The Journey to The Light

As I am getting ready for a pilgrimage to the holy city of Karbala, where the shrine of the grandson of the Holy prophet Muhammad, peace be upon him and his family, is located, I thought of translating this great piece by Shahid Morteza Avini. Any inadequacy in the text comes from me and not the writer. Imam Hussain(a.s) addressing the people of Kufa: "O’People,The Prophet of Islam has said that if a believer sees a tyrannical ruler transgressing against Allah and his Messenger and oppressing people, but does nothing by word or action to change the situation, then it will be just for God to place him where he deservingly belongs. Do you...

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Israel, a Destination Hotspot For Women Trafficking

By the start of the new century Israel gained a reputation as a destination hotspot for sex trafficking. At its peak time from beginning of 1990s to early 2000s an approximate number of 3,000 women were trafficked every year. In 2006 The United Nations named the country as one of the main destinations for trafficking women.Human trafficking only began to be accounted in early 1990s when Israel did absolutely nothing to solve the problem, one NGO activist in Tel Aviv told the press.Most victims are subject to sex slavery or forced prostitution while others are imported to Israel as labor slaves. Preys to this modern slavery in Israel are mostly...

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