Jis ke dil main nahi hai tera dard o gham

Allhamdulillah that we have the Ulma Karam among us who are true lover of Allah(SWT) and helping the people in the journey of Ishq-e-Haqaqi

Must to listen here

Courtesy: http://www.khanqah.org

Reply to: UIT Alumni Dinner 2008 has been postponed

It is amazing to see this blog is still alive... when Intizaar was gone for a long time... ;)

My brother Qasim Yeh Kahani hay badi purani keh jab eik raja tha aur eik rani. :D

It was the same point that I made when we were invited for the first time for Alumni. Institute requires Alumni not the other way around.

I am really happy though to hear some stories of UIT for a change though.

UIT Alumni Dinner 2008 has been postponed

[I wrote this post on Wednesday, 22^nd October but could not post due to blessing of KESC]

Today, I received email from Mr. Waseem stating that UIT Alumni Dinner 2008 has been postponed till further notice. Well, if someone asks my feeling then there is nothing except sadness.

Timeline:

1. I got a call from Mr. Waseem and he informed me about UIT Alumni Gathering. I was so pleased and ensure my cooperation. We discussed about Sponsorship but I stated my point of view clearly that it is not possible for an inactive forum (I remember how I was able to get 0.45 million sponsorship from industry for our event UTECH).
   
2. We got invitation of Alumni Dinner via email. I talked with my seniors, fellows and juniors; everyone was excited.
   
3. Soon, sadly, we got another email with stating that Rs.1,000/- as Alumni Annual charges and somehow a constraint in order to attend this dinner. i.e. Rs.1,000/- for dinner.
   
4. Due to this, people become furious and they reacted oppositely
   
5. A chain of email including views, suggestions and proposals.
   
6. Finally, we got another email for postponed event.
   

Causes:

1. Everyone was excited for gathering, not for dinner. I think the people at UIT didn't earn this point.
   
2. Rs.1,000/- for a year, i.e. around Rs.84/- per month. Obviously, it is not a big deal for any alumnus but everyone considered it as charges for dinner for which they invited (do you ask money from your guest?)
   
3. People floated different suggestion and proposals. Basically, everyone felt wrong execution plan for Annual fee; such announcement after or in dinner could change the entire scene.
   
4. People also showed their concerns that there is no proper plans or management exists for Alumni, therefore we first gather to do so and then ask people for annual charges.
   
5. People also felt that UIT needs this money in order to arrange this Alumni Dinner, like Farewell dinner and this is shameful.
   

 

What should to do now?

• UIT Management must realize this fact that an active alumnus is always beneficial for institution not for alumna.
  
• Periodic get-togethers (I am not asking for dinner!) should be organized. At least three such gathering should be schedule and announce. This is the only way to activate this forum.
  
• We sit together and agreed on future plans for Alumni (at least for next 6 months). At this stage we can propose the ideas for raising funds.
  

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Great and very creative idea...just check out the link:

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Concatenation of multiple row string values to one column in DB2

Today I will show you a simple way to link values from multiple rows to a single column on a DB2 SQL DBMS. In my sample table I listed the Formula 1 Championship world champions of the last 10 years. The table contains one entry for each year.

For this example the year value is defined as VARCAHR as well. The schema is VMBASE.

(tSource)

cYear	cChampion
1997	Jacques Villeneuve
1998	Mika Häkkinen
1999	Mika Häkkinen
2000	Michael Schumacher
2001	Michael Schumacher
2002	Michael Schumacher
2003	Michael Schumacher
2004	Michael Schumacher
2005	Fernando Alonso
2006	Fernando Alonso

What I want is to generate the following view:

(tDestination)

cDriver	cWonChamps
Fernando Alonso	2005, 2006
Jacques Villeneuve	1997
Michael Schumacher	2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004
Mika Häkkinen	1998, 1999

To realise this I created the following function:

CREATE FUNCTION GET_WONYEARS(s_driver VARCHAR(254)) LANGUAGE SQL RETURNS VARCHAR(254) BEGIN ATOMIC DECLARE s_years VARCHAR(254); SET s_years = ''; for1: FOR tmp_row AS ( SELECT tSource.cYear AS cYear FROM tSource WHERE tSource.cChampion = s_driver ORDER BY tSource.cYear ) DO IF s_years = '' THEN SET s_years = tmp_row.cYear; ELSE SET s_years = s_years || ', ' || tmp_row.cYear; END IF; END FOR for1; RETURN s_years; END;

The call looks like the following:

SELECT DISTINCT
tSource.cChampion AS cDriver,
vmbase.GET_WONYEARS(tSource.cChampion) AS cWonChamps
FROM
tSource
ORDER BY

Courtesy

Alumni Dinner!

Respected Students and Friends,

 

Assalam O Alaikum

 
 

Date of Alumni & Graduated Dinner 2008 has been changed, and now new date of Alumni dinner is October 24, 2008. So it is a very humble request to all of you that please confirm your presence in the event before October 10, 2008 because a lot of arrangement is required for this event in the campus.

The program is as follows;

Event:             Dinner
Day:                Friday 24^th October 2008.
Time :              07:00 P.M.
Venue:            Usman Institute of Technology (UIT).

 
 

You can register yourself through email at: mwaseem@uit.edu or cell no: 0300 2416835

 
 

 
 

Regards:

 Muhammad Wasim

Convener Office of Alumni Relations
Contact No. 4978274-75; 4976560; 4982476; Ext: 3054; Fax: 4976181

Email: mwaseem@uit.edu
Cell No: 0300 2416835

Teamwork!

It proves! A Picture is worth a thousand words :)



Usually, we consider teamwork as just formal duty to cooperate with colleagues! as I said... its duty not teamwork! :) Personally, I don't have any such bad memories regarding teamwork.. but some very nice memories... especially the time when I was chairman of UITCS and we organized UTECH 2006... I can proudly say that UTECH 2006 team did what this pic said...



Thumbs Up!

UIT WON 1st Prize in Combat 2008

UIT Team participated in Software Category of COMBAT 2008 (national level multi-competition event organized by PAF-KIET) and got First Prize for project URDU OCR. The team members of this project are Abdul Wahab, Shuwair Sardar, and Muhammad Abdul Sammad Khan.

I wish I could

After some very very long time this is my 'I wish I could' post ... yes I wish I could back to blog :)

Update!!!

I back to this blog after a long time. Blocking then unblocking and then blocking of blogspot.com took me away from blogging.

I don’t know exactly but it seems member of this blog also not often visit here…. But still I want to post here … few updates from UIT!!!

1. We organized UTECH ….

26th and 27th August of this year … UIT .. yes … in UIT we organized National Level Multi-Event Competition. It went excellent and around 17 universities participated. The important things of this event are two brand new Competitions Solution.Net and ModulationMax. These two competitions were introduced by UIT first time in Pakistan and well appreciated by industry. Check out more details, results and photographs at http://www.utech.org.pk.

1. UIT Web Site has updated

UIT’s web site has updated … how is it looking? Check it yourself … you can send your comments and suggestions at malatif@uit.edu

1. Farewell is coming

At last, UIT scheduled farewell on 25th of this month. This time we are host instead of Guests … rules are changing … (

Peace!!!

Answer to a blog ( About Veil)

http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/urdu/2006/10/post_62.html

I read this blog on BBC and felt like answering it.. I don't know whether they'll publish my answer or not... but I know i can publish my answer over here....:

Hmmm..., read your blog quite interesting... and read you talking about freedom and tribal cultures... and how people suddenly change their looks to show they are muslims... But i'll say one thing though... It has become a common practice that people start talking about religious issues as if they are talking about a movie or a drama ... and even that is not enough... they start giving rulings what is allowed and what is not... The religious aspects are not like any other studies ... One has to ask people who have properly studied relgion... rather now-a-days people have just started telling what they think is right in religion... rather than what is told by religion... Quite sad isn't it... I mean..., people talk about freedom and only freedom they can talk about is... to take a woman outside the house.. make it a label to sell products.... and wear short dresses... Please people... grow up there is much more into freedom than this.. The words respect and Loyalty and Faith has some value as well... Although.., I am not a perfect practicing muslim.. but I am trying to be a good muslim... and doing a good job in studies and all worldly matters as well... but the first comment a person is gonna pass on me is fundamentalist... If somebody has a right to go around without clothes I have a right to wear proper clothes as I like... So.., sister.. If somebody is as u said trying to show off as a muslim than it is her or his right... you are nobody to say whether he/she is pretending to be a good muslim or really is... Cuz.., only deciding factor for a good muslim is Faith which only Allah can see...So..., stop pulling others legs... and let us worry about ourselves...

Where We Belong - By Zain Bhikha

download to listen: http://www.sydneymuslimyouth.com/audio/belong.wma

lyrics:-

Once, I was drowning in my fears
and the twinkle in my eye dissappeared
and I had no way to look on
my horizon seemed to have gone
and my whole life seemed empty and bleak
each day and night the answers I seek

But when the darkness seems so strong
and I couldn't go on
to the sky I raise my hands
making right what was so wrong I found the strength to carry on
upto heaven where I belong

In life, there are lessons to be learned
with steadfastness, paradise is earned
and if all hope seems to be gone, just hold on 'til after the storm
and if you ask what purpose have I? why am I here and why do I cry?

And when the darkness seems so strong
and you just can't go on
pray for your helping hand
you'll see the sun will rise again
you'll find the strength to carry on
upto heaven where you belong

'coz life is but a journey for us all
we cry, we laugh we run, sometimes we fall
but through it all always recall God never gives a burden too tall

When the darkness seeems so strong
and I can't go on
to the sky i raise my hands
making right what is so wrong
I find the strength to carry on
upto heaven where I belong

Coz when the darkness seems so strong
and I cant go on,
to the sky I raise my hands making right what is so wrong
I find the strength to carry on
upto heaven where I belong

upto heaven, heaven where I belong..
...........

Tee Emm's Window to Pakistan: Internet Governance in Pakistan

Nice one...
Tee Emm's Window to Pakistan: Internet Governance in Pakistan

First World Hypocrisy

NEW DELHI, (AFP) - Legendary West Indian fast bowler Michael Holding wants Pakistan absolved of ball tampering charges, saying "first world hypocrisy" was to blame for cricket's present crisis.

"I have absolute and all sympathy with (Pakistan captain) Inzamam-ul Haq. If you label someone a cheat, please arrive with the evidence," Holding wrote in the latest issue of the respected 'India Today' weekly magazine.

Inzamam stands accused of bringing the game into disrepute after his team refused to take the field in the recent Oval Test match against England in protest at umpires Darrell Hair and Billy Doctrove reporting them for ball tampering.

The umpires later awarded the match to England, the first instance in the 129-year history of Test cricket that a game was forfeited, triggering the biggest upheaval in the sport since the match-fixing row in 2000.

Holding, now a popular and respected television pundit, wrote it was "insensitive" of the umpires, Hair in particular, to penalise Pakistan for ball tampering.

"Most other umpires would have said something to the captain, given the offending team a warning of some kind. Then if the tampering continued, they would have been totally justified in taking action," Holding wrote.

"There is a double standard at work in cricket and this episode has only highlighted it.

"When England used reverse swing to beat the Australians in the 2005 Ashes, everyone said it was great skill. When Pakistan does it, the opposite happens, no one thinks it is great skill. Everyone associates it with skullduggery.

"When bombs go off in Karachi and Colombo everyone wants to go home. When bombs go off in London, no one says anything.

"That is first world hypocrisy and we have to live with it."

Holding said he was astonished that both teams and match referee Mike Procter were willing to resume play on the final day, but the umpires cited rules and insisted the game was already over.

"Being the senior umpire, Hair was probably leading the way in that decision," wrote Holding.

"Today, Hair is being defended in Australia but that is just a matter of friends sticking together, the Aussies defending an Australian umpire.

"Everyone now citing the cricketing law as the absolute and final truth is talking absolute rubbish. Every law has room for flexibility.

"I read a prime example recently in the British press. It said that by law, you can be fined for parking within the yellow lines in England. If you do that to run into a chemist to buy emergency medicines, a sensible policeman would more than likely tell you about the law but it's unlikely a ticket would be forthcoming."

The International Cricket Council's powerful Executive Board, comprising the heads of all 10 Test-playing nations, is due to meet in Dubai on Saturday to discuss the crisis.

Pop Culture in the Name of Islam

Diclaimer: After you read the below article and its response,then make sure to concern with some good Islamic Scholar about who-is-right-or-wrong, I do not recommend to conclude your own results.jazakALlah -Aay Dee Pop Culture in the Name of Islam

YVONNE RIDLEY

Monday, April 24, 2006

I FEEL very uncomfortable about the pop culture which is growing around some so-called Nasheed artists. Of course I use the term ‘Nasheed artists' very lightly. Islamic ‘boy bands' and Muslim ‘popsters' would probably be more appropriate. Eminent scholars throughout history have often opined that music is haram, and I don't recall reading anything about the Sahaba whooping it up to the sound of music. Don't get me wrong. I'm all for people letting off steam, but in a dignified manner and one which is appropriate to their surroundings. The reason I am expressing concern is that just a few days ago at a venue in Central London, sisters went wild in the aisles as some form of pop-mania swept through the concert venue. And I'm not just talking about silly, little girls who don't know any better; I am talking about sisters in their 20's, 30's and 40's, who squealed, shouted, swayed and danced. Even the security guys who looked more like pipe cleaners than bulldozers were left looking dazed and confused as they tried to stop hijabi sisters from standing on their chairs. Of course the stage groupies did not help at all as they waved and encouraged the largely female Muslim crowd to "get up and sing along." (They're called ‘Fluffers' in lap-dancing circles!) The source of all this adulation was British-born Sami Yusuf, who is so proud of his claret-colored passport that he wants us all to wave the Union Jacks. I'm amazed he didn't encourage his fans to sing "Land of Hope and Glory." Brother Sami asked his audience to cheer if they were proud to be British ,and when they responded loudly, he said he couldn't hear them and asked them to cheer again. How can anyone be proud to be British? Britain is the third most hated country in the world. The Union Jack is drenched in the blood of our brothers and sisters across Iraq, Afghanistan, and Palestine. Our history is steeped in the blood of colonialism, rooted in slavery, brutality, torture, and oppression. And we haven't had a decent game of soccer since we lifted the World Cup in 1966. Apparently Sami also said one of the selling points of Brand UK was having Muslims in the Metropolitan Police Force! Astafur'Allah! Dude, these are the same cops who have a shoot-to-kill policy and would have gunned down a Muslim last year if they could tell the difference between a Bangladeshi and a Brazilian. This is the same police force that has raided more than 3000 Muslim homes in Britain since 9/11. What sort of life is there on Planet Sami, I wonder? If he is so proud to be British, why is he living in the great Middle Eastern democracy of Egypt? Apparently the sort of hysteria Sami helped encourage is also in America, and if it is happening on both sides of the Atlantic, then it must be creeping around the globe and poisoning the masses. Islamic boy bands like 786 and Mecca 2 Medina are also the subject of the sort of female adulation you expect to see on American Pop Idol or the X-Factor. Surely Islamic events should be promoting restrained and more sedate behavior. Do we blame the out-of-control sisters? Or do we blame the organizers for allowing this sort of excessive behavior which demeans Islam? Or do we blame the artists themselves? Abu Ali and Abu Abdul Malik, struggling for their Deen, would certainly not try to whip up this sort of hysteria. Neither would the anonymous heroic Nasheed artists who sing for freedom; check out Idhrib Ya Asad Fallujah, and you will know exactly what I mean. Fallujah is now synonymous with the sort of heroic resistance that elevated the Palestinians of Jenin to the ranks of the resistance written about in the Paris Communeand the Siege of Leningrad. The US military has banned the playing of any Nasheeds about Fallujah because of the power and the passion it evokes. If those Nasheeds had sisters running in the streets whooping and dancing, however, the Nasheeds may be encouraged because of haram activity surrounding them. Quite frankly, I really don't know how anyone in the Ummah can really let go and scream and shout with joy at pleasure domes when there is so much brutality and suffering going on in the world today. The rivers of blood flow freely from the veins of our brothers and sisters from across the Muslim world. Screaming and shouting the names of musical heroes drown out the screams coming from the dungeons of Uzbekistan where brothers and sisters are boiled alive in vats of water. How many will jump up and down and wave their arms in the air, shouting wildly for justice for our kin in Kashmir, Afghanistan, Chechnya, Palestine, and Iraq? There are many more killing fields as well across the Asian and Arab world. Will you climb on theater chairs and express your rage over Guantanamo Bay and other gulags where our brothers and sisters are being tortured, raped, sodomized, beaten, and burned? Or will you just switch off this concerned sister and switch on to the likes of Sami Yusuf because he can sell you a pipe dream with his soothing words and melodic voice? Oh, Muslims, wake up! The Ummah is not bleeding; it is hemorrhaging. Listen not to what is haram. Listen to the pain of your global family. www.DailyMuslims.com

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A Reply from Sami Yusuf

Open Letter
From Sami Yusuf to Yvonne Ridley
17/06/06

Dear Yvonne,
Peace and blessings of God be upon you.

Your recent article on 'Pop Culture in the Name of Islam' has been brought to my attention. I commend you for voicing your opinion and raising some very important issues - albeit in a very provocative manner. I thought it would be useful to share some of my thoughts with you on this matter. As a Muslim artist, I regularly seek clarification and advice from world-renowned scholars on art, music, singing and culture. Be informed that the subject of music is one of the most controversial topics in Islamic Jurisprudence. I respect those who consider music to be haram. Yes eminent scholars of our past have opined such. However, I respect and follow the opinion of other eminent scholars - classical and contemporary, who permit singing and the use of musical instruments. The well-established jurisprudential rule states that 'in matters where there is ikhtilaf (differences of opinion) there is to be no condemnation of either opinion.' This is from the beauty of the religion of Islam. The diversity of our cultural, legal and social traditions is something we are in dire need of celebrating not condemning. So let's agree to disagree on this one.

The obsessive fascination of fans towards any celebrity - be it in arts, music, politics, media, etc - to the point of hysteria and hero-worshipping is definitely unhealthy not to mention un-Islamic. Of course, as Muslims, we are required to abide by certain etiquettes in whatever situation we may find ourselves in. However, I definitely did not see girls dancing or behaving indecently in any of my concerts. To state otherwise is a gross exaggeration if not an outright fallacy. And if indeed that did take place then let's deal with it in the true Prophetic tradition - a tradition that imparts love, mercy, tolerance and wisdom. Let me share with you the story of the Bedouin who came to the Prophet's mosque and started urinating in the mosque itself. The Companions rushed to grab him and give him a 'good beating.' But the Prophet did not allow them to do so and told them to let him be. After the Bedouin had urinated, the Prophet asked his Companions to bring a bucket of water and wash the place. Afterwards he called the man and with gentleness and affection explained to him that this was a place of worship and that it should be kept clean. Though I have to say that had the Bedouin been around today he would be lucky to get away with just a 'good beating'!

Indeed the state of contemporary mainstream music is one dominated by celebrity worship, materialism and the constant promotion of a consumerist culture that seeks only to derive instant emotional and physical gratification. The arts industry in general - and the music industry specifically - is being commercialised at the expense of art itself. We don't value good art or good music anymore - it's about what can sell most in the market. In the midst of all this, it is upon all conscious and responsible artists who look beyond the commercial to work in refining arts and music. Apart from entertaining audiences, music is a powerful medium to communicate values and social messages. In these times where heinous crimes against humanity are being committed, we as artists - Muslims or non-Muslims, British or non-British - have a duty to use this medium to bring some sanity to this world of unrest, fear, violence, terror and war. Human life and dignity are values that should be cherished and championed by all. Had you listened carefully to the songs in my latest album which is actually entitled 'My Ummah' before hastily passing judgements, you would have noticed my modest attempt at addressing issues facing the global Muslim community - such as regaining our lost legacy in all spheres of human life, oppression in different parts of the Muslim world, Aids, landmines, poverty and freedom to wear the hijab.

This leads me to another important issue which you raised - that of identity and culture. Who are we? How do we define ourselves? What do we stand for? Let me remind you again - I am a British Muslim. Proud to be Muslim and proud to be British! Why? Because this is what Islam teaches me to be - loyal towards my faith and my country. Throughout our rich history, wherever Muslims settled they adopted and fused the best aspects of the local culture/society with Islamic teachings and traditions. As Dr. Umar Faruq Abdallah, a leading American Muslim scholar and thinker writes in 'Islam the Cultural Imperative': ...In history, Islam showed itself to be culturally friendly and, in that regard, has been likened to a crystal clear river. Its waters (Islam) are pure, sweet, and life-giving but-having no color of their own-reflect the bedrock (indigenous culture) over which they flow. In China, Islam looked Chinese; in Mali, it looked African. Sustained cultural relevance to distinct peoples, diverse places, and different times underlay Islam's long success as a global civilization…

At a time when leading Muslim scholars and thinkers have reached an advanced stage in crystallising theories of citizenship and positive integration into Western societies, any discussion of renouncing parts of our identity is simply ridiculous, dangerous and destructive - especially for someone who has no other homeland. Such emotional fist-pumping and chest-pounding about renouncing our British identity may seem attractive to a minority of Muslim youth, but as Muslims in positions of influence like yourself, we should not play to these base instincts. Rather, we should try to be more far-sighted and responsible in our discourse and not sacrifice this in the pursuit of tabloid-style sensationalist journalism.

Do you not see the Prophet of Islam shedding tears whilst migrating from Makkah - his beloved homeland to Madina despite the persecution he suffered at the hands of its people. Britain is my home. I was raised here as a child, I went to school here, most of my friends - Muslims and non-Muslims - are British and my earliest as well as fondest memories are rooted here. Does being British mean I take pride in the oppressive and exploitative colonial past of Britain? Does it mean I support the British invasion of Afghanistan and Iraq? Does it mean I support the Anti-Terrorism Act? Does it mean I support the erosion of civil liberties and human rights? Of course not! But Yvonne, let us be fair and not forget that it was in Britain that the world witnessed the largest anti-war demonstration - a testimony to the moral consciousness of the British public. I too was in that demonstration voicing my discontent over the foreign policies of our government. Although we have our fair share of racism, Islamophobia, discrimination, under-representation - and in no way am I claiming that we live in a utopian society, but I still believe that British society is amongst the most tolerant, open, liberal, multi-cultural and inclusive societies in the world.

We don't need to go far but Muslims in the Continent would envy the liberties and opportunities that British Muslims take for granted. Actually the real debate that needs to take place is how are we to shape this emerging British / European / Western Muslim identity and what direction it should take. I see my work a humble contribution towards that end. You are critical of my mention that the Metropolitan Police is inclusive of Muslims. By God, who are you depending on to protect and safeguard our streets? Yes, there is no doubt that the Metropolitan Police have committed a series of grave mistakes and blunders - the recent Forest Gate incident is one such example and the Police must be held fully accountable for their actions. But we as Britons and Muslims have a religious and civic obligation to help maintain a safe and secure Britain. This actually raises serious questions about the participation of British Muslims not just in the Metropolitan Police but in mainstream civil society.

We have three options as a community:

[1] To assimilate and lose our cultural, ethnic and even religious roots.

[2] To ghettoise and divorce ourselves from society and face extermination.

[3] To positively integrate and contribute to society whilst remaining loyal to both faith and country.

I - like the vast majority Muslims - have chosen option three. We need to build trust and partnerships with civil institutions and engage with them. This path entails that we be active members in our communities and societies; that we participate at all levels of society from politics to sports, from academia to arts, from business to media; that we reserve and exercise the right of dissent and criticism; that we join our fellow citizens in building a safe, peaceful, tolerant and pluralistic society that embodies the values of freedom and justice. Thus I commend you for standing in the last European Elections, General Elections and the recent Council Elections as a candidate in order to get your views heard, to make an impact, and to represent British people - although I hope you have better luck next time. Positive engagement - not anarchist ranting -- is the path we must tread.

It is true that the state of the global Muslim community is saddening but are we meant to live in perpetual grieving and lamenting and dress in black? Despite all the oppression and persecution suffered by the Prophet, he would always find time to celebrate the different joyful moments in life such as marriages, births, Eids and other happy occasions. He, peace and blessings of God be upon him, also found time to enjoy poetry and even had appointed a personal poet - the notable companion Hassan ibn Thabit.

Maintaining balance and adopting the middle way is the key in these troubled times of ours. Extremism and extremists have no place in Islam and in our civil societies. "Perished are the extremists" is a famous Prophetic tradition. Extremism is not a problem unique to Islam. Every religion, every way of life, every ideology has its puritans and those willing to distort and misinterpret it to meet their own agenda. And these are no different to those that commit acts of terror, who preach extremism, and who sow seeds of hatred in the name if Islam. There is no denying that Muslims in places like Palestine, Iraq, Kashmir and Chechnya are facing oppression and tragedy every day, and both the Muslim world and the West need to come together to solve these problems in the greater interest of humanity. Western governments in particular must understand that to help the majority of Muslims defeat the minority of extremists, they must assist us in eradicating the daily humiliation faced by Muslims across many parts of the world. Ending this humiliation is the only way forward for us.

You have every right to criticise and disagree with me or anyone else for that matter, and I always welcome any advice and constructive criticism for I know my defects and shortcomings are many. I am guided by the ancient wisdom which states 'May God have mercy on the one who shows me my defects - for that is the best gift he could give me.' However, in the Islamic tradition there are adab (ethics) of criticism and disagreement. I know you wrote your article with sincerity and zeal, but on a more personal level, I was deeply pained and saddened by the hostile tone and the vulgar style of your language that was brimming with sarcasm and was clearly un-Islamic, indecent and a gross violation of the beautiful teachings of our beloved Prophet who said "I was not sent except to perfect your manners." Using words such as "astagfirullah dude," "lap-dancing," 'whooping and dancing," and describing the volunteer stewards as "pipe cleaners" and "bulldozers" are inappropriate to say the very least. What shocked and even angered me was the way you shamelessly insulted our pure innocent sisters who were supporting a charity concert by describing them as "fluffers"! (Incidentally, these very sisters managed to raise over £100,000 for orphans all over the world.) I - like the vast majority of those who read your article - was blissfully ignorant about the very existence of this disgusting obscene word, and I would question the wisdom of introducing it to the vocabulary of your readers. As to my performances, I always consciously endeavour to be responsible, respectable, modest and dignified on stage.

It has been my approach that whenever personal criticism is levelled at me I ignore it and get on with my work, as my philosophy in life is to build and not destroy, and to unite not divide. However, on this occasion I felt duty-bound to respond because of the dangerous ideas and notions contained in your article. Yvonne, let us work together as fellow Muslims and Britons in building a better future for our community and all human beings and strive to make our world a safer, more peaceful, tolerant and prosperous place.

Yours faithfully,
Sami Yusuf

Test 996: IBM WebSphere MQ V6.0, Solution Design

he test consists of four sections containing a total of approximately 49 multiple-choice questions. The percentages after each section reflect the approximate distribution of the total question set across the sections. Section 1 - Assessing and Positioning WebSphere MQ (18%) Conduct a requirements study Use information sources pertaining to WebSphere MQ and related products and services Assess the suitability of WebSphere MQ to meet the requirements Position WebSphere MQ in the middleware landscape Section 2 - WebSphere MQ Solution Concepts (23%) Demonstrate knowledge of basic messaging and queuing concepts Demonstrate knowledge of WebSphere MQ features (e.g., triggering, data conversion, exits, etc.) Demonstrate knowledge of products related to WebSphere MQ Provide education on application message flows, structure and WebSphere MQ capabilities that support the solution requirements Section 3 - Design a Solution Using WebSphere MQ Features (51%) Apply appropriate WebSphere MQ features (e.g. clustering, shared queues, etc.) to address high availability requirements Apply appropriate WebSphere MQ features (e.g. event queues, PCF commands, etc.) to address systems management requirements Apply appropriate WebSphere MQ features (e.g. persistence/non-persistence, etc.) to address data integrity/transactionality requirements Apply appropriate WebSphere MQ features (e.g. SSL channels, etc.) to address security requirements Apply appropriate WebSphere MQ features (e.g. clustering, etc.) to address scalability and capacity requirements Apply appropriate WebSphere MQ features (e.g. logging, persistent messages, etc.) to address disaster recovery requirements Apply appropriate WebSphere MQ features (e.g. point-to-point, publish/subscribe) to address message distribution requirements Apply appropriate WebSphere MQ techniques to address solution performance requirements Apply appropriate WebSphere MQ features and/or techniques to address overall solution requirements Develop deployment scenarios for WebSphere MQ based upon business requirements and project constraints Section 4 - Message and Naming Standards (8%) Design appropriate messaging standards to address solution requirements Design appropriate intra-enterprise naming standards to meet solution requirements and WebSphere MQ naming requirements Design acceptable inter-enterprise naming and messaging standards

Our State....

Well..., now i may say that I m witnessing the hit of this blog to becoming flop now... Yep.., friends... I m true in my words... the sun seems like comming from West... Yep.. thats right... cats have started barking... and Sharifs are now really Sharif.. Wow.., if Aaay Dee starts talking in my tone... then i must say that all is happening as well....

But i guess... Aaay Dee has nothing to do with it... he himself is the victim here... yep... I m true again.. I have an Intel.. yep... from some solid sources.. that soon Aaay Dee would not be among our status.. Yep... :( So, i pleaded Aaay Dee to not to be too hasty... this world has still got beauty in it... the birds still sing in the morning... Yeah... i m telling the truth... like water is wet and Sky is blue in the same way I started counting the beauties of this world infront of Aaay Dee so that he thinks again before he acts... but no use my friends...

It seems like our brother Aaay Dee is actually in search of eternal beauty... this world has got no value to him... Yes..., the life with all essential peace of mind... at least that is what my brother is thinking... you guys can't imagine how low i m feeling now...

Offcourse..., why won't i... how can Aaay Dee do it before me... now, come on don't be amazed.. what do u mean... what am i thinking... Guys.. I m fully in top state of mind... So, in the end i pleaded infront of Aaay De...

Yaaar, Aaay Dee wait till December then both brothers will have Nikkah at same time... and both won't be in the current state we are...

block spot

Well, after a long time i feel like to blog again....but not in that tone & mood which WAS at some time age...the blogsphere is totally change...now i myself hardly hit any blog to read as well..& am was the one who addicted to read them...the BLOCK of blogspot really affect the paksitani blogSphere -- I have save my comments to mark this blockage as constructive or destructive!

Anyways....its all i have to blog now....see you guyz later on... hope all the buddies around are in best of health and imaan.inshAllah.

Another saturday night... :)

Just got it from one of my friend ..... one song by X Cat Steven now... Yousuf Islam... and somewhat I am in this state... **** lol *****

Now..., u guys don't think bad of me.... I m not doing anything bad okz... :) and AaayDeee... don't give me a kinky smile... and Immm... come on.. close ur mouth it is too wide open...

Another saturday night and I aint got nobody
Ive got some money cause I just got paid
Now how I wish I had someone to talk to
Im in an awful way.

I got in town a month ago
I seen a lot of girls since then,
If I could meet em I could get em
But as yet I havent met em
Thats how Im in the state Im in.

Chorus

Another fella told me
He had a sister who looked just fine
Instead of bein my deliverance
She had a strange resemblance
To a cat named frankenstein.

Chorus

Its hard on a fella
When he dont know his way around
If I dont find me a honey
To help me spend my money
Im gonna have to blow this town.

Another saturday night and I aint got nobody
Ive got some money cause I just got paid
How I wish I had someone to talk to
Im in an awful, ooh, Im in an awful way,
Hes in an awful way, Im in an awful way,
Im in an awful way, hes in an awful way.

Secret to Success....

Well...., as blogspot is blocked in Pakistan so..., won't listening from my friends for a long time... So..., here I go over here....


A young man asked Socrates ( Greek philosopher 470-399 B.C. ) the
Secret to Success.

Socrates told the young man to meet him near the river next morning.
They met. Socrates asked the young man to walk with him towards the
river.

When the water got up to their neck Socrates took the man by surprise
and ducked him into ater. The boy struggled to get out but Socrates was
strong & kept him there untill the man started turning blue. Socrates
pulled his head out of water & the first thing the man did was to take
adeep breath of air.

Socrates asked "What did you want the most when you were there".

The man replied "A I R".

Socrates said "That is the secret to Success. When you want Success as
badly as you wanted the air you will get it. There is no other secret."

Just as a small fire cannot give much heat a weak desire cannot produce
results.