[onegoodboy]

Lecture series by Yvonne Ridley
Yvonne - British born award winning journalist
Author, Former broadcaster for CNN & BBC (thaliban Captive)


Monday 28th aug 2006 at 6:45 p.m to 8:30 p.m - At BMICH
on the topic "In the hands of Taliban from captivity to Islam"

Tuesday 29th Aug 6:45 p.m - At Zahira College(colombo - 10)
on "My journey from KABUL to KAA'BA"

Sunday 03rd sept 4:00 p.m - At BMICH
on "Who Controls the World of terrorism"

Yvonne is a christian who was captured by the taliban during the war on terrorism of USA and became a muslim after she went back to england on her release from cpativity

[onegoodboy]

YVONNE RIDLEY


British journalist Yvonne Ridley was captured by the Talibans two years ago. Find out why Ridley has converted to Islam following her ordeal.

Yvonne Ridley is the Sunday Express journalist who hit the headlines when she was arrested after being sent to cover the build-up to the Afghan war.Two years ago Yvonne was detained on suspicion of spying after going in search of a scoop disguised in a traditional burka. But it ended in disaster when she was thrown into prison and held for ten days, while the government, Yvonne's family and work colleagues tried to secure her release.

Against the odds Yvonne was set free, but her time in the hands of the Taliban proved to be a life-changing experience.

Against The Odds
Yvonne Ridley says she was 'simply doing her job' when she was seized by the Taliban near the city of Jalalabad. As Yvonne explains, "A camera which I had hidden in the folds of my burka slipped out right into the full view of a passing Taliban soldier."

Yvonne's time in the hands of the Taliban changed her life forever
"He went crazy - cameras were banned under the regime - and pulled me off the donkey and removed the camera. "For the first six days Yvonne was held in the intelligence headquarters in Jalalabad before being taken to Kabul prison. Her cell was very basic and the experience was terrifying. Yvonne lay on her bed inside a dirty, claustrophobic prison cell with no running water. "Every morning I woke up, I thought 'is this going to be my last day?'" she says.

Hostage to Fortune
"They tried to break me mentally by asking the same questions time and time again, day after day, sometimes until 9 o'clock at night," she recalls.

Muslim Convert
Whilst in prison Yvonne tried to secure her release by offering to read the Koran or Qur'an. It was the start of her conversion to Islam. Yvonne took on the Muslim faith in August 2003. As a result she's given up drinking, tries to pray five times a day and visits a mosque every Friday. So why has a feisty war correspondent been drawn to a faith which some in the west say oppresses women?"I started reading the quran and it was an absolutely breathtaking. It could have been written yesterday for today.”


"It was crystal clear that women are equal in spirituality, worth and education," says Yvonne. Yvonne was brought up as a Protestant in Stanley, sang in the church choir, and was the Sunday school teacher in her village. Today she's exchanged her Church of England upbringing for Islam and a very different set of spiritual beliefs

[DIRTY X]

Originally Posted by onegoodboy

Lecture series by Yvonne Ridley
Yvonne - British born award winning journalist
Author, Former broadcaster for CNN & BBC (thaliban Captive)


Monday 28th aug 2006 at 6:45 p.m to 8:30 p.m - At BMICH
on the topic "In the hands of Taliban from captivity to Islam"

Tuesday 29th Aug 6:45 p.m - At Zahira College(colombo - 10)
on "My journey from KABUL to KAA'BA"

Sunday 03rd sept 4:00 p.m - At BMICH
on "Who Controls the World of terrorism"

Yvonne is a christian who was captured by the taliban during the war on terrorism of USA and became a muslim after she went back to england on her release from cpativity

Wellcome to ElaKiri onegoodboy.
keep posting and have fun.

[DIRTY X]

And thanx for da info.

[chip]

shaaa... mara info tika..ela.. thx dude.. oo... Welcome 2 elakiri !!

[systemoad]

shud be interestin..after all he must've gone thru hell while being a prisoner in a Talaiban camp..
thx onegoodboy

[onegoodboy]

Originally Posted by systemoad

shud be interestin..after all he must've gone thru hell while being a prisoner in a Talaiban camp..
thx onegoodboy

brother she is a women btw not a man
yes, she said that the worst days in her life was in taliban prison yet it was the turning point in her life because they gave her a copy of the quran which she studied after going back to england after her release from captivity from the taliban
the quran ultimately made her to accept islam

[onegoodboy]

and thanks everyone for the warm welcome
i'm sure to enjoy my stay here

[systemoad]

brother she is a women btw not a man

haha..waz wonderin how I made that stupid mistake
So she blvs in Lord Allah now eh? ridiculous..If it was me in that camp my thoughts probably wud have been to hate all Muslims..no offense my fella Muslim brothers n sisters..
but then again all religions show u the rite path and she must've found shelter in that holy truth.. my thoughts anyway..u might not agree.

[onegoodboy]

Originally Posted by systemoad

If it was me in that camp my thoughts probably wud have been to hate all Muslims..no offense my fella Muslim brothers n sisters..

well she mite have hated all the people in the camp, but that doesnt have any relationship with the muslims.

what she found "the holy quran" was what really mattered, the book the muslims believe in.

and that was what made her change her religion. If you want to judge a religion, you should go through the authentic sources of that religion, not a bunch of people

eg, if you want to know about islam, you got to read quran to know how good the religion is. If u want to learn christianity you got to go through the bible to understand it (in other words the authentic sources of the religion)

jus because some buddhist monks create havoc, you cannot blame buddhism
jus because some christian fathers behaviour, you cannot blame christianity
in the same way, jus because some group of muslims, you cant blame islam