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Cairo. Open City. New Testimonies from an Ongoing Revolution.
28.09.2012 - 23.12.2012
Braunschweig Museum für Fotografie.
On display will be Photographs, videos, drawings and texts by:
Myriam Abdelaziz, Ahmed Abdel Latif, Osama Abdel Moneim, Peter van Agtmael, Alternative News Agency, Roger Anis, Kim Badawi, Mostafa Bahgat, Lara Baladi, Brigitte Bauer, Ahmed Basiony, Taha Belal, Eva Bertram, Sarah Carr, Denis Dailleux, Osama Dawod, Kaya Behkalam, Johanna Domke & Marouan Omara, Dörte Eißfeldt, Heba El Kholi, Hala Elkoussy, Shady Elnoshokaty, Mosa’ab Elshamy, Aida Eltorie, Mohamed El Maymony, Mohamed El Sheshtawy, Rowan El Shimi, Mohamed Ezz, Fadi Ezzat, Heba Farid, Nermine Hammam, Thomas Hartwell, Aly Hazaa, Tarek Hefny, Eman Helal, Gigi Ibrahim, Magdi Ibrahim, Islam Kamal, Ahmed Kamel, Mahmoud Khaled, Heba Khalifa, Nadine Khan & Mariam Mekiwi, Bettina Lockemann, Alex Majoli, Jasmina Metwaly, Chris Michalski & Sebastian Stumpf, George Mohsen, Samuel Mohsen, Jehan Nasr, Mohammad Nouhan, Nasser Nouri, Alex Nunns, Maggie Osama, Susanne Pomrehn, Ivor Prickett, Jonathan Rashad, Philip Rizk, Ibrahim Saad, Randa Shaath, Ravy Shaker, Alexandra Stock, Lobna Tarek, Lilian Wagdy, Sally Zohny
Furthermore, works will be shown that were initiated as part of an encounter between young Egyptian, German and French artists. In February 2012 ten students from the Braunschweig University of Art (HBK), along with Professor Dörte Eißfeldt and Bettina Lockeman, travelled to Cairo and met there with fellow students from Egypt. A number of works came out of the digital exchange with them and with French students from the École Supérieure des Beaux-Arts de Nîmes, and these works form the final part of the exhibition.
Jesus is calling Iranian Muslims to Himself through supernatural visions and dreams. While Bibles and discipleship can be difficult to find in Iran, Christian Satellite TV programs are teaching Iranians the Scripture before they are able to get connected to a church. Here is one woman’s testimony of how Jesus revealed Himself to her through her son’s dream, and how she grew in her faith by watching ICC supported television programming.
My name is Sara from Tehran. I am Kurdish and used to live in Kurdistan. I have two sons. My oldest, a seven year old, was diagnosed with cancer about two years ago. Since the health care facilities in Kurdistan were not sufficient for his needs, we had to travel to Tehran twice a week for his treatments. The expenses were very high.
We became crushed under the pressure of worrying about my son's health, let alone the unbearable expenses. On top of all these hardship, after a few months of traveling back and forth to Tehran, my husband lost his job also.
I remember that one day I knelt down and cried out to God, "Why are all these things happening to us? Why don't you hear us? What have we done wrong that these things are happening to us?" After crying hard and long, I finally fell asleep.
A few days later, my husband found a job in Tehran and we had to move there. The day after we moved, our new next-door neighbor came to welcome us. She was so kind and sweet. After talking about this and that, and learning about our situation, my neighbor asked for permission to pray for my son. Then she gave me a Bible and left.
My kind neighbor and my new and only friend kept visiting and praying with us and our son consistently. But my ears were closed to her because I was thinking if God loves us, why is my son's situation growing worse? One day, my son told his father and me that he had a dream about Christ. He had seen Jesus coming to him, talking and comforting him. Jesus was telling my son that He was taking him home with Him.
My son asked us to give our hearts to Christ also as he said he had done. He then asked us to try to understand that he was going to be with his Heavenly Father. Right then and there we prayed the salvation prayer.
After my son's death, we watch Satellite TV programs regularly and receive our comfort from the Word of God through your programs. Right now, the programs are the only source of our spiritual growth and we are grateful for that. We are now filled with the peace of the Lord because we know that where my son is, is much better than where we are.
CBP Assistant Commissioner of OTIA, Borkowski listens to testimony from Acting Chief to the Border Patrol Ron Vitiello given before the House Homeland Security Subcommittee on Using technology to increase situational awareness and operational control in Washington D.C. Photo by James Tourtellotte
Testimony: African American Artists Collective, artist demo day, August 28, 2021 at The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art in Kansas City, MO. Media Services photographer Tiffany Matson.
Lt. Governor Anthony Brown testifies on Domestic Violence bills before the House Judiciary Committee. by Brian K. Slack at Annapolis, MD
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Located 18 km north & west of Fort Macleod, Alberta, Canada at a location where the foothills of the Rocky Mountains meet the Great Plains, one of the world's oldest, largest, and best preserved buffalo jumps can be found. Head-Smashed-In — a UNESCO World Heritage Site — has been used continuously by aboriginal peoples of the plains for nearly 6,000 years.
Head-Smashed-In Buffalo Jump is an archaeological site known around the world as a remarkable testimony of the life of the Plains People through the millennia. The Jump bears witness to a method of hunting practiced by native people of the North American plains for nearly 6,000 years.
Due to their excellent understanding of the regional topography and bison behaviour, native people hunted bison by stampeding them over a precipice. They then carved up the carcasses and dragged the pieces to be butchered and processed in the butchering camp set up on the flats beyond the cliffs.
In 1981, the United Nations Educational Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) designated Head-Smashed-In Buffalo Jump as a World Heritage Site placing it among other world heritage monuments such as the Egyptian pyramids, Stonehenge and the Galapagos Islands. For more information on UNESCO, go to www.unesco.org.
This 360° panorama was stitched from 24 photographs with PTGUI Pro, processed with Color Efex, then touched up in Aperture.
Original size: 20000 × 10000 (200.0 MP; 1.00 GB).
Location: Head Smashed in Buffalo Jump, Alberta, Canada
These are blood stains that the Indian Army (when it was commanded by Indira Gandhi) were unable to clean from the marble floors of Harimandir Sahib ('The Golden Temple'), following their unprovoked attack in June 1984, which led to the murder of many, many innocent civilians. Since then despite the exhaustive daily cleaning that goes on at this most sacred place, the stains still remain.
Ironically this particular spot, which is very close to one of the entrances, is flanked by sponsored inscriptions - the closest of which refers to the '269 Engineer Regiment' who 'Reverently seek the blessings of Waheguru'. This is a Sikh regiment - which is of course part of the Indian Army.
Testimonio.
Josué 1:9 - Mira que te mando que te esfuerces y seas valiente; no temas ni desmayes, porque Jehová tu Dios estará contigo en dondequiera que vayas.
Deseo compartir con ustedes esta historia personal.
El día 27 de Julio de 2008 fuimos bendecidos mi esposa y yo con la llegada de nuestro primer hijo Oscar Jesús!!
Por la posición en que venía mi hijo, su nacimiento tuvo que ser por cesárea. Todo resultó bien ese día. Mi hijo nació sano y al día siguiente de su nacimiento mi esposa y él fueron dados de alta. Antes de salir del hospital, mi esposa se quejaba de un dolor particularmente fuerte en la parte baja de su costado derecho. El doctor, quien no revisó a mi esposa en ese momento, indicó que era normal debido a la reciente operación.
Inicialmente, mi esposa presentaba la esperada mejoría, pero después parecía empeorar. El dolor de su costado se hacia cada vez mas fuerte y comenzó a presentar fiebre.
Al no notar mejoría, quisimos contactar al doctor que la intervino sin éxito. En la noche del 5o día de haber sido intervenida (viernes), la condición de mi esposa no mejoraba. Después de varios intentos de localizar al doctor, nos enteramos que se encontraba fuera de la ciudad en un congreso. Tratams de contactar al doctor que usualmente lo cubría, pero nos dijo que solo podría atendernos hasta el lunes.
A la mañana siguiente la llevamos al centro de salud de la localidad. Allí recibimos malas noticias. Un baso sanguíneo se había abierto y mi esposa presentaba un sangrado interno importante que requería de atención médica inmediata.
Decidimos llevarla a la clínica del seguro social de Torreón, Coahuila, donde nos indicaron que era necesario internarla. Al cabo de una hora la atención médica “urgente” para mi esposa no llegaba y se nos dijo que todos los doctores estaban ocupados y que, de ser posible, en la noche la intervendrían quirúrgicamente para determinar cual era el problema.
Esperamos una hora mas y mi esposa empeoraba en su estado. Ante las negativas del personal de la clínica, solicitamos la alta voluntaria de mi esposa para trasladarla a otro hospital. La alta no llego sino hasta varias horas después.
Finalmente, pudimos trasladar a mi esposa a la clínica del Magisterio (hospital de confianza de mis padres). Para este momento la mayor parte de ambas familias, la de ella y la mía, ya estaban enteradas de la situación.
Pensamos que al trasladarla a esta clínica la atención llegaría pronto, pero no había especialista por ser de noche (pasaba de la media noche ya) y ninguno de los doctores a los que se había llamado acudió. No fue sino hasta que una amiga de mi hermana contactó a un doctor que ella conocía, que alguien acudió a atendernos.
Las noticias no eran buenas, mi esposa había perdido mucha sangre por el sangrado interno y necesitaba una transfusión urgente. El riesgo de una septicemia (infección de la sangre) era alto y sí el sangrado interno no cesaba, mi esposa tendría que ser intervenida de nuevo.
Ante el pronóstico desalentador y ante la impotencia uno descubre que, como humano, lo que puede controlar en este mundo es muy limitado. Así que recurrí a Dios y le rogué a la Virgen María que si intercedía por mi ante Dios para concederme el favor de la salud de mi esposa, divulgaría nuestra historia como testimonio del poder de Dios.
Juan 2:5 Pero su madre dijo a los sirvientes: "Hagan todo lo que él les diga"
El esperado tratamiento de mi esposa llegó al fin, no sin la difícil recuperación y pedí a la Virgen que le concediera a mi esposa el consuelo para salir adelante y a que cuidara de mi hijo, quien con tan solo unos días de nacido, tuvo que estar separado de su madre mientras ella estaba hospitalizada.
¿NO ESTOY YO AQUÍ QUE SOY TU MADRE?
Hoy mi esposa y mi hijo esta conmigo y gozan de su salud, y estoy esperando ya a mi segundo hijo con alegría.
Así pues como prometí comparto mi experiencia personal, no para evocar lástima o buscar su empatía, sino como testimonio de mi fe y del poder de Dios, así como de la intervención de la Virgen María.
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Testimony
Joshua 1:9 - Have I not commanded you? Be strong and courageous. Do not be afraid; do not be discouraged, for the lord your God will be with you wherever you go.
I want to share with you this personal story.
On July 27, 2008; my wife and I were blessed with the birth of our first child, Oscar Jesus!
Due to the position of my son, his birth had to be by c-section. Everything went well that day. My son was healthy and one day after his birth, my wife and he were discharged. Before leaving the hospital, my wife complained of a particularly strong pain in the lower part of her right side. The doctor, who did not checked my wife at the time, said it was normal due to the recent surgery.
Initially, my wife recovered, but then started to get worse. The pain increased and she started with fever.
We tried to contact the doctor who intervened her without success. On the night of the 5th day (Friday), my wife's condition had not improved. After several attempts to locate the doctor, we learned he was out of town at a conference. We tried to contact the doctor who usually covered for him, but he would only see her until Monday.
The next morning we took her to the local clinic. They gave us bad news. A blood vessel had broken and my wife had a major internal bleeding that required immediate medical attention.
We decided to take her to the public clinic at Torreon, Coahuila. We were told she needed to be hospitalized. After an hour the "urgent" medical care for my wife did not come. They told us that all doctors were busy and, if possible, they would surgically intervene her later that night.
We waited for an hour and my wife was getting worse. The staff was ignoring us so we request the voluntary release to move her to another hospital. This did not happen until hours later.
Finally, we were able to move my wife to a hospital that my parents suggested. By this time both of our families, hers and mine, were aware of the situation.
We thought she would receive the needed treatment now, but no specialist was available at the time (it was past midnight already) and none of the doctors called by the hospital answered. It was not until a friend of my sister contacted a doctor she knew, that someone came to treat her.
We received more bad news, my wife had lost much blood from the internal bleeding and she needed an urgent blood transfusion. The risk of septicemia (blood infection) was high and if the internal bleeding continued, she would need to get into surgery again.
Given the terrible prognosis I felt powerless and realized that, as a human, what you can control in this world is limited. So I turned to God and prayed to the Virgin Mary to intercede for me before God. I promised that if He granted me the favor of the health of my wife, I would divulge our story as a testament to the power of God.
John 2:5 His mother said to the servants, “Do whatever he tells you.”
The expected treatment for my wife came finally, but not without the difficult recovery. I asked the Virgin to grant her comfort and strength to go ahead and also to take care of my son, who with just a few days old, had to be separated from his mother while she was hospitalized.
Virgin of Guadalupe: Am I not here that am your Mother?
Today my wife and my son are with me enjoying their health, and we are waiting for our second child with joy.
So as I promised, I’m sharing my personal experience, not to evoke pity or seek sympathy, but as a testimony of my faith and the power of God as well as the intercession of the Virgin Mary.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection, USBP Acting Chief Carla Provost testified before the Judiciary Committee hearing on the subject "The MS-13 Problem: Investigating Gang Membership, its Nexus to Illegal Immigration, and Federal Efforts to End the Threat" at the Dirksen Senate Office Building. Also providing testimony was Kenneth Blanco, Acting Assistant Attorney General, Criminal Division, United States Department of Justice.
Photographer: Donna Burton
The Testimony House, established by the association of Bnei Akiva veterans at the early 1990s, aims to amplify and deepen educational activity related to Holocaust remembrance.
Through its museum, archive, educational center and diverse activities, The Testimony House offers a unique, enlightening and even uplifting way to learn about the Holocaust and the post-Holocaust revival.
The museum is located in a pastoral village Nir Galim, near Ashdod, Israel.
The village Nir Galim was founded by Holocaust survivors.
The Testimony House collects, documents and preserves important material about the Holocaust.
India & Pakistan Owe their Freedom to Allama Mashriqi
By Nasim Yousaf
Has a powerful ruler ever transferred power without facing a significant threat to their rule? The Indian sub-continent’s freedom was inconceivable without Allama Mashriqi’s private army of over five million uniformed Khaksars who threatened British rule. Considering this reality, India and Pakistan owe their independence to Allama Inayatullah Khan Al-Mashriqi – a legend and a great freedom fighter.
Allama Mashriqi’s struggle to revive the glory of the Indian nation started with his poetic work, Kharita, which he wrote in his youth (1902-1909). In 1912, Mashriqi discussed his future aims to liberate the nation when he spoke at a graduation dinner (hosted by the Indian Society of Cambridge University in his honor):
“[translation]…Our educational achievements bear testimony to the fact that India can produce unparalleled brains that can defeat the British minds. India is capable of producing superior brains that can make the nation’s future brighter. After we return from here, we must ponder how to break the chains of slavery from the British…We should keep our vision high and enlarge our aims and goals so we can be free from the chains of slavery as soon as possible” (Al-Mashriqi by Dr. Mohammad Azmatullah Bhatti).
Later, Mashriqi’s work Tazkirah (published in 1925) spoke of jihad as well as the rise and fall of nations and was a step towards bringing revolt against British rule. In 1926, Mashriqi embarked on a trip to Egypt and Europe; there, he delivered a lecture on his book Tazkirah, jihad and fighting colonial rule. In Germany, Mashriqi was received by Helene von Nostitz-Wallwitz, the niece of German President Hindenburg (Al-Islah, May 31, 1935). While in Germany, Mashriqi discussed the aforementioned topics with Albert Einstein, Helene, and other prominent individuals; these conversations reflected his mindset of bringing an uprising in foreign lands (as well as in India) against the oppression of British colonial rule. Earlier, while in Egypt at the International Caliphate Conference, Mashriqi succeeded in defeating a British plan to have a Caliph of their choice elected to control the Muslim world. During the trip, Mashriqi acted courageously and ignored the risks of being persecuted or even hanged for treachery against the British Empire in foreign lands…and that too as a government employee.
Meanwhile in India, M.A. Jinnah, M.K. Gandhi, the All-India Muslim League, and Indian National Congress had not taken any concrete steps to bring revolt or overturn British rule. Anyone who attempted to rise against British rule was either ruthlessly crushed or faced the end of his/her political career. As such, Muslim and Hindu leadership adopted ineffective methods such as passing resolutions, taking out rallies and raising anti-British slogans. Mashriqi felt that such methods were useless and would not end the British Raj.
In 1930, Mashriqi resigned from his lucrative job to bring independence to the nation. Risking the lives of himself and his family, Mashriqi launched a private army called the Khaksar Movement. Enrollment in the combative and revolutionary Movement was tough; the masses were not only dispirited, but scared to risk their lives for freedom. In order to promote his mission, Mashriqi traveled in buses, tongas, or third-class compartments of trains and walked for miles at a time in poverty-stricken and rural areas. He was indistinguishable from the common people. This was a man who could have easily accepted an Ambassadorship and title of “Sir” (both of which he was offered by the British in 1920) and continued to draw a hefty salary, brushing shoulders with the British rulers and leading a life of utmost luxury. However, he chose to fight for the people instead.
In 1934, Mashriqi launched the Al-Islah weekly newspaper. The Times of India (August 08, 1938) wrote, “The publication of Al-Islah gave a fresh impetus to the [Khaksar] movement which spread to other regions such as Afghanistan, Iraq and Iran [as well as Bahrain, Burma, Ceylon, Egypt, Nigeria, Saudi Arabia, South Africa, Yemen, and U.K].” By the late 1930s, from Peshawar to Rangoon, the private army of Khaksars had grown to millions.
Throughout these years, the Khaksars continued their activities, including military camps where mock wars were held using belchas (spades), swords, batons, and sometime even cannons. Many Khaksars had willingly signed pledges in blood indicating that they would lay their lives and property if necessary for the cause of freedom. The Khaksars paraded in the streets of India and spread their message against British rule, including running slides in cinemas, chalking walls, distributing pamphlets and flyers and through Al-Islah. By 1939, Mashriqi had prepared a plan to oust British rule. Later that year, he paralyzed the Government of U.P. Thereafter, Mashriqi formed a parallel government, published a plan (in Al-Islah newspaper) to divide India into 14 provinces, issued currency notes, and ordered the enrollment of an additional 2.5 million Muslim and non-Muslim Khaksars.
By now, the strength of the Khaksars had been revealed and the British foresaw Mashriqi taking over. Under intense pressure, the rulers began to make promises of freedom for India and started conversations with M.A. Jinnah, M.K. Gandhi, and others. The Government also took immediate action by launching an anti-Mashriqi campaign in the media; Khaksar activities and the Al-Islah journal were banned. A large number of Khaksars were mercilessly killed by police on March 19, 1940. Mashriqi, his sons, and thousands of Khaksars were arrested. Mashriqi’s young daughters received death threats and threats of abduction. Intelligence agencies were alerted. While in jail, life was made miserable for Mashriqi and the Khaksars; many individuals were kept in solitary confinement and several got life imprisonment. While their activities were banned, the Khaksar Tehrik continued operating from the underground; Al-Islah’s publishing operations were moved to other cities (Aligarh and Calcutta). To overcome censoring of mail and phone calls, they employed the use of secret codes. The Government repression brought additional uprise in the country against British rule.
While in jail, Mashriqi was informed that in order to obtain his release, he must announce the disbandment of the Movement; he refused and instead kept a fast unto death that made the rulers fearful of additional backlash from the public and forced them to release Mashriqi after two years in jail without a trial (strict restrictions on his movements remained after release). Thus, Mashriqi, his family, and the Khaksars refused to surrender and the rulers failed to suppress the Khaksar Tehrik.
Upon his release (despite restrictions on his movements), Mashriqi asked Jinnah, Gandhi, and other leaders to form a joint front and stand with him so he could end British rule. He also pushed for a Jinnah-Gandhi meeting and continued to promote Hindu-Muslim unity. However, vested interests prevented these leaders from joining hands with Mashriqi.
As the British continued holding talks with their favored leaders, Mashriqi continuing pushing rigorously for a revolt. In 1946, Mashriqi succeeded in bringing about a Bombay Naval Mutiny on February 18, 1946 (Al-Islah, March 08, 1946), which also prompted mutiny within the other armed forces.
On June 08, 1946, at the Khaksar Headquarters in Icchra (Lahore), Mashriqi addressed a gathering of Khaksars, soldiers released from the armed forces after World War II, and the soldiers of the defeated Indian National Army (INA) of Subhas Chandra Bose: “after sixteen years of unprecedented self-sacrifices, we are now ardent to reach our objective as fast as possible, and within the next few months will do anything and everything to achieve our goal” (Al-Islah June 14, 1946).
Final preparations for a revolt for independence took place in November 1946 at a historic Khaksar Camp in Peshawar (from November 07-10, 1946), where mock wars and military exercises were held. Mashriqi addressed a crowd of 110,000 Muslims, Hindus, Sikhs, Christians, and others; he shed light on the self-seeking and futile politics of Indian leaders and gave an account of the British exploitations of India’s resources. The speech sparked a sense that further abuse by the rulers would no longer be tolerated and their rule must come to an end. Thereafter, on December 01, 1946, Mashriqi distributed a pamphlet in India proclaiming:
“[translation] Idara-i-Aliya [Khaksar Headquarters] shall soon issue an order that in the entire India, four million [sources quote a range from 4-5 million members] Khaksars, side by side with hundreds of thousands rather millions of supporters shall march simultaneously…This moment shall dawn upon us very soon and that is why it is being ordered that a grand preparation for this historical day should commence immediately…so that British can clearly witness the day of India’s freedom…”
With this bold announcement, a British hold on power was no longer possible. As such, Prime Minister Clement Attlee announced a transfer of power by no later than June 1948. Mashriqi suspected that the announcement could be a ploy to divert public attention or to buy time to create dissent within the country (for example, by encouraging ongoing Muslim-Hindu riots), so that the British could justify and extend their rule.
To close the door on any such ploys, Mashriqi ordered 300,000 Khaksars to assemble on June 30th, 1947 in Delhi; this order put the final nail in the coffin for the British Raj. Such a huge assembly of this private army of Khaksars would enable them to take over all important installations – including radio/broadcasting stations, newspaper offices, British officials’ lodges, and government offices. Immediately following these steps, an overturn of British rule was to be announced via media. The timing of this coup d’état was fitting, as the entire nation (including the armed forces, who had already revolted against the regime) wanted an end to British rule. With this impending massive assembly of Khaksars in Delhi, the rulers saw the writing on the wall; they feared their humiliation and defeat at the hands of the Khaksars and angry masses. Moreover, the rulers could not accept a united India…and that too at the hands of Allama Mashriqi.
Therefore, without any other compelling reason, a transfer of power was undertaken by the British in an extraordinary rush; on June 3rd, 1947, the Viceroy of India, Lord Mountbatten, announced a plan to partition India. Mountbatten called a hurried meeting of their selected Muslim and Hindu leaders and asked them to accept the plan immediately. The selected leaders saw power falling in the hands of Mashriqi and he becoming the champion of freedom if they did not accept the plan. Jealousy and vested interests came into play. M. K. Gandhi, Jinnah’s All-India Muslim League, and the Indian National Congress accepted the plan almost immediately. Mashriqi tried to prevent the All-India Muslim League from signing off on the plan, but was “stabbed” (The Canberra Times, Australia, June 11, 1947) on the same day that the League accepted the plan (June 09, 1947). It was obvious that the motive of this stabbing was to keep Mashriqi from stopping the partition of India (in order to have a united independence).
The partition plan was accepted and announced all over the world only about two weeks before the assembly of the Khaksars was to take place. Logically speaking, can it actually be called a “transfer of power”? The British handed over control of the nation in a rush because the Khaksars were on the verge of forcibly ending their rule; indeed, over 100,000 (Dawn July 02, 1947 reported “70,000 to 80,000”) Khaksars had already entered Delhi despite strict measures in place.
The establishments in India and Pakistan and historians overstate the role of the British’s preferred leaders, while failing to recognize the reality of what led to independence. Neither Jinnah nor Gandhi had the street power to overturn-British rule; it is for this reason that they were seeking a transfer of power, which they obtained based on the threat posed to British rule by the powerful Khaksar Movement. Historians have thus far presented history from a colonial or Pakistani/Indian state point of view, rather than based on the facts on the ground.
Instead of giving credit to Mashriqi, some historians provide flimsy reasons for the end of British rule. Some of the reasons they cite are:
(1) Gandhi’s methods and Jinnah’s constitutional fight brought freedom to India and Pakistan respectively -- this argument is neither supported by human history nor the realities on the ground, as colonial rulers do not voluntarily relinquish their power without a significant threat to their rule.
(2) The British fast-forwarded transfer of power and left quickly to avoid blame for the massive killings that would ensue -- this argument also does not make sense as the massive communal riots/killings began on Direct Action Day (August 16, 1946), so an early transfer of power would not have helped the rulers avoid blame. Even if we were to accept these writers’ claims, why would Lord Mountbatten then become the first Governor General of India and why would many Britishers continue to hold important positions in Pakistan and India?
(3) The British left India because after World War II, they became economically weak and could not keep their hold on India -- this claim does not hold water. India’s rich resources would have helped them to recover their losses from the war.
(4) The end of the British Raj came about because of Subhas Chandra Bose’s Indian National Army (INA) -- the INA was defeated in 1945 and thereafter, Subhas Chandra Bose was not on the scene anymore (he was either killed or went into hiding as claimed).
The Pakistani, Indian, and United Kingdom establishments do not let the truth come out. Despite my open letters to the Chief Justices of the Supreme Courts and the Prime Ministers of Pakistan and India, both countries (and the U.K.) have not declassified Mashriqi and the Khaksar Tehrik’s confiscated papers from the pre-post partition era. In order to hide the truth, Mashriqi’s role is also excluded from the educational curriculum and academic discussions everywhere. The Partition Museum in Amritsar, Lahore Museum, London Museum and others do not display Mashriqi and the Khaksar Tehrik’s artifacts.
Despite the current state of affairs, the ground realities speak loudly to Mashriqi’s heroic fight; without Mashriqi’s private army of Khaksars, the British rulers would not have even come to the table to discuss the freedom of the Indian sub-continent (now Bangladesh, India, and Pakistan), leave alone quit the lucrative sub-continent. As such, both countries owe their independence to Mashriqi and he is a founding father of India and Pakistan.
Nasim Yousaf is a biographer and grandson of Allama Mashriqi. Yousaf’s works have been published in peer-reviewed encyclopedias and academic journals (including at Harvard University and by Springer of Europe), and he has presented papers at academic conferences, including at Cornell University.
Copyright © 2020 Nasim Yousaf
Published:
Kashmir Images (Srinagar, Kashmir), August 22, 2020
Pakistan Link (USA), August 28, 2020
The Miracle (Canada), August 28, 2020
Brisbane Indian Times (Australia), September 12, 2020
Asian World News (United Kingdom), August 20, 2020
Isma Times (India), Aug 20, 2020
Muslim Mirror (India), August 25, 2020
New Age Islam (India), August 21, 2020
Fast Kashmir, (Kashmir), Aug 20, 2020
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Cairo. Open City. New Testimonies from an Ongoing Revolution.
28.09.2012 - 23.12.2012
Braunschweig Museum für Fotografie.
On display will be Photographs, videos, drawings and texts by:
Myriam Abdelaziz, Ahmed Abdel Latif, Osama Abdel Moneim, Peter van Agtmael, Alternative News Agency, Roger Anis, Kim Badawi, Mostafa Bahgat, Lara Baladi, Brigitte Bauer, Ahmed Basiony, Taha Belal, Eva Bertram, Sarah Carr, Denis Dailleux, Osama Dawod, Kaya Behkalam, Johanna Domke & Marouan Omara, Dörte Eißfeldt, Heba El Kholi, Hala Elkoussy, Shady Elnoshokaty, Mosa’ab Elshamy, Aida Eltorie, Mohamed El Maymony, Mohamed El Sheshtawy, Rowan El Shimi, Mohamed Ezz, Fadi Ezzat, Heba Farid, Nermine Hammam, Thomas Hartwell, Aly Hazaa, Tarek Hefny, Eman Helal, Gigi Ibrahim, Magdi Ibrahim, Islam Kamal, Ahmed Kamel, Mahmoud Khaled, Heba Khalifa, Nadine Khan & Mariam Mekiwi, Bettina Lockemann, Alex Majoli, Jasmina Metwaly, Chris Michalski & Sebastian Stumpf, George Mohsen, Samuel Mohsen, Jehan Nasr, Mohammad Nouhan, Nasser Nouri, Alex Nunns, Maggie Osama, Susanne Pomrehn, Ivor Prickett, Jonathan Rashad, Philip Rizk, Ibrahim Saad, Randa Shaath, Ravy Shaker, Alexandra Stock, Lobna Tarek, Lilian Wagdy, Sally Zohny
Furthermore, works will be shown that were initiated as part of an encounter between young Egyptian, German and French artists. In February 2012 ten students from the Braunschweig University of Art (HBK), along with Professor Dörte Eißfeldt and Bettina Lockeman, travelled to Cairo and met there with fellow students from Egypt. A number of works came out of the digital exchange with them and with French students from the École Supérieure des Beaux-Arts de Nîmes, and these works form the final part of the exhibition.
Lt. Governor Anthony Brown testifies on Domestic Violence bills before the House Judiciary Committee. by Brian K. Slack at Annapolis, MD
Lt. Governor Anthony Brown testifies on Domestic Violence bills before the House Judiciary Committee. by Brian K. Slack at Annapolis, MD
Lt. Governor Anthony Brown testifies on Domestic Violence bills before the House Judiciary Committee. by Brian K. Slack at Annapolis, MD
Edward Snowden should have been at the European Parliament this week to give his testimony
Instead, MEPs failed to support a Green call to protect him as a whistleblower. This display of cowardice sends out a negative message that whistleblowers who expose injustice will not be protected.
It's a cop-out, from a desire not to "offend" the US, whose own citizens are equally shocked. And it's made worse by the failure to support calls for a suspension of negotiations on an EU-US trade agreement (TTIP) until the US ceases its mass surveillance of EU citizens.
Read more at www.greens-efa.eu/nsa-scandal-ep-inquiry-12026.html
See our campaign for protection for Edward Snowden, and respect for our privacy
blamethegame.respect-my-privacy.eu/
#blamethegame
And the EU-US trade agreement
Photo in action on NSA scandal/asylum for Snowden.
"C European Union 2014"
Lt. Governor Anthony Brown testifies on Domestic Violence bills before the House Judiciary Committee. by Brian K. Slack at Annapolis, MD
CERVICAL SPINE MOVEMENT INTER-VERTEBRAL DEGENERATIVE DISC DISEASE expert witness testimony information
Shows degenerative disc disease at C5-6 in the lateral view and the limitations in flexion-extension, lateral flexion and rotation due to the disease.
INTERVERTEBRAL DISC HEALTH
When you sit, stand up, bend or twist, large compressive forces are applied to your spine. There are several factors that determine the ability of your inter-vertebral discs to handle these forces:
your inherited make-up
disc health – worsened by smoking, poor nutrition, sedentary lifestyle, weak muscles, and obesity
ageing
poor posture – while sitting, standing and lifting
heavy loads during home, work or sporting activities.
DISC INJURY
Cervical Spine Movement Intervertebral Degenerative Disc Disease expert witness testimony information
When the forces applied to your neck exceed the strength of your discs, minor injuries to the disc can occur. It is important to note these injuries may or may not hurt at the time they occur.
DISC DEGENERATION
Cervical Spine Movement Intervertebral Degenerative Disc Disease expert witness testimony information
As the continuous stresses and repeated injuries accumulate, they cause wear and tear on the spine’s discs and joints. Some people are more susceptible to this degeneration, for reasons that are unclear. this disease process is called osteo-arthritis or spondylosis.
Often the annulus of the inter-vertebral disc is the first area injured. Small tears occur that heal with weaker scar tissue. As more scar tissue accumulates, the annulus becomes weaker overall.
This damages the inner nucleus, which loses it cushioning water content, and begins to dry up and stiffen. It changes from a jelly-like consistency, to more like crab meat. As it dries up, the height of the disc collapses. The decreased cushioning ability of the drier, weaker nucleus leads to even more stress on the annulus, and further annulus damage and nucleus collapse.
The attachment of the disc to the vertebra is placed under a lot of stress by this disc collapse, and the vertebra reacts by growing more bone in an attempt to get stronger. This can be seen as vertebral lipping (osteophytes, spurs) at the edges of the vertebral body and the unco-vertebral joints. This lipping can encroach on the spinal canal and adjacent nerves.
The alignment of the facet joints at the back of the spine alters to accommodate the disc collapse. This changes the way in which the facets slide over each other, causing increased wear of the cartilage on the joint surface. The cartilage frays, and is ground down to the underlying bone. When this facet joint osteo-arthritis or spondylosis occurs, the bone around the facet joint is irritated, and grows in an attempt to stop the excess motion.
These facet joint bone spurs, or osteophytes enlarge, and can grow into the intervertebral foramen or spinal canal, where they can compress the spinal nerve and the adjacent spinal cord.
The ligamentum flavum runs along the back of the spinal canal from one vertebra to the next. As the disc height collapses, and the adjacent vertebra move closer together, the ligamentum flavum thickens and buckles into the spinal canal, placing additional pressure on the spinal cord. Cervical Spine Movement Intervertebral Degenerative Disc Disease expert witness testimony information.
SUMMARY
So osteo-arthritis or spondylosis is a degenerative process that involves disc collapse and bulging, vertebral body and unco-vertebral joint lipping, facet joint osteophytes, thickening of the ligamentum flavum, and the slipping of the adjacent vertebra. This disease can put pressure on the spinal cord and adjacent nerves, and can cause pain.
TREATMENT
Cervical Spine Movement Intervertebral Degenerative Disc Disease expert witness testimony information.
Although osteo-arthritis or spondylosis can not be reversed, there are things that you can do to slow it down and control any pain.
The safest and most effective treatments for osteo-arthritis or spondylosis include :
Stop smoking
Physical therapies - correct posture, activity modification (avoiding excess neck movements, physical activities above shoulder level), low impact and flexibility, strength and endurance exercises, hydrotherapy, physical therapy modalities such as heat, ice, massage, and manipulation or mobilization
Medications - early aggressive use of medication to reduce pain, inflammation, muscle spasm and sleep disturbance
Other treatments – ie acupuncture, ultrasound, laser, short-wave diathermy.
The use of neck bracing and acupuncture is controversial.
The amount of pain experienced from degenerative disc disease (osteo-arthritis, spondylosis) varies widely. This may be due to differing degrees of instability, scarring of the disc and facet joint osteo-arthritis. Once the degeneration is advanced, and the instability produces uncontrollable pain, or the pressure on the nerves affects their functioning, then your clinician will consider fusing the two vertebrae together, or inserting an artificial intervertebral disc.
CERVICAL SPINE MOVEMENT INTER-VERTEBRAL DEGENERATIVE DISC DISEASE expert witness testimony information
Member Mark Rosekind testifies at judiciary committee hearing at the State House in Boston, Massachusetts in favor State Representative Mike Costello’s ignition interlock bill.
Cairo. Open City. New Testimonies from an Ongoing Revolution.
28.09.2012 - 23.12.2012
Braunschweig Museum für Fotografie.
On display will be Photographs, videos, drawings and texts by:
Myriam Abdelaziz, Ahmed Abdel Latif, Osama Abdel Moneim, Peter van Agtmael, Alternative News Agency, Roger Anis, Kim Badawi, Mostafa Bahgat, Lara Baladi, Brigitte Bauer, Ahmed Basiony, Taha Belal, Eva Bertram, Sarah Carr, Denis Dailleux, Osama Dawod, Kaya Behkalam, Johanna Domke & Marouan Omara, Dörte Eißfeldt, Heba El Kholi, Hala Elkoussy, Shady Elnoshokaty, Mosa’ab Elshamy, Aida Eltorie, Mohamed El Maymony, Mohamed El Sheshtawy, Rowan El Shimi, Mohamed Ezz, Fadi Ezzat, Heba Farid, Nermine Hammam, Thomas Hartwell, Aly Hazaa, Tarek Hefny, Eman Helal, Gigi Ibrahim, Magdi Ibrahim, Islam Kamal, Ahmed Kamel, Mahmoud Khaled, Heba Khalifa, Nadine Khan & Mariam Mekiwi, Bettina Lockemann, Alex Majoli, Jasmina Metwaly, Chris Michalski & Sebastian Stumpf, George Mohsen, Samuel Mohsen, Jehan Nasr, Mohammad Nouhan, Nasser Nouri, Alex Nunns, Maggie Osama, Susanne Pomrehn, Ivor Prickett, Jonathan Rashad, Philip Rizk, Ibrahim Saad, Randa Shaath, Ravy Shaker, Alexandra Stock, Lobna Tarek, Lilian Wagdy, Sally Zohny
Furthermore, works will be shown that were initiated as part of an encounter between young Egyptian, German and French artists. In February 2012 ten students from the Braunschweig University of Art (HBK), along with Professor Dörte Eißfeldt and Bettina Lockeman, travelled to Cairo and met there with fellow students from Egypt. A number of works came out of the digital exchange with them and with French students from the École Supérieure des Beaux-Arts de Nîmes, and these works form the final part of the exhibition.
062414: Washington, DC - Hearing – DHS Secretary Jeh Johnson and Border Patrol, Deputy Chief Ronald Vitiello Testimony on Dangerous Passage: The Growing Problem of Unaccompanied Children Crossing the Border.
Photographer: Barry Bahler
U.S. Customs and Border Protection, Office of Field Operations, Deputy Executive Assistant Commissioner John Wagner testified before the U.S. House of Representatives on the topic “About Face: Examining the Department of Homeland Security’s Use of Facial Recognition and Other Biometric Technologies, Part II”. Other witnesses are Mr. Peter Mina, Deputy Officer for Programs and Compliance, Office for Civil Rights and Civil Liberties, U.S. Department of Homeland Security and Dr. Charles Romine, Director of the Information Technology Laboratory, National Institute of Standards and Technology.
Photographer: Donna Burton
The Testimony House, established by the association of Bnei Akiva veterans at the early 1990s, aims to amplify and deepen educational activity related to Holocaust remembrance.
Through its museum, archive, educational center and diverse activities, The Testimony House offers a unique, enlightening and even uplifting way to learn about the Holocaust and the post-Holocaust revival.
The museum is located in a pastoral village Nir Galim, near Ashdod, Israel.
The village Nir Galim was founded by Holocaust survivors.
The Testimony House collects, documents and preserves important material about the Holocaust.