novum opus hominum

Major Islam means complete submission to Allah, not to criticize any action of His, and to believe with full conviction that what is happening is not without some advantage, and what is not happening was not advisable. Imam Ali hints at this point when he says that ‘Islam means submission and submission signifies conviction.’ A devotee not only should have any objection against any Divine directives or decrees, but also should not even feel in his heart unhappy about any of them.

Allamah Tabatabai (r)

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mohside:

Syed RuhAllah al-Khomeini

So I mean
Islamophobes can take a v misleadingly-worded survey out of context and say that British Muslims are evil because 20% sympathized vaguely with the motives of the 7/7 bombers (even though less than 1% said it was an acceptable act)
But let’s ignore that the vast majority of the public in the UK, US, Israel, and elsewhere ~the progressive West~ continues to support genocidal and imperialistic military policies in MENASA
88% of Americans found the massacres committed by the US in Afghanistan acceptable. 88%.

:hizbullahtwerkteam

thepeoplesrecord:

A new “Buycott” application allows consumers to boycott all products tied—even indirectly—to companies like Monsanto or the Koch Brothers
May 17, 2013

According to Forbes, Ivan Pardo, a 26-year-old based in Los Angeles, is the main person behind the app, which can be downloaded on the iPhone or Android.

Consumers can “scan the barcode on any product and the free app will trace its ownership all the way to its top corporate parent company, including conglomerates like Koch Industries.” The app also allows users to “join user-created campaigns to boycott business practices that violate your principles rather than single companies.”

A keynote speaker at last year’s Netroots Nation gathering pitched a similar app. According to Forbes, Darcy Burner “figured the average supermarket shopper had no idea that buying Brawny paper towels, Angel Soft toilet paper or Dixie cups meant contributing cash to Koch Industries through its subsidiary Georgia-Pacific” or “purchasing a pair of yoga pants containing Lycra or a Stainmaster carpet meant indirectly handing the Kochs your money.”

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thedorseyshawexperience:

The Cola Road (2013)

must. watch.

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And do not let your dislike of a people lead you to be unjust”
Qur’aan 5:8 “God has given us one mouth to speak the truth and consequently two ears for two reasons: 1. To hear and recognize the false words of your friends. 2. To hear and listen to the truths said by your enemy.
He has given us one face, so that we appear and treat all the people in the same way; and two eyes for regardless of the beauty and ugliness of things on the surface/or the appearance of people, we should always see and look at the other side of them.

-Dr. Ali Shariati. (Adi)

When i lose hope in tumblr, i go to my inbox and read some of the most interesting and well thought our discussions that i’ve had with some brilliant people on this website.

Thank you. All of you. But in particular justsomeonethere right now :)

South Africa: Since 1994, a massive wealth shift from already poor to the 'uber-rich'

If capital is to be believed, it is the worker who is the main source of our contemporary social and economic problems.

Every time the annual South African season of wage negotiations is about to begin, as it is now, representatives of capital unleash a tsunami of propaganda about workers’ “high and unaffordable” wage demands. Dire warnings of destructive social unrest/conflict, high inflation rates, poor competitiveness and generalised economic devastation roll off their silver-lined tongues. The underlying message is neither subtle nor sanguine: wage demands of workers are to blame for just about everything bad that is happening in our society.

Of course, propaganda is one thing, reality another; something even the most serious disciples of capitalism have always understood. Adam Smith, the author of what many consider to be the “Bible” of free-market capitalism (The Wealth of Nations published in 1776) noted that while “English businessmen frequently complain about the high level of wages” and argue that “this is the reason why they cannot sell their goods at prices that are as competitive as in other countries … they remain quite silent about their high profits.”

Such silence, Smith noted, was a conscious way of obscuring the fact that “in many cases, the high profits made by capital are much more to blame for price rises than are exorbitant wages”. On this front, little has changed in the last 237 years. Indeed, if there is one essential constant in the capitalist production process it is, as Smith himself confirmed, that “labour is the true measure of value”.

In the words of Belgian political scientist and historian Eric Toussaint, capitalists “have also forgotten (or never even bothered to understand) that workers are not free not to sell their labour power”. After all, the labour power of workers is the only thing they have to sell in a capitalist economy in order to make a living. Workers have no other means of access to the means of production, the very thing that defines class position and privilege under capitalism.

Today’s capitalists — and no more so than in South Africa — are trying to airbrush their own capitalist history. They want us to naively believe that society can only progress by affirming their “freedom” to intensify and expand the exploitation of workers’ labour power; that their endless, “by whatever means necessary” pursuit of profits is an enabler as opposed to a destroyer of socially and economically productive labour. This is one of the key reasons why Karl Marx’s study of capitalism remains absolutely relevant today. As Toussaint points out, this is the case precisely because the contemporary reality of the capitalist system “remains one of a struggle over attempts by capital to increase, and attempts by the working class to resist increases in, the rate of profit”.

(Source: amodernmanifesto)

Thanks to Assassins Creed 3,

i don’t blog as much anymore

$s4ncha: fallbeil: mugenstyle: eccecorinna: wrathofprawn: for those not in the know, night witches were russian lady bombers who bombed the shit out of german lines in WW2. Thing is though, they had the oldest, noisiest, crappest planes in the entire world. The engines used to conk out halfway through their missions, so they had to climb out on the wings mid flight to restart the props. the planes were also so noisy that to stop germans from hearing them combing and starting up their anti aircraft guns, they’d climb up to a certain height, coast down to german positions, drop their bombs, restart their engines in midair, and get the fuck out of dodge. their leader flew over 200 missions and was never captured. how the fuck is this not taught in every single history class ever pilots (◡‿◡✿) girl pilots (◕‿◕✿) girl pilots killing nazis ✧･ﾟ: *✧･ﾟ:* \(◕ヮ◕✿)/ *:･ﾟ✧*:･ﾟ✧ Hey goodshit$

s4ncha:

fallbeil:

mugenstyle:

eccecorinna:

wrathofprawn:

for those not in the know, night witches were russian lady bombers who bombed the shit out of german lines in WW2. Thing is though, they had the oldest, noisiest, crappest planes in the entire world. The engines used to conk out halfway through their missions, so they had to climb out on the wings mid flight to restart the props. the planes were also so noisy that to stop germans from hearing them combing and starting up their anti aircraft guns, they’d climb up to a certain height, coast down to german positions, drop their bombs, restart their engines in midair, and get the fuck out of dodge.

their leader flew over 200 missions and was never captured.

how the fuck is this not taught in every single history class ever

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girl pilots (◕‿◕✿)

girl pilots killing nazis ✧･ﾟ: *✧･ﾟ:* \(◕ヮ◕✿)/ *:･ﾟ✧*:･ﾟ✧

Hey goodshit

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What Pakistan needs.

They want us to think that democracy and elections are the way to a new Pakistan. That just isn’t true. Democracy and elections haven’t even worked in U.S! what makes anyone think they’ll work in Pakistan!? We need to look beyond the political process. We need to look towards the people, and look towards Islam to find the answer.

People are told that investment will bring progress. They are lies told by so called experts. They point to the success of scandinavian countries. But that progress relies on the blood and sweat of third world countries which their corporations exploit. Who are we going to exploit? we are the third world. I guess we will have to exploit our own people just to invite their corporations.

What is necessary is the hard way. Necessity means that we stop relying on foreign aide (which our politicians depend on so much). Necessity means we develop our own industry, using the tools and people we have, for our own people. Equating globalization to progress is a neo-colonial lie spread by the IMF and World Bank so the first world can keep the status quo.

Globalization is a sham. Globalization means that each country plays their position in the world to promote a harmonious “world order”. The position is that the first world countries stick to being rulers and policing the world, while the third world sticks to supplying the people of the first world with resources so that the “responsible” first world countries can put them to good use. It is an exploitative lie designed and spread by experts in a way that makes third world people believe it is good for them. Much like how the arguments of slavery were that slavery is good for the slaves.

Pakistanis need to look beyond this lie, they need to see that true progress can only be achieved through breaking off ties from the “globalized economy” and focusing on bettering their own self. Examples of such successes would be in countries such as Cuba, Venezuela, Iran, Eriteria, Bolivia (which even kicked out Coca-Cola company), among others.

It is time we look past the sects and races, and claim Pakistan for Pakistanis. Not for politicians, not for the army, not for the ISI, but only for Pakistanis. Forget uniting over politicians like Imran Khan, Pakistanis need to unite against policies that hurt Pakistanis themselves.

How about Punjabis rising up and protesting against the massacres in Balochistan?

How about Sindhis protest in Karachi against the Drone strikes?

How about the Pakhtuns protest against Shia killings?

I won’t ask anything of the Balochis because they’ve been going through massacres and assassinations by the Pakistani army for decades now. Before anything else, Pakistanis need to rise up for other Pakistanis.

A lot needs to be done. We need to take away our faith from Imran Khan or Nawaz Shareef. We need to put our faith in Islam. Islam compels us to rise against the oppressors. The Quran doesn’t ask us to put our faith in politicians, the Quran asks us to put our faith in truth and fight against the oppressors. No matter who they are, no matter who they are oppressing.

Writing a name on a paper doesn’t change the world, it never has. What changes the world is standing up for each other and claiming Pakistani resources and people for Pakistan, and not for any multinational corporation.

What if some scholars read pure Wilayat, but they are characterless? For example, they want to abuse drugs or visit whore houses? What if a religious scholar is known to be a homosexual? But people still listen to them and they are used solely for the purpose of tableegh?

A scholar is in a position of power. People look up to those people because of their knowledge. A scholar has a duty to spread that knowledge in words and character. If a scholar is reading Wilayat, or only doing tableegh, then people especially the youth who are seeking guidance will look towards that scholar as a role model. When that same scholar shows their ugly character, the youth will grab on to that ugly character as well.

What such a scholar shows is that knowledge is necessary without action. So, the scholar is promoting that message, and the youth picks up on it. They too will then adopt sinful characteristics. It will lead to breaking the morality of a society when the schoalrs of that society are without morals.

Hence, no such person can perform the duties of a scholar, because they are not realizing the responsibility a scholar has towards the people who listen to him. No such person can be called a scholar, and they should not be used as one. That is the responsibility of the people, they should not give the minbar of the Prophet (pbuh) to people like that.

Even with this protest against rigging in elections going on, I don't know I just have lost all hope of actually seeing a naya Pakistan. But I am very happy that the people are waking up, and taking a stand. However, what type of economy do you think will work for Pakistan? Yes I agree that having multinational and transnational companies invest in Pakistan will harm the people. But people actually believe that having them invest in Pak is a sign of progress and moving in a globalized world.

Naww don’t lose all hope. Just look beyond what they want you to know. They want you to know that democracy and elections are the way to naya Pakistan. That just isn’t true. Democracy and elections haven’t even worked in U.S! what makes anyone think they’ll work in pakistan!? look beyond the political process. Look towards the people, look towards Islam and there lies the answer.

People believe that investment will bring progress. They are lies told by so called experts. They point to the success of scandinavian countries. Did you know the progress of scandinavian countries relies on the blood and sweat of third world countries which their corporations exploit? Who are we going to exploit? we are the third world, we are going to exploit our own people to invite those corporations!

The people don’t see what is necessary because the necessity is the hard way. Necessity means that we stop relying on foreign aide (which our politicians depend on so much). It is a neo-colonial lie spread by the IMF and World Bank that globalization is the key to progress.

The people need to realize that it is a sham, they need to see that true progress can only be achieved through breaking off ties from the “globalized economy” and focusing on bettering their own self. Examples of such successes would be in countries Cuba, Venezuela, Iran, Eriteria, Bolivia (which even kicked out Coca-Cola company XD), among others.

It is time we look past the sects and races and claim Pakistan for Pakistanis. Not for politicians, not for the army, not for the ISI, but only for Pakistanis. Forget the politicians, the people need to unite.

How about Punjabis rising up and protesting for the sake of the massacres in Balochistan?

How about Sindhis protest in Karachi against the Drone strikes?

How about the Pakhtuns protest against Shia killings?

So yea, a lot needs to be done. We need to take away our faith from Imran Khan or Nawaz Shareef. Writing a name on a paper doesn’t change the world, it never has. What changes the world is standing up for each other and claiming Pakistani resources and people for Pakistan, and not for any multinational corporation.

Does character of a religious scholar matter as long as he isn't compromising on religious beliefs?

Of course it does. Ikhlaq and character is of utmost importance. A person with “knowledge” without character isn’t a scholar. Gaining knowledge is not a big deal, especially in today’s age. What makes someone a religious scholar is their knowledge as well as application of that knowledge.

So a person who is seemingly knowledgeable but does not apply it aka is of poor ikhlaq, is not a religious scholar.

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