Rudyard Kipling"
“When you're left wounded on Afganistan's plains and
the women come out to cut up what remains, Just roll to your rifle
and blow out your brains,
And go to your God like a soldier”
General Douglas MacArthur"
“We are not retreating. We are advancing in another direction.”
“It is fatal to enter any war without the will to win it.” “Old soldiers never die; they just fade away.
“The soldier, above all other people, prays for peace, for he must suffer and be the deepest wounds and scars of war.”
“May God have mercy upon my enemies, because I won't .” “The object of war is not to die for your country but to make the other bastard die for his.
“Nobody ever defended, there is only attack and attack and attack some more.
“It is foolish and wrong to mourn the men who died. Rather we should thank God that such men lived.
The Soldier stood and faced God
Which must always come to pass
He hoped his shoes were shining
Just as bright as his brass
"Step forward you Soldier,
How shall I deal with you?
Have you always turned the other cheek?
To My Church have you been true?"
"No, Lord, I guess I ain't
Because those of us who carry guns
Can't always be a saint."
I've had to work on Sundays
And at times my talk was tough,
And sometimes I've been violent,
Because the world is awfully rough.
But, I never took a penny
That wasn't mine to keep.
Though I worked a lot of overtime
When the bills got just too steep,
The Soldier squared his shoulders and said
And I never passed a cry for help
Though at times I shook with fear,
And sometimes, God forgive me,
I've wept unmanly tears.
I know I don't deserve a place
Among the people here.
They never wanted me around
Except to calm their fears.
If you've a place for me here,
Lord, It needn't be so grand,
I never expected or had too much,
But if you don't, I'll understand."
There was silence all around the throne
Where the saints had often trod
As the Soldier waited quietly,
For the judgment of his God.
"Step forward now, you Soldier,
You've borne your burden well.
Walk peacefully on Heaven's streets,
You've done your time in Hell."
Gujarat High Court refuses anticipatory bail to Mahmood, who converted 37 families and 100 Hindus to Islam: All you need to know
Sunday, April 10, 2022
Representative Image (Photo Credits: Patrika)
"Considering
the material placed on record before this Court... this Court is not
inclined to accept the prayer to release the appellant on anticipatory
bail, as prayed for. Hence, this appeal deserves to be dismissed and
accordingly, the same is dismissed," Justice BN Karia ordered.
On Monday (April 4), the Gujarat High Court dismissed the
anticipatory bail petition of one Islamic preacher named Varyava Abdul
Vahab Mahmood for converting 37 Hindu families and 100 Hindus to Islam
in exchange for financial assistance, reported LawBeat.
Mahmood was allegedly facilitated in his nefarious conversion agenda
by 5 other accused, namely, Shabbirbhai, Samadbhai, Abdul Aziz, Yusuf
and Aiyub. He had sought anticipatory bail in connection to a First
Information Report (FIR) registered against him on November 15 last year
at Aamod Police Station in Bharuch city of Gujarat.
The matter came up for hearing before Justice BN Karia. He observed,
“Prima facie from the record produced by the prosecution, it appears
that the present appellant has attempted to convert directly or
otherwise, any person from one religion to another by use of force or by
allurement or by any fraudulent means nor any person abet such
conversion.”
“Considering the material placed on record before this Court… this
Court is not inclined to accept the prayer to release the appellant on
anticipatory bail, as prayed for. Hence, this appeal deserves to be
dismissed and accordingly, the same is dismissed,” Justice BN Karia
ordered.