Tuesday, July 26, 2005

Dutch film-maker





Van Gogh killer jailed for life

A Dutch court has sentenced a 27-year-old radical Islamist to life in prison for the November murder of controversial film-maker Theo van Gogh.
Mohammed Bouyeri, who has joint Dutch-Moroccan nationality, had made a courtroom confession and had vowed to do the same again if given the chance.
The murder in Amsterdam stunned the Netherlands. The court ruled that it was a terrorist act.
The judge said the murder had triggered "great fear and insecurity" in society.
"The murder of Theo van Gogh provoked a wave of revulsion and disdain in the Netherlands. Theo van Gogh was mercilessly slaughtered," said Judge Udo Willem Bentinck.
Brutal killing
Bouyeri had told the court he had acted out of religious conviction.
Clutching a copy of the Koran, he said that "the law compels me to chop off the head of anyone who insults Allah and the prophet".
Van Gogh, a strong critic of radical Islam, was shot and stabbed in broad daylight as he was cycling through Amsterdam.
His throat was slashed and the killer also pinned a letter to his chest with a knife, which threatened Somali-born Dutch MP Ayaan Hirsi Ali.
She had written the script for Van Gogh's controversial film Submission, which criticised the treatment of women under Islam.
The trial in Amsterdam took place in a heavily guarded building and about 20 relatives and friends of Van Gogh were present, Radio Netherlands reporter Eric Hesen told the BBC News website.
Van Gogh's 14-year-old son wept and was embraced by his mother as the film-maker's death was described in court. Van Gogh was a distant relative of the famous 19th-Century painter Vincent.
Alleged network
The judgement said the killer had shown "a complete disregard for human life".
Mr Bouyeri said nothing, but looked "very calm and superior", according to Mr Hesen.
He was also convicted of the attempted murder of several police officers and bystanders and illegal possession of firearms.
His sentence carries no possibility of parole.
The Dutch are still struggling to understand how Bouyeri, who was born and raised in Amsterdam, turned to radical Islam, the BBC's Geraldine Coughlan reports.
After this trial, the authorities will decide if he can be prosecuted separately for membership of a terrorist organisation.
Twelve other terrorism suspects are awaiting trial in the Netherlands and prosecutors believe Mr Bouyeri is a key figure in that group, but so far they have not come up with enough evidence to charge him.
After the Van Gogh murder, mosques in several Dutch cities were the targets of vandalism and failed arson attempts.

Story from BBC NEWS:
Published: 2005/07/26 09:52:06 GMT
MSNBC Killer of Dutch filmmaker gets life in prison - 2 hrs ago
The Sun Film killer jailed for life - 3 hrs ago
New York Times Dutch Court Jails Van Gogh Killer for Life - 3 hrs ago
Middle East Online Bouyeri jailed for life for van Gogh murder - 5 hrs ago
ABCNEWS.com Dutch court jails Van Gogh killer for life - 5 hrs ago
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Sunday, July 24, 2005

Iran's National Football team


















AFC - LONDON, English first division side Queens’ Park Rangers (QPR) blanked out Iran 3-0 in a friendly at the Loftus Stadium, west of London, on Saturday.
Paul Furlong drew first blood for Queens' Park Rangers in the 41st minute. Gareth Ainsworth and Georges Santos were the other goalscorers for the hosts.
Iran, who included only the domestic league players and not summoned veteran skipper Ali Daei, will take on Millwall and Portsmouth on July 30 and August 6 respectively. Team Melli's Croatian coach Branko Ivankovic said: “Our star players could not come because they have club commitments. As a national side, losing 0-3 is not an ideal result but we have been training since 10 days only and not fit enough for such a game.”
“It was an excellent schooling for the future for the young players”.
گزارش تصویری از بازی ایران با کويينز پارک رنجرز 2
گزارش تصویری از بازی ایران با کويينز پارک رنجرز 1
تيم ملی در بريتانيا گزارش تصویری از تماشاگران بازی ایران با کويينز پارک رنجرز
تيم ملی در بريتانيا گزارش تصویری از بازی ایران با کويينز پارک رنجرز
Iran build bridges at QPR
QPR 3 - 0 Iran
Furlong 41, Ainsworth 59, Santos 72 Mike Baker at Loftus RoadMonday July 25, 2005
Old friends greeted each other warmly, an opportunist flag-seller snared a captive market and people walked and talked amid the unmistakable noise and bustle of a football crowd filing along city streets. Such Saturday afternoon scenes are far from remarkable in London and yet these are strange times in the capital and this was an extraordinary occasion.
George Bush would have choked on his burger. True, it does seem odd to think of an English side lining up against the national team of Iran - perhaps 10 years ago it would have been unthinkable - but sport has an ability to transcend divides as well as to reinforce them and this was an example of the former.
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Friday, July 22, 2005

Persian Great Poet










Khayyam was a poet as well as a mathematician. He discovered a geometrical method to solve cubic equations by intersecting a parabola with a circle.

17:31 گرينويچ - چهارشنبه 20 ژوئيه 2005
عکس از شاهرخ گلستان، خط از نصرالله افجه ای، ترجمه از کريم امامی

برگزيده هايی از شراب نيشابور

روزی است خوش و هوا نه گرم است و نه سرد
ابر از رخ گلزار همی شويد گرد
بلبل به زبان پهلوی با گل زرد
فرياد همی کند که می بايد خورد

It's a lovely day, neither too hot nor too cold
Clouds regularly refresh the flowers in the field
And the Nightingle calls out in secret Pahlavi to the Yellow Rose
Carousing time! It's crousing time

خيام اگر ز باده مستی خوش باش
با لاله رخی اگر نشستی خوش باش
چون عاقبت کار جهان نيستی است
انگار که نيستی چو هستی خوش باش

Have a good time Khayyam, if you are merry with wine
And if you are with a tulip-cheeked companion
As death and destruction are in the cards for everyone
Imagine that you are now dead; enjoy yourself while you can

بنگر ز صبا دامن گل چاک شده است
بلبل ز جمال گل طربناک شده است
در سايه گل نشين که بسيار اين گل
از خاک برآمده است و در خاک شده است

Look how the morning breeze has helped the rosebud bloom
And how at the sight of the rose the nightingle swoons
Come sit in the shade of the rosebush for such a rose
Has often grown out of the soil to fall dawn again

در هر دشتی که لاله زاری بوده است
از سرخی خون شهرياری بوده است
هر شاخ بنفشه کز زمين می رويد
خالی است که بر رخ نگاری بوده است

Whereve you find flowers and tulips galore
A prince's blood has given the petals their red hue
Each violet that you see blooming in the field
Has been a mole on the cheek of a princess too

دوری که در او آمدن و رفتن ماست
او را نه نهايت نه بدايت پيداست
کس می نزند دمی در اين معنی راست
کاين آمدن از کجا و رفتن به کجاست

The cycle that encompasses our entrance and exit
Has niether a beginnig nor an end in sight
No one speaks for a moment the truth about it
As to whence is our entrance and whereto our exit
بيست و هشتم ارديبهشت به نام حکيم عمر خيام نيشابوری، شاعر، منجم و رياضی دان ايرانی نامگذاری شده است و هرسال در اين روز ياد و خاطره اين حکيم بزرگ در ايران گرامی داشته می شود.
در تاريخ و تاريخ ادبيات ايران از عمر خيام با عناوينی چون دانشمند، فيلسوف، رياضی دان، منجم، حکيم و شاعر نام برده شده است. در کتاب های قديمی هم شاعر بودن او ناديده گرفته شده است. مثلا نظامی عروضی در چهار مقاله از خيام به عنوان منجم ياد کرده و ابوالحسن بيهقی در تاريخ بيهقی و تتمه صوان الحکمة عناوين او را دستور، فيلسوف و حجة الحق ذکر کرده است.
امسال برای نخستين بار همايشی برای بزرگداشت عمر خيام در کنار مزار اين فيلسوف و حکيم ايرانی در دوران جمهوری اسلامی برگزار شده است. اين مراسم که روز ملی خيام نامگذاری شده روز دوشنبه 17 مه (28 ارديبهشت) در نيشابور برگزار شد و در آن پيام وزير فرهنگ و ارشاد اسلامی نيز قرائت شد.
دفيلم برداری ميراث بر افسانه عمر خيام در شهرهای سمرقند و بخارا ادامه دارد.
سايت هايي كه مي شه اشعار خيام و مطالبي در مورد اين بزرگمرد دين گريز خوش مشرب انديشمند شجاع يافت
Omar Khayyám
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Omar's life is dramatized in the 1957 film Omar Khayyam starring Cornel Wilde, Debra Page, Raymond Massey, Michael Rennie, and John Derek.
A lunar crater Omar Khayyam was named after him in 1970.
An asteroid 3095 Omarkhayyam was named after him in 1980.
Omar Khayyam Encyclopædia Britannica Article
born May 18, 1048, Neyshabur [also spelled Nishapur], Khorasan [now Iran]died December 4, 1131, Neyshabur
Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam
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