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-------------------------------------------------------- Rabi' al-Thani 25, 1426/June 3, 2005 #43 --------------------------------------------------------- Thought of the Day
Race Concepts: Potent
Weapons used by Oppressors [With a comment on Cosby's view of
African-Americans.]
From Dr. Abdul Alim Shabazz
"...the whole concept of race is political and is built upon a false
foundation (skin color/tone) and that its primary use via well-orchestrated
propaganda is to divide the non so-called white populations of the planet
against themselves so that they can be more easily exploited, oppressed,
suppressed, killed, murdered, enslaved, segregated, discriminated against,
colonized, raped, dehumanized, duped, scorned, continually abused, controlled,
and kept in a subservient/inferior position using long-range miseducation
generated perpetually in a viscious well-established unconscionable world-wide
system of inequitable education constantly being fed by the monolithically
dominated capitalist media. Cobsy's remarks simply reflect his white
supremacist miseducation. It is almost unthinkable that he would have made
similar remarks to so-called white parents and guardians whose children,
imitating so-called black children, are dressing and behaving similarly.
Carter G Woodson is right: "When you control a man's thinking you do not
have to worry about his actions." Therefore, let me humbly recommend that
we all read or reread Woodson's The Miseducation of the
Negro" and DuBois' Ten Essays on
Education.
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-------------------------------------------- Jamaat al-Muslimeen News [2 items]
Two African-American
Muslims arrested: "Al-Qaida" Charges: Drama of the Absurd
On May 30, 2005 the government
arrested two African American Muslims, Sabir from Florida and Shah from
New York. The government is accusing them of Al-Qaida links and of taking an
oath of fealty to Osama bin Laden himself.
A closer look at the charges
indicates that this is another entrapment. The government story is so absurd
that one can hope that if any sensible judge looks at the case, he'll throw it
out.
One of the accused, we are told, was
planning to teach karate to Al-Qaida. [Don't laugh!] The other one is reported
to have said that he will go overseas and treat injured members of Al-Qaida. [He
is a doctor.]
The story about the taped
oath to support Osama creates the impression that this is an entrapment. Hidden
in the hearts of most Muslims is love of Osama and if you can make them talk
long enough, you can always obtain a fragment of conversation which shows
sympathy for him. Then you can arrest them and use the fragment as
"evidence."
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Prof. Sami Al-Arian
Facing Grave Injustice: Hadassah Lining Up "Witnesses" To Testify Against
Him.
May 26, 2005 Tampa— Earlier this week, Dr. Sami Al-Arian was denied a change of venue in his case, despite providing strong evidence that 10 years of biased, inflammatory media coverage by the Tampa Tribune has prejudiced potential jurors in Florida—and Tampa in particular. Surveys in the Tampa Bay area have shown a widespread bias against Dr. Al-Arian and Palestinians in general. Obviously biased jurors such as a woman who said she is a fundraiser for Hadassah (The Women's Zionist Organization for America), were kept in the jury pool despite defense objections. Defense lawyers ultimately had to use one of their strikes to remove the woman from the pool. A recent article in the Israeli newspaper Haaretz validated their concerns: It revealed that Hadassah will provide housing for 100 Israelis who will testify for the prosecution in the trial. Jurors' inability to be fair was especially clear during three days of questioning last week, when the overwhelming majority of those questioned made biased and overtly racist statements against Dr. Al-Arian, Muslims and Palestinians. Last fall, candidates in a Florida senate campaign also smeared Dr. Al-Arian's name, discussing his case without giving him the presumption of innocence. Many potential jurors said the inflammatory campaign ads featuring Dr. Al-Arian helped form their opinions on the case. Indeed, if there were ever a case in which a change of venue is warranted, this is it. About the decision to deny a change in venue, Dr. Al-Arian's lawyer, William Moffitt said: "I am extremely disappointed. This is probably the first time that I will go into a case believing that my client is not presumed innocent." Defense lawyers cannot appeal the ruling until the trial, which is scheduled to begin on June 6, is over. We encourage as many people as possible to attend the trial to show support. Email [EMAIL PROTECTED] for details. ---------------------------------------------
Letter:
Re: From Baptist Church
to Islam [NT May 30]
Asslamulikum wa rehmetullah. I'm from India. jazakallah for giving us the story of Umar bin Ivan lee; its very touching n moving.I wish u had put the entire story in one go, in one whole part. I would like to convey my regards,dua n best wishes for this brother.May Allah guide us all to the right path (ameen). I m a univ student n we have, alhamdoillah, tarbiyah group for Muslim sisters. Insahllah I'll share this beautiful life story with other sisters. Wassalam Ur sister in Islam Nikhat --------------------------------------
Letter
Re: Jewish Elites
behind Sudan-Darfur. [N.T. #42]
The Jewish opinions about forcing US to go and stop so- called genocide in
Sudan is nothing but a way to kill more and more Muslims as possible taking one
excuse or the other. We are goyim in their eyes and their rabbis eyes; therfore
it is Ok to cheat and kill the goyim, that is us Muslims or Christians.
Therefore Jews are called as "maghzoobe alaihim"
in the holy Quran, the one on whom Allah send his wrath. [surah fatiha.]
Inshallah Allah's punishment will come on them soon.
They are forgetting that they were many people who spread tyrrany and
oppresion in the world under the so called banner of "chosen people". And
everybody knows if we turn the pages of history what happened to them. If the
Jews were chosen people Allah would not have sent the holocaust on them under
Hitler. bottom line: It is only since last twenty thirty years or so they have
begun to emerge because of failure of Muslims to check upon their own deeds and
deviation of Muslims from the sunnah and the Quran and adopting the wrong
ways of other people. Muslims have worldwide realised this and are
beginning to realise more of their follies. Inshallah help from
Allah will come soon and the enemy will be defeated.
America is land of the free and it belongs to ALLAH. like any other
part of the Universe and people who spread evil will face a terrible end.Evil
can never triumph over good. It is the law of nature. Actually Muslims should
call themselves chosen people because Allah has said so in the Quran in
many places. If the jews continue with their evil designs and plans they
might have to face a worse end than the holocaust as a punsiment form ALLAH
subhanawataala. All praise be to Allah lord of the worlds.
Sumayya Fatima
[from the American Muslim discussion group]
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Afghanistan Analysis
What's Behind the
Attack on the Mosque in Kandahar?
[from our Media Monitor]
All the U.S. TV news channels, cable and
evening, reported the "attack on the mosque" in Kandahar in which a "suicide
bomber" killed 20 people and injured 45. No details were given on TV but
Associated Press [AP] and BBC gave details of the attack which provide
context.
Before we study the AP report, the context of the
war in Afghanistan should be looked at. During the U.S, assault on Afghanistan
in 2001, supposedly in retaliation for 9/11, the U.S. air force continued
its bombing campaign during the sacred month of Ramadan when most Muslims pray
and fast. The bombing had three significant aspects:
ATTACK on the MOSQUE:
June 1.
A religious preacher turned coat and joined
the Karzai-U.S. coalition. He used the pulpit of the Mullah Abdul Fayaz mosque
to vilify the Taliban and to urge support for Karzai and the Americans. On
May 30, he was gunned down by a sniper who escaped.
His funeral ceremony at the mosque was attended by
a large force of Karzai police officers and policemen. Among them was General
Akram Khakrezwal, Kabul's police commander, known for TORTURE, RAPE and MURDER
of Islamic opponents of the Kabul government.
The BBC report indicated why the
martyrdom operator could not be spotted. He was wearing police uniform and
melded in with the police officers present. Thus, evidently, the crowd was
largely police, known for their atrocities against Muslims.
The AP report agrees with BBC. It quotes a doctor
at Kandahar Hospital, Nazir Ahmadzai, who said of the 20 killed and 45 wounded
"many of them were Khakrezwal's bodyguards." [Quoted in Bangladesh Observer of June 2.]
Observers find it somewhat
ironic that Karzai's Interior Ministry spokesman issued this statement: "They
are the enemies of peace and the enemies of Islam. Attacking Muslims while they
are offering prayers and performing religious ceremonies is completely against
Islam, against our country."
Reports indicate that the Interior Ministry,
in conjunction with U.S. troops, is terrorizing Afghan villagers across the
country. Afghans say, these people, the Karzais, are committing the biggest sin
against Islam, working hand-in-glove with a Kafir occupation
army. Observers see no grounds for the Interior Ministry to talk in terms
of Islam and Afghanistan.
{The Interior Ministry statement is contradicted by a
statement from Kandahar's deputy police chief, General Salim Khan, who said the
explosion occurred "near where people remove their shoes before praying"
[AP], not inside.}
The U.S. military spokesman in Afghanistan, Col.
James Yonts, also issued a statement after the June 1 attack in which
he condemned it as an "atrocious act of violence upon civilians and a
mosque." Our reporters find it difficult to figure out what that
statement means when the U.S. itself has bombed mosques, by the dozens, in both
Afghanistan and in Iraq. The closest ally of the U.S., Israel has DESTROYED 135
MOSQUES in OCCUPIED PALESTINE. As for innocent civilians, the U.S. has killed
thousands in Afghanistan and 100,000 in Iraq.
What then is the basis for such a morally
high stance?
Autonomous groups, non-Muslims, such as the International Committee of the Red
Cross [ICRC] and Amnesty International have testified that humanity is
being violated in Guantanamo Bay, and the Qur'an was desecrated by the U.S. It
borders on the comic for a U.S. military commander to now claim to be worried
about an attack on a mosque
WHAT DOES THE QUR'AN
SAY ABOUT A MOSQUE WHICH SUBVERTS MUSLIMS FROM WITHIN and is LINKED TO THE
KUFFAR?
Most Muslims may not be
aware of these verses of the Qur'an but our researchers say the Afghans are
aware of them. The Qur'an calls such a mosque masjidan diraran wa kufran. Here is the text:
"And there are those who
put up a mosque by way of mischief and kufr - to disunite the Believers - and in
preparation for one who warred against Allah and His messenger aforetime. They
will indeed swear that their intention is nothing but good, but Allah does
declare that they are certainly liars. Never stand thou forth therein..."
[The Qur'an 9:107-108.]
The verses are seen as
a perfect fit for the Karzai-U.S. alliance.
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Interesting Propaganda Gambit By
Kandahar Governor Gul Agha:
Immediately after the attack, the
Governor of Kandahar, Gul Agha issued a statement in which he said: "
The attacker was a member of al-Qaida. We have found
documents on his body that show he was an Arab."
Our researchers indicate that it would
have been very difficult for an Arab to mingle with the Afghan police officers
whom the attacker wanted to kill. Pushtu and Dari are difficult languages
for any Arab to pronounce. His accent would have given him away in a second.
Also, the facial features of Arabs are very different from those of
Afghans.
Thus Gul Agha was probably trying
to stir up hatred against the Arabs, to paint the attack not as an act of
resistance but as the terrorism of a "foreign" agent. For Karzai's people, the
forces of the kuffar are not "foreigners" but fellow Muslims from Arab countries
are "foreigners."
Gul Agha and his family are known for
their corruption and for their sexual exploits against both men and women. Such
people certainly do not belong in a mosque. Most reports indicate that Gul Agha
is protected by the U.S. air force.
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Karachi, Pakistan:
Huge Funeral Procession
for Murdered Islamic Activist: Musharraf is Patron of Altaf-MQM Fascist Gang
says Qazi Hussain Ahmad: Remain Peaceful but Isolate them.
On May 30, assassins killed Muhammad
Aslam, a Jamaate Islami leader from the Landhi-Korangi area of Karachi, a
vast lower middle class region on the outskirts of the city.
On May 31, tens of thousands of
Jamaate Islami workers as well supporters from other Islamic parties and some
from Peoples Party and Muslim League [Nawaz Sharif] attended the funeral.
The funeral procession was five kilometers long.
As the body of the martyr
arrived, the mourners chanted "Allahu Akbar" and openly blamed the murder
on gang leader Altaf Hussain, living under British protection in London,
England, and his ethnic group of killers known as MQM which rules
Karachi. Masses of mourners chanted:
"Shahadaton ka qafla ruka nahin thuma
nahin/shaheed tera qafla ruka nahin thuma nahin." ['The Caravan of martyrs has
not stopped or paused/O martyr, your caravan has not stopped or
paused.']
"Qatil, qatil, Altaf qatil, Governor qatil" [Murderer,
murderer, Altaf murderer, Governor murderer.]
In a strong speech just
before the burial, Qazi Hussain Ahmad, national leader of Jamaate Islami, urged
the people to isolate Musharraf and Altaf by peaceful struggle and grassroots
movement. He said: THERE CAN BE ABSOLUTELY NO DOUBT that the murderers of
Muhammad Aslam and others killed in Karachi are Altaf's gang who are under the
patronage of General Musharraf and MQM Governor [Ishrat al-Abad]. MQM, he said,
has been given free reign to carry out terrorism and murder in Karachi. There is
no Shia-Sunni conflict in Pakistan, he said. It is being created and stoked by
the enemies of Pakistan.
Numerous speakers from a variety
of viewpoints condemned the murder and the murderers.
[There was a general strike in Karachi to protest the
murder.] *************************************************************************** {Invite (mankind, O Muhammad ) to the Way of your Lord (i.e. Islam) with wisdom (i.e. with the Divine Inspiration and the Qur'an) and fair preaching, and argue with them in a way that is better. Truly, your Lord knows best who has gone astray from His Path, and He is the Best Aware of those who are guided.} (Holy Quran-16:125) {And who is better in speech than he who [says: "My Lord is Allah (believes in His Oneness)," and then stands straight (acts upon His Order), and] invites (men) to Allah's (Islamic Monotheism), and does righteous deeds, and says: "I am one of the Muslims."} (Holy Quran-41:33) The prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) said: "By Allah, if Allah guides one person by you, it is better for you than the best types of camels." [al-Bukhaaree, Muslim] The prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) also said, "Whoever calls to guidance will have a reward similar to the reward of the one who follows him, without the reward of either of them being lessened at all." [Muslim, Ahmad, Aboo Daawood, an-Nasaa'ee, at-Tirmidhee, Ibn Maajah] -------------------------------------------------------------------------- All views expressed herein belong to the individuals concerned and do not in any way reflect the official views of IslamCity unless sanctioned or approved otherwise. If your mailbox clogged with mails from IslamCity, you may wish to get a daily digest of emails by logging-on to http://www.yahoogroups.com to change your mail delivery settings or email the moderators at [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the title "change to daily digest". Yahoo! Groups Links
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