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I visit Pakistan December 12 – 17, 2012. These five days are filled with painful emotional upheavals and furtive arrangements by my hosts to keep me safe. This narrative will, hopefully, give you an idea of rot that is gripping this once wonderful and proud nation. There is not one person who has a good […]
CategoriesBlogsKarachi is a dangerous city, as if you don’t already know this. This buildings bunker fortified city abounds with private security armed to the teeth; anybody with money to afford one keeps a gun totting guard by his side. Today, December 13, 2012 is probably the most emotionally draining day in my fifty-five year existence; […]
SOS Indonesia There is a desparate situation involving some 190 Shia Muslim in East Jave, in the village of from Karang Gayam, Sampang District. These Muslims had their homes burnt by Wahaabi elements and now are surrounded by hostile people who have cut off supply of food and drinking water. They are being forced to […]
I remain unsure if the following event really took place. Maybe it was a reverie, perhaps not. Nevertheless, something to muse over? It is a mini-baraaza this time, just Mullah Mchungu and me, seated outside the Husseini Islamic Center, here in Sanford, FL, a stone throw away from my house. Majlis finished a while ago, […]
Imam Sajjad (A) Medical Clinic, Sachack Afghanistan Sachack village is located in Bamiyaan Province of central Afghanistan, smack in the middle of bitter cold and snow belt of the country. It is a village of about 9,500 very poor people whose lives are influenced by the elements; very hot summers and cruelly harsh winters. They […]
I had penned this piece over five years ago but never Blogged it; ajeeb…! So I share it with you now, in the hope you will appreciate the plight of those without water in Afghanistan. Note the following developments since this was written: The water project completed in 2010 and functioning, providing clean, potable water […]
CAI’s 13th Afghan School Breaks Ground Alhamd’Allah, CAI broke ground on her 13th elementary school in Afghanistan, in Hejdey, Dykoondi Province. This will be an all girls school, replacing the current outdoor ragtag one. Once this school is complete, the girls will insha’Allah study in relative safety, warmth and for at least nine months a […]
Abbas Abdulhussein is a very busy man indeed! It takes over six weeks for him to pen this Blog. I wish he does not praise me so much, for all praise belongs to Allah (S). Nevertheless, as promised, I give you a perspective not mine. Here it is then, in Abbas’s words. Enjoy. It all […]
Pakistan Mired In Floods – Again As you may already know, devastating floods in Pakistan have cost many lives and destroyed homes and property, once again. CAI has sent in US$10,000 for emergency food and shelter aid but the victims need much more. Please help if you can by donating whatever possible insha’Allah. We need […]
Tanganyika and Zanzibar tolerate a tenuous marriage; it was dicey to begin with, the honeymoon was briefer than most human unions of today, but most love evaporated almost immediately after dictator Abeid Karume was assassinated in 1972. Although the mainland has prospered relatively well since Nyerere’s disastrous policies got finely shredded, the archipelago lags much […]
