Currently browsing posts found in June2009
The Resilient Muslim Race, originally uploaded by firoze shakir photographerno1.
The resilient
Muslim race
it falls it rises
hardships calamity
it will face
leaderless
but collectively calm
by Gods grace
ancestry
to Peace and Brotherhood trace
indeed God is Great
a chant from the minaret always
Truth Justice Tolerance embrace
another mans religion
wont deface
living as Indians
giving other
Indians breathing space
through sectarian strife
sectarian hate
this religion
they have tried to erase
the enemies of [...]
Posted at: June 24th, 2009 - 2:29 am - Number of Comments » 0
Burqa - My Birthright, originally uploaded by firoze shakir photographerno1.
“Burqas not welcome in France “, says Sarkozy .
This is the heading of the Times of India Mumbai front page dated 23 June 2009..
Some Excerpts..
Says Sarkozy “The burqa is not a religious sign,it is a sign of subservience and a sign of debasement- I want to [...]
Posted at: June 23rd, 2009 - 4:19 am - Number of Comments » 0
Tanya Shia Pride, originally uploaded by firoze shakir photographerno1.
she has nothing to hide
the ahle bayt her guide
the imams on her side
beating her little chest
for imam hussain she cried
a shia child wide eyed
through words of a poem
holistically described
the future of our faith
from within and outside
tanya shia pride
Posted at: June 20th, 2009 - 8:04 am - Number of Comments » 0
STAND WITH FREE IRAN, originally uploaded by firoze shakir photographerno1.
Inspired by Anthony Posey poet photographer of New Orleans
www.flickr.com/photos/60053005@N00/3633012760/in/set-7215…
the spirit of the people of iran
is what matters in the end
their right to exist they defend
a will that wont bow or bend
a posse of baton wielding goons
cant shake this spirit of freedom
a message in defiance
trough twitter they [...]
Posted at: June 17th, 2009 - 8:19 am - Number of Comments » 0
STAND WITH FREE IRAN, originally uploaded by firoze shakir photographerno1.
Inspired by Anthony Posey poet photographer of New Orleans
http://www.flickr.com/photos/60053005@N00/3633012760/in/set-72157619742030927/
Posted at: June 16th, 2009 - 5:02 pm - Number of Comments » 0
The Shia Was Born To Bleed, originally uploaded by firoze shakir photographerno1.
the enemies of shiasm
a rabid rotten breed
paying
allegiance to mauwiyyah
accursed yazid
overgrowing
like the devils weed
proselytizing hate
indeed
misplaced martyrdom
as jehad to mislead
shiam a protest against
yazidiyat year after year
from one generation
to the next indeed
through our blood
we expose their misdeed
a singular chant of pain
hussainiyat guaranteed
he gave his head but not [...]
Posted at: June 15th, 2009 - 6:22 pm - Number of Comments » 0
Hate Begets Hate, originally uploaded by firoze shakir photographerno1.
DOWN WITH THE WAHABISM!! SHIAS MUST PROTEST AGAINST ADEL-AL-KALBANI(MALOON) WHO GAVE FATWA OF KUF AGAINST SHI’ISM.
SHIAS MUST AVOID NAMAZ BEHIND THIS MALOON AT MAKKAH-E-MUAZZEMA.
Sent to me by my friend Jalal Kazim
Forwarded message ———-
Date: Sun, Jun 14, 2009 at 2:12 AM
Subject: Fatwa of Kufr
Fatwa of kufr against the [...]
Posted at: June 15th, 2009 - 5:35 am - Number of Comments » 0
INDIA4720, originally uploaded by glosack.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/glosackmd/3620345662/
Mumbai INDIA
“muharram”
the commemoration of the martyrdom of Hussein.
Looking forward to my next Muharram end of year.
Looking forward to my next Muharram end of year.
The Shias of Mumbai love you doctor ..your picture speaks volumes of our faith and our pedigree of pain called Ghame Hussain..
Khawaja Ghareeb Nawaz’s immortal verses on the [...]
Posted at: June 13th, 2009 - 2:51 am - Number of Comments » 0
My Hallowed Head, originally uploaded by firoze shakir photographerno1.
shot by Umakant
I asked him to shoot my hallowed head, the seat of my pedestrian knowledge , the fountain of my flowing blood when I cut my head twice a year with a sword during Ashura and Chehlum in Moharam .
seat of my pedestrian knowledge
fountain of my [...]
Posted at: June 7th, 2009 - 11:18 am - Number of Comments » 0
