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June 26, 2010

Sheikh Abdul Aziz Bukhari

"The stronger one is the one who can absorb the violence and the anger from the other and change it to love and understanding...This is the real jihad." - Sheikh Abdul Aziz Bukhari

Sheikh Bukhari died last week, and is much mourned by religious Uzbeks, and especially the exiled opposition leadership, to whom he was close. Bukhari was a direct descendent of Imam Muhammad Ismail al-Bukhari of Bukhara, the ninth-century author of the Hadith al-Bukhari. Sheikh Bukhari led a colony of Palestinians of Uzbek descent, mostly now in Gaza, who have maintained their Uzbek identity for generations.
http://www.jpost.com/Israel/Article.aspx?id=177302

He died shortly before a scheduled meeting with Turkish PM Erdogan to discuss reaction to the Gaza Flotilla attack. He devoted much of his life to seeking, through working with like-minded Jewish religious leaders, to use religion as a force for peace and agreement, rather than hatred and division.

This often placed him in a difficult position. For example, he lead a delegation to Sderot, to show sympathy for the population there but at the same time to explain to them the sufferings of his own relatives in Gaza. This attempt to promote understanding drew criticism from all sides.

The danger also exists that a non-violent tradition will be exploited by oppressors. Others, particularly Sheikh Kabbani and the Sufi Muslim Council, sought to hijack the Sufi Naqbandi tradtion and put it at the service of the linked Karimov and Israeli regimes and US neo-con organisations, and received a great deal of money for doing so.
http://www.craigmurray.org.uk/archives/2009/03/sufi_muslim_cou.html

Unlike them, Sheikh Bukhari never endorsed Karimov or the "War on Terror". He never abandoned the rights of ordinary oppressed people. He lived a simple lifestyle, and was a living rebuke to those who seek to malign and misrepresent his religion.

Posted by craig on June 26, 2010 10:03 AM in the category Palestine


Comments

jews 911

Posted by: Larry from St. Louis at June 26, 2010 10:48 AM


silly goose territory

Posted by: at June 26, 2010 10:49 AM


nano-thermite

Posted by: Larry from St. Louis at June 26, 2010 10:50 AM


Craig's non-wife needs an American man with a huge cock

Posted by: Larry from St. Louis at June 26, 2010 10:51 AM


This is becoming ridiculous. I seriously think that Craig ought to consider the dynamic here and act accordingly. It's Craig's site, obviously, so it's up to him, but what purpose does this kind of nonsense serve? It might be different if it were being done in humour - but it's not.

Great post, Craig, btw. An honourable and courageous man, by the sound of it. May his soul rest in peace.

Posted by: Suhayl Saadi at June 26, 2010 10:53 AM


Sheikh Abdul Aziz Bukhari from Uzbekistan - clearly, a real hero of our time. Thank you for informing us all of his work and of his sad death.

Posted by: Suhayl Saadi at June 26, 2010 10:54 AM


"Sheikh Abdul Aziz Bukhari"? Sounds like someone who would enslave women.

I will not stand for Suhayl's beliefs about 911!

Posted by: Larry from St. Louis at June 26, 2010 11:00 AM


Such people as Sheikh Abdul Aziz Bukhari are possessed of true spiritual virtue.

In the political sphere, I really admire the work of Amira Haas, Israeli jorunalist extraordinaire.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amira_Hass

Posted by: Suhayl Saadi at June 26, 2010 11:03 AM


That's it Craig - I've figured things out – you're a pissant dickless fired ambassador who couldn't even convince a very desperate woman to marry you -

If you want to convince the world that an institution that is dear to me – the INCREDIBLE University of Michigan (Go Blue!) - is a hotbed of religiosity, then you must know that you've really offended me with your very predictable boring bad-teeth Britishness.

So I'm gonna seduce your non-wife. I'm pretty sure that I have a bigger cock, and I pronounce “r”s correctly, so it shouldn't be a problem. I'll meet up with her on Facebook. By this time I happen to know people in both Hollywood and New York so she'll figure out that what I have to offer is a bit more significant than your freaky conspiracy brain can provide.

Never mind you – I'll see her on Facebook.

Posted by: Larry from St. Louis at June 26, 2010 11:06 AM


"Such people as Sheikh Abdul Aziz Bukhari are possessed of true spiritual virtue."

He likes young boys. Isn't that why you're a Muslim, Suhayl?

Posted by: Larry from St. Louis at June 26, 2010 11:07 AM


suhayl

i think we can be sure that larry is more than one person - he has been trolling for 60 hours without sleep otherwise! I think completely ignoring is probably the best policy.

Posted by: craig at June 26, 2010 11:08 AM


Many, many people in the USA know what's going on. This type of activity seldom gets reported in the MSM:

http://www.ussf2010.org/

I have pals who were on the demo a few days ago. Detroit knows what's going on! Kick out the jams - again!

Posted by: Suhayl Saadi at June 26, 2010 11:09 AM


Okay, Craig. Thanks. I was just trying to post some hopeful links and info., to illustrate that 'we' are not alone in this world, as it were. But you're right. I shall return now to the novel - invigorated and energised!

Posted by: Suhayl Saadi at June 26, 2010 11:11 AM


i think we can be sure that larry is more than one person - he has been trolling for 60 hours without sleep otherwise! I think completely ignoring is probably the best policy.

Exactly the sort of non-insightful analysis that draws light on your previous judgements as complete bullshit.

Heh Angrysoba – will you defend this moron? Seriously?

Posted by: Larry from St. Louis at June 26, 2010 11:12 AM


OK, fine - ussf2010.org

Now go tell them that 911 was an inside job.

They will laugh at you.

Posted by: Larry from St. Louis at June 26, 2010 11:14 AM


Posted by: Larry from St. Louis at June 26, 2010 10:51 AM
"Craig's non-wife needs an American man with a huge cock"


How charming. How intellectual. Now we all know where we stand if there was ever any doubt.

Sounds like Larry's wife, non-wife, partner or left hand needs a man with something between his ears.

Posted by: Tony at June 26, 2010 11:15 AM


Suhayl:

In the Muslim world, no one is allowed to demonstrate.

You moron.

Posted by: Larry from St. Louis at June 26, 2010 11:22 AM


Suhayl, are you proud of what the Muslim hijackers did on 911?

Posted by: Larry from St. Louis at June 26, 2010 11:23 AM


Folks, this simple Larry-imitator is trying to mimic Larry's abuse, but can't match the critical acuity or disruptive skill of our cherished original. It just sounds like a teenager being an asshole just to provoke a reaction. Is the kind of thing you really want to get worked up about? Not worth bothering with.

Posted by: amateur troll alert at June 26, 2010 11:47 AM


Thanks, a most interesting article. People interested in dialogue of this kind might also like Neve Shalom founded by Bruno Hussar:
http://nswas.org/

Posted by: Abe Rene at June 26, 2010 11:48 AM


I know, amateur troll alert. It's like a parody of what is already unintentionally parodic. Arsalan...?

Posted by: Suhayl Saadi at June 26, 2010 11:52 AM


Thanks for this informative article, a man I would have liked to meet, may he rest in peace.

Posted by: ingo at June 26, 2010 11:57 AM


Superb Craig - thank-you

It's very easy to block an IP or erase ignorant posts. So it is a delight to witness the the strength of Craig's resolve to allow the small insignificant scum that always settles on cleansing waters to be seen by all for what it is - scum.

Posted by: Mark Golding - Children of Iraq at June 26, 2010 12:23 PM


"The stronger one is the one who can absorb the violence and the anger from the Larry and change it to love and understanding...This is the real jihad"

?

Posted by: Richard Robinson at June 26, 2010 12:29 PM


Craig, this latest missive from Al Jazeera puts the blame for the riots fair and square on the Sanyar Bakiyev's clan.
The old man in exile has refuted any participation in the latest massacre.

What will happen to his son who has claimed political asylum here in Britain?

Posted by: ingo at June 26, 2010 12:42 PM


"Arsalan...?"

I don't think so.

Posted by: Richard Robinson at June 26, 2010 1:09 PM


More like Larry on the beer. He's getting angrier. Didn't he get a whole 9/11 thread for himself (and the Soba) and fail to shine there either?

All hat no cattle.

Posted by: at June 26, 2010 2:33 PM


Very interesting. Is anyone aware of a monument exsting in the middle east from past, roughly 150 feet tall, with an arched entrance in the middle, an inscription carved on the curved top which said either ismail, ishmael, or similar?

Larry the tractor plays with planes.

Posted by: Ishmael at June 26, 2010 6:14 PM


Hate to say it but if you are criticised by both sides you might be onto something. The men representing both sides in Northern Ireland, (I'm thinking of David Ervine and Martin McGuiness) where both strongly attacked by what was their own side for selling out. However few I believe would want to go back to the old days.

Posted by: Paul Johnston at June 26, 2010 8:56 PM


Must say, the filth above doesn't sound like the usual Larry. Either he's being impersonated or he is very drunk and unhappy. Or one member of the Larry team is.

Posted by: Malcolm Pryce at June 26, 2010 9:15 PM


i agree that the first person definitely lacks a certain je ne sais quoi. Come back, real Larry, and fight your troll!

still, i do think quite a few people are going a bit bananas, trying to stay in denial.

Posted by: technicolour at June 26, 2010 10:09 PM


Yes, it's very odd, isn't it? It seemed so much of a caricature, it was almost ironic. Which is why, perhaps unfairly, I thought of Arsalan (where are you, my friend?), although it seemed altogether too vicious.

But then, you'd think that as has been the case when someone has adopted the persona, the 'real' 'Larry' would've come forward to deny that it was 'him'/ 'them'/'it', and so far 'he'/'they'/'it' haven't. So maybe it was the actual disinformation team assigned to Craig Murray's website.

Perhaps now, in whatever multiple jet-lagging timezones they dwell, they're catching-up on some well-earned kip. As I said somewhere else, Rip Van Winkle. Perhaps they had had too much pepper vodka. Or that green stuff that comes from Finland...

Posted by: Suhayl Saadi at June 27, 2010 11:50 AM


Well, I could supply them with endless bundles of bananas, entire boatloads of bananas, from here to monkey Heaven, if it'd keep them from constantly endorsing the unendorsable. With our bananas, we will fight them on the beaches...

Posted by: Suhayl Saadi at June 27, 2010 11:57 AM


:)

Posted by: technicolour at June 27, 2010 12:06 PM


'cock' is a British word, isn't it? Americans would say 'dick', surely.

Posted by: technicolour at June 27, 2010 12:24 PM


Yes, it's very odd, isn't it? It seemed so much of a caricature and a rather pathetic, personally-directed attack, it was almost ironic. Which is why, perhaps unfairly, I thought of Arsalan (where are you, my friend?), although it seemed altogether too vicious.

But then, you'd think that as has been the case when someone has adopted the persona, the 'real' 'Larry' would've come forward to deny that it was 'him'/ 'them'/'it', and so far 'he'/'they'/'it' haven't. So maybe it was the actual disinformation team assigned to Craig Murray's website.

I could supply the chuntering monkeys of Empire with bananas galore, if it would stop them attempting to justify the unjustifiable.

Perhaps now, in whatever multiple jet-lagging timezones they dwell, they're catching-up on some well-earned kip. Or perhaps, they've been sacked for incompetance. As I said somewhere else, Rip Van Winkle. Perhaps they had had too much pepper vodka. Or that green stuff that comes from Finland...

Posted by: Suhayl Saadi at June 27, 2010 12:30 PM


Sorry that got posted so many times. It seemed to take ages for it to be posted at all. The vagaries of silicon (as Dolly Parton may have said to Yusuf Islam).

Anyway, you're correct. The phraseology is wrong.

So are we talking a Brit, d'you think? Either that, or someone addicted to internet porn movies. Maybe that's where they've gone.

Posted by: Suhayl Saadi at June 27, 2010 1:39 PM


You might be on to something Suhayl, its either that, or he could be someone who has fallen out with the inland revenue, who has decided not to contribute to the rising British tax regime, smirking rather 'cock a'hoop' from the sidelines.

Posted by: ingo at June 27, 2010 2:24 PM


Or could it have been Apostate, as Clark may be suggesting on another thread? Anyway, who cares? The issue is the important thing. Rock on, ingo!

Posted by: Suhayl Saadi at June 27, 2010 4:23 PM


May his soul rest in peace,

I don't agree with him visiting Sderot to show sympathy with occupiers who pushed palestinians to Gaza, put a siege on them, lived on their stolen land, and danced on the hill of shame while watching them being bombed in Gaza

Posted by: ghaleb at June 27, 2010 6:13 PM


Hello you lovely folks on Craig's site!
Larry has been telling me about all his online friends, so I thought I'd stop by and tell y'all how much I appreciate the time y'all spend with him. He's really a different boy since he took up this ole interweb thang, and his grades have gone way up now that he feels he can..well...talk, I guess! Since his MMR jab he really ain't been the same, so it's real great to see how y'all apreshia..appreechia...get on so well. Oh, and Craig, don't mind the language - he gets all fired up and there ain't nothin' we can do. That Tourettes is just the damnedest thang!

Love ya!

Posted by: Larry's Mum at June 27, 2010 6:14 PM


Another intriguing thing is that if you search for our 'Missourian' pal, nothing except hits to Craig Murray's website comes up. People who blog tend to use the same blog-name on more than one site. This might suggest that the monicker was directed solely for the purposes of attacking CM's website.

'Larry's Mum' - Arsalan - welcome back.

Posted by: Suhayl Saadi at June 27, 2010 6:20 PM


Search under Larry Chomstein, or Liberal Larry. He's there alright.

Posted by: McIntyre at June 27, 2010 7:22 PM


Funny thing, Soba doesn't seem to be around either.
Maybe they're on holiday together. Ah, sweet.

Posted by: McIntyre at June 27, 2010 7:50 PM


Maybe Larry & Angry could send us a postcard? Nobody sends postcards any more. The mystery has gone right out of holidays, when people would just disappear for weeks on end. Now, you get to some breath-taking monument, and you find it hard to appreciate it through the din of, "Mum! I'm right in from of Ayers Rock" / "Guess what arrr'm lookin' at, buddy? / Arrr'l sind y'all peek-it-chure soon as aar fig-er aaaght...", and loads of droning in various languages (all saying more or less the same things).

What's wrong with everyone, are they terrified of being left out, and assumed to be dead, if they don't update Facebook, twitter and so on every five minutes?

Anyway - if you're reading this, Angry & Larry, send us a postcard! You deserve a holiday after that meltdown - clearly you've been working too hard.

Posted by: glenn at June 27, 2010 11:04 PM


"Maybe Larry & Angry could send us a postcard? Nobody sends postcards any more."

I do. Just as Roderick Russell.

And anyone who wants me knows where to find me.

Posted by: angrysoba at June 28, 2010 12:12 AM


"Weather's here, wish you were lovely".

Posted by: Richard Robinson at June 28, 2010 1:23 AM


Responding to Angrysobas comment of June 28, 2010 12:12 AM. Yes, he did send me a postcard a few months back from Japan; but it didn't include his real name, any contact details or any information about himself.Perhaps he could tell us who he is on his web site.

Incidentally I have revised my WIKI on the use by MI5/6 in UK and CSIS in Canada of Stasi-style Zerzetzen torure to include precedents of where something similar has happened to others - top journalists, senior diplomats, company chairman.

CLICK ON CHAPTER 2 OF THE WIKI. A LIST OF PRECEDENTS IS RIGHT AT THE BEGINNING. In each of these cases you can Google their details into the internet, and see it for yourself. The pattern of evil is remarkably similar. Kick the tire, and see for yourself

Posted by: Roderick Russell at June 28, 2010 5:19 PM


Fluctuating moods, disorientation techniques, nice cop, nasty cop, swingeing insults, philosophical analysis... all from different mouths belonging to the same creature.

These are interrogation techniques, and they're being used on this blog.

Anyone got a blow-pipe?

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