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The Moon and Venus during dawn of Laylat al-Qadr.

إِنَّا أَنزَلْنَاهُ فِي لَيْلَةِ ٱلْقَدْرِ
وَمَآ أَدْرَاكَ مَا لَيْلَةُ ٱلْقَدْرِ
لَيْلَةُ ٱلْقَدْرِ خَيْرٌ مِّنْ أَلْفِ شَهْرٍ
تَنَزَّلُ ٱلْمَلاَئِكَةُ وَٱلرُّوحُ فِيهَا بِإِذْنِ رَبِّهِم مِّن كُلِّ أَمْرٍ
سَلاَمٌ هِيَ حَتَّىٰ مَطْلَعِ ٱلْفَجْرِ

“We have indeed revealed this (message) in the Night of Power: And what will explain to you what the Night of Power is? The Night of Power is better than a thousand months. Therein come down the Angels and the Spirit (Jibraeel) by Allah’s permission, on every errand: Peace! This until the rise of Morn!” (Surah 97)

Belief in angels is the second pillar of faith in Islam and on the shahadah (declaration of faith in Islam). Not only do Muslims believe in Gabriel, but the Muslims believe in all angels sent from Allah.

According to the Quran, “The Messenger believes in what has been revealed to him from his Lord, and so do the believers. All believe in Allah, His Angels and His Messengers.”
(Sura Baqarah, verse 285)

Angels are made from light, where the jinn were created from a smokeless fire. To believe and love the Angels is part of the Islamic faith. It’s said that Angel Gabriel was the angel who gave the verses of the Quran to Prophet Mohammad, so he is much-loved by all Muslims.

On this topic, the Quran says, “Say: Who is an enemy to Jibreel (Gabriel)? For it is he who brought it (this Quran) down to your hearts, by Allah’s permission, confirming that which was before it, and as a guidance and a mercy to the believers. Whoever is an enemy to Allah, and to His Angels, and to His Messengers, and (in particular to) Jibreel and Mika’el (Michael), then let him know that Allah is an enemy to the disbeliever.” (Sura Al Baqarah, verses 97-98)
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Zainab (Twitter @zooz__zooz) quote:

The government in Bahrain does not care about the citizens. The leaders only care about their public image towards western countries. […] Why should any government sell weapons to a dictatorship? Obama gives speeches about freedom and democracy. He claims to support the Arab spring and the Arab societies in their fight for freedom and democracy. But then he sells weapons to the dictators. People in Bahrain won’t care about his words when they are being shot by teargas that says “made in Pensilvania” on it.

minute 31:54

See the full Arte documentary “Bahrain: Verbotene Bilder” (in German language):

Film by Stéphanie Lamorré, Arte France 2012

Download German version: mpeg4 / ogg-theora or French version: mpeg4 / ogg-theora

Translation of the word jihad: “Personal spiritual struggle for self-improvement and against evil”

Source: Kurbaan (2009)

The latest killings in Yemen are inconcilable to international law. – The same goes for Guantanamo prison, the War on Iraq, the unlawful rendition of prisoners, the killing of Sheikh Osama, the exploitation of underdeveloped races by the pharma & oil industry… etc.

The international community, namingly the international court, should finally take legal action against the U.S.!

The government of neoimperialism who tells the world their lies about “terrorism”, preaching democracy, spreading a culture of fear, terror, oppression, exploitation and hunger worldwide, supported and financed by Zionists. – It’s not about conspiracy, it’s about facts!

Here’s the latest story which lines up well with the self-deceptive stories of the past like the “war on terror”, “Al Quaida”, 9/11:
Obama Order Sped Up Wave of Cyberattacks Against Iran
Yes, Stuxnet!

Mr. Obama decided to accelerate the attacks — begun in the Bush administration and code-named Olympic Games — even after an element of the program accidentally became public in the summer of 2010 because of a programming error that allowed it to escape Iran’s Natanz plant and sent it around the world on the Internet. Computer security experts who began studying the worm, which had been developed by the United States and Israel, gave it a name: Stuxnet.

Source: “Confront and Conceal – Obama’s Secret Wars and Surprising Use of American Power”
Written by David E. Sanger

So what does this tell us? – It confirms that Mahmoud Ahmadinejad is substantially correct with his speech at the United Nations General Assembly after all!

[Update] you also might want to check “Fefe’s Blog“.