The Burgler Stole So Much

By Dar-us-Salam Publications

 

A burglar scaled the wall of Maalik bin Dinar's house one night and easily managed to get inside. Once inside the house, the thief was disappointed to see that there was nothing inside actually worth stealing. The owner of the home was inside at the time, he was busy performing prayer. Realizing that he was not alone, Maalik quickly ended his prayer and turned around to face the thief. Without showing any sign of being shocked or afraid, Maalik calmly extended greetings of peace and then said, "My brother, may Allah forgive you. You entered my home and found nothing that is worth taking, yet I do not want you to leave my home without taking away some benefit."

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Obama, Osama and Politics of Oil Hunger

By Zaki 7amid

 

The military operation (May 2nd 2011) which killed Osama bin Laden has raised many questions related to the deeper truths of the phenomenon of Al Qaeda, Terrorism and role of US in the region. What is obvious is that US in a neat military operation violated the air space of Pakistan; with the help of highly trained commandoes killed Osama bin Laden, the most dreaded name in the annals of terrorism, the chief of Al Qaeda. Barrack Husain Obama is in the seventh heaven for achieving a feat which US intelligence claims it was trying from many years and finally has succeeded. Obama has all the reasons to be happy as now after garnering the Noble Price for Peace he has shaped himself as the one who looks ‘strong’ and can annihilate the ‘enemies’. It should surely improve his electoral ratings.

Pakistan authorities have been caught in a strange situation. They have been claiming that Osama is not living in Pakistan; there are no terrorists in Pakistan etc. In this backdrop, lo and behold, Osama is found at the walking distance of the famous military academy of Pakistan. Pakistan as a state has been humiliated by the mighty US. US violated Pakistan’s sovereignty. US did not inform Pakistan about the military operation which it undertook on Pakistan’s land. On the top of that US is refusing to apologize for this violation of Pakistan’s air space, for using its military in another country. Now fears are rife that US may do similar things to wipe out Pakistan’s nuclear arsenal. Due to Pakistan’s lie about Osama’s living in Pakistan, there are voices calling for declaring Pakistan as a terrorist state. Indian army Chief is telling loud and clear that Indian armed forces are also competent to undertake such an operation.

In the whole spectacle created around the death of Osama bin Laden, some deeper truth is being further hidden from the public eye. The fact that truth is a multilayered phenomenon is being ignored and the whole game of United States in first helping the creation of Al Qaeda, supporting Osama bin Laden with money and armaments to join the anti Russian forces is practically being pushed under the carpet. While Pakistan has to take the blame for ‘housing’ Osama, the deeper fact is that Pakistan army and ISI had mostly been hands in glove with the US policies for control over the oil wealth of the region.

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