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Taliban massacre Hazaras
Momoshiki Ōtsutsuki posted a topic in Politics/Current Events
So in Ghazni Province, 13 Hazaras (9 men, 4 women) were killed by Taliban fighters. https://www.amnesty.org/en/latest/news/2021/08/afghanistan-taliban-responsible-for-brutal-massacre-of-hazara-men-new-investigation/ I'm not too surprised of this, and the war crimes against Afghanistan's minorities to get worse. I pray from my Hazara brothers and sister, and hope the best for them. But I suppose this is the result of an extremist group that executed up to 15,000 Hazaras during its reign in the 90's. Eternal Prayer to our fellow Shia brothers in Afghanistan.
Grand Ayatollah Mohaqiq Kabuli passes away
Ashvazdanghe posted a topic in General Islamic Discussion
Grand Ayatollah Mohaqiq Kabuli passes away http://en.abna24.com/news//grand-ayatollah-mohaqiq-kabuli-passes-away_949689.html June 11, 2019 - 3:01 PM News Code : 949689 Source : IQNALink: Ayatollah Qorbanali Mohaqiq Kabuli, an Afghan Shia source of emulation, died at the age of 91. Ahlul Bayt News Agency (ABNA): Ayatollah Qorbanali Mohaqiq Kabuli, an Afghan Shia source of emulation, died at the age of 91. Ayatollah Kabuli, who resided in Iran's holy city of Qom, died on Tuesday morning. He was born in 1928 into a religious family in Parwan province, near the Afghan capital of Kabul. At the age of 7, he started learning the Qur'an and Persian reading and then Islamic teachings and Arabic literature. Ayatollah Kabuli continued his religious education in Kabul and then left for the holy city of Najaf, Iraq, to study at the prestigious seminary there. He wrote various books on religious studies, including on Fiqh (Islamic jurisprudence). Ayatollah Mohaqiq Kabuli was a prominent member of the Ahlul Bayt World Assembly. http://en.abna24.com/news//grand-ayatollah-mohaqiq-kabuli-passes-away_949689.html
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#HelloBrother - the Last Words
AMR5 posted a topic in Politics/Current Events
Last words of a Muslim man, who was one of the first victims of the New Zealand Mosque shooter. His two words, his last, exemplify the universal brotherhood of our beautiful faith, our beautiful Islam - "Hello Brother" to the murderous terrorist pointing an assault weapon at him. May God bless all those who fell today in NZ, and also in Syria, Yemen, & Afghanistan, at the hands of the localised and international terrorism. Fateha-
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Israel Vows to make three Israels
Zulfiqar1472 posted a topic in Politics/Current Events
Israel Vows to create two more occupied lands Yemen and Afghanistan are the bulls eye.
Afghan man mourning beside his family's corpses
Hidaren posted a topic in Politics/Current Events
امن یجیب المضطر اذا دعاه و یکشف السوء Is He [not best] who responds to the desperate one when he calls upon Him and removes evil al-Naml:62 (a part of the verse) Many might ask what does the word moztar(مضطر) mean, no definition better definition can be given than what I saw in the voice of this man. It is more than 1170 years that our Master(af) is moztar and we live as if nothing is going on and no one is waiting for us to give him a hand for our own salvation.
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Turk-o-Mongol Shias
Shah Khan posted a topic in Politics/Current Events
السَّلاَمُ عَلَيْكُمْ وَرَحْمَةُ اللهِ وَبَرَكَاتُهُ (May Allah Shower His Mercy, Peace & Blessings upon You All) I hope My Shia Muslim Brothers and Shia Muslim Sisters are Living a Good Life by The Grace of Allah. . Alhamdulillah. I would like to know any Information about Turkic (Don't get confused with Turkey),Mongol Shias. And Persian Speaking Turk-o-Mongol Shias. Let me tell you My Lineage first: My Shia Muslim Brothers, I am actually a descendant from a Chagatayid Mughal family of Pakistan. My family lineage traces back to the Turk-O-Mongol Warriors of Genghis Khan -> Chagatai Khan -> Ameer Timur and then Mughal Emperors. As far as I know and I am told, My Ancestors were Sufi Sunnis who followed Hanafi Madhab and Naqshbandi Sufi Chain (and we are still Hanafis to this day). Persian was Mother tongue for centuries. My Grandparents used to speak Persian and my father knew some Persian because of my Grandparents. I know nothing or very little about Persian because of Surroundings. My Family uses Khan, Shah, Chughtai & Changezi as their Surnames. My Ancestors were Weapon Makers and also fought Battles for Mongol Kings. Majority Family lineages in Pakistan are Indian and Afghan. Turk and Mongol families are very very few and rare. If there is any Brother from Subcontinent here who is from Turko-Mongol Lineage and a Shia, then I would like to meet my Cousin . So My question is : Are there any Central Asian Turkic Shia Empires and Mongol Shia Empires? Most Turk and Mongol Empires I find on the Internet are Sunni Hanafi, Not Shia. I am Curious about Shia Turkic and Mongol Empires. And one more, are there any Shia Turk and Shia Mongol empires who later were Persianized or Indianized? I am Curious for Answers May Allah Reward You all for your Answers <3
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Suicide bomb in Kabul Shia Mosque
Wholehearted Shi'a posted a topic in Politics/Current Events
Suicide bomb in Kabul Shia mosque kills dozens http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-41699320
SIAR14 posted a topic in Politics/Current Events
From couple of months I am trying to study situation of Afghanistan. There are so many stakeholder involve in Afghanistan and it is hard to understand what exactly are the objectives of different stakeholders. Can some one please briefly explain what is going on in Afghanistan, who are the allies and why? And what is the end goal of different stakeholder in Afghanistan: like America, India, Pakistan, Iran, Afghan Taliban, Afghan Government, Hazara community and Daesh.
Love with an Afghan girl
DanielSpain posted a topic in Social/Family/Personal
Salaam Alaikum sisters and brothers, I come here for explaining about my situation and see other people opinion about my case, I am a 20 y.o guy born in Barcelona, Spain. My background comes from a catholic- but not practicant nor religous family. About 2 years ago I started to become interested about Islam and started to make my own research into in on the net, etc. I also visited a Sunni mosque in Barcelona, where they explained me basis of Islam and some of their Sunni traditions. On a travel to a North European country, I get to know an Afghan girl (Shia muslim) working on her family market, and I showed her my interest on her religion and asked some of my questions about it, she helped me with my issues and yea. I kind of liked the way she was explaining me about her religion, and we kept in contact with each other when I went back to my home city. We became closer and closer with each other, talked about personal life, family, and of course, the religion. About a year ago, I went back to that country, and there, after a year of research about Islam, and figuring out about my beliefs, I became a muslim in the Imam Ali Mosque (largest Shia mosque in Europe). The Imam taught me maaany many things during my stay, I spent lot of my time in the mosque, talking with other brothers, etc. After converting to Muslim, at the begining when I was back home, I was praying on my room, and my family didn't really know anything about about my conversion, since I knew talking or explaining about this to them would be something difficult for them. But I had to explain about all this when Ramadan came, because I wanted to fast and perform it. So I had a serious talk with my family and explained everything about my conversion, about Islam and that I wanted to do Ramadan. At the first days it was very very difficult for them to understand it, and we had many fights and a not so-good atmosphere at home, but after some time, it all kind of normalised for them. The Afghan girl I met was always a support for me, we always was in contact with each other, and really really helped me in the difficult moments with my family, as well as I was a support for her, we was talking a lot, helping with school issues, talking about our families, daily things, everything. And we "fell in love" with each other. She of course keeps everything about me in secret with her family, and they don't know anything about me, she talks with me hiding the headsets, or deletes the conversations, and keeps everything hidden since sometimes her brothers check her phone. She is 19 years old, and originally from Afghanistan, but has been living in Europe with her family for more than 15 years. She is Hazara Afghan, in case this helps. She is the only daughter in the family and has 6 brothers. The issue comes when we start to think about future, about being together and about the difficulties we might have. She says her family is pretty restrictive and her dad has even told her that he would like her to marry with some of her cousins, but she of course refuses to that. She says that the family can refuse her to marry with a Spanish guy instead of an Afghan one, or a Spanish guy who converted to islam without a muslim family, and yea.. I would like to know your thought about all this, if know some case about reverted man marrying a muslim woman, and if had issues with that. Because it's common to see marriages betwen converted woman and muslim man, but not the opposite.. Or if there is someone that knows about the Afghan traditions and could advice me with that, or give me their own oppinion. --- We have met with each other because I've travelled to her city 2 times after meeting her for the first time, we didn't just see each other one time. --- On the mosque, I got to know an Afghan man, and he resulted to be an Imam when he was in Afghanistan, as well he has been Imam in Iran and Dubai. We have become close to each other, explained me afghan traditions, and he has also helped me a lot with my Islam questions. I exposed to him my situation with the afghan girl, and he said that he could come with me and my family the day that I decide to go ask for her hand to her family. -- Will this help be very helpful? Sorry for the long post, but felt like I had to explain it long so it could be understood, if you have any question, or something is not clear at all, be open to ask. Thanks for your attention, Daniel
At Least 90 Killed, 300+ Injured in Kabul Blast
It's me hello posted a topic in Politics/Current Events
My mother was talking on the phone with my Aunt, who lives in Kabul. In the middle of the conversation, my mom heard the explosion from her end. She heard the live explosion, and 80 people died in that instant. It's crazy how this stuff happens, and we never really talk about it as much as terror attacks in the west. My Aunts' neighbors are waiting for their dead children at the moment, they were standing guard in the area. It's really sad. If you haven't read into it, or want to read more, here you go. http://abcnews.go.com/International/90-killed-bomb-rips-central-kabul/story?id=47739486 Crazy part is, THE TALIBAN CONDEMNED THE ATTACK.
jafris Shajrah Help
Syed Mohammad Abbas Ali posted a topic in Urdu / اُردُو
I am Syed Abbas Ali and belongs to the family of Imam Jafar Sadiq. Basically My grand father had lost a major portion of our shajrah while migrating to Pakistan, and only a part containing 10 generations before me is left with him. None of his children (my uncles and my father) tried to complete it and he died when I was 2. My Far related grandfather (3rd Cousin to my grandfather) told me that My grandfather did tried to get the whole Shajrah back but was failed in this attempt as those of our relative in India and Lahore refused to provide us with that in fear of some sort of Property. Actually he is the one who told me that we belonged to Syed Qutb descendants who was descendant of Imam Jafar Saddiq and came from Iran or Afghanistan. My grandfather used to live in Jabalpur before seperation and his ancestors in Meeranpur, Jansath Tehsil, India. I tried to look back those Syeds in Meeranpur but found that They were Zaidis. Now I am totally Confused. I looked at a complete shajrah of Zaidis but couldn't find my ancestors name in it so we definitely belong to Jafris. "Syed Abbas s/o Syed Akhtar s/o Syed Aashiq s/o Syed Amjad s/o Syed Hasan s/o Syed Qasim s/o Syed Ameen s/o Syed Lal s/o Syed Dadan s/o Syed Qasim----- Syed Qutb (not mentioned but told to me)" Do anyone know Any book which has a complete shajrah of Jafris?? like those of Zaidis named "Shajrah Saadat e Barha"?? I am very Hopeful that you'll surely help me out. One thing I like to mention is that I'm a Sunni as my ancestors converted to Sunnism due to Taqiyya but many traditions and beliefs of Shia still exist in my family today. Please Anyone Help me.
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Taliban Oil
ShiaMan14 posted a topic in Politics/Current Events
Interesting reading. http://www.aljazeera.com/programmes/specialseries/2016/10/taliban-oil-afghanistan-161004085739050.html
Terrifying Effects of Drone Strikes
Enlightened Follower posted a topic in Politics/Current Events
No Judge, No Jury, No Trial
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The New Image Of Afghans In Iranian Media
kamyar posted a topic in Politics/Current Events
بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم سلام علیکم "A few days ago, the most popular program of the IRIB (Iran Broadcasting) at the time named mah asal also was dedicated to Afghan migrants and there a new image of these migrants was represented for Iranian people. A TV series named "My home Afghanistan" is being produced which is about Afghan's students and will be broadcasted soon. The movie "Mazar Sharif" which will represent an honorable and of course incomplete image of Afghans will be released in the coming weeks. The TV documentaries about Afghan migrants are being aired one after another and positive changes in the News Agencies, newspapers and magazines from where the changes begin still go on." Translated from the link below: http://www.rajanews.com/news/218415 http://www.telewebion.com/fa/1319835/%D9%82%D8%B3%D9%85%D8%AA-90-_%D9%85%D9%87%D8%A7%D8%AC%D8%B1%DB%8C%D9%86-%D8%A7%D9%81%D8%BA%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%B3%D8%AA%D8%A7%D9%86%DB%8C-%D9%85%DB%8C%D9%87%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%86-%D8%A8%D8%B1%D9%86%D8%A7%D9%85%D9%87-%D8%AE%D9%86%D8%AF%D9%88%D8%A7%D9%86%D9%87/%D8%AE%D9%86%D8%AF%D9%88%D8%A7%D9%86%D9%87.html
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Mahdi Willl Be From Khurasan( Afghanistan)?
Nawab posted a topic in General Islamic Discussion
ive heard from someone, in some hadith it is said "On the authority of Thawban, the Messenger of Allah (upon whom be blessings and peace) said:The Prophet Sallallahu 'Alaihi Wa Sallam said: "Before your treasure, three will kill each other -- all of them are sons of a different caliph but none will be the recipient. Then the Black Banners will appear from the East and they will kill you in a way that has never before been done by a nation." Thawban, said: 'Then he said something that I do not remember by heart' then continued to say that the Prophet, praise and peace be upon him, said: "If you see him give him your allegiance, even if you have to crawl over ice, because surely he is the Caliph of Allah, the Mahdi. If you see the black flags coming from Khurasan, join that army, even if you have to crawl over ice, for this is the army of the Caliph, the Mahdi and no one can stop that army until it reaches Jerusalem." Can someone clarify me on this Hadith and which one it is? Do you think the Mahdi will be from Afghanistan?, and what do you think " the black flags of Khurasan"?
Salih
Iran Soul , Afghanistan Soul
جانِ ایران، جانِ افغانستان یک دستور از رهبر انقلاب: هیچ دانش‌آموز افغانستانی، از تحصیل بازنماند؛ حتی .غیرقانونی خبرگزاری تسنیم: رهبر معظم انقلاب چندی پیش دستور داده‌اند که همه کودکان افغانستانی، چه آنها که دارای شرایط قانونی حضور در ایران هستند و چه آنها که مدارک قانونی حضور در ایران را ندارد باید در مدارس دولتی ثبت‌نام شوند، این یک تصمیم بزرگ و تاریخی است. سرانجام موعد رسانه‌ای شدن یکی از مهمترین تصمیمات عالی نظام جمهوری اسلامی در تاریخ سی و چند ساله حضور مهاجرین افغانستانی در ایران فرا رسیده است. صحبت‌های ضمنی مبنی بر اعلام این تصمیم در تمام طول این یکی دو سال شنیده می‌شد. اما سرانجام مشخص شد که به‌صورت مشخص و واضحی این دستور از سوی عالی‌ترین مقام نظام جمهوری اسلامی ایران، مقام معظم رهبری صادر شده است: "هیچ کودک افغانستانی، حتی مهاجرینی که به‌صورت غیرقانونی و بی‌مدرک در ایران حضور دارند، نباید از تحصیل بازبمانند و همه آنها باید در مدارس ایرانی ثبت‌نام شوند". این البته برای همه کسانی که روش و منش رهبر معظم انقلاب سر مسئله « مهاجرین افغانستانی» را دنبال می‌کنند مسئله عجیبی نیست. مرور فقط همین 2 سال اخیر نشان می‌دهد که رهبر انقلاب با دستور به «تکریم همه مهاجرین افغانستانی» و بیان جمله «تهران؛ خانه افغانستانی‌هاست»، مشخص کرده بودند که سیاست عالی نظام جمهوری اسلامی در مواجهه با مهاجرین افغانستانی، همچنان طبق آرمان‌های اولیه انقلاب تدوین می‌شود و کم‌کاری‌ها و بدکاری‌های مدیریت بی‌آرمان و بوروکراتیکی که مهاجرین را به‌چشم «بیگانگان» نگاه می‌کند، انحراف از آرمان‌های انقلاب است و شخص رهبری جلوی این انحراف ایستاده است. و حالا این دستور، سند تضمین‌شده دیگری بر اولویت نگاه انسانی و اسلامی، در تصمیم‌گیران اصلی نظام جمهوری اسلامی است. این دستور البته چند وقتی است که صادر شده است و چند ماه پیش نیز خلیل الله بابالو در دیدار معاون رئیس اجرایی دولت افغانستان با وزیر آموزش وپرورش که در ساختمان شهید رجایی برگزارشد به صورت کاملا رسمی این دستور را اعلام کرد و در سایت آموزش و پرورش نیز این ماجرا منعکس شد، اما در بقیه رسانه‌های خبری بازتاب چندانی نیافت. بابالو در جریان آن دیدار اظهار کرده بود: بعد از فرمایش مقام معظم رهبری مبنی بر «هیچ دانش‌آموز افغانی از تحصیل بازنماند» آمار ثبت نام از دانش آموزان افغانی در مدارس ایرانی بیش از 10 درصد افزایش داشته و همچنان اجرا می‌شود. وی از ثبت نام مهاجرین غیرمجاز نیز در مدارس کشور خبر داد و افزود: در خصوص ثبت‌نام دانش‌آموزان مهاجر غیرقانونی تاکنون هیچ گزارشی از عدم ثبت نام این‌گونه دانش آموزان به آموزش و پرورش نرسیده است. بابالو با بیان اینکه آموزش وپرورش اعتقادی به جداسازی دانش آموزان ایرانی از افغانستانی ندارد، خاطرنشان کرد: در بخشنامه‌های آموزش وپرورش به‌طور کامل تصریح شده است که هیچ نوع تبعیض و تفاوتی نباید میان دانش آموزان قایل شد. به نظر می‌رسد با این تصمیم، یکی از مهمترین موانع رشد و پرورش جامعه مهاجر در ایران به‌زودی برداشته خواهد شد. مدارس ایرانی از این پس از دانش‌آموزان مهاجر افغانستانی، بدون اینکه قرار باشد کاغذها و مهرها و مدارک روی آنها ارزش‌گذاری کند ثبت‌نام به عمل خواهند آورد و سال تحصیلی جدید، یک سال تاریخی و شیرین برای همه مهاجرین افغانستانی خواهد بود. این اتفاق پیگیری خواهد شد. http://www.tasnimnews.com/Home/Single/741883 Some parts translated here :
اتحاد
Mahdi In Afghanistan - What Is This ?
realizm posted a topic in General Islamic Discussion
(salam) I found this while searching about the world's places of Ziyarat. Could someone tell me what this is about ? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:The_Holy_Tomb_of_Imam_Mahdi_AS_at_Farah,Afghanistan.jpg I searched a bit and came across this, http://khalifatullahmehdi.info/visit.asp it seems to be related but there is no further information. Was this a fake mahdi ? Anyone ? Thanks
Madhi
Who Owns The Afghanistan's Water Rights?
msabiri posted a topic in Politics/Current Events
Why a dam in Afghanistan might set back peace The water that grows western Afghanistan's fresh produce, sprinkles its town parks with shade-giving trees, and slakes the thirst of war-weary Afghans, is becoming a point of tension with nearby Iran as a large dam under construction will constrict cross-border flow. After nearly four decades of work, the Salma Dam – a $200 million project paid for and built by India, yet delayed by Afghanistan's turbulent history of occupations, civil war, and insurgency – is slated to be finished by the end of 2014. Afghan officials say they have no plans to negotiate water rights with Iran, although analysts and Western sources warn that lack of agreement could worsen Afghanistan's already [Edited Out]ly ties with its Iranian neighbor. "We have many projects in Afghanistan, and every project has its enemy. But unfortunately Salma Dam has three enemies," says Fazl Ahmad Zakeri, the Ministry of Energy and Water's acting director for the Harirud and Murghab River Basin, in Herat. "It's not possible [to stop work]. We will complete this dam." One of those enemies, says Mr. Zakeri, is Pakistan. Islamabad is "trying to stop the work" because it is being built by strategic rival India. In April, Afghan intelligence officials announced they had thwarted a Taliban plot to blow up the dam with about 2,860 pounds of explosives. The plan, they claimed, was aided by Pakistan's intelligence agency. The other two "enemies" of the Salma Dam are Turkmenistan and Iran because it will diminish water flow to their own parched regions and dam projects. Afghan officials have often charged Iran with being behind dam-related attacks. When an Afghan district governor who had supported the project was killed in 2010, Afghan police officials suspected Iran's involvement. The head of the police unit guarding the dam claimed to have evidence that Iran funded a local Taliban commander and his 200 men who had "promised Iran that he will succeed in halting work on the Salma Dam," according to a report by the Institute for War and Peace Reporting. Likewise, two months ago, six of the dam's security guards were killed by a roadside bomb. Without naming Iran, the provincial security chief said that the killings had "a political motivation. This is the work of those countries who don't want Afghanistan to develop." But in Herat, water official Zakeri says that "we don't have any data to give us information that Iran is creating some problem." Iranian officials say they support Afghan development, and deny conducting any destabilizing actions in Afghanistan, despite credible reports of past, limited assistance to anti-US insurgents, including the Taliban. "Yes, the Iranians are asking for negotiations. Always they are asking for negotiations [because they will get] much less water," notes Zakeri. But negotiation may be easier said than done, with so much at stake for both sides. WHAT AFGHANISTAN WANTS For Afghanistan, key facts are clear: The Salma Dam will increase cultivatable land from 35,000 hectares to 80,000 hectares. It will also produce 42 MW of electricity, lowering the region's dependence on Iran (which now provides 80 MW, cheaply) and Turkmenistan (which provides 50 MW). "It will change much, because this project is not just for Herat," says Zakeri. "If we can produce more fruit, we can send this to Kandahar, to other provinces. This project might change the situation in all of Afghanistan." For Iran, too, key facts are clear: The dam will cut the flow of its own Harirud River water by 73 percent, even though the number of Iranians dependent on that water – including the shrine city of Mashhad – is almost three times as large as the number of Afghans. "Iran has always criticized Afghanistan for its water policies on Helmand and Harirud Rivers," says an Iranian analyst in Tehran who has worked on the issue of Helmand, a larger river flowing into Iran farther south, and asked not to be named. "Iran and Pakistan are both accused of sabotage [and] Mashhad depends on the water of the Harirud. So Iran has a big concern that dams in Afghanistan [will] reduce the water as [they have] on Helmand." THE 'ONLY WAY FORWARD' A 2010 report on Afghanistan's water resources warned that "cross-border cooperation on water is not an option; it is the only way forward" with all neighbors. Lack of bilateral or regional agreements created "a serious threat to sustainable development and security in the region," stated the EastWest Institute report. The report also noted that a model for cooperation already exists, for the Helmand River. Afghanistan and Iran first created a joint commission in 1950, and in 1973 agreed that Iran would receive a precise volume. For now, however, Kabul doesn't "see any reason" to hold water negotiations with Iran over the Selma Dam, says Shujaudin Ziaye, the deputy minister of Energy and Water in Kabul. "We have no new negotiations in the past two years. The idea of building this dam emerged 40 years back. At that time, Iran had no request of water," says Mr. Ziaye. "Maybe they need to talk with us, but we don't see any need to talk with Iran, to negotiate about water. Right now, no." HIGH PRIORITY For many Afghans, water resources are a high priority. When President Hamid Karzai met an audience of ordinary Afghans in March for a televised program, there were nearly as many questions about water as about security. "How much can the Afghan government defend its water resources?" asked one man, after listing the country's water systems. Another asked why the government did not build more dams so Afghans "will have access to electricity and the dry deserts will be irrigated." Mr. Karzai replied: "We know that some of our neighboring countries do not want our dams to be built and do not want us to have our own electricity." He also said that "we have used our waters less throughout history and the neighbors have used them more. We know this, but we want to manage it in good relations with [them]." But a history of mutual suspicions abounds. Iran has offered some technical expertise to Afghanistan, on water and agricultural issues. Iran's Minister of Energy Majid Namjou visited in January to cut the ribbon on two Iranian-made electric turbines given to Herat for emergency use. "Iran, it seems, has adopted competing policies on Afghanistan – one of cooperation in certain cases and one that contributes to destabilizing in others," stated the EastWest Institute report. "Iran perceives agricultural development – a crucial element in the Obama strategy to increase economic activity in Afghanistan – and dam rehabilitation and reconstruction as major security threats." In Herat, that is also how some Afghan officials see it. "If we have sustainable agriculture, and sustainable industries in Herat and our western zone of Afghanistan; if we have security – especially in Herat – then our Salma Dam will be built, and [iran] will face many challenges, in their agriculture and industry," says Herat Chief of Police Rahmatullah Safai.
Is Iran Racit?
SlaveOfAllah14 posted a topic in Politics/Current Events
http://www.bbc.co.uk/persian/iran/2012/04/120401_l10_iran_isfahan_afghans.shtml In this article it says how the Afghans (Hazaras) in Iran are denied from their rights. This is soo unfair. We hazaras go to Iran to see it as a protector because we are all shia but look how do they treat us. I don't care if their people are racist because anyone can be racist. But what matters is when their government is racist. If the problem is that there is too many refugees there, that doesn't give u the right to be racist to them or treat them like animals. Why not strengthen the security on the border and not let many in instead of bullying the poor refugees inside the country?? I went to Iran 3 months ago fir ziyarat, and the way they treat Afghans (witnessed lots myself and also heard stories) is just un just! This creates lots of doubts and dilemma, of wheather we should really love Iran or not? Wheather we should support it's regiem or not? whether is it a hypocrite country like saudi or no a country that might become the base of our beloved Imam. Please, please I am a very open minded person. Explain to me the reason for the injustice of the Afghans in Iran! I mean here in Australia, the government is not even an Islamic one and they treat everyone be it Irani, Afghani, African, Jew etc. the same. Isn't justice the fundemental part of an Islamic government?
The Rise Of New Bloody War In The Middle East
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The Rise of New Bloody War in the Middle East The advent of democracy and equality of citizens in the Middle East is not only a bad news for the current dictators of the Arab world, Al Qaeda and its Wahhabi affiliates are equally worried. Also in Pakistan and Afghanistan, Wahhabi share one common characteristic with the current Wahhabi rulers of Saudi Arabia, i.e., acute hatred for Shia who they consider infidels. The events of the Arab Spring have heightened long-standing tensions in Saudi Arabia's Eastern Province. Just three days after large-scale protests started in Bahrain on 2011, protests began in the Eastern Province, which is a 30-minute drive across the causeway from Bahrain. Perhaps unsurprisingly, the Saudi interior ministry vowed to crush the protests with an "Iron Fist" and has unleashed a media-smear campaign against protests and the Shiites in general. While protests subsided over the summer, they started again in October and have become larger ever since, leading to an ever more heavy-handed response from the security forces. The Eastern Province is home to virtually all of Saudi Arabia's oil and to a sizeable Shiite majority, or around 30 percent of Saudi Arabia's citizen population. The Wahhabi creed of Salafi Islam that the state sponsors in Saudi Arabia has developed a special hostility toward the Shiites. Saudi Shiite citizens in turn have long complained of discrimination in religious practice, government employment, and business, and overall marginalization. For decades, opposition groups formed by Saudi Shiites, both leftist and Islamists, as well as hundreds of petitions by Shiite notables, have had the same demands: an end to sectarian discrimination in government employment and representation in main state sectors including at the ministerial level; more development in Shiite areas; the strengthening of the Shiite judiciary; and an end to arbitrary arrests of Shiite for religious or political reasons. None of these demands would significantly undermine the position of the royal family, or otherwise threaten the integrity of Saudi Arabia. They would rather cement the current political system and buy the allegiance of two million people living on top of the kingdom's oil. The perception of systematic discrimination has led some Saudi Shiites to embrace revolutionary ideologies over the decades. While pro-Iranian groups still exist amongst Gulf Shiites, they are not the most powerful amongst Saudi Shiites and had largely renounced violence as a political tool since at least the mid-1990s. But Saudi Arabia's repressive response to the protests and the zero-concessions policy are providing fertile breeding ground for future opposition groups. A repetition of post-1979 Shiite politics, when hundreds of young Shiites left Bahrain and Saudi Arabia's Eastern Province to become active in regional revolutionary movements, seems possible. As the protests in Bahrain and particularly in Qatif receive only limited attention on Gulf-owned channels like Al Jazeera and Al Arabiya, local Shiites are forced to watch the Iranian-sponsored Arabic-language Al Alam channel, Lebanese Hezbollah's Al Manar, Iraq's Ahlul Bait TV, or increasingly other pro-Assad channels to receive updates on the situation in their areas. The new cold war in the Middle East has turned into a fully-fledged media war, in which media outlets are either with the protests in Bahrain and Qatif and for Assad's regime, or with the protests in Syria and against the allegedly sectarian protests in Bahrain and Qatif. The situation for Saudi Shiites in the Eastern Province is no secret. The U.S. State Department's Annual Report to Congress on International Religious Freedom for the second half of 2010, the period immediately predating the Arab Spring, records arbitrary detentions, mosque closures, and the arrest of Shiite worshippers. U.S. diplomatic cables released by Wikileaks revealed that U.S. diplomats, and particularly the staff at its consulate in Dhahran, have an incredible amount of information on the local Shiite communities and seem almost obsessed with grievances they deem legitimate. But the specific problems of the Saudi Shiites almost never come up at high-level meetings with Saudi officials. This is not only due to the close Saudi and U.S. alliance. Americans sometimes share the suspicion of the Gulf Shiites, which permeates some of its allied regimes. This suspicion is partly to do with Iran, but also has its roots in the 1996 bombing of the Khobar Towers, which killed 19 U.S. servicemen. Nine Shiite prisoners have been incarcerated since 1996 for their alleged membership in Hezbollah al-Hijaz and their involvement in the bombings. They were indicted in the United States in 2001, but as U.S. foreign policy priorities changed after September 11 they became "forgotten," the name they are known by amongst Saudi Shiites. The indictment hints at the involvement of Lebanese Hezbollah and Iran but no evidence has ever been made public. At the time some Americans called for retaliation against Iran as a response to this bombing. But after September 11, fingers began to point toward al Qaeda as involved in the attack, raising questions about the guilt of these prisoners. The Shiite prisoners cannot hope ever to be "rehabilitated" in one of the government's much advertised de-radicalization programs. It seems to be justified to at least ask for a public trial, a move repeatedly endorsed by Human Rights Watch and Amnesty International. But such a trial does not appear to be on the foreign-policy agenda of the United States. The behavior of the Saudi leadership only allows the conclusion that repression of the Shiites is a fundamental part of Saudi political legitimacy. The state does not want to change the position of the Shiites and Shiite protests are used by the state to frighten the Sunni population of an Iranian takeover of the oilfields with the help of local Shiites. Similar narratives have been propagated in the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) media for months, at the cost of further deepening the sectarian divide in the Gulf States. The GCC intervention in Bahrain has severely worsened sectarian relations in the Gulf and beyond to levels not seen since the Iranian Revolution. But this open Saudi sectarianism has already had negative repercussions in Iraq, as well as in Syria, Lebanon, and Kuwait. Bahrain looks set for years of sectarian conflict, community relations have broken down completely, and the state is conducting a campaign of what Shiite activists call "ethnic cleansing." Rather than completely alienating the Shiites, Saudi Arabia and Bahrain should negotiate a social contract with them. Failing to do so will lead to years of instability with uncertain outcomes. And it is far from certain that other Saudis will not be encouraged by the Shiite protests, as a recent statement by liberal Saudis from all over the kingdom denouncing the crackdown in Qatif has shown. The West should press its allies, above all Saudi Arabia and Bahrain, to stop simply shooting and arresting their Shiite citizens and brandishing them as Iranian agents and traitors. The alienation of Shiite youth foments a perfect breeding ground for a new Gulf Shiite opposition movement. Even without external help for the local Shiite protesters, the area looks ripe for a return to the tense sectarian politics of the 1980s. The United States should in its own, and in the Gulf States', interest push for a real reconciliation between the Shiites of Bahrain and Saudi Arabia and their governments. Otherwise, sectarianism will come to dominate the Gulf, to the detriment of all.
Afghan Peace Efforts Suffer Another Setback
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Second militant faction opts out of negotiations Stalled peace efforts in Afghanistan have suffered another setback when a second militant faction one that has squared off against both the U.S.-led coalition and the Taliban announced it was suspending formal peace negotiations with the Afghan government, as the Taliban did earlier this month. The group, Hezb-i-Islami, or Islamic Party, has been an increasingly minor presence on the battlefield in recent years, pressured by coalition forces and chased from strongholds in central and eastern Afghanistan by its Taliban rivals. Its military weakness left it far more willing to talk with the U.S. and the government of President Hamid Karzai, which includes many members of a breakaway political wing of the group. The militant wing of Hezb-i-Islami said on Thursday it would continue unofficial talks. But the fact that a group whose current relevance stems largely from its willingness to engage has decided to distance itself from formal negotiations underscored the fragility of the peace effort in Afghanistan. Unlike the Taliban, who have yet to engage in any substantial talks, Hezb-i-Islami delegations have repeatedly travelled from havens in Pakistan to Kabul since 2010. Hezb-i-Islami representatives also met U.S. officials in Afghanistan in recent months. But on Thursday, Qaribur Rahman Saeed, a representative of Hezb-i-Islami in Europe, said his group was suspending formal talks because neither Afghan nor U.S. officials would seriously consider the group's 15-point peace proposal. The plan calls for the withdrawal of coalition forces in six months, holding new elections and possibly rewriting the Afghan constitution. Hezb-i-Islami calls it the National Rescue Agreement. It is a nonstarter for Kabul and Washington. For now, that means Hezb-i-Islami's leader, Gulbuddin Hekmatyar, once a powerful warlord and a former Afghan Prime Minister, is not willing to take part in formal talks, said Mr. Saeed in a telephone interview from Norway, where he is based. Because the Afghan and U.S. governments "don't have any practical and acceptable approaches for the solution of the crisis, the negotiation is going to be suspended," Mr. Hekmatyar was quoted as saying in a rambling essay written by Mr. Saeed, who provided a copy of the document and asked to be identified as the "head of the Afghan Nation Peace Council" in the European Union. The critique offered by Mr. Hekmatyar in essence, that neither the Afghan government nor the U.S. leadership was ready to make the compromises needed to end the militancy was similar to the one voiced by the Taliban when it announced this month that it was suspending its nascent talks with the U.S. Mr. Hekmatyar rose to prominence as a mujahedeen leader during the fight against the Soviet occupation of Afghanistan in the 1980s. He was a particular favourite of ISI Directorate, which managed the militancy against the Soviets. After Afghanistan's Soviet-backed government collapsed in the early 1990s, Mr. Hekmatyar went on to become Prime Minister. He then gained notoriety for bombarding his own capital as the country descended into civil war. Now he operates from Pakistan, where his faction is based. Though he is fighting the U.S.-led coalition, his faction has repeatedly clashed with the more powerful Taliban in recent years, losing ground to them. Despite its military weakness, Hezb-i-Islami remains an intriguing peace partner for both Mr. Karzai and the U.S. The group's political wing includes Mr. Karzai's chief of staff, a number of Cabinet Ministers and numerous members of Parliament. U.S. officials say bringing Hezb-i-Islami's militant wing into the fold would signal to Taliban moderates that giving up the fight is a viable option. Less clear is whether Mr. Hekmatyar would personally be welcomed back to Afghanistan, where he is despised by many for the destruction wrought by his forces during the civil war. In Kabul on Thursday, Afghan officials said a NATO supply convoy had come under heavy attack by Taliban insurgents in western Afghanistan, with 37 dead reported in the firefight and NATO airstrikes that ensued. The victims included seven private security guards with two companies guarding the convoy, according to an official at one of the companies. Two Afghan National Army soldiers and numerous Taliban fighters were also among the dead. Fayaz Jailani, the regional operations manager for GFI Security, said the convoy was attacked on Wednesday by 70 to 80 insurgents with heavy machine guns and other weapons. The attackers killed one guard from his company and six from a second company, Aria Security, Mr. Jailani said. The victims were all Afghans, he said. The attack took place in the Gulistani District of Farah province, and the convoy was en route from Herat province to a NATO base in Helmand province, Mr. Jailani said. The head of security for the Farah provincial police, Muhammad Ghus Mayaar, said the fighting began on Wednesday afternoon and continued for eight hours, with 28 Taliban attackers killed by the time it ended. A spokesman for the NATO-led International Security Assistance Force, Master Sgt. Russell Bertke, said that the coalition had made two airstrikes against the attacking Taliban in support of Afghan forces, but that no civilians had been killed. "Numerous insurgents were killed, and several vehicles and motorbikes were damaged or destroyed," Sgt. Bertke said. A spokesman for the Taliban, Qari Yousuf Ahmadi, claimed that only five Taliban fighters had been killed by airstrikes, and that the insurgents had killed 40 guards and Afghan soldiers guarding the convoy. In other violence, two people were assassinated on Wednesday because of government connections by unknown gunmen in Kandahar City, according to Zalmai Ayoubi, the spokesman for the governor of Kandahar province. One was an official of the National Directorate of Security, the Afghan intelligence service, and the other was the father of a security guard in the governor's office, Mr. Ayoubi said. courtesy - New York Times News Service
[video] Anatomy Of A Massacre
Anatomy of a Massacre Dateline SBS Australia What really happened on the night of March 11 when 17 Afghan civilians were massacred in Kandahar province? Many Afghans, including some of the survivors that night, believe more than one U.S. soldier was present in the two villages where the killings took place. With unprecedented access to Afghan military investigators, Yalda Hakim travels to the villages where the massacre took place and interviews survivors of the attack, as well as Afghan guards at the US military base that housed the alleged gunman. US soldier Robert Bales is in custody, facing charges of mass murder, but Afghan investigators suspect there may have been at least one other killer involved. INTERVIEW WITH YALDA - Yalda Hakim explains to SBS Radio's World News Australia how she was able to get such unprecedented access to the massacre investigation. Posted March 30, 2012 http://youtu.be/gnueG4I7Q9g
We (americans) Are The Most Warlike Nation
Our nation is the strongest military force in the history of the known universe. For the past century, we have been waging wars all over our tiny planet. The Great War, WWI was followed by WWII a war that many believe was even greater. Both world wars catapulted our nation into the leading role of all the nations on earth. We are the richest, the most respected, the most reviled, the most envied, the most powerful nation among nations. We are the most warlike nation. We must, therefore, be the most warlike people ever to have populated this planet. Over the past decade, our nation has prosecuted wars in the Middle East. A war of vengeance against Afghanistan. A war of cupidity against Iraq. Both wars have gone badly for America. While the final combat forces departed Iraq last week, more than 100,000 of our troops are still waging a twilight war in Afghanistan. But it is really worse than that, for our press, television and mainstream media do not reveal the truth to our people. We are already engaged in a third major land war in the Middle East, a war against Iran. Throughout it all, we are being assured by our government that Iran is culpable of violations of the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty, but we are given no conclusive evidence that this casus belli is any more credible than the risible case Colin Powell presented to the United Nations in February 2002 stating that Saddam Hussein posed a threat because of his vast and powerful arsenal of weapons of mass destruction. With the pace of war against Iran now thundering in all its fury, it is time to mobilize once again to demand peace. Raza Mehkeri Houston, Texas. AMERICAN SHIA (Shiite) MUSLIMS
The Persian Connection; Pak-iran To Improve Ties
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A good read, how ISI played a very negative role in the region, how Shias been always the victims of powers and politics and how ISI is trapped now. Anyhow, the conditions are set for Pak-Iran ties, even Afghanistan to cooperate and maintain peace in the region. Send Arab Jihadists with all Saudis dirty money and fundings to Libya, Egypt and Tunisia and ask the Western selfish partners not to provoke them against their neighbors and against their own citizens anymore. The Persian connection Wajahat S Khan Monday, October 31, 2011 In 2006, a leaked British defence ministry report said it. In June 2008, Afghan officials furious about an attempt on Hamid Karzai's life said it. The next month of the same year, the Indians, angry about the attack on their own embassy in Kabul, said it repeatedly. In May 2009, then US Secretary of Defence Robert Gates said it very smoothly on CBS's 60 Minutes. In July 2010, tons of leaked Wikileaks cables said it without the veneer of diplomatic parlance. The London School of Economics said it in a well-circulated discussion paper published last fall. The Brookings Institute and the New York Times said it just a couple of weeks ago. And before he said it in September to the US Senate, Admiral Mike Mullen also said it in April, 2011, on his 25th (or was it 26th or 24th) visit to Pakistan, but not as seriously. Now, a recently aired BBC documentary titled Secret Pakistan – Double Cross is saying it to worldwide audiences: Gather your arms! Sound the alarm! Mount your horses! For the Directorate of Inter-Service Intelligence, that 10,000 man strong group of shadow warriors has 'ties' to the Taliban. And/or the Haqqani Network. And/or the Sandman. And/or the Martians. And/or whoever else is responsible for the all trouble in Afghanistan. It's a charming narrative, one that never fails to make global headlines. The counter narrative, however, gets lost, tangled up in its own spin even when it comes from important corners. Last week, Secretary Clinton professed her inadvertent respect for the ISI, admitting to a platoon of Islamabad's TV anchors that there was no hard evidence of the Pakistani spy agency's linkage with the recent US embassy attacks. Even cutely disclaiming Admiral Mullen's "veritable arm" accusations by acknowledging that "every intelligence agency has contacts with unsavoury characters". But that just made the local news. No fancy documentaries were commissioned there. Too bad. So let's change things around. Let's turn the tables. How about a narrative, on the narrative, about Pakistan's fabled spies, by Pakistan's fabled spies? "It's propaganda. Our media can make hundreds of such type interview movies. Regards". That was the message received upon pinging a ranking ISI official on the day the BBC's revelations made the news this week. Not an earth-shattering, paradigm shifting response. In fact, it was the expected reply from an intelligence professional, with more counter-intelligence nuance than the ISPR, which had made a longer but similar statement ("highly biased...") and less passionate than the foreign office's take ("rubbish...purely a fabrication...") the same day to rebut the documentary's claims. So I pushed forward for more. Same agency; different sources; different ambits. Why now, I asked? Aren't we "back to business" again with the Americans? Hasn't the "talk-talk" approach won some "operationalised" ground against the "fight-talk" doctrine? We are supposed to be "90-95 percent on the same page", aren't we? Heck, aren't we trading with the Indians now? So why persist with targeting Aabpara? Why play nice with Pakistan, while remaining tough on the ISI? Why separate the agency from the centre? Why the difference? "This is the ISI they [Americans] used in Afghanistan. This is (the) ISI that they deployed to bury the Soviets. Now, the ISI is becoming larger than life for them. They've done the same thing to Iran. They declared Iran's [intelligence] agency rogue after 1979, because it was not reporting to them, but to Iran itself. Same thing is happening now." Interesting. It's not often that you hear the ISI compare itself to the Ministry of Intelligence and National Security of the Islamic Republic of Iran (MISIRI), formerly known as SAVAMA, the bureau which replaced that old, feared shadow police of the Shah's regime, the SAVAK. But how is Iran, that lukewarm entity Pakistanis admire but don't really understand, all of a sudden figuring prominently into Islamabad's security narrative? The intelligence official's take was self-evident. "America has forced us for a while [about ties with Iran]. Over years, they have created an unannounced tension between us and Iran. They forced us to remain in the Saudi camp for decades. The "Shia kaafir hai" slogan ("Shi'ites are Infidels") that created tensions, unannounced tensions, with Iran was raised here in Zia's time with American approval. Since then, America has wanted us to hurt Iran. No more. Not with our borders and our role in the region. No more." This is critical. Though it's debatable how much America "forced" Pakistan, what is for certain is that the self-obsessed, India-centric and America-focused lot that we are, Pakistanis tend to get lost in a narrative of 'Af-Pak' that crucially misses out on Iran. But clearly, there is a Persian connection with Pakistan in this strategic conflict. And by the looks of things, it's getting very sophisticated, much to America's chagrin. Evidence indicates that the unexpected spike of recent high-level visits between Islamabad and Tehran has put the two neighbours on the same page on several security and economic matters. Iran's rare recognition, just last week, that there have been no attacks in the last 10 months from the Pakistani side by the separatist group Jundallah, which is known to operate out of Balochistan, is a pat on Islamabad's back that Tehran has not conceded in a long time. Looking at the list of Jundallah leaders recently nabbed or delivered with Pakistan's help, it is clear that the ISI has seriously clamped down on its Farsi-speaking neighbour's Baloch detractors. Additionally, as Jundallah is also reputed to be America-backed, the 'forced evacuation' of US intelligence operatives working in this country (in a post-Raymond Davis/post-OBL Pakistan), thus mitigating American potential to covertly threaten Iran, has had a big role to play in the newly invigorated Islamabad-Tehran nexus. Just the very fact that Tehran maintained decorum and silence instead of screaming bloody murder after Burhanuddin Rabbani's recent assassination, despite close ties with the former Aghan president – unlike Kabul, which outright blamed Islamabad for the killings – shows that Pakistan and Iran, after a while, might finally have strategic congruence in their separate Afghan policies. The cornerstone of which, for both countries (one nuclearised, the other definitely interested in that status), is a quick and comprehensive US/Nato withdrawal from the region. Thus, America is in trouble. In Iraq, the US lost its prospects for a permanent or long-term military presence as the Shi'ite political elite, entrenched in Iran's corner, didn't give way. In Afghanistan, the Persian factor, this time delicately gift-wrapped in Pakistan's khaki cotton, threatens to dismantle the US plans for a permanent military berth in the region. Thus, as the Afghan endgame draws to a close, expect to hear more on this narrative, that the Iranians and the Pakistanis have much to gain from each other. Fighting for its own rights, Pakistan can be inspired by Iran's famous strategy of loud defiance and discrete regional diplomacy. Iran, on its part, must learn from Pakistan's shrewd and multilateral dynamism: Keep talking to everyone, and keep everyone else guessing. The writer is former Shorenstein Fellow at the Harvard Kennedy School and a broadcast/online journalist. @wajskhan on Twitter.Email: wajahat_khan@hks.harvard. edu TheNews
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Breaking/press Tv Office In Kabul Attacked
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The office of Iran's English language Press TV news channel in Afghanistan's capital of Kabul has come under attack and several people have been injured.


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Owing to rapid urbanisation and more job opportunities, the demand for rental homes is on the rise. A typical Indian pays 30-40% of their salary on rent every month. In 2018, rent inflation was upwards of 10% in key metro cities. Millennials today are used to getting things at the click of a finger. With the steady increase in rentals and other expenditures that are part and parcel of city life, millennials today struggle with liquidity crunch. They are, quite literally, living out of credit cards. Traditionally rent is paid through cash, cheque or NEFT with no digital receipts. To make the renting process easier NoBroker.com has introduced "NoBroker Pay" which allows users to pay their rent using any credit cards, debit cards, UPI wallet or Net Banking.
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ICC delegation in Sudan to discuss extradition of Al Bashir
December 15 - 2021 KHARTOUM
ICC Chief Prosecutor Karim Khan at a press conference at the end of his week-long visit to Sudan, Khartoum, August 12 (SUNA).
A delegation from the International Criminal Court (ICC) in The Hague has arrived in Khartoum to discuss the extradition of ousted President Omar Al Bashir, former Defence Minister Abdelrahim Hussein, and former Minister of State for Humanitarian Affairs Ahmed Haroun, who are being held in Kober Prison in Khartoum North.
On Tuesday, the ICC delegation met with former rebel leaders Malik Agar and El Taher Hajar, currently members of the Sovereignty Council. They also talked about the arrangements for the upcoming visit of ICC Prosecutor Karim Khan to Sudan.
Agar told the court delegation headed by the director of the ICC Public Prosecutor's Office, that Sudan remains committed to the agreements related to the ICC, and to provide the necessary facilities in accordance with the laws and the protection of witnesses.
The third former rebel leader seated in the Sovereignty Council, El Hadi Idris, is currently visiting Darfur in an attempt to contain the recent resurgence of violence min the region. On Tuesday, he told reporters from Koroma in North Darfur that they stay committed "to handing over the perpetrators of crimes in Darfur to the ICC in accordance with the stipulations of the Juba Peace Agreement" that was signed by the Sudan Revolutionary Front rebel alliance and the Sudanese government in the South Sudanese capital on October 3 last year.
In August this year, ICC Chief Prosecutor Karim Khan paid his first visit to Sudan, following decisions by Sudan's transitional government to hand Darfur war crimes accused to the court, and to accede to and ratify the 1998 Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court (ICC).
At the end of his visit, Khan announced the establishment of an ICC office with a permanent team in Sudan to further investigate the cases and gather more evidence against the indicted persons. He said he planned to return to Sudan in November and visit Darfur.
The ICC issued arrest warrants against Ahmed Haroun and janjaweed leader Ali Kushayb in 2007.
Kushayb was transferred to the ICC's custody on June 9, 2020 after surrendering himself voluntarily in the Central African Republic. Upon his arrest, the Sudanese government announced its support for his transfer to the ICC. Kushayb is also charged with a number of crimes by the Sudanese authorities.
In February 2020, Sudanese authorities also agreed that Al Bashir, Haroun, and Hussein will be transferred to The Hague to face justice.
Al Bashir was indicted by the ICC in 2009 for war crimes and crimes against humanity in Darfur, and in 2010 for genocide. He was convicted of corruption by a Khartoum court in December 2019 and sentenced to two years in a prison for the elderly. He still faces various other charges in Sudan, including staging a military coup in 1989.
The ICC issued an arrest warrant against Abdelrahim Hussein in 2012 for war crimes and crimes against humanity in Darfur. He and Haroun are also being held in prison in Khartoum.
The ICC issued another arrest warrant in 2014, accusing Abdallah Banda, commander-in-chief of a breakaway faction of the Justice and Equality Movement, of war crimes in Darfur. The former rebel leader is still at large.
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Theodor Falkeisen (* 11. September 1631 in Basel; † 7. Dezember 1671 ebenda) war ein Schweizer Buchhändler und Verleger.

Jugend und Familie (1631–1660)
Falkeisens Vorfahre, der Hufschmied Hans Valckysen, kam aus Kreuznach und erwarb um die Wende des Mittelalters das baslerische Bürgerrecht. Falkeisen wuchs als jüngstes von sechs Kindern in Basel auf. Sein Vater war der Ratsherr Theodor (1594–1654). Dieser gehörte zu den Basler «Standespersonen». Seine Mutter war Ursula, geborene Ryff, die Tochter des Professors und Arztes Peter Ryff (1552–1629).

Falkeisen erlernte den Buchhandel in der Offizin des Druckers und Verlegers König, der sich namentlich durch die Herausgabe der lexikographischen Arbeiten der berühmten Buxtorfe einen Namen machte. Anschliessend führten ihn seine Wanderjahre nach Holland, wo er durch Vermittlung Königs in der Druckerei Elsevier als Handlungsbedienter eine Anstellung fand. Als Buchhändler hielt sich Falkeisen für längere Zeit in Paris auf und lernte auf seinen Reisen auch England und Italien kennen.

Falkeisen kehrte 1656 nach Basel zurück und heiratete im selben Jahr Katharina, geborene Schnell, die einzige Tochter des Lohgerbers und Ratsherrn Augustin Schnell (1609–1689). Zusammen hatten sie vier Kinder. Sie lebten im Haus «Schwanau» an der Freienstrasse, in dem sich auch Falkeisens Buchhandlung befand. Hier verkaufte er durch Elsevier in Kommission gegebene Klassiker. 1660 verlegte Falkeisen sein Geschäft in das Haus «Taube» am Marktplatz, wo Sebastian Henricpetri vormals sein Geschäft betrieben hatte.

Das Bibelwerk und der erste Prozess (1659–1661)
Falkeisen plante eine Neuausgabe der sogenannten Tossanischen Bibel, die 1617 erstmals in Heidelberg bei Jakob Lancellot mit kurpfälzischem Privileg erschienen war. Auf den Rat seines Schwagers Caspar Mangoldt (1595–1671), der ein Anhänger von Kaspar Schwenckfelds Lehre und Sohn des Bürgermeisters der Reichsstadt Kaufbeuren war, erwarb sich Falkeisen vom Kurfürsten Karl I. Ludwig das Privileg, wonach auf die Dauer von dreissig Jahren niemand ohne Vorwissen und Bewilligung Falkeisens das Bibelwerk nachdrucken oder verkaufen durfte.

Doch schon zu Beginn erwuchs gegen dieses Vorhaben Widerstand aus den Kreisen seiner baslerischen Fachgenossen, allen voran durch den Buchhändler Ludwig König (1633–1685). Dieser war der Schwiegersohn von Johann Rudolf Wettstein, der auch gegen Falkeisens Vorhaben war. Die Drucker Georg Decker und Jakob Werenfels bestritten sogar Falkeisens Meisterrechte, was er jedoch mit Dokumenten widerlegen konnte.

In der Folge kam es zu weiteren Verzögerungen und finanziellen Engpässen, woraufhin Falkeisen mit seinem Schwager Carl Mangoldt am 1. August 1660 einen geheim gehaltenen Vertrag abschloss, aus dem hervorging, dass der Erlös aus den geplanten 2000 Bibelexemplaren in erster Linie für die Rückzahlung des von Mangoldt beigesteuerten Kapitals bestimmt sei, der Reingewinn aber zu zwei Dritteln Falkeisen und zu einem Drittel seinem Schwager zufalle; ein allfälliger Schaden sollte von beiden Teilen getragen werden. Zur Sicherstellung Mangoldts verschrieben Falkeisen und seine Frau die gesamte Geschäftseinrichtung, ihre gegenwärtige Habe und ihr zukünftiges Erbe als Unterpfand.

Nur ein Jahr später plante Falkeisen im Auftrag des zürcherischen Landvogts Bürkli in Eglisau den Druck und die Herausgabe des kaiserlich privilegierten Corpus iuris civilis. Für dieses Vorhaben mietete Falkeisen in Basel grössere Räumlichkeiten und stürzte sich in weitere Unkosten. Durch weitere Intrigen von Seiten Königs und anderen Neidern wurde Falkeisen in immer grössere Schwierigkeiten verstrickt. Die Folge war, dass sich seine Frau, sein Schwiegervater wie auch sein Schwager Mangoldt und Falkeisens Verwandte von ihm distanzierten. Sie veranlassten, dass Falkeisen wegen seines angeblichen ausschweifenden Lebenswandels zur Züchtigung in Haft gesetzt wurde. Während der fünftägigen Haft durchsuchten seine Schwester und sein Schwiegervater die Papiere von Falkeisen. Das dort gefundene kurfürstliche Bibelprivilegium übergaben sie der Basler Obrigkeit.

In der Folge geriet Falkeisen auch bei Elsevier in Misskredit. Diese forderte vom Basler Rat die Sequestrierung der in Kommission gegebenen Bücher, welchem Gesuch auch entsprochen wurde. Nach seiner Freilassung reiste Falkeisen nach Frankfurt, um dort das benötigte Lettermaterial für sein Corpus iuris civilis zu kaufen. Seine Abwesenheit wurde wiederum von seinen Angehörigen, Verwandten und weiteren Gegnern dazu benutzt, ihn durch weitere Verleumdungen zu diskreditieren. So wurde er auf das Begehren seiner Verwandten kurz nach seiner Ankunft in Basel verhaftet und ab Mitte August 1661 im Spalentor wegen angeblicher Unzurechnungsfähigkeit und Verschwendung gefangen gehalten. Die Basler Obrigkeit verklagte Falkeisen später wegen öffentlichen Ärgernisses und angeblichen Zollbetrugs.

Aus Angst, im Gefängnis zu sterben, unterschrieb Falkeisen nach fünfmonatiger Haft im November 1661 eine durch den Notar Jeremias Fäsch († 1698) diktierte Bittschrift, in der er alle ihm zur Last gelegten geschäftlichen Verfehlungen zugab und den Rat um seine Verbannung nach Holland bat. Falkeisen schwor in der Urfehde, für die nächsten sechs Jahre in Holland zu bleiben, was der Rat trotz seiner angeblichen Unzurechnungsfähigkeit akzeptierte.

Im Exil (1661–1671)
Durch Ratsbeschluss wurde es Falkeisen untersagt, auf seiner Ausreise nach Holland in Heidelberg haltzumachen, was ihn jedoch nicht davon abhielt, bei seinem Freund, dem kurfürstlich-pfälzischen Stallmeister Emanuel Froben (* 1604), Vater von Emanuel Froben und aus der schweizerischen Verleger- und Beamtenfamilie Frobenius stammend, in den ersten Wochen in Heidelberg Unterschlupf zu finden. Falkeisen setzte sich 1659 für Emanuel Froben ein, der in Basel eine akademische Reitbahn einrichten wollte. Das Projekt scheiterte jedoch wegen des hartnäckigen Widerstandes des Basler Bürgermeisters Johann Rudolf Wettstein.

Durch Froben kam Falkeisen in den Kontakt zu dem Juristen, kurpfälzischen Kanzler und Geheimrat Johann Ludwig Mieg (1609–1671). Dieser bewog Falkeisen zum Bleiben und führte ihn am Hofe von Karl I. Ludwig ein. Der Kurfürst nahm Falkeisen in seine Dienste und übertrug ihm das Amt eines «Rechenrates». Er setzte sich auch für ihn ein, indem er Falkeisens ausführliche Verteidigungsschrift dem Basler Rat übermittelte.

Im Frühjahr 1664 schickte Falkeisen mit der Unterstützung des Kurfürsten den kaiserlichen Notar Johann Wendel Nagel von Heidelberg, mit Vollmachten ausgerüstet, zur Vertretung seiner Ansprüche nach Basel. Falkeisens Hauptforderungen nach Aufhebung der Urfehde, Anerkennung seines Bibelprivilegs und einer Verurteilung seines Schwagers Mangoldt zu 30'000 Reichstalern wegen Kreditschädigung wurden jedoch abgewiesen. Was den Druck der Tossanibibel durch Mangoldt anging, hatte der Basler Rat nicht vor, dessen Vorhaben trotz fehlendem Einverständnis des Kurfürsten, die Bibel zu drucken, zu verbieten. Diese erschien im Frühling 1665.

Falkeisen konnte den Frankfurter Buchdrucker Balthasar Christof Wust, den Älteren, für eine Ausgabe seiner Tossanibibel gewinnen, die der Graf von Donnersmarck vorfinanzierte. Wust liess sich von Friedrich Casimir von Hanau die Genehmigung dieses Neudrucks erteilen und schickte seine Gesellen, Pressen und Schriften zur Durchführung der Arbeit nach Hanau. Mangoldt konnte jedoch den Neudruck verhindern, indem er mit Hilfe vieler Golddukaten den Reichsfiskal Philipp Werner von Emmerich in Speier und den Grafen von Hanau für sein Anliegen gewann und diese Wust und Falkeisen den Bibel-Neudruck untersagten.

Falkeisen versuchte in den folgenden Jahren mehrmals vergeblich, für seine schon geleisteten Ausgaben von Mangoldt Entschädigungszahlungen zu erstreiten. Im Sommer 1669 erfuhr Falkeisen von Karl IV. Unterstützung, indem er seinen Oberst Jormann mit einer Bittschrift an den Basler Rat sandte. Diese sollten die vorangegangenen Urteile betreffend Falkeisen und Mangoldt nochmals einer Revision unterziehen. Doch auch dieser Versuch scheiterte.

Schliesslich ernannte der Graf Colbert, der französische Resident in Ensisheim, Falkeisen zum Offizier der Reiterei und offerierte ihm eine Freikompagnie, um die Herrenzüge und alles, was man von Baslern auf französischem Boden antreffe, unter dem Vorwand der Pest aufzufangen oder niederzuschiessen. Unter den Offizieren, mit denen Falkeisen Umgang pflegte, befand sich auch der Basler Oberstleutnant Samuel Henzgi (1630–1679), genannt La Roche. Dieser liess Falkeisen im Glauben, dass er sich für ihn in Basel eingesetzt habe und er gefahrlos nach Basel zurückkehren könne, was er am 3. Oktober 1671 auch tat und in Gefangenschaft gesetzt wurde.

Der Herzog Mazarin, der französische Kommandant im Elsass, sendete durch einen Expressreiter ein Schreiben an den Basler Bürgermeister, Falkeisen dem König von Frankreich auszuliefern, was jedoch abgelehnt wurde.

Der Hochverratsprozess 1671
Falkeisen wurde Bruch der Urfehde, Antastung der Exemtion und Verleumdung und Umtriebe bei fremden Höfen angelastet. Da Falkeisen nicht einsichtig war und wiederholt darauf bestand, dass er das Opfer seiner Widersacher sei, wurde er in den Spalenturm gebracht. Dort wurde er gefoltert, was zur Folge hatte, dass er gestand, was man von ihm hören wollte. Auf Grund dieser in sechs mehrstündigen Verhören zusammengetragenen Geständnisse erhielten die Juristen den Auftrag, ihr behördliches Bedenken einzugeben, das am 29. November im Rat zur Verlesung kam.

Nachdem die Rechtsgelehrten und die geistliche Obrigkeit die Todesstrafe für Falkeisen verlangt sowie ein schriftliches Gnadengesuch der nächsten Anverwandten wie auch die Fürbitte von Falkeisens Frau keine Wirkung gezeigt hatten, gab es für Falkeisen keine Rettung mehr. Das Urteil, Tod durch das Schwert, wurde vom Rat am 6. Dezember gefällt und am nächsten Tag morgens um fünf Uhr vom Scharfrichter Meister Jakob in aller Stille vollzogen. Falkeisens Leichnam wurde bei St. Elisabethen begraben. Auch zur Abschreckung seiner Befürworter wurden seine Schriften öffentlich auf dem Marktplatz verbrannt.

Der Jurist, Politiker und Anführer der Bürgerrechtsbewegung Jacob Henricpetri (1644–1695) feierte in seinem Traktat «Basel-Babel» Falkeisens Andenken als das eines baslerischen Erzmärtyrers. Daraufhin wurde Henricpetri von der Basler Obrigkeit für vogelfrei erklärt, sein Bild am Galgen aufgehängt und sein Traktat öffentlich verbrannt.

Literatur
 Paul Koelner: Der Falkeisensche Handel 1616–1671. In: Basler Zeitschrift für Geschichte und Altertumskunde. Bd. 23, 1925, S. 30–93 (Digitalisat).

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Buchhändler
Verleger (17. Jahrhundert)
Unternehmer (Basel)
Hingerichtete Person (17. Jahrhundert)
Hingerichtete Person (Alte Eidgenossenschaft)
Schweizer
Geboren 1631
Gestorben 1671
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Written by WeWork Labs China On November 28, 2018 - 3 min read
LinkedIn can be a powerful tool to help you grow your professional network, but the way it's used, and best practices for use, can vary by country. Marian Danko, founder of China Classifieds and Labs member at Nanjing Xi Lu in Shanghai, successfully grew his LinkedIn network from 1,000 to 12,000 people within the past year. Danko recently put together a panel discussion on how to use LinkedIn to grow your network and boost your business in China. Here are some key points to remember.
Tip 1: Don't overlook the basics
"I receive a lot of requests to connect on LinkedIn, and I often select 'ignore,'" Danko says. Why? "Because there's no picture, title, or summary. So what's the point?" These are essential elements of your LinkedIn profile, but since LinkedIn use is still a work in progress in China, many users don't take the time to optimize them, or include them at all.
Photo - "Your photo should be professional. Don't use a photo of your dog. I want to see your face. Don't use a photo that has other people in it, because I don't know which one is you," Danko says. "It seems like a small thing but it's very important. People will ignore your request to connect if you don't have a photo or the right photo. They'll think, 'If this person couldn't spend the time to upload the right picture, then what's their intention in connecting?'"
Title - Think about the search function on LinkedIn when you're creating your title. "On the website, it shows about 32 characters, but it can be longer on the app," Danko says. "The more keywords you include in your title, the easier it is to be found. Remember that people don't just search by name—they search by job title."
Summary - "Most people just put their company description there, and it doesn't work for building connections," Danko says. "People want to see the story behind it, to see where you came from, what you're working on, and what your passions and motivation are. It's very important. This section holds up to 2000 characters and it should be filled in."
Tip 2: Create an English page and a Chinese page to broaden your potential connections
When you're trying to connect with both English speakers and Chinese or Mandarin speakers, it's smart to create profile pages for yourself in both languages. "People still don't know that you can create two pages. You could also create a bilingual page with both English and Chinese characters for each section of your profile," Danko says.
Tip 3: Leverage the WeChat integration for faster responses
In China, you can link your LinkedIn account to your WeChat account. "Then when I open up your profile, I click on WeChat, I see the QR code, I scan, and I reach you directly," Danko says.
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During your travels through Guadeloupe, expect to happen upon a variety of places to dine. Indian food lovers should take note of the restaurants known for this style of cooking. Go ahead and have a taste of the variety of Indian foods available in Guadeloupe at the satisfying set of restaurants below.
With so much to try, from the informal backdrop at Le Maharani to the lovely dinner service at Maharajah Monty Damencourt, you're sure to locate a menu item worth sending a postcard about.
Before your trip begins, you can scan and read details about the enticing set of places where Indian food is dished out. See one that catches your eye? Click its name to learn more about its hours, location, and other offerings.
Set in downtown Pointe A Pitre, Maharajah Monty Pointe a Pitre is a good option for guests who are going to be visiting this neighborhood or nearby. Affectionately identified as a casual place to have a meal, it's perfect for lazy days on the town.
The menu is extensive and overflowing with dishes straight from India. Smoky, spicy flavors come alive in stews, stir-fries, curries, and more.
Located close to Le Moule, Maharajah Monty Damencourt is at 3 ZAC de Damencourt. It is 12.6 miles east-northeast of Pointe A Pitre. When your family is in need of memorable Indian cuisine that's far from prim and proper, this casual, breezy restaurant hits its mark.
A veritable Indian palace, this spot is decorated like an elegant home from India. The walls are painted a rich, warm yellow, with deep red accents and funiture that is comfortable and ornate.
La Porte des Indes is a viable option for travelers thinking about going to this part of the city and adjacent neighborhoods. It's 17.1 miles east of Pointe A Pitre. Vacationers who can't get enough Indian food should try restaurants like this one. Take down their info in case you end up nearby.
Located near the middle of Jarry, in the same vicinity as downtown Pointe A Pitre, Le Maharani is on Immeuble la Rotonde. Looking to enjoy quality Indian cooking in a fun and completely informal environment? Perhaps you'll like the laid-back set-up and menu at this grill.
An extensive menu offers a great deal of variety for crowds who all favor different tastes. Each portion is large, and the food is reported to be spiced just right.
New Shalimar is located in downtown Pointe A Pitre, near the middle of Pointe A Pitre. If you're not looking to doll-up before enjoying a good plate of Indian fare, take a look at this restaurant where the service and style is very relaxed.
Some of the most memorable dining destinations in Guadeloupe are those that you stumble upon during your exploration of different cities. But, jotting down the names of a few nice-looking restaurants on the list, allows you to stay flexible. To read much more about the kinds of food available to you, check out this page.


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On the night of 28 February 1915, 100 men of the Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry staged the first trench raid of the war near Ypres, Belgium. They destroyed 30 yards of German trenches and experienced casualties of 5 killed and 11 wounded. At that time, the British, French, and Germans had never conducted any small-scale operations between major offensive operations.
Lieutenant-Colonel Victor Odlum, commander of the 7th Battalion, 1st Canadian Division, refined the technique of trench raiding. In November 1915, Odlum conducted a carefully planned raid with 170 volunteers. The Canadian attack surprised the German defenders, and they took several prisoners while suffering only two casualties. The preferred weapons of the Canadian trench raiders were hand grenades and Lewis light machine guns. Although the Lewis machine gun had a limited ammunition capacity, it was a lightweight weapon that could be easily used in hit-and-run forays.
By the end of the year, Canadians had gained a reputation as experts in trench raiding, and Marshal Joffre, the Allied Commander-in-Chief, sent French officers to Canadian headquarters to learn these techniques. Both sides adopted trench raids as standard practice on the Western Front. They were used to gather valuable information on enemy defences before launching an offensive operation.
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Do You Need a Permanent Hot Tub or a Portable Hot Tub?
When you are looking to purchase a hot tub for your home, the very first question you have to ask yourself is whether you want a portable hot tub or a permanent hot tub set in-ground. You might be surprised what is considered portable and what is considered permanent, so be sure you do your research first.
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