Hello, everybody!
Today's post is a bit different and special post. We are finally doing a collab.
Manmeet and I are going to write together about Charlie Hebdo, and about the terror attack.
"Je suis Charlie" or in English "I am Charlie" is a slogan adopted by people of free speech and freedom of expression after the 7 January 2015 massacre in which 17 people were killed at the offices of the magazine "Charlie Hebdo" in Paris.
The slogan had become one of the most popular news hashtags in Twitter history.
Charlie Hebdo (or in English: Charlie Weekly) is a satiric magazine which is published weekly. It features mainly cartoons, but also reports, polemics and jokes. the magazine itself is anti-racist and left-wing (in other words: the act of supporting social equality).
The magazine has been targeted by terrorists in 2011 and recently in 2015 (7th of January). It has been targeted due to the Muhammad cartoons they had published. The magazine was founded in 1970, and the current editor of the magazine is Gerard Biard after the death of Charbonnier.
On 7th of January 2015, two Islamist gunmen (who claimed that they were trained by Al-Qaida) killed 12 people and 5 are wounded in Paris. These 17 people worked for the magazine "Charlie Hebdo". While killing them, the two terrorists shouted "Allahu Akbar" (God is the Greatest).
People who were killed:
Frédéric Boisseau
Franck Brinsolaro
Elsa Cayat
Cabu
Charb
Philippe Honoré
Bernard Maris
Ahmed Merabet
Mustapha Ourrad
Michel Renaud
Tignous
Georges Wolinski
Wounded:
Simon Fieschi
Philippe Lançon
Fabrice Nicolino
Laurent Sourisseau
Unidentified police officer
The motive of the attack was to punish those who made cartoons of the Prophet, Muhammad. As per muslims, it's not allowed to make any drawing, picture or in this case cartoons of Muhammad and Allah.
On 9 January, AQAP claimed responsibility for the attack in a speech from AQAP's top Shariah cleric Harith bin Ghazi al-Nadhari, citing the motive as "revenge for the honor" of Muhammad.
However, the magazine didn't stop making more Charlie Hebdo magazines.They made even more and the magazines were sold out within minutes in Paris, other parts of France and in Norway and other countries.
It's sad to see how humans kill each other in the name of religion. In my opinion, those who don't know what humanity is, those don't know what religion mean. As simple as that!!!
"Mankind was one single nation, and Allah sent Messengers with glad tidings and warnings; and with them He sent the Book in truth, to judge between people in matters wherein they differed; but the People of the Book, after the clear Signs came to them, did not differ among themselves, except through selfish contumacy. Allah by His Grace guided the believers to the Truth, concerning that wherein they differed. For Allah guided whom He wills to a path that is straight." (Quran 2:213)
- See more at: http://www.islamicity.com/Articles/articles.asp?ref=IC1403-5702#sthash.MxnwmxRU.dpuf
- Ritika Jaswal and Manmeet Kaur
onsdag 21. januar 2015
onsdag 14. januar 2015
Christmas Vacation
Hello readers!
I hope that you all had a great vacation with lots of fun! I also hope that your christmas has been magical and beautiful.
I want to share a good news! We have crossed 2000 pageviews with your support and appreciation. We thank all our readers from Norway, USA, France, India, Germany, Ukraine, Greece, The Great Britain, Taiwan and China.
This post is about how I celebrated christmas and how I spent my christmas vacation.
Well, I am one of those who sleep late and wake up late, and what happened is that whenever I woke up it was dark outside. And I read books like "Bhagavad Gita" (religious book, hinduism) and "Dhammapada" (religious book, Buddhism). And on the 20th December was my mother's birthday. I had planned to give my mom a special gift and I cooperated with my father, and he said that we will buy the gift on her birthday. I agreed. On the 20th december, in the midnight, daddy gives mom a gift without telling me that he has already bought a gift. Typical fathers! I was mad at him and told him that the Tissot watch he had bought looked old-fashioned, eventhough I knew that it was a classic (well, that's typical me). I insisted to return the watch and buy a new one. I bought a Michael Kors watch, and mom loved it. I wrote a card to her, telling her how wonderful, honest and good hearted she is. People often write things that they don't mean, but I really meant it. She is an ideal person. We went to "Mahayana Asian Dining" for dinner. I just loved the food there! Soooooo tastyyyyy!
Well, I will skip some sleepy days and talk about the main day of Christmas Vacation. In Norway it's Christmas on the 24th december. For some readers it's a aha-moment. Or like PK said "Acchaaaa" (Indian readers will understand this one). Anyways, our house is always clean and tidy due to my mom's "cleaning-disease". She can't resist cleaning, and it doesn't matter whether she is sick or not...she will do it anyway. So, we didn't need to clean that much so we started cooking. Dad marinated turkey and made sauce (The only things he can do when it comes to cooking). My mother made the rest like, christmas sausages, patties, Brussels sprouts, veg mix and veg lasagna(for my grandmother). I decorated the house. Here is the picture.
I didn't want anything as a Christmas gift, and I told my parents that. They were aware of that. I said that all I wanted was some money so that I could donate the money to differnt funds and organizations. I have donated to Red Cross, Save the Children, Malala fund, Global March and Sightsavers. They did give me the money to donate, but also extra money and sweet embroided gloves (because they believe that money isn't a proper gift). My sisters were excited to open the gifts. Well, well, I'm almost a grown-up now.
And then after some days --> New Year's Eve
This New Year's Eve was a bit different. Our family friends from Drammen (A place in Norway) visited us, and celebrated with us. I was really excited! Mother and Father made food, while we kids waited for the fireworks to appear in the sky. We ate food and watched TV before midnight. We opened champagne and then we used fireworks at midnight. It was quite cloudy outside, so I wasn't able to see the other fireworks. I noticed that the air was polluted.
There are things that I didn't mention in the text. I went for skiing, skating and shopping too. I don't have time right now, because the school has started and we have a lot of projects, presentations and homeworks.
We are sorry! We are not able to share pictures due to tecnical problems!
Happy New Year!
May your days be as glittery as diamond, may your friends be as good as gold, may your heart stay as green as emerald, and may your soul remain as pure as pearl.
Sources:
- Ritika Jaswal
I hope that you all had a great vacation with lots of fun! I also hope that your christmas has been magical and beautiful.
I want to share a good news! We have crossed 2000 pageviews with your support and appreciation. We thank all our readers from Norway, USA, France, India, Germany, Ukraine, Greece, The Great Britain, Taiwan and China.
This post is about how I celebrated christmas and how I spent my christmas vacation.
Well, I am one of those who sleep late and wake up late, and what happened is that whenever I woke up it was dark outside. And I read books like "Bhagavad Gita" (religious book, hinduism) and "Dhammapada" (religious book, Buddhism). And on the 20th December was my mother's birthday. I had planned to give my mom a special gift and I cooperated with my father, and he said that we will buy the gift on her birthday. I agreed. On the 20th december, in the midnight, daddy gives mom a gift without telling me that he has already bought a gift. Typical fathers! I was mad at him and told him that the Tissot watch he had bought looked old-fashioned, eventhough I knew that it was a classic (well, that's typical me). I insisted to return the watch and buy a new one. I bought a Michael Kors watch, and mom loved it. I wrote a card to her, telling her how wonderful, honest and good hearted she is. People often write things that they don't mean, but I really meant it. She is an ideal person. We went to "Mahayana Asian Dining" for dinner. I just loved the food there! Soooooo tastyyyyy!
Well, I will skip some sleepy days and talk about the main day of Christmas Vacation. In Norway it's Christmas on the 24th december. For some readers it's a aha-moment. Or like PK said "Acchaaaa" (Indian readers will understand this one). Anyways, our house is always clean and tidy due to my mom's "cleaning-disease". She can't resist cleaning, and it doesn't matter whether she is sick or not...she will do it anyway. So, we didn't need to clean that much so we started cooking. Dad marinated turkey and made sauce (The only things he can do when it comes to cooking). My mother made the rest like, christmas sausages, patties, Brussels sprouts, veg mix and veg lasagna(for my grandmother). I decorated the house. Here is the picture.
I didn't want anything as a Christmas gift, and I told my parents that. They were aware of that. I said that all I wanted was some money so that I could donate the money to differnt funds and organizations. I have donated to Red Cross, Save the Children, Malala fund, Global March and Sightsavers. They did give me the money to donate, but also extra money and sweet embroided gloves (because they believe that money isn't a proper gift). My sisters were excited to open the gifts. Well, well, I'm almost a grown-up now.
And then after some days --> New Year's Eve
This New Year's Eve was a bit different. Our family friends from Drammen (A place in Norway) visited us, and celebrated with us. I was really excited! Mother and Father made food, while we kids waited for the fireworks to appear in the sky. We ate food and watched TV before midnight. We opened champagne and then we used fireworks at midnight. It was quite cloudy outside, so I wasn't able to see the other fireworks. I noticed that the air was polluted.
There are things that I didn't mention in the text. I went for skiing, skating and shopping too. I don't have time right now, because the school has started and we have a lot of projects, presentations and homeworks.
We are sorry! We are not able to share pictures due to tecnical problems!
Happy New Year!
May your days be as glittery as diamond, may your friends be as good as gold, may your heart stay as green as emerald, and may your soul remain as pure as pearl.
Life is a dream for the wise,- Sholom Aleichem
A game for the fool,
A comedy for the rich,
A tragedy for the poor.
Sources:
- Ritika Jaswal
onsdag 7. januar 2015
Christmas Vacation!
Hello!
How are u guys? It has been a very long time ago
So today I'm just going to talk about my Christmas vacation.
We had 2 week free from the school, and it was so chill, hhahah.
I had alot of fun in the vacation, with, friend and family. I was out with my friend, and we had alot of fun. We was on shopping etc. I saw an Indian movie- PK. It was an awesome movie , with lots of humor.
But anyways, my holiday wasn't that special. I was only at home in this vacation, but when my cousins came it was really cool . We had it very cozy when the family came at Christmas . We bought a big and high Christmas tree, and dons it terrific, with allot of gifts. Everything was absolutely perfect!
We ate lots of good food during Christmas , lots kakae and sweets, hahaha .
But anyways I hope you had a awesom Christmas! Hope you had a wonderful Christmas holiday .
When we celebrated new year , then came the whole family and unite with us , because we have such a large house , heheh .
But it was not so easy to see rockets shot up in the air, because detested was so much fog .
But anyway, happy new year . Welcome to a new year with many new opportunities! Hope 2015 is a great year for you :)
MK:)
How are u guys? It has been a very long time ago
So today I'm just going to talk about my Christmas vacation.
We had 2 week free from the school, and it was so chill, hhahah.
I had alot of fun in the vacation, with, friend and family. I was out with my friend, and we had alot of fun. We was on shopping etc. I saw an Indian movie- PK. It was an awesome movie , with lots of humor.
But anyways, my holiday wasn't that special. I was only at home in this vacation, but when my cousins came it was really cool . We had it very cozy when the family came at Christmas . We bought a big and high Christmas tree, and dons it terrific, with allot of gifts. Everything was absolutely perfect!
We ate lots of good food during Christmas , lots kakae and sweets, hahaha .
But anyways I hope you had a awesom Christmas! Hope you had a wonderful Christmas holiday .
When we celebrated new year , then came the whole family and unite with us , because we have such a large house , heheh .
But it was not so easy to see rockets shot up in the air, because detested was so much fog .
But anyway, happy new year . Welcome to a new year with many new opportunities! Hope 2015 is a great year for you :)
MK:)
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