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Jack's Hitler jigsaw and knowing when to turn a blind eye to a lynch mob being nine-tenths of the law... Simon Ecob's world is a truly horrific Daily Mail wonderland.
Jack Black and his dog Silver – a young amateur detective staying with his Aunt Meg on an eternal school holiday. Often gets well-meaning people, who have done nothing wrong, arrested (or worse) on a minor technicality or obscure law for his own benefit as they've offended his very right wing sensibilties .
The first strip was apparently "traced by Chris Donald", according to fellow Viz cartoonist Davey Jones, "out of an old copy of Whizzer and Chips". As the strip has progressed, Jack has been increasingly portrayed as a racist and a xenophobe among other major faults.
" A typical strip begins with Jack visiting Aunt Meg in a new location and assisting her with her latest business or project, usually involving something illegal or immoral such as prostitutes or drug dealing. Someone causes trouble for them or annoys Jack in some way, leading him to investigate. The "villains" whom Jack investigates are occasionally genuine criminals, but more often well-meaning, inoffensive people who happen to have outraged his far right sense of propriety. Jack usually ends up finding out that what the suspect has done is technically not illegal, but still succeeds in getting the miscreants involved arrested on trivial charges and severely punished, often at the savage hands of the community - his exploits making a mockery of British Justice. For instance, when someone tried to sell a tactical nuclear missile to the IRA the village policeman pointed out that the man was a licensed arms dealer. Jack then had the arms dealer arrested for having an expired tax disc on the car he was carrying the missile in. In most cases the whole village is utterly corrupt and the 'villain' represents some form of rationality and normality to the reader. "
Jack Black
[Viz] Jack Black is a character appearing in the adult Viz comic. The cartoons in which he appears are currently drawn by Simon Ecob. Jack is effectively a young amateur detective who along with his dog Silver seems to spend an eternal school holiday staying with his Aunt Meg in an ever changing idyllic middle England location. The time per
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Jack Black and his dog Silver – a young amateur detective staying with his Aunt Meg on an eternal school holiday. Often gets well-meaning people, who have done nothing wrong, arrested (or worse) on a minor technicality or obscure law for his own benefit as they've offended his very right wing sensibilties .
The first strip was apparently "traced by Chris Donald", according to fellow Viz cartoonist Davey Jones, "out of an old copy of Whizzer and Chips".
As the strip has progressed, Jack has been increasingly portrayed as a racist and a xenophobe among other major faults.
" A typical strip begins with Jack visiting Aunt Meg in a new location and assisting her with her latest business or project, usually involving something illegal or immoral such as prostitutes or drug dealing.
Someone causes trouble for them or annoys Jack in some way, leading him to investigate. The "villains" whom Jack investigates are occasionally genuine criminals, but more often well-meaning, inoffensive people who happen to have outraged his far right sense of propriety.
Jack usually ends up finding out that what the suspect has done is technically not illegal, but still succeeds in getting the miscreants involved arrested on trivial charges and severely punished, often at the savage hands of the community - his exploits making a mockery of British Justice.
For instance, when someone tried to sell a tactical nuclear missile to the IRA the village policeman pointed out that the man was a licensed arms dealer.
Jack then had the arms dealer arrested for having an expired tax disc on the car he was carrying the missile in. In most cases the whole village is utterly corrupt and the 'villain' represents some form of rationality and normality to the reader. "
Jack Black
Jack, however, is not always successful despite his best efforts.
In the May 2008 issue, Jack discovered that a local shopkeeper had devised an elaborate scheme to steal all the townspeople's toilet paper.
This forced them to wipe themselves on the cardboard roll, causing haemorrhoids which led them to buy vast amounts of rubber cushions from his shop.
However, in a departure from the other comics, PC Brown tells Jack that technically the suspect has done nothing illegal, and has to let him go.
He is then seen in a pub with Jack who is drowning his sorrows, but Brown points out that Jack can't win every time, and vows they will catch the man and "bust his ass" as soon as he slips up.
Other examples of Jack's adventures include:
Uncovering a milk hoarding scam involving asylum seekers.
Exhuming a deceased man's corpse so that he can prove that his child was conceived out of wedlock.
(This episode decries sex before marriage as sinful, and has the man's widow ostracised by her parish priest and community on Easter Sunday - in contradiction to other episodes, where prostitution or teenage sex are the basis of Aunt Meg's business.)
Teaming up with a paedophile priest to frame a teacher as a paedophile, because the man is teaching safe sex to teenagers and this is supposedly blasphemous. The teacher is lynched by a mob, and Jack then assists his Aunt in performing illegal abortions.
Getting a charity worker arrested for holding a charity sale on a Sunday and having his guide dog destroyed.
Capturing a downed German fighter pilot and, disappointed at his Aunt's refusal to let him kick the German pilot "In the guts till his arse bleeds", defecting to become a Nazi supporter.
Getting his own aunt arrested for letting himself and his dog sing while she was playing piano without holding an entertainment licence.
Having a professor stripped naked, tarred and covered with old hair clippings before being paraded around in a cart for an hour while
Jack and the community burn down the local museum because the professor believed in evolution and not creationism.
Uncovering an Al-Qaeda cell after finding out that their vegetarian leader reads The Guardian newspaper and not the Daily Mail.
Using an obscure tax law to have a soup kitchen for the homeless closed down at Christmas as it is, in the words of the local vicar, 'rather ruining the Christmas atmos'.(sic)
Discovering a working class council estate in his aunt's idyllic village, and inducing its inhabitants to "move on" by closing down the local Co-Op store (thus removing their supply of cheap lager and cigarettes).
Jack achieved this by tricking the store's owner into selling lottery tickets to underage minors.
Having an impoverished war hero (who has been forced to sell all of his medals to pay the VAT on his heating bills) arrested for copyright fraud (to wit, making photocopies of newspaper articles for his scrapbook).
Discovering that the "chocolate cake" donated by an elderly lady to a church fayre contains less than the minimum chocolate content specified by European law, and should therefore have been called a "chocolate flavoured cake".
The old lady is put in a pillory and pelted with Jack's aunt's rock cakes (which she comments she had fortunately overcooked), while onlookers shout obscenities.
The local vicar yells "Take that, you cheating bitch!" before hurling a cake at the poor old woman.
Uncovering an elaborate plot to steal books from the public library (by means of a tunnel drilled through several hundred feet of cliff) and sell them at a bookstall on the beach.
Discovering that a "dancing bear" exhibited in a travelling carnival is really Adolf Hitler in disguise. With the 'bear' gone, Jack then dressed the hapless Silver in a tutu and forced the dog to dance at the end of a whip.
Framing the owner of the local video rental shop by planting home made hardcore pornography amongst his stock after discovering that the shopkeeper was feeding Paula Radcliffe laxatives and then sending her to defecate in the garden of his aunt's brothel in order to drive her customers away from the brothel and ease their sexual frustrations by buying the softcore pornography he had to offer.
Upon discovering that Pete Doherty has moved into the area and then wondering why Meg's drug dealing business had not improved considerably, Jack and Silver investigate and find that the boat keeper in the local park is a rival dealer who is supplying Doherty's needs by way of an elaborate scheme involving the park pedal boats, a submarine and a fog machine.
Jack and PC Brown then kill the rival dealer and beat up Doherty.
Discovering that a carol singer, who has used his earnings to buy Christmas presents for a local orphanage, has violated Sunday trading laws. (Both he and the orphans are arrested at gunpoint on Christmas morning, while Jack gets to keep all the presents himself.)
Befriending an elderly lady whose only companion is a goldfish, then having her thrown out of her retirement flat for keeping a pet without written permission.
The goldfish is summarily executed by one of the local policemen stamping on him.
On finding out Meg (who is a member of the local Council) will have to return a brand new car and a large amount of money that she received as a backhander to allow a toxic waste dump to be built next to a school as the vote will not be unanimous,
Jack breaks into the car of the only councillor who has voted against the proposed dump.
He then promptly has the man arrested and thrown in prison for not declaring an interest in the issue; his daughter was a pupil at the school.
Jack is too young to vote for the proposal, so Silver (who is three years old and therefore 21 in dog years) is appointed as a replacement council member instead to vote on Jack's behalf.
Exposing a Japanese Sumo wrestler of selling Geishas to England for their skill in performing the tea ceremony.
In an attempt to earn money to fund his new animal snaring hobby, Jack attempts to get work as a fruit picker with the local farmer, but upon learning that the wage is only 30p an hour, gets suspicious of a group of gentlemen who are more than happy with the measly wage.
Convinced they are foreign, Jack arranges for a cricket match between the fruit pickers and the local police, noting that if they attempt to cheat they cannot possibly be British (more specifically English).
During the game, one of the fruit pickers correctly questions a play with the umpire (Jack and PC Brown had purposely arranged this wrongful play) and Jack calls for the men to be arrested (he has rumbled them as no Englishman would ever question the decision of the umpire), to which the fruit pickers attempt to flee (for they are actually members of an East European acting troupe who recently vanished).
As the East Europeans are taken away, the farmer points out that with no one to pick it, his fruit will rot. Jack happily responds that he would rather it rot than be picked by a foreigner. This story was purportedly "sponsored" by the Daily Express.
Getting a butcher's store closed down because the butcher is having sex with his meat products. This is supposedly done by all butchers, but the one in question was risking cross contamination by having sex with raw meat and then cooked meat afterwards.
Discovering that Hugh Hefner has been posing as the "Phantom of the Fens", a masked highwayman who regularly holds up Aunt Meg in order to steal the supplies of laboratory rabbits that her farm provides for vivisection purposes.
Hefner has killed all the rabbits to use their ears and tails in the costumes for his army of Playboy Bunny girls.
He is arrested, while the "bunny girls" are sent off to a factory for experimentation because Meg has no more rabbits left.
When Aunt Meg is not allowed to sell her Nazi memorabilia at the local market because all stallholders must be of German origin, Jack becomes increasingly suspicious of a kindly old toymaker who does not look physically perfect enough to belong to the "Master race".
He discovers the man was born in Olbernhau, which did not actually come under German control until ratified under the Treaty of Versailles on June 19, 1919 - a day after the man was born on June 18, when Olbernhau was still part of the former Austria-Hungary. The toymaker is deported and his German dachshund dog destroyed, and the townspeople celebrate by burning the toys that he had charitably given to local orphans.
Exposing a greengrocer's plot to undercut the nearby supermarket's prices by way of a scheme involving electro-magnetics and robot "children".
Relocating the action to the Canadian Rockies, Jack and Aunt Meg are happily shooting defenceless animals in the forest and mounting their heads on the wall when Mountie Brown warns the two of a giant bear walking the woods that appears to be impervious to gunfire which caused him to foul himself, he was so scared.
When Mountie Brown leaves to go to his grandmother's launderette to clean his soiled clothes, Jack and Aunt Meg go after the bear themselves.
They find the bear which is also unharmed by their bullets and approaches the two causing them to shit themselves in fear before backing off. Going to the launderette,
Jack and Aunt Meg find some washing machines out of order and a lot of demand for the machine from other hunters suffering the same humiliation as Jack and the others.
Doing some investigating, Jack discovers that the bear is actually a robot run by Mountie Brown's grandma from the parts from the broken washing machines (the evidence being that the bear tracks led to a bingo hall, community centre and a wool shop meaning an old woman had to be involved) who was using the scam to drum up business for her launderette.
Mountie Brown is unable to arrest her due to her being 93, so instead he just shoots her and mounts her head on Jack's wall.
In one adventure, Jack becomes determined to find out why a youth club leader has been turning over all the local drug dealers to the police.
He discovers that this has led the kids at the youth club to fight over the available drugs, causing an increase in knife crime and more business for the village knife grinder (who is actually the youth club leader's wife in disguise.)
The two escape on a motorbike but Jack throws a knife at them, which results in them crashing into a fuel depot and the depot exploding.
Meg, the village magistrate, sentences their corpses to be posthumously locked up and pilloried in the village stocks.
While performing an errand for Aunt Meg, Jack and Silver pass the mansion of Sir Fred Goodwin and they meet both Sir Fred and his cleaner who is paid only the minimum wage and yet is clearly overworked by him.
Sir Fred complains to Jack about her performance at the job ("I know I oversaw the loss of 241 Billion, the biggest loss in UK Corporate history but she hasn't even cleaned under the wheel arches. I mean, come on!") and even took three days off sick with full pay.
Jack helpfully suggests he sack her and hire someone else Sir Fred tells Jack he can't because he'd have to give her a redundancy package.
Jack decides to investigate, and while bumping into her at the shops peeks inside her bag and then checks out her records at the local medical centre. The next day Jack arrives at Sir Fred's house along with an officer for the Inland Revenue.
Jack reveals that the cleaner didn't actually take three days off as she was ill but actually took the days off to have a baby (which she has been hiding in her bag).
As a result, she was only entitled to maternity pay instead of the sick pay and therefore defrauded Sir Fred of £40. Sir Fred is given the money back by Inland Revenue, the cleaner is arrested for serious benefit fraud and her baby is taken into care.
That night, Sir Fred and Jack celebrate righting the wrong by having a night around the fire which is fuelled by wads of twenty pound notes.
Jack's Nazism has been referred to more than once. He has been seen in one episode to be working on a school homework project entitled 'The Myth of the Holocaust'; whilst in another he is seen leading a sing song round a piano of the Nazism anthem 'Tomorrow Belongs to Me'.
Indeed, in the Christmas 1994 issue (no69) he witnesses a Luftwaffe plane crash and wants to cut out the dead pilot's teeth as souvenirs. However, the pilot survives and they take him back to his Aunt Meg's so she can hang him in the back garden.
The two quickly bond and the pilot reads Mein Kampf to Jack before bed which convinces him to turn on his Aunt and fly back to Germany and dine with the Führer himself.
The Christmas 2007 issue, in which Aunt Meg owns an impressive personal collection of Nazi memorabilia, suggests that she may share his political allegiance. "
Jack, however, is not always successful despite his best efforts.
In the May 2008 issue, Jack discovered that a local shopkeeper had devised an elaborate scheme to steal all the townspeople's toilet paper.
This forced them to wipe themselves on the cardboard roll, causing haemorrhoids which led them to buy vast amounts of rubber cushions from his shop.
However, in a departure from the other comics, PC Brown tells Jack that technically the suspect has done nothing illegal, and has to let him go.
He is then seen in a pub with Jack who is drowning his sorrows, but Brown points out that Jack can't win every time, and vows they will catch the man and "bust his ass" as soon as he slips up.
Other examples of Jack's adventures include:
Uncovering a milk hoarding scam involving asylum seekers.
Exhuming a deceased man's corpse so that he can prove that his child was conceived out of wedlock.
(This episode decries sex before marriage as sinful, and has the man's widow ostracised by her parish priest and community on Easter Sunday - in contradiction to other episodes, where prostitution or teenage sex are the basis of Aunt Meg's business.)
Teaming up with a paedophile priest to frame a teacher as a paedophile, because the man is teaching safe sex to teenagers and this is supposedly blasphemous. The teacher is lynched by a mob, and Jack then assists his Aunt in performing illegal abortions.
Getting a charity worker arrested for holding a charity sale on a Sunday and having his guide dog destroyed.
Capturing a downed German fighter pilot and, disappointed at his Aunt's refusal to let him kick the German pilot "In the guts till his arse bleeds", defecting to become a Nazi supporter.
Getting his own aunt arrested for letting himself and his dog sing while she was playing piano without holding an entertainment licence.
Having a professor stripped naked, tarred and covered with old hair clippings before being paraded around in a cart for an hour while
Jack and the community burn down the local museum because the professor believed in evolution and not creationism.
Uncovering an Al-Qaeda cell after finding out that their vegetarian leader reads The Guardian newspaper and not the Daily Mail.
Using an obscure tax law to have a soup kitchen for the homeless closed down at Christmas as it is, in the words of the local vicar, 'rather ruining the Christmas atmos'.(sic)
Discovering a working class council estate in his aunt's idyllic village, and inducing its inhabitants to "move on" by closing down the local Co-Op store (thus removing their supply of cheap lager and cigarettes).
Jack achieved this by tricking the store's owner into selling lottery tickets to underage minors.
Having an impoverished war hero (who has been forced to sell all of his medals to pay the VAT on his heating bills) arrested for copyright fraud (to wit, making photocopies of newspaper articles for his scrapbook).
Discovering that the "chocolate cake" donated by an elderly lady to a church fayre contains less than the minimum chocolate content specified by European law, and should therefore have been called a "chocolate flavoured cake".
The old lady is put in a pillory and pelted with Jack's aunt's rock cakes (which she comments she had fortunately overcooked), while onlookers shout obscenities.
The local vicar yells "Take that, you cheating bitch!" before hurling a cake at the poor old woman.
Uncovering an elaborate plot to steal books from the public library (by means of a tunnel drilled through several hundred feet of cliff) and sell them at a bookstall on the beach.
Discovering that a "dancing bear" exhibited in a travelling carnival is really Adolf Hitler in disguise. With the 'bear' gone, Jack then dressed the hapless Silver in a tutu and forced the dog to dance at the end of a whip.
Framing the owner of the local video rental shop by planting home made hardcore pornography amongst his stock after discovering that the shopkeeper was feeding Paula Radcliffe laxatives and then sending her to defecate in the garden of his aunt's brothel in order to drive her customers away from the brothel and ease their sexual frustrations by buying the softcore pornography he had to offer.
Upon discovering that Pete Doherty has moved into the area and then wondering why Meg's drug dealing business had not improved considerably, Jack and Silver investigate and find that the boat keeper in the local park is a rival dealer who is supplying Doherty's needs by way of an elaborate scheme involving the park pedal boats, a submarine and a fog machine. Jack and PC Brown then kill the rival dealer and beat up Doherty.
Discovering that a carol singer, who has used his earnings to buy Christmas presents for a local orphanage, has violated Sunday trading laws. (Both he and the orphans are arrested at gunpoint on Christmas morning, while Jack gets to keep all the presents himself.)
Befriending an elderly lady whose only companion is a goldfish, then having her thrown out of her retirement flat for keeping a pet without written permission.
The goldfish is summarily executed by one of the local policemen stamping on him.
On finding out Meg (who is a member of the local Council) will have to return a brand new car and a large amount of money that she received as a backhander to allow a toxic waste dump to be built next to a school as the vote will not be unanimous,
Jack breaks into the car of the only councillor who has voted against the proposed dump.
He then promptly has the man arrested and thrown in prison for not declaring an interest in the issue; his daughter was a pupil at the school.
Jack is too young to vote for the proposal, so Silver (who is three years old and therefore 21 in dog years) is appointed as a replacement council member instead to vote on Jack's behalf.
Exposing a Japanese Sumo wrestler of selling Geishas to England for their skill in performing the tea ceremony.
In an attempt to earn money to fund his new animal snaring hobby, Jack attempts to get work as a fruit picker with the local farmer, but upon learning that the wage is only 30p an hour, gets suspicious of a group of gentlemen who are more than happy with the measly wage.
Convinced they are foreign, Jack arranges for a cricket match between the fruit pickers and the local police, noting that if they attempt to cheat they cannot possibly be British (more specifically English).
During the game, one of the fruit pickers correctly questions a play with the umpire (Jack and PC Brown had purposely arranged this wrongful play) and Jack calls for the men to be arrested (he has rumbled them as no Englishman would ever question the decision of the umpire), to which the fruit pickers attempt to flee (for they are actually members of an East European acting troupe who recently vanished).
As the East Europeans are taken away, the farmer points out that with no one to pick it, his fruit will rot. Jack happily responds that he would rather it rot than be picked by a foreigner. This story was purportedly "sponsored" by the Daily Express.
Getting a butcher's store closed down because the butcher is having sex with his meat products. This is supposedly done by all butchers, but the one in question was risking cross contamination by having sex with raw meat and then cooked meat afterwards.
Discovering that Hugh Hefner has been posing as the "Phantom of the Fens", a masked highwayman who regularly holds up Aunt Meg in order to steal the supplies of laboratory rabbits that her farm provides for vivisection purposes.
Hefner has killed all the rabbits to use their ears and tails in the costumes for his army of Playboy Bunny girls.
He is arrested, while the "bunny girls" are sent off to a factory for experimentation because Meg has no more rabbits left.
When Aunt Meg is not allowed to sell her Nazi memorabilia at the local market because all stallholders must be of German origin, Jack becomes increasingly suspicious of a kindly old toymaker who does not look physically perfect enough to belong to the "Master race".
He discovers the man was born in Olbernhau, which did not actually come under German control until ratified under the Treaty of Versailles on June 19, 1919 - a day after the man was born on June 18, when Olbernhau was still part of the former Austria-Hungary. The toymaker is deported and his German dachshund dog destroyed, and the townspeople celebrate by burning the toys that he had charitably given to local orphans.
Exposing a greengrocer's plot to undercut the nearby supermarket's prices by way of a scheme involving electromagnetics and robot "children".
Relocating the action to the Canadian Rockies, Jack and Aunt Meg are happily shooting defenseless animals in the forest and mounting their heads on the wall when Mountie Brown warns the two of a giant bear walking the woods that appears to be impervious to gunfire which caused him to foul himself, he was so scared.
When Mountie Brown leaves to go to his grandmother's launderette to clean his soiled clothes, Jack and Aunt Meg go after the bear themselves. They find the bear which is also unharmed by their bullets and approaches the two causing them to shit themselves in fear before backing off. Going to the launderette,
Jack and Aunt Meg find some washing machines out of order and a lot of demand for the machine from other hunters suffering the same humiliation as Jack and the others.
Doing some investigating, Jack discovers that the bear is actually a robot run by Mountie Brown's grandma from the parts from the broken washing machines (the evidence being that the bear tracks led to a bingo hall, community centre and a wool shop meaning an old woman had to be involved) who was using the scam to drum up business for her launderette.
Mountie Brown is unable to arrest her due to her being 93, so instead he just shoots her and mounts her head on Jack's wall.
In one adventure, Jack becomes determined to find out why a youth club leader has been turning over all the local drug dealers to the police.
He discovers that this has led the kids at the youth club to fight over the available drugs, causing an increase in knife crime and more business for the village knife grinder (who is actually the youth club leader's wife in disguise.)
The two escape on a motorbike but Jack throws a knife at them, which results in them crashing into a fuel depot and the depot exploding.
Meg, the village magistrate, sentences their corpses to be posthumously locked up and pilloried in the village stocks.
While performing an errand for Aunt Meg, Jack and Silver pass the mansion of Sir Fred Goodwin and they meet both Sir Fred and his cleaner who is paid only the minimum wage and yet is clearly overworked by him.
Sir Fred complains to Jack about her performance at the job ("I know I oversaw the loss of 241 Billion, the biggest loss in UK Corporate history but she hasn't even cleaned under the wheel arches. I mean, come on!") and even took three days off sick with full pay.
Jack helpfully suggests he sack her and hire someone else Sir Fred tells Jack he can't because he'd have to give her a redundancy package. Jack decides to investigate, and while bumping into her at the shops peeks inside her bag and then checks out her records at the local medical centre. The next day Jack arrives at Sir Fred's house along with an officer for the Inland Revenue.
Jack reveals that the cleaner didn't actually take three days off as she was ill but actually took the days off to have a baby (which she has been hiding in her bag).
As a result, she was only entitled to maternity pay instead of the sick pay and therefore defrauded Sir Fred of £40. Sir Fred is given the money back by Inland Revenue, the cleaner is arrested for serious benefit fraud and her baby is taken into care.
That night, Sir Fred and Jack celebrate righting the wrong by having a night around the fire which is fuelled by wads of twenty pound notes.
Jack's Nazism has been referred to more than once. He has been seen in one episode to be working on a school homework project entitled 'The Myth of the Holocaust'; whilst in another he is seen leading a sing song round a piano of the Nazism anthem 'Tomorrow Belongs to Me'.
Indeed, in the Christmas 1994 issue (no69) he witnesses a Luftwaffe plane crash and wants to cut out the dead pilot's teeth as souvenirs. However, the pilot survives and they take him back to his Aunt Meg's so she can hang him in the back garden. The two quickly bond and the pilot reads Mein Kampf to Jack before bed which convinces him to turn on his Aunt and fly back to Germany and dine with the Führer himself.
The Christmas 2007 issue, in which Aunt Meg owns an impressive personal collection of Nazi memorabilia, suggests that she may share his political allegiance. "
Jack's Hitler jigsaw and knowing when to turn a blind eye to a lynch mob being nine-tenths of the law... Simon Ecob's world is a truly horrific Daily Mail wonderland.
Jack Black and his dog Silver – a young amateur detective staying with his Aunt Meg on an eternal school holiday. Often gets well-meaning people, who have done nothing wrong, arrested (or worse) on a minor technicality or obscure law for his own benefit as they've offended his very right wing sensibilties .
The first strip was apparently "traced by Chris Donald", according to fellow Viz cartoonist Davey Jones, "out of an old copy of Whizzer and Chips".
As the strip has progressed, Jack has been increasingly portrayed as a racist and a xenophobe among other major faults.
" A typical strip begins with Jack visiting Aunt Meg in a new location and assisting her with her latest business or project, usually involving something illegal or immoral such as prostitutes or drug dealing.
Someone causes trouble for them or annoys Jack in some way, leading him to investigate. The "villains" whom Jack investigates are occasionally genuine criminals, but more often well-meaning, inoffensive people who happen to have outraged his far right sense of propriety.
Jack usually ends up finding out that what the suspect has done is technically not illegal, but still succeeds in getting the miscreants involved arrested on trivial charges and severely punished, often at the savage hands of the community - his exploits making a mockery of British Justice.
For instance, when someone tried to sell a tactical nuclear missile to the IRA the village policeman pointed out that the man was a licensed arms dealer.
Jack then had the arms dealer arrested for having an expired tax disc on the car he was carrying the missile in. In most cases the whole village is utterly corrupt and the 'villain' represents some form of rationality and normality to the reader. "
Jack Black
[Viz] Jack Black is a character appearing in the adult Viz comic. The cartoons in which he appears are currently drawn by Simon Ecob. Jack is effectively a young amateur detective who along with his dog Silver seems to spend an eternal school holiday staying with his Aunt Meg in an ever changing idyllic middle England location. The time per
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Événement et les Batailles lors du califat d'Abdel al-Malik l'Omeyyade,
Les tribus Qayssiyah, Moudariyah et Rabi’iyah, Les guerres tribales entre les tribus Qays et Bani Taghlib, La terrible vengeance contre Tha’lab, Al-Jahhaf s’enfuit chez les Romains et toute les batailles qui ont eu lieu en ce califat
Il y eut des pénibles guerres tribales au premier siècle de l’Hégire entre certaines tribus Qayssiyah et Rabi’iyah. Toutes ces tribus sont issues de Nizar Ibn Mou’ad Ibn ‘Adnan.
Il y eut une guerre entre les Bani Soulaym Ibn Mansour, alliés aux Bani Hawazin Ibn Mansour, et les Bani Taghlib Ibn Wahil alliés aux Bani Namir Ibn Qassim ar-Rab’iyah.
Pour rappel, les tribus Qayssiyah sont de Qays Ibn ‘Aylan Ibn Moudar. Et parmi ces tribus, il y la tribu de :
- Banou ‘Amir as-Sa’sa’a qui est une tribu Hawaziniyah, de Hawazin Ibn Mansour.
- Banou Soulaym, la puissante tribu dont est issu ‘Oumayr Ibn al-Houbab as-Soulami, des Banou Soulaym Ibn Mansour Ibn Ikrimah. Soulaym est de frère de Hawazin.
- Banou Moura Ibn Sa’sa’a Ibn Mou’awiyah Ibn Bakr Ibn Hawazin, connus sous le nom des Bani Saloul.
- Banou Jousham Ibn Mou’awiyah Ibn Bakr Ibn Hawazin d’où est issu le célèbre cavalier Dourayd Ibn Simmah.
Parmi les tribus Hawaziniyah il y a :
- La célèbre tribu Thaqif. Thaqif est Qissih Ibn Mounabih Ibn Bakr Ibn Hawazin.
- Banou Sa’d Ibn Bakr Ibn Hawazin, d’où est issue la célèbre Halimah Sa’diyah, la mère nourricière du Prophète (Saluts et Bénédictions d’Allah sur lui).
De la tribu des Bani Sa’sa’a, sont issus plusieurs puissantes tribus dont :
- Les Banou Noumayr Ibn ‘Amir,
- Les Banou Hilal Ibn ‘Amir,
- Les Banou Kilab Ibn Rabi’ah Ibn ‘Amir Ibn Sa’sa’a,
- Les Banou ‘Ouqayl Ibn Ka’b Ibn Rabi’ah Ibn ‘Amir Ibn Sa’sa’a et leurs sœurs des,
- Banou Koushayr Ibn Ka’b Ibn Rabi’ah Ibn ‘Amir,
- Banou Ja’dah Ibn Ka’b Ibn Rabi’ah Ibn ‘Amir,
- Banou Harish Ibn Ka’b Ibn Rabi’ah Ibn ‘Amir. On appelle les gens des Banou Harish, les Harashih, de Harish Ibn Ka’b Ibn Rabi’ah Ibn Malik.
Parmi les tribus Qayssiyah, il y a aussi :
- Les Bani Sa’d Ibn Qays Ibn ‘Aylan Ibn Moudar d’où sont issus les puissantes tribus Ghatafan, de Ghatafan Ibn Sa’d Ibn Qays. Les sœurs de ses tribus sont :
- A’sour Ibn Sa’d Ibn Qays. De la tribu A’sour :
- Les tribus ‘Arih et Bahilah. Parmi les tribus Ghatafan sont :
- Les Bani Dzoubyan,
- Les Bani Dzoubyan Ibn Ba’id Ibn Ghayth Ibn Ghatafan. De cette tribu sont issus :
- Les Bani Fazarah Ibn Dzoubyan,
- Les Bani Mourah Ibn Ghaouf Ibn Sa’d Ibn Dzoubyan.
Toujours de la tribu des Ghatafan :
- La célèbre tribu des Bani ‘Abs qui sont les Bani ‘Abs Ibn Ba’id Ibn Ghayth Ibn Ghatafan.
- Les Banou Ashja’ Ibn Ghayth Ibn Ghatafan.
- Les Banou ‘Abdillah Ibn Ghatafan.
Pour clore le sujet sur la généalogie des Banou Qays, nous disons qu’il y a aussi la tribu des :
- Banou ‘Adwan, de ‘Adwan Ibn ‘Amr Ibn Qays Ibn ‘Aylan.
- Banou Fahm Ibn ‘Amr Ibn Qays Ibn ‘Adwan.
Nous avons parlé des tribus Qayssiyah et il reste à parler maintenant du reste des tribus Moudariyah.
De Moudar Ibn Nizar Ibn Mou’ad Ibn ‘Adnan sont nés Ilyas et Nass. Nass est ‘Aylan Abou Qays Ibn ‘Aylan.
D’Ilyas Ibn Moudar est né ‘Amr surnommé « Moudrikah », ‘Amir surnommé « Tabiqah » et ‘Oumayr surnommé « Qam’ah ». Ses trois enfants ont donné naissance à la tribu de Khindith, la grande tribu Moudariyah.
Elle fut appelé Khindith du surnom de leur mère Layla Bint Houlwan Ibn ‘Imran Ibn al-Hafiz Ibn al-Idarah Ibn Qouda’arah.
De la tribu des Bani Moudrikah :
- La tribu des Bani Houdayl Ibn Moudrikah,
- La tribu des Bani Assad Ibn Moudrikah,
- La tribu des Bani al-Houn Ibn Khouzaymah Ibn Moudrikah,
- La tribu des Bani Kinanah Ibn Khouzaymah Ibn Moudrikah.
De la tribu des Kinanah, comme vous le savez :
- La tribu des Qouraysh, Qouraysh Banou Fihr Ibn Malik Ibn Nadr Ibn Kinanah,
- Les Bani Bakr Ibn ‘Abdel Manat al-Kinanah.
De la tribu des Bani Bakr :
- Les Bani Ghiffar Ibn Damrah Ibn Bakr,
- Les Bani Mourah Ibn ‘Abdel Manat Ibn Kinanah d’où est issu Souraqah Ibn Malik al-Midlijih.
- Des Bani Moudrikah sont issus les Ahabish.
De la tribu des Tabikhah Ibn Ilyas Ibn Moudar :
- Les Bani Ribab, des ‘Abdel Manat Ibn Houd Ibn Tabikhah Ibn Moudar,
- Les Bani Dabbah Ibn Houd Ibn Tabikhah,
- Les Bani Houzaynah qui sont les Banou ‘Amr Ibn Houd Ibn Tabikhah,
- Tout l’ensemble des Bani Tamim.
Pour plus de détails, les Banou Ribab sont les Banou Houd Ibn Tabikhah Ibn Moudar. Ils ont fusionnés avec les fils de leurs oncles des Bani Tamim Ibn Mour Ibn Houd Ibn Tabikhah Ibn Ilyas Ibn Moudar et sont donc des Bani Tamim.
- La tribu des Sa’d et des Handalah.
Sa’d est Sa’d Ibn Zayd Ibn ‘Abdel Manat Ibn Tamim et Handalah est Ibn Malik Ibn Zayd Ibn Tamim.
- La tribu des Bani ‘Amr Ibn Tamim.
Qays Ibn Zayd Ibn ‘Abdel Manat Ibn Tamim est le frère de Sa’d et l’oncle de Handalah Ibn Malik Ibn Zayd Ibn ‘Abdel Manat.
Des Bani ‘Amr Ibn Tamim :
- Les Banou ‘Ambar,
- Les Banou ‘Amr,
- Les Banou Oussayid Ibn ‘Amr,
Des Banou Oussayid, le sage des Arabes : Aktham Ibn Sayfi.
Toujours des Bani ‘Amr Ibn Tamim :
- Les Banou Houjaym Ibn ‘Amr.
- La tribu Habitat qui sont les Banou Harith Ibn ‘Amr. Harith mangea tellement de dates que son ventre gonfla qui fut surnommé « al-Habit ».
- Les Banou Malik Ibn ‘Amr Ibn Tamim d’où sont issu les Bani Mazim Ibn Malik. Des Banou Mazim :
- Les Banou Hourkous Ibn Mazim,
- Les Banou Harakiss Ibn Tamim d’où sont issus les Bani Kabia Ibn Hourkous et particulièrement Batari Ibn Fouja’ al-Khariji et Hilal Ibn Ahwaz al-Mazini qui était une des figures des Bani Oumayyah. Son frère Salm Ibn Ahwaz tua l’infâme Jahm Ibn Safwan.
Parmi eux aussi, Malik Ibn Rayb, le poète qui se maudit avant de mourir.
- Les Banou Zayd Ibn Manat qui sont les Banou Sa’d Ibn Zayd Ibn Manat et les Banou Handalah Ibn Zayd Ibn Manat.
Les Banou Mrii Ibn Qays Ibn Zayd Ibn Manat sont des fils des Bani Sa’d qui sont :
- Les Banou Harith,
- Les Banou ‘Ouwathah,
- Les Banou Joushan,
- Les Banou Malik et les,
- Les Banou ‘Abd ash-Shams et aussi les :
- Les Banou Ka’b et les Banou ‘Amr.
Les Banou Ka’b Ibn Sa’d sont la plus grande tribu des Bani Tamim. Les Banou Sa’d sont une branche aussi des Banou Tamim.
Des Banou Ka’b Ibn Sa’d, il y a :
- Les Banou Minqar d’où est issu Ibn Qays Ibn ‘Assib,
- les Banou Mourah Ibn ‘Oubayd d’où est issu Ahnaf Ibn Qays,
- Les Banou ‘Awf Ibn Ka’b, d’où est issu Zoubriqan Ibn Badr surnommé « la lune du Najd » (qamar an-najd) à cause de sa beauté,
- Les Banou Qourayh,
- Les Banou Rabi’ah Ibn Ka’b,
- Les Banou Harith Ibn Ka’b.
Des Banou Sa’d Ibn Zayd Ibn Manat il y a aussi :
- Les Banou ‘Amr Ibn Sa’d d’où est issu Hahilah Bint Mounqid, la tante de Jassas Ibn Marwa qui fut la cause de la guerre des Jassous et,
- Les Banou ‘Abd ash-Shams Ibn Sa’d.
De la deuxième branche des Banou Zayd Ibn Manat Ibn Tamim, il y a :
- Les Banou Handalah Ibn Malik Ibn Zayd Ibn Manat d’où sont issus :
- Les Banou Malik Ibn Handalah,
- Les Banou Ibn Zayd Ibn Manat d’où sont issus les nobles des Banou Tamim et :
- Les Banou Darim Ibn Malik d’où sont issus :
- Les Banou Darim Ibn ‘Abdillah Ibn Darim d’où sont issus :
- Hajib, Laqit et Ma’bad Ibn Zourarah sont les fils de Zourarah Ibn ‘Oubs Ibn Zayd Ibn ‘Abdillah Ibn Darim,
- Les Banou Moujasha’ Ibn Darim d’où est issu Aqra’ Ibn Harith Ibn ‘Ouqal Ibn Muhammad Ibn Soufyan Ibn Moujasha’ Ibn Darim,
- Les Banou Nahshal Ibn Darim.
Des Bani Handalah Ibn Malik :
- Les Bani Yarbou’ Handalah Ibn Malik Houssam Ibn Tamim d’où sont issus :
- Les Bani Riyah Ibn Yarbou’ d’où est issu Souhaym Ibn Wathilah ar-Riyahi,
- Les Bani Tha’labah Ibn Yarbou’ Rahb d’où est issu Qoutaybah Ibn Harith Ibn Shihabah, un légendaire cavalier arabe,
- Les Bani Ghoudanah Ibn Yarbou’ Rahb d’où est issu Hassan Ibn Abi Soud al-Ghoudani dont nous allons parler prochainement.
- Les Bani Harith Ibn Yarbou’ Rahb Oussayid Ibn Hinah qui sont les cavaliers des Bani Tamim.
- Les Bani Koulaym Ibn Yarbou’ d’où est issu le célèbre poète Jarir.
Des Bani Handalah Ibn Malik, il y a aussi al-Barajim. Al-Barajim des Bani Tamim sont :
- Les Bani ‘Amr,
- Les Bani Dzoulaym,
- Les Bani Koulfah,
- Les Bani Qays,
- Les Bani Ghalib.
Des Banou Malik Ibn Zayd Ibn Manat Ibn Tamim, il y a ar-Rabahi’, de Rabi’ah, al-Kourdoustan et d’autres dont nous ne mentionnerons pas les noms.
Même si cela peut sembler rébarbatif ou sans intérêt pour certains, il est nécessaire de présenter ces tribus Rabi’iyah ou de Rabi’ah Ibn Nizar pour comprendre la suite des événements funestes qui eurent lieu durant les guerres tribales.
Quant aux tribus Qahtaniyah, nous vous invitons à retourner au début de ce livre pour avoir les détails nécessaires concernant la généalogie de ces tribus.
Les tribus Rabi’iyah ou les tribus des Banou Rabi’ah Ibn Nizar, il y a les tribus des Bani Bakr Ibn Wahil Ibn Qas Ibn Himm Ibn Asfah Ibn Dou’mi Ibn Jadilah Ibn Assad Ibn Rabi’ah Ibn Nizar.
Des Bani Bakr Ibn Wahil qui sont des puissantes tribus tant au niveau de la force que du nombre et de l’histoire, il y a :
- Les Bani Yashkour,
- Les Banou Shayban Ibn Tha’labah Ibn ‘Oukabah Ibn Sa’d Ibn ‘Ali Ibn Bakr Ibn Wahil. Les Banou Shayban sont une puissante tribu renommée.
- Les Banou Taymillah Ibn Tha’labah Ibn ‘Oukabah,
- Les Banou Douhd Ibn Tha’labah Ibn ‘Oukabah,
- Les Banou Qays Ibn Tha’labah Ibn ‘Oukabah,
- Les Banou Hanifah Ibn Noujaym Ibn Sa’d Ibn ‘Ali Ibn Bakr Ibn Wahil,
- Les Banou ‘Ijl Ibn Noujaym Ibn Sa’d Ibn ‘Ali Ibn Bakr Ibn Wahil.
Des tribus Rabi’ah, il y a aussi :
- Les Banou Taghlib Ibn Wahil Ibn Qas Ibn Himm Ibn Asfah Ibn Dou’mi Ibn Jadilah Ibn Assad Ibn Rabi’ah Ibn Nizar Ibn Mou’ad Ibn ‘Adnan.
- Les Banou Taghlib est une puissante tribu de braves guerriers et de nobles. Sont issus de cette tribu six frères (al-Araqil) dont le père est Bakr Ibn Houbayb et parmi eux :
Joushan Ibn Bakr Ibn Houbayb d’où sont issus :
- Les Bani Harith Ibn Zouhayr,
- Les Bani Ka’b Ibn Zouhayr Ibn Joushan,
- Les Bani Fadaoukas Ibn ‘Amr Ibn Malik Ibn Joushan Ibn Bakr.
Toujours de la tribu des Rabi’ah Ibn Nizar,
- Les Bani ‘Anaz Ibn Wahil Ibn Qas Ibn Himm Ibn Asfah Ibn Dou’mi Ibn Jadilah Ibn Assad Ibn Rabi’ah Ibn Nizar :
- Les Banou Namir Ibn Qas Ibn Himm,
- Les Banou ‘Abdel Qays Ibn Asfah Ibn Dou’mi Ibn Jadilah,
- Les Banou ‘Anaz Ibn Assad Ibn Rabi’ah Ibn Nizar,
- Les Banou Dzoubay Ibn Rabi’ah Ibn Nizar,
- Les Banou Ihad Ibn Nizar Ibn Mou’ad Ibn ‘Adnan qui ne sont ni aussi nombreux ou aussi connu que les enfants de leurs oncles des tribus Moudar et Rabi’ah
Nous avons déjà mentionné toutes ces tribus ‘Adnaniyah et Qahtaniyah dans le chapitre de la généalogie des arabes.
Les guerres tribales entre les tribus Qays et Bani Taghlib
Nous allons maintenant voir les guerres tribales qui eurent lieu entre les tribus Qays et Bani Taghlib toutes de Nizar. Les Qays de Moudar Ibn Nizar Ibn Mou’ad Ibn ‘Adnan et les Taghlib de Rabi’ah Ibn Nizar.
Les causes de cette guerre sont dues à ‘Oumayr Ibn Houbab Ibn Ka’dah Ibn Ilyas Ibn Houdafah Ibn Harith Ibn Hilal as-Soulami ou ‘Oumayr Ibn Houbab as-Soulami qui voulut tirer vengeance de la tribu Kalb Ibn Wadarah et des tribus yéménites pour avoir tué un très grand nombre de Qays lors de la bataille de Marj Rahib car jamais auparavant dans l’histoire, la tribu des Qays ne connut un tel massacre.
‘Oumayr Ibn Houbab as-Soulami se rendit à Jazirah près du fleuve Boulaykh entre la ville de Harran et Raqqah ou il fut rejoint par une un groupe d’une tribu Qayssiyah et un groupe de gens des Bani Taghlib. Les gens de Taghlib qui était les gens de ce pays avaient pour habitude d’aider les Qays dans tous les domaines y compris lors des combats.
La tribu des Taghlib avait pour particularité d’être une grande tribu arabe dont beaucoup de ses membres étaient des Chrétiens. Certains stupides Qays s’en prenaient aux femmes de Taghlib et se moquaient des vieux chrétiens.
La tribu des Bani Taghlib était présente entre les fleuves Sabour, Tigre et l’Euphrate.
Ces perpétuelles agressions contre les femmes et ces incessantes moqueries détériorèrent les relations entre les deux tribus sans toutefois conduire à la guerre. Cela eut lieu juste avant que ‘Abdel Malik Ibn Marwan n’envoie ses armées combattre ‘AbdAllah Ibn Zoubayr.
‘Oumayr Ibn Houbab as-Soulami demanda à ses partisans de se préparer à l’action contre les Bani Kalb Ibn Wadarah et ensemble marchèrent jusqu’au fleuve Sabour ou ils stationnèrent.
Près de l’endroit où ils établirent leur camp, se trouvait une femme marié à un membre des Bani Taghlib du nom d’Oumm Douwayl.
Un homme des Bani Harish, des Bani ‘Amir Ibn Sa’sa’ah, la razzia et prit une partie de son troupeau. Elle alla se plaindre de lui auprès de ‘Oumayr Ibn Houbab qui ne prêta aucune attention à ses complaintes ce qui poussa d’autres de ses partisans à lui prendre le reste de ses animaux.
Un groupe des Bani Taghlib s’opposèrent à eux et l’un d’entre eux du nom de Moujasha’ Taghlibi fut tué. Lorsqu’Oumm Douwayl retourna chez elle et informa ses proches de ce qui était arrivé, ils prirent leurs armes et nommèrent à la tête de leur groupe de combattants Shou’ayth Ibn Moulik Taghlibi. Puis ils marchèrent, en compagnie d’un groupe des Bani Noumayr, des Banou ‘Amir Ibn Sa’sa’ah, contre les Bani Harish. Ils tuèrent un certain nombre d’homme et prirent le troupeau d’une femme du nom de Oumm al-Aytham.
Ces évènements courroucèrent ‘Oumayr Ibn Houbab as-Soulami et la guerre eut lieu entre les Qays et les Taghlib. ‘Oumayr les attaqua à Makithin près du fleuve Sabour et tua plus de cinq-cents membres de la tribu des Bani Taghlib y comprit Shou’ayth Ibn Moulik Taghlibi. Cet évènement fut appelé « le Jour de Makithin » (al yawm makithin) ou « la bataille de Makithin ».
Après la bataille, les Bani Taghlib firent appel aux Banou Rabi’ah qui leur envoya Namir Ibn Qassid, al-Moujashar ash-Shibani des Bani Bakr Ibn Wahil et ‘Oubaydillah Ibn Ziyad Ibn Dzoubyan al-Bakri.
‘Oumayr quant à lui appela à l’aide les Bani Tamim et les Bani Assad mais ils ne répondirent pas à son appel car les Bani Tamim et les Bani Assad, même s’ils sont des tribus Moudariyah, ils ne sont pas des tribus Qayssiyah Moudariyah.
Les deux armées se rencontrèrent près du fleuve Tharthar, celle de Taghlib sous le commandement de Yazid Ibn Hawbar at-Taghlibi, ou Handalah Ibn Qays Ibn Hawbar. Une féroce bataille eut lieu et un grand nombre de Qays furent tués. Les Taghlib se vengèrent cruellement en éventrant trente femmes enceintes des Bani Soulaym.
Ces horribles crimes sont le résultat des injustes et malsaines guerres tribalistes xénophobes dont nous avait mis en garde le Messager d’Allah (Saluts et Bénédictions d’Allah sur lui).
Ils s’étaient tous alliés pour combattre les Banou Kalb Ibn Wadarah et Yéménites mais pour avoir injustement razziés les moutons d’une femme, le mal s’amplifia jusqu’à ce que de tels crimes soient commis contre des femmes.
Résumé des différentes guerres tribales
Les Banou Taghlib sont les premiers à avoir commencé avec le « Jour de Tharthar I » (yawm tharthar awwal) et les nombreuses autres batailles qui s’ensuivirent comme le « Jour de Tharthar II » ou ‘Oumayr avait demandé de l’aide aux Qays qui lui avait envoyé Zoufar Ibn Harith al-Kilabi al- ‘Amiri. Cette bataille fut plus violente que la précédente et les Banou ‘Amir furent battus. Les Banou Qays furent aussi sur le point d’être battu mais les Banou Soulaym restèrent ferment et finirent par battre les Bani Taghlib.
Un grand nombre des nobles des Bani Taghlib furent tués lors de cette bataille et particulièrement deux fils d’un noble chrétien du nom de ‘Abdel Yassouh Ibn Harb Ibn Ma’dikarib Ibn Mourah Ibn Koulthoum, des Bani Zouhayr Ibn Joushan Ibn Bakr.
Après la bataille, Zoufar Ibn Harith al-Kilabi al- ‘Amiri dit à ‘Oumayr Ibn Houbab :
- « Comment en sommes venus à nous entretuer alors que nous sommes tous des tribus Nizariyah et que nos ennemis sont les tribus des Bani Kalb Ibn Wadarah et yéménites qui nous ont massacrés à Marj ? »
Mais après cela, ‘Oumayr Ibn Houbab attaqua encore les Bani Taghlib dans la ville de Houdayn sur le fleuve Khabour et tua tous les Bani Taghlib qu’il trouva. Cet évènement fut appelé « le Jour de Houdayn ».
Il les écrasa aussi :
- Le « Jour de Souqayr », Souqayr se trouve aussi le long du fleuve Khabour.
- Le « Jour de Ma’arik », Ma’arik se trouve près de Mossoul. Cette bataille fut un massacre des Bani Taghlib.
- Le « Jour de Shar ‘Abbiyah » ou les Bani Taghlib l’emportèrent sur les Qays.
- Le « Jour de Boulaykh ». Ibn Athir a dit que Boulaykh est un fleuve entre Harran et ‘Aqqah. Un très grand nombre des Bani Taghlib furent tué lors de cette bataille et les femmes enceintes furent aussi éventrées pour venger les femmes qui l’avaient été le « Jour le Tharthar I ».
Ces guerres tribales eurent lieu à peine au premier siècle de l’Hégire ce qui peut paraitre incroyable et pour cause de faiblesse de l’état, incapable de gérer tous ces évènements !
Lorsque les Bani Taghlib se rendirent compte que ‘Oumayr Ibn Houbab cherchait à les anéantir, ils se réunirent tous à Hashak près de Shar ‘Abbiyah ou il s’ensuivit aussi une féroce bataille.
‘Oumayr Ibn Houbab était en compagnie de Zoufar Ibn Harith et son fils Houdayl Ibn Zouffar et ils combattirent du matin jusqu’à l’arrivée de la nuit. Puis le troisième jour, la bataille s’intensifia et Zoufar Ibn Harith al-Kilabi fut battu et s’enfuit à Qalqissiyah.
Zoufar était un valeureux combattant et il s’enfuit car il apprit que ‘Abdel Malik Ibn Marwan à la tête de ses troupes marchait vers Qalqissiyah.
La bataille continua en son absence et ‘Oumayr Ibn Houbab et les Qays furent vaincus. ‘Oumayr Ibn Houbab fut couvert d’une pluie de pierres puis Jamil Ibn Qays at-Taghlibi l’attaqua et le tua. Quant à Ibn Hawbar, il fut gravement blessé le second jour de la bataille et décéda le jour suivant.
Un très grand nombre de Qays furent tués lors de cette bataille. La plupart d’entre eux furent des Bani Soulaym et des Bani Ghani, de la tribu Ou’soub Ibn Sa’d Ibn Qays Ibn Ghaylan.
La tête de ‘Oumayr Ibn Houbab fut envoyée à ‘Abdel Malik Ibn Marwan qui éprouva une grande joie.
Après la mort de ‘Oumayr Ibn Houbab as-Soulami, Zoufar Ibn Harith al-Kilabi exerça une impitoyable et effroyable vengeance contre les Banou Taghlib. Il attaqua un groupe d’entre eux qu’il massacra. Puis il envoya sa cavalerie contre les Bani Fadawkas at-Taghlibiyine, comme le mentionne Ibn Athir, qu’ils massacrèrent totalement y compris les femmes, les enfants et les vieillards excepté une femme que Yazid Ibn Himran loua.
Zoufar Ibn Harith envoya son fils Houdayl Ibn Zouffar aux Bani Ka’b Ibn Zouhayr at-Taghlibiyine dont il tua un grand nombre. Puis il envoya Mouslim Ibn Rabi’ah al-’Ouqayli à la tête d’une armée combattre aussi un autre groupe des Bani Taghlib dont il tua la moitié d’entre eux.
Zoufar Ibn Harith en personne se dirigea vers ‘Aqiq près de Mossoul, ou se trouvait un autre groupe des Bani Taghlib. Lorsque les Banou Taghlib le virent arriver, ils tentèrent de traverser le Tigre vers un endroit appelé Kouhayl, mais il les rattrapa et il s’ensuivit une autre féroce bataille. Il s’ensuivit encore des horribles crimes envers les femmes des Bani Taghlib et la plupart des hommes moururent noyés. Rien ne pouvait justifier ces crimes préislamiques sous le règne de l’Islam.
Zoufar captura deux-cents prisonniers qu’il tua de sang-froid. Puis il envoya son fils Houdayl à la poursuite de ceux qui avaient réussi à s’échapper et il tua tous ceux qu’il trouva.
Malgré toutes les tueries entre les deux parties, et particulièrement parmi les Bani Taghlib, les Qays les Banou Soulaymiyah et Hawaziniyah, aucun d’entre eux ne s’est rendu compte de la réalité et pour eux, rien ne pouvait justifier la mort de ‘Oumayr Ibn Houbab as-Soulami !
La terrible vengeance contre Tha’lab
Ce n’était certainement pas la fin de ces guerres tribales !
Une chose particulièrement détestée chez les Arabes est de se moquer de leur hospitalité. Et ces moqueries peuvent entrainer de lourdes représailles.
La guerre de Bassous qui eut lieu entre les Bani Bakr et les Taghlib Ibn Wahil, que nous avons mentionné au début du livre dans la généalogie des Arabes, dura quarante années et ne cessa qu’avec l’arrivée de Harith Ibn ‘Oubad Ibn Doubay’ah, des Bani Qays Ibn Tha’labah et les Banou Qays Ibn Tha’labah sont de la tribu Ibn Bakr Ibn Wahil.
Harith Ibn ‘Oubad s’était tenu à l’écart de cette guerre mais quand les Bani Taghlib tuèrent Jassas Ibn Mourah, les Bani Bakr allèrent le voir et lui dirent :
- « Ton peuple a été anéanti ! »
Harith Ibn ‘Oubad envoya son fils Boujayr à Mouhalhillah Ibn Rabi’ah at-Taghlibi pour lui demander d’arrêter le combat mais Mouhalhillah tua le fils de Harith.
Suite à cela, Harith n’eut d’autre choix que de s’engager lui-même dans le combat jusqu’à ce que Mouhalhillah fût battu et ceci est une longue histoire que nous ne pouvons pas développer ici.
Al-Jahhaf Ibn Houkaym Ibn ‘Assim Ibn Qays Ibn Thouba’ Ibn Khouza’i Ibn Mouharib Ibn Hilal as-Soulami fait partie des nobles des Bani Soulaym. Il était connu pour être un homme courageux et un des plus proches des Bani Soulaym de ‘Oumayr Ibn Houbab as-Soulami. Mais comme l’a dit Abou ‘Oubaydah Ma’ma’ Ibn Mouthannah at-Taymi, le domestique Taymi des Qouraysh, il ne participa pas à la guerre qui eut lieu entre les Bani Qays et les Bani Taghlib.
Après la première guerre de Tharthar ou les Bani Taghlib, alors qu’ils étaient pour la majorité des Chrétiens, furent vainqueurs sur les Qays, le grand poète chrétien Riah Ibn Ghawth at-Taghlibi connu sous le nom d’Akhtal récita ces vers avec fierté :
« Lorsqu’ils nous virent avec la croix surélevée, montés sur nos chevaux armés de notre foi tranchante, la mort faisant ravage, ils nous abandonnèrent leurs champs, leurs biens et leurs vignes ».
Puis, le jour de Shar ‘Abiyah, ou ils furent de nouveau vainqueurs, Akhtal dit :
« Al-Jahhaf pleura le jour de Shar ‘Abiyah. Lorsqu’il vit la mort faucher les Soulaym et les ‘Amir ».
Il avait l’habitude de répéter ces vers en toutes circonstances, lors des réunions entre les chefs de tribus ou chez le calife.
Lorsque ‘Abdel Malik Ibn Marwan conclut un arrangement avec Zoufar Ibn Harith, comme nous le verrons plus tard, et que les gens se réunifièrent sous le califat, al-Akhtar, rappelant les évènements ou fut tué ‘Oumayr Ibn Houbab, récita de nouveau vers se moquant une nouvelles fois des Qays et des Bani Oumayyah.
Al-Jahhaf ne répondit à aucune de ses attaques verbales et resta silencieux.
Un jour alors qu’al-Jahhaf siégeait avec ‘Abdel Malik Ibn Marwan au conseil, al-Akhtar rentra et quand il vit al-Jahhaf, il répéta les vers de Shar ‘Abiyah. Al-Jahhaf qui mangeait des dattes fraiches, fut si en colère, que les dattes tombèrent de ses mains. Il lui dit :
- « Mais pas du tout ! Nous allons les venger avec toute notre force ! O fils de la chrétienne ! Je ne pensais pas que tu allais me harceler autant. Al-Akhtar fut pétrifié par sa réponse et il se rapprocha du calife pour éviter une éventuelle action ».
Le calife lui dit alors :
- « Je vois que tu n’as attiré sur toi et ton peuple que le mal ! »
Al-Akhtar était un poète et ses vers se propageait partout et il n’y restait à al-Jahhaf d’autre solution que de laver l’affront.
Al-Jahhaf lui prépara un piège avec l’aide de certains scribes du calife. Ils fabriquèrent un faux document qui stipulait que le calife l’avait nommé pour la collecte de la Zakat des Bani Bakr et des Bani Taghlib. Il a aussi été rapporté qu’il annonça faussement que le calife l’avait nommé gouverneur d’al-Jazirah.[1]
Puis il remplit un sac de terre et alla voir son peuple et leur dit :
- Le calife m’a nommé gouverneur d’al-Jazirah et ceci est un sac plein d’argent !
Son peuple le crut, intéressé par l’aspect financier, et un grand nombre de cavalier le suivirent et ils marchèrent sur les Bani Taghlib et lorsqu’ils furent à proximité, Al-Jahhaf vida le sac de terre, déchira ses documents et leur dit :
- « Je n’ai argent et ni lettre de créance, je vous ai menti ! » Puis, il leur raconta ce qui était arrivé précédemment alors que le conseil était réuni chez le calife.
- « Quiconque ne désire pas venger son peuple qu’il se retire car j’ai juré de ne pas me laver la tête avant d’avoir pris mon dû des Bani Taghlib ».
Une partie de ceux qui l’avait accompagné rebroussèrent chemin tandis qu’al-Jahhaf avec le reste des cavaliers se mirent en route jusqu’à parvenir à un endroit nommé Bish ou ils attaquèrent, à l’aube ou la nuit selon certaines versions, un groupe des Bani Taghlib près d’un puits des Bani Joushan Ibn Bakr des Banou Taghlib.
Il s’ensuivit un des pires massacres de l’histoire des Arabes à cause d’un poète idiot qui tirait fierté à se moquer des autres. Un des hommes d’al-Jahhaf fit prisonnier al-Akhtar sans le reconnaitre car il était vêtu d’un vêtement qui lui couvrait la tête. Il lui dit :
- « Qui es-tu ? »
- « Je suis un esclave des Bani Taghlib » répondit-il ! Et l’homme le relâcha. Al-Akhtar partit et alla se cacher dans un puits jusqu’à ce que tous fussent partis. Puis, il sortit de sa cachette et alla voir ‘Abdel Malik Ibn Marwan et lui dit :
- « Al-Jahhaf a commis à Bish des crimes dont nous nous plaignons à Allah et si Qouraysh refuse de dépenser ses biens pour le punir alors qu’ils tremblent ! Si le calife ne fait rien alors il verra ce qui va s’ensuivre », ce qui était une menace directe contre lui.
Al-Jahhaf s’enfuit chez les Romains
Si l’état restait passif alors de plus graves événements pourraient suivre. Une sédition tribale aux graves répercussions qui entraineraient d’autres tribus dans la spirale de la guerre. Plusieurs guerres avaient déjà eu lieu sans que l’état n’intervienne du fait de la grande distance les séparant des zones de conflits qui avaient bien souvent lieu loin des villes.
L’état Omeyyades était déjà occupé à ramener à l’ordre ceux qui s’étaient rebellés contre l’état et ces guerres tribales supplémentaires d’un autre coté arrangeaient ses affaires car elles le débarrassaient de ses ennemis sans qu’il ait besoin d’envoyer des troupes pour les combattre. D’ailleurs c’est pour cela qu’il avait ressenti une immense joie lorsqu’on lui avait amené la tête de ‘Oumayr Ibn Houbab as-Soulami qui fut tué lors de la bataille de Hashak.
Lorsque ‘Abdel Malik vit que les choses étaient parvenu à un si grand seuil d’instabilité, il décida d’agir. Il ordonna qu’al-Jahhaf soit capturé pour le châtier mais al-Jahhaf s’enfuit chez les Romains.
Le roi des Romains l’accueillit avec pompe et l’honora avant de lui demander de se christianiser en lui promettant de lui donner en échange tout ce qu’il désirerait. Al-Jahhaf lui dit :
- « Je ne suis pas venu chez toi craignant l’Islam ».
Il ne fit pas comme al-Jabalah Ibn Hayham, le roi des Assari, qui s’enfuit devant ‘Omar Ibn al-Khattab (qu’Allah soit satisfait de lui) chez les Romains et se christianisa. Jabalah avait violemment frappé et fendu la lèvre d’un homme des Bani Fazarah qui avait involontairement marché sur son vêtement qui s’était ouvert durant le Tawaf à la Ka’bah.
Cet homme était allé se plaindre à ‘Omar Ibn al-Khattab al-Farouk (qu’Allah soit satisfait de lui) qui avait demandé à Jabalah de lui raconter ce qui était arrivé. Puis ‘Omar lui dit :
- « Sois-tu lui donne son dû ou soit il te rend la pareil, choisit l’un des deux ! »
Jabalah orgueilleux répondit à ‘Omar :
- « Je croyais qu’en rentrant dans l’Islam j’aurais plus de considération que je n’en avais avant l’Islam ! »
- « Mais l’Islam vous a rendu égaux ! »
- « Alors je vais me christianiser ! » C’est-à-dire je vais apostasier !
Omar (qu’Allah soit satisfait de lui) lui dit :
- « Par Celui qui a différencié le bien et le mal, je te frapperais le cou ! »
Jabalah lui demanda de lui laisser le choix jusqu’au lendemain et Omar accepta. Jabalah en profita pour se sauver avec ses partisans chez les Romains ou ils se christianisèrent et profitèrent largement de la vie de ce monde comme il a été mentionné dans les livres d’histoires.
Après être resté longtemps chez les Romains, ce roi arabe des Banou Ghassan réfléchit sur ce qu’il avait fait, regretta et dit :
« Puisse ma mère ne m’avoir jamais donné naissance si j’avais seulement patienté,
Si j’avais seulement opté, pour ce que ‘Omar m’avait proposé ».
La contrition d’al-Jahhaf
L’Arabe libre de l’époque, ne pouvait supporter de vivre à l’étranger loin de sa famille, de son clan et de son pays. Al-Jahhaf savait que s’il revenait les Banou Taghlib ne l’oublieraient pas et chercheraient à se venger mais ne supportant plus l’exil, il décida de rentrer même si cela devait lui coûter la vie.
Avant de retourner, il envoya un message à certains nobles des Qays qui occupaient des postes importants dans l’entourage du calife ou il leur demanda de lui garantir un sauf conduit de la part du calife qui accepta.
Les Qays avec l’aide du calife réunirent une somme importante d’argent pour lui permettre de payer le prix du sang à ses victimes.
Certains historiens ont rapporté que lorsque la nouvelle de la sécurité accordée par le calife lui parvint, il décida d’arranger son affaire avec les Banou Taghlib. Al-Jahhaf se vêtit d’un linceul, alla à Bish voir les Banou Taghlib et leur dit :
- « Je suis venu vous soumettre ma personne afin que vous preniez votre dû ».
Le fait qu’il se soit revêtu d’un linceul en se soumettant à leur jugement, malgré les crimes qu’il commit, lui valut le pardon pour ce geste noble qui signifiait : Je me considère comme mort faites ce que vous voulez !
Les jeunes des Banou Taghlib voulurent le tuer, mais les gens âgés les empêchèrent car ils connaissaient les traditions des Arabes. Son geste était suffisant pour eux et ils lui pardonnèrent.
Après cela al-Jahhaf, devint plus pieux et il regretta amèrement les crimes qu’il avait commis jusqu’à la fin de ses jours. Il alla en pèlerinage à La Mecque ou il s’accrocha au vêtement de la Ka’bah et implora :
- « O Grand Seigneur, pardonne moi et je ne pense pas que Tu le feras ».
Il est dit que Muhammad al-Hanafiyah, Muhammad Ibn ‘Ali Ibn Abi Talib (qu’Allah soit satisfait de son père) l’entendit et lui dit :
- « O Sheikh, ton invocation est pire que ton péché ! »
Et il est aussi dit que c’est le respectable Compagnon ‘AbdAllah Ibn ‘Omar Ibn al-Khattab (qu’Allah soit satisfait d’eux) qui l’entendit et lui dit :
- « Si tu n’étais pas al-Jahhaf, tu n’aurais pas dit cela ! » Et al-Jahhaf lui répondit :
- « Je suis al-Jahhaf ! »
Il était connu partout à cause des grands crimes, dont il n’y eut nul précédent auparavant, qu’il commit envers les Bani Taghlib et dont les nouvelles se propagèrent dans tous les territoires islamiques. Des horribles crimes qui représentaient une telle somme, qu’il pensait qu’Allah ne lui pardonnerait pas.
Abou ‘Oubaydah Ma’mar Ibn Mouthannah Taymi a rapporté dans son livre « Maqahil » qu’al-Jahhaf tua vingt-trois-mille hommes, femmes et enfants des Bani Taghlib.
Après la bataille de Marj Rahib, que nous avons déjà mentionnée et qui eut lieu à la fin de l’année 64 de l’Hégire (683) sous le règne de Marwan Ibn Hakam le quatrième calife, ad-Dahhak Ibn Qays al-Fihri fut défait et tué tandis que Zoufar Ibn Harith al-Kilabi s’enfuit à Qalqissiyah ou il resta une menace contre le règne des Omeyyades.
Zoufar Ibn Harith al-Kilabi
‘Abdel Malik Ibn Marwan, après la mort de son père Marwan Ibn Hakam, se décida à se débarrasser de Zoufar. Il désista de son poste Abban Ibn ‘Ouqbah Ibn Abi Mou’ayt al-Amawi qui était gouverneur de Hims et lui ordonna d’aller combattre Zoufar.
Abban fit ce qu’on lui demanda et à la tête de son armée marcha sur Qalqissiyah et ‘Abdallah Ibn Zoumayt at-Tahi, le chef de l’avant-garde continua sa route sans attendre l’arrivée du reste de l’armée et attaqua az-Zoufar qui écrasa l’avant-garde et tua trois-cent cavaliers. Lorsque l’armée arriva, elle écrasa à son tour l’armée de Zoufar et tua son fils Waqi’ Ibn Zoufar.
Après cette victoire, ‘Abdel Malik Ibn Marwan conclut qu’il devait en finir définitivement avec la menace de Zoufar Ibn Harith et marcha de nouveau sur Qalqissiyah qu’il assiégea et bombarda avec ses trébuchets.
Zoufar leur dit :
- « Pourquoi pilonnez-vous la ville avec vos trébuchets ? Je vais sortir de la ville et nous allons combattre tout simplement. Si vous remportez la bataille la ville sera à vous ! »
Zoufar dit à son fils Houdayl Ibn Zoufar qui était aussi un intrépide guerrier :
- « Sort et combats-les et ne reviens pas avant d’avoir abattu la tente de ‘Abdel Malik et si tu reviens sans l’avoir fait je te tuerais ! »
Houdayl Ibn Zoufar sortit avec ses cavaliers et écrasa tout ce qui se tint devant lui jusqu’à ce qu’ils parviennent à la tente du calife qu’ils abattirent sur sa tête, avant de revenir. C’était un clair message pour le calife qui disait nous sommes parvenu jusqu’à toi mais nous t’avons épargné.
Lorsque Houdayl revint à son père, celui-ci l’embrassa sur la tête et lui dit :
- « Après ce jour, ‘Abdel Malik t’aimeras toujours ».
Puis Zoufar sortit à son tour avec son armée et combattirent si farouchement que ‘Abdel Malik pensa à faire la paix avec eux. Il demanda à son frère Muhammad Ibn Marwan d’aller voir Zoufar et de conclure un traité de paix avec lui.
Zoufar accepta à condition qu’il n’ait pas à porter allégeance à ‘Abdel Malik tant que ‘Abdallah Ibn Zoubayr (qu’Allah soit satisfait de lui) serait en vie et parce qu’il lui avait déjà porté allégeance.
Lorsque le traité fut conclu et que ‘Abdel Malik vit le petit de nombre de soldats dans les rangs de Zoufar, il dit :
- « Si j’avais su que son armée était si petite, je n’aurais jamais levé le siège jusqu’à ce qu’il se soumette à mon jugement ».
Ces paroles arrivèrent aux oreilles de Zoufar qui lui dit :
- « Si tu veux, on recommence ! » Mais le calife était un homme intelligent et il lui dit :
- « Sois en paix ô Abou Houdayl ! »
Et après la bataille, Maslamah Ibn ‘Abdel Malik se maria avec Ribab, la fille de Zoufar pour renforcer les liens d’amitiés.
Avec la fin de ce différend entre lui et Zoufar, ‘Abdel Malik Ibn Marwan put enfin se concentrer totalement sur l’Iraq et faire face à ‘Abdallah Ibn Zoubayr.
Pour l’affaiblir, ‘Abdel Malik Ibn Marwan devait concentrer tous ses efforts sur l’Iraq pour pouvoir enfin l’assiéger dans le Hijaz[2]
‘Abdel Malik Ibn Marwan consulta les gens pour connaitre leur avis et parmi eux, Yahya Ibn Hakam Ibn Abi ‘As, son oncle, et d’autres qui lui dirent :
- « Contente-toi de la Syrie et laisse tomber l’Iraq et Ibn Zoubayr ».
Et ‘AbdAllah Ibn Malik leur répondit :
- « La Syrie est un pays qui a peu d’argent tandis que beaucoup de nobles d’Iraq m’ont écrit pour m’inviter ».
Son frère Muhammad Ibn Marwan lui donna aussi son avis et lui dit :
- « Tu dois demander ta part et aller en Iraq et je vais prier pour qu’Allah t’assiste ».
D’autres aussi lui dirent de ne pas aller en personne en Iraq mais d’y envoyer quelqu’un de sa famille accompagné d’une armée.
‘Abdel Malik Ibn Marwan[3] leur répondit :
- « Nul ne peut s’occuper de cette affaire hormis un Qourayshi qui a de la détermination. Peut-être dois-je envoyer quelqu’un qui a du courage mais pas de résolution. Je suis un clairvoyant stratégiste et un redoutable sabreur si j’en ai besoin et Mous’ab est un homme valeureux d’une valeureuse maison qui n’a pas de connaissance en matière de guerre. Il aime le confort et il a en sa compagnie des gens qui ne sont pas toujours d’accord avec lui tandis que moi j’ai en ma compagnie des gens qui me conseillent ».
Il a été rapporté dans les livres de littératures et d’histoires, que lorsque ce roi omeyyade qourayshi voulut partir pour l’Iraq, il fit ses adieux à son épouse ‘Atikah Bint Yazid Ibn Mou’awiyah qui pleura si abondement qu’elle fit pleurer toutes ses servantes.
En l’an 71 de l’Hégire (690), ‘Abdel Malik conquit Césarée mais les Byzantins profitèrent du conflit entre les Omeyyades et Ibn az-Zoubayr (qu’Allah soit satisfait de lui) pour attaquer et endommager Césarée et Ascalon (qayssariyah wa ‘asqalan)[4]. Lorsque son pouvoir se raffermit, ‘Abdel Malik reconstruisit et fortifia plusieurs villes côtières dont Césarée, Ascalon, Acre et Tyr.
La bataille de Joufrah
Cette même année, ‘Abdel Malik à la tête de son armée marcha sur l’Iraq tandis qu’au même moment à Basra, Mous’ab se mit en colère contre certains de ses chefs pour avoir rejoint les rangs de Khalid Ibn ‘Abdillah Ibn Khalid Ibn Assid Ibn Abi al- ‘Iss Ibn Oumayyah Ibn ‘Abd ash-Shams[5].
Khalid Ibn ‘Abdillah avait auparavant rejoint ‘Abdel Malik Ibn Marwan après avoir été un des hommes de Mous’ab. Lorsque Mous’ab alla combattre Moukhtar Ibn Abi ‘Oubayd ath-Thaqafih « al-Moukhtar al-Kadab (le menteur) », il ne se rendit pas compte de l’absence de Khalid Ibn ‘Abdillah et de son frère Oumayyah. Ce n’est qu’après qu’il le réalisa et il les fit expulser d’Iraq.
Quant à Khalid Ibn ‘Abdillah il alla chez ‘Abdel Malik en Syrie.
Lorsque ‘Abdel Malik Ibn Marwan se mit en route Khalid l’accompagna et Mous’ab Ibn Zoubayr n’était pas à Basra et Khalid dit à ‘Abdel Malik :
- « Envoie-moi à Basra avec un détachement, peut-être pourrais-je te conquérir Basra ».
Lorsqu’il arriva à Basra, il s’arrêta chez ‘Amr Ibn Asma’ al-Bahili qui contacta ‘Abad Ibn Houssayn at-Tamimi, le chef de la police de Mous’ab. Et ‘Omar Ibn ‘Oubaydillah Ibn Ma’ma’, le délégué de Mous’ab pour Basra.
Il lui fit dire en espérant convaincre ‘Abad de rejoindre leur rang :
- « J’ai accordé la protection à Khalid Ibn ‘Abdillah ».
‘Abad Ibn Houssayn at-Tamimi répondit au messager :
- « Je vais certainement le rejoindre de la meilleure façon ». Il dit cela sous entendant : je vais le rejoindre et le capturer.
Lorsque ‘Amr Ibn Asma’ al-Bahili entendit la réponse, il dit à Khalid Ibn ‘Abdillah :
- « ‘Abad va nous rejoindre et moi, je ne peux pas te secourir. Va plutôt trouver Malik Ibn Misma’ Ibn Shihab al-Jahdalih al-Bakri, le chef des Rabi’ah Ibn Nizar de Basra ».
Khalid remonta sur son cheval et alla voir Malik Ibn Misma’ et lui dit :
- « Accorde-moi ton aide ! »
- « Mon aide t’es accordée » lui répondit Malik. Puis, il envoya un messager au Bani Bakr Ibn Wahil et à leurs alliés les Azd qui vinrent en masse pour secourir Khalid Ibn ‘Abdillah.
Quand ‘Abad Ibn Houssayn at-Tamimi, le chef de la police arriva avec des cavaliers, les deux groupes se firent face sans qu’il ne s’ensuive de bataille.
Le lendemain Khalid Ibn ‘Abdillah alla voir Joufrat Nafi’ Ibn Harith avec un groupe des Bani Tamim et il s’ensuivit une bataille à Joufrah qui est un quartier de Basra.
Cette bataille prit le nom de « Jour de Joufrah » ou « la bataille de Joufrah » et dura vingt-quatre jours durant lesquels Malik Ibn Misma’ fut tué.
Puis les deux groupes firent la paix entre eux à condition que Khalid Ibn ‘Abdillah quitte Basra.
La grande bataille de Dayr al-Jafariq
Lorsque Mous’ab Ibn Zoubayr arriva, il se fâcha après beaucoup de gens qui avait participé aux évènements et ce fut de sa part une erreur car non seulement, il arrivait après une bataille qui avait tourné à son avantage et qu’il faisait aussi face aux armées du calife ‘Abdel Malik Ibn Marwan.
‘Abdel Malik Ibn Marwan saisit l’occasion de la division et il écrivit aux gens de Basra et de Koufa en leur promit que le bien de sa part.
Quand les nouvelles de la prochaine bataille entre ‘Abdel Malik et Mous’ab Ibn Zoubayr parvint à ‘Abdillah Ibn Khazim as-Soulami, l’émir de ‘AbdAllah Ibn Zoubayr du Khorasan il dit :
-« Y a-t-il avec lui ‘Omar Ibn ‘Oubaydillah Ibn Ma’ma’ ? »
Ils lui répondirent :
- « Non ! Il l’a envoyé en Perse ».
-« Y a-t-il avec lui al-Mouhallab Ibn Abi Soufrah ? »
- « Non, il combat les khawarije à Soulaf ».
-« Y a-t-il avec lui ‘Abad Ibn Houssayn ? »
- « Non, il est l’émir de Basra ».
‘Abdillah Ibn Khazim dit :
- « Et moi je suis au Khorasan. Il ne fait aucun doute alors qu’il sera battu et tué ».
Tous obéissaient à ‘AbdAllah Ibn Marwan à la tête de ses armées de Syrie, d’Egypte et d’al-Jazirah. Mous’ab sortit à sa rencontre avec les gens de l’Iraq, dont un tiers marchait un pied en avant et un pied en arrière, prêt à la trahir.
Les armées se rencontrèrent à Dayr al-Jafariq près d’un lieu nommé Maskin dans le Sawad en Iraq sur la rive ouest du Tigre.
La grande bataille de Dayr al-Jafariq eut lieu et mourut Ibrahim Ibn al-Ashtar an-Nafa’i alors qu’il combattait aux côtés de Mous’ab Ibn Zoubayr.
‘AbdAllah sut que Mous’ab était dans un état critique et il lui envoya son frère Muhammad Ibn Marwan qui lui dit :
- « Le fils de ton oncle t’accorde la sécurité ».
Mous’ab lui répondit :
- « Les gens comme moi ne restent pas à l’écart d’un évènement comme celui-ci hormis vainqueur ou tué ! »
Mous’ab Ibn ‘AbdAllah Ibn Zoubayr Ibn al-‘Awwam était un homme courageux, ‘AbdAllah Ibn Zoubayr Ibn al- ‘Awwam (qu’Allah soit satisfait d’eux) était un homme vaillant et Zoubayr Ibn al- ‘Awwam (qu’Allah soit satisfait de lui) son père fut un des héros de l’Islam. Ni la reddition ou la fuite n’était envisageable de la part de ces hommes.
Lorsque Mous’ab refusa l’offre, Muhammad Ibn Marwan appela ‘Issa Ibn Mous’ab et lui dit :
- « O fils de mon frère, ne te tue pas, la sécurité t’est accordée ». Mous’ab dit à son fils :
- « Ton oncle t’a accordé la sécurité, accepte-la et rejoins le ! »
Le jeune homme Qourayshi Issa Ibn Mous’ab Ibn ‘Awwam était brave, son père était un des chevaliers de l’Islam, son oncle ‘AbdAllah Ibn Zoubayr était un champion des champions et son grand père, le respectable Compagnon du Messager d’Allah (qu’Allah soit satisfait de lui), un des deux seuls cavaliers de l’Islam à combattre un sabre dans chaque main[6] répondit à Muhammad Ibn Marwan :
- « Je ne suis pas une femme des Qouraysh et je suis prêt à te combattre ».
Les Qouraysh ne sont-ils pas les nobles des Arabes ?
Puis Mous’ab et son fils combattirent jusqu’à ce que ‘Issa fut tué tandis que Mous’ab fut grièvement blessé. Zaydatou Ibn Qoudamah Ibn Mas’oud ath-Thaqafi, le fils de l’oncle de Moukhtar Ibn Abi ‘Oubayd Ibn Mas’oud ath-Thaqafi, s’approcha de lui et lui porta le coup fatal en disant :
- « Pour venger la mort de Moukhtar ! »
Mous’ab fut tué sur la rive du Tigre à Dayr Jafariq et ‘AbdAllah Ibn Marwan ordonna qu’il soit enterré avec son fils près du fleuve. Quant à la tête de Mous’ab, ils l’envoyèrent à Koufa puis à Damas et dans toutes les villes de Syrie.
‘Atikah Bint Yazid Ibn Mou’awiyah récupéra sa tête, le lava et l’enterra et dit :
- N’êtes-vous déjà donc pas satisfait de ce que vous avez fait pour parader avec sa tête dans les villes ? C’est de la perversité !
[1] Al-Jazirah est une région renommée entre le Tigre et Mossoul en Iraq.
[2] Péninsule arabique.
[3] ‘Abdel Malik Ibn Marwan le cinquième calife, était un brave homme qui empêcha par sa fermeté la chute du règne des Omeyyades et lui redonna sa vigueur. Du fait, certains historiens ont classé le règne des Omeyyades en Soufyani, de Mou’awiyah Ibn Abi Soufyan (qu’Allah soit satisfait d’eux) et en Marwani, de ‘Abdel Malik Ibn Marwan.Le règne Soufyani commença avec Mou’awiyah Ibn Soufyan, son fils Yazid et Mou’awiyah Ibn Yazid. Le règne Marwani débuta avec ‘Abdel Malik Ibn Marwan et ceux des califes qui le suivirent.
[4] En Palestine.
[5] À ne pas confondre avec Oussayd Ibn Abi al- ‘Iss Ibn Oumayyah Ibn ‘Abd ash-Shams
[6] Le second était Khalid Ibn Walid (qu’Allah soit satisfait de lui).
"Gran'pa done say dat his face it am old,
So I'se give hom dis new one and hopes he won't scold."
Date: 1907
Source Type: Postcard
Printer, Publisher, Photographer: H-O Company (#3, Series A)
Postmark: None
Collection: Steven R. Shook
Remark: A malted corn flake cereal served hot or cold, Korn Kinks was produced and distributed by the H-O Company of Buffalo, New York, from circa 1890 to 1910. The cereal was advertised in such magazines as Ladies Home Journal, The Cosmopolitan, The American Magazine, and Good Housekeeping.
H-O Company's advertising campaign, by today's cultural standards, was very racist. The mascot of Korn Kinks cereal was a character named Kornelia Kinks, the young black girl seen here. Members of Kornelia's family are featured on other Korn Kinks postcards, all caricatured with enlarged lips, bare feet, and bulging eyes.
A set of six souvenir postcards called "Jocular Jinks of Kornelia Kinks" were produced starting in 1906. These postcards depict Kornelia and her high jinks.
One early magazine advertisement for Korn Kinks states:
"DOES yo' know how easy it is to get my six postal cards? Yo' just cut out of the Korn - Kinks boxes two ob de man and boy pickchures and send 'em to me, care of Mr. H-O Company, with four cents in stamps. I'll send yo' six o' de funniest postal cards yo' ever saw, all erbout me. Dey is suttenly worth twenty-five cents, an' dey would cost you dat anyway if it wasn't for me making it this easy for yo' to get dem. Dere ain't a particle of advertising on dem." -- Kornelia Kinks
Text on reverse --
JOCULAR JINKS OF KORNELIA KINKS
Copyright 2010. Some rights reserved. The associated text may not be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise, without prior written permission of Steven R. Shook.
Moscow, Russia, 27/05/2007.
Riot police arrest a gay acivist during Moscow's second attempted Gay Pride parade. The parade had already been banned by Moscow Mayor Yuri Luzhkov on the grounds that it would provoke violence, but gay activists attempted to demonstrate in defiance of the ban, and many were beaten by counter demonstrators and arrested by police.
"I'se a going to be dewhole town talk
When ahs win de prize at de gran' cake walk."
Date: 1907
Source Type: Postcard
Printer, Publisher, Photographer: H-O Company (#4, Series A)
Postmark: None
Collection: Steven R. Shook
Remark: A malted corn flake cereal served hot or cold, Korn Kinks was produced and distributed by the H-O Company of Buffalo, New York, from circa 1890 to 1910. The cereal was advertised in such magazines as Ladies Home Journal, The Cosmopolitan, The American Magazine, and Good Housekeeping.
H-O Company's advertising campaign, by today's cultural standards, was very racist. The mascot of Korn Kinks cereal was a character named Kornelia Kinks, the young black girl seen here. Members of Kornelia's family are featured on other Korn Kinks postcards, all caricatured with enlarged lips, bare feet, and bulging eyes.
A set of six souvenir postcards called "Jocular Jinks of Kornelia Kinks" were produced starting in 1906. These postcards depict Kornelia and her high jinks.
One early magazine advertisement for Korn Kinks states:
"DOES yo' know how easy it is to get my six postal cards? Yo' just cut out of the Korn - Kinks boxes two ob de man and boy pickchures and send 'em to me, care of Mr. H-O Company, with four cents in stamps. I'll send yo' six o' de funniest postal cards yo' ever saw, all erbout me. Dey is suttenly worth twenty-five cents, an' dey would cost you dat anyway if it wasn't for me making it this easy for yo' to get dem. Dere ain't a particle of advertising on dem." -- Kornelia Kinks
Text on reverse --
JOCULAR JINKS OF KORNELIA KINKS
Copyright 2010. Some rights reserved. The associated text may not be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise, without prior written permission of Steven R. Shook.
Week 9 Picasso the Foreigner (1441-1445) 3/23 – 3/28/2025
ID 1441
Kees van Dongen French 1877- 1968
Modjesko, Soprano Singer , 1908
Oil on canvas
Van Dongen, a Dutch artist who lived in Paris, was briefly a member of the Dresden-based artist group Brücke in 1908. The group's founders, including Ernst Ludwig Kirchner (whose works are on view on the opposite wall), invited him and other artists from across Europe working with bold, expressive color to join their ranks, declaring, "Whoever renders directly and authentically that which impels him to create is one of us." Van Dongen painted this portrait at the beginning of the year, when Modjesko, an African American singer and drag performer, was headlining at a music hall in Paris.
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Peter A. Rübel, 1955
From the Placard: MoMA Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kees_van_Dongen
www.moma.org/collection/works/79095
Kees van Dongen: A collection of 290 works (HD)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=eCQuPvb9Hzw
So what connection can we draw between the German-language theories of aesthetics and philosophy espoused by an Einstein or a Raphael and the anxieties felt by French society during those years? The French press, as we have seen, was rife with fear that cubism was a direct threat to the country's identity. Such fears could also be perceived in the debates of the Chamber of Deputies on December 3, 1912: "You cannot see what the cubists do and call it art!" fulminated the deputy Jules-Louis Breton. "One does not encourage garbage!" his right-wing colleague Charles Benoist added. "There is garbage in the arts as there is elsewhere." As for Marcel Sembat, a Socialist deputy from Montmartre, he firmly stated, "I have absolutely no intention [...] of defending the cubist movement! In whose name would I defend it? I am not an artist[...]. What I defend is the principle of freedom of experimentation in art." This debate was the culmination of what historians of cubism describe as the "xenophobic controversy of 1912" or the "Autumn Salon crisis of 1912." Three months earlier, on October 3, 1912, in an open letter to Léon Bérard (assistant to the state secretary for the fine arts), the photographer Pierre Lampué, recorder of the fourth commission of the Paris city council, had expressed outrage that the State had made the Grand Palais available to the Autumn Salon for an exhibition that "piles up the most banal ugliness and vulgarity imaginable." He went on to attack the cubist artists, whom he described as "a gang of miscreants who act in the world of art like the Apaches in ordinary life."
As time went on, the "Autumn Salon crisis" turned its fury on the salon's jury who, according to some, had "for the past three years [included] too many foreigners." The solution was obvious: a "restriction on foreigners." "Next year, they will be curbed and the evil will be stopped in its tracks," the xenophobes predicted. Pierre Lampué's open letter drew a response from the managing editor of the magazine Gil Blas that escalated the xenophobia to dangerous levels: "[The cubists] are foolish young people. [They] do not represent in any way the leading trends of the Salon. We were probably wrong to give them an importance they do not actually possess. We were also wrong to let the jury be invaded by foreigners. These are mistakes that will not be repeated [...]. The courageous company president [...] will take the necessary measures to prevent this happening again. And everything will return to order." Not to be outdone, the Salon's committee members declared that "foreigners will not longer control the company's destiny[...] the jury will show an intelligent severity." In Gil Blas, again, the critic Louis Vauxcelles, who had first used the term "little cubes" in 1908, launched a direct attack on Kahnweiler and Picasso: "I don't want to further invoke the nation-foreigners," he claimed hypocritically, before adding: "The fact that there are too many Germans or Spaniards in the fauvist and cubist movements or that Matisse is a naturalized Berliner or that Braque now swears by Sudanese art, or that the art dealer Kahnweiler is not exactly a compatriot of Pere Tanguy, or that that lecher van Dongen is from Amsterdam, or that Pablo is from Barcelona, none of this has any importance in itself. Van Gogh, too, was Dutch. The issue is not what language the cubists speak, but whether they have anything to say. Alas, I doubt it."
Picasso The Foreigner An Artist in France, 1900 - 1973 Annie Cohen-Solal (Translated from the French by Sam Taylor) Farrar, Straus and Giroux New York 2021. Translation 2023. Pages 206-207
Moscow, Russia, 27/05/2007.
Marco Cappato, a European Parliament deputy from Italy, is arrested by riot police
during Moscow's second attempted Gay Pride parade. The parade had already been banned by Moscow Mayor Yuri Luzhkov on the grounds that it would provoke violence, but gay activists attempted to demonstrate in defiance of the ban, and many were beaten by counter demonstrators and arrested by police.
Moscow, Russia, 27/05/2007.
Veteran British gay rights activist Peter Tatchell is attacked and beaten by Russian nationalists before being arrested by riot police at Moscow's second attempted Gay Pride parade. The parade had already been banned by Moscow Mayor Yuri Luzhkov on the grounds that it would provoke violence, but gay activists attempted to demonstrate in defiance of the ban, and many were beaten by counter demonstrators and arrested by police.
"Maw, whar's your politeness? I tole you befor'
To never com' in till you knock on de door'"
Date: 1907
Source Type: Postcard
Printer, Publisher, Photographer: H-O Company (#2, Series A)
Postmark: None
Collection: Steven R. Shook
Remark: A malted corn flake cereal served hot or cold, Korn Kinks was produced and distributed by the H-O Company of Buffalo, New York, from circa 1890 to 1910. The cereal was advertised in such magazines as Ladies Home Journal, The Cosmopolitan, The American Magazine, and Good Housekeeping.
H-O Company's advertising campaign, by today's cultural standards, was very racist. The mascot of Korn Kinks cereal was a character named Kornelia Kinks, the young black girl seen here. Members of Kornelia's family are featured on other Korn Kinks postcards, all caricatured with enlarged lips, bare feet, and bulging eyes.
A set of six souvenir postcards called "Jocular Jinks of Kornelia Kinks" were produced starting in 1906. These postcards depict Kornelia and her high jinks.
One early magazine advertisement for Korn Kinks states:
"DOES yo' know how easy it is to get my six postal cards? Yo' just cut out of the Korn - Kinks boxes two ob de man and boy pickchures and send 'em to me, care of Mr. H-O Company, with four cents in stamps. I'll send yo' six o' de funniest postal cards yo' ever saw, all erbout me. Dey is suttenly worth twenty-five cents, an' dey would cost you dat anyway if it wasn't for me making it this easy for yo' to get dem. Dere ain't a particle of advertising on dem." -- Kornelia Kinks
Text on reverse --
JOCULAR JINKS OF KORNELIA KINKS
Copyright 2010. Some rights reserved. The associated text may not be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise, without prior written permission of Steven R. Shook.
Every rodeo has its clowns. I had to break my Taylor series and regroup for another. The discovery of this giant gaseous planetary formation was made be NASA in the IN-Cygnaficant galaxy. I have been spending a lot of time on other projects but had to sideline everything for a Trump break after his spectacular week in the lowlife. Wait, wait... don't tell me, he's got friends in low places! That's just like Penance and his push to keep tabs on the periods of all women in Indiana. You KNEW Trump's mouth would continually get him into big trouble as he galloped his mouth into the rodeo circuit! A lot of people believe what he says. Many more people believe someone when they show you what they are.
Attending a TRUMP rally entails locking all knowledge, priciples and logic in a steamer trunk bound for Borneo. After all what did the blacks "have to lose" when applying for a lease from TRump and his pops. The decisions to lease were made depending upon the "C" box on the form. What isn't a lie from this clown's lips?
I thought we just got rid of one orange man; one down, one to go! I remember him yelping about Rubio being an anchor baby. Fair enough. If Rubio is just that, The Donald is certainly the premier US anchor husband. Imported wives, imported dirt cheap undocumented labor. Just look at this scowling, hateful mug! The man is always pandering to the back country xenophobes and drumming up the hate vote.
I scanned Trump pix and could not let this big .JPG alone. Boy can he ever contort himself into being even uglier without saying any thing. I wonder where the transplant surgeons ever found the bad orange hair plugs. Were they growing bad orange hair plugs in their lab? No wonder the folks in his mom's UK home town apologized to the US for that export! I understand three Okahoma citizens are now against fracking but TRump and Pence are still preaching away at them! A few people still believe what they see... TRump and disPence, otherwise. The insurance companies are cutting thier loses ahead of time and warning future events would not be covered... and yet global warming event IS being televised!
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" A typical strip begins with Jack visiting Aunt Meg in a new location and assisting her with her latest business or project, usually involving something illegal or immoral such as prostitutes or drug dealing. Someone causes trouble for them or annoys Jack in some way, leading him to investigate. The "villains" whom Jack investigates are occasionally genuine criminals, but more often well-meaning, inoffensive people who happen to have outraged his far right sense of propriety. Jack usually ends up finding out that what the suspect has done is technically not illegal, but still succeeds in getting the miscreants involved arrested on trivial charges and severely punished, often at the savage hands of the community - his exploits making a mockery of British Justice. For instance, when someone tried to sell a tactical nuclear missile to the IRA the village policeman pointed out that the man was a licensed arms dealer. Jack then had the arms dealer arrested for having an expired tax disc on the car he was carrying the missile in. In most cases the whole village is utterly corrupt and the 'villain' represents some form of rationality and normality to the reader. "
" Jack Black and his dog Silver – a young amateur detective staying with his Aunt Meg on an eternal school holiday. Often gets well-meaning people, who have done nothing wrong, arrested (or worse) on a minor technicality or obscure law for his own benefit as they've offended his very right wing sensibilties .
The first strip was apparently "traced by Chris Donald", according to fellow Viz cartoonist Davey Jones, "out of an old copy of Whizzer and Chips". As the strip has progressed, Jack has been increasingly portrayed as a racist and a xenophobe among other major faults. "
" Jack Black and his dog – parody of the boy’s own adventure story or Enid Blyton style Famous Five adventure, sending up the right wing attitudes and xenophobic conservative values espoused by such children’s literature of the day.
In the standard formulaic plots young Jack Black and his dog are perpetually on summer holiday at his Aunt Meg’s cottage in some idyllic rural village, the type of place where strangers, particularly foreign ones aren’t tolerated. Jack notices that one of the locals (or a recent incomer to the area) has been acting strangely of late and some unusual events are occurring in the village.
With the help of his faithful dog and the local friendly bobby Jack unravels the mystery, which is usually something ludicrous involving Nazi war criminals, Islamic fundamentalists or drug and prostitution rings.
The guilty party is generally brought to justice by meeting an unpleasant end at the hands of the enraged villagers. Cruel, but not that far removed from the stories it sends up. "
"Susie done 'thought she'd a voice like a bird,
But ah soon made her see that her 'thought' was absurd."
Date: 1907
Source Type: Postcard
Printer, Publisher, Photographer: H-O Company (#6, Series A)
Postmark: None
Collection: Steven R. Shook
Remark: A malted corn flake cereal served hot or cold, Korn Kinks was produced and distributed by the H-O Company of Buffalo, New York, from circa 1890 to 1910. The cereal was advertised in such magazines as Ladies Home Journal, The Cosmopolitan, The American Magazine, and Good Housekeeping.
H-O Company's advertising campaign, by today's cultural standards, was very racist. The mascot of Korn Kinks cereal was a character named Kornelia Kinks, the young black girl seen here. Members of Kornelia's family are featured on other Korn Kinks postcards, all caricatured with enlarged lips, bare feet, and bulging eyes.
A set of six souvenir postcards called "Jocular Jinks of Kornelia Kinks" were produced starting in 1906. These postcards depict Kornelia and her high jinks.
One early magazine advertisement for Korn Kinks states:
"DOES yo' know how easy it is to get my six postal cards? Yo' just cut out of the Korn - Kinks boxes two ob de man and boy pickchures and send 'em to me, care of Mr. H-O Company, with four cents in stamps. I'll send yo' six o' de funniest postal cards yo' ever saw, all erbout me. Dey is suttenly worth twenty-five cents, an' dey would cost you dat anyway if it wasn't for me making it this easy for yo' to get dem. Dere ain't a particle of advertising on dem." -- Kornelia Kinks
Text on reverse --
JOCULAR JINKS OF KORNELIA KINKS
Copyright 2010. Some rights reserved. The associated text may not be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise, without prior written permission of Steven R. Shook.
From the left, 880g of Egyptian orange marmalade at 198 yen, 400g of Danish orange marmalade at and 398 yen, 45g of Japanese tangerine marmalade 298 yen.
The Danish marmalade is my favourite since it is low in sugar. I feel sorry for the Egyptian children who, so keen to get their hands on Sony Playstations perhaps, must forgo their marmalade in this quantity.
The Japanese marmalade is so expensive because of higher labour and land costs, and because Japanese people trust the quality of products that are made within there shores. But this is getting ridiculous. The price per gram of marmalade is: Egyptian .22 yen, Danish 1 yen, Japanese 6.6 yen. In other words the Japanese marmalade is almost exactly 30 times more expensive than the marmalade imported from Egypt.
In addition to the genuine quality of Japanese marmalade I sense that other factors are a work.
First of all the size of the Egyptian Marmalade jar may work against it due to the "mottainai" feeling-of-wastefulness that it is likely to invoke in Japanese consumers. Most Japanese marmalade purchasers would think twice about buying such a large jar due to the fact that they would foresee having to throw much or most of it away when, unable to finish it, it starts to rot. That Japanese feel this sense of waste so keenly is due to their greater 'animistic,' Nacalian identification with the visual world.
Secondly, most Japanese, identifying in this way as they do far more with their body image, they are keener to avoid obesity. If on the other hand, you think you are your 'mind' ( self-narrative) then you are more likely, like me, to indulge in a little, or a lot of, marmalade.
Thirdly not only are smaller jars, like smaller Japanese bowls and food servings in general, a major reason for the absence of the pudgy marmalade mouth and beef-burger bottom, they are also made possible again by the Japanese tendency to remain in the living visual present. The 'imaginary' (in Lacan's terms, for the Japanese sight is a lot more concrete) contains no scale information. A bonsai tree if cultivated and trimmed well, looks the same as a giant oak if you get up close. A Zen garden looks like an inland sea (Stein, 1990). An a tiny pot of Japanese marmalade can present the same visual content as a massive Danish or Egyptian jar (see the lower row of images). As long as you stay away from symbolic considerations of size and weight ("880 vs 45 grams!)" you can see the world in a pot of Japanese marmalade (Blake, 1863). This may explain why the Japanese are fond of moving their rice bowls near to their mouths, or rather their eyes, since up close everything looks bigger. It may also explain part of the sushi-grasp (sushi wo tsumamu) praxis noted by Kitayama (his book, 1995-ish); a sushi in the hand is bigger than a whole fish on the plate.
Finally, there is a degree of exclusive mistrust of things that are not Japanese. Some claim that this is because the Japanese are 'deep and profound' racists xenophobes but some foreign companies do attain trust (such as Louis Vuitton) . It is just that trust be earned through (visual) experience, rather than through (linguistic) promises and the threat of litigation.
Lacan argued that humans pass through the mirror stage, in which they identify with their image, to the symbolic where they identify with language. Nacalianism turns that on its head, in Japan.
Blake. W (1863) "Auguries of Innocence" en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Auguries_of_Innocence
Stein, R. A. (1990). The world in miniature: container gardens and dwellings in Far Eastern religious thought. Stanford University Press.
"It aint a bit o' use to talk
Next time ah ride, I'se a-gwine to walk."
Date: 1907
Source Type: Postcard
Printer, Publisher, Photographer: H-O Company (#5, Series A)
Postmark: None
Collection: Steven R. Shook
Remark: A malted corn flake cereal served hot or cold, Korn Kinks was produced and distributed by the H-O Company of Buffalo, New York, from circa 1890 to 1910. The cereal was advertised in such magazines as Ladies Home Journal, The Cosmopolitan, The American Magazine, and Good Housekeeping.
H-O Company's advertising campaign, by today's cultural standards, was very racist. The mascot of Korn Kinks cereal was a character named Kornelia Kinks, the young black girl seen here. Members of Kornelia's family are featured on other Korn Kinks postcards, all caricatured with enlarged lips, bare feet, and bulging eyes.
A set of six souvenir postcards called "Jocular Jinks of Kornelia Kinks" were produced starting in 1906. These postcards depict Kornelia and her high jinks.
One early magazine advertisement for Korn Kinks states:
"DOES yo' know how easy it is to get my six postal cards? Yo' just cut out of the Korn - Kinks boxes two ob de man and boy pickchures and send 'em to me, care of Mr. H-O Company, with four cents in stamps. I'll send yo' six o' de funniest postal cards yo' ever saw, all erbout me. Dey is suttenly worth twenty-five cents, an' dey would cost you dat anyway if it wasn't for me making it this easy for yo' to get dem. Dere ain't a particle of advertising on dem." -- Kornelia Kinks
Text on reverse --
JOCULAR JINKS OF KORNELIA KINKS
Copyright 2010. Some rights reserved. The associated text may not be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise, without prior written permission of Steven R. Shook.
...the title has everything to do with me and my perspective on things, not about the store itself.
I was in Amsterdam, in June of 2001, visiting my then-boy friend who is Dutch. We both love food, so it was a trip filled with good eating and good market sightings. He was staying in Leiden at the time (which I loved) but we took the short train ride into Amsterdam several times. We walked around one of the big street markets.
I remember delighting in the altogether different hue of multiculturalism in Holland, a different mix of ethnicities, languages, and cultures from what I was familiar with in Canada and the United States. If you think about colonialism it's a no brainer, but it was really interesting to encounter a whole slew of Indonesian restaurants, for example, normal as pie - Indonesian cuisine still is relatively rare in North America. I'm not sure about their countries of origin, but there seem to have been a sizable population from the African continent. And the store above, I believe is Algerian (I'm not 100% sure...). My ex wanted me to try some really good Mergueze sausage, which is why we ended up at this storefront. It was very good :)
The point of this story is something like this. I have been a beneficiary of multiculturalism in Canada, both as an ethnic minority (LOL, I don't think I ever described myself as such in text) and as a person living shoulder-to-shoulder with people speaking another tongue, hailing from different origins, living another culture. That was always an unquestioned GOOD to me, and I scoffed at the xenophobes. My encounter with this store, with Holland, happened in June of 2001, when that good was unchallenged - at least in my naive perspective.
This - the store and what this encounter spoke to me - is a good, will always be a good. I just did not foresee that in a mere few months, I will be looking at this image also through a filter of sadness with the knowledge that what I consider a good, in other quarters trigger visceral suspicion and fear.
Writing this actually made me tear up a little bit.
[commentary added this morning after being too incoherent and sleepy last night]
Moscow, Russia, 27/05/2007.
Veteran British gay rights activist Peter Tatchell is attacked and beaten by Russian nationalists before being arrested by riot police at Moscow's second attempted Gay Pride parade. The parade had already been banned by Moscow Mayor Yuri Luzhkov on the grounds that it would provoke violence, but gay activists attempted to demonstrate in defiance of the ban, and many were beaten by counter demonstrators and arrested by police.
Please attribute to Lorie Shaull if used elsewhere.
"I have stopped saying the word immigrant. We are New Americans."
"Regardless of a demagogue in the White House, regardless of an Islamophobe in the White House, regardless of a xenophobe in the White House, the rule of law of this blessed land, this blessed country prevails and will prevail and will continue to prevail."
"No one, not even the President of the United States is above the law."
"We had offered him a copy of the Constitution so he could read it and abide by the rule of law …but he ignored our offer and look where he is today."
11/09/09
Taken for FGR task "creative spaces", as I could wander the streets of Manchester all evening.
and
TRP task "out and about" although I may be pushing the portrait aspect of the shot to extremes, the blur to the left of the frame is Maggie...
One thing it is very easy to forget is how lax the UK is regarding "jaywalking". Essentially in the UK pedestrians have the right of way on all roads except motorways. Here we are just wandering through the moving traffic. It was I bit of a culture shock when I visited Japan and saw how regimentally people obey road crossings.
We went to see District 9 tonight, I though it was beautifully dark and hilarious... although I suppose that says more about my mentality and the quality of the film. I liked the juxtaposition of characters perspectives, and the twisting of certain stereotypes. It is certainly worth a watch particularly if you liked Children of men. By comparison this film is a slightly watered down version with aliens and not quite so good cinematography ;)
There has been some press stating that the film is racist in it's portrayal of the Nigerian characters. I personally don't think the Nigerians are singled out, as the film is equally negative towards almost all the human characters. The Nigerians are portrayed as gun toting pimps and black market racketeers, and the remaining white and black South African characters are racist xenophobes desperately seeking a "final solution" to the alien problem. Nobody is presented in a positive light. Even the main human character starts off as a rather racist ignorant idiot.
For those of you who have read this far and remained interested ;) this shot was taken at 3200iso which seems very usable.
Lightroom: white balance, vignette, auto levels, reset the black point and push the brightness, sharpen, save to JPG.
Going abroad is all very well, but I'm not too keen on the democratised version, called tourism, which, for reasons of poverty, is the only form available to me. I don't mean by this that the good plain folk of the world shouldn't be allowed to travel if they want to, but if I'm honest I'd rather they kept the numbers down a bit. But do they enjoy it anyway? With maturity comes self-knowledge, and you learn to distinguish between what you enjoy and what you've been told you ought to enjoy, often by people who can charge for providing it. After the first few hours in some commercialised dump, I find myself wondering what I'm going to do for the yawning fortnight that lies ahead. Is the experience really worth the sleepless night and 4am start from the bed-and-breakfast in Horley for a flight that doesn't take off until nine, the humiliations of "security", the poor sleep in unfamiliar surroundings, the constipation, the crowds, the heat, the tired feet, and the return to work the morning after you get back, probably suffering from some palsy you picked up in the alien bacteriological environment? No xenophobe, I don't imply any criticism of "abroad" or foreigners. This was taken in Corfu in September 2016. Lovely place for a few days. I was ill, on and off, for about three weeks afterwards.
Xenophobe
Wrestlemania
Hydlide
Bases Loaded
Krusty's Fun House
Turtles II: The Arcade Game
Who Framed Roger Rabbit?
Platoon
Stealth
Winter Games by Epyx
Roger Clemens MVP Baseball
Silent Service
Kung Fu
10-Yard Fight
Othello
Donkey Kong Classics
G.I. Joe
Moscow, Russia, 27/05/2007.
A plain clothes policeman punches a masked nationalist in the face after he spat on a lesbian demonstrator at Moscow's second attempted Gay Pride parade. The parade had already been banned by Moscow Mayor Yuri Luzhkov on the grounds that it would provoke violence, but gay activists attempted to demonstrate in defiance of the ban, and many were beaten by counter demonstrators and arrested by police.
Since we don't subscribe to a newspaper anymore, I set this up with my daughters' Polly Pocket for the newspaper category. Once I uploaded it to the computer, I noticed that she seems to be peeking out the top of her paper at me in a rather suspicious way. This made me think this is even better for the xenophobe category than the other one I set up.
Final film for racism project on a foundation diploma course. This video abstractly portrays the warped nature of a xenophobe and their views on the expanding Polish community in the UK. Talking to people on the streets of Hammersmith (the main area of Poles in London), racism towards Polish inhabitants in the UK is rising and a prominent issue. The subject in this short is consuming Polish delicacies as well as everyday Polish food.
The Monthly Scavenger Hunt February 2008: Xenophobe
I solarized this shot to make it more romantic but from the history of it, at times the xenophobia must have been intense at this dock. Even 50 years ago, one of my friends was "made" to change her Venezuelan name from Alicia to Alice to be less foreign when she immigrated. Amazing that so many times we are all still afraid of the unknown.
Moscow, Russia, 27/05/2007.
Russian police look on as a nationalist demonstrator attacks a foreign delegate at Moscow's second attempted Gay Pride parade. The parade had already been banned by Moscow Mayor Yuri Luzhkov on the grounds that it would provoke violence, but gay activists attempted to demonstrate in defiance of the ban, and many were beaten by counter demonstrators and arrested by police.
Moscow, Russia, 27/05/2007.
A Russian nationalist tears a poster from the hands of veteran British gay rights activist Peter Tatchell at Moscow's second attempted Gay Pride parade. The parade had already been banned by Moscow Mayor Yuri Luzhkov on the grounds that it would provoke violence, but gay activists attempted to demonstrate in defiance of the ban, and many were beaten by counter demonstrators and arrested by police.
Woohoo, I managed to get it in in time (just!!)
I need to make a few more detail adjustments but wanted to get it into the X!
The state of the economy in post-referendum Britain. Hertfordshire, UK on Friday, November 11, 2016.
#brexit #brexshit #nationalsuicide #fuquits #brexiteers #brexshitters #brexcrement #eu #europeanunion #iameueopean #forevereurope #remain #remoan #remoaner #dumbcunts #nationalists #nationalism #littleengland #littlebritain #xenophobes #fascists #riseoftheright #endoftheworldasweknowit #insignificantlittleisland #england #unitedkingdom #uk #greatbritain #gb #2016
Moscow, Russia, 27/05/2007.
Riot police arrest a gay acivist during Moscow's second attempted Gay Pride parade. The parade had already been banned by Moscow Mayor Yuri Luzhkov on the grounds that it would provoke violence, but gay activists attempted to demonstrate in defiance of the ban, and many were beaten by counter demonstrators and arrested by police.
Moscow, Russia, 27/05/2007.
German Bundestag member Volker Beck [centre] is arrested at Moscow's second attempted Gay Pride parade. The parade had already been banned by Moscow Mayor Yuri Luzhkov on the grounds that it would provoke violence, but gay activists attempted to demonstrate in defiance of the ban, and many were beaten by counter demonstrators and arrested by police.
T-shirt musings on the Trump victory in the US general election. Hertfordshire, UK on Friday, November 11, 2016.
#trump #donaldtrump #usausausa #usa #america #election #generalelection #dumbcunts #nationalists #nationalism #isolationists #xenophobes #fascists #riseoftheright #endoftheworldasweknowit #makeamericagreatagain #stalbans #hertfordshire #england #unitedkingdom #uk #greatbritain #gb #2016
This guy was delivering pizza, salad and pop to a UW Bothell event a few minutes ago. Unprofessional.
I swear that T-Rump is wired all the time. Some of us can recognize that. I have known several people who stayed wired on toot or speed. Fortunately, none of them was armed with nukes. I set my camera on rapid fire and caught this shot of him snorting like a red hot bull. I had to break my aspen series and regroup to document this never ending series. I have been spending a lot of time on other projects but had to sideline everything for a Trump break after his spectacular week in the lowlife. Wait, wait... don't tell me, he's got friends in low places! Sheesh, drugs on the streets around T-Rump Towers. And how about Pence and his push to keep tabs on the periods of all women in Indiana? Yes, Periods for Pence.
You KNEW Trump's mouth would continually get him into big trouble but did you think that his nose would get him into trouble with those giant snorts! Snorts of air and everything else that's in the way. This guys gonna explode. A lot of people believe what he says. Many more people believe someone when they reveal who they actually are. After all what did the blacks "have to lose" when applying for a lease from TRump and his pops. At least Woody Guthrie was white and allowed into his apartment. Leases were made depending upon the "C" box on the form; otherwise they were TRumped. What isn't a lie when this jackass brays?
I thought we just got rid of one orange man; one down, one to go! I remember him yelping about Rubio being an anchor baby. Fair enough. If Rubio is, The Donald is certainly the premier US anchor husband. Imported wives, imported dirt cheap undocumented labor. Just look at this mug on a buzz! The man is always pandering to the back country xenophobes and drumming up the hate vote. This is nothing but repeated history from 80 decades ago.
I scanned Trump pix and could not let this euphoric .JPG alone. Everyone is doing it. Boy can he ever contort himself into being even uglier without saying a thing. I wonder where the transplant surgeons ever found those bad orange hair plugs. Were they growing bad orange hair plugs in their lab? No wonder the folks in his mom's UK home town apologized to the US for that export! few people still believe what they see... TRump and disPence, otherwise.
I WANT YOU MAH HONEY
Date: 1907
Source Type: Postcard
Publisher, Printer, Photographer: Syndicate Publishing Company (Postcard No. 1, 2, 3, 4)
Postmark: All postcards sent from Kingsland, Texas, between June 20, 1907, and July 8, 1907, and received in Dallas, Texas
Collection: Steven R. Shook
Copyright 2010. Some rights reserved. The associated text may not be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise, without prior written permission of Steven R. Shook.
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Date: 1907
Source Type: Postcard
Publisher, Printer, Photographer: Syndicate Publishing Company (Postcard No. 1)
Postmark: June 20, 1907, Kingsland, Texas
Collection: Steven R. Shook
Copyright 2010. Some rights reserved. The associated text may not be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise, without prior written permission of Steven R. Shook.
Okay, here's a slightly longer version:
- Hey, look! Aliens are landing!
- Oh, no, no, NO!
OMG, not again!
I didn't even manage to get my Preparation H restocked since being probed the last time...!
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xen·o·phobe /ˈzɛnəˌfoʊb, ˈzinə-/
–noun
one with a mortal fear of being an·al·ly penetrated by an extra-terrestrial
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Actual photo - not shopped (except colour/contrast/white balance adjustment).
I don't know these people and certainly didn't ask them to pose for me.
The sign "Tera RD" above the shop-window is also pure coincidence
(BTW every time I look at it, I first read "RETARD"...)
Today, I'm going to write a couple of long things that call a lot of people dumb. I do a better job with these kinds of things when I just write them right off when it hits me to do it, and I've been putting this one off a bit. But I really do want to put this out there, so I'm just going to go ahead and do it.
The thesis: Americans are really dumb about immigration. We're dumb and insular and paranoid. We've ignored our own origins -- the people I've known who hate immigration the most are all second- or third-generation Americans whose grandparents passed easily through Ellis Island without any kind of visa. We've forgotten the whole point of the American experiment. Those of us who claim moral superiority based on a spurious attachment to a contorted form of Christianity have devolved into race-based nationalists. We've needlessly handcuffed the economy because we don't understand how much capitalism depends on the constant flow of new labor that birth rates can't sustain. In a couple of words, we're stoopid. You can see it in these signs on a protest fence in Chicago's Brighton Park neighborhood. "We are uneasy and scared." And, well ... God forbid you be uneasy!
"Say, Clint," You might be saying. "You've ranted on about versions of this before. What's the deal, now?"
Well, friends, here's the problem, and it starts with the moron governor of Texas.
Greg Abbott was elected Texas governor after a long stint as the state's attorney general that focused mainly on important issues like banning sex toys and encouraging large corporations to physically harm as many people as possible. He's been a big supporter of Trump and has sung all of MAGA's greatest hits, and he absolutely hates brown people. His state has a long border with Mexico, and he hates the idea that people cross it, even refugees who have a legal right to seek asylum under the laws of the United States. He'd shoot them all if he could. He's placed barriers in the Rio Grande to drown people trying to cross. He's put Texas National Guard soldiers along the river and ordered them to force men, women, and children gasping for air back into the water. He's a huge anti-abortion guy who loves life so much that he'll kill a woman to prove it, but he loves watching brown kids die.
He's also big on stunt, and for the last year or so, his big stunt has been to grab as many of the people who've made it across the federal border into Texas territory as he can, load them up onto rickety, unregulated buses and ship them all to liberal northern cities he doesn't like. Chicago has been a big target on the MAGA radar for years, so a lot of those buses are running up I-57, where they dump a few hundred refugee immigrants on some random street in the middle of the night and leave them all to figure it out. Abbott could have the buses drop them off at some central processing location and let the city know they're coming and when, but what's the fun in that? That wouldn't be cruel enough, so he just dumps them in random spots, and everybody has to scramble to figure it out on the fly. The city's tried mandating that the buses follow an actual procedure, and the city council recently passed an ordinance allowing them to impound buses that drop the migrants outside a specific location. They nabbed one bus and found the bus driver didn't have a drivers license. Texas responded by flying 90-someodd migrants up here on a private plane and dumping them in a random hangar. The "handlers" ducked out in an uber before the cops showed up.
According to the internet, between August of 2022 and the start of this month, December of 2023, the Greg Abbott buses have dumped 21,700 refugees on the streets of Chicago. (This seems hugely counterproductive if you're looking at this from a xenophobe's standpoint, because now you've got 21,700 people you don't want in the country 1,500 miles from the Mexican border. They could go anywhere.) As of the end of October, this program has cost the taxpayers of state of Texas -- which still hasn't figured out how electricity works -- about $75 million. Switching over to planes will pump that up fast.
But here's the thing about this whole Greg Abbott deal: he accidentally kind of has point.
He has his point for stupid, racist, xenophobic reasons, and he's making his point with as much inhumane cruelty as he can manage. He mostly just wants to troll Chicago mayors Lori Lightfoot and Brandon Johnson, Illinois Governor JB Pritzker, and US President Joe Biden. But he's trolling them with a point.
Immigration is a federal issue, and it is up to the federal government to handle it with federal resources. It's unfair to place the financial burden of this issue on any one state, but the states along the southern border with Mexico -- Texas, Arizona, New Mexico, and California -- have borne the brunt of the cost. The federal government, meanwhile, has been running a wildly haphazard border immigration policy for decades, and has never managed to figure out a logical, reasonable system for processing people. It really needs to do this. In a best-case scenario, the feds would take this thing over and run it themselves at the border crossings. At the very least, they need to supply federal money to cover the states' cost.
But the feds won't do that, and politicians like Greg Abbott are the reason why. People like Greg Abbott don't want to solve the problem. Their only solution is simply to shut the door. Build a wall, put up a bunch of barbed wire, drown people in the river and shoot whoever makes it across, and that is no solution. People have a right codified in American law to seek asylum, and we need a rational process to allow these people in. More than that, the continued success of this nation absolutely depends on new people coming in. But Congress -- where Republicans reign in the House -- would never authorize any such system. And so we're frozen, impotent, unable as a nation to act. So Greg Abbott will just keep up his human trafficking, keep using Texas money to put people on crap buses and planes, and dumping them in the night.
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Seit mehreren Wochen harren tausende Geflüchtete nahe dem griechisch-mazedonischen Grenzort Idomeni aus. Das ursprünglich für 4.000 gebaute Camp ist mittlerweile auf 12.000 Menschen angewachsen. Die aufgebauten Großzelthallen sind hoffnungslos überfüllt. Die meisten Menschen schlafen in Campingzelten, die von Privatmenschen gespendet wurden. Bei Regen verwandelt sich das Gelände in eine Schlammlandschaft. In der Nacht halten sich die Menschen warm, in dem sie mit aus den Wäldern gesammeltem Holz Feuer machen.
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Since several weeks thousands of refugees persevere near the greek-macedonian border place Idomeni. The original planned camp for 4000 people has to take now 12.000. Die big tents are completely overcrowed. Most of the people sleep in camping tents, donated by private people. After rain the area is going to be a mud landscape. In the night the people try to get warm by making fire with wood, collected in the near forests.