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Played the Alzheimers Benefit concert organized and hosted by Kaklick. I made the "foolish" mistake of treating the event like an NPR fundraiser and made a pledge challenge that I would match all contributions made during my hour performance. Remind me to never do that again. lol. I won't tell you how much was collected nor what I contributed but I can safely say that my hour brought in more Lindens than any other.... Ouch!
There is a photo taken of the event. I'll upload it when I get a chance.
Oct 23, 2006
Oct 5, 2006
gig: New World Gallery
I played Vlad Bjornson's New World Gallery yesterday. Lagora Corinthian had a showing of sculpture and Esch his artwork.
Oct 3, 2006
What the Shi'ites are fighting for
Found this article in today's London Times (03 October 2006) :
Waiting for the imam's return to Earth
THE followers of Moqtada al-Sadr believe that the US invaded Iraq to prevent the return to Earth of their sect’s messiah-like figure, the Mahdi, or 12th imam.
Hojatoleslam al-Sadr claims that his militia is preparing for the day when the Mahdi, the last direct descendent of the revered Shia figure Ali, reappears. Shia believe that the Mahdi, who disappeared in 868, will bring justice to Earth.
At a prayer service in the central Iraqi city of Kufa on September 15, the cleric told a crowd of thousands that the Americans were collecting a dossier on the Mahdi to prevent his return. “Did you ever ask yourself about why all of this, the bloodshed and the prisons? Why are the brothers fighting each other for a political game planned by the Americans? This all happened because they (the Americans) are waiting for the Mahdi. This planning started ten years ago. They have a big file for Imam Mahdi and they just need his picture to complete it.”
Hojatoleslam al-Sadr and his advisers are convinced that the Americans want to destroy Islam and stop the Mahdi. “The Americans are trying to hijack Islamic movements. They think that these are serving the Mahdi’s interests. Whatever they did in Afghanistan and Iraq are all attempts to hijack the Mahdi’s return.”
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,3-2385384,00.html
I did find this in the Christian Science Monitor about Iran:
http://www.csmonitor.com/2005/1221/p01s04-wome.html
But nothing else. Hmm.. how come we don't see anything about this in the Des Moines Register? Or any US paper, for that matter?
Waiting for the imam's return to Earth
THE followers of Moqtada al-Sadr believe that the US invaded Iraq to prevent the return to Earth of their sect’s messiah-like figure, the Mahdi, or 12th imam.
Hojatoleslam al-Sadr claims that his militia is preparing for the day when the Mahdi, the last direct descendent of the revered Shia figure Ali, reappears. Shia believe that the Mahdi, who disappeared in 868, will bring justice to Earth.
At a prayer service in the central Iraqi city of Kufa on September 15, the cleric told a crowd of thousands that the Americans were collecting a dossier on the Mahdi to prevent his return. “Did you ever ask yourself about why all of this, the bloodshed and the prisons? Why are the brothers fighting each other for a political game planned by the Americans? This all happened because they (the Americans) are waiting for the Mahdi. This planning started ten years ago. They have a big file for Imam Mahdi and they just need his picture to complete it.”
Hojatoleslam al-Sadr and his advisers are convinced that the Americans want to destroy Islam and stop the Mahdi. “The Americans are trying to hijack Islamic movements. They think that these are serving the Mahdi’s interests. Whatever they did in Afghanistan and Iraq are all attempts to hijack the Mahdi’s return.”
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,3-2385384,00.html
I did find this in the Christian Science Monitor about Iran:
http://www.csmonitor.com/2005/1221/p01s04-wome.html
But nothing else. Hmm.. how come we don't see anything about this in the Des Moines Register? Or any US paper, for that matter?
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