#its ramadan sir

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One Piece OC Introduction

What it says on the tin! This is my One Piece OC. Below are arts I’ve commissioned of her (please do not use or steal these, I do not give permission for these to be used elsewhere) and her profile.

Name: Mariam/Mary

Age: 35 (Pre-Timeskip) / 37 (Post-Timeskip)

Hometown: Alabasta

F/O: Sir Crocodile

Familial/Platonic F/O’s: Dracule Mihawk and Buggy the Clown (Coworkers), Nico Robin (No ill will towards her… feeling isn’t really mutual), Alvida (Best friend in Cross Guild), Galdino/Mr. 3 (Appreciates his art)

Devil Fruit: Genie Genie no Mi- the power to become invisible or shapeshift as one sees fit. When awakened, this fruit allows the user to manipulate the minds of others and charm or induce fear into them, rendering them vulnerable. Due to its rather broad nature, it is classified as a Paramecia because it does not truly meet the criteria of a Zoan or Logia.

Position: Once a young woman juggling many odd jobs, she works beside her husband, Crocodile, in Alabasta to find any useful information while also keeping up appearances. Using her skills and resources, she plays the part of a doting wife and upstanding lady of the community to get others to spill their secrets. Her contribution allows Crocodile to get what he needs while continuing to convince the population he’s a respectable man.

After the disbandment of Baroque Works and formation of Cross Guild, her job has largely stayed the same, save for the extra work on influencing the community. She tends to do some extra paperwork and keeps the lower ranking members in check should the need arise.

Relationship with F/O: Originally, Mariam had met Sir Crocodile to plead or work out a deal to spare his wrath against her father for not paying his debts to Crocodile. Initially annoyed with her constant badgering, the Warlord became amused by her anger and her insistence on helping her father despite his supposed idiocy.

This interest led to him offering her a deal to ‘test’ her- pretend to be his wife to give him information and a good reputation, then he’ll lower or remove the debt entirely. Although frustrated, Mariam had agreed and thus, their relationship as a “married” couple had begun. Despite their marriage starting out as a fraud, the two eventually fell for each other naturally and became true lovers.

Even though Crocodile is taller and stronger than her, she tends to lecture him or talk back if he gives attitude. It’s a fight he knows he’s not winning, especially with how stubborn she is. Oftentimes, she just teases Crocodile whenever he’s in over his head or refuses to admit he needs help with anything. She knows he’ll ask for it in a bit.

Favorite Food: Bazella

Pets: She helps Crocodile take care of the Bananawanis and was gifted three of them for herself. Their names are: Mawz (Banana), Mishmish (Apricot), and Ruman (Pomegranate). She loves them lots and they’re very protective of her, too.

Favorite Pastime: Despite keeping up appearances being exhausting, Mariam has always loved tea parties. Even after her and Crocodile left Alabasta during the formation of Cross Guild, she still continues the habit of making them. She also likes to read in her spare time to unwind.

(And a last piece of art I’ve Commissioned for Ramadan <3)

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🔅ISRAEL REALTIME news update - after Shabbat updates

🔻HEZBOLLAH - Anti-tank missiles - at Mt. Dov IDF outpost.

🔻HEZBOLLAH - Rockets x 4 - at Dishon, Malkia, Ramot Naftali, Betzet, Shlomi, Menara, Margaliot, Meshgav Am, Kiryat Shmona, Hurfeish, Alkosh, Matat, Fassuta, Netua 

🔻SHIA MILITIAS CLAIM.. suicide drone attack on “an Israeli intelligence base in the north of the Golan” and “the fuel terminal in Haifa”.  

▪️HOSTAGES MURDERED.. Hamas announces the death of 4 hostages, another report says 7 hostages, held by them in Gaza Strip. One source lists the names Itzik Jarat, Alex Densig, Ronin Tommy Angel, Eliyahu Margalit. No confirmation or proof provided.

▪️CEASEFIRE LEAKS.. U.S. head of CIA arriving to the region in last ditch effort for a pre-Ramadan ceasefire.

.. Qatar threatens Hamas to expel senior officials from Qatar if they don’t convince the organization to agree to a deal. (Wall Street Journal)

The Mossad in a statement carried by the Prime Minister's Office says Hamas is "fortifying its position" with regard to a potential hostage deal, and instead is looking to "ignite the region during Ramadan."

▪️TERROR - CHOMESH.. Terrorists detonated an explosive device in Silat A-Dahar near Chomash, an Israeli was reported injured by the explosion, 2 more injured by gunfire.  Palestinian Islamic Jihad claims responsibility.

▪️US PRESIDENT SAYS.. BIDEN: "I told him, Bibi — don't repeat this — you and I are going to have a come to Jesus meeting."  HANDLER: Sir, you're on a hot mic. (For those who don’t know this American expression, it means he’s going to call him out strongly privately for his actions.)

▪️AID FIGHT.. exchange of fire in the last hour between the Hamas police and armed "bandits" who sought to loot aid trucks that entered Nuseirat in the central Gaza Strip. Some of the trucks were looted when they reached the area near the Farouk Mosque in Nuseirat.

An aid truck ran over a Gazan to death, while he was trying to protect another truck driver who was attacked by Gazans (who wanted to loot the goods on the truck). Other truck drivers were beaten on the spot by the Gazans.

▪️MORE PARACHUTE MASSACRE.. Gazans report 8 killed by failed aid drops. The Jordanians claim the failure that killed Gazans by bombing by aid (aid parachutes failing) wasn’t Jordan’s fault, the US claims it wasn’t their fault.  (( it’s the Jooooooos? ))  A Gazan journalist claims: even today some of the parachutes of the aid packages did not open. It is not yet clear if there are more casualties among the Gazans.

Gazan, “the dishes are silly... we'd prefer a drop of a kilo of flour. This is better than the whole box of aid... this food is not good for us, we are the Arab... Palestinian people.... it is cat food for us... I exchanged the entire carton of aid with my brother in exchange for a kilo of flour. We want better assistance than this.”  Others complain the instructions are not in Arabic.

▪️RED SEA HOUTHI ATTACKS.. US Central Command: Yesterday afternoon, the Houthis launched two ballistic missiles at a Singapore-owned ship. The missiles missed the ship. Early this morning the Houthis launched an attack in the Gulf of Aden area - the coalition forces and the US Navy intercepted 15 Houthi drones. The Houthis claim in an official announcement that they launched 37 drones.

🔸CEASEFIRE - Hamas’s terms basically seem to be ‘end the war, leave Gaza, release our mass murderers, and MAYBE we’ll return some hostages”.  The U.S. has been PUSHING Israel very hard to come up to the edge of those terms, Israel gave a lot but it appears Hamas hasn’t budged.

Current analysis says Hamas is hoping to rile up the Arab world by keeping it going over Ramadan.

🔸JUDEA-SAMARIA (West Bank) - Hamas is already releasing Ramadan propaganda to hopefully rile up both the Arab public and the various militant groups in Judea-Samaria and hopefully cause serious attacks either into Jewish towns or into Israel proper. The IDF has been very active raiding militants in the major Arab cities for the past months, with counter-terror battles nightly - hopefully having suppressed and redirected the militants (if not outright capturing or killing them).

🔸LEBANON - increasing power tit-for-tat attacks continue, with the IDF bombing Hamas sites in southern Lebanon villages hourly, and Hezbollah firing rocket barrages of 20-60 rockets per round.  

Rumor are Home Front Command wants to start a campaign to inform the public to PREPARE PREPARE PREPARE, but there is concern it will cause PANIC and possibly cause the enemy to react.

🔸GAZA - The IDF continues working through Khan Yunis neighborhoods and tunnels building by building. Hamas is primarily limited to the last Gaza Strip city of Rafah - which the IDF is somewhat leaving alone but is air striking Hamas leadership locations and operations locations, but warning to evacuate first in some cases.   IDF attacks include blowing up buildings and, in some cases, neighborhoods when they’ve been used as attack platforms.

🔸HOSTAGES - Hamas says 7 were murdered. No reason, but also no evidence.

🔸AID - the aid story is getting weird. Aid protestors have successfully slowed aid, such that the US and Jordan (and others) are now air dropping aid - - which has had drop failures effectively bombing people with aid and killing them while claiming the failure is not them.  

The Gazans are complaining about the air dropped aid: the instructions are in English, some is expired, it is not to their taste, the portions are too small, it’s cat food.

The US has said they are going to build an instant-port, to deliver aid by sea - and aid is prepping and loading on ships in Cyprus, but the US has also said they’re going to do this without US forces entering Gaza, by deploying 1,000 US soldiers to:

“Deploy a floating pier and causeway. The aid will be driven into Gaza by vetted U.S. partners and not American troops. The U.S. military will work to ensure proper security measures are in place on the ground and will take precautions to protect its troops offshore.”  

Since security is the issue, with most aid trucks being attacked and looted or hijacked by Hamas, the goals seem impossible.  And who are these ‘U.S. partners’ who are going to go into Gaza?

🔸PROPAGANDA - the new propaganda item is “Gaza children dying by dehydration” since “Gaza starvation” is starting to lose traction.

[iloveslllycatss]

𝙖𝙢𝙤𝙧 + 𝙝𝙖𝙗𝙞𝙗𝙩𝙞

𝘱𝘢𝘪𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘴 : 𝘮𝘪𝘨𝘶𝘦𝘭 𝘥𝘪𝘢𝘻 𝘹 𝘢𝘳𝘢𝘣!𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘥𝘦𝘳

𝘸𝘢𝘳𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘴 : 𝘪𝘥𝘬 (i had no ideas for the name bare w me)

✯ miguel loves you, but he doesn’t really care that your arab 😭, not in a ‘idgaf ab ur heritage’ type way but in a ‘why does it matter? id love u either way???’ kinda way yk?

✯ MELTS when you call him ‘habibi’ or ‘3omree’

✯ had the most dazed, lovestruck look on his face once he found out you were arab and had you explain your heritage to him

✯ one time he tried to pronounce the letters خ ح ع…

“is it hhhaa?”

“mig it’s KHa with a KHHHH not hhh” 

“hhhhhhhh”

“omg.”

✯ when he first saw you arabic dance/belly dance.. he FOLDED SO HARD.

✯ could not stop staring at you.

✯ one time he went with you to a wedding right

✯ when he saw u dance……….. his eyes suddenly fell to your hips and never came off…

✯ after u danced he fr felt so bad bc he felt like a perv 😞 

✯ when u got back to your seat the first thing he said was

“amor how did you do that????”

✯ when he met your family… oh god..

“ولد مكسيكي ؟"

…..

“that means you’re a very nice boy! …انت مجنون"

“thank you, y/ns cousin”

✯ you ended up telling him what it really meant…

✯ hes so sweet though

✯ he has def bought you a necklace with his name on it in arabic.

✯ one time he saw one of those tiktok’s that’s like “cute things to call u arab girlfriend!” and he ended up trusting it…

“y/n listen to me”

“yeah what’s up, mig?”

“youre my cute little khara”

“what.”

✯ HE FR THOUGHT KHARA WAS SOMETHING NICE 😭 

✯ you guys look so good together

✯ in ramadan, he lasted so long.. until a hour before iftar he CHUGGED water 😭 

✯ he was just so thirsty.

✯ but he doesn’t eat or drink around you, he’s respectful about it

✯ in eid celebrations, he didn’t think it’d be THAT CRAZY

✯ he still attended all 2 days though

✯ so yk how he does karate?

✯ he got SO SUPRISED when he saw your arab fighting skills (the wooden stick powers…… the perfect shahata aim….)

✯ gets scared of you when you’re mad and speaking arabic

✯ HES SO INTIMIDATED ITS CRAZY

✯ his favorite arabic food is probably shawarma or like wara2 3nab

✯ he LIVES for your mom and your food

✯ the first time you saw johnny while you were with miguel, it was… interesting

“uh sir excuse me…”

“listen fatima just let me grab this rq”

“sensei that’s racist..”

✯ carmen LOVES you and they fr treat you like family

✯ anyways in conclusion, i love miguel

✯  best boy fr.

@/ilovesillycats

plz don’t copy my work 😞

[gryficowa]

Boycott!

All in all, I'm starting to miss the times when my biggest worry was that Thomas Astruc couldn't write a script for his cartoon

But okay, there's nothing we can do about the fact that society has turned itself on its face :/

Now that I have your attention:

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By the way, the sims 4 and inZoi are being developed in cooperation with a company that supports Israel, this is key information (No matter how much I love playing the sims, this fact disappointed me…)

Rowling (TREF who hates women, even cis ones) liked a Zionist tweet, so yes, to HP fans, boycott her too

And by the way: Fuck Harris and the Democrats, they stink just as much as MAGA and Trump

[bloghrexach]

💥 … Mnmmn!! This should be a ‘sign’, clear message, Sir!! …

By: LaillaB, founder ‘Reclaim the Narrative’, from LinkedIn …

“The White House had to cancel a Ramadan iftar meal after several Muslim Americans declined the invitation in protest of President Joe Biden's support for Israel's bloodthirsty genocide on Gaza.

Edward Ahmed Mitchell, the deputy director of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), said,

"The American Muslim community said very early on that it would be completely unacceptable for us to break bread with the very same White House that is enabling the Israeli government to starve and slaughter the Palestinian people in Gaza," 💯

Mitchell told Al Jazeera.

Both CNN and NPR had reported on Monday that the White House was preparing a community iftar. #NoThanks #Haram

But hours later, on Tuesday, the White House announced instead that it would be hosting a meal for Muslim government staffers only and holding a separate meeting with a few Muslim American community figures

#Declined

The cancelled iftar underscores Biden's struggle to stem growing anger in US. Arab and Muslim communities over his ironclad support for Israel.

Critics warn the outrage could translate into peril for Biden at the ballot box during November's presidential election.

White House spokeswoman Karine Jean-Pierre confirmed that Biden and his Vice President Kamala Harris will meet with Muslim "community leaders" on Tuesday.

Asked why the "community leaders" will not attend, Jean-Pierre said that they requested a meeting instead of a meal,

"They thought it would be important to do that. And so, we listened, we heard, and we adjusted the format to be responsive."

Several Muslim American activists said the meeting will be another futile “photo-op", arguing that the Muslim community has made its position known over the past six months.

"No matter how many meetings we have, no matter how many people have gone in, no matter how many conversations are being held, the White House has refused to change," said Mohamad Habehh, the director of development at American Muslims for Palestine.

Habehh stressed that Biden cannot claim to care for the Muslim American community if he does not end his backing of Israel.

"These photo-ops that they're doing — these discussions that they're doing to somehow show they still have the Muslim community's support - are just pathetic attempts to make themselves look good at a time where their true colours have been seen," Habehh told Al Jazeera.

“Today, around the world, we’ve seen so many Muslims that have been targeted by violence. No one, no one should discriminate against or be oppressed, or be repressed, for their religious beliefs,” President Biden,

The paradox of inviting Muslim leaders for Iftar and aiding and abetting genocide, is not lost on anyone, as the leaders stood firm in their decision to not participate in a blatant betrayal of their Islamic principles,

✍🏻 You are cordially invited to Iftar at the White House, please RSVP, Genocide Joe!! … 💥

✍🏻 No Thank You. Astaghfirullah

The Ummah.

#reclaimthenarrative — 🍉🕊 — #Aljazeera

[skendong]

Labour Party Landslide 2024?

Tears for Fears

Oh, Labour, champions of the working class, Tangled in a web of compromise, alas! A pound shop Tory tribute act, Selling your soul again and that’s fact.

Corbyn. Left-wing pride you deputized. You banished and callously cast him aside. Director of Prosecution’s certified tone, If members don’t like it, be gone he drones.

Cold truth is, in the run-up to an election, Britain needs a change for we are stuck. In a two-party system, Rishi or Sir Keir? A weird intersection and the options suck.

Who votes Conservative? We know what the Whigs are all about. Working class hearts gave Boris trust – The Red Wall tumbling down was a must.

They look for their own and detest the poor. Billions wiped off Covid-19 fraud? But earn an extra penny on universal credit, And the spies catch you? It’s Gordon Bennett!

Shadow Cabinet MP’s in flux. For the sake of power speaking doublespeak. Gone is the promise of change and renewal. All Tory faces. No.10 the coveted jewel.

For in May ’97, a triumph was declared, 179-seat majority. Tony Blair’s entry and glee filled the air, But 30 years on, The Iraq War his legacy.

Straightaway he tried to secure an exemption, Hours after meeting Mr. Bernie Ecclestone. Advertising tobacco ban on Formula 1 relief, A rising stench activists couldn’t believe.

Growing his fortune and millions amassed – Tarnished Labour to the core and now outcast. Property portfolio stained in bloody stealth. On his legacy the poor lay a Lilium wreath.

Remember Baron Peter Mandelson’s disdain, Rothschild yacht vacations, living in the fast lane? Desire for fame and the company of elite, Indiscreet lifestyles and morals on a heap.

Under their stewardship wealth became a theme, Ministers pursue paths lucrative in extreme. Chancellor Gordon Brown stern in his reign? A lot of people lost while bankers duly gained.

A light-handed touch on financial regulation, Who’s friends with who? The same old superstition. Labour will struggle to break free from its cast, Blair-Brown years and the black shadow past.

Their antics leaked proud support across society, No longer can they shout we’re The People’s Party. Leadership need not equate to propel poverty’s role, Skepticism towards the rich an inevitable toll.

Now Crucial by-elections will very soon unroll, A chance to reveal strategy, policies to be told. Yet clarity eludes, and the narrative still unclear, Rishi starts fight back, exploiting Keir’s fears.

But voices of the Red Wall speak ever so dim, Levelled up towns still remain quite grim. National debt, distrust, cynicism within, Labour and economy are words that never twin.

Inflation’s high digits and the economy is weak, Labour Party schtum fearing Conservative critique. In their tepid wariness, hope is what they seek, Reserving forked tongues and navigating sleek.

“Hard choices,” we’ll do “what’s possible,” Delivered in a monotone and eyes so dull. The crowning is near, he says what is feasible. A single wrong word could wreck his home run.

But the Party’s stance lacks inspiration, Claw back voters but where’s the foundation? Whole party concept questioned and ignored. “Economic growth!” is the shout from the floor.

The threat of a whip and unspoken holds sway, Cuts still favored; investment in disarray. Left and right of shoulder they cannot forge, Purging the left leaves Corbynism in a gorge.

Oh, Labour Party, what has become of thee! Devoid of authenticity, tribute act we see. Will compromise lead to your victory’s gleam, Or shatter your soul, party lost in the dream?

Leadership’s response may claim it’s too soon, Policies undisclosed yet to fully bloom. The narrative formed as Ramadan’s new moon, Stalwarts pray for Churchill to be exhumed.

Tactics like Highland’s mineral water: clear. No manifesto is needed here! After crooked Tories, we’ve a right to know, ray for better days and desire real growth.

Will you pay for public sector pay rise demands? Will the water companies be nationalized? Will child benefits, school meals be exempt and stand? Will taxes rise to care for the elder generation?

What about your stance on skunk weed? The stoners getting stoned but still not free. In every neighborhood drift clouds of marijuana, Aura that wafts ruins lives of your neighbors?

In the 1950s, Butskellism took hold. A blend of two chancellors and principles bold. Butler for Tories, and Gaitskell for Labour, Had to compromise in the post-war era.

Differences existed yet a common cause, Mixed economy, a welfare state, put the people first! Full employment was cherished of course, Utopia approached on a pure white horse.

But the tide shifted, cloaks and daggers sway, Stagflation and Thatcher kicked Butskellism out of play. Edward Heath and Harold Wilson grappling for ease – Waned Utopia’s patience and left without delay.

Whispered through the grapevine, Reevuntism. Archaic words, reborn, transformed. Philosophizing in a bond that discerns, As Keir leads Labour into another schism.

We heard this -ism has a centrist hue, Labour and Tories even closer than before! Post-Brexit vision, divisions slew, Shift to the center, consensus to explore.

So Scottish democracy vowed to be denied, Cuts and privatization in a different guise. Limited trade friction, a united brand. Striving together but Keir will be crowned.

The election calls for change resound, Distance and progress and solutions profound. Cost of living burden grows bloated by the day, The poor yearn the coming of a true sage.

End benefit sanctions, fair housing in sight. Cut child poverty and shine a beacon of light. Increase top earners’ income and FT companies’ share, End punitive charges at home for social care.

(Please speak up, Sir Keir). (Please speak up, Sir Keir).

Oh, Labour, champions of the working class, Now tangled in a web of compromise, alas! A pound shop Tory tribute act? Or a hung Parliament and a Liberal pact?

[alzaeemadel]

*O Allah this blessed month of Ramadan is now coming to an end, please help me to remain steadfast in your Deen. Grant me the knowledge of Deen. Ya Allah, you are truly merciful, please forgive me. Choose for me, what is the best. Ya Allah help me to succeed in this life and the hereafter. Ya Allah, if I have been in anyway ungrateful, unjust, dishonest; please forgive me. Ya Allah, I don t know if I ll be alive next Ramadan, please forgive me. Grant me a place in paradise. Save me from hell fire. Ya Allah, include me amongst those people who will be put into heaven without accountibility. O Allah, Ramadan has announced its departure; so please make it also a departure of our sins and our deficiences and shortcomings, O Lord of Majesty and Honor.

O Allah, bring solace to our hearts upon separating from this month. O Allah, return this month to us again over many years and numerous times, while we are in good health and well being and expansive provision, O Lord of Majesty and Honor. O Allah.. By You have I covered myself and to You have I turned and with You have I sought protection and upon You have I put my trust. O Allah! You are my Reliance and You are my Hope. O Allah! Suffice for me that which concerns me and that which I do not give importance to and what You know more about than me. Revered is the one who is close to You, exalted is Your Glory and there is no god other than You. O Allah Grant me the provisions of taqwa and forgive my sin and turn me towards good wherever I turn. O shelter of those who flee overburdened with the heavy loads of worries,I carrying my worries on my back. I cannot find any interceder for me. except that I know for sure that You are the nearest of all those who are hoped by beseechers. and of all those whose donations are expected by the desirous. O Allah, all ambitions of expectations are disappointed except those addressed to You, all resolute determinations are paralyzed except those relied upon You, and all reason-based tendencies are wasted except those directed to You. So, You are the ultimate hope and to You is the resort. O He Who is the noblest objective and the most magnanimous desired, I am fleeing to You from myself. O my God. My Lord. My King. And Master! Which of the matters shall I complain to Thee and for which of them shall I bewail and weep. Lord, to you is my sorrow, and to you is my sorrow: My Lord, if I remain alone, no one will hear me. My Lord, if I stay alone, no one pats me on my shoulder. It takes my grief on bearings of kindness, sir. Lord, if I cried from the top of my heart, and ah, from the screams of my heart. Who else would soften my heart... and hear my cry and my cry? My Lord, if I panicked from the wounded. How can the light infiltrate my soul and my heart? And how can I hope to enlighten my life or Otmlus my path. Lord, to you is my sorrow, and to you is my sorrow.. O Allah! I complain to You of my weakness, my scarcity of resources, and the humiliation I have been subjected to by the people. O Most Merciful of those who are merciful. O Lord of the weak and my Lord too. To whom have you entrusted me? To a distant person who receives me with hostility? Or to an enemy to whom you have granted authority over my affair? So long as You are not angry with me, I do not care. Your favour is of a more expansive relief to me. I seek refuge in the light of Your Face by which all darkness is dispelled and every affair of this world and the next is set right, lest Your anger or Your displeasure descends upon me. I desire Your pleasure and satisfaction until You are pleased. There is no power and no might except by You. O Allah, you are my Lord, what is in my heart is not hidden from you,

O Allah, give me reassurance from you, and I give you praise. He does not make me need no one but you, and He has mercy on my weakness, my poverty, and my helplessness. Lord, I seek refuge in You from narrowness of heart. A feeling that I can t complain about to anyone, and no one can understand it. O Allah , comfort my heart with what You know best. And don t make me complain to someone who doesn t fear my sadness. Oh Allah, I entrust my live whole world to You. O Allah, help me to remember You, to give You thanks , and to perform Your worship in the best manner..O Allah I seek Your protection and I seek Your protection from the trials of this world and from the torment of the grave.

O Allah I ask you of all good of what I have done and what I have not done in this world and in the Hereafter. I seek refuge in you from the evil of what I have done and what I have not done in this world and in the Hereafter. O Allah I ask of you all good that your servant and Prophet Muhammad (ﷺ) used to ask of you. I seek refuge in you from all evil that your servant and Prophet Muhammad used to seek refuge in you from. O Allah I ask you for Paradise and what brings me nearer to it of deeds and sayings. I seek refuge in You from Hell-Fire and what brings me near to it of deeds and sayings. I ask you for the good consequences of Your Decree. O Allah, I seek refuge in You from a heart which does not fear (You), from supplication which is not answered, from desire which is not satisfied, and from knowledge which is not beneficial. I seek refuge in You from these four. O Allah, I seek refuge in You from the trials and the torment of Hell, the trial and torment of the grave, the evils of wealth and poverty, and the evil trial of the Antichrist. O Allah, wash out my sins with water, ice and hail; purify my heart from the sins just as You purify a white garment from dirt, and distance between me and my sins as You have distanced the East and the West. O Allah, I seek refuge in You from laziness, senility, committing sins and heavy debts.O my Lord, help me and do not help (others) against me; support me and do not support (others) against me; plan for me and do not plan against me; guide me and facilitate guidance for me, and support me against anyone who oppresses me. O Allah, make me always remember You, thank You, fear You, obey You, submit to You, invoke You humbly, and repent to You. O Allah, accept my repentance, wash my faults, answer my supplication, strengthen my case, guide my heart, grant my tongue success and remove the darkness from my chest.

O Allah, I seek refuge in Your pleasure from Your anger, and in Your forgiveness from Your punishment, and I seek refuge in You from You (Your anger). I cannot reckon Your praise. You are as You have lauded Yourself. O Allah, I seek refuge in You from the withdrawal of Your blessing and the change of Your protection from me and from the sudden wrath of Thine, and from every displeasure of Thine. O Allah, I seek refuge in You from associating any partner with You knowingly, and I ask Your forgiveness if I did it unknowingly O Allah I ask You,

O God, my Lord, to heal me, relieve me of my illness, open the doors for blessings for me, and make that disease for a reason for entering your paradise, and forgive my sins and pardon for my misdeeds, and grant me your paradise without account or torment. Oh God, praise be to you, you are the light of the heavens and the earth, and to you, all praise rises, you are the Lord of the heavens and the earth and all of what’s existed in them. O’ Lord Thou art aware of my weakness to bear even a minor affliction of this world and its consequence and adversity affecting the denizen of this earth, although such afflictions are momentary, short-lived and transient. How then can I bear the retributions and the punishments of the hereafter which are enormous and of intensive sufferings, of prolonged period and perpetual duration, and which shall never be alleviated for those who deserve the same as those retributions will be the result of Thy wrath; and Thy punishment which neither the heavens nor the earth can withstand and bear. My Lord! How can I, a weak, insignificant, humble, poor and destitute creature of Thine be able to bear them? I know you are there Allah. I know you see my tears. I know you hear my prayers. I know you are testing me. And all I ask from you is to strengthen my Imaan so I can handle the struggles in life and have patience. I love you my Lord. My Allah. Please keep me safe. O Master I settle my destination, dependence, hope and reliance upon You, And with Your mercy, I cling; You bestow Your mercy on whomever You please and You guide with Your benevolence whomever You like, So praise to You for You purifying my heart from taking false partners to You, And praise to You for releasing my tongue, Is it with this heavy tongue of mine I thank You or with the utmost effort of mine do I satisfy You? And what is the value of my tongue, O Lord, when it comes to thanking You? And what is the value of my good deeds beside Your gifts and fortitude with me?

O my Lord! Indeed Your generosity has expanded my hope in You, And you acceptance has led to the taking of my deed. O my Master! To You I direct my aim, fear, and meditation, And my hope has driven me to You, And on You O Mighty One, I concentrate my initiative, And upon what You possess I unfolded my desire, And my ultimate hope and fear rest upon You, And with You, I cheerfully contemplated Your adoration And I spread my hands wide open to You, And with the rope of Your obedience I eased my fear . O my Lord! In Your remembrance, my heart flourished, And in confiding to You, I relieved my pain of fright. So, O my Lord! And O the One whom I hope! And O the One who is the Ultimate Destination and Grantor of my request! Separate between me and this sin of mine that disables me from abiding by Your obedience, For I only ask You due to the ancient and long resting of hope upon You as well as the great coveting of You, in what You obliged yourself with from compassion and mercy. Evidently, the command is yours, for You are the only One without partners, and all creatures are in Your maintenance and within Your grip, and everything submits to You, blessed You are

O Lord and Cherisher of the worlds.. My God, the beggars are standing at your door, the needy have taken refuge with Your Honour. The ship carrying the poor and humble people, is standing at the shores of the sea of Your Generosity and Grace, hoping for permission to cross, to the shores of Your Mercy and Blessings. My God, if You do not forgive in this honoured month, except the one who has sincerely purified himself for You, in his fasting and prayers, then who is there for the negligent sinner, when he drowns in the sea of his sins . My God, if You do not have mercy on any, except the obedient, then who is there for the disobedient. And if You do not accept from any, except the performers of good actions, then who is there for those who fall short.. My God, those who fast have profited, those who stay up in prayer have won, and those who are sincere have succeeded, but we are Your sinful servants Answer our prayers and requests which are good. And when You gather the people, of earlier and later periods, on the Day of Judgment, have mercy on us.. Write for us a protection from the fire, do not confine us to Hell, try us not with your punishment and disgrace, feed us not from the bitter tree, nor the thorny fruit (of Hell), do not place us with the devils, nor throw us face downwards in the Fire, and do not clothe us with the flames and tar of the Fire. Save us from all evil, O (one who), there is no god but You, for the sake of there being no god but You, save us. O Allah through the Qur an make. easy for our souls at death. the distress of the driving,. the effort of the moaning, and the succession of the rattling, when souls reach the throats. and it is said; when the angel of death discloses himself to seize them from behind the veils of unseen things,. letting loose at them from the bow of destinies the arrows of the terror of lonesome separation,. and mixing for them from sudden death. letting loose at them from the bow of destinies the arrows of the terror of lonesome separation,. and mixing for them from sudden death. a cup poisoned to the taste; and when departure and release for the hereafter come close to us,. works become collars around the necks,. and the graves become the haven. until the appointed time of the Day of Encounter!. make blessed for us the arrival at the house of decay. and the drawn out residence between the layers of the earth,. appoint the graves, after separation from this world, the best of our waystations, and disgrace us not among those present at the Resurrection. through our ruinous sins!. Through the Qur an have mercy. upon the lowliness of our station at the standing place of presentation to Thee,. illuminate the darkness of our graves before the Uprising,. and deliver us from every distress on the Day of Resurrection and from the hardships of terrors on the Day of Disaster! Whiten our faces on the day of passage over it, on the day when the faces of wrongdoers are blackened. during the Day of Regret and Remorse, appoint love for us in the breasts of the faithful, and make not life for us troublesome! and make not life for us troublesome... O Allah Improve help the state of the Ummah of Muhammad. O Allah! Grant ease to the Ummah of Muhammad. O Allah Have mercy on the Ummah of Muhammad.

O Allah. Raise the standing of Islam and the Muslims, O Allah raise the standing and the Muslims, and degrade the standing of Kufr and the Kaafireen, and Shirk and the Mushrikeen. Destroy the enemies of the Deen, and protect the lands of Islam, O Lord of the Worlds. O Allah, I entrust you to my country and its people, its security and safety, its day and night, its land and its sky, its Islam, My Lord protects her from tyrants and everyone who wants evil with her. Show us the wonders of your ability. Allah, I entrust you with the men, women, youth, children, and money of my country, O you who do not waste deposits.” O Allah, make us those who trust in You, so you suffice him, who seek guidance from you and seek your forgiveness, and you forgive him, and he seeks your help and you help him, and who called you and you answered him. O Allah, turn away from them evil and indecency and make them among your faithful servants. O Allah, I entrust you with my offspring and my family, O you who do not waste deposits, so protect them and protect them from every affliction and disability, and from bad diseases, and from the evil of the Tuareg night and day, and from the evil of the eye of every envious, every hater, and from bad friends,

Oh Allah, inspire us in our right affair, make it easy for us in every question to be answered, save us from all kinds of torment, whiten our faces on the day when the reckoning will be severe, make our assembly with the best of companions, and make our supplications an answered supplication. Allah, enable me to be thankful for the blessing that You have bestowed upon me and my parents, and to do righteousness that pleases You, and make me righteous in my offspring, O Most Merciful, and admit me by Your mercy among Your righteous servants. O Allah, we ask You by Your Great, Greatest Name, by which if You are called, You answer, and if You are asked by it You are given, and by Your Most Beautiful Names, what we know from them and what we do not know, to answer our prayers, fulfill our desires, fulfill our needs, relieve our distress, forgive our sins, cover our faults, and repent upon us, heal us and pardon us, reform our families and our offspring, and have mercy on us with your wide mercy, mercy by which you spare us the mercy of others. O Allah, forgive all the Muslims who have passed away, those who testified to you, your oneness, and to your prophet, of his message, and died upon that..O Allah, forgive them and have mercy on them. O Allah, protect them and pardon them. O Allah, generously give nobility to their abodes and make vast their entering into it. O Allah, forgive them and grant them Your mercy; pardon them and be generous with them; bless their arrival, and make wide their entrance; comfort their loneliness; and exchange their earthly home for a better home, and their earthly spouse ahl. for a better spouse

[whimsycore]

Muslims should petition together to call the last shop you do before Ramadan “The Big Shop”.

[roselyn-writing]

Chapter 10 of The ice goddess and her icy warrior.

Hello! This is a continuation to chapter 9, they are still in Virginia…

“Oh yes! ITS Ramadan Month i’m so happy to finally witness this in Virginia!” Selviya Says happily

“What is Ramadan month?” Kuai Asked with Interest

“Ramadan month is the month were People fast in order to feel The poor people hardship of not Finding any food or water!” Selviya answered him

“Hm thats something Awesome, Yet I don’t see the people in our realm Celebrate this month why?” Kuai asked Selviya

“I’m sure that some Countries celebrate it, The other Countries i don’t know, Aliyaa told me Once that some people in other realms Venerate and respect this month!” She replied to him. Selviya seems really awed and happy to see the Ramadan Decorations in the city.

“I’m sure most of Virginia cities Celebrate this Month, We Left Al Durrah city, now we are in Al Maghara City, Wow this Place is really amazing!“ Selviya Added, Completey awed by the decorations

“It’s Beautiful indeed, look at the people they are Putting food in the tables on the streets!” He said, she looks at it and she saw people putting food on tables.

“Oh that! They are celebrating with their neighbours.” She Explained to him, he seems really happy and infatuated by this. Never he saw peoples in Earthrealm celebrate like this other than new eves and occasionas

As they walk to wander around the city, they heard people talking and cheers to each other,

All of them Saying happy Ramadan to another

Such words and feelings made Selviya happy. She cannot wait to Visit Aliyaa city and Celebrated with her.

“Hello Lovely couple! Its Ramadan why not Celebrate with us and eat dates?” A guy in his forties said, he is holding a plate full of date fruit.

Note: Dates is a brown fruit coming from Date palms

“Thank you sir!” Selviya thanked him as she took one of the dates.

“I’ll give it a try!” Kuai says, as he took one of the dates, he took a bite enjoying it, it taste sweet and its chewy. Finally he eat it all and spit the hard seed. He enjoyed eating this delicious fruit

Moments later a Woman came with a plate full of exotic recipes

“Here this is The samosa there is Samosa with cheese and Vegetables and its delicious!” The woman Says in a happily tone

“Ooh! Samosa my favourite snack! I’ll take the vegetable one!” Selviya replied as she took one Samosa a vegetable one

“What is this?” Kuai asked, Its seems strange and new to him

“Try it! You’ll never regret it!” Selviya encourages him, he looks at the plate. The food seems of two types one is thin the other is plump.

He took the thin one which is Cheese the other is vegetable. He hopes Selviya is right, he took a small bite of it. Surprised by the delicious Recipe its crunchy and the cheese sweetened the recipe.

“Its .. Delicious!” He added, continue to chew the rest

“Told you, you won’t regret it!” Selviya reminded

“Yup you told me so” he said, aftet licking his lips.

Selviya decided to look at the map, she seems lost in Virginia. She remembers that Virginia has 230 city. And to each city it takes 3 hours to reach another one. She is in Al maghara the second important City the most important city and the home of all Virginia is Al Aljhara City

“I think it will take more 3 hours to Al Aljhara city” Selviya declared

“What? 3 more hours? That’s exhausting!” Kuai Liang Complained.

“Don’t worry! We will reach Aliyaa city in no time! I happen to know some short-cuts!” Selviya Added

“Okay good!” He nodded. They were walking for hours, reaching 2 cities at a row.

Now they Reach The city of Al Khumasiya, why its called that? Because the buildings of this city have the sign of a pentagon. A pentagon is a flat 2D shape that has five sides and five vertices. And these buildings of this city have the same things on its Surface. In arabic their ancient and mother language called Al Khumasiu.

“Now this city is a sight for sore eyes! Look at these beautiful buildings and it’s decorated surfaces!” Selviya Says, he looks at it and she is right this city and these buildings are beautiful and unique.

“Yeah.. its really amazing and beautiful!” He Muttered to her, he wonders at this fine piece of art, he wonder who are these people who made these city? What is Virginia and her people. He wonders, who is responsible for this who take care of the people? Who And who and why this huge country and who is behind of all of this.. such a huge big country being taken care of its cities and its people. He wonders about their history and if there are rebellions.

“I wonder who did this!, who designed these cities, there are so many questions in my head” He said out of nowhere

“Its the people of course!” Selviya answered him

“Of course its the people, but These designs and decorations are so beautiful, i never see anything like it in outworld or Earthrealm.” He added amazed by it.

“It’s Virginia Kuai Liang not Outworld or Earthrealm” she replied, he know its Virginia but he is amazed can’t help but wonder.

“I don’t know about this place history much unlike Aliyaa, she knows about it she is from this realm!” Selviya continued.

“I get it” he murmured.

“Ooh look there is a restaurant come lets eat Lunch and Rest for a while, we have been walking for hours!” She Suggested, for the first time in forever he wanted to eat something greasy something a bit fat, greasy like meat, Fried potato. His stomach started to grumbles.

“Oh look there is a table lets go for it!” Selviya Pointed, he followed after his girlfriend.

Smelling the Food they made in this restaurant the scent is so delicious that his mouth starts to water, Selviya noticed this and Tell him about it

“Kuai! Get a hold of yourself! We are not alone!” She grunted, he felt a bit embarrassed by this. He is an older man how he couldn’t take a hold of himself.

“Can you blame me Qīn? I’m starving!” He maintained himself

“I know my love i know! Just get a hold of yourself and I promise you will eat soon!” She assured him

They reached the table, and they sat on this place. A moments later the waitress came.

She was wearing a Brown robe, covering her hair with head-cover. She is polite and sweet.

“Hello! What can I get for you!” She says, preparing her pen and Small notebook

“Hey! I would like to order 2 plates of shish kebab, hammus and Shish tawook please and 1 medium plate of rice and thank you!” Selviya ordered

The waitress happily noted down her order, she looks at Kuai Liang waiting for his orders

“I’m new here so i .. i’m with her... so You know hehe..” he awkwardly replied

“Its okay! Your friend ordered the best plates in our restaurant, you will not regret it! Anyway your order will take a couple of mints.. as you can see we are really full with customers.. hehe!” She muttered, then left to Give this note to the chief (the cook)

“You weren’t kidding the food look amazing, the smell, no wonder this place is always crowded. I had been to restaurant in Earth-realm. But its the first time i admire the view and such!” He Expressed

“Good to know that my love, my other parents told me of this place, they say that i must Try meat shish kebab and shish tawook, and Hammus. Its my first time actually, and i hope i won’t regret. I am not a vegan but i eat less meat and such!” Selviya responded

“Wait you have other parents?” He blurted, Not believing what she says

“Yeah my Real parents in this Universe” she replied

“Oh… okay cool, looks like we’re both new to this restaurant!” He added.

“What type of cuisine in this restaurant!” He continued

“Arabic cuisine” Selviya replied

“Never tried it before, its worth a shot!” Kuai Liang said

“I did and i liked it! But I never tried this shish kebab thing” Selviya admitted

“Looks tasty by the smell of it” he stated

“It does!” She added

After 10 mintues the waitress came with the order

“Here’s your order And enjoy!” She told, putting the food on the table then she left

Kuai Liang takes a look at the food, its seems exotic but tasty nonetheless. He took a bite of the meat and it was delicious, he is surprised that this kind of food is a deliciously good and tasty.

“This is so good!” He uttered, enjoying the food. He kept chewing and chewing then gulping the food. He was eating in a good mannered way. He always respect the people around him, without making a sound while eating, he ate silently,Enjoying the food

“You should try hammus!” Selviya suggested, showing him hammus. She took a piece of the shish kebab, coating it with hammus then eating it. She is satisfied with this combination. Kuai Liang mimicked her and turns out its more delicious

“Mhhm so good!” Kuai murmured, licking his lips.

Selviya kept chewing the food silently, she is always maintaining her manners in eating, her

Mother always tell her that everyone will be disgusted by a girl who have no manners in eating, Selviya always have manners in everything, even as an orphan. But her mother always love to advise her in her way.

The same waitress came with drinks.

“Its on the house!” She said, putting the drinks then she left

Its seems like an iced juice with Fruits inside it.

After eating, they drank the juice. taking their time to rest then Selviya left to pay.

“Thank you! Come again!” The owner says.

After heading out of the Restaurant. Selviya looked at the map once more. Alright one more 2 hours and they see Aliyaa

“So… how much time left?” Kuai Liang asked, after finished from drinking water

“3 more hours!” She giggled, he nearly choked

“Its okay! As i said before i know a short-cut!” Selviya repeated.

Gesturing for him to follow her, she kept walking and walking tell she reached a road that leads to the woods. She used her Crystal Silvernium to open a portal to The Al Aljhara city of Virginia. The most important and the capital of Virginia

“I knew you would do this!” Kuai Liang says. Sightings to himself but nonetheless he is happy

After they Went inside the portal, they saw a beautiful and dazzling city, alots of people of a lots of countries together like a family.

What Caught Kuai Liang eyes are two things, the people and the city itself. He always see that Certain type of Buildings in the cities he wandered with Selviya. The building peaks are a ovals shapes with a crescent moon shape in its top (Mosque-shape peak).

“What are those buildings, I always see them in every Virginia city.” Kuai Liang asked

“Thats a mosque, a Praying place for men and there are one for one woman too, its just that Woman and men are separated from each other.” Selviya answered

“Oh so its just like a temple?” He asks again

“You can say that but they don’t live in it, they came here to pray for a limited time then they go to their work” She replied

“I get it now”

“Its also In earthrealm! You didn’t see it in Earth-realm?” Its Selviya turns to ask now

“No.. i have never seen it before, how was I supposed to know its also existed in Earth-realm” he pointed out

“Fair enough” she chuckles

They kept walking and Kuai Liang kept wondering at this place.

“Look at the people, despite the differences the race and et cetera, they are one, i wish i see that in earth-realm” he commented

“Yeah me too.” Selviya mumbled

“What is the secret? I mean surely this place has a dark history and earthrealm does too but.. despite that this place looks more like the medieval In Earth realm, Though its preceded earth realm and outworld in unity and peace!” Kuai Liang says. Selviya nodded at his words

“To be honest i don’t know, why don’t we ask Aliyaa?” Selviya added

“Good idea!” He says

Although Selviya took a short cut, but its still long because Aliyaa palace is in the black forest not the city itself

“I needed to Tell you something my dear.” She Warned

“What is it Qīn?” He muttered softly to her

“Aliyaa palace is not in the city, its in the woods. It called the Black Forest” Selviya replied

“Oh okay!” He uttered

Now they reached the black forest, Selviya uses the Crystal Silvernium as a light bulb, Lighting the way for them to see. And the light is perfectly strong for this job, it shone strongly and perfect hey can see everything happens.

“This place is really eerie and Unpleasant..” Kuai Liang conceded, he is really concerned about this

“Dont worry! I know this place like the back of my house!” She assured

“You mean like the back of my hand!” He corrected her

“Yup! I meant that” she chuckles

The pass the road of The dead blackened trees, now they are near. Like really near

“Look be careful, don’t follow anything or any sound, this place is tricky and scary you hear me?” Selviya warned

“I get it don’t you worry about me!” Kuai Liang assured her.

They continue walking, they saw from a far a Black-walled palace, Selviya knew who is the owner of this palace..

“You see that palace over there?” Selviya asked

“Yup is that Dracula mansion or something” he joked

“No its Aliyaa’s palace!” She corrected, she know that he is joking. But nonetheless she told him

“Oh wow! Aliyaa lives in there?” He asked

“Yup and The place from inside is really beautiful!” She declared

“Cool!” Kuai Liang muttered

As they reach the fence, one of the black knights comes to them, he kept looking at them. After mintues passed he let them in.. only because Aliyaa approved

“Nice to see you too” Kuai Liang dryly joked

The black knights didn’t respond, he kept walking and they followed him. He entered the hall where his mistress in.. and there in for a surprise

“Hey Selviya! Ramadan kareem! Welcome to my place, oh! How are you guys, hehe” Aliyaa came to them, and hugging them both.

Scylla Arouj and Hadi joined them

“Ramadan kareem” they all said in union,

“How are you two doing? Hows everyone!” Scylla asked. Selviya and Kuai Liang awkwardly chuckles

“We are fine, how are you?” Selviya and Kuai asked

“We’re great! And hows things in home SZ?” Arouj asked

“Never better” he responded

“Good to know! Come why don’t you join us in the ifftar Table!” Aliyaa suggested

“Sure we’d love to!” Selviya answered

While on their way, Aliyaa telepathically tell Selviya that eveie and Derek are there, she told her to be prepared for them

“Ohh shhoo” Selviya mentally cursed

“No swearing young lady!” Aliyaa mentally chided her

“Sorry!” She mentally replied back

Reaching the hall, Kuai Liang saw new two figures, ones of a woman and others of a man

“Your back guys!” A new man voice said

“And who is the guest of honour?” Eveie says

“Hey.. Mom and Dad, this is is my boyfriend his name is Kuai Liang” Selviya introduced him.

“Ooh..” eevie said, while derek fumes

“Excuse me?? No! I forbid it!” Derek fumes

Kuai Liang is not surprised, but he mentally noted that derek is rude and Kuai Liang is not wrong.

Derek is not happy with his “daughter” choice, He doesn’t see him fits for her, and he wants her to ended it now, while Eevie is in between, she wants her daughter to be happy.. but Kuai Liang does not suits her daughter thats in Eevie eyes. She wanted her daughter to marry someone from their tribe but Selviya refused this.

“Dad!! Stop it! We are here to celebrate not to fight and my other parents agreed to this so why don’t you!” Selviya muttered

“Of course they will agree, but they are not your real parents!” Derek spat, Eevie is calming him

“Honey.. calm down!” Eevie says, trying to calm Him down, He still angry.

“Thats rude if you ask me!” Kuai Liang says, Crossing his arms out of boredom. Derek angry gaze turns to Kuai Liang.

“Come again?” Derek Angrily said

“ i said thats rude if you ask me” Kuai Liang repeated

“Derek stop it or i will stop you! We are here to celebrate not to fight! And i agree to this Relationship! I know Kuai Liang he is a good friend thus he will be a good husband for your daughter!” Aliyaa stepped in, She had enough of this. She snapped her fingers sitting Derek on the chair magically… now its time to Eat ifftar

“Come on guys! Its time for ifftar!” Aliyaa reminded them

In the food table, the ifftar (which is in ramadan ones eat after the Sunset Call of prayer). The food is of mixed cuisines, Arabic, italian

“The food looks delicious..” Selviya mentally says.

Kuai Liang took the plate and start putting himself the food,Derek Still Staring daggers at him, Kuai Liang pays no mind to it, he chose to ignore him.

Selviya is a bit concerned, she knows that Derek is physical strong and brawny like Kuai Liang.

“Wants some juice?” Selviya suggested, he nodded

“Yes!” He answered, She pours him some. Derek and Eevie saw how Selviya talks with her boyfriend. These two looks like Romeo and juliet. They always steal a little glances of each other at the food table although they are near each other. Eevie nows make up her mind, she will never stand against her daughter happiness while derek he refuses this.

After the food, Aliyaa tells that there is a room prepared for them so that they can stay as much as they want

“Thanks Aliyaa!” Selviya thanked her

“Yup thank you Aliyaa and the food is delicious, but i kind of hope there is a shish kebab” he joked

Both women chuckles at him

“There will be a shish kebab next time!” Aliyaa says.

The end of chapter 10, stay tuned for more!

[pearonthegas]

act 2, scene 1; april

a walk in albert park (ausgp '22)

ent. aus gp 2022

hey hello hi!! it's been a hot minute but here i am ,, back with my first update after the long drought :,) ausgp was the first race of the season i actually go to properly watch - and ohman!! it was quite something

unfortunately i missed out on all the fp sessions because i've been busy with school, but quali was quite a run! the one takeaway i've gotten from the bits and pieces i've managed to gather over the weeks? none of these cars are safe from any issues whatsoever - everyone seems to be struggling with something (except maybe ferrari??) it's going to be quitee the season

i love how the rest of the field is getting a lot more competitive with each other !! seeing more battles other than just the one for first made me appreciate the event so much more!! it feels a lot more exciting this way <33

i cannot begin to express first of all. how in AWE i am of albon?? sir really went for a whole race with a SINGLE set of tyres like HELLO a) what were you trying to do bby and b) THE FACT THAT HE STILL KEPT IT UP THERE IN THE POINTS THE WHOLE TIME - that williams seems more promising than otherwise shown,,i think there are some good things coming

the aston martins did NOT have luck on their side this weekend :/ absolutely insane the way their weekend went - universe rlly said <3 no; but it did increase my love for seb so that's a plus!!

i think my main. thing with this whole thing might be with rbpt tbh!! i hate that acronym its so ugly im sorry but unfortunately im an alphatauri girl so i have to live w it. that engine is literally giving me heartache every single weekend!! the fact that max had to retire made me want to YELL because if he's having issues with the engine that means that there's chances of all the other three having issues too and i'm not excited for that!! how're we going to make it through the whole season this way wails

the ats did not look too great this weekend but i still have the slightest sliver of hope for them. i think we can still pull through it's still early in the season!! yuki and pierre have also the best relationship ever (the not boyfriends, with their perfectly synchronised race starts? soulmates.) but someone needs to tell pierre to get a new hairdresser. sir. i love you but please. you are balding.

to bring the wonderful weekend to a close sir lewis hamilton and george russell are a three hour drive from me, and a friend of a friend spotted them at the gas station - mercedes amg (and lewis for that matter) will always be a national treasure to us tbh!! not even racing under our flag but we all feel so much pride for them <3 (thank you petronas for being the one good thing to come out of this gov)

exit aus gp 2022.

ent. small life update (below the break)

past few months have been HECTIC - but i think a new chapter of my silly little life begun at some point (not sure when) hence the beginning of act 2!! i'm glad to still be able to have this space - tumblr unironically makes me feel the safest on any social media

rundown of everything that's happened since i've last made a proper post? i'm preparing for my first two AS exams next month, i've made more friends in the past month than i have in the past two years (many of which don't even attend our school, and are seniors who old me would have actually absolutely detested maybe), i'm figuring out what it means to love someone, and what it means to actively choose to love them, i'm trying to be a bit kinder to myself, to not be so inherently wrapped up in grades and numbers

ramadan started more than a week ago <3 ramadan mubarak to my lovely muslim friends here

my mental health is a mess right now. but it has its good days. i hope to share as many of those with you as possible :)

as ever, with lots of love,

iman.

[jeramymobley]

Sir Kensington’s becomes a B-Corp

Unilever-owned condiments company Sir Kensington’s has been awarded B-Corporation certification

The move means Unilever– owned Sir Kensington’s joins a community of more than 2,000 businesses which meet rigorous standards of social and environmental performance, accountability and transparency.

Peers include Unilever’s Ben & Jerry’s, crowd-funder Kickstarter and clothing brand Patagonia. Sir Kensington’s is the largest condiments company in the world to be awarded B-Corp status.

When Sir Kensington’s was started in 2010, founders Scott Norton and Mark Ramadan set out with two goals in mind: to create the finest natural condiments and to run a company that was in line with their values.

The future of doing good business combines an impact model with a business model, rather than seeing the social benefit as a philanthropic after-thought to make good on the harm done by the business.

Scott Norton, Sir Kensington’s co-founder, making a positive impact, “The future of doing good business combines an impact model with a business model, rather than seeing the social benefit as a philanthropic after-thought to make good on the harm done by the business,” says Scott.

“As our business grows, our impact grows. With scale, we affect more people, grow our voice, source more ingredients, and use more resources. By assessing and certifying as a B-Corp, we can better measure and improve our impact so that all our stakeholders end up better off,” he adds.

Since its launch, the company has consistently increased its positive impact on society, from using certified humane eggs to contributing 1% of its revenue to non-profits and social enterprises that use food to create economic opportunities.

Further areas where its B-Corp status will directly influence business decisions include improving environmentally friendly packaging options and post-use recyclability and developing new products and categories to address societal needs.

Sir Kensington’s innovative ‘Fabanaise’, for example, is a vegan equivalent to mayonnaise which replaces eggs with chickpea water, a commonly discarded and overlooked ingredient.

The article Sir Kensington’s becomes a B-Corp appeared first on World Branding Forum.

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A Pakistan International Airlines jetliner carrying 98 people crashed on Friday in a congested area near the airport in Karachi after an apparent engine failure before landing. Officials said there were at least three survivors from the plane, and it was unknown how many people were hurt on the ground, at least five houses were destroyed and 25 to 30 people moved to neighborhood hospitals. The pilot of the PIA Flight PK8303 was heard climbing the tower just a few days before the crash of the Airbus A320, which was going from Lahore to Karachi. Volunteers carry the dead body of a plane crash victim in Karachi. AP On social media, the video showed the jet flying from one of its engines with flames in a residential area. Police struggled to get people wearing protective masks out of the crowded narrow streets known as the Model Colony, so ambulances could operate in poor and congested residential areas. Police and jawans have cordoned off the area amidst smoke and dust. Relief and rescue work is still going on. The Pakistani Armed Forces and civilian authorities are ready to recover the bodies and rescue the survivors from any mishap. Meanwhile, the PIA has been asked to provide shelter to those whose homes were destroyed in the accident. Pakistan resumed domestic flights earlier this week before the Eid-ul Fitr holiday, marking the end of the Islamic fasting month of Ramadan. Pakistan has been under nationwide lockout since mid-March due to the novel coronavirus. Karachi Mayor Wasim Akhtar initially said that all the people were killed, but an official from the state health ministry later told Dawn that at least three people survived the crash. He identified the survivors as Zubair, Tahira and Zafar Masood, president of Bank of Punjab. Local TV stations reported that at least 35 bodies were recovered from the accident site and six people were injured. It was not immediately clear if the passengers were casualties. Authorities could not give details of the casualties among the residents of the Model Colony area, which was in the grip of the accident. Rescue work is in progress at the site of a plane crash in Karachi. AP The Civil Aviation Authority of Pakistan said that the aircraft had a crew of 91 passengers and seven. Earlier, the airport in the northeastern city of Lahore said 107 were onboard. Civil Aviation Authority spokesman Abdul Sattar Kochhar said the anomaly was due to confusion in the chaotic situation after the accident. A broadcast of the pilot's final exchange with air traffic control, posted on the website LiveATC.net, indicated that he had failed to land and was circling around to make another attempt. One pilot said, "We are heading straight, sir - we have lost the engine." "Confirm your attempt at traffic," the air traffic controller said, offering a runway. Before the transmission ended the pilot said, "Sir - May, May, May, May, Sunday, Pakistan, 833". Witnesses said Airbus aircraft appeared to be trying to land two or three times. Fire brigade staff try to put out fire caused by plane crash in Karachi, Pakistan. AP Abdul Rahman, a resident of the area, said he saw the plane cycle at least three times, trying to land before crashing into several homes. Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan tweeted: "Shocked and saddened by the PIA accident ... an immediate inquiry will be launched. Prayers and condolences go to the families of the deceased." Airbus did not immediately respond to a request for comment on the accident. Flights from the northeastern city of Lahore usually last about an hour and a half. Aircraft related documents revealed that the aircraft had last received a government check on November 1, 2019. The PIA chief engineer signed a separate certificate on 28 April, stating that all maintenance was done. It states that "the aircraft is fully airborne and meets all security". Airbus A320 ownership records showed that China Eastern Airlines flew the aircraft from 2004 to 2014. Plain entered the PIA fleet, which was leased from GE Capital Aviation Services. According to FlightRadar 24, the Airbus aircraft first flew in 2004 and were equipped with engines manufactured by CFM International, co-owned by General Electric and Saffran of France. It was on its sixth flight after returning to service following the grounding of the wider airline industry in March due to the website coronovirus crisis. A spokesman for GE, Perry Bradley, said the firm is "aware of the accident report and is closely monitoring the situation". In Pakistan's most recent accident, in 2016, 47 people were killed when a PIA jet fell into a hill in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa province. The country's worst plane crash took place in 2010, when 152 people died in an AirBlue flight accident near Islamabad. The Health and Population Welfare Minister has declared an emergency in all the major hospitals in Karachi after the incident. The incident occurred on the day when Pakistan's Ministry of Interior announced Eid holidays from 22 to 27 May. With inputs from PTI Updated Date: May 22, 2020 21:59:39 IST Tags : A-320, a320 Aircraft, Airbus, Karachi, Karachi Plane Crash, Lahore To Karachi, NewsTracker, Pakistan, Pakistan Air Crash, Pakistan Airline, Pakistan Airlines, Pakistan Flight Crash, Pakistan International Airlines, Pakistan Plane Crash, Pakistan Plane Crash Today, PIA, PIA Crash, PIA Plane Crash, Plane Crash, Plane Crash In Pakistan, Plane Crash Today

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[itsfinancethings]

(Karachi, Pakistan) — A passenger plane with 107 people on board crashed in a crowded neighborhood on the edge of the international airport near Pakistan’s southern port city of Karachi on Friday after what appeared to be an engine failure during landing.

Mayor Wasim Akhtar said at least five or six houses were destroyed in the crash of the domestic flight operated by Pakistan International Airlines.

He said all those on board died, but two civil aviation officials later said that at least two people survived the crash. They spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to brief media.

Local TV stations reported that three people sitting in the front row of the aircraft survived and aired footage of a man on a stretcher they identified as Zafar Masood, the head of the Bank of Punjab. They reported that at least 11 bodies were recovered from the crash site and six people were injured. It was not immediately clear if the casualties were passengers.

Police wearing protective masks struggled to clear away crowds to allow a fire truck and an ambulance to move through the narrow streets toward the crash site, the air filled with dust and smoke. Police and soldiers cordoned off the area.

A transmission of the pilot’s final exchange with air traffic control, posted on the website LiveATC.net, indicated he had failed to land and was circling around to make another attempt.

“We are proceeding direct, sir — we have lost engine,” a pilot said.

“Confirm your attempt on belly,” the air traffic controller said, offering a runway.

“Sir – mayday, mayday, mayday, mayday Pakistan 8303,” the pilot said before the transmission ended.

The aircraft arriving from the eastern city of Lahore was carrying 99 passengers and eight crew members, said Abdul Sattar Kokhar, spokesman Pakistan’s civil aviation authority.

Pakistan had resumed domestic flights earlier this week ahead of the Eid-al Fitr holiday marking the end of the Islamic fasting month of Ramadan. Pakistan has been in a countrywide lockdown since mid-March to try to stem the spread of the coronavirus.

Witnesses said the Airbus A320 appeared to attempt to land two or three times before crashing in a residential area near Jinnah International Airport. The residential area on the edge of the airport, known as Model Colony, is poor and heavily congested.

A resident of the area, Abdul Rahman, said he saw the aircraft circle at least three times, appearing to try to land before it crashed into several houses.

Video circulated on social media appeared to show the aircraft flying low over a residential area with flames shooting from one of its engines.

Pakistan’s Prime Minister Imran Khan tweeted: “Shocked & saddened by the PIA crash… Immediate inquiry will be instituted. Prayers & condolences go to families of the deceased.”

Airbus did not immediately respond to a request for comment on the crash. The flight from the northeastern city of Lahore typically lasts about an hour and a half.

Airworthiness documents showed the plane last received a government check on Nov. 1, 2019. PIA’s chief engineer signed a separate certificate April 28 saying all maintenance had been conducted. It said “the aircraft is fully airworthy and meets all the safety” standards.

Ownership records for the Airbus A320 showed China Eastern Airlines flew the plane from 2004 until 2014. The plane then entered PIA’s fleet, leased from GE Capital Aviation Services.

Perry Bradley, a spokesman for GE, said the firm was “aware of reports of the accident and is closely monitoring the situation.”

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Associated Press writers Jon Gambrell in Dubai, United Arab Emirates; Kathy Gannon and Munir Ahmed in Islamabad, and Asim Tanveer in Multan, Pakistan, contributed to this report

[republicstandard]

Cowardly Theresa May won’t save Asia Bibi

“Pakistan is Britain’s largest aid recipient in the world. Why are we happy to pay out the money, but too scared to intervene against persecution?” asks Charles Moore in The Telegraph. Quite. Pakistan is a nuclear power. It spends £19million on its space programme. Last year it binged £4billion on eight new submarines. It is splurging £10billion on new weapons by 2024. Yet we play Santa Claus to Imran Khan and shove £463million every year down his stockings for Ramadan.

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What do we get in return? A two fingers “Up Yours” jihadi salute in chaste Urdu. Radical preachers in our mosques. A bulletproof wall of stony silence protecting Pakistani Muslim rape gangs operating with impunity in our towns and cities. No gratitude. No co-operation. Only rightly deserved scorn for the insanity of our foreign aid policy.

Rather than have the upper hand even remotely, we cower in unadulterated cowardice as displayed by the Foreign Office in its handling of the Asia Bibi case—the Pakistani Christian who escaped the gallows for blasphemy. When Sir Simon McDonald, head of the Foreign Office, was asked about Bibi he fumed with righteous indignation. He most certainly did not think it right that the Foreign Office should seek to save Bibi: it might lead to threats to his staff in Pakistan!

On Wednesday, MP Zac Goldsmith asked PM Theresa May if she had personally intervened to block an asylum application from Asia Bibi, as reported by the Daily Mail. The Prime Minister prevaricated in vintage bureaucratese. “First—I might say this in answer to a number of questions—my Honourable Friend should not necessarily believe everything he reads in the papers.”

She went on to defend Imran Khan—Pakistan’s Oxford-educated Prime Minister who is now a poster boy for Pakistan’s barbaric laws of blasphemy. In fact, Khan is asking Islamic countries to create laws against blasphemy similar to those against Holocaust denial in European countries. Is May so utterly naïve to think that Khan will come to the aid of Asia Bibi?

“We are working with others in the international community and with the Pakistani Government to ensure that our prime aim—the safety and security of Asia Bibi and her family—is provided for,” she harrumphed. “It is not the talk or the thought that counts, but the deed,” says the Talmud (I’ve added “the talk”). I can’t trust Tessie because the Loch Ness of Downing Street has left in her wake a pattern of appeasement to radical Islam (as I’ve shown in my column on her capitulation to Salafist Islam and her antagonism to conservative Christianity).

As high-ranking politicians and bureaucrats behave like Stockholm Syndrome patients, Moore’s question is even more pertinent. Why are we happy to pay out the money, but too scared to intervene against persecution? Why are we not afraid of India and its militant Hindu leadership or of Hindus who constitute a significant proportion of the British population?

One possible answer lies in history and its lasting fallout on Foreign Office and Home Office policy-making. The inciting incident that left an indelible memory and was responsible for triggering Islamic resistance to Britain and conversely Britain’s fear of Islam is on the fingertips of every Indian pupil. Indians call it the First War of Indian Independence; British historians call it the Sepoy Mutiny or the Indian Rebellion of 1857.

British attitudes to the Muslims within the empire could be neatly divided into two distinct phases around the turning point of the 1857 Mutiny in India, notes Sean Oliver-Dee in The Caliphate Question: The British Government and Islamic Governance. Before 1857, British policies were “community-blind”, and Muslims were considered harmless. They were even lauded as “the most gentlemanly and well-mannered of those seeking employment in the East India Company”.

What sparked off the 1857 rebellion was a rumor that the British had asked the Indian soldiers (sepoys) to bite cartridges greased with the fat of pigs and cows. While mutineers at Meerut rode to Delhi to restore Muslim emperor Bahadur Shah to the empire of India, British troops entered Delhi and attacked the prestigious Jama Masjid (main mosque). Muslims responded by calling for jihad against the British forces.

At first the British attacked both Hindu and Muslim rebels but later focused their firepower on the Muslims. Muslim men, women, and children were slaughtered in the hundreds. When the mosque was finally captured, the British cooked pork inside the mosque and allowed their dogs to roam in its sacred precincts.

The war was a turning point in the history of Indian-British relations. It resulted in the death of the last Mughal ruler in India and the transfer of power from the East India Company to the British Crown. While this left a profound sense of guilt on the British which would eventually lead to the fear and appeasement of Muslims, it fomented a Muslim counter-resistance that would violently haunt the British for decades during colonial rule in India.

While Muslims suffered most at the hands of the British, Muslims also retaliated most violently against the British troops—with the conviction they were fighting a Holy War and with the blessing of the ulema—Islamic scholars. The edict of 1857 calling for jihad against the British carried the signatures of 34 ulema.

“These valiant sons of the soil destroyed the British dream for ruling over the golden bird (India),” writes Islamic scholar M. Burhanuddin Qasmi in Darul Uloom Deoband: A heroic struggle against the British tyranny. “The aim of the organization was to prepare for armed insurrection against the British,” he adds. This was in contrast to the non-violence of Mahatma Gandhi and other leaders from other religions in the freedom movement.

The Sepoy Mutiny of 1857 had major consequences for Britain’s relationship with Islam. “For the British, the effect of 1857 was to make them conscious of Muslims as Muslims and to endow them, at least in British thinking about them, with a corporate political character which in British eyes Muslims had not previously possessed,” observes P. Hardy in The Muslims of British India.

Within a decade, the British were to usher in a period of “balance and rule with the Muslims occupying one of the pans of the balance,” he stresses. Even in reports assessing the rebellion, British officers were keen to downplay the role of Muslims and Islam in the mutiny. Some reports even blamed the Hindus for the mutiny in an unabashed effort to cover the part played by the Muslims.

On the Muslim side, just nine years after the Mutiny, Muslim elders established a madrassa (Islamic school), called Darul Uloom, the “House of Knowledge” in Deoband in northern India. The school’s ideology was forged in the fires of the Sepoy Mutiny and would become known as Deobandi Islam.

During the next 150 years, its influence would spread beyond India and Pakistan and result in the most important Islamic academic institution in the world after Egypt’s Al-Azhar. It would become the basis for many radical Islamic movements against the West. Deobandi Islam is the ideological basis of the Taliban; its protégés include Mullah Omar and Osama bin Laden, and it is this form of Islam that influences many radical Pakistani Muslims in Britain.

The paralysis of guilt would result in Britain’s efforts to atone and appease Muslims in the decades to come. At the same time, Britain would learn that of the many religions in India, it was Islam alone that would retaliate through concerted long-term violent resistance on the basis of its religious doctrine of Holy War. William Howard Jones recorded in 1858 that, “the Mahomedan element in India is that which causes us most trouble and provokes the largest share of our hostility… Our antagonism to the followers of Mahomed is far stronger than that between us and the worshippers of Shiva and Vishnu. They are unquestionably more dangerous to our rule.”

An Islamic call to the global umma (Muslim community) to engage in jihad and fight to the death would be heeded and was unmatched by Britain’s armory.

How does Britain extricate herself from this historical narcosis of guilt and fear? Our bureaucrats and politicians must exorcize the ghosts of 1857 and recognize its invisible hand on a number of subsequent British attitudes and policies. The prophet Ezekiel who lived under the yoke of Babylonian imperialism made it clear that the children would not be responsible for the sins of the parents. We are not responsible for the iniquities of our forebears.

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Rather than labor under the backbreaking burden of colonial guilt, our rulers should go beyond the history of British rule in India and study the history of Islamic imperialism, which was set in motion by the Prophet of Islam and pre-dated Western imperialism by centuries. More than 80million Hindus were slaughtered by invading Muslims, who conquered and colonized India. All nations have sinned and fall short of God’s glory, to adapt a saying from St Paul’s letter written to Christians in Rome, when Roman imperialism was at its height.

Above all, Britain should know that its policy of appeasing Islam is bound to be counterproductive. You can stand against Islam, or you can submit to Islam. If you submit to Islam as a dhimmi, you pay the jizya tax (protection money). One is tempted to ask if we have turned dhimmis and will continue to send millions of pounds to Islamabad as protection money to keep us safe from a rogue nation.

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Sir Kensington’s becomes a B-Corp

Unilever-owned condiments company Sir Kensington’s has been awarded B-Corporation certification

The move means Unilever– owned Sir Kensington’s joins a community of more than 2,000 businesses which meet rigorous standards of social and environmental performance, accountability and transparency.

Peers include Unilever’s Ben & Jerry’s, crowd-funder Kickstarter and clothing brand Patagonia. Sir Kensington’s is the largest condiments company in the world to be awarded B-Corp status.

When Sir Kensington’s was started in 2010, founders Scott Norton and Mark Ramadan set out with two goals in mind: to create the finest natural condiments and to run a company that was in line with their values.

The future of doing good business combines an impact model with a business model, rather than seeing the social benefit as a philanthropic after-thought to make good on the harm done by the business.

Scott Norton, Sir Kensington’s co-founder, making a positive impact, “The future of doing good business combines an impact model with a business model, rather than seeing the social benefit as a philanthropic after-thought to make good on the harm done by the business,” says Scott.

“As our business grows, our impact grows. With scale, we affect more people, grow our voice, source more ingredients, and use more resources. By assessing and certifying as a B-Corp, we can better measure and improve our impact so that all our stakeholders end up better off,” he adds.

Since its launch, the company has consistently increased its positive impact on society, from using certified humane eggs to contributing 1% of its revenue to non-profits and social enterprises that use food to create economic opportunities.

Further areas where its B-Corp status will directly influence business decisions include improving environmentally friendly packaging options and post-use recyclability and developing new products and categories to address societal needs.

Sir Kensington’s innovative ‘Fabanaise’, for example, is a vegan equivalent to mayonnaise which replaces eggs with chickpea water, a commonly discarded and overlooked ingredient.

The article Sir Kensington’s becomes a B-Corp appeared first on World Branding Forum.