Jameel Abbasi

The Miracle for Africa

2009-01-10T03:06:00.000-08:00

Africa, world second largest continent covering an area about 30 million square km and its inhabitants are about thirteen percent of world population. The continent is restricted by Atlantic oceans in west, Indian Ocean and Rest Sea in east, Meditation Sea on north and on south is rim of Atlantic and Indian oceans and the frozen continent Antarctica is about 2417 miles away from the coastal city sturisbaai of South Africa. There are 57 countries in this highly separated region from the booming world.
In middle Ages, in Renaissance period, post Renaissance period and in colonizing period of time, the continent was used to be a flea market for slaves. The Huge land is facing terrible things since very times of modern world such as corruption; civil wars, drug and human trafficking are common due to tyrant, despotism and unauthorized governments. Poor health condition (Africa is considered as world’s highest Aids Holder, nearly 30 million), low education and knowledge institutions, lack of infrastructure and technology and Famine due to scarce resources.

But Jeffrey Sachs an economist in his Remarkable Book “End of Poverty” said that thses all are not the resons for the failing of Africa that I’ve mentioned above. He Wrote that Africa is far behind because of Poor Health and Shortage of food. He said that Africa is not behind because of currupted leaders ,he gave an example of asian countries,especialy emergnf state india that is booming even along with currupted and extremist leaders.

On one aspect we can admit that india is grooming itself but on the other side of wall india is not as shining as its media and her advocaters are presenting it. Poverty is still present there even more then its neighoubers that have lamb economic like pakistan,Bangadesh,Nepal ,Sri lanka and Bhutan. If leaders of africa and south asia think about credibelity and peole interest then the picture can be differ.
The Africa can be stable by imlementing following decisions

Political Stability is a compulsory tool for afican miracle.
libral Economics can change it rather then Mercantisim .
Health facilities is another major task that these natons have to do in there terrotries.
The Most Important or extraordnary vital thing for the african nation is to Enhance thehe Agriculture and Crops Production.More and Better food can elimenate famine,not foreign aids or trucks of WFP.
The North Bloc should invest more in africa and should purchase goods from them.China is now-a-days doing a great but ameica, UK and other wealthy powers are discourging the trend.
The peaceful aggrements and settelment between ethnic rivalries can make the situation more clear.But the question should be that how is enticing these conflicts.
Schools,Education institutes can be a good omin for bright future of africa.
The Rehabilationa nd construction of Infrastrucurte is a vivid thing that would be ultimate rising of africa. The China is now doing lot of stuff on infrastructure,means,Better Roads,functional harbors,Airports,border connections,electricty,communication etc.

I’m here if you agree or disagree on my arguments.

UN for US

2009-01-05T04:17:00.000-08:00

Kashmir is an area about 222,236 sq km .The territory is bounded on the north by Afghanistan and China; on the east by China; on the south by the Indian states of Himachal Pradesh and Punjab; and on the west by the North-West Frontier Province and the Punjab Province of Pakistan. The territory has been divided along a cease-fire line since 1949. The Indian-occupied portion is organized as the state of Jammu and Kashmir. Pakistan administers the northern portion as the Northern Areas, and indirectly controls the extreme western portion as Azad (Free) Kashmir, which has an autonomous government. China controls a portion of the territory in the east.
Kashmir is an only state of world that has been controlled by three nuclear powers. Indian-controlled Kashmir has an area of 100,569 sq km (38,830 sq mi) and a 2001 population of 10,069,917. Pakistani-controlled Kashmīr has an area of 78,932 sq km (30,476 sq mi) and an estimated population of 3 million. The area controlled by China covers about 42,735 sq km (16,500 sq mi). The capital of the Indian occupied state of Jammu and Kashmir is Srinagar. The administrative center of Azad Kashmir is Muzaffarabad.

India and Pakistan have fought three major wars over this land and recent India-Pakistan standoff is also because of this territory. According to some analysts Kashmir has become a major issue in world politicos especially when new US Elected president Barrack obama said that he will setup a commission for the settlement of this matter. It could be a major blow on Indian claim, so they play a drama in Mumbai for the distraction of world attention towards Kashmir, for draw sympathy from major powers and nations and declare the major freedom fighters as terrorists. They succeed in it on some areas because Pakistan’s so-called ally US was behind them. But Pakistan’s smart and strong reaction (from Military not from government) stopped India to go beyond.

The people of Indian occupied Kashmir rejected the election drama that held in Kashmir one month ago through six different phases. The last poling held on December 24.Although the media is showing huge and unexpected turnout but how can we suppose elections under guns, tanks and armed forces. Currently there are 80, 0000 troops are engaging in genocide and violating human rights in area. All the leaders and frontrunners from APHC (All Parties of Hurrait Conference) like Mir waiz omer Farooq, Yaseen Malik, Molana Abbas Ansari, Syed Ali Gilani, Aga Hasan al Mosvi, were in house arrest in some were in jails. The APHC is a group of political parties which is working for the cause of self determination of people of Jammu and Kashmir. To the blockage of major strikes by APHC, India deployed more then seventy thousands troops and implemented curfew in entire state and twenty one electorates.
Since 1947 to till date Indian army have been killed more then eighty thousands people of Jammu and Kashmir. They are still doing it and nobody is saying any thing, As a matter of fact the of poor UN and its high jacked security council can only see the violation of human rights in Indonesia (for a Christian state east Timor), Iraq (for remove saddam Husain’s regime and getting oil for US), Afghanistan (to remove Radial Talibans for US basis to tackle chain, Iran, Russia and Central Asia), Germany (for Jews in WW II), China (on Tibet to remove it from emerging nation as a competitor of US) and for Sudan (for highly oil rich area Darfur again for US) and many other spots.I’m amazing that why UN didn’t see human rights violation in Indian occupied Kashmir, in Palestine, in the jails of Abu Ghraib and Guantanamo bay.Yeah indeed due to US and its feeder Israel.

I think i've to say that UN is only for Great US.. nothing more

i'll be here for your reacts.....

See Here Now !

2008-12-31T03:08:00.000-08:00

The world tiny Jews state (self proclaimed state) Israel once again showed its “power” in a tiny part of Hammas Control Gaza, an Area of poor Palestinian state. World’s most “civilized” and so-called democratic state US said that Hammas have to destroy itself and Israel should take patience. US, UK, EU nations are still silent and even Most unauthorized Institution of this Planet UN is still saying some thing unclear.
Dr.Sharian M Mazzari the former head of the national institute of strategic studies said that modern civilized and human right activist world can only see in terror attacks in any European nation, US or in India, today’s world cannot see in Palestine, Kashmir, Iraq or in Afghanistan.

I think the tie has come for us or better to say for them to distinguish or differentiate to decide that whether a little boy who has a stone in his hand is a terrorist or a man who is driving a giant tank, and ready to “demolish” the boy. This is not a difficult task; just remove the glasses of hate, grudge and evil interests.

But the Real problem is that the Muslim nations, especially Arab world is jobless ,they can’t even embargo on oil and other materials for putting pressure on Father of Israel, US and its war partners.

Rush for Arctic

2008-11-13T00:39:00.000-08:00

Many people from different countries have conquered the North Pole like Mount Everest or K-2 but North Pole is always remaining inaccessible for human beings in terms of politics and economics. Now some of them like to reach there not for hiking, but for resources especially blood of world “oil”. As we all know that area covered by think solid snow all the time but now as the global temperature is increasing steadily, the thick ice sheet of arctic is melting day by day. This process of melting put especial attention of “neighboring” countries of arctic towards it. The United state of America from Alaskan side, Canada from its Ellesmer Island and Beaufort Sea, Denmark in terms of green land, Norway with Svalbard and Russia via six islands and border edges touches the “land” of arctic. As a student of International relation I believes in “Long cycle of history” and “rise and fall theory”, these terminologies applied in politics and can be used in world attention and response because international relations have its changing nature. According to an estimate Caspian Sea of central Asia have about 200 billion barrel oil that’s why the whole world put there face towards it, particularly Russia, US and European and south Asian nations. Although the Gulf region is the bigger exporter of oil but the nature is changing. The united state of geological survey published its report that arctic could contain 25% of world’s undiscovered oil reserves. According to report only Green land rift basin has about 31.4 billion barrel oil in the form of natural gas.
The belonging countries are waiting eagerly and watching the narrowing process of ice. In later years or decades this cold region would become a hot region.

jamil Abbasi

Neo Lend Lease

2008-10-29T05:31:00.000-07:00

The united State of America is the only nation in world which made money and still making from wars.The Country has a very Unique and vantage location that makes it more secure and different. The country surrounded by Vast deep water of Atlantc and pacific occean.That's why the state remain silent during First world war and alleged to remain in same status in second world war but unfortunatly japan disturb it with the assult on parl harber.
During second world war United state of America earn mony and build up its economy with hard working and zeal,but much amount of mony came from its method of selling arms.

The Greet depression of 1929 put an enormous blow in whole world . America badly effected, million of people lost there jobs and thousands of American banks demolished completely. Second World War came with the horrible effects for the rest of world ,especially for war engage countries but ironically bring fortunes for America. Lend Lease gave a chance to Us for get rid of the greet depression and , like wise and powerful states united state of America got advantage and prospered itself. Lend-Lease was the name of the program under which the U.S supplied the UK, the Soviet Union, China, France and other Allied nations with vast amounts of war material between 1941 and 1945 in return for, in the case of Britain, military bases in Newfoundland, Bermuda, and and the British West Indies. It began in March 1941, over 18 months after the outbreak of the war in September 1939.
A total of $50.1 billion (equivalent to nearly $700 billion at 2007 prices) worth of supplies were shipped: $31.4 billion to Britain, $11.3 billion to the Soviet Union, $3.2 billion to France and $1.6 billion to China.

The Lend lease not only boost American economy but also made its powerful face in the world.Lend lease in WW II can be said as leagal and right of US against axis power but can we save this world with the arm trade and race or post lend lease?

jamil abbasi

i'm

2008-10-27T03:35:00.000-07:00

During ibn-sina international Conference at Hollyday inn Islamabad.

In the way of Peshawar

In my cousin's Home

My Best

2008-07-27T00:39:00.000-07:00

These Persons posses a very high position in my mind and life. Especially Dr.Tahir ul qadri,a person who rules me.....

Dr.Tahir ul qadri

Imam Ghazali

My Favorite Writers

Karen Armstrong

Khalil Gibran

Paulo Coelho

Khalid Hosseini

Ahmed Rashid

तारिक अली

मुमताज़ मुफ्ती

Countries,i like most:

Itly

France

Egypt :

Best Movies,i can't forget:

Water for Elephants

Bourne ultiamatum Lord of the Ring
pirates of carribean

Australia

sarkar raj

Best Music

Akcent

Enrique Iglesias

Sami Yusuf

The World's Top 20 Public Intellectuals

2008-07-04T01:51:00.000-07:00

The World top twenty public intellectulas,first ten of them are muslims.They belong from scholars, politicians, economists, scientists and scholars from around the world are topping the list of the world's Top 20 Public

FETHULLAH GÜLEN
Religious leader • Turkey
An Islamic scholar with a global network of millions of followers, Gülen is both revered and reviled in his native Turkey. To members of the Gülen movement, he is an inspirational leader who encourages a life guided by moderate Islamic principles. To his detractors, he represents a threat to Turkey’s secular order. He has kept a relatively low profile since settling in the United States in 1999, having fled Turkey after being accused of undermining secularism.

MUHAMMAD YUNUS
Microfinancier, activist • Bangladesh
More than 30 years ago, Yunus loaned several dozen poor entrepreneurs in his native Bangladesh a total of $27. It was the beginning of a lifetime devoted to fighting poverty through microfinance, efforts that earned him a Nobel Peace Prize in 2006. Over the years, his Grameen Bank, now operating in more than 100 countries, has loaned nearly $7 billion in small sums to more than 7 million borrowers—97 percent of them women. Ninety-eight percent of the loans have been repaid.

YUSUF AL-QARADAWI
Cleric • Egypt/Qatar
The host of the popular Sharia and Life TV program on Al Jazeera, Qaradawi issues w .eekly fatwas on everything from whether Islam forbids all consumption of alcohol (no) to whether fighting U.S. troops in Iraq is a legitimate form of resistance (yes). Considered the spiritual leader of the Muslim Brotherhood, Qaradawi condemned the September 11 attacks, but his pronouncements since, like his justification of suicide attacks, ensure his divisive reputation.

ORHAN PAMUK
Novelist • Turkey
Part political pundit, part literary celebrity, Pamuk is the foremost chronicler of Turkey’s difficult dance between East and West. His skillfully crafted works lay bare his native country’s thorny relationship with religion, democracy, and modernity, earning him a Nobel Prize in literature in 2006. Three years ago, Pamuk was put on trial for “insulting Turkish identity” after mentioning the Armenian genocide and the plight of Turkey’s Kurds in an interview. The charges were later dropped. Today, Pamuk teaches literature at Columbia University.

AITZAZ AHSAN
Lawyer, politician • Pakistan
President of Pakistan’s Supreme Court Bar Association, Ahsan has been a vocal opponent of President Pervez Musharraf’s rule. When Musharraf dismissed the head of the Supreme Court in March 2007, it was Ahsan who led the legal challenge to reinstate the chief justice and rallied thousands of lawyers who took to the streets in protest. He was arrested several times during the period of emergency rule last year. Today, he is a senior member of the Pakistan Peoples Party, formerly led by Benazir Bhutto, and one of the country’s most recognizable politicians.

AMR KHALED
Muslim televangelist • Egypt
A former accountant turned rock-star evangelist, Khaled preaches a folksy interpretation of modern Islam to millions of loyal viewers around the world. With a charismatic oratory and casual style, Khaled blends messages of cultural integration and hard work with lessons on how to live a purpose-driven Islamic life. Although Khaled got his start in Egypt, he recently moved to Britain to counsel young, second-generation European Muslims.

ABDOLKARIM SOROUSH
Religious theorist • Iran
Soroush, a former university professor in Tehran and specialist in chemistry, Sufi poetry, and history, is widely considered one of the world’s premier Islamic philosophers. Having fallen afoul of the mullahs thanks to his work with Iran’s democratic activists, he has lately decamped to Europe and the United States, where his essays and lectures on religious philosophy and human rights are followed closely by Iran’s reformist movement.

TARIQ RAMADAN
Philosopher, scholar of Islam • Switzerland
One of the most well-known and controversial Muslim scholars today, Ramadan embodies the cultural and religious clash he claims to be trying to bridge. His supporters consider him a passionate advocate for Muslim integration in Europe. His critics accuse him of anti-Semitism and having links to terrorists. In 2004, Ramadan was denied a U.S. visa to teach at Notre Dame, after the State Department accused him of donating to Islamic charities linked to Hamas.

MAHMOOD MAMDANI
Cultural anthropologist • Uganda
Born in Uganda to South Asian parents, Mamdani was expelled from the country by Idi Amin in 1972, eventually settling in the United States. His work explores the role of citizenship, identity, and the creation of historical narratives in postcolonial Africa. More recently, he has focused his attention on political Islam and U.S. foreign policy, arguing that modern Islamist terrorism is a byproduct of the privatization of violence in the final years of the Cold War. He teaches at Columbia University.

SHIRIN EBADI
Lawyer, human rights activist • Iran
Iran’s first female judge under the shah, Ebadi founded a pioneering law practice after she was thrown off the bench by Iran’s clerical rulers. Having initially supported the Islamic Revolution, she cut her teeth defending political dissidents and campaigning for the rights of women and children. A fierce nationalist who sees no incompatibility between Islam and democracy, Ebadi became the first Iranian to win the Nobel Peace Prize in 2003.

NOAM CHOMSKY
Linguist, activist • United States
Chomsky is perhaps best known for his scathing criticisms of U.S. foreign policy extending back to the Vietnam War. An outspoken activist, a lively debater, and an icon of the international left, Chomsky rarely shies away from assailing American power and venerating those he deems the world’s oppressed. The failures of American mass media and the greed of big business are also frequent targets of his critiques. Beyond his political provocations, Chomsky’s contributions to modern linguistics are immense, particularly his theory of generative grammar. The bestselling author of more than 30 books, Chomsky has taught at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology for more than half a century.

AL GORE
Climate change activist, politician • United States
From the dejection of losing the 2000 U.S. presidential election, Gore has come to define political renaissance—and vindication—in the years since. For his second act, Gore found his true voice in raising public awareness of the effects of global warming. His efforts have earned him an impressive list of titles—Oscar winner and Nobel Peace Prize recipient among them—and acclaim as perhaps today’s most influential environmental crusader.

BERNARD LEWIS
Historian • Britain/United States
Professor emeritus at Princeton University and the author of dozens of books, Lewis is one of the foremost historians of the Middle East. He is also one of the most sought-after advisors on the region’s politics and on Islamic society. Lewis’s works have recently focused on the source of antagonism between Islam and the West, a conflict he attributes to Islam’s failure to adapt to modernity.

UMBERTO ECO

Philosopher.Novelist/Itly

Umberto Eco is an Italian medievalist, semiotician, philosopher, literary critic and novelist, best known for his novel The Name of the Rose (Il nome della rosa, 1980), an intellectual mystery combining semiotics in fiction, biblical analysis, medieval studies and literary theory. His 1988 novel Foucault's Pendulum has been described as a "thinking person's Da Vinci Code"[1].
Eco is President of the Scuola Superiore di Studi Umanistici, University of Bologna. He has also written academic texts, children’s books and many essays.

AYAAN HIRSI ALI
Activist, politician • Somalia/Netherlands

A fierce critic of Somalia and some other hard-liner muslim treatment of women, the Somalia-born Hirsi Ali is known for her full-throated defense of the West, reason, and freedom. Her public rebellion against her Islamic upbringing has come with a steep cost: death threats and around-the-clock protection. She first received notoriety for penning Submission, a film renouncing the subjugation of Muslim women. (The film’s director, Theo van Gogh, was murdered by a Muslim fanatic in Amsterdam in 2004.) After being elected to the Dutch parliament in 2003, Hirsi Ali resigned her post three years later over a scandal involving false information on her citizenship application.

AMARTYA SEN
Development economist • India
As a young boy, Sen witnessed the devastating 1943 Bengal famine, which killed nearly 3 million people. Decades later, Sen’s investigations of the political and economic underpinnings of famines established him as the premier welfare economist of the 20th century. In addition to his famous assertion that famines do not occur in democracies, Sen was one of the first economists to empirically examine gender disparities in Asia. He was awarded the Nobel Prize in economics in 1998.

FAREED ZAKARIA
Journalist, author • United States
Editor of Newsweek International, Zakaria is one of the most influential and respected commentators on international affairs. His article “Why Do They Hate Us?” a Newsweek cover story in the weeks after the September 11 attacks, upended the conventional explanations of the day for a nuanced discussion of the economic, political, and social forces pulling Islamic societies apart.

GARRY KASPAROV
Democracy activist, chess grandmaster • Russia

One of the greatest chess players of all time, Kasparov is today a leading opposition figure in Russia, critical of Vladimir Putin’s tenure and the election of his successor, Dmitry Medvedev. Agitating against what he calls a “police state,” Kasparov heads the anti-Kremlin coalition The Other Russia, which frequently stages pro-democracy protests. He recently launched an “alternative parliament” in a bid to unite the country’s opposition.

DAQKINS
Biologist, author • Britain
One of the world’s preeminent evolutionary biologists, Dawkins established an international reputation with his 1976 work, The Selfish Gene, which holds that genes compete to propagate. He possesses a renowned ability to synthesize and communicate complex scientific ideas to the wider public. He is perhaps best known today for his criticism of creationism and religion. An avowed atheist, his most recent bestselling work, The God Delusion, is a vigorous defense of science and reason.

MARIO VARGAS LLOSA
Novelist, politician • Peru
A giant of Latin American literature, Vargas Llosa has written dozens of works of fiction, drama, and literary criticism in his decades-long career. He is a firm believer in literature’s power to expose the injustice and tyranny of dictatorships, while providing moving defenses of free speech and individual liberty. He writes frequently on political issues in widely published columns.

karen armstrong

2008-05-24T22:53:00.000-07:00

why most people likes karen armstrong's books ?
i have seen most of my friends praise the books of karen armstrong and some are thinking "not Good" about her books.( i don't know why)even i read a article against her books in a daily urdu news papaer.
So here is "democracy" now and any body can say any thing................

for me ,i love her and her books.

Books by Karen Armstrong

The Great Transformation: The Beginning of Our Religious Traditions, 2006
The Spiral Staircase: My Climb Out of Darkness, 2004
Buddha, 2001
The Battle for God: Fundamentalism in Judaism, 2000
Islam: A Short Histoy, 2000
Jerusalem: One City, Three Faiths , 1996
In the Beginning: A New Interpretation of Genesis, 1996
Visions of God: Four Medieval Mystics and Their Writings, 1994
The History of God, 1993
The End of Silence: Women and Priesthood, 1993
Muhammad: A Biography of the Prophet, 1992
Holy War: The Crusades and Their Impact on Today's World, 1991
Gospel According to Woman: Christianity's Creation of the Sex War in the West, 1987
Tongues of Fire: An Anthology of Religious and Poetic Experience, 1987
The First Christian: Saint Paul's Impact on Christianity, 1983
Beginning the World, 1983
Through the Narrow Gate, 1981