I cry for Syria

Seen some images from Syria today that will haunt me for the rest of my life!

These poor people when will this end - poor children whose lives have ended before they begun! 

That poor child's face ;( ! It just seems countries are blowing up areas at will and after this many nations fighting a rebel group still no end! 

Life is important it is  beautiful it needs to be protected and this senseless killing on all sides is just shocking and sad we are all humans we can share this planet there is enough room!

My heart bleeds for these people and they are in my Duas! May Allah give them peace and end the violence. 

Outlandish

So I have wanted to see this group live for ages.  I have been a big fan since my university years and yes I am that old. 

Penny appeal arranged a charity night and they had outlandish headlining so I was right there buying my tickets as soon as I could and making my friends come with me.  We relived our university years and enjoyed the night with great music. 

Outlandish were amazing live and if you have never heard of them please search them on you tube you will fall in love with the music.  They performed everything from gutanamo to calling you and killed every single song.  It had been 10 years since they last visited the uk and London was happy to see their return.  I also hope we hear more music from them as a group as they have started some solo projects. 

I wanted to get up and dance but it was a posh seated event at porchester hall so we sat down and danced and sung our hearts out. 

Also Vicky Singh the guitarist and his desi song made my night. Lol 

Yonce just shut down the Internet!

So yonce released a new song and shut down the western world! 

Yesterday night on rolling stone I saw the new Beyoncé video and I couldn't help but share! 

The lyrics were tooooooo sick she went in and just didn't even care! 

And today I still think the song is brilliant and the video is on another level! Kanye needs to shut the place down tell us 'he will let us carry on' and say 'Beyoncé just made the best video in all time'. 

I just came to blog share a few pics that have come after formation! 

And now your day may commence lol! 

I know why the caged bird sings - Maya Angelou

I share this picture 

This poem 

For all the caged birds 

We hear your song 

We pray for your freedom 

Be you in caged lands or caged in homes 

your cage door will open

You will be free 

Shailja Patel

This poem below I felt was beautiful and at a time when the prime minister is questioning peoples English speaking abilities. 

Zayn Malik - pillow talk

So the new single is here

I wasn't expecting much but the song is awesome. So much better than what Rihanna and drake have offered us! 

The video is also amazing and it has his current girlfriend in. It is very creative and the chemistry between them both is great .

Looks like he has done a bit of a bieber and gone to market himself to a older crowd and I think it will pay off for him. Check out pillow talk by clicking the link below; 

http://www.mtv.com/news/2733655/zayn-malik-pillowtalk-song-video/ 

Hunting

Hunting is all I see at the minute in the news.  Be it glory hunting American rich folk or our very own royal family. 

I am totally against hunting for fun, from a religious perspective and a human perspective.  The killing of wildlife to use them as decoration, fun or sell them is totally wrong.  When a animal attacks a human it's front page news and for us to do the same it is shrugged of as amusement. 

God created both animal and man.  If animals are not doing you harm, then leave them alone.  I don't want to live in a world without these beautiful creatures who have evidently been crafted superbly.  The barbaric trade of hunting them for ivory or their skin is hideous and people who use them for decoration need to be ashamed of themselves.  

More needs to be do e to protect them or we are gonna end up in a world where all these creatures live behind bars in zoos.  A world like this shows how inhuman we have become.  Being at the top of the food chain does not mean that we kill everything beneath us. 

#savetheanimals 

Assumptions

Today I have been getting very annoyed at the behaviour of some people.  Being a ethnic minority is sometimes hard enough without other people behaving in a stereotypical manner. 

I know what I'm going to say, some people may not agree but it's how I feel at this moment. It's not right but people judge whole communities by the actions of a few.  This is what I would like some boys and girls to realise. I want them to figure out that the perception that they give out of themselves other people will use that to judge their whole community. Our communities have worked so hard to progress and get away from stereotypes people may have of us.  Then a few idiots do something stupid and give people a reason to judge us again. 

You need to realise, being a ethnic minority, you are not just representing you. You are representing your whole community.  You may want to be labelled in that manner but the rest of us don't. 

'You can't live a positive life with a negative mind'

The Veil

Firstly I would just like to say that this debate is ridiculous, we live in a 'free country' so why is what people choose to wear in a 'free country' even being debated.  Is it because we are really not in a 'free country' and if the system doesn't like it, they will have a mass media campaign demonizing it so they can pass a law.

I just don't understand why a woman who is covering her face is such a big issue, women have been wearing this veil for decades in the UK so why now.  This veil for many Muslim women is a way to live their strong faith and belief and express it.  Why should they be forced not to follow their faith in the way that they choose to.

Also for all those people who think that Muslim women are forced into wearing them.  Can I just say please do not undermine our women and think that they are not able to think for themselves.  Please do not question their faith or think that they are weak, instead look how strong and brave these women are that in these times where our religion is questioned and many have hostility towards it they still walk proudly showing how their faith is unquestionable.

Feminists also have had a opinion that they think it is forcing women to be covered up to stop men from being aroused.  The reason they cover up is because they want to follow their religion.  Also why is being covered seen as weak, it should be seen as strong because people have to judge them by their intellect and personality, not their appearance.  One of the most feminist pro newspapers (excuse my sarcasm) is pro 'ban the veil' because they feel it affects women's rights.  What should be more of a concern to them is Page 3 and how the affects women's rights, displaying women as objects of sexual desire for men.  If women are free to wear as little as they choose they should be free to wear as much they like also.

I really don't see why the judge needed to see the ladies face to hear her evidence as a witness, did he need to lip read, could he and the jury not hear what she was saying.  I really cant comprehend what difference her facial expressions would have made.

"The best people possess a feeling for beauty, the courage to take risks, the discipline to tell the truth, the capacity for sacrifice.  Ironically, the virtues make them vulnerable; they are often wounded, sometimes destroyed."

'It takes courage to grow up and become who you really are'

NEVER JUDGE SOMEONE BY THE OPINION OF ANOTHER

Changes

Was just thinking the other day how my blog has changed.

When I started this blog I was very into urban music and this was to share music that I appreciate with a wider audience of people.  It was created to speak about artists and my favorite music as well as TV and cinema. I have always been a opinionated person and they were also meant to be added into my blog.

But as I have grown, I felt my blog has grown with me.  Music no longer has that importance in my life that it once did and I don't think music is what it was when I was younger.  It no longer has any meaning it did when I was younger, it is now just a way to make money and I don't really see any artists that are trying to educate you.  Hip Hop has been hijacked by pop culture killing its roots, so has soul music and artists trying to make it seem to sell their souls which I do not appreciate.

 As I have grown and moved on with my life I have understood there is much more to life than partying every night of the week and living for the weekend.  Music I feel sells you a material lifestyle and gets you to think that material wealth is far more important that the beautiful souls around you.

Life has so much more to offer and the lifestyle that is sold to us via TV and celebrities which is not achievable and stops us from educating ourselves.  There is so much history, current affairs and life lessons that we can learn from, actual interaction with people and being in places where you can actually hear each other when you speak.

My blog is now covered with quotes that I have read and current issues that I have felt passionate about.  I feel trying to increase my knowledge of my faith has helped me become a better person.

I am not being judge-mental of peoples lives because everyone is different, I am speaking from my personal opinion.

Ramadan Diaries

I love this show, I know they are just 2 min clips but it is so nice to see what other Muslims do during Ramadan.  I love seeing the wide group of people who are all doing the same stuff as me.  I feel its nice having a little insight into their lives and it I feel its a good way to educate non-Muslims of what we do and what Ramadan is about.

I have always loved Ramadan and the fact that almost the whole Muslim community in England is eating at roughly the same time.  Also we are all waking up at the same time all to please Allah and better ourselves as Muslims.

Ramadan

This Ramadan I have really realised the importance of water. 

We have had a hot British summer and at work the air con has been broken. I work as a manager in a retail store so we are always running around and  in this heat it has been tiring. So I have really realised how important water, something we take for granted is. 

Then I thought about those millions of people who are fasting in countries which are always hot.  How hard it must be for them and how much they must crave water.  Millions of them will never get clean water to drink and will quench their thirst with dirty water. 

I know I will get food and water after the sun goes down but many of them may not have eaten in the morning for sheri and have nothing to eat at Iftar.  They have to live without food all day everyday through out the year. They may have a meal twice a week and the inequalities of this world go through your mind. 

Surely there must be something wrong with the system.  I know the zakat I pay will help some people but is it really enough.  We need a change - the immensely rich have enough money to share, do they really need a mansion in every country in the world. 

I don't have the answers but it makes me sad to think we live in a world where the rich get richer and the poor get ignored. 

Sometimes the strongest people are the ones who love beyond all faults, cry behind closed doors and fight battles that nobody knows about.

The Poor and The Rich

How our lives are different!

POLICE RACISM

POLICE RACISM -

This Video is awesome!