Michael: Well we know now it was more plunder than religion. Shaykh Hamza: Well, that’s true. And unfortunately a lot of religious wars tend to be for other than religion. But the word jihad is probably one of the highest concepts that the Arabs and the Muslims have. It repres...
His father, dying at a good old age, had left him sole heir to all the realm and, under his rule, the tiger and the kid drank side by side at the same Ghßt;350 and his treasury was ever full and his troops and guards were numberless. Now it was his wont to don disguise ...
A man from Yemen had come to Mecca who was wronged and sought redress, and complained how such wrongs could take place in the sacred ‘Haram’ of Mecca. This incident reached the leaders of Quraysh. Al-Māwardī elaborates; “So Abū Sufyān and al-Abbās bin Abdul-Mu’talib returned mone...
1Chapter Preface In the Name of Allah the Beneficent the Merciful. All Praise is due to He Who Created, without Himself having been created. I consider myself very fortunate at having been presented with the op- portunity of typesetting and the re-organisation of this book which was first ...
Disregarding some of these plotholes,Kratos is not immortal. None of the Gods are truly immortal, perhaps it is his human side that saves him by landing in Hades. Kratos was even turned mortal at the same time he was ran through by Zeus' sword. He has the large scar in his belly to...
Years steal fire from the mind as vigor from the limb; And Life's enchanted cup but sparkles near the brim. To have joy one must share it. Happiness was born a twin. Through life's road, so dim and dirty, I have dragged to three and thirty; What have ...
But it was twenty-five years ago [This memorial was written in 1887.] that this circle of congenial and expectant young people were drawn together in the room to listen to the first reading of the MSS. of “The Seven Little Sisters.” I will not name them all; but one whose youthful...
One of the 10 ‘Coloured Books’ of the GLC Transformation Programme was the establishment of an academy to enhance the skills of GLC Directors; this initiative was closely tied to another called the Green Book: Enhancing Board Effectiveness. I was brought in to assist in setting up the ...