Bismillah [IslamCity] Would the ullemas open their eyes and appoint a better custodian of the two holy places of Islam, if they carry any weight?
While he is on a lecture tour of Britian. Robert Fisk: King Abdullah flies in to lecture us on terrorism By Robert Fisk Published: 30 October 2007 In what world do these people live? True, there'll be no public executions outside Buckingham Palace when His Royal Highness rides in stately formation down The Mall. We gave up capital punishment about half a century ago. There won't even be a backhander or will there? which is the Saudi way of doing business. But for King Abdullah to tell the world, as he did in a BBC interview yesterday, that Britain is not doing enough to counter "terrorism", and that most countries are not taking it as seriously as his country is, is really pushing it. Weren't most of the 11 September 2001 hijackers from er Saudi Arabia? Is this the land that is really going to teach us lessons? The sheer implausibility of the claim that Saudi intelligence could have prevented the ondon bombings if only the British Government had taken it seriously, seems to have passed the Saudi monarch by. "We have sent information to Great Britain before the terrorist attacks in Britain but unfortunately no action was taken. And it may have been able to maybe avert the tragedy," he told the BBC. This claim is frankly incredible. The sad, awful truth is that we fete these people, we fawn on them, we supply them with fighter jets, whisky and whores. No, of course, there will be no visas for this reporter because Saudi Arabia is no democracy. Yet how many times have we been encouraged to think otherwise about a state that will not even allow its women to drive? Kim Howells, the Foreign Office minister, was telling us again yesterday that we should work more closely with the Saudis, because we "share values" with them. And what values precisely would they be, I might ask? Saudi Arabia is a state which bankrolled a definite no-no this for discussion today Saddam's legions as they invaded Iran in 1980 (with our Western encouragement, let it be added). And which said nothing a total and natural silence when Saddam swamped the Iranians with gas. The Iraqi war communiqué made no bones about it. "The waves of insects are attacking the eastern gates of the Arab nation. But we have the pesticides to wipe them out." Did the Saudi royal family protest? Was there any sympathy for those upon whom the pesticides would be used? No. The then Keeper of the Two Holy Places was perfectly happy to allow gas to be used because he was paying for it components were supplied, of course, by the US while the Iranians died in hell. And we Brits are supposed to be not keeping up with our Saudi friends when they are "cracking down on terrorism". Like the Saudis were so brilliant in cracking down on terror in 1979 when hundreds of gunmen poured into the Great Mosque at Mecca, an event so mishandled by a certain commander of the Saudi National Guard called Prince Abdullah that they had to call in toughs from a French intervention force. And it was a former National Guard officer who led the siege. Saudi Arabia's role in the 9/11 attacks has still not been fully explored. Senior members of the royal family expressed the shock and horror expected of them, but no attempt was made to examine the nature of Wahhabism, the state religion, and its inherent contempt for all representation of human activity or death. It was Saudi Muslim legal iconoclasm which led directly to the destruction of the Buddhas of Bamiyan by the Taliban, Saudi Arabia's friends. And only weeks after Kamal Salibi, a Lebanese history professor, suggested in the late 1990s that once-Jewish villages in what is now Saudi Arabia might have been locations in the Bible, the Saudis sent bulldozers to destroy the ancient buildings there. In the name of Islam, Saudi organisations have destroyed hundreds of historic structures in Mecca and Medina and UN officials have condemned the destruction of Ottoman buildings in Bosnia by a Saudi aid agency, which decided they were "idolatrous". Were the twin towers in New York another piece of architecture which Wahhabis wanted to destroy? Nine years ago a Saudi student at Harvard produced a remarkable thesis which argued that US forces had suffered casualties in bombing attacks in Saudi Arabia because American intelligence did not understand Wahhabism and had underestimated the extent of hostility to the US presence in the kingdom. Nawaf Obaid even quoted a Saudi National Guard officer as saying "the more visible the Americans became, the darker I saw the future of the country". The problem is that Wahhabi puritanism meant that Saudi Arabia would always throw up men who believe they had been chosen to "cleanse" their society from corruption, yet Abdul Wahhab also preached that royal rulers should not be overthrown. Thus the Saudis were unable to confront the duality, that protection-and-threat that Wahhabism represen
Re: Bismillah [IslamCity] Re: Attacking Iran is attacking us (Russia)
What a strange expectations from Muslim rulers. First of all they represent the West and are not elected by their people. So they kneel before the West to keep them in power. [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:Any Muslim leader dare to say that "Attacking Iran is attacking us"?? What OIC is doing, Muslim countries are being attacked and threatened by war mongers every single day. - Original Message - Sent: Saturday, October 27, 2007 2:17 PM Subject: Attacking Iran is attacking us (Russia) Russia: Attacking Iran is attacking us Sat, 27 Oct 2007 19:25:04 The Leader of the Islamic Revolution (R) and the Russian President (L) Iran and Russia have agreed on plans to quash Washington's relentless drive towards launching an attack on Iran. Discussions took place during Russian President Vladimir Putin's recent visit to Tehran, according to the Asia Times. Putin held a face-to-face meeting with Leader of the Islamic Revolution, Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei, where the agreement was finalized. According to a high-level diplomatic source in Tehran, the Supreme Leader and the Russian president essentially agreed that an American attack on Iran would be viewed by Moscow as an attack on Russia. The two states are officially united in a strategic partnership, in which World War III is definitely not on the cards. US Vice President, Dick Cheney, who is notorious for elevating the war rhetoric against Iran at any given opportunity, is now facing an increasingly difficult challenge in fanning the flames of war. The US president and top US officials, who often attempt to demonize Tehran as a threat to world peace, have themselves been threatening Iran with military force over the country's nuclear standoff with the West. MD/NM/MG - For ideas on reducing your carbon footprint visit Yahoo! For Good this month.
Bismillah [IslamCity] While Pakistanis face death from every corner ---
India, Russia to build new fighter jet India and Russia signed an agreement yesterday in Moscow for the joint production of a new multi-purpose fighter jet, Interfax news agency reported. Representatives of both countries' governments signed the deal, which will see India and Russia equally sharing both costs and engineering input, Interfax said. MOSCOW - Agence France-Presse - For ideas on reducing your carbon footprint visit Yahoo! For Good this month.
Re: Boycott Israel [IslamCity] UK - Sweet voice of luton imam.. please listen to it and pass the message
Assalam alaikum. Thank you brother for the nice recording, may Allah bless you and all Muslims and my family. Islahonline <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Assamualikum Dear All An amazing voice .. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=djwRVcEEzzo If you like it please do come and listen to the brother in tarweeh prayers. I have recorded this at islamic center, near barclays bank in bury park, they have facilities for sisters as well. The voice is so sweet that it will bring tears in your eyes. i recorded this video with my friend mobile, i know the quality of the picture is not good. what i was interested in his voice. Please when you hear this video please make dua for my family and for the ummah. Finally pass this video clip to your friends and get as much rewards as you can by passing the video clip. Inshallah. ws zahid khan *** Islahonline - Nervous about who has your email address? Yahoo! Mail can help you win the war against spam.
Re: Boycott Israel [IslamCity] can you trust a Muslim?
Muslims are just like other human beings. But the one who obeys the commands
of Allah and fear Him does not lie or kills anybody for fun.
Politicians use lslam-bashing as a means to gain votes and power. In India
the political parties get more votes when they start a hate frenzy against
Muslim. They quote Muslim rulers were blood thirsty and built mosques on the
foundations of Hindu temples, etc. This is far from truth if you care to read
from the pages of history of India:
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visibility:hidden }Temple Destructions :
Among all these beliefs, we will first try to understand the truth about
temple destructions. Were temples demolished to humiliate Hindu religion? Here
the first case we will analyze is that of Mohammed Ghaznvi's destruction of the
Somnath temple. Most likely, the name Ghaznvi came from a city called Ghazna in
Afghanistan where Mohammed Ghaznvi ruled. He must have traveled a long distance
to come to Somnath from Ghazna and it is quite certain that he must have passed
by numerous temples on his way. The question is why did he not destroy all
those temples? He must have seen the famous Buddha idols in Bamiyan but he did
not touch them. So the question is- Why did he choose to demolish the Somnath
temple only? When he was proceeding towards the Somnath temple, he crossed a
city called Multan. Ghaznvi sent a message to the Nawab of Multan whose name
was Abdul Fath Daud that he wanted his permission to pass through his city on
his way to Somnath. Abdul Fath Daud however
declined the permission. This led to a battle between Ghaznvi and Daud during
which Multan's "Jama Masjid" was demolished. So for those people who see
Ghaznvi as the protector of Islam, they need to wonder how Ghaznvi, on his way
to demolishing the Somnath temple, had no hesitation in even destroying a
masjid to achieve his goal. After Multan, there was another city named
Thaneswar, whose king's name was Anandpal. Again, Ghaznvi requested the king
for permission to allow his army to cross his kingdom, which the king provided.
Most people are strangers to the fact that before Ghaznvi actually demolished
the Somnath temple, he took into his possession the wealth worth crores of
rupees. It should be clearly established here that in mediaeval times, some
temples-places of worship- had enormous wealth as the devotees gave these
offerings to the deity. It is said that the Somnath temple had jewels,
diamonds, gold and silver worth Rs. 200 crores. Ghaznvi looted the entire
wealth and proudly asserted that because Islam did not accept idol worship, he
was demolishing the Hindu temple at Somnath. The question that must be raised
is that if Ghaznvi was a soldier of Islam, then why did he not break other
temples along the way? Another question that must be raised is that if he was
really a soldier of Islam, then why was he instrumental in demolition of masjid
on the way. Mohammed Ghaznvi's army had one-third Hindus as soldiers and out of
twelve ' siphasalars' â (generals), five were Hindus. Their names
were: Tilak, Sondhi, Harjan, Rann and Hind. After winning Somnath, a Hindu
king was nominated as his representative and a currency was issued on which the
letters were inscribed in Sanskrit.
This event reminds me of the story, the elephant and six blind men. When the
six blind men tried to comprehend the nature of the elephant they were made to
grasp its different parts: one person touched its trunk, another its legs, a
third its tail and so on. Later, all of them began to quarrel with each other
regarding the actual shape of the elephant. they insisted that it resembled a
big rock, a snake, a trunk of a tree etcetera. They did this because they had
perceived only one part of the larger truth and hence could not grasp the
entire truth. We are also like them because we do not know the full facts of
history and we create an opinion on the basis of few facts, which do not
represent the totality. There is another thing to remember that many kings used
the name of religion to accomplish many of their deeds. Expansion of kingdoms
or increasing the wealth of their kingdoms was also undertaken in the name of
religion. Earlier, court poets used to write the history of
kings. As they were directly dependent on kings, they had no option, but to
appreciate all the actions of those kings, hence, mostly they presented their
kings as noble religious souls.
Now we will discuss about king Harshdev of eleventh century Kashmir. There
was a poet in his court whose name was Kalhan. Kalhan wrote a book entitled-
Rajtarangini. In this book, he wrote that during his reign, king Harshdev
created a new post, whose title was "Devotpannayak" . It means the official
who uprooted the images and idols of gods and goddesses. Try to imagine that
this is a Hindu king who has appointed an officia
Re: Boycott Israel [IslamCity] South Koreans turn anger at MISSIONARY hostages
South Koreans are angry at their church, because the deal with Taleban gave them freedom will bring them down in the eyes of the international community. How great Koreans are at looking at this situation in this way and how sensitive they are about their nation's place in the world community. On the other hand Muslim nations are in the gutter with their rulers' working for yahud and nassarra and killing their own muslim brothers. No standing in the world stage except as camp followers of enemies of Muslims. [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: South Koreans turn anger at hostages By JAE-SOON CHANG, Associated Press WriterFri Aug 31, 2:40 PM ET South Korea's relief at the release of 19 countrymen held hostage by the Taliban gave way Friday to anger at the victims themselves, members of a Christian church who are being criticized for ignoring warnings against travel to Afghanistan. Critics said the group's actions forced their government into negotiations with the Islamic militants that damaged the nation's international reputation. A day after the last hostages were let go, some of the church workers apologized for the trouble caused by their captivity, and a few collapsed when told the militants had slain two male colleagues. One said she secretly kept a diary on the lining of her pants. With the crisis over, South Koreans turned their focus to what went wrong, who is to blame and what lessons can be drawn from the six-week ordeal. Public anger toward the hostages had been expressed in one form or another from the beginning, and it was rising on Friday. Scathing comments, written with the cloak of anonymity, flooded Internet message boards. Newspapers published critical editorials. Most noticeable was the feeling the hostages themselves and the church that sent them to Afghanistan were to blame because they did not heed repeated government warnings to stay away from the volatile Central Asian country. One advisory cited an intelligence report that insurgents were targeting Koreans. "They were told not to go," said Kim Young-soo, 42, a travel agency employee in Seoul. "They shouldn't have gone there in the first place." The apparent ignoring of the warning levied a high price on the government, critics argued, forcing it to deal directly with the Taliban in violation of the international principle of not negotiating with terrorists. Seoul is also alleged to have made a secret ransom payment to the insurgent group, although the government denied it. The U.S., a South Korean ally, welcomed the hostages' release, but it also alluded to the talks with the Taliban. Asked Thursday if meeting with the militants set a dangerous precedent, State Department spokesman Tom Casey said: "I'd simply reiterate that the long-standing U.S. policy is ... not to make concessions to terrorists." The hostage crisis has hurt the pride of many South Koreans, who have sought international recognition for their homeland's rise from the rubble of the 1950-53 Korean War to become one of the world's richest nations. "Of course, the country has a duty to protect its people, but I'm worried that the status of South Korea will slip a lot in the international community," said Kim Kwang-ho, 32, an employee at a consulting firm. Local media also raised concerns about the ramifications of any ransom being paid. A senior Afghan official close to the negotiations alleged Friday the South Koreans had paid money to win their release. "Speculation has been rife over a ransom payment. And we are concerned that other kidnapping incidents targeting our nationals might occur," the newspaper Dong-a Ilbo said in an editorial. Officials have hinted at the possibility of seeking compensation from the former hostages for expenses incurred by the government in winning their release at least airfare and medical fees an unprecedented move seen as reflecting public anger over the crisis. Still, there were some calls for sympathy. "Two of them have already died in the crisis. They are also victims," said Kim Kwang-il, an activist with an anti-war group that has argued Seoul's dispatch of some 200 soldiers to Afghanistan caused the hostage crisis. The Taliban freed the hostages after South Korea's government repeated a pledge to withdraw those troops before year's end. The two male hostages were slain soon after the Taliban seized 23 South Koreans on July 19. The militants freed two female captives last week, and the remaining 19 hostages this week. Yonhap news agency reported that some of the former captives fell to the ground in shock when they were told that the two members of their group had been slain. Television showed the former hostages tearfully reuniting and hugging at a hotel in the Afghan capital. It was too early to tell if emerging accounts of the hostages' ordeal and profuse apologies could cause more widespread sympathy. "I can't
Boycott Israel [IslamCity] Muslims must understand the europeans to survive in the West.
Black and White, worlds apart (Or Muslims and Europeans apart?) By PAT WATSON The difference between police descriptions of the man and that of those who knew Delroy George Daring, shot dead in the courtyard of a Scarborough housing complex last Thursday, speaks volumes about the oppositeness of how we perceive each other in the beleaguered Black community, and how others view us. With the news of Daring's killing came additional information; that he was a 'good guy' who organized "No drugs, No violence" barbecues for children in his neighbourhood; a ladies' man who also looked after all 10 of his children and a neighbourhood fixture. The police version of Daring -- otherwise known as shooting victim number 32 in this "Summer of the Gun", or Toronto homicide number 48 -- includes information that he was, as the saying goes, 'known to the police'. There seems no dispute that he had been involved in the illegal merchandising of drugs sometime in his past. But it seems that police are unhappy with the depiction of Daring as "a wonderful, wonderful guy" by one of his acquaintances in a recent Toronto Star story. In that same story, Detective John Biggerstaff is reported to have said: "I have reason to believe that the idea (Daring) was, say, a completely upstanding person promoting non-violence, non-drugs and non-guns is not fair. The activities which brought him to this courtyard are inconsistent with someone promoting (no violence and no drugs)." Those of us who did not know Daring are left to wonder. Yet we know that one community's good guy is another community's felon. Some years ago, following the violent death of one of her sons, a poor, struggling mother was heard to lament that of all the ones to have been killed she wished it hadn't been that son, since he was the one who brought money and food into the household. In a depressed neighbourhood where unemployment is high and future prospects are low, the actions and characteristics that make someone a 'good guy' are determined by the need to survive. If a man sells drugs illegally but is supporting his children, he's a 'good guy'. If he shares his good fortune with his 'bredren', he's a 'good guy'. If he is providing for his mother, despite his illegal source of income, he's a good son. While the powers that be go back-and-forth over whether to legalize marijuana, sale and possession of the substance have made criminals of many small-time dealers who have very few employment prospects otherwise. Daring, for example, was an unemployed furniture mover; an unemployed furniture mover with 10 children to take care of. How do we get White suburban-dwelling police officers to understand any of this? After all, their job is not to interpret the law, it is simply to uphold it. It's no wonder that there is a call for more police hiring from within the community. If only that were a real solution. Recently, The Star ran an intriguing feature written by psychiatrist and poet Ron Charach examining the use of the terms 'Black and White' to describe racialized groups. While the feature examined terminologies for any number of groups, interestingly, the writer still managed to refer to racial slurs only for Black people - of course, all within context. The author mused about the aptness of referring to groups as 'Black and White' and concluded that the terms only serve to create divisions. What he did not say, though, is that the terms aptly describe the contrasting realities that so-called Black and White people live in. John Howard Griffin's seminal book, Black Like Me, which described one White man's experience 'passing' for Black may yet be the closest any person from the privileged classes has come to getting a view of what these terms mean literally. It means of course that because of mutual mistrust and institutionalized advantage-taking and privileging, the lives of African and European descendants in the Diaspora really are as different and as opposite as black and white; not unlike the difference between how Delroy Daring is viewed by his community and by the police. - Yahoo! Answers - Get better answers from someone who knows. Tryit now.
Boycott Israel [IslamCity] Why south korea sent evangelists -teachers-nurses. Do the crusaders and Mush want to replace Islam from Afghanistan?
__,_._,_ Taliban push back deadline over hostages Staff and agencies Monday July 23, 2007 Guardian Unlimited The Taliban have extended their deadline over the threatened execution of 23 South Korean hostages to Tuesday evening. Qari Yousef Ahmadi, who claims to speak for the hardline militia, said the deadline had been extended by another day after the Afghan government refused to release 23 Taliban prisoners in return for the lives of the hostages. The militants have pushed back their ultimatum on the South Koreans' fate at least three times. Afghan officials in the Ghazni province have met the militants in person and were also negotiating over the phone, but little progress appeared to have been made. Intense diplomatic efforts were also under way to secure the release of the aid workers, who were kidnapped from a public bus en route to Kabul. In the wake of the kidnappings, South Korea today banned its citizens from travelling to Afghanistan. An official said Seoul had also asked Kabul not to issue visas to South Koreans and to block their entry through different routes. Under a new passport law that is set to come into effect tomorrow, violators could face up to a year in prison or be fined up to 3m won (£1,500) if they visit banned countries without government permission. Earlier, a South Korean church attended by the abductees said it would suspend at least some of its volunteer work in Afghanistan. It also stressed that the South Koreans abducted in Afghanistan last week were not involved in any Christian missionary work, saying they provided only medical and other volunteer aid to distressed people in the war-ravaged country. "We are sorry for causing trouble, but it is not right that the activities are misunderstood as missionary works," the Rev Bang Young-gyun of the Saemmul community church in Bundang said. Negotiations involving the Afghan president, Hamid Karzai, Korean hostage negotiators and local tribal elders took place at the weekend as tearful relatives held a candlelit vigil outside the aid workers' church in Seoul. The sense of urgency grew after it was reported that the body of a German engineer who had been abducted in a separate incident was found in Wardak province, near Kabul. However, today the Taliban claimed the German hostage was still alive. The South Korean aid workers, including 18 women, were abducted from a public bus travelling from Kandahar to Kabul on one of Afghanistan's most dangerous routes. They included nurses and English teachers in their 20s and 30s. They apparently had tried to disguise themselves by wearing burkas. __ - Yahoo! Answers - Get better answers from someone who knows. Tryit now.
Re: Boycott Israel [IslamCity] Kashmir: 13,000 Muslims Converted To Christianity?
Why would not muslims convert to other religion, when their rulers forsake them. The umma has abandoned Afghanistan, Iraq and Palestine, so what is the use of living in a religion whose rulers are boot lickers of yahud and nassarra. Palestinians elected hamas but the jews and West want their representatives to be wiped out by F16s and our airforces and armies are in the services of yahud and nassarra. Islahonline <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: - Original Message - Kashmir: Christians and the Valley Tuesday, 02 January 2007 http://www.crusadewatch.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=589&Itemid=78 A large number of Kashmiris have converted to Christianity in recent years, a mere 650 christians (according to the 1981 census) to something to the tune of 13,000. Some people allege that converts are given quality education and job opportunities abroad. Like Tantray's children, who are studying in India's best colleges, something that would be hard for him to afford with a salary of Rs 15,000 a month. A large number of Kashmiris have converted to Christianity in recent years. Khursheed Wani finds out why source: Daily Pioneer, December 31, 2006. Can violence change the demography of a region? The continuing 17-year separatist violence in Kashmir has somewhat disturbed the religious and ethnic make up of the Muslim-dominated Valley. On the one hand, a 0.2 million strong Hindu Pandit population has been reduced to a mere 6,000 scattered individuals following a mass exodus in 1990. On the other, an entirely new phenomenon - the conversion of Muslims to Christianity - has cropped up. It is being estimated that the Christian population in the valley has increased from a mere 650 people (according to the 1981census) to something to the tune of 13,000. But if the Pandits left the Valley for fear of the gun, Christian missionaries have actually cashed in on that fear. The majority of Christians in Kashmir have converted to that religion during the years of insurgency. It is not a hidden fact that conversions are taking place regularly across the valley, though the numbers are debatable in the absence of an authentic census. A survey in the valley, particularly in Srinagar, reveals that around a dozen Christian missions and churches headquartered in the US, Germany, the Netherlands and Switzerland have set up base. Their evangelists are the first to reach areas where violence and natural calamities take place, to provide help and consolation. A Catholic evangelist based in Srinagar was among the first to reach the site of a 700-year-old Muslim shrine gutted in a mysterious fire in December 1998 at Tral, among the first to reach Chattisinghpora village in March 2000 where 35 Sikhs were massacred, and again among the first to reach Uri which was ravaged by the October 8, 2005 earthquake. The token presence of such men and the help they provide makes a great impression on those under severe trauma. The aid workers do not fail to talk about the Gospel. Over the years, Christian converts were mustering up courage to express and exhibit their new faith. And so churches like Holy Family Catholic Church and the All Saints Church as well as several underground houses of worship set up in areas like Shivpora were receiving sizeable numbers of worshippers on Sundays. The bishops admit that they baptise newcomers on each occasion. It may not sound surprising that a female convert from Kashmir University has translated the Bible into Kashmiri. And two girls in a south Kashmir village had insisted that their father be buried in a coffin, according to Christian tradition. But all this changed after November 11 this year, when militants attacked a Christian convert in Mamoosa village in north Kashmir's Pattan belt. Bashir Ahmad Tantray, a 50-year-old electrical engineer, was shot dead from a point blank range. Tantray, villagers say, had left his village a decade ago after joining a philanthropist organisation. He had actually converted to Christianity. Three years ago, he confirmed having changed his faith to a reporter in Srinagar and said he was committed to the spread of Christianity. Among other things, he was supervising a hostel - called House of Peace - in a posh Srinagar locality where several dozen children belonging to poor families from Anantnag, Pulwama and Baramulla districts were allegedly being brought up as Christians. Tantray's killing shocked Kashmir's Christian community, forcing them to maintain a low profile. The government has also instructed Kashmiri Christians to lie low. Though no militant outfit claimed responsibility for Tantray's killing, a common refrain is that separatist Islamist militants have carried out the act. So frightened were the villagers after Tantray's death
Re: Boycott Israel [IslamCity] Aussie Muslims refuses to sack Mufti Sheikh Taj el-Din al-Hilali
When Sayedina Abu Bakar found that his servant is implicated in the defamation of the his daughter Ayeshya R.A., vis-a-vis, loosing the garland and during the search, the Muslims left --- etc. Then after a while revelation came to the prophet that Aysha is innocent. - Hazrat Abu Bakr said to his servant that he will not get his maintenance allowance from him. Hazrat Abu Bakr was told that this is revenge and not for Allah swt. He atonce repented and restored his wages. Similarly, the Council of Australian Imams' must appologise the Islamic scholar and restore his salary. Otherwise Muslims will consider that the scholar has been sacrificed to please the politicians and not to Allah. "S A Hannan"@yahoo.com wrote: Aussie Muslims Deny Sacking Mufti IslamOnline.net & Newspapers "He is definitely one of the most knowledgeable, most qualified in Australia," Patel said. CAIRO The Australian Federation of Islamic Councils (AFIC) gainsaid on Sunday, April 8, reports of giving Australia's Mufti Sheikh Taj el-Din al-Hilali the axe, reported The Australian. "No, we haven't sacked the mufti... (Hilali) is still the mufti," AFIC President Ikebal Patel told Sky News. He confirmed that the salary of the Egyptian-born scholar had been suspended for some time. "The position of mufti itself is very much there and the ... incumbent, while not being paid for the position, is still the holder of the position." Australian media earlier claimed that the AFIC had sacked Hilali, who has held the title since 1988, and abolished the position of mufti altogether. Patel asserted that such a decision was up to the Australian National Imams Council. "If the position should remain, we are quite happy to be guided by the National Council of Imams," he said. After a day-long meeting on Sunday, March 25, in the Sydney suburb of Lakemba, the council decided to reinstate al-Hilali as mufti and form a 15-member executive council to consult more widely about who should be the next mufti. Muslims, estimated at 300,000, make up 1.5 percent of Australia's population of 20 millions. Guidelines The AFIC president voiced confidence in Hilali, saying he is the best man for the job. "He is definitely one of the most knowledgeable, most qualified in Australia," he said. "I will probably be scoffed at when I say this, but he's probably one of the most moderate of the imams in Australia, but he certainly doesn't bring that out in his approaches with the media." Yet, Patel said Hilali HHiwould require special assistance if he is to remain in office. " if he wants to remain mufti then there would have to be some very strict guidelines that would have to be placed," he said. "He might need some resources in terms of having people who can speak English (to) articulate his thoughts clearly, so there's no excuse ever put forward that he was misrepresented." Late last year, Hilali made international headlines for likening immodestly dressed women to "uncovered meat" that might invite rapists. Cindy Taylor, a woman who had twice been raped, had defended Hilali, saying he had not intended to justify rape by his comparison. "He's a wonderful man and his analogy certainly did not justify the act of rape," she said. The non-Muslim Anglo-Saxon parents of the man married to Hilali's daughter also defended him after remarks on Australia's convict ancestors. "We know what he means and we don't believe he deliberately meant to offend anyone," said Brian Tocock.
Boycott Israel [IslamCity] Pakistanis Lambast Vice Quads --none can take law into his hand
Let us hear the story from the Students, after all Muslims are tolerant and Quran advises us to search for the truth and not just rush and fall in the trap: - Interview with Umm Hasan Principal of Jamia Hafsa, Islamabad, Pakistan Why Did Islamic Women Decide to Risk their Lives to Defy General Musharraf in his Stronghold? New Trend: Sis. Umm Hasan, I decided to interview you after I saw that the forces opposed to Islam are busy trying to discredit Jamia Hafsa on the Internet. It is obvious that your Islamic university is having a tremendous impact on the situation in Pakistan, located as you are in the capital of Pakistan. BBC interviewed you Umm Hasan: BBC gave a totally distorted picture of our struggle. It said that we wanted to use violence and throw acid on the faces of women who do not wear Islamic covering. That would be totally unislamic and against Sharia [Islamic Law]. BBC tried to defame us. New Trend: I have also heard that your university [Jamia] is facing a threat of military action by General Musharraf which could happen at any time. Is that true? Umm : Yes, Musharraf has prepared a strike force known as Triple One. It is heavily armed. We only have lathis [wooden staves] to defend ourselves, but we will defend ourselves. We have heard that a special gas has been prepared by Musharraf's forces which would put people to sleep. NT: I dont think that will be easy for Musharraf. I have read that Islamic volunteers from all over the country are coming to your defense and many have assembled in Lal Masjid which is in the same complex as Jamia Hafsa. But how did all this start? Why are the young women in your care coming out to fight? UH: Women of Islam have been terrorized by General Musharraf for much too long. We wont take it any longer. We are sick and tired of his anti-Islam policies and actions. To give you some idea, our university was attacked first by Musharraf in the year 2004 during the night of August 16-17. In the police rampage, our young women were terrorized and attacked by the SWAT teams of Musharraf. NT: That is indeed shameful! UH: Then in 2005, in the aftermath of the London bombing of 7/7, after 11 days, Tony Blair called on Musharraf to attack the Madrassas. Hardly had Blair spoken, then on the very next day, July 19, Musharrafs Special Forces raided Jamia Hafsa. They were shelling us with tear gas and firing plastic bullets at the girls. NT: You mean right there in Islamabad? What a dastardly act! The general is a bloody coward! UH: In this attack, Musharrafs forces injured 150 of our girls. One of them had to spend three months in a clinic. When Musharraf learned that a number of our students were in hospital and were being given oxygen, he ordered that the oxygen be turned off. NT: What an accursed coward! UH: The raids of 2004 and 2005 emboldened Musharraf so much, he decided to start demolishing mosques in Islamabad. Hamza masjid was actually demolished along with 8 others. We received notice that Jamia Hafsa, along with another 80 [eighty] mosques and religious schools and establishments, were to be demolished and that we should leave. This was the immediate cause of the uprising of our young women and the occupation of a small library as the symbol of our resistance. NT: I have read that the occupation of the library and the young womens open defiance of the regime had good results. The government announced that it would rebuild Masjid Hamza and stop the demolition process. Then why did your struggle continue? I have heard that the young women kidnapped a "madam" who was running a prostitution den. UH: Let me explain! NT: Isnt that a violation of law and due process of law? [Benazir Bhutto's] Peoples Party is making a big noise, calling on Musharraf to crack down on Jamia Hafsa for this "violation of law." UH: There is no "rule of law" in this country. No woman can appeal to the police for help. Any woman who falls into the hands of the police is liable to be raped or at least assaulted. NT: What happened in the case of this "madam?" I read somewhere that her name is "Shamim Naqvi" [a Shi'ite]. UH: She is known as "Auntie Shamim." Our girls had been watching her activities for over a month. The neighbors are sick and tired of her procurement of women for men in the government and the crime and noise which goes along with it. She was very confident of her power. She told anyone who objected to the presence of thugs in her area and the activities related to procuring women that she has protection right from the top and that no one will dare to touch her and survive. She was openly working as a procuress. She was increasing her business with government support, even sending girls to other cities. NT: Then what happened? UH: Our Islamic girls went to talk to her and begged her to stop her ac
Re: Boycott Israel [IslamCity] Hypocrisy your name is Bush
Dear Waleed this article will be ignored by Bush, but if WD, Siraj tell him then he will be more receptive as coming from Muslim leaders. Otherwise your efforts are just waste of time. And Muslim leadeers will go and shake hands with Bush and continue with their iftar parties with the enemy of Islam. "G.Waleed Kavalec"@yahoo.com wrote: April 8, 2007 North Koreans Arm Ethiopians as U.S. Assents By MICHAEL R. GORDON and MARK MAZZETTI WASHINGTON, April 7 Three months after the United States successfully pressed the United Nations to impose strict sanctions on North Korea because of the country's nuclear test, Bush administration officials allowed Ethiopia to complete a secret arms purchase from the North, in what appears to be a violation of the restrictions, according to senior American officials. The United States allowed the arms delivery to go through in January in part because Ethiopia was in the midst of a military offensive against Islamic militias inside Somalia, a campaign that aided the American policy of combating religious extremists in the Horn of Africa. American officials said that they were still encouraging Ethiopia to wean itself from its longstanding reliance on North Korea for cheap Soviet-era military equipment to supply its armed forces and that Ethiopian officials appeared receptive. But the arms deal is an example of the compromises that result from the clash of two foreign policy absolutes: the Bush administration's commitment to fighting Islamic radicalism and its effort to starve the North Korean government of money it could use to build up its nuclear weapons program. Since the Sept. 11 attacks, as the administration has made counterterrorism its top foreign policy concern, the White House has sometimes shown a willingness to tolerate misconduct by allies that it might otherwise criticize, like human rights violations in Central Asia and antidemocratic crackdowns in a number of Arab nations. It is also not the first time that the Bush administration has made an exception for allies in their dealings with North Korea. In 2002, Spain intercepted a ship carrying Scud missiles from North Korea to Yemen. At the time, Yemen was working with the United States to hunt members of Al Qaeda operating within its borders, and after its government protested, the United States asked that the freighter be released. Yemen said at the time that it was the last shipment from an earlier missile purchase and would not be repeated. American officials from a number of agencies described details of the Ethiopian episode on the condition of anonymity because they were discussing internal Bush administration deliberations. Several officials said they first learned that Ethiopia planned to receive a delivery of military cargo from North Korea when the country's government alerted the American Embassy in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia's capital, after the adoption on Oct. 14 of the United Nations Security Council measure imposing sanctions. "The Ethiopians came back to us and said, 'Look, we know we need to transition to different customers, but we just can't do that overnight,' " said one American official, who added that the issue had been handled properly. "They pledged to work with us at the most senior levels." American intelligence agencies reported in late January that an Ethiopian cargo ship that was probably carrying tank parts and other military equipment had left a North Korean port. The value of the shipment is unclear, but Ethiopia purchased $20 million worth of arms from North Korea in 2001, according to American estimates, a pattern that officials said had continued. The United States gives Ethiopia millions of dollars of foreign aid and some nonlethal military equipment. After a brief debate in Washington, the decision was made not to block the arms deal and to press Ethiopia not to make future purchases. John R. Bolton, who helped to push the resolution imposing sanctions on North Korea through the Security Council in October, before stepping down as United Nations ambassador, said that the Ethiopians had long known that Washington was concerned about their arms purchases from North Korea and that the Bush administration should not have tolerated the January shipment. "To make it clear to everyone how strongly we feel on this issue we should have gone to the Ethiopians and said they should send it back," said Mr. Bolton, who added that he had been unaware of the deal before being contacted for this article. "I know they have been helpful in Somalia, but there is a nuclear weapons program in North Korea that is unhelpful for everybody worldwide. "Never underestimate the strength of 'clientitis' at the State Department," said Mr. Bolton, using Washington jargon for a situation
Boycott Israel [IslamCity] Remember the children of Deir Yassin
With thanks to Br. Rafeh, California The Children of Deir Yassin by Pat McDonnell Twair [EMAIL PROTECTED] As hostilities intensified between Jews and Palestinians during the spring of 1948, Hind Husseini, who co-ordinated the establishment of Arab children's centres in Jerusalem , found it increasingly difficult to move about the war-torn city. The morning of April 9 has resounded with volleys of gunfire marking the solemn funeral of her cousin, Abdul Qader Husseini, the charismatic leader of the Palestinian resistance. He had died the day before in a six day battle to regain Kastel, an Arab fortress overlooking Jerusalem . Now this most revered of all Palestinian fighters was being buried at the sacred Haram al-Sharif. This was the biggest blow the Palestinians had so far sustained. As the Palestinians stopped shooting their precious bullets into the air and began to mourn the sudden loss of Abdul Qadar, ominous rumours began to spread of a massacre. The atrocities mentioned in whispers were more horrible than the bereft Arabs could comprehend and they seemed to be taking place that very morning on the western outskirts of the city near Kastel. A few hours later, Arab authorities announced Jewish terrorists has attacked the village of Deir Yassin . In hope of inciting neighbouring Arab governments to come to their aid, they graphically described the slaughter of Deir Yassin's civilian inhabitants. The Arab governments did not respond, but tragically, the Palestinian peasants did and began to make a mass exodus from their homeland of millennia to the Jordanian border. Hind huddled close to the radio in her two-room apartment in the Suq al-Haman neighbourhood of East Jerusalem . She realised a massacre of this magnitude meant all out war. She did not go to her office the next morning as co-ordinator for the Arab Women's Union . However, when the level of gunfire sporadically abated, she ventured outside. Turning the corner, the horror of the massacre of Deir Yassin hit her full force as she beheld several bloodied children huddled against a wall. "Oh my darlings, what happened? Are you hurt? What is this, you have no shoes, why are you in night-clothes?" The shivering children were too frightened to cry, they stared at her in wide-eyed horror unable to describe the atrocities they had witnessed. Picking up the two youngest, Hind gently whispered to the dirty, frightened children to follow her. It was bitterly cold even at midday on that April 10 morning. Hind unlocked the door of her apartment and motioned to the frightened waifs to follow her inside. She gently lowered the toddlers onto her bed, rushed to bring blankets from a closet and began to heat water for bathing. Now that they knew they were safely in the hands of an adult who spoke Arabic but dressed differently than the women of Deir Yassin, the children began to whimper. Mohammed, the oldest, told Hind that he had hid under his parents' bed when the terrorists entered his home. He had heard his mother scream for a long time. From his hiding point, he had seen the bodies of his sisters and brothers fall to the floor. The house had been looted. Several times hands had pulled out old clothes and shoes from under the bed, but he had not been detected. For the rest of the day and into the night, the little boy had heard groans and cries, gun-shots, screeching tyres, and the strange guttural sounds of the intruders. At daybreak the bodies the bodies that lay in his house were pulled out. When he saw his mother's lifeless body being dragged by its heels like a sack of wheat, sobs uncontrollably came out of his throat. A terrorist reached under the bed, touched him, pulled him from his hiding place, and roughly walked him to a truck where several other children were holding onto one another. One eight-year old girl was soaked in blood; Mohammed feared she had been wounded. He didn't want her to die in this truck. Barely able to speak, she told him her name was Thoraya and assured him she wasn't wounded. Her aunts had protectively hid her behind them when the terrorists entered their house. The women had been stabbed, their gold earrings and gold bracelets forcibly removed, but Thoraya had remained safe and protected by their bodies which fell over her and which she felt stiffen over the hours. It was only when one of the terrorists returned to make sure all the jewellery had been removed from the corpses that she had been found and taken to the truck. Hind bathed Mohammed and dried him with a warm towel. Then grasping his arms inside her tightly clenched fists, she looked directly into his eyes and pledged: "You will never, ever be alone again, I swear." For the ensuing we
Re: Boycott Israel [IslamCity] Former U.S. diplomat interprets Islam
I am glad one new Muslim is doing his best to wipe out the sins of Bush, blair and Olmert in killing over 675000 of our brothers and sisters in Iraq. What about WD and Siraj? "G.Waleed Kavalec"@yahoo.com wrote: Former U.S. diplomat interprets Islam Newly settled in Montana, Dave Grimland tries to balance negative images of the Muslim world. By Sam Howe Verhovek, Times Staff Writer April 1, 2007 PLENTYWOOD, MONT. Dave Grimland spent nearly 30 years as a foreign service officer "telling the U.S. side of the story," he says in Bangladesh, India, Cyprus, Turkey and other nations with large Muslim populations. He wrote ambassadors' speeches, arranged cultural gatherings, and more than once hunkered down as angry mobs gathered outside the embassy to protest American policy. Now retired and living in rural Montana, Grimland is once again telling a side of the story only this time, in quiet pockets of the Big Sky State, he's trying to tell the Muslim side to non-Muslim Americans. "I'm going to ask you, at least for this evening, to try to put on a pair of Muslim glasses and see what the world looks like," Grimland said one recent night to about 40 ranchers, farmers and others in the basement of the county library near the spot where Montana, North Dakota and Saskatchewan meet. Outside, it was snowing and 16 degrees. The nearest mosque was about 120 miles away, in Regina. Many in the audience said they had never met a Muslim other than Plentywood High School exchange student Alisher Taylonzoda, from Tajikistan. For two hours and 40 minutes including a brief break for cider and baked goods the Montanans listened intently as Grimland covered a sweeping amount of history and made a case that the vast majority of Muslims are like the great majority of Christians, Jews or Buddhists. "No worse; no better," he said. "They want peace. They want to live their lives." A soft-spoken man of 63, Grimland has traveled to dozens of churches, schools, small-town gathering halls and Indian reservations. He brings along a black roller suitcase crammed with books, magazine articles and photocopies of slightly blurry maps, timelines, and "further study" reading lists for those interested in the history of Islam. Talking to a dozen people there, 40 here, as many as 75 elsewhere, Grimland hardly expects to change the world. But he does feel a calling. "I'd been frustrated ever since 9/11 by listening to comments [about] the backwardness of Islam, about the religion's responsibility for the 9/11 tragedy, versus the actions of a small number of Islamic extremists." And so, Grimland said, "I just thought maybe I could try to help people who haven't traveled, who haven't had the benefit of having to know this stuff because it was part of their job." He didn't come to Montana to give lectures on Islam. He came here to retire. After the peripatetic life of an embassy public affairs officer, he and his wife, Kathleen, a former UNICEF officer in India, moved in 1995 to Columbus, about 35 miles west of Billings. They have a 15-year-old son, Michael; Grimland also has a daughter, Debra, 36, in Atlanta. Grimland and his wife built a house on land they bought in 1990, after friends visiting India from the States showed them photographs of the Montana property. After the 2001 terrorist attacks, as he watched television news and took in what he describes as irregular coverage of the Muslim world in local newspapers, Grimland felt that Montanans were being given little true sense of that world. "Islam, for most of us, didn't really even register on our personal radar screens until Sept. 11, 2001," he said. "And since then, we've been assaulted with generally negative, often very violent images of the religion." Grimland does not remotely justify terrorism. He does try to explain what motivates jihadists, and why some Muslims don't condemn the violence. "Many Muslims do perceive the U.S. as decadent and degenerate," Grimland told the gathering here, referring to Janet Jackson's exposed breast in the 2004 Super Bowl halftime show and TV's "Desperate Housewives." When he filled in as a substitute history teacher at the Columbus high school, he said, he was shocked at how sexually suggestive some of student attire was. Many in the audience here in Plentywood, seated on folding chairs, nodded. Still, when it came time for questions, many also seemed to express polite skepticism about the Muslim world's desire for peace. "These moderates you're talking about is there ever going to be an outcry from them, or do they secretly agree with this?" asked Betty Overland, a local banker. The "this" was the jihadists' violence against Americans. Grimland said that there were moderate Muslim voices but that they rarely got media coverag
Boycott Israel [IslamCity] Salute to the people of Nepal
[input][input][input][input] Salute to the people of Nepal. They have brought peace and different political parties together to the build the country of their desires. Alas such opportunities rarely visits Muslim lands from Morrocco to Bangladesh. The reason being that the masses are left without education. The literacy rates are below 30% and where there is education like in Turkey and Egypt, the army plays the leading role in suppressing the wishes of the people. The West always interferes in their domestic affairs and appoints rulers to represent and protect the economic and security concerns of the west. Muslims need leaders like Rev. Deshmond Tutu. Nelson Mandela and Javais. Muslim leaders are crooks and steal all the resources of the nation to enrich the army, police and the ruling parties. Nepal, Iran, Venuezula and Cuba must serve as a guiding post for the oppressed people of Asia, Latin America and Africa. editor_revdemwrote: http://www.kantipur online.com/ kolnews.php?&nid=105318 Historical day in course of forming new Nepal: Prachanda Kantipur Report KATHMANDU, April 1 - Four months after the CPN-M and the seven-party alliance clinched the peace deal, the CPN-M on Sunday finally entered the government. CPN-M's induction into the interim government has been observed as the foundation stone for the formation of a New Nepal, however, skeptical views are still afloat. Yet, Sunday afternoon, Maoists entered the interim government having a substantial share of the pie. "I feel this is a historical day in the formation of New Nepal," said Maoist Chairman Prachanda just after the formation of the interim government. Prachanda also added that he was curious as to what would be the reaction of the people of the "old school", who have found it difficult to accept the waves of change in the country brought about by the 12-year-long People's War and the 19-day long April movement. "They might feel that we have returned to an old system, but a new system has been started and today is the historical day." When asked about the new plans of the Maoists -- now that they have entered the government -- Prachanda replied that the first priority of his party was to hold Constituent Assembly (CA) elections successfully in a free and fair manner. Stating that his party's focus now would be in providing immediate relief to the people, Prachanda added, "We will also have long-term plans to steer the nation towards a new direction." Prachanda said that the CA election was the primary concern of the moment and added that his party had joined the interim government only to facilitate CA elections. When asked if he feels that his party's responsibilities have increased, Prachanda replied, "Once we entered mainstream politics following the ceasefire, we were prepared to form a New Nepal; all our present responsibilities are also a part of it. So, we have come prepared to shoulder responsibilities for the sake of the nation." He also said that an agreement had been signed among the leaders of the eight partiesâincluding the Prime Minister â that would allow the parliament to oust the king with a two-third majority votes if he tries to sabotage the CA elections. Answering as to who would provide security to Maoist ministers, he replied that although party cadres would be present, the security for the ministers would be guaranteed by the state itself. He also underscored that it would be useless for the Maoist to remain in the government if the CA elections were not held, since it had been their main objective since the ceasefire. Prachanda further said that those who did not want timely CA elections were accusing the Maoists of trying to defer the polls. - To help you stay safe and secure online, we've developed the all new Yahoo! Security Centre.
Boycott Israel [IslamCity] Please circulate
The Importance of Darfur to the Jewish Community Joachim Martillo - thorsprovoni@ aol.com Statement given at the Massachusetts State House 3/29/2007 where all the major Jewish lobbies combined forces to press for "divestment" from Sudan. The great rabbi philosopher of the Middle Ages, Moses Maimonides came up with a general principal that can help to explain the Jewish Community Relations Committee and their friendsâ approach to Darfur. It begins: Ani maamin beemunah shlemah -- I believe with complete faith -- shehakadosh borukh hu matzui umashgiah -- that the holy one blessed be he is the creator and ruler of the world. Today we can add a new conclusion. Ani maamin beemunah shlemah shegizanim menassim likhzov et beit hamhokakim hazeh. I believe with complete faith that racists are trying to deceive this legislature. How can we explain the JCRCâs approach to Darfur? Here are the basics of the issue. In Darfur practically everyone is a black African Muslim. The population is divided between nomads and settled farmers. Since at least 1987 when there was a crop failure in Darfur, the Sudan Liberation Army organized the settled farmers to attempt to overthrow the Central Sudanese government. The other rebel group is the Justice and Equality Movement, which is allied with Hassan al-Turabi. The ruler of Sudan is Omar al-Bashir. His allies are generally called Arabs as a political statement even if they are black Africans as is the case in Darfur. He has been cooperating with the US in the War on Terror. Darfur is the site of a very messy civil war. It is somewhat similar to the disaster that the US has caused in Iraq except that America is less directly involved, and the US has caused far more death and displacement of population in Iraq in four years than has occurred in Darfur in 20 years. But the JCRC wants to close the gap and show the world that America can kill just as many Africans as we can kill Middle Easterners. More. The JCRC and all the major Israel advocacy groups supported an economic boycott of Iraq that spanned over a decade, which prohibited Iraqis from importing chlorine to purify their drinking water, as a result of which over two million people died, the vast majority of whom were children under the age of five. It is very important that despite the tricky wording of the âSave Darfurâ position, a vote for divestment is a vote for genocide; and it will be a genocide that we caused. Right now we are seeing in Darfur a phase that looks something like Sherman's March through Georgia during the Civil War. Was the Union undertaking genocide of white southerners? No. Should the UK have undertaken an economic boycott of the Union? No. Groups of Americans feign to care about Darfur, but America is the mainstay of the State of Israel, which is founded by Eastern Europeans, who committed a pre-planned genocide of the native population of Palestine with the justification that there is a linguistic relationship between the word Jew and the word Judea. These people had no historical roots in Palestine. By the same logic after the potato famines the Irish who are mostly Roman Catholic would have had the right to steal Rome and genocide the native population because the word "Roman" in "Roman Catholic" is a derivative of the word "Rome." Despite the fact that American values of equality of citizenship and property rights are not being held dear in Israel, the JCRC intimidated the local governments of Massachussetts that they better not try to stop the genocide against the Palestinian people. Then, as a distraction from the crimes the JCRC and friends support and pay for with our money, they invented this Darfur strategy to isolate and deliberately increase the starvation of the African population. So what motivates the Jewish Community Relations Council and other groups within the organized Jewish community to make such an effort on Darfur? Are they concerned about the lives and human rights of Muslim Africans? The Jewish Community Relations Council works hand in hand with racist extremist Israel advocates at The David Project in an attempt to deprive local Muslim Americans of their fundamental constitutional rights as American citizens to assemble and to worship freely at the new Mosque that is being built at Roxbury crossing. This conspiracy to "sanction" the mosque is a deliberate and decisive measure to hurt the economy in the black area of Boston. The organized Jewish community is saying, "Blacks don't have the right to political respect. We will not allow Muslims or Africans to participate in the economy. Not in America, and not in Africa.â If this legislature really is sincere in caring about the lives and rights of Muslims and black peop
Boycott Israel [IslamCity] ] Gonzales thwarted Cuban jail closure, Palestine and Sudan
SUDAN: Censorship of Islamic Viewpoint on Darfur During its huge gathering in Detroit, Michigan, the Nation of Islam brought in the President of Sudan, Omar al-Bashir, to talk to the audience by TV link. The audience, African American, were enabled to question the president of Sudan. Al-Bashir debunked the Zionist propaganda that "genocide" is going on in Darfur. Thousands watched and saw directly that Al-Bashir is not an "Arab" but a Black African. [Dr. Akbar Muhammad emceed the appearance.] Here is the shocker: The corporate-zionist media completely blocked the reporting on the TV link appearance of the Sudanese President. - - - - - - - -- PALESTINE: Mufti Warns: Al-Aqsa in Danger The Mufti of Palestine, Ikrima Sabri, has warned that Israel is continuing to dig adjacent to the al-Aqsa masjid. The digging is now being done at night and away from media coverage. The Mufti warned the Muslim world: He said the time for talk is over. The Muslims must take action to stop Israel before it is too late. [March 16] "G.Waleed Kavalec"@yahoo.com wrote: Gonzales thwarted Cuban jail closure March 24, 2007 WASHINGTON: As the newly appointed US Defence Secretary, Robert Gates repeatedly argued for the detention facility at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, to be shut down and for prisoners held there to be tried in a US court.With the support of Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, Mr Gates told President George W. Bush that the detention centre had become so tainted abroad that legal proceedings at Guantanamo would be viewed as illegitimate, The New York Times reported yesterday. Mr Gates suggested that prisoners held at Guantanamo could be transferred to military brigs in the US, where they would remain in the custody of the Pentagon and be subject to trial under military proceedings. The Defence Secretary's appeal was an effort to turn Mr Bush's publicly stated desire to close Guantanamo into a specific plan for action, US officials told The New York Times. But his arguments were reportedly rejected after embattled Attorney-General Alberto Gonzales and Vice-President Dick Cheney's office strongly objected to the plan. While Mr Bush eventually rejected the approach, officials at the National Security Council, Pentagon and State Department continue to analyse options for the detention of terrorism suspects, the newspaper said. The base at Guantanamo holds about 385 prisoners, among them 14 senior leaders of al-Qa'ida -- including Khalid Shaikh Mohammed -- who were transferred to it last year from secret prisons run by the Central Intelligence Agency. http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,20867,21436969-2703,00.html -- -- -- G. Waleed Kavalec - This email message is for the sole use of the intended recipient(s) and may contain confidential and privileged information. If you are not an intended recipient of this document, please notify the sender, delete it and do not read, act upon, print, disclose, copy, retain or redistribute it. In fact it would be best all around for you to burn your computer then report to the nearest office of the Department of Homeland Security and turn yourself in as a potential danger to the moral fabric of America and a serious risk to the purity of apple pie. If you actually are an intended recipient of this document you are probably far worse than that and had better be making your escape because appropriate authorities have already been notified. We know where you've been. - Now you can scan emails quickly with a reading pane. Get the new Yahoo! Mail.
Re: Boycott Israel [IslamCity] Gonzales thwarted Cuban jail closure
We are wrong in Afghanistan By David OrchardCanadians are fighting and dying in an undeclared war in Afghanistan. Prime Minister Harper has stated that Canada will not "cut and run" in the face of increasing casualties. Foreign Affairs Minister MacKay says Canada will "finish the job." Chief of Defence Staff, Rick Hillier, is quoted as saying "Canada needs to be in Afghanistan for the long haul... at least a decade and probably a lot longer." But why is Canada in Afghanistan? We've been told that Afghanistan was a haven for terrorists and therefore its government needed to be overthrown to protect the rest of the world. However, in international law, labelling a country a haven for terrorists is not sufficient grounds to justify an invasion of, or an attack on, that country. A long list could be compiled of nations that have harboured, willingly or otherwise, those who could be called terrorists. International law allows the use of military force only if one's nation is under direct and ongoing attack itself or if it is authorized by the Security Council of the United Nations. Canada has not experienced an attack by Afghanistan. As for the Security Council, the U.N. resolutions on Afghanistan prior to the U.S. invasion in October 2001, contained not even an implied authorization of military force. Today Canada is not in Afghanistan under UN command. Our soldiers are not wearing blue helmets. We are operating in Afghanistan under U.S. command, as part of U.S. "Operation Enduring Freedom." Ah, but at least we are there to do good things, our government replies. To help a war-torn nation stabilize itself, to bring democracy to a country badly in need of such and to help liberate women and girls who suffered under the iron heel of the Taliban. Yet history shows that "democracy" is rarely imposed on a country by the barrel of a gun. Nations that attempt to force their system of government on others invariably create resistance. Many colonial wars can be cited as examples, including those in Afghanistan's own past. As for the west's influence on Afghan society, a report by the Revolutionary Association of the Women of Afghanistan (RAWA) stated shortly after the invasion that conditions in Afghanistan for women were worse under the control of our allies, the Northern Alliance, than previously under the Taliban. According to the RAWA, "These [the Northern Alliance] are the very people who immediately upon usurping power... proclaimed amongst other sordid restrictions the compulsory veiling of all women. The people of the world need to know that in terms of widespread raping of girls and women from ages 7 to 70, the track record of the Taliban can in no way stand up against that of these very same 'Northern Alliance' associates..." It should be noted that these are women who opposed the Taliban and were lauded in the U.S. media prior to the invasion for having done so. Canada is now in Afghanistan as part of a foreign occupation and a very real, hot war that took, by conservative estimates, 20,000 Afghan lives within the first six months alone. With its 1991 war on Iraq the U.S., for the first time in history, began using depleted uranium munitions. It has since used large amounts of DU weaponry in the former Yugoslavia, Iraq and Afghanistan. The contamination from depleted uranium remains deadly for hundreds of thousands of years. Dr. Rosalie Bertell states in her Update on Depleted Uranium and Gulf War Syndrome, the use of DU in war is a "a clear violation of the Geneva Protocol on the Use of Gas in War." She writes: "DU generates a poison gas, known commonly as a metal fume, which is highly toxic when inhaled. It can also be classed as a radiological weapon of indiscriminate destruction which does not respect national boundaries, and which persists long after a conflict is over." The effect of DU on both Afghan citizens and returning Canadian and American soldiers has been almost completely ignored. Perhaps it's worth looking beyond the official reasons given for this war. Prominent American writer Gore Vidal in his book Perpetual War for Perpetual Peace writes: "We need Afghanistan because it is the gateway to Central Asia, which is full of oil an
Boycott Israel [IslamCity] In Defence of Dictators!
In Defence of "dictators"By: ABID ULLAH JANPublished: February 12, 2007A US magazine, PARADE, issued its annual List of the worlds worst dictators. The problem with the definition of dictators is that half of the listed dictators are puppets, surviving in power only because of the support of real dictators. The flawed criteria used for listing dictators considers only those heads of states as dictators who exercise arbitrary authority over the lives of his citizens and who cannot be removed from power through legal means. There is no contention with the listed dictators. The problem lies with the fact most of the listed dictators are puppets, who would not be there without the blessing of the elected and democratic dictators. These democratic dictators can definitely be removed through legal means, but their acts and rule is far more dictatorial and dangerous to the world peace than the listed dictators. For example, none of the other dictators combined have committed far more terrible human rights abuses on international level than George Bush and Tony Blair. Yet they are not even considered in the category of dictators. What is important: the level and scope of crimes committed against humanity or simply the means to ones or going out of power? Of course, the list published in Parade draws in part on reports by global-human rights organizations, including Human Rights Watch, Freedom House, Reporters Without Borders and Amnesty International. But one wonders what happened to all the reports of these organizations on Iraq, Afghanistan, Guantanamo Bay, Palestine, Chechnya and Kashmir. Which dictators is at fault of the abuse of human rights, civil war and mass killings in these places. Many of the listed and unlisted dictators (e.g., Karzai in Kabul, Malaki in Baghdad) would not even be on the radar screen today if they were not fully supported by Bush, Blair and the rest of their allies. Suddans Omar al-Bashir is put in the first place for killing 180,000 civilians in Darfur in Western Sudan and displacing 2 million people from their homes. Compare this with the killings and displacement of people as a result of Bush and Blairs war of aggression on the basis of lies. Is it necessary that a dictatorial regime must always be run by just one dictator? What if dictators follow one after another through the so-considered legal means and popular elections? What if these seemingly democratically elected leaders act far worse than the listed dictators? Think of the successive Israeli heads of state, who have been committing ethnic cleansing for the past 60 years. Think of the successive US and UK leadership since the Gulf War II, for instance, who have taken lives of at least 1.8 million through the genocidal sanctions in Iraq alone. Why their rule should not be considered as dictatorial? Islam Karimov, Musharraf, King Abdullah of Jordan, and Meles Zenawi of Eithopia, of course, are dictators. But who is supporting them? Who are sustaining them in power? Whose military forces are protecting Saudi Kingdom and Kuwaiti Sheikhdom? If not for the Western backing, these dictators cannot survive a single day in power. Massacres of Karimov, illegal detentions of Musharraf and torturous security apparatus of King Abdullah are all acceptable only because they are claiming to be the best friends of the United States and U.K. and are fighting radical Islamists. Validity of the effort is doubtful. The list seems to be politically motivated as well. Syed Ali Khamanei of Iran is at ninth place, whereas dictator Musharraf is at number 17. There is no mention to the butchers of Algeria, fully supported by France and other Western governments. On the other hand, Castro is listed as a dictator only because he is not holding elections. There is no count of the country he invaded. There is no count of the lies he told to his people and the United nations. There is not count of his concentration camps. On the Cuban soil, the only concentration camp belongs to dictator Bush, not Castro. The bottom-line is that irrespective of the titles, Bush remains dictator number one and Blair number two. It hardly matters if people are given a chance to protest in streets in millions before they go to launch wars of aggression. In the end, it is their decision that counts, not the will of the people. The co-opted medias white washing crimes of these top dictators hardly makes them less dictatorial. Similarly, listing some puppets as dictators and ignoring their masters is the worst injustice Western analysts and organizations are doing to humanity. A constructive role on the part of Parade magazine and other media outlets will be to place Bush and Blair on the top of their list of dictators and tell the truth as it is: almost half of the listed dictators will face the fate of Saddam Hussein at the hands of their
Re: Boycott Israel [IslamCity] Basis for Muslim Belief - Dr. Gary Miller
Dr. Miller will teach Islam to Muslims and Hindutva will capture trade from the Central Asian Muslim lands. Would the General arrange for coolie jobs for Pakistanis, or else you will find Mr. Turkey, hundreds will be going to Muscat, etc. and they will be put in jail and our great lawyer --- Ansar Burney will be going to get them back from jails to the poverty cage in Pakistan. Mr. Turkey what is your advice? South Asia, March 3, 2007 BANGALORE - With its first base in Central Asia at Ayni, Tajikistan, ready to begin operations soon, India's power projection into the region is poised for a leap forward. Refurbishment of the Ayni base, which is about 10 kilometers northeast of the Tajik capital Dushanbe, has reportedly been completed, and India's Chiefs of Staff Committee has given its go-ahead. The Defense Ministry is now awaiting the green signal from the Cabinet Committee on Security to begin operations. India has become the fourth country - after Russia, the United States and Germany - to have a base in Central Asia. Ayni was used by the Soviets in the 1980s to support their military operations in Afghanistan. After the Soviet pullout, the base fell into disuse and was in a dilapidated condition right through the 1990s. Then in 2002, India undertook to refurbish the base at a cost of about US$10 million. But reports indicated that India's role will not be confined just to renovating it. India had reached an agreement with the Tajiks to set up a base there. Officially, however, India and Tajikistan have maintained that India's role was limited to renovating it. The Ayni base will apparently be under the command and control of India, Tajikistan and Russia by rotation. The base will be jointly maintained by the Indians and the Russians. It is believed that New Delhi agreed to India-Russia joint maintenance under pressure from Moscow. The economic factor too would have weighed in favor of the decision on joint maintenance. Besides, there were logistical considerations as well. With India's access by land or air to Tajikistan depending on the whims of Pakistan, India would have realized that it would have to look to the Russians for logistical support anyway. A base will take India's close ties with Tajikistan to a new level. The two countries were on the same side in the Afghan civil war in the 1990s; both opposed the Pakistan-backed Taliban regime in Afghanistan. Tajikistan has been India's entry point for influence in Afghanistan and Central Asia. It was at Farkhor near Tajikistan's border with Afghanistan that India set up a hospital in the late 1990s to treat injured Northern Alliance fighters. India supplied the Northern Alliance with high-altitude military equipment and helped repair its attack helicopters. - What kind of emailer are you? Find out today - get a free analysis of your email personality. Take the quiz at the Yahoo! Mail Championship.
Boycott Israel [IslamCity] The world can halt Bush's crimes
The World Can Halt Bushs Crimes By Dumping The Dollar By Paul Craig Roberts 14 February, 2007 Countercurrents.org What would be the consequences of a US or Israeli attack on Irans nuclear energy sites? At the 2006 Perdana Global Peace Forum, Australian medical scientist Dr. Helen Caldicott provided an authoritative analysis: [VIDEO] of the devastating impact on human life that would result from the radiation release from such an attack. Dr. Caldicott described the catastrophic deaths that would result from a conventional attack on nuclear facilities and the long-term increase in cancer deaths from the radiation release. Should the attack be made with nuclear weapons--as some of Bushs criminally insane neoconservative advisers advocate--the populations of many countries would suffer for generations from radioactive particles in air, water, and food chains. Deaths would number in the many millions. Such an attack justified in the name of American security and American hegemony would constitute the rawest form of evil the world has ever seen, far surpassing in evil the atrocities of the Nazi and Communist regimes. Dr. Caldicott detailed the horrible long-term consequences for the Iraqi population from the US militarys current use of depleted uranium in explosive ammunition used in Iraq. Caldicott explained that depleted does not mean depleted of radiation. She explained that each time such ammunition is used, radioactive particles are released in the air and are absorbed into peoples lungs. We are yet to see the horrific civilian casualty rate of the American invasion--or the true casualty rate among US troops. Dr. Caldicott expressed bewilderment why the rest of the world does not stand up to the US and force a halt to its crimes against humanity. One man heard her--Vladimir Putin, President of Russia. On February 10 at the 43rd Munich Security Conference, President Putin told the worlds assembled political leaders that the US was trying to establish a uni-polar world, which he defined as one single center of power, one single center of force and one single master. This goal, Putin said, was a formula for disaster. The United States, Putin said, truthfully, has overstepped its borders in all spheres and has imposed itself on other states. The Russian leader declared: We see no kind of restraint--a hyper-inflated use of force. To avoid catastrophe, Putin said a reconsideration of the entire existing architecture of global security was necessary. Putins words of truth fell on many deaf ears. US Senator John McCain, Americas most idiotic and dangerous leader after Bush and Cheney, equated Putins legitimate criticism of the US with confrontation. Americas new puppets--the states of central and Eastern Europe and the secretary general of NATO, no longer a treaty for the defense of Europe but a military force enlisted in Americas quest for empire--lined up with McCains argument that Russia was in fundamental conflict with the core values of Euro-Atlantic democracies. Even the BBCs defense and security correspondent, Rob Watson, jumped on the American propaganda bandwagon, tagging Putins speech a revival of the cold war. No delegate at the security conference stood up to state the obvious fact that it is not Russia that is invading countries under pretexts as false as Hitlers and setting up weapons systems on foreign soil in order to achieve military hegemony. The reception given to Putins words made it clear to Russia, China, and every country not bribed, threatened or purchased into participation in Americas drive for world hegemony that the US has no interest whatsoever in peace. Intelligent people realize that American claims to be a moral and democratic force are mere pretense behind which hides a policy of military aggression. The US, Putin said, has gone from one conflict
Re: Boycott Israel [IslamCity] Ahmadinejad held hostage to bazaar politics
Is clean and cheap nuclear fuel for industries reserved for every other religious people except Muslims? [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: An excellent analysis of Ahmadinejad, Though little lengthy - Abi. Ahmadinejad held hostage to bazaar politics By M K Bhadrakumar http://www.atimes.com/atimes/Middle_East/IB03Ak02.html In the geography between the Arabian Sea and the Levant, there is only one country where it is possible to fancy that an elected government could tumble because of the price of tomatoes in the bazaar - Iran. These are turbulent times in Iran. Tehran has passed through such times before. In the late 1980s, a court in Berlin issued a warrant against then-Iranian president Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani for allegedly authorizing the dispatch of hit squads from Tehran to murder Iranian dissidents living in the West. The Western world demonized Rafsanjani then, much in the way President Mahmud Ahmadinejad is today. But Tehran seems to have weathered the latest Western attempt to engineer dissension within the Iranian regime. The importance of Ahmadinejad The main thing about Ahmadinejad that irritates Washington is his immense popularity within Iran. It renders absolutely nonsensical any talk of "regime change" in Iran. Ahmadinejad sets a standard of personal integrity and simplicity of lifestyle that is rare among the political elite. Mammoth crowds throng to listen to him at public rallies wherever he goes. He identifies with their sorrows and dreams. He is easily accessible. He lives in their neighborhood. This has never happened before - not even during the time of Mohammed Mossadeq in the early 1950s. Ahmadinejad is the first "populist" leader Iranians have known. He is restoring to an extent the "connectivity" of the Iranian regime with the voiceless millions in Iran. This connectivity was snapped during the past two decades since ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini passed away in 1989. Since then, Iran's ruling elite, especially the religious establishment, began incrementally deviating from the ideals of Ali Shariati that inspired the storm troopers of the Islamic Revolution who poured into the streets of Tehran chanting his name in the tumultuous winter of 1978 leading up to the revolution the next year. French philosopher Jean-Paul Sartre once said, "I have no religion, but if I were to choose one, it would be that of Shariati." One of the two or three foremost Islamic thinkers of the last century, Shariati's radical blend of Islam and Marxism electrified a whole generation of Iranian revolutionaries like Ahmadinejad. It is a different matter whether radical Islamic egalitarianism, which is redistributionist and anti-imperialistic, is workable in today's era of globalization. But that doesn't stop Ahmadinejad from trying. (It doesn't stop Venezuela's Hugo Chavez, either.) The premise of his polemic is simple: the predatory West motivated by Machiavellian considerations of power and profit seeks to dominate the Muslim world and seeks to transfer its resources. This makes conflict inevitable. To Ahmadinejad, Islam is an ideology and a cultural identity. He is traversing a moralistic maze that is fundamentally more political than religious. From the US point of view, that makes Ahmadinejad extremely dangerous. No one like Ahmadinejad has appeared on the political landscape of the Middle East since imperial Britain choreographed the region's destiny almost a century ago. There is also a philosophical angle to it. Shariati's thoughts were profoundly influenced by his affiliation with Sorbonne University, Marxism, Sartre and French author and essayist Frantz Fanon. His lectures in Tehran University to ardent followers like Ahmadinejad, until his tragic death in his early 40s at the hands of the shah's secret police, focused on popular revolts against "foreign domination, internal deceit, the power of the feudal lords and wealthy capitalists" (to quote from Shariati's classic essay "Red Shi'ism vs Black Shi'ism"). Equally, Shariati was unsparing in his criticism that Islam "left the great mosque of the common people to become a next-door neighbor to the palace of Ali Qapu in the Royal Mosque". [1] All through Shariati's writings one can see that he harnessed religion to revolutionary politics. He tried to assimilate Shi'ite hopes for a better world through the return of the Hidden Imam, the Mahdi, with the revolutionary agendas of mass struggle and historical progress. In fact, Shariati wrote that the return of the Mahdi would bring about a "classless society". In Ahmadinejad's fusion of Shi'ism and revolutionary fervor, too, political struggle becomes a beautifying myth of heroic valor and triumph of the will. In his scheme of things, too, the prospects of true justice are inextricably linked
Re: Boycott Israel [IslamCity] MALAYSIA DENIES MASJIDS TO MUSLIM CHINESE
Is race a barrier to have a mosque in Malaysia? [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: MALAYSIA DENIES MASJIDS TO MUSLIM CHINESE Race comes to the fore in Malaysia mosque debate By Jalil Hamid Reuters Sat Feb 17, 2007 http://www.reuters.com/articlePrint?articleId=USKLR33216420070218 KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) - Chinese Malaysians who have embraced Islam are testing the government over a mosque issue that analysts say highlights a racial divide in the multi-ethnic country. Malaysia, which boasts of religious diversity and where just over half of its population are Muslims of Malay descent, has spurned applications by Chinese Muslims to open their first mosques, officials said. The authorities argued that having separate mosques would segregate Muslims and could anger the majority Malays, who by definition are Muslims. Mohamad Ridhuan Tee Abdullah, a convert championing the cause of his fellow 70,000-strong Chinese Muslims, said Malaysia must show that Islam transcends race and culture. "We have to change the perception that Islam only belongs to a particular race, for example the Malays and the Arabs," the 42-year-old Islamic scholar told Reuters. "We have to show the universality of Islam by allowing Chinese mosques," he said at the weekend. "The authorities have to do away with the stereotypes." The issue goes to the heart of what Islam means in Malaysia, and shows how race continues to shape life in Malaysia 50 years after independence, analysts said. "There is fear that the Malay identity will be lost if Islam is practiced in languages other than Malay," Canadian Muslim, Moaz Yusuf Ahmad, wrote in the New Straits Times recently. Islam is the official religion in Malaysia, which currently heads the world's largest grouping of Muslim nations, but other religions can be practiced. Malays form just over half of Malaysia's 26 million people. The sizeable Chinese and Indian minorities are mostly Christians, Buddhists or Hindus. Malaysia has no shortage of mosques, many with Moorish-styled domes and minarets. Mostly funded by the government, the mosques cater almost entirely to the Malays and provide Friday sermons in the Malay language. There is not a single mosque for Chinese Muslims, although Indian Muslims are allowed to have their own mosques. CHINESE DESIGN Ridhuan, a vice-president of the Malaysian Chinese Muslim Association, said his association was proposing to build mosques that would reflect Chinese design. "We would like to portray mosques that are based on Chinese architectures," he said. "It's to show that we are still Chinese but the mosques will be opened to all Muslims." The mosque issue is not the only problem, Ridhuan and other Muslims said. There is the popular notion that becoming a Muslim means "masuk Melayu" (becoming a Malay), adopting the Malay culture at the expense of his or her Chinese identity, they said. The converts also have to take on Arabic names, such as Abdullah, and change identity cards to reflect their new religion. They also face deep-rooted prejudices, said Mohamad Asri Zainul Abidin, a young firebrand Muslim cleric who has came out in support of the Chinese mosque proposal despite the government's reservations. "Malays assume they are the only pure Muslims, although Chinese Muslims may have stronger faith," Asri, himself a Malay, said in a commentary published in the New Straits Times. Some Chinese Muslims have also been rebuked by Malays for celebrating Chinese New Year. Ridhuan, married to a Malay, also had a painful experience. "They (the Malays) want us to become a Malay. Three or four years after conversion, my father passed away. They didn't allow me to go back, they say if I go back, I will revert to become a Chinese but I defied them." http://www.reuters.com/articlePrint?articleId=USKLR33216420070218 - Yahoo! Messenger - with free PC-PC calling and photo sharing.
Boycott Israel [IslamCity] US stopped exporting democracy to Egypt.
__Middle East
Jan 25, 2007
The price of hypocrisy
By Mark LeVine
Almost two years ago, US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice delivered a
lecture at the American University in Cairo that came to symbolize the Bush
administration's unprecedented agenda of democracy promotion in the Middle
East. The Egyptian government, she told her audience of students and
activists, must respect the rule of law and the will of its citizens, and move
- albeit gradually - toward greater democracy.
Last week, the secretary returned to Egypt, but this time there was no
mention of democracy or even of a hint of criticism at the growing repression
since her last visit. Instead, Rice heaped praise on the country's autocratic
rulers for their support of US foreign policy in the region. "Stability, not
democracy" is once again America's priority in the Middle East.
Truth be told, the Bush administration's democracy agenda never went beyond
nice words, so its demise will change little on the ground in Egypt, or the
Arab world more broadly. But I wonder if, instead of parlaying with the
country's geriatric autocrats, Rice could have met the young Egyptians I spent
time with only a few weeks before her visit, would she have so easily betrayed
their dreams, and with them what little goodwill the average Egyptian still has
toward the United States?
If she had taken the time to watch the the videos I was shown by Egyptian
friends (which are now circulating on the Internet) of a young bus driver, Imad
el-Kabir, being sodomized with a broomstick by the police, or the
still-nameless woman beaten while suspended upside down between two chairs,
could Rice have stood next to Egyptian Foreign Minister Ahmed Aboul Gheit and
thanked him for his government's help "on issues of common interest"?
If she could have spent an hour with the members of the burgeoning
heavy-metal scene, many of whose members are sons (or daughters) of generals
and diplomats, would she understand why these children of the elite have given
up on the hope of political change? Why some are so scared that they won't
even allow me to publish the names of the bands for fear the mukhabarat, or
security services, might think they have political implications? Would the
billions of dollars the United States bestows on Egypt each year in payment
for its government's half-hearted support for the US military and diplomatic
adventures still seem worth it?
If she had met with Egypt's leading bloggers, or activists with the Kefaya
("Enough!" in Arabic) movement, she would have learned of the "pinpoint
violence" deployed by the government to silence political opposition and
censor the Internet, even as President Hosni Mubarak brags about the new wired
cities he's building in the desert for Egypt's elite. Would Rice still
consider Egypt a model for progress and stability in the Middle East?
I could have introduced her to the head of the Muslim Brotherhood's Cairo
branch, who would have explained that Sayid Qutb, the Salafis and al-Azhar led
the Brotherhood astray from its cultured beginnings, and argued that "what we
need to combat the militants is more freedom of speech, more trained judges,
more human rights". Or invited her to coffee with the editor of the
Brotherhood's website, 20 years his junior, who declared, "If I fight just for
myself and my rights, then I'll never get them. Only if and when I'm ready to
fight for everyone's rights can I hope to have my full rights as a religious
Muslim in Egypt."
Then again, he might have asked the secretary for her help to confront the
regime, "not to impose sharia or wage jihad against the West or Israel, but to
bring real democracy and social justice to Egypt". So perhaps it's better she
didn't meet him.
Most of all, I wish Rice could have joined me for my late-night chat at the
home of Shady and Nour, the teenage sons of jailed presidential candidate Ayman
Nour, who is still rotting in prison despite (or perhaps because of) the tepid
show of support for him by the US State Department. The two boys have dealt
with the ordeal of their father's arrest, trial and imprisonment by forming one
of the best up-and-coming metal bands in Egypt. "It helps us deal with the
anger since our father's arrest, and to convert it to useful forms."
The government warned the senior Nour that it might arrest Shady and Nour as
Satanists - in 1997 well over 100 musicians and fans were arrested under
similar charges - if he wasn't more cooperative. The reason they are so
threatening is that Shady and Nour represent a powerful alternative identity,
and through it, future for Egypt - at once fully Egyptian, Arab and Muslim
(unlike most metalheads the world over, they are openly religious), yet fully
engaged and comfortable with Western, and specifically American, cultur
Boycott Israel [IslamCity] US do not want any democratic Muslim country in the world.
Middle East
Jan 25, 2007
The price of hypocrisy
By Mark LeVine
Almost two years ago, US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice delivered a
lecture at the American University in Cairo that came to symbolize the Bush
administration's unprecedented agenda of democracy promotion in the Middle
East. The Egyptian government, she told her audience of students and
activists, must respect the rule of law and the will of its citizens, and move
- albeit gradually - toward greater democracy.
Last week, the secretary returned to Egypt, but this time there was no
mention of democracy or even of a hint of criticism at the growing repression
since her last visit. Instead, Rice heaped praise on the country's autocratic
rulers for their support of US foreign policy in the region. "Stability, not
democracy" is once again America's priority in the Middle East.
Truth be told, the Bush administration's democracy agenda never went beyond
nice words, so its demise will change little on the ground in Egypt, or the
Arab world more broadly. But I wonder if, instead of parlaying with the
country's geriatric autocrats, Rice could have met the young Egyptians I spent
time with only a few weeks before her visit, would she have so easily betrayed
their dreams, and with them what little goodwill the average Egyptian still has
toward the United States?
If she had taken the time to watch the the videos I was shown by Egyptian
friends (which are now circulating on the Internet) of a young bus driver, Imad
el-Kabir, being sodomized with a broomstick by the police, or the
still-nameless woman beaten while suspended upside down between two chairs,
could Rice have stood next to Egyptian Foreign Minister Ahmed Aboul Gheit and
thanked him for his government's help "on issues of common interest"?
If she could have spent an hour with the members of the burgeoning
heavy-metal scene, many of whose members are sons (or daughters) of generals
and diplomats, would she understand why these children of the elite have given
up on the hope of political change? Why some are so scared that they won't
even allow me to publish the names of the bands for fear the mukhabarat, or
security services, might think they have political implications? Would the
billions of dollars the United States bestows on Egypt each year in payment
for its government's half-hearted support for the US military and diplomatic
adventures still seem worth it?
If she had met with Egypt's leading bloggers, or activists with the Kefaya
("Enough!" in Arabic) movement, she would have learned of the "pinpoint
violence" deployed by the government to silence political opposition and
censor the Internet, even as President Hosni Mubarak brags about the new wired
cities he's building in the desert for Egypt's elite. Would Rice still
consider Egypt a model for progress and stability in the Middle East?
I could have introduced her to the head of the Muslim Brotherhood's Cairo
branch, who would have explained that Sayid Qutb, the Salafis and al-Azhar led
the Brotherhood astray from its cultured beginnings, and argued that "what we
need to combat the militants is more freedom of speech, more trained judges,
more human rights". Or invited her to coffee with the editor of the
Brotherhood's website, 20 years his junior, who declared, "If I fight just for
myself and my rights, then I'll never get them. Only if and when I'm ready to
fight for everyone's rights can I hope to have my full rights as a religious
Muslim in Egypt."
Then again, he might have asked the secretary for her help to confront the
regime, "not to impose sharia or wage jihad against the West or Israel, but to
bring real democracy and social justice to Egypt". So perhaps it's better she
didn't meet him.
Most of all, I wish Rice could have joined me for my late-night chat at the
home of Shady and Nour, the teenage sons of jailed presidential candidate Ayman
Nour, who is still rotting in prison despite (or perhaps because of) the tepid
show of support for him by the US State Department. The two boys have dealt
with the ordeal of their father's arrest, trial and imprisonment by forming one
of the best up-and-coming metal bands in Egypt. "It helps us deal with the
anger since our father's arrest, and to convert it to useful forms."
The government warned the senior Nour that it might arrest Shady and Nour as
Satanists - in 1997 well over 100 musicians and fans were arrested under
similar charges - if he wasn't more cooperative. The reason they are so
threatening is that Shady and Nour represent a powerful alternative identity,
and through it, future for Egypt - at once fully Egyptian, Arab and Muslim
(unlike most metalheads the world over, they are openly religious), yet fully
engaged and comfortable with Western, and specifically American, culture
Boycott Israel [IslamCity] Turned Iraq into hell!
We have turned Iraq into the most hellish place on Earth Armies claiming to bring prosperity have instead brought a misery worse than under the cruellest of modern dictators By Simon Jenkins 10/25/06 "The Guardian" -- -- British ministers landing in Aden in the 1960s were told always to make a reassuring speech. In view of the Arab insurrection, they should give a ringing pledge, "Britain will never, ever leave Aden". Britain promptly left Aden, in 1967 and a year earlier than planned. The last governor walked backwards up the steps to his plane, his pistol drawn against any last-minute assassin. Locals who had trusted him and worked with the British were massacred in their hundreds by the fedayeen. Iraq's deputy prime minister, Barham Salih, was welcomed to London by the BBC on Monday with two documentaries recalling past British humiliations at the hands of Arabs, in Aden and Suez. It was not a message Salih wanted to hear. His government is retreating from its position in May, when it said that foreign forces should withdraw from 16 out of 18 provinces, including the south, by the end of this year. Tony Blair rejected this invitation to go and said he would "stay until the job is done". Salih would do well to remember what western governments do, not what they say. Despite Suez and Aden, British foreign policy still lurches into imperial mode by default. An inherited belief in Britain's duty to order the world is triggered by some upstart ruler who must be suppressed, based on a vague desire to seek "regional stability" or protect a British interest. As Martin Woollacott remarks in his book After Suez, most people at the time resorted to denial. To them, "the worst aspect of the operation was its foolishness" rather than its wrongness. When asked by Montgomery what was his objective in invading the canal zone Eden replied, "to knock Nasser off his perch". Asked what then, Eden had no answer. As for Iraq, the swelling chorus of born-again critics are likewise taking refuge not in denouncing the mission but in complaining about the mendacity that underpinned it and its incompetence. As always, turncoats attribute the failure of a once-favoured policy to another's inept handling of it. The truth is that the English-speaking world still cannot kick the habit of imposing its own values on the rest, and must pay the price for its arrogance. US and UK policy in Iraq is now entering its retreat phrase. Where there is no hope of victory, the necessity for victory must be asserted ever more strongly. This was the theme of yesterday's unreal US press conference in Baghdad, identical in substance to one I attended there three years ago. There is talk of staying the course, of sticking by friends and of not cutting and running. Every day some general or diplomat hints at ultimatums, timelines and even failure - as did the British foreign secretary, Margaret Beckett, on Monday. But officially denial is all. For retreat to be tolerable it must be called victory. The US and British are covering their retreat. Operation Together Forward II has been an attempt, now failed, to pacify Baghdad during Ramadan. In Basra, Britain is pursuing Operation Sinbad to win hearts and minds that it contrives constantly to lose. This may be an advance on Kissinger's bombing of Laos to cover defeat in Vietnam and Reagan's shelling of the Shouf mountains to cover his 1984 Beirut "redeployment" (two days after he had pledged not to cut and run). But retreat is retreat, even if it is called redeployment. Every exit strategy is unhappy in its own way. Over Iraq the spin doctors are already at work. They are telling the world that the occupation will have failed only through the ingratitude and uselessness of the Iraqis themselves. The rubbishing of the prime minister, Nuri al-Maliki, has begun in Washington, coupled with much talk of lowered ambitions and seeking out that foreign policy paradigm, "a new strongman". In May, Maliki signalled to Iraq's governors, commanders and militia leaders the need to sort out local differences and take control of their provincial destinies. This has failed. Maliki is only as strong as the militias he can control, which is precious few. He does not rule Baghdad, let alone Iraq. As for the militias, they are the natural outcome of the lawlessness caused by foreign occupation. They represent Iraqis desperately defending themselves from anarchy. It is now they who will decide Iraq's fate. The only sensible post-invasion scenario was, ironically, that once attributed to Donald Rumsfeld, to topple Saddam Hussein, give a decapitated army to the Shias and get out at once. There would have been a brief and bloody settling of accounts and some new regime would have seized power. The outcome would probably have been partial or total Kurdish and Sunni
Re: Boycott Israel [IslamCity] Ahead of Iraq Deployment, Korean Troops Convert to Islam
Alahamdulillah, Muslims welcome new converts and are drawn close as brothers in love to help each other. ... Do we Muslims really practice our religion and help each other when in pain and sufferings ? No, we have abandoned our brothers in Chechniya, Palestine, Kashmir and now in Somalia. Somali has been attacked by a hungry dictatorship of a minority Government of Ethiopia, supported by US. So Muslim world welcomes new Muslims on one hand and abandon old Muslims. Are we not hypocrite or cowards? "Mahboob Shariff"@yahoo.com wrote: There is no compulsion in religion; truly the right way has become clearly distinct from error; therefore, whoever rejects Satan (and what he calls to) and believes in Allah, he indeed has laid hold on the firmest handhold, which shall not break off, and Allah is Hearing, Knowing. --- [Surah Al Baqarah (02); Ayah # 256) Ahead of Iraq Deployment, 37 Korean Troops Convert to Islam "I became a Muslim because I felt Islam was more humanistic and peaceful than other religions. And if you can religiously connect with the locals, I think it could be a big help in carrying out our peace reconstruction mission." So said on Friday those Korean soldiers who converted to Islam ahead of their late July deployment to the Kurdish city of Irbil in northern Iraq. At noon Friday, 37 members of the Iraq-bound "Zaitun Unit," including Lieutenant Son Hyeon-ju of the Special Forces 11th Brigade, made their way to a mosque in Hannam-dong, Seoul and held a conversion ceremony. Captain Son Jin-gu from Zaitoon Unit recites an oath at ceremony to mark his conversion to Islam at a mosque in Hannam-dong, Seoul on Friday. /Yonhap The soldiers, who cleansed their entire bodies in accordance with Islamic tradition, made their conversion during the Friday group prayers at the mosque, with the assistance of the "imam," or prayer leader. With the exception of the imam, all the Muslims and the Korean soldiers stood in a straight line to symbolize how all are equal before God and took a profession on faith. They had memorized the Arabic confession, " Ashadu an La ilaha il Allah, Muhammad-ur-Rasul-Allah," which means, "I testify that there is no god but God (Arabic: Allah), and Muhammad is the Messenger of God." Soldiers from Zaitoon Unit pray after conversion ceremony at a mosque in Hannam-dong, Seoul on Friday./Yonhap Moreover, as the faithful face the "Kaaba," the Islamic holy place in Mecca, Saudi Arabia, all Muslims confirm that they are brothers. For those Korean soldiers who entered the Islamic faith, recent chances provided by the Zaitun Unit to come into contact with Islam proved decisive. Taking into consideration the fact that most of the inhabitants of Irbil are Muslims, the unit sent its unreligious members to the Hannam-dong mosque so that they could come to understand Islam. Some of those who participated in the program were entranced by Islam and decided to convert. A unit official said the soldiers were inspired by how important religious homogeneity was considered in the Muslim Wor
Boycott Israel [IslamCity] Would rich muslims give such gift to their poor brothers
Oprah's £20m school proves she's not all talk By David Usborne in New York Published: 03 January 2007Oprah Winfrey, the talk show star and media mogul, likes to make friends through generosity, famously once giving every member of her studio audience a free car to take home. Yesterday, however, she celebrated giving of a slightly less frivolous kind. Surrounded by American celebrities, Winfrey, listed as the richest black person on the planet, presided over the opening of a school for disadvantaged girls just outside Johannesburg, SouthAfrica, built with $40m (£20m) of her own money and set to begin classes on Friday. The Oprah Winfrey Leadership Academy will only be a small drop in the ocean of educational challenges in SouthAfrica, where state schools are bursting and private schools are still largely white. For now it will accommodate just 152 girls, aged between 11 and 13, handpicked byWinfrey, on a 22-acre site at Henley-on-Klip, south of Johannesburg. Eventually it will have room for 450 girls. The ebullient Winfrey was not in modest mood as she described the significance of the school, for her as much as for the students. Applauding her on the sidelines were the singers Tina Turner and Mariah Carey as well as the actor Sidney Poitier and director Spike Lee. "When you educate a girl, you begin to change the face of a nation," she boldly declared. "I wanted to give this opportunity to girls who had a light so bright that not even poverty could dim that light." Only families with incomes under $700 a month could apply for places. Responding to criticism that the school, complete with its own beauty salon, yoga studio and indoor and outdoor theatres, is too luxurious and elitist - she also picked the pleated-skirt uniforms and canteen china - she responded: "These girls deserve to be surrounded by beauty, and beauty does inspire." The project arose from a pledge Winfrey first made six years ago to former president Nelson Mandela to help ease SouthAfrica's education problems. Mr Mandela, 88, who interrupted his holiday to be at the ceremony, looked frail as he was helped on to the stage by his wife Graca Machel and Winfrey. But he beamed with joy and pride. "It is my hope that this school will become the dream of every South African girl and they will study hard and qualify for the school one day," he said in a firm voice. Winfrey, who was raised mostly by her grandmother in rural poverty, said : "For me education has been the road to success. To me education is freedom. And I believe the future of this country, of Africa, will depend upon the leadership of its women. And that's not just feminist rhetoric. It really is the truth as I see it." Winfrey, who has donated millions to educate disadvantaged children in the US through the Oprah Winfrey Scholars Program, is also to open another school for boys and girls in the province of KwaZulu-Natal. Building the academy, Winfrey said, was also her way of helping South Africa deal with HIV and Aids. "Girls who are educated are less likely to get HIV/Aids and in this country which has such a pandemic, we have to begin to change the pandemic." Lesego Tlhabanyane, 13, one of the girls at the ceremony preparing to start at the academy, said: "I would have had a completely different life if this hadn't happened to me. Now I get to be treated like a movie star." Send instant messages to your online friends http://uk.messenger.yahoo.com
Re: Boycott Israel [IslamCity] Ethiopian Regime declares war on New Somali Islamic Government Of Islamic Court Union
When rulers of the Muslim nations are ruled by the enemies of Allah, then where is the salvation for the believers? [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Last Updated Thurs, Nov, 22 2006,18:10 am--Mogadishu Somalia Ethiopian premier Zenawi declares war on Somalias Islamists Aweys Osman Yusuf Mogadishu23, Nov.06 ( Sh.M.Network) - Speaking to parliament in Addis Ababa Prime minister of Ethiopia Meles Zenawi revealed his government has come to a firm decision of gearing up for a war with Somalias Union of Islamic Courts, which is in control of most central and southern of the country. MalesZenawi Ethiopia is believed to have thousands of its military troops in the small town of Baidoa, a temporary seat for the toothless transitional federal government. Ethiopia merely admits its has hundreds of military officers in Somalia to train the government personnel and protect the government form the Islamic Courts fighters surrounding Baidoa. Zenawi said jihad war against Ethiopia was an apparent threat to Ethiopia that could not be ignored, adding that the policy of his government to solve any conflict through peaceful means has so far ended in unproductiveness, and therefore has become indispensable to be fully geared up for the defense of Ethiopia against the enemy [Islamists]. The news comes as United States government formally supported an African troop deployment to Somalia to protect the weak government based in the small town of Baidoa, 245 km southwest of the capital. Ethiopian military convoy passing through Kansah Omane environs on the edge of Baidoa was ambushed twice last week by pro-Islamist militias in the area. Two armored vehicles were blown up as number of Ethiopian soldiers was reportedly killed in skirmishes that took place during the ambush. Somalia lost its central government in 1991 when tribal warlords toppled former president Mohammed Siad Barre. Peace talks in the Sudanese capital Khartoum have ended in failure early this month after Islamic Courts demanded that all Ethiopian forces in the country leave. . Shabelle Media Network Somalia E-mail us: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Shabelle news in English © 2005 Shabelle Media Network All Rights Reserved, Designed by: Baabul Muslims Should united all over the World untill the appearance of al Mahdi (r.a.) the descendent of Prophet Muhammed s.a.w. - Make free worldwide PC-to
Boycott Israel [IslamCity] India kills the Kashmirirs and christians in Mizoland, and yet earns from Muslims?
India targets $2 billion investment from GCC BY MANU SHARMA 8 December 2006 DUBAI India with an infrastructure investment requirement of about $400 billion in the next 5 years and an investor friendly policy environment, offers excellent investment opportunity over the long term, said Kamal Nath, Indian Commerce Minister. Speaking at the first Indo-Arab World CEO Summit in Dubai, Kamal Nath said, "we are targetting investments from the Gulf to India to reach $2-billion in the next three years of which a large portion would be for infrastructure projects and we expect this to grow further.'' The summit hosted jointly by Indian Commerce Minister Kamal Nath and UAE's Minister of Economy, Shaikha Lubna Al Qasimi. In order to have a regular interaction, the Indian minister proposed to have similar summits every year in different GCC countries. "There is a centuries-old relationship between India and Arab world that extends beyond trade and culture," Nath said. What would he say about killing fields of Kashmir? When killings of Muslims will stop? Or that is not on the agenda? _,_._,___ Send instant messages to your online friends http://uk.messenger.yahoo.com
Boycott Israel [IslamCity] Europeans hnour the killers of Muslims while the Muslim world is ruled by imbeciles!
Dutch honour soldiers who stood by at Srebrenica massacre
· Bosnia calls in ambassador to protest at medals award
· Troops were part of UN force meant to protect city
Ian Traynor in Zagreb
Wednesday December 6, 2006
The Guardian
The leadership of Bosnia protested bitterly to the Netherlands
yesterday over the awards of medals to Dutch peacekeepers who stood by and did
nothing at the infamous 1995 massacre of thousands of Bosnian Muslims at
Srebrenica.
Haris Silajdzic, a former prime minister and a member of the three-man
Bosnian presidency, said he had called in the Dutch ambassador in Sarajevo to
demand an explanation for the military ceremony that was conducted at a
barracks in eastern Holland on Monday.
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Henk Kamp, the Dutch defence minister, unveiled a plaque at the barracks
praising the troops who failed to act to prevent the atrocity at Srebrenica
when the Bosnian Serb commander, General Ratko Mladic, seized the enclave in
eastern Bosnia, separated the males from the women and children, and then
organised the mass murder of almost 8,000 men over 10 days in July 1995.
The shocking episode constituted the worst single atrocity of the 1992-95
war in Bosnia and the only event in the 42-month war that the international
war crimes tribunal in The Hague has categorised as genocide.
Gen Mladic has been charged with genocide but has been a fugitive for 11
years.
The Dutch were shamed and traumatised by their role in the massacre. An
official inquiry in 2002 cleared the troops of complicity but criticised the
Dutch authorities, triggering a symbolic resignation of the Dutch government.
Families of the victims have been trying to sue the Dutch state in the
courts in the Netherlands because of alleged co-responsibility for the
massacre. Mass graves containing the remains of victims are still being
discovered and bodies exhumed.
But on Monday in Assen Mr Kamp handed out medals to 500 members of the
Dutch battalion stationed at Srebrenica, which was a so-called UN safe haven,
ostensibly under UN protection when it was overrun by the Serbs.
"We are doing this to support our people," said Mr Kamp. "These people
are in the military ... It is difficult for them and we want to support them,"
he added.
The medals were to acknowledge that the Dutch troops had "for years
wrongly been held responsible for what happened in the enclave," said Mr Kamp.
Tom Karremans, the Dutch commander at Srebrenica present at Monday's
ceremony, was photographed socialising and drinking with Gen Mladic. The Dutch
were said to have obtained the release of 14 kidnapped peacekeepers in return
for not obstructing the Serbian operation.
Protests were staged in Sarajevo and other Bosnian towns denouncing the
military decorations as "scandalous". There were also protests in the
Netherlands, but Bosnians who sought to travel there to demonstrate were
denied visas.
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RE: Boycott Israel [IslamCity] the Mayor of Colombo, 23 years old, a Muslim , a former rickshaw driver. ---http://jamaat.org/digest/colombo.html
To.-day I heard the Khutbah from a Somali Imam, he is well educated in Arabic and English. He said, "Non Muslims are uniting for a purpose, but Muslims remain divided and no voice in the world. He gave the example of Europe, he said some nations have fought among them for hundred years, but now they want to work together for a purpose -- to serve their people. But of Muslims he said if one brother gives a different view, than the brother thinks it is an attack and makes a personal issue. He gave the example from the time of prophet. The prophet sent a party to a destiny, and he told them say the prayers at the destiny. But some said the prayers at the appointed time and the other delayed and offered the prayers at the destination. They were not satisfied some thought the others were wrong and so they asked the prophet about this misunderstanding. The prophet said both the parties were right. It is how they interpreted the instructions. Then he gave another example in the time of a famous jurist. A person came to the Imam and gave a book on a subject with different views. So the person named the book, Ikhtilafat -- differences. The Imam said no, you should give the tile for the book as different views and he said out of all the views we will arrive at a better and beneficial view. Don't say, "my views are absolute and correct". Say what comes after consultation and comparing and checking with the book and sunnah is a better answer to the problem. So brother Ameen is right, but other person's view is neither wrong. Two persons look at a issue with two different views this is rahma from Allah, otherwise life will be dull. The Imam said if Allah had made day light till the day of Judgment or vice versa life will be boring. Than finally the Imam concluded praying that Allah grant us patience and respect and tolerance for each other. Otherwise we will go on fighting and we will not be united.And lastly he said we should greet each other and not Pakistani to Pakistani and Somali to Somali, etc.. "Ameen Izzadeen"@yahoo.com wrote: Dear brothers The article about Colombos mayor contains many inaccuracies. He became the mayor not because he was popular. When nominations were entertained for the local elections, the candidate list of the party which was tipped to win the elections was dismissed by the elections commission on a technical point. The United National Party then decided to back the independent group of which the present mayor was a candidate. Colombo being a UNP bastion, the independent group won the elections comfortably. But soon after assuming office, the independent group spurned the UNP and joined the ruling party. After all politics is the art of survival. The comparison between the Colombo mayor and Ahmadinejad and Tayeb Erdogan is not at all applicable. Ameen -Original Message- From: islamcity@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of S A Hannan Sent: Sunday, November 26, 2006 21:50 To: eGroup For Muslims Around The World Subject: Boycott Israel [IslamCity] the Mayor of Colombo, 23 years old, a Muslim , a former rickshaw driver. ---http://jamaat.org/digest/colombo.html Dear members, Assalamu Alaikum. Please read this extra-ordinary story of the Mayor of Colombo, 23 years old, a Muslim , a former rickshaw driver. Shah Abdul Hannan Mayorof Colombo Hafiz Mohammad Idrees Sri Lanka is an important and interesting country of our region, having avariety of people from different religions and origins. Despite having asmall population (20.5 mill), the country has the highest per capita income of $3250, more than thatof India, Pakistan and Bangladesh. Seventy per cent of population practiceBudhism while Hindus, Christians and Muslims comprise 15 per cent, 8 per centand 7 per cent respectively. Recently, Sri Lankan capital Colombo made the headlines when a poor Muslim rickshaw driver was elected its mayor beating strongcandidate of the ruling party. Awais Mohammad Imtiaz, 23, has a uniquedistinction of being the youngest and poorest mayor of Colombo's history andhe overcame strong pressures and incentives from the ruling party to withdrawfrom the contest. Hailing from a very poor and humble family, Awais got elected merely due to his determination. His election has been termed as the most unexpected and unique in country's history since he belonged tothe smallest religious minority and is practically resourceless to contest sucha high profile election. Orphaned in his childhood, Awais managed education until ninth grade and
Re: Boycott Israel [IslamCity] 205A- (X) HTML - DEMOCRACY OR DICTATORSHIP - 20061129-1236
LET US BE AWARE THAT US IS BECOMING A DICTATORSHIP. "Jacques Hardy"@yahoo.com wrote: 205A- (X) HTML - DEMOCRACY OR DICTATORSHIP - 20061129-1236 DEMOCRACY OR DICTATORSHIP? A democracy is the government of the people by the people. Now, if Bush is impeached, isn't that a proof that the United States is a democracy? Absolutely not because from a PUPPET he would simply become a convenient SCAPEGOAT who would be promptly replaced by another plutocratic puppet:Hence, no change in the evil system, except that it will obviously be worse...and a lot worse than ever before! How then can the United States become a democracy? Simple! Remove the ENTIRE government from office (even the pet cat) and then: 1- replace it by ORDINARY PEOPLE, 2- who have been properly educated and trained, 3- none of whom owns more than $100 000.00, 4- who are paid ONLY VERY REASONABLE wages (e.g. $4000 a month), 5- and whose work and decisions must all be approved and checked by appropriately trained ordinary inspectors representing the ORDINARY PEOPLE. 6- however for the president, you can allow him $5000 a month, plus a good whipping when he misbehaves. But those six conditions, which I guarantee would bring prosperity not only to the USA but to an entire new peaceful world... are impossible to realise in the USA because the USA is owned by the plutocracy, therefore there are NO ORDINARY PEOPLE in the United States, only SLAVES. In other words, YOU are a slave. So, be a good slave and obey your master or else you will be "suicided"! Which all means that the USA is not a democracy at all but a plutocratic dictatorship where the wealthy few are the masters and the rest are SLAVES. However, as there are presently too many slaves in the world, the masters have decided to DEPOPULATE and since they are above the law... DON'T BELIEVE ME? JUST WAIT AND SEE... AND WEEP ! Now say your last prayer! Jacques Hardy (78 years young) Canada P.S.: No use trying to escape to Canada because any day now, Canada is scheduled to become a colony of the United States. === Send instant messages to your online friends http://uk.messenger.yahoo.com - Try the all-new Yahoo! Mail . "The New Version is radically easier to use" The Wall Street Journal
Re: Boycott Israel [IslamCity] Al-Jazeera English Hits Airwaves ( http://english.aljazeera.net )
I wish Al-Jazeera could show the following news to its viewers: Forced labor for MUSLIM children in Israeli prison www.palestinenet. org - Friday, 15 September 2006, 11:55 Many Palestinian children in Israeli Telmond Prison are being exploited by forced labor in which they must work eight hours for a few shekels, as reported by the Prisoners Information Center. One of the children made a statement after his release. The prison administration has forced all prisoners in Telmond Prison to work eight hours for very low wages. He went on to say, The Israeli soldiers come to the chambers at seven and force us to go with our legs tied with chains. The child added that his job was to stand under guard and pack plastic spoons in boxes. Even injured political prisoners are forced to work, according to Fridays Nablus-based report. A former prisoner stated, I had a broken bone but the soldiers forced me out of my cell to work anyway, without any consideration for the pain. There are approximately 375 Palestinians in Telmond Prison, with most of them being children. The oldest Palestinian in Telmond is 22 years old. The child laborers are given two meals per 24 hours, one at 11:00 pm and another at 6:00 am. Israeli prison officials also attempt to extract information from children regarding members of the armed resistance and engage in frequent psychological abuse According to the Information Center there are 200 children less than 16 years old in Israeli prisons begin subjected to some of the worst forms of exploitation and humiliation. A total of 376 Palestinian children are currently imprisoned in Israeli prisons and detention camps. "S A Hannan"@yahoo.com wrote:Dear members, Assalamu Alaikum .Please see the newa item on Al- Jazeera english channel which has come on air. Please see the channel and also your cable operator to give connection of Al -Jazeera I give below their website http://english.aljazeera.net oraljazeera.net Shah Abdul Hannan Al-Jazeera English Hits Airwaves Islamonine.net & News Agencies "Al-Jazeera English channel will sit up the news agenda," said anchors Ghosh (L) and Zeidan. (Reuters) DOHA Ten years after changing the face of Arab television reporting by breaking taboos, the giant Al-Jazeera network launched on Wednesday, November 15, an English-speaking channel with a heavyweight cast of presenters and the ambition to compete with Western broadcasting giants. "Al-Jazeera English channel will sit up the news agenda," anchors Shiulie Ghosh and Sami Zeidan said launching the long-awaited channel's broadcasting. Broadcasting from the ultra-sophisticated Doha studios, it began with a news bulletin featuring reports from Gaza, Sudan's Darfur region, Tehran, China and Brazil. Al-Jazeera English will initially have 12 hours of live programming, which it plans to boost to 24 hours on January 1. It broadcasts from studios in Doha, Kuala Lumpur, London and Washington DC, with offices in 20 other countries and employs some 800 people of 55 different nationalities. At least two Israeli journalists are among staff covering Israel. Among its prominent starts is BBC veteran Sir David Frost, the only person to have interviewed the last seven US presidents and the last six British prime ministers. Al-Jazeera English, only renamed on Tuesday from Al-Jazeera International, hopes to reach a potential audience of 80 million viewers by cable and satellite, mostly in Asia, Africa and Europe. But the channel said on Tuesday it would not be available on cable in the United States for at least a year as "there is no free space for us on the US cable network." Arabic television Al-Jazeera, which began broadcasting in 1996 with staff largely drawn from the BBC's short-lived Arabic television, gained world fame through its exclusive reporting of the US military intervention in Afghanistan in late 2001. Known for its forthright style, frank journalism, quality programs, independence and willingness to discuss taboo issues, Al-Jazeera is the most-watched channel in the Arab world. Alternative View The new offshoot of the Doha-based news network comes to give a new perspective of news to English speakers around the world who are looking for an alternative to CNN and the BBC. "Launching the English channel offers the chance to reach out to a new audience that is used to hearing the name of Al-Jazeera without being able to watch it or to understand its language," said network general director Wadah Khanfar. "One of our goals is to reverse the flow of information to the south," he said, adding that the Middle East and developing nations have not had a voice of their own. The channel is being beamed to an Asian region which is booming and hungry for news, industry experts say. Kuala
Boycott Israel [IslamCity] While Muslims are killed daily, Muslim rulers are socialising with the enemies of Islam and Muslims!
04:18:39 pm, Categories: Voices, 2427 words Beit Hanoun: "They shoot at anything that moves" Silvia Cattori The testimony of a young Palestinian (Eds.) "Beit Hanoun, with 30,000 inhabitants, has been the target of daily aggressions and air strikes since June 25. It is now besieged by Israeli troops. We have seen the tanks advance and take up their positions. We are now encircled by about 70 tanks and at least 450 soldiers who announce that the city is a "closed military zone". That means that no one can leave. No one can flee. It is an offensive based on those carried out in the West Bank in 2002. [More:] We have no water, no electricity. We hide in the remote corners of our houses. Ambulances are not authorized to enter into this occupied and closed zone. The soldiers have circled the houses they want to invade. They occupied the houses and they shut up the families in one room. Now they are using then as forts. They use explosives to pierce holes in the walls, they blow off doors, and the people are terrified. They shoot anyone that moves. Yesterday they fired on people that were seeking shelter, who were not armed, who were not in fighting positions. They shot them in the back, and when one was wounded and wanted to flee, they killed him. Those who wanted to collect his body were targets as well. In numerous cases, ambulances couldn't go to the aid of the wounded. Children who slip out from their parent's watch or that look out the windows are killed by Israeli soldiers positioned on the roofs and balconies of the houses they occupy. They have the green light from Bush to kill us, and those politicians that affirm that Israel "has the right to defend itself". They use arms that transform the dead and wounded into something monstrous. The wounds provoked by the missiles launched from the drones are very impressive. They are like razor cuts; the legs, the feet, the hands all cleanly cut. They are as horrifying as wounds from an M-16. The soldiers have orders to shoot at the upper body. They aim at the chest, near the heart, the head. The victims are mostly civilians, killed or wounded in the throat, the neck, the chest, the head, even though they were in their houses. They shoot at people running in fear, who are trying to save themselves. We have lost any notion of time; we have no idea how long we have been caught in this war. We feel lost. There are planes that bomb us, drones ready to fire their missiles over our heads. They control the entire zone. With the droning of the drones, we always have the feeling of having a bee buzzing in our ears. It is really disturbing. There is no one to defend us. We don't have an army. We have only our parents to defend us, knowing that they are going to their deaths and that they cannot defend us. This new aggression is horrible especially for the children who are very numerous here. They are forced to stay couped up inside, they are terrorized, and they cry when there are bombings. At any moment we can learn there are people killed, there are people wounded who are bathed in their own blood, that people don't know how to stop the hemorrhaging, and that the ambulances can't give them any aid without being hampered. The Israelis say that are waging this offensive to prevent the entry of arms from Egypt. That is false. Nothing can enter. In Gaza, there are only rifles that can do nothing against the Apache helicopters and the Merkawa tanks of the Israeli army. The only arms of war in Gaza are those delivered by Israel and the United States to Dahlan, who is Abu Mazen's man, the most feared man in Gaza. He is at the head of the forces that have, for months now, created the troubles to topple the Hamas government. Yesterday, through their loud speakers the soldiers summoned all the young men fifteen years and older leave their houses. Then, sector by sector, they searched the houses and brought them out, handcuffed, and took them to a place where they certainly forced them to strip, as they did in Betlaya in June. They leave the men in their underwear. For an Oriential, it is the worst of humiliations. They might as well kill us. We think that after Beit Hanoun they will attack Betlaya, and then Jabaliya and do what they have done here: search house by house. Beit Hanoun, like Rafah, are very vulnerable zones because they are geographically separated from other inhabited areas. They are therefore easy to isolate from the rest of Gaza. This morning, the women went out to come to the aid of their sons or husbands threatened by the armored cars that encircled the Mosque. The women defied the Apaches and the armored vehicles. For us, it was a tremendous moment. We felt like we were wrapped up in a veil of humanity. It was very moving to see these women ready to die to save their sons and husbands. They continued on without hesitation, and the soldiers, who hadn't expected this, were disoriented. Because of this effect of surprise, they succee
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Israeli troops fire on women in mosque siege· One killed, 10 hurt in march to free gunmen · Beckett voices concern over civilian deaths Rory McCarthy in GazaSaturday November 4, 2006The Guardian Palestinian women try to
approach an Israeli tank in Beit Hanun. Photograph: Mohammed Abed/AFP/Getty Images Palestinian women described yesterday how they were shot and injured in the face and the legs by Israeli troops as they led a protest march into the scene of the biggest military incursion into Gaza in months. At least one woman was killed and 10 were injured as large crowds of women walked past tanks into the town of Beit Hanoun yesterday morning saying they wanted to help free a group of Palestinian gunmen holed up inside a mosque. It was the third day of fighting in the town, the most serious military operation in Gaza since June. More than 20 Palestinians and one Israeli soldier have been killed in three days. Elham Hamad, 48, said she left her house in Beit Hanoun at 5am yesterday with two of her daughters-in-law to join the march into
the centre of the town. Her son Mazen, 30, like hundreds of other men from the town had been held by Israeli troops for questioning. "There were about 30 women in our group, all in the main street. We were moving into the town and passing by the Israeli tanks. We carried two white flags. They didn't ask us to stop and then suddenly we saw them shooting at us," she said. "I was hit but there were no ambulances. We were calling for them but there was nothing." Her husband found a donkey cart and put the injured women on the back and led them out of the town to waiting ambulances. Mrs Hamad was hit on the forehead and in the left shoulder and was yesterday being treated at the al-Ouda hospital in Gaza. Her daughter-in-law, Asma, 23, was in the bed next to her. She was hit just above her left ankle and suffered a broken leg. She heard the call to march on her radio early yesterday. "We wanted to see what had happened to the youngsters who were taken by the
Israelis," she said. "There were tanks on the road in front of us but without telling us anything they started shooting at us." Other women on the street helped them into a nearby house, where they were briefly treated, until they could find their way out of the town. The Israeli military said its operation was against militants who have been launching crude Qassam rockets from Gaza into Israel. The military said it was investigating reports that women had been shot but said its snipers identified hitting eight gunmen who were hiding among the crowd of women. It said the gunmen who had been hiding in the mosque had escaped. Britain's foreign secretary, Margaret Beckett, said she was concerned by the increased violence and civilian deaths. "Israel has a right to defend itself but any action should be proportionate and in accordance with international humanitarian law," she said. On Thursday, in the midst of the incursion in Beit Hanoun, Israeli troops
issued a call through loudspeakers for all men in the town between the age of 16 and 45 to present themselves for questioning. Hundreds were held and interrogated. At the same time a group of armed Palestinian fighters took up positions inside a mosque and fought gun battles overnight with Israeli troops and tanks. Then early yesterday calls went out from mosques and local radio stations asking women to march towards Beit Hanoun to help free the gunmen in the mosque. Ambulance crews at Kamal Adwan hospital said at least one woman was killed in the incident, hit twice in the face. Some doctors and reports said a second woman in the crowd was also killed. Two boys, one aged 15, the other 16, were also among the crowd and were injured, both in the lower leg. A Palestinian cameraman was also shot in the chest and was seriously ill in hospital. Last night the Israeli military said it was investigating reports that women were killed and injured
in the fighting. A spokesman for the Israel Defence Force said the women had marched towards the mosque intending to free the gunmen holed up inside. Send instant messages to your online friends http://uk.messenger.yahoo.com
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{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)
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Boycott Israel [IslamCity] Re: Interesting events in the UK
Dalai Lama and Rev. Desmond Tutu for debt relief of poor nations and stop accusing Islam and Muslims. Tutu made his appeal in Hiroshima, where he and fellow Nobel laureates the Dalai Lama and Betty Williams issued a joint appeal for the abolition of nuclear weapons, which obliterated this city and Nagasaki in 1945. Tutu, a leading moral force against South African apartheid, said that debt relief was a concrete way for Japan to demonstrate its oft-stated post-war commitment to peace. "Many, many countries, in the way you were here devastated by the atom bomb, are devastated by poverty, by disease, by an international economic system that is fundamentally unjust," Tutu said. "I hope that your experience of the injustice of atom bombs falling on you would give you the passion, which you already have, of wanting to help others rise from the ashes," he said. "So Japan ought to be in the forefront in cancelling all international debts that so many countries bear a heavy burden" from, Tutu said. The Group of Eight major industrialized nations last year agreed to help alleviate poor countries' debt burden, which critics say means more money goes to paying interest than to schools or health care. Japan, however, has been hesitant about calls for blanket debt relief, arguing that such a move would encourage imprudent borrowing. Tutu issued a joint statement with the Dalai Lama and Williams, who won the prize for promoting peace in Northern Ireland, calling for the abolition of nuclear weapons and hailing Hiroshima's "spirit of forgiveness." "Destruction of your neighbor and even your enemy is destruction of yourself," read the statement of the "Hiroshima International Peace Summit" organized by Japanese activists. Tutu, who led a reconciliation commission after the end of apartheid, warned against a cycle of retribution. "The reprisal against the suicide bomber does not bring peace. There is a suicide bomber, a reprisal and then a counter-reprisal. And it just goes on and on," Tutu said. And he cautioned against linking Islam to terrorism. "There are terrorists in Ireland. But are they called Christian terrorists? No, they are called the IRA," he said, referring to the Irish Republican Army in British-ruled Northern Ireland. "The people who bombed Oklahoma City, they were Christians. But we didn't say Christianity produces these creatures," he said. "There are good Christians and bad Christians and there are good Muslims and bad Muslims." The Dalai Lama, Tibet's exiled spiritual leader, also appealed for understanding among religions. "The problem is the concept of 'one religion,'" said the Buddhist monk. "Today the world is heavily interconnected, like India where for at least 2,000 years different traditions have lived together," he said. "There is no longer one truth, or only one religion that is relevant." "My faith is in the Buddha but I equally have deep respect, admiration and appreciation of other traditions because these traditions serve humanity," he said. Showkat Ali <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:Sallams All Please try and attend and watch, as well as fwd to inshAllah, Jzk in advance Is Islam a Threat to The West? In a YouGov survey in August 2006 53% of those questioned felt that Islam and Muslims posed a threat to Western liberal democracy. Why do such a large number feel this is so? Has the frequently negative media attention upon Islam and Muslims been a cause of creating this fear and mistrust in society? Or have sensitivities raised about reporting controversial issues meant the free criticism and debate has been curtailed? Does talking about these issues in the emotive press headlines, generated by such a poll increase alienation or help understand it? To discuss this and other issues Dialogue with Islam have invited the following distinguished panel Charles Moore, former Editor of Daily Telegraph James O Brien, LBC Radio Presenter Humera Khan, An Nisa Society Abdul-Raheem Green, Regents Park Mosque Chair: Mark Urban, Diplomatic Editor of BBC Newsnight Wednesday 15th November 2006 Time: 6.15pm Venue: Conway Hall, 25 Red Lion Square, London WC1 Tube: Holborn Tickets £3 reservation (by email or phone) or £5 at the door. Phone: 07983749252 Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.dialoguewithislam.org realtalk 'Realtalk' is a live programme broadcasted, every Thursday 7:30pm, throughout Europe on Sky channel 791. The programme is in English and deals with Bangladeshi community issues and current affairs Our aim is to be a voice for the minority who does not have access to mainstream media and to redress some of the imbalances created by mainstream media Presenters: Shamim Ghani Kamran Khan If you have any comments or suggestions about the programme, or would like to get in touch with any of the presenters, please E-mail us on [EMAIL PROTECTED] Send instant mes
Boycott Israel [IslamCity] Re: Islam is Peace and happiness for all!
One of the first women to die in Iraq shot and killed herself after objecting to harsh "interrogation techniques." The true stories of how American troops, killed in Iraq, actually died keep spilling out this week. On Tuesday, we explored the case of Kenny Stanton, Jr., murdered last month by our allies, the Iraqi police, though the military didnt make that known at the time. Now we learn that one of the first female soldiers killed in Iraq died by her own hand after objecting to interrogation techniques used on prisoners. She was Army specialist Alyssa Peterson, 27, a Flagstaff, Az., native serving with C Company, 311th Military Intelligence BN, 101st Airborne. Peterson was an Arabic-speaking interrogator assigned to the prison at our air base in troubled Tal-Afar in northwestern Iraq. According to official records, she died on Sept. 15, 2003, from a "non-hostile weapons
discharge." She was only the third American woman killed in Iraq so her death drew wide press attention. A "non-hostile weapons discharge" leading to death is not unusual in Iraq, often quite accidental, so this one apparently raised few eyebrows. The Arizona Republic, three days after her death, reported that Army officials "said that a number of possible scenarios are being considered, including Peterson's own weapon discharging, the weapon of another soldier discharging or the accidental shooting of Peterson by an Iraqi civilian." But in this case, a longtime radio and newspaper reporter named Kevin Elston, unsatisfied with the public story, decided to probe deeper in 2005, "just on a hunch," he told E&P today. He made "hundreds of phone calls" to the military and couldn't get anywhere, so he filed a Freedom of Information Act request. When the documents of the official investigation of her death arrived,
they contained bombshell revelations. Heres what the Flagstaff public radio station, KNAU, where Elston now works, reported yesterday: "Peterson objected to the interrogation techniques used on prisoners. She refused to participate after only two nights working in the unit known as the cage. Army spokespersons for her unit have refused to describe the interrogation techniques Alyssa objected to. They say all records of those techniques have now been destroyed" She was was then assigned to the base gate, where she monitored Iraqi guards, and sent to suicide prevention training. "But on the night of September 15th, 2003, Army investigators concluded she shot and killed herself with her service rifle," the documents disclose. The Army talked to some of Peterson's colleagues. Asked to summarize their comments, Elston told E&P: "The reactions to the suicide were that she was
having a difficult time separating her personal feelings from her professional duties. That was the consistent point in the testimonies, that she objected to the interrogation techniques, without describing what those techniques were." Elston said that the documents also refer to a suicide note found on her body, revealing that she found it ironic that suicide prevention training had taught her how to commit suicide. He has now filed another FOIA request for a copy of the actual note. Peterson's father, Rich Peterson, has said: "Alyssa volunteered to change assignments with someone who did not want to go to Iraq." Alyssa Peterson, a devout Mormon, had graduated from Flagstaff High School and earned a psychology degree from Northern Arizona University on a military scholarship. She was trained in interrogation techniques at Fort Huachuca in Arizona, and then sent to the Middle East
in 2003. The Arizona Republic article had opened: "Friends say Army Spc. Alyssa R. Peterson of Flagstaff always had an amazing ability to learn foreign languages. "Peterson became fluent in Dutch even before she went on an 18-month Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints mission to the Netherlands in the late 1990s. Then, she cruised through her Arabic courses at the military's Defense Language Institute in Monterey, Calif., shortly after enlisting in July 2001. "With that under her belt, she was off to Iraq to conduct interrogations and translate enemy documents." Jimmy Jumshade <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: UAE/Dubai is very peaceful, Singapore is very
peaceful, Malaysia is bloody peaceful, Oman is very peaceful, Morocco is very peaceful, India too is generally peaceful until Hindus get fits to attack Muslims. The only muslim countries which are not peaceful are where fucking invaders are occuppying their countries & stealing their resources, imposing Dictators, interfering, building unwanted Military bases. Kapish??!! Send instant messages to your online friends http://uk.messenger.yahoo.com
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Re: Boycott Israel [IslamCity] The foolish Australian Imam part 2
The Imam is right to criticise under the freedom of act and he is not guilty until proved otherwise. The onus rests with the Government. But as these governments are overtly and covertly led by zionists of the elders, there is no way for a dialogue or debate on crucial issues .. and the West calls it the age of elightenment and tolerance and progress. [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Assalam alaikum,Following my criticism of Sheikh Hilalis speech a number of peoplehave written back with a variety of comments. These range fromagreeing with my criticism to out right rejection of them. I began mycriticism with a short note on how Prophet Muhammad told us not tofind faults in people and the importance of forgiving. At the sametime how long will we put up with such attitudes? A short reminder onwhat he said:"If you take out uncovered meat and place it outside on the street, orin the garden or in the park, or in the backyard without a cover, andthe cats come and eat it ... whose fault is it, the cats or theuncovered meat? The uncovered meat is the problem. If she was in herroom, in her home, in her hijab, no problem would have occurred,"This is not about whether he said something right or wrong as each andeveryone one of us makes mistakes. And it is not about whether heapologised or not for the record he has. This is about the attitudewhich underlies all of this, an approach he, and the likes of him tryto portray, a corrupt view of piety which is being promoted and thedown right manipulation of people who do not have knowledge to counterthe position he has put forward. For this reason the Prophet Muhammad,upon whom be peace, pointed out that whilst kings control land, it isthe men of knowledge who control kings.The very fact that someone who positions himself as a leader in thecommunity can even think to associate half of humanity to being 'likemeat' illustrates how unIslamic his understanding of Islam is. Whethera woman dresses modestly or otherwise is irrelevant for as a man, as aMuslim man, I am obliged to treat every woman (and man) with the samedegree of respect I wish for myself. We can disagree with the way aperson dresses, we can say it is immodest, what we cannot do is likenwomen to `meat' and we certainly cannot blame a woman for beingattached on account of the way she dresses; as is it her attacker whocommits the crime, not the victim.Note the subtle but clear distinction between commenting on the way aperson does something e.g. dress and advising them not to (which isvalid) vs criticising the person (which is not valid).In his defence I received the following e-mail:"I am a Lebanese Australian living in Boston USA and i happen to knowthe imam you are talking about. I went to haj with him in 1999. Byno means was he ever disrespectful to any of the women in the group,if anything he went out of his way to address any issues we had andalways treated us all with incredible respect. Never ever in when iwas living in Australia did i ever hear of him ever treating the womenwith lack of dignity, all the women that attended his masjid hadnothing but high praise for him. I don't for one minute think hemeant to offend women. And i don't think we have a right to questionhis level of faith from one comment that was taken out of context."Giving him the benefit of the doubt, that of language. Why is a manwho does not speak the language of the country he is living insufficiently well to avoid such blunders giving sermons in themosques? What is wrong with us as a Muslim community? Do we not haveany English speaking Australians who can speak clearly addressing thecongregation in the same manner the Prophet addressed his congregation(i.e. in a language they spoke, so they could understand clearly whatwas being said)?Allah Almighty points out in the Quran that the Quran was revealed inthe Arabic language so that the people would not question its value.To contextualize this statement, Prophet Jesus spoke Aramiac, Hebrewand it is claimed, some Greek. So which language was the Injeelrevealed in? The point is that comprehension of faith has been madefundamental, almost a precondition, followed by the ability totransmit knowledge of that faith. There are more Muslims in this world who speak fluent English thanthere are who speak fluent Arabic. Yet the resources for the worldslargest community based on language are limited to a handful of books,awful translations, with centuries of beautiful scholarship largelyignored.In fact even here in the UK we have mosques where women cannot even gofor prayers, despite the clear words of Prophet Muhammad "Do notprevent the female servant of God from attending the mosque". It issuch a hot issue that it was covered recently on the news. You canwatch a clip between a young Muslim woman seeking her God given rightvs a woman who is stuck in the generational rift of 'back home'culture vs actually making the mosque accessible:youtube.com/watch?v=eV5n2Peb9NwIn the case of Sheikh Hilali, I
Boycott Israel [IslamCity] Muslims are put in concentration camps
Khaleej TimKhaleej Times Online >> News >> THE WORLD CIA tried to quell EU protest over rendition flights(AFP)26 October 2006 LONDON - The US Central Intelligence Agency attempted to persuade Germany to quell European Union protests over the human rights record of one of Americas allies in its secret rendition flights programme, The Guardian reported on Thursday. Citing a secret intelligence report prepared for the German parliament last
February, the newspaper reported that the CIA offered to allow Germany access to one of its citizens, an Al Qaeda suspect arrested in connection with the September 11, 2001 attacks and being held in a Moroccan cell. In return US agents demanded Germany avert pressure from EU over human rights abuses there, describing Morocco as a valuable partner in the fight against terrorism. The suspect was flown from Morocco to Syria on a rendition flight, where Syria offered access to him in return for the dropping of charges against Syrian intelligence agents in
Germany. Germany dropped the charges, but denied any link. The secret intelligence report makes clear that Germany did eventually get to see the suspect, who was arrested in 2002 in Morocco. A Council of Europe report issued earlier this year concluded the United States had used a spiders web of bases around the world for extraordinary rendition the covert transfer of suspects to US-run detention centres OR third countries, many of which are accused by rights organisations of torturing inmates.Khaleej Times Online >> News >> THE WORLD CIA tried to quell EU protest over rendition flights(AFP)26 October 2006 Send instant messages to your online friends http://uk.messenger.yahoo.com
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{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]
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Boycott Israel [IslamCity] Along with US and UK, Israel is the third master for M.E.
Qatar treads a thin line by hosting Israeli visit(AP)25 October 2006 DUBAI, United Arab Emirates - News that Qatar may become the first Gulf state to host an Israeli Cabinet minister in 10 years came as no surprise to observers of the tiny country that takes big, bold steps on the international stage. Israeli officials said Wednesday that Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni intends to attend a UN conference in the Qatari capital Doha next week. The
official Qatar News Agency said Wednesday the government had not confirmed Livnis attendance, which Israeli officials described as tentative. Middle East analysts said Qatars dalliance with Israel puts it squarely in opposition to public opinion and government policy across the Gulf, where Israel is vilified for its military offensives in Lebanon and the Palestinian Territories. Israels 34-day campaign against Hezbollah guerrillas in Lebanon this summer left more than a thousand people dead, mainly civilians. People here blame the Israelis for 95 or 99 percent of these problems, said Muhammad Al Musfir, a political scientist at Qatar University. No
government will dare to have an open discussion with the Israelis without concessions. Livnis visit would be the most high-profile Israeli visit to the Gulf since then-Prime Minister Shimon Peres traveled to Doha in 1996. While Israel has a trade mission in Qatar and has had similar low-level ties with Oman, it has no official relations with any of the other Gulf states, which have long ostracized the Jewish state. A political science professor at Kuwait University, Abdullah Sahar, said Qatar had invited the Israeli foreign minister for its own strategic reasons. Qataris feel they are under the tent of Saudi Arabia and they are trying to get out of it, Sahar said. However, distinguishing themselves by having ties with Israel in this tense situation is for most people akin to a type of political prostitution. Last year Qatar made waves in the Arab world when its foreign minister met his Israeli counterpart, Silvan Shalom, on the margin of a UN General Assembly meeting in New York. At a press conference afterward, Qatari Foreign Minister Foreign Minister Sheik Hamad bin Jassem Al Thani urged Arab countries to make gestures toward Israel after its withdrawal from the Gaza Strip. Al Musfir played down the significance of Qatars invitation to Livni, saying it would have been handled by the United Nations and extended to all 192 member-states. Send instant messages to your online friends http://uk.messenger.yahoo.com
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{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)
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Boycott Israel [IslamCity] Israel has open licence to commit crimes!
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Bank Settlers attack Palestinian farmers(AP)25 October 2006 NABLUS, West Bank - West Bank settlers on Wednesday attacked a group of Palestinian farmers with rocks and metal bars, wounding at least three people, in what has become an annual scene of violence during the olive harvest season. Ibrahim Salah said about 30 family members were tending to their field west of Nablus when some 50 settlers descended on the area wielding rocks and metal bars, and some holding guns. He said his son Basel, 31, was hit in the head by a metal bar and taken to a hospital. Witnesses said four others were lightly wounded. Israeli troops arrived shortly after the incident and dispersed the crowd, evacuating Salah to a hospital in an army jeep, the army said. There were no immediate details on his condition. The incident occurred near Havat Gilad, one of two dozen unauthorized outposts the Israeli government has pledged to dismantle. Israeli police spokesman Micky Rosenfeld said three Palestinians and one settler were lightly wounded in Wednesdays violence. He said the farmers did not coordinate
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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]
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Re: Boycott Israel [IslamCity] French forces: Stop Lebanon overflights or we'll open fire
But there were French, British, American & Dutch forces, etc. who couldnot stop the massacres of Bosnian Muslims."G.Waleed Kavalec"@yahoo.com wrote: French forces: Stop Lebanon overflights or we'll open fireBy Gideon AlonThe commanders of the French contingent in UNIFIL (United NationsInterim Force in Lebanon) have warned that if Israeli warplanescontinue their overflights in Lebanon, they may have to open fire onthem, Defense Minister Amir Peretz told the Knesset Foreign
Affairsand Defense Committee yesterday.Peretz told members of the committee that despite the warnings, Israelwould continue to patrol the skies of Lebanon as such operations werecritical for the country's security. Over the past few days, Peretzsaid, Israel had gathered clear evidence that Syria was transferingarms and ammunition to Lebanon, meaning that the embargo imposed by UNResolution 1701 was not being completely enforced.[...]http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/775564.htmlJust what France needs, a war with Israelthink of the possibilities!-- -- -- G. Waleed Kavalec-"Lets is rot in de staat Denemarken."-- Hamlet (I, iv, 90)
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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]
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Re: Boycott Israel [IslamCity] FW: UPDATE: New York: Join Muslim Day Parade on Sunday, September 10, Muslims Killing in India.
Justice system in US has been jijacked by zionists of america: \ THE PEACE AND JUSTICE FOUNDATION 11006 Veirs Mill Rd, STE L-15, PMB 298 Silver Spring, MD. 20902 Ramadan 1427 (October 2006) Lynne Stewart Receives 28 Months Assalaamu Alaikum (Greetings of Peace): All things considered, the outcome of this malicious prosecution of Lynne Stewart was a victory - not just for Lynne, her family, and defense attorneys, but for the community as well. No doubt, the combination of Lynne's sterling record of community service, the passionate and very capable defense that she received, and the STRONG AND VISIBLE community support shown (in her hour of need) factored into U.S. District Judge John Koeltl's decision to depart from "recommended sentencing guidelines," and the strident position of the prosecution, in sentencing Stewart to just over two years of imprisonment. The prosecution argued for 30 (see report below). It's going to be interesting to see how her co-defendants fare. While my hope is that Ahmed Abdel-Sattar and Mohamed Yusry will enjoy the same spirit of consideration from the bench - given their exemplary records of law abiding citizenship in America (and the distasteful nature of this precedent setting prosecution) - I don't expect that this will be the case. We congratulate Lynne Stewart, her family and supporters, on this very significant partial victory. Following the Bloomberg report on the sentencing (below), please see our commentary on the recent decision in Imam Warith Deen Umar's case. Radical Lawyer Lynne Stewart Sentenced to 28 Months in Prison By Patricia Hurtado Oct. 16 (Bloomberg) -- Attorney Lynne Stewart, who was convicted of helping an extremist Egyptian cleric pass messages from prison urging his followers on the outside to launch terrorist attacks, was sentenced to 28 months behind bars. Stewart, 67, was charged with aiding a U.S.-designated terror organization, the Islamic Group, wage a broad murder and kidnapping conspiracy. Federal prosecutors said she and two men convicted with her helped her former client, the blind sheik, Omar Abdel Rahman, transmit messages to the group's leaders in defiance of prison restrictions. The government had asked U.S. District Judge John Koeltl in New York to impose a 30-year term. In a plea for mercy, Stewart implored the judge to ``Permit me to live out the rest of my life productively, effectively and righteously.'' Koeltl said he handed down a lighter sentence because of Stewart's ``extraordinary personal characteristics,'' including her decades of service as a defense lawyer. Her attorneys had asked the judge to impose no prison time, citing Stewart's poor health. She's recovering from a bout with breast cancer. Stewart defended Rahman, the Islamic Group's spiritual leader, against 1993 charges that he plotted to blow up the United Nations, an FBI building, two tunnels, and a bridge in New York City. He was convicted in 1995 and is serving a life sentence in a high security prison, where Stewart had numerous meetings with him. Stewart, whose clients have included mobsters and radical leftists, had said she was prosecuted for her role as an outspoken lawyer. She says she never intended to promote terrorism. The case is U.S. v. Stewart, 02cr395, Southern District of New York. To contact the reporter on this story: Patricia Hurtado in New York courts at [EMAIL PROTECTED] . The Case of Imam Warith Deen Umar On September 30, just two days after the sentencing of her husband, I had a telephone conversation with the wife of Imam Warith Deen Umar. I wanted to know the outcome of his sentencing, and how the family was holding up under the oppressive weight of the government's shenanigans. I also wanted to know how she felt about the verdict. (Imam Umar stood tall during the sentencing, and also received a big break, all things considered!) After informing me of how the sentencing of Umar went, she expressed her dismay that he received any punishment at all. She believed that the judge showed compassion and sensitivity toward Umar, but that the sentence of one year house arrest was still unjust - given what he and his family had already been through, and his overall contributions to society. Our sister also spoke about how the ordeal has affected her family; how it has impacted their nine children; and how it has radicalized her views to a certain degree. (For example, she noted how the family's home was raided FOR FIVE HOURS on the ninth of Dhul-Hijjah, on the day of jumah; and the indignities that she and some of her children were made to suffer as a result. Imam Umar and the older sons were not at home at the time of the raid. She also referenced one of the conditions attached to Umar's home confinement; that the authorities retained the right to conduct "slave raids" - enter and search their property whenever they so choose.) She spoke abou
Re: Boycott Israel [IslamCity] Generals rattle their sabres in Turkey --from al-ahram weekly
Turkish generals and politicians are trying to compromise with the commands of Allah and Allah has humiliated them. They have been called the "sick man of Europe" after the dissolution of Khilafat. Now they are licking the boots of Western Europeans for the last 20 years to be made full member of Europe, and they have failed, while new comers from the former Communist countries are embraced as brothers -- because they are their christian cousins. Allah will bestow upon all those who sell the Din of Allah, more humiliations. "S A Hannan"@yahoo.com wrote:Dear members, Assalamu Alaikum. Please see this report on Turkey from Al-Ahram weekly. What is the history of this insolance of Turkish Army and who back them from behind for their arrogance?. Obviously not friends of Islam or Turkey. Shah Abdul Hannan Generals rattle their sabres Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan last week scrambled to defuse growing tensions with the country's new hardline high command as the Turkish military once again began to flex its political muscles, reports Gareth Jenkins from Ankara Last week, Turkish Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan announced plans to establish a network of formal and informal contacts with the country's powerful military in order to try to defuse tensions in the run-up to presidential and parliamentary elections in 2007. Erdogan's announcement follows a series of public statements by top commanders in recent weeks warning that the secular Turkish republic was under threat. On 3 October, in a speech carried live on 11 national television channels, the new Chief of Staff General Yasar Buyukanit accused leading members of the government of trying to undermine secularism and reiterated the military's determination to combat what he described as religious fundamentalism. In a country where the military has staged four coups in the last 46 years, most recently in 1997, few are prepared to treat the warning lightly. Since it took power in November 2002, the moderate Islamist Justice and Development Party (JDP) has been viewed with deep suspicion by most of the Turkish military. But Buyukanit's predecessor General Hilmi Ozkok, who was chief of staff from August 2002 to August 2006, enjoyed a relatively cordial working relationship with the JDP, adopting a low-key public profile while Erdogan resisted pressure to push through measures demanded by the JDP's grassroots supporters.These include easing restrictions on religious education and lifting the ban on women in headscarves attending university, or working in state institutions. One of the reasons for Ozkok adopting such a low profile was that, unusually for a leading Turkish commander, he was a deeply devout Muslim himself and thus less worried by a moderate Islamist government. The other was that he was aware that any direct military interference in politics could jeopardise Turkey's chances of EU membership. But Ozkok was an exception. Very few in the Turkish military share his sanguine view of the JDP. In recent years, most have been biding their time, waiting for Ozkok to retire and relying on Turkish President Ahmet Necdet Sezer, himself a staunch secularist, to use his presidential veto to keep the JDP in line. But Sezer is due to step down in May next year and is expected to be replaced either by Erdogan himself or by someone else with strong Islamist sympathies. While problems in Turkey's relations with the EU mean that not only is accession becoming an increasingly distant prospect, but as well, that public support for the EU is also plummeting. The most recent opinion polls suggest that only around 45 per cent of the Turkish population now support EU membership, down from 78 per cent two years ago. With little to lose and in the absence of an effective political opposition in parliament it is not just hardliners in the military who are looking to their commanders to curb the perceived Islamist ambitions of the JDP, many civilian secularists are too. There is a widespread fear that if a suitable candidate can be appointed to the presidency, the JDP government will attempt to push through a series of measures to placate its pious grassroots in the run-up to parliamentary elections, which are expected to be held in early autumn 2007. When he took over as chief of staff at the end of August, Buyukanit was under immense pressure to deliver a stern warning to the government. So far, he has not disappointed expectations in this direction. After Buyukanit spoke on 3 October, retired General Hussein Kivrikoglu, who served as chief of staff from 1998 to 2002, was quoted in the Turkish media as declaring that: "At last our four-year silence has been broken." Last week, Erdogan announced that he would try to ease the military's concerns by sending ministers to give formal briefings to leading generals. Informal contacts have been encouraged meanwhile, between members of the government and the military at soc
Re: Boycott Israel [IslamCity] Gamal Mubarak of Egypt Speaks of Egypt's Right To Nuclear Energy
It is just a cheap publicity stunt. This dictator is good for nothing."S A Hannan"@yahoo.com wrote:Gamal
Mubarak Speaks of Egypts Right To Nuclear Energy Saeed Abbady, Ikhwanweb - Cairo, EgyptThursday, September 21, 2006 At the National Partys fourth annual Congress which started Tuesday September 19,2006, Gamal Mubarak dropped a bombshell when he spoke of Egypts right to have a nuclear energy program, regarding it as one of the most crucial issues which encounters Egypt and its coming generations It is time that Egypt weighs the nuclear energy as one of the alternatives on its agenda. Gamal Mubarak added that the nuclear energy is one of two papers to
be discussed in the conference; with the other related to the national security and the future of the Middle East, focusing on the transformations which the Middle East is likely to undergo and their effect on the ME region in general and the Egyptian security in particular. Gamal Mubarak voiced his rejection of what is called "the Greater Middle East" and added that Egypt does not accept outside initiatives that could change the face of the region MB Reactions In a statement to Ikhwanweb, MB senior member, Dr. Gamal Heshmat, said that what is happening within the NDPs annual congress reflects the state of chaos within the party ranks. He added that Gamal invented the nuclear energy story to gain credibility by the public. Dr. Heshmat described Gamal statements as "propaganda" and do not reflect the regime's actual policies "the ruling National Party
itself has stalled Egypts nuclear project as well as the military industrialization projects, Dr. Heshmat added On the Muslim Brotherhoods position toward the use of nuclear energy, Heshmat said that the group sees it a right for any country to possess and use whatever means of energy and power that work in favor of its interest, pointing out that the nuclear energy isnt a monopoly to the major states and Israel, But the NDP is not strong enough to withstand the backlash which could result from such a decision, Heshmat lamented. Other Topics: Egypt's ruling party holds conferenceBrocktown News - NV, USAEgypt to change constitutionNews24 - South AfricaEgypt's ruling party holds major conference amid skepticism over ...International Herald Tribune - FranceMubarak's Son Proposes Nuclear ProgramNew York Times - United StatesSon of Mubarak eyes successionInternational Herald Tribune - FranceBush v. Ahmadinejad Egypt's Jamal Mubarak Rejects New Middle East ...Bay Area Indymedia - San Francisco,CA,USAMiddle East: Imperial assault and tasks for the leftZNet - Woods Hole,MA,USAEgyptian president promises greater democratic reform in coming
...International Herald Tribune - France
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{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]
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Boycott Israel [IslamCity] If human rightist succeeed then it should open the doors --
If the human rights activist in Munir's case win's, then it should pave the way for democracy and justice in Pakistan and other Muslim countries, where the thug rulers and dictators imposed by the West is ruining the culture of Islam and the Muslim civilizations. Present rulers are destroying the hopes of masses for education, job oppurtunities and all round progress for the future generations to come. Please read: Garuda hit with action on murderFriday, September 08, 2006A 13 billion rupiah (HK$11.7 million) lawsuit has been filed in Jakarta against flag carrier Garuda
Indonesia over the death of leading rights activist Munir. As hundreds of supporters rallied Thursday to mark the second anniversary of his death aboard a flight to Holland, the lawsuit accused the airline and nine of its employees, including senior management and flight crew of negligence. "We are suing Garuda for their failure to protect their consumer, in this case Munir," said lawyer Mufti Makarim from the Munir-founded Kontras rights group. Munir died in the business-class cabin of a Garuda flight before reaching Amsterdam on September 7, 2004. An autopsy in Holland found a lethal dose of arsenic in his blood. Last year a Garuda pilot, Pollycarpus Priyanto, who was on the flight but off-duty, was jailed for 14 years after being found guilty of killing Munir by lacing his drink with arsenic. Very interesting discussion with blinders on the eyes. We live in a world which has Internal and External influences within any country. Just look at the record of Colonial powers who have been responsible in killing (estimated) not only 6 Million Jews but also close to 100 Million Muslims around the Globe in the past 20th Century. Now America, alone has more than 750 Military bases (including 2 in Pakistan, and 14 new in Iraq, [manned with more than 1,367,357 (1999 figures) U. S. military personnel worldwide] but not including spy and Air-Force bases ) ONLY to control and steal the resources of the other peoples , specially Muslim world. In order to understand this just use Google to search for a key word [Technology for Political Control] which will amaze you how
the wolves under sheep skin are engaged in killing Muslims and destroying their Resources to keep them perpetually dependent on these CUNNING friends. TAKE OFF THE BLINDERS ON YOUR EYES and WAKE UP! Remember that First we are Muslims and unless we UNITE, the wolves will attack us like the one Wolf sitting now in the World Bank!
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{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]
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Boycott Israel [IslamCity] US's policiies are harmful to the peace of the world!
'U.S. policies have not been helpful to peace in Mideast' The protracted conflict in the Middle East is affecting the region and many other parts of the world. Joseph Camilleri, a professor of International Relations at La Trobe University in Melbourne and director of the Centre for Interfaith Dialogue, spoke to The Jakarta Post's contributor Dewi Anggraeni about the Middle East's multifaceted problems. Question: Can you briefly explain the sources of the current problems in the Middle East? Answer: There are problems that are internal to the Middle East. The obvious ones are the unresolved question of the Palestinian conflict, the long standing tension between Israel and its neighbors -- some of which have reached an understanding or a peace agreement, but others have not. There is the question of the occupied territories resulting from the 1967 war -- not all the UN resolutions resulting from that have been implemented. In addition to all the political and cultural questions, there is also the question of resources local to the region, including water resources. And of course there are the disparities between many of these countries -- the oil-rich, the not-so-rich, and many which remain quite poor. All these are helping to create tension and frustration. What about the causes contributing to the conflict outside the region? The West generally, perhaps the U.S. in particular as the leading Western country, has for over a decade pursued policies which have not been as helpful to peace and security in the Middle East as one would wish. There are many factors here. I think Western powers generally, and the U.S. in particular, have tended to treat the Mideast as a region where they have various interests -- strategic interests, oil interests and political interests. These interests often take precedence over the interests of peace and security in the region and the settlement of disputes. This does not mean that Western countries, the U.S. included, do not from time to time, devote a fair bit of energy to the resolution of conflict. The complicating factor, for the U.S. particularly, is that there has always been a very strong lobby in the U.S. in favor of the position taken by the state of Israel, and that there has not until now been a compensating lobby that can express as strongly the interests of either the Arab world generally or Palestine in particular. I think most U.S. administrations have felt that they have to take this lobby very seriously. Then there is the Western, including an American interest, in oil -- the security of supply, and the price. And there is the strategic interest. In an earlier era, to the West the area was seen as strategic to hold off the influence of the Soviet Union. Now although Russia still remains a consideration, there is the rise of China, and even competition for influence between the U.S. and the countries of Western Europe. What are the strongest and most immediate factors at play? September 11 (2001) has had a tremendous impact on U.S. policy during the Bush administration. We have to cast our minds back to after the end of the Cold War. When Iraq moved on Kuwait, the Bush Sr administration felt it necessary to deal with that issue at the time. This was the first Gulf War (1991). But the first Gulf War did not put an end to Saddam Hussein. Though weaker, Saddam remained in power. There seems to be a case for saying that during the Clinton administration years there were some serious attempts to deal with the Palestine question, but without success. Maybe it was not approached correctly. In the meantime, despite continuing pressure on Iraq, with sanctions and periodic air-strikes, Saddam remained in power. When the present Bush administration came to office, from the beginning there seemed to be a very clear and strong view that Saddam Hussein had to be removed. That may explain the decision that was taken in 2003 to move in, on the pretext that the issue was weapons of mass destruction, although we now know that Iraq had no WMD. Establish a democratic regime by force, isn't that a contradiction? Indeed. It is also this miscalculation, it seems, that has led (the U.S.) to think that Hamas which came to office as a result of a democratic election -- as democratic as you have in any part of the Arab world -- was not an appropriate partner with which to discuss a resolution of the Israel-Palestine problem. So they have tried to marginalize Hamas. And in the same way they have probably misjudged the nature of Hizbollah in Lebanon. There is no question that Hizbollah has been prepared to use violence, and against civilians as well. Many people would be justified in finding that objectionable. That would be true. Nevertheless, the West tends to see Hizbollah as purely a terrorist organization, without strong roots in Lebanon. I think Israel too has been the victim of that miscalculation. Thus policies have been developed which ar
Re: [IslamCity] OIC Secretary General condemns Israeli attack on Palestinian Prime Minister's Office --from oic website
The lone voice has come at last from the OIC to support the Palestinians, while the huge armies of Pakistan, Egypt and Turkey are enjoying the good life of wine, women and their unchallenged power to terrorise their own people."S A Hannan"@yahoo.com wrote: PRESS RELEASE OIC Secretary General condemns Israeli attack on Palestinian Prime Ministers Office The Secretary General of the Organization of the Islamic Conference, Professor Ekmeleddin Ihsanoglu, has condemned Israel for bombing the Palestinian Prime Ministers office as well as a school and other vital and civilian installations. He described these attacks as a flagrant violation of international law and the Fourth Geneva Convention and as a war crime which the international community must move quickly to
stop. Professor Ihsanoglu stressed that the Organization of the Islamic Conference holds Israel fully responsible for all the dangerous consequences of this crime and other crimes committed daily by Israel against the Palestinian people, government, national institutions and infrastructure. He renewed his call to the international community to prevent Israel from acting as a country above the law and to compel it to stop its crimes and practices which violate international law. He called for the immediate release of members of the Palestinian government and the Legislative Council. In this regard, the Secretary General has made several contacts with some international
parties, particularly members of the Quartet. He has also made an urgent call to the Security Council to assume its responsibility of preserving international security and stability by providing the necessary international protection to the Palestinian people, leadership and institutions in the face of Israels state terrorism. Jeddah: 02 July 2006 More News form OIC... Main Page
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[IslamCity] What about moral training for thug armies of Egypt, Pakistan, Morrocco, etc.?
Moral training for US troops in Iraq David Fickling and agenciesThursday June 1, 2006 US soldiers in Iraq have been ordered to take extra training in moral and ethical standards, it emerged today. The move comes amid growing concern over the fallout from the alleged massacre of 24 civilians in the town of Haditha last November. General George Casey - the highest-ranking US general in Iraq - ordered the training two days after US troops shot dead a pregnant mother and her cousin as they travelled to a maternity hospital. Nabiha Nisaif Jassim, who was 35, was killed along with her 57-year-old cousin, Saliha Mohammed Hassan, when they failed to stop at a checkpoint in Samarra, north of Baghdad. A military
spokesman said troops had fired at the car, which was being driven by the pregnant woman's brother, in an attempt to "disable" it. Lieutenant general Peter Chiarelli, the commander of Multinational Corps Iraq, said the ethics training, to take place over the next 30 days, would reinforce the education that troops receive before being sent into battle. It would emphasise "professional military values and the importance of disciplined, professional conduct in combat", he said. "As military professionals, it is important that we take time to reflect on the values that separate us from our enemies," he said. "The challenge for us is to make sure the actions of a few do not tarnish the good work of the many." In the past week, the US military has been rocked by a series of leaks indicating that US marines carried out a massacre of 24 civilians in insurgent-controlled Haditha last November. Reports of the alleged massacre first surfaced in Time
magazine in March, but credibility was still given to the marines' story of how 15 of the dead had been killed by a roadside bomb until the current spate of leaks. The New York Times yesterday reported that death certificates confirmed the contention of Iraqi human rights activists that the majority of the dead had been killed by execution-style point-blank gunshots to the head and chest. The alleged massacre is already being compared to the 1968 My Lai massacre and the Abu Ghraib scandal, and the US president, George Bush, yesterday said any troops found responsible for it would be punished. Around a dozen marines are thought to be under scrutiny by Pentagon investigators, who are conducting separate reports into the incident itself and the question of whether there had been a cover-up. A comrade of the accused marines yesterday told a
Seattle television he believed they "were just blinded by hate ... and they just lost control". Safa Younis, a relative of people killed in the attack, survived by hiding in a bedroom next to the bodies of her mother and siblings and pretending to be dead. A video released yesterday showed her saying: "The Americans knocked at the door. My father went to open it. They shot him dead from behind the door, and then they shot him again after they opened the door." Last week US, marine commandant General Michael Hagee warned that troops in Iraq were in danger of becoming "indifferent to the loss of a human life". Paul Robinson, a former army intelligence officer and an expert on military ethics at the University of Hull, warned that the effects of formal training would be blunted by peer pressure, military loyalty, and public desire in the US for revenge and forceful action. "Teaching the individual soldiers is not enough," he said. "Moral
leadership needs to be exerted from on high, all the way down the chain of command. "You will look at the example of your leaders. If your leaders give the impression that they think Iraqi lives are not worth the same as American of British lives, and if they order the deployment of large amounts of force, you'll get the impression that that's how you're meant to behave."
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{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 t
[IslamCity] Re: Bangladesh Minister's wife runs fake private university
There are rogue ministers even in Pakistan, they charge thousands of rupees and issue fake visas for middle east. -- Then comes along Ansar Burney and get those illegal immigrants back from prisons in Oman, Abu Dhabi, etc. every month. Each time prisoners return to Pakistan in hundreds. The ministers and the middle men get money and the poor are made poorer. This is the racket practiced by the ruling thugs of Pakistan and may be some ministers in Bangladesh also learing -- how to get rich quick make the people beggars.saiyed shahbazi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:Bangladesh Minister's wife runs fake private university Created 2006-05-25 Dhaka, 25 May, (INS + Asiantribune.com): Wife of State Minister for Education Ehsanul Haque Milon is running a fake university named 'The International University' at city's Uttara model town, thus cheating hundreds of students in Bangladesh. The matter came to the attention when a local newspaper published an exclusive report on it. According to the report, the education ministry has found that the authorities of The International University have been running the private institution for over five years with a fake approval of the ministry. The ministry has received a copy of the fake approval letter that the university authorities have shown to the students as well as to different government organizations. The fake approval letter, issued on May 7, 2000, and signed by one Syed Mainuddin, claiming himself to be an assistant secretary of the Education Ministry, said that the ministry had no objection to assist the authorities of
the International University under the management of West Coast Educational Foundation, Uttara, in running the professional and technology-based educational institution. The education ministry recently said that it had never issued such approval for any organization and that the institution had been functioning on the basis of fraudulent claims. Signed by assistant secretary, Abdur Rashid, an Education Ministry circular issued on April 17, 2006 said: 'The WCEF foundation has been running The International University in Uttara, Dhaka, with a fake approval of the ministry.' The ministry has requested the University Grants Commission to conduct an investigation and submit a report to the ministry. Sources in the UGC, which is the regulator of both private and public universities in the country, said that they would make a spot visit soon. 'The commission has noticed that the so-called university has been trying to woo
students through advertisements in newspapers offering degrees in different subjects including master's degree in business administration, bachelor's degrees in English and computer science and even PhD degree.' Talking to INS the UGC Chairman, Professor M Asaduzzaman said: 'An organized syndicate has been selling certificates from such fake universities and from some so-called outer campuses of a number of foreign universities and institutions. He said stern actions would be taken against such institutions. It is further learnt that, The International University (TIU) is an affiliate institution of an US University. A Bangladeshi named Dr. Gazi Alam, who proclaims to be the 'friend' of Prime Minister's son, Tareq Rahman approached the President of TIU-USA for the affiliation. Later they managed to open a campus in Dhaka's Uttara model town area, with State Minister for Education's wife as the Vice Chancellor. Meanwhile,
this fake university has cheated hundreds of local students by giving them fake certificates. - INS + Asian Tribune - Source URL:http://www.asiantribune.com/index.php?q=node/255 Send instant messages to your online friends http://uk.messenger.yahoo.com
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{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]
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[IslamCity] Muslims can liberate their lands if they learn from Chavez
Chavez on "the so called American way of life" Viva Chavez, by Mike Whitney - May 19, 2006 http://mparent.livejournal.com/8699848.html?mode=reply "The worst genocidal leader in the history of humanity is the President of the United States. Hitler would be like a suckling baby next to George W Bush He is a terrorist, a drunkard, and a donkey". "We are facing the threat of global challenges stemming from the genocidal, immoral, sick, and corrupt elite currently governing the United States, which appear to have no limits" Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez Hugo Chavez is a self-made man. He wasn't piggy-backed into Harvard on a legacy grant (Affirmative Action for plutocrats) or shoehorned into the White House by corporate gangsters. He grew up in a two-room thatched palm-leaf house with his five siblings and dreamt of moving to New York to play baseball for the Yankees. At age 18 he chose to make the most of his meager opportunities by enlisting in the military. For 17 years, Chavez served his country; gradually moving up the chain of command to lieutenant colonel. Unlike his American counterpart, GW Bush, Chavez never went AWOL during wartime or stumbled through years of idle profligacy peering at the world through beer-goggles. While Bush was busy driving three consecutive companies into insolvency and fattening his bank account with the loot from insider-trading scams, Chavez was putting together the Revolutionary Bolivarian Movement; a leftist political organization which promoted redistribution and civil rights. Chavez was lifted to the presidency on the backs of peasants and working-class people while Bush was selected by 5 venal judges who repealed the democratic process and suspended the counting of ballots. The differences between the two men go on and on. It is an interesting study in contrasts and one that is particularly relevant to the deteriorating state of world affairs. So far, Bush's views have carried the day; the global superpower is free to act unilaterally and without concern for either international law or basic standards of decency. Chavez, however, has presented a competing vision of global integration, collective action, and participatory democracy. His world-view is clearly ascendant. "Capitalism is barbarism," Chavez says; a point that is persuasively driven home in the daily accounts of butchery in Iraq, Afghanistan or Haiti. In Bush-world the mounting death toll is simply the price of opening new markets like the cheerful ringing of a cash register. Its no wonder the system is collapsing all around him. Chavez has taken the lead in denouncing Bush and the system that supports him: "For the horror it has created around the world in the last century, the United States' war machine should be dismantled. It is a threat against all of mankind, particularly against our children." He has wisely taken aim at Bush, an indigent patrician without any identifiable qualifications, as the foremost symbol of a system run amok: "The worst genocidal leader in the history of humanity is the President of the United States. Hitler would be like a suckling baby next to George W Bush He is a terrorist, a drunkard, and a donkey". The stark contrast of the two men's personalities has been a boon to Chavez. Even the feeble attacks by the media have only enhanced his popularity and strengthened his case for socialism: "This model, the so called American way of life, the extreme capitalism, is not sustainable, life on this planet will come to an end if we continue down this road, that is why we are motivated to seek socialism and abandon capitalism, the individualism, the selfish consumerism, the so called destructive development that is destroying this planet, we are all in danger, and not so much us, our children and grandchildren." Chavez has been a thumb in the eye of the Bush Empire. His criticism of America's duplicitous foreign policy resonates with poor and working class people alike. Presently, he is meeting with leaders of Libya and Algeria (supposedly) to discuss "increased cooperation on oil production" and to develop "social programs for the poor based on oil revenues". Chavez has initiated similar programs at home, but he is using his increased visibility to publicly denounce Bush and American foreign policy: "We are against America, the imperialist. We don't accept its hegemony. The whole world should unite against America." Chavez's trip comes at a time when there are renewed fears of an attack on Iran. Could it be that the Venezuelan president is actually working behind the scenes to stem the flow of oil if Iran is bombed? Or, maybe he is orchestrating a "run on the dollar" (transfer to euros) which Russia and Venezuela have already threatened? Whatever the plan, he has vehemently condemned the administration's hostility to Iran while other nations continue to cringe. "The world needs to do everything possible to avoid the madness of a military attack against Ir
[IslamCity] Empty call for unity while no relief to the Palestinians and other oppressed Muslims.
Sunday, May 14, 2006 Calls for unity open D-8 summit NUSA DUA, Bali, Indonesia: A summit of eight large Muslim countries opened on Saturday on Indonesias resort island of Bali with calls by Indonesian and Iranian leaders for unity and greater cooperation. Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono urged the members of the Developing 8 (D-8) to address the global oil crisis by working together to develop alternative energy sources, intensify cooperation to combat pandemics and promote dialogue among civilizations. We must be able to embrace
modernity by becoming forward looking, by becoming knowledge-driven, by advancing a culture of excellence, Yudhoyono said in his speech opening the summit. Yudhoyono said the D-8 nations wanted to achieve progress through peace not war, dialogue not confrontation, cooperation not exploitation, justice not double standards, equality not discrimination, democracy not oppression. Irans President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, handing over the groupings chairmanship to Yudhoyono, urged D-8 member states to work together for the welfare of the Islamic world and the entire world community. We are all members of the Muslim ummah [community] and the human society as a whole and thus have shared interests and concerns, he said. Greater cooperation will bring about greater strength, dignity and progress to the Muslim ummah . .
. which can be used in the service of international peace and security and also the welfare of the entire international community, he said. We can offer a good model of cooperation and understanding based on justice to the world, he said. In this context the Islamic Republic of Iran feels obliged to mobilize all its means and possibilities to further strengthen D-8. D-8 groups Bangladesh, Egypt, Indonesia, Iran, Malaysia, Nigeria, Pakistan and Turkey. The forum focuses on commercial and economic cooperation among member states, including in the areas of science, industry and investment. The eight nations have a population of about 500 million people combined. The heads of state were in particular set to discuss ways to avert a global energy crisis by developing renewable and alternative energy sources including
nuclear power, efforts to combat problems such as AIDS and bird flu and address the debt problems of developing countries. The group held its first summit in 1997 and last met in Tehran in February 2004.Send instant messages to your online friends http://uk.messenger.yahoo.com
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{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]
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Re: [IslamCity] Muslim World: Morocco - Women Islamic Preachers deployed for First Time
You are right apologist CA, surely we will liberate muslim lands now ruled by the stooges of the West.[EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:salaam, i read this story last week on al jezzerah online in the english section i think it is an excellent idea to show that not all muslim are exteremist but i find that in north africa in some countries like tunasia,algeria,and marracco is very french but i totally agree it is an excellent idea. carol[EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Women preachers: Morocco's new weapon against Islamic extremism Fri Apr 28, 2:17 AM ET RABAT (AFP) - In a project unknown in Islam, Morocco has just graduated its first team of women preachers to be deployed as a vanguard in the kingdom's fight against any slide towards Islamic extremism. ADVERTISEMENT "This is a rare experiment in the Muslim world," proudly stated Mohamed Mahfoud, director of the center attached to the Islamic affairs ministry that trained this first class of 50 women. Ministry spokesman Hamid Rono said it was the "first (of its kind) in the Islamic world". This pioneer group of Morchidat, or guides, who finished a 12-month course in early April, were trained to "accompany and orient" Muslim faithful, notably in prisons, hospitals and schools, said Mahfoud. They will earn a salary of 5,000 dirhams (450 euros, 560 dollars) per month. Short and plump, a scarf knotted around her head to cover her hair in line with religious custom, a smiling Samira Marzouk, in her 30s like most of the others, exclaims how "proud" she is to be part of this first group. She sees their mission as one to "fill in the gaps that prevent a solid framework for religion". "We are going to teach a tolerant Islam by focussing on the underprivileged classes," she added. They will notably work with women and children in poor ghettoes seen as fertile ground for extremist recruiters. The idea of the Morchidat, spearheaded by King Mohammed VI and the government, took off after Islamic extremist attacks in the Moroccan economic capital Casablanca on May 16, 2003 claimed 45 lives -- including the 12 bombers -- and left dozens of others wounded. The King -- who is a descendant of Islam's founder, the Prophet Mohamed, and enjoys wide powers -- had already started reshaping religious structures to rein in any extremist drift in his North African country, which borders Algeria where violence between government forces and armed Islamic extremists has caused more than 150,000 deaths since 1992. But the synchronized suicide bomb attacks that hit Jewish and foreign targets gave new urgency to the initiative. More than 2,000 people were arrested in vast police sweeps after the May bombings as the king vowed the attacks would be the last to rock Morocco. Investigators concluded that those behind the incident had indeed sought recruits in the teeming slums around Casablanca, Morocco's biggest city. Marzouk, a young married woman with a diploma in Arab literature who said she knows the Koran by heart, was quick to specify she is "not going to take the place of an imam". "The imamate in Islam is restricted solely to men who are apt at leading prayers, notably those on Friday," the Islamic holy day, she said. "The Morchidat will be in charge of leading religious discussions, give courses in Islam, give moral support to people in difficulty and guide the faithful towards a tolerant Islam," she added. Another graduate, Leila Fares, a lively young woman who holds a degree in Islamic studies, said she saw the Morchidat's role as promoting "the true face of Islam". "We will help attenuate any drift towards Islamic extremism," she said, stressing that "an overall approach is needed to dealing with radical Islam". During the year-long course, the curriculum ranged from Islamic studies to psychology, sociology, computer skills, economy, law and business management. "Sports was the only subject dropped from the women preachers' training because the schedule was just too tight," regretted Mahfoud, who hopes to include it for the second batch of Morchidate trainees, whose applications are now being accepted. For the Islamic affairs minister, Ahmed Taoufiq, the Morchidat will also "instruct women on their basis religious duties". He said religious radicalism was not part of Morocco's culture "but you can never prevent evil one hundred percent". Morocco's Islamic fundamentalists are divided over the inititive. For one, Islamist deputy Mustapha Ramid with the Islamist Justice and Development party (PJD), the main opposition group with 43 seats in the 325-member parliament, the Morchidat is a "positive" development. "I see nothing more to say about this initiative because in Islam, men and women are equal," he said, pointing to Egypt which has "eminent women scholars of Islam". But the head of the youth group in Morocco's most radical Islamic fundamentalist association, Al-Adl Wal
[IslamCity] British troops are taking revenge for the defeat last century at the hands of Afghans with the help of the mercenary armed for ces of Pakistan.
Colonel admits British may have aggressive role in Afghanistan By Kim Sengupta Published: 25 April 2006 A senior commander has acknowledged that British soldiers may carry out offensive operations in Afghanistan, despite government denials. British commanders said they had been given permission to carry out aggressive operations including pre-emptive strikes in their areas of deployment in the provinces of Helmand and Kandahar. This gives British forces a power to take offensive action which is almost on par with that of the Americans, and far more than what is allowed by other Nato countries with troops in Afghanistan. Colonel Stuart Douglas, the deputy commander of the British forces in Afghanistan, said yesterday: "[The
operations] could be carried out anywhere. The enemy will be those who resist the rule of law, whether they are the Taliban or ordinary criminals." The deployment of almost 6,000 troops into Afghanistan at a cost of £1bn has been accompanied by repeated assertions from ministers that British soldiers will not take part in warfare and counter-insurgency operations. The Defence Secretary, John Reid, who has been visiting Afghanistan, said in the Commons last week that British troops were not going to the country "to wage war or carry out seek and destroy" operations, but to engage in stabilisation and reconstruction. However, British military planners are said to have already targeted three Taliban strongholds, one in the mountainous southern border with Pakistan, another in the steep valleys in north-east Helmand and a third in a concentrated area of poppy pastures. The operations will apparently be known as "deep manoeuvre
effects". Questioned in Kabul, the Defence Secretary acknowledged that there will be "overlaps" between the British and the US-led "Enduring Freedom" operations. "We are here to stabilise the country and the Taliban and the terrorists want to stop us doing that," Mr Reid said. "If they attack us we will defend ourselves and if defending ourselves ... means taking pre-emptive action we will do that. If they attack our troops we will attack back, in some cases taking the initiative." The Afghan government also appeared to envisage a greater role for UK troops in areas outside Helmand experiencing violence from the Taliban. General Abdul Rahim Wardak, the Defence Minister, said after meeting Mr Reid: "I believe the size of the force is such that it can operate outside the borders of Helmand." British officials deny there are any plans to expand the field of operations. Mr Reid also stressed during his visit that British forces
will not be involved in the eradication of opium poppies, which is opposed by local farmers. The British military have sought to keep their forces away from the destruction of the crop. However, the commanders also say that it has been almost impossible to convince local people that their forces are not involved, largely because of the influx of Americans involved in the eradication programme into Lashkar Gar, the Helmand capital. The shadow Defence Secretary, Liam Fox, has written to Mr Reid threatening to withdraw Tory support for the Afghan mission if the Government continues to make statements in the Commons which he says are in "variance" with the real military operations. The House of Commons Defence Committee said in a report that British troops sent to Afghanistan were likely to stay there longer than the three years claimed by the Government and the success of the mission was "by no means certain". A transport plane
carrying anti-narcotic officials crashed into a hamlet in southern Afghanistan yesterday, killing three people, including a child, and wounding 14 others. A senior commander has acknowledged that British soldiers may carry out offensive operations in Afghanistan, despite government denials. British commanders said they had been given permission to carry out aggressive operations including pre-emptive strikes in their
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{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]
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[IslamCity] Blair's visit to Indonesia leaves the students in doubts and double standards of West.
Indonesia PM given rough ride by high school students Matthew Tempest and agenciesThursday March 30, 2006 Tony Blair visits a boarding school in Jakarta. Photograph: Jefrey Aries/Getty Images Tony Blair was met with a barrage of calls to withdraw from Iraq as he toured Indonesia to promote better links with the world's largest Muslim country. The prime minister, on the final day of his tour of the southern hemisphere, issued a joint statement with the Indonesian president, Susilo Bambang Yudhoyon, promising greater trade links, school twining and joint counter-terrorism messages. But the PM also met a delegation of moderate Muslim leaders who called on him to pull British troops out of Iraq, and was given a rough ride at a question-and-answer session with high school students. Welcomed by pupils as he witnessed displays of martial arts and dancing and heard the girls school band serenade him with John Lennon's Imagine, Mr Blair's visit to the Pondok Pesantren Darunnajah, an Islamic boarding school twinned with the Holy Family School in Keighley, West Yorkshire, took a different turn when he took questions. He was asked how he would feel if he was an Iraqi civilian and what he was doing to resolve the Israel/Palestinian dispute. The prime minister told them: "I want to say, as someone from the Christian faith, that I believe that people of different faiths can live together in harmony and peace." He then faced his first question on the recent row over a Luton schoolgirl forbidden from wearing full Islamic dress to class. He was asked what British rules were. Mr Blair replied: "We leave it up to the individual school, some schools permit it, some do not but we let the final decision be with the school. There are different views in my country about this." Another student then asked if he would persuade his "best friend" the US president, George Bush, to stop the war in Iraq. Mr Blair, dressed in a white open neck shirt and slacks in sweltering heat and humidity replied: "I think we will not agree about Iraq and the decision to remove the government there but there is a process now on Iraq for the people to vote their government in. "In Iraq today they have got the right to vote, and in Afghanistan, and whatever we thought about the original decision to remove Saddam, today we should work with the United Nations and other countries to make sure people have the same rights as the people in the UK and you have here." Another student then asked: "How would you feel if you were an Iraqi civilian?" who had had relatives killed in the conflict. Mr Blair replied: "One of the most important things if we are to have this understanding between us is that people try to understand the other point of view. "You feel very strongly that what happened in Iraq and Afghanistan was wrong. I understand that. "But in those countries now people can vote and their government should decide what's right and what is wrong." He went on: "You might say Iraqi Muslims want this, I might say they want that." But the best test of what the people truly wanted was how they voted. Mr Blair went on: "You have a view of America which is not a view I share. We have got to see how we build a bridge of understanding between the West and the Muslim world. "That doesn't mean we always agree but we understand why we disagree. That's the important thing so that in the end even if we do disagree we never distrust or hate each other." He was then tackled on the Middle East peace process and urged to ask the new Israeli government to resolve the issue. The prime minister replied: "I agree with you. There's no more important issue than to bring peace between Israel and Palestine. "This has been difficult but I will try to do my best to ensure we can bring peace there." At Mr Blair's earlier visit to New Zealand he was picketed by anti-war protestors and today in Jakarta there were also protests against his visit, this time from an Islamic group. After his meeting with Mr Yudhoyono, Mr Blair said the two nations would "work closely" on ways to combat international terror, and invited the president to visit the UK in return. Mr Blair then met five moderate Islamic leaders who urged him to withdraw British troops from Iraq and talk to the recently elected Hamas government in Palestine. Din Syamsudin, leader of the country's second largest Muslim group Muhammadiah, said: "We told him to withdraw his troops from Iraq because the occupation is only promoting more radicalism and new acts of terrorism." Downing Street had billed the visit as the "right time" to repair relations. Mr Blair's official spokesman said: "It's the right place because Indonesia is the third largest democracy in the world, right people because it's the largest Muslim country in the world, with 210 million Muslims, right because under its current president it is not only committed to democracy but also to clean
[IslamCity] Palestine and Native Americans
http://www.counterpunch.com/robideau02012006.html February 1, 2006 "God Given Right" Palestine and Native America By ROBERT ROBIDEAU The recent election windfall victory of Hamas has sent shock waves through the United States and the European Union. They swiftly announced their threat to withhold $400 million in aide if Hamas refused to recognize the state of Israel and disarm. Hamas, which has promoted itself as a militant alternative to the discredited Fatah government, now has to live up to its own rhetoric of providing an alternative to the long suffering Palestinian people. Mr Zahar, the leader of Hamas who rose to power in 1989, reportedly said, "Spies and thieves must fear us," and "thieves are those who steal our land". As a member of the American Indian Movement, I know full well that the roads into the Americas were paved by thieves. It was A government spy sent to create internal disruption, who set the stage for the execution of Anna Mae Aquash, an icon in Indian country; and while over 150 government police terrorized communities on the Pine Ridge Oglala Lakota reservation in the summer of 1975, the federal government stole one eighth of the Pine Ridge reservation land. The state of Israel sets on land that was originally Palestinian but Zionist movements in Europe and the United States claimed that the "land was given to them by God" and their belief that their race possessed some "natural superiority". Euro- Americas pray to "god and country" and teach their future generations to pray homage to the gangsters, outlaws and thieves who stole the country from Indian nations in god's name. The European idea that they possessed a "God given superiority" not only had brought them into conflict with the Palestinian people, but also North American Indian Nations in the 1800s. In contrast, Euro-Americans and Europeans began their westward expansion of North America under the banner of manifest destiny. A belief that they had a "divinely inspired mission" to expand. Euro-American expansion meant the thief and occupation of Native American Indian lands. A big part of William Henry Harrison´s responsibility, who as the Territorial Governor of Indiana, was to obtain title to American Indian lands so that white settlement could expand in the area, asked the Indiana legislature: "Is one of the fairest portions of the globe to remain in a state of nature, the haunt of a few wretched savages, when it seems destined, by the Creator, to give support to a large population, and to be the sea of civilization, of science, and true religion?" Isn't this the Zionist attitude toward Palestine? The United States continued the European practice of recognizing only limited land rights of Native American Indians who they regarded as "savages" who stood in the way of Euro-American expansion. The same mentality has prevailed with Israel people in their dealings with the Palestinian people. In the time of Manifest Destiny, this idea was clear and simple, "Indian Removal". The "Indian wars" between Native Indian Nations and Euro-American armies, which are now well recorded, ended in more then 300 treaties that won some tribes large sections of land, but today these lands have all but melted away into the hands of Euro-Americans. Euro-American's believed that Native American Indians were "destined to melt and vanish before the advancing waves of Anglo-American power..." but the large land sessions won by the Tribes through treaty in fact allowed future generations to survive, even as their lands continued to be lost through one passage after another of Congressional Acts that swindled tribes out of millions of acres of land. Today Native lands have become checker boarded with Euro-American ownership and continue to be subject to Congressional Acts to defraud Native people of even more land and the natural resources. The Palestinian people continue to struggle through various groups like Hamas in self defense of their sovereignty and to keep their remaining lands. So too, has North American Indian people continued to struggle to keep what is left of their lands and recover stolen lands. The Federal Government offers the Lakota Nations 100´s of millions for their sacred Black Hills, but the Lakota people have refused the federal paper dollars, firmly stating, "Our sacred land is not for sale!" Of the numerous Native American Indian groups that have historically formed to confront the continued Euro-American intrusions into our lives and sovereign rights, the American Indian Movement (AIM) has become best known. Like the PLO, Hamas and other Palestinian liberation groups, we too were criminalized by the invaders and thieves who attempt to undermine our rights as a liberation group with aggression, violence and name calling. As with the Palestinians, we too will not be denied, through threats of violence, our right of self defense. On September 2005 the Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) launched a th
Re: [IslamCity] LewisNews Joins The Fight Against The Demonization Of Islam! (CORRECTION0
All people of good will --- Muslims and non muslims should support this radio and news organization.[EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:THE CORRECT LOCATION FOR DOWNLOADING THE SHOWS IS: http://www.box.net/public/b6zd8mndva LewisNews, -- a non-Muslim Internet radio and news organization in Washington state, which has been in existence for about 10 years -- has joined the battle against mainstream media's distortion of Islam. They have an audience of more than 400,000 and are growing. They are also listed in the top 100,000 websites on the Internet, as reported by the independent "Alexa Ratings" that can be viewed at the following site: http://webs.lewisnews.com/alexa1/index.htm They are doing weekly interviews with Muslims asking questions about Islam that are on most people's mind and getting authentic answers to dispell the distortions and demonizations. We have had Imams, scholars and average Muslims on the show and I have placed the audio files of these shows for downloading at the following location: http://www.box.net/public/b6zd8mndva Soon we will have some Muslims sisters on the show as well. Please download and listen to the shows. Share them with others. They are a great way of dispelling the plan for deliberate war against Islam and Muslims. Along with the site for listening to the shows, LewisNews has made the following site available for articles on
Islam: http://www.lewisnews.com/section.asp?ID=107&Name=%22Understanding%22+Al%2DIslam+%26+Muslims Please check out and share the articles and the shows with others. Thank you!"Strive as in a race to achieve thegoal of excellence in all that you do."For real insights visit:http://www.geocities.com/mewatch99/Regards,Nashid
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(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]
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Re: [IslamCity] ALLAH (S.W.T.) SENDS DAJJAL-RULED AMERICA MASSIVE WILDFIRES AND DROUGHT
What about massive earth quake in Pakistan?[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Assalamu aleikum.PHOTO SERIES:http://search.news.yahoo.com/search/news?p=wildfire&n=100&c=news_photos-Please note that 2 articles follow:*AL-ANFAL 008.019 Translations of the Meaning*Latest Seasonal Assessment NOAA / National Weather Service-(1)AL-ANFAL 008.019 Translations of the Meaninghttp://www.usc.edu/dept/MSA/quran/008.qmt.htmlYUSUFALI: (O Unbelievers!) if ye prayed for victory and judgment, nowhath the judgment come to you: if ye desist (from wrong), it will bebest for you: if ye return (to the attack), so shall We. Not the
leastgood will your forces be to you even if they were multiplied: forverily Allah is with those who believe!PICKTHAL: (O Qureysh!) If ye sought a judgment, now hath the judgmentcome unto you. And if ye cease (from persecuting the believers) itwill be better for you, but if ye return (to the attack) We also shallreturn. And your host will avail you naught, however numerous it be,and (know) that Allah is with the believers (in His Guidance).SHAKIR: If you demanded a judgment, the judgment has then indeed cometo you; and if you desist, it will be better for you; and if you turnback (to fight), We (too) shall turn back, and your forces shall availyou nothing, though they may be many, and (know) that Allah is withthe believers.http://www.usc.edu/dept/MSA/quran/008.qmt.html---(2)Latest Seasonal AssessmentNOAA/ National Weather
ServiceNational Centers for Environmental PredictionClimate Prediction Centerhttp://www.cpc.ncep.noaa.gov/products/expert_assessment/seasonal_drought.html-photo:http://www.cpc.ncep.noaa.gov/products/expert_assessment/season_drought.gif-- A dearth of rain and snow into February promoted intensifyingdrought across the Southwest from Arizona into west Texas andOklahoma, and the odds favor continued drought across the region intoMay, if not beyond. Although shorter-range forecasts show at least atemporary change to a wetter pattern during the last half of Februaryin Arizona and New Mexico, significant drought relief is not expected.The seasonal temperature and precipitation outlooks for March-Maypoint to the likelihood for above-normal
temperatures and below-normalprecipitation, supporting drought continuation well into spring.Reservoir storage across much of the Southwest remains in goodcondition thanks to last year's storms, but the ongoing drought posesa threat to upcoming spring and summer streamflows, as well asagriculture. Wildfire danger remains a major concern across theregion. In addition, there is a risk that the drought currentlyaffecting the southern Plains could spread northward across Kansas andeastern Colorado and merge with the drought in Nebraska and Iowa. Theodds for improvement continue to look better to the east, with moremoisture on tap for eastern portions of Texas and Oklahoma, as well asArkansas. Nevertheless, with 12-month rainfall deficits exceeding 20inches in the northeast Texas-southeast Oklahoma region,drought-ending rains are unlikely anytime soon. Ongoing drought, butwith some improvement, is seen for Illinois and eastern Iowa.
A largestorm system near the start of the forecast period on February 15-16was bringing widespread moisture to the region, but twelve-monthprecipitation deficits of 12 inches and greater from northern Illinoisinto eastern Iowa mean that this region is also a long ways fromseeing an end to their drought. In the Southeast, heavy rains in earlyFebruary ended short-term dryness concerns, but the seasonal andmonthly forecasts of below-normal rains suggest increased risk fordrought from Florida into southern Georgia.http://www.cpc.ncep.noaa.gov/products/expert_assessment/seasonal_drought.html
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{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 Maaja
[IslamCity] Iraqis are fed up of US
Why Iraqi delegation left US? Washington Oct. 18, 2005 -- The Muslim observer, Oct. 28, 2005. A delegation of Iraqi judges and journalists abruptly
left the US last week, cutting short its visit to study the workings of American democracy. A delegation spokesman said the Iraqis were bewildered by some of the behavior of the Bush administration and felt it was best to limit their exposure to the US system at this time, when Iraq is takings its first baby steps towards democracy. The leader of the delegation Muhammad Mithaqi, a noted secular Sunni judge who had recently survived an assassination attempt by Islamist radicals, said that he was stunned when he heard Pres.Bush telling
Republicans that one reason they should support Harriet Miers for the US Supreme court was because of her religion. She is described as a devout evangelical Christian. Mithaqi said that after two years of being lectured to by US diplomats in Baghdad about the need to separate mosque from state in the new Iraq he was also floored to read that the former whitewater prosecutor Kenneth Starr, now a law school dean, said on the radio show of the conservative James Dobson that Miers deserve ed support because she a very, very strong Christian who should be a great comfort and assistance to people in the households of faith around the country. Now let me get this straight,
Judge Mithaqi said, you are lecturing us about keeping religion out of politics and then your own president and conservative legal scholars go and tell your public to endorse Miers as Supreme Court Justice because she is an evangelical Christian. How would you feel if you picked up your newspapers next week and read that the president of Iraq justified the appointment of an Iraqi Supreme Court justice by telling Iraqis: Dont pay attention of his lack of legal expertise? Pay attention to the fact that he is a Muslim fundamentalist and prays at a Saudi funded Wahabi mosque. Is that the Iraq you sent your sons to build and to die for? I dont
think so. We cannot have our people exposed to such talk. A fellow delegation member, Abdul Wahab al Unfi, a Shiite lawyer who walks with a limp today as a result of torture in a Saddam prison, said he did not want to spend another day in Washington after listening to the Bush team defend its right to use torture in Iraq and Afghanistan. I survived eight years of torture under Saddam, Unfi said. Yet already more than 100 prisoners of war have died in the US custody. How is that possible from the greatest democracy in the world? There must be no place for torture in the future
Iraq. We are going home now because I dont want our delegation corrupted by all this American right-to-torture talk. Finally, the delegation member Sahaf al-sahafi, editor of one of Iraqs new newspapers, said he wanted to go home after watching a televised video conference last Thursday between soldiers in Iraq and Pres. Bush. The soldiers, 10 Americans and an Iraqi, were coached by a Pentagon aide on how to respond to Mr. Bush. I had nightmares watching this, Sahafi said. It was right from the Saddam playbook. I was particularly upset to hear the Iraqi sergeant major Akeel Shakir Nasser, tell Mr. Bush: Thank you very much for everything. I like you. It was exactly the kind of staged encounter that Saddam used to have with his troops. Shafi also said he was floored to see the US Government Accountability Office, a nonpartisan agency that works for Congress, declare that Bush administration contract that paid Armstrong Williams a supposedly independent commentator, to promote Mr. Bushs No Child Left Behind policy constituted illegal propaganda an attempt by the government to buy good press. Saddam bought and paid journalists all over the Arab world, Sahafi said. it makes me sick to see even a drop of that in America. By coincidence the Iraqi delegates departed Washington just as the Bush aide Karen Hughes returned from the Middle East. Her trip was aimed at improving Americas image among Muslims by giving them a more accurate view of
America and Pres. Bush. She said, The more they know about us, the more they will like us.
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(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 Musli
Re: [IslamCity] ARAB CENTRAL BANKS BEGIN DUMPING WORTHLESS U.S. DOLLARS
The best course for those who hold dollars should be also to invest in industries in Indonesia, Bangladesh, Malaysia which are democratic countries. The future of the Muslim lies in coming together and uniting in a united states of muslim countries. It is sound also to invest in South Africa. A neutral and just country not tied to the oppressive regimes of East or West.[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Arab central banks move assets out of dollarBy Philip Thornton, Economics CorrespondentIndependent UK14 March 2006http://news.independent.co.uk/business/news/article351127.eceMiddle Eastern anger over the decision by the US to block a Dubaicompany from buying
five of its ports hit the dollar yesterday as anumber of central banks said they were considering switching reservesinto euros.The United Arab Emirates, which includes Dubai, said it was looking tomove one-tenth of its dollar reserves into euros, while the governorof the Saudi Arabian central bank condemned the US move as"discrimination".Separately, Syria responded to US sanctions against two of its banksby confirming plans to use euros instead of dollars for its externaltransactions.The remarks combined to knock the dollar, which fell against the euro,pound and yen yesterday as analysts warned other central banks mightfollow suit.Last week the US caused dismay after political opposition to thetakeover of P&O by Dubai Ports World forced DPW to agree to transferP&O's US port management business to a "US entity" .The governor of the UAE central bank, Sultan Nasser al-Suweidi, saidthe bank
was looking to convert 10 per cent of its reserves, whichstand at $23bn (£13.5bn), from dollars to euros. "They arecontravening their own principles," he said. "Investors are going totake this into consideration [and] will look at investmentopportunities through new binoculars."Hamad Saud al-Sayyari, the governor of the Saudi Arabian monetaryauthority, said: "Is it protection or discrimination? Is it okay forUS companies to buy everywhere but it is not okay for other companiesto buy the US?"Syria has switched the state's foreign currency transactions to eurosfrom dollars, the head of the state-owned Commercial Bank of Syria,Duraid Durgham, said.Last week the White House told US financial institutions to terminateall correspondent accounts involving the Commercial Bank of Syriabecause of money-laundering concerns. Mohammad al-Hussein, Syria'sfinance minister, said: "Syria affirms that this decision and
itstiming are fundamentally political."The euro rose a quarter of one percentage point against the dollar toa one-week high of $1.1945, although it retreated in later trading.Monica Fan, at RBC Capital Markets, said: "The issue is whether wewill see similar attitudes taken by other Middle Eastern banks. It isa question of momentum."http://news.independent.co.uk/business/news/article351127.ece
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(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]
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[IslamCity] Bin Laden and al-qaida again
Bin Laden reached an agreement with the British. He was invited to a celebration in Buckingham Palace. He went where he was welcomed by the Queen, Prime minister and high officials. When the celebration began suddenly an explosion took place. The queen and all her officials were killed. In addition, the Guard were killed. The only survivor was Bin Laden who arranged the explosion so cleverly such that it
will not affect him. He did that in the name of religion. Many will condemn Islam that accept treachery. But wait a little Islam never accepts treachery. Almighty God says it clearly : 58. And if thou fearest treachery from any folk, then throw back to them (their treaty) fairly. Lo! Allah loveth not the treacherous.þ (Quran 8 :58 by Pickthal). You may think that that scenario did not happen but I assure u that it happened. The man that did it was a Spanish leader not Bin Laden and he was invited to a Red Indian holiday instead of Buckingham Palace. He did the shameful massacre in the name of Christianity!! Yet the fools accuse Islam by terrorism! A. M.
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{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]
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[IslamCity] Forgotten Muslims
Last Updated: Saturday, 11 March 2006, 00:26 GMT E-mail this to a friendPrintable version Burma's forgotten RohingyaBy Mike Thompson BBC News, in Bangladesh They have been called one of the world's most persecuted people. Some argue that they are also one of the most forgotten. Thousands of Rohingya fled Burma for Bangladesh in 1992 The Rohingya people of western Burma's Arakan State are forbidden from marrying or travelling without permission and have no legal right to own land or property. Not only that but even though groups of them have been living in Burma for hundreds of years, they are also denied citizenship by the country's military government.Listen to Mike Thompson's reports on BurmaFor decades this Muslim group of ethnic-Indo origins have been considered the lowest of the low in this mainly Buddhist country. In addition to their almost total lack of legal rights many have been regularly beaten by police, forced to do slave labour and jailed for little or no reason.In 1992, 250,000 Rohingyas, which is a third of their population, fled over Burma's border into Bangladesh to escape the persecution. Fourteen years later more than 20,000 of them are still in the same refugee camps and around 100,000 more are living illegally in the surrounding area. Harsh conditionsIn one camp I visited, Kutupalong, near the town of Cox's Bazaar, up to 16 refugees live in a room that is little more than three metres square. One young mother described conditions there:"It's very painful to stay in a tiny place like this. The food given to me is not enough for my family. The local villagers are not friendly to us. We don't dare go out of the camp in case the villagers beat us." Another women rushed up to me in floods of tears. She showed me a bullet mark just above her waist."They shot me 17 months ago, it was the police that did it. And they tortured me," she said. The woman, who dressed from head to toe in black and looked like she was in her mid-30s, went on to explain that it happened when refugees in the camp protested about efforts by the Bangladesh government to send them back to Burma.Rohingya people told that when they fled here back in1992 they believed they were coming to a fellow Muslim nation that would welcome them. But, one man insisted, they were not wanted in Burma and they were not wanted by Bangladesh either."This country is like Burma. We are persecuted here just like we were persecuted there. We are like a football being kicked from one to the other."Bangladesh's government insists that it has no desire to persecute the Rohingyas. The country's Deputy Foreign Minister, AH Muniruzzaman, argued that it is simply that being a poor country it is struggling to come to terms with the strain of so many on its soil. Mr Muniruzzaman said, however, that 8,000 Rohingyas were cleared to go home and another 12,000 should follow soon after that. When I asked him if these same people had been asked whether they wanted to go back he said he was not sure about that.Christopher Lee, the head of the United Nations refugee agency, UNHCR, in Bangladesh, is not impressed. "The government of Bangladesh knows the reason why most Rohingyas are not going back. And even if they don't we have been telling them," he said.Finding out what is happening to Rohingya people now in Burma is particularly difficult. Troops on both sides of the Burmese border are on high alert and I was told that it would be almost impossible for me to slip into Arakan State unnoticed. To get around this I arranged for two Rohingya men to come out of the country and meet me in Bangladesh, neither of whom were prepared to be identified.The older man confirmed that little had changed over the years for his people in Burma.
[IslamCity] The empire taxes other nations, with the help of Saudi Arabia.
Global Economic Hegemony: A New Kind of Warfare? By Kaleem Hussain (LLB, LLM- in International Economic Law from Warwick University, UK) Published: March 04, 2006 An Interview with Dr Krassimir Petrov,Ph.D (Teaches Macroeconomics, International Finance & Econometrics at the American University in Bulgaria). Afghanistan, Iraq and now Iran and potentially Syria on the cards for a military intervention, I was intrigued to find out what exactly is driving the neo-conservatives in the echelons of power at the Whitehouse and the few coalition allies to the U.S. to continue their strategy of potential military strikes despite what is universally accepted has been a disastrous foreign policy in Iraq. I interviewed Dr. Krassimir Petrov who has recently wrote an article titled The Proposed Iranian Oil Bourse to enlighten me on this subject. The interview focused on two articles, namely the one cited above and by W.R. Clark titled Petrodollar Warfare: Dollars, Euros & The Upcoming Iranian Oil Bourse. The response is a combination of statements from the articles and Dr. Krassimir Petrovs own opinions on the questions asked. The questions were framed as a result of what the authors have highlighted is the setting up of a proposed Iranian Oil Bourse due to become operational from March 2006. The word bourse refers to a stock exchange for securities trading, and is derived from the French Stock Exchange in Paris. The Tehran Government has plans to begin competing with New Yorks NYMEX and Londons IPE using a Euro based international oil trading mechanism. You may ask, why is this of any significance? Well, in the year 2000, Iraq had decided that it was no longer going to accept dollars for oil being sold under the UNs Oil For-Food Program and decided to switch to the Euro as Iraqs oil export currency. The result was a military strike by the U.S. and its allies and subsequently in ample time the dollar was restored as Iraqs oil export currency. The authors feel that this was one of the main reasons for attacking Iraq to maintain the U.S. dollar as the monopoly currency for the critical international oil market. What this signifies is that without some sort of U.S. intervention and if the Iranian oil bourse goes ahead, the Euro is going to establish a firm foothold in the international oil trade market. Under the rubric of what is seen as the potential nuclear threat of Iran in future years, W.D. Clark states in his article that given the U.S. debt levels and taking into consideration the neo-conservative project of U.S. global domination, Tehrans intentions constitute an obvious encroachment on dollar supremacy in the crucial international oil market. With international pressure mounting on the Iranian Government, it was under these circumstances that I posed the questions to Dr. Krassimir Petrov. Q1/ In light of the above articles, are we witnessing a new kind of warfare, namely that of economic warfare? Dr. Krassimir Petrov: War always has an economic stance to it. Nations would not go to war if they were not to benefit economically from their pursuits. Hence, why in my article I coined the phrase under economics of empires a nation state taxes its own citizens while an empire taxes other nation sates. As W.R. Clark succinctly states in his article there are unspoken macroeconomic drivers underlying the second stage of petrodollar warfare, Irans upcoming Oil Bourse. Dr. K. Petrov suggests that the imperial ability to tax has been at the core for building a stronger economy and consequently a better and stronger military. Economically, the American empire was born with Bretton Woods in 1945. The U.S. dollar was not fully convertible to gold, but was made convertible to gold only to foreign governments. This established the dollar as the reserve currency of the world. Dr. K Petrov suggested that, historically taxation had always been direct, where the subject state handed over the economic goods directly to the empire, but for the first time in history, during the twentieth century, America was able to tax the world indirectly, through inflation fostering the creation of a new U.S. imperial tax. The guns-and-butter policy of the 1960's was an imperial one: the dollar supply was relentlessly increased to finance Vietnam and LBJ's Great Society. In August 15, 1971, The U.S. Government had defaulted on its payments when foreigners demanded payment for their dollars in gold. The popular spin at the time was that the U.S. was severing the link between the dollar and gold, in reality the denial to pay back in gold was an act of bankruptcy by the U.S. Government in order to foster the aims of what it had declared as its empire. It had extracted an enormous amount of economic goods from the rest of the world, with no intention or ability to return those goods, and the world was powerless to respond- the world was taxed and it could not do anything about it. At tha
Re: [IslamCity] Forum on racism against Muslims March 16 - speaker Zafar Bangash and David Jacob
Is lthis place in Toronto?[EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:From: "Ken Stone" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>To: <"Undisclosed-Recipient:;"@cogeco.net>Subject: forum on racism against Muslims March 16Date: Wed, 8 Mar 2006 23:58:41 -0500 Dear CCAR members and friends: On or about March 21, CCAR traditionally holds some kind of public event in order to celebrate the International Day for the Elimination of Racism. This year, the CCAR Executive has decided to co-sponsor and publicize a forum against racism, which has been organized by the November 16 Coalition. The subject of the forum is the pernicious attack on Muslims being waged all over the globe and right here in Hamilton. The form of that attack here in Hamilton is called racial profiling. In other places around the globe, the attack takes the form of wars, and occupations, and the deaths of hundreds of thousands of men, women, and children. I urge you to attend the forum and hear the very learned speakers describe the ways in which we can resist this racist attack. In solidarity, Ken Stone, Chair, Community Coalition Against Racism www.ccarhamilton.ca The War on Islam From the Crusades to Shock and Awe Presenting: Zafar Bangash Director of the Institute of Contemporary Islamic Thought Joined by International Human Rights lawyer David Jacobs While the
West claims to be waging a civilized war for democracy, millions of Muslims in America and Europe live in fear of arbitrary detention or worse. Meanwhile, the U.S. bombs Iraq and Afghanistan, killing more than 250,000 civilians. Now the war drums beat for Iran. Only you can make it stop. McMaster Medical Centre, Ewart Angus Centre 1A6 [HS1A6] (rear of hospital, purple section)Thursday, March 16, 7:30
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{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."
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[IslamCity] Anti-Semitism and Islamophobia
Forget anti-semitism and Islomphobia for a minute, as the health of the world's population is in danger: WHO Blocked Depleted Uranium Study Categories --Health --War Crimes Depleted but nevertheless radioactive and potentially deadly uranium has been used in genocidal weapons by the US led coalition of "freedom loving" nations in Bosnia, Afghanistan and Iraq. A scientific report warning of the dangers to health of the fine uranium dust which remains after explosion has been blocked from publication by the World Health Organization, according to Keith Baverstock, a senior radiation adviser of the international organization. The story broke in the Sunday Herald and has found echo on the Axis of Logic site, but not in the US press. According to the study, the tiny particles of DU which remain after the explosion of shells and warheads fashioned out of the heavy metal, are likely to be blown around in the arid climate of Iraq and could be inhaled by civilians for years to come. Once inside the body, their radioactivity and toxicity could trigger the growth of malignant tumors. The World Health Organization's Dr. Repacholi, also known as a staunch supporter of the innocuity of cell phones' microwave radiation, dismissed allegations of a cover-up as "totally unfounded". Read the article by Bob Edwards, Environment Editor of the Sunday Herald: WHO âsuppressedâ scientific study into depleted uranium cancer fears in Iraq Sunday Herald - 22 February 2004 Radiation experts warn in unpublished report that DU weapons used by Allies in Gulf war pose long-term health risk By Rob Edwards, Environment EditorAn expert report warning that the long-term health of Iraqâs civilian population would be endangered by British and US depleted uranium (DU) weapons has been kept secret. The study by three leading radiation scientists cautioned that children and adults could contract cancer after breathing in dust containing DU, which is radioactive and chemically toxic. But it was blocked from publication by the World Health Organization (WHO), which employed the main author, Dr Keith Baverstock, as a senior radiation advisor. He alleges that it was deliberately suppressed, though this is denied by WHO. Baverstock also believes that if the study had been published when it was completed in 2001, there would have been more pressure on the US and UK to limit their use of DU weapons in last yearâs war, and to clean up afterwards. Hundreds of thousands of DU shells were fired by coalition tanks and planes during the conflict, and there has been no comprehensive decontamination. Experts from the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) have so far not been allowed into Iraq to assess the pollution. âOur study suggests that the widespread use of depleted uranium weapons in Iraq could pose a unique health hazard to the civilian population, a Baverstock told the Sunday Herald. âThere is increasing scientific evidence the radio activity and the chemical toxicity of DU could cause more damage to human cells than is assumed. a Baverstock was the WHOâs top expert on radiation and health for 11 years until he retired in May last year. He now works with the Department of Environmental Sciences at the University of Kuopio in Finland, and was recently appointed to the UK governmentâs newly formed Committee on Radio active Waste Management. While he was a member of staff, WHO refused to give him permission to publish the study, which was co-authored by Professor Carmel Mothersill from McMaster University in Canada and Dr Mike Thorne, a radiation consultant . Baverstock suspects that WHO was leaned on by a more powerful pro-nuclear UN body, the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA). âI believe our study was censored and suppressed by the WHO because they didnât like its conclusions. Previous experience suggests that WHO officials were bowing to pressure from the IAEA, whose remit is to promote nuclear power,â he said. âThat is more than unfortunate, as publishing the study would have helped forewarn the authorities of the risks of using DU weapons in Iraq.â These allegations, however, are dismissed as âtotally unfounded by WHO. âThe IAEA role was very minor,â said Dr Mike Repacholi, the WHO coordinator of radiation and environmental health in Geneva. âThe article was not approved for publication because parts of it did not reflect accurately what a WHO-convened group of inter national experts considered the best science in the area of depleted uranium,â he added. Baverstockâs study, which has now been passed to the Sunday Herald, pointed out that Iraqâs arid climate meant that tiny particles of DU were likely to be blown around and inhaled by civilians for years to come. It warned that, when inside the body, their radiation and
Re: [IslamCity] Muslims exhibit marvelous reverence for Prophet (PBUH)
Alhamdulillah there are million marches also for the last 3/4 years, still the army dictator is getting stronger and nobody seems to be in a position to topple him from power. As for Palestine, I don't know whether Muslim governments have sent them recognition and money to run the government. In the meanwhile west is watching and planning more attacks on Islam and Muslims. "S A Hannan"@yahoo.com wrote: Muslims exhibit marvelous reverence for Prophet (PBUH)Lahore, March 3: A historic protest day was observed on Friday in Pakistan and all over the world on the appeal of national consultation committee to protest the blasphemous caricatures of European press against the Holy Prophet (PBUH).In Pakistan, a unprecedented shutter down and wheel-jam strike was observed all over the country, besides peaceful rallies and protests which proved that Pakistanis hate western conspiracies against their faith and to divide Muslims on sectarian, linguistic and racial bases, and are united around the love of the Prophet (PBUH).The protests were held in all Muslim countries in Asia, Africa and Europe besides the US and Australia. In Pakistan, a number of demonstrations were held in big and small cities where, addressing the participants, the opposition leaders demanded complete boycott of European nations and products till laws are enacted at the UN level to prevent such provocative attacks in future and the culprit countries and groups offer unconditional apology.In Lahore, a large demonstration was held outside JI headquarters Mansoorah which was participated by thousands of believers raising slogans against European countries involved in blasphemy and the dictatorial rule in Pakistan. The protestors were also holding banners and placards with strong anti blasphemy and anti-US slogans.The city government had increased police deployment at Mansoorah since last night and traffic was also closed on Multan road while entry of people in Mansoorah premises was also banned. Those coming to Mansoorah for offering Jumma prayer were also stopped and made to park their vehicles far away which caused difficulties for the aged and sick people. The restrictions made a number of people from the adjoining localities deprived from offering Friday prayers at Mansoorah mosque. However a large number of people came out on Multan road raising slogans and holding banners after the Friday prayers. Soon the demonstration was turned into a large public meeting which was addressed by MMA deputy Secretary-General Hafiz Hussain Ahmad, Dr. Farid Paracha, Hafiz Idrees, Hafiz Salman Butt MNA, Maulana Abdul Maalik, MNA, Maulana Amjad Khan, Ain Ghain Karrarvi, Maulana Mohib-un-Nabi, Azhar Iqbal Hasan, Zikrullah Mujahid and Amanullah Khan.Addressing the protestors, Hafiz Hussain Ahmad said President Bush reminded Pakistani rulers of their low status by signing a nuclear deal with India despite that Indian rulers refused to sign NPT rejecting US pressure. He termed the US president Bush a coward because he visited Afghanistan like thieves. He said President Musharraf and Prime Minster Shaukat Aziz expressed sorrow over the death of one US diplomat but expressed no regrets over deaths of dozens of innocent citizens in the military operation in tribal areas carried out under the US orders. He demanded of the Supreme Court to take suo moto action against the blasphemous cartoons under the blasphemy law.In his speech JI naib ameer Hafiz Mohammad Idrees said whole Muslim world proved today that they had nothing dearer than the love of their Holy Prophet (PBUH). He said they also announced deep hatred against those committing blasphemy and conspiring to divide the Ummah.The JI leader warned that charge sheet against the dictatorial rulers is becoming longer and longer in tribal areas and the time was near when they would be held accountable for their crimes. He said it was high time to rebel against those rebelling against the Almighty Allah. He said Karachi blast was the work of US agencies which are known for killing their own officials to carry out missions against enemies. He said dictatorial rule has become the biggest internal challenge for Muslims particularly Pakistani nation. Protesters dispersed peacefully after the Public meeting. Central Information DepartmentJAMAAT-E-ISLAMI PAKISTANMansoorah, Multan Road, Lahore (Pakistan)Ph. :+
Re: [IslamCity] London Mayor Livingstone Suspension Triggers Constitutional Row
You have spoken rightly, now the rogue state of israel has threatened the life of PM of Palestine while europeans governments are silent as well the sold out rulers of Muslim countries:By AMY TEIBEL, Associated Press Writer JERUSALEM Israel's acting prime minister vowed on Tuesday that his Kadima Party would shave billions off settlement spending, while his defense minister advised the incoming Palestinian prime minister to fear for his life if Hamas militants start attacking Israel again.ADVERTISEMENT Prime Minister Ehud Olmert's comments marked the first time he said explicitly he would scale back funding for Israel's 40-year-old settlement enterprise, which has cost the state tens of billions of dollars.Polls show Kadima significantly outstripping rivals in Israel's March 28 elections.Defense Minister Shaul Mofaz's warning to Hamas, recently elected to rule the Palestinian Authority, was the first to identify Hamas' prime minister-designate, Ismail Haniyeh, as a potential target for an Israeli pinpoint attack. [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:Br. Abubakar has spoken rightly. Criminal muslim rulers should be hanged for the down fall of Islam and Muslims.[EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Assallamu Allaikum, What is freedom of speach if a man that "insulted" Islam and Muslims is free while a man that "did not believe that there was a holucost" was sentenced to three years while a Mayor that said someone was "behaving like a gaurd in a concentration camp" was suspended? I blame the leaders of the Islamic countries more than I blame the west. They have sold Islam to the west for "petro dollar" and so have made Islam secondary. All Muslims must remember that "If this world was more than the wing of a mosquito in the sight of Allah(SWT), Allah(SWT) will not give the kafir water to drink". May Allah(SWT) forgive us for our negligence.Massallam.--- "S A Hannan"@yahoo.com wrote:> Livingstone Suspension Triggers Constitutional Row "Elected politicians should only be able > to be removed by the voters or for breaking the > law," said Livingstone. > > > CAIRO, February 25, 2006 (IslamOnline.net) - > The suspension of London Mayor Ken Livingstone for > four weeks for comparing a Jewish reporter to a Nazi > concentration camp guard triggered an immediate > constitutional row, reported the Guardian on > Saturday, February 25. > > "An elected mayor should only be removed by > the law or by an election," said Nicky Gavron, the > deputy mayorn who will take over if Livingstone is > forced to stand down. > > "Millions of Londoners elect the mayor and > three unelected officials have removed him," said Ms > Gavron, the daughter of a Jewish refugee from Nazi > Germany. > > The Adjudication Panel for England - a > government-appointed panel which hears complaints > against local authority members - ruled on Friday, > February 24, that Livingstone should be suspended > for four weeks starting March 1. > > The three-man panel said Livingstone's remarks > to Oliver Finegold, a reporter for the London > Evening Standard, on February 8 last year had been > "unnecessarily insensitive and offensive." > > David Laverick, the panel's chair, said they > did not think it appropriate to disqualify the mayor > from office, but were concerned he had failed to > appreciate his conduct was unacceptable and damaging > to his office. > > Livingstone, 60, immediately criticized the > panel's ruling as one that "strikes at the heart of > democracy." > > He can appeal but is liable for costs > estimated at up to 80,000 pounds (117,000 euros, > 139,000 dollars). > > Disrupt > > > This decision constitutes a clear over > reaction and an affront to our democratic > traditions, said Sir Sacranie. > > > The suspension also drew fire from unions and > MPs. > > "It is outrageous that an unelected body of > three men has deprived seven million Londoners of > their elected mayor for four weeks," said Tony > Woodley, general secretary of the Transport and > General Workers' Union. > > "Whilst many had wanted Ken Livingstone to > apologize, suspension for such a long period seems > to me to be totally disproportionate and serves no > other purpose than to disrupt the work of the > [Greater London] authority at a time when London > needs it most. > > "We will support London's mayor in whatever > measures he may take to challenge this scandal." > > Andrew Dismore, chair of London's Labour MPs, > seemed to agree. > > "It is for the people of London to decide who > should or should not be the mayor of London, not an > unelected panel of bure
Re: [IslamCity] London Mayor Livingstone Suspension Triggers Constitutional Row
Br. Abubakar has spoken rightly. Criminal muslim rulers should be hanged for the down fall of Islam and Muslims.[EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Assallamu Allaikum, What is freedom of speach if a man that "insulted" Islam and Muslims is free while a man that "did not believe that there was a holucost" was sentenced to three years while a Mayor that said someone was "behaving like a gaurd in a concentration camp" was suspended? I blame the leaders of the Islamic countries more than I blame the west. They have sold Islam to the west for "petro dollar" and so have made Islam secondary. All Muslims must remember that "If this world was more than the wing of a mosquito in the sight of Allah(SWT), Allah(SWT) will not give the kafir water to drink". May Allah(SWT) forgive us for our negligence.Massallam.--- "S A Hannan"@yahoo.com wrote:> > > Livingstone Suspension Triggers Constitutional > Row > > > "Elected politicians should only be able > to be removed by the voters or for breaking the > law," said Livingstone. > > > CAIRO, February 25, 2006 (IslamOnline.net) - > The suspension of London Mayor Ken Livingstone for > four weeks for comparing a Jewish reporter to a Nazi > concentration camp guard triggered an immediate > constitutional row, reported the Guardian on > Saturday, February 25. > > "An elected mayor should only be removed by > the law or by an election," said Nicky Gavron, the > deputy mayorn who will take over if Livingstone is > forced to stand down. > > "Millions of Londoners elect the mayor and > three unelected officials have removed him," said Ms > Gavron, the daughter of a Jewish refugee from Nazi > Germany. > > The Adjudication Panel for England - a > government-appointed panel which hears complaints > against local authority members - ruled on Friday, > February 24, that Livingstone should be suspended > for four weeks starting March 1. > > The three-man panel said Livingstone's remarks > to Oliver Finegold, a reporter for the London > Evening Standard, on February 8 last year had been > "unnecessarily insensitive and offensive." > > David Laverick, the panel's chair, said they > did not think it appropriate to disqualify the mayor > from office, but were concerned he had failed to > appreciate his conduct was unacceptable and damaging > to his office. > > Livingstone, 60, immediately criticized the > panel's ruling as one that "strikes at the heart of > democracy." > > He can appeal but is liable for costs > estimated at up to 80,000 pounds (117,000 euros, > 139,000 dollars). > > Disrupt > > > This decision constitutes a clear over > reaction and an affront to our democratic > traditions, said Sir Sacranie. > > > The suspension also drew fire from unions and > MPs. > > "It is outrageous that an unelected body of > three men has deprived seven million Londoners of > their elected mayor for four weeks," said Tony > Woodley, general secretary of the Transport and > General Workers' Union. > > "Whilst many had wanted Ken Livingstone to > apologize, suspension for such a long period seems > to me to be totally disproportionate and serves no > other purpose than to disrupt the work of the > [Greater London] authority at a time when London > needs it most. > > "We will support London's mayor in whatever > measures he may take to challenge this scandal." > > Andrew Dismore, chair of London's Labour MPs, > seemed to agree. > > "It is for the people of London to decide who > should or should not be the mayor of London, not an > unelected panel of bureaucrats." > > Jenny Jones, a Green party London assembly > member, said she was "outraged that this system > allows three undemocratically appointed individuals > to suspend a man who was elected by the vote of > millions of Londoners". > > Livingstone won election to the newly created > post of mayor in 2000 after leaving Blair's Labour > Party and defeating the Labour's candidate. > > He later returned to the party, but has > frequently clashed with Blair, leading marches > against the US-led invasion of Iraq. > > Blow to Democracy > > The sizable Muslim minority blasted the > suspension as a blow to democracy. > > "This decision constitutes a clear over > reaction and an affront to our democratic > traditions," said Sir Iqbal Sacranie, the secretary > general of the umbrella Muslim Council of Britain > (MCB). > > "He [ Livingstone] is a committed anti-racist > campaigner of longstanding. We are proud to stand by > him and hope to see this ridiculous verdict > overturned shortly." > > The MCB reiterated "fullest support for M
[IslamCity] Preparations for the Fight for liberation of latin America begins
Venezuela aims for biggest military reserve in Americas Greg Morsbach in Caracas Saturday March 4, 2006 The Guardian Around 500,000 Venezuelans will start a four-month military training programme today to turn them into members of the country's territorial guard. They are the first group of a total of 2m Venezuelan civilians who have so far signed up to become armed reservists. By the summer of 2007, Venezuela is likely to have the largest military reserve in the Americas, which is expected to be almost double the size of that in the UnitedStates. The huge recruitment drive is part of President Hugo
Chávez's plan to create a people's army that would answer directly to him in the event of civil unrest or an armed conflict. General Alberto Muller Rojas, one of the members of the army high command who helped to devise the new thinking in military strategy being adopted by Venezuela's leftwing government, said: "If for example the United States were to invade Venezuela one day, and that's what many people are expecting, the only way we could repel such an attack would be a full scale guerrilla war against the foreign aggressors. "Our professional army only numbers 80,000 soldiers, so we would need to use civilians like in Iraq to fight the Yankee forces." Top military officials are confident that a reserve force of 2m, or one in five adults, would be sufficient to dissuade any country from invading Venezuela, the world's fifth
biggest oil exporter and fifth biggest supplier of crude oil to the US. Many of Venezuela's state-owned companies, such as the oil giant PDVSA, have started their own territorial guard units. However, they are being asked to join the formal training programme offered by the armed forces. Richard Arrais, 40, a marketing executive who works at PDVSA's headquarters in Caracas, has his own office and works in a nine-to-five job Mondays to Fridays. But once a week he and his friends meet up as reservists. He said: "Since January we've been holding informal meetings to discuss military tactics and to receive courses such as first aid. "But the training starting this Saturday will be tougher. There will be drill, weapons training and assault courses, as well as a
military exercise in the countryside." Mr Arrais and others like him say they are happy to give up every Saturday in defence of their fatherland and the values of President Chávez's socialist revolution. They believe internal opposition forces and the UnitedStates could strike at any moment. So far service in the territorial guard is voluntary. But the Venezuelan parliament is studying proposals to make it obligatory for all Venezuelan adults to join the territorial guard. Mr Chávez has sought to position himself at the vanguard of a bloc of Latin American leftist leaders acting as a counterpoint to US hegemony in the region. Tensions between Caracas and Washington have simmered in recent weeks with an espionage
row that has resulted in a US naval attache being expelled and disputes on a range of issues from the war on drugs to aviation safety restrictions.
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{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]
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Re: [IslamCity] THESE VERIZON EXECUTIVES SUPPORT HATE CARTOON RIDICULING PROPHET (S)
As we are showing so much love for our beloved prophet. We can improve our image and standards of living. If we use half the energy which we are using to protect the honour of our prophet and utilise millions of masses to dig canals, dams, Muslims will be able to feed themselves and do not have to go to Emirates and europe as economic migrants and be treated as beggars. HOW CHINA BECAME MIGHTY ? BY SHEER USE OF ITS MILLIONS OF ITS PEOPLE TO DIG CANALS, DAMS AND BUILD SMALL SMELTERS FOR IRON ORE AND PRODUCE RAW MATERIAL TO BUILD FACTORIES. SELF HELP IS THE BEST HELP, THEN CARYING, DEMONSTRATING AND SHOUTING. WHEN ABRAHA CAME TO ATTACK KABA, WITH HIS HUGE ELEPHANT ARMY, THE GRAND FATHER OF MUHAMMAD (SAWS) SAID, KABA IS THE HOUSE OF ALLAH AND ALLAH WILL PROTECT HIS HOUSE, SO ABRAHA I HAVE COME TO CLAIM MY CAMELS WHICH YOU HAVE SEIZED.[EMAIL PROTECTED],
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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."
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BAGHDAD, Iraq - Video images of British soldiers allegedly beating Iraqi youths with batons and fists aired throughout the Middle East and Britain on Sunday, outraging locals and prompting British Prime Minister Tony Blair to vow a full investigation. The tape was obtained by the News of the World tabloid newspaper from a whistleblower it did not identify. The footage purportedly shows a street confrontation in which Iraqi youths throw objects at British soldiers and then flee down the street. The cameraman provides narration and urges the soldiers on. The soldiers apparently chase the Iraqis, catch at least three and drag them through a gate into a
fenced in areas, according to the footage. The civilians are then pulled to the ground and beaten by at least five alleged British soldiers with batons and fists. One of the civilians has his shirt ripped off. The footage then shows what appears to be another group of soldiers dragging in another civilian and beating him with batons. The newspaper claims the video was filmed in southern Iraq by a corporal two years ago. The British government said military police were investigating the allegations. "We take seriously any allegations of mistreatment and those will be investigated very fully indeed," Blair said in South
Africa while attending a meeting of center-left politicians. However, he added that "the overwhelming majority of British troops, in Iraq as elsewhere, behave properly, are doing a great job for our country and for the wider world." "They deserve our fullest support in the work they are doing." A Ministry of Defense spokesman, Brig. Martin Rutledge, said the images were "extremely disturbing and are the subject of an urgent Royal Military Police investigation." "The images in this video amount to serious allegations," Rutledge said. The News of the World said it had made exhaustive checks to confirm the authenticity of the latest video. Arab satellite television stations, including Al-Jazeera and Al-Arabiya, replayed the footage throughout the day and juxtaposed the images alongside pictures from the Abu Ghraib prisoner abuse scandal. Most of Britain's more than 8,000 troops in Iraq are based in Basra, Iraq's second-largest city, about 340 miles southeast of Baghdad. "This is good proof of the violations of human rights being committed by British troops in Basra," said Akil al-Bahadily, an official from the Basra office of radical Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr. Basra resident Muhannad al-Moussaoui said, "We thank God that it comes from their own photography. Many consider the actions normal compared to what happens behind closed doors, which is greater." A British military spokesman in Basra said the new abuse allegations involved only a small number of the more than 80,000 British personnel who have served in Iraq since the 2003 invasion. "We condemn all acts of
abuse and brutality," said Flight Lt. Chris Thomas, who declined to say which units were based in Basra two years ago. "We hope that the good relations that the Multi-National Forces have worked very hard to develop won't be adversely affected by this material." Relations between British forces and some Iraqi political figures in Basra have come under strain recently, with some complaints about British detentions of local policemen linked to numerous kidnappings and killings, as well as British security control over Basra International Airport. Photos of U.S. troops tormenting and humiliating prisoners at Abu Ghraib prison near Baghdad in 2003 caused worldwide revulsion, and there also have been allegations of abuse by British troops. However, the Daily Mirror newspaper apologized in 2004 after acknowledging that photographs purportedly showing British soldiers abusing a hooded Iraqi had been faked. ___ Associated Press reporter Jill Lawless in
London contributed to this report.
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{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 u
Re: [IslamCity] Egypt Footballers Sport Prophet T-Shirt in ACN Finale
Egyptian footballers are just trying to graduate from the school of human rights. The important hurdle for them will be establishing democracy in Egypt and removing the military dictatorship which has ruined Egypt and people have no jobs, medi care, housing (some of them are living in grave yards). POOR ARE BECOME POORER AND RULING ELITES BECOMING RICHER BY STEALING AND CORRUPTION."S A Hannan"@yahoo.com wrote: Egypt Footballers Sport Prophet T-Shirt in ACN Finale
Striker Abu Trika wearing the prophet T-shirt during the warm-up. By Ahmed Fathy, IOL Correspondent CAIRO, February 11, 2006 (IslamOnline.net) Egyptian footballers, who won the prestigious African Cup of Nations title on Friday, February 10, after a die-hard battle against Ivory Coast, sported T-shirts with the phrase "We Are Ready to Sacrifice Ourselves for Our Prophet
Muhammad" printed on them. Before warming-up for the decisive match, the players lined up to greet a crowd of about 80,000 at the Cairo Stadium and were all dressed in the "prophet" T-shirts. They were unable to wear the T-shirts in the finale because of the FIFA guidelines, which ban teams to have any kind of slogans on their T-shirts during official matches. Twelve cartoons of Prophet Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him), first published last September by Denmark's mass-circulation Jyllands-Posten and then reprinted by several European dailies, have caused an uproar in the Muslim world. The drawings included
portrayals of the Prophet wearing a time-bomb shaped turban and showed him as a knife-wielding nomad flanked by shrouded women. "We Love You Prophet" Pro-Prophet placards were raised by fervent Egyptian fans during the games. (Reuters) Placards reading "We love you Prophet," "Stop Insulting Our Prophet Muhammad," and
"Boycott Danish Products" were raised by fervent fans during the match and other previous games, especially those of host Egypt. Mohammed Hosni, supervisor of ACN Web site, urged the fans to shout "Allah's Prophet
Peace and Blessings be upon him" immediately after the national anthems of both teams and before the referee whistled the go-ahead. The initiative to praise Prophet Muhammad was publicized via mobile messages and appeared on billboards in front of the Cairo Stadium's gates. Egypt won the much-coveted cup after defeating Ivory Coast 4-2 on penalties with President Hosni Mubarak, his wife and two sons watching. The
victory set off nationwide celebrations. Egyptian newspapers Saturday heaped praise on Issam el-Hadary, the goalkeeper who gave his team a record fifth title by saving two penalties in a dramatic shootout. "Hadary was confirmed as a superstar during the African Nations Cup. He entered the club of great goalkeepers, another product of the Red Devils," the state-owned Al-Gomhurriya daily said in reference to the country's league champion. Unfancied when the tournament kicked off last month, Egypt came out of the qualifying stages on top of its Group A after defeating Ivory Coast 3-1. The Pharaohs then beat the Democratic
Republic of Congo and Senegal in the quarters and semis before securing a record fifth trophy. Egypt coach Hassan Shehata said they owed their victory to the total support by the 80,000-strong crowd even at a point when it looked like this was not going to be their day.Back To News Page Please feel free to contact News editor at:[EMAIL PROTECTED]***{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 o
[IslamCity] Re: Head scarf row grows in Turkey from al-jajeerah
A true Muslim is never bitten through the same hole twice. Once European court has decided that Turkish army has right to enforce scarf ban then why the same mistake somebody wants to make by going to the european court again? Let us think of ways to curtail the power of thug turkish generals and achieve compelete freeom from the rogue turkish army generals who always fights against Islam and Muslims.S A Hannan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Dear members of the list, Assalamu
Alaikum. Please see the news below . The madness against the right of Muslim women to wear headscarf of fundamentalist secular group entrenched in Army and Judiciary in Turkey continues despite the wishes of the people and even of the elected government. A serious international movement is necessary to stop these mad people. The news says Turkey's government has again come into conflict with the secular judiciary, condemning a High Court ruling some see as a first step towards extending the country's ban on Islamic head scarves in public buildings to the streets. Shah Abdul Hannan Head scarf row grows in
Turkey Sunday 12 February 2006, 4:45 Makka Time, 1:45 GMT Turkey's courts strenuously restrict Islamic influence Related: Turkey: School reform law deferred Turkish penal code changes cleared Turkey's place in EU
questioned Secular anger over new Turkish law Turkey's government has again come into conflict with the secular judiciary, condemning a High Court ruling some see as a first step towards extending the country's ban on Islamic head scarves in public buildings to the streets.Earlier this week, Turkey's highest administrative court, the Council of State, said it objected to the promotion of an elementary school teacher because she wore a head scarf outside of school. Under Turkish law, women are not allowed to enter schools and other public buildings wearing head scarves, and the teacher removed it each day while teaching classes. In its decision, however, the council expressed concern that even though she removed her head covering in class, the teacher was setting a bad example for young people and had violated the secular principles of the Turkish state. The teacher, Aytac Kilinc, has said she will appeal against the decision to the European Court of Human Rights. Some Turkish cabinet ministers expressed shock and dismay on Saturday at the court's ruling. Decision condemned Recep Tayyip Erdogan, the
country's Islamic-leaning prime minister, said: "As the prime minister of a country where freedom prevails, I condemn the decision. Freedom of religion and conscience cannot be restricted." Erdogan's wife, Emine, is an observant Muslim who wears a head scarf, as do the wives of most of the governing party's ministers.Erdogan: Freedom of religion andconscience cannot be restrictedThe wives are excluded from official government functions and formal state dinners in Turkey because they wear head scarves. Around 99% of Turks are Muslims, but the country's secular establishment, including the courts and
the military, has sought for decades to restrict Islamic influence, which some political leaders saw as an obstacle to Western-style modernisation. Huseyin Celik, the education minister, said the decision was unacceptable and the state had no right to tell people what they could or could not wear. "Forcing people to dress in the same way is not something acceptable, democratically," Celik said. "We won't deal with one's clothes, hair, beard, mustache. Let's deal with what is inside the head."
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(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]
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[IslamCity] The Lying politicians of US
Sitting alongside US senator John McCain at a white house presss conference on Dec. 15 , announcing that he would support a new law banning cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment of terrorist suspects, president Bush looked the very picture of reassurance. "We have been happy to work with McCain to achieve a common objective, he said. "And that is to make it clear to the world that this government does not torture and that we adhere to the international convention on torture, be it here at home, or abroad." Bush's performance was yet another example of the remarkable ability of American politicians (and most politicians elsewhere, to be fair) to tell blatant and obvious lies that almost ebveryone else knows are lies, with straight face and no hint of shame or embarrassment. Crescent Jan 2006
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(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."
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Re: [IslamCity] Anti-Playboy Stand Grows in Indonesia
West is watching Indonesia. If Indonesians' reject the publications of this obscene magazine, then investments will not come from the West. Indonesia is a poor country and rich countries of Brunie and Saudia should help or else they should tell the Umma that they are stooges of the West and they cannot help the Muslim country. "S A Hannan"@yahoo.com wrote: Anti-Playboy Stand Grows in IndonesiaIndonesians protest plans to publish Playboy in Indonesia. (AP).JAKARTA, January 25, 2006 (IslamOnline.net & News Agencies) Angry debates over the planned debut of a local edition of raunchy magazine Playboy is growing among public and official circles in Indonesia, the most populous Muslim nation on earth.Joining the angry chorus, chairman of the Indonesian Journalists Association (PWI) Tarman Azzam has called for taking the producers and sellers of the pornographic magazine to court if it reaches children."If the magazine publication comes into being and their circulation reaches the children, the producers as well as the sellers should be arrested and taken to court," Azzam was quoted as saying by the official Antara News Agency Tuesday January 24.Every effort should be exerted to prevent the publication of the magazine, he said."Aside from using the legal clause in criminal law, the law on the children protection could also be used (to prevent publication of such magazine)," he added.Negative ImpactSo far many magazines and tabloids have been categorized as pornographic, Azzam said, adding that such publications have negative impact in the society.The law on pornography in Indonesia remains unclear, according to Antara.Parliament is studying the issue and drafting a new legislation to guide authorities on what publications can and cannot be allowed in the country, it added.Indonesia is the most populous Muslim state with a population of 220 million, the overwhelming majority of them are Muslim.Rejections for the planned publication came also from Indonesian Youth and Sports Minister Adhyaksa Dault and the biggest two Muslim organizations in the country.Dault said recently that he would try hard to prevent the publication of the Indonesian version of Playboy."The magazine can destroy younger generation's morals. This is very dangerous and we must prevent its circulation," he said.The Association of Muhammadiyah Students (IMM) also voiced strong rejection to the planned publication of the magazine for a concern that it might destroy the morality of the nation."Despite the publisher's promises that the magazine's contents would be on lifestyle, conventional issues, culture and politics, and there would be no nude pictures, we just don't believe him," Ahmad Rofiq, IMM chairman, told Antara.Ponti Carrolus, director of PT Velvet Silver Media, which holds the Indonesian license from the US-based magazine, said that Playboy Indonesia would not publish nude pictures, the magazine's trademark.Nahdlatul Ulama (NU), Indonesia's largest Muslim organization, threatened to launch anti-pornography movement in response to the planned publication.Hasyim Muzadi, NU chairman, called on the Indonesian authority to revoke the license of the magazine."I ask those initiating the magazine publication to cancel the plan, because the publication will damage morality," he said."Pornography can ruin the nation's character as well as encourage free sex and hedonistic way of life which is unproductive to the nation's future," Muzadi pointed out to Antara.The Indonesian version of Playboy has obtained a publication license in November 2005 and is planned to publish starting March.IndustryMuzadi admitted, however, it would not be easy to eradicate pornography especially because it has become an industry."Eradicating pornography is not easy, almost as difficult as fighting corruption," he said.Meanwhile, Indonesian Ulamas Council (MUI) asked the government to forbid all pornographic magazines, including the planned local edition of Playboy."The government should forbid this kind of media, as it will cause a strong reaction from people and tend to bring anarchy among people who are against this magazine," MUI Chairman Ma'ruf Amin told Antara.He said the MUI had issued a "fatwa" (binding Islamic rule) which c
Re: [IslamCity] PALESTINE NATIONAL TRAITOR ABBAS ''THREATENS'' TO RESIGN
Abbas is a stooge of yahud, let him resign and let Hamas establish a government of the people to the people fie-sabilillah.[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Assalamu aleikum."Oh, please Br'er Abbas, don't fling me in THAT briar patch! Please,please, please!"If it is true that Abbas and process of surrender to "Israel" willresign, then the only proper reaction is "Good riddance to bad rubbish".Br'er Hamas hollered out, "Born and bred in the briar patch. I wasborn and bred in the briar patch!"The Uncle Remus Taleshttp://homepage.ntlworld.com/matt_kane/uncle%20remus%20tales.htm---Abbas Threatens to Resign After ElectionsBy STEVEN ERLANGERNew York TimesJanuary 18, 2006http://www.nytimes.com/2006/01/18/international/middleeast/18cnd-mideast.htmlJERUSALEM, Jan. 18 - The Palestinian president, Mahmoud Abbas, saidtoday that if he is unable to carry out his program after the Jan. 25legislative elections, he will resign.Mr. Abbas defended the inclusion in the election of the radicalIslamic Hamas faction, which refuses to give up its armed wing. Hamasis expected to do well, and even if it does not win a majority, itcould make it much more difficult for Mr. Abbas and Israel to discusspeace or even to coordinate policies."If I feel that I cannot fulfill this program," Mr. Abbas toldreporters in Ramallah, on the West Bank, "then this seat is not myultimate ambition."Hamas leaders refuse to accept the 1993 Oslo accords that set up thePalestinian Authority and are committed to the long-term disappearanceof Israel and a single state of Palestine."Who knows? Hamas may change its policy," Mr. Abbas said.But he predicted the vote will be held "in a democratic and honestfashion" and said that the many members of the security forces will beable to vote 48 hours in advance so that they can protect the ballotboxes.There are fears that elements of Fatah will disrupt the voting to tryto void the election and prevent Hamas from taking a share of power.But Fatah and Hamas have agreed to ban the carrying of weapons onpolling day.Mr. Abbas also accused Israel of putting obstacles in the way of quieton the day of the vote, with its checkpoints and other securityrestrictions on freedom of movement in the West Bank. Israel has alsoprevented some candidates - not just Hamas - from campaigning in EastJerusalem, which Israel annexed. An East Jerusalem press conferencedevoted to the elections was canceled on today when Israeli policearrested everyone who was scheduled to speak.Mr. Abbas welcomed comments from the acting Israeli prime minister,Ehud Olmert, who said on Tuesday that if elected himself, he wouldenter final-status negotiations with Mr. Abbas if the Palestiniansdismantle militant and terrorist groups as required under the peaceplan, that is known as the road map.Mr. Olmert is running the Kadima party because its founder, ArielSharon, is unconscious in the hospital after a massive stroke. Aidesto Mr. Olmert worked to play down his comments, emphasizing that hedid not expect Mr. Abbas to fulfill that requirement.But Mr. Abbas happily grasped Mr. Olmert's suggestion, though he didnot talk about any possible crackdown on such groups, which includeHamas, Islamic Jihad and the Al Aksa Martyrs Brigades, which belongingto his own Fatah faction."We will not hesitate to get into such a negotiation," Mr. Abbas saidto reporters in Ramallah, on the West Bank. "the way to peace is tosit together at the negotiating table, not the path of killings andunilateral actions."Mr. Olmert appointed new cabinet ministers to replace four Likudmembers who resigned over the weekend as Israel's own electioncampaign got in gear for March 28, even with Mr. Sharon in hospital.Tzipi Livni, 47, became only the second woman to become foreignminister, after Golda Meir. Ms. Livni, a lawyer who had worked earlierin her career for the Mossad intelligence service, is already thejustice minister, and she has been a strong ally of Mr. Sharon and Mr.Olmert and left Likud with them for Kadima.Ms. Livni used her first press conference to attack Mr. Abbas'sdecision to allow Hamas to participate in the elections, and herremarks were aimed at Washington, too, for pressing Israel to allowthe election."The Palestinian Authority elections are meant to be part of ademocratic process, but they are not," she said. "There is not ademocracy in the world that enables terror organizations toparticipate in elections."The Europeans had learned how the Nazis took advantage of democracy,she said, adding, "There was a window of opportunity after thedisengagement in a process created by Israel, when the Palestinianshad been given an option and told what democracy means, rather thanhaving armed people run in the elections, and lead them intoParliament and government."Mr. Olmert and Kadima will be criticized by Likud during the campaignfor bending to Washington and allowing the vote to take place in EastJerusalem, Yuval Steinitz, a Likud legislator, said today.Mr. Steinitz also criticized the Bush
[IslamCity] 1.4 million tsunami victims rescued, what is happening in Kashmir?
1.4 million tsunami victims rescued from poverty by Stephen Hull. of Metro 20-12-05: Up to 60 percent of the imillion jobs lost have now been restored, Oxfam International said. By the end of next year, 85 per cent of people will be back in work. The questions we should ask is how many millions got tents to protect snow and frost in Kashmir? Has emergency meeting of NGOS called who are helping the earth quate victims? These are grave questions the OIC, the Muslim rulers must answer to the people.
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(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]
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[IslamCity] Bush operating secret gulag in eastern Europe, from Independent.co.uk dt; Nov. 3, 2005
Bush 'operating secret gulag in eastern Europe' By Andrew Buncombe in Washington Published: 03 November 2005 The Bush administration has been accused of operating secret detention facilities beyond the reach of the law and outside official oversight at bases in two eastern European countries. The facilities - said to be located in Poland and Romania - are part of a larger "gulag" used by the US to hold prisoners seized in the so-called war on terror. Using the flight logs of a plane used by the CIA for transporting prisoners and other unspecified information, a leading human rights group said it believed the facilities were located in the two former Soviet bloc countries and first used in 2003. Tom Malinowski of Human Rights Watch told The Independent: "These are the areas we are highly confident about, based on the flights logs and other information we have." The investigation by the New York-based group has focused on the logs of a Boeing 757 jet with the tailgate marker N313P. This plane has been widely identified as being used by the CIA for the transportation and "renditioning" of terror suspects outside the US. Until recently, it was registered to a Massachusetts-based company believed to be a front for the CIA. Using this data Human Rights Watch discovered that, in September 2003, it flew directly from Kabul to Szymany airport, near the remote Polish town of Szczytno, north of Warsaw, home to a training facility for the Polish intelligence service. From there, the plane flew directly to Mihail Kogalniceanu air base, close to the Romanian city of Constanta on the Black Sea coast. The Pentagon is involved in negotiations to take over the airbase's operation. Throughout 2004, the plane made a number of other visits to Kogalniceanu, on which the US has spent at least $3m upgrading facilities in preparation for taking it over. In 2003 Kogalniceanu was used as the temporary location for more than 3,500 US troops on their way to northern Iraq. Last October, US Defence Secretary Donald Rumsfeld visited the base and met senior Romanian military officials. "The flight from Kabul in September 2003 happened at a time when we know a number of ghost detainees were being moved," said Mr Malinowski. "It's hard to imagine why this plane would be flying there otherwise." Various human rights group have long monitored secret detention facilities used by the CIA around the world, known as "black sites". It is known the US sends prisoners to countries such as Jordan, Pakistan and Egypt for the so-called "renditioning" of detainees. >The CIA is also understood to operate such facilities in Iraq and at Bagram airbase in Afghanistan. The British Government has denied previous claims that a detention centre also operated on the island of Diego Garcia. Yesterday, The Washington Post, which first reported that the agency had established detention facilities in two unidentified Eastern European countries, also reported the CIA had last year moved one of its prisons on Guantanamo Bay. It said it had shut down the facility because it was concerned that a Supreme Court ruling would force them to place detainees before a civilian court. Under the Geneva Conventions, the Red Cross is afforded access to all prisoners of war. Simon Schorno, spokesman for the International Committee of the Red Cross in Washington, said some of these "ghost prisoners" may have been arrested by law enforcement officials rather than captured in combat situations. He said: "We are concerned about the fate of an unknown number of prisoners captured during the so-called international war on terror." Larry Johnson, a former CIA analyst, said he believed news about the detention facilities was emerging because agency members were concerned. "Once again the Bush administration is out of control," he said. Marek Purowski, a spokesman for the Polish Embassy in Washington, said he would investigate the allegations. "I have to deny it. I cannot believe it is true," he said. The Romanian embassy did not return calls seeking comment. The Bush administration has been accused of operating secret detention facilities beyond the reach of the law and outside official oversight at bases in two eastern European countries. The facilities - said to be located in Poland and Romania - are part of a larger "gulag" used by the US to hold prisoners seized in the so-called war on terror. Using the flight logs of a plane used by the CIA for transporting prisoners and other unspecified information, a leading human rights group said it believed the facilities were located in the two former Soviet bloc countries and first used in 2003. Tom Malinowski of Human Rights Watch told The Independent: "These are the areas we are highly confident about, based on the flights logs and other information we have." The investigation by the New York-based group has focused on the logs of a Boeing 757 jet with the tailgate marker N313P. This plane has been widely identi
Donate to Islamic Relief [IslamCity] James Lee lost his job for being an honest Muslim.
By Alex Fryer
Seattle Times: James Yee is no longer a Muslim chaplain in the Army. He is no longer under suspicion of aiding Islamic terrorists at Guantánamo Bay. Instead, the former Fort Lewis captain is an author, telling what he says is a cautionary tale about the loss of civil liberties in a climate of fear and suspicion. Speaking to about 175 people at the Seattle Public Library last night, Yee said he suffered an injustice after he was secretly arrested in September 2003. He was accused of spying for al-Qaida and the Taliban. He also was charged with adultery and computer pornography. In the end, all criminal charges were dropped and his record wiped clean. Yee, who lives in Olympia with his wife and daughter, recently returned from the East Coast, where several national television news shows interviewed him about his book, "For God and Country," which went on sale Oct. 3. While Yee said he is adamant about getting an apology from
the military, he has no firm opinion about the political and media aspects of his experience. The case mounted against him, Yee said, "is a warning to all people, all Americans that the current approach to the war on terrorism is really a threat to the civil liberties of everyday Americans." But he demurred when asked during an interview whether he holds the White House ultimately responsible for creating such a climate. "What happened to me was a nonpartisan issue," he said. "It was an injustice. That's what I want to focus on." And while military officials routinely leaked details of his case his lawyers often heard about major developments from reporters instead of prosecutors he said he didn't know if his treatment in the media should compel reporters to be more responsible in their use of confidential information. In the end, Yee believed two factors set him free while others have spent months, even years, in confinement. "I
attribute that to good legal counsel and, of course, the fact that I was innocent." By now, the facts of Yee's case are well-known. A New Jersey native, Yee graduated from West Point and served in Saudi Arabia. He converted to Islam, became an Army chaplain and transferred to Fort Lewis. He later became the first Muslim chaplain from the Army to counsel prisoners at Guantánamo Bay. His faith, his advocacy for humane treatment and his ethnicity made him a target for overzealous military investigators, Yee said. Yesterday at the library, a sympathetic and appreciative audience asked Yee questions about his attitude toward the Guantánamo Bay prisoners ("I found it difficult to imagine all 660 prisoners were behind Sept. 11," he answered), his faith and the global war on terrorism. Yee is uncertain about what he will do after the book tour ends. But he said he hopes his tale will resonate a little longer. "Perhaps someone like
Steven Spielberg will really be gripped by my story and want to make a movie," he said.
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[IslamCity] Violence will not go unnoticed, because US military base is on notice to evacuate?
Is there any other reason why the West should be interested in the welfare of the people of Uzbekistan? Violence in Uzbekistan will not go unnoticed in Central Asia By Abu Farhan The Government of Uzbekistan is conducting a massive crackdown to conceal the truth about the killing of hundreds of civilian demonstrators in Andijan in May, American based Human Rights Watch said in a report released on September 20. The 73-page report provides numerous first-hand testimonies of a brutal police campaign forcing people to confess that they belong to extremist religious organizations, that the protests in Andijan were violent, and that the protesters were armed. Weve been following political repression in Uzbekistan for many years, but weve never seen anything as extensive as the crackdown post-Andijan, said Holly Cartner, Europe and Central Asia director of Human Rights Watch. Instead of going after the perpetrators of the massacre, the Uzbek government is trying to deny responsibility and silence the witnesses. The report, Burying the Truth: Uzbekistan Rewrites the Story of the Andijan Massacre, details the unrelenting persecution of human rights defenders, independent journalists and political activists who tried to tell the truth about what happened on May 13. At least 11 activists have been imprisoned, at least 15 have been forced to flee the country into exile, and many other civil society activists have been forced to abandon their work. President Karimovs Government has so far refused to allow any investigation into what happened in Andijan last May, therefore, any kind of transparency of the matter is very uncertain. Craig Murray, the former British Ambassador to Uzbekistan, has criticised Karimovs regime. He said: Karimov is a ruthless tyrant. He is not interested in the welfare of the people - he is just concerned with maintaining his own power He has done all this with complete US support The attempt by the Uzbek regime and the White House to dismiss the opposition as Islamic extremists and terrorists is despicable. Karimov has sought to abolish all forms of Islamic dissent by banning their activities or arresting ordinary pious Muslims accusing them of having links with extremists. To date, there has not been any credible evidence available of the involvement of any particular Islamic group in the Andijan uprising. The accused 23 businessmen are the entrepreneurs, Islam-loving Uzbek citizens, with no intention of taking part in overthrowing Karimovs regime. Anyone who opposes Karimovs regime is accused of being an Islamist or terrorist. Uzbekistan is Central Asias Islamic heartland with historical places like Bukhara, Samarkand and the Ferghana Valley. Apart from Uzbekistan, the Ferghana Valley is shared by another two republics - Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan. The Valley has the largest concentration of population in the region and is well-known for its Islamic identity. People in the Valley are mostly involved in trading in the traditional bazâr to make their livelihood. Karimovs Government also closed down mosques and Islamic schools, which did not seek Government permission to be built, but gained popularity in the community. The Government refuses the permission because it wants to have full control of all Islamic and non-Islamic organizations. They are required to have Government departments affiliation. Karimovs regime has always been suspicious of foreign and local independent NGOs so much so that even the International Committee of the Red Cross has not been allowed any access after the Andijan violence to offer treatment to the injured people. A religious organization called Akromiya Movement in Andijan, organized by Akrom Yuldoshev, claims to organize religious activities to benefit the society spiritually and materially. Ordinary people put their trust on such personalities due to their closeness to them. And in private they praise them blaming the Government for harassing them. The businessmen who are involved with the Movement sacrifice part of their earnings in charitable activities for the development of their community by financing orphanages, schools, elderly people and poor families. The Movement denies the allegation that it seeks to establish an Islamic state anywhere in Uzbekistan. There are several reasons for the uprising. Apart from political repression, the economic mismanagement of the authorities is one of the main reasons for discontent and popular anger. Due to the adverse economic policy, the wealth of the country is handled by only a small number of elite favoured by the regime while the vast majority is deprived of economic prosperity. The above mentioned bazâr traders lately are finding difficult to earn their living due to the several Government restrictions on their trade which lead to their widespread discontent. Many of the traders are women as well. Uzbekistan is gifted with huge amount of natural wealth. It is one of the ten la
Re: [IslamCity] Who's Blowing Up Iraq - Insurgents OR American & British Intelligence
Well if the occupied are not submitting than what the occupiers should do? Are they not right to blow them apart? After all Iraqis are not white Europeans.[EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
"When the missionaries came to Africa they had the Bible and we had the land. They said "Let us pray." We closed our eyes. When we opened them we had the Bible and they had the land." - Bishop Desmond Tutu
Who's Blowing Up Iraq? New evidence that bombs are being planted by British Commandos
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article10343.htm
By Mike Whitney
09/20/05 "ICH" -- -- "The Iraqi security officials on Monday variously accused two Britons they detained of shooting at Iraqi forces or TRYING TO PLANT EXPLOSIVES." Washington Post, Ellen Knickmeyer, 9-20-05; "British Smash into Jail to Free Two Detained Soldiers"
In more than two years since the United States initiated hostilities against Iraq, there has never been a positive identification of Abu Musab al-Zarqawi.
Never. That doesn't mean that he doesn't exist; it simply suggests that prudent people will challenge the official version until his whereabouts and significance in the conflict can be verified. At present, much of the rationale for maintaining the occupation depends on this elusive and, perhaps, illusory figure. It's odd how Al-Zarqawi appears at the precise coordinates of America's bombing-raids, and then, miraculously vanishes unscathed from the scene of the wreckage. This would be a remarkable feat for anyone, but especially for someone who only has one
leg.
Al-Zarqawi may simply be a fantasy dreamed up by Pentagon planners to put a threatening face on the Iraqi resistance. The Defense Dept has been aggressive in its effort to shape information in a way that serves the overall objectives of the occupation. The primary aim of the Pentagon's "Strategic Information" program is to distort the truth in a way that controls the storyline created by the media. Al-Zarqawi fits perfectly within this paradigm of intentional deception.
The manipulation of information factors heavily in the steady increase of Iraqi casualties, too. Although the military refuses "to do body counts"; many people take considerable interest in the daily death toll. Last week, over 200 civilians were killed in seemingly random acts of violence purportedly caused by al-Zarqawi. But, were they? Were these massive attacks the work of al-Zarqawi as the western media reports or some other "more shadowy" force?
One member of the Iraqi National Assembly. Fatah al-Sheikh, stated, "It seems that the American forces are trying to escalate the situation in order to make the Iraqi people suffer.. There is a huge campaign for the agents of the foreign occupation to enter and plant hatred between the sons of the Iraqi people, and spread rumors in order to scare the one from the other. The occupiers are trying to start religious incitement and if it does not happen, then they will try to start an internal Shiite incitement."
Al-Sheikh's feelings are shared by a great many Iraqis. They can see that everything the US has done, from the forming a government made up predominantly of Shi'ites and Kurds, to creating a constitution that allows the breaking up to the country (federalism), to using the Peshmerga and Badr militia in their attacks on Sunni cities, to building an Interior Ministry entirely comprised of Shi'ites, suggests that the Pentagon's strategy is to fuel the sectarian divisions that will lead to civil war. Al-Zarqawi is an integral facet of this broader plan. Rumsfeld has cast the Jordanian as the agent-provocateur; the driving force behind religious partition and antagonism.
But, al-Zarqawi has nothing to gain by killing innocent civilians, and everything to lose. If he does actually operate in Iraq, he needs logistical supporting all his movements; including help with safe-houses, assistants, and the assurance of invisibility in the community. ("The ocean in which he swims") These would disappear instantly if he recklessly killed and maimed innocent women and children.
Last week the Imam of Baghdad's al-Kazimeya mosque, Jawad al-Kalesi said, that "al-Zarqawi is dead but Washington continues to use him as a bogeyman to justify a prolonged military occupation. He's simply an invention by the occupiers to divide the people." Al-Kalesi added that al-Zarqawi was killed in the beginning of the war in the Kurdish north and that "His family in Jordan even held a ceremony after his death." (AFP)
Most Iraqis probably agree with al-Kalesi, but that hasn't deterred the Pentagon from continuing with the charade. This is understandable given that al-Zarqawi is the last tattered justification for the initial invasion. It's doubtful that the Pentagon will ditch their final threadbare apology for the war. But the reality is vastly different from the spin coming from the military. In fact, foreign fighters play a very small role in Iraq with or without al-
[IslamCity] Re: Subject: An important report on Egyptian political scene(http://www.islamonline.net/English/Views/2005/08/article08.SHTML)
Kefaya or demonstrations against the dictatorship of Mubarak will succeed if Israel considers it in its interest. Otherwise international media has no time and place in their media for reporting the news of demonstrations against the Mubarak's regime. If democracy is established in Egypt, the Government will work for the people which is not in the interest of UK,Israel and US. West do not export democracy, they only send high altitude bombers to destroy Muslim countries and their people. sahannan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Subject: An important report on Egyptian political scene(http://www.islamonline.net/English/Views/2005/08/article08.SHTML) A Cry of DistressThe Egyptian Movement for ChangeKefaya By Sara Khorshid**Staff Writer IslamOnline.net Aug 25, 2005 An anti-Mubarak rally in downtown Cairo Wednesday, August 24 (Photo by Khaled Mamdouh) R is a 10-year-old girl in an average Egyptian family. She wrangles with her 14-year-old brother Ahmed, then goes to her parents and asks them to punish him, as he, she argues, got at her; but her parents refuse to help. R then marches through the apartment with a piece of paper taped over her mouth and another one attached to her chest. The two papers have one word on them: KefayaArabic for Enough. R, who is also raising a banner condemning her brothers behavior, has no politicians or activists in the family. She just watches Kefaya protests on Aljazeera, she says, refusing to have her name published. One year ago, R might not have behaved similarly in reaction to getting irritated by her brother. Eyebrows were raised in Egypt on December 12, 2004, when hundreds of Egyptian activists staged the first anti-Mubarak demonstration in defiance of a 24-year ban on public protest. In front of Cairos downtown Supreme Court, demonstrators, who were surrounded by Egyptian Central Security forces, caught attention with the stickers they had on their mouths and chests carrying the word Kefaya and the banners they held rejecting a fifth term for Mubaraks 24-year presidency and hereditary succession for his son. This came after 300 Egyptian activists had signed an August 2004 declaration calling for democracy and reform to take root in Egypt. The declaration founded the Egyptian Movement for Change, known as Kefaya. Kefaya is a national cry against the status quo. The 300 signatories of Kefya's founding declaration represented various political currents and groups in Egyptfrom Islamists to secularists, from Muslim Brotherhood leaders to Nasserite Party members, and from Marxists to liberals. Despite their deep-rooted differences and a history of conflict and confrontations over ideological and political issues, they all agreed on one thing: Egypts need for change. Kefaya is a national cry against the status quo, says Dr. Mohamed Al-Saed Idris, a Kefaya member and a researcher in Al-Ahram Center for Political and Strategic Studies. Kefaya is also a call for comprehensive political and constitutional reform, according to the movements Web site, in the pursuit of empowering Egypt and making it a democratic, strong country, able to confront American and Israeli hegemony. This is to be achieved through many procedures, including ending the National Democratic Partys monopoly over authority; lifting the state of emergency; limiting presidential powers; and running fair, free elections. (For more details about Kefayas proposal for change and reform, please read the movements newly published booklet The Egypt We Are Dreaming Of.) Although back in December 2004 many considered Kefayas anti-Mubarak demonstration as historic, by now it is normal in Cairo to see several green Central Security trucks full of riot police holding rods and sticks, deployed in preparation for an upcoming demonstration. The December rally kicked off a series of persistent demonstrations. A Kefaya protester Persistent Kefaya has been so farin the face of the regimes rejection of opposition and violent suppression of protests. Protesters have been subjected to severe physical repression. Joe Stork of Human Rights Watch states, Police brutality against peaceful protesters is becoming the norm ... in Egypt. In reference to a July 30, 2005, demonstration, Stork attributes what happened to demonstrators, at the hands of both plainclothes and uniformed security forces, to a high-level decision not just to prevent a demonstration, but also to physically punish those daring to protest President Mubaraks candidacy. Given all the dangers and threats, Kefaya continues to protest. Taking out to streets signifies our challenge to the regime and its repression, and carries a sign to the Egyptian public opinion of the necessity to participate and challenge the regime, says Idris. But demonstrations are not the only method used by Kefaya to pursue its goals, he adds: We utilize all democratic methods available: issuing periodical declarations; holding press c
Re: [IslamCity] Re: -Can an Islamic state attack a Non- muslim state now?
Abstract questions. Living in dreamland. First save your skins, your families and your houses. Also produce leaders like: Fidel Castro and Chavez: Two fingers to America Thursday August 25, 2005The Guardian He's a friend of Fidel Castro, a fierce critic of the war in Iraq, and wants to spread revolutionary fervour throughout South America. Venezuela's president, Hugo Chávez, has long been a thorn in the side of the US - a fact highlighted this week when televangelist Pat Robertson called for his assassination. Richard Gott on a man at war with the White House Hugo Chávez, the president of Venezuela, is a genial fellow with a good sense of humour and a steely political purpose. As a former military officer, he is accustomed to the language of battle and he thrives under attack. He will laugh off this week's suggestion by Pat Robertson, the US televangelist, that he should be assassinated, but he will also seize on it to ratchet up the verbal conflict with the United States that has lasted throughout his presidency. Chávez, now 51, is the same age as Tony Blair, and after nearly seven years as president he has been in power for almost as long. But there the similarities end. Chávez is a man of the left and, like most Latin Americans with a sense of history, he is distrustful of the United States. Free elections in Latin America have often thrown up radical governments that Washington would like to see overthrown, and the Chávez government is no exception to this rule. Chávez is a genuinely revolutionary figure, one of those larger-than-life characters who surface regularly in the history of Latin America - and achieve power perhaps twice in a hundred years. He wants to change the history of the continent. His close friend and role model is Fidel Castro, Cuba's long-serving leader. The two men meet regularly, talk constantly on the telephone, and have formed a close political and military alliance. Venezuela has deployed more than 20,000 Cuban doctors in its shanty-towns, and Cuba is the grateful recipient of cheap Venezuelan oil, replacing the subsidised oil it once used to receive from the Soviet Union. This, in the eyes of the US government, would itself be a heinous crime that would put Chávez at the top of its list for removal. The US has been at war with Cuba for nearly half a century, mostly conducted by economic means, and it only abandoned plans for Castro's direct overthrow after subscribing to a tacit agreement not to do so with the Soviet Union after the missile crisis of 1962. The Americans would have dealt with Chávez long ago had they not been faced by two crucial obstacles. First, they have been notably preoccupied in recent years in other parts of the world, and have hardly had the time, the personnel, or the attention span to deal with the charismatic colonel. Second, Venezuela is one of the principal suppliers of oil to the US market (literally so in that 13,000 US petrol stations are owned by Citgo, an extension of Venezuela's state oil company). Any hasty attempt to overthrow the Venezuelan government would undoubtedly threaten this oil lifeline, and Chávez himself has long warned that his assassination would close down the pumps. With his popularity topping 70% in the polls, he would be a difficult figure to dislodge. Chávez comes from the provinces of Venezuela, from the vast southern cattle lands of the Llanos that stretch down to the Apure and Orinoco river system. Of black and Indian ancestry, his parents were local schoolteachers, and he has inherited their didactic skills. His talents first came to the fore when he joined the army and became a popular lecturer at the war college in Caracas. He is a brilliant communicator, speaking for hours on television in a folksy manner that captivates his admirers and irritates his opponents. He never stops talking and he never stops working. He has time for everyone and never forgets a face. For several years he travelled incessantly around the country, to keep an eye on what was going on. This was not mere electioneering, for he would talk for hours to those who had hardly a vote among them. He exhausts his cadres, his secretaries and his ministers. I have travelled with him and them into the deepest corners of the country, and then, after a 16-hour day, he would call the grey-faced cabinet together for an impromptu meeting to analyse what they had discovered and what measures they should take. There was always a touch of the 19th century about this frenetic activity, as though the president were still on horseback, and Castro is known to have warned Chávez not to absorb himself unduly in the minutiae of administration. "You are the president of Venezuela," he is reported to have said, "not the mayor of Caracas." Chávez has taken the advice to heart, and has become less the populist folk hero and more the impressive statesman. Concern about possible assassination has long predated Robertson's outburst, and for the past two
Re: [IslamCity] Re: -Can an Islamic state attack a Non- muslim state now?
This section was updated Wednesday, 29-Jun-2005 07:47:44 EDT.
http://www.sweetliberty.org/issues/israel/
"When you read the history of Israel from objective sources, you discover that it is an outlaw state, created by the powers that be by stealing the land from its original inhabitants, and systematically exterminating them ever since." John Kaminski "We killed them out of a certain naive hubris. Believing with absolute certitude that now, with the White House, the Senate, and much of the American media in our hands, the lives of others do not count as much as our own..." Ari Shavat. Reproduced in the New York Times, May 27th, 1999 "One million Arabs are not worth a Jewish fingernail." Rabbi Yaacov Perrin, Feb. 27, 1994 "I want to tell you something very clear, don't worry about American pressure on Israel, we, the Jewish people control America, and the Americans know it." Ariel Sharon to Shimon Peres,
October 3rd, 2001, as reported on Kol Yisrael radio.
Prince Israel will make mince out of you if you talk sny motr nonsense.
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Salaam aley kum warahmahtullah--- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:>My reply was on whether the Islamic state can attack not on the> situation when The Islamic state is attacked.Any way, an Islamic state has all the> right of self-defence and can take other measures under the International Law.> > We should act under agreed International Law and we should not be violators by> quoting other bad examples.Define International Law? the International Law demands that Muslims leave Islam and become like them. If you are a Muslim,a good or bad you are terrorist. this is an Hardcoreinternational law. Ma-salamaPrince of Destiny> > Shah Abdul Hannan> - Original Message - > From: Abdul Wahid Osman Belal > To:
islamcity@yahoogroups.com ; S.A.Hannan > Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ; [EMAIL PROTECTED] ;> [EMAIL PROTECTED] ; [EMAIL PROTECTED] ;> [EMAIL PROTECTED] ; [EMAIL PROTECTED] ; [EMAIL PROTECTED] ;> [EMAIL PROTECTED] ; [EMAIL PROTECTED] ;> [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Friday, August 19, 2005 9:50 AM> Subject: Re: [IslamCity] Re: a question on--Can an Islamic state attack a Non-> muslim state now?> > > wa alaikum assalaam wa rahmat Allah e wa barakatahu!> If despite such commitments non Muslim states commit illegal and immoral> aggression invasion and occupation of Muslim countries does it behove the other> Muslim countries to stand unmoved passively watch the tragedy by falling into the> trap of "with us or against
us"?> Abdul Wahid Osman Belal> Advocate High Court> [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:> Dear members of the list ,> > Assalamu Alaikum. I am forwarding to you my reply to an important questio sent> to me by one of students, who is a teacher of Dhaka University.> > Shah Abdul Hannan> > > Dear Atiq,> > Assalamu Alaikum.Islamic states can not invade any country now as, through> multi lateral and bi-lateral international agreements, signing of UN charter etc,> we Muslim states have agreed willinglyto the principle of equality of> states,non-interference in each other's affairs, non-agression.We have to abide by> these agreements in terms of Quranic provison of fulfilling agreements(Maida 1 and> numerous
other verses).So there is no question of agression of another> state.Please read the book Islamic Theory Of International Relations by Dr Abdul> Hamid Abu Suleman, IIIT publication., Virginia, USA.> > Further , it is not necessary to conquer any state to introduce Islam. Islam> can be communicated through books,TV channels, Radio broadcasts and local> communities> > Chacha> - Original Message - > From: atq atiq > To: sahannan > Sent: Monday, August 15, 2005 2:32 PM> Subject: a question> > > Dear Chacha,> Assalamu Alaikum.>
> I need to know your view on the following issue. So please write me whenever> you get time.> > Question: > As far as I know, according to some classical fiqh opinions, Islamic state> may invade the neighboring states [if they have strength] to establish Islamic> rules, to erradicate injustice, etc; though they also have said firmly that there> will be no compulsion in religion and no force can be applied to convert to Islam.> > I want to know whether at present, Islamic state can do this. Why or why> not? My understanding says - no. Please clarify it.> > Make dua for me pls.> > > Allah Hafez> >
aa> > > --> > > > > ***> {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
Re: [IslamCity] Steps to Build United States of Islaam
Dear Friends, Peace and Love,
Dr Weedhal Shah has forgotten to mention the Sindhis and
Balochs in his posting - their men and wome, sons and daughters
are being massacred and mauled and thier lands grabbed, thier
homes destroyed.
It sounds familiar, is it not? Israelis killing innocent Palestinians,
looting their properties, destroying and bull-dozing their homes,
and shooting in cold-blood innocents! So, what is the difference
between Israel and Pakistan?
The savage US and UK Armed Forces wit their weapons of mass
destruction, terrorising and torturing millions in Iraq, Afghanistan
and elsewhere and bringing death and destruction! fWhat is the
difference between these evil monsters and ugly demons and
savages in uniform of Pakistan? The only difference - Pakistan
is, perhaps, the ugliest, viliest, most barbari of the lot!
The poor, innocent, simple, naive people of this 'Islamic' Republic
have no shirt on their sunburnt, naked bodies, little girls walking
streets without slippers in their tiny feet, little boys begging and
polishing shoes in the towns and cities of this horrible nation - no
school to go to, no home, no family, no decent way of life.
Weak and emaciated people wandering aimlessly, like zombies,
with no food in their stomach, no water to drink, no jobs, no
home, no life - epecially, in the enslaved, colonised, occupied
and oppressed provinces of Sindh and Balochistan.
And they sip Scotch in Islamabad Clubs and they spend billions
on adventurous, futile and filthy pursuits like giving 85 per cent
of the National income to the Armed Forces - developing
Weapons of Mass Destruction, Killer Bombs, Dangerous
Missilies and Chemical Tools to kill - and sending Satellites
in Space!! What will you call such a nation?
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Justice and Equality fall, Dr Mehrab Solangi
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ÈÓã Çááå ÇáÑÍãä ÇáÑÍíã
In the Name of Allah, Most Gracious, Most Merciful
Steps to Build United States of Islaam
If you really love Allah you must help him by establishing his DEEN
Either You are with Allah or With Shaitaan
Either You are with Allahs Party or with Shaitaans Party
Allah is One <---> Quraan is One <---> Siraat_ul_Mustaqeem is OneOne Ummah <---> One Islaam <---> One Voice <---> One Worshipping Method
Help Allah, in order to get help from Allah:
O ye who believe! If ye help Allah, He will help you and will make your foothold firm. (AlQuraan_047.007)
We will, without doubt, Help our messengers and those who Believe, (both) in this world's life and on the Day when the Witnesses will stand forth, (Al_Quraan_040.051)
(To help Allah you need to take oath from Allah that you will help him to establish his DEEN and to those who are sincerely and peacefully working to establish DEEN in your region, Inshaa Allah. AMEEN.)
Take Oath from Allah to help him:
Lo! Those who swear allegiance unto thee (Muhammad {saw}), swear allegiance only unto Allah. The Hand of Allah is above their hands. So whosoever breaketh his oath, breaketh it only to his souls hurt; while whosoever keepeth his covenant with Allah, on him will He bestow immense reward. (Al_Quraan_048.010)
The Reason for being Best Ummah:
Ye are the best of peoples, evolved for mankind, enjoining (order) what is right, forbidding what is wrong, and believing in Allah. If only the People of the Book had faith, it was best for them: among them are some who have faith, but most of them are perverted transgressors. (Al_Quraan_003.110)
(To order, you need to be in Ministries, parliaments, courts, polices, defense systems and other law and order enforcement agencies. If you dont fulfill your duties, then misleading people will destroy the whole system, so dont sit at home and help Allah by establishing his DEEN)
Allah Granted Inheritance (of power) in the Land to the Believers:
Allah has Promised, to those among you who believe and work righteous deeds, that He will, of a Surety, Grant them in the land, inheritance (of power), as He granted it to those before them; that He will establish in authority their religion - the one which He has chosen for them; and that He will change (their state), after the fear in which they (lived), to one of security and peace: 'They will worship Me (alone) and not associate aught with Me. 'If any do reject Faith after this, they are rebellious and wicked. (Al_Quraan_024.055)
(You will never be in power unless you help Allah to establish his DEEN and help to those who are sincerely and peacefully working to establish his DEEN. So dont wait for Imaam Mahdi or others and do your duty to help Allah by establishing his DEEN. Allah will ask you according to your ability and not Imaam Mahdi for not performing your duty. Every soul is responsible for his own deeds)
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Re: [IslamCity] Why Don't Sri Lankan Madrassas Produce Extremists
Mushrraf is a bootlicker of yahud and when he gets the order he obeys without asking why and ifs. Otherwise he will lose the presidentship of Pakistan and his life. [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Why don't Sri Lankan Madrassas Produce Extremists?By Ameen Izzadeen 9 August 2005 MADRASSAS have become a major topic of global debate. Madrassa in Arabic means school but in South Asia, Madrassa means any institution which teaches Islam. But there are serious misconceptions in the West about what is taught in madrassas. In Sri Lanka, too, there are scores of madrassas. When I told this to a non-Muslim friend while discussing the recent crackdown on madrassas in Pakistan, he was shocked. As a young Muslim boy, I attended a madrassa. Every day, after school, I would carry my Quran and notebooks to the nearby madrassa where we were taught how to read Quran. We were taught Hadith the Prophets sayings and traditions a little bit of jurisprudence and Islamic history among other subjects. We were not taught to hate non-Muslims, though we studied about the battles of Badr, Uhad and Kandakh. We were taught about the virtues of co-existence and Islam was introduced to our young minds as the religion of peace that it really is. It was in my madrassa that I learnt about the importance of peace and how to love and help fellow human beings for the love of God. It is because of my madrassa exposure that I learnt that seeking knowledge was mandatory for both believing men and women. My young mind grasped that Islam taught gender equality. Years later, I had to cite this Hadith to defend Islam, when half-baked mullahs of Taleban banned women from attending schools. But the Taleban, literally meaning students, are a product of madrassas too that operated largely in the North West Frontier Province of Pakistan. I often wonder whether they teach a different Islam in some 50,000-odd Pakistani madrassas. Last week I was in Pakistan, meeting Pakistani leaders and academics with the war on terror and the role of madrassas dominating our discussions. I was told that there were some madrassas that interpreted Islam in such a way that made students see the West as an enemy. But most madrassas are doing a yeomen service to society a fact which the government itself recognises. The politicisation of madrassas began in the 1980s against the backdrop of the Soviet occupation of Afghanistan. The children of early mujahideen attended these madrassas which eventually laid the foundation for the militant leadership that were to emerge in the 1990s. Most madrassas operate on charity basis but my parents paid fees for the education we received at the Colombo madrassa. In response to a question I raised, Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz tried to put the issue in its proper perspective. He said only a mere one per cent of Pakistani students went to madrassas. According to the Prime Minister, madrassas are not bad institutions. They are doing a lot of good work. They give poor children free food and lodging and make them good citizens. But there are a few madrassas only a few which are misleading the youth, the premier said. "Whether there are madrassas or not, things could still happen," he said. His comments came against the backdrop of a move by President Pervez Musharraf to expel foreign students studying in madrassas. Both the President and the Prime Minister are of the view that the madrassa curriculum should be broad-based including subjects such as mathematics, science and information technology. My Christian friends back in Colombo tell me that they are taught not only the fundamentals of Christianity in their seminaries but subjects such as philosophy, economics, politics, sociology and contemporary religion, including Islam. Professor Akbar Ahmed, who holds the Ibn Khaldoun chair of Islamic studies at the American University in Washington, in his book, Islam Under Siege says Muslim societies need to have access to affordable, high quality education so that they can put themselves on par with other developed societies. "Education must not be restricted to the small westernised elite. The majority who benefit from the madrassas must also learn sciences, technology, mass media, and information about the world and its diversity," he says adding that Muslim education needs to emphasise the tolerant and compassionate nature of Islam. Understanding the need to broad base the curriculum in Islamic education institutions, a Sri Lankan philanthropist some two decades ago started an institution called Jamiyah Naeemiyah. The institution at Beruwela, some 50 kms south of Colombo, not only taught Islamic subjects to both male and female students but also secular subjects, leading up to a university degree. But does that mean, if a madrassa student is taught mathematics, science and other subjects which will help him earn a living, he will not turn to extremism? If that is so, Al Qaeda co-leader Ayman Al-Zawah
Re: [IslamCity] Serbia Arrests christian fundamentalist After Shocking Video
This is a good news, at last that there will be, may be or possibly justice for oppressed Muslims of Serbia. But don't believe it, this is another plan of batil to deny the haq.Islahonline <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: These are christian fundamentalist being arrested. http://www.islam-online.net/English/News/2005-06/03/article02.shtml Serbia Arrests Srebrenica Killers After Shocking Video A handout video grab from footage shown at the Hague war crimes tribunal showing the teenage boys shot for being Muslims. (Reuters) BELGRADE, June 3, 2005 (IslamOnline.net & News Agencies) Following the showing of a sickening video depicting anti-Muslim atrocities, Serbian Prime Minister Vojislav Kostunica has announced the arrest of several former soldiers accused of executing Muslims during the 1995 Srebrenica massacre. The soldiers of the so-called "Scorpions" paramilitary unit, then linked to the Serbian interior ministry, are believed to be those shown in a video depicting atrocities which was screened Wednesday during the trial of former Yugoslav president Slobodan Milosevic at the UN tribunal at The Hague, reported Agence France-Presse (AFP). The video, filmed by a Serb soldier but never before seen publicly, showed six Muslim teenage boys with their hands bound and in civilian clothes being unloaded from a truck and shot in the back. The faces of the perpetrators can be seen and their insults to the scared young Muslims can be clearly heard. The film was shot by a member of the Scorpions, according to Reuters. B-92 television said additional footage of two youths who were taken to a house and tortured before being killed was not shown because it was too disturbing. Some 9,000 Muslim men and boys were executed when Bosnian Serb forces backed by the Milosevic regime overran the UN-protected enclave of Srebrenica in eastern Bosnia in 1995. "Since yesterday several suspects implicated in this crime have been arrested," Kostunica said Thursday, June 2, after a meeting UN prosecutor Carla Del Ponte in Belgrade, according to AFP. "It was important to react immediately on the basis of this video which was shocking and terrible for all of us." He did not identify the suspects or reveal how many had been arrested. However a human rights lawyer who helped unearth the video, Natasa Kandic, identified two of them as Pera Petrasevic and Aleksandar Medic, AFP said. Shock Meanwhile, Serbian state television reported that at least ten men, including the alleged commander of the notorious Scorpions unit, were arrested in an ongoing police operation. And Rasim Ljajic, country's top official in charge of cooperation with the UN tribunal, said "more than eight people, suspected of execution of Srebrenica's Muslims" have been arrested in a police operation which had started late Wednesday. "Direct executors were arrested in an operation which will last till all participants in the crime are arrested," Ljajic said. Considered the worst atrocity in Europe since World War II, the massacre has led to genocide charges against suspects including Milosevic, former Bosnian Serb president Radovan Karadzic and his military commander, Ratko Mladic. The video, excerpts of which were shown on Serbian television late Wednesday, came as a deep shock to the former Yugoslav republic where many people continue to deny the massacre took place. Serbia has always denied any involvement in the 1992-95 Bosnian war. But del Ponte said the Scorpions were under the command of the Serbian police and were transferred to Bosnia to join the fighting with police knowledge. In a report issued by UN Secretary General Kofi Annan in 1999, the United Nations admitted it failed to do its part to protect the Muslims of Srebrenica from mass murder. The two men believed responsible for the slaughter, Karadzic and Mladic, have been indicted by the UN tribunal at The Hague for genocide and war crimes but remain at large. In a landmark ruling, the Appeals Chamber of the UN war crimes tribunal confirmed in April, 2004, that the 1995 massacre amounted to a "genocide". Del Ponte said Thursday the arrests were a "brilliant operation" by the Serbian authorities, and urged them to follow up by arresting Mladic and Karadzic. Divide Kostunica declared the arrests after meeting with del Ponte (left). (Reuters) Serbian political leaders are divided over how to reconcile the country to the atrocities committed in the wars that tore the former Yugoslavia apart in the 1990s, and in particular how to cooperate with the UN war crimes court. Kostunica dismisses Del Ponte's claims that Mladic is being protected by rogue elements of the Serbian military, and has accused the tribunal of anti-Serb bias. But his main political rival, President Boris Tadic, said the gruesome video was clear evidence of the "monstrous crimes" committed by Serb forces during Bosnia's 1992-1995 war. "This video is evidence of monstrous crimes which have been committed during the war in
[IslamCity] Article: Ayodhya�s Forgotten Muslim Past
From: Erooth Mohamed To: SecularMinded Cc: Sent: 26 July, 2005 2:59 PM Subject: Ayodhya's Forgotten Muslim Past Article: AyodhyaÂs Forgotten Muslim Past http://www.sabrang.com/news/07nov03.htm The Ayodhya controversy continues to drag on, with no sign of any solution in sight. Hindutva ideologues insist that Ayodhya must be theirs alone. Reinventing tradition and myth, they claim that Ayodhya has always been Hindu, thus promoting it to the status of a Hindu Vatican. Yet, as critical historians have pointed out, this claim is completely unsubstantiated. In his slim yet insightful booklet, Communal History and RamaÂs Ayodhya, Professor Ram Sharan Sharma writes, ÂAyodhya seems to have emerged as a place of religious pilgrimage in medieval times. Although chapter 85 of the Vishnu Smriti lists as many as fifty-two places of pilgrimage, including towns, lakes, rivers, mountains, etc., it does not include Ayodhya in this listÂ. Sharma also notes that Tulsidas, who wrote the Ramcharitmanas in 1574 at Ayodhya, does not mention it as a place of pilgrimage. Long before the emergence of the cult of Rama and of Ayodhya as a place of pilgrimage in the Brahminical tradition, the town is said to have been a holy city for the Buddhists. As Buddhism was forcefully challenged by Brahminical revivalists in early medieval India, many Buddhist shrines were taken over and converted into Hindu temples. It is thus possible that Ayodhya, too, met with the same fate. This explains why some Buddhists today are demanding that they be treated as an interested party in the current dispute. The Buddhist claim is not unfounded. According to Buddhist tradition, Ayodhya, then known as Saket or Kosala, was a major city in the kingdom of Shuddhodhana, father of the Buddha. The fifth century Chinese traveler Fa-hsien visited Ayodhya and mentioned a tooth-stick of the Buddha in the town that grew to a length of seven cubits, which, despite being destroyed by the Brahmins, managed to grow again. Two centuries later, another Chinese Buddhist traveler Hsuien Tsang came to Ayodhya, where he noted some three thousand Buddhist monks with only a small number of townÂs other inhabitants adhering to other faiths. At this time Ayodhya had some one hundred Buddhist monasteries and ten large Buddhist temples. The Hindutva argument that Ayodhya has always been a Hindu holy city is, as this clearly suggests, patently untenable. In the Hindutva imagination, the relation between Muslims and Ayodhya is one characterized by continuous large-scale destruction and bloodshed. Serious historians have forcefully challenged this image, and have pointed to the fact that the spread of Islam and the emergence of Muslim communities in the area owed principally not to violent invaders but, rather, to the peaceful missionary work of Sufi saints. Considerably before the emergence of Ayodhya as the centre of the cult of Rama, it appears that several Sufis had settled in the town. With their message of love and compassion, based on an ethical monotheism, they attracted a large number of followers, particularly among the Âlow castes, victims of the Brahminical caste system. In other words, AyodhyaÂs association with Islam and Muslims dates to a period much before the construction of the Babri Masjid in the sixteenth century. As many local Muslims themselves believe, Ayodhya is a particularly blessed town. They consider it to be the ÂKhurd Mecca or the Âsmall Mecca because of the large number of Muslim holy personages who are believed to be buried therein. These include, or so local tradition has it, two prophets, Hazrat Sheesh, son of Adam, and Noah, or Hazrat Nuh. In addition, there are said to be more than eighty Sufi shrines or dargahs in Ayodhya. Interestingly, most of these shrines attract both Muslim as well as Hindu devotees. A number of Sufis seem to have made Ayodhya their centre for spiritual teaching and instruction from as early as the twelfth century. One of the first of these was one Qazi Qidwatuddin Awadhi, who came to Ayodhya from Central Asia. He is said to have been a disciple of Hazrat Usman Haruni, the spiritual preceptor of IndiaÂs most famous Sufi saint, Khwaja Moinuddin Chishti of Ajmer. Another great Muslim mystic of Ayodhya of pre-Mughal times was Shaikh Jamal Gujjari, of the Firdaussiya Sufi silsilah. According to a popular local story, the Shaikh would regularly go out of his house carrying a large pot of rice on his head, as the men of the Gujjar milkmen caste did, which he would distribute among the poor and the destitute of Ayodhya. This is how he earned the title of ÂGujjariÂ. His spiritual preceptor, Musa Ashiqan, who also lies buried in Ayodhya, would liken his distributing food among the poor to sharing the love of God with all mankind. Ayodhya also seems to have been home to a number of spiritual successors of the renowned fourteenth century Sufi of Delhi, Khwaja Nizamuddin Auliya. The most important of these wa
[IslamCity] Re: Indonesia, Aceh Separatists Reach Peace Deal(http://www.islamonline.net/English/News/2005-07/17/article03.shtml)
I hope the peace deal is not torpedoed by extremist elements of the army from the era of the murderer Suharto. sahannan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Indonesia, Aceh Separatists Reach Peace Deal
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HELSINKI, July 17, 2005 (IslamOnline.net & News Agencies) Indonesia's government and Aceh separatists reached an agreement to bring peace to the troubled province after a 30-year conflict and will sign a memo of understanding on August 15.
"The memorandum details the agreement and the principles that will guide the transformation process in Aceh," the government and the Free Aceh Movement (GAM) said on Sunday, July 17, after marathon talks in Helsinki, reported Agence France-Presse (AFP).
The agreement is to bring a "peaceful, comprehensive and sustainable solution" to end a conflict that has raged in the province since 1976 and cost nearly 15,000 lives.
Both sides agreed that "no substantive changes" will be introduced to the initialed memorandum before it is signed on August 15 in Finland.
No details of Sunday's deal were made public, but the statement said that it covers the governing of Aceh, including political participation, as well as the questions of human rights, amnesty and reintegration into society, security arrangements, and dispute settlement.
Both sides also agreed to establish a monitoring mission in the province to check on progress which they hoped would be run by the EU and a number of Asian countries.
GAM wanted to form its own party while Jakarta resisted changes to election laws requiring all local parties to have a national presence.
It has given up its historic demand for independence for the province on Sumatra island, which has rich deposits of natural gas.
The peace deal will involve GAM fighters laying down their arms and getting an amnesty and Indonesian troops withdrawing.
It may also mean the return to Aceh of the political leaders of GAM from three decades of exile in Stockholm with the ageing Prince Hasan di Tiro whom they consider their head of state.
The devoutly Muslim province of 4 million people on the northern tip of the island of Sumatra has been a battleground since 1976 when GAM launched its campaign for independence, angered by what it said was Jakarta's exploitation of the province's resources.
When they convened for a first round of Helsinki talks in January it was the first time the parties had come face to face since May 2003, when Jakarta declared martial law and launched a major military offensive in Aceh.
The renewed efforts to make peace were prompted by a need for international aid to reach Aceh, which bore the brunt of last December's tsunami which killed more than 131,000 people in the province.
"Historic"
"It is a historic moment, we finally reach a peaceful settlement," said Djalil (L).
"It is a historic moment, we finally reach a peaceful settlement that has been longed for so many years by the people of Aceh and by the people of Indonesia," Indonesian Information Minister Sofyan Djalil told Reuters.
"Society can live peacefully and we can rebuild Aceh after it has been destroyed by the tsunami," he said.
Djalil called the deal on GAM's political future a "middle way" between GAM wanting to form a party and Jakarta worrying it would require changes to the constitution and might encourage other religious and ethnic groups to seek similar status.
Despite the announcement, Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono remained adamant Sunday on the establishment of local political parties in Aceh.
"I have repeatedly explained that the Indonesian political party system is a national system," he said.
Yudhoyono said that Jakarta would "not readily allow the establishment of local political parties."
He added that the separatists will have "political rights, that along with the other elements in Aceh they have opportunities to take part in the existing political process".
Following a grueling day of negotiations on Saturday, July 16, GAM announced confidently that the final sticking point in the talks, local political participation in the province, had been resolved.
The group said it was "pleased to announce that, in negotiation with the government of Indonesia ..., it has reached an in-principle agreement on the question of the establishment of local political parties in Aceh".
GAM spokesman Bakhtiar Abdullah told AFP on Wednesday, July 13 that an "amazingly surprising" advances have been made in the peace talks.
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[IslamCity] UK Muslims Vow to Help Govt. Fight Extremism--meeting with Mr. Blair(http://www.islamonline.net/English/News/2005-07/19/article05.shtml)
7/20/2005 12:40:00 PM GMT
Western "double standards" as well as decades of British and American interference in the oil-rich Middle East led to July 7 bombings, London Mayor Ken Livingstone said.
Mr. Livingstone told BBC radio on Wednesday that the attacks would not have taken place if Western powers left Arab states free to decide their own fate after World War I.
While denouncing the London attacks that left at least 56 killed, Mr. Livingstone said that he knew what exactly motivated the bombers.
He said that Western countries have been interfering in the Middle East over fears of losing their fuel supplies.
"I think you've just had 80 years of western intervention into predominantly Arab lands because of the western need for oil. We've propped up unsavory governments, we've overthrown ones we didn't consider sympathetic.
"And I think the particular problem we have at the moment is that in the 1980s... the Americans recruited and trained Osama Bin Laden, taught him how to kill, to make bombs, and set him off to kill the Russians and drive them out of Afghanistan.
"They didn't give any thought to the fact that once he'd done that he might turn on his creators," he said.
The London Mayor also criticized the "double standards" by Western powers. "A lot of young people see the double standards, they see what happens in Guantanamo Bay, and they just think that there isn't a just foreign policy," he said.
"Totally unrepresentative"
Mr. Livingstone also criticized news agencies that represents British Muslims in a "totally unrepresentative" manner.
Mr. Livingstone also defended a leading Muslim cleric whom he invited to speak at a conference in Manchester next month.
Some people have alleged that Sheikh Youssef al-Qardawi encouraged "suicide bombings" and affected the minds of the suspected London bombers.
"What Sheikh al-Qaradawi pointed out was, given that the Palestinians do not have jet fighters and do not have tanks, they only have their bodies to use. I do not think he is actually urging people to go out and become suicide bombers," Mr. Livingstone said.
"All information I have received is that [he has] condemned the London bombings unequivocally as wholly incompatible with Islam."
Sheikh Qaradawi, also a trustee of the Oxford University Center for Islamic Studies, had strongly denounced the attacks. "We were dumbfounded by the grave news of the London bombings which killed tens and wounded hundreds of innocent people who committed no crime," he said after the bombings.
On the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, he said that it is unacceptable that Israel goes on "indiscriminately destroying homes simply because a [Palestinian] bomber came from that area. I don't believe in an eye for an eye. I don't believe in that punishment."
Sheikh Qradawi also called for distinguishing between the Israeli occupation and the Jews themselves. "We do not fight Israelis because they are Jews, but because they took our land, killed our children and profaned our holy places," he said.
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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."
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Haji Shariatullah Haji Shariatullah was an eminent Islamic reformer and brave freedom fighter of Bangladesh. The district of Shariatpur is named after him. He was born in 1781 in a petty Talukdar family at the village Shamail under the then Madaripur sub-division of greater Faridpur district. His father was Abdul Jalil Talukdar. He lost his father at the age of 8 years and was brought-up by his uncle Azimuddin. After his primary education he went to Calcutta and got admitted to Barashat Aliya Madrasa. He then received education from famous Madrassa of Furfura, Murshidabad. He emigrated to Makkah in 1799, returned to Bangladesh in 1818 (nineteen years after) and started an Islamic revivalist reform movement, akin to the contemporary Arabian Wahhabism. The movement he started came to be popularly known as the Faraizi Movement. His reform movement was basically religious; but it touched upon various other aspects of the society. He may be characterised as an Islamic revivalist, a social reformer, a populist peasant leader and a freedom fighter. These traits were symptomatic of the devastating malaise which had taken hold of the people of Bengal who were then smarting under the unhampered misrule, loot and plunder of the English East India Company. While going to the holy Makkah in 1799 at the age of 18, he left behind a demurred, anguished, thrown over, unprotected people bemoaning at the suppression and repression of the British occupier indigo planters who lorded over them. The planters had by the side of them an equally outlandish corporation of Hindu Marwary zaminders who purchased large-scale zamindari estates under the terms and conditions of the permanent settlement of 1793. A third group of agents, popularly called gomastas of the private businesses of the officers of the East India Company, who were also mainly Marwaris and their Bengali associates, took under their monopoly control river ports and markets all over the country. The combined perpetration of violence and extortion turned the people into serfs and slaves of the type of Medieval Europe; the violent social change was termed by the contemporary annual report of the English Police Commissioner as a 'loathsome revolution'. Shariatullah returned home in 1818, devoutly educated in religious learning and Arabic literature, schooled under the supervision of the great Islamic theologians of the time at Makkah with unbroken scholarships for nearly two decades. His stay at Arabia from 1799 to 1818 coincided with the rise of the Mawahhidun revolution miscalled Wahhabism of Arabia. He met Abdul Wahhab and was greatly influenced by his thoughts. The revolutionary religious spirit of Islamic revivalism that set the Arab's heart boiling, remained throbbing and afresh. Shariatullah came back with a burning sparkle of the same revivalist fire, which he tried to introduce in Bengal. In 1818, Haji Shariatullah started his reform movement, which came to be known as the Faraizi, spread far and wide and became popular also in the neighbouring areas of greater Dhaka, Barisal and Comilla districts during the lifetime of the Haji. He emphasized on holding correct faith in the Tawheed (Unity of Allah) and on the Prophethood of Muhammad (peace and blessings of Allah be on him) as well as on abstaining strictly from associating any false gods and goddesses with Him (shirk). Secondly, he laid extraordinary emphasis on performing the compulsory religious duties of Islam, by which he meant all necessary and mandatory duties, such as five times daily prayers (Salat/Namaz), payment of poverty alleviation religious taxes (Zakat), fasting in the mouth of Ramadan (Saum/Roza) and performance of Hajj, which are Faraiz (compulsory duties) and hence the movement was known as Faraizi Andolon. Besides, he emphasized on the unity and brotherhood of the Muslims and equality of mankind; he condemned caste discrimination, which had contaminated the Muslim society. He vehemently condemned numerous un-Islamic customs, usage and polytheistic accretions that had crept into the Muslim society by contagion of the practices of the non-Muslim neighbours. Following the classical doctrines of the Muslim legal experts as noted down in Hedaya, he declared British India as a Dar- al- harb (an state of war) and called the Muslims to fight for freedom against the occupation power. In the socio-economic field, following the injunctions of the Quran to the effect that there is nothing due to man except the fruits of his own strivings, he declared that zamindars created under the Permanent Settlement had no right on the agricultural crops produced by the tillers of the land. He instructed his followers not to participate in the Puja festivities of the polytheistic Hindu neighbours, but also not to pay any crop-levy imposed on them by the zamindars, besides the legal revenues fixed by the rent-roll of the government. This policy aroused the opposition of the newly
Re: [IslamCity] Chinese women embrace Islam after learning Arabic
This is a good news for Muslims. But these Chinese after embracing Islam should not take for granted that they can inter-marry with the locals or treated as equal to their arab hosts. The arab elites are narrow nationalists, they trust yahud and nassara more than the Muslims. They wouldn't even care if their women are raped and dishonoured (like Iraq, Palestine) by yahud and nassarra. But if a couple falls in love and desires to marry they have to be both Arabs. Non arab muslims born in Arab countries are not granted the nationality of the city of birth. Islahonline <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Copyright 2005 Financial Times InformationAll rights reservedBy Daniel Bardsley, Staff ReporterChinese women embrace Islam after learning ArabicA programme to build links between Arabs and Chinese residents in theUAE has attracted dozens of people."Now that I know some Arabic, I can connect with Arab people better. Ican carry on a simple conversation with them ..."Authorities said they are delighted with the response to a new schemeto teach Arabic to some of the 80,000 Chinese people living in Dubai.Chinese women who have lived in the UAE for as long as eight years arenow learning their first words of the country's official language.Many are thinking of embracing Islam after their newfound languageskills gave them the chance to read the Quran in Arabic.The Women's New Muslim Section at the Islamic Affairs Department beganits Arabic lessons for Chinese women last month.The
free-of-charge programme - which involves twice-weekly lecturesuntil the end of the year now has 25 students with more expected to join.Huda Al Kaabi, Head of the Women's New Muslim Section, said it wasimportant for expatriates to be able to communicate with Arabs."We want to help women in their businesses and in their lives here inthe UAE," Al Kaabi said. "Most of the Chinese cannot speak Englishusually they can only speak a Chinese language [Mandarin or Cantonese]so it is useful for them to connect with the people of Dubai."Most did not know anything about Arabic and Muslim people before theystarted the programme."Similar programmes to teach Arabic to Russian and Filipina women havebeen held before, but this is the first time Chinese women have beengiven the chance.The lessons are given by Sefia Kamal, a 37-year-old Chinese women, whowas a Muslim before she left her native country.She said the
lessons included teaching the history of Arabs and Arabicand also allowing students to gain a better understanding of thecountry in which they are living."Some of the women are in business, some of them are managers and somework in hotels. There is a wide variety," Kamal said.Chinese men have asked to join the programme and Al Kaabi said infuture Arabic lessons could be offered for them.Fewer than half a dozen of the women learning Arabic are Muslims, butmany have said they are keen to learn more about Islam.Xu Zheng Rong, a 45-year-old from China, who joined the programme lastmonth, has embraced the religion, changing her name to Wafa."Now that I know some Arabic, I can connect with Arab people better,"she told Gulf News. "I can carry on a simple conversation with themand tell them what I feel."
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Re: [IslamCity] SHIAS AND SUNNIS - THE DIFFERENCE BY ALLAMA KHALID MEHMOOD
West Misjudged, Mistreated Islam: Swiss Expert
Rising Islamophobia is the result of the Wests shallow dealing with and misunderstanding of Islam, said Hottinger.
By Tamer Abul Einein, IOL Correspondent
GENEVA, June 26, 2005 (IslamOnline.net) The West has misjudged Islam and done it injustice, largely because of shallow knowledge of the Muslim faith driven from the distorted writings of early Orientalists, a prominent Swiss expert has said.
Rising Islamophobia is the result of the Wests shallow dealing with and misunderstanding of Islam, Arnold Hottinger, who spent 50 years in the Middle East reporting for the leading Neue Zurcher Zeitung newspaper, told a day-long seminar organized by the Paulus Akademie.
Hottinger, a fluent speaker of Arabic, faulted the West for portraying Muslims as the terrifying neighbor for long centuries.
"Early Orientlists and churchmen only portrayed Islam as a religion of violence and wars" he told his attentive audience.
This image found its way into textbooks, turning the Muslim world to a terrifying neighbor, which is a major injustice to Islam.
Hottinger has authored a number of books about the Muslim world in addition to writing many articles and giving lectures.
Negative Image
The Swiss expert said Islam is a melting pot for people of different ethnic and cultural backgrounds, a fact, he said, that is hard for the West to conceive.
No textbook in the West explains how Islam rapidly grew in Asia, which is home to the majority of Muslims worldwide, Hottinger said.
When the Muslim immigrants came to Europe, a negative image of Islam was already deeply-rooted.
The Swiss expert also shed light on Europe's bad history of imperialism and colonialism in Arab and Muslim countries.
He cited Europes role in the dissolution of the Ottoman Empire, causing many ethnic and border conflicts still raving in several Arab and Muslim countries.
When the First World War (1914-18) broke out, the Ottoman Empire broke neutrality and fought on the side of the Central Powers.
The Ottomans were eventually defeated by the Allies in the Balkans, Thrace, Syria, Palestine and Iraq and its territories were colonized by the victors.
EU & Turkey
On Turkeys bid to join the European Union, Hottinger said refusal to allow the admission of Muslim but secular Turkey would be a big mistake.
He cautioned that such a position would have major consequences as it would prove the view of "Muslim extremists" that the West is not willing to make any rapprochement with Islam and Muslims.
It will also prove that Europe is a Christians-only continent and will cast doubts on efforts to bridge the gaps between the two sides.
Last December, the European Union agreed to open membership talks with Turkey to join the 25-nation bloc.
The Swiss expert warned that a possible "no" will also have more negative consequences on Turkeys domestic front.
The Turkish Army would see the concessions made to join the EU fruitless, which would cause relapse on democratic reforms in the country.
Islamic Identity
Hottinger opined that any attempt to strip Turkey of its Islamic identity is doomed, saying even Mustafa Kemal Ataturk, the founder of the secular republic in Turkey failed to do this.
In the first democratic elections according to western standards, the Turkish people elected Islamists, he said.
Further highlighting his point, Hottinger cited failed attempts by the communist rule to strip Muslims in Central Asian republics of their Islamic identity.
During my visits to Central Asian republics after gaining independence following the collapse of the Communist rule, every body I met was keen on reaffirming his Islamic identity, he recalled.
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Re: [IslamCity] Are shrimps makrooh
Once a man from Kuffa came and asked a pious man for his fatwah whether to kill small animal "halal or haram". The pious man exclaimed, look here a man from Kuffa has come after his country men have killed the grand son of the prophet? This is just my thought. Please carry on with your discussions.[EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Aslam alakum,I am asking this because the Hanafis believe thatShrimps are makrooh. I hae been searching for adaleel which states (directly or indirectly from ImamAbu Haneefa) but have been unsucessful in finding thisout.The rest of the 3 madhabs do not believe that eatingshrimps are makrooh. This is because of the versethat anything from the sea is halal.Can anyone give me some solid proof and please quotesome authentic books.Jazkallah Khair,Shahab__Do You Yahoo!?Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com ***{Invite (mankind, O Muhammad ) to the Way
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Re: [IslamCity] Pakistani Court Orders Rearrest of Gang Rape Suspects(http://www.islamonline.net/English/News/2005-06/28/article02.shtml)
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Pakistani Court Orders Rearrest of Gang Rape Suspects
"I am very happy. I am feeling highly satisfied," said an emotional Mai. (Reuters)
Additional Reporting By Umer Farooq, IOL Correspondent
ISLAMABAD, June 28, 2005 (IslamOnline.net & News Agencies) - Pakistan's Supreme Court on Tuesday, June 29, ordered the rearrest of 13 men linked to the gang rape of a woman, including members of a village council that reportedly sanctioned the assault.
"Non-bailable warrants of arrest of the respondents... are issued," Supreme Court Chief Justice Iftikhar Chaudhry told the court, reported Agence France-Presse (AFP).
The court began Monday, June 27, examining an appeal by the raped victim, Mukhtaran Mai, against the acquittal earlier this year of five of the men who are to be detained.
Chief Justice Chaudhry said the court had suspended the earlier controversial acquittals and said it would hear appeals from both Mai and the suspects at a later date.
He ordered the police inspector general in the central province of Punjab to arrest the men and hand them over to judicial custody.
"They should be treated as under-trial prisoners," Chaudhry added.
Mai was raped in June 2002 on the orders of a village council in the remote village of Meerwala as punishment for her then 12-year-old brother who was seen in the company of woman of the tribe.
The council reportedly summoned Mai to apologize for the conduct of her brother, but was instead dragged to a nearby hut and gang raped.
In August 2002, a Labour lower court sentenced six men to death and cleared eight others.
But Lahore High Court acquitted five of them on March 3 over lack of evidence and commuted the sentence of the sixth to life imprisonment.
The Federal Shari`ah Court, constituted in the mid 1980s to examine criminal and civil cases on the touch stone of Islamic Shari`ah, reversed the acquittal and declared the accused guilty.
Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz then ordered all 13 suspects to be locked up under the maintenance of public order act when Mai voiced fears they would harm her and her family.
However a three-judge review board of the Lahore High Court this month released them once more.
A week later, the Supreme Court decided to take up the case itself.
Pakistan has a complicated court and legal system that is based on Anglo-Saxon jurisprudence.
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"This is not a case of simple rape, it was an act of terrorism," said Ahsan (R). (Reuters)
Mai expressed jubilation at the rearrest order.
"I am very happy. I am feeling highly satisfied," said an emotional Mai, her head covered with a traditional blue, green and white scarf, as she embraced women's rights activists outside the court.
She has complained that her safety would be under threat if the suspects were allowed to roam free.
"I have high hopes. I hope the original verdict will be upheld and that my attackers will be punished," Mai told reporters Monday after the first day hearing.
Her lawyer Aitzaz Ahsan, a renowned politician, confirmed that among those to be rearrested are members of the village council who ordered the rape.
"This is not a case of simple rape, it was an act of terrorism," he said outside the court.
"It was meant to create terror and fear in the community."
Naeem Mirza, director of women rights group the Aurat Foundation, said the decision to rearrest the suspects and suspend the acquittals was a "landmark".
"Hopefully the defects in the laws relating to crimes against women will be rectified when the Supreme Court examines this case," he told AFP.
Right from the start Mai's ordeal attracted world attention as most of the international human rights organizations condemned the crime as well as the later acquittals.
Pakistans NGOs and human rights bodies have also been taking keen interests in the case.
The case recently became a mud slinging match between government and NGOs, especially after President Pervez Musharraf banned Mai from traveling to the US fearing this would tarnish the country's image.
The victim, who has had her passport confiscated, still complains of severe surveillance by the government departments and police.
The travel ban drew international condemnation, particularly from human rights groups.
The US said it was "dismayed" and Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice secured a personal pledge from Pakistani Foreign Minister Khurshid Kasuri to lift the ban.
On Monday Mai said the government had finally returned her confiscated passport.
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[IslamCity] Re:Malaysia Seeks Dramatic OIC Reform (interview)(http://www.islamonline.net/English/News/2005-06/28/article04.shtml)
Muslim rulers want fame and not real reforms. Example: Malaysia needs cheap labour from its neighbours to do harvesting and other menial jobs. But when the workers come from Indonesia, Bangladesh, Burma, etc. they are caught caned and paid very low, low wages. This is unislam and injustice. Even UN condemned the actions of Malaysian government of ill treating the foreign workers.sahannan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Malaysia Seeks Dramatic OIC Reform (interview) By Abdulhadi Ahmed, IOL Staff DOHA, June 28, 2005 (IslamOnline.net) - Malaysia, the current chair of the Organization of Islamic Conference (OIC), is a staunch support of reforming the pan-Muslim body. It believes that the OIC urgently needs dramatic changes, including a new charter, name and decision-making mechanism, to face the daunting challenges ahead. Malaysian Foreign Minister Syed Hamid Albar maintains that at the age of globalization and economic blocs, the OIC can not remain a political umbrella and needs to activate economic cooperation and integration among member states. Following is a transcript of an interview IslamOnline.net had with the top diplomat on the sidelines of the two-day summit of the G77 and China, hosted by Doha on June 18-19. What are the problems hindering the OIC? The real problem with the OIC is that we present only an organization of conference countries. We are not an organization as such. We are a loose movement and we dont have enough money, we dont have the support in order to for us to be like any other regional organizations or multilateral organizations. We are not able to meet the challenges of today, so we must have a research group within the OIC, we must have a very a strong secretariat that would be able to improve the image of Islamic countries. What are the main ideas for reforming the OIC? When the OIC was born it was a result of the burning of Al-Aqsa mosque. Since then we have expanded our activities into various areas, so the OIC definitely has to move with facts, has to be updated. We are moving into a world of globalization, we are moving into a world that is full of liberalization of market, of economy, and the OIC cant remain just purely a political body. There are a lot of advantages by us working together for our economic wellbeing and benefits. So I think in this direction, the OIC as a secretariat has to be revitalized, has to be restructured in order to meet the new challenges of the 21st century. And the OIC as an organization has to be updated, which means we have to look at our charter, not only the issue of Palestine that is important, the issue of economic cooperation, the issue of globalization, the issue of relationship with other regional organizations, with other countries, what is the position of a Muslim minority in non-Muslim country, how do we project the image of Islam as being a religion of peace, so all these are new dictates and new demands that we work very closely interfacing with the world. The present world look at Islam and Muslim equal to terrorism so we must change this mindset of the west, we must create a dialogue, we must create that it is not Islam that is wrong, the extremism has nothing to do with the religion, so I think we need to change the way we move. like Malaysia, we talk about a new approach of Islam Hadari, manhaj Hadari, the process of creating a Muslim who believes in Iman and taqwa but at the same time he is progressing, he is modern, rely on knowledge, he is fair to the minority, he is fair to women, he wants to create progress, he seeks knowledge, this is what Hadari is, civlizational approach of Islam, of this humanistic civilizational approach of Islam, so people understand that Islam that one time was the bastion of civilization can now come back to become one, not to be in conflict with others, but to be part of the mainstream of international relations and of international politics, at present we are much marginalized. So the OIC needs new name and charter? I think it is not only the name change, the name we want to do it because we think in the name also there would be a change in the mindset but possible Muslim countries must make mohasaba within themselves. So in order for you to change you must look at yourself so I we look at ourselves critically , then we only will be able to change. What about the charter, are you talking about re-writing the charter? I think the charter needs to be updated in order for the OIC to be developed, the present charter is not satisfactory, there are quite number of elements that are not in the charter that make things unclear and very difficult for us to move, in order to change the organization of Islamic countries since set as a conference body, the present discord is the OIC. We want to see, not conference countries, but of Islamic states, so people can set the terms, they can set the parameters of membership. OK. Will there be new conditions for OIC membership? No, I
[IslamCity] Prominent human rights activist murdered by Suharto's Thugs, let us see now what happens
SBY vows to bring Munir's murderers to court of justice
Muninggar Sri Saraswati, The Jakarta Post/Jakarta
The government-sanctioned team assigned to help the police in investigating the murder of prominent human rights activist Munir handed over the report of their six-months of work to President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono on Friday.
Susilo told the team that he was committed to bring the perpetrators of the murder to justice.
The President said he would hold a meeting on Monday with National Police Chief Gen. Da'i Bakhtiar, Indonesia Military Chief Gen. Endriartono Sutarto, Attorney General Abdul Rahman Saleh, Head of the National Intelligence Agency (BIN) Syamsir Siregar, Coordinating Minister for Political, Legal and Security Affairs Widodo Adi Sucipto and Minister of Justice and Human Rights Hamid Awaluddin to discuss ways to follow up on the team's report.
"The report will be analyzed to seek alternative steps to follow it up," Cabinet Minister Sudi Silalahi told the press after the closed-door meeting at the Merdeka Palace.
The meeting was attended by all members of the team, including team head Brig. Gen. Marsudhi Hanafi, deputy Asmara Nababan and members Usman Hamid, Rachland Nashidik, Hendardi, Kamala Candra Kirana and Domo Sihite.
The President, however, did not set a deadline for the police to wrap up the investigation into the murder. Sudi said that Susilo is not used to setting deadlines, but he expects it to finish "very soon".
Marsudhi, whose team's mandate expired on Thursday, said that the team would not disclose the report to the public. The report consists of conclusions and recommendations to follow up the investigation.
The team was set up late last year following the murder of Munir on board a Garuda flight from Jakarta to Amsterdam in September. According to the autopsy report, Munir died from arsenic poisoning. The team had previously said that there was no need for another extension of their mandate, saying that the results of their work was sufficient for police to wrap up the case.
Sudi said that Susilo fully appreciated the fact that the team did not find any indication of any involvement by the Indonesian Military. However, he refused to answer as to whether there was any involvement of retired members of the military in the murder of Munir, who had been a strong critic of human rights abuses by the military in the past.
Sudi asserted that the President would let the case be settled by law.
Usman said that the team had recommended that the President put pressure on the Police and the National Intelligence Agency (BIN) to cooperate in the investigation process.
"We do not doubt the President, but it remains a question whether government institutions (under the President) support (his) efforts," he said.
Meanwhile, former BIN chief A.M. Hendropriyono met with the Press Council on Friday to complain about reports in several news publications alleging his involvement in the killing of Munir. However, he said he was not considering legal action.
He said he did not expect the Press Council to take any further action, but just to listen to his complaints.
Hendropriyono, who was accompanied by his brother and two children, met with deputy chairman of the council R.H. Siregar and members Leo Batubara, Amir Effendi Siregar, Hinca Panjaitan and Lukas Luwarso.
With regard to the Munir case, Hendropriyono said that media coverage had been unfair. In fact, he said, the press had passed judgment on him in a practice commonly known as "trial by the press." (004)
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[IslamCity] Just shut down!
http://www.nytimes.com/2005/05/27/opinion/27friedman.html?hp=&pagewanted=print * Just Shut It Down By THOMAS L. FRIEDMAN London Shut it down. Just shut it down. I am talking about the war-on-terrorism P.O.W. camp at Guantánamo Bay. Just shut it down and then plow it under. It has become worse than an embarrassment. I am convinced that more Americans are dying and will die if we keep the Gitmo prison open than if we shut it down. So, please, Mr. President, just shut it down. If you want to appreciate how corrosive Guantánamo has become for America's standing abroad, don't read the Arab press. Don't read the Pakistani press. Don't read the Afghan press. Hop over here to London or go online and just read the British press! See what our closest allies are saying about Gitmo. And when you get done with that, read the Australian press and the Canadian press and the German press. It is all a variation on the theme of a May 8 article in The Observer of London that begins, "An American soldier has revealed shocking new details of abuse and sexual torture of prisoners at Guantánamo Bay in the first high-profile whistle-blowing account to emerge from inside the top-secret base." Google the words "Guantánamo Bay and Australia" and what comes up is an Australian ABC radio report that begins: "New claims have emerged that prisoners at Guantánamo Bay are being tortured by their American captors, and the claims say that Australians David Hicks and Mamdouh Habib are among the victims." Just another day of the world talking about Guantánamo Bay. Why care? It's not because I am queasy about the war on terrorism. It is because I want to win the war on terrorism. And it is now obvious from reports in my own paper and others that the abuse at Guantánamo and within the whole U.S. military prison system dealing with terrorism is out of control. Tell me, how is it that over 100 detainees have died in U.S. custody so far? Heart attacks? This is not just deeply immoral, it is strategically dangerous. I can explain it best by analogy. For several years now I have argued that Israel needed to get out of the West Bank and Gaza, and behind a wall, as fast as possible. Not because the Palestinians are right and Israel wrong. It's because Israel today is surrounded by three large trends. The first is a huge population explosion happening all across the Arab world. The second is an explosion of the worst interpersonal violence between Israelis and Palestinians in the history of the conflict, which has only recently been defused by a cease-fire. And the third is an explosion of Arabic language multimedia outlets - from the Internet to Al Jazeera. What was happening around Israel at the height of the intifada was that the Arab multimedia explosion was taking the images of that intifada explosion and feeding them to the Arab population explosion, melding in the minds of a new generation of Arabs and Muslims that their enemies were J.I.A. - "Jews, Israel and America." That is an enormously toxic trend, and I hope Israel's withdrawal from Gaza will help deprive it of oxygen. I believe the stories emerging from Guantánamo are having a similar toxic effect on us - inflaming sentiments against the U.S. all over the world and providing recruitment energy on the Internet for those who would do us ill. Husain Haqqani, a thoughtful Pakistani scholar now teaching at Boston University, remarked to me: "When people like myself say American values must be emulated and America is a bastion of freedom, we get Guantánamo Bay thrown in our faces. When we talk about the America of Jefferson and Hamilton, people back home say to us: 'That is not the America we are dealing with. We are dealing with the America of imprisonment without trial.' " Guantánamo Bay is becoming the anti-Statue of Liberty. If we have a case to be made against any of the 500 or so inmates still in Guantánamo, then it is high time we put them on trial, convict as many possible (which will not be easy because of bungled interrogations) and then simply let the rest go home or to a third country. Sure, a few may come back to haunt us. But at least they won't be able to take advantage of Guantánamo as an engine of recruitment to enlist thousands more. I would rather have a few more bad guys roaming the world than a whole new generation. "This is not about being for or against the war," said Michael Posner, the executive director of Human Rights First, which is closely following this issue. "It is about doing it right. If we are going to transform the Middle East, we have to be law-abiding and uphold the values we want them to embrace - otherwise it is not going to work." __Abdul Wahid Osman Belal <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: asnmsn asnasn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: To: [EMAIL PROT
[IslamCity] Muslims want reforms in Masjids of America !
RESPONSE to Jamaat's REPORT ON QAZWINI's $14 Million Mosque. These Show Places are the Problem all over USA.
We need more Islamic schools and recreations facilities yet more communities build show place masaajid. Where are the priorities of the Muslims? We can build schools with gymnasiums, pray in the school gym and then build a masjid, etc. We could host entertainment for our young people in the gym and keep them from wanting to be with those who are not practicing Islam and wanting to go with their school friends to parties where all types of activities that will harm them take place.
Our leadership is so gender biased that anything that has to do with or primarily serves women and children does not really matter. Who are in schools? Women are usually the teachers and children the students. When will we learn? I find it strange that most of them can't find $100 a month to give to any charities not controlled by ISNA, ICNA, WD Mohammed or some other male dominated organization. How blind and so very tragic. When will we learn? These show place masaajid will not house one program to help anyone and definitely will not house a child or woman in trouble for three days even if they have nowhere else to go. ma salaamHadayai MajeedMuslim Women's Political
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{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]
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