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<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></span>THE LAST VIKINGhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11122758258228954175noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-571240123390971584.post-1385336987109568652019-12-31T21:00:00.047+01:002013-02-17T19:11:15.630+01:00Site News<span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: 130%;">This section is to help my regular </span><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: 130%;">readers</span><br />
<span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: 130%;">quickly find out what is new:<br /><br /></span><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: 130%;"><i>--------------------2013------------------</i></span><br />
<span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: 130%;"><br /><i>17 February 2013:</i><br /><a href="http://www.ibraheemlandproject.blogspot.it/">BACK to the LAND project</a><br />initial weblog for land project in BULGARIA,<br />expect many improvements,<br />enjoy the photos<br /><br /></span><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: 130%;"><i>--------------------2012------------------</i></span><br />
<span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: 130%;"><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">20 February 2012:</span><br /><span style="font-size: 85%;"><span style="font-size: 130%;">New poems:</span></span></span><span style="font-size: 130%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b><span style="font-weight: normal;"><br />- <a href="http://myspeak-poems.blogspot.com/2012/02/only-because.html">Only Because</a><br />- <a href="http://myspeak-poems.blogspot.com/2012/02/not-twelve-but-nine.html">Not Twelve But Nine</a><br />- <a href="http://myspeak-poems.blogspot.com/2012/02/not-iran.html">Not Iran</a><br />- <a href="http://myspeak-poems.blogspot.com/2012/02/useless-eaters.html">Useless Eaters</a><br />- <a href="http://myspeak-poems.blogspot.com/2012/02/sign-of-beast.html">The Sign of the Beast</a><br />- <a href="http://myspeak-poems.blogspot.com/2012/02/jewish-question.html">The Jewish Question</a><br />- <a href="http://myspeak-poems.blogspot.com/2012/02/you-are-here.html">You Are Here</a><br />- <a href="http://myspeak-poems.blogspot.com/2012/02/raelian.html">Raelian</a><br />- <a href="http://myspeak-poems.blogspot.com/2012/02/divine.html">Divine</a><br />- <a href="http://myspeak-poems.blogspot.com/2012/02/countdown.html">The Countdown</a><br />- <a href="http://myspeak-poems.blogspot.com/2012/02/judahs-plot.html">JUDAHs Plot</a><br />- <a href="http://myspeak-poems.blogspot.com/2012/02/teeth-of-gold.html">Teeth of Gold</a><br />- <a href="http://myspeak-poems.blogspot.com/2012/02/vikingdom.html">VIKINGDOM</a></span></b></span></span><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: 130%;"><span style="font-size: 85%;"><br /></span>13 new poems totalling 1,800 lines -<br />what a great start to the year!</span><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: 130%;"><i><br /><br />--------------------2011------------------</i></span><br />
<span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: 130%;"><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">28 June 2011:</span><br />New poem <a href="http://myspeak-poems.blogspot.com/2011/06/twenty-thousand-lines.html">Twenty Thousand Lines</a><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Al-HAMDU-Lillah!</span><br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">27 June 2011:</span><br />New poems:<br />- <a href="http://myspeak-poems.blogspot.com/2011/06/territorialism.html">Territorialism</a><br />- <a href="http://myspeak-poems.blogspot.com/2011/06/evil-is-live.html">EVIL is LIVE</a><br />- <a href="http://myspeak-poems.blogspot.com/2011/06/fed-means-red.html">The Fed Means Red</a><br />- <a href="http://myspeak-poems.blogspot.com/2011/06/vote-veto.html">Vote the Veto</a><br />- <a href="http://myspeak-poems.blogspot.com/2011/06/graveyard-of-empires.html">The Graveyard of Empires</a></span><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: 130%;"><br />This breaks the 20,000 lines barrier -<br /><b>al-hamdu-lillah!</b></span> <span style="font-size: 130%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br />I am writing a poem to celebrate!</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: 130%;"><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">21 June 2011:</span><br />New poem <a href="http://myspeak-poems.blogspot.com/2011/06/zionism-and-judaism.html">Zionism and Judaism</a><br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">18 June 2011:</span><br />New poem <a href="http://myspeak-poems.blogspot.com/2011/06/muslim-quarter.html">The Muslim Quarter</a><br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">17 June 2011:</span><br />New poems<br />- <a href="http://myspeak-poems.blogspot.com/2011/06/peace-to-world.html">Peace to the World</a><br />- <a href="http://myspeak-poems.blogspot.com/2011/06/balloonatics.html">Balloonatics</a><br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">15 June 2011:</span><br />New poems<br />- <a href="http://myspeak-poems.blogspot.com/2011/06/modern-living.html">Modern Living</a><br />- <a href="http://myspeak-poems.blogspot.com/2011/06/winter-trees.html">Winter Trees</a><br />- <a href="http://myspeak-poems.blogspot.com/2011/06/kings-and-queens.html">Kings and Queens</a><br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">25 May 2011:</span><br />New poem <a href="http://myspeak-poems.blogspot.com/2011/05/propaganda.html">Propaganda</a><br /><br /><i>05 February 2011:</i><br />New poem <a href="http://myspeak-poems.blogspot.com/2011/02/power-of-word.html">The Power of the WORD</a><br /><i>28 January 2011:</i><br />New poem <a href="http://myspeak-poems.blogspot.com/2011/01/eye-for-eye.html">An Eye for an Eye</a><br /><i>20 January 2011:</i><br />New poem <a href="http://myspeak-poems.blogspot.com/2011/01/why-islam.html">Why ISLAM?</a><br /><i>15 January 2011:</i><br />New poems<i><br /></i>- <a href="http://myspeak-poems.blogspot.com/2011/01/bland-leading-bland.html">The Bland Leading the Bland</a><br />- <a href="http://myspeak-poems.blogspot.com/2011/01/we-toll-jews-so.html">We Toll Jews So</a><br />This breaks the 18,000 lines barrier -<br /><b>al-hamdu-lillah!</b><br /><br /><i>10 January 2011:</i><br />New poem <a href="http://myspeak-poems.blogspot.com/2011/01/today-tomorrow-toyota.html">Today, Tomorrow, Toyota...?</a><i><br />09 January 2011:</i><br />New poem <a href="http://myspeak-poems.blogspot.com/2011/01/doing-good.html">Doing Good</a><br /><i><br />02 January 2011:</i><br />New poem <a href="http://myspeak-poems.blogspot.com/2011/01/ireland-recolonised.html">Ireland Recolonised</a><br /><i>--------------------2010------------------<br /><br />25 December 2010:</i><br />New poem <a href="http://myspeak-poems.blogspot.com/2010/12/cardinal-sins.html">The Cardinal Sins</a><br /><i><br />08 December 2010:</i><br />New poem <a href="http://myspeak-poems.blogspot.com/2010/12/digital-hijra.html">Digital Hijra?</a><br /><i><br />07 December 2010:</i><br />New poem <a href="http://myspeak-poems.blogspot.com/2010/12/just-boy.html">Just a Boy</a><br /><i><br />04 December 2010:</i><br />New poem <a href="http://myspeak-poems.blogspot.com/2010/12/sunni-or-shia.html">Sunni or Shia?</a><br /><i><br />03 December 2010:</i><br />New poem <a href="http://myspeak-poems.blogspot.com/2010/12/home-of-free.html">The Home of the Free</a><br /><i><br />02 December 2010:</i><br />New poem <a href="http://myspeak-poems.blogspot.com/2010/12/i-slam.html">I Slam</a><br /><i><br />21 October 2010:</i><br />New poem <a href="http://myspeak-poems.blogspot.com/2010/10/wysiwyg.html">WYSIWIG</a><br /><i><br />21 September 2010:</i><br />New poem <a href="http://myspeak-poems.blogspot.com/2010/09/ramadhan-1431.html">Ramadhan 1431</a><br /><i><br />01 September 2010:</i>New poem <a href="http://myspeak-poems.blogspot.com/2010/09/pyromaniacs.html">The Pyromaniacs</a><br /><i><br />31 August 2010:</i><br />New poems<br />- <a href="http://myspeak-poems.blogspot.com/2010/08/from-moses-to-mossad_2530.html">From Moses to Mossad</a><br />- <a href="http://myspeak-poems.blogspot.com/2010/08/two-missing-letters.html">The Two Missing Letters</a><br />- <a href="http://myspeak-poems.blogspot.com/2010/08/go-to-hell.html">Go to Hell</a><br />- <a href="http://myspeak-poems.blogspot.com/2010/08/fair-or-foul.html">Fair or Foul</a><br />- <a href="http://myspeak-poems.blogspot.com/2010/08/adhaan.html">The Adhaan</a><br />- <a href="http://myspeak-poems.blogspot.com/2010/08/invitation-to-islam.html">Invitation to Islam</a><br /><br /><i>12 August 2010:</i><br />My book now has its own promotional website<br />where, apart from basic info, you can also read<br />several excerpts, so do please visit:<br /><b><a href="http://ibraheem-books.blogspot.com/">ENOUGH! Islamophobia</a></b><br /><br /><i>04 August 2010:</i><br />My book <b>ENOUGH! Islamophobia</b> is just about<br />ready and should be available in about 2 weeks.<br />Awaiting first printed copy, when that has<br />arrived and has been checked over, the book<br />will be released.<br />Updates to follow here on SiteNews and also on<br />its own separate weblog, to follow in a few days.<br /><br /><i>31 July 2010:</i><br />Site is in the process of being reworked<br />to reflect new domain <b>www.IBRAHEEM.dk</b> -<br />meaning that my current domains<br />MYSPEAK.info and MYSPEAK.org<br />will gradually be phased out.<br />Your patience appreciated!<br /><br /><i>20 Januar 2010:</i><br />New poems<br />- <a href="http://myspeak-poems.blogspot.com/2010/01/tawheed.html">Tawheed</a><br />- <a href="http://myspeak-poems.blogspot.com/2010/01/powered-by-allah.html">Powered by Allah</a><br />- <a href="http://myspeak-poems.blogspot.com/2010/01/cross-eyed.html">Cross-Eyed</a><br />Tawheed represents another milestone,<br />as it breaks the 15,000 lines barrier -<br /><b>al-hamdu-lillah!<br /><i><br /></i></b><i>------------------2009--------------------<br /><br />18 December 2009:</i><br />New poems<br />- <a href="http://myspeak-poems.blogspot.com/2009/12/new-world-order.html">The New World Order</a><br />- <a href="http://myspeak-poems.blogspot.com/2009/12/predators.html">Predators</a><br />- <a href="http://myspeak-poems.blogspot.com/2009/12/question-time.html">Question Time</a><br />- <a href="http://myspeak-poems.blogspot.com/2009/12/state-of-affairs.html">State of Affairs</a><br /><br /><i>09 November 2009:</i><br />New poems<br />- <a href="http://myspeak-poems.blogspot.com/2009/11/triangle-tangle.html">Triangle Tangle</a><br />- <a href="http://myspeak-poems.blogspot.com/2009/11/triplets.html">Triplets</a><br />Triangle Tangle represents another milestone,<br />it is my <b>100th</b> published poem -<br />al-hamdu-lillah!<br /><br /><i>29 August 2009:</i><br />Now <a href="http://www.facebook.com/home.php#/MYSPEAK?ref=name">MYSPEAK on FACEBOOK</a><br /><i><br />04 August 2009:</i><br />New poem <a href="http://myspeak-poems.blogspot.com/2009/08/tip-of-izberg.html">The Tip of the IZberg</a><br /><br /><i>03 August 2009:</i><br />New poems<br />- <a href="http://myspeak-poems.blogspot.com/2009/08/law-of-one.html">The Law of ONE</a><br />- <a href="http://myspeak-poems.blogspot.com/2009/08/two-thousand-and-twelve.html">Two Thousand and Twelve</a><br /><i><br />30 July 2009:</i><br />New poem <a href="http://myspeak-poems.blogspot.com/2009/07/snake-of-zion.html">The Snake of Zion</a><br /><i><br />28 July 2009:</i><br />New poems<br />- <a href="http://myspeak-poems.blogspot.com/2009/07/who-is-jew.html">Who is a Jew?</a>- <a href="http://myspeak-poems.blogspot.com/2009/07/jp2.html">JP2</a><br />- <a href="http://myspeak-poems.blogspot.com/2009/07/faith-fully.html">Faith-Fully</a><br />- <a href="http://myspeak-poems.blogspot.com/2009/07/firefighting.html">Firefighting</a><br />- <a href="http://myspeak-poems.blogspot.com/2009/07/trinity-revisited.html">Trinity Revisited</a><br />- <a href="http://myspeak-poems.blogspot.com/2009/07/eurabia.html">Eurabia</a>- <a href="http://myspeak-poems.blogspot.com/2009/07/ninety-names-of-israel.html">Ninetynine Names of Israel</a><br />- <a href="http://myspeak-poems.blogspot.com/2009/07/interesting.html">Interesting</a><br />- <a href="http://myspeak-poems.blogspot.com/2009/07/tragic-but-true.html">Tragic But True</a><br />- <a href="http://myspeak-poems.blogspot.com/2009/07/why-should-we.html">Why Should We</a><br /><br /><i>08 April 2009:</i><br />New poems<br />- <a href="http://myspeak-poems.blogspot.com/2009/04/shame-on-world.html">Shame on the World!</a><br />- <a href="http://myspeak-poems.blogspot.com/2009/04/ibraheem.html">Ibraheem</a><br />- <a href="http://myspeak-poems.blogspot.com/2009/04/promises-promises.html">Promises Promises</a><br />- <a href="http://myspeak-poems.blogspot.com/2009/04/nazionism.html">NaZionism</a><br />- <a href="http://myspeak-poems.blogspot.com/2009/04/letter-bombs.html">Letter Bombs</a><br /><br /><i>30 March 2009:</i><br />New poems<br />- <a href="http://myspeak-poems.blogspot.com/2009/03/free-america.html">Free America!</a><br />- <a href="http://myspeak-poems.blogspot.com/2009/03/bush-to-obama.html">Bush to Obama</a><br />- <a href="http://myspeak-poems.blogspot.com/2009/03/changing-of-guard.html">The Changing of the Guard</a><br /><i><br />25 March 2009:</i><br />New poem <a href="http://myspeak-poems.blogspot.com/2009/03/ten-little-georgie-boys.html">Ten Little Georgie Boys</a><br />This breaks 10,000 lines of published poetry -<br /><b>al-hamdu-lillah!</b><br /><br /><i>02 March 2009:</i><br />New poems<br />- <a href="http://myspeak-poems.blogspot.com/2009/03/if-i-were-jew.html">If I Were a Jew</a><br />- <a href="http://myspeak-poems.blogspot.com/2009/03/paradox.html">Paradox</a><br />- <a href="http://myspeak-poems.blogspot.com/2009/02/giving.html">Giving</a><br />- <a href="http://myspeak-poems.blogspot.com/2009/02/minimalism.html">Minimalism</a><br />- <a href="http://myspeak-poems.blogspot.com/2009/02/nineteen.html">Nineteen</a><br />- <a href="http://myspeak-poems.blogspot.com/2009/02/numbers.html">Numbers</a><br /><i><br />--------------------2008------------------<br /><br />16 December 2008:</i><br />New poem <a href="http://myspeak-poems.blogspot.com/2008/12/blue.html">Blue</a><br /><br /><i>10 December 2008:</i><br />New poems<br />- <a href="http://myspeak-poems.blogspot.com/2008/12/hand-of-fatima.html">The Hand of Fatima</a><br />- <a href="http://myspeak-poems.blogspot.com/2008/12/baboons-are-coming.html">The Baboons are Coming</a><br />- <a href="http://myspeak-poems.blogspot.com/2008/12/last-crusade.html">The Last Crusade</a><br />- <a href="http://myspeak-poems.blogspot.com/2008/11/fairground.html">The Fairground</a><br />The Last Crusade breaks the 9,000 lines barrier<br /><br /><i>07 November 2008:</i><br />New poems<br />- <a href="http://myspeak-poems.blogspot.com/2008/11/idea.html">The Idea</a>- <a href="http://myspeak-poems.blogspot.com/2008/11/giant-and-dwarf.html">The Giant and the Dwarf</a><br /><i><br />05 November 2008:</i><br />New poems<br />- <a href="http://myspeak-poems.blogspot.com/2008/11/hiking-viking.html">Hiking Viking</a><br />- <a href="http://myspeak-poems.blogspot.com/2008/11/sun-is-setting-in-west.html">The Sun is Setting in the West</a><a href="http://myspeak-poems.blogspot.com/2008/11/sun-is-setting-in-west.html"></a><br />- <a href="http://myspeak-poems.blogspot.com/2008/11/solar-wind.html">Solar Wind</a><a href="http://myspeak-poems.blogspot.com/2008/11/solar-wind.html"></a><br />Hiking Viking represents another milestone as it takes <br />the total number of published lines to over 8,000<br /><br /><i>04 November 2008:</i><br />New poems<br />- <a href="http://myspeak-poems.blogspot.com/2008/11/digital-bard.html">The Digital Bard</a><br />- <a href="http://myspeak-poems.blogspot.com/2008/10/quantum-leap.html">Quantum Leap</a><br /><br /><i>30 July 2008:</i>New post<i> </i><a href="http://myspeakx.blogspot.com/2008/07/note-to-new-readers.html">Note to New Readers</a><br /><br /><i>27 July 2008:</i><br />New poem <a href="http://myspeak-poems.blogspot.com/2008/07/which-holocaust.html">Which Holocaust??</a><br /><br /><i>22 July 2008:</i><br />New poem <a href="http://myspeak-poems.blogspot.com/2008/07/us-is-still-number-one_22.html">The US is Still Number One</a><br /><br /><i>07 July 2008:</i><br />New poem <a href="http://myspeak-poems.blogspot.com/2008/07/choice-is-yours.html">The Choice is Yours</a><br /><i><br />24 June 2008:</i><br />First post for my new weekly weblog on<br />Islam-Online's <a href="http://www.islamonline.net/servlet/Satellite?pagename=Zone-English-Euro_Muslims/EMEZone">Euro-Muslims Zone</a><br /><br /><i>28 May 2008:</i><a href="http://myspeakx.blogspot.com/2007/08/copyright-notice.html">Copyright Notice</a> updated<br /><br /><i>06 May 2008:</i><br />New poem <a href="http://myspeak-poems.blogspot.com/2008/05/made-in-denmark.html">Made in Denmark</a><br /><i><br />03 May 2008:</i><br />New poem <a href="http://myspeak-poems.blogspot.com/2008/05/holy-trinity.html">The Holy Trinity</a><br /><i><br />02 May 2008:</i><br />New poem <a href="http://myspeak-poems.blogspot.com/2008/05/freedom-of-expression.html">Freedom of Expression</a><br /><br /><i>01 May 2008:</i><br />New poem <a href="http://myspeak-poems.blogspot.com/2008/05/i-give-you-my-word.html">I Give You My Word</a><br /><i><br />30 April 2008:</i>New poem <a href="http://myspeak-poems.blogspot.com/2008/04/oak-and-ivy.html">The Oak and the Ivy</a><br /><i><br />28 April 2008:</i><br />New poem <a href="http://myspeak-poems.blogspot.com/2008/04/feast-or-famine.html">Feast or Famine</a><br /><br /><i>27 April 2008:</i><br />New poem <a href="http://myspeak-poems.blogspot.com/2008/04/grow-your-own.html">Grow Your Own</a><br /><i><br />26 April 2008:</i><br />New poem <a href="http://myspeak-poems.blogspot.com/2008/04/wordsmithy.html">The Wordsmithy</a><br /><br /><i>21 April 2008:</i><br />New poem <a href="http://myspeak-poems.blogspot.com/2008/04/as-magpie-flies.html">As the Magpie Flies</a><br />- this new poem represents a milestone as it<br />takes the total number of published lines to<br />over 5,000<br /><br /><i>20 April 2008:</i><br />New poem <a href="http://myspeak-poems.blogspot.com/2008/04/break-spell.html">Break the Spell</a><br /><br /><i>19 April 2008:</i><br />New poem <a href="http://myspeak-poems.blogspot.com/2008/04/spade-is-spade.html">A Spade is a Spade</a><br /><br /><i>18 April 2008:</i>New poem <a href="http://myspeak-poems.blogspot.com/2008/04/happy-birthday-israel.html">Happy Birthday Israel! </a><br /><br /><i>04 February 2008:</i><br />New poem <a href="http://myspeak-poems.blogspot.com/2008/02/evil-eye.html">The Evil Eye </a><br /><br /><i>-------------------2007------------------<br /><br />01 October 2007:</i><br />Numerous additions to <a href="http://myspeakx.blogspot.com/search/label/FAVOURITE%20WEBSITES">Favourite Websites</a><br />- <a href="http://www.presstv.com/">Press TV</a><br />- <a href="http://english.farsnews.com/">Fars News Agency</a><br />- lots of sites added to <i>Mysteries</i> section<br /><br /><i>13 September 2007:</i><br />MYSPEAK will attend the GPU in London<br />in November - more <i><a href="http://myspeakx.blogspot.com/2007/09/myspeak-at-gpu-london-in-november.html">here</a></i><br /><br /><i>09 September 2007:</i><br />All posts from Terrorism/Politics now merged<br />into this parent weblog, labels will be updated<br />over the next couple of days after which the<br />merger should be transparent to readers.<br />Meanwhile, seek by <i>Topics</i> in sidebar.<br /><br /><i>02 September 2007:</i><br />New poem <a href="http://myspeak-poems.blogspot.com/2007/09/war-on-terror.html">The War on Terror</a><br /><br /><i>01 September 2007:</i><br />New poem <a href="http://myspeak-poems.blogspot.com/2007/09/made-in-usa.html">Made in the USA</a><br /><br /><i>31 August 2007:</i><br />New poem<i> </i><a href="http://myspeak-poems.blogspot.com/2007/08/hands-off-iran.html">Hands off Iran!!</a><br /><br /><i>27 August 2007:</i><br />New posts<br />- <a href="http://myspeakx.blogspot.com/2007/08/copyright-notice.html">Copyright Notice</a><br />- <a href="http://myspeakx.blogspot.com/2007/08/orders.html">Orders</a><br /><br /><i>26 August 2007:</i><br />New poem <a href="http://myspeak-poems.blogspot.com/2007/08/myspeak.html">MySpeak</a><br /><br /><i>25 August 2007:</i><br />New poem <a href="http://myspeak-poems.blogspot.com/2007/08/man-made-laws.html">Man-Made Laws</a><br /><br /><i>23 August 2007:</i><br />New poem <a href="http://myspeak-poems.blogspot.com/2007/08/prophet-or-profit.html">Prophet or Profit?</a><br /><br /><i>22 August 2007:</i><br />8 lines / 2 verses added to <a href="http://myspeak-poems.blogspot.com/2007/07/this-is-my-jihad.html">This is My Jihad</a><br /><br /><i>21 August 2007:</i><br />New poem <a href="http://myspeak-poems.blogspot.com/2007/08/cruci-fiction.html">Cruci-Fiction</a><br /><br /><i>20 August 2007:</i><br />New poem <a href="http://myspeak-poems.blogspot.com/2007/08/power-of-life.html">The Power of Life</a><br /><br /><i>19 August 2007:</i><br />New poem <a href="http://myspeak-poems.blogspot.com/2007/08/whose-land-is-it-anyway.html">Whose Land is it Anyway?</a><br /><br /><i>16 August 2007:</i>New poem <a href="http://myspeak-poems.blogspot.com/2007/08/my-journey-to-islam.html">My Journey to Islam</a><br /><br /><i>05 August 2007:</i><br />New poem <a href="http://myspeak-poems.blogspot.com/2007/08/made-in-germany.html">Made in Germany</a><br /><br /><i>04 August 2007:</i><br />New poem <a href="http://myspeak-poems.blogspot.com/2007/08/simply-beast.html">Simply the Beast</a><br /><br /><i>03 August 2007:</i><br />New poem <a href="http://myspeak-poems.blogspot.com/2007/08/jesus-crisis.html">Jesus Crisis</a><br /><i><br />30 July 2007:</i><br />New poem <a href="http://myspeak-poems.blogspot.com/2007/07/exile-under-ishmael.html">The Exile Under Ishmael</a><br /><br /><i>29 July 2007:</i><br />New poems<br />- <a href="http://myspeak-poems.blogspot.com/2007/07/bastard-child.html">The Bastard Child</a><br />- <a href="http://myspeak-poems.blogspot.com/2007/07/victim-to-perpetrator.html">Victim to Perpetrator</a><br /><br /><i>28 July 2007:</i><br />New poems<br />- <a href="http://myspeak-poems.blogspot.com/2007/07/this-is-my-jihad.html">This is My Jihad</a><br />- <a href="http://myspeak-poems.blogspot.com/2007/07/soft-power.html">Soft Power</a><br /><br /><i>27 July 2007:</i><br />New poem <a href="http://myspeak-poems.blogspot.com/2007/07/state-and-religion.html">State and Religion</a><br /><br /><i>25 July 2007:</i><br />One addition to <a href="http://myspeakx.blogspot.com/search/label/FAVOURITE%20WEBSITES">Favourite Websites</a><br />- <a href="http://www.caliphate2007.com/">Caliphate 2007</a><br /><br /><i>24 July 2007:</i><br />New poem <a href="http://myspeak-poems.blogspot.com/2007/07/recreate-caliphate.html">Recreate the Caliphate</a><br /><i><br />23 July 2007:</i><br />New poem <a href="http://myspeak-poems.blogspot.com/2007/07/on-gwbs-colonoscopy.html">On GWBs Colonoscopy</a><br /><br /><i>19 July 2007:</i><br />New poem <a href="http://myspeak-poems.blogspot.com/2007/07/bear-and-lions.html">The Bear and the Lions</a><br /><br /><i>18 July 2007:</i><br />New poems</span><br />
<span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: 130%;">- <a href="http://myspeak-poems.blogspot.com/2007/07/future-of-palestine.html">The Future of Palestine</a><br />- <a href="http://myspeak-poems.blogspot.com/2007/07/right-of-veto.html">The Right of VETO</a><br /><br />Several additions to <a href="http://myspeakx.blogspot.com/search/label/FAVOURITE%20WEBSITES">Favourite Websites</a><br />- <a href="http://www.mpacuk.org/">MPAC UK</a><br />- <a href="http://www.jfjfp.org/">Jews for Justice for Palestinians</a><br />- <a href="http://www.prohijab.net/">Pro Hijab</a><br /><br /><i>14 July 2007:</i><br />New poems<br />- <a href="http://myspeak-poems.blogspot.com/2007/07/jewry-is-out.html">The Jewry is Out</a><br />- <a href="http://myspeak-poems.blogspot.com/2007/07/little-and-large.html">Little and Large</a><br /><i>13 July 2007:</i><br />Several additions to <a href="http://myspeakx.blogspot.com/search/label/FAVOURITE%20WEBSITES">Favourite Websites</a><br />- <a href="http://www.palestineremembered.com/">Palestine Remembered</a><br />- <a href="http://www.cartercenter.org/">The Carter Center</a><br /><i>-</i> <a href="http://www.cageprisoners.com/">Cage Prisoners</a><br /><i>-</i> <a href="http://www.discovery.com/">Discovery (Channel etc etc)</a><br /><i><br />11 July 2007:</i><br />New poem <a href="http://myspeak-poems.blogspot.com/2007/07/to-non-jewish-zionists.html">To Non-Jewish Zionists</a><br /><br /><i>07 July 2007:</i><br />New poem <a href="http://myspeak-poems.blogspot.com/2007/07/like-frankensteins-monster.html">Like Frankenstein's Monster</a><br /><br /><i>05 July 2007:</i><br />New poem <a href="http://myspeak-poems.blogspot.com/2007/07/intelligent-design.html">Intelligent Design</a> <a href="http://myspeak-poems.blogspot.com/2007/07/like-frankensteins-monster.html"><br /></a><br /><i>01 July 2007:</i><br />New post <a href="http://myspeakx.blogspot.com/2007/07/on-random-mutations.html">On Random Mutations</a><br /><br /><i>30 June 2007:</i><br />New post <a href="http://myspeakx.blogspot.com/2007/06/on-nudity.html">On Nudity</a><br /><i><br />27 June 2007:</i><br />I have now "migrated" the 3 separate weblogs<br />for Islam/Religion, Travel, and Poems/Musings<br />and merged them into this, for simplicity.<br />Unfortunately, I have lost your comments in<br />the process - feel free to comment again!!<br /><br /><i>26 June 2007:</i><br />New separate weblog for all my poems -<br /><a href="http://myspeak-poems.blogspot.com/">MYSPEAK-poems</a><br />This is using a different template in order to<br />avoid line-overflow and to enable a larger<br />font to be used, to aid readability, hence also<br />the soft colours - I want to make it easy for<br />your eyes to read what I write!<br />For the time being, old links / weblogs for<br />poems will stay.<br /><br /><i>24 June 2007:</i>New poem <a href="http://myspeak-poems.blogspot.com/2007/06/twenty-twenty.html">Twenty-Twenty</a><br /><br /><i>20 June 2007:</i><br />New poems<br />- <a href="http://myspeak-poems.blogspot.com/2007/06/muslims-of-world-unite.html">Muslims of the World UNITE</a><br />- <a href="http://myspeak-poems.blogspot.com/2007/06/from-israel-with-hate.html">From Israel With Hate</a><br />- <a href="http://myspeak-poems.blogspot.com/2007/06/chosen-ones.html">The Chosen Ones </a><br />- <a href="http://myspeak-poems.blogspot.com/2007/06/jewish-quarter.html">The Jewish Quarter</a><br />(there are minor problems with unwanted<br />line-overflow here and there which I hope<br />to sort out).<br /><br /><i>07 June 2007:</i><br />New poem <a href="http://myspeak-poems.blogspot.com/2007/06/boycott-israel.html">Boycott Israel</a><br /><br /><i>06 June 2007:</i><br />Several additions to <a href="http://myspeakx.blogspot.com/search/label/FAVOURITE%20WEBSITES">Favourite Websites</a><br />- <a href="http://www.stopclustermunitions.org/">Stop Cluster Munitions</a><br />- <a href="http://alanhartdiary.blogspot.com/">Alan Hart Diary</a><br />- <a href="http://www.prisonplanet.com/">Prison Planet</a><br /><br /><i>16 May 2007:</i><br />New poem <a href="http://myspeak-poems.blogspot.com/2007/05/farewell-falwell.html">Farewell Falwell</a><br /><i><br />30 April 2007:</i></span><br />
<span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: 130%;">Several additions to <a href="http://myspeakx.blogspot.com/search/label/FAVOURITE%20WEBSITES">Favourite Websites</a><br />- </span><a href="http://www.hizbuttahrir.org/"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: 130%;">Hizb ut-Tahrir</span></a><br />
<span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: 130%;">- </span><a href="http://www.hizb.org.uk/"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: 130%;">Hizb ut-Tahrir (Britain)</span></a><br />
<span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: 130%;">- </span><a href="http://www.khilafah.com/"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: 130%;">Khilafah</span></a><br />
<span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: 130%;">- </span><a href="http://www.serve.com/vanunu"><span style="font-size: 130%;">Mordechai Vanunu</span></a><br /><span style="font-size: 130%;">- </span><a href="http://www.vanunu.freeserve.co.uk/"><span style="font-size: 130%;">Free Vanunu</span></a><br /><span style="font-size: 130%;">- </span><a href="http://www.nkusa.org/"><span style="font-size: 130%;">Neturei Karta</span></a><span style="font-size: 130%;"><br />- </span><a href="http://www.shovrimshtika.org/index_e.asp"><span style="font-size: 130%;">Breaking the Silence</span></a></span><br />
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<b><i></i></b>THE LAST VIKINGhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11122758258228954175noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-571240123390971584.post-49851752507965825592009-12-29T12:25:00.003+01:002009-01-08T16:29:06.596+01:00Welcome to Viking-Muslim!<span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:130%;"><em>(This is the archive for my weekly weblog on IOL)</em><br /><br />First of all, my thanks to IslamOnline.net (IOL)'s Euro-Muslims Zone for giving me this opportunity to share my thoughts with IOL audiences -<br />not only here in Europe but across the wider Muslim world.<br /><br />Some of you may know me already -<br />from my website <strong><a href="http://www.myspeak.info/">www.MYSPEAK.info</a></strong><br />or maybe from the Global Peace and Unity (GPU) event in London where I had my own stand.<br /><br />*<br /><br /><strong>Why Viking Muslim?</strong><br />Because it fits in neatly with the overall Euro-Muslim context and places me not only in Europe but in North-West Europe and specifically in Scandinavia as my Viking forefathers were the men and women from Denmark, Sweden and Norway around 1000 years ago.<br /><br />*<br /><br /><strong>A practical note:<br /></strong>I shall add the posts here in the archive some<br />time after submitting them to IOL.<br />I shall add all the posts to the archive exactly as<br />I submitted them, that is, they will not reflect<br />any changes IOL may have made, likewise IOL<br />may occasionally decide not to publish a<br />particular post - but it will still appear here<br />on the archive.</span>THE LAST VIKINGhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11122758258228954175noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-571240123390971584.post-52564996231785103742009-08-30T15:59:00.000+01:002009-09-11T11:54:43.241+01:00My Weblog on Islam-Online<span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:130%;">Click on the link below to get to<br />Islam-Online's Euro-Muslims section:<br /><br /><a href="http://www.islamonline.net/servlet/Satellite?pagename=Zone-English-Euro_Muslims/EMEZone">Weblog on Islam-Online</a><br /><br />There you may or may not find my latest<br />post, if my current post is not on the front<br />page of Euro-Muslims, it may have "dropped<br />off" after a week or so - if so, you can search<br />on Euro-Muslims for the name of my weblog<br />"Viking-Muslim" and that should get you some<br />results.<br /><br />Or you can click on the link below to go to my<br />own archive of all posts submitted to Islam-Online:<br /><br /><a href="http://myspeakx.blogspot.com/search/label/IOL-weblog">IOL-weblog Archive</a><br /><br /></span>THE LAST VIKINGhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11122758258228954175noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-571240123390971584.post-76708478883484445652008-11-24T13:00:00.001+01:002008-11-24T13:02:46.746+01:00Integrate or Assimilate?<span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:130%;"><strong>Post No 13<br /></strong><br />Standard dictionary definitions of integrate and assimilate are roughly as follows:<br /><br />Integrate -<br />to blend into a functioning or unified whole<br /><br />Assimilate -<br />to absorb into the culture of a population<br /><br />In Denmark the difference between the two can be expressed simply by<br />mentioning the names of two of the country's best known Muslims -<br />Asmaa Abdol-Hamid and Naser Khader, both grown up in Denmark.<br />They are excellent examples of integration and assimilation respectively.<br /><br />Asmaa Abdol-Hamid, mid-twenties, a social worker who wears the headscarf and<br />refuses to shake the hands of strange men, who ran in last November's general<br />election for the Unity-List (red-green alliance) and vowed to wear the headscarf<br />in parliament if elected (which sadly she was not), describes herself as "a humble<br />slave of Allah" -<br /><br />Naser Khader, mid-forties, already a long-serving member of parliament, now<br />leading his own new party (which is disintegrating about a year after being founded...), not married but cohabiting, three children, one from a former<br />relationship of his, one from a former relationship of hers, and one child together<br />(one might say a typically Danish situation!), claims to be proud to be a Muslim,<br />yet most of his private and some of his public life are incompatible with Islamic<br />values.<br /><br />So - do you wish to integrate or assimilate?<br /><br />All the signs are that the vast majority of Euro-Muslims will wish to integrate<br />but will refuse to assimilate.<br /><br />>>> For Viking-Muslim's <strong>ARCHIVE </strong>please visit Ibraheem's website <<< </span>THE LAST VIKINGhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11122758258228954175noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-571240123390971584.post-63802205142217968152008-11-24T12:58:00.001+01:002008-11-24T13:00:28.950+01:00Why Not an Islamic Bloc?<span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:130%;"><strong>Post No 12<br /></strong><br />This article carries on from the last one, about the EU.<br />To recap: In round figures there are 300 million Americans, less than<br />5% of total world population, whereas we are now 500 million EU citizens,<br />or nearly 8% of humanity.<br />Muslims make up about 20% of mankind but have a combined influence<br />in grotesque disproportion to their huge numbers.<br />Now, if Muslim nations and populations wished to join forces and create their<br />own version of the US or the EU it would be a perfectly natural and understandable<br />aspiration and of course they should be free to make that decision, and to<br />implement it, should they wish to go ahead.<br /><br />Would the Christian West tolerate it?<br />By all indications and actions, the answer is a clear no - it would not.<br />But of course it should if it wishes to be taken seriously by the Muslim world.<br />After all, how can you deny others what you have already chosen to have<br />yourself?<br />If nuclear power is good for the Christian West it must be good for Islamic Iran!<br />What is good for the Israelis must be good for the Palestinians!<br /><br />It seems to me that the problem can be reduced to this:<br />The Christian West does not really care what Muslims believe in, the name<br />of our prophet, how many times a day we pray and where we turn when we do so,<br />in other words, it is not the faith itself which it sees as "a problem and a threat"<br />but it has a paranoid fear of that faith being implemented at the practical level,<br />it is political Islam which represents the red line to the Christian West, a red line<br />that when crossed, as it was in Iran in 1979, and as it was about to be in<br />Algeria 1991/92, and as it was in occupied Palestine January 2006, brings an<br />immediate reaction of zero-tolerance.<br />It seems inevitable to me that a modern version of the Caliphate will become<br />so irresistible to the world's Muslims that it will become a reality and probably<br />sooner than most of us think.<br />Is there any other way for Muslims to exert the influence which is rightfully theirs?<br /><br />The rest of the world, and in particular the collective Christian West, will have<br />to come to terms with both the idea and the reality - and the sooner the better.<br />Failing to do so would be the definitive proof that it is characterised by pathetic<br />immaturity and staggering arrogance.<br /><br />>>> For Viking-Muslim's <strong>ARCHIVE </strong>please visit Ibraheem's website <<< </span>THE LAST VIKINGhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11122758258228954175noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-571240123390971584.post-23709522536580702008-11-24T12:54:00.002+01:002008-11-24T12:57:32.456+01:00Thoughts on the EU<span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:130%;"><strong>Post No 11<br /></strong><br />Whatever we may think of the EU as it is today we should never lose track of the simple fact that it was established primarily to prevent another<br />devastating war on our continent.<br />For the record, World War 1 cost about 20 million lives, the majority in uniform,<br />whilst World War 2 cost a staggering 70 million lives, the majority civilians.<br />The vision of the common Europe's founding fathers, French politicians<br />Claude Monnet and Robert Schumann (Luxembourg-born),<br />was disarmingly simple (pun intended!):<br />If some important national governments (read: primarily France and Germany)<br />could somehow be persuaded to relinquish sovereignty over their coal and steel<br />industries, which would then be placed under a separate non-national authority,<br />that would at a stroke make terrible wars between those nations practically<br />impossible as they would no longer control the very raw materials and basic<br />industries required for heavy weapons manufacture.<br /><br />It is to the eternal credit of Monnet and Schumann that they succeeded<br />and in 1953 the European Coal and Steel Community (ECSC) was born,<br />which later (1957) evolved into the European Economic Community (EEC),<br />which became the European Community (EC) which became the European<br />Union (EU).<br /><br />You can always find something to criticise and you may argue over the<br />small print here and there but overall, in my opinion, the whole experiment<br />has been, and is, a resounding success.<br /><br />I am not saying that there will never be small local wars again in Europe,<br />possibly possibly even within the EU itself, but will France and Germany<br />(who had gone to war over the natural resources in their border region .....<br />times in a century) ever go to war with each other again? Unthinkable!<br /><br />Externally the EU seems to be just a "softer" version of the US.<br />What I personally would like to see is the EU distancing itself from America.<br />I am not suggesting that the two should have nothing to do with each<br />other, of course they should, but only insofar as it does not damage the<br />reputation of the EU as a whole.<br /><br />Almost everything the GW Bush administration has done around the world<br />(and at home but that is an internal American problem) during its 8 years<br />in power has been illegal and barbaric - and tragically the EU has<br />collectively gone along with most of it and tolerated the rest, seemingly<br />unable to find a voice and a purpose of its own.<br />Make no mistake: In round figures there are 300 million Americans, less than<br />5% of total world population, whereas we are now 500 million EU citizens, or<br />nearly 8% of humanity.<br />If democracy matters, and we are endlessly told that it does, and if democracy<br />has anything to do with numbers, which surely must be the case, then it is high<br />time the EU starts exerting the influence which is rightfully its own.<br /><br />My next post will pose the question: Why not an Islamic bloc?<br /><br />>>> For Viking-Muslim's <strong>ARCHIVE </strong>please visit Ibraheem's website <<<</span>THE LAST VIKINGhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11122758258228954175noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-571240123390971584.post-77241055662040820102008-11-24T12:52:00.000+01:002008-11-24T12:53:42.147+01:00Those Happy Danes<span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:130%;"><strong>Post No 10<br /></strong><br />Those Happy Danes!!<br />Recently another survey, and this one much more comprehensive than the<br />last, now covering 80,000 persons in around 170 countries, concluded that<br />the Danes are the happiest people on planet Earth, confirming the findings<br />of the previous one.<br /><br />Living here you would not know it and I do not know whether to laugh or cry<br />when I read such reports.<br />True, it is a well-run little country and on the whole things are going pretty<br />well materially speaking but do not be fooled.<br />There are serious tensions close to the surface and big problems out in the<br />open, particularly as regards immigration and xenophobia, issues exploited<br />so well by the Danish People's Party and its witch-hunt against all things<br />Islamic, but there are other problems too.<br /><br />Currently 300,000 persons out of a total population of 5,4 million, or ca 5,5%<br />of all Danes, are waiting for significant or serious operations - for a wealthy<br />little country that is a staggering and disgraceful figure.<br />It is generally accepted that some of those waiting will die before the over-<br />worked system gets round to them. Unacceptable is too mild a word.<br />Yet the government, re-elected last November, has seen fit to join the illegal<br />and barbaric wars of aggression against Afghanistan and Iraq and has had no<br />problems finding the funds to do so. Priorities anybody?<br />And hundreds of thousands, probably more than 10%, are permanently on<br />some kind of "happiness-pills" (valium etc) prescribed by their doctors,<br />and seeing the world through medically-induced rose-tinted glasses may<br />indeed distort the results of surveys like these!<br /><br />Other statistics are perhaps more enlightening:<br />The Nordic countries plus Austria and Switzerland, all at or near the top<br />of the happiness-scores, are all world-leaders when it comes to rates of<br />suicide!<br /><br />Happy Danes? Another way to answer is like this - these kinds of surveys<br />can not ask the opinions of all those who have already commited suicide!!<br /><br />>>> For Viking-Muslim's <strong>ARCHIVE</strong> please visit Ibraheem's website <<< </span>THE LAST VIKINGhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11122758258228954175noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-571240123390971584.post-66976438741065907762008-11-24T12:49:00.000+01:002008-11-24T12:51:54.636+01:00Courtesy Costs Nothing<span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:130%;"><strong>Post No 9</strong><br /><br />Courtesy costs nothing - just a little effort!<br />I used to contribute regularly to various on-line discussion fora on<br />Danish websites. Should you wish to join in, a word of caution:<br />If you voice any support at all for the Palestinian cause<br />or attempt to explain a little of the background for this ongoing tragedy,<br />or you admit to being a local convert to Islam, type in your message,<br />hit "Enter" and just sit back and wait for 5 minutes.<br />Then the replies come in, not replies really but streams of abuse and<br />verbal brutalisations, using the most foul language imaginable of which<br />expressions like "Go to Hell you bloody Islamo-fascist" is mild enough<br />to permit quoting here.<br /><br />Occasionally I would reply sweetly that "A little courtesy costs nothing<br />and what are you trying to tell me?" - and they would come back in an<br />even more vulgar manner. What is the matter with these people?<br /><br />For the future of Denmark and the wider world one can only hope that<br />it is the same very small group of people which is behind those replies,<br />perhaps using multiple identities each.<br />I am sure they are not jokers but are serious and<br />really mean what they write.<br />The bad news is that, whoever they are, heated debate is one thing,<br />this is something quite different. What happened to civility??<br />And most tragic of all, the views they give voice to are just as<br />fundamentalist, extremist, intolerant, totalitarian etc as those of<br />the individuals and groups they hate so much!<br /><br />>>> For Viking-Muslim's <strong>ARCHIVE </strong>please visit Ibraheem's website <<<</span>THE LAST VIKINGhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11122758258228954175noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-571240123390971584.post-51417577708296680352008-11-24T12:45:00.001+01:002008-11-24T12:49:17.073+01:00All Change Please<span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:130%;"><strong>Post No 8</strong><br /><br />A simple question please:<br />If a nation's constitution is out of touch with the majority of its population,<br />which should we change - the constitution or the population???<br />Well, the answer is so obvious that it hardly needs spelling out:<br />Of course we should change the constitution to reflect the majority views.<br /><br />The contortions that Turkey is going through is perhaps the best current<br />example of this dilemma and in the case of Turkey is a direct consequence<br />of a secular constitution being imposed upon a Muslim population without<br />it being asked what it wanted.<br />Whilst one can understand that it may not have been practically possible to<br />hold a referendum or something similar in the aftermath of the collapse of the<br />Ottoman Empire at the end of World War 1, it is difficult to find any excuse not<br />to do so as soon as possible afterwards, when things had stabilised.<br />Of all Muslim nations, Turkey is perhaps the purest of all - whichever source you<br />consult you learn that more than 99% of the population are Muslim, whether it<br />is 99,0 or 99,3 or 99,6 is hardly relevant, the fact is that it is a pure Muslim nation<br />with microscopic minorities of other faiths.<br />In the mainstream media Turkey is invariably described as a "majority Muslim nation"<br />and whilst technically correct it is a grossly misleading label as anything over 50%<br />would mean a majority. I have on several occasions emailed the BBC about this and<br />asked them to reconsider using the term.<br /><br />The governing AK party, having won last year's elections with an incredible 46-point-<br />something % (round that up to AK47??), an enviable increase of 12% over the last result,<br />has a resounding mandate and is in a perfect position to redress that imbalance between<br />constitution and people and could do so fairly simply by putting a long list of amendments<br />to a referendum. And it would probably do so if it felt secure that the generals would stay<br />out of it all but after the famous attempted "e-coup" before Abdullah Gul's election to<br />the presidency it is clear that, as usual, the generals would prevent the views of the vast<br />majority being written into law. So much for democracy!<br />To its credit, the European Union has made it very clear that the democratic process must<br />be respected if Turkey wants to proceed as planned on the road to membership of the EU.<br />Quite a dilemma for the EU as its insistence on this very issue directly or indirectly lends<br />support to a popularly elected party whose Islamic roots are clear and deep - and to an<br />outside observer it seems that the green leaves of Islam could and would be sprouting<br />freely in Turkey if the secular elite, epitomised by the military, would accept the majority<br />verdict gracefully.<br /><br />By not doing so, the minority is in effect asking the majority to change - and more or<br />less openly threatening to intervene if that majority attempts to stand on its democratic rights.<br />Clearly an unstable situation which must be resolved and as soon as possible.<br /><br />And as for the EU supporting the elected goverment of Turkey - why is the EU not supporting<br />the fairly elected Hamas-government of Occupied Palestine?<br /><br />>>> For Viking-Muslim's <strong>ARCHIVE</strong> please visit Ibraheem's website <<< </span>THE LAST VIKINGhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11122758258228954175noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-571240123390971584.post-12377499322057632042008-09-05T13:00:00.002+01:002008-09-05T13:03:51.504+01:00Vikings or Taliban?<span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:130%;"><strong>Post No 7</strong><br /><br />Vikings or Taliban - can you spot the difference??<br /><br />Almost all Danes, certainly the menfolk, would unreservedly and<br />wholeheartedly say with genuine pride and respect that our<br />forefathers the Vikings (c800AD-c1100AD) were great guys that<br />we can really relate to - whereas the very same people would<br />undoubtedly equally strongly condemn the Taliban as outlandish<br />fanatics with a death-wish.<br /><br />May I ask the innocent little question: Why?<br />Why the dramatic difference in attitudes when the similarities<br />are so striking and so great?<br /><br />For both groups, separated by a thousand years and thousands of<br />kilometres, share the following:<br /><br />Your blood-line, your family, your clan, who you are, where you come<br />from, are of the utmost importance, as is your personal honour and<br />that of your family, clan etc.<br /><br />Hospitality towards strangers and travellers, including, if the<br />situation called for it, your worst enemies:<br />I recall reading a report from Afghanistan where village elders had<br />arranged for some US soldiers to come on a visit, maybe in an<br />effort to understand why there are foreign soldiers occupying their land,<br />and the soldiers described that they were certain some of the locals<br />at the meeting were Taliban fighters, who remained courteous and polite<br />but lacking the warmth and openness of the others.<br />And the reason that the soldiers were neither captured nor shot nor<br />beheaded was obviously to protect the honour of the elders who had<br />guaranteed the safety of the strangers for the duration of the encounter.<br />With principles like that, who needs any man-made written laws?<br /><br />Another case springs to mind:<br />In the aftermath of 11 September 2001, the Taliban (quite correctly<br />of course!), refused to hand anyone over to the US in the absence of<br />credible evidence that anyone on Afghan soil was involved.<br />Assuming that Osama bin Laden was indeed in Afghanistan at the time,<br />it would have been unthinkable for the Taliban to hand him over as he<br />was in the country as an honoured guest and friend, and we have the<br />feeling that even if evidence had been produced nobody would have<br />been handed over - because it would betray the trust and honour of<br />the people involved.<br />Interestingly, the Taliban a little later did offer that any wanted persons<br />could possibly be tried in a third country if Islamic law was applied -<br />and the rest was silence because it is clear that the invasion and occupation<br />of both Afghanistan and Iraq were planned long in advance, probably even<br />before GW Bush was elected!<br /><br />The Vikings would behave in more or less the same manner, providing<br />food and shelter as required if, say, members of a feuding clan were<br />passing through the valley, even sitting at the same long table as their<br />enemies, who had to leave their heavy weapons outside, bringing only<br />light personal weapons inside, relying entirely for their security, indeed<br />their survival, on the integrity of the hosts.<br /><br />Any excuse to prove your manliness - almost any statement could be<br />taken as a challenge to "choose your weapons" and hand-to-hand<br />combat would then settle the issue and determine who was the better<br />man of the two.<br /><br />Now, if these are the men and the attitudes and actions we admire in<br />"the best of men" from our own past, why can we not recognise the same<br />qualities in a different group today and respect and applaud them -<br />is it simply because it is all happening now or because it is taking<br />place in a far-off land?<br /><br />A few words about Allah and Valhalla:<br />Despite the close similarity between the words there are no linguistic<br />links to be found whatsoever. Valhalla, which literally means battlefield-hall,<br />was the abode of the Vikings who had fallen honourably in battle and every<br />day they would wake up, go out on the battlefield and fight their last battle<br />over again, die once more, to be brought into Valhalla to be revived by<br />attending maidens, the Valkyries, and treated to a banquet of pork and<br />mead (apple cider fermented with honey), accompanied by story-telling<br />and recitals of poetry.<br /><br />And how did you determine how someone had fallen honourably?<br />Simple - if the deadly wounds were at the front of the body it proved<br />that you were not killed trying to run away and you were therefore<br />eligible for Valhalla, for which "proper Viking men" openly longed.<br />The similarity with Muslim Jihadists receiving instant resurrection and<br />going straight to Jannah/Paradise without having to wait in barzakh/burzakh<br />like "normal" Muslims is obvious and striking.<br />Replace the haram pork and mead with halal fruits and spring water,<br />replace the Valkyries with the dark-eyed Houris, and the situations<br />are absolutely parallell.<br /><br />So, can we spot the difference?<br />Of course there are differences too - the most obvious being the AK47!<br />Which is simply an indication of the intervening 1000 years and advances<br />in technology - the most deadly weapons of the Vikings were the best<br />avaiable in their day and their smiths and craftsmen did much to improve<br />existing techniques.<br /><br />Is there anything new under the sun? Probably not!<br /><br />>>> For Viking-Muslim's <strong>ARCHIVE</strong> please visit Ibraheem's website <<<<br /><br /></span>THE LAST VIKINGhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11122758258228954175noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-571240123390971584.post-8852329692856699462008-09-05T12:56:00.001+01:002008-09-05T12:59:33.835+01:00Which way do I integrate?<span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:130%;"><strong>Post No 6<br /></strong><br />As a fairly recent convert/revert to Islam (and you can read about that in my<br />poem "My Journey to Islam", no 032 on Poems Index on my website)<br />I am of course learning more about all things Islamic.<br />Probably the biggest practical question is this: Which way do I integrate?<br />In a country like Denmark, where relations between "locals" and "foreigners"<br />seem to get worse by the month, simply by becoming a Muslim I have<br />distanced myself from mainstream Denmark, in a way willingly segregating<br />myself from national norms.<br />I still wear Western clothes (simple and comfortable and all from natural fibres,<br />and nothing trendy or fashionable please!) but I have a feeling that might change.<br />As I am no longer working, in the ordinary sense of the word, I am free of those<br />"what do I wear" considerations and restrictions.<br />I have had a full beard ever since it would grow (for a defence of beards read<br />poem no 048 on Poems Index, "Grow Your Own"), when I was 19 or so, but it<br />is bigger and wilder now since becoming a Muslim.<br /><br />Were I a female convert/revert I would certainly wear the headscarf/hijab as<br />there are two clear exhortations in the Quran for women to cover (24:31 and<br />33:59) although, as I understand it, the exact degree of cover can be, and<br />has been, argued by the scholars and there may be no uniform opinion or<br />interpretation.<br /><br />I have a suspicion that many sisters and brothers here in Denmark do not<br />wear the hijab or do not grow beards simply in an effort to "blend in" more<br />easily or to be openly seen to make an extra effort to "fit in" and that is<br />perfectly understandable given the current situation.<br />But, if true, it is also sad because in a free and open society, which Denmark<br />still claims to be, there should be no such problems and no such needs,<br />and in law of course there aren't any problems, as para 70 in the Danish<br />constitution specifically guarantees equal rights (and duties of course!)<br />for all regardless of faith or race.<br />Easy to legislate - much harder to implement!<br /><br />>>> For Viking-Muslim's <strong>ARCHIVE</strong> please visit Ibraheem's website <<<<br /><br /></span>THE LAST VIKINGhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11122758258228954175noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-571240123390971584.post-43069670485900651722008-09-05T12:49:00.004+01:002008-09-05T12:56:02.047+01:00Some things never change<span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:130%;"><strong>Post No 5<br /><br /></strong></span><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:130%;">Some things never change -<br /><br />And my older brother is one of them!<br />He is 5 years older than me and has only been outside Denmark twice in his<br />long life and then only briefly (first trip a few hours tax-free shopping and<br />second trip about 2 weeks).<br /><br />I remember, back in the sixties, when the first of the “new-wave” immigrants<br />started to arrive, mainly from (then) Yugoslavia and Turkey.<br />Actually they were guest workers, actively encouraged by the Danish government to come here.<br />My brother used to call them date-pickers, regardless where they came from<br />and it was clear that he would rather they did not come.<br /><br />Many years later, when I was back in Denmark in 2001, his favourite joke was:<br />”Did you know that the Supplementary Benefit Law is the first chapter of the Quran?” – which he thought was very funny.<br />Although I was still several years away from formally becoming a practising Muslim I had very strong sympathies and empathies for Islam and Muslims.<br />So, obviously, I was not amused, in fact I was offended, not only on behalf of<br />Islam and Muslims but in a more general way – that my older brother still had<br />such a limited view of the world.<br /><br />True to form, he proudly votes for the far-right Danish People’s Party (founded in 1995), as do sadly also both of my two nieces and their husbands.<br />In last November’s general election the DPP got almost 14% of the votes and<br />therefore 25 seats in the 179-member parliament, an increase of 1 from the previous election.<br />Can anyone explain why so many in such an (otherwise) educated and enlightened nation as Denmark vote for such simplistic not to say primitive concepts and ideas??<br /><br />As you all know, this is currently not just a Danish phenomenon – many other European nations face the same problem.<br />That well-known Islamophobe Geert Wilders, Dutch MP, visited Copenhagen a few weeks ago and spoke to several hundred members, including parliamentarians, of the DPP. His suggested “solution” to the “problem” of the creeping Islamisation of Europe? 1. Ban the Quran -2. Close Islamic schools -<br />3. Stop immigration. It is desperately sad that an otherwise intelligent man can utter such fascistic nonsense and sadder still that so many take him seriously! Whatever else it may be, it is precisely as fundamentalist, radical, extremist, inflammatory etc (you recognise the terms!) as the groups he and others like him hate so much!<br />As an aside, presumably Geert Wilders would still welcome immigration to the<br />EU from both America and Israel?!!?<br />He is known to have visited Israel more than 40 times and of course he is free<br />to travel where he wants but it does raise serious questions about where he gets his instructions from.<br /><br />If such attitudes become the prevailing ones, which of course is not the case yet but in Denmark we are approaching a critical point, what chances are there<br />for Muslims, and other minorities for that matter but Muslims are overwhelming seen as “the problem and the threat”, to make a success<br />of integration even if they sincerely want to?<br />The way my brother speaks, he makes it totally obvious that either they should behave like us or “go back where they came from” as he so childishly puts it, and if they don’t want to go we should throw them out.<br />Denmark in fact a few years ago introduced a voluntary repatriation scheme, offering substantial financial incentives to enable those who accepted the deal to start up again in their home countries.<br />I have no statistics to hand at the moment as to whether the plan has been a success or failure but will report back here if and when I find out.<br />But my feeling is that it is most unlikely to be popular.<br /><br />>>> For Viking-Muslim's <strong>ARCHIVE</strong> please visit Ibraheem's website <<<<br /><br /></span>THE LAST VIKINGhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11122758258228954175noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-571240123390971584.post-73576119527749808412008-07-30T12:11:00.010+01:002011-07-15T00:23:56.560+01:00Note to New Readers<span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:130%;"><em>Last updated: 28 June 2011<br /></em><br />Welcome to my place!<br />Should you decide to spend some time</span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:130%;">browsing my website you will find that the<br />section with poems is becoming increasingly<br />important.<br />Please read this brief post now -<br /><a href="http://myspeakx.blogspot.com/2007/04/hypocrisy-hypocrisy-hypocrisy.html">Hypocrisy, Hypocrisy, Hypocrisy.....</a><br /><br />I wrote that on 11 April 2007 and, looking back,<br />it seems that subconsciously I knew what was<br />happening already for since then I have only<br />written a handful of ordinary posts, and not<br />really about current affairs, but my collection<br />of published poems has grown from<br /><strong>5</strong> poems totalling <strong>744</strong> lines<br />to (as of today 28 June 2011)<br /><strong>144</strong> poems totalling <strong>20,191</strong> lines<br />and there seems to be no slowing down, plus<br />writing a 400-page book about <a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://ibraheem-books.blogspot.com/2010/08/enough-islamophobia.html">Islamophobia</a><br />which was published last January.<br /><br />Even so, should you become a regular visitor to<br />my website -and I hope that you will- expect<br />most of the activity to be in the poems section.<br />But of course <a href="http://myspeakx.blogspot.com/search/label/SITENEWS">Site News</a> will always keep you<br />updated on what is new.<br /><br />Thank you for visiting my website and if you<br />like it please tell all your friends!<br /><br /></span>THE LAST VIKINGhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11122758258228954175noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-571240123390971584.post-31950278290244435452008-07-30T11:55:00.007+01:002008-09-05T12:46:38.900+01:00Denmark a Christian country - but what if...<span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:130%;"><strong>Post No 4</strong><br /><a href="http://www.islamonline.net/servlet/Satellite?c=Article_C&cid=1216208156937&pagename=Zone-English-Euro_Muslims%2FEMELayout"><br /></a></span><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:130%;">Denmark has been a Christian country for at least 1000 years – and that’s official:<br /><br />Proudly proclaimed in pictures and runes on the larger of the two Jelling stones in southern Jutland, the Danish mainland which connects with Germany and the rest of the continent.<br /><br />It says: "King Harald ordered this monument made in memory of Gorm, his father, and in memory of Thyre, his mother; that Harald who won for himself all of Denmark and Norway and made the Danes Christian."<br /><br />This was done by King Harald Bluetooth (935 AD-985 AD), son of King Gorm the Old and Queen Thyra, as far as it can be pinpointed to one specific year it was in 965 AD, and thus roughly four generations after the French missionary - later Saint - Ansgar came to Denmark in 826 AD as an envoy of the catholic bishop of Bremen/Hamburg, but several generations passed before we can say that Christianity was the dominant belief system in the country as a whole and that country may not have been already a coherent Denmark – more likely it was several petty kingdoms at that time.<br /><br />Catholicism came to an end in Denmark around 1520 with the Reformation of Martin Luther and the country has remained Lutheran-Protestant ever since.<br /><br />Denmark has an international reputation for being ultra-secular and ultra-permissive and in many ways that is of course true, but did you know that the Lutheran-Protestant church is the official state church, enshrined in the Danish constitution’s para 4 and as such is supported largely.<br /><br />And that means paid for from the bishops to the local priests and grave-diggers to the upkeep and maintenance of all churches and associated buildings and infrastructure by the state, meaning through taxes – unless you specifically opt out of paying the special church-tax (only about 0.5% of your total taxation) but still you can be as secular as you like but you may unwittingly pay the church tax all your life without knowing it! I opted out of church-tax when I first started paying tax when I was 18 or so.<br /><br />Para 70 of our constitution guarantees religious freedom for all citizens and specifically prohibits any form of discrimination on the basis of religion or race – but did you know that religious freedom does not extend to our monarch, currently Queen Margrethe II (who is a cousin of the Queen of England), for para 6 of the constitution states that the regent MUST be a lutheran-protestant but does not have to be a member of the church!<br /><br />So, whether he or she wants to or not – no freedom of choice there! I find that quite extraordinary and in a way quite comical.<br /><br />Christianity is generally seen here as something typically Danish, indeed one of the more extreme members of that already extreme right-wing party the Danish People’s Party (more about that another time!), Soren Krarup, who is both an MP and a theologian and a priest, has stated bluntly that you cannot be truly Danish unless you are a Christian.<br /><br />I have not yet had the opportunity to debate him in public but I would like to ask him the following:<br /><br />- How on earth can it be seen to more “truly Danish” to subscribe to a belief-system which grew up around a Jew from Palestine (Jesus-Isa) than embracing a faith which grew up around an Arab from Arabia (of course Muhammad – pbuh/saws)???<br />- It is interesting to speculate: Suppose that some of the early Muslims had not only spread South and West and East and North locally but travelled much further North than they did – they would have had plenty of time to have arrived in Northern Europe and Denmark say around 700 even if they had walked all the way, that is well over a hundred years, or about 4 generations, before 826 and the Ansgar that I mentioned at the beginning.<br /><br />Meaning of course that Denmark could well have been a Muslim country for 1300 years or so instead of Christian for 1000 years – with a mosque in every village and the prayers call ringing out 5 times a day!<br />And not only Denmark of course.....Food for thought for all Islamophobes!!<br /><br />It is also obvious from the wording of the runic inscription at Jelling that the Danes (and possibly also Denmark as a country) existed before they were "made Christian" by Harald.<br /><br />So, logically, if you wish to be "truly Danish" you should become a pagan and worship the old gods of the Vikings like Odin-Woden-Wotan (the god of wisdom who also gave his name to Wednesday!) or Thor (thunder / power + Thursday!) or much older fertility gods like Frej-Frey (male) and Freja-Freya (female) who collectively gave their name to Friday.<br /><br />Some of the early kings and other rulers who accepted Christianity may well have done so out of conviction and sincerity – but most historians believe that they were at least as attracted by the enormous unifying influence that the new faith gave them, an influence which could be, and was, used for welding smaller realms together into larger “proper” kingdoms – in short, to increase<br />their strategic power and magnify their self-glorification. And that is a very understandable and human thing to do – if you get the opportunity.<br /><br />Incidentally, for many years, including of course all the time I lived on my sailing yacht VIKING, I always carried around my neck a pendant in the form of a Thors-hammer (which is called Mjolnir and is used by Thor to bash the clouds, so creating thunder and lightning) – they are very popular with Danish men and, if you take them seriously, they signify that you still embrace the old religion<br />and the old gods as opposed to the new.<br /><br />They were widely used throughout the Viking age (c800-c1100) when Christianity began making inroads.<br /><br />Others preferred the cross. Archaeologists have unearthed a mould for casting jewellery, it is a cast made of a single piece of soap-stone (a very soft rock ideally suited for moulds) and has room for casting 3 pieces of jewellery in one operation – 2 of one and 1 of the other!!<br />I cannot remember whether it is 2 crosses and 1 Thors-hammer or the other way round but what is interesting is that the craftsman and the vendor did not particularly care what the customer believed in, so long as it was good for business – some things never change!<br /><br />Is this maybe a distant forerunner of the European Union?!!?<br /><br />Personally, having spent half my life in other countries, I do not feel particularly Danish one way or the other and I am quite content to consider myself a Muslim world citizen - if that makes me in any way less Danish then that is a small price to pay!<br /><br /></span>THE LAST VIKINGhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11122758258228954175noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-571240123390971584.post-33253842125443594262008-07-19T10:36:00.005+01:002008-09-05T12:47:48.116+01:00Freedom of Expression<span style="font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><strong>Post No 3</strong><strong><a href="http://www.islamonline.net/servlet/Satellite?c=Article_C&cid=1213871758404&pagename=Zone-English-Euro_Muslims%2FEMELayout"><br /></a></strong><strong><br /></strong>We still remember only too well<br />When that Danish newspaper decided to sell<br />Its principles like some prostitute<br />And drove like a tank down the route.<br />Of blatant disregard for all that we know<br />To be good and decent - when it put on show<br />Those dreadful cartoons of the prophet of Islam<br />Muhammad (peace be upon him) - and the harm<br />And the hurt and the uproar they caused in Muslim lands,<br />While the Danish Prime Minister was sitting on his hands.<br /><br />Would they still have accepted and printed them<br />Had they been of Jesus? NO! They would condemn,<br />Not only the artists but the very thought<br />Of such an irresponsible onslaught<br />On values so dear to so many in the West<br />But it was not Jesus - and we all know the rest.<br /><br />In several countries in Europe today<br />It is quite simply illegal to say<br />In public that the Holocaust never took place<br />(The Nazi persecution of the Jewish race)<br /><br />It may land you in prison for up to three years -<br />It is hard to believe your eyes and ears<br />But that is the law as it stands - and of late<br />An option to use for any EU-member state.<br /><br />Would they print a collection of drawings which brought<br />To your attention the abuses and the havoc wrought<br />The trampling on conventions and basic human rights<br />The state-terrorism with which Israel fights<br />The defenseless Palestinians? The answer is NO!<br />I herewith challenge you to do so!<br /><br />And if you don't - well it would simply show<br />And confirm what most of us already know:<br />That the whole affair was not an accident<br />But carefully planned and obviously meant<br />As a direct provocation against Islam.<br /><br />And THAT if nothing else should raise the alarm<br />In all civilized minds - for it has no place<br />In decent interactions in the public space.<br /><br />But it was only Islam and Muhammad - so who cares?<br />Should you ask that stupid question<br />well, the answer stares<br />You right in the face: Of all mankind<br />Twenty percent are Muslim, and you will find<br />They are understandably hypersensitive<br />To any expression, actual or suggestive<br />Of contempt or disrespect or ridicule<br />Of their faith and their prophet.<br /><br />And only a fool<br />Would allow himself to be used as the tool<br />Of those dark and evil powers that rule.<br /><br />Keep playing with the fire, keep fanning the flames<br />Of discord and mistrust - and anyone who blames<br />Islam and Muslims for the resulting mess<br />Is a hypocrite and liar - and unless<br />THEY take urgent steps to end this curse<br />The situation is bound to go from bad to worse.<br /><br />Like naughty little children, they want it all<br />And squeal with indignation when we call<br />Them to account for their unacceptable acts<br />They may well claim innocence but the facts<br />Speak for themselves also when each<br />Individual hides behind freedom of speech<br /><br />For those truly obnoxious<br />Here let me state the obvious:<br /><br />Any right to do anything<br />Must be balanced by a matching<br />Obligation to exercise that right<br />Responsibly and in the light<br />Of a civilized society, if it wishes to remain<br />Civilized.<br /><br />We should therefore refrain<br />From abusing that right, indeed we must<br />See it as a gift placed in our trust<br />To be valued highly, treated with care<br />And used with some civility to spare!<br /><br />No right to act before you think!<br />No right to use those words that stink!<br /><br />Prove yourself unworthy of that precious gift<br />And the reaction from society should be swift<br />If you still cannot moderate what you say<br />Maybe that right should be taken away!<br /><br />Eight hundred years later and a New Crusade<br />Has been fully staged and is now being played<br />Out in front of your very eyes<br />But it should come as no surprise<br />For Fascist ideas are on the rise<br />A right-wing and Zionist enterprise –<br /><br />The fear of foreigners is a pitiful sign<br />And a sad manifestation of the malign.<br /><br />What happened to compassion and empathy<br />And international solidarity<br />With asylum seekers and refugees?<br />Will everyone answer that question now, please!<br /><br />More and more applications turned down<br />Simply because they are Muslim and brown.<br /><br />"Kick them out and keep the jobs for us<br />Show them the white Christian is the boss,"<br />Such idiotic slogans are increasingly heard<br />Throughout the EU and every word.<br /><br />Reeks of intolerance and xenophobia<br />And a longing for some childish Utopia<br />Which never yet existed and never will<br />But they play on fears with considerable skill -<br />Fortress Europe proudly proclaimed<br />Any problem - Muslims are blamed<br /><br />So much for the quality of that free speech!<br />And still the West believes it can teach<br />The wider World how it should live<br />When in truth it has little or nothing to give,<br />That would make this World a better place -<br />Most of its attempts have ended in disgrace<br />And in order to atone for every crime<br />It should wear sack and ashes for a very long time!<br /><br />Put differently, let me say it again:<br />Before you speak, let it pass your brain!<br /><br />Better for everyone to heed that call -<br />Better for some if they did not speak at all!<br /><br />To recap once more for those who need to know<br />Before decent behaviour suffers another blow:<br /><strong>No right to offend my sensibility!<br />No freedom without responsibility!<br />No culture without civility!<br />No humanity without humility!</strong><br /><br /></span></span>THE LAST VIKINGhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11122758258228954175noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-571240123390971584.post-3075515773897212282008-07-09T10:25:00.006+01:002008-09-05T12:48:24.369+01:00Made in Denmark<span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:130%;"><strong>Post No 2</strong></span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:130%;">To those who think it is OK to publish those dreadful cartoons but get<br />terribly upset when hurt Muslims burn the Danish flag around the world, I wrote two short poems.<br />Here is the first one.<br /><br />*****<br /><br />For decades I have travelled extensively<br />Without any real problems fortunately.<br />And being Danish used to help me a lot,<br />The friendly reception and assistance I got<br />Was amazing and touching and sometimes such<br />That I felt it was almost a little too much.<br /><br />The trouble people went to was not deserved<br />That kind of treatment should be reserved<br />For more important visitors than me,<br />But obviously many did not quite see.<br />It the same way as I did, so carried on<br />Leaving me feeling guilty that so much was done.<br /><br />I always told people wherever I went<br />Sightseeing or climbing or pitching my tent<br />Assuming that the locals could understand<br />That coming from a small unimportant land<br /><br />Had certain advantages because it is not<br />Big enough to be a threat to anyone, so has got<br />To behave in a friendly and forthcoming way<br />To everyone else, come what may.<br /><br />That was the situation until recently -<br />But look again - how wrong can you be!<br />Too insignificant to upset anyone?<br />Sweet little Denmark - now what you have done!<br /><br />First it joined the Coalition of the Killing,<br />The PM able and more than willing<br />To make Denmark participate in two illegal wars<br />Of aggression without any justifiable cause.<br /><br />First against Afghanistan and then Iraq<br />Both of those ventures based on a pack<br />Of lies and fabrications as we now all know,<br />As if not bad enough, the highlight of the show:<br /><br />Those dreadful drawings of the prophet of Islam<br />Causing violent protests and serious harm<br />To the interests of little Denmark right across<br />The Islamic world, resulting in a loss<br />Of goodwill, prestige, business and trade -<br />The biggest blunders recently made!<br /><br />Right from Morocco and Nigeria<br />To occupied Palestine and Arabia<br />Iran, Afghanistan and Syria<br />All the way to Pakistan and Indonesia.<br /><br />Denmarksuddenly on everybody's lips<br />Instant notoriety which erupts and grips<br />Hundreds of million Muslims world-wide.<br />No Scandinavian-looking person can hide<br /><br />From the angry masses crowding the streets<br />No use here throwing handfuls of sweets<br />For Danish flags are set alight<br />Some embassies experience a fight.<br /><br />Still, like a brain-dead parrot might screech<br />The PM keeps repeating: "Freedom of speech!<br />We have Freedom of Expression - how about you?<br />Nothing to do with me! Nothing I can do!"<br />Which was neither statesman-like nor was it true!<br /><br />Decent people had worked so long<br />And tirelessly to build the strong<br />Reputation that Denmark enjoyed,<br />Overnight it was destroyed<br />Crashing down around their ears,<br />Every one reduced to tears.<br /><br />The world still turns and life goes on<br />But the total effects of the damage done<br />Cannot be measured so easily<br />And certainly not just financially,<br /><br />It will take a long time to improve<br />And Denmark should make the first move,<br />All in all there must be better ways<br />To add that extra little spark<br />To the slogan <strong>Made in Denmark</strong><br /><br /></span>THE LAST VIKINGhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11122758258228954175noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-571240123390971584.post-11099234509477582002008-06-24T12:33:00.009+01:002008-09-05T12:48:47.628+01:00Scandinavian and Nordic Flags<span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:130%;"><strong>Post No 1</strong><br /><br />Given the recent burnings of the Danish flag, the <em>Dannebrog</em> (literally: cloth of the Danes) around the Muslim world on the republication of some of those dreadful cartoons, most of the world must by now be familiar with what it looks like.<br /><br />In fact all the Scandinavian-Nordic flags follow this pattern:<br />-Denmark: Red background with white cross<br />-Sweden: Blue background with yellow cross<br />-Finland: White background with blue cross<br />-Norway: Red background with blue cross superimposed on white cross<br />-Faeroe Islands: White background with red cross superimposed on blue cross<br />-Iceland: Blue background with red cross superimposed on white cross<br />-The regional flag of Scania - the southern province of Sweden: A mix of the Swedish and Danish flags having a red background with yellow cross.<br /><br />But have you noticed that the cross of each one is offset?<br />Have you ever wondered why? Surely a symmetrical flag would be more logical and would look neater, wouldn't it?<br /><br />All you have to do is turn these flags clockwise through 90 degrees and they are no longer offset but become symmetrical along the vertical axis.<br />That is because originally they were not flying horizontally from poles or masts but hanging vertically behind the high seat in the main hall of the local strongman, chieftain or petty king, representing his family, clan or little kingdom. And viewed vertically, it suddenly becomes obvious and instantly recognizable as the cross of Christ.<br /><br />The Danish flag is generally believed to be the oldest flag in continuous use, dating back to the early 14th century, and it is safe to assume that the others were based on the Danish one, as territories changed hands many times over the centuries.<br /><br />To return to the present, I personally know Danes who get as upset over the flag-burnings as Muslims do over the cartoons but those same Danes also think it is perfectly okay to publish such things - some people really do want it all!<br /><br />I finally came up with my answers a few weeks ago - you may check them on my next week's blog post on Euro Muslims Zone.<br /><br /></span></span></span>THE LAST VIKINGhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11122758258228954175noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-571240123390971584.post-88891254690708501922007-09-13T23:26:00.001+01:002008-07-30T12:51:48.741+01:00MYSPEAK at GPU-London in November<span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:130%;">Ibraheem will attend the<br /><strong>Global Peace and Unity Event 2007</strong><br />at ExCel in London on 24/25 November which<br />last year attracted 50,000 people over the<br />two days.<br /><br />A stand has been booked in order to promote<br />MYSPEAK in general and the poems in particular.<br /><br />Signed collections of Ibraheem's poems will be<br />offered in print and hopefully also on CD.<br /><br />Doing this event is not exactly cheap but it<br />has to be done and Ibraheem would be very<br />grateful for any <a href="http://myspeakx.blogspot.com/search/label/DONATE">DONATIONS</a> in order to<br />hopefully break even. This is a one-man<br />effort and every little bit helps!<br /><br />Speaking-time on main stage for reading a<br />poem is being pursued.<br /><br />Do visit the official website for the <a href="http://www.theglobalunity.com/">GPU2007</a><br /><br />Check back here regularly for updates over<br />the coming weeks.<br /><br /><strong>Latest - Sunday 18 Nov:</strong><br />All set, flying over tomorrow with 300 CDs,<br />printing to be done in London.<br />Stage time still a possibility.<br />Hope to see you there next Saturday/Sunday -<br />my stand is <strong>G-75</strong> - <a href="http://www.myspeak.info/">www.MYSPEAK.info</a><br /><br /></span>THE LAST VIKINGhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11122758258228954175noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-571240123390971584.post-52087866365112342672007-08-27T20:49:00.018+01:002010-12-29T00:41:49.930+01:00Copyright Notice<span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:130%;"><em>Updated 31 July 2010 </em><br /><br />All poems and posts may be freely<br />copied-distributed-printed if not for profit but<br />please include the following copyright notice:<br /><br />Used with permission and not for profit<br />Copyright © - IBRAHEEM (O.E.H.Johansen)<br />All Rights Reserved<br />Original can be found on www.IBRAHEEM.dk<br /><br /><br /></span>THE LAST VIKINGhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11122758258228954175noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-571240123390971584.post-89836887685367736892007-07-01T00:11:00.001+01:002008-07-30T13:10:44.218+01:00On Random Mutations<span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:130%;">As I understand it, random mutations are<br />currently held to be responsible for most<br />genetic changes, and random mutations are<br />overwhelmingly caused either "spontaneously"<br />or induced either by chemical agents already<br />present within that particular organism or from<br />the outside by cosmic radiation colliding with<br />genetic material, triggering off chemical<br />changes and thus effecting a purely random<br />change. We are also asked to believe in<br />Darwinian evolution.<br /><br />Excuse me - but it does not make<br />any sense to me!<br /><br />Think of the following experiment:<br /><br />We have a computer programme, of average<br />size and average complexity, fully tested and<br />proven to "work as designed".<br />We now print out the actual code that is running<br />when the programme is being executed, be it in<br />a high-level user-friendly language or something<br />closer to the machine, like assembler.<br />We then hang this printout on the wall, either<br />vertically, which could prove difficult because of<br />the contigious paper, so hang it sideways around<br />the room, whichever way suits.<br />Then take a few steps back and either fire a<br />shotgun at it or just a single-shot pistol but keep<br />shooting until you see at least one single<br />character has been damaged or removed.<br />Now take the paper down, scan it in carefully<br />sheet by sheet and attempt to re-compile or<br />re-assemble it, as this is a prerequisite to<br />executing the new version.<br />As a former software consultant over many years<br />I guarantee you that our programme will not even<br />compile/assemble which of course means that it<br />will never run again.<br /><br />What is the likelihood of any purely random<br />change actually improving our programme?<br />Surely non-existant/zero/nil.<br />If this could be made to work at all, surely any<br />random change would be harmful, possibly<br />possibly -on a lucky day- neutral in effect.<br /><br />This is of course a very crude comparison with<br />the terribly complex fabric of life itself but doesn't<br />that make it even less likely that purely random<br />changes have any possibility at all of effecting<br />positive changes which might lead to advances<br />for that particular living organism? I think so.<br /><br />It seems pretty obvious to me that any random<br />change would be harmful and therefore lead to<br />malfunctioning and/or disease and from there<br />fairly quickly to extinction!<br />If the above conclusion is correct, it follows that<br />the whole concept of random mutations being<br />the main agent responsible for positive<br />evolutionary changes is absolute rubbish!!<br /><br /></span>THE LAST VIKINGhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11122758258228954175noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-571240123390971584.post-8980218865275163212007-06-30T19:23:00.001+01:002008-07-30T13:12:43.534+01:00On Nudity<span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:130%;">The annual <em>World Naked Bike Ride</em> recently<br />(ostensibly to highlight global warming), and<br />the <em>Naked for Peace</em> section of the anti-war<br />movement in the US, as well as the latest<br />exploits of mass-naked-group photographer<br />Spencer Tunick not long ago, prompted me<br />to write this post.<br /><br />My start and end point is: I do not like nudity<br />unless it is in the company of someone you are<br />intimate with. All the rest I find embarrassing,<br />offensive, unethical etc....<br />And the people who advocate it and participate<br />must surely be, in some way or other, deranged.<br /><br />Of course I have heard all the arguments:<br />-We were all born naked (oh really??)<br />-When we take our clothes off, we are all naked<br />(thanks for the info - I didn't know that!)<br />-What could be more natural? (see below)<br /><br />My answer to the above "justifications" is this:<br />Of course being naked is quite natural but there<br />is a time and a place for everything!<br /><br />Why on earth anyone would feel the urge to draw<br />attention to a particular matter or cause by using<br />nudity is a complete mystery to me.<br />If publicity were the driving force and the aim,<br />surely much more powerful and effective means<br />could, with a little time and effort, be found and<br />employed?<br />Of course that would require some imagination.....<br /><br />If it is done wholly or in part to "shock the<br />establishment", surely that is already well into<br />the realms of psychiatry or the sign of adults<br />stuck in the mental age of puberty.<br /><br />Whatever the motivation, forcing your own nudity<br />upon others is not a civilised way to make any<br />kind of statement.<br /><br />But they say: "What could be more natural?" -<br />I am not trying to be gross here but urinating,<br />defecating and occasionally vomiting are also<br />perfectly natural things to do.<br />Does that mean that I should do any -or all- of<br />those on somebody's table or in somebody's lap<br />in order to prove a point that I wish to make??<br />Of course not - and no sane and decent person<br />would do it or advocate it or even think about<br />doing so.<br /><br />As for Spencer Tunick and his exploits:<br />Does he get some perverse satisfaction out<br />of directing all his willing victims through a<br />megaphone - now do this, now do that - and<br />watch thousands of useful idiots do as they<br />are told?<br />A few years ago he had a mass-shoot in Barcelona<br />in Spain, which is of course a Catholic country.<br />His most recent outing, setting a new record with,<br />if I remember right, 23,000 participants, was in<br />Mexico City in another Catholic country -<br />do we see a pattern of deliberate provocation<br />here? Have all these people really got nothing<br />better to do?<br /><br />I personally know an old English couple,<br />practising Catholics, who spend most of their<br />time living on a nudist campsite on the Spanish<br />south coast.<br />Whilst they do not deliberately provoke anybody<br />with their nudity, I still cannot get my head<br />around that combination.<br /><br />The obsession in the Western world with nudity<br />is surely a sign both of immaturity and the blind<br />pursuit of material values and the physical world,<br />superficial as they are.<br /><br />As for the <em>World Naked Bike Ride:</em><br />Although I would not recommend it, if<br />the participants in these grotesque acts of<br />exhibitionism truly care about the planet and<br />global warming, they could start making their<br />personal contribution to a reduction of CO2<br />emissions immediately by simply stopping<br />breathing!<br /><br /></span>THE LAST VIKINGhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11122758258228954175noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-571240123390971584.post-87764739816344564132007-04-11T20:22:00.001+01:002008-07-30T13:13:41.619+01:00Hypocrisy, Hypocrisy, Hypocrisy.....<span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:130%;">First of all, my apologies to my regular<br />readers for the month-long silence.<br /><br />The main reason is that I find it increasingly<br />difficult to read and watch the news:<br /><br />Whether the topic is the imperialistic wars of<br />aggression on Iraq and Afghanistan, or the<br />legitimate technological aspirations of Iran,<br />or the continued terrible plight of the<br />Palestinians, or almost any other subject in<br />the news, the West is daily proving to the<br />rest of the world that it (the West) has little<br />or no positive role to play anywhere - in its<br />own perverse view, the West is always right<br />and the rest is always wrong, so no need for<br />dialogue, consensus and compromise,<br /><br />and the West claims it promotes moderation,<br />but what it really seeks is compliance with its<br />own narrow interests, which are insatiable<br />greed and ruthless exploitation,<br /><br />and, as it pursues its ridiculous counter-<br />productive and unwinnable "War on Terror",<br />the West rants and raves about Islamic<br />"extremism" and what a grave threat it poses<br />to the "civilised" world but there is nothing<br />civilised about the general conduct of the<br />West itself, forever encroaching on Muslim<br />lands and resources, so inevitably forcing a<br />healthy, natural, human reaction, which is<br />no more militant than the methods of the<br />West, and, by the way, the current revival<br />of political Islam is not a threat but -<br />a promise!<br /><br />All in all, the reality seen and felt by the<br />rest of the world, in particular Muslims,<br />is that of hypocrisy, and not just ordinary<br />hypocrisy -<br />nauseating, stinking, hideous, revolting,<br />screaming-to-high-heaven hypocrisy.....<br /><br />Maybe I'll leave the news alone for a few<br />weeks and see if I can write some serious<br />articles or some more poems - Inshallah.....<br /><br /></span>THE LAST VIKINGhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11122758258228954175noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-571240123390971584.post-6228896669466606292007-03-10T20:16:00.001+01:002008-07-30T13:14:32.514+01:00Happy Birthday Osama bin Laden!<span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:130%;">Whilst realising that birthdays are neither<br />considered important nor generally celebrated<br />in the Muslim world, and also realising that there<br />is doubt whether he was in fact born on a date<br />equivalent to 10 March 1957 in the Gregorian<br />(solar) calendar, which would be 8 Sha'baan<br />1376 AH in the Islamic (lunar) calendar (some<br />"experts" claim he was born on 30 July 1957),<br />and also realising that, if you count lunar years<br />which on average are around 11 days shorter<br />than a solar year, he did in fact turn 50 about<br />18 months ago - nevertheless, despite all that,<br />I would like to say:<br /><br />Wherever you are, I hope you are safe and in<br />good health and may Allah protect you for at<br />least another 50 years - you are an inspiration<br />to many around the globe.<br /><br />See also my brief post:<br /><a href="http://myspeakx.blogspot.com/2007/01/face-of-osama-bin-laden.html">The Face of Osama bin Laden</a> .<br /><br />NOTE:<br />When above I call him an inspiration it is to be<br />understood in the following context:<br />Having been born into a very wealthy and well-<br />connected family, the logical path we might have<br />expected Osama to take would have been to<br />participate fully in the family business, do and<br />say all the right things at the right times to the<br />right people, drink tea and be seen with members<br />of the Royal House of Saud whenever that<br />privilege was on offer.<br />Instead, he decided to give up all that and went<br />to Afghanistan to fight the brutal Soviet invaders<br />and occupiers, spending much of his own money<br />in the process, living in caves and, in his own<br />words, it is a miracle that he came through it<br />all alive.<br /><br />That he is now equally determined to drive the<br />new but equally brutal invaders and occupiers out<br />of that achingly beautiful but ravaged country<br />should be applauded by all good and decent<br />people everywhere, regardless of creed, colour,<br />culture.<br /><br />As for Islamic militancy against the West,<br />again in the words of Osama, it is only:<br />"<strong>Your goods returned to you</strong>".<br /><br /></span>THE LAST VIKINGhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11122758258228954175noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-571240123390971584.post-56664174802991884212007-02-25T20:11:00.000+01:002007-10-14T23:04:42.357+01:00Well Said Muqtada al-Sadr<span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:130%;">Whilst US and Iraqi leaders have urged the public<br />to be patient, warning that it will take months<br />before the security operation now under way<br />has a tangible effect, and president Bush has<br />ordered 21,500 more US troops to Baghdad and<br />Anbar (although the last units are not due until<br />May), - the leader of the Mehdi Army, Iraq's<br />largest Shia militia, Muqtada al-Sadr, has issued<br />a statement which was read to his followers in<br />Baghdad's Sadr City, and it is likely to add to the<br />tremendous pressure already on US and Iraqi<br />forces to show results in the nearly two-week-old<br />crackdown.<br /><br />Here are a few excerpts of what he had to say:<br />"I'm certain, just like all oppressed Iraqis are<br />certain, that no security plan will work and no<br />good will come of any occupier. Here we are,<br />watching booby trapped cars exploding to<br />harvest thousands of innocent lives from our<br />beloved people in the middle of a security plan<br />that is controlled by an occupier who does as<br />he pleases", he urged Iraq's mainly Shia security<br />forces to "make your own Iraqi plans independent<br />of the Americans" and he called on both Sunnis<br />and Shias to "scorn sectarianism and hoist the<br />banner of unity".<br />And what can you say to that, other than Ameen!</span>THE LAST VIKINGhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11122758258228954175noreply@blogger.com0