslamOnline reveals that nearly ninety percent of the sheikhs recruited to provide fatwas are Arab sheikhs with little or no representation for Southeast Asians, South Asians and Muslims from other non-Arab ethnicities.
In conclusion then, the Islam of IslamOnline stands for Islam as understood largely by Sunni Arabs. There is indeed nothing wrong with such a project; Sunni Arabs just like Iranian Shiites or South Asian Sufis have the right to propagate and disseminate information about their particular take on the Islamic faith. Indeed, there is something laudable and commendable also about providing Egyptian Muslim youth with a well funded and inviting workplace where they can interact and earn good livelihoods while living their faith.
The pernicious aspects of projects like IslamOnline lie in the unsaid agendas that undergird their stated goals. Calling a website "IslamOnline" instead of "MuslimsOnline" makes a very particular claim about representing a single and correct doctrinal position whose truth is substantiated by a particular interpretation of religious text. Disguising such a claim in the glib rhetoric of "diversity" and "plurality" while simultaneously excluding entire swathes of Muslim practice such as Shiite theology suggests a deceptive condescension toward both Muslims and non-Muslims consumers of the website.
In larger terms, projects like IslamOnline represent a novel new turn taken by the Islamist project that consciously seeks to redefine itself as "moderate". Couched in a corporate structure that relies on savvy marketing, attractive rhetoric and smart, modern packaging, it represents the effort to change in appearance and language what remains the same in substance. This new and repackaged Islamism thus continues to privilege Sunni and Arab interpretations of Islam as ultimately authentic and correct but under the glib pretence of being committed to both moderation and diversity.
Rafia Zakaria is an attorney living in the United States where she teaches courses on Constitutional Law and Political Philosophy. She can be contacted at firstname.lastname@example.com.
Mumbai-Terror Strikes Dominate India's Diplomatic Parleys
December 24, 2008 by TMO · Leave a Comment
By Nilofar Suhrawardy, MMNS India Correspondent
NEW DELHI: Diplomatic impact of Mumbai terror strikes has not been confined to the West, particularly the United States. The last week was marked by the issue being discussed between India and visiting dignitaries from countries closer, geographically than the US. The Mumbai-issue dominated the press conference addressed by Iran's Deputy Foreign Minister Mohammad Mehdi Akhoundzadeh before concluding his India visit (December 19). During his visit, Akhoundzadeh held discussions with Indian Foreign Minister Pranab Mukherjee and Foreign Secretary Shivshankar Menon. India and Iran discussed tragic Mumbai incident, deteriorating situation in Afghanistan and Iraq," Akhoundzadeh said at the press conference.
The two sides also discussed Iran-Pakistan-India (IPI) gas pipeline project as Mumbai-attacks have raised India's concern about its security. "We have expressed readiness on part of our country to take forward the project, the sooner the better," Akhoundzadeh said. "We are expecting a response from India and Pakistan," he added. On whether Mumbai-case has had any negative impact on it, Akhoundzadeh said: "This century is a century of Asia, with Asian capacities flourishing. The growing need for Asia is to meet increasing demand for gas." "We feel that there are attempts from foreign powers, who do not welcome this project, to torpedo it. We feel leadership in Asia should be vigilant to look into their future demands," he said. Referring to Mumbai case, he said that terrorism "should not deter the will and determination" of Asian countries to move ahead with project.
On Iran's stand regarding Pakistan-based terrorists being responsible for Mumbai-case, Akhoundzadeh said: "It does not matter from which place they are. They should be dealt with iron hand." "Terrorists have no religion, no patriotic value. India and Pakistan have proved in past few years that they have maturity to deal with terrorist cases. We should be coolheaded. Whoever is behind it (Mumbai-case), the leadership of both countries should not fall victims to designs of terrorists," Akhoundzadeh said. He pointed to leaders in both countries having fallen victims to terrorists, including Mahatma Gandhi, Indira Gandhi, Rajiv Gandhi and Benazir Bhutto.
"No genuine Islamic individual would dare to endorse terrorism," Akhoundzadeh said when asked on Islamic States' stand on terrorism.
To a question on whether Indo-Pak dispute on Kashmir was root cause of terrorism in the region, Akhoundzadeh said that "growing sense of insecurity" in Afghanistan could be linked with it. With those (United States) who had "promised stability and development" to Afghanistan having failed, the State "could be the breeding ground for more terrorism," he said.
The brief visit of Oman's Foreign Minister Yusuf Bin Alawai Bin Abdullah was the first from a Gulf country since the Mumbai attack. During his meeting with Mukherjee, Abdullah "expressed deep condolences at the loss of life in the Mumbai terror attacks and solidarity with the people of India" (December 16). Abdullah noted: "There can be no excuse for not dismantling the infrastructure of terrorism across the Indian border." Abdullah's visit followed the landmark visit of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to Oman last month. Mukherjee expressed appreciation on the telephonic call made by Abdullah soon after the Mumbai attack. He also apprised Abdullah of the results of ongoing investigations, which clearly point to "complicity of elements in Pakistan."
During the two-day meeting of India-Russia Joint Working Group on Combating International terrorism, the Russian side "strongly condemned" the terrorist attacks in Mumbai and "reiterated their solidarity to the government and people of India." "Both sides underlined their shared concerns on the growing threat of cross-border terrorism and reaffirmed their commitment for strengthening bilateral cooperation against terrorism," according to a joint statement released on the two-day meeting (December 17).
Vivek Katju, Special Secretary in External Affairs Ministry led the Indian side, while the Russian delegation was led by Anatoly Safonov, Special Representative of the President of the Russian Federation for International Cooperation in the Fight against Terrorism and Transnational Crime.
During the talks held in "an atmosphere of mutual understanding and trust," India and Russia described their "cooperation in combating terrorism" as an important part of their "strategic partnership." Giving stress to importance of "international efforts to prevent and fight terrorism" including the United Nations' Global Counter Terrorism Strategy and relevant UN Security Council Resolutions, they "underlined the need for expeditious conclusion of negotiations leading to finalization of India sponsored Comprehensive Convention on International Terrorism (CCIT) at the UN General Assembly."
India and Russia pointed out to "curbing financing of terrorism" as a "key component of counter terrorism strategy." They also expressed concern at spread of narcotics in the region, which "directly threatens the security of both countries." "They agreed on the need to further consolidate bilateral efforts for sharing information and expanding cooperation against drug-trafficking." They noted the "growing threat of use of cyber-space by terrorists in their activities and the need to cooperate in this field," according to the joint statement. They also agreed to "expand the exchange of information, experience and cooperation in the means of countering terrorism."
The Mumbai-case was also raised during talks between Albania's Foreign Minister Lulzim Basha and his Indian counterpart Mukherjee (December 19). Basha was the first foreign minister from Albania to visit India (December 17-20). Albania, Basha conveyed, fully shared India's sense of outrage at the Mumbai attacks and considered terrorism as a common challenge for the international community.