BETTING AND PATRIOTISM

Wednesday, March 16, 2011

Betting And Patriotism

Hameed Abdul Karim



Cricket used to be gentleman’s game but now it is a businessman’s game with even players considered businessmen instead of players or gentlemen. Against this backdrop, MP Thilanga Sumathipala’s call or order (The Sunday Leader, March 6, 2011) for all Sri Lankans to support Sri Lanka must be seen as a racist one especially when you consider the rather inflammatory statements he has made in his Sinhala newspaper Lakbima.

THE ARAB REVOLUTION DEALS A BLOW TO 'PROJECT ISRAEL'

20 February, 2011 Times 2

The Arab Revolution deals a blow to 'Project Israel'  Hameed Abdul Karim Hilary Clinton's message that the US wants to make Egypt a model democracy in the region seems like as if it's yet another pitch to keep the country as a satellite state that it was under the 'moderate' dictator Hosni Mubarak. During all those thirty years under Mubarak and a dozen or so years under Anwar Sadat, the US didn't care so much as a hoot for the suffering of the Egyptian under the brutal tyranny of the US's favourite dictators. And the US heaped praise for protecting their interests and for keeping the region stable. Stability was the operative word. Now the ruling elite in the US root for democracy in Egypt and that's because the very people they oppressed through Mubarak and his cronies are about to take the reins of power.

US, EGYPT AND TIANANMEN

Times 2 - 6 February 2011.

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US, Egypt and Tiananmen

By Hameed Abdul Karim

A joke once doing the rounds talked about a principal catching two teachers misbehaving on a bench on the school premises. So he sacked both the teachers. But then political pressure was brought on him and the two teachers were reinstated. Wanting to stamp his authority he said he would show who was boss and thundered at a PTA meeting, 'Remove the bench'. In a similar manner Barak Obama has ordered the sacking of the Egyptian cabinet while the culprit and his puppet, Hosni Mubarak, remains in the seat of power … at least for now.

ISLAM, MUSLIMS AND PAKISTAN'S BLASPHEMY LAW

        1 January, 2011

Islam, Muslims and Pakistan’s blasphemy law http://www.dailynews.lk/2011/02/01/fea15.asp Hameed Abdul Karim ‘Show mercy and you will be shown mercy’ - Prophet Muhammad (peace be on him) Every Muslim is obliged to love the prophet The assassination of Salman Taseer must come, not only as a rude shock to those Ulemah (Muslim scholars) who had not lent their voices of reason and logic in the charged atmosphere Pakistan finds itself in, but also as a wake up call. It’s about time they got into action and explain to Muslims the requirement of mercy, love, compassion and forgiveness that is enshrined in the Qur’an.

ISRAELI CONNECTION: SURPRISE AND SHAME

Sunday, January 02, 2011 Israeli Connection: Surprise And Shame Hameed Abdul Karim The news that Sri Lanka is to boost relations with Israel in the agricultural field comes as a surprise considering the treatment we have received from the Zionist state in the past.

ISRAEL: WHERE THE PREACHING OF CHRISTIANITY IS BANNED

Israel: Where the preaching of Christianity is banned

 

by Hameed Abdul Karim

President George maybe a born-again Christian and on talking terms with God, as he claims, but there is one thing he cannot do while he's in Israel. ; and that is preach his faith and beliefs in Jesus Christ, because in Israel                  preaching Christianity is banned by law. Welcome to Israel, Mr. President. This is the land of your favourite philosopher Jesus Christ. The only difference is that during his time and, until 1947 it was called Palestine. Israel was not on the world map then.

PUBLIC APOLOGY NEEDED FOR INSULTING CHRIST ON (M)TV

Public apology needed for insulting Christ on TV 

Hameed Abdul Karim 

All Muslims hold Jesus Christ in high esteem as one of the mightiest messengers of God. In fact no Muslim could be categorised as a believer, if he or she rejects him, his miraculous birth or any of his many miracles, all of which are mentioned in the Holy Quran.