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Country Fair and Horse Show- Elk Grove, CA

Fun for all ages! FREE Entry! Games, Contests and Prizes for kids of all ages and... more

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Cat Stevens and His Journey to Islam

Stevens converted to the Islamic faith at the height of his fame in December, 1977.... more

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Review: Inglourious Basterds

"Inglorious is definitely not the word used to describe this movie. Equal parts... more

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The Good, the Bad and the Ugly - The Best Film Ever Made?

Ok, maybe it's not the best film ever made - but it's the most entertaining one.

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Academy invites 134 newbies

A full list is at the link. "AMPAS invites 134 to join ranks Invitees includes... more

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Wild Mustangs up for adoption

As the Bureau of Land Management captures wild mustangs and prepares them for... more

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West ’seeks Iran’s disintegration’

Western powers are seeking to undermine Iran by spreading “anarchy and vandalism”,... more

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finally completed! handmade leather duster trenchcoat w/ anaconda skin, western style clothing

finally after a couple months of waiting for my mighty mend it to come in, i have finally come close to atually finishing the coat,.. all thats left after this stage is the liner,.. maybe a bit of ~frill~ to jazz it up a bit,.. i surely dont want it to be bland,.. do i need to add more to it?

total time it took me to complete this coat was about 10 days,.. the 2 months it was just hanging up waiting for the mendit to come in,.. i have been told by some people that they had never seen an actual coat like this,.. now i am not a smart man,.. i have not had any training in making these things other than my past experiences,.. i firmly believe that anyone can do these same things if they put thier mind to accomplishing complex feats of incredible difficulty,.. i think they key point of doing something like this is tenacity,.. i too am at fault for not doing diligence to some jobs and paid more due to others that were not as worthy in getting accomplished,.. it feels good to know that i actually created this with my own hands,.. no sewing machine,.. just scissors and a needle and thread,.. well until the mighty mend it came in (thankfully),.. i had rehydrated the snake after about 25 years of being rolled up in a bag,.. it took a whole 8 oz bottle of glycerin to soften this bad boy up,.. of course and 18 foot snake what else would you expect? LOL i cannot wait for my next pelted coat,.. i am thinking my next project will involve a couple large rattlers from out in the desert.

i cannot fully explain the feeling that goes along with accomplishing a coat of this magnitude,.. when you walk into a bar or a casino,.. the feeling of knowing that all eyes are on you is a scary one at first,.. but i seem to find it more comforting as time passes to know that everyone's eyes are on my coat,..and eventually they confront me for more information,.. it is like a wearable business card,.. that is always for sale,.. in which i have sold dusters off my back before

i was always told by many people of whom i respected that "if you every do anything worth talking about make sure you do it the right way",.. another friend said to me, if it's worth doing at all,.. why not do it first class all the way?" i,.. being a perfectionist by proxy of being an artist ( or is that OCD?) in any case,.. i try to do things to the point of over thought sometimes,.. i always feel that something can always be better,.. when there are times,.. that i just need to stop.

so, i try to do it all,.. first class show stopping piece of artwork,.. i hope all those PETA people arent made at me for using a snake,.. i guess it dont matter if they gonna be mad at me for using elk skin,.. man,.. ya just cant win with those people,.. next thing it will be raping the cotton plant for its precious fibers,.. oh boy,.. dont get me started on that!finally after a couple months of waiting for my mighty mend it to come in, i have... more

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Films I Saw And Were Great At The Time But On A Second Or Third Viewing Are Even Better #1

I took another look at Tommy Lee Jones’ directorial debut ‘The Three Burials of... more

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Muhammed in Their Eyes

http://www.rasoulallah.net

During the centuries of the crusades, all sorts of slanders were invented against Prophet Muhammad (pbuh). But with the birth of the modern age, marked with religious tolerance and freedom of thought, there has been a great change in the approach of Western authors in their delineation of his life and character. The views of some non-Muslim scholars regarding Prophet Muhammad, given at the end, justify this opinion.

But the West has still to go a step forward to discover the greatest reality about Muhammad and that is his being the true and the last Prophet of God for the whole humanity. In spite of all its objectivity and enlightenment there has been no sincere and objective attempt by the West to understand the Prophethood of Muhammad (pbuh).

It is so strange that very glowing tributes are paid to him for his integrity and achievement but his claim of being the Prophet of God has been rejected explicitly or implicitly. It is here that a searching of the heart is required, and a review of the so-called objectivity is needed. The following glaring facts from the life of Muhammad (pbuh) have been furnished to facilitate an unbiased, logical and objective decision regarding his Prophethood.

Up to the age of forty, Muhammad was not known as a statesman, a preacher or an orator. He was never seen discussing the principles of metaphysics, ethics, law, politics, economics or sociology. No doubt he possessed an excellent character, charming manners and was highly cultured.

Yet there was nothing so deeply striking and so radically extraordinary in him that would make men expect something great and revolutionary from him in the future. But when he came out of the Cave (HIRA) with a new message, he was completely transformed. Is it possible for such a person of the above qualities to turn all of a sudden into 'an impostor' and claim to be the Prophet of Allah and invite all the rage of his people?

One might ask: for what reason did he suffer all those hardships? His people offered to accept him as their King and he would leave the preaching of his religion. But he chose to refuse their tempting offers and go on preaching his religion single-handedly in face of all kinds of insults, social boycott and even physical assault by his own people. Was it not only God's support and his firm will to disseminate the message of Allah and his deep-rooted belief that ultimately Islam would emerge as the only way of life for humanity, that he stood like a mountain in the face of all opposition and conspiracies to eliminate him? Furthermore, had he come with a design of rivalry with the Christians and the Jews, why should he have made belief in Jesus Christ and Moses and other Prophets of God (peace be upon them), a basic requirement of faith without which no one could be a Muslim?

Is it not an incontrovertible proof of his Prophethood that in spite of being unlettered and having led a very normal and quiet life for forty years, when he began preaching his message, all of Arabia stood in awe and wonder and was bewitched by his wonderful eloquence and oratory? It was so matchless that the whole legion of Arab poets, preachers and orators of the highest calibre failed to bring forth its equivalent. And above all, how could he then pronounce truths of a scientific nature contained in the Qur'an that no other human being could possible have developed at that time?

Last but not least, why did he lead a hard life even after gaining power and authority? Just ponder over the words he uttered while dying: "We the community of the Prophets are not inherited. Whatever we leave is for charity."

As a matter of fact, Muhammad (pbuh) is the last link of the chain of Prophets sent in different lands and times since the very beginning of the human life on this planet.http://www.rasoulallah.net During the centuries of the crusades, all sorts of... more