Against all Odds

This is a truly touching  love story, and a wedding that took place two days ago in Lusaka.
Suzyo Muzuri (28) a Young Lusaka Man deferred all odds and got married to his long time lover, Diniwe Bowa (27) in his hospital bed at the University Teaching Hospital in Lusaka

Suzyo was involved in a road accident two weeks ago just before his wedding and lost one leg. They still managed to get married despite the challenges.
The wedding was attended by a group of people that included family members and friends who witnessed the two exchange their marriage vows in the hospital ward. 


In her FB page, Diniwe rebukes all those condemning and criticising her decision to go along with the marriage plans and she is determined to keep the promise she made to her fiancé months ago. She reaffirms her trust in God and her belief that He will make all things possible for them.

I'll say this is true love. That lady has a true heart of Gold, she's one in a million! And the man, he's really courageous too. He has found himself a really good thing and God will open the heavens to bless that Union. Wish them a happy married life.

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World's most notorious female islamic terrorrists

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For over a decade now, female suicide bombing became the popular trend in terrorism in many nations and recently in Nigeria. Whatever happened to the traditional Muslim norm that Muslim women are supposed to be secluded at home busy with their primary role of housewife and motherhood while the men are educated to fight.
What kind of god contradicts himself?
What kind of god derives joy in killing and destroying innocent lives?
No doubt the devil is seriously at work.

Female suicide bombers can easily get past military checkpoints. women appear harmless such that they are less likely to be searched and if the security services are too invasive they may begin to make cases of sexual harassment

"Moreover, When an improvised explosive device is strapped around a woman’s midsection, it gives the impression that she is pregnant, throwing off security forces who don’t expect a woman — let alone one who is pregnant — to be carrying a bomb,” says Prof. Bloom  (Author of Women and terrorism.).

The big question is; Do these women volunteer or are they coerced? Well, both.

In extreme Islamic societies, many young girls are forced into marriages with Islamic radicals, Jihadists  etc where they are brainwashed into suicide bombing. In such societies, a raped woman is no longer marriageable, it is believed that she can redeem her family name and soul with eternal martyrdom (suicide bombing ).
Here are a few of the  notorious female terrorists and suicide bombers ever known;

Samantha Lewthwaite (aka "White Widow")

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One of Britain's most wanted terrorist and is still being sought by British and US intelligence services. The mother of four was reported to have been gunned down last year but sources say she is still alive and recruiting female jihadi suicide bombers.
Lewthwaite was a normal British christian girl until she met and  married suicide bomber Germaine Lindsay, a Jamaican-born Yorkshire man (Reuters). She is said to be responsible for numerous bombings including that of Kenya and Abuja, Nigeria.


Sajida  Al-Rishawi

Al-Rishawi was the most well-known face of modern female terrorism. She hailed from a powerful terrorists family in western Iraq. She and her husband  were involved in the al-Qaeda attack of three luxury hotels in Amman, Jordan. Unlike her husband who successfully detonated his own explosive, she failed and was captured in 2006.  According to Reuters, IS was keen to secure her release in exchange for the Jordanian pilot Lt. Muath al-Kaseasbeh. She was later executed by Jordan government after the pilot was burnt alive on January 3 this year.


Reem Riyashi,

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Riyashi, a Hamas operative, detonated herself at the Erez Checkpoint between Gaza and Israel on 14 January 2004. She passed through a security check by claiming to have metal plates embedded in her legs. She triggered her device while being searched by a female Israeli soldier. (1)

Khava Barayeva

17-year-old blew herself up in a truck filled with explosives at a military base in Chechnya . This was when the group "black widow" into limelight.(2 )

The Black Widow phenomenon is a nightmare for the Russian government. They are a group of female suicide bombers aka  shahidkas. A Russian journalist  Julia Jusik called them “Brides of Allah”. Many of these are wives of the murdered Chechen fighters seeking for revenge. Some  are poor or unemployed teenage girls.But, their common link is hatred towards the Russians because of war in Chechen. (Wikipedia )

Shamil Basayev

In 2001 Shamil Basayev founded "Riyadus Saliheen," a brigade of female suicide attackers in Chechen. The formation of the brigade is the direct cause of the many tragedies in Russia today.


Dzhanet Abdullayeva

The deadliest identified female suicide bomber in history was Dzhanet Abdullayeva, who blew up a Moscow tube train in 2010, killing 38 people. She was a member of black widow (1)


Thenmozhi Rajaratnam
Rajaratnam, a member of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE), carried out a suicide bombing that killed Rajiv Gandhi, then prime minister of India, on 21 May 1991. (1)

And many others...


REFERENCES

1. David Blair . (2015 ) Revealed: world's deadliest female terrorists.  The Telegraph.
2. Yuri Barmin. (2013) Female "Black Widow" Terrorists Expose a Hard Truth About Russian Culture

Why pregnant women crave for certain foods.

Cravings during pregnancy are sudden urge or desire for certain type of food, drink or substances.

They can feel overpowering such that the woman will not be okey until she takes that food she craves for.

Some women even develop a potentially harmful form of craving known as Pica. This is a craving for non - food items like soap, charcoal, clay, dirt, Ash, starch.

It is not known for sure what causes cravings during pregnancy. Some theories say that it's the body's way of demanding for some nutrients it lacks.

Studies show that the extreme  hormonal  changes during pregnancy can alter both a woman's sense of taste and smell. So certain foods and odors can not only be more enticing but in some cases more offensive;  This may also explain why a woman will suddenly begin to despise certain food she used to like before pregnancy (food aversion)

 Sometimes,Pica can be a sign of underlying physical or mental illness. A pregnant woman with persistent Pica craving needs to see her doctor.

by Chioma Morah

The Evil called "Wife battery"

I lay on my bed rolling from side to side, it was past midnight yet sleep had eluded me. How could I sleep when the noise and the pain were becoming unbearable for me. The screams where piercing my heart as I covered my ears with my middle fingers. It was the voice of a woman crying and screaming, my neighbour’s wife being beaten and battered again, and she is pregnant! It wasn’t the first nor would it be the last time.

 No wonder I rarely saw her outside, each time I saw her, she was always in a hurry to get back inside her house, she avoided the company of fellow women and she never wore a smile. That is the image of a woman whose ego is gone, she has learned to live in silence under the control and terror of her abusive husband.

What Kind of man beats his wife like an animal? Ask me, I’ll say he is a weak man! Yeah that's right, a very weak man. If he cannot appropriately handle a single human being, a weaker sex for that matter who God placed under his authority, then he seriously lacks leadership qualities. One may say “well, but she nags, she doesn’t listen , she insults...’’  Some women are terrible but whatever the case, Wife beating should never be an option.

That man is yet to learn to be a man. Women are emotional beings, a times we overreact and  many times we make mistakes too, what we need is proper guidance with love.

A  man should know how to command his wife’s love, respect (not fear) and loyalty, he can make her "worship" him. He should also know the appropriate way to correct her. Every woman is like a machine ( a machine with a heart) in that she has buttons that switch her on and off, she has parts of her that need to be lubricated often to make her function normally.

If you keep pressing the wrong buttons you might just keep bringing out the negative aspects of your woman. A man who truly loves his wife would do what it takes to make it easier for her to keep submitting and also keep lavishing him with love and support, Such a man prospers.  God knows this, that was why he obliged men to love their wives as their own bodies, just as the woman submits. (Ephesians 5: 22-29)

A  wise woman understands her husband, his psychology and his temperament. She should avoid annoying her man to the point where he looses control of himself especially if he's hot tempered.
If  domestic violence and abuse is a habit of his, then she should know the limit above which it can damage her, the children and family. Its necessary for her to seek advice from appropriate channels in such situations 

by Chioma 

( Photos Courtesy of Alexsandro Palombo)