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THE HARDSHIPS AND CHALLENGES THAT DEVOUT MUSLIMS WHO SERVE UPON TRUE RELIGION ENCOUNTER IN THE UNDISTORTED PARTS OF THE QUR'AN AND THE BIBLE
Mr. Adnan Oktar's experiencing the similar tests with the true believers stated in the undistorted parts of the Devine Books which are in agreement with our Holy Book Qur'an, is one of the most obvious demonstrations that he is a sincere Muslim who tries to practice the religion of Allah but not a leader of a benefit-oriented criminal enterprise.
Mr. Adnan Oktar repeatedly declared to lead his life by grounding on the commands and prohibitions stated in the Qur'an and to comport himself primly in this respect. Yet, he always abstains from leading a life apart from the Qur'an or dessents from the Qur'an. He recommends a life grounding on the Qur'an on all occasions and at every one of his works to millions of people and he leads his life in this way as well.
Allah gives the responsibility of "commanding goodness and being refrained from the evil" that He stated in the Qur'an to every Muslim. The responsibility is stated in a Qur'anic verse as:
Let there be a group among you who call ˹others˺ to goodness, encourage what is good, and forbid what is evil—it is they who will be successful. (Al-Imran, 104)
For that reason, Mr. Adnan Oktar has carried out intensive and far-reaching scholarly and religious activities for over 40 years from 1979 till today, and he invited people to have faith in Allah (God) and told people that there is an eternal life after death, and the only way to attain the life in Heaven is to live one's life in accordance with Qur'anic morals.
Mr. Adnan Oktar has faced countless pressures, threats and traps throughout his life while fulfilling the responsibility of telling the message Allah has given to Muslims in the Qur'an. All tests he goes through are exactly the same as the tests that the people described in the Qur'an and all the believers experienced. The reason of the similarity is stated in Qur'an: This is Allah's way, already long established ˹in the past˺. And you will find no change in Allah's way. (Al-Fath, 23)
The people who practice the religion of Allah sincerely and who strive for telling the Quranic morals to people encounter and will encounter the tests which were informed in the Qur'an. This issue is a reality that Allah informed us in the Quran with the verse: Do you think you will be admitted into Paradise without being tested like those before you? (Al-Baqara, 214)
The believers would have similar tests is stated in a Bible verse as: Resist him, standing firm in the faith, because you know that the family of believers throughout the world is undergoing the same kind of sufferings. (Petrus, 5)
The tough tests that Mr. Adnan Oktar and our friends have experienced and the similar tests that the true believers who are informed in Qur'an experienced also stated in various parts of Psalm, Torah and Bible:
4 Rather, as servants of God we commend ourselves in every way: in great endurance; in troubles, hardships and distresses; 5 in beatings, imprisonments and riots; in hard work, sleepless nights and hunger; 6 in purity, understanding, patience and kindness; in the Holy Spirit and in sincere love; 7 in truthful speech and in the power of God; with weapons of righteousness in the right hand and in the left; 8 through glory and dishonor, bad report and good report; genuine, yet regarded as impostors; 9 known, yet regarded as unknown; dying, and yet we live on; beaten, and yet not killed; 10 sorrowful, yet always rejoicing; poor, yet making many rich; having nothing, and yet possessing everything. (Corinthians, 2)
Mr. Adnan Oktar and his group of friends experienced almost all the hardships and tests which were also stated in the Bible. Yet, along with some commands and statements depraved in time, in the Divine Books there are many parts about principles of faith, prayers and about the good morals of believers of Allah (God) in agreement with the Qur'an.
Of course, the tough tests Mr. Adnan Oktar and his friends went through show a great resemblance to the tests that the prophets, saints and true believers went through as described in the verses of the Qur'an and the true verses of the Bible, not that they were extraordinary or chosen people, but that it is a manifestation of their sincerity, their sincere commitment, piety, and it is an indication that they put the gladness of Allah above everything.
As a matter of fact, if Mr. Adnan Oktar's aim was to enjoy, to joy, or to gain worldly and material benefits, as it was claimed by some ulterior motives who seek to slander and create a negative public perception, it would not have been possible for him to face similar big tests, which are in great parallel with the verses.
MR. ADNAN OKTAR'S LIFE THAT IS FORMED IN LINE WITH QUR'AN VERSES
Mr. Adnan Oktar, at first, started to tell the invalidity of Darwinism, the existence and oneness of Allah to the people around him in Mimar Sinan University in an environment where there was a disrespect to religious and moral values and where it was almost totally denied, where the materialistic notion was dominant.
During this period, he was the only student to openly pray at the Molla Mosque next to the university. He prepared a scientific booklet called "The Theory of Evolution", in which he made a scientific critique of Darwinism and he financed it by using a legacy he had inherited from his family and distributed it to university students free of charge.
⫎ Having Been Attempted To Be Killed and Attempted To Be Assassinated
Some militant students at university told Mr. Adnan Oktar; had he not terminated his activity, he would have risked his life and they publicly threatened him. This incident is the beginning of the ongoing course of nonstop menace and intimidation until today as well.
There have been countless assassination attempts directed to Mr. Adnan Oktar until today. Currently, he is in the execution list of the terrorist organizations such as the ISIS, PKK, DHKP-C. Hence, due to the death threats, an offical guard was allocated to him by the Government on the grounds of "life safety" short before the police operation dated on 11th July 2018.
All these experiences are in direct resemblance to the verses of the Qur'an in which the death threats of the Prophets and righteous Muslims who were determined to preach the true religion are described. In a Qur'an verse, it is stated that Prophet Shuayb wanted to be killed by his people because of his preaching of the True Religion:
They said, "O Shu'ayb, we do not understand much of what you say, and indeed, we consider you among us as weak. And if not for your family, we would have stoned you [to death]; and you are not to us one respected." (Hud, 91)
Some of the verses of the Bible that are compatible with the verses of the Qur'an informing that those who preach the true religion are intended to be killed are as follows.
18 For this reason they tried all the more to kill him. (John, 5)
19 Has not Moses given you the law? Yet not one of you keeps the law. Why are you trying to kill me?" 20 "You are demon-possessed," the crowd answered.(*) (John, 7)
53 So from that day on they plotted to take his life. (John, 53)
In the Torah, Prophet Daniel's and his friends' wanting to be killed due to preaching the true religion is stated as:
12 This made the king so angry and furious that he ordered the execution of all the wise men of Babylon. 13 So the decree was issued to put the wise men to death, and men were sent to look for Daniel and his friends to put them to death. (Daniel, 2)
⫎ Insanity Smears
All believers who stand firm about sagacity, sincerity and determination to follow Allah's path, particulary prophets and the guardian servants of Allah exposed to the "insanity" smears throughout the history.
Our prophet was also attacked by extremely improper and flagrant smears like being a "wizard", "oracle", "poet", "insane", and by those dirty methods they tried to defame him in the eye of the society. Allah warned people against the smears with the Qur'an verse: "Have they not ever given it a thought? Their fellow man is not insane. He is only sent with a clear warning. (Al-Araf, 184) and he stated that there is no sign of insanity in these holy people.
– In 1987, a conspiracy was set up against Mr. Adnan Oktar to put him in a mental hospital.
Mr. Adnan Oktar was slandered as insane with a fabricated "paranoid schizophrenic" report. However, the invalidity of this slander was later documented by dozens of medical and scientific institutions, especially GATA, as well as by professors, academics, specialist doctors and psychiatrists. Unfortunately, despite the fact that its invalidity has been proven many times by dozens of medical reports, the slander that Mr. Adnan Oktar is insane has been tried to be brought to the agenda even in the court case.
The main purpose of these allegations is not to claim that Mr. Adnan Oktar is insane, but to be able to make people disregard his ideas and thoughts with this perfidious method. However, as always, these traps of the unbelievers turned against them, and the love and the countenance of the Muslims to Mr. Adnan Oktar increased many times over when they see that the slanders against the prophets, saints and scholars throughout history are tried to be thrown against him in the same way.
Casting aspersions of insanity on prophets, on devoted and sincere believers was also stated in Torah as:
11 And Jehu went out to his master's servants, and one said to him, "Is all well? Why did this madman come to you?" And he said, "You know the man and his speech". (Kings, 9)
20 Many of them said, "He is demon possessed* and raving mad. Why listen to him? (John, 10)
48 The Jews answered him, "Aren't we right in saying that you are a Samaritan and demon possessed*?" 49 "I am not possessed by a demon," said Jesus, "but I honor my Father and you dishonor me. (John, 8)
(*) Telling a person demon possessed means to attribute insanity to that person.
⫎ The Youth Supporting Him
Regardless of all the threats and pressures he sees, Mr. Adnan Oktar, showed the existence of Allah, the proofs of creation, the fact that the Qur'an is the Book of Truth, the exemplary morality of our Prophet (saas), the moral values revealed by our Lord (Allah) in the Qur'an, materialism, atheism to those around him and he continued to explain the scientific invalidity of Darwinism and the distorted ideologies attached to it, the love of the homeland and the nation, and the importance of following the footsteps of the great leader Atatürk.
A few years later, a few young people studying at Mimar Sinan University decided to stand by and support Mr. Adnan Oktar in his intellectual struggle. Later on, his young friends, who gathered around him on the occasion of his scholarly and faith activities, started to support his activities intellectually.
Allah informs us in a Qur'an verse that young generations are more eager, willing and inclined about having faith in Allah (God) and practicing the true religion when they are invited : "But no one believed in Moses except a few youths of his people, while fearing that Pharaoh and their own chiefs might persecute them." (Yunus, 83)
This reality is pointed out in the Bible as:
16 the Angel who redeemed me from all evil, bless the lads; and let my name be named on them, and the name of my fathers Abraham and Isaac; and let them grow into a multitude in the midst of the earth. (Genesis, 48)
I raised up some of your sons as prophets and some of your young men as Nazirites. Is this not the case, Israelites? This is the Lord's declaration. (Amos, 2, 11)
⫎ Despite The Torments and The Distress He Exposed, He Did Not Give Up The Qur'anic Cause
Hereunder the period of his religious service which started in Mimar Sinan University that was called as "Academy" in the past, Mr. Adnan Oktar was initially imprisoned with the intent of hampering his actions about faith, by the fabrication and false allegations, unjustly and unlawfully, then he was sent to lunatic asylum.
In the following years, though tens of news were made against him, the oppressions and menace carried on, he carried over his actions of serving faith both by talking to people face to face and by means of publishing leaflets, journals and books. In the Bible, the similar hardships and tortures that the people who had faith in God encountered was stated as:
For you yourselves know, brothers, 1 that our coming to you was not in vain. 2 But though we had already suffered and been shamefully treated at Philippi, as you know, we had boldness in our God to declare to you the gospel of God in the midst of much conflict. 3 For our appeal does not spring from error or impurity or any attempt to deceive, 4 but just as we have been approved by God to be entrusted with the gospel, so we speak, not to please man, but to please God who tests our hearts.
For you, brothers and sisters, became imitators of God's churches in Judea, which are in Christ Jesus: You suffered from your own people the same things those churches suffered from the Jews.(Thessalonians, 2)
In 1990s, Mr. Adnan Oktar's young friends carried out an extensive and broadspread religious service in order to tell people the existence of Allah (God), the evidences of creation, the miracles of Qur'an, Islamic religion, the voidness of Darwinist- materialistic philosophies in accordance with a Qur'anic verse as "And as for your Lord's blessing, proclaim it!" (Al-Duha, 11) in well-known districts of Istanbul at that time such as Bağdat Street, Bebek, Etiler, Florya, etc. and in educational institutions such as Boğaziçi University, Istanbul University, ITU (Istanbul Technical University), Mimar Sinan University, ... in the most popular holiday centres of that period such as, Bodrum, Uludağ, Bayramoğlu, Silivri, ... Within that period, some of them exposed to oppressions and hinderence by their immediate circles and by their families however, they never gave up their cause.
As Mr. Adnan Oktar and his friends went on their religious service, the level of tests that they encountered increased. Just like Prophet Jesus and his apostles and just like the people who served the religion of Allah (God) throughout the history, they were raided unjustly, were threatened, their property was looted, they were threatened with death and were imprisoned for many years. Still, they are kept in penal institutions as a consequence of a gross oppression and injustice.
The hardships that true muslims faced in every time period is also stated in various parts of the Bible as:
32 Remember those earlier days after you had received the light, when you endured in a great conflict full of suffering. 33 Sometimes you were publicly exposed to insult and persecution; at other times you stood side by side with those who were so treated. 34 You suffered along with those in prison and joyfully accepted the confiscation of your property, because you knew that you yourselves had better and lasting possessions. (Hebrews, 10)
4…we speak as those approved by God. 14 For you, brothers and sisters, became imitators of God's churches in Judea, which are in Christ Jesus: You suffered from your own people the same things those churches suffered from the Jews. (Thessalonians, 2,4-14)
3 Join with me in suffering, like a good soldier of Christ Jesus. This is my gospel, 9 for which I am suffering even to the point of being chained like a criminal. But God's word is not chained. (Timothy, 2)
10 You, however, know all about my teaching, my way of life, my purpose, faith, patience, love, endurance, 11 persecutions, sufferings—what kinds of things happened to me in Antioch, Iconium and Lystra, the persecutions I endured. Yet the Lord rescued me from all of them. 12 In fact, everyone who wants to live a godly life in Christ Jesus will be persecuted, 13 while evildoers and impostors will go from bad to worse, deceiving and being deceived. (Timothy, 3)
Similar to the events stated in verses in the Qur'an, Mr. Adnan Oktar and his friends declared that despite the injustices and oppressions they experienced, they will not give up their true path, they will keep on showing love to eachother, unlike some of their friends, they noted that they will never give up going hand in hand until they die. By clarifying what they did is not offense by evidently, they stated that they will always continuoe to preach Allah, the evidences of criation and Qur'an verses, and they are determined to do it.
24 Let's consider how to provoke one another to love and good works, 25 not forsaking our own assembling together, as the custom of some is, but exhorting one another, and so much the more as you see the Day approaching. (Hebrews, 10)
⫎ Mr. Adnan Oktar's and His Friends' Efforts To Spread Islamic Morals
Prophet Noah who spent most of his long life by preaching Islam, is one of the best examples with his patience and determination about it. The preaching that Prophet Noah did stated as:
He cried, "My Lord! I have surely called my people day and night, but my calls only made them run farther away. And whenever I invite them to be forgiven by You, they press their fingers into their ears, cover themselves with their clothes, persist ˹in denial˺, and act very arrogantly. Then I certainly called them openly, then I surely preached to them publicly and privately, saying, 'Seek your Lord's forgiveness, ˹for˺ He is truly Most Forgiving.'" (Nuh, 5-10)
In the narration of the verses, there are instances about Prophet Noah's warnings and recalls day and night, secretly and publicly, individually or all together.
Mr. Adnan Oktar followed a similar path by taking Prophet Noah as example and with the religious, scholarly, intellectual activities and events that he carried out with his friends, they analyzied the most vital issues for our country, for the Islamic world and for all mankind and kept them in the agenda perpetually.
Mr. Adnan Oktar followed a similar way by taking Prophet Noah as an example and he, together with his friends, handled the most fundamental and vital issues for his country, for the Islamic world and for all humanity, such as the faith, scholar, intellectual activities and always kept them on the agenda:
‼ The evidences of the existence and the art of creation of Allah,
‼ Miracles in the Qur'an,
‼ Refuting the theory of evolution which is the so-called scientific basis of the atheism, materialism, irreligiousness and atheist-materialist ideologies,
‼ To tell the hazards of the PKK and communism,
‼ The British deep state, which is the chief architect of all the strife, exploitation, wars, the shed blood, misery, poverty, destruction in the Islamic geography, oppressions, massacres and turning brother against brother in the Islamic world, is the center of the Anti-Christ (Dajjal) today,
‼ The significance establishing the Turkish-Islamic Union, teaching and practicising the Islamic morals to all people,
‼ The benefits of building good relations with the People of the Book,
‼ Islam and terror can never be related,
‼ To establish the atmosphere of love and brotherhood among all Muslims,
‼ The significance of art, aesthetics, science, culture and quality to the Islamic world
‼ The significance of the Unitary State, the love of country and nation, the national conscience, Kemalism
In addition to earlier days of the these religious and scholarly activities that took place in the form of face-to-face conversations, Mr.Adnan Oktar and his friends later applied to different methods and narrative techniques that they thought were effective and beneficial.
The documentaries, websites, conferences, panels, exhibitions and intros which were prepared by having been benefitted from the written books are all the consequences of the efforts in this direction. By using a wide variety of narrative channels such as books, articles, magazines, brochures, conferences, CDs, DVDs, documentaries, TV shows, live broadcast shows and posters, Mr. Adnan Oktar and his friends have used all their properties, money, time and energy in order to tell people about the most vital issues that we have mentioned above.
It can be seen that all the activities are required such a great energy and time even when they are listed by generalization under the main headings. If it is required to give some general information about the activities:
⨠⨠ Mr. Adnan Oktar wrote more than 300 books up until today,
⨠⨠ Those books include more than 65 thousand pages totally,
⨠⨠ Mr. Adnan Oktar's books were translated into 73 different languages,
⨠⨠ His books are sold in the bookstores of 100 different countries,
⨠⨠ The number of his books sold is about 30 million copies,
⨠⨠ The number of his books that are delivered free of charge is about 30 billion as well,
⨠⨠ Hundreds of Mr Adnan Oktar's articles have been published in the world's most popular and respected newspapers for years.
⨠⨠ By making use of Mr. Adnan Oktar's works, more than 1000 websites were made,
⨠⨠ The websites are visited by 47 million people from 167 countries every month,
⨠⨠ The websites have 1 million visitors on average daily,
⨠⨠ More than 10 million films which have educational and informative quality are watched on the websites every month,
⨠⨠ On average, 8 million films and 5 million books are downloaded costlessly from the websites every month,
⨠⨠ The total number of downloaded files in various kinds in the websites reached to 19 million,
⨠⨠ There are 96 thousand pages of information in Turkish and 45 thousand pages of information in English in http://www.harunyahya.org website
⨠⨠ In http://www.harunyahya.org website the works are published in 60 different languages,
⨠⨠ The number of conferences which are given by utilizing Mr. Adnan Oktar's works is more than 5000,
⨠⨠ Mr. Adnan Oktar's articles are published in more than 70 countries and more than 500 newspapers, magazines and websites.
⨠⨠ After Mr. Adnan Oktar uncovered the British Deep State, in Turkey more than 500 authors, journalists, intellectuals and academicians drew attention to this issue.
⨠⨠ He is the only person who fought against Darwinism with scientific evidences in the Islamic World. When the theory of evolution was removed from the curriculum in Turkey, there were news in 30 newspapers abroad such as "Turkey farewells evolution" due to Mr. Adnan Oktar's scholarly work.
⨠⨠ Mr. Adnan Oktar has never taken any royalties up until today. He is the only person who wrote such a great number of books but do not request any charge, the quasi of the activities he and his friends carried out, is neither in Turkey npr in anywhere else of the world.
⫎ The Hostility of the Traditionalist Religious Fanatics to Mr. Adnan Oktar
It is not just Darwinists who see Mr. Adnan Oktar and his activities as dangerous for them. Prior to the police operation on 11 July 2018, some radical factions advocating the traditional understanding of religion also targeted him. They accused Mr. Adnan Oktar, who defended that living according to the Qur'an is sufficient to live the religion, of changing their religion (contrary to the Qur'an, based on traditions and superstitions.).
However, Allah informs us by the Qur'an verses that following the path of the forefathers is not sufficient to find the right way as: "When it is said to them, 'Follow what Allah has revealed' they reply, 'No! We ˹only˺ follow what we found our forefathers practicing.' ˹Would they still do so,˺ even if their forefathers had ˹absolutely˺ no understanding or guidance? (Al-Baqarah, 170)
37 I know that you are Abraham's descendants. Yet you are looking for a way to kill me, because you have no room for my word. 38 I am telling you what I have seen in the Father's presence, and you are doing what you have heard from your father. (John, 8)
(*) The Prophet Jesus says that he did what Allah commanded.
On the other hand, this bigoted group who promoted the traditional religion, forbade themselves and the people the things that Allah let them do by interpreting the religion in a way contrary to the Qur'an, yet, they themselves did not even comply with this deviant religion they had invented.
The Qur'an describes this attitude of the bigots as follows:
As for monasticism, they made it up—We never ordained it for them—only seeking to please Allah, yet they did not ˹even˺ observe it strictly… (Al-Hadid, 27)
The prominent representatives and promoters of the non-Qur'anic bigoted mindset in Turkey that we mentioned made numerous provocative and defamatory news and publications against Mr. Adnan Oktar on their own media outlet. Bloody terrorist organizations such as ISIS and Al-Qaeda, which adopt a bigoted and perverted understanding of religion that is completely against and contrary to the Qur'an, have also included Mr. Adnan Oktar on their death list.
The bigoted mindset is one of the tests that prophets have encountered throughout history. For Prophet Jesus, too, a great campaign of incitement was carried out to turn the people against him. It was said that Jesus was doing things contrary to the existing traditional religion, and it was burst out that he was trying to corrupt and destroy the religion.
Since Prophet Jesus was not alone, those with him were also included in these aforementioned heresy slanders, and they were all described as a "sect":
5 For we have found this man a plague, a creator of dissension among all the Jews throughout the world, and a ringleader of the sect of the Nazarenes. 6 He even tried to profane the temple… (Acts, 24)
⫎ Arrest Operations and Trials on False Accusations
In every era, there have always been opposing satanic movements, hostile people and circles against those who strive to preach the True Religion. This hostility took the form of putting the state forces into action by provoking the regime of the period from time to time. After an intense campaign of provocation with the allegation that the current religion was not followed, the Muslims who preached the true religion of Allah were caught and neutralized. An example of this is given in the Torah as:
8 At this time some astrologers[b] came forward and denounced the Jews. 9 They said to King Nebuchadnezzar, "May the king live forever! 10 Your Majesty has issued a decree that everyone who hears the sound of the horn, flute, zither, lyre, harp, pipe and all kinds of music must fall down and worship the image of gold, 11 and that whoever does not fall down and worship will be thrown into a blazing furnace. 12 But there are some Jews whom you have set over the affairs of the province of Babylon—Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego—who pay no attention to you, Your Majesty. They neither serve your gods nor worship the image of gold you have set up. (Daniel, 3)
The raid which was carried out by the police to Mr. Adnan Oktar had been carried out to Prophet Jesus similarly in the past .
The armed and well-qualified soldiers who had been in the same league of a security force at that time crowdedly took action to catch Prophet Jesus in a lush garden:
1… On the other side there was a garden, and he and his disciples went into it. 2 Now Judas, who betrayed him, knew the place, because Jesus had often met there with his disciples. 3 So Judas came to the garden, guiding a detachment of soldiers and some officials from the chief priests and the Pharisees. They were carrying torches, lanterns and weapons. (John, 18)
It is seen that the tyranny always prevails in the arrest and detention of people who preach the true religion. For example, in one verse, Prophet Hud drew attention to the savage and tyrannical attitude of blasphemy by saying to his people, "And act so viciously when you attack ˹others?" (Ash-Shu'ara, 130)
In a Bible verse it is stated that Prophet David praised to Allah (God) for the tyranny that he exposed to as:
3 He is my God, my strong stone— in him I will find my refuge—my shield, the strength[e] of my salvation, my high tower,my way of escape, and the one who is saving me.You will save me from violence. (Samuel, 2 / 22)
The rage of the enemies of Prophet Jesus was so great that they not only tried to kill him, but also targeted and imprisoned his followers (apostles) and then brought him before the High Council to be tried.
The students of Prophet Jesus were seen as dangerous and threatened by the committee they set up to stand trial, with the idea that they would affect the public:
15 So they ordered them to withdraw from the Sanhedrin and then conferred together. 16 "What are we going to do with these men?" they asked. "Everyone living in Jerusalem knows they have performed a notable sign, and we cannot deny it. 17 But to stop this thing from spreading any further among the people, we must warn them to speak no longer to anyone in this name. (Acts, 4)
The council had to release the students of Jesus, whom they threatened, because they were not guilty of any crime:
21 After further threats they let them go. They could not decide how to punish them, because all the people were praising God for what had happened." (Acts, 4)
However, despite this release, it is not possible to say that the messengers gained their freedom completely. Because the arrest operations carried on to win the hearts of those who promote the traditional Jewish faith:
27 When two years had passed, Felix was succeeded by Porcius Festus, but because Felix wanted to grant a favor to the Jews, he left Paul in prison. (Acts, 24)
The anger towards Prophet Jesus was so strong that they even forbade the judges' followers to preach religion by mentioning Prophet Jesus' name. However, they were not satisfied with this, they tortured Prophet Jesus' apostles:
27 The apostles were brought in and made to appear before the Sanhedrin to be questioned by the high priest. 28 "We gave you strict orders not to teach in this name," he said. (Acts, 5)
39 … So they were convinced by him. 40 After calling in the apostles and beating them, they again[o] ordered them to stop speaking in the name of Jesus and let them go. (Acts, 5)
Likewise, today, there is a mind-blowing period of persecution and lawlessness, in which an investigation is launched even against the people who made a laudatory and loving expressions about Mr. Adnan Oktar.
Similar to the people who follow Prophet Jesus are wanted to be portrayed as if they have nothing to do with religion; Mr. Adnan Oktar and his friends have been slandered such as not being a Muslim, even trying to change or corrupt religion, despite their sincere piety and all their religious activities for 40 years.
2 They will put you out of the synagogue; in fact, the time is coming when anyone who kills you will think they are offering a service to God. (John, 16, 2)
⫎ The Smears and The Ones Who Left
Today, Mr. Adnan Oktar is accused of the baseless smears by whom he sees as his brother and with whom he has been shoulder to shoulder for years.
The reason for these people's betrayal is "53 So from that day on they plotted to take his life." (John, 11, 53), as it is also stated in the Bible verse, they are used as a kind of a hitman for the organization that the deep state has established against Mr. Adnan Oktar. Various deep state informants and agents were used against him in this conspiracy and he was targeted in this way.
This case shows similarities to the things Prophet Jesus came over in the Bible.
57 But the chief priests and the Pharisees had given orders that anyone who found out where Jesus was should report it so that they might arrest him. (John, 11)
The operation to locate and apprehend Prophet Jesus was also reported by one of the secret hypocrites followers. In the Bible what Prophet Jesus said about those from his close circle who betrayed him is stated as follows:
16 The first time I was brought before the judge, no one came with me. Everyone abandoned me. May it not be counted against them. 17 But the Lord stood with me and gave me strength so that I might preach the Good News in its entirety for all the Gentiles to hear. And he rescued me from certain death.* 18 Yes, and the Lord will deliver me from every evil attack and will bring me safely into his heavenly Kingdom. All glory to God forever and ever! Amen. (Timothy, 4)
A similar statement at the beginning of this Bible verse, "May it not be counted against them", also took place in Mr. Adnan Oktar's trial. He has repeatedly stated that he believes, his friends who testified against him were forced to slander as a result of the pressure, threat and intimidation by the conspirators, that he had no complaints from them and that he did not want them to be called to account.
As it is known, those who made false accusations and slanders against Mr. Adnan Oktar in order to benefit from the effective remorse, gave false statements against them so as to escape from trial and prison even though they knew that their 30-year-old friends, with whom they spent a lifetime, had never committed any crime. In the Bible, it is reported that there are people who speak against each other just out of fear of being judged or punished:
9 Don't grumble against one another, brothers and sisters, or you will be judged. The Judge is standing at the door! 10 Brothers and sisters, as an example of patience in the face of suffering, take the prophets who spoke in the name of the Lord." (James, 5)
12 Live such good lives … that, though they accuse you of doing wrong, they may see your good deeds and glorify God on the day he visits us. (Petrus, 2)
⫎ The Real Reason of the Accusations and Unfair Trials
As in the Qur'an, the situation of people who are wrongfully accused and slandered for crimes they did not commit just like Mr. Adnan Oktar are described in the Bible and in the Torah as well.
The common feature of all these people who have been persecuted and wronged is that they preach the true religion, they oppose to the superstitious and deviant beliefs and practices, bigotry, superstition which were added to the true religion subsequently, yet, they promote the Divine Book and the True Religion, and are declared guilty because they are seen as opposed to the existing traditional understanding of religion.
In a Torah verse it is stated that, though the innocence of His Holiness Daniel was very well known, he was tried to be shown guilty in order to be sentenced somehow at all costs by the rulers of that period:
Then the viziers and the satraps sought to find a pretext against Daniel regarding the kingdom, but they could find no pretext or fault because he was trustworthy, and no error or fault was found about him. Then those men said, "No pretext can be found about Daniel, but we shall find [a pretext] against him concerning the law of his God. (Daniel, 5-6)
Both in Qur'an verses and in the Bible, the true believers who advocate, practice and preach true religion will encounter several distress and hardships, however; it is advised that they ought to welcome the tough tests with resolution, wisdom and determination. At the end of all the hardships and distress, it is promised to sincere believers that they will have salvation, happiness and comfort, and countless rewards and goodness in this world and hereafter.
As a matter of fact, many blessed prophets such as Prophet Abraham, Prophet Joseph, Prophet Moses and Prophet Jesus, all exposed to unfair practices, oppressions, intense prosecutions and custody, adjudgements and convictions merely because they preached, supported the religion of Allah, and they struggled against the religion of bigotry which had combatted Divine Books.
The most evident features of such conspiracy cases are that innocent Muslims are systematically prevented from defending their right to a fair trial, not even being given the right to speak, and being subjected to all kinds of restrictions, injustices and unlawfulness:
50 Nicodemus, who had gone to Jesus earlier and who was one of their own number, asked, 51 "Does our law condemn a man without first hearing him to find out what he has been doing? (John, 7)
In a Bible verse, injustices and preventions such as confining the websites where Mr. Adnan Oktar's conversations are broadcast, the television channel where he broadcasts live shows, and trying not to let him speak in court are pointed out as:
20 Many of them said, "He is demon-possessed and raving mad. Why listen to him?" (John, 20)
⫎ Allah's (God's) Assistance, Salvation and Acquittal To the Sincere Believers
Despite the unfair and unjust trials, Allah (God) eventually saved His Prophets from the hands of enemies and by altering the aggravated circumstances against them and it all went in favor of them, it was revealed to the entire world that they were innocent and mistreated, and they were honoured by people's great love, reliance, admiration and favour. It is pointed out in a verse in Torah as:
"13 Better a poor but wise youth than an old but foolish king who no longer knows how to heed a warning. 14 The youth may have come from prison to the kingship, or he may have been born in poverty within his kingdom. 15 I saw that all who lived and walked under the sun followed the youth, the king's successor. 16 There was no end to all the people who were before them." (Ecclesiastes, 4)
When the predestinated time period was over, Allah (God) released Prophet Joseph from the dungeon and made him the ruler to Egypt, although Prophet Abraham was thrown in a giant blazing fire, Allah rescued him safe and sound, without getting harmed since he made no concessions from his trust in God and his devotion to Allah (God) and assigned him as a leader to Muslims, He rescued Prophet Moses and his tribe under the circumstances which seemed to be the most desperate and He rescued them from the captivity and oppression of Phroah, also Allah rescued Prophet Jesus from the hands of hypocrites and deniers and ascended him in His presence. Allah (God) rescued our Prophet Muhammad (pbuh) from the intense oppressions and torture of polytheists and bestowed him a great victory and conquest.
Also, there has been no change in the way of Allah for many and countless prophets such as Prophet Noah, Prophet Lut, Prophet Hud, … and for many more righteous believers. They all stood up the toughest tests succesfully, victoriously, with an exemplary faith, with reliance and patience and they attained to Allah's mercy and sake, His heaven, and great blessings in the world and hereafter. In spite of the hundreds even thousands of passing years they have never been forgotten, yet, they are always remembered by all people, all true believers, all members of the divine religions in glowing terms, with respect, love and honour.
3 We ought always to thank God for you, brothers and sisters,[b] and rightly so, because your faith is growing more and more, and the love all of you have for one another is increasing. 4 Therefore, among God's churches we boast about your perseverance and faith in all the persecutions and trials you are enduring. 5 All this is evidence that God's judgment is right, and as a result you will be counted worthy of the kingdom of God, for which you are suffering. 6 God is just: He will pay back trouble to those who trouble you 7 and give relief to you who are troubled, and to us as well." (Thessalonians, 1)
The ones who inflicted the vilest cruelty, injustice and torture to the immaculate and blessed people were broke down to the eternal torment of Hell by the wrath and curse of Allah (God), they were loomed over a hideous filth and infamy and they were dispised and disgraced till the end of time not only in this world but also in the hereafter.
⫎ Conclusion
Although Mr. Adnan Oktar has never got involved in a single crime in his life, he does not have a criminal record and he is entirely innocent;
➤ In the conspiracy trial that he has been tried by the accusations such as "setting up an armed criminal enterprize", based upon merely by the intangible and fabrication statements of the complainants and based upon their slanders which are unjust, unevidenced, baseless,
➤ By having been subjected to countless and horrendous unlawfuless and injustice during the course of the police operation, custody, investigation and trial,
➤ By having been sentenced with TENS OF THOUSANDS of years of imprisonement unprecedented in history,
➤ By having been kept in penal institutions for 4.5 years unjustly and unlawfully,
➤ Merely on the purpose of cruelty and torture, he was constantly moved across Turkey from-end-to-end, almost like an exile, to the penal institutions that is thousands of kilometres away from the place where he, his family and his kinspeople live
and hundreds of oppressions, injustices and unlawfullness he suffered as these are only the consequence of the difficult tests that Allah gave to His blessed prophets and gurdian servants, whom He loved and approved of and who preached the true religion, manifested on them as a sincere and devout believers.
As a matter of fact, the great scholar of the last hijri century Bediuzzaman Said Nursi also was accused –similar to Mr. Adnan Oktar– of founding as though an organization and being the leader of the organization, he was imprisoned in a mental hospital, allegedly engaged in prostitution and drinking alcohol, and was under the wrath of other religious communities and sects. However, today his holiness Bediuzzaman enshrined in the hearts of all Muslims all around the world, yet the people who tyrannized him, who agonized him and who cast aspersion on him are doomed in hearts forever.
Mr. Adnan Oktar withstands all the injustices that he and his friends encounter as Allah recommends to all believers in our Holy Book Qur'an and in the undistorted parts of the holy books in agreement with Qur'an, first by relying on the justice of Allah, then by relying on the Turkish justice, he believes that their innocence will eventually be proven.
We respectfully submitted to the public's opinion.
RIGHT TO A FAIR TRIAL DENIED IN THE ADNAN OKTAR CASE
SOLICITORS INTERNATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS GROUP (SIHRG) REPORT: "THERE WAS NOT A FAIR HEARING DURING THE ADNAN OKTAR CASE"
A REPLY TO THE CLAIMS OF "CRACKED.COM"


Welcome to Tuesday's live coverage of Derby County from Derbyshire Live.
The international break comes to its conclusion tonight - and Derby's international contingent will complete their duties.
We will bring you all the build-up and action as Wales and the Republic of Ireland go head to head this evening, with Tom Lawrence, Harry Wilson, Joe Ledley and Richard Keogh all hoping to play their part.
Mason Mount was an unused substitute for England last night as they beat Spain 3-2 in Betis.
Aside from internationals, we will also keep a close eye on everything going on across the Championship, and any transfers news and rumours that may come out.
Thank you for following today's Rams coverage, we'll be back first thing tomorrow morning to bring you up to speed on all the latest goings on at Pride Park.
Christie's performance and defensive duties in Fulham's 5-1 defeat by Arsenal were analysed by Shearer on Match of the Day.
Republic of Ireland manager Martin O'Neill defended the player in the build up to Saturday's goalless draw against Denmark , a game in which Christie was named man of the match.
Christie, as reported by Football.London , has now had his say on Shearer's criticism.
But how do they stack up against the seven teams currently above them?
Derby defender Jason Knight played 90 minutes of the European Championships qualifier.
The young Rams defender faces off against the Netherlands today.
They kicked off at 1pm.
The Rams midfielder has tweeted that he has undergone a successful procedure.
Leeds have been linked with a move for a defender.
Chris Bolder was in charge of North Ferriby, but has now been relieved of his duties.
Adam, formerly of this parish, spent two seasons with Ferriby.
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Lewis Walker is looking for a new club after having his deal at Derby terminated by mutual consent in the summer.
He had been on trial at QPR.
But no doubt a good experience for the youngster as he watched a scintillating Three Lions performance from the bench in Seville.
To another day of LIVE Rams coverage.
We're going to be starting some build-up to Saturday's clash with Sheffield United today, while checking in with Mason Mount after England's impressive 3-2 defeat of Spain last night.
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Mobile phone calls overtake landline calls for first time
Britain is on track to make more calls on mobile phones than on land lines for the first time, according to an analysis of official data.
Mobile phones essential for many people now Photo: ALAMY
By Harry Wallop, Consumer Affairs Editor
6:00AM BST 18 Jun 2011
Experts believe that by the end of the summer people will spend an average of 168 minutes on their mobile phone, outstriping the number of minutes on a landline.
The figures are the latest evidence highlighting the scale of the communications revolution since the first mobile phone call was made in Britain in 1985.
There are now more mobile phones in Britain than there are people in the country, when a decade ago fewer than half of households had one of the gadgets.
The last official data from Ofcom, the industry regulator, demonstrated that in 2009 consumers spent 182 minutes using their landline telephones each month, compared with 162 minutes on their mobile.
Ofcom has indicated that landlines still outstripped mobiles in popularity during 2010, but an analysis of the official figures by uSwitch, the price comparison site, on behalf of The Daily Telegraph suggests that the cross over point will come later this year, probably in September.
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Which?, the consumer watchdog, said that while increasingly sophisticated mobile phones are beneficial to consumers many people will be left behind.
Ceri Stanaway, telecoms expert at Which?, said: "I am not surprised by these figures at all, but I do worry that some people, by relying solely on their mobile phone, are losing out.
"Calling an 0844 or 0845 number is usually free from a BT landline, but they can cost an awful lot from a mobile phone, because they are not usually part of the package. And many GP surgeries and helplines use these non-geographic numbers. You can end up paying through the nose if you end up treating your mobile as if it were a landline.
"And I think people are becoming increasingly reliant on calling a mobile."
One recent survey suggested that 72 per cent of people would prefer to lose their wallet than their mobile phone.
Though mobile phone technology dates back to the 1940s, the first mobile phone call in Britain did not happen until January 1985, and they started to take off until the 1990s when digital technology was introduced, which allowed text messaging.
Ernest Doku, technology expert at uSwitch, said: "Despite fewer people now relying on their landline and preferring to have a mobile point of contact, there will always be a core set of users, such as the elderly, who are less likely to embrace new technology and are therefore likely to remain reliant on their landlines."
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U.S.S. TALBOT
(FFG-4)
USS TALBOT (FFG-4) - a Brooke-class frigate
FFG-4 Deployments - Major Events
Add a FFG-4 Shellback Initiation Add a FFG-4 Deployment - Major Event
MAY 1964 - Keel Date: 4 MAY 1964
at Bath Iron Works Bath ME
JAN 1966 - Launch Date: 6 JAN 1966
APR 1967 - Commissioned: 22 APR 1967
JAN 1969 - JUL 1969 Med-North Atlantic
JAN 1969 - JUL 1969 North Atlantic-Med-Indian Ocean
JUL 1972 - DEC 1972 UNITAS
AUG 1972 - Shellback Initiation - 13 AUG 1972 - Atlantic Ocean
JUN 1976 - JAN 1977 Mediterranean
DEC 1978 - JUN 1979 Mediterranean-Indian Ocean-Persian Gulf
FEB 1979 - SEP 1979 Mediterranean-Indian Ocean-Persian Gulf
JUL 1980 - DEC 1980 Mediterranean
JUL 1981 - NOV 1981 Mediterranean
JUN 1984 - NOV 1984 UNITAS
JUL 1984 - Shellback Initiation - 15 JUL 1984 - Pacific Ocean
JUN 1986 - DEC 1986 Mediterranean-Indian Ocean-Persian Gulf
SEP 1988 - Decommissioned: 30 SEP 1988
FFG-4 General Specifications
Class: Brooke-class frigate
Named for: Silas Talbot
Complement: 14 Officers and 214 Enlisted
Displacement: 3426 tons
Length: 414 feet
Beam: 44 feet
Flank Speed: 27 Knots
Range: 4 000 nautical miles
Final Disposition:Sold for scrap 9 March 1994
USS TALBOT (FFG-4)
The third Talbot (DEG-4) was laid down on 4 May 1964 at Bath Maine by the Bath Iron Works Corp. Launched on 6 January 1966 sponsored by Miss Frances K. Talbot and commissioned on 22 April 1967 Comdr. Edwin E. Woods Jr. in command.
On 8 July the new guided-missile escort ship departed Hampton Roads Va. for Puerto Rico for shakedown and missile system trials. Talbot next headed north and arrived at her home port Newport R.I. on 16 September. The ship conducted special op erations off the Virginia Capes from 16 October to 18 November and then spent most of her time until the spring of 1968 undergoing post-shakedown availability. Following firing exercises at the Atlantic Fleet weapons range and antisubmarine operations lat e in April the destroyer escort participated in the search for missing nuclear submarine Scorpion (SSN-589) in May. She devoted the rest of the year to operations along the Atlantic coast and in the Caribbean.
On 31 January 1969 Talbot departed Newport for the Mediterranean and was deployed with the 6th Fleet until she returned on 11 July. After overhaul at the Boston Naval Shipyard was completed on 1 April 1970 Talbot conducted local operations before returning to the missile range off Puerto Rico in May for weapons tests followed by refresher training and four months at Newport. On 28 October 1970 she headed for the Mediterranean and her second tour with the 6th Fleet. The deployment ended at Newport on 2 May 1971 and she devoted the remainder of the year to east coast operations.
Talbot spent the first part of 1972 conducting tests of the MK-48 torpedo in the Bahamas and off the New England coast. She stood out of Newport on 21 July and proceeded to Roosevelt Roads Puerto Rico accompanied by Farragut (DLG-6) and Forrest Sherman (DD-931). There Remora (SS-487) joined the group on the 26th and they began combined operations with chips from seven South American navies while circumnavigating South America. Talbot made calls in Venezuela, Brazil, Uruguay, Argentina, Chile, Peru, the Canai Zone, and Colombia before returning to Newport on 3 December 1972 She entered the Boston Naval Shipyard on 15 February 1973 for an overhaul that lasted until 14 December.
On 5 January 1974 Talbot departed Newport and proceeded to her new home port Norfolk Va. From 13 February to 29 April the ship was deployed on training exercises off Jacksonville Fla. Guantanamo Bay, Cuba; and Vieques, Puerto Rico. After a cruise to Newport in May she entered the Norfolk Naval Shipyard on 17 June for the installation of prototypes of the Oto Melara Mk 75 rapid-fire 76mm gun mount and the Mk 92 fire-control system intended for use in the new FFG-7 and PHM-1 classes. She stood out of Hampton Roads on 21 October and from 12 November through 19 December 1974 tested the new systems at the Atlantic Fleet Weapons Range Culebra Puerto Rico.
Talbot continued her evaluation work into 1975 alternating three periods of test operations at Culebra with a tender availability alongside Puget Sound (AD-38) at Norfolk local operations in the Virginia capes area and fleet tactic al exercises in the western Atlantic. Her test mission completed Talbot returned to Norfolk on 22 June. After local operations and inspections she entered the Norfolk Naval Shipyard on 15 September for a three-month overhaul in which her experime ntal fire-control system and 76mm gun were removed and replaced by her normal 5-inch 38-caliber gun and fire-control system.
Upon completing overhaul and refresher training in the spring of 1976 Talbot departed Norfolk on 22 June for a Mediterranean deployment. The six-month operation included participation in NATO exercises interspersed with port visits and concluded w ith the ship's return to Norfolk on 10 January 1977. Following postdeployment leave and upkeep Talbot conducted exercises off the east coast until she entered the Philadelphia Naval Shipyard for overhaul on 9 June. Completing overhaul on 7 April 1 Talbot spent the balance of the year in refresher training and participating in Fleet exercises off the east coast and in the Caribbean. On 6 December she departed the United States for deployment with the Middle East Force in response to the crisis surrounding the deposition of the Shah of Iran. The close of 1978 found Talbot en route to the Persian Gulf.
[Note: The above USS TALBOT (FFG-4) history may or may not contain text provided by crew members of the USS TALBOT (FFG-4) or by other non-crew members and text from the Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships]
FFG-4 Crew Roster


The party ended in a dozen popped balloons and a bloody puddle on the floor. The balloon destruction had been a festive, joint event. But the blood was Tac's fault; she'd gotten over excited, and scratched Toe across the face. Collapsed on the Oriental rug, Toe howled like a sick coyote.
"Where's Pip?" Tic asked, poking a sibling in the side with unnecessary force.
"Who knows!" Tac said, playing with a foot.
She leaned down to pick confetti from her brother's hair and piles poured out like rain. Tac threw a handful upwards and Tic blew them with a wet breathe into her face.
She punctuated the irony with a pull on Tic's hair. Tic screamed and laughed and they fell to the floor and laughed and laughed and laughed. Tac punched a jawbone. They laughed some more. Toe coughed blood onto the carpet. They laughed until their ribs cramped up and Toe got the painful kind of hiccups and then they napped off their amusement in a pigpiled sibling heap.
Impish voices carried up the narrow staircase to the attic where Pip paced anxiously. Below her a dozen pops had just fired in rapid succession. She stuck her index fingers deep into her ears, concentrating on the noisy scrape of nail against mind. Charlie slept on her pillow. The children had wrought chaos since they arrived. That was on Saturday.
The tabby rolled onto his side, and purred. Brown saliva poured from his mouth.
The cat opened his eyes, farted, closed his eyes again.
Pip sighed and tried to read the grandfather clock. It had stopped ticking.
Tic, Tac, and Toe. A mouthful of tongue-twists for an ancient woman like Pip. She couldn't even keep their nomenclature straight; though their names were something rather fluid to be sure. Pip was convinced that the tykes swapped identities (one of their nastier pranks) so that Tic became Tac and Tac to Toe and the whole cycle moved up a notch (or sometimes 2!) every day.
A momentary quiet downstairs. Pip nuzzled her face against the smelly cat and the 2 of them slept like bears. Noises in the kitchen permeated her dreams.
Toe made himself a sandwich in the kitchen—ketchup and marshmallows, his second favorite and a fine choice for a growing boy's third dinner. Napping made him hungry. Tac bit off all the crusts. His bloody wound had already scabbed over and he let Tic pick at the fresh skin.
"Why is it so WHITE in our PLAYROOM?" Blank but expectant stares turned his way.
Toe spent the evening orchestrating a finger-painted revolution. They polka-dotted the ceiling. They splatter-painted the floor. Pressing palms into the colors they hand printed the walls. A fat piñata hung from the rafters, broken and forgotten. One leg stuck out at an impossible angle. They painted around it.
Silence. Charles had meandered downstairs while Pip slept. Reaching to pet the absent cat, Pip found only a tangled hairball encased in dust.
She rubbed her sore hips and got out of bed.
Pips' hips had recently been cracking in their sockets, making startlingly loud and unexpected pops.
"Can't you stop that infernal racket?" Tic had yelled through Pip's bedroom door. The siblings sat in the kitchen, slurping cereal from wine glasses. Pip didn't respond. Tic threw a dish that shattered in the hallway.
"Ya Pip. It wakes me up at night," said a cranky, groggy Toe.
Granny Pip drew her lips into a tight line and limp-paced her room on tiptoe.
The next morning she'd woken in the attic with nothing but a mattress and a sheet. She realized instantly what had happened: a unanimous decision to move Granny Pip to the third floor library. The thick film of dust and piles of volumes would muffle her hips.
They giggled, no doubt thinking of Pip's half-blind eyes.
"Yell if you need anything." They leapfrogged and tumbled all the way down the stairs. Pip placed her clawed hands in her ears to block out the thumping.
The narcoleptic cat slept with no regard for twilight and dawn. But the children had arrived on Saturday. So Pip had taken to marking days in estimations, etching X's in the wall with her fingernails. She felt the marks; she hadn't eaten in 3 X's.
"Mister Charles!" she whispered loudly, "Please do bring me some food when you get back. And tell me the time! And the date as well!" She heard movements in the basement.
Another cacophonous symphony of devil music reached Pip's ears and she returned to her pacing. Coats of dust loosened from their books and fell in clouds around her. She coughed and coughed and coughed. She couldn't stop. She couldn't inhale. She leaned against the bookshelves and coughed and coughed and coughed. 3 books fell out and to the floor. They landed with a soft thump.
"SHHHHH!" she told the books. Her stomach rumbled loudly.
She groped but couldn't find him. Her stomach growled again.
"I said BE QUIET!" She sat down. Balancing a book on her lap, she carefully ripped out a title page, crumpled it quickly and threw it in her mouth. It tasted chalky. Her stomach noise grew fainter. She ate pages ravenously, swallowing several chapters.
By the time Mister Charles returned, empty handed, Pip had consumed 3 books.
He smiled and fell instantly to sleep.
Pip could hear these whispers. Devils. She told Mister Charles. Evil little imps.
Hours later the broken grandfather clock awoke suddenly with new life. It chimed the hour and roused Pip from a book-induced delirium. Her mouth was dry. She yawned, cracking her lips in ripples from left to right. She bled from the mouth as the clock chimed the hour.
"SHHHH!" she spat in blood and phlegm.
Pip pulled the ancient clock towards her with skinny old arms. It wobbled twice then toppled to the floor. Gears broke, springs sprung, and the glass face shattered in tiny, shiny pieces.
"Do you think that was Granny?" an orphan whispered. Terror buzzed across the bed. They hadn't been asleep; fearing noises in the attic they'd stayed up talking of their parents—trying hard to remember but mostly making it up.
They hadn't seen the white-eyed old lady in days. Granny Pip frightened them with her muttering and rocking and her taxidermy stuffed cat. She liked her house to be silent. They'd done their best to abide and had thought they'd been keeping out of her way.
They creaked up the stairs, holding hands. Granny Pip was half-asleep. The bone of her left leg popped through her skin, yellow and covered in dust.
A collective gasp from the center of the room sent dust circulating in waves.
Their teeth began to chatter, their tiny bodies to tremble.
Granny Pip heard them cackling. They were doubled over with it. It poured from their bile-lined bellies up and out their gargling throats. They hiccupped and convulsed with it. Their eyes turned to fire coals. The devils. The imps.
The children held hands and danced around their grandmother, singing and taunting.
"What is wrong with you?!" Pip pushed on her hips, pressed on her eyes, thrashed about below the clock until finally, she freed herself and stood on frail broken bones.
"I asked you to be quiet." Her deep-river wrinkles twitched. She stared through white eyes.
Granny Pip thrust her fingers in her ears, scratching at the insides of her head. It didn't help.
"Quiet. I said QUIET. MISTER CHARLES HELP ME" she hobbled towards her evil houseguests with painful steps.
They morphed before her into a single three-faced monster.
They clung to each other, three frightened orphans.
Pop! went Pip's hip. Pop! Pop! Pop!
"QUIET!" she screamed and popped from her joints.
She groped blindly in the dark, in her blindness, until she found a large, knotted hairball near the edge of the bed.
Pip spun her in wide ovals overhead. The child made an inhuman noise.
"SHUT UP CHARLIE!" Pip yelled at the girl and let go, mid-spin. She landed on her head below an etched wall of X's.
Louder now. Midget evil clowns with their paint-stained hands, holding their party balloons. Taunting her.


The Lake District Calvert Trust (LDCT) specialises in providing challenging outdoor activities for people with a wide range of disabilities. We have over 40 years' experience as a specialist Centre, enabling children and adults with disabilities to take part inadventurous activities – which can often have lifechanging outcomes. The current Centre receives around 4,000 visitors each year staying at our 60 bed residential centre near Bassenthwaite in the Lake District.
In recent years, LDCT has seen a growing demand for support and rehabilitation following an acquired brain injury (ABI). Longstanding views held that improvements were unlikely after 6 months, however recent research suggests that the brain is capable of far more improvement than previously understood. The research highlights the opportunity for a new holistic approach to rehabilitation, encompassing physical exercise, experiential learning, and support in developing a new self-concept after a life-changing injury.
Working with leading clinicians and academics, LDCT is developing a new approach to brain injury rehabilitation. This will focus on 'learning through doing' in the outdoors, supported by a multidisciplinary team in a purpose-built residential centre. It will marry the latest thinking in neurology with LDCT's expertise in accessible, life-changing outdoor challenges. This innovative Rehabilitation Centre will help people with ABI reach their full potential for recovery, not only improving their physical and psychological wellbeing, but also increasing their self-confidence and independence.
Group work and a social environment have also been identified as key factors in recovery after an ABI.
Currently there are no facilities available in the UK to comprehensively address this critical formula following the initial, post injury rehabilitation.
LDCT is committed to providing tailored care to each participant through a three tier programme of rehabilitation support to meet a range of needs: long term residential rehabilitation, specialist short courses (5 day or weekend), and day-centre provision in partnership with other charities to offer non-residential support in the local community.
The ABI centre will be based at one of LDCT's existing properties, Old Windebrowe in Keswick. Refurbishment of the building started in early February and is due for completion during the summer, with doors opening towards the end of 2019. We aim to have the clinical lead in role by end of June 2019.
To ensure compliance with the Trust's health and safety policy. To undertake risk assessments and ensure appropriate control measures are in place.
To ensure compliance with the Trusts safeguarding policy and to ensure that the highest levels of safeguarding practice are adhered to. To liaise and work with other safeguarding agencies.
To provide professional supervision for students on placements and work with Universities to support learning objectives, monitoring and feedback on students' performance.
To maintain confidentiality of personal data and ensure that information is created, maintained, stored and destroyed in line with the Trust's data protection policy. The post holder is to ensure the highest levels of data quality for all records maintained.
To work with the overall Centre Director and the ABI Centre Business Manager in order to manage budgets and ensure the service meets its income and expenditure targets. To produce accurate and timely management information for the Centre Director and Board of Trustees.
partnerships, support marketing and sales activity. To build on relationships with our key stakeholders, third party supporters and the Trust other teams and departments.
To provide support to duty staff in rotation with other members of the Senior Management Team including providing overnight, weekend and on-call cover.
Will hold a relevant qualification in neuropsychology, occupational therapy, physiotherapy or speech & language therapy.
Significant post graduate experience in a relevant specialist setting.
Previous experience leading and developing a neurorehabilitation service.
An in depth knowledge of the healthcare industry.
Multidisciplinary and multiagency team working.
Experience of managing delegated budgets.
Experience of autonomously managing a complex caseload.
Ability to lead, support, coach and motivate others.
complex information to a wide range of audiences.
An ability to work collaboratively and manage a multidisciplinary team.
Presentation skills to include use of AV.
An interest and passion for the outdoor environment.
This role requires considerable flexibility, enthusiasm and dedication. The responsibilities of this job may well involve some irregular hours as well as both weekend and evening work. Commitment and an appropriate work ethos are essential.
Salary: £45,000 to £50,000 per annum, subject to qualifications and experience.
Contract: This position is permanent following a 6 month probationary period.
enrolled into NEST, unless you decide to opt-out.
To find out more or to request an application pack visit www.calvertreconnections.org.uk.
To arrange a visit to the Trust or to discuss the position further please contact Sean Day, Centre Director on 017687 72255.


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The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Mansa () is a suffragan diocese in the city of Mansa in the ecclesiastical province of Kasama in Zambia.

History
 July 10, 1952: Established as Apostolic Prefecture of Fort Rosebery from the Apostolic Vicariate of Bangueolo
 January 3, 1961: Promoted as Diocese of Fort Rosebery
 November 22, 1967: Renamed as Diocese of Mansa

Bishops
 Prefect Apostolic of Fort Rosebery (Roman rite)
 Fr. René-Georges Pailloux, M. Afr. (1952.11.07 – 1961.01.03 see below)
 Bishop of Fort Rosebery (Roman rite)
 Bishop René-Georges Pailloux, M. Afr. (see above 1961.01.03 – 1967.11.22 see below)
 Bishops of Mansa (Latin Church)
 Bishop René-Georges Pailloux, M. Afr. (see above 1967.11.22 – 1971.07.03)
 Bishop Elias White Mutale (1971.07.03 – 1973.09.17), appointed Archbishop of Kasama
 Bishop James Mwewa Spaita (1974.02.28 – 1990.12.03), appointed Archbishop of Kasama
 Bishop Andrew Aaron Chisha (1993.07.01 - 2009.01.15)
 Bishop Patrick Chilekwa Chisanga, O.F.M. Conv. (2013.11.30 - )

Auxiliary Bishop
Clemens P. Chabukasansha (1963-1965), appointed Bishop of Kasama

Other priest of this diocese who became bishop
Ignatius Chama, appointed Bishop of Mpika in 2008

See also
Roman Catholicism in Zambia

References
 GCatholic.org
 Catholic Hierarchy

Roman Catholic dioceses in Zambia
Christian organizations established in 1952
Roman Catholic dioceses and prelatures established in the 20th century
1952 establishments in the British Empire
Roman Catholic Ecclesiastical Province of Kasama

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AMD's Fusion Processors to Go Into $200 Laptops
By Agam Shah
PCWorld	 Jan 3, 2011 9:20 pm PST
After years of talks and demonstrations, Advanced Micro Devices on Tuesday started shipping Fusion processors for netbooks, laptops and small desktops priced between US$200 and $599.
The Fusion chips combine a CPU and graphics processor in a single piece of silicon, which helps graphics and programs run faster while making PCs more power efficient. Fusion will compete with processors from Intel, whose Atom chips go into similar PCs priced starting at around US$250.
Companies including Hewlett-Packard and Lenovo will ship netbooks and desktops with Fusion chips later this month. More PCs based on Fusion are expected to be shown at the upcoming CES (Consumer Electronics Show), which will be held in Las Vegas between January 6 and 9.
AMD first said it would make Fusion chips after it acquired graphics chip maker ATI Technologies in 2006. The chip was due for release in 2009, but was delayed after architectural and production issues hurt development efforts.
Fusion chips offer better graphics performance than Intel's netbook chips, said John Taylor, director of client and software product marketing at AMD. Fusion's integrated graphics processors are capable of playing 1080p high-definition video, while Intel's Atom chips, which also integrate graphics processors, are capable of rendering up to 720p video.
Fusion will also bring supercomputer-like features to laptops by harnessing the computing power of CPU and graphics cores, Taylor said. The graphics processors will accelerate specific video and graphics tasks such as Flash and DVD video playback, freeing up CPUs for everyday tasks like antivirus and word processing. Fusion will also support DirectX 11, which makes graphics on Windows 7 PCs more realistic.
Until now, PC makers attached a separate chip in netbooks to render high-definition video, which drained battery life. But integrated graphics processors in Fusion chips are highly power-efficient, which helps preserve battery life, said Cara Baez, concept product marketing manager at Hewlett-Packard.
HP is launching the Pavilion DM1 laptop in January with Fusion. Priced starting at $449, the lightweight laptop has an 11.6-inch screen and can play 1080p video. HP has measured DM1's battery life at around 10.5 hours, and high-definition video would shave just a few hours off that, Baez said.
Lenovo has announced the ThinkPad X120e ultraportable laptop, which has an 11-inch display and runs on AMD's Fusion chips. The laptop is 65 percent faster on graphics and offers 30 percent longer battery life compared to its predecessor, the X100e, which is available with AMD's Neo netbook processors.
"[Fusion] gives users an enhanced experience because the CPU and GPU are on the same chip," said Luis Hernandez, executive director of the Thinkpad transactional business at Lenovo.
The ThinkPad X120e will start shipping in February for under $400.
The Fusion lineup includes the E-350 dual-core chip running at 1.6GHz, which draws 18 watts of power, and is targeted at PCs in the higher price bands. The C-50 is a dual-core chip running at 1GHz, draws 9 watts of power and is targeted at PCs in the lower price bands. The chips include CPUs based on the Bobcat architecture.
Intel is also improving graphics capabilities in its next-generation Core chips, which will be introduced at CES. The chips, which are based on Intel's latest Sandy Bridge microarchitecture, have integrated graphics processors capable of playing 1080p video.
But the initial Core processors being launched are aimed at mainstream laptops and desktops, and Intel isn't yet competing on graphics in the netbook segment, Taylor said.
"Intel is starting at the high end, high price, low-volume segments of the market," AMD's Taylor said. "[That is] the segment of the market where discrete graphics processors are prevalent today."
AMD plans to start shipping the next Fusion chip code-named Llano for mainstream laptops and desktops in the middle of this year. The company will also release in 2012 new Fusion chips with up to four cores for tablets and netbooks. The chips, code-named Wichita and Krishna, will be based on an updated version of the Bobcat CPU core.
See our CES 2011 topic center for more news from the show.


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From designing the Y on the mountain to laying the foundations of stereophonic sound, Harvey Fletcher used his intellect to serve and discover.
It was the late 1920s and Harvey Fletcher (BS 1907), a research physicist and leading authority in sound, had an idea. He had attended a meeting of an organization for the hard of hearing, and he thought it would help the participants—many of them hearing impaired—if he could design a group hearing system. At the time, individual hearing aids were large and not easily portable. He persuaded Bell Telephone Laboratories to donate parts and assemble about 100 headsets that would be connected to an amplifier.
The convention room at the Astor Hotel in New York was silent as Fletcher explained the device. After those who could hear helped others adjust their headsets, he began speaking in a normal voice. Tears ran down cheeks as audience members declared, "I can hear! I can hear!" This was the first time many of them had heard a public speech.
Fletcher is known as the father of stereophonic sound, and whether you are watching a movie or listening to multi-track sound, Fletcher's hand was in it. Sound was his passion.
Harvey Fletcher will be the university's honored founder during Homecoming 2010; the theme, Dare to Discover, reflects his life and achievements.
Harvey Fletcher's study of acoustics led to many innovations, and he continued learning and teaching about his field throughout his life.
The Provo native was a man of many firsts. He was the first physics student to be given highest honors at the University of Chicago, where he earned his doctorate. He was the first member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints to be elected to the National Academy of Science. He was the first president of the Acoustical Society of America. He was also the first to introduce a group audiometer into a school classroom, launching a national program for testing children's hearing.
While a student at BYU, Fletcher was part of a team charged with calculating the dimensions of a giant letter Y the school wanted to create on a nearby mountainside. Their success in factoring in slope, distance, and perspective to avoid a distorted letter is still apparent to all campus visitors. In Chicago Fletcher completed his doctoral work under Robert A. Millikan, contributing to experiments to measure the charge of an electron—work that eventually earned Millikan a Nobel Prize.
A fter receiving his doctorate, Fletcher spent five years as a BYU physics professor before accepting a job with what would become Bell Labs. Church President Joseph F. Smith urged him to take the position, saying, "Keep your testimony strong and keep up your church activities. If you do so, you can do more good for the Church in New York than you could do here at the BYU at the present time and you will be successful in your work. We need more Mormon boys to go out into the world of business and scientific research to represent our ideal of living." Fletcher accepted the prophet's charge; the Church remained a vital part of his life, and he served in many leadership positions.
When he turned 65 Fletcher left Bell Labs and spent two years at Columbia University. He returned to BYU in 1952 and became director of research and the first dean of the College of Physical and Engineering Sciences. Fletcher continued his work in acoustics until his death in 1981 at age 97.


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When I first came to this country, there were quite a few things that befuddled my poor English brain and took a lot of getting-used to.
The first thing was the distinct difference between 'now', 'just now' and 'now now' (people used to promise to call me back 'now' and I'd be sat by the phone waiting. And waiting. And……) and the second thing was that a robot is not a life-sized mechanical man waiting at the crossroads to direct the traffic. And then the next thing that puzzled me at the time – and still puzzles me – is the idea of ascribing a gender to a piece of meat.
Who on earth came up with the idea of a "Ladies' Steak"? Not only does it tax every single grammar Nazi who ever read a menu (Lady's? Ladies? Ladies's? Aw, forget it, I'll have a burger) but I can't understand why a restaurant would want to make their female customers feel either greedy or butch when they order a proper-sized meal at the same time causing their male customers to suffer sniggers of embarrassment at their inability to deal with a 300g piece of beef. It's not as if there aren't words to describe the size of the meal – there are loads of ways to say 'big' and 'small' so why confuse and heap a whole load of gender-based nonsense, stereotypes and attitudes onto your plate when really, there should only be onion rings and fries?
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I hope you don't see this as a feminist rant because I'm sure there are quite a few men out there who would rather be known for their caring, sensitive side as opposed to rippling muscles and ability to bite the necks off bottles, and if a wine can't be feminine, it shouldn't be masculine either (although if I was going to mount a sexist soapbox about anything, may I just say here that woe-betide any more waiters who keep presenting the bottle of wine to my husband when it was ME who ordered it in the first place!). It's just too difficult to convey exactly what you want to say – and if you think that I'm wrong and describing a wine as 'feminine' makes your meaning crystal clear, then how about this? Happy Women's Month to all you lazy sexists out there and may your tipples be lively and zesty like Joan Rivers, fresh and fruity like Dawn French, have plenty of backbone and character like Aung San Suu Kyi and enjoy an endless and lengthy finish like the Queen Mum! Point made, I feel. Now who's up for a steak?


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NDTV-Nirmal Lifestyle launch Marks for Sports under the Fit India movement
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Marks for Sports will campaign for including Sports in the main curriculum across all school boards in the country.
HRD Minister, Shri Kapil Sibal and Development & Campaign Ambassador Actor Ranbir Kapoor come on board to support the campaign.
Also supporting the campaign are sportspersons MAK Pataudi, Baichung Bhutia, Vijender Singh, Gagan Narang and Panjak Advani among others.
NDTV & Nirmal Lifestyle today launched the "Fit India Movement", a first of its kind long- term campaign to change the way India thinks about fitness and inspire us to become a healthier nation. Mission 1 of the campaign is "Marks for Sports", which aims to develop fitter, active and healthier lifestyles for the youth of today. The core belief of this campaign lies within the premise that if schools and more importantly, different boards of education include Sports as a part of the main curriculum, then parents, as well as children, will devote more time to sports, setting them on the path of a lifetime of fitness.
To launch the initiative, Development & Campaign Ambassador, Ranbir Kapoor joined Dr. Prannoy Roy, Chairman, NDTV and Mr. Dharmesh Jain, Chairman & MD of Nirmal Lifestyle in New Delhi. Also present at the launch were legendary cricketer MAK Pataudi, Olympic boxer Vijender Singh, India's Football Captain Baichung Bhutia, Commonwealth Games Gold Medallist Gagan Narang and seven times World Billiards and Snooker Champion Pankaj Advani.
The year-long 'Marks for Sports' campaign aims to reach out to policy and decision makers across the country with a series of activities. These will include special televised debates and discussion programmes with the Campaign Ambassador, televised interactive ground activities with sportspersons and children and a signature drive asking for policy changes with pledges for donations and equipment. Also included will be a school connect programme, to motivate and encourage students and their parent to accept Sports as part of the main curriculum.
Commenting on the Initiative, said Development & Campaign Ambassador Actor Ranbir Kapoor, "Sports has become big in the hearts and mind of Indians now, especially after the success of our Athletes and Sport's stars at the Olympic and Commonwealth Games. I really believe this is a great initiative to catalyze awareness for Sports and Fitness to be part of our daily lives. And what better way to do this than to make Sports a part of every child's school curriculum. I know that I would have enjoyed my school days much more, had sports been given more importance"
Speaking at the event, Dr. Prannoy Roy, Chairman, NDTV, said "Indian parents are now so totally focussed on studies that we are ignoring other aspects of a child's development. As a result child obesity is rising alarmingly and most of young India is not fit. The consequence is a rise in disease and illnesses related to being unfit. It's time we focussed on redressing the balance and making India healthy and fit. Yes, focus on studies but focus on sports and fitness too."
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Baichung Bhutia voiced what all the panelists felt, that coaches and infrastructure were the most important aspects to be developed for future of sports in the country.
To which Gagan Narang added, "Kheloge koodoge banoge Nawaab, padhoge likhoge banoge kharab (if you play and be active you could become a King, but if you only study and do nothing else you will be worthless)"
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About NDTV
NDTV Ltd, founded in 1988, is India's largest news and infotainment network. It is home to the country's best and brightest reporters, anchors, camerapersons and producers; 23 offices and studios across the country host India's most modern and sophisticated production, newsgathering and archiving facilities. NDTV has an unmatched track record of successfully launching three news channels in India and two abroad: NDTV 24x7 is a clear leader in the English news segment, NDTV Profit, a 24-hour business plus channel, is India's number one business news channel, and NDTV India is amongst the country's leading Hindi news channels. It is credited with pioneering several broadcasting and programming initiatives in Indian television and has expanded into one of the nation's biggest broadcasting houses by growing beyond news broadcasting and venturing into non news verticals. For more information visit www.ndtv.com.
About Nirmal Lifestyle
Nirmal Lifestyle is a leading real estate company in India based in Mumbai, where it has been instrumental in developing Mulund as a preferred suburb of the city through its integrated development plan for the suburb that includes developing retail spaces, residential apartments, office spaces and luxury hotels. The company has an exclusive alliance with US Open (USTA) and Discovery to bring to India world class sporting facilities of international standards. It will also enter into alliances with four more global sports federations in the next three months which will enable the company to develop sports infrastructure and facilities. It also plans to bring global sports events to India through its exclusive partnership with these federations.
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Mars rover's new discoveries hailed as 'breakthroughs in astrobiology'
NASA's 'Curiosity' has found tantalizing evidence of organic molecules on the red planet.
This self-portrait of the Mars Curiosity rover reveals a rock stuck to the left middle wheel.NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory
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June 7, 2018, 6:04 PM UTC / Updated June 11, 2018, 2:13 AM UTC
By David Freeman
New discoveries by NASA's Mars rover Curiosity add to a growing body of evidence supporting the idea that microscopic organisms once lived on the red planet — and have some scientists considering the possibility that microbial life lives there still.
As described in a pair of scientific papers published Thursday in the journal Science, Curiosity detected carbon-containing compounds in ancient sediments on Mars and shifting levels of the organic molecule methane in the planet's atmosphere.
"Both these discoveries are breakthroughs in astrobiology," Inge Loes ten Kate, an astrobiologist at the Utrecht University in the Netherlands, said in a written commentary published along with the papers. She said "the question of whether life might have originated or existed on Mars is a lot more opportune now that we know that organic molecules were present on its surface" in the distant past.
New Curiosity rover findings could mean breakthrough in search for signs of life on Mars
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Years ago, Curiosity found evidence that liquid water and the chemical ingredients for microbial life once existed on Mars. But in one of the new discoveries, the car-size rover found that levels of methane in the Martian atmosphere vary widely from season to season, with levels peaking at the end of summer in the planet's northern hemisphere.
In the paper about the new finding, Christopher Webster, a senior research scientist at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California, and his co-authors conclude that "there remain unknown atmospheric or surface processes occurring in present-day Mars."
This illustration shows the ways in which methane from the subsurface might find its way to the surface where its uptake and release could produce a large seasonal variation in the atmosphere as observed by Curiosity.JPL-Caltech / NASA
Methane can be produced by nonbiological processes, but on Earth it's created mostly by microorganisms. So what's causing the varying methane levels on Mars?
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The rover also found that sediments dating back more than 3 billion years contained a variety of organic molecules, a discovery described in the other paper, which was co-authored by Jennifer Eigenbrode, a biogeochemist at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland.
Siebach said that while neither of the new discoveries "require life in the past or present, they present compelling evidence that Martian life could have existed in the past, that if it did we have a chance of finding evidence of it, and that there are ongoing reactions deep below the surface of Mars that could potentially be related to liquid water or life."
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