09-01-2006, 05:50 AM
<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->Nuggets from the Urdu press
<b>Changing party or changing âkhasamâ</b>According to Jang, in 1996 there was a clash between PMLQâs Ms Tehmina Daultana and PPPâs Haji Nawaz Khokhar, who had changed loyalty to join the PPP to become a minister. Ms Daultana declared that she wished to greet the lota minister who had changed his loyalties. On this Khokhar lost his cool and said he had changed loyalties not his khasam (husband) like Ms Daultana. There was pandemonium after this and Khokhar was asked to apologise but he would not. He did so after 45 minutes of persuasion. Next day Ms Daultana made an emotional speech and repeated that Khokhar was a lota who had told her to carry ganday anday aur tamatar (rotten eggs and tomatoes) in her purse and throw them on President Leghari, but he was now a minister under him. She said she would keep a jooti (shoe) on her desk to show Khokhar if he talked to her again.
â<b>Dhanyaâ to OIC</b>
According to daily Pakistan Lahoreâs stormy petrel advocate MD Tahir despatched a letter to the Organisation of Islamic Conference (OIC) asking it to send 50 bangles one-each to the member Islamic countries for their leaders. He also sent dhanya (parsley) to the rulers as the herb is supposed to slow down the system and make an individual impervious to all excitement. He excluded only Iran, Syria and Lebanon.
<b>How Kaaba was built</b>
Magazine of Nawa-e-Waqt revealed that Kaaba was first built by angels on orders from Allah. Then Prophet Abraham and his 30 year old son Ismail came from Syria and rebuilt it on the old foundations. Ismail picked up a stone for his father to stand on to raise the walls. This stone is today called Muqam-e-Ibrahim containing the footmark of the prophet. The Black Stone was also brought down by the angels. This is where the tawaf begins.
The cloth cover of Kaaba
According to Nawa-e-Waqt magazine, the first covering of Kaaba was made by Ismail, son of Prophet Ibrahim. Hundreds of years before Islam a Yemeni king saw a dream and supplied a ghilaf made in Yemen in 423 AD with a cloth of red stripes. He also supplied a lock and a key for the Kaaba. When someone spoke ill of the king named Asâad the Holy Prophet (pbuh) rebuked him. The Quresh changed the ghilaf on every 10th of Muharram and fasted on that day. The cover was at times made of leather or jute.
How âghilafâ became ritual
As printed in an article in Nawa-e-Waqt magazine, the Holy Prophet (pbuh) arranged for a new covering for Kaaba on his last hajj. This tradition was followed by Hazrat Abu Bakr who got it made from Egyptian cloth. Hazrat Umar continued this practice but he began burying the old ghilaf before distributing its fragments among people as sacred relic. Hazrat Usman put the new ghilaf over the old one and began the practice of changing it twice in a year.
<b>Change of cover for Kaaba</b>
According to Nawa-e-Waqt the ghilaf of Kaaba was supplied by Amir Muawiyya twice a year from Damascus. These days were 10th of Muharram and 23rd of Ramadan. The Umayyads and the Abbasids continued the tradition, the latter sending the ghilaf from Baghdad. Haroon Rashid sent two but Mamun sent three in a year. Haroon Rashid sent a white one. One caliph made a green covering but after that the tradition of a black ghilaf became permanent.
<b>Great Al Qaeda men freed in Peshawar</b>
According to Daily Express a local court in Peshawar freed members of a terrorist group led by Abu Musaab Zarqawi, the Al Qaeda sectarian agent for being innocent. The group of seven contained Dr Burhan of Bangladesh with a PhD from Oxford, and Khalifa bin Hassan, a member of the ruling family of Morocco. Khalifa was sent home in a special plane. The others were two Algerians were caught in Peshawar and Batkhela, two from Tajikistan, Jamshed Ahmad and Zareef Lateef, the last one being accused of being a deputy of Zarqawi. Algerians and one Tunisian had wives and children and were living in the Tribal Areas.
<b>One million Muslims killed in 1947</b>
According to Nawa-e-Waqt magazine a million Muslims men and women were killed by Sikhs and Hindus during partition in 1947. Some estimates place the killed at 2 million. According to the 1941 census, Patiala, Kapurthala, Faridkot, Jand and Nabha contained 800,000 Muslims most of him were done to death. Only in Patiala 250,000 Muslims âdisappearedâ. Non one from Kapurthala survived. Four trains from New Delhi arrived in Lahore all over their passengers slaughtered. Bangladesh officially claims that West Pakistani troops killed 3 million in 1971.
<b>Why are Pakistanis doing terrorism?</b>
Columnist Tanvir Qaiser Shahid wrote in daily Pakistan that Aimal Kansi of Pakistan was executed in the US for killing CIA officers in 1993. Kansi said in an interview that he had killed because of the Palestinian issue. In 1995 another Pakistani Imran Haider did the same sort of thing in New York and yet another Pakistani Naveed Afzal in Seattle in 2006. In July 2005British-born Pakistanis committed terrorism in London, killing 50 innocent people, all in the name of Palestine and Iraq. Why were only Muslims involved in terrorism. Why were other Muslims not moved by Islamic grief to the same extent?
<b>Pakistan and âghilafâ of Kaaba</b>
According to Nawa-e-Waqt the cloth covering of Kaaba came from Turkeyâs King since Egypt was a province of the Ottomans. But after coming to power the house of Saud didnât like some pagan practices included in the ceremony and took away the ritual from Egypt. Meanwhile Sultan Mahmud Ghaznavi of Afghanistan sent a yellow ghilaf. In 1928, Maulana Ismail and Maulana Ghaznavi sent the ghilaf from Amritsar. In 1927, the House of Saud set up a factory in Saudi Arabia with the help of Indian craftsmen from Benaras to make the ghilaf. In 1962 Pakistan had the honour of sending a ghilaf.
Egypt and the divine cover
As related in Nawa-e-Waqt, Egypt became a permanent supplier of the covering of Kaaba. Egyptian rulers used to declare holiday on days the covering was sent off. Some villages were set aside for the revenue needed for the manufacture of the ghilaf. The Egyptians also began inscribing Quranic verses on it including the name of the ruler. Cairo had a special factory dedicated to the manufacture. This went on till the beginning of the 20th century.
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<b>Changing party or changing âkhasamâ</b>According to Jang, in 1996 there was a clash between PMLQâs Ms Tehmina Daultana and PPPâs Haji Nawaz Khokhar, who had changed loyalty to join the PPP to become a minister. Ms Daultana declared that she wished to greet the lota minister who had changed his loyalties. On this Khokhar lost his cool and said he had changed loyalties not his khasam (husband) like Ms Daultana. There was pandemonium after this and Khokhar was asked to apologise but he would not. He did so after 45 minutes of persuasion. Next day Ms Daultana made an emotional speech and repeated that Khokhar was a lota who had told her to carry ganday anday aur tamatar (rotten eggs and tomatoes) in her purse and throw them on President Leghari, but he was now a minister under him. She said she would keep a jooti (shoe) on her desk to show Khokhar if he talked to her again.
â<b>Dhanyaâ to OIC</b>
According to daily Pakistan Lahoreâs stormy petrel advocate MD Tahir despatched a letter to the Organisation of Islamic Conference (OIC) asking it to send 50 bangles one-each to the member Islamic countries for their leaders. He also sent dhanya (parsley) to the rulers as the herb is supposed to slow down the system and make an individual impervious to all excitement. He excluded only Iran, Syria and Lebanon.
<b>How Kaaba was built</b>
Magazine of Nawa-e-Waqt revealed that Kaaba was first built by angels on orders from Allah. Then Prophet Abraham and his 30 year old son Ismail came from Syria and rebuilt it on the old foundations. Ismail picked up a stone for his father to stand on to raise the walls. This stone is today called Muqam-e-Ibrahim containing the footmark of the prophet. The Black Stone was also brought down by the angels. This is where the tawaf begins.
The cloth cover of Kaaba
According to Nawa-e-Waqt magazine, the first covering of Kaaba was made by Ismail, son of Prophet Ibrahim. Hundreds of years before Islam a Yemeni king saw a dream and supplied a ghilaf made in Yemen in 423 AD with a cloth of red stripes. He also supplied a lock and a key for the Kaaba. When someone spoke ill of the king named Asâad the Holy Prophet (pbuh) rebuked him. The Quresh changed the ghilaf on every 10th of Muharram and fasted on that day. The cover was at times made of leather or jute.
How âghilafâ became ritual
As printed in an article in Nawa-e-Waqt magazine, the Holy Prophet (pbuh) arranged for a new covering for Kaaba on his last hajj. This tradition was followed by Hazrat Abu Bakr who got it made from Egyptian cloth. Hazrat Umar continued this practice but he began burying the old ghilaf before distributing its fragments among people as sacred relic. Hazrat Usman put the new ghilaf over the old one and began the practice of changing it twice in a year.
<b>Change of cover for Kaaba</b>
According to Nawa-e-Waqt the ghilaf of Kaaba was supplied by Amir Muawiyya twice a year from Damascus. These days were 10th of Muharram and 23rd of Ramadan. The Umayyads and the Abbasids continued the tradition, the latter sending the ghilaf from Baghdad. Haroon Rashid sent two but Mamun sent three in a year. Haroon Rashid sent a white one. One caliph made a green covering but after that the tradition of a black ghilaf became permanent.
<b>Great Al Qaeda men freed in Peshawar</b>
According to Daily Express a local court in Peshawar freed members of a terrorist group led by Abu Musaab Zarqawi, the Al Qaeda sectarian agent for being innocent. The group of seven contained Dr Burhan of Bangladesh with a PhD from Oxford, and Khalifa bin Hassan, a member of the ruling family of Morocco. Khalifa was sent home in a special plane. The others were two Algerians were caught in Peshawar and Batkhela, two from Tajikistan, Jamshed Ahmad and Zareef Lateef, the last one being accused of being a deputy of Zarqawi. Algerians and one Tunisian had wives and children and were living in the Tribal Areas.
<b>One million Muslims killed in 1947</b>
According to Nawa-e-Waqt magazine a million Muslims men and women were killed by Sikhs and Hindus during partition in 1947. Some estimates place the killed at 2 million. According to the 1941 census, Patiala, Kapurthala, Faridkot, Jand and Nabha contained 800,000 Muslims most of him were done to death. Only in Patiala 250,000 Muslims âdisappearedâ. Non one from Kapurthala survived. Four trains from New Delhi arrived in Lahore all over their passengers slaughtered. Bangladesh officially claims that West Pakistani troops killed 3 million in 1971.
<b>Why are Pakistanis doing terrorism?</b>
Columnist Tanvir Qaiser Shahid wrote in daily Pakistan that Aimal Kansi of Pakistan was executed in the US for killing CIA officers in 1993. Kansi said in an interview that he had killed because of the Palestinian issue. In 1995 another Pakistani Imran Haider did the same sort of thing in New York and yet another Pakistani Naveed Afzal in Seattle in 2006. In July 2005British-born Pakistanis committed terrorism in London, killing 50 innocent people, all in the name of Palestine and Iraq. Why were only Muslims involved in terrorism. Why were other Muslims not moved by Islamic grief to the same extent?
<b>Pakistan and âghilafâ of Kaaba</b>
According to Nawa-e-Waqt the cloth covering of Kaaba came from Turkeyâs King since Egypt was a province of the Ottomans. But after coming to power the house of Saud didnât like some pagan practices included in the ceremony and took away the ritual from Egypt. Meanwhile Sultan Mahmud Ghaznavi of Afghanistan sent a yellow ghilaf. In 1928, Maulana Ismail and Maulana Ghaznavi sent the ghilaf from Amritsar. In 1927, the House of Saud set up a factory in Saudi Arabia with the help of Indian craftsmen from Benaras to make the ghilaf. In 1962 Pakistan had the honour of sending a ghilaf.
Egypt and the divine cover
As related in Nawa-e-Waqt, Egypt became a permanent supplier of the covering of Kaaba. Egyptian rulers used to declare holiday on days the covering was sent off. Some villages were set aside for the revenue needed for the manufacture of the ghilaf. The Egyptians also began inscribing Quranic verses on it including the name of the ruler. Cairo had a special factory dedicated to the manufacture. This went on till the beginning of the 20th century.
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