And, pray tell, what does this have to do with photography?
Renate Volz
On Saturday, Oct 13, 2007, at 09:55 US/Eastern, kombizz wrote:
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Yawm-al Quds or Al-Quds Day is a day of solidarity with the oppressed
Palestinians and all oppressed people in general. All over the world
rallies
and marches are held on this day, the last Friday of the holy month of
Ramadan.
The history of Quds Day dates back to the victory of the Islamic
Revolution
in Iran nearly 30 years ago. One of the first actions Imam Khomeini
took as
leader of the newly formed Islamic Republic was to cut off the supply
of oil
to the two apartheid regimes of Israel and South Africa and put
sanctions on
both of them. He inaugurated Al-Quds day as an integral part of
Ramadan so
that Muslims would never forget their responsibility and duty towards
Palestine and all oppressed people in the world. Imam Khomeini, on 16th
August 1979 inaugurated "The Day For The Oppressed" with the following
words:
“The Muslims of the world should view Quds Day not only as a day for
all the
Muslims of the world, but one for all the deprived, and from that
sensitive
point, they should stand against the oppressors and the
world-plunderers and
should not rest until the oppressed have been set free from the
oppression
of the power-wielders.” During Ramadan, when our minds (should) be
focused
on empathizing with those who are suffering, it is worth remembering
that
there are thousands of prisoners who will be celebrating Eid in
captivity
for no other crime than their faith, or their nationality, or their
ethnicity, or their beliefs, or a bit of all or some of these reasons.”
"Quds Day is the day for the weak and oppressed to confront the
arrogant
powers, the day for those nations suffering under the pressure of the
superpowers and other powers to confront. I invite Muslims all over the
globe to consecrate the last Friday of the holy month of Ramadan as
'Quds
Day' and to proclaim the international solidarity of Muslims in
support of
the legitimate rights of the Muslim people of Palestine.”
http://www.ezsoftech.com/ramadan/ramadan21.asp here
http://www.inminds.co.uk here
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/quana_01_19_03.htm here
http://www.robert-fisk.com/articles18.htm here
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