Volunteer fighters in Ukraine

There’s a great momentum in volunteer fighters from Europe and America joining the resistance in Ukraine. This may seem natural reaction to accepting the call to support the European brothers and sisters. But knowing the Right-wing, Neo-Nazis rise in Ukraine and in other European nations including in the USA, it would be too foolish to ignore that link. Azov battalion’s fight in Eastern Ukraine and their Nazi-style youth camps are worth knowing before anyone wants to ignore that link.

Men, with or without explicit military background, from those countries are flocking into the war. The similar phenomenon was seen in the fight in Syria. Afghanistan had similar phenomenon during the resistance against Soviets. Those times it was Muslims from across the world and this time it’s the European Christians from Europe and America. 

I am sure FBI is watching it but I wonder that it would be too late to let this new fighters be seasoned in a war in Europe and come back to their country to spur white power resistance. We will see the effect of what’s brewing now in Europe later in the near future. 

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Russia-Ukraine-NATO-EU conflict

Who are interested about the Russia-Ukraine-NATO-EU conflict, these tidbits are the stimulus for you to ponder and further research. This is one of the most complex world politics being unfolded in front our eyes and threatening the world to a potential World War. Hope this will help you to clarify some of the rhetorics from both sides. 

Russian Empire - Kievan Rus’ was the predecessor of Russian empire. Empress Catherine The Great expanded Russia and ruled much of (current day Ukraine) and established Odessa and other cities. Russian empire was perceived as the inheritor of Byzantine empire and Constantinople

Holy League: 

Russia was key part of that alliance against the Ottoman caliphate.

Vladimir Putin:

openly stands for European Tradition & Values and anti-LGBT.

American/European Neo-Nazis and Alt-Right movement:

these are having fan fare of Putin and Russia as the easternmost guard post to save European and Christian heritage. Even though Putin never showed any support, explicit or implicit, to those neo-Nazi parties but Neo-Nazis are desperately in-search of their hero and landed on Putin.

Vladimir Putin - ex-KGB major who is obsessed with the Lost Glory of Russian Empire and humiliation after the fall of USSR.

Ukraine and  Georgia:

NATO promises membership to these two countries in 2008 and encircle Russia. Russia invaded Georgia soon after and forced the country to give up its aspiration to join NATO.

Baltic nations:

Latvia-Lithuania-Estonia joined NATO and EU in 2004 when Russia was struggling economically and trying to recover.

Ukraine Maiden revolution:

The uprise that toppled the pro-Russian government in 2014 and brought a new government that are anti-Russian and pro-EU. Far-Right and Neo-Nazi organizations were part of this revolution. Azov battalion, a member of that movement,  founded in Mariupol to fight Russian backed separatists in Donbas region. Side note: the devastation of Mariupol by Russian bombing wasn’t coincidental.

Crimea and Donbas (LPR-DPR):

Russia annexed Crimea. Donbas region saw two Russian ethnic republics that declared independence and began the Ukrainian civil war since 2014.

Russia 🇷🇺 invades Ukraine 🇺🇦 2022:

Zelensky, the President of Ukraine, himself a Jew - made alliance with Azov Battalion (incorporated in National Guard), tried to join EU and NATO, angers Russian ethnics and Putin.

Putin, in fear of NATO at its doorstep believing it as an existential threat and also to regain its old glory as Russian Empire, supports pro-Russian and Russian ethnic people in Eastern Ukraine, invades Ukraine. 

EU and the USA trying to expand their influence and stifles Russia within its border, in fear of Russian resurgence as global super power, backs Ukraine to push to a head-on collision path with Russia.

US and European Neo-Nazis supports Putin as their idol who is fighting Neo-Nazis in Ukraine (ref Azov Battalion) that is alliance with Zelensky.

Reference:

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Revolution_of_Dignity

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Azov_Battalion

https://www.timesofisrael.com/liveblog_entry/ukraine-says-fourth-general-killed-during-battle-for-mariupol/

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kievan_Rus'

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russian_Empire

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-60767664.amp

Freedom of convenience?

Why RT news (Russian TV) is taken down in America? What due process was taken before shutting down a news outlet? I may not agree with their view but if we’re not allowed to see the different opinion then how can we judge the right from wrong? Real from Fake?

Or - May be the government doesn’t want us to know the reality rather just force their views on us.

https://youtu.be/QpO7gvxpMqk

এই কি আমার স্বাধীন বাংলাদেশ?

 এগুলো কি? এই কি আমার স্বাধীন বাংলাদেশ?

“...তাঁর ভাই সাজেদুল ইসলাম গুম হওয়ার পর তাঁরা ভাটারা থানায় গেলে পুলিশ বলেছে তেজগাঁওয়ে যেতে, তেজগাঁওয়ে গেলে বলেছে উত্তরায় যেতে হবে। ছয়–সাতজনের সামনে থেকে র‌্যাব ধরে নিয়ে গেছে এই কথা বললে আর জিডি করা যায়নি। বলা হয়েছে, বাসায় ফেরেনি, খুঁজে পাওয়া যায়নি—এভাবে লিখতে।…”

"...স্বামীর খোঁজে তিনি দ্বারে দ্বারে ঘুরেছেন। তিন বছর পর এখন পুলিশ এসে জিজ্ঞাসা করছে, ইসমাইল সত্যিই গুম হয়েছেন কি না।..."

“...স্বামীর সন্ধান চেয়ে এই নারী বলেন, ‘বলেন কোথায় রেখেছেন। লাশটা দেন। আমরা কি কোনো দিন একটা মিলাদ পড়তে পারব?’…”

https://www.prothomalo.com/bangladesh/%E0%A6%8F%E0%A6%A4-%E0%A6%AC%E0%A6%9B%E0%A6%B0-%E0%A6%AA%E0%A6%B0-%E0%A6%AA%E0%A7%81%E0%A6%B2%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%B6-%E0%A6%8F%E0%A6%B8%E0%A7%87-%E0%A6%9C%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%9C%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%9E%E0%A7%87%E0%A6%B8-%E0%A6%95%E0%A6%B0%E0%A6%9B%E0%A7%87-%E0%A6%B8%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%AC%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%AE%E0%A7%80-%E0%A6%97%E0%A7%81%E0%A6%AE-%E0%A6%B9%E0%A7%9F%E0%A7%87%E0%A6%9B%E0%A7%87-%E0%A6%95%E0%A6%BF-%E0%A6%A8%E0%A6%BE

Posted on FB on 15 January 2022

Desperation in Afghanistan

The Afghans are now in a desperate state of hunger and crisis due to the devastations caused by the 20-years of war that created the foreign-aid dependent economy. The USA has frozen $9 Billion of Afghanistan’s foreign reserve/cash in the name of punishing Taliban- ended up starving the Afghans.

They are suffering. They need our help, desperately. I am confident that Afghanistan will rebuild themselves and create a stable country, inshaAllah.  I hope and pray for that. 

However, we will be asked on the day when we will meet our creator that what did we do when thousands of kids were dying of hunger and millions of souls are starving to death? Especially, who are blessed with food, shelter, security and a comfort life!

I wish I could go and deliver deliver food to those suffering souls. At the least I can donate immediately to do the minimal. I have donated through IRUSA but you can use any organization you feel comfortable with. 

https://irusa.org/asia/afghanistan/

https://www.savethechildren.org/us/where-we-work/afghanistan

https://www.wfp.org/countries/afghanistan

https://www.icrc.org/en/where-we-work/asia-pacific/afghanistan

https://youtu.be/aoN5k1oZYrk

Posted on FB on 30 January 2022

Brave, Bold and Modest

This is The Face of a Muslim lady!

Brave, Bold and Modest!

She stood strong in front of all those coward bigots trying to take away her rights!

Stand against all injustices!

https://youtu.be/gy5xn7wCSFQ

Posted on FB on 8 February 2022

Russian military operations in Ukraine

Russia has started military operations in Ukraine. Very grim moment for Ukraine, for Europe and for the world.

Europe hasn’t learnt from its history. 

The world didn’t learn from its history. 

We, Humans, don’t learn from our history of devastation. 

May the pragmatism returns back to the world leaders - sooner is better - before we are forced to start all over again the human species!

Posted on FB on 24 February 2022

Walking with Quran

 Alhamdulillah. Almost 5 months ago, I had started to combine my morning walk with Listening Quran with Translation. This was to save me from the guilt feeling of spending almost an hour of morning to go for a walk. I think Time is too precious to spend just by walking. However, as our working patterns are mostly divorced from the need of physical activity, we are trying to find alternate ways to remain active - bandaid solution is to walk, jog or spend time in the gym.

Allah says in Quran that reciting Quran in the morning would be witness and I also need to keep me active. So by combining both, I had started this “Morning Walk with Quran”. I listen, and sometime recite with, the recitation and meaning of Quran. This turned out as a gem. It creates an ambient feeling in my heart. I am rediscovering the Quran everyday even I may had listened to many of the ayath in the past. I don’t know what creates that ambient feeling- is it the time when the sun is rising, the surroundings full of nature, being active or all of them combined but I am fascinated by it every morning. It increases my knowledge and Iman while decreases my blood pressure and cholesterol- what else you can ask from it? 

Alhamdulillah. Today I have finished one round of the Quran (Khatamul Quran). I will start from Sura Al-Baqarah from tomorrow InshaAllah and planning to continue this cycle until I meet my Lord. May Allah grant me the ability to get blessing from the Quran and apply it in my life. Ameen.