Hamas adalah pejuang kemerdekaan yang melawan penjajah Israel. Sama dengan pejuang kemerdekaan Indonesia dulu.
Jika muslim seperti Cat Stevens dianggap teroris, maka muslim lainnya juga bisa dianggap teroris. Kasihan deh lo....:) --- amartien <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > http://www.canada.com/national/nationalpost/news/story.html?id=572cea4b-839c-4080-9999-f53611a46aba > > > Cat Stevens was guest of Canadian Hamas front > Muslim singer criticized Judaism as a 'so-called' > religion > > Stewart Bell > National Post > > > Tuesday, September 28, 2004 > > > TORONTO - Yusuf Islam, the British singer formerly > known as Cat Stevens, was the guest of honour at a > Toronto fundraising dinner hosted by an organization > that has since been identified by the Canadian > government as a "front" for the Palestinian > terrorist group Hamas. > > In a videotape of the 1998 event obtained by the > National Post, Mr. Islam describes Israel as a > "so-called new society" created by a "so-called > religion" and urges the audience to donate to the > Jerusalem Fund for Human Services to "lessen the > suffering of our brothers and sisters in Palestine > and the Holy Land." > > The Jerusalem Fund is one of four "fronts" named in > a secret Privy Council Office memo that was sent to > Jean Chretien, then prime minister, on May 23, 2000, > discussing what it called groups that "have > unsavoury links with terrorism. > > "In a limited number of cases, fundraising in > support of violent foreign struggles takes place in > Canada through the cover of ethnic, religious or > community-based associations and groups, lobbying > and even criminal activity," the report says. > > "Front groups operating in Canada include the > Jerusalem Fund for Human Services (Hamas Front), the > World Tamil Movement (Tamil Tigers Front), the > Canadian Kurdish Information Network (Kurdistan > Workers Party Front) and the Babbar Khalsa (a Sikh > extremist front)." > > Hamas, also known as the Islamic Resistance > Movement, is responsible for most of the suicide > bombings against Israelis. Canada has outlawed Hamas > under federal anti-terrorism legislation, making it > illegal to support the group. > > Best known for his hit songs in the 1960s and '70s, > when he was known as Cat Stevens, Mr. Islam, 56, a > Muslim convert, made headlines last week when his > flight from London to Washington was diverted to > Maine because his name appeared on a U.S. watch > list. > He was expelled from the United States for national > security reasons. "Yusuf Islam was placed on the > watch list because of activities that could be > potentially related to terrorism," a spokesman for > the Department of Homeland Security told reporters. > > The expulsion was criticized by Muslim groups, and > Mr. Islam denies any ties to terrorism. "I never > knowingly gave any terrorist group money," he said > after being deported from Israel in 2000. "I've > given to poor people and hospitals. I've helped to > buy ambulances in the Holy Land. Obviously quite > clear and supportable aims." > > But on June 20, 1998, Mr. Islam gave the keynote > address at a Jerusalem Fund fundraising dinner held > in Toronto. The event was videotaped, and a copy was > obtained by the SITE Institute, a U.S. terrorism > research organization. > > The video opens with a scene of Niagara Falls, > overlayed with the Jerusalem Fund logo, which > features the al-Aqsa Mosque and the maple leaf. It > begins with an unidentified man explaining the > activities of the Jerusalem Fund, which he describes > as "helping the Muslims in Palestine" by financing > hospitals, health clinics, families in need and > orphans. > > "Palestine is close to the heart of each and every > Muslim. What the Muslims of Palestine have been > doing for many years now has been that bright light > shining, that hope ... that they are still believers > that can raise the banner of jihad in the most > difficult of circumstances." > > Mr. Islam then begins a 45-minute speech in English > in which he says it is "intolerable" for Muslims to > "stand and watch" the situation in the Middle East. > He describes Jerusalem as the centre of a land that > is holy because of its connection to Allah. > > "So this city which is blessed because of its > religious nature. Therefore, what we see today is > the result of the departure of religion from this > area, of the uprooting of religion. So many of the > people of the faith have been exiled from this > region, moved on, to make way for what? Strangely > and ironically, they moved on in the name of > so-called religion, on behalf of ... the Jews. > > "Of course, that would explain what is happening. > Because the moment that religion and religious > virtues disappear, there for sure follows trouble, > tyranny, oppression," he says. "So what do we see > then today? The concoction of a so-called new > society based on an old society." > > He says there could be "no redeemer except Allah. No > political concept or construct or treaty or agent > except the laws of Allah, which he instructed for > this world. Jerusalem is that, the symbol of that. > Out of the hands of the righteous then it falls into > disrepute and blood. > > "Jerusalem, al-Quds, it is a mirror reflecting the > reality ... If it is dark, if it is bloody, then so > too is the world. Today it reflects injustice of the > secular man over the religious man. And how can the > secular man be given the control and the sanctuary > of the divine place of worship when he doesn't even > respect what is holy? How? And how can those of > faith allow that to happen? Therefore, peace will > not return until we return to the Holy Land." > > © National Post 2004 > > > > > > --- On Wed 09/29, A Nizami < [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > wrote: > From: A Nizami [mailto: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED], > [EMAIL PROTECTED], > [EMAIL PROTECTED], > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Date: Wed, 29 Sep 2004 04:18:25 -0700 (PDT) > Subject: [ppiindia] Deportasi Yusuf Islam: Bush > Paranoid? > > Assalamu'alaikum wr wb,<br><br>Saya pikir Bush > paranoid terhadap teroris.<br>Sehingga meski dia > bilang perang melawan teroris tidak<br>sama dengan > perang melawan Islam, toh banyak ummat<br>Islam yang > jadi korbannya termasuk Cat Stevens yang<br>begitu > cinta damai serta anak2 panti asuhan > yang<br>kelaparan di satu ponpes di > Sukabumi<br>(www.geocitis.com/nizaminz).<br><br>Banyak > ormas Islam kekurangan dana, karena AS > meminta<br>negara2 Timteng menghentikan aliran dana > dengan alasan<br>bisa dipakai untuk > terorisme.<br><br>Wassalamu'alaikum<br><br><br>> > YUSUF ISLAM'S STATEMENT > <br>><br>http://www.guardian.co.uk/usa/story/0,,1312256,00.html<br>> > Friday September 24, 2004 <br>> <br>> First, I thank > God for relieving me of my ordeal and<br>> > delivering me home<br>> safe; also, thanks to all > those who prayed for me<br>> and supported me > through<br>> this whole dark episode, from eminent > politicians,<br>> the press and religious<br>> > leaders, to plain, everyday people. Never would > I<br>> believe that such a thing<br>> could happen > in the land of the free -<br>> unfortunately, it > did. But it's<br>> warming to have such a wave of > sympathy from my<br>> friends and my worldwide<br>> > well-wishers. <br>> <br>> After the experience of my > dramatic deportation from<br>> the USA it feels > like<br>> I am on a different planet from the one I > was on a<br>> couple of days ago;<br>> certainly the > world has changed, not for the best. <br>> <br>> Two > days beforehand, I had started a journey with > my<br>> daughter to Nashville,<br>> intending to > initiate work on a new recording<br>> project. > Suddenly, our<br>> aeroplane was diverted 600 miles > to Bangor<br>> International Airport and I<br>> > found myself surrounded by six uniformed > officers<br>> and handed over to the<br>> FBI for > questioning. <br>> <br>> The most upsetting thing at > this point was being<br>> separated from my<br>> > daughter, Maymanah, not knowing how she was or > when<br>> and where we might be<br>> united. <br>> > <br>> And since my phone was confiscated I > couldn't<br>> contact my family (nor could<br>> they > ring me) and they were relegated to watching<br>> > the whole frightening<br>> episode on TV and > surviving on scraps of information<br>> shown by the > media. <br>> <br>> My interrogators repeatedly > wanted to know how my<br>> name was spelt; it<br>> > sounded === message truncated === ===== Bacalah artikel tentang Islam di: http://www.geocities.com/nizaminz _______________________________ Do you Yahoo!? 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