DOPE ...

I'm Running For School Board Trustee ...

MILTON CANADIAN CHAMPION - Milton’s latest school board trustee candidate says his experience working as a volunteer in elementary schools has given him a good understanding of where improvements can be made.

Jafar Alam has entered the race to represent Wards 1,6,7 and 8 as a Milton Halton District School Board trustee.

The self-described “busy body” runs a health food store and a martial arts school in Richmond Hill. He has taught mixed martial arts to children and adults for more than a decade. He also published his first collection of poetry in March of this year.
In 2007, Alam began volunteering at Scarborough-area schools, leading poetry and writing workshops.

He said more literacy programs in elementary and middle schools is something he would like to see incorporated in school curriculum.

“I’ve seen a decline (in literacy rates) during the workshops.”

“I’m still young and feel I have a lot to contribute. I’ve seen a lot to improve,” the 27-year-old said, pointing to better nutritional programs and new physical education programs.



http://www.insidehalton.com/news/article/874903--third-candidate-for-public-school-board-trustee-post

Shaykh Abdallah bin Bayyah ...

If I asked for people to die for the sake of God
I would have them lining up at my house ...

But when I ask people to live for the sake of God
I can’t find anyone ...

How public education cripples our kids, and why ...

Really good article written by John Taylor Gatto:

http://www.wesjones.com/gatto1.htm

God Bless Sam Cooke ...

Rumi ...

Amazing ...

Have they never journeyed about the earth, letting their hearts gain wisdom, and causing their ears to hear? Indeed, it is not their eyes that become blind, but blind become their hearts that are in the chests

- (Qur'an, 22:46)

Malcolm X ...

I'm for truth, no matter who tells it ...
I'm for justice, no matter who it is for or against ...
I'm a human being, first and foremost ...

And as such ... 

I'm for whoever and whatever benefits humanity as a whole ...

The Blessed Tree - Trailer from AGCaustralia on Vimeo.

Lupe Fiasco ...

If they burn a book have no worries ... The book will feel NO pain so neither should you ... True destruction of the Quran cannot be done with fire ... It is destroyed when we fail to remember and practice its lessons in our daily lives ... If this occurs, then it is ANOTHER fire that you should truly be concerned about ...

Some Points From My Readings ...

- You should develop the ability to reason accurately and independently rather than accepting ideas based solely on authority or tradition ...

- Our egos cause us to cherish opinions, judge others and rationalize our beliefs ... Perennialists ask “Would you rather be right or be happy?” ...

- We should exercise humility .... Not because others find it attractive (although they do) ... But because, if we are honest with ourselves, we have much to be humble about ...

- We should practice forgiveness ... When we forgive others, we find that others forgive us ... And that we forgive ourselves ...

- Moral development comes from strengthening our impulse control, prioritizing personal relationships and fostering social responsibility ...

Dreamhouse view ...

Forgiveness ...

Performed by the late Ofra Haza and singer Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan in Hebrew and Urdu ... 

A Jew and a Muslim ... 

Dedicated to the latest peace talks between the Israeli's and Palestinian's ... 

May both singers rest in peace for their attempts ...

Ibn al Qayyim al Jawziyyah ...

The love of the Beloved must be unconditionally returned ...

If you claim love, yet oppose the Beloved, then your love is but a pretense ...

You love the enemies of your Beloved, and still seek love in return ...

You fight the beloved of your Beloved ...

Is this love or the following of Satan ???

True devotion is nothing but total submission of body and soul to One Love ...

We have seen humans claim to submit, yet their loyalties are many ...

They put their trust here, and their hope there ... 

And their love is without consequence ...