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TILAWAT E QURAAN PAK RECITED BY JANAB HAFIZ MUEEN KHURSHID SAHIB IN RAZV...

[himalayanarchitectureandplanning]

Work for “Stepped House” began in April 2022. After foundations and heavy base of the lower portion, the metal framework got completed by the end of October. Presently Mueen and Yunus are leading carpenters team.

Three types of local wood are being used in this residential project. Chir Pine (Pinus roxburghe) has been used for flooring and ceiling incl. that of the ‘pop up’ (see top image). Rock Wool, made up of natural molten fibers has been used as the insulation material. Due to its durability and water resistance, Sal (Shorea robusta) has been used to make tie bands and door, and window frames. Sain’s (Terminalia elliptica) dark walnut-colored planks have been used in a herringbone pattern as a cladding material for the façade.

[harpianews]

"You have to look at the conditions and the state of the game too": England captain Moeen Ali questions his batsmen's "attacking and entertaining" model of cricket

“You have to look at the conditions and the state of the game too”: England captain Moeen Ali questions his batsmen’s “attacking and entertaining” model of cricket

For some time now, England have been involved about their aggressive batting model of cricket, be it within the Test or white-ball format, however now Mueen Ali has urged his batsmen to respect the situations and the enjoying situations as nicely. “It was the most disappointing defeat, especially the way we batted. Of course, you want to play this aggressively entertaining brand of cricket but…

[mystiquemonde]

Le vrai amour est éternel. Attendre sa fin pour mieux retrouver l'être aimé.

[mueenakh]

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[sinfried]

"Der Reiz des Nebensächlichen"

“Der Reiz des Nebensächlichen”

Was für ein genialer Titel, den “die nomadisierenden veranstalter” (Hg.) ihrem Buch mit “sieben [alternativen] Spaziergängen durch Basel“ (erschienen im Park Book- Verlag) gegeben haben. Wie der Name schon sagt, führen sieben Spaziergänge durch Basel. Die Idee ist so genial, dass ich fast verführt bin, diese Reihe für andere Städte fortzusetzen. Was diesen speziellen Reiseführer besonders macht?…

[delamiafede]

pdf: palestina: versi della resistenza, a compilation of resistance poetry by palestinian poets Mahmoud Darwish, Mueen Bsyso, Fadua Toukan, Samih Al Kassem translated into italian

[nelsonjawan]

Week 11: The Great Firewall China Internet

Google, Facebook, YouTube, and the New York Times are all blocked from China's 800 million internet users, who enjoy a very limited internet. The 1989 Tiananmen Square student demonstrations have received scant publicity. It seems that even Winnie-the-Pooh was momentarily suspended. The Great Firewall, China's greatest system of censorship, is able to regulate such a massive ocean of material. With the help of government monitors as well as firms required to adhere to state regulations, it's all working together. As China sets an example for other authoritarian governments to follow, the stakes are high.

Exactly what is The Great Firewall, and how does it work?

If you haven't been paying attention, the Internet in China is heavily regulated. It is widely accepted that the Great Firewall of China is the world's most comprehensive and technologically advanced system for restricting access to websites and online content (O’Brien 2019).

For several reasons, China restricts access to information that is critical of the Chinese government or is in direct conflict with Communist Party policies (Ensafi et.al 2015, p.66). China doesn't only ban particular websites; they utilize ways to scan URLs and web page content for blacklisted terms like "Tiananmen" and block such traffic.

Controlling social networking sites by censoring content on them is made possible by censoring international social networking sites like Twitter and forcing users to use Chinese counterparts like Sina Weibo. Another tactic used to manipulate public opinion in China is to pay people to upload information that is beneficial to Communist Party policies on the internet (Hoffman 2017).

In order to really control all information, the Great Firewall just isn't viable, despite China's best efforts. Even the most stringent Internet censorship measures can be circumvented, whether it's through the use of unofficial phrases that aren't blacklisted or the use of VPNs to tunnel over the firewall.

Social Credit System in China

Social credit in China is a comprehensive term that encompasses several databases and activities designed to keep tabs on individuals, businesses, and the government. Social credit ratings are assigned to each input, and those with good scores receive rewards while those with poor scores are punished. In China, the National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC), the People's Bank of China (PBOC), and the country's legal system oversee the databases (Lee 2020).

In addition to traditional sources like bank records and criminal histories, third-party data sources like online credit platforms are also used to supplement the information already available from register offices. Video surveillance and real-time data transmissions are also being experimented with by the Chinese government, although these are not considered key sources of information.

As in other nations, it's based on the same principles as credit ratings for individuals and businesses, but Chinese credit ratings can additionally take into account things like bill payments and criminal records.

References:

Ensafi, R., Winter, P., Mueen, A. and Crandall, J.R., 2015. Analyzing the Great Firewall of China Over Space and Time. Proc. Priv. Enhancing Technol., 2015(1), pp.61-76.

Hoffman, C 2017, How the “Great Firewall of China” Works to Censor China’s Internet, How To Geek viewed 20 November 2021 <https://www.howtogeek.com/162092/htg-explains-how-the-great-firewall-of-china-works/>.

Lee, A 2020 , Explainer | What is China’s social credit system and why is it controversial? South China Morning Post, viewed 20 November 2021, <https://www.scmp.com/economy/china-economy/article/3096090/what-chinas-social-credit-system-and-why-it-controversial>.

O’Brien, H 2019 , Here’s looking at you – how China built its Great Firewall, The Newstatesman , viewed 20 November 2021 <https://www.newstatesman.com/culture/books/2019/09/the-great-firewall-of-china-james-griffiths-review>.

[sleepysera]

Oct 31 Headlines

WORLD NEWS

Yemen: 9 killed in Aden airport car bomb (BBC)

“At least nine people have been killed in a car bombing near an airport in Yemen's temporary capital, Aden. Another 12 people are believed to have been injured in Saturday's explosion - described as a "terrorist bombing" by Prime Minister Mueen Abdulmalek Saeed. Eyewitnesses say women and children are among the casualties. So far, no one has claimed responsibility.”

Japan: Man with knife injures 17 people on Tokyo train, starts fire (AP)

“A man dressed in Batman’s Joker costume and brandishing a knife on a Tokyo commuter train on Sunday stabbed several passengers before starting a fire, which sent people scrambling to escape and jumping from windows, police and witnesses said. The Tokyo Fire Department said 17 passengers were injured, including three seriously. Not all of them were stabbed and most of the other injuries were not serious, the agency said.”

G20: Leaders pledge climate action but make few commitments (BBC)

“The leaders of the world's richest economies have agreed to pursue efforts to limit global warming with "meaningful and effective actions". But the agreement from the G20 summit in Rome made few concrete commitments, disappointing activists. Host nation Italy had hoped that firm targets would be set before the COP26 summit in Glasgow, which has now begun. UK PM Boris Johnson, who is hosting COP26 said leaders' promises without action were "starting to sound hollow".”

US NEWS

Biden: Unveils new steps to strengthen global supply chains (AP)

“Biden is viewing the issue through a global lens, offering new funding and processes to help ports in Mexico, Central America and Asia as one of his proposals. He noted that few citizens had ever tracked the flow of goods at ports until it became clear this year that the infrastructure for moving goods around the world is badly broken and in need of repair.”

Blinken: ‘About 340’ Americans have been evacuated from Afghanistan since US withdrawal (CNN)

“The comments from Blinken come two months after the US completed its military withdrawal from Afghanistan following the Taliban's takeover of the country. Though the vast majority of Americans in the country were airlifted out in a frantic evacuation effort ahead of the August 31 exit deadline, some remaining citizens have left since then with the help of the State Department.”

American Airlines: More than 600 flights cancelled (CNN)

“American Airlines canceled another 634 flights on Sunday, more than 12% of its total operations for the day, the company said Sunday. The airline has now canceled more than 1,500 flights since Friday, as it deals with weather issues and staffing shortages that started last week.”

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TILAWAT E QURAAN PAK RECITED BY JANAB HAFIZ MUEEN KHURSHID SAHIB IN RAZV...

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At Least $41 Million U.S. Taxpayer Dollars to Questionable Islamic Groups

“...funding to Islamist organizations has not been reduced under the Trump administration. In fact, it has increased...”

Source: New Research Uncovers $41 Million of U.S.-Taxpayer-Subsidized Islamism :: Middle East Forum

by Sam Westrop

Research by the Middle East Forum has found that since 2007, federal government agencies have handed over $47 million to 61 Islamic institutions in the forms of 411 various grants and contracts.

On the face of it, this need not be of any particular concern. The government has long relied on contractors and charities from all faiths to implement its programs. Alarmingly, however, radical Islamic movements completely control 36% of the Muslim institutions that received government monies, taking 42% of the total funding. A further 36% of the grantees, which received 44% of the funds, operate under varying degrees of radical influence. A mere 14% of identified government funds given to Muslim organizations were directed toward institutions free of Islamist influence.

In total, if the government's own data is accurate, at least $41 million was given to institutions either controlled or under the partial influence of the Muslim Brotherhood, Jamaat-e-Islami (a violent South Asian Islamist movement), Salafis, Deobandis (a hardline South Asian Sunni sect from which the Taliban was created) and the Iranian regime, among others.

Some of the largest amounts involve grants to aid charities. Long favored by Islamist movements as a means to spread ideology through welfare, charities also provide extremists with plentiful funding and the occasional accompanying credibility of government partnership.

The Islamic Circle of North America (ICNA), for instance, received over $10 million from the Federal Emergency Management Agency for disaster relief work in 2016 and 2018. ICNA is the U.S. representative body of Jamaat-e-Islami, which was recently banned by the Indian government in the Kashmir region because of its involvement with "extremism and militancy in Jammu and Kashmir and elsewhere."

ICNA and its subsidiaries openly partner with official Jamaat-e-Islami organizations in Pakistan, such as Al Khidmat Foundation, a funder of the designated terrorist organization Hamas. The Investigative Project on Terrorism has noted that Al Khidmat's President, Naeem ur-Rehman, is closely involved with the designated Kashmiri jihadist group Hizbul Mujahideen.

In addition, ICNA runs an international aid branch, Helping Hand for Relief and Development, which has openly partnered in Pakistan with Lashkar-e-Taiba, a designated terrorist organization responsible for the deadly 2008 Mumbai attacks.

Another Jamaat-e-Islami charity, Muslim Aid, received over $1.5 million from the American taxpayer in 2013 for a "Food for Peace" program. Muslim Aid is based in Britain, but operates a fundraising office in America.

In 2010, three years before the U.S. government handed over taxpayers' money to the charity, Muslim Aid admitted to funding organizations controlled by the terrorist organization Hamas, including a grant of over $18,000 to the al-Ihsan Charitable Society — which is designated by the U.S. government as a sponsor of terrorism.

In 2013, the same year as the U.S. government grant, a war crimes tribunal sentenced to death in absentia the founder of Muslim Aid, Chowdhury Mueen-Uddin, for his part in the mass murder of teachers and intellectuals by Jamaat-e-Islami killing squads during Bangladesh's 1971 Liberation War.

Other Islamist strains, meanwhile, also found generous taxpayer backing. For example, $115,000 of taxpayers' money was handed to a Bin Laden-linked Sudanese charity, the Islamic Relief Agency, a decade after the U.S. Treasury designated it as a terrorist-financing organization. Lawmakers are now investigating the decision to award the grant.

Three organizations named by the United Arab Emirates as terrorist groups were approved for U.S. government funding. Islamic Relief, a global charitable franchise established by supporters and officials of the Egyptian Muslim Brotherhood, received over $1.6 million, despite its extensively documented links to Hamas and other designated terrorist organizations.

These enormous sums to aid charities somewhat inflate the total figures. But the hundreds of remaining grants are not insignificant. Branches of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) and the Muslim American Society (MAS) collectively received over $310,000 from the taxpayer. Officials of both organizations (as well as CAIR itself) were named by federal prosecutors as unindicted coconspirators during the 2008 Holy Land Foundation terror financing trial.

Funds for CAIR and MAS were provided under a diverse range of government initiatives: Counter-terrorism security measures, disaster relief, chaplaincy programs, and school lunch vouchers. In fact, if large grants to aid charities are disregarded, chaplaincy contracts and schooling subsidies make up a significant proportion of government funding.

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And another $31,000 was given to the Islamic Center of Passaic County, whose imam, Mohammad Qatanani, is accused by his mosque's same governmental patrons of involvement with the terror group Hamas.

In other instances, the federal government has simply been in business with extremists. Between 2008 and 2010, the General Services Administration paid Dar Al Hijrah, a prominent mosque in Virginia, over half a million dollars for the lease of office buildings. A number of government agencies, however, have long considered Dar Al Hijrah a key terror hub. Its current imam, Shaker Elsayed, is an avowed supporter of Hamas.

The list goes on. In some instances, the data (which was gleaned from the government's USASpending website) counts totals for some programs far below the amounts cited in a number of media reports, and so it is possible that the government's data is incomplete, and that the real amounts are even larger. In addition, the figures do not include direct grants to Islamist institutions from state governments, a common occurrence in some parts of the country.

There are a number of possible, worrying conclusions to be drawn from these collated figures. First, it seems clear that government officials do not consider the ideological agendas of organizations to which they hand out taxpayers' money, or the effect that such subsidies may have on ideologically fragmented Muslim communities. Second, as the generous grants to Islamic Relief and the ICNA network show, established funding or partnership with terrorist and extremist organizations has not precluded Islamist organizations from government patronage.

Third, funding to Islamist organizations has not been reduced under the Trump administration. In fact, it has increased: In 2018, 40 grants and contracts worth over $13 million were distributed to organizations controlled or influenced by radical movements; two years earlier, under Obama, only 35 grants worth a mere $3.6 million were handed out to radical-linked institutions.

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Read it all at the link below.

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[mueenakh]

One more piece of work with Watercolor from the Village of Bundelkhand area. Watercolor on paper. #watercolors #watercolortimelapsepainting #watercolorist #watercolorpaintings #watercolordrawing #internationalwatercolorsociety #watercolorflowers #watercolorart #myart #artoftheday #artoninstagram #aquarellaart #aquarella #aquarelle #bundelkhand #bundelkhandi #fineartistmueen #mueen #mueenakhtar #jhansi #artist #art #flora #timelapse https://www.instagram.com/p/CS71RTrhZok/?utm_medium=tumblr

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