February 17, 2009 by lelaeli
Ghaffar Hussain is born in England and has Pakistani Roots. He’s the head of the training for Britain’s Quilliam Foundation, an organization which fights against Islamic radicalization in England. In an interview with the SPIEGEL ONLINE he talks about the motivation and the reasons for young Islamic fundamentalists to join a terrorist organization.
For several years in his youth Ghaffar Hussain was a part of a radical Islamist group but because of his open mind and his interest in analyzing history and politics he recognized the narrowness of the Islamists. Currently he works against the radicalization and uses the advantages of his knowledge from his terrorist past. He exposes that lots of young men, who leave their country and their family, to join a terroristic camp, don’t feel adapted in society and can’t identify with their parent’s generation. In the Islamist groups they have the feeling to belong to somebody and feel attracted by the Umma concept, which says all the Muslims form a unity. Now they are being told that fighting is their duty and they have the urgent feeling to do something good and to fight for their conviction. Politics are explained very easily to them and they are pushed into a very narrow direction of understanding. Many of the members weren’t really successful in their earlier lives but in the terrorist organizations they feel like Heroes. They belief that there is nothing worthwhile left to return to their families. Suddenly they are convinced that they are the only ones who know about the truth and what is really going on. They think they are the real Muslims, neither influence nor corrupted by the West. They aren’t willing to discuss their opinions and they separate themselves from their parents, because they think they are better than they are.
But in fact, the religion is not the source they base on. The terroistic groups are motivated by politics! Ghaffar Hussain says that 90 per cent of their speeches are political ones but they justify their statements with the Koran. None of them have some religious background but they all belief they act in the wish of Allah. “They make their arguments look Islamic” (Ghaffar Hussain).
Ghaffar Hussain and his organization (training for Britain’s Quilliam Organization) have already managed to take away about 40 men from these organizations through individual conversations. Temporary they are only active in England but when they are successful they plan to expand their enterprise to other countries.
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November 24, 2008 by lelaeli
Our presentation deals with the new founded information and management centre in Mali (in the west of Africa), the CIGEM. This centre is supposed to inform about the dangers, which result from migration, to advise people in finding jobs and vocational education and to support repatriates. The project is a pilot project established by the European Union in partnership with the government of Mali. The European Union aims at establishing more of them in every development country to “control” the migration (to Europe) and to help the Africans. © www.daylife.com
The centre gives rise to a lot of criticism by Malians and politicians. The critics complain that the centre only wants to deter people from migrating but isn’t really willing and able to offer effective help. Still it is the first move to a better collaboration between Africa and Europe, concerning migration, and the horrible consequences arising from it.
For more details watch the presentation below…
cigem
© www.cigem.org
by Lela & Paula
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November 9, 2008 by lelaeli
-a fetus is a human embyo after the development of the inner organs/the fetal stage of parental development starts when the major structures have formed and last until birth
->it starts in the 11th week of gestational age ;in the 9th week after fertilisation; before it is an embryo
embyo and fetus define by law: http://www.gesetze-im-internet.de/eschg/BJNR027460990.html
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September 2, 2008 by lelaeli
sunday: morning/noon check in…flee markets afternoon: exploring the surrounding,evening: kings place(festival)
monday: sight seeing: palace( park), big ben, bridge,st pauls cathedral afternoon: free time, evening
:…pub?/ bridge at night
tuesday: morning/midday: soho evening: tiger tiger club
wednesday: 12.00 shakespear globe,afternoon: notting hill http://www.visitlondon.com/de/karten/ausfluge/ein-tag-in-notting-hill
thursday: morning: convent garden(café flee markets..) evening: wicked musical
friday: home sweet home
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South Africa:
- already in SA Gandhi fought for the rights of the Indiand people, who were oppressed by the Apartheid system
India :“ no participation”
- 1920 he started the non-violent resistance in India against the British Colonial power with the INC (Indian national congress)
- The Indian stopped working, and therefore fought against poverty and surpression trying to boycott the British “asahayoga” stands for “ no participation”
- Firstly Gandhi stopped wearing British clothe, instead he wore traditional Indian ropes. – Gandhi requested that everybody should produce their own fabric by using spinning wheels, he himself yarned and therefore the spinning wheel is used as a symbol for political and economical independence on the Indian flag.
-Ghandi himself was imprisoned often but because of not resisting he was released every time and more and more people supported and followed Gandhi
Quotes:
-Mein Glaube an die Gewaltlosigkeit verpflichtet mich zu äußerster Entschlossenheit. Da bleibt kein Raum für Feigheit oder Schwäche.
-Es gibt nur einen Weg, durch Gewaltlosigkeit Unabhängigkeit zu erreichen: Wenn wir sterben, leben wir, wenn wir töten, niemals.
-Gewalt ist die Waffe des Schwachen; Gewaltlosigkeit die des Starken.
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