April 2004
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* Terrorist messages on radio
Friday afternoon, driving up to Vancouver for
13 Bedar, I turned on my car radio to enjoy the company of
Tom Leykis, aka The Professor, who teaches the Leykis 101 course
on his radio
talk show. Basically he teaches guys "how to get more
tail for less money".
Anyway, a listener by the name of "Claudia" called
in to finish up his job of singing over the phone for the Leykis
101
audience. Actually, Claudia had called in a few weeks ago, but
had been busted and fined for double-parking his limo right in
the middle of his performance! Tom gave him the go ahead and with
excellent voice imitation, Claudia started to sing ... Ebi!!!
After a few verses which had me almost drive off the road in
a fit of laughter, Claudia gave a shout-out to his Persian friends
and signed off, which Tom then commented "All you guys calling
yourself Tony, and Sal, and Al... I know your tricks... you're
Persian guys passing yourselves as Italians to pick up girls...he
he..."
The feedback that came in after that was really interesting. One
caller said: "Tom, now you've opened up the gates to a whole
new Iranian Idol contest!" But the most amusing comment was
by a disgruntled caller who said very seriuously : "You know
Tom, you should be careful what you allow these guys to sing in
a foreign language, you never know they might be sending over-the-air
messages to their terrorist accomplices"!!!!!
At that point , I really didnt know what to feel.
-- Babak
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* Do we carry on as normal?
Susan B. from Dallas Texas wrote:
The driveby shooting you may
have heard about on the news? Less than 25
yards from our house!
The couple was walking around the elementary school that Xander
will go
to -- the place that EVERYONE walks in this neighbourhood, we were out
there Friday night -- and a car drove by and shot 6 times at this woman.
The news described our neighbourhood as upscale -- doesn't mean much
when a maniac has a gun.
What a scary feeling this has caused! Do we go out and walk,
carry on
as normal? Or do we cower in our homes and protect ourselves? I feel
helpless, like a more personal 9-11 helplessness -- that we should stand
up and fight, yet not take chances. But what does that look like?
Needless to say, we all had extra hugs for each other tonight
before
bedtime. Xander is blissfully unaware of it all except for lots of
police cars. We hope he didn't overhear our conversations with each
other or with the neighbours.
Just some late night thinking.....take care, my friends.
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* "The War President"
George W. Bush based on portraits of U.S. soldiers killed
in Iraq >>> here
Photo courtesy of American Leftist
-- Forwarded by Babak
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*
Neglected sins
In Islam there is a wide variety of acts considered to be sins,
and naturally must be avoided by Muslims. Among sins some are
regarded as major sins, meaning to be more serious and must be
observed
more carefully. Though there are different opinions on numbering
and grading them, most scholars' list contains items in common,
namely; Interest (Riba),which is strictly forbidden, yet we can
see being widely practiced and tolerated handsomely in most of
Muslim states.
The question is why then, Hejab matter despite being
not a direct major sin appears to be the favorite topic of Islam
related discussions inside and outside Islamic communities today?
What really makes this issue superior comparing with many other
obligations we are to observe as Muslims?
A sign of piety or a personal decision, or even an emblem of
an ideology or a political manifest. Every individual may have
a certain
impression of it.
However, watching people -particularly men- describing
passionately the disobedience in lady's outfit they witness now
a days in public, would provoke a Freudian look on the case too.
It seems that commenting about women's hair or clothing instinctually
is desirable for fellow men. In other words, it is a part of
our human nature to be attracted by the opposite gender. Many of
us
unconsciously hide behind socially acceptable terminology and
instrumentalize ethical duties by expressing our concern over Islamic
values, to
satisfy our restricted innate zeal.
Frankly speaking, who among those very much concerned with Hejab,
does not close eyes to the very obvious sins he witnesses in
every day life?
-- A. Saremi
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* Luscious lips
Persian expression describing luscious lips.
("The lower lip carpets the earth / the upper lip gazes at
the heavens.")
-- Javaneh Khodabakhsh
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* Poker's "Iranian origin"
A possible Iranian origin to the game of poker via New Orleans?
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