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"You see, Islam is the only religion that gives both husband and wife a true understanding of what love is. The Western “love” concept, you take it apart, it really is lust.
But love transcends just the physical. Love is disposition, behaviour, attitude, thoughts, likes, dislikes - these things make a beautiful woman, a beautiful wife. This is the beauty that never fades.
You find in your Western civilisation that when a man’s wife’s physical beauty fails, she loses her attraction. But Islam teaches us to look into the woman, and teaches her to look into us."


sunfoundation:

Gay rights in the US, state by state
Gay rights laws in America have evolved to allow — but in some cases ban — rights for gay, lesbian and transgender people on a range of issues, including marriage, hospital visitation, adoption, housing, employment and school bullying. The handling of gay rights issues vary by state and follow trends by region.
delucazade:

Whilst few young children are now born on boats, the ocean is still very much their playground.  Here, Enal plays with his pet shark, Wangi Wangi, Indonesia.
James Morgan

ravenspyre:

adimal:

neat

Unplug yourself from the medical and pharmaceutical monopolies. They don’t want to fix you, they want you to be a return customer.

(Source: dancequeen1284)

May 6-Nine bodies were found hanged from a bridge in Nuevo Laredo yesterday.
Shortly thereafter 14 heads inside of coolers were dropped off at city hall.  The bodies were found abandoned in cars near the border.
Source
neverstopp1ng:

Jan-Sep 2011
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picturesofwar:

A 30 minute BBC special report from the German concentration at Belsen with interviews from ex-prisoners, liberators, and an SS guard.

Originally broadcast: May 5, 1945

Monday, 7 May 320 Plays

(Source: funnyordie.com)

simply-war:

A grief stricken American infantryman  whose friend has been killed in action is comforted by another soldier. In the background a corpsman methodically fills out casualty tags, Haktong-ni area, Korea. August 28, 1950. Sfc. Al Chang. (Army)
owsposters:

No I.D. Needed to Buy an Election
Judge: An IP-Address Doesn’t Identify a Person (or BitTorrent Pirate)

infoneer-pulse:

A landmark ruling in one of the many mass-BitTorrent lawsuits in the US has delivered a severe blow to a thus far lucrative business. Among other things, New York Judge Gary Brown explains in great detail why an IP-address is not sufficient evidence to identify copyright infringers. According to the Judge this lack of specific evidence means that many alleged BitTorrent pirates have been wrongfully accused by copyright holders.

» via TorrentFreak

yes please
Three journalists killed in five days in Mexico

MEXICO CITY — Mexican military police recovered the tortured and dismembered bodies of two local journalists in the port city of Veracruz on Thursday, their remains found stuffed in garbage bags and dumped in a drainage canal in a wealthy beachfront suburb.

Relatives and colleagues had reported photojournalists Gabriel Huge and Guillermo Luna missing on Wednesday. Their murders make three journalists killed in five days in Veracruz state where the Zetas criminal gang is battling rival gangsters and the Mexican military to retain control of vital narcotics smuggling routes.

Regina Martinez, a correspondent for Proceso, Mexico’s leading news magazine, was found slain Saturday in her apartment in the state capital, Xalapa. Police have no suspects. In all, seven Veracruz journalists have been killed in the past two years.

Two other dismembered bodies were found Thursday along with those of Huge and Luna. One was that of Esteban Rodriguez, a welder who until last summer worked as a photographer for AZ, a newspaper with editions in the port and the Veracruz state capital. The other was identified as Irasema Becerra, a sales executive at another newspaper who was romantically involved with Luna.


prolixnoahriley:

leaveobashar:

***LEAKED VIDEO*** THIS IS HOW ASSAD’S FORCES ENTER A NEIGHBORHOOD - THE GUNFIRE IS DEAFENING AND THEIR CHANTS ARE DISGUSTING. Damascus (Eastern Ghouta): They chant “Shabeeha (Thugs) Forever, For Your Eye’s Oh Assad!” which is a variation of the Pro - Revolution chant “Freedom Forever Despite You Oh Assad” (both slogans rhyme in Arabic.

Listen to the deafening sound of the the gunfire as these animals announce their arrival into the neighborhood, firing into thee air and at the surrounding buildings - spreading terror and fear.

Thanks @HamaEcho

thats uh…. special

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