If tourism is the reason, then why is Gujarat a dry state? Surely, Dhokla-land's tourism could use an alcohol boost?
This is just about violating the sensibilities of Muslims. Lakshadweep islands are Muslim-majority.
Nope. Historically, the Jews never held Jerusalem for any significant amount of time compared to all the other nations that lived and ruled there.
For roughly 3500 years --Yes, say that figure out loud: THREE THOUSAND AND FIVE HUNDRED YEARS-- in what is called the Proto-Canaanite period, Jerusalem belonged to the Canaanites who worshipped many gods and godesses. It wasn't until 2000BC do scholars find a reference that debatably refers to Jerusalem. The word is "Rusalimum" in texts of Egypt's Middle Kingdom. Scholars believe that the name is a consecration to "Shalim" a Canaanite deity of the netherworld from Ugaritic scriptures.
The territory passed from the Canaanites to the Egyptians, ultimately. So here we have Egyptians and Canaanites being the original inhabitants of Jerusalem for 3,500 years before the Jews ever conquered it.
Jerusalem was taken by King David in 1010BC and lost to the Egyptians in 925BC. Jehoash of Israel briefly recaptured it in 786BC but then lost it to the Assyrians in 740BC. That's just 131 years, just about as long as the Crusaders' rule of Jerusalem in the Middle Ages.
The Jewish Hasmoneans re-took it in 140BC under Simon Thassi but then lost it to the Persian Seleucides in 134. That's 6 more years of Jewish rule. Due to a Seleucid civil war, Judeah incidentally became independent in the chaos in 116BC. In 87BC the Jewish Hasmonean king executed 800 Jews for sedition. In 47BC they lost Jerusalem again, this time to the Romans. That's 69 years of rule.
In total, off and on the Jews ruled Jerusalem for MAYBE 206 years.
The Pre-Constantine Romans ruled it for 250 years.
The Christian Byzantines ruled it for 304 years.
The Muslims ruled it under the Rashidun, Umayyad and Abbasid Empires for 332 years.
The Muslim Fatimids ruled it for 129 years.
The Crusaders took it from the Muslims and held it for 88 years.
The Muslim ruler Saladin conquered it in 1187 and his descendents held it for 63 years.
The Muslim Mamluk Empire ruled it for 236 years.
The Ottomans ruled it for 401 years.
That's 206 years of Jewish rule.
392 years of Christian rule.
And over EIGHT HUNDRED YEARS of Muslim rule.
And before any of them, the Canaanites and the Egyptians lived and ruled there for 3,500 years. That’s longer than anyone.
And who has the largest concentration of Canaanite DNA today? Levantine Arabs.
“We found that present-day Lebanese derive 93% of their ancestry from a Canaanite-related population.”
[Haber, M. et al., Continuity and Admixture in the Last Five Millennia of Levantine History, American Journal of Human Genetics, Vol. 101, Issue 2, 2017, p. 278]
“The Canaanite-related ancestry is widespread among Levantine populations but is often accompanied by later gene flow from steppe, Arabian, or African sources.”
[Haber et al., AJHG, 2017, p. 278]
“Palestinians, Syrians, and Druze all retain significant Bronze Age Levantine ancestry but show more genetic heterogeneity than Lebanese Christians.”
[Ibid., Extended Data Figures S3–S4]
"We show that present-day Lebanese derive most of their ancestry from a Canaanite-related population, which therefore implies substantial genetic continuity in the Levant since at least the Bronze Age." [Source: Continuity and Admixture in the Last Five Millennia of Levantine History from Ancient Canaanite and Present-Day Lebanese Genome Sequences]
The Bronx is crowded, but Eastern Europe still has plenty of space.
Alhamdulillah
his mother's surgery at AIIMS is now scheduled at a very subsidized rate, thanks to @yumanhussain ♥️
But their savings are exhausted from dialysis care. We still need 7k for his school fees.
Don't let one child's future slip.👇
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That’s how society functions I guess. It’s always daughters in such difficult scenarios asked to adjust in every single time.
The parents should stop holding all the rallies they are equally responsible to what happened to their daughter.
Her family is completely helpless and unable to afford further treatment. We request your support ;Zakat, Sadaqah, or any contribution can save her life.
Every small help matters.Please donate & share to help Misba get timely treatment.
May Allah reward you abundantly. Ameen.
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السلام عليكم ورحمة الله وبركاته
This is a distress call regarding 16-year-old Misba Maryam, a bright student from a poor rickshaw driver’s family in Akola, is fighting severe pancreatic illness.
After months of untreated pain, she was diagnosed with *pancreatic stones*
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and she underwent ERCP with a stent. The family already spent ₹2 lakhs by taking loans.
Now, her condition has worsened — the stent has shifted, causing extreme pain. Doctors have advised *urgent treatment in Mumbai*, costing around ₹75,000+ (excluding hospital stay).
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Let it sink in that Iran closed the Strait of Hormuz for itself and its coreligionist Shia of southern Lebanon and Hezbollah, but didn't do the same for Sunni Gaza and Hamas.
Ask yourself "why" if you want to understand Iranian grand strategy.
Six years of Sharjeel Imam in Jail.
I’ve never seen Owaisi sahab support Sharjeel or ask the government to release him.
Instead, their party members seem to make sure that Muslims who question them are also sent behind bars.
The #TCS story of LJ is just a wider social construct to target the livelihood of excelling Muslims in pvt. sector.
Muslims have been kept aloof from PSU job, get their business targeted during planned genocide attacks, face discrimination in intvw’s & now this.
Rotten society !
Coming soon in a Mosque near you.
Prayers for well being for the rapists of Bilkis Bano, for the lynchers of Akhlaq and so on…..
Masjid ke mimbar ko mazaaq bana diya hai 🤣