#bless rtd for giving them this

[mizgnomer]

The gymnastics of playing ball Doctor Who style Behind the Scenes of The Giggle with David Tennant as the fourteenth Doctor

Bonus: Ncuti's impressive one-handed cartwheel:

[brilliantfantasticgeronimo]

legend of ruby sunday let's gooo

TWO SHADES OF RED

ruby is so overhwelmed bless her lol

hOWS YOUR UNCLE. YOU SEXY BITCH SDKLFJ HOW YOU THINK!!!!??

they are making unit too quirky for them not to become a spin off lol

15 WILL flirt with your staff kate and you WILL endure it

screaming the clip was just the first clip. whats gonna happen

"Even I got that" SDKJ THE META

IS THAT SIGNIFICANT"

AAAAAAAAAAAAAA

ya'll are so self-conceited. millions of people are called susana. / i say this while vibrating at the rate of a neutrino star

"susan IS the name of my grandaughter" NOT WAS. IS !!!!

"we'll get him" is that a musk ref. rtd, musk is not a genius lol

"but what for" asking the tough questions

(also regeneration as a disguise…. what a good idea)

JUST DONT GO CHANGING YOURS OOK

"cant we just pipe in a bit of applause " the meta……..

mel pulling a 73!yards ruby

"we have another mystery woman" "ruby sundayyyyyyyyyyy" "you could've warned me" wtf i love tem. i love this. absolute bonkers vibes for a finale. (the horrors will start at any second)

ruby/rose flirting…….. ?? :eyes emoji:

doctor who wasMEANT to have a bunch of middle aged / old

women characters

stsly i love this energy "I love devina" amazing.

"you love to break the rules" she knows her uncle so well

WE CAN SHARPEN THE IMAGE. ENHANCE!!!

im enjoying how the fantasy / scifi plot mystery is tied to this very real personal thing for ruby.

ruby rose holding hands………………. im seeing.

"they never give me proper work" gee i wonder why rose!!! you think your mom wants you out there doing torchwood style suicide missions. cmon.

"he was a postman. she was a dinner lady" hmm

MEL IN HER LIL' ORANGE SCOOTER. OBSESSED!!!!!!!!

CARLA ON ACTION!!!!!!!!! GO GO GO

go get miss flood??????? A???????????

IM ALWAYS HIDING MYSELF AWAY

dont leave it to her oh my god. rip cherry.

(btw god bless. the hallway crack from the christmas special is still there lol)

ms flood nailing the old relative backhanded compliment

IT'S ABOUT TIME I CAUSE TROUBLE FOR MYSELF

HE WAITS NO MORE!!!!!!!!!!!

NOT QUITE. NOT YET!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

im vibrating so much

oof this is so good. this is so TRUE. "you need roots of your own not a senile old man" updated to "i bring disaster"" aggg

15 is so healthy guys. so healthy

"what if you just said hello to her face?" i cant believe this is happening ya'll. russel really said "the five doctors was BULLSHIT. im gonna fix-it fix this shit" and went and did it. icon

ill have some of that <3 !!!! (lol thats right kate. he'll never trust u like them!!! deal with it)

a phoenix is just a bird until it burns… awesome. what the fuck does that mean

thats right stammer. you're barred from unit. motherfucker 15 is so rude. love him

MANCHESTER MOMENT

MASSIVE INFORMATION FROM THE VHS. I LOVE THIS ABSOLUTE NONESENSE.

ooo the music did a little thing. hold on to your butts babes we about to get DRAMA

unit has better toys. but are they competentent? LOL

clara and the leaf energy tbh (complimentary)

(oh is ruby susan's daughter therefore 15' daughter????) love the snow thing tbh . rtd was like im about to give dw fanartists an easy motif to add to their art for years. thanks king "time has tides and hollows and secrets"

(this transition effect………. very pertwee era intro….. :eyes emoji:) memory is time!!!!

"you cant move" omg impossible mission moment. fathers day moment. 15/ruby dont know how to step moment!!!!!!!!!!!

this is rtd's thought process lol "time … memory… ah shit.. MEMORY TIME MACHINE THERE WE GO"

damn carla and ruby got me here.

"my memory of this keeps changing"

rip chipzode probably

T.T rubes

what the actual fuclk

Close the window!!!!

when is that thing, inspector spacetime???????

it's the beast!! (carla dont name the undefined thing on the "everything becomes what you name it season" o h my gOD)

I AM IN HELL

im loving the coloring/lighting in this episode. everyone looks very sharp and nice

"i bring disaster" hehe

finally some good fucking [kate vs doctor antagonism]

15 frustrated because he finally has to come back from buying the cigarattes/ bread

"FINISHED? STOP GRIZZLING AND FIX IT". mel!!!!!!!!!!!!! thats

mel!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! i love you mel!!!!!!!!!!!!

rtd said im gonna write a season that is SO self referential. thank u

for writting this show for the weirdos only. (We might run out of disney money tomorrow but TODAY we relish)

brigadier picture!!!

missing episodes restoration commentary? lol (if i was rtd i would have named harriet ms. bachel color)

"i'd remember a handsome chap like you" um. let's no go there!!! thanks

i told u doc u absolute anxious nerd. there's millions of susans!!! (not convinced this isnt anything yet)

the music is doing things

"being an ambulance?" mel u have always been in doccy who. catch up!!!

reverse the polarity of the VHS

(ALSO very 00's/90's "therre's something hiding in the music if u play it backwards Zeitgeist ("Blink"'s dvd easter egg realness))

donna this is all ebcause you had to go and spill that damn coffee. chodizee's blood is on YOUR hands

leave the tardis alone… "then they get wise, and they try to destroy it"

"thank you, and i love you, and good bye" aaaaaaaaa

our tecnology spreads lies and fraud!!! im gonna count that as aBINGO. taking my prize in cash beebs. thank!!!

"you do not question, you move" ummmmm

master? rogue? valeyyard? rassilon? omega? suttek? omega??? rani?? ???

harriet arbingers. rip.

A DREAM OF A WORLD WITH ORANGE SKIES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

lol love this. going over the theories

THE MARA MENTION!!! TEGAN NATIO N WE R I S E

suketh!!!!!! well there it is lol (damn wish i had rewatch Pyramids so i could be more excited about this dklfjsdklfjdskldfs) (also def saw ppl on reddit calling that "second anagram" ou t sdklfjsd)

"did you think i was family, doctor?" rude.

CONCLUSIONS!!!

tbh this had a looooot of good character moments but i think it was mostly a "putting the chessboard pieces in place" episode. still tho damn, those characters moments. highlighting carla/ruby giving me emotions, sutekh/doctor taunting, doctor/kate antagonism MY BELOVED, ruby/rose (best ship name?????), doctor/mel!!!!!!!!!!!!!! being everything!!!!, doctor finally dealing with the susan of it all!!!! (ilu for this rtd). doctor/ruby being super cute and queer before experiencing THE HORRORS, idk how i feel about the reveal since tbh i didnt care much for that serial sdlfkjsdfds but hey. anyway excited for next week. tv show reveal def coming for the second-act-reversal !!!!!/is a hopeless case ALSO enjoyed the filming of this as well (snow! vhs effect!!!) and this is def the most interesting UNIT has ever been lol

[menlove]

however I will say going from a show where the two black main characters were treated like absolute dogshit both on screen and by the fandom to having a black doctor........... blessed to be alive for this era of fifteen I hope rtd gives martha and mickey an appearance and rights some of the bullshit he put them through

[metacrisisdoctor]

What do you think will be Donna's arc in the 60th? And how will it end? Will she keep her memories or will she loses it again (but this time it's her choice)? Any theories?

i really am going back and forth on this. part of me wonders if rtd doesn't feel right about how he handled her ending and wants to give her more autonomy.

i do think she is going to remember, at least temporarily since we see them hug in the trailer which must be in the third special because (per rtd) the trailer doesn't have any scenes from the second one and a hug in the first one seems unlikely to me.

either the doctor figures out a way to undo her metacrisis for her (there is a big finish audio involving a metacrisis for the third doctor iirc, and he is able to save himself and the other person) or she still has to forget everything but temporarily remembers and is at peace with her life and everything they did together stayed with her subconsciously and gives him her blessing to make her forget etc.

tldr: i think it would be pretty redundant to bring her back and not do anything new, and rtd isn't redundant. all of his writing choices have meaning and i'm sure whatever this all is has value.

[walking-talking-encyclopedia]

11: I never forget a face.

The Cutator: I know you don’t. And in years to come, you might find yourself revisiting some of the old ones.

So the Day of the Doctor, 11 confronts the Time War trauma and what it means to be The Doctor after all the atrocities they’ve comitted.

The past character arc of 12 and 13 has been more of the Doctor figuring out what it means to be themself, especially with a new set of regenerations and the drop of Timeless Child.

I know we wanted Ncuti but revisiting an old face for a little makes narrative sense. I feel like the specials with 10– espeically with RTD taking back over— could wrap up the past several years of lose ends or at least give some catharsis to several of them.

(And I mean from a real-world stand point, the BBC probably wants their ratings back. DW ratings have been pretty up and down, and going from a woman Doctor to a black Doctor will, unfortunately, freak a lot of bigots out. Putting a favorite in the middle will make a lot of people come back and be willing to stay if they get invested in the new plot. It isn’t pretty but it’s true. The bottom line is the money, which sucks, but the actors and all the cool people working hard deserve to get payed and get recognition as well. Ncuti coming in after David could be a blessing because he will be in the after glow of nolstgia which is a better set up than what many consider a mediocre era. That’s my hot take tho.

But yeah, David is 10.3 or something, fuck that shit, Ncuti is 14 all the way baby.

[sacchiri]

late night yellin about the KSA dlc

(these images are not mine)

first off i did NOT expect them to do anything else other than add in the new characters so i was in for a pleasant surprise (sasuga HAL)

we got some n e w remixes

graphics and audio tweaks-- rendered cutscenes are less desaturated, and the last phase music of the final boss sounds cleaner

balancing-- apparently, giving continual damage to bosses no longer stalls their attack animations

they also changed the background in morpho’s arena, first off it looks gorgeous

(it seems to be referencing the whole “day of judgement” thing going on in the pause description, which from a lore standpoint is VERY intriguing)

marx is here. (i’m glad, but again, WHY IS HE HERE???)

there it is, that fucking face

the marx-crashes-into-nova-and-blows-up meme, redux

they made marx really cute and earnest-looking in this game, which is funny because the rest of the time he’s this unholy abomination

(this post is getting long but they did an AMAZING job getting all the little details in his moveset and animations, I will probably die when magolor inevitably gets the same treatment)

finally, gooey is here

i

love

him

so

MUCH

he stacc

a brave boy

im gonna die this is so cute and it has the little jingle from DL3

i’m glossing over rick-kine-coo but let me just say I love rick’s idle animation

we also got some more blessed celebration pictures

rather than being done by a guest artist, this artwork was done by HAL’s own Riki Fuhrmann (his tumblr!), the design director in recent games (he designed haltmann, for example) who is also known fondly as the “guy who made marxolor canon on an official livestream”. I kind of wish he did all of the collectible artwork, his style is so charming!

As for future updates, I think adeleine is extremely likely to come next as the rep for K64 and seeing how hal is going in order from DL2>SS>DL3. Naturally, magolor is pretty much guaranteed as RtD’s rep, with taranza as the logical choice to represent TD. Again, I’m not expecting a ton of new content other than more characters, but new bosses/cutscenes/story would be amazing

what a great update honestly.

[twincityhacker]

There psychos in all fandoms. You can't "give in" to them because they are on both sides of "dead Ianto" unless you want to stop making content.

Why yes, I have run into psycho Ianto-haters. They are just as fucking umhinged as people that love Ianto too much.

And, really, with how fucking rude RTD has been from 2009 on about it I doubt Big Finish would get the blessing to go ahead and bring back Ianto.

[possible hot take but i’ve seen some posts about bringing ianto back, and no matter how much anyone wants it, i don’t think big finish should go there. there’s been so much pressure from fans ranging from mildly annoying to actual death threats over the years and honestly? they’re doing a great job with his content before his death. whilst those harmful fans are in the minority, it would send a bad message to ‘give in’, even if that’s not the intent. all narrative choices aside, they’ve done real life damage and i don’t care about fictional characters in the face of that]

[brotheryanny]

What happened to cof? New to the utaite Fandom btw...

HOO BOYFirstly welcome to the utaite fandom! so Circle of Friends was once a beautiful group blessed by the presence of Ito Kashitaro, Hashiyan, un:c and Kony, lead by AmatsukiSome time in 2016, all cof activity stoppedI dont believe any members have openly talked about it (link me if im wrongAnd I’m pretty sure the five of them still interact on twitter sometimes (melost is still ‘active’ and kony hangs out with them too from time to time) apart froM KASHITSUK-ok a few months ago I think it was Amao who RTd Kashi’s new upload so idk maybe kashitsuki livesSo yeah this was just a long reply saying I can’t really give you an answer;;I guess all the members are doing what they do and the best thing to do is support them wherever theyre atUs cof fans are just going to have to wait for an explanation or a sudden surprise revival (pl ease) or maybe that was the last we ever saw of the cof bus

[uncle1milty]

tulsi das Ramcharitmanas

Book Review

Ramcharitmanas: Love and Devotion By AVM (Rtd) V.P. Misra and Vibha Lavania Publisher: Beas, India: Radha Soami Satsang Beas, 2019. ISBN: 978-93-88733-18-2

Ramcharitmanas, by the sixteenth-century Indian mystic Tulsidas, tells the epic story of the battle between Lord Ram and the demon Ravan over the kidnapping of Ram’s wife Sita. The tale serves as a profound analogy for the plight of the soul in the human body and the spiritual path that leads the soul to God. It particularly dwells on the wondrous truth that God himself manifests in human form to lead souls to their salvation.

According to the book, Lord Shiva, one of the three gods in the Hindu triumvirate, relates the tale of Ram and Sita to his wife Parvati in answer to questions she asks about Ram:

If Ram is the son of a king, then how can he be the Absolute Lord? And if he is the Absolute, then why was he roaming about in the forest, lamenting the loss of his wife like an ordinary human being? When I see his actions on one hand, and on the other I hear his praises being sung, my mind is completely confused.

Throughout the narrative, Parvati’s questions are returned to again and again, not only in her dialogue with Lord Shiva, but also in exchanges between other characters in the tale. Characters express confusion about who Ram really is, as they struggle to “fathom the mystery of the incarnated Lord, who is at the same time both the pure and unlimited Absolute and completely human.”

The title Ramcharitmanas is comprised of three words: Ram, charit, and manas. Ram is a name for the Lord and charit means action or play; thus Ramcharit means the Lord’s play. The word manas refers to the inner eye, and can also mean a sacred body of water. It specifically refers to Mansarovar, a celestial lake encountered in subtle regions that, when bathed in, removes all impurities from the soul. Tulsidas says that Ram’s story is a “hidden inner lake shining with splendour.”

Tulsidas wrote Ramacharitmanas in a dialect of Hindi, the language of the common person, rather than in Sanskrit, the language of the elite classes. Not only that, but he chose to convey profound spiritual teachings through a popular and engrossing story that would appeal to ordinary people. In part his method is that of allegory – thus Ram is symbolic of the Lord who comes to this earth to rescue the soul; Sita is symbolic of the soul; and various characters represent different positive and negative human traits. The battle between the demon’s army and Ram’s forces is symbolic of the struggle we wage within our minds. Commentaries are interspersed throughout the book so that the modern reader can better grasp the deeper meaning of the story.

Tulsidas holds out Ram’s positive and compassionate actions as a model for how all humans should live. Ram faces the same challenges all humans do. He remains patient when confronting angry people, extreme loss, and family members going through shock and pain. He is compassionate toward his enemies, even to the point of giving them a place in the heavens after their death.

In Ramcharitmanas we also gain insights into true discipleship. Some lessons are conveyed through dialogue, such as when the eagle Garud, the king of the birds, asks the wise crow Kakbhushundi about the struggles faced by disciples trapped in the powerful grip of maya or illusion. The crow advises him that the most effective means for disciples to extricate themselves from maya is the path of unwavering devotion to Ram. Other lessons in discipleship shine through in examples. Although Ram’s wife, Sita, could have stayed in the comfort of the palace, she cannot bear to be separated from Ram and accompanies him into the dangers of exile.

Both of Ram’s brothers display deep devotion to him: Lakshman, also unable to bear the separation, follows him into exile, and Bharat, who becomes heir in place of Ram, humbly gives up the throne when Ram returns home. Hanuman, the valiant monkey warrior, and Jambavan, the king of the bears, are utterly devoted to helping Ram find Sita and conquer the demon Ravan.

The story of Vibhishan is particularly inspiring, because, though he is a demon and the younger brother of Ravan, he is unwavering in his devotion to Ram and plays a part in bringing about the death of Ravan. Ram later installs him as king in place of Ravan because of his nobility and devotion. In the character of Vibhishan we see the love that Ram had even for a demon, giving great hope to the common disciple: in the darkest moments the Lord can love, forgive, and accept us into his fold.

As a perfect disciple, Ram’s older brother Lakshman describes how a disciple comes to see the world as unreal:

Union and separation, the experience of happiness and pain, people who are for us or against us, and those who are indifferent to us are all but snares of delusion. They are not real – even birth and death, the entire network of the world, prosperity and adversity, destiny and time, lands, home, wealth, town, family, heaven and hell. Reflect that all the phenomena of the world, all that is seen, heard or thought of with the mind – all are rooted in delusion; nothing exists in reality.

Throughout Ramcharitmanas Tulsidas emphasizes Nam bhakti, devotion to the Lord’s name. He uses the word katha or tale to describe the story he is telling, the Ram katha. He says that “the katha of Ram brings forth blessings and wipes away the impurities of Kaliyug, the present age,” and that “wisdom develops in the minds of those who listen to the katha of Ram.” The Ram katha itself is a metaphor for Nam, the akath katha, “the story that cannot be uttered”: it is not just the story of the heroic deeds of the human being named Ram who lived in India, but also the ancient and eternal story of the Lord’s Name that reverberates through all time.

Tulsidas points out the true meaning and power of Nam when recounting several incidents in the story:

Ram broke the bow of Shiva with his valour, but the glory of Nam shatters the fear of the cycle of birth and rebirth. Ram purified the Dandak Forest and by his presence freed it from its curse, whereas Nam has purified the minds of countless devotees. Ram destroyed a group of demons, but Nam destroys all the sins of Kaliyug… Ram gathered the monkeys and bears and laboured hard to build the bridge connecting to Lanka to the mainland. But, Tulsi says, O wise one, reflect on the fact that Nam dries up the entire ocean of transmigration itself.…

Nam is greater than both the Absolute (Brahm) and Ram because it showers its blessings on those who confer boons on others…. It is with the grace of Nam alone that Shiva is immortal…. It is only by remembrance of the holy Name that Hanuman has won over Ram… I have no words to sing the praises of Nam. Even the incarnate Ram cannot sing its praises adequately.

It is through devotion to the transcendent Nam that the disciple bathes in the inner sacred body of water, the manas, and comes to understand who the human form of God really is. Tulsidas explains that Nam is the link between the formless Reality and the human form of the Lord:

Both forms are, however, inaccessible by themselves – it is only through the power of Nam that they are easily attainable. Thus I declare that Nam is even more powerful than either the Absolute or the incarnate Ram.

Tulsidas describes the relationship between Nam and God:

Nam and the Named are actually one and the same – both are lovingly entwined with each other. Wherever Nam is manifest, God invariably follows.

Volume 16 • Issue 2

March April 2020

[nijjhar]

Our Ch Navjot Sidhu by replacing his Jatt Qom with Sikh Qom, he became S... Our Ch. Navjot Sidhu Qom Jatt by replacing his Jatt Qom with Sikh Qom, he became SUPER BASTARD FANATIC DEVIL. . Navjot's Video:- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2LZXvCL3rR8 proclaiming Sikh Qom. https://youtu.be/O0iERZu_TyU Sikh is Second Panth/religious community into which all are welcome whilst Jatt is our Qom and they are people born of the seed of Jatt tribal father. This division of our Jatt Qom on the basis of Hindu, Sikh and Muslim spiritual self led people to kill each other during the 1947 and 1984 sectarian riots. Tribal father protects you and when we forsake our Tribal fathers in favour of Hindu, Sikh and Muslim, etc. then that tribal protection was lost and people of the same tribe killed each other fanatically or you become a political Orphan, a refugee. HOW THE DIRTY-HEARTED BRITISH IGNITED THE SECTARIAN CIVIL WAR IN INDIA? The British left India in 1947 but with a very dirty conscience. We Indians of the farming marshal tribes Jatt, Gujjar, Pathan, Arian, Saini, etc., the once-born simpletons served the British faithfully and made them win the two world wars but they colluded with the twice-born shrewd people of business tribes and hypocritically divided our Jatt tribal homeland, the Punjab plunging us into the sectarian civil war that could have been avoided. This is how they ignited this civil war:- 1.      They knew that the people kill each other frantically in the name of religion as Catholics and Protestants did in Britain and so, they supported the heads of religious parties financially and paid them money secretly under the table. 2.      There used to be elections held for the Parliament but no such election was held to hand over the Government into the hands of responsible political leaders in 1947. 3.      They just colluded with the heads of religious Parties; all clever shopkeepers - Lala M.K. Gandhi, a Baniya, Lala Tara Singh Malhotra, a Khatri and Lala Mohd. Ali Jinnah, a Babla Bhatia. These Lalas least served in the British Army. 4.      We Jatts of the Punjab served the British Army the best but we were divided into India and Pakistan like the deserted Christmas Puppy. 5.      And our Governments were told that when you fight with each other, then we will sell you weapons of mass destruction to kill each other. What a business idea out of misery? End times are not far away – Matt. 13v24-30 and the TRIBULATIONS have already started from 14/05/2018 when the child-like USA President Donald Trump pressed the TRIBULATIONS BUTTON by declaring Jerusalem to be the Capital of Israel. These world-wide TRIBULATIONS will last for FIVE YEARS to ATOMIC WAR EXPECTED ON 14/05/2023. So, let us join hands together to expose these hypocrites with the Gospel Truth of our Supernatural Father Elohim, Allah, Parbrahm, etc. Holy spirit, “common sense”, shatters the fetters of the dead Letters, the Holy Books and their Laws that have been corrupted. Remember that Law and Prophets were till John, the Baptist – Luke 16v16 and after that, the Narrow Gate to the Royal Kingdom of God has been opened by Christ Jesus and He has appointed St. Peter as the “Gatekeeper”. That is why Peter killed two hypocrites/Blasphemers Ananias and Sapphira for speaking against the Holy Spirit that rests in our own heart, the Treasury of the Gospel Truth Brewed through “Logical Reasoning”. Two Books; one in English; “FIRST GNOSTIC PRINCIPLES OF ONE GOD ONE FAITH” and the other in Punjabi; “KAKHH OHLAE LAKHH”. Search them on the internet. I need technical help to revise them for publication. FREELY RECEIVED; FREELY YOU GIVE. In “Agape”, our Father God blesses everyone alike and please do not miss your great opportunity to earn salvation by Preaching Gospel from the Rooftops. https://youtu.be/yTSYd_FujE4 Jatt is our Qom and not Hindu Jatt, Sikh Jatt, Muslim Jatt, etc. that has no link with Adam:- http://www.gnosticgospel.co.uk/jattparty.htm SATANIC KHATRIS TURNED MULLAHS AND KASHMIR AND WORLDWIDE TROUBLES:- http://www.gnosticgospel.co.uk/saintstn.htm BIRTH OF JOHN: - https://youtu.be/RNXvv-WwdI4 And the Proofs of the Virgin Birth of Jesus: - www.gnosticgospel.co.uk/bojes.htm We are the sons of Elohim for Salvation.https://youtu.be/dQ8pSqeFjQw Ch. Rajinder Nijjhar Jatt, M.Sc. Rtd Senior Lecturer in Metallurgy. Four Communities of Religion - One God One Faith:- www.gnosticgospel.co.uk/FourCom.htm Hajj www.gnosticgospel.co.uk/faithfat.pdf Punjabi http://youtu.be/9DqMvO1hb0U True Story. www.gnosticgospel.co.uk/Pathan201.pdf Four Loves:- www.gnosticgospel.co.uk/loves.htm Solitary Royal Priests. Twice-born:- Facebook has.. www.gnosticgospel.co.uk/antichrist.htm Flesh + soul = Once-born natural Disciple of the Rabbis Flesh + soul + spirit = Twice-born sensible Labouring son of God Fanatics Devils – John 8v44:- www.gnosticgospel.co.uk/seedterr.htm www.gnosticgospel.co.uk/fanbastards.htm John's baptism:- www.gnosticgospel.co.uk/johnsig.pdf Trinity:- www.gnosticgospel.co.uk/trinity.pdf

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National Taekwondo trials: Esuku, Anyanacho, Sanusi, others soar in ranking

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National Taekwondo trials: Esuku, Anyanacho, Sanusi, others soar in ranking

By Ikenna Okonkwo

Abuja

Barely one month after Nigeria Taekwondo Open championship (NTOC) made its debut, Athletes from parts of the country again squared up against each other during the just concluded National Open trials, with many carting away medals. Top on the list of those who picked up gold medals at the three-day event held in Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria were Rukayat Jimoh of Savic club, 18-year old Nigeria Open winner, Elizabeth Anyanacho of Federal University of Technology Owerri (FUTO), NTOC and Korean Ambassadors Cup champions, Abdulmajeeb Sanusi of Q-Madi and Charles Okon of Kebbi state. While Jimoh in the -46kg weight category defeated Commonwealth medallist, Josphine Esuku who tried to battle back to reckoning after not-too-impressive end of year 2017 outings, lanky Anyanacho who shot to limelight in 2017 for the first time in her fighting career with two African championship victories to her credit maintained dominance in the final of -67kg to defeat Ifeoma Dennis of Plateau state in the female corner. From the male spot, the rising profile of Sanusi was enriched the more after he posted spirited effort to beat Abdullateef Arinola of Lagos in the -54kg category. Another new sensation, Okon again showed his stuff and defeated Alexander Daniel of Nigeria Army after pulsating -58kg final battle. Also, upcoming Peter Itiku who represented FCT at the -80kg surprising beat NSCDC’s Raymond Tiamiyu in the final. The likes of Shola Olowookere, Oluwatosin Akande, Sunday Onofe, Sadiq Abdulrahman and Ifeoluwa Ajayi representing Q-Madi club, Classic Academy, NSCDC, Plateau and Q-Madi respectively in the male category won gold medals. In the female category, NSCDC athletes dominated proceeding with Sekiyat Adebayo, Chinazum Nwosu and Vivian Ndu getting on the gold medal standing. Other female including Mary Michael and Joy Ikpeamaeze of Kano and UNIAbuja also got the golden crown. Talking about how teams fared at the tare end of the competition which enlisted top athletes for the ongoing National camping in Kaduna, NSCDC, Q-Madi, Kebbi, FCT, Plateau, UNIAbuja, Kano, Classic Academy, FUTO emerged on the better side of the table just as the latest released ranking placed Sanusi, Okon, Ajayi, Olowookere, Akande, Itiku, Onofe and Abdurahman top ranked male athletes. Expectedly, in line with their current form, Esuku, Adebayo, Nwosu, Michael, Ndu, Anyanacho, Ikpeamaeze and Onomonu as leading female Fighters in Nigeria at the moment. A total of Ninety-nine (99) athletes from 26 teams drawn from 16 different weight categories were at the open trials. So far, Mrs Margret Binga-led executive Board of Nigeria Taekwondo Federation has organised three National competitions within two months, plus National coaching and Referees training programmes for over 200 coaches and Referees since its inauguration in the past five months. NFF mourns as Austin Mgbolu passes on The Nigerian Football family was again thrown into mourning on Wednesday after news spread of the death of one –time image –maker of the Nigeria Football Federation, Mr. Austin Mgbolu. Mgbolu, who served as public relations officer of then NFA between 1993 and 2001, was a highly conscientious, energetic and dedicated professional and left giant marks for predecessors to follow. Reports said Mgbolu had a major surgery last month and appeared to have regained good health, before complications early on Wednesday morning led to his being rushed to the hospital where he died. “This is very sad. I pray that God Almighty will protect the family and loved ones he has left behind and give them the fortitude to bear this big loss. “He was a thorough professional who did his job to the best of his ability and even as an analyst on television, he was forthright and provided wise counsel for the advancement of the Nigeria game. We pray that God will grant him eternal rest,” NFF General Secretary, Dr. Mohammed Sanusi, said. Nicknamed ‘Booster’ for his magnanimity and encouragement of younger professionals, Mgbolu served with the administrations of Sampson Emeka Omeruah (of blessed memory), Abdulmumuni Aminu and Anthony Kojo Williams, and briefly with the board of Brigadier –General Dominic Oneya (rtd) who came into office when Williams was impeached in 2000.

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ABUJA NATIONAL MOSQUE HAS APPOINTED IMAMS (1) This is in response to ‘Time to appoint Chief Imam for National Mosque’, written by my intimate writer-friend, Ustaz Muhammad Ajah, published in Daily Trust , among other publications, on April 1, 2017. How I qualified the author of the piece I am responding to tells you there is no malice in the piece you are about to read. Ustaz Muhammad Ajah earns my adoration in establishing himself as a writer of repute, exhibiting, in the process, critical thinking as a commentator on burning national issues. I am proud of being on his mailing list which enables me to read his articles prior to their publications. I met Ustaz Ajah at a public function recently where I intimated him of my desire to pen this rejoinder. I should declare, from the outset, that this is not an official response from either the Nigerian Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs (NSCIA) or the Abuja National Mosque Management Board. Whatever you read here is what I felt compelled to write as an insider version of Ustaz Muhammad Ajah’s article, as one who has been within the vicinity of the Abuja National Mosque for more than 20 years. ‘Time to appoint Chief Imam for National Mosque’ does not have the DNA of the Muhammad Ajah I know; he must have written it in haste, and thus the product made an alarmist of the author, which he is not. For example, contrary to contents of the article, there is ‘no vacuum in leadership’ as far as the Abuja National Mosque is concerned, before or after the demise of Sheikh Musa Muhammad. And the ‘leadership of the Nigerian Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs (NSCIA)’ has not failed in ensuring that the Abuja National Mosque satisfies Shariah conditions for the acceptance, in the sight of Allah, of people’s devotions and other religious ceremonies. The three co-equal deputy chief imams have been undertaking, with diligence, their duties of delivering Khutbah, leading prayers, conducting wedding faatihahs, expounding the teachings of Islaam in daily Magrib-to-Ishaa ta’leems, overseeing funeral arrangements, offering salaatul janaazah on a deceased person, and whatnot. That is the essence of imamship, not only in the Abuja National Mosque, but in all mosques in this Ummah. Once the officiating head of a religious ceremony (imam, deputy imam, or any learned taqiy) is qualified and accepted by the congregation, the ritual is whole and recompensed by Him whose countenance is sought in observing it. Also, I do not know ‘… Etsu Nupe, Alhaji Yahaya Ibrahim…’ as contained in Ustaz Ajah’s article. For a good writer like my friend, this type of slip reinforces my belief that he wrote the article in haste, as information on such respected personages as Etsu Nupe, Alhaji (Dr)(Brig.Gen) Yahaya Abubakar rtd CFR, is just a click away on the internet. I got the full name here from his Wikipedia entry, by the way. I referred to the three deputy chief imams above as ‘co-equal’ because some people imputed false hierarchy to the trinity of the deputy imams. The appointment letters are identical; all of them are of one and the same position - no one is superior to the other - in so far as the spirit and letter of the appointment document are concerned, as signed and sealed by the late Secretary-General, NSCIA, Alhaji Abdullatif Adegbete, at the behest of His Eminence, the Sultan, Alhaji Sa’ad Abubakar. There was nothing like the first, second or third deputy chief imam as is being held and disseminated in some quarters. Sheikh Dahiru Usman Bauchi is among the proponents of this alien idea of first, second and third deputy…. the NSCIA does not know this classification! Ustaz Muhammad Ajah has, with a marked preferment, chosen the respected Sheikh Makari, out of the three deputies, all of whom he, however, described as ‘exceptionally qualified’, as the most deserving to be the chief imam for, according to him, (a) being the one ‘who led the first Juma’a service after the death of the Chief Imam’ (b) conducting ‘the wedding of the daughter of President Muhammad Buhari, Zara.’ (c) his ‘uncommon’ Arabic accent, as ‘an associated professor of Arabic’, (may be the writer means Associate Professor). (d) ‘He conducts the Friday sermons without papers, a style of best Imams in the home of knowledge - Egypt, where he graduated from Al-Azhar University, Cairo.’ Let me also state that I maintain very cordial relation with all the deputy chief imams at the Abuja National Mosque. I spoke to all of them before the publication of this rejoinder. I do not prefer any of them above the other in line with the dictates of NSCIA in appointing them. Sheikh Ahmad Onilewura is the eldest of the lot, jovial in his manners, amenable and conscientious. If I were asked to endorse any among the trio, Sheikh Ahmad Onilewura would have been the one. However, I will not. Sheikh Muhammad Kabir Adam has experience in conducting the affairs of the Mosque for being the first Mu’azzin for about three decades, and has served as Acting Chief Imam in 2010 and 2011 when the late Chief Imam, Sheikh Musa Muhammad went for Umrah or Hajj trips. He has been a close friend since the ‘90s when I came to the mosque. We have been on hajj trips on a number of occasions. Sheikh Ibrahim Maqary is a bosom friend (and recently a brother in-law) whom I met in the 90s during my stint at Al-Azhar University for the Dauratul A’immah course. I have not met anybody in my life as humble, amiable, ebullient, and, - if I may add, unassuming - ever-willing to share, with others, the knowledge Allah has bestowed upon him, as Sheikh Ibrahim Makari. When the then candidates were subjected to intense interview and screening for the deputy imamship of the Abuja National Mosque, the late Sheikh Musa Muhammad was preeminently qualified to continue as the Chief Imam, and was thus not ‘requested to undergo’ any ‘thorough screenings’ as stated by Ustaz Muhammad Ajah. Late Sheikh Musa Muhammad it was that established the alternation of leading prayers by the three deputy imams in his absence, which has not been altered in the least till date. What Ustaz Muhammad Ajah listed, therefore, as his reason for advancing Sheikh Makari was just a coincidence that occurred on the first Friday after the late Chief Imam’s funeral in which Sheikh Makari delivered the khutbah and led prayers. Ustaz Ajah was oblivious of the fact that the late Chief Imam, on his death bed, called Sheikh Muhammad Kabir Adam, one of the three deputies, and instructed him to lead the Jumu’ah prayers, just as exemplified by the Prophet, blessings and peace of Allah be upon him, in similar circumstances, a deed among other considerations, that later led to the ascension of Abubakr As-Siddeeq to the Caliphate. There were two versions of Ustaz Muhammad Ajah’s piece - the one he sent by email to his contacts, and the other an edited and Daily Trust-published version in which his reasons (b to d) for preferring Sheikh Makari to others were expunged. Of course conducting the marriage of the President’s daughter should not merit mention amidst the reasons for preferring an imamship candidate. Unknown to Ustaz Ajah, Sheikh Makari led the Jumu’ah prayers on that Friday, but Sheikh Muhammad Kabir Adam conducted the wedding of the President’s daughter. In his self-effacing nature Sheikh Makari will not vie with anyone in trying to conduct marriage for anyone’s offsprings no matter how highly placed they may be. So, even though it was his turn to lead the prayers on that day, and he had, Sheikh Makari did not conduct wedding for the President’s daughter as claimed by Ustaz Muhammad Ajah. I cannot fathom what Ustaz Ajah was trying to emphasise by ‘uncommon Arabic accent’ because I have not heard him speak Arabic to judge his proficiency and what accent may mean to him. We converse in English. But I am sure of one thing: with all the years he spent in Cairo, Sheikh Makari does not speak like an Egyptian. There is no trace of the Misr dialect in his speech. This is not a weakness but a token of discipline and wide intellectual interaction with diverse scholars through their writings. He speaks fushah (classical Arabic) devoid of any accent other than that of an Arabist of northern Nigerian extraction. And delivering extempore (unscripted) khutbah cannot be a paradigm for preferment. Yes, it is the norm in Egypt; hardly will you see an imam with a written khutbah. It is more of a tradition in that citadel of knowledge. In Saudi Arabia or Nigeria for example imams prepare a written khutbah every Friday. We have copies of the Khutbahs of Sheikh Usman Bin Fodiyo and Sheikh Abdullahi Bin Fodiyo. They wrote and read their khutab (plural of khutbah). When I visited Senegal, the imam of Madinah Baye Mosque read one of the khutab of Sheikh Ibrahim Nyas. I hope Ustaz Muhammad Ajah does not place his anointed above Sheikh Usman Bin Fodiyo because of the former’s ad-lib rendering of the khutbah. Another dimension of this article that I found unsettling was the insinuation of politicisation of ‘the selection process’ which ‘has nothing to do with Islam’. I wish my respected brother will expatiate on this, rather than insinuate. It is enough crime to the credit of anyone that he should say what he has no knowledge of. The standard in Islam is to get all the facts before making any comment. Insha Allah, I will make my own observations and give my suggestions on how to go about running the National Mosque effectively. In doing so, I may write what others may disagree with and what may annoy others, still. What is of paramount importance to me in all this is not tribal, sectarian or even fraternal affiliations but the interest of the Ummah, so help me, Allah. http://www.abubakrsiddeeq.com/2017/04/abuja-national-mosque-has-appointed.html

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Impressed (but also disappointed) at how that tight suit held up to David's acrobatics

The gymnastics of playing ball Doctor Who style Behind the Scenes of The Giggle with David Tennant as the fourteenth Doctor

Bonus: Ncuti's impressive one-handed cartwheel: