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Zulhijjah 10,1435/October 5, 2014 Issue # 40
UPCOMING EVENT
October 11, 2014
National Islamic Shoora of Jamaat al-Muslimeen
Host: Imam Badi Ali
Sec.Gen: Sis. Ashira Na'im
Ameer: Br.Kaukab Siddique
Adviser: Br.Shamim Siddiqui
Please send issues and/or problems which you think should be discussed to:
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HADITH OF THE WEEK
The Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) said:
"Acquiring knowledge in (the) company (of others) for an hour in the night is better than spending the whole night in prayer."
Al-Tirmidhi, Hadith 91
FROM THE EDITOR
Saudi Grand Mufti Does not know Hadith: Attacks IS [Islamic
State] to Please the Crusaders.
by Kaukab Siddique, PhD
It's such a shame that the Grand Mufti of Saudi Arabia tried
to use the hajj to attack the Islamic State [IS] in
particular and all those whom America sees as enemies. The
Mufti call them "khawarij" and enemies of humanity. The Hajj
should not be used to support the policies of the
pro-American government in Riyadh. It is a mortal sin to use
the sacred pilgrimage as a tool for political gain.
This is how it was reported by the media around the world
including American media.
"MOUNT ARAFAT: In his annual Haj sermon on Friday, Saudi
Arabia's top religious figure termed the extremist Islamic
State militants as Khawarijites and the enemies of
humanity.
Addressing millions of Muslims from around the world
gathered in Makkah for the Haj, the Grand Mufti of the
Ka'aba Sheikh Abdulaziz al-Sheikh said that conspiracies
were being hatched against Muslims, and that some movements
in the Muslim world were enemies of humanity. "
For the time being I will ignore the Mufti's silence on the
real enemies of humanity:
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The Israeli genocide in Gaza.
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US Imperialism in its occupation of Iraq and
Afghanistan.
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The Indian occupation of Kashmir.
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The Russian occupation of Chechnia and many others.
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The exploiters of Africa's defenseless people.
Let us look at the Mufti's use of the term "khawarij". In
fact the Mufti, the dictators and their paid "scholars" and
the Shias all use the term "khwarij" for the mujahideen
groups which are fighting Islamic movements. They all claim
that the Prophet, pbuh, condemned people like IS, al-Qaida,
Taliban, Hamas, al-Shabab, Boko Haram and just about all
Islamic armed groups as khwarij.
Most Muslims do not read the text of the hadith which is
used to claim that the mujahideen are "khawarij" condemned
by the Prophet, pbuh. Here is the hadith:
"Abu Sa'eed Al-Khudri reported: The Prophet, peace and
blessings be upon him, said, "There will come a people from
the east who recite the Quran but it does not go beyond
their throats. They will go out of the religion just as an
arrow pierces its target and they will not return to it just
as the arrow does not return to the bow." It was said, "What
will be their sign?" The Prophet said, "Their sign is
shaving." Or he said, "It is shearing."
Source: Sahih Bukhari 7123 Grade: Sahih (authentic)
according to Al-Bukhari
Notice that the hadith DOES NOT contain the word "khwarij,"
In fact the Prophet, pbuh, NEVER used this word.. What the
enemies of the fighting groups do is to add the word
"khwarij" in brackets after the word "throats."
Historically, the term "khwarij" was used for the followers
of Ali, r.a., after they left him when he accepted
arbitration with Muawiyya, r.a.during the battle of Siffin.
These were the hard core shias of Ali, r.a., who were very
upset that Ali, r.a., was going into a cease fire with
Muawiyya, r.a. It was a tragic situation in which Ali, r.a.,
ended up fighting his own Shias at the battle of Nahrwan in
which he killed most of them. He was so weakened by this
internal disaster that he could no long fight Muawiyya,
r.a., A brother of one of those killed at Nahrwan
assassinated Ali, r.a.. After that tragedy, Ali's elder son
Hasan, r.a., made peace with Muawiyya, r.a., and gave his
allegiance to Muawiyya, r.a.
Let's look again at the hadith prophesy about those who seem
to be reverent Muslims but Islam does not go below their
throats. It says that their sign is that they will shave. If
we try to apply this sign to the "Muslim" leaders of today,
it fits the rulers allied to the crusaders such as General
Sissi of Egypt, Bashar Assad of Syria, King Abdullah of
Jordan. Agha Khan, the Ismaili leader, and Prime Minister
Nawaz Sharif of Pakistan. Then take "shearing," it would
apply to the Saudi ruler and his huge family of exploiters
of Islam. Look at those tiny beards they have, not shaven
but sheared: perfect symbols of hypocrisy.
Mujahideen live and die for Allah. They have human
weaknesses but they are not by any stretch of the
imagination "khawarij."
Shi'ism: Rise, Decline and Deception
by Kaukab Siddique, PhD
With revolution against the Shah of Iran and the downfall of
American power in Iran, Imam Khomeini led a movement which
changed the history of the region. When Imam Khomeini
declared that Shia and Sunni are not important, Islam is
important, the Muslim world experienced a wave of optimism
and hope. I personally met Imam Khomeini and interviewed and
photographed him. Other than Maulana Maudoodi before him and
Dr. Omar Abdel Rahman after him, I have not see or heard of
any Islamic leader comparable to him.
When Saddam Hussain's forces, funded and egged on by the
Arab kingdoms and backed by the US, invaded Iran, I was with
Iran and personally visited the battle frontline with Iraq
to support the cause of Iran. My writings defending Iran
against western propaganda can be seen in my book Khomeini's
Iran.
Another great achievement of the Imam was the denunciation
of Salman Rushdie's abusive attack on Prophet Muhammad,
pbuh, and Ayesha, r.a. I was so thrilled by this challenge
to the western enemies of the Prophet, pbuh, that I thought
of the historical event of Ali, r.a., honoring Ayesha,
r.a.
When my hero passed away, I visited Tehran to mourn at his
grave before the mausoleum was built. But the situation
within Iran was deteriorating. The first sign was that
Ayatollah Montazeri who had been designated as Imam
Khomeini's successor came under insidious propaganda attacks
from his right wing enemies. Finally, he was removed from
leadership. The new leadership which emerged knew little
about the world and dipped into ancient sectarian literature
to come up with a narrative of Islamic history which over
time alienated the Muslim world from Iran.
Imam Khomeini had warned Iranians against any dealings with
America, but even before he passed away, Rafsanjani had
started the process. Iran supported the invasion of
Afghanistan by the US and then the assault on Iraq. A real
low was Iran's seizure of Iraqi jet fighters which took
refuge in Iran.
It was shameful that Iran, Khomeini's Iran, joined the US/UN
sanctions on Iraq which slowly led to the death of a million
Iraqi civilians including 500,000 and more children [UN
statistics]. These slow deaths in Iraq may have created the
intense hate, along with the US encirclement of Arabia, and
the torture of Islamic people in Egypt, which led to the
9.11 attacks on high value targets in USA.
These tragic events switched my mind and soul from Iran to
Iraq. I deeply admired the resistance of President Saddam
Hussain and his magnificent stance, Qur'an in hand, during
his show trial and his shameful execution by the Shi'ites
[on Eid day!].
Considerable segments of the Shi'ite groups in Iraq welcomed
the US armadas. The Americans devastated Iraq but could not
defeat the resistance which increasingly came from al-Qaida
in Iraq, led by al-Zarqawi [killed by the Americans] and
then by al-Baghdadi [now the leader of the Islamis State,
IS]. The Shi'its formed a government under American
auspices. Iran gave seed money of ONE BILLION DOLLARS to the
US installed regime.
Final Shi'ite Degeneration and then Deception: Syria's
Bloodbath and the"re-Invasion" of Iraq.
The people of Syria rose up against the Syrian tyrant Bashar
al-Assad. It was an entirely peaceful movement but Bashar
would have none of it. He slaughtered the people, to the
extent of landing paratroopers outside mosques. The peaceful
movement spread but Bashar went after it, city by city,
slaughtering the people. He wanted to re-do all over Syria
what his notorious father Hafez had done in Hama in 1982.
But the people of Syria stood firm and steadily segments of
Bashar Assad's troops started defecting and defending the
population. However, the defectors, who came to be known as
the FSA, were not strong enough to push back Bashar's
heavily armed forces.
As the slaughter of the population continued, mujahideen
from Arab countries started entering Syria to defend the
people. Numerous Islamic groups were formed, and they drew
thousands of volunteers from the Syrian population. They
developed their own leadership and appealed to Muslim
populations outside Syria for help. Thus al-Nusra, Ahrar
al-Sham, and other groups took shape. ISIS was a later
development which saw the fighting groups as weak on
ideology and not 100% wedded to the implementation of
Sharia.
The Shi'ite response was that Iran started an air bridge of
weapons, ammunition and supplies to the Assad regime, with
the cooperation of the Shi'ite Maliki regime in Baghdad.
In spite of all the help from Iran, and then a huge refill
of all of Bashar's losses from Russia, the mujahideen scored
spectacular victories, turning missiles captured from two of
Assad's numerous air bases against his forces.
Treachery of Hizbullah and Iraqi Shias.
When Assad was on his last legs and the suburbs of Damascus
had fallen to the mujahideen, Hizbullah crossed the border
from Lebanon and joined the battle to save Assad. Thousands
of highly trained Hizbullah fighters became the vanguard of
Assad's forces. The mujahideen fought back with heroic
tenacity but were now not only heavily outnumbered but
outgunned. Hence Assad's escape route and supply route
through the Qalamoun mountains was re-opened and the
Alawites re-took Homs and Hama, though fighting continues in
their environs.
Deception:
Hizbullah's propaganda has been, in collusion with Iran,
that Assad is the linchpin of "resistance" to Israel. Thus
by saving Assad "we" are saving Palestine. However Israel
invaded Gaza twice without any armed response from
Hizbullah, not even a minor incident. The border of Lebanon
is the only one into Israel not controlled by pro-Israel
forces as is the case with Jordan, Egypt and Saudi Arabia.
Hizbullah was busy fighting the mujahideen in Syria during
the recent genocidal onslaught on Gaza.
ISIS:
With the victorious emergence of the Islamic State and the
establishment of the Islamic caliphate led by Abu Bakr
al-Baghdadi, Shi'ites across the world were in a state of
shock. The Shi'ites went into a total DISINFORMATION MODE.
They claimed that ISIS was a "creation" of the United
States. Then they went further and claimed that ISIS was
created by Israel and that Abu Bakr Baghdadi was a Mossad
agent. The only "evidence" provided for this BIG LIE
technique was a claim that Snowden had said so in his secret
papers and that in a photo al-Baghdadi was seen sitting with
Senator McCain. Both claims were cleverly transmitted
through a self-styled "global" web site. However close
reading showed that Snowden had never mentioned the words
ISIS and al-Baghdadi. These were interpolated by the Shias
into their critique of ISIS.
The photo of McCain turned out to be a fake, photo shopped
item.
The Shi'ite deception came to an end when America started
bombing the Islamic State in Iraq and then the Islamic State
in Syria.
Iran and Assad complained that America had not included them
in the coalition bombing ISIS, They did not complain that
such bombing of Muslims in Muslim lands is a violation of
international law.
They did not complain that America is using its late model
jet bombers which can hit targets from 50 miles away. In
fact the Iranian leader Rouhani protested that bombing
without troops on the ground may not be effective.
The Shias have mentally fallen so low that they did not
understand Obama's tactic to use SUNNI rulers only. These
Shias are BEGGING to be used by the Americans.
Imam Khomeini must be writhing in his grave. Hussain, r.a.,
would not accept a Muslim ruler, Yazeed, but these modern
Shias see Bashar Assad and his Alawite and Shabiha gangs,
who have killed 180,000 Muslims, tortured to death 11,000
children and raped tens of thousands of Muslim women, as a
hero!
[Figures collected by human rights organizations.]
Pakistan
Pakistan : #1
How can Imran Khan get rid of the "system" when he is part
of it? asks Munir Khalili, Pakistani analyst.
There is much confusion in Pakistan owing to the ongoing
sit-in by the followers of Imran Khan [IK] and Tahir
ul-Qadri [TUQ] in Islamabad.
Munir Khalili's article on the "sit in" is a treat to read
because it is sedate and well thought out. It is in Urdu,
sophisticated and rational. For our English reading
community, here are its main points. [We also give the link
for those who can read Urdu.]
Munir Khalili begins by pointing out that Imran Khan's
rhetoric has escalated from criticism of Prime Minister
Nawaz [calling for his resignation] to claims of revolution
and slogans about removal of the entire "system." Khalili
explains what is the "system." It ranges from top government
positions to the institutions on which the country depends
for its day to day business.
He adds that the corruption in the system comes from the
politicians themselves. To claim that politicians are not
part of the system is preposterous. Imran Khan accuses the
Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif [rightly] but Imran Khan's
party, in its internal elections itself has carried out
rigging.
Khalili then dissects the Pakistani party system. These are
cults and each leader is a cult leader. The leaders cannot
be criticized and those who criticize have to leave. Imran
Khan has shown in his speeches during so many weeks during
the "sit in" that he is arrogant and getting harsher by the
day. He is developing the leadership cult. The women and
girls who have gathered around him look at him with
adoration as if he is a film star.
The situation in other parties is not very different with
cultist leaders. The democracy which they demand is not
present within them,
The only exception is Jamaate Islami which has a track
record of a constitutional process in which decision making
is by way of discussion and the will of the members.
The leader of Jamaate Islami is an "ordinary" Pakistani,
Sirajul Haq, person with no impressive wealth or feudal
holdings, as was Munawar Hasan. Both are known for their
piety and humility, not for arrogance and ego.
Imran Khan is attracting the rich and the corrupt elements
in other parties. They smell more looting to come. Those
multi-millionaires in PPP who looted the country and
accumulated multi million dollars are salivating at the idea
of joining Imran's party.
http://munir-khalili.blogspot.ae/2014/10/let-us-be-rid-of-
system.html
Pakistan #2
Jamaate Islami Takes up Campaign for Missing Persons. This
issue is a blot on democracy says Sirajul Haq. Pakistani
Woman Amina Janjua says, more than 2,000 [opponents of
Military] are Missing
LAHORE, Sep. 30; Ameer, Jamaat e islami, Pakistan, Sirajul
Haq, has said that the missing persons issue was a blot on
the face of a democratic society , and added that if the
accused had committed any crime, they should be produced
before the courts.
Talking to the media after going around a camp set up by the
missing persons' relatives in Islamabad, he appealed to the
Prime Minister and the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court to
realize the sensitivity of the issue and listen to the cries
of the missing persons. Chairperson, Defense of Human
Rights, Begum Amina Masud Janjua, received the JI chief at
the camp.
Sirajul Haq said as a Muslim, a political worker and a
democrat, he was ashamed that all his efforts for the
recovery of the missing persons had not yielded any
result.
Talking to the media after going around a camp set up by the
missing persons' relatives in Islamabad, he appealed to the
Prime Minister and the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court to
realize the sensitivity of the issue and listen to the cries
of the missing persons. Chairperson, Defense of Human
Rights, Begum Amina Masud Janjua, received the JI chief at
the camp.
Sirajul Haq said as a Muslim, a political worker and a
democrat, he was ashamed that all his efforts for the
recovery of the missing persons had not yielded any result.
He said that the mothers and the sisters of the missing
persons had been knocking at different doors but in
vain.
The JI chief said that the Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif
intended to go for Hajj, and added that before that, the PM
should arrange the recovery of the missing persons to earn
the prayers of their near and dear ones.
He said that the nation had struggled hard for the
restoration of the former Chief Justice Iftekahar Chaudhary,
with the expectation that the rights of the people would be
secure in the country. However, he said, they people had
been disappointed.
Speaking on the occasion, Begum Amina Masud Janjua, said she
was thankful to the JI leadership for giving due importance
to the missing persons issue. She said she had cases of more
than two thousand missing persons. She said that all the
previous governments had assured her of resolving the issue
but the issue had not been resolved till today.
Pakistan #3
Jamaate Islami Leader Addresses Large Gathering in strategic
area: Supports Taliban, criticizes Afghan-US Agreement.
LAHORE, Oct. 2: Ameer, Jamaat e Islami, Pakistan, Sirajul
Haq, has said that the era of the Moghul kings was over and
the peoples rule was about to begin.
Addressing a large public meeting at Landikotal on Thursday,
he said that the JI had spotted the palaces of the
plunderers in big cities and it would recover the public
money and ill gotten wealth from them. The JI provincial
chief Prof. Ibrahim Khan, General Secretary Shabbir Ahmed
Khan, Sahibzada Haroonur Rashid and others also addressed.
Referring to the Afghan situation, Sirajul Haq said that
peaceful Afghanistan and a prosperous Pakistan were the need
of the time. He said, We want Afghanistan to prosper, and we
are friends of the Afghan people. He said if the JI came to
power, Pakistan would be linked to Afghanistan by
railway.
He lauded Afghan President Ashraf Ghani's invitation to the
Taliban for talks, and said that the talks should also be
held between the Afghan government , Eng. Gul Badin
Hikmatyar and the Taliban.
Sirajul Haq however expressed reservations over the
US-Afghan strategic pact and said it was not a good omen for
Afghanistan or this country, adding that due to the presence
of the US and NATO troops, Afghanistan would remain the
center of intrigues. President Ashraf Ghani should have
trusted in his Afghan people and announced in clear terms
that his government did not need US/ NATO troops any
more.
The JI chief blamed the federal government for the
destruction in FATA and announced that the JI on coming to
power, would undertake historic development activity in the
tribal area. He however called upon the government to
announce a special Rs. 100 billion development and relief
package for the tribal areas.
Sirajul Haq said that Pakistan was achieved in the name of
Islam but the pledge to enforce the Islamic system of life
had not been fulfilled, although the Islamic system provided
solution for all human problems. He said the corrupt and
selfish rulers serving the interest of the British, kept the
country away from the system laid down in the Quran ad the
Sunnah, and this was the root cause of political and
economic problems facing the country today.
Sirajul Haq said there was no dearth of resources in the
country but the basic civic necessities including
electricity, roads, health centers and schools were not
available only due to the corruption of the mafias.
WAR NEWS
NIGERIA
Islamic Leader Debunks Nigerian Army's Claims: Islamic
Caliphate being Established.
Kano (Nigeria) (AFP) - Boko Haram leader Abubakar Shekau
dismissed Nigerian military claims of his death in a new
video obtained by AFP on Thursday and said the militants had
implemented strict Islamic law in captured towns.
"Here I am, alive. I will only die the day Allah takes my
breath," Shekau said, adding that his group was "running
our... Islamic caliphate" and administering strict sharia
punishments.
Boko Haram has shown images of extreme violence before but
the latest video shows at length graphic scenes of an
amputation and a stoning to death as well as a beheading.
It also purports to show the wreckage of a Nigerian Air
Force jet that went missing in the northeast on September
11. Boko Haram said its fighters shot it down but the
military denied the claim.
The military announced last week that Shekau was dead and
that a man who had been posing as the group's leader in the
videos had been killed after fighting with troops in the far
northeast. Security analysts and the United States
questioned the credibility of the military's claim.
The video shows Shekau firing an anti-aircraft gun into the
air from the back of a truck (AFP Photo/ ...
http://news.yahoo.com/photos/shows-shekau-firing-anti-aircraft-gun-air-back-photo-100508178.html
The new 36-minute video shows Shekau, in combat fatigues and
black rubber boots, standing on the back of a pick-up truck
and firing an anti-aircraft gun into the air. Standing in
front of three camouflaged vans and flanked by four heavily
armed, masked fighters, he then speaks for 16 minutes in
Arabic and the Hausa language widely spoken in northern
Nigeria.
There was no indication of where or when the video was shot.
Shekau appears in separate images from the violence.
- Propaganda claims -
The heavily bearded Shekau, who appeared to be the same man
as those in previous clips, said the military's claim that
he was dead was propaganda.
A video screengrab shows a Boko Haram member standing on
what the group says is the wreckage of a Nigerian jet
fighter. ...
http://news.yahoo.com/photos/video-screengrab-shows-boko-haram-member-standing-group-photo-115108286.html
"Nothing will kill me until my days are over... Some people
asked you if Shekau has two souls. No, I have one soul, by
Allah," he said, apparently reading from a script.
There have been two previous claims by Nigeria that Shekau
had been killed or "may be dead" but Boko Haram later issued
video denials.
Elsewhere in the new video, the militant leader said the
group had implemented strict Islamic law in the towns that
it had captured in the northeast in recent weeks.
"We are running our caliphate, our Islamic caliphate. We
follow the Koran...in the land of Allah," he said. On the
air force jet, Boko Haram fighters are seen apparently
picking through the wreckage of the downed Alpha aircraft
and the military's green and white logo is clearly
visible.
PAKISTAN & KASHMIR
[IS Support Openly displayed in Indian Occupied
Kashmir.]
Pakistani Taliban declare allegiance to Islamic State and
global jihad
Dera ISMAIL KHAN/ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - The Pakistani Taliban
declared allegiance to Islamic State on Saturday and ordered
militants across the region to help the Middle Eastern
jihadist group in its campaign to set up a global Islamic
caliphate.
Islamic State, which controls swathes of land in Syria and
Iraq, has been making inroads into South Asia, which has
traditionally been dominated by local Taliban insurgencies
against both the Pakistan and Afghanistan governments. The
announcement comes after a September move by al Qaeda chief,
Ayman al-Zawahri, to name former Taliban commander Asim Umar
as the "emir" of a new South Asia branch of the network that
masterminded the 2001 attacks on the United States.
Although there is little evidence of a firm alliance yet
between IS and al Qaeda-linked Taliban commanders, IS
activists have been spotted recently in the Pakistani city
of Peshawar distributing pamphlets praising the group.
IS flags have also been seen at street rallies in
Indian-administered Kashmir. The trend has been of growing
concern to global powers struggling to keep up with the
fast-changing nature of the international Islamist
insurgency. In a message marking the Muslim holy festival of
Eid al-Adha, the Pakistani Taliban said they fully supported
IS goals.
"Oh our brothers, we are proud of you in your victories. We
are with you in your happiness and your sorrow," Taliban
spokesman Shahidullah Shahid said in a statement sent to
Reuters by email from an unknown location.
"In these troubled days, we call for your patience and
stability, especially now that all your enemies are united
against you. Please put all your rivalries behind you ...
"All Muslims in the world have great expectations of you ...
We are with you, we will provide you with Mujahideen
(fighters) and with every possible support."
The statement, released in Urdu, Pashto and Arabic, was sent
after Islamic State militants beheaded British aid worker
Alan Henning in a video posted on Friday, triggering
condemnation by the British and U.S. governments.
IRAQ
British Air Strikes Violated International Law. After that
British Hostage was Executed.
[Snippets compiled by CLG, Citizens for a Legitimate
Government, Connecticut.]
Attack Helicopter Shot Down By IS Rocket Launcher 3 Oct
2014
Fighters from the Islamic State extremist group have used a
rocket launcher to shoot down an Iraqi military helicopter,
say officials. The pilot and co-pilot of the Mi-35 aircraft
were reportedly killed in the attack which happened between
the towns of Beiji and al Senniyah in northern Iraq. The
shooting down of the helicopter showed the insurgents'
ability to hit back against air operations by Iraqi
authorities and the US-led coalition...Beiji, which is 130
miles north of Baghdad, is home to Iraq's biggest oil
refinery.
Guantánamo Force-Feeding Torture Videos to Be Released,
Posted by Lori Price, www.legitgov.org 3 Oct 2014
Today we learn that a federal judge has ruled that videos
depicting detainees' force-feeding torture at the Guantánamo
Bay prison must be released, tapes that the U.S. military
and the U.S. Department of 'Justice' have been keeping
secret. See, from the Guardian: Judge orders Guantánamo Bay
force-feeding videos to be released 3 Oct 2014 A federal
judge has ordered the disclosure of videotapes that show the
force-feeding of an inmate at Guantánamo Bay. Days before
the first legal challenge to the force feeding is expected
to begin, Judge Gladys Kessler of the Washington DC district
court on Friday ordered the government to prepare public
versions of 28 videos showing a Syrian detainee prisoner,
Abu Wa'el Dhiab, forcibly removed from his Guantánamo Bay
cell and fed through a tube inserted through his nose into
his stomach.
Isis video purportedly shows murder of British hostage Alan
Henning 3 Oct 2014
Islamic State militants have published a video that is said
to depict the murder of a British aid convoy volunteer Alan
Henning three weeks after warning that he would be the next
to die. If the video is found to be authentic, Henning will
be the fourth western hostage to have been killed by the
group, following the (alleged) video-taped beheadings of US
journalists James Foley and Steven Sotloff, and Scottish aid
worker David Haines. The latest crime comes after the UK
launched air strikes against Isis, joining the US and its
Arab allies - Jordan, [the biggest group of beheading
sociopaths on God's green earth,] Saudi Arabia and the UAE -
which had been targeting the group for several days.
IRAQ
ISIS Advancing on Baghdad: Three more towns Captured:
International Airport not Far
On October 3, Islamic caliphate forces captured the town of
Hit. On October 4, they captured Kobeisa and on October 5
Abu Ghraib.
Baghdad regime forces suffered heavy casualties and
survivors ran for their lives.
With Abu Ghraib in Islamic hands, where once Muslims were
humiliated by US troops, Baghdad's International Airport, 24
miles away, could soon come under fire. ISIS has captured
166mm howitzers USA gave to the Shias. They are effective
from 20 miles.
American Apache helicopters are attacking ISIS forces north
west of Baghdad. [AP]
Australia has joined the bombing campaign and Canada has
decided to join.
Kurdish Peshmarga have scored a success by capturing a
crossing point from Iraq into Syria called Rabia. Fighting
goes on.
SYRIA
Islamic Forces Enter Kobane but only in part: Ferocious US
Bombing: Assad's Forces Assault Aleppo but beaten back.
October 5: Islamic State [IS] mujahideen entered Kobane, the
strategically located town on the Turkish Syrian border.
[CCN report]. However other sources say that parts of Kobane
are still in the hands of the Communist Kurdish defenders
known as YPG. They put up a stiff resistance and IS was
slowed down by ferocious bombing by the US air force.
Kurdish losses have been heavy but 30 IS fighters were
killed in US bombing of Hakessah province nearby. Another 5
were killed when US bombing struck several IS vehicles
advancing on Kobane. [Ongoing battle]
Turkey under pressure: The US is urging Turkish ac[tion
against IS. Turkey is holding back but threatening to hit IS
if it hurts any Turkish border guard. [New Trend comment: It
will be a disaster for the Islamic cause if Erdogan does the
bidding of the united States.]
The air assault by the US has helped the dictator Assad with
significant reinforcements from Hizbullah. On October 4,
Assad's forces advanced inti a part of Aleppo and captured a
village which would outflank Aleppo's Islamic defenders.
Al-Nusra other groupd counterattacked and too back the
village. But Assad is bringing in more Shi'ite militias and
Hizbullah to attack again.
In turn the mujahideen are advancing into Latakkia province
again, the stronghold of the Alawites. On Octobrt 3 the
Islamic forces repulsed Assad's counterattacks.
In the area around Damascus, the mujahideen are in control
but under Assad's air attacks.
Assad's air force has dropped barrel bombs during the last
three days, October 3, 4, 5 on areas under Islamiic control,
killing 52 civilians, including women and children. An
unidentified group attacked Alawite civilians in Homs
killing 34 including 10 children.
AFGHANISTAN
Devastating Losses for US-armed/funded Afghan Forces could
break them. Taliban Take Helmand Province & Part of Ghazni
Province.
General Campbell, USA's general in Afghanistan has revealed
that this year the military set up by the US to fight the
Taliban has suffered devastating losses numbered at 7,000 to
9,000 killed and wounded in the Taliban offensive. [FOX
News]
Western wire services say that the Taliban have captured
almost all of Helmand province after months of fighting.
Heavy fighting in Ghazni province too has led to part of the
province into Taliban hands.
In the last two weeks, Taliban martyrdom operators have hit
NATO troops and Afghan Special Forces in the most secure
area of the capital, Kabul.
Agha Khan in Afghanistan
October 3: The extremist Ismaili leader, the Agha Khan,
visited the newly elected President of Afghanistan chosen
under US protection. Agha Khan lives in Paris and his
supporters have been attacking the Qur'an and abusing the
Companions of the Prophet, pbuh, including Usman, r.a.,
Khalid, r.a., and Abu Huraira, r.a., on line.
Agha Khan has the complete support of Canada's extreme right
wing Prime Minister, Harper.
LIBYA
Libya Boiling as pro-Qaddafi and pro-West forces are
defeated.
September to October 5: Islamic forces have taken over both
Tripoli and Benghazi, the two major cities of Libya. The
pro-Qaddafi militias have been defeated around Tripoli but
the pro-western General Haftar is still trying to attack
Benghazi but failing. The elected representatives of Libya
have withdrawn to the obscure town of Tobruk.
MALI
Mujahideen attacked troops from Niger which had been
inducted into Mali under French direction. There were heavy
Niger casualties. Niger has admitted that 9 troops were
killed.
OUR AMERICA
Our America: Looking at England
Blatant Attempt to Stop Humanitarian Aid to Islamic People
in Syria Fails on Legal Grounds. Moazzam Begg freed: UK
drops charges
by Sis. Karin Friedemann [Boston]
On Wednesday, October 2, 2014 Moazzam Begg was released from
prison after all charges against him were dropped due to
"insufficient evidence" that Begg's trips to Syria involved
terrorism. Begg's lawyer, Gareth Peirce, who described her
client as "a good man trying to the right thing in a very
difficult world," told the Guardian that "he should never
have been charged, as his activities did not amount to
terrorism."
The former Guantanamo inmate had received a generous payout
after suing the UK for wrongful imprisonment that enabled
him to buy a house in England for his family. Begg became a
tireless activist for prisoner rights and served as Outreach
Director for CAGE. He was re-arrested in February by the
Crown Prosecution Service the day before his report on Syria
was scheduled to be released. He was being held without bail
in prison, until his sudden release Wednesday.
Government prosecutor Christopher Hehir told the court, "The
prosecution have recently become aware of relevant material,
in the light of which, after careful and anxious
consideration, the conclusion has been reached that there is
no longer a realistic prospect of conviction in this case.
The prosecution therefore offers no evidence." Mirza Begg,
brother of Moazzam Begg said, "We are just so happy to have
Moazzam home with us in time for Eid."
Andy Worthington wrote that "it was impossible to believe
that Begg, one of the most scrutinized Muslims in the UK,
would have engaged in any activities that could be construed
as terrorism."
UK security services had already interviewed Begg before his
last trip to Syria in April 2013. Knowing that he was doing
research on the US torture rendition program under the Assad
regime, they did not prevent him from traveling. However,
his passport was taken away upon his return. It is
remarkable that the British government has now admitted that
they had no case against Begg and dropped the charges -
especially compared to the common practice in the US of
using prejudice to sway the jury to convict Muslim
defendants in the absence of clear and convincing
evidence.
Neither the Crown Prosecution Service nor the local police
would say what "new material" had impacted the government's
decision that the standard of proof had not been met. The
local Muslim community and other supporters were extremely
active in advocating for Begg and insisting on his innocence
and his importance to human rights activism. It is probable
that public pressure played a role in his release,
especially at this time when the suspicion and demonization
of British Muslims that have gone to Syria has increased in
intensity.
Amandla Thomas-Johnson, spokesperson for CAGE expressed
relief that the ordeal, which had largely paralyzed the
prisoner advocacy organization, was over.
"Moazzam Begg and his family have suffered over the past 7
months not only because of his incarceration but also
because of the financial sanctions imposed upon him, as a
result of which his bank accounts (including joint accounts)
were frozen or shut down. His wife was unable to pay her
utility bills that were held in their joint names without
receiving a license from the Treasury, and it became a
criminal offense to even try and support his family with
money and food during this period. Our thoughts are with his
family and we share in the joy of receiving him home
again."
"We call on the CPS to review all ongoing Syria-related
terrorism trials to review the evidence and drop charges. We
believe many of these trials and the campaigns against
Muslim charities and individuals working in Syria are
politically motivated fishing expeditions using the wide
scope of terror laws and Prevent policy to criminalize
Muslims. We also ask that the British state reviews its
policies of harassment intimidation and politically
motivated prosecutions of Muslims involved in the Syria
crisis."
"Everything is terrorism and for those who fear losing their
jobs and government funding, terrorism is everything. It is
time to change the narrative," wrote Begg the month before
his arrest.
Moazzam Begg's past articles can be found on the CAGE
website. For example his interviews with British Muslims
fighting in Syria and explanation of fighting groups:
http://cageuk.org/article/syria-britain%E2%80%99s-new-war-teror and his Islamic explanation of Jihad.
http://cageuk.org/article/jihad-and-terrorism-war-words
It remains to be seen whether Begg's written report on
torture rendition involving Syrian prisons, confiscated by
British police, will now be allowed to be published.
Our America: New York
America's Justice System and the Police
by Sis. Aisha [Jamaat al-Muslimeen New York City]
I was watching Community Cop, which is a program that comes
on local free cable channel. The program is provided by 100
Blacks in Law Enforcement Who Care. They discussed how
prosecutors fail to get indictments against police officers.
I reveal that below.
Black Voter Dysfunction
The Prosecutor Donovan in Staten Island, who is "trying" the
murder case of Eric Garner is already engaging in
prosecutorial misconduct. Garner was murdered on 7/17/2014
by 7 to 8 police officers, which started with him being
questioned. It has been a month of presenting information to
a grand jury and, as of 9/29/2014, the grand jury is now
charged with deciding on bringing indictments against ONLY
one officer, not 7. The Black members of City Council,
mosques, churches, etc. have not demanded that Prosecutor
Donovan be removed.
Also, Rev. Charlatan (Sharpton) makes a far-fetched appeal
for the federal government to set up a special prosecutor
when that has NEVER happened! This is the way of weak
leadership: make far-fetched demands that have no way of
being accomplished! In other words, lip-service.
Governor Cuomo's or the New York State Attorney is supposed
to remove the local prosecutor and replace them with a
special prosecutor. Governor Cuomo, who has made every
effort to get White Gay Rights implemented, was put into
office by the Black Democrats. However, there is no
mobilization that threatens the re-election of Gov. Cuomo.
He is so haughty and confident of re-election that he has
not participated in ANY political debates with his
opponents!
A grand jury has to hear evidence and decide if the evidence
presented is enough to bring an indictment and go to trial.
That is the only goal according to 100 Blacks in Law
Enforcement panel on their TV Show: Community Cop MNN, a
local New York City show. Noel Leader and other members of
the panel suggested that many juries fail to indict because
the prosecutor purposely barrages them with too much
information in an attempt to try the case. However, there is
a difference between a grand jury and a trial jury, which is
suppose to examine the evidence and determine guilt. The
grand jury only decides whether there will be a trial in the
first place. The fact that it has taken this prosecutor a
month to present evidence to the grand jury is HIGHLY
unusual! I smell a rat! It is not unusual for juries to vote
not to indict. It does have to be a unanimous vote, either,
making it easier for cops to walk away from a murder
rap.
Thank Allah the people in Ferguson are still going strong.
They sent houseboys, Uncle Jessie and Reverend Charlatan
back from whence they came! The NFL drama was meant to
distract America from what is going on in Missouri.
Unfortunately, people are still being shot and killed and
raped by Police all over this country.
President Obama's Uninvited Guest
Very interesting how a man armed with a knife was able to
permeate White House grounds and even get into the Eastern
Wing! Although the Obamas had left the White House this
illegal entry was a message to him, in particular. The
message is that he is vulnerable to attack and that his own
security members will look the other way should anything
occur. On April 14, 1865, Lincoln was assassinated at Ford
Theater. John Wilkes Booth runs in the theater, shouting
"Sic semper tyrannis" (thus always to tyrants), shoots
Lincoln, and breaks his own leg after jumping off the
balcony. In spite of a broken leg, Boothe managed to escape
on horseback and avoid capture by the 240 servicemen
surrounding Ford Theater "guarding" Pres. Lincoln. How was
Boothe able to escape? ;-)
Many considered Pres. Lincoln's termination of slavery a
tyrannical move and the ultimate betrayal to White
Supremacy. He had to pay the ultimate price. The entire
phrase is Sic semper evello mortem tyrannis meaning: "Thus
always I eradicate tyrants' lives." It has become a Western
world motto against tyranny.
It is reported that on an Atlanta trip, to Centers for
Disease Control, an armed man was allowed to enter the same
elevator as Pres. Obama. This man was a security contractor.
In three separate incidents, Omar Gonzalez encountered
secret service agents but, was let go. Gonzalez is a war
veteran (former sniper) with post-traumatic stress disorder.
Gonzalez was first referred to secret service because local
police discovered his arsenal of weapons and a map of the
White House. They let him go. On the second occasion,
Gonzalez was carrying a hatchet around White House grounds
but, told secret servicemen he was going camping. They let
him go. He was seen by agents walking around the White House
grounds but, in spite of previous encounters, no one
reported him to security. This time he scaled the White
House wall and got inside going as far as the East Wing!
Security Director Julia Pierson is being "grilled" on
Capitol Hill and her tone is being reported as "defensive"
and "bureaucratic."
ANALYSIS & VIEWPOINT
My Enemy's Enemy Is Not My Friend
By Dr. Wilmer J. Leon, III
" A group of people (ISIS) who have committed their lives to
martyrdom will never be deterred by threats of death, they
will only be inspired."
"The ultimate weakness of violence is that it is a
descending spiral, begetting the very thing it seeks to
destroy. Instead of diminishing evil, it multiplies
it...Through violence you may murder the hater, but you do
not murder hate. In fact, violence merely increases hate."
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
On September 10th President Obama outlined his strategy for
confronting the threat posed by the militant group "Islamic
State of Iraq and Greater Syria" (ISIS). In the speech he
said, "I have made it clear that we will hunt down
terrorists who threaten our country...This is a core
principle of my presidency: If you threaten America, you
will find no safe haven." The following week the House of
Representatives voted 319-108 and the Senate voted 78-22 to
approve the measure authorizing the Obama Administration to
arm "moderate" rebels in Syria in a fight against Syrian
President al-Assad and ISIS.
It is important to recognize that President Obama's
jingoistic rhetoric was stated primarily for domestic
consumption. He has made some Americans feel that their
Commander in Chief is taking charge of this situation but
ISIS could really care less. A group of people (ISIS) who
have committed their lives to martyrdom will never be
deterred by threats of death, they will only be
inspired.
ISIS is an offshoot of al-Qaeda. According to a paper by the
Congressional Research Service Osama Bin-Laden believed that
US military presence in the Arabian Peninsula is a direct
affront to Islam. Based upon his success as a "logistical
coordinator and financier for the Afghan and Arab resistance
to the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan" he was able to
"...elicit psychological reactions and communicate complex
political messages to a global audience..." spreading his
ideological variation of a principle known as "defensive
jihad." US ham-fisted interventions in the region serve to
validate Bin-Laden's ideas and entice too many people to
subscribe to al-Qaeda's ideology.
Again, you cannot defeat an ideology with an army but
limited and strategic military action may be needed in order
to disrupt the enemy and create the diplomatic environment
and political space necessary for long-term solutions to
take hold. A major problem is that American action and
policy in the region are hypocritical and cannot be
trusted.
The president condemns ISIS (and rightfully so) for
beheading three journalists but says absolutely nothing
about its largest ally in the region, Saudi Arabia, who
according to the Washington Post, "In the space of two weeks
last month, ... executed as many as 22 people. At least
eight of those executed were beheaded..."
US policy in the region is not based on a clear
understanding of historical, cultural, religious, and ethnic
differences, concerns, and realities. It is based upon what
Bush 43' called "American Internationalism", an arrogant
belief that what is best for America is best for the world.
It's about continuing imperialism. It's about carving up
continents like pieces of meat, installing compliant
dictators, violently removing them when they no longer serve
a purpose and leaving the indigenous peoples with scraps and
pottage.
It's not by accident that the US is engaged in battling
fundamentalist Islam in Iran. At the request of British oil
interests, the US orchestrated the overthrow of the
democratically elected Prime Minister Mosaddegh in Iran in
1953 and installed the Shah. The Shah's oppression created
the climate for the the rise of fundamentalist cleric
Ayatollah Khomeini. I submit that this was the beginning of
many of the geopolitical problems facing America today and
as Malcolm said, "The chickens are coming home to
roost."
Failed policy in Iran led to the US backing Iraqi President
Saddam Hussein during the Iran-Iraq war (1980-1988) based
upon the enemy of my enemy... Don't forget the now infamous
photo of Donald Rumsfeld, then special envoy of President
Ronald Reagan, shaking hands with Saddam in Baghdad on
December 20, 1983.
The US trained the Mujahideen in Afghanistan in the 1980's
as they battled the Soviet's in Central Asia. The policy was
again based upon the logic, the enemy of my
enemy...President Obama was correct when he said, "Over the
last several years, we have consistently taken the fight to
terrorists who threaten our country" but he failed to
provide the historic analysis and context of why the US
battled Osama bin Laden in Afghanistan and Pakistan. He
failed to explain why now it is ISIS in Syria, Boko Haram in
Nigeria and Al-Shabaab in Kenya. In this instance he looks
and sounds a lot like bush 43' but with a slightly hipper
gait, a warmer smile and an Al Green soundtrack.
FDR once said, "We shall strive for perfection...We may make
mistakes—but they must never...result from faintness of
heart or abandonment of moral principle." Today as the Obama
administration and Congress do the complex political
calculus they have failed to do the basic moral
mathematics.
Dr. King said, "Cowardice asks the question - is it safe?
Expediency asks the question - is it politic? Vanity asks
the question - is it popular? But conscience asks the
question - is it right? And there comes a time when one must
take a position that is neither safe, nor politic, nor
popular; but one must take it because it is right."
Remember, this new group of "moderate" rebels who are
anti-Syrian President al Assad are not necessarily pro US.
Don't be surprised if like so many others before them they
turn their US supplied guns back on us as alliances and
interests in the region shift over time.
My enemy's enemy is not my friend.
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