thanks "believin" شكراً

الشكر هنا للمدونه من سنغافوره "هيلى" أو كما تطلق على نفسها

"believin"
وذلك ليس لأنها امتدحت ما أكتبه فى احد برامج التدوين الامريكية

ولكن لما قامت به من تقييم موضوعى ونصائح استفدت منها كثيرا

فانا تقريبا توقفت عن الكتابة فى هذا البرنامج بسبب كثرة تعليقات المتطرفين المتواجدين

بكثرة فى هذا البرنامج وعدم نزاهة مدير البرنامج وصعوبة التحكم فى التعليقات

ولكنى بدأت أرى مدونين قلائل مثل" هيللى" الذين لديهم استعداد لفهم ما يحدث بحق فى

منطقتنا وتقديم اراء حيادية ومعقولة

فشكراً هيللى

مجهود رائع

تحية لمن قاموا بانشاء هذا الموقع

"مكتبة الازهر"

أدعوكم لزيارته.

!! شوية دم

لم أتعجب كثيراَ عندما ثارت أزمة أكياس الدم. فالفساد أصبح هو القاعدة في مجتمعنا وللاسف صارت نظافة اليد استثناء

ولم اندهش عندما عرفت أن بطل الفضيحة هو عضو موقر فى مجلس الشعب و لجنة السياسات بالحزب الحاكم

فهو ليس الاول وغالبا لن يكون الاخير

ولكن ما أدهشنى حقا هذا المستوى من اللامبالاة والتبجح التى وصل اليها البعض وهم يدافعون عن هذه الصفقة المشبوهة

اذ وصف احدهم العيوب بأكياس الدم بأنها" بسيطة" و"غير قاتلة" وأن كل ما تسببه هو بعض الالام للمتبرع.

وأعتقد أن المشكلة فى المتبرعين الذين لم يتحملوا القليل "من الالم(لدعم الصناعة الوطنية,

"و لدعم جيوب بعض المسؤلين الساهرين على "خدمة الشعب

اَِِِِخر حماقات الاحتلال

لم أتعاطف يوماً مع صدام حسين , ولم اوافق على اى سياسة اتبعها, كما أننى

بالطبع من أقبل اى من أخطائه وخطاياه.

ولكن لا يوجد انسان حر يقبل ما قام به الاحتلال الامريكى وذيوله فى العراق

من جريمة واهانة للعالم العربى والاسلامى.

فاعدام صدام وفى يوم العيد -عيد الاضحى- لا يعدو كونه رسالة استهزاء وضيعة

وعملية انتقام تنم عن نفوس مريضة صارت بحكم العجز العربى تتحكم بمصير شعب ودولة.

فحتى الدول التى تسمح بعقوبة الاعدام لا تنفذه فى الاعياد.

اما اذا تحدثنا عن المحكمةالهزلية وخروقاتها للقوانين والاعراف الدولية فحدث ولا حرج

ولكن هذا التصرف لن يصب فى صالح الاحتلال وأعوانه لانه سيزيد التعاطف مع صدام الذى ظل حتى

اِخر لحظاته متماسكا متحديا

Ethiopia- Somalia again

Thousands of Ethiopian troops, backed by aircraft, artillery and tanks, have escalated a military offensive against fighters from the Islamic Courts Union.

The Ethiopians, backing fighters loyal to Somalia's internationally recognised - but largely powerless - interim government, captured the town of Baladweyne on Monday.
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They also bombed airports to prevent the courts from rearming and moved further into courts-held territory.

Yusuf Dabo Geed, a Somali government officer, said: "We have taken control of Baladweyne and our forces are chasing the terrorists.

We have killed more than 60 Islamists, wounded others and captured some as prisoners of war."

Baladweyne is 100km north of Baidoa, seat of the transitional government.

The offensive came after thousands of Ethiopian soldiers prevented the Islamist Courts Union from surrounding and capturing Baidoa, the only major city under government control.

Following their defeat in Baladweyne, leaders of the Islamic courts called on the Ethiopian troops to withdraw.

Sheikh Mohamed Ibrahim Bilal, a senior Islamic commander, said: "We call on the international community to act soon about this violation."

Both sides have reported killing hundreds of their opponents in the recent fighting, but the claims could not be independently confirmed.
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Also on Monday, Ethiopian fighter jets bombed the airports of Mogadishu, the Islamist-held capital, and Baledogle, Somalia's largest military airfield 100km to the west.

Ibrahim Hassan Adow, the foreign secretary of the Islamic Courts Union, told Al Jazeera that the bombing of Mogadishu by Ethiopian MiG aircraft injured two people, one of whom was a cleaner.

"Ethiopian attacks against Somalia have no limits. It seems the entire world is silent about it."

Ethiopia said it bombed the airport in order to halt the supply of arms to the courts.

Solomon Abede, the Ethiopian foreign ministry spokesman, said: "It was attacked because illegal flights were attempting to land there.

"It was also reported that some of the extremists were waiting for an airlift out of Mogadishu."

In November, a UN arms-monitoring group reported that flights originating in Eritrea, Saudi Arabia, Iran, Djibouti and Syria landed in Mogadishu and Baledogle.

The UN and the Somali government said that many of the flights carried arms and military supplies for the Islamic Courts. The US has also been accused of funding and arming those fighting for the government.

source:aljazeera

الشيخ عطية صقر

كل كلمات الرثاء لا تفى هذا العالم ا لجليل
ولا يسعنا الا الترحم عليه والدعاء له
وان كنا نحن من فى حاجة للدعاء من الاتقياء أمثاله
وهذا ملخص لسيرته:
الاسم: عطية محمد عطية صقر
جهة الميلاد: بهنا باي مركز الزقازيق شرقية.
تاريخ الميلاد: الأحد 4 من المحرم 1333هـ الموافق 22 من نوفمبر 1914م
نشأته:
حفظ القرآن الكريم وعمره تسع سنوات، وجوَّده بالأحكام وعمره عشر سنوات، والتحق بالمدرسة الأولية بالقرية، ثم بمعهد الزقازيق الديني سنة 1928م، وتخرج في كلية أصول الدين، وحصل منها على الشهادة العالية سنة 1941م، والتحق بتخصص الوعظ، وحصل منه على شهادة العالمية مع إجازة الدعوة والإرشاد سنة 1943م وكان ترتيبه فيهما الأول.
عمله:
عين بالأوقاف فور تخرجه إمامًا وخطيبًا ومدرسًا، بمسجد عبد الكريم الأحمدي، بباب الشعرية بالقاهرة، في 16 من أغسطس سنة 1943م، ونقل إلى مسجد الأربعين البحري بالجيزة (عمار بن ياسر حاليًا) في فبراير سنة 1944م، ثم عين واعظًا بالأزهر سنة 1945م في طهطا جرجاوية، ثم في السويس، ثم في رأس غارب بالبحر الأحمر، ثم في القاهرة، ورقي إلى مفتش، ثم مراقب عام بالوعظ، حتى أحيل إلى التقاعد في نوفمبر سنة 1979م، وعمل في أثناء ذلك مترجمًا للغة الفرنسية بمراقبة البحوث والثقافة بالأزهر سنة 1955م، ووكيلاً لإدارة البعوث سنة 1969م، ومدرسًا بالقسم العالي للدراسات الإسلامية والعربية بالأزهر، ومديرًا لمكتب شيخ الأزهر سنة 1970م، وأمينًا مساعدًا لمجمع البحوث الإسلامية.
وبعد التقاعد عمل مستشارًا لوزير الأوقاف، وعضوًا بالمجلس الأعلى للشؤون الإسلامية، وعضوًا بمجمع البحوث الإسلامية بالأزهر، ورئيسًا للجنة الفتوى، وانتخب عضوًا بمجلس الشعب سنة 1984م، وعين عضوًا بمجلس الشورى سنة 1989م، ومديرًا للمركز الدولي للسُّنَّة والسيرة بالمجلس الأعلى للشؤون الإسلامية بالأوقاف سنة 1991م.
وفي مجال النشاط الخارجي:
تعاقد مع وزارة الأوقاف بالكويت سنة 1972م لمدة سبع سنوات، وسافر في رحلات إلى إيران، ثم أندونيسيا سنة 1971م، وليبيا سنة 1972م، والبحرين سنة 1976م، والجزائر سنة 1977م، كما سافر في مهمة رسمية بعد التقاعد إلى السنغال ونيجيريا وبنين والولايات المتحدة الأمريكية وباكستان وبنجلاديش والعراق، وزار باريس ولندن وماليزيا وبروناي وسنغافورة والاتحاد السوفيتي.
وفي مجال النشاط العلمي:
شارك الشيخ في البرامج الدينية بالإذاعة والتليفزيون، وتنشر له الصحف والمجلات، ويقوم بالخطابة والوعظ، ويعقد الندوات في دور التعليم والمؤسسات المختلفة، مع نشاطه في لجنة الفتوى، ومجمع البحوث الإسلامية، والمجلس الأعلى للشؤون الإسلامية، والرد على الاستفسارات الدينية تحريريًّا وشفويًّا.
حصل على وسام العلوم والفنون من الطبقة الأولى سنة 1983م، وعلى نوط الامتياز من الطبقة الأولى سنة 1989م.
مؤلفاته :
وله مؤلفات كثيرة منها:
1- الدعوة الإسلامية دعوة عالمية.
2- الدين العالمي ومنهج الدعوة إليه.
3- موسوعة الأسرة تحت رعاية الإسلام (6 مجلدات).
4- دراسات إسلامية لأهم القضايا المعاصرة.
5- توجيهات دينية واجتماعية.
6- بيان للناس عن التيارات الحديثة والمسائل الخلافية (مجلدان).
7- س، ج للمرأة المسلمة (100 سؤال وجواب).
8- المصطفون الأخيار (في الرد على شبهات حول الأنبياء).
9- الإسلام في مواجهة التحديات.
10- الإسلام ومشكلات الحياة (مجموعة فتاوى).
11- من نور القرآن الكريم (نماذج حية للربط بين الدين والحياة).
12- الإسلام دين العمل (العمل والعمال في نظر الإسلام).
13- منهج الإصلاح في دعوة محمد صلى الله عليه وسلم.
14- الزكاة وآثارها الاجتماعية.
15- الإسلام والتحرر من الجوع.
16- الحجاب وعمل المرأة.
17- البابية والبهائية (تاريخًا ومذهبًا).
18- فن إلقاء الموعظة.
19- مختصر السيرة النبوية.
20- من أدب الدعوة.
21- التعريف بالإسلام (رسالة مركزة ترجمت للإنجليزية والفرنسية).
22- نظرات في التربية الإسلامية.
23- التفرقة العنصرية.
24- نظرة الإسلام إلى الرق.
25- دولة العلم والإيمان.
26- المحافظة على الأسرار.
27- مغزى العبادات في الإسلام.
28- الإسلام ومكافحة المخدرات.
29- الإسلام هو الحل (المنهج السليم إلى صراط الله المستقيم).
30- التدخين في نظر الإسلام.
31- الإباحة ومنزلتها في التشريع (تحت الطبع).
32- منارات على الطريق، في الدين والأدب والاجتماع (عدة أجزاء).
33- أحسن الكلام في الفتاوى والأحكام (عدة أجزاء).
34- من علوم القرآن الكريم .
35- دليل الحاج (خير رفيق إلى بين الله العتيق).
36- المسلمون في العالم.

How I see Palestine
By Jimmy Carter, Los Angeles Times-Washington Post News Service



I signed a contract with Simon & Schuster two years ago to write a book about the Middle East, based on my personal observations as the Carter Centre monitored three elections in Palestine and on my consultations with Israeli political leaders and peace activists.

We covered every Palestinian community in 1996, 2005 and 2006, when Yasser Arafat and later Mahmoud Abbas were elected president and members of parliament were chosen. The elections were almost flawless, and turnout was very high except in the eastern part of occupied Jerusalem, where, under severe Israeli restraints, only about 2 per cent of registered voters managed to cast ballots.

The many controversial issues concerning Palestine and the path to peace for Israel are intensely debated among Israelis and throughout other nations but not in the United States. For the last 30 years, I have witnessed and experienced the severe restraints on any free and balanced discussion of the facts. This reluctance to criticise policies of the Israeli government is due to the extraordinary lobbying efforts of the American-Israel Political Action Committee and the absence of any significant contrary voices.

It would be almost politically suicidal for members of Congress to espouse a balanced position between Israel and Palestine, to suggest that Israel comply with international law or to speak in defence of justice or human rights for Palestinians. Very few would ever deign to visit the Palestinian cities of Ramallah, Nablus, Hebron, Gaza City or even Bethlehem and talk to the beleaguered residents.

What is even more difficult to comprehend is why the editorial pages of the major newspapers and magazines in the United States exercise similar self-restraint, quite contrary to private assessments expressed forcefully by their correspondents in the Holy Land.

With some degree of reluctance and some uncertainty about the reception my book would receive, I used maps, text and documents to describe the situation and to analyse the only possible path to peace: Israelis and Palestinians living side by side within their own internationally recognised boundaries.

These options are consistent with key UN resolutions supported by the US and Israel, official American policy since 1967, agreements consummated by Israeli leaders and their governments in 1978 and 1993 (for which they earned Nobel Peace Prizes), the Arab League's offer to recognise Israel in 2002 and the International Quartet's "Roadmap for Peace", which has been accepted by the PLO and rejected by Israel.

My book, Palestine: Peace Not Apartheid, is devoted to circumstances and events in Palestine and not in Israel, where democracy prevails and citizens live together and are legally guaranteed equal status.



Brisk sales

Although I have spent a week or so on a book tour, it is already possible to judge public and media reaction. Sales are brisk, and I have had interesting interviews on TV, including Larry King Live, Hardball, Meet the Press, The NewsHour With Jim Lehrer, the Charlie Rose show, C-SPAN and others. But I have seen few news stories in major newspapers about what I have written.

Book reviews in the mainstream media have been written mostly by representatives of Jewish organisations who would be unlikely to visit the Occupied Territories, and their primary criticism is that the book is anti-Israel. Two members of Congress have been publicly critical. Incoming House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, Democrat, California, for instance, issued a statement (before the book was published) saying that "he does not speak for the Democratic Party on Israel". Some reviews posted on Amazon.com call me "anti-Semitic", and others accuse the book of "lies" and "distortions". A former Carter Centre fellow has taken issue with it, and Alan Dershowitz called the book's title "indecent".

Out in the real world, however, the response has been overwhelmingly positive. I've signed books in five stores, with more than 1,000 buyers at each site. I've had one negative remark that I should be tried for treason and one caller on C-SPAN said that I was an anti-Semite. My most troubling experience has been the rejection of my offers to speak, for free, about the book on university campuses with high Jewish enrolment and to answer questions from students and professors. I have been most encouraged by prominent Jewish citizens and members of Congress who have thanked me privately for presenting the facts and some new ideas.

The book describes the abominable oppression and persecution in the occupied Palestinian territories, with a rigid system of required passes and strict segregation between Palestine's citizens and Jewish colonists in the West Bank. An enormous imprisonment wall is now under construction, snaking through what is left of Palestine, to encompass more and more land for Israeli colonists. In many ways, this is more oppressive than what blacks lived under in South Africa during apartheid. I have made it clear that the motivation is not racism but the desire of a minority of Israelis to confiscate and colonise choice sites in Palestine, and then to forcefully suppress any objections from the displaced citizens. Obviously, I condemn acts of terrorism or violence against innocent civilians.

The ultimate purpose of my book is to present facts about the Middle East that are largely unknown in the US, to precipitate discussion and to help restart peace talks that can lead to permanent peace for Israel and its neighbours. Another hope is that Jews and other Americans who share this goal might be motivated to express their views, even publicly, and perhaps in concert. I would be glad to help with that effort.

- Jimmy Carter was the 39th president of the United States. His newest book, Palestine: Peace Not Apartheid, was published in November.

source: gulf news.

التوربينى

أعتقد ان حكم الاعدام لن يكون كافيا فى حق مجرم مثل رمضان التوربينى سفاح الاطفال,
وأتفق مع من ينادى باعدامه علناَ بعد ثبوت ادانته, الا أن القانون المصرى لا يسمح بالاعدام العلنى,
وكانت أخر قضية تم فيها الاعدام علنيا -على حد علمى-هى قضية حادثة دنشواى .
لكن أعتقد ان القانون يجب أن يعدل ليتجاوب مع بعض الحالات الاستثنائية ,
فمن قتل شخصاَ ليس كمن قتل عدد من الاطفال بهذه الاساليب البشعة بعد ان اغتصبهم .
أعرف أن هذا الكلام لن يرضى الكثيرين خاصة من يطالبون بالغاء عقوبة الاعدام,
لكن أعتقد أن أقل من الاعدام العلنى لن يريح قلوب أباء وأمهات الضحايا.

فاروق حسنى وسيد قراره

بالرغم من رفضى التام لتصريح وزير الثقافة فاروف حسنى الخاص بالحجاب الا انى
اتعجب من رد الفعل المبالغ فيه .
فالتصريح لم يتحول الى توجه او قرار يمس حرية العقيدة أو الزى , كما انه ليس التصريح الاول للوزير , أضافة الى أن أغلب من أثاروا هذه الضجة فى مجلس الشعب لم يظهروا غيره على الاسلام مماثله من قبل و للاسف لا يراعوا الله فى كثير من مواقفهم
السياسية.
لكن التوقيت قد يدفع الكثيرين للبحث عما وراء الأزمة . وهل هناك من يحركها لهدف ما؟
الله أعلم.

Lets be positive against the war criminals!

لنكن ايجابيين

ولنشارك فى حملة التوقيعات ضد مجرم الحرب دونالد رامسفيلد.

لقد قام عدد من المحامين بتحريك دعوى فى ألمانيا ضد الوزير المريكى المستقيل"رامسفيلد" ,فأتمنى أن يشارك فيها الجميع خاصة أن هناك حملة توقيعات مضادة للدفاع عنه وعن جرائمه.

فلنكن ايجابيين.

Call on the German Federal Prosecutor to Investigate Rumsfeld and Other U.S. Officials for War Crimes at Abu Ghraib

To: German Federal Prosecutor's Office
Call on the German Federal Prosecutor to Investigate Rumsfeld and Other U.S. Officials for War Crimes at Abu Ghraib



The Center for Constitutional Rights and four Iraqis who were tortured in U.S. custody filed a complaint on November 30 with the German Federal Prosecutor’s Office against high ranking United States civilian and military commanders over the abuses at Abu Ghraib prison and elsewhere in Iraq.



We are asking the German prosecutor to launch an investigation because the U.S. government is unwilling to open an independent investigation into the responsibility of these officials for war crimes and the U.S. has refused to join the International Criminal Court. CCR and the Iraqi victims brought this complaint to Germany as a court of last resort. Several of the defendants are stationed in Germany.



The Pentagon and the U.S. government are taking this suit very seriously. According to the Deutsche Press Agency, Donald Rumsfeld has warned Germany that he will not attend an upcoming security conference in Munich if there is any indication of an investigation going forward, and Chief Pentagon Spokesman Larry Di Rita, calling the complaint “frivolous,” said that he raised the case with the State Department: "State is engaged in this. Obviously, it's something that we're focused on and very concerned with…” Please encourage the German prosecutor not to bow to U.S. pressure.



Defendants in the suit include Secretary of Defense Donald H. Rumsfeld, former CIA Director George Tenet, Lt. General Ricardo S. Sanchez, Major-General Walter Wojdakowski, Brig.-General Janis Karpinski, Lt.-Colonel Jerry L. Phillabaum, Colonel Thomas M. Pappas, Lt.-Colonel Stephen L. Jordan, Major-General Geoffrey Miller, and Undersecretary of Defense for Intelligence Stephen Cambone.



German law allows German courts to prosecute for killing, torture, cruel and inhumane treatment, forcible transfers and sexual coercion such as occurred at Abu Ghraib. The world has seen the photographs and read the leaked “torture memos” – we are doing what is necessary when other systems of justice have failed and seeking to hold officials up the chain of command responsible for the shameful abuses that occurred.




Please join our effort! The letter appears below, first in German and then in English. The German Prosecutor has discretion to decide whether to initiate an investigation. It is critical that he hear from you so he knows that people around the world support this effort.

For more information,visit:www.ccr-ny.org/

Sincerely,


Click here to sign petition

Rumsfeld, Go to hell

ها هو مجرم الحرب دونالد رامسفيلد يجبر على الاستقالة لتخفيف أثار هزائمه فى العراق على الادارة الامريكية المتخبطة والتى بدأت تحصد ثمار رعونتها من خلال نتائج انتخابات الكونجرس
و لكن هل تكفى الاقالة لمثل هذا المجرم ورفاقه فى الادارة المريكية؟
بالطبع لا, فهؤلاء يجب أن يحاكموا على جرائمهم. والفرصة الان سانحة بعد أن فقد رامسفيلد حصانته وأصبح من الممكن مقلضاته
فهل نجد هذا المجرم يوما ما وراء القضبان؟...ليس على الله ببعيد.

نورت مصر

كل من تابع أزمة المعتمرين العالقين بالأردن والمعاناة التى لاقوها فى الذهاب والعودة لابد وأن يتسائل
هل هناك حكومة مسؤلة عن هؤلاء المواطنين وهل لدينا بالفعل وزارة للنقل!؟ أو للسياحة؟! ,والاكثر استفزازاَ أن أغلب المصريين
قد تابعوا الحملة الاعلانية التى قامت بها وزارة السياحة والتى تكلفت 40 مليونا لجذب السياح العرب والشهيرة ب(نورت مصر) . فهل الوزارة التى تنفق بسخاء على اعلان سطحى تعجز على توفير عدة أتوبيسات وعبارات لنقل المعتمرين أو حتى محاسبة شركات السياحة التى تلاعبت بهم !؟

استطلاع: ثلث العالم يؤيد التعذيب في بعض الظروف

أظهر استطلاع عالمي للرأي أجرته بي بي سي أن ما يقارب ثلث سكان العالم يؤيد استخدام التعذيب في السجون تحت بعض الظروف.
ومع أن 59 بالمائة من الذين استطلعت آراؤهم أعربوا عن معارضتهم للتعذيب تحت أي ظرف، إلا أن 29 بالمائة قالوا إنه من المقبول استخدام درجة معينة من التعذيب لمكافحة الإرهاب.
وتبين أن معظم الأميركيين يعارضون التعذيب، لكن معارضة التعذيب في أوروبا أقوى منها في الولايات المتحدة.
وقد سألت منظمة غلوبسكان الدولية للاحصاءات أكثر من 27 الف مشارك في 25 بلدا إذا يعتبرون أن التعذيب مقبول في حال يمكن أن يوفر معلومات تؤدي إلى انقاذ حياة بعض الناس.
واعتبر حوالي 36 بالمائة من المشاركين الأميركيين أن هذا أمر مقبول، في حين أعرب 58 بالمائة منهم عن عدم قبولهم لأية تسوية في موضوع حقوق الانسان.
وأكدت أغلبية الذين شاركوا بالاستطلاع الذي أجرته الخدمة العالمية في بي بي سي أنه يجب الحفاظ على قواعد واضحة تمنع ممارسة التعذيب في السجون لأنه غير أخلاقي ولأن استخدامه سيضعف من معايير حقوق الانسان.
يذكر أن جميع الدول التي خضعت للاستطلاع هي من الدول التي وقعت اتفاقية جنيف التي تمنع استخدام التعذيب.
لكن الدول التي تعاني من مشاكل متعلقة بالعنف السياسي هي التي بدت في الاستطلاع أكثر ميلا لتقبل فكرة درجة معينة من التعذيب بسبب ما تراه من تهديد إرهابي تتعرض له.
والنسبة الأعلى في أية دولة لتأييد درجة من التعذيب كانت في اسرائيل، حيث قال 43 بالمائة من الذين شاركوا أنهم يقبلون درجة معينة من التعذيب.
لكن نسبة أعلى (48 بالمائة) رفضت ذلك.
وبدا في اسرائيل تفاوت كبير بين اليهود الذين أيدت غالبيتهم (58 بالمائة) استخدام درجة من التعذيب للحصول على معلومات من السجناء، في حين عارض ذلك 39 بالمائة منهم.
أما المسلمون في اسرائيل، الذين تبلغ نسبتهم 16 بالمائة من الذين شاركوا بالاستطلاع، فعارضوا أي استخدام للتعذيب بأغلبيتهم الساحقة.
أما الدول الأخرى التي أبدى المشاركون فيها نسبة مرتفعة نسبيا تؤيد استخدام التعذيب تحت بعض الظروف، فتتضمن العراق (42 بالمائة) والفيليبين (40 بالمائة) واندونيسيا (40 بالمائة) وروسيا (37 بالمائة) والصين (37 بالمائة).
لكن في جميع هذه الدول كانت نسبة الذين يعارضون أي شكل من أشكال التعذيب أكبر من المؤيدين.
وفي مصر أبدى 25 بالمائة من المشاركين تأييدهم لاستخدام التعذيب في بعض الظروف، في حين عارض ذلك 65 بالمائة من المشاركين.
وبرزت في إيطاليا النسبة الأعلى للمعارضين تحت أي ظرف للتعذيب (81 بالمائة).
كما أن نسبة المعارضين كانت مرتفعة في فرنسا (75 بالمائة) وأستراليا (75 بالمائة) وألمانيا (71 بالمائة) وبريطانيا (72 بالمائة).
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muslims insist on popes apology

"Sheikh Yusuf Al-Qaradawi"------------------------------------------------------WORLD CAPITALS – A growing chorus of Muslim leaders worldwide were united Friday, September 15, in insisting on a clear-cut apology from Pope Benedict over his comments that showed how little he understands Islam and could hurt religious harmony.
"We demand that he apologizes personally, and not through (Vatican) sources, to all Muslims for such a wrong interpretation," said Lebanese Shiite scholar Sayyed Mohammad Hussein Fadlallah, Reuters reported.
"While we strongly condemn and reject this talk ... we call for Muslim-Christian relations based on an in-depth scientific understanding of the mutual points of view, leaving aside sensational words," said Fadlallah.
Sheikh Hamza Mansour, who heads the Shura Council of the Islamic Action Front, Jordan's largest opposition party, said only a personal apology could rectify the "deep insult made by the provocative comments" to over 1 billion Muslims.
The head of the Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt called on Islamic countries to threaten to break off relations with the Vatican unless the Pontiff withdrew his remarks and apologize.
"The general guide (Mohammad Mahdi Akef) expressed his surprise that such comments should come from someone who sits at the summit of the Catholic Church and who has an influence over public opinion in the West," said a statement on the Muslim Brotherhood's official Web site, www.ikhwanonline.com.
In his speech at the University of Regensburg on Tuesday, Benedict quoted criticism of Islam and Prophet Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him) by 14th century Byzantine Emperor Manuel II Palaeologus, who wrote that everything Muhammad brought was evil and inhuman, "such as his command to spread by the sword the faith he preached."
Benedict repeatedly quoted Manuel's argument that spreading the faith through violence is unreasonable, adding: "Violence is incompatible with the nature of God and the nature of the soul."
The pope's official spokesman later issued a response to the outcry, saying that Benedict respected Islam but rejected violence motivated by religion.
"It was certainly not the intention of the Holy Father to do an in-depth study of jihad and Muslim thinking in this field and still less so to hurt the feelings of Muslim believers," said Federico Lombardi, head of the Vatican's press department.
Ignorance
Akef said he is surprised that such comments should come from someone who sits at the summit of the Catholic Church.
Sheikh Yusuf Al-Qaradawi, the head of the International Union for Muslim Scholars (IUMS), said the pope's words reflected ignorance of the basic tenets of Islam.
"The pope spoke about Islam without reading first its scriptures, the Noble Qur'an, and Prophet Muhammad's hadiths, but sufficed to cite a conversation between a Byzantine emperor and a Persian Muslim intellectual," said in a statement, a copy of which was sent to IslamOnline.net.
"The pope forgot that Prophet Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him) came with a message that struck the right balance between this life and the Hereafter, between individual and society and between rights and duties," he added.
"Everything that Prophet Muhammad brought was good and by far surpassed the things brought by Christianity and Judaism," he continued.
Sheikh Qaradawi said Jihad in Islam is for self-defense and not to impose the Muslim faith on someone and the Noble Qur'an says: "There is no compulsion in religion."
"To say hat Prophet Muhammad brought evil and inhuman things like spreading faith by the sword is either a calumny or pure ignorance, in effect."
And the prominent scholar wondered: "Does the pope want to close the door on dialogue and new crusades to be readied?"
"We hoped that the pope would call for a constructive dialogue between all religions and civilizations to lay to rest clashes and feuds," he said.
Din Syamsuddin, chairman of Muhammadiyah, the second largest Islamic organization in Indonesia, echoed Qaradawi's statements.
"The Pope's statements reflect his lack of wisdom. It is obvious from the statements that the Pope doesn't have a correct understanding of Islam," Syamsuddin told Reuters.
The Pakistani parliament Friday also unanimously called on the pontiff to take back his words.
"This House demands that the pope should retract his remarks in the interest of harmony between religions," said the resolution passed by the National Assembly of the overwhelmingly Muslim country.
Crusade Language
Sheikh Qaradawi wondered: "Does the pope want to close the door on dialogue and new crusades to be readied?"
The comments also stirred anger in India with the head of the National Commission for Minorities saying the Pope sounded like a medieval crusader.
"The language used by the pope sounds like that of his 12th century counterpart who ordered the crusades," said Hamid Ansari, chairman of the National Commission for Minorities.
A member of the All India Muslim Personal Law Board also slammed the pope's words, saying they were "nothing but blasphemy," and called on Muslims to "exercise restraint and not lose their cool."
In Turkey, the Anatolian state news agency quoted Ali Bardakoglu, the head of Ankara's Directorate General for Religious Affairs, as describing the Pope's words as "extremely regrettable".
"I do not see any use in somebody visiting the Islamic world who thinks in this way about the holy prophet of Islam. He should first rid himself of feelings of hate," NTV's website quoted Bardakoglu as saying.
Bardakoglu, whose directorate controls all imams in Turkey and sends imams to Turkish communities abroad, recalled atrocities committed by Roman Catholic Crusaders during the Middle Ages in the name of their faith against Orthodox Christians and Jews as well as Muslims

Al-Ahram World Open Squash Championship

Sensational Fightback Sees Palmer Win World Open Crown In Egypt

Australia's David Palmer came back from the dead to beat Frenchman Gregory Gaultier in a drama-filled final of the Al-Ahram World Open Squash Championship, played out on an all-glass court on the Giza Plateaux in Egypt, with the country's world-famous pyramids providing a stunning backdrop.
The PSA Tour's flagship event was back in the sport's most spectacular setting for the first time since 1999 – with the undoubted local hopes that Egypt's 'Prince of Squash' Amr Shabana, the world No1 and title-holder, would feature in tonight's climax.
But Shabana's defence crumbled in the previous round when France's bright new hope Gregory Gaultier – a 23-year-old from Aix-en-Provence who had never before reached a PSA Super Series final - pulled off a sensational upset to dethrone the champion in four games.
Belying his lack of experience on such a stage, however, Gaultier forged a two-games-to-love lead in the final against Palmer - the experienced 30-year-old world No2 who was making his third appearance in a world final, with a famous victory in 2002 in his adopted home town of Antwerp in Belgium to his credit.
Palmer, celebrating his 40th appearance in a PSA Tour event final, dug deep and hauled himself back into the match, winning the third game by the same 11-9 margin as the Frenchman had taken the earlier games, then forcing the fourth into a tie-break.
The Australian saved no less than five match balls against him before clinching victory in the game to level the match.
By now, the younger Gaultier was almost a spent force. Palmer duly enforced his advantage and wrapped up a remarkable 9-11, 9-11, 11-9, 11-10 (6-4), 11-2 victory in 103 minutes to claim the World Open title for a second time.
"I didn’t play my best squash today, that’s for sure, but if you think of the preparation I had this summer, I just went home for three months, I think that being away from it all for that whole period helped me to want to win again, and since the birth of my daughter Kayla, everything is different, I play for her, I play for Mel," a jubilant Palmer told www.squashsite.co.uk
A disappointed Gaultier was already looking ahead: "I’ve played a super tournament, even if I ended up with a loss. Now I need to go back to the drawing board, and start again on solid bases. Won’t be easy, but I hope that one day, I’ll win that World Championship title."
The match – which marks the 18th PSA Tour title of Palmer's career - was not only the longest of the tournament, but the longest World Open final in recent memory.
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Australia's No2 seed David Palmer and France's eighth seed Gregory Gaultier will meet in Wednesday's final of the Al-Ahram World Open Squash Championship after Palmer defeated former champion Thierry Lincou and Gaultier disappointed the packed local crowd when he upset Egypt's top seed and defending champion Amr Shabana in dramatic semi-finals on on the all-glass court set alongside Egypt's famous pyramids of Giza.
For Palmer, the 2002 champion, it will be his third appearance in the final – but for Gaultier, the fast-rising 23-year-old who has never before progressed beyond the event's third round and who today celebrated a career-high world No7 ranking, it will be his maiden appearance in any PSA Super Series event final.
It was a fine display by the young Frenchman who had only once before beaten the in-form Shabana, the 27-year-old from Giza who has topped the world rankings for the past six months and boasts three PSA Tour titles this year.
After taking the first two games, Gaultier lost his way in the third game as Shabana turned on his racket magic and reduced the deficit. But Gaultier could still sense victory and duly regained his focus in the fourth game to charge to a majestic 11-5, 11-7, 2-11, 11-9 win.
When Palmer, the world No2 from Lithgow in New South Wales, took a two-games-to-love lead against Lincou, the world No3, he must have thought back to May when he reached the same position against the Frenchman in the final of the Liverpool 08 Open – and went on to lose in five!
Indeed, after a tie-break in the second which ended in Palmer's favour, Lincou survived the third game tie-break to force the match into a fourth game. But Palmer was not about to let history repeat itself, and maintained his composure to record an impressive 11-2, 11-10 (2-0), 10-11 (0-2), 11-5 win – a victory which brings the career head-to head tally between the two to six wins apiece!
Gaultier, from Aix-en-Provence, has faced Palmer four times on the PSA Tour since November 2003 - but, despite taking the experienced 30-year-old former world number one to five games in their last two meetings, has never yet beaten the Australian. Victory at the pyramids would surely signal the arrival of the French number two!
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Gaultier Denies Egyptian Double In Giza
The giant-killing run of 18-year-old Egyptian Ramy Ashour came to an end on the all-glass court alongside the pyramids of Giza when Frenchman Gregory Gaultier denied hosts representation in both semi-finals of the Al-Ahram World Open Squash Championship in Egypt.
Gaultier, the 23-year-old eighth seed from Aix-en-Provence, is currently enjoying an excellent run of form – after reaching the final of the English Open last month and winning the European Individual Championship crown for the third year in a row in June.
Unseeded Ashour, who recently became the first man in history to win the World Junior Championship title for a second time, took his unexpected place in the last eight after upsetting tenth seed Lee Beachill in a marathon five-game second round match.
Gaultier, who stopped the Egyptian teenager in the first round of the event almost twelve months ago, was too strong for the local hero in the sport's iconic Giza setting, winning 11-10 (3-1), 11-9, 11-2 in 44 minutes.
"I played Ramy in Hong Kong, and that was quite easy, but a year later, he has improved immensely," Gaultier told www.squashsite.co.uk afterwards. "But today, I came on court to play and beat him, not to get to the semi-final of the World Open. That’s all I saw. My opponent. Nothing else. And I wanted to stay on court as short as possible."
Now in his first World Open semi-final, the Frenchman will face another Egyptian - favourite Amr Shabana, the title-holder. The pair have met three time before – all during last year – with world number one Shabana holding a 2/1 advantage.
In the earlier match on the second day of quarter-final action by the pyramids, David Palmer triumphed in the all-Australian battle with Anthony Ricketts, the second seed from Lithgow in New South Wales - recovering from a game down to beat the No5 seed from Sydney 9-11, 11-3, 11-6, 11-7 in 70 minutes.
Palmer, the 2002 champion now in the semi-finals of the championship for the fourth time, meets 2004 champion Thierry Lincou in a repeat of the Liverpool 08 Open final in May in which the Frenchman fought back from two games down to clinch the title. The Giza semi-final will be the pair's 12th PSA Tour meeting since 1999, with Palmer no doubt setting his sights on levelling the head-to-head tally to six-all.
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real jews against real terrorists

NETUREI KARTA
Neturei Karta opposed the establishment of and retain all opposition to the existence of the so-called "State of Israel"!
Neturei-Karta is the Aramaic term for "Guardians of the City. The name Neturei-Karta originates from an incident in which R. Yehudah Ha-Nassi (Rabbi Judah the Prince) sent R. Hiyya and R. Ashi on a pastoral tour of inspection. In one town they asked to see the "guardians of the city" and the city guard was paraded before them. They said that these were not the guardians of the city but its destroyers, which prompted the citizens to ask who, then, could be considered the guardians. The rabbis answered, "The scribes and the scholars," referring them to Tehillim (Psalms) Chap. 127. (Jerusalem Talmud, Tractate Hagiga. 76c).
The name was given to a group of Orthodox Jews in Jerusalem who refused (and still refuse) to recognize the existence or authority of the so-called "State of Israel" and made (and still make) a point of publicly demonstrating their position, the position of the Torah and authentic unadulterated Judaism.
The group was founded in Jerusalem, Palestine in 1938, splitting off from Agudas Yisroel. Agudas Yisroel was established in 1912 for the purpose of fighting Zionism. Gradually lured by money and honor they sold out to the "Golden-Calf" (see Exodus, XXXII) of Zionism. Those who wanted to maintain their faith and continue the struggle against Zionism, dissociated themselves from Agudas Yisroel and associated parties.Over the years, a number of Neturei Karta activists and followers settled outside of Palestine. Some of the reasons that these individuals abandoned the country in which they and their families had lived for many generations (having lived there many years prior to the establishment of the illegitimate so-called "State of Israel") include; ideological refusal to live under the illegitimate heretical "Israeli" regime, them being exiled by the Zionist government for their insistence of remaining independent of the illegitimate heretical regime or them being unable to live a normal family life due to them and their families being persistently harassed, repeatedly incarcerated and many times even physically tortured by the Zionist police and agents. This dispersion resulted in the emergence of various Neturei Karta establishments on the broader international scene. These establishments include synagogues, educational institutions, publishing houses and organizations. The establishments in New York include three synagogues in Brooklyn (Boro Park and Williamsburg), three upstate, and organizations include the Friends of Jerusalem in NY, NY.
Neturei Karta is not - as is often alleged - a small sect or an extremist group of "ultra-orthodox" Jews. The Neturei Karta have added nothing to nor have they taken anything away from the written and oral law of the Torah as it is expressed in the Halacha and the Shulchan Aruch. The Neturei Karta are fighting the changes and inroads made by political Zionism during the past one-hundred odd years. Guided by the rabbis of our time and under the inspiring leadership of the late Reb Amram Blau, the Neturei Karta refuse to recognize the right of anyone to establish a "Jewish" state during the present period of exile.
There are those who wish to play down the Neturei Karta and its' Torah-true beliefs. This has been attempted many a time by stating that the Neturei Karta is a minority group and that compared to other Jewish groups the Neturei Karta aren't even noticeable in terms of number.
The name Neturei Karta is a name usually given to those people who regularly pray in the Neturei Karta synagogues (Torah Ve'Yirah Jerusalem, Torah U'Tefillah London, Torah U'Tefillah NY, Beis Yehudi Upstate NY, etc.), study in or send their children to educational institutions run by Neturei Karta, or actively participate in activities, assemblies or demonstrations called by the Neturei Karta. Although it is true that the number of families which could be classified as Neturei Karta members or activists per-se is relatively small (several thousand), the number of Orthodox Jews who believe in the anti-Zionist ideology which Neturei Karta is known for, number in the hundreds of thousands.
Neturei Karta oppose the so-called "State of Israel" not because it operates secularly, but because the entire concept of a sovereign Jewish state is contrary to Jewish Law.
All the great rabbis who in accordance with Jewish Law opposed Zionism at its inception did not do so merely due to consideration of the secular lifestyles of the then Zionist leaders or even for their opposition to Torah heritage and rejection of its values and practices, but due to the fact that the entire concept of a Jewish state is in direct conflict with a number of Judaism's fundamentals.
Condemnation of and segregation from anything connected to or affiliated with the so-called modern day "State of Israel" is based on the Talmud, the key fundamental doctrine of the Oral Tradition handed down by G-d to Moses on Mt. Sinai. The Talmud in Tractate Kesubos (p. 111a), teaches that Jews shall not use human force to bring about the establishment of a Jewish state before the coming of the universally accepted Moshiach (Messiah from the House of David). Furthermore it states that we are forbidden to rebel against the nations and that we should remain loyal citizens and we shall not attempt to leave the exile which G-d sent us into, ahead of time.
Jews are not allowed to dominate, kill, harm or demean another people and are not allowed to have anything to do with the Zionist enterprise, their political meddling and their wars.
Neturei Karta forbid any participation with the so-called "State of Israel" or any of its subsidiaries. Neturei Karta followers do not participate in "Israeli" elections nor do they accept any aid from "Bituach Le'Umi" (Social Security), and the educational institutions of the Neturei Karta reject any form of financial support from the so-called "Va'ad HaYeshivos" (equiv. to Department of Education).
The Zionist state employs a set of chief rabbis and uses religious parties to ornament their state with a clerical image. They study the Torah with commentaries altered to clothe the words with nationalistic nuances. Our rabbis have countless times proclaimed that it matters little which individuals or parties govern in the Zionist state because the very establishment and existence of the state itself is to be condemned and to be deplored.
The true Jews remain faithful to Jewish belief and are not contaminated with Zionism.
The true Jews are against dispossessing the Arabs of their land and homes. According to the Torah, the land should be returned to them.
Neturei Karta deplore the systematic uprooting of ancient Jewish communities by the Zionists, the shedding of Jewish and non-Jewish blood for the sake of Zionist sovereignty and the Neturei Karta favor a peaceful transition from the present Zionist rule to a non-Zionist entity.
According to Judaic Law the Torah has the last word. There is no such thing as a majority of Jews who happen to be Jewish by birth who can alter Torah Law in any way. In fact even the greatest rabbi or as Maimonides writes, "even the greatest prophet" [referring actually to an authentic prophet], has no right to distort or amend even one letter of the Torah.
Rabbi Blau stated shortly before his death that the acceptance by the United Nations of the Zionist state as a member state constituted a grave injustice to the Jewish people. Neturei Karta hope that this great error will be corrected at the earliest opportunity. The Neturei Karta regret that the Zionist state has usurped the holy name of Israel and that the Zionists so often pretend to speak in the name of the Jewish people and assume the right to act on our behalf. Only those rabbis who have not been affected or influenced by the poison of Zionism, can be considered the spiritual leaders of today's Jewry.
The world must know that the Zionists have illegitimately seized the name Israel and have no right to speak in the name of the Jewish people!from: www.nkusa.org