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Muharram 26, 1429, February 4, 2008
PROTEST RUSHDIE BEING HONORED in BALTIMORE. See you at the
Meyerhoff, 1212 Cathedral street, Baltimore. February 26,
7.30 to 8.30 PM
Re: Rushdie: Muslims in India remind us: Muslims are ONE
UMMAH. They have been circulating our "Protest Rushdie"
message big time.
Scroll down
to see why.
Our America:
Islam has its Own Agenda: Don't Get Excited by New
Packaging of Democratic Party: Obama and Hillary Have
Same Bottom Line [from New Trend's Think Tank.]
Muslim elites in America have a very natural desire to be
part of the American power structure. At every opportunity
they jump to proclaim their solidarity with American
leadership, be it Democratic or Republican. The most
simplistic of these Muslim elites live in Maryland itself.
We'll present their example to illustrate the issue. An
offshoot of the Islamic Society of Baltimore [ISB] has been
formed with the holy name of Makkah Center. When Israel,
Bush and Mahmoud Abbas held the Annapolis Summit to
undermine the Islamic aspirations of Palestine, these
"Makkah" people went and prayed with Jewish Rabbis for the
success of the Summit.
More recently, Makkah Center, under the name of Allah,
advertised job listings issued by the White House. [On each
occasion, New Trend reprimanded "Makkah" but we were given
unclear answers accusing us of having a hot temper.]
Now in their latest activity, "Makkah" and ISB [which are
linked to, if not part of, ISNA and CAIR] have announced that
ALL the major presidential candidates will speak on February
9 at their Islamic Center in Baltimore. Remember that high
level security clearance is required of Muslims for any of
these candidates to enter an Islamic center.
[These violations of Islam by "Makkah" and ISB are so far
fetched that some readers may not believe that any Muslim
could fall this low. Fortunately, we have the info on
Annapolis Summit prayer with Rabbis, the White House letter
and the latest invitation to presidential candidates from
"Makkah" and can email them to interested readers.]
Muslim elites often don't have he political gumption to
realize that the Democratic Party and the Republican Party
have clear cut party platforms and agendas within which the
candidates work. Just because Obama and Hillary sound so
eloquent and use such attractive rhetoric does not mean that
they can go outside the Democratic Party program and agenda.
Similarly, if McCain is against torture, does not mean that
he will violate the Republican Party's support for war.
The Democrats:
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Support Israel 100% [both Obama and Clinton].
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Support the war on Afghanistan and, if necessary, its
extension into Pakistan.
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Continuation of the war in Iraq until victory [with some
variations in approach and time schedule]
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Oppose reparations for Black Americans [for slavery] and
Native Americans [for holocaust]. [Obama dare not
say 'reparations.']
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Have not shown the slightest interest in the fate of Muslim
political prisoners within the U.S. [be it Imam Jamil or Dr.
Omar 'Abdel Rahman, Jose Padilla, though tortured, or
Ahmed 'Abdel Sattar
or Dr. Ali al-Timimi. NINETY years for Masaud Khan, for a
non-violent, pre-9.11 "crime" did not stir their
conscience.] Guantanamo is a useful slogan for them. They
have not done anything for the prisoners there in 7 years.
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Have bought the Zionist story of genocide in Darfur 100%.
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Have no program to stop the oil companies ripping off the
American people. [Look at Exxon Mobil's 4 billion dollar,
latest, profits].
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Have relationships with corrupt, despotic, based-on-torture,
regimes, such as those in Egypt, Jordan, Tunisia, Algeria,
Saudi Arabia and Pakistan no different from those of Bush
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Support homosexuality as the norm along with heterosexuality.
{For decades, Zionists have worked to validate homosexuality
within the Black community.]
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Do not oppose adultery and fornication on TV and in movies.
The moral framework is missing.
As Imam Jamil pointed out, one cannot change an oppressive
power structure by becoming part of it. ISLAM HAS ITS OWN
AGENDA. It is based on the Qur'an and the authentic Hadith.
Muslims should focus on the Islamic agenda. [Dear Muslim, if
you are being influenced by the media hype, concentrate on
your 5 daily prayers. Try to understand the implications of
"Allahu Akbar." Purify yourself by fasting. The Prophet,
pbuh, used to fast on Monday and Tuesday. If you can't do
both, try one only. The days are still short. Don't get
excited about the forces of kufr, tughyan and
nifaq: Go and clean the masjid, help your neighbors,
spend time with parents and/or children. This Hadith of the
Prophet, pbuh, might help you. These are commands from
our leader:
"Feed the hungry, visit the sick, free the captives."
[
Sahih Bukhari
.]
Phone Message: Obama Finds Being Muslim "Offensive"
Shaikh Tijani, the famous preacher who lives in
Chicago, has recorded a message on our phone in which he
makes this point: Obama was asked if he is Muslim. Obama said
he is a Christian and has been going to church for 20 years.
So far so good, but then Obama said, he finds being called
Muslim "offensive." Thus Obama crossed the line and insulted
Muslims. Don't vote for Obama.
Understanding Pakistan [Part 3]
See NT Jan. 10 & 13 for Pt.
1
&
2
Tiny Secularist Minority Runs Pakistan: Divides & Rules
Islamic Sects: Sees Resurgent Islam as Threat
by Kaukab Siddique, Ph.D
Associate Professor of English & Mass Communication
Most Americans cannot know what Pakistanis want and what are
the issues in Pakistan owing to the buffer provided by
Pakistani secularists who feed U.S. media about the situation
in Pakistan. The Christian Science Monitor [CSM] for
instance, is one of the more non-propagandistic American
newspapers when it comes to Muslims. When the Red
Mosque/Jamia Hafsa situation was boiling over, a CSM
journalist contacted me because she was interested in writing
about Pakistani women and I have published books about the
role of women in Islam. I asked her to find out what was
happening in Islamabad and publish it to show that CSM was
really serious about the rights of Muslim women. She had no
idea what was happening in Islamabad. I asked: "Don't you
have a representative in Islamabad? It is Pakistan's capital
city." She replied that CSM did have a rep in Islamabad. I
told her that if CSM has published nothing about the Red
Mosque and doesn't even know what is happening in Islamabad,
I can't give the CSM any credibility.
Thus, owing to secularist buffer, U.S. media could not tell
Americans anything factual about the greatest hour of Islamic
women in Pakistan who defied the power of General Musharraf's
commandos and sacrificed themselves for the sake of Islam.
BACKGROUND to the GROWTH of SECULARIST MINORITY's POWER
The Muslims of India supported he idea of Pakistan as an
Islamic homeland. When it came to voting, they voted for
Pakistan in areas disputed by pro-Hindu Muslim groups in
Frontier Province and in Bengal. Pakistan emerged as a
sovereign state in 1947 but it could not turn the Islamic
aspirations of the masses into reality owing to a number
of reasons:
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The only organized groups in the new country were the
bureaucracy and the military, both heavily secularized and
outright British-colonialist in their outlook on life. In
fact the military was "overseas" mopping up in fighting the
British war against Germany and Japan.
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At the local level, power in Pakistan was in the hands of
feudal potentates and landlords who sent their most
westernized sons to serve the bureaucracy and the military.
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The great masses of people got their belief system from local
mullas and preachers who were largely sectarian and
non-revolutionary in their understanding of Islam. Most
importantly, the religious leaders looked up to the
secularized ruling groups and were willing to convey the
rulers' "line" to the people. The idea of a religious leader
standing up to the power structure was unthinkable.
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Within that context, the secularized ruling class became very
comfortable and its segments started squabbling with each
other for bigger "share of the pie." A new development was
the emergence of INDUSTRIALISTS who also hooked up with the
feudals and the military. A GENERAL LOOTING of Pakistan
resources and people ensued.
EMERGENCE of the ISLAMIC MOVEMENT
Pakistan would have been just another lack luster secularized
"Muslim" state except for a man named Abul 'Ala Maudoodi who
challenged the status quo. He said that Islam is a
"COMPLETE WAY of LIFE." It gives guidance not only in matters
of personal life [such as marriage, divorce, funerals,
festivals and charity] but also in politics, law, state craft
and international relations, in economics as well as in
decision making.
At that time, Islam was so weak in Pakistan that the Qadiyani
["Ahmeddi"] claimants were openly proclaiming that there can
be a Prophet after Muhammad, pbuh. Pakistani elites openly
scoffed at the idea that there is such a thing as an "Islamic
Constitution" [the title of one of Maudoodi's books] or an
"Islamic State" [another of his writings]. When people
started supporting Maudoodi, the government summarily
arrested him and sentenced him to death! [Fortunately, the
legal system temporarily fell through and he was released.]
Jamaate Islami, organized by Maudoodi, fought for decades,
peacefully and within the law, against governmental
oppression. My purpose is not, at this point, to chronicle
the history of this struggle. Suffice it to say that Maudoodi
and Jamaate Islami earned the undying hatred of Pakistan's
power elites.
Most people don't know that the successful counter to
Maudoodi and the Islamic movement came not from the secular
elites but from the sectarian, low brow religious preachers
who, as before, served the rulers. Numerous books were
financed and published against Maudoodi by narrow minded
religious scholars. His greatest book,
khilafat-o-mulukat [Caliphate and Kingship] stirred up
all the small minded mullas and maulvies against him. Many
Jamaate Islami people too did not understand the book and did
not realize that Maudoodi was saying that governments run
by MUSLIMS cannot be considered Islamic if they do not follow
the guidelines of the Caliphate [the 4 rightly guided
Caliphs]. He also taught that ARMED UPRISING against
MUSLIM rulers is quite legitimate provided that there are
chances of its success.
Thus Maudoodi was challenging the Saudi version of Islam in
which prayers and maintenance of the holy places give a
certificate of Islamic legitimacy to the rulers. He did not
openly criticize the Saudis but the inference was clear. By
that time, the SAUDIS had INFILTRATED Jamaate Islami itself.
They were alarmed at Khlafat-o-Mulukiat. They financed
a new series of books against Maudoodi which claimed that he
had "insulted the sahaba, r.a." because he had, in a
scholarly style and with full documentation, shown that
Usman, r.a., the third Caliph, though greater than any Muslim
today, had slipped below the standards set by Abu Bakr, r.a.,
and 'Umar, r.a.
RED MOSQUE and Jamia Hafsa suffered the same fate as
Maudoodi: The inside story of the medressas' response to the
tragedy in Islamabad has gradually seeped out. The maulvis
did not take any decisive steps against Musharraf's attack.
Indications are that some of the maulvies were in touch with
General Musharraf and okayed the attack. Never before has
a prominent mosque in a major Pakistani city been attacked by
the Pakistan army so brazenly and in broad daylight. Mortars,
heavy machine guns and light artillery were used against a
group which had only a handful of rifles for self-defense.
The maulvies were of the view that the Islamic
revolutionaries in the mosque were of a too much more
progressive Islamic school of thought. The maulvies were also
distressed by the leading role women in hijab had taken in
the struggle. Umm Hasan knew more Islam than many of the
maulvies. [See her interview with New Trend.]
Thus Musharraf had the backing of religious conservatives who
have become so secularized that though they pray and fast,
they do not realize that governments which claim to be
Muslims but are linked to oppressor regimes are Islamically
liable to be overthrown. These men often have big beards and
large turbans but they are willing to cooperate with
the oppressors.
Thus the enclaves of secularists have become so influential,
with U.S.-British-Israeli and sometimes Indian backing that
they can secularize the decision-making of medressas and
leaders seen as "Islamic."
[To be continued, inshallah.]
Lynne Stewart Thanks those who Rallied to her Support
To All My Friends, Comrades, Supporters:
A Warm Embrace and an Emotional Thank You.
For the Wonderful Rally at St. Mary's Church on Monday Night
January 28. The sight of all of you (This IS what democracy
looks like!) The Fiery and Kind Words of the Speakers. The
Knowledge that the Next Day we would Face this hateful enemy,
Together. This gives me more energy and stamina and courage
than anything else.
And on Tuesday, that "prestigious" Court, the 2d Circuit
Court of Appeals of the USA, saw all of you–--filling the
ceremonial court room (about 300) and the overflow TV room
and those who were turned away; refusing to allow this
gangster government to criminalize me. Impossible to
calculate the effect but as Judge Calabrese said, "This case
is like no other case". It isn't and the support that
sustains me is the difference. Thank you Thank you . AN
INJURY TO ONE IS AN INJURY TO ALL !!!!!! LOVE STRUGGLE
Lynne Stewart
Jamaat al-Muslimeen alone Represented Muslims at Lynne
Stewart-Ahmed 'Abdel Sattar Appeal
by Br. Abu Talib [Brooklyn, NY]
New York has tens of thousands of Muslims but when it comes
to this most important court case, none of them were there.
Only Jamaat was there. We spoke to activist attorney Warren
[the only Muslim there outside the Jamaat], distributed
Jamaat literature and gave out information on the situation
of Shi'a Muslims in Trinidad.
The defense witnesses did a great job. Later, Sis. Lynne was
on WBAI radio defending herself against
government misinformation.
The socialist and Africanist organizations were well
represented along with anti-war people from A.N.S.W.E.R. The
court was packed with left wing activists.
As usual Siraj Wahhaj was missing though he claims to be a
Muslim leader. Considering his treacherous role in helping to
put the Blind Shaikh in prison for life, one would expect him
to make amends by coming to the hearing for the Shaikh's long
suffering attorney, Lynne Stewart. Siraj Wahhaj did his job
for the government and now he is nowhere to be seen.
Dissing Medeleine Albright: The Inside Story of the
Baltimore, Maryland, Rally at the Meyerhoff on Jan. 29
Salaams/Greetings all,
A quick report back from the Madeleine Albright
protest:
We started picketing right at 7:30 PM (no CPT!) and
continued until almost 9:00 PM. Thankfully, the rain
missed us entirely, and our (non-waterproof) protest
signs didn't melt down.
The protest was religiously, ethnically, and
politically very diverse, with participation from:
Muslims; Quakers; atheists; Pledge of Resistance
members; students from UMBC's Solidarity Coalition;
longtime community activists from Masjid Jamaat
al-Muslimeen (including the mosque administrator, who
was frail following a surgery, but protested with us,
cane and all!); Caucasians; Blacks; Asians; a jazz
musician; and a fighting Irishman. Two bruthas even
drove all the way down from Philly to attend
the protest.
So, we were able to reach most of the paying guests
($300/ticket to hear a war criminal!) via megaphone
and leafletting, as well as a large number of
passersby with information on Albright, and her
support for the murderous sanctions policy.
The protest was orderly and disciplined, no wrangling
with authorities. Thanks again to everyone who helped
and supported the action in so many different ways!
Peace,
Nadrat
Momin Khawaja: Canada's Victim: A Letter to Canadian Prime
Minister Harper: We Urge readers to send similar letters
Dear Sir,
In 2004, a Canadian news outlet published a story "Canada's
Shame' to disclose the arrest and violations of human rights
of Khawaja family by the Intelligence Agencies under the
Liberal Government of Mr. Paul Martin. At the time, it was
hard to think so but now four years later, we believe that it
happened in reality and has placed a black scar on Canadian
law and justice system. Fair or foul, it was done under the
dictates of President Bush's declaration of war on Muslims –
"war on terrorism." Canada seems to have ignored the lessons
of modern history. Canada followed the American lead in
sending its citizens of Japanese origin to forced interment
camps during the Second World War. If Canada had the publicly
entrusted leadership at the time, it should have refused to
follow the American War Plan and not to arrest its own
citizens of Islamic religion who were not involved in any
unlawful activities. We are seriously concerned:
(1) In 2004, the Khawaja family of Ottawa (Orleans) was
arrested and tortured on false accusations manufactured by
the Intelligence Agencies of Canada like the case of Maher
Arar who was imprisoned.
(2) For 4 years, Momin Khawaja remained in Canadian jail
without a trial. Why should he be punished without being
guilty of any crimes except that he is a Muslim?
(3) All persons held in Canada (according to the Amnesty
International and Human Rights Watch), have been identified
as people of Arab or Islamic origin. Is it not strange for
Canada to do so?
(4) Dr. Khawaja, father of Momin Khawaja, is a political
scholar and has spoken and written against the "war on
terrorism", and was arrested in a foreign country at the
direct instructions of the Canadian Intelligence Agencies on
allegations of terrorism. But the Canadian Security Minister
Ms. Ann McClellan denied the knowledge of this incident or
ever asking a foreign Government to arrest its own citizen
on bogus accusations. It is clear now that the Canadian
Liberal Minister lied to the public. Does a political
Minister ever lie to the public?
Beyond any doubts, the Canadian Government actions have
chastised its own citizens under falsified allegations. It is
the time that the new Progressive Conservative Government of
Canada should take corrective action. We ask that Momin
Khawaja be freed and that the Khawaja family be compensated
for the unlawful and cruel treatment carried out on the
behest of the then Canadian Liberal Government.
Thank you very much for your utmost human consideration.
Sincerely,
New Trend Magazine
India's Gujarat Shame : Justice Delayed in Mass Rape of Women
VERDICT ON BILKIS BANO' CASE: Muslim Woman Fought for 5
Years in Court
( by K Hamza, Kerala, India) [Exclusive to New Trend]
Bilkis Bano, a barely educated Muslim woman in Gujarat, the
Indian State, bravely fought a legal battle against heavy
odds for six years of trial and the judiciary has eventually
delivered justice to her. Special judge U.D. Salvi of the
Sessions court in Bombay on January 21, sentenced 11 persons
to life imprisonment on charges of conspiracy, rioting with
deadly weapons, causing disappearance of evidence and
unlawful assembly.
Bilkis Bano, then six months pregnant, was gang raped by
marauding Hindu fanatics during the Gujarat riots on
March 3, 2002..She was also a witness to the killing of 14
members of her family, who took shelter in a field where the
hooligans raped four women and killed Bano's
three-year-daughter by smashing her on the ground.
The horrendous episode did not end there. When Bilkis
regained her consciousness next day, she rushed to the
nearest local police station to lodge a complaint. The police
did not take the case seriously since the Chief Minister
Narendra Modi's government has been following Hindtv, Hindu
nationalist ideology, in which secularism or cardinal
democratic moorings have no role, but Hindu majority
communalism is vital.. Modi has been playing the communal
card to continue in power. In the 2002 riots, there are still
innumerable cases pending for lack of First Information
Reports from the Police. Even today, Muslim victims have no
courage to approach the Police to lodge complaints against
Hindu offenders due to fear of backlash from them.
The Supreme Court allowed the case to be heard outside
Gujarat just because of the fact that justice would not
be obtained under Modi's government. Earlier the case was
heard at a court in Ahamedabad, Gujarat. The trial was
shifted to Bombay owing to the fear that the witnesses would
be hurt. Although Bilkis has won the legal battle, she is not
fully satisfied in the verdict since five policemen and two
Doctors, who had done the postmortem of the dead hiding the
truth, were acquitted for lack of evidence. Their acquittal
does not sound fair. Bilki's case is a mere tip of the
iceberg while comparing the volume of crimes perpetrated
against Muslims in Gujarat during the 2002 carnage.
No doubt, the landmark judgment in the case has reinforced
public faith in the country's judicial system. The Supreme
Court had entrusted the case to the Central Bureau of
Investigation. " I stand vindicated. The judgment does not
mean the end of hatred in the State. But it does not mean
that somewhere justice can prevail. The judgment is a victory
not only for me but for all innocent Muslims who were
massacred and the women whose bodies were violated only
because, like me, they were Muslims", Bilkis said at a press
conference. She is afraid of going back to Gujarat where the
corrupt officials, who embolden, encourage and protect the
criminals to destroy entire Muslim community, still remained
free and unblemished under Narendra Modi who came to power
again as the Chief Minister in the recently held
general elections.
Admittedly, Bilki's case has become a symbol of the communal
carnage in Gujarat. She deserves a national award for her
dare devilry resolve and dauntless spirit throughout the
ordeal she encountered during the last six years.
Letter: Why are India's Muslims Fired up about Baltimore
Jamaat's Protest on Rushdie's Visit
Incidentally, Rushdie visited Mumbai two weeks back and there
was a series of protest meetings. Rushdie was house guest of
Godrej, a Parsi industrialist, with consumer products from
locks to soaps to frozen chicken. Ulama Council proposed
boycott of Godrej products if he and his socialite wife does
not submit an apology. Your news circulated among others, to
Indian Media was to inform them that even in the US Rushdie
is a persona non grata.
Muslims in India are exhorting Indian government to block
entry for Rushdie and Taslima Nasreen, doyen of Jews and
Indian communists, who are deliberately inviting these
hateful characters to instigate and provoke and humiliate
Indian Muslims, showing up how helpless 150 million Muslims
are in India.
Pray for our deliverance from the evil forces of Brahmins
and Jews.
Regards
Ghulam Muhammed Siddiqui
Mumbai.
BOSNIA VIOLATES OWN CITIZENS' HUMAN RIGHTS BY REVOKING
THEIR CITIZENSHIP IN a Political Process
By Tarik Borogovac, NCRBH
Imad al-Husseini is a Bosnian citizen of Syrian background
awaiting deportation from Bosnia and Herzegovina, possibly
back to Syria, where he could be tortured or executed. His
large beard gets much air time these days in the media in
Bosnia and the neighboring countries. Namely, he is the
media's poster terrorist. It is constantly speculated that he
is a war criminal and even implied that he is somehow
connected to al-Qaeda or Osama bin-Laden himself. Finally, it
is always noted that he was a soldier in the Bosnian army
during the war in the early 1990's.
Yet, the most interesting thing about Imad al-Husseini is
that he is completely uninteresting to any agency of any
government that is pursuing terrorism or war crimes. The U.S.
never asked to have him. Bosnia always handed over anyone the
U.S. asked for, without requiring any answers. For example,
in 2002 it gave up six Bosnian citizens, all of Algerian
background, who have been imprisoned in Guantanamo Bay ever
since, without formal charges. Al-Husseini would have been in
Guantanamo Bay if the U.S. had ever asked for him. The War
Crimes Tribunal for former Yugoslavia at the Hague did not
ask for al-Husseini either as a possible perpetrator of a war
crime during the Bosnian war, despite wild speculation from
the media. Even the Bosnian courts have not charged him with
anything, except a domestic disturbance.
Without any charge against him, we have to assume that he is
merely a victim of a human rights violation. Namely,
according to the Universal Declaration of Human Rights,
article 15.2 "No one shall be arbitrarily deprived of his
nationality nor denied the right to change his nationality".
What is meant by this clause is that since citizenship is the
basis for realization of various rights, (residence status,
property, employment, etc.) cases that put in question
citizenship should be treated in an authorized court, and on
an individual basis, with some "due process". In Bosnia,
there is actually a commission, appointed and led by
politicians, that is tasked with taking citizenship away from
large numbers of Bosnian citizens, in a process called
"citizenship review". This commission originally took away
al-Husseini's Bosnian citizenship. He sued, and a Bosnian
court ordered the reinstatement of his citizenship, on
grounds that the commission disregarded documentation about
his military service, and which proved that his citizenship
was legal and valid. Amazingly, two days after the court's
decision his Bosnian citizenship was taken away again by
another purely political body -- the Council of Ministers of
Bosnia and Herzegovina, i.e. the government -- which
explained that his removal is "of vital national interest".
That is truly arbitrary.
Again we come back to the question: why is this guy so
important to go to such lengths to strip him of his
citizenship so arbitrarily, and to portray him as such a
terrorist, but not important enough to charge him with
anything, or arrest him while he lived in Bosnia all those
long years up to now? Well, he is only important as an
example for others. In al-Husseini's case, the politicians
are clearly putting their arbitrary commission above the
courts, and sending a message that any other court challenges
to its decisions are futile. But they have to justify such a
drastic move somehow, so through back channels they name him
as a terrorist or war criminal in the media.
The commission for review of citizenship is reviewing
citizenships of thousands of individuals in a very short time
span. In the round that ended just a few days ago, they
announced 661 names of individuals that had their
citizenships revoked. Most of the names are Arabic, but a
great number are Bosnian, and a few are western. Even if we
cannot say for sure that al-Husseini has not in some way been
connected to a terror ring, we can definitely be sure that
not all of those men and women are terrorists. It has been
well publicized that when some of them are forced to leave
the country, they will leave their own children and spouses
behind. Does not marrying Bosnian spouses and having Bosnian
children entitle them to citizenship?
Bosnian politicians often use manipulations of citizenship to
eliminate individual citizens or whole groups of citizens
whom they consider to be undesirable. Years ago, Prof.
Francis Boyle, the lawyer for Bosnia who sued Serbia and
Montenegro at the International Court of Justice for
committing and aiding aggression and genocide in Bosnia, had
his citizenship simply erased - probably in retaliation for
starting that lawsuit. Another example, as we have explained
previously in this newsletter, is that the Bosnian law on
citizenship represents a continuation of ethnic cleansing.
Namely, those Bosnians who also took citizenship in one of
many other countries will lose their Bosnian citizenship in
2011. Due to agreements with the Serbia-Montenegro union and
Croatia, the law excludes those countries, and their citizens
can have dual citizenship with Bosnia. Consequently, the law
disproportionately affects the Bosniak population, which was
the primary target of the ethnic cleansing (genocide)
campaign carried out by followers of war criminals Milosevic,
Karadzic and Mladic in order to create a "Republic of the
Serbs" in Bosnia. Namely, Bosniak refugees primarily settled
in third countries, such as the U.S.A., Australia, Canada,
etc. In a few short years they will automatically be denied
their Bosnian citizenship only because they accepted
citizenship of the host country.
We conclude with the story of how al-Husseini and other
volunteers became Bosnian citizens at all. When the Republic
of Bosnia and Herzegovina (RBiH) declared its independence
from Yugoslavia, it was a secular state with an
overwhelmingly secular populace. The state hastily formed an
Army of the RBiH to defend itself from Serb extremist
militias, aided by the Yugoslav National Army, who were
brutalizing the population as part of their aforementioned
ethnic cleansing campaign. The U.N., led by the U.S.
president Bush, Sr., put an embargo on Serbia and Montenegro
(rump Yugoslavia) for aggression. A number of foreign men,
mostly Muslim, volunteered to fight for Bosnia. Although they
were not numerous enough to seriously affect the outcome of
the war, if they helped at all in that desperate situation,
they were very welcome, and for that all Bosnians should be
grateful. Most of those volunteers earned the citizenship
that was given to them.
Yet, at the time Serbian propaganda needed to turn the
world's perception of the war from one waged between an
aggressor state and victim state, to a religious conflict
between Christian and Muslim armies. The Arab fighters were a
great asset to Serbia in that respect, although not by their
own fault. Namely, the presence of any number of Arab
volunteer soldiers is not proof that the Army of RBiH was a
Muslim militia. Instead, the large numbers of Serb and Croat
soldiers in the ARBiH categorically prove that it was not a
"Muslim militia". Among them we can list heroes and
commanders at highest levels, including Dragan Vikic, general
Jovan Divjak, general Zeljko Knez, general Stjepan Siber and
the current Croat member of the BiH Presidency Zeljko Komsic.
Nonetheless, the propaganda using the Arab fighters was very
effective, especially since the President of Bosnia at the
time Alija Izetbegovic went along with it and constantly
tried to show off the "Islamic" nature of the ARBiH, even by
taking a group of soldiers on a pilgrimage to Mecca, to be
photographed while praying. This was a misrepresentation of
the secular ARBiH, and it is our opinion that Izetbegovic
created it intentionally to help the Serb propaganda machine.
Ironically, for this, the Arab fighters loved him the most,
because to them he was the only "true Muslim" among their
Bosnian commanders. In the Bosnian media, al-Husseini still
invokes the name of Alija Izetbegovic in this context.
Alija Izetbegovic later illegally (in violation of the
constitution of RBiH) put his name on the Dayton agreement to
partition the country, creating the ethnically clean
"Republic of the Serbs" (RS). The Serb politicians, and
others who work for them, still use the same tactic of
labeling Bosniaks as "Islamic terrorists". Long-bearded
Arabs, such as al-Husseini, serve as "proof of the radical
Islam danger in Bosnia" in the court of public opinion, even
if they cannot be charged with anything in a real court. They
hope to distract the U.S. and Europe enough from focusing on
the real war criminals -- the perpetrators of genocide who
created the "Republic of the Serbs".
2008-02-06 Wed 05:10:55 cst
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