01.21.07
Posted in Personal, Current Events at 6:03 pm by Abbas
The revolution of Husain (pbuh) was an Islamic movement spearheaded by one of the great leaders of Islam. The principles and laws of Islam demanded that Husain (pbuh) act to warn the Ummah of the evil situation which it was in, and to stand in the way of the deviating ruler. As Husain (pbuh) himself remarked when he left Madina for the last time,
“I am not rising (against Yazid) as an insolent or an arrogant person, or a mischief-monger or tyrant. I have risen (against Yazid) as I seek to reform the Ummah of my grandfather. I wish to bid the good and forbid the evil.”
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01.16.07
Posted in Personal at 5:17 pm by Abbas
a fractal is “a rough or fragmented geometric shape that can be subdivided in parts, each of which is (at least approximately) a reduced/size copy of the whole”
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01.12.07
Posted in Personal at 11:14 am by Abbas
Something really annoying is when I inform people of what I do (DNA analysis), and what field I work in (bioinformatics/biotechnology/bioengineering) and the first question they ask is, “Can you clone me?” or “So did you clone any people?” It was funny at first, but now its annoying, no offense. For your information we have better things to do than clone you! And you don’t only clone people, you can clone almost anything for anything. On a side note, there is a project, where they are asking for people that have at least a college education and professional degree to volunteer to get cloned.
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01.11.07
Posted in Personal at 7:54 pm by Abbas
I want the new Mac laptop so bad! The new MacBooks are amazing, I have the old one, I converted two years ago and I will never go back. Trust me. I read about the MacBook at least once every three days. Here are some specs:
* 3.3-inch glossy display
* 1.83GHz or 2.0GHz Intel Core 2 Duo
* Up to 2GB memory
* Up to 200GB hard drive
* Apple Remote with Front Row
* Built-in iSight camera
My birthday is coming in March.. hint hint 
, I would love you forever.
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01.04.07
Posted in Current Events at 12:02 am by Abbas
Due to multiple requests, I thought I would comment on other people’s analysis and “love” for Saddam. It really hurts my heart to see people praising the likes of this man. I pray its due to ignorance and nothing else. I will try to address some of the points that were brought up, and inshaAllah try to explain it in a more rational manner.
When we look at an individual, we can look at the person’s good deeds or bad deeds, or both. I feel that the Shi’as have always concentrated on his bad deeds. And of course I may be accused of only concentrating on his good deeds.
I challenge all of us– Shi’as, Sunnis, Kurds, Americans, Arabs, etc.– to do our best to look at both sides of Saddam. It is completely detrimental to us all, especially the Muslims to ignore one side over another.
Both sides? If a man prays, yet steals that is an act of injustice towards the people and ultimately towards Allah(swt). And an act injustice, any type of injustice is hyprocricy. Now in the case of Saddam, he definately took part in some of the worse insjustices in the world. He butchered thousands of Shi’i in the south, and thousands of Sunnis in the north. He banned all popular religious rituals, and he forcibly named masjids under his name. He slaughtered hundreds of both Sunni and Shi’i clerics and scholars. He was a secular tyrant, who wanted to eradicate Islam from Iraq, because he knew Islam is much more powerful tool and way of life than everything and anything he represented and adovcated.
He stood for PALESTINE for PALESTINIANS for PALESTINIAN LAND for JERUSALEM. Just to give you an example, he helped the families of lost breadwinners and relatives. He would offer them thousands of dollars and even pay for their Umrah, Hajj, and/or education.
He stood for Palestine? If offering few thousand (actually around 3,000) to families in Palestine, makes you a champion of Palestinian rights, than the United States out-dues him significantly. We need to think rationally and un-biasly, inshaAllah. We all know it was and is a political move. He could care-less about the rights of the Palestinians. Sadly to say (or gladly to say), but the only government that does genuinely support the cause are non-arab.
Like any other leader would have done, Saddam began to see them as his enemy as well. I agree with him on that! However, he went overboard in many events that could have been avoided. The case he was tried for was of his killing of 182 Shi’as in Dujail villiage
Look at this logic. Collateral damage is haram in Islam. Collective punishment according the Qur’an and Sunnah is forbidden. Going overboard is an understatement. Killing children and women based on their religious affiliation is wrong. And labeling all Shi’a arabs as “Iranian Agents” is wrong. He certainly did send a message to all. That he does not care about the lives of our fellow brothers and sisters. He has no compassion for women and children. And no shame for allowing women to be raped and harassed.
Todays Iraqi gov’t is an illegitimate gov’t! The Sunnis boycotted the gov’t, it was implemented by the US and it is controlled by men and militias that are as evil as you can be (i.e. Muqtada).
Today’s government is as illegitimate as Saddam’s “government.” Both governments were installed by the United States. And both are puppets of the West. So, according to this person’s own arguement, everything Saddam did is now nullified, since he was an illegitimate leader. And do you have evidence that Muqtada al-Sadr, whom by the way supports the rights of Palestinians, and builds hospitals and schools, ordered anyone to take part in “evil” acts?
Saddam was not tried for his actions against the Sunnis (very rare crimes) nor his actions agaisnt the Kurds. He was only tried for his actions agaisnt Shi’as, the same people in charge of the Iraqi gov’t and court system.
Saddam was not tried for a lot of his atrocities, because he was only executed for his killings in Dujail. And I explained why earlier posts. This person has also fallen victim to the US strategy of “divide and conquer.” Its absurd to categorize Iraqis into “Sunni”, “Shi’a” and then “Kurds.” First of all Sunni and Shi’a is a religious denomination, while Kurd is a ethnical denomination. We are all forgetting that Kurds are mostly Sunni (approx. 90%). Hence, he killed thousands of Sunnis. Lets get the facts straight. He rarely committed crimes against “Sunni Iraqi Arabs.” I say Iraqi, because we all know how he treated the Sunni gulf arabs.
Saddam was not a leader, because he was installed by the United States. And then strenghtened by the United States and then further strengthened by the United States (UN Sanctions). And finally ultimately met his fate under occupation by the United States. An oppressor killed an oppressor. He was an illegitimate leader, who oppressed his own people. He tried to replace Islam with “Arabism.” May Allah unite and guide us all. Ameen.
“O you who believe, Stand out firmly for justice, as witnesses to Allah, as against yourselves, or your parents, or your kin; and whether it be against rich or poor… (4:135)”
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01.01.07
Posted in Personal, Current Events at 3:36 pm by Abbas
A few people showed concern about the motives and intentions behind my posting of the hanging. No one is enjoying his hanging. People are relieved and happy that an oppressor has met justice. Again, no one is celebrating his actual method of death. I personally feel at ease. He burned entire families alive in the southern and northen Iraq. He gassed his own people until suffocation and left their bodies to rot, so the vultures can feast on them. He persecuted and imprisoned anyone who even dream to practice any ritual/tradition that was affiliated with Shi’i. Over a 100 Shi’i and Kurdish scholars were martyed under his era. His demise is a time of relief and reflection. Actually, in my opinion, he actually should have gotten more for the atrocities he committed, but Allahu alim. And for those who say “…but he is a Muslim”, Yazeed (l) was also a “Muslim,” but he martyed and starved the Prophet’s family. Furthermore, Saddam never showed any signs of repetence or regret. As we all know the hypocrites in God’s eye are worse than the un-believer.
We are simply celebrating justice prevailing.
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