Many muslims too, its the time to remember of the birth of imam almahdi, the awaited savior for humanity, whom, it is prophesized, will return at the end of times with jesus. May allah hasten their reappearences both in order to bring justice on earth, themes that are especially being brought into focus in light of the genocide being carried out by israel against the people of palestine. First, we take a closer look at the concept of a messiah in islam and other wild religions. The idea of the messiah, often called king messiah, or in hebrew, melek messiah, is found in the old testament, as per the jewish belief, he is human being, not a divine creature, and comes from the lineage in of david and solomon. He is truthful from birth and continues until he reaches the highest levels of human perfection. He will be a great political leader, well versed in jewish law, observant of the commandments, a charismatic leader who will win battles for the people of israel. And righteous judge who w
The largest leak of documents in British political history, the internal emails of the Labour Party during the leadership of Jeremy Corbyn, revealed scandal upon scandal.
By Caitlin JOHNSTONE “Twenty-four people, including nine children, were killed in Gaza overnight, most of them in Israeli strikes,” reads a new report from AP. Nine children,…
The military wing of the Palestinian resistance organization Hamas issued an ultimatum giving Israel an hour – until 6 pm local time – to withdraw its forces from al-Aqsa and the occupied East Jerusalem neighborhood of Sheikh Jarrah, and free detainees.
When the deadline passed, resistance groups in Gaza fired volleys of rockets towards Jerusalem for the first time since the summer 2014 war, prompting celebrations from some Palestinians.
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PCS merger?
The Public and Commercial Services union is claiming that its forthcoming conference in June will be the most democratic across the trade union movement.
Branches can register as many delegates as they like, but only one will be allowed to vote and they will use their card vote on every motion (the number of votes each branch will have will be the number of members of that branch). I have no quibble with branches having more delegates than they would normally be allowed to have - this means, in principle, far more members might attend and observe this online conference. I never forgot my first conference (in 1981, I think), so enthralled was I by the cut and thrust of the debates, and the politics - I never missed a subsequent conference for the next 35 years until I retired.