Ahmadinejad, Circles of power,wealth detached,revolution, people

Isfahan, June 5, IRNA – President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said here Friday in past, circles of power and wealth took shape whose relations with revolutionary masses and revolution’s mentality were totally detached.

According to IRNA’s dispatched Presidential Affairs reporter, Ahmadinejad added in his address for his supporters in Isfahan, “These groups that had assumed they were the nation’s elites used a literature and a certain dialogue jargon that is typically that of the masters of nations, and the people, according to them, had to be entirely at their service.”
Ahmadinejad said that the achievements of the Islamic Revolution are rarely if ever seen elsewhere before, even unique, and they are entirely causes for feeling proud.
Hew added, “There were obstacles, too, such as the fact that four to six yeas after the victory of the Islamic Revolution a group took the helm of the country’s macro-scale management in their hands whose thoughts, ethical values and behavior were deviated, or at a sharp slanting slope, with those of the nation and the revolution.”
The head of the country’s Executive Force said, “Rather than heeding the interests of the revolution, the nation, and its prestige, cared merely for the interests of themselves and their group.”
He added, “By and by a circle of managers took shape in the country that not only did not consider themselves the servants of the people, but regarded themselves as the masters and the superiors of the people, and the absolute owners of the country.”
Ahmadinejad one more time reiterated, “They regarded high priority for themselves and their group and their family members, in taking advantage of and enjoying the national assets, compared to the nation.”
The president considered the Iranian nation worth leading the world, civilization builders, and culture builders.
He emphasized, “This characteristic should be a model and a guideline for the other nations and the Iranian nation, too, should continue its ever-onward progress in scientific and technological fields.”
The president pointed out that the revolution unleashed the nation of the chains, adding, “The nation became ready to fly, although after a few years new obstacles emerged and new stones were thrown in the path of our nation’s progress, but our nation resisted.”
Source : IRNA

UN watchdog condemns war on Gaza

A resolution condemning Israel's military offensive in Gaza has been adopted by the UN Human Rights Council.

The non-binding resolution, approved in Geneva on Monday, said Israel's operation had "resulted in massive violations of human rights of the Palestinian people".

More than 900 Palestinians have died during the fighting, many of them women and children, and a further 4,100 have been wounded.

At least 25,000 have been displaced due to the ongoing bombardment, but are unable to flee the overcrowded territory as crossing points remain closed.

The resolution, drafted by Arab, Asian and African countries, called for an international mission to be sent immediately to the Gaza Strip to investigate Israel's actions.

It also called for an immediate end to the "launching of the crude rockets against Israeli civilians" by the Palestinian factions.
Israel launched its operation on December 27 after a ceasefire with Hamas ended a week earlier, stating its objective was to target the Palestinian faction's infrastructure and bring an end to the firing of homemade rockets into southern Israel.

'Fairytale world'

Fewer states than expected supported the resolution, which passed by 33 votes to one, with 13 abstentions. The US, not a member of the council, took no part in the debate.

Israel dismissed it as one-sided and reflecting the "fairytale world" of the 47-member council.

The text of the document said the council "strongly condemns the ongoing Israeli military operations ... which have resulted in massive violations of human rights of the Palestinian people and systematic destruction of the Palestinian infrastructure".

The resolution was opposed by Canada while European countries, Japan and South Korea abstained.

The resolution was backed by, among others, Russia, China, Argentina and Brazil.

During a debate on the resolution, Pakistan, speaking for the Organisation of the Islamic Conference (OIC), denounced what it called Israel's "unrestrained use of force, killing of innocent civilians" and violation of UN havens.

At least 40 people died last Tuesday when the UN-run school they were sheltering in was hit by Israeli fire.

'Massive violations'

All European Union countries abstained and Canada voted against the resolution.

Rupert Colville, a spokesman for the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, told Al Jazeera: "In the end they [the UN] passed the resolution, it was not unanimous. I would not say it was that heated, at the end of the day there were still differences of opinion.
"Many states praised the Palestinian delegation for the flexibility they had shown in the negotiations, but they could not quite reach a consensus."

Speaking in the Gaza Strip, John Ging, head of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) operations in Gaza, repeated his call for an immediate end to the fighting.

"I say now, to all politicians, here in Israel and internationally, you have an obligation to the ordinary people in the name of humanity and all that is civilised, we need to stop this now. Those who help will never be forgotten.

"Israel is responsible for its own actions and it is very clear to us that there are a lot of actions in this conflict that will need to be fully investigated independently and internationally.

"Those who have been killed and injured, those who are innocent, deserve accountability."

Peter Splinter, Amnesty International's representative at the United Nations in Geneva, backed the call for an investigation, saying "there must be a full accountability for war crimes".

"Evidence of war crimes is presenting itself each day," he told Al Jazeera.

Boutros Boutros-Ghali, a former UN secretary-general, added his perspective on the situation, saying the assault on Gaza "is a present the Israelis gave to the fundamentalists".

"It will reinforce extremists, fundamentalists, all over Arab countries and even inside Israel," he said.

Boutros-Ghali was headed the UN from 1992 to 1997.

Source: Al Jazeera and agencies

Prophet Jeremiah

According Ibn Kathir, another prophet is Jeremiah (pbuh) Ibn Hilkiah from the House of Levi Ibn Jacob (pbuh). It has been claimed that he was Al-Khidr. This was related by Al-Dahak from Ibn Abbas but it is not true.
Ibn Asakir reported that it is written in some scrolls that Jeremiah stood upon the blood of John Ibn Zechariah while it was flowing and he said: "O blood! You have enlightened the people, so take a rest." So it stopped and condensed until it disappeared.
There is a tradition that Jeremiah asked Allah: "O Lord! Which of Your slaves is more lovable to You?" He answered: "Those who remember Me most away from their remembrance of My creatures; those who are not thinking of death, nor speak of eternal living; those who, when they are allured by the riches of this world, despise them, and when they lose them are happy; those have My love, indeed, and I shall reward them more than they desired."