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Etiquettes of Entering Cemetery & Remembering Death 3 | Islamic Etiquettes (Adaab) Series | Farsi Sub Englis
Etiquettes of Entering Cemetery & Remembering Death 3 | Islamic Etiquettes (Adaab) Series
This session:
- Entering cemetery with Wudhu
- Salutations upon the buried ones
-...
Etiquettes of Entering Cemetery & Remembering Death 3 | Islamic Etiquettes (Adaab) Series
This session:
- Entering cemetery with Wudhu
- Salutations upon the buried ones
- Reciting Dua when entering the cemetery
- Don\\\\\\\'t put feet upon the graves
- Don\\\\\\\'t talk about worldly matters
- Effective contemplation in cemetery
Hujjatul Islam Haq Panah is a Howza teacher in Qom, Iran.
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Etiquettes of Entering Cemetery & Remembering Death 3 | Islamic Etiquettes (Adaab) Series
This session:
- Entering cemetery with Wudhu
- Salutations upon the buried ones
- Reciting Dua when entering the cemetery
- Don\\\\\\\'t put feet upon the graves
- Don\\\\\\\'t talk about worldly matters
- Effective contemplation in cemetery
Hujjatul Islam Haq Panah is a Howza teacher in Qom, Iran.
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MWM S.G. Allama Raja Nasir Abbas entering Quran o Sunnat Conference - 1 July 2012 - Urdu
Secretary General of Majlis e Wahdat e Muslimeen Pakistan, Allama Raja Nasir Abbas Jafri entering the Quran o Sunnat conference in Lahore, Minar e Pakistan on 1 July 2012.
His effective...
Secretary General of Majlis e Wahdat e Muslimeen Pakistan, Allama Raja Nasir Abbas Jafri entering the Quran o Sunnat conference in Lahore, Minar e Pakistan on 1 July 2012.
His effective leadership has united different sectors of Shia Muslims in Pakistan.
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Secretary General of Majlis e Wahdat e Muslimeen Pakistan, Allama Raja Nasir Abbas Jafri entering the Quran o Sunnat conference in Lahore, Minar e Pakistan on 1 July 2012.
His effective leadership has united different sectors of Shia Muslims in Pakistan.
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[24 Dec 2013] Thousands of Christians banned by israel from entering Bethlehem for Christmas - English
Christians from around the world flocked to Bethlehem to celebrate Christmas. The festivities were marked with marching Palestinian bands, concerts and the coming of the Latin Patriarch, a yearly...
Christians from around the world flocked to Bethlehem to celebrate Christmas. The festivities were marked with marching Palestinian bands, concerts and the coming of the Latin Patriarch, a yearly ritual where he makes his pilgrimage from Jerusalem al Quds to Bethlehem to conduct prayers in the Church of Nativity.
However the Palestinian Minister of Tourism Rula Ma\\\'ay\\\'a explained to me that although thousands of Christians are coming from around the world to Bethlehem for Christmas, there are serious challenges for people living in Gaza, as Israel often banned them from entering Bethlehem.
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Christians from around the world flocked to Bethlehem to celebrate Christmas. The festivities were marked with marching Palestinian bands, concerts and the coming of the Latin Patriarch, a yearly ritual where he makes his pilgrimage from Jerusalem al Quds to Bethlehem to conduct prayers in the Church of Nativity.
However the Palestinian Minister of Tourism Rula Ma\\\'ay\\\'a explained to me that although thousands of Christians are coming from around the world to Bethlehem for Christmas, there are serious challenges for people living in Gaza, as Israel often banned them from entering Bethlehem.
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Etiquettes of Entering Cemetery & Remembering Death 1 | Islamic Etiquettes (Adaab) Series | Farsi Sub Englis
Etiquettes of Entering Cemetery & Remembering Death 1 | Islamic Etiquettes (Adaab) Series
This session:
- Remembrance of Death
- Why are there sins in the society?
- An Iota...
Etiquettes of Entering Cemetery & Remembering Death 1 | Islamic Etiquettes (Adaab) Series
This session:
- Remembrance of Death
- Why are there sins in the society?
- An Iota of Good and Bad
- The most intelligent and clever
- Why remember death a lot?
- What is a barrier for carnal desires?
Hujjatul Islam Haq Panah is a Howza teacher in Qom, Iran.
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Etiquettes of Entering Cemetery & Remembering Death 1 | Islamic Etiquettes (Adaab) Series
This session:
- Remembrance of Death
- Why are there sins in the society?
- An Iota of Good and Bad
- The most intelligent and clever
- Why remember death a lot?
- What is a barrier for carnal desires?
Hujjatul Islam Haq Panah is a Howza teacher in Qom, Iran.
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Etiquettes of Entering Cemetery & Remembering Death 2 | Islamic Etiquettes (Adaab) Series | Farsi Sub Englis
Etiquettes of Entering Cemetery & Remembering Death 2 | Islamic Etiquettes (Adaab) Series
This session:
- Consequences of not remembering death
- Three things for a dying...
Etiquettes of Entering Cemetery & Remembering Death 2 | Islamic Etiquettes (Adaab) Series
This session:
- Consequences of not remembering death
- Three things for a dying person
- Reality of Wealth
- Reality of Children
- Reality of Actions
- The benefit of remembrance of death
Hujjatul Islam Haq Panah is a Howza teacher in Qom, Iran.
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Etiquettes of Entering Cemetery & Remembering Death 2 | Islamic Etiquettes (Adaab) Series
This session:
- Consequences of not remembering death
- Three things for a dying person
- Reality of Wealth
- Reality of Children
- Reality of Actions
- The benefit of remembrance of death
Hujjatul Islam Haq Panah is a Howza teacher in Qom, Iran.
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Etiquettes of Entering Cemetery & Remembering Death 4 | Islamic Etiquettes (Adaab) Series| Farsi Sub English
Etiquettes of Entering Cemetery & Remembering Death 4 | Islamic Etiquettes (Adaab) Series
This session:
- Refrain from laughing
- Reciting Surah Fateha, Ikhlas, Qadr
- Sadaqa...
Etiquettes of Entering Cemetery & Remembering Death 4 | Islamic Etiquettes (Adaab) Series
This session:
- Refrain from laughing
- Reciting Surah Fateha, Ikhlas, Qadr
- Sadaqa & charity on behalf of our deceased
- Where can charity be spent?
- Refrain from sitting on the graves
- Do not read namaz between the graves
Hujjatul Islam Haq Panah is a Howza teacher in Qom, Iran.
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Etiquettes of Entering Cemetery & Remembering Death 4 | Islamic Etiquettes (Adaab) Series
This session:
- Refrain from laughing
- Reciting Surah Fateha, Ikhlas, Qadr
- Sadaqa & charity on behalf of our deceased
- Where can charity be spent?
- Refrain from sitting on the graves
- Do not read namaz between the graves
Hujjatul Islam Haq Panah is a Howza teacher in Qom, Iran.
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The Spark of Supreme Sacrifice (A Documentary on Martyr Aitizaz Hassan) - English And Urdu
Shaheed Aitizaz Hassan: A Pakistani school boy from Hangu District in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province who sacrificed his life while preventing a suicide bomber from entering his school on January 6,...
Shaheed Aitizaz Hassan: A Pakistani school boy from Hangu District in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province who sacrificed his life while preventing a suicide bomber from entering his school on January 6, 2014. The school is located at the Ibrahimzai village of Hangu and it is the primary source of education for 2000 students.
Aitzaz\\\\\\\'s action to save his classmates captured the hearts of many in Pakistan; he was hailed as a national hero and awarded with the high civil award of Pakistan Sitara-e-Shujaat (Star of Bravery). Amidst the existing paralysis of action and amidst the purposeful ambiguity being created in Pakistan to not only exonerate Taliban but to make them out into Islamic heroes , the likes of Shaheed Aitizaz Hassan must proudly be raised as a flag under which the forces of correction gather together to assert its will against the gathering Khariji and Takfiri storm.
It is not only a way to remember the great sacrifice of our martyrs but it is also a practical step to gain center stage in the battle of wills that is unfolding; the narrative must be won before the war is won.
To achieve this purpose we produced a documentary with re-enactment of his martyrdom. This documentary with re-enactment contains the footage of real people, his family, his neighbors, his teacher speaking about him and also about the incident.
This Documentary is Presented by Al-Haadi Media - Toronto, Canada, contact us at
[email protected]
HD Version of this video can be found at http://youtu.be/W4tMNzrSIoY
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Shaheed Aitizaz Hassan: A Pakistani school boy from Hangu District in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province who sacrificed his life while preventing a suicide bomber from entering his school on January 6, 2014. The school is located at the Ibrahimzai village of Hangu and it is the primary source of education for 2000 students.
Aitzaz\\\\\\\'s action to save his classmates captured the hearts of many in Pakistan; he was hailed as a national hero and awarded with the high civil award of Pakistan Sitara-e-Shujaat (Star of Bravery). Amidst the existing paralysis of action and amidst the purposeful ambiguity being created in Pakistan to not only exonerate Taliban but to make them out into Islamic heroes , the likes of Shaheed Aitizaz Hassan must proudly be raised as a flag under which the forces of correction gather together to assert its will against the gathering Khariji and Takfiri storm.
It is not only a way to remember the great sacrifice of our martyrs but it is also a practical step to gain center stage in the battle of wills that is unfolding; the narrative must be won before the war is won.
To achieve this purpose we produced a documentary with re-enactment of his martyrdom. This documentary with re-enactment contains the footage of real people, his family, his neighbors, his teacher speaking about him and also about the incident.
This Documentary is Presented by Al-Haadi Media - Toronto, Canada, contact us at
[email protected]
HD Version of this video can be found at http://youtu.be/W4tMNzrSIoY
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Etiquettes of Masjid 4 | Islamic Etiquettes (Adaab) Series| Farsi Sub English
Etiquettes of Masjid 4 | Islamic Etiquettes (Adaab) Series
This session:
- Entering & Exiting the Masjid
- Sleeping in the Masjid
- Cleanliness of the Masjid
- Namaz of Tahiyat...
Etiquettes of Masjid 4 | Islamic Etiquettes (Adaab) Series
This session:
- Entering & Exiting the Masjid
- Sleeping in the Masjid
- Cleanliness of the Masjid
- Namaz of Tahiyat
- Applying Purfume
- Neighbors of Masjid
Hujjatul Islam Haq Panah is a Howza teacher in Qom, Iran.
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Etiquettes of Masjid 4 | Islamic Etiquettes (Adaab) Series
This session:
- Entering & Exiting the Masjid
- Sleeping in the Masjid
- Cleanliness of the Masjid
- Namaz of Tahiyat
- Applying Purfume
- Neighbors of Masjid
Hujjatul Islam Haq Panah is a Howza teacher in Qom, Iran.
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Al Jazeera trying to be Sky News - Viva Palestina Report on Al Jazeera - 29dec09 English
AJE's Sohail Rahman reports and discusses Egypt's decision to block the Viva Palestina Convoy from entering Egypt at Nuweiba. Includes commentary from Institute of Palestinian Studies' Mouin...
AJE's Sohail Rahman reports and discusses Egypt's decision to block the Viva Palestina Convoy from entering Egypt at Nuweiba. Includes commentary from Institute of Palestinian Studies' Mouin Rabbanu and a live(ly!) phone interview with George Galloway at the Jordan/Syria Jaber border crossing.
The Viva Palestina aid convoy to Gaza which left London on December 6th has been blocked from entering Egypt, they were held at the Jordanian port of Aqaba. The Convoy, which is made up of more than 200+ vehicles, planned to reach Rafah on December 27th but has now re-routed back to the Syrian port of Lattakia and will sail to Egypt's Mediterranean port of El-Arish.
Get News & Follow the convoy: http://readingpsc.org.uk/convoy/
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AJE's Sohail Rahman reports and discusses Egypt's decision to block the Viva Palestina Convoy from entering Egypt at Nuweiba. Includes commentary from Institute of Palestinian Studies' Mouin Rabbanu and a live(ly!) phone interview with George Galloway at the Jordan/Syria Jaber border crossing.
The Viva Palestina aid convoy to Gaza which left London on December 6th has been blocked from entering Egypt, they were held at the Jordanian port of Aqaba. The Convoy, which is made up of more than 200+ vehicles, planned to reach Rafah on December 27th but has now re-routed back to the Syrian port of Lattakia and will sail to Egypt's Mediterranean port of El-Arish.
Get News & Follow the convoy: http://readingpsc.org.uk/convoy/
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Religious Scholars and Politics | Imam Khomeini (R) | Farsi Sub English
What was one of the tactics used by the enemies to dissuade the Islamic scholars from entering politics?
And why do the enemies of Islam want to create a divide between Islam and politics?...
What was one of the tactics used by the enemies to dissuade the Islamic scholars from entering politics?
And why do the enemies of Islam want to create a divide between Islam and politics?
Moreover, did the holy Prophet – peace be upon him – and Imam Ali (A) refrain from entering politics and governance?
Did they consider it a stain on their holiness?
And finally, what is the dirty goal of the enemy behind such conspiracies?
The father of the Islamic Revolution – the magnanimous Imam Khomeini – speaks and explains the attempts of the enemies to separate Islam from politics.
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What was one of the tactics used by the enemies to dissuade the Islamic scholars from entering politics?
And why do the enemies of Islam want to create a divide between Islam and politics?
Moreover, did the holy Prophet – peace be upon him – and Imam Ali (A) refrain from entering politics and governance?
Did they consider it a stain on their holiness?
And finally, what is the dirty goal of the enemy behind such conspiracies?
The father of the Islamic Revolution – the magnanimous Imam Khomeini – speaks and explains the attempts of the enemies to separate Islam from politics.
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Israel bombs border tunnels between Egypt and Gaza - 28Dec08 - English
Israeli warplanes have bombed contraband tunnels on the Gaza-Egypt border. Meanwhile Hezbollah chief Hassan Nasrallah urged Egyptians to pressurise their govt. to open the border with Gaza after...
Israeli warplanes have bombed contraband tunnels on the Gaza-Egypt border. Meanwhile Hezbollah chief Hassan Nasrallah urged Egyptians to pressurise their govt. to open the border with Gaza after Gazans were prevented from entering Egypt.
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Israeli warplanes have bombed contraband tunnels on the Gaza-Egypt border. Meanwhile Hezbollah chief Hassan Nasrallah urged Egyptians to pressurise their govt. to open the border with Gaza after Gazans were prevented from entering Egypt.
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Judge to decide Monday if Galloway can enter Canada-29039-English
A judge will decide on Monday whether to overturn a federal government decision that bars British MP George Galloway from entering Canada.
A judge will decide on Monday whether to overturn a federal government decision that bars British MP George Galloway from entering Canada.
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George Galloway moves to Plan B - video link - 30Mar2009 - English
A Federal Court upheld a decision to block outspoken British MP George Galloway from entering Canada but organizers of his speaking tour had a backup plan Monday. He appeared in Toronto via video...
A Federal Court upheld a decision to block outspoken British MP George Galloway from entering Canada but organizers of his speaking tour had a backup plan Monday. He appeared in Toronto via video link.
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A Federal Court upheld a decision to block outspoken British MP George Galloway from entering Canada but organizers of his speaking tour had a backup plan Monday. He appeared in Toronto via video link.
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Chakwal Imambargah Pakistan Bomb Blast - Suicide bombing 22 Martyred - April 5 2009 - Urdu
Islamabad A teenage suicide bomber on Sunday struck a religious gathering of the Shia community killing at least 30 people and injuring nearly 200 others in the town of Chakwal in Punjab province...
Islamabad A teenage suicide bomber on Sunday struck a religious gathering of the Shia community killing at least 30 people and injuring nearly 200 others in the town of Chakwal in Punjab province hours after security forces were targetted near UN office in the heart of the federal capital. The suicide attacker detonated his explosives near the gate of an Imambargah or prayer hall in Chakwal some 90 kilometers south of Islamabad when he was barred from entering the complex by persons guarding the entrance. About 2000 worshippers had gathered for majlis - a religious ceremony - at the Imambargah when the attack occurred a little after 12.30 pm local time. Thirty people were killed by the blast state-run APP news agency reported. There was no official word on the incident though witnesses and reporters said nearly 200 people were injured in the blast. Witnesses said the suicide bomber was aged about 16 or 17 years and was dressed in black. TV channels beamed footage of blood and body parts spattered on the wall near the gate of the Imambargah.
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Islamabad A teenage suicide bomber on Sunday struck a religious gathering of the Shia community killing at least 30 people and injuring nearly 200 others in the town of Chakwal in Punjab province hours after security forces were targetted near UN office in the heart of the federal capital. The suicide attacker detonated his explosives near the gate of an Imambargah or prayer hall in Chakwal some 90 kilometers south of Islamabad when he was barred from entering the complex by persons guarding the entrance. About 2000 worshippers had gathered for majlis - a religious ceremony - at the Imambargah when the attack occurred a little after 12.30 pm local time. Thirty people were killed by the blast state-run APP news agency reported. There was no official word on the incident though witnesses and reporters said nearly 200 people were injured in the blast. Witnesses said the suicide bomber was aged about 16 or 17 years and was dressed in black. TV channels beamed footage of blood and body parts spattered on the wall near the gate of the Imambargah.
Cynthia McKinney in an Israeli jail - English
As if we needed any more proof that the international media deliberately avoids exposing anti-Muslim, anti-Palestinian injustices, its suspect behavior during recent days has sealed the case....
As if we needed any more proof that the international media deliberately avoids exposing anti-Muslim, anti-Palestinian injustices, its suspect behavior during recent days has sealed the case.
Even as we were being force-fed minute details of Michael Jackson's colorful life along with endless speculation as to the true parentage of his children, a former U.S. Congresswomen and presidential candidate, Cynthia McKinney, was languishing in an Israeli jail.
Her 'crime' was boarding the Free Gaza Movement's aid vessel The Spirit of Humanity in Cyprus, in an effort to break Israel's cruel siege of Gaza, which even the U.S. President has condemned.
Like several of her sister vessels, The Spirit of Humanity was attacked by the Israeli Navy in international waters before being boarded by Israeli commandos and dragged along with its crew and passengers towards Israel.
Once there, 21 human rights advocates from the U.S., Britain, Ireland, Denmark, Jordan, Palestine and Yemen, including McKinney, Noble Laureate Mairead Maguire, and documentary filmmaker Adam Shapiro, were incarcerated.
Let's be realistic. If just about any other high-profile U.S. politician on any other mission had been detained within a cell block on foreign soil, the incident would have merited headlines.
However, McKinney's abduction went almost unnoticed. Not only was the story relegated to the back pages, if it ran at all, there was a corresponding absence of comment from Congress and the White House.
McKinney is now home after refusing to sign a statement in Hebrew that she was guilty of a violation, but the mainstream media is certainly not clamoring at her door for interviews.
As far as I can tell, her ordeal has mostly been covered by left-wing outlets such as Democracy Now or Middle East networks including Al Jazeera and Press TV.
A number of McKinney's supporters say the reason for the media blackout was the fact that she is a Black American. But, in fact, it's her cause that's the problem rather than her color.
My analysis is based on the lack of media coverage given to the Viva Palestina aid convoy of trucks and ambulances from London to Gaza, led by British Parliamentarian George Galloway.
The Herculean efforts of hundreds of ordinary Britons to deliver much-needed humanitarian supplies to war-torn Gaza earlier this year was a non-event as far as the media was concerned until Galloway was barred from entering Canada as a result.
Unless you're a person who relentlessly digs on the internet, you probably are not aware that during McKinney's ordeal, Galloway, along with Vietnam War veteran Ron Kovic, were meeting up with over 200 Americans in Cairo armed with $2 million (Dh7.35 million) that was raised in the U.S. to buy trucks and medical aid destined for Gaza.
The Egyptian English-language paper Al Ahram Weekly dubs this ""the largest grassroots medical relief effort for Gaza in U.S. history"" but once again, this doesn't merit column inches in either U.S. or European mainstream papers.
In a similar vein, is the way that the horrendous courtroom stabbing of 32-year-old Marwa Al Sherbini was considered inconsequential by the German media until it elicited angry protests in her hometown of Alexandria.
There are so many aspects to this story, which should have been emblazoned across front pages.
First of all it was a blatant race crime, which Germany is normally sensitive about. Second, it begs questions concerning court security.
What were armed officers doing when Marwa was stabbed 18 times and why was her husband shot when he attempted to protect his pregnant wife?
What kind of editors would bin reports of such a horrendous crime carried out in full view of the authorities? What were they thinking?
Purely coincidentally, I was sitting at a table with one of Marwa's uncles in an Alexandria coffee shop when he received a call on his mobile and had to dash off because of a ""family emergency"".
Today, this exceptionally close-knit family is devastated and hurt that the murder of one of their own wasn't initially treated with the weight the crime deserved.
Egyptians are outraged at Germany's disinterest and the inaction of their own foreign office. The numbers who attended her funeral, who gathered outside the German embassy in Cairo and who demonstrated in Cairo and Alexandria speak for themselves.
Because Marwa's dispute with her attacker was based on his objections to her Islamic headscarf, the death of the young pharmacist has become an emblem for the rights of Muslim women at a time when the French President is attempting to ban the burqa. Marwa loved life.
She didn't plan to become a martyr. But in the eyes of Egyptians calling for a mosque and a street in Alexandria to be renamed in her honor, she is a heroine.
If the U.S. and Europe are chronically supine when it comes to Muslim causes, then the governments and media throughout the Arab and Muslim world should embrace them clearly and loudly.
With anti-Muslim hate crimes on the rise, Muslims need a strong united voice on the international stage. Shame on the world's media that appears to be united only in its anti-Muslim bias!
Linda S. Heard is a specialist British writer on Middle East affairs.
(Source: Gulf News
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As if we needed any more proof that the international media deliberately avoids exposing anti-Muslim, anti-Palestinian injustices, its suspect behavior during recent days has sealed the case.
Even as we were being force-fed minute details of Michael Jackson's colorful life along with endless speculation as to the true parentage of his children, a former U.S. Congresswomen and presidential candidate, Cynthia McKinney, was languishing in an Israeli jail.
Her 'crime' was boarding the Free Gaza Movement's aid vessel The Spirit of Humanity in Cyprus, in an effort to break Israel's cruel siege of Gaza, which even the U.S. President has condemned.
Like several of her sister vessels, The Spirit of Humanity was attacked by the Israeli Navy in international waters before being boarded by Israeli commandos and dragged along with its crew and passengers towards Israel.
Once there, 21 human rights advocates from the U.S., Britain, Ireland, Denmark, Jordan, Palestine and Yemen, including McKinney, Noble Laureate Mairead Maguire, and documentary filmmaker Adam Shapiro, were incarcerated.
Let's be realistic. If just about any other high-profile U.S. politician on any other mission had been detained within a cell block on foreign soil, the incident would have merited headlines.
However, McKinney's abduction went almost unnoticed. Not only was the story relegated to the back pages, if it ran at all, there was a corresponding absence of comment from Congress and the White House.
McKinney is now home after refusing to sign a statement in Hebrew that she was guilty of a violation, but the mainstream media is certainly not clamoring at her door for interviews.
As far as I can tell, her ordeal has mostly been covered by left-wing outlets such as Democracy Now or Middle East networks including Al Jazeera and Press TV.
A number of McKinney's supporters say the reason for the media blackout was the fact that she is a Black American. But, in fact, it's her cause that's the problem rather than her color.
My analysis is based on the lack of media coverage given to the Viva Palestina aid convoy of trucks and ambulances from London to Gaza, led by British Parliamentarian George Galloway.
The Herculean efforts of hundreds of ordinary Britons to deliver much-needed humanitarian supplies to war-torn Gaza earlier this year was a non-event as far as the media was concerned until Galloway was barred from entering Canada as a result.
Unless you're a person who relentlessly digs on the internet, you probably are not aware that during McKinney's ordeal, Galloway, along with Vietnam War veteran Ron Kovic, were meeting up with over 200 Americans in Cairo armed with $2 million (Dh7.35 million) that was raised in the U.S. to buy trucks and medical aid destined for Gaza.
The Egyptian English-language paper Al Ahram Weekly dubs this ""the largest grassroots medical relief effort for Gaza in U.S. history"" but once again, this doesn't merit column inches in either U.S. or European mainstream papers.
In a similar vein, is the way that the horrendous courtroom stabbing of 32-year-old Marwa Al Sherbini was considered inconsequential by the German media until it elicited angry protests in her hometown of Alexandria.
There are so many aspects to this story, which should have been emblazoned across front pages.
First of all it was a blatant race crime, which Germany is normally sensitive about. Second, it begs questions concerning court security.
What were armed officers doing when Marwa was stabbed 18 times and why was her husband shot when he attempted to protect his pregnant wife?
What kind of editors would bin reports of such a horrendous crime carried out in full view of the authorities? What were they thinking?
Purely coincidentally, I was sitting at a table with one of Marwa's uncles in an Alexandria coffee shop when he received a call on his mobile and had to dash off because of a ""family emergency"".
Today, this exceptionally close-knit family is devastated and hurt that the murder of one of their own wasn't initially treated with the weight the crime deserved.
Egyptians are outraged at Germany's disinterest and the inaction of their own foreign office. The numbers who attended her funeral, who gathered outside the German embassy in Cairo and who demonstrated in Cairo and Alexandria speak for themselves.
Because Marwa's dispute with her attacker was based on his objections to her Islamic headscarf, the death of the young pharmacist has become an emblem for the rights of Muslim women at a time when the French President is attempting to ban the burqa. Marwa loved life.
She didn't plan to become a martyr. But in the eyes of Egyptians calling for a mosque and a street in Alexandria to be renamed in her honor, she is a heroine.
If the U.S. and Europe are chronically supine when it comes to Muslim causes, then the governments and media throughout the Arab and Muslim world should embrace them clearly and loudly.
With anti-Muslim hate crimes on the rise, Muslims need a strong united voice on the international stage. Shame on the world's media that appears to be united only in its anti-Muslim bias!
Linda S. Heard is a specialist British writer on Middle East affairs.
(Source: Gulf News