February 2012
82 posts
Dehumanization | Beyond Intractability →
crankyanarchist:
Dehumanization is the psychological process of demonizing the enemy, making them seem less than human and hence not worthy of humane treatment. This can lead to increased violence, human rights violations, war crimes, and genocide.
what propaganda really is, and what it really does
(h/t my friend Will M.)
Poems of the Dead: arawella: Since i live in the... →
arawella:
Since i live in the UAE and all-i see white women come here and cry over getting henna and abayas-once they do. they take a million pictures of themselves in the desert with random people who appear to be ‘ethnic’.. They upload it on facebook with captions like “ME BEING MUSLIM” …
The Keys to Happiness: Surat al Haqqah →
thevisionofislam:
38 - So I swear by what you can see
39 - and by what you cannot see:
40 - This Qur’an is the speech of an honoured messenger,
41 - not the words of a poet - how little you believe! -
42 - nor the words of a soothsayer - how little you reflect!
43 - this Qur’an is a message send down…
“لَا إِلَهَ إِلَا أَنْتَ
بِكَ الْوُجُوْدُ
وَلَكَ الْسُّجُوْدُ
وَانْتَ...”
– إبن عربي — Ibn Arabi (via thingsthatremains)
Nato pulls out of Afghan ministries after Kabul... →
verbalresistance:
Nato has withdrawn all its personnel from Afghan ministries after two senior officers were shot dead in the interior ministry building in Kabul.
Any attacker would have had the highest clearance
Nato said an “individual” had turned his gun on the officers, believed to be an American colonel and major, and had not yet been identified or caught.
Nato commander Gen John...
“So, comrades, let us not pay tribute to Europe by creating states, institutions...”
– Frantz Fanon, The Wretched of the Earth (via purpletolavender)
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In the country of “freedom and democracy”, classes and races still live apart, separated by the walls of gated communities, the windows of resaurants and automobiles, and the invisible barriers a thousand times more difficult to traverse than Jim Crow laws. This is not a holdover from an earlier era, but an essential part of the Capitalist World Order, just like the walls that seperate...
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Fragile White Ego Syndrome is a personality disorder common in North America. Patients base part of their self-worth on pride in being white – but it is a false pride that is easily threatened and therefore fragile. It is a desperate front, a house of cards, that must be defended at all costs.
To maintain this fragile white ego patients will:
Play up white accomplishments (inventions,...
“There is nothing heavier than good character put in the scale of a believer on...”
– Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) [Sunan Abu Dawood] (via heartsofteners)
WARNING: THIS MAY COME OFF AS A SHOCK TO SOME...
whispermelies:
Child marriages, forced conversions, and ‘honor’ killings are NOT a part of Islam.
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“Be not content with stories of those who went before you. Go forth and create...”
– Rumi (via zuleikha)
“Nothing is worse than a person who fills his stomach. It should be enough for...”
– - Tirmidhi & Ibn Majah (via clearmysoul)
“The beauty of Islam is that it is the absolute truth, not because we think or...”
– (via islam2011)
von Awesome's Brew: NATO Admits 8 Afghan Children... →
vonawesome:
KABUL, Feb. 15 (Xinhua) — A NATO air strike targeting suspected insurgents in the eastern Afghan province of Kapisa on Feb. 8 had mistakenly killed eight Afghan children, a NATO-led International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) official confirmed on Wednesday.
“Today I want to discuss the…
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“Today, we see this in the myopia that plagues most Western news reporting and...”
– Islam, Women and the West (via mehreenkasana)
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