Saturday 29 May 2010

William Levy: the most beautiful man in the world?

"te amo te amo te amo te amo eres lindo quisiera compartir contigo unos lindos momentos me encantas tanto tu cuerpo tu sonrisa tus labios………………… y todo lo demas"

Ah is there no limit to a celebrity-crush? How can you girls say that to someone who's got a Catholic-Chicana girlfriend with two extra-marital children? And I thought Catholics are quite stern about pre-marital sex. Obviously, Catholicism is, as can be read here. And I know Catholics who, despite doing what they do, have this taboo thing about fornication. Well, South Asians and most of the world have this taboo about sex, but thanks to Westernisation or modernisation or whatever you want to call it, even early teenagers have started playing real orgies these days instead of err.. playing pokemon.

True story. Or not. This Mexican-American dude was saying that he asked his mother, "Ma, where do babies come from?" So his mama was like freaked out that her son asked such a question, so she snapped some stuff in Spanish which kind of translates to, "Why do you wanna know where babies come from?" and did that Catholic thing you know, in the name of father, son and holy spirit with the right hand? The son replied, "Coz I'm 25?!" Maybe it was made up, but you get the point. Don't talk about sex. Let your kids find out on their own when watching some porno with friends! Hmmm, question of the day, how did YOU know all about it?

So they're happy going second base and maybe a liiiiiiittle bit further, but not all the way down because the Bible would then call them whoremongers ('players' in modern-day usage) and whores (suit your modern day imagination for this one). This just gave me an idea. I gotta ask something to this Colombian Catholic I know. Gotta hay while the sun shines.

Right, so all you Spanish-speaking Catholic fans of William Levy, know that you're saying all that to a whoremonger. And I guess you don't mind being whores either, if the whoremonger is William Levy. Ah, one very crucial reason why a guy wants to be a millionaire, a celebrity.

Add to that, Levy converted to Catholicism in 2009. I wondered why. I believe there can be only two reasons why you want to convert to Catholicism/Hinduism (doesn't include those who are raised Catholics so no pun intended):

  1. You love worshipping idols and statues. It's ingrained in your genes?!
  2. You do it because you want some worldly gain out of it.

I was right. For Levy, it was the second. From his words:

"Lo hice porque si el día de mañana quiero casarme, porque sí quiero hacerlo, necesito de estos sacramentos"

Nice. I know nuns don't get married. But 'religious sisters' do. It probably wouldn't be a disastrous thing to get married to a Catholic 'religious sister'.

Anyway, back to the title of the post. I see he's not ugly by any means, well he's a model, but the most beautiful man on the planet? Can the word 'beautiful' be even used literally for a guy?

Damn I just found out that there's a whole 'beautiful men' contest going in this crazy world. Here's one such beautiful man (it's not my words!):

I hope you girls can sleep tight, now that you've seen him.

For your own sake Argentina, don't win the World Cup!

Football legend and current Argentine coach Diego Maradona has promised to strip and run naked in the streets of Argentine capital, Buenos Aires (News) if Argentina wins the World Cup Football 2010 in South Africa starting soon.

Out of all ways to express your joy, you had to choose to strip publicly, you 49-year old Diego? Well I guess you still have lousy fans who'd love to see you naked, but please, put up a private web cam show instead.

I like seeing Argentina win, but I hope, at least for the sake of Argentines, they don't win this time around. I mean it's not even Messi who promised to be naked.

Buenos Aires, here comes the naked butt and the rest of the package from that god of yours. At least don't let your kids get on the street that day. You already made 'hand of god' out of Diego, please don't make a 'butt of god' (if not worse) out of him too.

Tuesday 25 May 2010

Good News: Another militant-terrorist arrested in Bangladesh

Police in Bangladesh have arrested JMB (Jama'atul Mujahideen Bangladesh) chief Saidur Rahman al-Irhabee, his wife and three other top leaders of their group (News). Alhamdulillah.

During the police raid, the cops also recovered a huge cache of bomb-making materials, firearms and ammunition and books that incite terrorism in the misnomer of 'Jihaad'. (You can watch the news showing the disgusting Mufsid and his cronies, in the Bengali news from here, news starts from 3:30.)

If you are aware of any terrorist and terrorist-activity in Bangladesh, you can report it to the concerned security, after completing free registration, from here. This includes the foreign links that these terrorists have in UK, USA and elsewhere; hence any information that you can reliably provide about these terrorists, please report them to the authority.
Alternatively, the security can be contacted in person or by telephone, with contact details given: http://www.rab.gov.bd/contact_us.php

Replying to a query, the Police Chief Muhammad said that since militancy is now a global phenomenon, Jama'atul Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB) might have connections with militant groups in neighbouring countries. May Allah reward the Police Chief Muhammad Nur and forgive him his shortcomings and guide him to what is good.

Tracking down the terrorists and safeguarding lives of innocents is a great Jihaad, may Allah reward the Mujahideen who are tracking them and risking their lives and the lives of their family.

These JMB frauds have connections with the disgusting frauds in UK called Islam4UK that changes their colours like the British weather, and also with the other internet terrorists who are happily "waging their Jihaad" on the internet while seeking help from the British and American government and paying taxes to them. These JMB hypocritical people (hypocrisy in action) are distributing their falsehood over youtube, whilst living in America and UK - the supposed Daarul Harb!

Yo takfiris and cyber-jihadis, here's a site that sells cheap tickets to and fro Afghanistan: http://www.liligo.co.uk/airline-tickets/cheap-ticket-afghanistan/ (took me about 5 seconds on google)
Get out of your comfort homes, stop complaining that you cannot go and join OBL and his crew (or openly declare yourself a hypocrite), stop making takfeer of your family and friends and the rest of the Ummah, and get your filthy asses to Afghanistan if you are truthful.
(And by the way, could you please ensure you return the Red British Passport or the Blue American Passport to the authority once you're in Afghanistan? Also, a written declaration of how and your mentors, such as Abu Qatadah and Omar Bakri, obtained their red passports in the first place would also be beneficial for the common people.
Also, I know your kinds well enough and the deceptive counter responses you give, but to save your time, here's a list of uninhabited islands, where you can try going and establish 'Khilaafah' and supposedly rule by laws of Allah and His Messenger. Just don't come back to daarul kufr, deal?)

May Allah aid the Muslim security officials in Saudi, in Bangladesh, in Pakistan and elsewhere, those who have the intention of stopping mischief-makers in their lands.

Sunday 23 May 2010

The Lost saga finally comes to an end ...

This is the TV series Lost, that I'm talking about. It's been over 5 years that this show's been running, and people been saying it's the best TV series ever in terms of thrill and adventure and mysteries (beating X-files?). I started three years up the line, and honestly, I haven't seen any other show that created this much attention and hype. You had Prison Break, Heroes, 24, etc but compared to Lost, they are not in the same league!

So finally we'd have the last episode of the final, sixth season on May 23rd (Sunday) at 9 pm EST and would be shown on May 24th, 5 am (Monday) in UK. I mean people who know about it, would know how big this hype is. Magazines, newspapers, websites, forums, etc are all crazy about what is to happen and what they are to do once it's over. I can't say I'm not excited either, it's the build up of anticipations.

Even my sister got hooked into it only months back. How sad. It's been 5 years, and now as it's about to be over for good, you get hooked into it?! She's got tens of episodes to catch up!

So there's a number of questions that the audience is hoping to get answers for. I've been disappointed with many episodes, especially the recent ones where the whole thing makes little sense. So many characters died and so many things happened, all because you want to protect an island for some source of light that nobody knows what good it does? Even that "bad guy" (aka Man in Black, Smokey) is not all bad. He was good until his fake mother turned him bad and his twin brother Jacob couldn't control his rage to turn him into what he is. Why blame Smokey, when it's Jacob and the fake mother that made him what he is?!

TV series disappoint me most of the time. Heroes took a sharp downturn after Season 1 and Prison Break was like continuing just for the sake of continuing. At least cartoons like Tom and Jerry's are better that they can go on and on, for the sole purpose of entertainment.

I am not going to watch it live. I don't have TV subscription. I steal shows and movies off the net, thanks to zillions of torrent and flash video sites. (You wouldn't steal a car, would you? Heck yeah I would, if I could steal over the internet! Don't tempt me!) Yeah I'm an internet-pirate, and a good one at it! It would have been nicer to be able to watch this final episode live, it's a whacking 2.5 hrs episode, but I guess I have no option other than to wait few hours after it's been aired for the torrent.

(Update: Some helpful internet pirate was kind enough to provide me live streaming links to watch from)

  1. http://www.channelsurfing.net/watch-abc.html
  2. http://www.veetle.com/view/index.html#4bb345a29e052

Just some rant on a sunny Sunday. I wish I could go outside and enjoy the sun, as it's depressing having to stay indoors on a day like this, but there's just too much things out there you know

Update: The best and simple explanation of all that happened over the last 6 seasons is posted here: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0411008/board/thread/163537934?d=163537934&p=1#163537934

For more explanations and theories, check: http://lostpedia.wikia.com/wiki/Main_Page

Alternate, satirical endings:




http://darkufo.blogspot.com/2010/05/jimmy-kimmel-live-aloha-to-lost-all.html

Ahmad Goes to Catholic Church (P1b)

Right, this is where I share the experience of communal service in a Catholic Church on a Sunday, following on from Part1a. It's a brilliant, sunny day outside today, but it's too hot for Ahmad to be out and it's better I keep myself enclosed in my room and just type away on my laptop.

The Catholics in the Church
I had the notion that it would be old, white folks coming to the Church for some blessing they think they receive on a Sunday. I'm not saying Christianity is a white man's religion as I know much of South America and Central America, as well as many parts of Far East Asia are Christians, but my city is predominantly white and the ethnic minorities are usually made of students and tourists (and the working class Asians in catering). Hinduism, on the other hand, is originally brown man's religion (India being the birthplace) and I have not heard of non-brown converts to Hinduism.

I was quite right about my notion, but it was intriguing to find people from other cultures and races as well, such as Filipino, black and even one brown dude!

As I entered ...
A lady was handing out leaflets about which hymn they are going to sing that day. A hymn is a song, usually of religious nature, to praise and venerate the deity or a saint. A Christian hymn was defined as "A hymn is the praise of God with song; a song is the exultation of the mind dwelling on eternal things, bursting forth in the voice." The closest match in Islam to a hymn is a Nasheed (نشيد). I collected one leaflet and the particular hymn to be sung that Sunday was called "Hail the day that sees him rise"

The hymn had the first three lines as follows:
Hail the day that sees him rise, alleluia!
To his throne above the skies; alleluia!
Christ, the Lamb for sinners given, alleluia!

The word "alleluia" literally means "Praise God" and this particular hymn is about the Christians praising the Christ Jesus ascending. It should be noted that these hymns were not read or created at the times of Jesus, as this particular hymn is taken from 1742 book "Hymns and Sacred Poems" by Charles Wesley. The earliest song found in Biblical Scripture is the Song of Songs, which is said to be the Song that Solomon (Prophet Sulayman) sang to show love for his woman.

I chose to sit closer to the back of the masses so that I can observe things from a wider angle and not be mistaken for a devout Catholic. They have this type of seating arrangement in the Church, I'm not sure how to explain it, so I'd just show it in picture.


As soon as a Catholic comes in, he/she bends down on their knees on that platform and makes some kind of prayer. It looks like it's a thing to do when you enter the Church, much like you have 2 units of prayer called 'Tahiyyatul Masjid' as you enter a Mosque. Although the Catholics would do this prayer thing on that platform a number of times during the communal service.


I don't feel like continuing with the rest of the experience right now. The communal service was about to start then, and I'd share it some other time ...

Sunday 16 May 2010

Ahmad Goes to Catholic Church (P1a)

Yes, the title of the post is correct. It's been some time since I thought about it, and I finally turned it into reality.

Now I was not raised a Christian. I've never been to a Church before and I suppose that is the case for the overwhelming majority of Muslims who have been born and raised in a Muslim family. The atheists pick on the theists the easy way: you're a Hindu because you were raised a Hindu; you're a Muslim coz you're raised a Muslim. That is NOT the reality for many of us. Some of us are Hindus not just because we were raised as Hindus - it's because we have realised worshipping statues and animals and trees and accepting dowries is the truth! Likewise, many of us are Muslims because we have realised statues made of mud and clay, living beings that one can kill in a moment, is anything but God! Ah isn't that so utterly obvious?! Our Lord be Praised!
As for me, then I have embarked on a spiritual journey for a long long time. I have questioned myself over and over again, and continue to do so, in order to reach the truth, may God guide me. I ask God to guide me to the Straight Path frequently, so it's not just an expression, it's a fact. I've had "intellectual" discussions with knowledgeable Christians back in the days and I hope to touch on some of what I have experienced. But it's important to know what one is talking about; it's easy saying I'm right and you're wrong when you're too afraid to take even a step beyond your bubble.

So I am going to share my experience of Church and what it endorses, and this is my first week of going to a Church and experience things first-hand. Now I'm not encouraging any Muslim to do what I am doing, but personally speaking, I am who I am because I have asked my Lord over and over again to Guide me, and had Hinduism been the religion that I felt to be true, I would have renounced my faith for the truth. I don't consider my upbringing and the comfortable bubble that I lived in when I question my soul. My Lord be Praised. When I mentioned that I'm going to Church today to a Muslim, I was jokingly asked, Have I left Islam? I smiled to myself. Leave Islam for what? Give me something better and I will show you why it's actually worse.

For any Christian, I just ask you for one thing. Go to a Mosque. See Islam as a whole and what is the fundamental message that it stands for. Here is Ahmad, going to the Church and not just talking based on what I have been fed by others. I have sacrificed my gym session this morning for the Church and that is a big thing in my life currently! So please take that extra step and go to a Mosque nearby on a Friday. Choose different Mosques if you want. I'd try going different Churches every other week. Fair deal?

Arrite so which Church?

St John's Catholic Church

My first week- I've chosen it to be a Catholic Church. Reasons include:

  • The Church was built in the 19th century and from an architectural point of view, it's one of the things England is known for. I can't say I'm not tempted to see what it's like inside and out.
  • I chose this particular Church because it so happened that the Church is just opposite to my friend's place and a 2-minutes walk from the Mosque. It's only natural that I went there - it's like putting on an underwear before you put on a trouser!

  • I chose a Catholic Church not for any particular reason. I wanted to start with an Anglican Church but I guess it doesn't matter much. I'd probably go to an Anglican Church in near future so we're on the same page. If you're a Christian and you want me to go to a particular type of Church, feel free to comment and I'll see if we have that kind of Church in my area. I live in a city full of Churches and pubs so finding your particular denomination won't be hard I suppose.

  • The Church runs two local schools and is the Catholic authority in my city. It's obviously not just any Church - it's the happening Church!

Which day?

I chose today, Sunday 16th May 2010. Why? Isn't that obvious? Coz it's a SUNDAY. It's the day when many non-practising Christians go as well, thereby being known as Sunday Church goers. In Islam, there is Friday Mosque goers, but let's not go into that now as I myself hardly go to a Mosque except on Fridays! The fact that my city has just one Mosque and tens of Churches doesn't help.

So if I go again, it'd be again on Sundays. The reason is obvious. You have communal worship on Sundays in a Church and that is the best day to see as much as one can see about the Church and the Christians. I say again, I have sacrificed my morning gym session because of this, and that tells you the effort I am putting into this! Damn I probably gained a kilo because of this.

From the outside

It's quite catchy from the outside to be honest. I guess it's one of the things that tourists come and see in this city. Let me put some pics. I've never uploaded pics in blogs before although it's very common to put loads of random pics in personal blogs. So I guess this is the start of uploading pics. Note that the pictures are not to show my skills or lack-of in photography, nor to show how bad or good my camera was. They are the least one should worry about. The pics are to show what it was and what it stands for, to all those who do not know.



















Now what does the inside look like? Here's being honest - my only experience of Churches is from the TV shows and movies that showed Churches and does it look the same in reality? Precisely! It's just like what you see in movies.

From the inside
Here's when it gets really confusing. I've been to a Hindu temple before - the big Balaji temple in Birmingham, England. If I didn't know enough, I'd have said this is a Polytheistic Temple. You don't believe me? Go to the Hindu temple and see it for yourself. How much a Hindu Temple and a Catholic Church have in common. Seriously.



Here is the classic idolatry shown opposite. Don't try telling me the background history for this pic. I tell you what it is as it looks like: it is showing two white statues - one a woman and one an almost naked man about to pass away. Probably you'd say it's Jesus and his mother. Shame on you. This is the big statue in your Catholic Church.





Statues such as the one on the right are ALL over the Church, next to the large windows. Catholics, you REALLY need to go to a Hindu temple and question yourself. I am not sure if you follow Hinduism or a monotheistic religion?






The one on the left is the symbolic statue in any Catholic Church. Or maybe any Christian Church (I will check other non-catholic churches later). The crucifying Jesus statue central to the Church in front of the masses, showing what Christianity is about. It's not about Abraham and his fighting against polytheists and idolatry, it's not about Noah and his fighting against his idol worshipping people, it's not about Moses and his fight (read 'Jihaad') against the idol-worshippers (read 'Mushriks'). Christianity is about the god being tortured and dying on a cross!

The one on right is the front section of the Church, where you have the Bishop and other Church authoritative figures doing what they do. I swear by my Lord, I felt like I was in a Hindu temple. It's almost identical to the Balaji temple in Birmingham. Don't take my word for it if you don't want to, O intelligent Christians, visit a large Hindu temple yourself!







And big human statues continue all around. The one on the left is just next to the central section of the Church. I never thought about it before, like why don't Christians make a fuss over statues and idols like Muslims do? Now after today I think about it and it comes like completed legos: it's because statues and idols are central to their faith, to their place of worship. Is this what Abraham preached? Which of you people voted 'Yes' in the poll on my blog?












Ignore the cute kid in the pic. I suck at guessing the gender of babies and kids so I don't want to embarrass myself, but I'm pretty sure the kid's a 'he'. The Catholic Church has this cute area called "St Benedict Pray for Us" and kids and people come in and probably ask "St Benedict" to pray for them. I thought it's the living Pope Benedict they are referring to, but no. it's the dead St Benedict of Nursia.

Here's an important thing to learn for Muslims. Which Muslims do you find praying to the dead hoping the dead pray for them? Yes, you know who. I think they borrowed it from this Catholic tradition. How pitiful of such Muslims to ask the dead to pray for the living, when it is the dead that needs the prayer of the living! Do you not have sense that a dead's a dead?! Why on earth do some of you Muslims ask the dead? Ask your LORD or is your Lord not enough to answer your prayer? It is these Catholics that introduced asking to the dead! Ask the pious amongst the living one to pray for you. Ask your parents, for the sake of your Lord!!! And please pray for the dead; not ask the dead to pray for you!

Okay this is the last pic for this part. It's another section next to the central section. You have many such enclosed sections with idols in a Hindu temple, so I can only guess, it's there for the same reasons. Saw two women lighting a candle and stuff in front of the gate, don't know what that means. Don't really care much. I have had enough.






The reality
So there you go. Idols after idols, statues after statues. St. this and that, lord this and that. Frustrating really to see such things from those who claim to adhere to a monotheistic religion that had Abraham and Moses as the Prophets. I haven't even started talking about what I experienced in the communal service! God willing, I'd do it in a separate post.

Now there are mosques with decorative insides and from an architectural point of view, they are quite fascinating to see. Mosques in South Asia built by the Moghul empire, mosques in Egypt and Syria and other than that have lavish decorations inside. There is no religious justification for such things whatsoever, all I can say is they look nice just a glittering neon light looks nice. But if you study what original Mosque of the Prophet Muhammad looked like, you'd know what constitutes as the Muslim place of worship. Muslims go to Mosques to worship their Lord. Period. Nothing more, nothing less.

Let me end this post with some good old Verses from Old Testament. Think for a moment what was what the Lord commanded to Moses in Bible, and what is it that you Christians do, in the name of following an Abrahamic religion, in the name of being against paganism and idolatry. Such a shame. If what is inside the Catholic Church is not directly idolatry and paganism that violates one of the Ten Commandments, I don't know what does. I don't see any difference between the Balaji Temple and the Catholic Church. Nothing substantial anyway.

Idolatry Forbidden
15 You saw no form of any kind the day the LORD spoke to you at Horeb out of the fire. Therefore watch yourselves very carefully, 16 so that you do not become corrupt and make for yourselves an idol, an image of any shape, whether formed like a man or a woman, 17 or like any animal on earth or any bird that flies in the air, 18 or like any creature that moves along the ground or any fish in the waters below. 19 And when you look up to the sky and see the sun, the moon and the stars—all the heavenly array—do not be enticed into bowing down to them and worshiping things the LORD your God has apportioned to all the nations under heaven. 20 But as for you, the LORD took you and brought you out of the iron-smelting furnace, out of Egypt, to be the people of his inheritance, as you now are.
21 The LORD was angry with me because of you, and he solemnly swore that I would not cross the Jordan and enter the good land the LORD your God is giving you as your inheritance. 22 I will die in this land; I will not cross the Jordan; but you are about to cross over and take possession of that good land. 23 Be careful not to forget the covenant of the LORD your God that he made with you; do not make for yourselves an idol in the form of anything the LORD your God has forbidden. 24 For the LORD your God is a consuming fire, a jealous God.

25 After you have had children and grandchildren and have lived in the land a long time—if you then become corrupt and make any kind of idol, doing evil in the eyes of the LORD your God and provoking him to anger, 26 I call heaven and earth as witnesses against you this day that you will quickly perish from the land that you are crossing the Jordan to possess. You will not live there long but will certainly be destroyed. 27 The LORD will scatter you among the peoples, and only a few of you will survive among the nations to which the LORD will drive you. 28 There you will worship man-made gods of wood and stone, which cannot see or hear or eat or smell. 29 But if from there you seek the LORD your God, you will find him if you look for him with all your heart and with all your soul.

(Deutoronomy, the fifth book of Hebrew Bible, Chapter 4)


The Ten Commandments
6 "I am the LORD your God, who brought you out of Egypt, out of the land of slavery.

7 "You shall have no other gods before [a] me.

8 "You shall not make for yourself an idol in the form of anything in heaven above or on the earth beneath or in the waters below."

(Deutoronomy, Chapter 5)


What can I say? There are so many Verses that speak against this abhorrent practice of idolatry, that I truly believe anybody getting rid of preconceived dogma should be able to see and appreciate how despicable Catholic places of worship, its rituals and what it stands for have turned into. Sorry, I couldn't put it any milder. I am not Moses or Jesus, but I can bet that they would have left you and your despicable practices like they left the despicable practices during their times.

Friday 7 May 2010

What's a blog for?

Thought of the day. After I came across yet another blogger with the most random post ever.

He says:

Voting in the election
Tonight, I voted in the General Election. My local polling station was at Widcombe Baptist Chapel shown below. I am currently watching results come in. It is now 12.40am and so far there have only been five declarations.


How random! What the hell does that got to do with anything in this world?! Of course he was referring to the British parliamentary election that's gone past yesterday, but seriously, what's his 4 statements post for and what's a blog for? Ah, wikipedia saved the day!

Personal blogs
The personal blog, an ongoing diary or commentary by an individual, is the traditional, most common blog. Personal bloggers usually take pride in their blog posts, even if their blog is never read. Blogs often become more than a way to just communicate; they become a way to reflect on life, or works of art. Blogging can have a sentimental quality.


That clears up. The dude was making an entry in his web diary, and taking pride in it, even if it never gets read. But I read it and my blog is personal too! So here's a better diary entry from your guy next door:


Today I felt like a zombie, only I craved for sleep instead of blood. That's because I have not slept more than 3 hours in the last 30 hours, and my only source of caffeine was two Red Bull drinks. I also went to supermarket and saw some British soldiers, one of them having the tag name 'Butcher'.


What's the fuss about the election anyway?
Without getting into politics, people and the media are really overdoing this election thing. It's getting on my nerves now. I got hold of the news that an Oxford grad Bengali woman has been elected for the first time from an East London centre. I hope she changes things around, because her neighbourhood is one of the dirtiest and stinkiest neighbourhood in Britain and it shows what can happen when South Asian minorities turn into majority over good old whites. I'm so glad I don't live there.