Friday, October 27, 2006

Women to blame for rape?


The Mullahs are at it agian! This time its an Aussie Imam of Egyptian background, and much like his Pakistani counterparts, he blames women for rape!

According to this man of God, any woman that does not wear Islamic Hjiab is like 'uncovered meat' and is to be blamed if she gets raped.

"If you take out uncovered meat and place it outside on the street, or in the garden or in the park, or in the backyard without a cover, and the cats come and eat it... whose fault is it, the cats or the uncovered meat,"

So in other words, what he is saying is that men cannot in any circumstance control their sexual desires!

This is rather similar to Pakistan's hudood laws which blame the victim for the crime. If a woman is raped, she must PROVE that she was raped, otherwise she is given punishmet for fornication or rape!

Unbelievably, the Sheikh feels that the punishment that was given to Muslim youth down under was too severe...

"It's she who shortens, raises and lowers. Then it's a look, then a smile, then a conversation, a greeting, then a conversation, then a date, then a meeting, then a crime, then Long Bay Jail, then you get a judge, who has no mercy and he gives you 65 years. "

A rather horny sermon don't you think?

Besides, how is 65 years for rape too severe? Under Islamic law you get death for commiting adultery, even it is with consent!

Since the Shiek admits that it is very hard for men like him to control their sexual desires, perhaps they should be given the treatment that he suggested for women in general, i.e. "If she was in her room, in her home, in her hijab [headscarf], no problem would have occurred".

Perhaps the Mufti of the land of Oz should be locked in his room, in his home, wearing a hijab (since it would be wise to castrate him to protect society from rape).

Monday, October 23, 2006

Musharraf Vs. Kakakhel

The links below are a very interesting debate between Gen. Musharraf and a madrassa student Syed Adnan Kakakhel. The videos give an interesting insight into the minds of both the emotive madrassa student and the military dictator. While Kakakhel has great command over Urdu rhetoric, if you listen closely, his arguments are rather hollow. This is an identifying characteristic of the Pakistani far-right.
The second link offers an interesting insight into the mind of a military dictator. Understandably Gen. Shaib uses the “enlightened moderation” card to hang on to his khaki underpants. It is rather typical for a dictator to grab on to the prevailing zeitgeist and claim it as his own.

(Copy and paste)

http://youtube.com/watch?v=42zLsas1MH8
http://youtube.com/watch?v=445clL0nKBg&mode=related&search=

CNN is liberal media?

Rightwing nut on "liberal" CNN!

I never really believed it myself, but there is a common misconception that CNN qualifies as liberal media. Sure it's editorial stance is to openly favor the Democrats over the Republics, notwithstanding the universally pro-Bush jingoism suffered by America since after 9/11 . That places CNN slightly to the left of Fox News. About two inches to the left of Fox.

It seems that CNN, just like most American networks, are very perturbed to be left behind by Fox in flag waving, xenophobia and open bigotry. 'CNN International' does not have this nut Glenn Beck on the air just yet. In the United States of Jesusland, however, 'CNN Headline' News has picked up this far right wing loonie and have given him a prime time show! How wonderful! Now CNN has a Bill O'Riley to call their very own!

The President of CNN Headline News, Ken Jautz, has described Gleen Beck as “self-deprecating” and “cordial” and went on to say that his show is “conversational, not confrontational”(1). If this is cordial and conversational, I wonder what CNN considers hostile and confrontational?

Perhaps by CNN standards, a Primetime host should have to openly broadcast his desire to kill people he disagrees with to be considered hostile? Or maybe even that is not enough. Consider this quote by Glenn Beck regarding the “documentary” maker Michael Moore: “I'm thinking about killing Michael Moore, and I'm wondering if I could kill him myself, or if I would need to hire somebody to do it. No, I think I could. I think he could be looking me in the eye, you know, and I could just be choking the life out--is this wrong?”(2)

Yet as you will have noted in this video, he suggests that Muslims are too violent and too reactionary to even talk to!

If any other examples of his bigotry are needed check this one out

“you know it took me about a year to start hating the 9/11 victims' families? Took me about a year.... But the second thought I had when I saw these people and they had to shut down the Astrodome and lock it down, I thought: I didn't think I could hate victims faster than the 9/11 victims.... And that's all we're hearing about, are the people in New Orleans. Those are the only ones we're seeing on television are the scumbags--and again, it's not all the people in New Orleans. Most of the people in New Orleans got out! It's just a small percentage of those who were left in New Orleans, or who decided to stay in New Orleans, and they're getting all the attention.” (3)

If you want to drop this imbecile a line to tell him how you feel about his brand of bigotry email him: me@glennbeck.com

(1)http://www.fair.org/index.php?page=2803
(2)http://mediamatters.org/items/200505180008
(3)http://mediamatters.org/items/200509090003

Tuesday, October 17, 2006

Open Office

Found this wonderful alternative to microsoft office, called Open Office. Not only is it simply better in MS Office in many ways, its free and hence is a great alternative to the priated MS Office CDs that you find all over Pakistan. It has a bunch of functions that MS Office does not have. Besides microsoft really does suck, there is no denying that it writes extremely clumsy programs that tend to crash atleast twice a week.

So if you're sick of MS Office...go to
http://www.openoffice.org/index.html

Maybe I'll even build up the guts to swtich to Linux until I can afford a Mac.

Macs have gone down in price and are simply a better option than windows based PCs. I've even convinced my dad to get one.

Saturday, October 14, 2006

Correction (PCB Cheif and AGP)

Correction correction!

Just spoke to AGP, he has auidited NCHD. The report will be presented to the President /COAS/ Author at the end of the year.

My source regarding the the AGP not auditing NCHD in the orignal article was the satribute. Now the AGP has denied the allegations over the phone but he said the report will go to the President. According to the AGP website the President will in turn "cause" the report to be "laid" in front of the National Assembely.

Does anyone have any information about this? Has the National Assembely ever seen the reports on NCHD? I haven't had the time to research this yet but it would be worth looking into.

New PCB cheif's record more than a bit shady.

The structure of the Pakistani cricket established is in utter chaos.After losing regular captain Inzamam-ul-Haq to a four match ban and stand in captain Younis Khan to a self inflicted demotion,a resignation by Shaharyar Khan the PCB chief has left on lookers shocked.

It is alleged that the patron of the PCB, Gen. Musharraf, was not happy with the crisis handling skills of Shaharyar Khan. Gen. Musharraf may have been upset about the handling of the Oval incident by Shaharyar Khan. The PCB chief was present at the Oval during the crisis and reportedly did little to broker an agreement between the Pakistani team and ICC officials.

On the other hand, Khan's successor, Dr. Nasim Ashraf was also present at the Oval during the incident is reported to have tried to convince the players to take the field.

Dr. Nasim Ashraf is a special advisor to Gen. Musharraf and holds the title of state minister. He is also the Chairman National Commission for Human Development and recently been decorated with the Sitara-e-Imtaiz. Dr.Ashraf is credited with designing and implementing a highly successful model of primary health care. It is claimed that his model has led to a reduction in disease and lowered death rates in developing countries. He holds membership in Amnesty International, The World Wildlife fund and the End Hunger Campaign, in addition to chairing various for Muslim organization in the west.

Not all is rosy when it comes to Dr. Ashraf however. The wife Dr. Akbar Ahmed, the former Pakistani ambassador to the UK, has written a letter accusing Dr.Ashraf of hijacking a joint project.

Dr. Ashraf, Dr. Akbar and the latters family had been working a film based on the life of Mohammad Ali Jinnah. Mrs. Ahmed has accused Dr. Ashraf of trying to sell the film to an Indian accountant Mr. Singla and selling illegal DVD copies. She further alleges that Dr. Ashraf was using the project as a political platform, since he has added praises of Gen. Musharraf in the film. The plot seems to have been sucessful since Dr. Ashraf has joined the legions of Mushraff's blue eyed boys.

Dr. Ashraf also has a history of confrontation with the National Assembly. When Dr. Ashraf was appointed the head of National Commission for Human Development he had promised to raise US$4 billion from donors if the government provided US$2 billion.

Despite a unanimous vote by the NA to have the books of the NCHD audited by the Auditor General of Pakistan, only foreign firms of "international repute" have been allowed to conduct audits. This action is in breach of Pakistani law, which requires government commisions to be auided by the AGP. It is alleged that Gen. Musharraf personally pulled strings to make sure the audits don’t take place by issuing orders to the junior Finance Minister, Omer Ayub Khan.

Critics point out that the NCHD is duplicating the work of Education and Health Ministries, but without any government oversight of its funds. NCHD’s website claims a total expenditure of Rs.757.3 million, of which Rs.127.6 million went to Staff Cost. Due to the lack of government audit, it is not public knowledge how much staff the NCHD employees.

Cricket is big business in Pakistan with lucrative corporate sponsorships often landing in the hands of the PCB. Dr. Ashraf’s appointment as PCB chief is likely to raise controversy as facts regarding his finincial management of NCHD surface.