July 2010
32 posts
UN declares clean water a 'fundamental human... →
mustamuseme:
The UN has declared that access to clean water and sanitation is a fundamental human right.
About 1.5m children under five die each year from water and sanitation-related diseases.
The resolution was passed with 122 nations in favour, none against and 41 abstentions.
Abstaining countries said the resolution could undermine a process in the UN’s Human Rights Council in Geneva to...
Children Carry Guns for a U.S. Ally, Somalia
MOGADISHU, Somalia — Awil Salah Osman prowls the streets of this shattered city, looking like so many other boys, with ripped-up clothes, thin limbs and eyes eager for attention and affection.
http://video.nytimes.com/video/2010/06/13/world/africa/1247468038532/somalia-s-child-soldiers.html
But Awil is different in two notable ways: he is shouldering a fully automatic, fully loaded Kalashnikov...
“A calamity that makes you turn to Allah, is better than a blessing which makes...”
– Ibn Taymiyyah (via mamathasablogat) (via haysiarunnaneda) (via wardah) (via fourteenmagnolias) (via ihavefaith) (via quoteislam)
“Take benefit of five before five:
your youth before your old age,
your health...”
“Ibn al-Qayyim: A sinner does not sin because he wants to sin, rather he sins...”
Best Things In Life
I’ve seen a grown man hold his head n cry,
pursuing the best things in life.
A leader looks in the eyes of his followersn lies,
pursuing the best things in life.
An 18 year old boy is shot n dies,
pursuing the best things in life.
A motherless child sucks poison out of a pipe,
pursuing the best things in life.
A young girl sells her body to the camera n lights,
pursuing the best...
“Ibn Hibban: When you become angry at someone remember Allahs mercy on you when...”
"If The Shoe Fits” by Mutadhar al-Zaidi (The dude...
“I traveled through my burning land and saw with my own eyes the pain of the victims, and hear with my own ears the screams of the bereaved and the orphans”
Here I am, free. But my country is still a prisoner of war.
Firstly, I give my thanks and my regards to everyone who stood beside me, whether inside my country, in the Islamic world, in the free world. There has been a lot of talk about...
“Truth fears no questions.”
