Sukarno, accompanied by Mohammad Hatta (right), proclaiming the independence of Indonesia.



The Proclamation of Indonesian Independence (Indonesian: Proklamasi Kemerdekaan Indonesia, or simply Proklamasi) was read at 10.00 a.m. on Friday, August 17, 1945. The declaration marked the start of the diplomatic and armed-resistance of the Indonesian National Revolution, fighting against the forces of the Netherlands until the latter officially acknowledged Indonesia’s independence in 1949. In 2005, the Netherlands declared that they had decided to accept 17 August 1945 as Indonesia’s independence date. Sukarno and Mohammad Hatta, who were appointed President and Vice-president, respectively, were the documents signatories.

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The storming of the Bastille, 14 July 1789

The French Revolution (1789–1799) was a period of radical social and political upheaval in French and European history. The absolute monarchy that had ruled France for centuries collapsed in three years. French society underwent an epic transformation as feudal, aristocratic, and religious privileges evaporated under a sustained assault from liberal political groups and the masses on the streets. Old ideas about hierarchy and tradition succumbed to new Enlightenment principles of citizenship and inalienable rights.

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In Islamic tradition, the Night Journey, Isra and Mi’raj, are the two parts of a journey that the Islamic prophet Muhammad took in one night on a winged horse, around the year 621. Most Muslims consider it a physical journey while others say it happened spiritually through a metaphorical vision. Some others say that when Muhammad ascended it was a physical journey until he reached the farthest lote tree, a tree in the Seventh Heaven beyond which no angel is allowed to cross, on the other side of which is the throne and footstool of God. Also in the Seventh Heaven there is a Ka’bah of sorts for the angels. It is said since the dawn of time 70,000 angels entered and were never seen again. The angel Ka’bah is in direct conjunction with the Ka’bah on earth. The comparison from each have to the next was said to be like a ring in the desert. But some scholars consider it a dream or vision. A brief sketch of the story is in verse 1 of one of the Qur’an chapters (#17: sura Al-Isra), and other details were filled in from the supplemental writings, the ahadith. The Lailat al Miraj, one of the most significant events in the Islamic calendar.

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Frida Kahlo de Rivera (July 6, 1907 – July 13, 1954; born Magdalena Carmen Frieda Kahlo y Calderón) was a Mexican painter, born in Coyoacán. She painted “pain and passion”using intense, vibrant colors. Her style “close to folk art” (Primitivism, Naïve art) was influenced among others by indigenous cultures of Mexico, European Realism, Symbolism, and Surrealism. Many of her works are self-portraits. Kahlo was married to Mexican muralist and communist Diego Rivera.

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Keller in 1904

Helen Adams Keller (June 27, 1880 – June 1, 1968) was an American author, political activist and lecturer. She was the first deafblind person to earn a Bachelor of Arts degree. The story of how Keller’s teacher, Anne Sullivan, broke through the isolation imposed by a near complete lack of language, allowing the girl to blossom as she learned to communicate, has become known worldwide through the dramatic depictions of the play and film The Miracle Worker.

A prolific author, Keller was well traveled and was outspoken in her opposition to war. She campaigned for women’s suffrage, workers’ rights, and socialism, as well as many other progressive causes.

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Astaghfirullah…..

I just know that if it turns out there is the April Fool’s Day …

Day where we can do ignorant or lying to everyone. Actually for Muslims alone, it is a day of massacre Muslims in spanish …..

Are we going to commemorate the day when our brother was killed, by lying or teasing another person?

What is the solidarity of our fellow Muslims?

Would like it will we allow?

But, do you know how many among us who do not know the bitter truth that befall History Spanish Muslims at the back of April’s Fool’s Day celebration?

Muslims Massacre Tragedy Spain

QS Albaqaroh 2:120

” You will please neither the Jews nor the Nazarenes unless you follow their creed. Say: ‘The guidance of Allah is the guidance.’ And if after all the knowledge you have been given you yield to their desires, you shall not have, other than Allah, either a guide or a helper.”

An Nuur(24):11

“Those who came with the slander were a number of you. Do not regard it evil for you, rather it is good for you. Every person of them shall have the sin that he has earned charged to him. As for he who took upon himself the greater part there is a mightier punishment.”

AL Hujuurat(49):6

“Believers, if an evildoer brings you a piece of news, inquire first, in case you should unwittingly wrong others and then repent of what you have done.”

HISTORY APRIL MOP

April Fools’ Day celebrations that always ends with joy and satisfaction that actually originated from one big tragedy very sad and heartbreaking. The April Fool’s Day or April’s Fool Day originated from a single episode of the history of Muslim Spain in the year 1487 or coincide with the 892 H. Prior to the tragedy, it’s good to see the history of Spain once when was under the rule of Islam.

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