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Our Lord! Forgive us our sins and the lack of moderation in our doings, and make firm our steps and succour us against those who deny the truth. (Qur’an 3:147)
Qur’an 22:26
Men don’t always make the effort to understand women. Majority of the times they think they have us all figured out and the rest of the times, they just aren’t really interested because their needs are being fulfilled. This isn’t to criticize men. It’s almost like second nature to them to perceive…
Subhanallah
Omar Khadr, a sixteen year old Guantanamo Bay detainee weeps uncontrollably, clutching at his face and hair as he calls out for his mother to save him from his torment. “Ya Ummi, Ya Ummi (Oh Mother, Oh Mother),” he wails repeatedly, hauntingly with each breath he takes.
The surveillance tapes, released by Khadr’s defence, show him left alone in an interrogation room for a “break” after he tried complaining to CSIS (Canadian Security Intelligence Service) officers about his poor health due to insufficient medical attention. Ignoring his complaints and trying to get him to make false confessions, the officers get frustrated with the sixteen year old’s tears and tell him to get himself together by the time they come back from their break.
“You don’t care about me. Nobody cares about me,” he sobs to them.
The tapes show how the officers manipulated Khadr into thinking that they were helping him because they were also Canadian and how they taunted him with the prospect of home (Canada), (good) food, and familial reunion.
Khadr, a Canadian, was taken into US custody at the age of fifteen, tortured and refused medical attention because he wouldn’t attest to being a member of Al Qaeda, even though he was shot three times in the chest and had shrapnel embedded in his eyes and right shoulder. As a result, Khadr’s left eye is now permanently blind, the vision in his right eye is deteriorating, he develops severe pain in his right shoulder when the temperature drops, and he suffers from extreme nightmares.
He has been incarcerated at Guantanamo Bay since 2002, suffering extremely harsh interrogations and torture (methods), and is now 25 years old.
We’re not getting any younger. If we still think the same things like we do in High school or worst, grade school, Subhanallah then we have wasted a lot of years in our lives. I’m realizing more and more things now that my 91-year-old grandpa is here, living with us in Claveria. He just sits, watch TV, read the newspaper, sleep and eat. The only sickness he has right now is rheumatism.
I know that we are all getting old every minute of our lives. I know this, we all know this. But it was only today, that I realized the deeper meaning of it. I see many people still waste their lives and I might be guilty of this sometimes, someway or another. Allahukabar. I don’t even know if I can reach the same age with my grandpa. I mean, whenever I think of the Almighty, I always ask Him not to give me a long life here in Dunyah cause I might be getting more sins. That means, more punishment. But on the other side… I am so afraid to face the Qubor yet. SUBHANALLAH! Huhuhu :( It’s like I want to step Jannah immediately. Mashaallah.. BUT, are my actions worthy of Jannah? LA ILAHA IL ALLAH!! :( I need to work more and more. It’s not enough. It’s never been enough.
No person is charged with more than his capacity.
MashaAllah!! :)
You know who this is. It’s Lizzie McGuire’s animated character. The tiny one who represents her inner thoughts which I find very humorous. Haha. Now that’s humor. Btw, I just downloaded the movie through torrent. I remembered this series few days ago so I searched for it and tadaaa found it! Lizzie McGuire is part of my High school memory. && I must say I miss this series on TV.
I sometimes don’t know what to reply to people who sends me overwhelming messages. May it be tweets, DM’s or TA’s. I’m not snob I just don’t know what to say to these wonderful people so I leave those messages with love inside the box. Uh. *insert the right emoticon for this post here*