[media-dakwah] Para TERORIS sejati...
Mantan Mendagri Inggris Mengaku Perintahkan Bom Al-Jazeera Jumat, 13 Okt 06 09:56 WIB Mantan Menteri Dalam Negeri Inggris Inggris, David Blunkett mengatakan, ia telah menyuruh PM Tony Blair agar militer Inggris membom stasiun televisi Al-Jazeera di Baghdad saat invasi AS ke negeri 1001 malam itu pada tahun 2003. Blunket mengungkapkan hal tersebut dalam wawancara dengan stasiun televisi di Inggris *Channel 4* yang disiarkan Senin (9/10). Pernyataan Blunket ini makin meyakinkan pihak Aljaseera bahwa AS dan Inggris telah dengan sengaja membom kantor perwakilannya di Baghdad saat perang berlangsung. Pemimpin Redaksi *Aljazeera,* Ahmad Al-Syeikh mengungkapkan, pernyataan Blunkett itu menambah bukti-bukti yang suatu hari akan membuktikan bahwa serangan terjadap Al-Jazeera Baghdad sudah direncanakan, pada tingkat yang paling tinggi. Aljazeera pada saat itu sudah ditargetkan karena orang-orang yang melancarkan perang Irak tidak suka dengan apa yang ditampilkan Aljazeera, kata Al-Syeikh. Kita bicara soal terorisme, inilah teroris yang sebenarnya, sambungnya. Syeikh menyatakan, Aljazeera akan meminta pernyataan resmi dari pemerintah Inggris soal klaim Blunkett tersebut. Dulu, kita sudah menghubungi AS dan mendesak mereka untuk minta maaf atau atau melakukan investigasi. Tapi sampai sekarang kita tidak pernah mendengar apapun dari mereka, imbuh Al-Syeikh. Kali ini kita juga akan menyampaikan keluhan, lanjutnya seraya mengatakan Aljazeera akan segera mengeluarkan pernyataan resmi tentang pernyataan Blunkett itu. *Pengakuan Blunkett* Dalam wawancara dengan Channel 4, Blunkett yang sedang mempromosikan buku barunya mengakui, dirinya mengatakan pada Tony Blair bahwa peralatan transmisi stasiun televisi Al-Jazeera selayaknya menjadi target serangan karena telah menyiarkan apa yang ia sebut sebagai 'propaganda'. Tidak ada kekhawatiran bagi saya, karena saya yakin bahwa ini adalah perang dan dalam perang anda tidak akan membiarkan siaran semacam itu berlanjut, kata Blunket. Ia melanjutkan, Saya tidak memikirkan dulu barang semenit, dalam perang kemarin kita merasa perlu berpikir dua kali untuk memastikan bahwa mekanisme propaganda di negara yang anda sedang invasi akan terus diberi peluang melakukan propaganda untuk melawan anda. Dua minggu setelah Blunkett menekan PM Tony Blair agar menyerang Al-Jazeera, militer AS membom kantor Al-Jazeera di Baghdad yang menewaskan salah seorang wartawannya, Tariq Ayub. AS kemudian menuduh Al-Jazeera telah membantu musuh-musuh mereka. Menurut Blunkett, meski pemerintah Inggris mempertimbangkan untuk menyerang Al-Jazeera, mereka tidak menargetkan sampai menewaskan para wartawannya. Saya pikir ada perbedaan besar antara menghabisi transmisi dengan menghabisi para wartawannya, meski jika anda setuju dengan mereka, dalih Blunkett. Saya tidak tahu apakah ini sengaja atau tidak, tapi saya tidak akan menyebutnya sebagai legitimasi, sambungnya mengacu pada pemboman yang dilakukan AS. Sementara itu, sejak April 2003, Committe to Protect Journalists mempekirakan sedikitnya 80 wartawan dan 22 pekerja media, tewas sepanjang konflik di Irak. Menurut Komite itu, kebanyakan wartawan tewas oleh kelompok pemberontak di Irak. Peristiwa terakhir dialami oleh stasiun televisi Irak *Shaabiya*. Sebelas orang pegawai stasiun televisi itu tewas ketika kantor mereka diserang oleh sekelompok orang bersenjata pada Rabu (11/10) malam. Kami datang pada pagi ini dan kami melihat sebuah pembantaian, kata Manajer Eksekutif *Shaabiya*, Hassan Kamil, Kamis pagi. Semuanya dibunuh. Kami pikir kelompok laki-laki bersenjata itu memaksa masuk dan membunuh mereka, ujarnya. (ln/iol) [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] Ajaklah teman dan saudara anda bergabung ke milis Media Dakwah. Kirim email ke: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Yahoo! Groups Links * To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/media-dakwah/ * Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional * To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/media-dakwah/join (Yahoo! ID required) * To change settings via email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] * To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] * Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
[media-dakwah] Ucapan dan Jawaban Idul Fitri
Dari www.syariahonline.com http://www.syariahonline.com/ , mudah2an bermanfaat. Ucapan Dan Jawaban Idul Fitri Pertanyaan: ucapan idul fitri yang saya tahu adalah: 'taqabbalallahu mina wa minkum' dan jawaban yang saya tahu adalah: 'taqabbal yaa karim' dan 'shiyamana wa shiyamakum' dan 'amin' saja, diantara semua jawaban manakah haditsnya yang paling shahih? dan apakah ucapan 'taqabbalalahu mina wa minkum' itu sudah benar? Syamila Jawaban: Assalamu `alaikum Warahmatullahi Wabaraktuh Alhamdulillahi rabbil `alamin, washshalatu wassalamu `ala sayyidil mursalin, wa ba`du, Ucapan atau doa tahniah ied yang dianjurkan untuk diucapkan ketika kaum muslimin saling bertemu pada hari raya fithri adalah do'a 'Taqobbalallahu Minnaa Wa Minkum'. Dari Jabir bin Nufair Ra ia berkata: 'Para sahabat Nabi SAW apabila mereka saling bertemu pada hari raya, sebagian dari mereka berkata kepada yang lainnya: 'Taqobbalallahu Minnaa Wa Minkum' (Semoga Allah menerima amal ibadah kami dan kalian)' (HR. Al-Muhamili dalam kitab Sholatul 'Idain. Lihat Tamamul Minnah karya Al-Bany hal 354-356) Jika kita melihat hadis diatas, maka jawaban do'a tahniah 'Ied adalah sama yaitu 'Taqobbalallahu Minnaa Wa Minkum' juga. Wallahu a`lam bishshowab. Wassalamu `alaikum Warahmatullahi Wabarakatuh. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] Ajaklah teman dan saudara anda bergabung ke milis Media Dakwah. Kirim email ke: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Yahoo! Groups Links * To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/media-dakwah/ * Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional * To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/media-dakwah/join (Yahoo! ID required) * To change settings via email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] * To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] * Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
[media-dakwah] Diban - Re: Mari Gabung dengan Pustaka Bisnis (Launch 17 Juli 2006)
Member ini diban karena promosi MLM --- In media-dakwah@yahoogroups.com, ForFriend [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Silahkan bergabung dsini, anda akan bertambah yakin bahwa pilihan anda untuk terjun dalam bisnis online adalah sangat tepat! Klik : http://www.pustakabisnis.com/?id=ardymilis Sebuah TEROBOSAN BARU Mengenai Konsep Bisnis Masa Depan, dijamin pasti naik level walaupun tanpa promosi, karena sistemnya single matrix seperti anak tangga. Jadi setiap ada member baru masuk akan selalu mendorong member yang diatas untuk naik level. Sebaliknya member yg diatas pada level tertentu akan mendapat re-entry saham yang masuk dibawah dan akan mendorong member yg diatasnya lagi..bgitu seterusnya. Rekening Bank PUSTAKABISNIS : Bank MANDIRI Manokwari 154-000-4313080 A.n YEDDI APRIAN SYAKH Bank BNI MANOKWARI 9104502-5 A.n YEDDI APRIAN SYAKH Bank BRI MANOKWARI 0353-01-014765-50-0 A.n YEDDI APRIAN SYAKH Pilih salah satu rekening admin di atas yang memudahkan Anda melakukan transfer ke Admin Konfirmasi Transfer : 0813-44074437 (Ketik: aktivasi member = username Anda, jumlah transfer = 200.xxx), Kindest regards, Ardy Ajaklah teman dan saudara anda bergabung ke milis Media Dakwah. Kirim email ke: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Yahoo! Groups Links * To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/media-dakwah/ * Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional * To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/media-dakwah/join (Yahoo! ID required) * To change settings via email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] * To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] * Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
[media-dakwah] Boikot atau Bantu Perusahaan Kafir Harbi?
Assalamu’alaikum wr wb, Saat ini Yahudi dengan bonekanya pemerintah AS dan Eropa memerangi Islam. Israel membantai ratusan ribu Muslim (dari sejak berdirinya) di Lebanon dan Palestina. Sementara BBC memberitakan AS membantai 655.000 warga Iraq yang mayoritas Muslim. Yahudi juga menghalang-halangi ummat Islam dari menjalankan perintah Allah, terutama menegakkan negara/syariah Islam. „Maka disebabkan kezaliman orang-orang Yahudi, kami haramkan atas (memakan makanan) yang baik-baik (yang dahulunya) dihalalkan bagi mereka, dan karena mereka banyak menghalangi (manusia) dari jalan Allah“ [An Nisaa:160] Afghanistan karena berusaha menegakkan negara Islam akhirnya dibombardir. Puluhan ribu warganya dibunuh kemudian dijajah hingga sekarang. Ustad Abu Bakar Ba’asyir bertahun-tahun dipenjara atas pesanan mereka dengan tuduhan teroris hanya karena ingin menegakkan syariat Islam. Oleh karena itu wajar jika ummat Islam harus memboikot perusahaan-perusahaan Yahudi/AS meski mereka beroperasi di negara-negara Islam. Kenapa? Karena sebagian besar keuntungan pasti lari ke mereka dan dari situ mereka membayar pajak ke pemerintahnya. Misalkan perusahaan dapat rp 100 milyar. Paling2 buat karyawan Indonesia cuma habis rp 1 milyar, sisanya diambil mereka. Dari uang itu, pemerintah AS, Israel, dan sekutunya bisa membeli/membuat senjata untuk membunuh saudara-saudara Muslim kita di Lebanon, Palestina, Afghanistan, Iraq, dan sebagainya. Na’udzubillah min dzalik. Ada yang berpendapat kalau kita boikot perusahaan-perusahaan yang mendukung Yahudi dan AS kita akan miskin dan pengangguran merajalela. Jika kita berpendapat begini, berarti kita tidak yakin bahwa Allah lah yang Maha Memberi rezeki. Kita harus yakin Allah yang memberi rezeki. Bukan perusahaan-perusahaan Yahudi/AS. „Katakanlah: Siapakan yang memberi rezeki kepadamu dari langit dan dari bumi? Katakanlah: Allah, dan sesungguhnya kami atau kamu (orang-orang musyrik), pasti berada dalam kebenaran atau dalam kesesatan yang nyata.“ [Saba’:24] Sebagai contoh, dulu saya pernah bekerja di IBM dan juga Samsung. Ketika keluar dari sana apakah rezeki saya terhenti dan saya jadi miskin? Tidak. Saya ternyata bisa bekerja di perusahaan Indonesia dengan gaji lebih besar. Ketika orang-orang kafir dilarang memasuki Mekkah, ummat Islam takut menjadi miskin karena yang menguasai perdagangan makanan dan pakaian adalah orang-orang kafir. Karena ini Allah menurunkan ayat berikut: „Hai orang-orang yang beriman, Sesungguhnya orang-orang yang musyrik itu najis[634], maka janganlah mereka mendekati Masjidilharam sesudah tahun ini. Dan jika kamu khawatir menjadi miskin, maka Allah nanti akan memberimu kekayaan kepadamu dari karuniaNya, jika Dia menghendaki. Sesungguhnya Allah Maha Mengetahui lagi Maha Bijaksana.“ [At Taubah:28] Ternyata meski orang kafir dilarang masuk, ummat Islam tetap hidup. Bahkan justru ummat Islam yang menguasai perdagangan makanan dan pakaian di sana hingga lebih makmur. Iran sudah puluhan tahun diembargo oleh AS dan Israel, toh Iran tetap hidup bahkan lebih makmur dari Indonesia yang kekayaan alamnya dikuras oleh perusahaan-perusahaan Yahudi/AS sementara ekonominya juga dikuasai oleh mereka. Di Indonesia justru banyak orang mati karena busung lapar! Sebelum diakuisisi oleh perusahaan asing, perusahaan air minum Indonesia seperti Aqua, Ades, Monair sudah hidup berdiri. Begitu pula dengan Teh Botol Sosro. Kalau seandainya Coca Cola dilarang, para pedagang bisa tetap hidup dengan menjual Monair atau Teh Sosro. Bahkan pengusaha minuman Indonesia bisa tampil menggantikannya. Oleh karena itu jangan kita takut miskin dengan memboikot perusahaan Yahudi/AS. Karena yang memberi rezeki adalah Allah SWT. Bukan mereka! Wassalamu’alaikum wr wb === Ingin belajar Islam sesuai Al Qur'an dan Hadits? Kirim email ke: [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.media-islam.or.id Ajaklah teman dan saudara anda bergabung ke milis Media Dakwah. Kirim email ke: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Yahoo! Groups Links * To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/media-dakwah/ * Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional * To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/media-dakwah/join (Yahoo! ID required) * To change settings via email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] * To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] * Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
Re: [media-dakwah] Mustikah kita memberi uang ke pengemis / pengamen ???
Assalaamu'alaikum wr. wb. He ... benul ... benul sekali, nggak usah lah diitung-itung, nanti malah pengin jadi pengemis:-) Soal pengemis mah kagak mudah, harus diteliti bener akar masalahnya. Mending mereka jadi pengemis, daripada jadi copet, garong, atau yang lainnya. Sementara kita belum bisa menyelesaikan masalah mereka secara komprehensif, beri bila ingin memberi. Toh, tangan yang di atas selalu lebih baik dari tangan yang di bawah. Wassalaamu'alaikum wr. wb. B.S. --- fauzi [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: assalamualaikum wr wb, maaf kang, menurut saya , kalau mau memberi ya berikan saja. nggak usah pake hitung2an. sesungguhnya, keikhlasan hati di atas segala-galanya. __ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com Ajaklah teman dan saudara anda bergabung ke milis Media Dakwah. Kirim email ke: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Yahoo! Groups Links * To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/media-dakwah/ * Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional * To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/media-dakwah/join (Yahoo! ID required) * To change settings via email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] * To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] * Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
RE: [media-dakwah] Mustikah kita memberi uang ke pengemis / pengamen ???
SYAIKH SHOLEH ALU SYAIKH HAFIZHOHULLOH (Semoga Alloh menjaga beliau) Ditulis oleh : USTADZ ABU ISA ABDULLOH BIN SALLAM PENGANTAR Sesungguhnya segala puji dan syukur hanya untuk Allah. Kami memuji-Nya, memohon pertolongan kepada-Nya, dan memohon ampun kepada-Nya. Kami juga berlindung kepada-Nya dari keburukan jiwa-jiwa kami dan dari kejelekan amal-amal perbuatan kami. Barangsiapa yang diberi petunjuk oleh Allah maka tidak ada seorang pun yang dapat menyesatkannya, dan barangsiapa yang disesatkan oleh-Nya maka tidak ada seorang pun yang dapat memberikan petunjuk kepadanya. Kami bersaksi bahwa tidak ada sesembahan yang berhak untuk disembah selain Allah, yang tidak ada sekutu bagi-Nya. Kami juga bersaksi bahwa Muhammad bin 'Abdillah adalah hamba dan utusan-Nya. Semoga shalawat dan salam senantiasa tercurah kepada Nabi Muhammad, keluargnya, para sahabatnya, dan orang-orang yang senantiasa berusaha mengikutinya hingga Hari Kiamat kelak. Allah subhaanahu wa ta'ala berfirman, yang artinya: Wahai orang-orang yang beriman, bertakwalah kepada Allah dengan sebenar-benarnya takwa, dan janganlah sekali-kali kalian mati kecuali dalam keadaan muslim. Wahai sekalian manusia, bertakwalah kepada Tuhan-mu yang telah menciptakan kamu dari diri yang satu, dan daripadanya Allah menciptakan isterinya; dan daripada keduanya Allah memperkembang biakkan laki-laki dan perempuan yang banyak. Dan bertakwalah kepada Allah yang dengan (mempergunakan) nama-Nya kamu saling meminta satu sama lain, dan (peliharalah) hubungan silaturrahim. Sesungguhnya Allah selalu menjaga dan mengawasi kamu. Amma ba'd. Sesungguhnya sebenar-benarnya perkataan adalah Firman Allah, dan sebaik-baik petunjuk adalah petunjuk Nabi Muhammad shallallaahu 'alaihi wa sallam, dan seburuk-buruk perkara adalah perkara yang baru dalam masalah agama. Sesungguhnya setiap perkara yang baru dalam agama adalah bid'ah, dan setiap bid'ah adalah sesat, dan setiap kesesatan ujung-ujungnya adalah Neraka. Arbain An-Nawawi adalah kitab kumpulan hadits yang sangat terkenal. Berisi hadits-hadits yang sangat mendasar bagi pembentukan pemahaman seseorang akan hakekat Dienul Islam. Maka sudah semestinya bagi setiap muslim untuk mempelajarinya dengan pemahaman yang benar. Terdorong untuk membantu saudaranya dalam memahami hadits-hadits tersebut, penulis bersama ikhwan mahasiswa mengadakan dauroh kitab Arba'in. Untuk memudahkan peserta dauroh, penulis terpanggil untuk membuat ringkasan syarah. Penulis memandang bahwa syarah Syaikh Sholeh Alu Syaikh sangat bermanfaat. Karena beliau menyampaikan penjelasan dengan mendahulukan hal-hal yang sangat mendasar sebagai landasan untuk memahami Dienul Islam lebih lanjut. Disamping bahwa syarah tersebut beliau sampaikan dalam forum dauroh yang diadakan di negaranya baru-baru ini. Maka diharap lebih sesuai dengan kebutuhan umat dewasa ini. Karena ringkasan ini disusun dalam waktu yang sangat singkat, maka tentu saja banyak kekurangan. Maka penulis mengharap kritik dan saran yang membangun dari pembaca. * Hadits ke-1 Dari Amirul Mu'minin, (Abu Hafsh atau Umar bin Khottob rodiyallohu'anhu) dia berkata: Aku pernah mendengar Rosululloh shollallohu'alaihi wassalam bersabda: 'Sesungguhnya seluruh amal itu tergantung kepada niatnya, dan setiap orang akan mendapatkan sesuai niatnya. Oleh karena itu, barangsiapa yang berhijrah karena Alloh dan Rosul-Nya, maka hijrahnya kepada Alloh dan Rosul-Nya. Dan barangsiapa yang berhijrah karena (untuk mendapatkan) dunia atau karena wanita yang ingin dinikahinya maka hijrahnya itu kepada apa yang menjadi tujuannya (niatnya). (Diriwayatkan oleh dua imam ahli hadits; Abu Abdillah Muhammad bin Ismail bin Ibrohim bin Mughiroh bin Bardizbah Al-Bukhori dan Abul Husain Muslim bin Al-Hajjaj bin Muslim Al-Qusairy An-Naisabury di dalam kedua kitab mereka yang merupakan kitab paling shahih diantara kitab-kitab hadits) Kedudukan Hadits Materi hadits pertama ini merupakan pokok agama. Imam Ahmad rahimahullah berkata: Ada Tiga hadits yang merupakan poros agama, yaitu hadits Úmar, hadits Aísyah, dan hadits Nu'man bin Basyir. Perkataan Imam Ahmad rahimahullah tersebut dapat dijelaskan bahwa perbuatan seorang mukallaf bertumpu pada melaksanakan perintah dan menjauhi larangan. Inilah halal dan haram. Dan diantara halal dan haram tersebut ada yang mustabihat (hadits Nu'man bin Basyir). Untuk melaksanakan perintah dan menjauhi larangan dibutuhkan niat yang benar (hadits Úmar), dan harus sesuai dengan tuntunan syariát (hadits Aísyah). Setiap Amal Tergantung Niatnya Diterima atau tidaknya dan sah atau tidaknya suatu amal tergantung pada niatnya. Demikian juga setiap orang berhak mendapatkan balasan sesuai dengan niatnya dalam beramal. Dan yang dimaksud dengan amal disini adalah semua yang berasal dari seorang hamba baik berupa perkataan, perbuatan maupun keyakinan hati. Fungsi Niat Niat memiliki 2 fungsi: 1. Jika niat berkaitan dengan sasaran suatu amal (ma'bud), maka
[media-dakwah] UK Terrorist : Shameful legacy
http://musliminsuffer.wordpress.com/ bismi-lLahi-rRahmani-rRahiem In the Name of Allah, the Compassionate, the Merciful === News Update === Shameful legacy In the early 1950s, Mau Mau rebels murdered 32 people in an uprising against colonial rule in Kenya. Britain's response was brutal: 150,000 Kenyans were detained in camps where, survivors claim, prisoners were beaten, tortured, sexually abused and even murdered. Fifty years on, a handful of them are suing the British government. By Chris McGreal Friday October 13, 2006 The Guardian It has been 50 years and there is much to remember. But what still stands out from his time in the camps is a tall white man in shorts with a swagger stick. When we first arrived we didn't know who he was, but we quickly knew he was in charge, says Espon Makanga. All the other whites and the black guards waited for him to speak, and when he gave the order that is when it began. After that it never really stopped. I came to hate that man. I can never forgive him. Makanga, now 78, had already endured more than two years as a prisoner of the British when the colonial authorities sent him to Kandongu camp in Kenya in 1957. He describes life in the earlier camps as a routine of tortures, beatings and typhoid that claimed hundreds, perhaps thousands, of lives. But Kandongu was designed to be the toughest stop on what British officials described as the pipeline of camps intended to break down the hard core of Kenyans supporting the Mau Mau rebellion against colonial rule, which began in 1952. Hard core did not mean the worst killers, merely the most defiant. The camp enforced a regimen known as the dilution technique. It was designed by three white colonial officials, one of them the officer whom Makanga spotted as being in charge when he first arrived at Kandongu, and whom he and the other inmates came to fear. They had various nicknames for that officer, but it was only in time that they discovered he was really called Terence Gavaghan. He was a tall man with a thin face and we soon discovered his camp was about nothing more than being beaten and tortured. They beat us from the day we arrived, with sticks, with their fists, kicking us with their boots. They beat us to make us work. They beat us to force us to confess our Mau Mau oath. After a year I couldn't take it any longer. Gavaghan had won, he says. Makanga was just one of the estimated 150,000 Kenyans held in British prison camps for up to seven years during what was known as the Kenya Emergency, a rebellion against colonial rule in Kenya. Today, he is among a group of 10 survivors, all in their 70s and 80s, who took the first legal step in London this week towards suing the British government for what they say was officially sanctioned torture and other human rights abuses. Some of the former prisoners describe rape and sexual abuse of women; others say they survived camps where inmates were flogged, worked to death, murdered in cold blood or starved. They want compensation but also an apology for what they describe as a system of organised brutality unmatched anywhere else in the waning years of the British empire. Even in the 1950s, the camps were described as Kenya's gulags and likened by officials to Nazi slave labour camps. The camps were justified, in British eyes, by the Mau Mau's butchering of 32 white settlers and African chiefs loyal to the crown early in the rebellion. The Mau Mau were dominated by the Kikuyu, the largest ethnic group in Kenya, and were largely driven by bitterness at the loss of land to the white settlers. But the struggle also divided the tribe, and the Mau Mau ultimately killed far more fellow Kikuyu than whites, with massacres such as the killing of 120 men, women and children at Lari in March 1953. In Britain the Mau Mau were portrayed as representing the re-emergence of a primitive bloodlust that the twin benefits of colonisation - Christianity and civilisation - were intended to eradicate. But the British soon proved they could be as brutal as their enemies. Jane Muthoni Mara is among those taking legal action against the British government. She was 15 when she was arrested for supplying Mau Mau fighters with food and taken to Gatithi screening camp. There she says she and two friends, including a young boy, were beaten with the butts of guns. Her interrogators demanded to know the whereabouts of her brother, who was a member of the Mau Mau. Mara says she was ordered into a tent by a white army officer. There was a black soldier from her area she knew as Edward. He ordered her to lie down and asked her where her brother was. When she did not answer, he picked up a bottle. He filled the bottle with hot water and then pushed it into my private parts with his foot. I screamed and screamed, she says. Mara says other women were also tortured by having bottles thrust into their vaginas. For older
[media-dakwah] Why is the American press silent on the report of 655,000 Iraqi deaths?
http://musliminsuffer.wordpress.com/ bismi-lLahi-rRahmani-rRahiem In the Name of Allah, the Compassionate, the Merciful === News Update === Why is the American press silent on the report of 655,000 Iraqi deaths? By Joe Kay and Barry Grey 13 October 2006 The US media is virtually silent on a new scientific study that estimates the Iraqi death toll from the US war at 655,000. The study, conducted by Johns Hopkins University’s Bloomberg School of Public Health and funded by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, was posted Wednesday on the web site of the British medical journal, the Lancet. The study is the only systematic estimate of the number of Iraqi civilians and military personnel to have died as a result of the US invasion and occupation to be brought to the attention of the American and international public. Unlike previous estimates, which were based on reviews of media reports or tallies made by the US-backed Iraqi government, the Johns Hopkins study was carried out by Iraqi physicians who interviewed—often at great personal risk—nearly 2,000 families spread across the country, utilizing standard and widely used statistical methods to arrive at an objective estimate of the death toll from the war and occupation. The vast majority of the reported deaths were substantiated by death certificates. The study concluded with a 95 percent degree of certainty that the number of “excess deaths” in Iraq since the invasion—the number of people who have died in excess of the number that would be expected on the basis of pre-invasion mortality rates—is between 393,000 and 943,000. The figure of 655,000 is given as the most likely number. This represents an astonishing 2.5 percent of the entire Iraqi population. The researchers further estimated that about 600,000 of the deaths were due to violence in some form, including gunshots, air strikes and bombings. They concluded that US and allied military forces directly caused at least 31 percent—or 186,000—of the violent deaths. Some 336,000 people, or 56 percent of those killed in violent actions since the invasion, died from gunshot wounds. The study also found that the number of violent deaths in Iraq has steadily increased every year since the invasion. In the period from June 2005 to June 2006, the researchers found a nearly four-fold increase in the mortality rate relative to pre-invasion levels. There can be no legitimate doubts about the credibility of the study. Lancet is one of the oldest and most prestigious peer-reviewed medical publications in the world. The Johns Hopkins public health school is the largest in the world, and regularly ranks as the top public health school in the United States. The journal article was reviewed and approved for publication by four independent scientific experts in the area. It is difficult to overestimate the significance of the report, even if one assumes its low-end estimate of 393,000 Iraqi deaths to be correct. It demonstrates that the American intervention in Iraq has produced a social and humanitarian catastrophe of historical dimensions, with vast political implications not only in the Middle East, but throughout the world and, above all, in the United States itself. By any objective standard, the report merits front-page coverage in every major newspaper in the country and extensive discussion and reporting on television news broadcasts. Yet the response of the US press has been to virtually ignore the report and limit its coverage to news accounts on inside pages which report, uncritically, unsubstantiated statements by government and military officials dismissing the report as “not credible.” In burying the story, the New York Times and Washington Post have played a particularly significant role. The original articles published by these newspapers on Wednesday were relegated to the inside pages: in the Times on page 8, in the Post on page 12. The Post decided to bury the story in its back pages despite the fact that the article it published vouched for the scientific validity the Johns Hopkins study, noting that it, and an earlier report on Iraqi deaths published by the same team, “are the only ones to estimate mortality in Iraq using scientific methods.” The “cluster sampling” technique used by the scientists, the newspaper wrote, “is used to estimate mortality in famines and after natural disasters.” Minimal coverage in the press continued on Thursday, despite the fact that the issue was raised by a reporter at a White House press conference on Wednesday. President Bush contemptuously dismissed the report, stating that it was not credible. He was not challenged and the question was not followed up by any of the other reporters at the news conference. Bush’s remarks were followed by statements from various supporters and architects of the war similarly dismissing the Johns Hopkins study’s casualty figures.
[media-dakwah] Intervention and Exploitation: US and UK Government International Actions Since 1945
http://musliminsuffer.wordpress.com/ bismi-lLahi-rRahmani-rRahiem In the Name of Allah, the Compassionate, the Merciful === News Update === Intervention and Exploitation: US and UK Government International Actions Since 1945 World key Central America and Mexico |South America | Caribbean | Europe | Africa | Middle East | Asia | Australia and The Pacific Islands To go to the chronologies just click on the region of interest or use the text link. Index: Purpose, Objectivity, Planned Updates, Latest, Links, Actions, Contact Purpose This web site gives the chronologies, from approximately 1945 onwards, of countries in which the US and UK governments have intervened, since 1945. It is important to emphasize that the actions here are those of the US and UK governments and not the people of the US and UK. The people in many cases don't know what has been done in their names and very seldom know the true reasons for these actions. This web site is an attempt to provide information which is not widely known in the US and UK, in order that such interventions can be prevented in the future. Objectivity Is the information presented here objective? The author's opinion is that many actions of the US and UK governments are not taken for the reasons they state and that those actions are harmful to many people. The information presented here helped the author in arriving at this opinion. It is recommended that you examine the information, check its authenticity, weigh it against opposing evidence and draw your own conclusions. Planned Updates The nature of this site means it requires constant updating as events unfold and new evidence appears. The following entries are in most urgent need of update and expansion: US interventions: Albania, Angola, Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Cambodia, Chad, Chile, Colombia, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Ethiopia, Germany, Honduras, Jamaica, Korea, Laos, Lebanon, Marshal Islands, Mexico, Peru, Paraguay, Portugal, Puerto Rico, Somalia, Suriname, Syria, Thailand, Turkey, Uruguay, Venezuela. Latest 6th October 2006 - Bahrain chronology expanded and updated. 18th August 2006 - Afghanistan chronology expanded and updated. 19th May 2006 - Chagos Islands chronology expanded and updated. 7th March 2006 - Egypt chronology expanded. 15th December 2005 - Libya chronology expanded. 28th October 2005 - Sudan chronology expanded. 30th September 2005 - Rwanda chronology expanded. 16th September 2005 - DR Congo chronology expanded. 12th August 2005 - Yugoslavia chronology expanded. 19th April 2005 - Website launched. source: http://www.us-uk-interventions.org/ === -muslim voice- __ BECAUSE YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO KNOW [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] Ajaklah teman dan saudara anda bergabung ke milis Media Dakwah. Kirim email ke: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Yahoo! Groups Links * To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/media-dakwah/ * Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional * To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/media-dakwah/join (Yahoo! ID required) * To change settings via email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] * To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] * Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
[media-dakwah] US Terrorize The World - 21 Ramadhan 1427 H (14.10.06)
http://musliminsuffer.wordpress.com/ bismi-lLahi-rRahmani-rRahiem In the Name of Allah, the Compassionate, the Merciful === News Update Why is the American press silent on the report of 655,000 Iraqi deaths? By any objective standard, the report merits front-page coverage in every major newspaper in the country and extensive discussion and reporting on television news broadcasts. Yet the response of the US press has been to virtually ignore the report and limit its coverage to news accounts on inside pages http://www.wsws.org/articles/2006/oct2006/iraq-o13.shtml === Co-Author of Medical Study Estimating 650,000 Iraqi Deaths Defends Research Les Roberts joins us now from Syracuse, New York -- He is one of the main researchers of the study. He was with Johns Hopkins when he co- authored the study but has just taken a post at Columbia University. http://www.democracynow.org/article.pl?sid=06/10/12/145222 === Muslim Banker to the poor takes Nobel Peace Prize Oslo — Bangladeshi economist Muhammad Yunus and his Grameen Bank won the Nobel Peace Prize on Friday for pioneering the use of seemingly insignificant loans — microcredit — to lift millions out of poverty. http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20061013.w2npeace1013/BNStory/International/home Note that is the second Muslim who has one a Noble Prize this year. See also: http://www.islam-online.net/English/News/2006-10/07/05.shtml === Amnesty International warmly congratulates Muhammad Yunus and Grameem Bank on being awarded the 2006 Nobel Peace Prize Poverty is both a cause and a consequence of the failure to respect human rights: both economic, social and cultural as well as political and civil. It is driven by human rights violations and perpetuates further abuses. Today's announcement by the Nobel Peace Prize Committee reinforces Amnesty International's message that poverty is a major threat to human dignity and an obstacle to promoting peace and justice, but that it is not inevitable and can be overcome through the creativity and courage of individuals and the power of group mobilization, said Irene Khan, Secretary General of Amnesty International. http://www.montrealmuslimnews.net === EU condemns French bill on mass killings in Armenia as counterproductive HELSINKI, Finland The European Union on Friday condemned a French bill that would make it a crime to deny that the World War I-era killings of Armenians in Turkey were genocide, describing it as counterproductive at a critical stage in Turkey's EU entry talks. http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2006/10/13/europe/EU_GEN_EU_France_Turkey.php === Foreign Ministry slams Israeli Ambassador's racist comments. The Foreign Ministry on Friday condemned remarks by the Israeli ambassador to Australia in which he told Haaretz that the two countries are white sisters amid the yellow race of Asia. http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/774471.html === Special Radio 4 documentary, 'Unveiled' (listen online) Fareena Alam, editor of the Muslim magazine Q-News explores the impact of Jack Straw's views on women wearing the veil, in a special 30-min documentary for Radio 4. Fareena Alam can be reached on [EMAIL PROTECTED] Listen online at http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio/aod/mainframe.shtml? http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio/aod/radio4_aod.shtml?radio4/unveiled === Intervention and Exploitation Map Of US and UK Government International Actions Since 1945 http://www.us-uk-interventions.org/ === Shameful legacy In the early 1950s, Mau Mau rebels murdered 32 people in an uprising against colonial rule in Kenya. Britain's response was brutal: 150,000 Kenyans were detained in camps where, survivors claim, prisoners were beaten, tortured, sexually abused and even murdered. Fifty years on, a handful of them are suing the British government. http://www.guardian.co.uk/kenya/story/0,,1921282,00.html? gusrc=rssfeed=1 === Beware Empires in Decline Just as an empire on the rise, like the United States on the eve of the invasion of Iraq, is often inclined to take rash and ill-considered actions, so an empire on the decline, like the British and French empires after World War II, will engage in senseless, self-destructive acts. And I fear the same can happen to the United States today, as we, too, slip into decline. http://www.fpif.org/fpiftxt/3596 === Bush’s Willing Legislators The Case for Impeachment And Why It Won’t Happen. http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article15294.htm === Documents Reveal Scope of U.S. Database on Antiwar Protests Internal military documents released Thursday provided new details about the Defense Department’s collection of information on demonstrations nationwide last year by students, Quakers and others opposed to the Iraq war. http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article15293.htm === Breaking the Silence of the Night Like many Americans who served in Vietnam and those now serving in Iraq
