Nuclear Iran: Israel No, USA Ok!

Why USA okay-ed the start of Iran nuclear program, and Israel started screaming, when the first nuclear reactor was fueled yesterday?

How it is not acceptable for Iran (as Israel is claiming) to violate international treaties, at a time Israel is violating most of them and not recognizing the rest?

Israel Nuclear Plant

What is behind the Russian insistence that Iran's nuclear power plant is strictly a peaceful nuclear energy program and USA says OK .. it seems it is?

Who is behind the green light to Iran, to complete the Bushehr nuclear power plant, and to announce that because the need to energy is, it wants to produce the required fuel itself, and makes it clear that it needs the uranium to supply future power reactors.

The west and Israel are claiming that the enrichment of uranium can be a path to a nuclear bomb, which Iran could potentially go the plutonium route with its Bushehr reactor.

Moscow pledged to prevent the spent of nuclear fuel at Bushehr site from being shifted to possible weapons program.

USA announcements about Iran progress "underscores that Iran does not need its own enrichment capability if its intentions, as it states, are for a peaceful nuclear program", raised deeper international concerns.

"If the Iranians are sincere in a peaceful program, their needs can be met without undertaking its own enrichment program, which call into question its motives," White House Spokesman Gibbs said

This statement is really a puzzle.

But we can see a clue, when the Russians say that they believe the Bushehr project is essential for persuading Iran to cooperate with international efforts to ensure it does not need to develop the nuclear bomb!

As the Iranian president reiterated that Tehran was ready to resume negotiations with the six major powers in an attempt to curb Iran's enrichment work. He however, rejected calls to completely halt uranium enrichment.

And as Israel was getting ready last week to attack Bushehr plant, before nuclear fuel was loaded, the New York Times reported that the White House persuaded the Israelis not to attack now, because a nuclear weapon, should Iran pursue it, is at least one year from being developed.

As if Israel does not know this fact, but this actually reflects that USA is officially no longer objecting the plant.

But this is not the only reason why Israel halted its attack plans on Bushehr. There was another reason.

Iran unveiled today a prototype long-range unmanned bomber, the latest in a stream of announcements of new Iranian-made military hardware.

President Ahmadinejad, inaugurated the country first domestically built unmanned bomber aircraft calling it an "Ambassador of Death" to Iran's enemies.

This bomber will have a range of 620 miles, which is not far to reach Israel.

But Ahmadinejad also said that the jet " as well being an ambassador of death for the enemies of humanity, has a main message of peace and friendship".

But the main goal he added is " to keep the enemy paralyzed in its bases".

Equality of powers.

Between the insistence of Iran and the hesitance of Israel, there is a fine line that is joining USA and Russia to keep working to prevent any instability in the Middle East region and may be the world.

The facts are:

Israel is retreating from its leading of military advance in the Middle East,

USA is living a confusing state from the damaging impacts (To USA) that resulted from the Gulf War and occupation of Iraq ...... and 

Iran is proceeding firmly to be a powerful world player, not only in the Middle East Region, but also in other parts of the world; considering its new military technology might reach countries like, Cuba, Venezuela, and parts of Europe and Africa.

Sami Cherkaoui

All Aids To Pakistan Or Taliban?

 Thousands of Pakistanis have been killed, hundreds of thousands lost their homes and many millions are suffering because of the Pakistan floods that hit the country after heavy monsoon rains affecting the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Sindh, Punjab as well as parts of Baluchistan.

Over 160,000 square kilometers were affected as a result of the flooding, exceeding the combined total of the affectees of 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami, the 2005 Kashmir earthquake and the 2010 Haiti earthquake.

Around a fifth of Pakistan's total land area was impacted by the flooding. Extensive damage to infrastructure and crops significantly harmed the struggling Pakistani economy.

The floods were caused by monsoon rains, which were forecast to continue into early August and were described as the worst in this area in the last 80 years.

The ongoing devastating floods in Pakistan will have a severe impact on an already vulnerable population, says the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC).

In addition to all the other damages they have caused, flood waters have destroyed much of the health care-infrastructure in the worst-affected areas, leaving inhabitants especially vulnerable to water-borne disease.

In Sindh, the Indus River burst its banks near Sukkur on August 8, submerging the village of Mor Khan Jatoi.

In early August, the heaviest flooding moved southward along the Indus River from severely-affected northern regions toward western Punjab, where at least 1,400,000 acres (570,000 ha) of cropland was destroyed, and the southern province of Sindh.

According to the Pakistan Cotton Ginners Association, the floods destroyed 2 million bales of cotton, which led to increase in futures of the commodity in international market.

The power infrastructure of Pakistan also took a severe blow from the floods, which damaged 10,000 transmission lines, transformers, feeders and power houses in different flood hit areas. Flood water inundated Jinnah Hydro power and 150 power houses in Gilgit. The damage caused a power shortfall of 3,135 MW.

It has also been reported by International Red Cross that a large number of unexploded ordinance such as mines and artillery shells have been flushed down stream by the floods from areas in Kashmir and Waziristan and scattered in low lying areas, posing a future risk to returning inhabitants.

Aid agencies have warned that outbreaks of diseases, such gastroenteritis, diarrhea, and skin diseases due to lack of clean drinking water and sanitation can pose a serious new risk to victims of flood.

Pakistani authorities have predicted that fresh rainfall is expected to trigger further two waves of flooding, inundating more land and swallowing yet more villages. One of this new flood surge is currently sweeping down from mountainous areas in the north and expected to hit highly populated areas in the coming days, while the second wave is being formed in the mountains.

Floods have submerged 17 million acres of Pakistan's most fertile crop land, killed 200,000 livestock and washed away massive amounts of grain.

The agricultural damages are more than 2.9 billion dollars, according to recent estimates, and include over 700,000 acres of lost cotton crops, 200,000 acres of sugar cane and 200,000 acres of rice, in addition to the loss of over 500,000 tonnes of stocked wheat, 300,000 acres of animal fodder and the stored grain losses.

These are some of the disasters caused by the floods.

In respond, world's governments, organizations, relief agencies rushed to mobilize all their tools and units to provide aids and support to the people of Pakistan as fast as possible.

Pakistan has appealed to international donors for help in responding to the disaster.

The United Nations launched relief efforts. It appealed for $460 million to provide immediate help, including food, shelter and clean water. UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon visited Pakistan on 15 August to oversee and discuss the relief efforts.

Afghanistan, Australia, Azerbaijan, Brazil, Canada,China, Denmark, EU, Finland, Germany, India, Iran, Japan, Kuwait, Malaysia, Nepal, Nigeria, Norway, Saudi Arabia, Sri Lanka, Syria, Turkey, UK, and USA and World Bank all provided all kinds of help, aids and assistance.

Different Relief and Non Goverment Organaiztion offered various kinds of reliefs including food, shelters, clothes, clean water, sanitation kits, Hygiene supplies, medical supplies, medical teams, Tarpulines, tents, jerry cans, plastic cups, mattresses, mosquito tents, milk, milk powder, kitchen sets and means of transportation; Helicopters, Boats, Boats and donkeys.

Others are targeting to reconstruct houses.

UNICEF has set up 24 medical camps in the affected areas, benefiting around one million people.

The Pakistani government was blamed for sluggish and disorganized response to the floods.

President Asif Ali Zardari was also criticized for going ahead with visits to meet leaders in Britain and France at a time when his nation was facing catastrophe.

In Sindh, the ruling Pakistan People's Party ministers were accused of using their influence to direct flood waters off their crops while risking densely populated areas.

China and India were initially criticized for their slow response to Pakistan's calls for aid. It was described by The Diplomat as "aloof and blind to the tragedy affecting Pakistan."

On 13 August, India offered to provide around $5 million in aid, as well as official condolences.

Pakistan did not immediately accept the offer.

British Prime Minister David Cameron was accused by Pakistan of hampering international aid efforts after he claimed that Pakistan was responsible for promoting terrorism.

Some potential donors doubt that funds will reach victims of the flood, but will rather be diverted to Taliban and similar groups, despite a significant amount of the aid effort being directed by the United Nations.

With all the strong disaster, the corrupted authorities, the dis-organized government, the good and bad intentions of the doners, the tense political situation in the Near and Middle East, how can we know if some of the Relief Aids would reach the real people who desperately need those.

Sami Cherkaoui

Muhammad A Prophet And "Super Man"!

It is known Muhammad was a messenger of God and the last Prophet as taught by the Qur'an.

He was born and lived in Makkah for the first 52 years of his life, which was divided into two phases, that is before and after declaring the prophecy.

He was an orphan, and raised by his grandfather Abdul Mutalib, then his uncle Abu Talib.

When he was still in his teens he accompanied his uncle on trading trips to Sham Lands (Syria), gaining skills and experience as a merchant, which was his only career, Although he was illiterate and never learnt how to read or write.

His reputation as a clever trader, honest and faithful person, attracted a wealthy lady, who proposed to him to mary her. Muhammad consented to the marriage. He was twenty five years old.

When he was forty he adopted the practice of meditating in a cave on Mount Hira near Makkah. There he was visited by the angel Gabriel who appeared to him and commanded him to recite the first words of Qur'an: Read in the name of thy Lord who created. Created man from a mere clot of blood. Read and your Lord is the most generous. Who taught by the pen. Taught man what he knew not. Al Alaq 1-4.
Muhammad then, proclaimed by God as his prohet and messenger, and he started his preachings, which were taught to him gradually by Gabriel, within 13 years, when the last verse of Qur'an was recited by Muhammad: Today I have perfected your religion for you, and completed My grace upon you, and approved Islam as your religion. Al Maedah 3.

However, Muhammad as a prophet and messenger was not supported by miracles, contrary to other prophets and messengers who came before him.

His only miracle is the book of Qur'an, which was not his, but writen by God and recited by him.

And albeit he was a complete illiterate, he was fully articulate, and he produced many outstanding "Sayings (Hadith)", which make him a number one author and spokesman.

Besides being a prophet, he was also active as a diplomat, merchant, philospher, orator, legislator, reformer and military general.

This what makes him so special not only as a prophet, but also as a person...

It is not easy for a normal person, to bring a group of people used to live in complete darkness and show them full light.

It is not easy for a normal person, to teach someone who never fought in his life to be a skilled soldier.

It is not easy for a normal person, to turn an enemy to a faithful friend and companion.

It is not easy for a normal person, to reform a corrupted society.

It is not easy for a normal person, to lead in battles, and put briliant military plans.

It is not easy for normal a person, to unite tribes which used to fight and kill each others for centuries.

It is not easy for a normal person, to establish roots of a new society, out from a place he migrated to, which is not his home town.

One of the first things Muhammad did in order to settle down the longstanding grievances among the tribes of Medina was drafting a document known as the Constitution of Medina, "establishing a kind of alliance or federation" among the eight Medinan tribes and Muslim emigrants from Makkah, which specified the rights and duties of all citizens and the relationship of the different communities in Medina including that of the Muslim community to other communities, specifically  "Peoples of the Book" (The Jews and Christians).

The community defined in the Constitution of Medina, Ummah, had a religious outlook but was also shaped by practical considerations and substantially preserved the legal forms of the old Arab tribes, This effectively established the first Islamic state.

Those Medinans who converted to Islam and helped the Muslim emigrants find shelter became known as the ansar (supporters).

Then Muhammad instituted brotherhood between the Emigrants and the Ansars. and he chose Ali as his own brother.
Another power of Muhammad the man.

Following the emigration, the Makkans seized the properties of the Muslim emigrants in Mecca. Economically uprooted and with no available profession, the Muslim migrants turned to raiding Makkan caravans as an act of war, deliberately initiating armed conflict between the Muslims and Mecca.

These attacks pressured Makkans by interfering with trade, and allowed the Muslims to acquire wealth, power and prestige while working towards their ultimate goal of inducing Mecca's submission to the new faith.
Another power of Muhammad the man.

The victory in his first military battle in "Badr", strengthened Muhammad's position in Medina and dispelled earlier doubts among his followers. As a result the opposition to him became less vocal. Pagans who had not yet converted were very bitter about the advance of Islam.

Muhammad expelled from Medina the Banu Qaynuqa, one of three main Jewish tribes. Following the Battle of Badr, Muhammad also made mutual-aid alliances with a number of Bedouin tribes to protect his community from attacks from the northern part of Hijaz.
Another power of Muhammad the man.

When he was defeated in "Uhud", Muhammad's policy was now to prevent alliances against him. So whenever alliances of tribesmen against him and his folowers were formed, he sent out an expedition to break them up.

His attempts to prevent formation of a confederation against him were successful, so he was able to increase his own forces and stop many potential tribes from joining his enemies.
Another power of Muhammad the man.

His most difficult situations came when he promissed his followers to make a pilgrimage march to Makkah, but when he arrived at the outskirts of Makkah, he was met with certain complications that led him to postpond the pilgrimage trip. That made his followers very angry and outraged.

He established a pledge with the pilgrims alter called "Pledge of Acceptance" or "Pledge under the Tree", where the main points included cessation of hostilities, the deferral of Muhammad's pilgrimage to the next year and an agreement to send back any Makkans who had gone to Medina without permission of their leaders.

Many of his followers were not satisfied witht he terms of the treaty, and it was only later they would realize the benefit behind the treaty. Those benefits included the recognition of Muhammad and his followers as equal; cessation of military activity and gaining the admiration of Makkans who were impressed by the incorporation of the pilgrimage rituals.
This was another power of Muhammad the man.

Immediately after this treaty, he enaged his troops in a battle with Khaybar, a Jewish oasis, who were inciting hostilities against him and his followers; their defeat regained some prestige to him and his followers.

The truce of Hudaybiyyah had been enforced for two years. Then the tripe of Bakr who are pro-Makkans raided Banu Khuaza tribe who were of Muhammad followers. Since Banu Bakr were included in the  alliance with Makkans, Muhammad considered that attack as breach of the truce and sent a message to Makkans with three conditions, asking them to accept one of them.

These conditions were that; either the Makkans paid blood money  for those slain among the Khuza'ah tribe; or, that they should disavow themselves of the Banu Bakr; or, that they should declare the truce of Hudaybiyyah null.

The Meccans replied that they would accept only the last condition. However, soon they realized their mistake and sent one of their leaders; Abu Sufyan to renew the Hudaybiyyah treaty, but now his request was declined by Muhammad.
Another power of Muhammad the man.

Muhammad began to prepare for the big military campaign and marched on Makkah with an enormous force, said to number more than ten thousand men.

With minimal casualties, Muhammad took control of Makkah. and declared an amnesty for past offences.

Most Makkans converted to Islam and Muhammad subsequently destroyed all the statues of Arabian gods in and around the Kaaba.
Another power of Muhammad the man.

After that, Muhammad was forced to make many military expeditions, to bring Arabia under his control. Then he united the tribes of Arabia into a singular Arab Muslim religious polity in th elast years of his life.
Another power of Muhammad the man.

According to some scholars, Muhammad was not only responding to the religious aspect of the situation, but also to the intellectual, economic, social and political pressures that were evolving at that time.
However he succeeded to make huge changes to all aspects of the society.

Historians generally agree that Islamic social reforms in areas such as social security, family structure, slavery and the rights of women and children improved on the status quo of Arab society as result of tremendous efforts of Muhammad..

Islam via Muhammad  denounced aristocratic privilege, rejected hierarchy, and adopted a formula of the career open to the talents.

The Message of Islam through Muhammad,  transformed the society and moral order of life in the Arabian Peninsula through reorientation of society as regards to identity, world view, and the hierarchy of values.
Another power of Muhammad the man.

Muslims experience Muhammad as a living reality , believing in his ongoing significance to human beings as well as animals and plants. They traditionally expressed extreme love and veneration to him.

In simple and articulate words and phrases (Hadith), Muhammad gave so many teachings to Muslims. They were concise, to the point and easy to remember.
Another power of Muhammad the man.

Since the world Islam in Arabic is a derivative from the word Salam or Peace in English; Muhammad described the Muslim as " He who the people are safe from his tongue and hand".

The Qur'an refers to him as "A Mercy to the worlds"

Don't you agree with me that all these powers of Muhammad would make him a true "Super Man"?
Sami Cherkaoui

Scientology, Religion Of Practical Business!

There are some rumors that the adopted daughter of Tom Cruise, Isabella Cruise, wants to leave her dad, because she is not happy with his pressure on her over the practicing of Scientology.

Her step mom Nicole Kidman is against this school of thought, so Isabella wants to move and live with her.

There is a good number of celebrities who are active Scientologists; Kristie Alley, Jennifer Aspen, Tom Cruise, Jason Lee, Priscilla Presley, Kelly Preston (Actress and wife of John Travolta), Michelle Stafford, Isaac Hayes, Elizabeth Moss, John Travolta and many more.

So what is this school of thought?

It seems that Scientology promotes a certain belief that that human is an immortal alien spiritual being that is trapped on planet Earth in a physical body.

Scientologists believe that a human has many numbers of past lives, and probably lived in extraterrestrial cultures.Thus he as hidden abilities which can be unlocked.

They believe that in order to achieve greater spiritual awareness, they have to apply strictly the principles of Scientology and experience its desirable results.

There are many levels within Scientology, progressing from Pre-clear to clear and ultimately "Operating Thetan".

Scientologists want to believe that Scientology is a religion as any other religion, although it has a difference that it was recently written by the science fiction author L. Ron Hubbard in 1952, when he wrote or codified a set of ideas that promised to improve the condition of the human spirit, which he called a "Thetan".

To describe his findings, he developed an elaborate system of neologisms which he described as Scientology, which he defined as " an applied religious philosophy".

In 1953 he founded the Church of Scientology.

His believers are certain that his techniques gave them access to their past lives, the traumas of which led to failures in the present lives unless they were dealt with in a process referred to as "Auditing".

Of-course church members have to pay fixed donation rates for courses, auditing, books and E-meters which is a machine used by Scientologists in auditing to evaluate their "Mental Masses", which they believe they impede thetans from realizing their full potential.

They believe that many physical diseases were psychosomatic, and that a person who had attained the enlightened state of "clear" would be relatively disease free.

Their religion insists that humanity was impereriled by forces, which were the result of negative memories or engrams, stored in the unconscious or reactive mind, and some carried by the immortal thetans for billion of years.

Scientology uses the term "morals" to refer to a collectively agreed code of good conduct and defines ethics as "the actions an individual takes on himself in order to accomplish optimum survival for himself and others on all [eight] dynamics". Scientology stresses the rationality of ethics over morals: "Ethics actually consists of rationality toward the highest level of survival."; "If a moral code were thoroughly reasonable, it could, at the same time, be considered thoroughly ethical. But only at this highest level could the two be called the same"

Their creed states that all church members believe that people "of whatever race, color, or creed were created with equal rights."  It holds that all people "have inalienable rights to their own religious practices and their performance," as well as their "lives," "sanity" and "defense", and that they have inalienable rights to "choose, assist or support their own organizations, churches and governments," and "to think freely, to talk freely, to write freely their own opinions and to counter or utter or write upon the opinions of others."

According to the creed, God forbids people to destroy each other, to destroy others' sanity(s) or to "destroy or enslave others' souls," and "to destroy or reduce the survival of one's companions or one's group."

Scientologists also follow a series of behavior codes, these are: Auditor's Code, Supervisor's Code, Code of Honor and the Code of a Scientologist

According to Scientology ; "Celebrities are very Special people and have a very distinct line of dissemination. They have communication lines that others do not have and many medias to get their dissemination through"

According to statements by former Scientologist Jesse Prince, celebrities are secretly being given Scientology auditing courses without charge. These courses regularly cost up to $1,000 per hour. According to Mr. Prince, John Travolta alone has had in excess of $100,000 of free services in compensation.

Strangely enough some documents written by Hubbard himself, suggest he regards Scientology as a business and not a religion. He said: calling Scientology a religion solves a problem of practical business...

The church of Scientology founded its own companies to publish and promote Hubbard's works.

Under the Church's Field Staff Member (FSM) program, celebrity Scientologists, like any public Scientologist, can earn commissions of up to 10 percent on services purchased by their "selectees", i.e. persons they introduce to Scientology


Get out of here.....
Typical......

Sami Cherkaoui

BlackBerry Services And The Weakest Link

Saudi Arabia  today blocked at least one Research In Motion's BlackBerry smartphone service, becoming the latest government to threaten to curb the device on security grounds.

It is not very clear how this all plays out, but as of now countries that have already decided to shut out RIM will be disabling e-mail, web browsing and BlackBerry Messenger.

If this continues to happen, then BlackBerry handsets will be rendered virtually useless with the ability to only make calls and send text messages  when that happens.

The only viable compromise, it seems, is for Research In Motion to grant access to its system so these governments can monitor and track usage.

So

Why United Arab Emirates And the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia decided to stop Emails and Messenger Services from BlackBerry?

Why other countries like Lebanon, India, Algeria are studying to do the same with BlackBerry services, and also Skype telephone services?

What is wrong with Blackberry and its services?

Why official in USA including the top ones like Hillarry Clinton, stood to fight the decisions of the Saudis and Emiratis, and declared that USA will hold talks with UAE and Saudia on this issue?

What the Canadian company " Research In Motion" (RIM) is saying about the encrypted network?

Why this company is fighting till now mounting pressure to open up its "super - secure" network to government scrutiny? In a time where a growing number of countries are demanding access to encrypted communications sent through the device, saying national security may be at risk?

Why now this " National Security" at risk and not before? knowing that bleackBerry service is more than 10 years old!

Why Although the Gulf region accounts for only a small portion of RIM's more than 41 million subscribers, analysts said they were concerned about the impact on the Canadian company's reputation for providing iron-clad smartphone services?.

Why RIM has said its technology will not allow a third party to monitor communications running through the BlackBerry's enterprise servers?

Why Governments from China to Iran have become more vocal about controlling conversations on the Internet and on mobile phones, citing risks to national security.?

What is the link between BlackBerry and the Terrorist Attack on the Japanese Oil Tanker last week in UAE waters?

Is it a coincidence that the UAE ban on BlackBerry Emails and Messenger services was directly one day after this attack but was officially declared as a "terrorist Attack" only today?

Is it a coincidence that Lebanon is considering to apply the same ban, after the last arrest two days ago of a retired Army General on grounds of Espionage to Israel?

Why Lebanon is considering to put a ban also on Skype telephone services?

I do not have answers to all above questions

Do you?

Sami Cherkaoui

Our Visitors From Outer Space!

Aliens, Angels, UFOs, Extraterrestrials, Demons, Intelligent Beings, Flying Saucers Etc...

Well this can be easy and hard to believe at the same time, depending on how this issue can be accepted in the first place or not.

There are two faces to the subject:
1- The religious face and its sub faces of Myth, History and Supernaturals.
2- The scientific face.

Since Governments always induce Scientists to hide facts, we have to try and look at this matter from its other face - Religion and see if we can sprinkle some scientific hints.

To believe that there are Aliens and Angels, and consequently UFOs, there must be a general belief that there is life on other planets, and not only on planet Earth.

Otherwise, if not there is no such things as Aliens and Angels and certainly no UFOs or otherwise extraterrestrial beings..

On 7th August 1996, NASA announced a conclusion that there are evidence of microscopic life forms that may have existed on Mars more than 3 billion years ago.

Although this announcement were challenged at the time, numerous discoveries followed later, like the discovery in 1997 that there is a possibility of red-coloured sea under ice crust on Jupiter's Moon Europa, which continued to ask the same question; Is anyone out there?

From the religious side; the three main religions, Islam, Judaism and Christianity, confirm the fact that Angels and other living beings, exist somewhere with God in Heaven, or skies or somewhere between.

But the question remains if there is also creatures like Humans and Animals or  any material forms up there?

Let us strat with what the Quran says.

In the Sura 42 (Al Shura, Vesre 29) of the Quran, we read; "Among His (God's) signs is the creation of the heavens and the earth,and the living creatures that He has scattered through them :and He has power to gather them together when He will."

If we understand the word "Heavens" in Arabic also means "Skies"; we may understand that in this verse God means "Birds" in the skies.. However we see the Quran in another verse separates birds from the "Living Creatures"; in Sura 24 (Al Noor, Verse 41) we read:  "Seest thou not that it is God Whose praise all beings in the heavens and on earth do celebrate, and the birds (of the air) with wings outspread?..."

In Sura 16 Al Nahl (Verse 49) we read "And to God doth obeisance all living creatures who are in  heavens and earth, and the angels, ...".

So, we may understand that according to Quran, there are up there, "Living Creatures" and "Angels"

The Planetary Society, a private organization, in which the film director Steven Speilberg is a member of the Board of Directors, has the largest SETI program in the world. So far, no sign of alien intelligent life has turned up.

We read in Sura 27  Al Naml Verse 65 :" Say:None in the heavens or on earth, except God, knows what is hidden:nor can they perceive when they shall be raised up (for Judgment)." Another indication that there are other creatures in the universe that will also be raised from the dead.

In Sura 19 Maryam Verses 93-96, we read "Not one of the beings in the heavens and the earth but must come to (God) Most Gracious as a servant. He does take an account of them (all), and hath numbered them (all) exactly. And everyone of them will come to Him singly on the Day of Judgment. On those who believe and work deeds of righteousness, will (God) Most Gracious bestow love."

In this we may understand that the "Living Creatures" up there and the inhabitants of the Earth, are similar in their deeds, and what they do in their "Life" times.

In Sura 72 Al Jinn Verses 1-15, we may understand that there are another type of creatures, called Al Jinn, who live somewhere in another dimension of the Earth or in a closer sky to Earth. we also understand from these verses that these Jinn may have been punished by God, and they used to have visits between them and Humans, and they have been then abandoned to reach Earth, but were able still to see from where they are and hear what Humans are doing on Earth.

Another interesting and intriguing issue we can see In Sura 55 Al Rahman Verses 33-34, where we read "O ye assembly of Jinn and men! If it be you can pass beyond the dimensions of the heavens and the earth, pass ye! Not without authority will ye be able to pass! Then which of the favors of your Lord will ye deny?" 

Is God asking us to try and travel to another dimensions of Earth and Sky, or may be to travel into space? To meet the Jinn?

If so, then this might explain the concept of UFO and the Flying Saucers!
Otherwise, how both can all these creatures travel?

Would our "Space Ships" and "Shuttles", be considered as UFO's Flying Saucers" to the " other living creatures".

Scientists have been looking for other planets around other stars- planets that have the right conditions to harbor life- in other words,other earths.

In October 1995, they announced the discovery of the first extrasolar planet around the star 51 Pegasi. Since then,there have been a string of more than 15 discoveries of other planets.

Although some of these objects have been dismissed as brown dwarfs (including the object around Pegasi 51) by some scientists, at least some of the fifteen objects are agreed upon as being planets. Scientists believe that on potential moons around planets found to be orbiting two stars, the right conditions may exist for life to be present.

In Sura 65 Al Talaq Verse12, we read," God is He Who created seven heavens and of the earth a similar number..." !?

In his book, The Bible, The Quran and Science, Maurice Bucaille writes,"...it comes as no small surprise to the reader of the Quran to find that earths such as our own may be found in the Universe...".

According to Quran, it may be possible that the "Other Living Creatures", the term which is now used as "Aliens",  inhabit all the Earths and Heavens, in other word (galaxies) in the universe. A universe teeming with life, a place that the late astronomer Carl Sagan described as a "cosmic fugue,with themes and counter- points, dissonances and harmonies, a billion different voices playing the life music.".

The very first verse of the Quran begins,"Praise be to Allah,Lord of the Worlds."
Not one world but many.

Some Islamic researchers claim that Ibn Abbas who was one of the Companions of the Prophet Mohamed who prayed to God specially to endow Ibn Abbas with knowledge of the Quran, and he became one of the great scholars of the Quran. Ibn Abbas believed with confidence that there are many more earth-like bodies in the heavens. ...He not only thought that such earths are inhabited by intelligent beings but also that their people are exactly like the inhabitants on the Earth, and they have experienced similar episodes of creations.

When we read in the Bible “Our Father, Who art in Heaven,” may be we have to think that "Heaven" is a physical place above the outermost shell of stars surrounding the Earth.!

The Bible, both Old and New Testaments, is filled with accounts of encounters with "Living Creatures" from "Heavens". They came on special "Chariots"!

The “smoking fire-pot and a flaming torch” that appeared in the sky to Abraham as a sign of acceptance of his sacrifice (Genesis 15:17).

The “pillar of cloud” by day and the “pillar of fire” by night that led Moses and the Israelite (Exodus 13:22).

God landing on Mount Sinai in smoke, with a sound of a trumpet before them (Exodus 19:18-19).

Elijah being “carried up to heaven” in a “chariot of fire” which created a whirlwind (II Kings 2:11).

And Ezekiel’s famous psychedelic close encounter (Ezekiel 1:1-28).

Downing, himself a minister, argues that many of the terms describing such glorious and shining lights could be descriptions of UFOs. Even the shape believed to be the Holy Spirit that was seen to “descend like a dove” at Christ’s baptism and the “bright cloud” at the Transfiguration, (Matt. 17:1-8) might have been extraterrestrial craft.

After the Crucifixion, yet another of these fellows came out of the sky, rolled the stone away from the tomb and announced the Resurrection. And at the end of Jesus mission on Earth, he rose into the air and “a cloud took him out of their sight” while two of those mysterious Men in White consoled the disciples (Acts 1:6-11).

Until recently, the Roman Catholic Church held that only supernatural entities such as God, Jesus and Mary, angels or demons produced signs in the heavens. However, in the last several years, a new view has been quietly put forth.

When in Rome...Monsignor Corrado Balducci, a recently-retired theologian who specialized in demonology and exorcism for the Vatican, has appeared on Italian TV he has stated that there are entities that are not demonic, not due to psychological impairment, not a case of entity attachment but deserve to be studied carefully.

He said there is too much evidence for the existence of extra-terrestrials and flying saucers.

Four centuries Giordano Bruno was burnt to death for impudently suggesting that the stars around us were solar systems peopled with living worlds.

Today the Church is not denying this possibility.

If these " Living Creatures" in the skies have lived long before the time of Humans, then it might be possible that they are much advanced in technology and science.

They might be also more spiritually advanced.

Some scholars believe that no matter whether there are good and bad angels, all angels are more intelligent and powerful beings than mere humans.

The rebellious angels were smart enough to influence people to worship them as gods, when they descended to the Earth before the Flood, and deceived humans (Genesis 6).

The angels are represented throughout the Bible as a body of spiritual beings who intermediate between God and men: "You have made him (man) a little less than the angels" (Psalm 8:6).

Angels, just as mankind, are created beings; "praise ye Him, all His angels: praise ye Him, all His hosts ... for He spoke and they were made. He commanded and they were created" (Psalm 148:2, 5: Colossians 1:16, 17).

The Bible inform that God created countless "non- human intelligent beings" before mankind. God is known throughout the Bible as the Lord of Hosts: Rule and fear are with Him, He makes peace in His high places. Is there any number to His armies? Job 25:2

According to the Bible, Intelligent beings who live in the atmosphere around and above the Earth are under the authority of the Lord of Flying Things, the Prince of the Power of the Air. Baal is identified as Satan by Jesus himself, Matt.10:25 Mark. 3:22 Luke 11:15. Paul says we wrestle not with flesh and blood, but with principalities and powers, with spirits in high places, literally, "in the heavens" "in the aerial regions" Eph.6:12.

While the New Testament uses the Greek word "demon" to refer to the "sons of the mighty", the Old Testament uses revealing descriptive names. Words which describe these beings, such as  b'nai Elohim meaning "sons of God", Zophim meaning "the watchers", and Malakh meaning "messengers", (this reference was translated angel in English), are used for the "aerial host" often regardless of alignment.

The Book of Enoch tells the origin of certain "inter-dimensional intelligences" -- called in the monotheistic New Testament "demons", who were understandably associated with evil because originally the Greek term diamon meant "any deity" -- was in the Days of Noah, and didn't end with the Flood but continued according to Genesis 6, "even after".

The word which is translated, "giants", in the King James version of the Bible is, in Hebrew, "Nephilim", which means, "Those who fell, or ... the fallen ones".
Jude, the brother of Jesus describes them as "angels, having left their first estate in heaven". These fallen angels came to earth for their own purposes, to interfere in the development of human civilization.

Scripture uses other names to describe these degraded fallen angels and their descendants in addition to the word Nephilim, they are...

Rephaim - from the root rapha = spirits, shades Gen. 14:5
Anakim - race of giants Num. 13:33 descendants of Nephilim
Emim - the proud deserters, terrors, race of giants Gen. 14:5
Zuzim- the evil ones, roaming things Gen. 14:5
Zamzummims - the evil plotters, Deut. 2:20
Zophim - watchers, angels who descended Num. 23, distinct from "holy watchers" aligned with God
Sepherim - the many. . . .

The book of Jubilees remarks that Jared or Yeh-red, an Old Testament patriarch, was so called because in his days the angels descended upon the earth - Yaw-rad means "descend".

Intriguing enough, the word "Jordan" comes from that same root word denoting "descent, coming down or falling" - Yar-dane "the place of the descent".

Shcolars claim that, if the source of the Jordan river is Mount Hermon - then it is the point of descent of the Watchers.

Mt. Hermon resides in the ancient land formally known as "Sidonia".

John Keel theorizes that all angelic manifestations in the Bible were simply the same beings now claiming to be aliens.

In the Bible there are both encounters with Godly angels doing His will, and encounters with rebellious angels who seek to lead mankind astray and undermine God's credibility. The qualities of God's angels might be shared by their rebellious counterparts.

Since God's angels manifest in miraculous ways, it may be assumed that the angels who "do their own thing" manifest in miraculous ways as well.

Those miraculous ways might as well be "Flying Saucers"....

The Torah mentioned this phenomena many times:

"Behold, he [Yahweh] shall come up as clouds, and his chariots shall be as a whirlwind..." (Jeremiah 4:13).
"Behold, the Lord rideth upon a swift cloud..." (Isaiah 19:1).
"And the Lord will create upon every dwelling place of mount Zion, and upon her assemblies, a cloud and smoke by day, and the shining of a flaming fire by night..." (Isaiah 4:5).

There are also many specific cases described in both Testaments of the Bible in which strange objects appear in the sky:

Throughout their wanderings in the desert, the Elohim guide the Hebrews from above, riding ahead in various craft. Perhaps the best example takes place during the exodus from Egypt: "... the children of Israel went up and harnessed out of the land of Egypt.

And the Lord went before them by day in a pillar of a cloud, to lead them the way; and by night in a pillar of fire, to give them light..." (Exodus 13:18,21).

The story continues with a pursuit by the Egyptian army. "And the angel of God, which went before the camp of Israel, removed and went behind them; and the pillar of the cloud went from before their face, and stood behind them... but it gave light by night to [the Hebrews]: so that the [Egyptians] came not near the other all the night." (Exodus 14:19-20).

The prophet Ezekiel, a frequent recipient of extraterrestrial visitations, described a strange object in the sky: "And I looked, and, behold, a whirlwind came out of the north, a great cloud and a fire enfolding itself, and a brightness was about it..." (Ezekiel 1:4).

The passage in Genesis 18 and 19 is a classic example. The two "men" who accompanied the Lord to visit Abraham had feet to be washed (18:4), bodies to rest (18:4), mouths and stomachs with which to eat food (18:5,8), faces (18:22), and legs on which to stand and walk (18:2,22). 

So....

Did "Intelligent aliens - Beings"  really come to Earth from outer space?
Did they breed with human women?
Did they give birth to a new kind of offspring hybrids?
Did they change Or are they changing the course of mankind in this world?

Do they exist at all?
Who Knows?!

Sami Cherkaoui