Men do NOT have the Right to Stop Women from Going to the
Mosque at any time.
[From 'Amash, from Mujahid from Ibn 'Umar]
The messenger of
Allah, pbuh, said:
"Do not stop women
from going to the
mosque at NIGHT."
[Hadith, Bukhari, Muslim, Abu Dawud, Tirmizy, kitabus
salat.]
Comment by Kaukab Siddique: The mosque is the stronghold of
Islam. To stop women from working for the community in the
mosque, within Islamic discipline, would be like
neutralizing half of the Ummah. Think of the great women who
came to the mosque and lead the Ummah, like Ayesha, r.a.,
Umm Waraqah, r.a., Fatima, r.a., and Umm Ammara, r.a. Women
in Palestine, Syria, Afghanistan, Somalia, Iraq are standing
up to oppression along with men. What a shame it would be
for them to be denied access to the decision making process
going on in the mosques which generate jihad.
Book Review of:
Boko Haram: The First Research Work on the Tragedy of the
Poor & the Oppressed in Nigeria.
Something Strange About the Reports Coming out about
Boko Haram.
by Kaukab Siddique, PhD
Boko Haram: Islamism, Politics, Security and the State in
Nigeria: Published by the Tsehai African Academic Press.
2015. 318 pages. Edited by Marc-Antoine Perouse de
Montclos.
Over several years I have been reading news reports about
the atrocious actions of Boko Haram in Nigeria. There are
two peculiar aspects of these reports:
Almost all the reports are issued by the Nigerian
military.
Almost all the reports are about Boko Haram assailants
killing Muslims, including women children.
My suspicions grew owing to my background of Muslim world
studies. I remember that the "Islamic" fighters in Algeria
were reported as killing Muslim villagers, slaughtering
defenseless people, even slitting the throats of babies. The
Washington Post relished publishing these atrocities. I used
to wonder how can Muslims be so heartless and brutal as to
slaughter the people of their own constituency, their own
support base! The Post claimed that they were doing it
because they are "radical!"
Only later two intelligence officers defected and revealed
that the killings had been carried out and orchestrated by
the Algerian military. In spite of my journalistic
experience, I had forgotten that Algeria was suppressing an
Islamic uprising after the regime refused to accept the
Islamic victory in the elections. Killing the Muslim
constituency and blaming the Islamics for it: That is
terrorism taken to its epoch.
More recently, in Pakistan, there have been bomb explosions
for ten years among totally innocent civilians unrelated to
the government, the potential supporters of Islamic
resistance. The explosions are attributed to the Pakistani
Taliban by the military which controls the media on
"security matters." Then a spokesman of the "Taliban" would
call the media and say "we did it." To make it more grisly,
the government would announce that a "suicide bomber" did
it. There were no inquiries and the "suicide bomber" was
seldom identified: nor was his family brought to the media.
Gradually the Pak Taliban lost the tremendous support they
had in the northeast. No one asked, why would the Taliban
attack their own support base?
In Nigeria, its been more difficult because right from the
beginning the military controlled, managed and reported the
news on the Boko Haram. I was suspicious of the reporting
but had no way of verifying my suspicions. The Nigerians I
know are from the elites and very much opposed to Boko
Haram. I lost a good Nigerian Muslim friend because he was
outraged about my skepticism about the "atrocities"
committed by Boko Haram.
I will restrict myself to what the researchers in the book
titled BOKO HARAM say, and not include my opinion. . They
are from various backgrounds. They definitely do not support
Boko Haram. Their methodology is to provide context and
verifiable information to the extent it is possible to
obtain. The book is packed with properly referenced
information and statistics. The book is difficult to
summarize but I will try to provide an outline of its main
points:
Northern Nigeria is influenced by Sufistic versions of
Islam. The Tijaniyya and other Sufi orders are deeply
entrenched. The Sufis are not supporters of social change.
Under their influence, the Emirs are venerated and these in
turn are connected to British and other foreign powers. For
the masses of people, Sufism is a dead end. The deeply
exploitative system has remained unchallenged by the Sufis
for decades.
The rising middle class wanted a share in the
governmental structure of the country. This class was
willing to compromise with the established system but wanted
a share of it. It challenged the Sufi order by sending its
sons to study Islam in Saudi Arabia, Sudan and Arab
countries countries. These religious groupings are known as
the Izala who want to reform society and to benefit from it.
They are often scholarly but cannot openly challenge the
established order which is supported by the army which is
backed by America and more recently Israel.
From within the Izala came a leader known as Yusuf. He
realized that unless the established is challenged and
overthrown, nothing will ever change for millions of poverty
stricken and disenfranchised Muslims. He organized a group
now known as Boko Haram and labelled as opposed to
education. Boko Haram are not against education but against
westernizing education. In fact Boko Haram are adept at
modern technology.
Yusuf's supporters clashed with the police and
established their own enclaves That the despised poor masses
should stand up to the police was seen as an insult and a
challenge by the military. The military would arrest and
execute entire groups of the supporters of Yusuf. Finally
the military got hold of Yusuf himself and several hundreds
of his supporters and executed ALL of them. The military
also smashed into the mosques and Islamic schools of the
Islamic people with tanks and destroyed them.
For a while Boko Haram seemed to be crushed but they
emerged with new strength and organization. This time they
fought well and drove the army out of entire areas in the
northeast.
As the army became more and more brutal, Boko Haram
lashed out and started attacking anything and anyone
connected with the government and the military. The new
leader, Sheikhau, is much more aggressive than Yusuf.
The book also studies Christian organizations and their
varying attitudes towards the Muslims, from friendly to
neutral to hostile and extremely bigoted. Sometimes
Christians attack other churches and then attribute the
attack to Boko Haram. In fact, the media in Nigeria, mostly
located in the South readily attributes any act of violence
to Boko Haram.
The army destroys entire villages suspected of being
supporters of Boko Haram. There are huge body counts of
Muslim civilians and supporters of Boko Haram and the book
gives some of the statistics.
In turn, Boko Haram, unable to face the army's fire
power,often attack any Muslim who is seen as supporting the
military or the government. A Muslim supporting kuffar is a
kafir, according to the Boko Haram.
The government has captured hundreds of women from the
families of Islamic supporters. In turn Boko Haram captured
the women in government related enclaves to exchange them
with their women. [The US media only mention the women
captured by Boko Haram.]
Nigerian regime is coordinating with three countries,
Chad, Cameroon and Niger. In turn, Boko Haram linked up with
al-Qaida and has support now in various parts of West
Africa.
Jamaat al-Muslimeen activity in Newark, Delaware.
75 Muslims Given 4 Page
Multi- colored Document:
Good Khutba vs Racism but People Walked out as CAIR Rep
started Speaking.
On April 8, after Juma' salat at the big Islamic center in
Newark, Delaware, a 4-page multi-colored Jamaat document was
given to 75 Muslims. It consisted of the following
items:
Historic funeral of Mumtaz Qadri shaheed [with photo].
Biggest in Pakistan's history.
Obituary of Pakistani intellectual Dr. Mumtaz Ahmed.
[Photo]
Employee-Employer relations in Islam. [Imam Badi Ali]
Al-Nusra mujahideen beat back Hizbullah and Assad's
Alawite troops south of Aleppo. [Reuters]
Hadith and women: Rebuttal of anti-Hadith sect regarding
Menstruation. ]Kaukab Siddique]
More visitors than ever to New Trend's Web Site. [Br.
Rich]
Letter of Islamic brotherhood to Br. Kaukab.[Dr.
Constance Shabazz]
Swiss interview with the ex-wife of Al-Baghdadi. He is
the ideal father.
Khutba
An Arab brother gave a strong sermon against racism with
touching examples from the life of the Prophet, pbuh.
CAIR: Unimpressive Government people.
After the prayers, the CAIR representative was given
permission to speak. Looks like he had invited himself and
owing to his connections to the government could not be
refused.
However, as he started speaking, most people left. Only the
people right in front of the pulpit did not leave.
Jamaat al-Muslimeen Activity in Silver Spring, Maryland.
Is there any Truth in the Daily Stories against ISIS?
On April 8, an eight-page Jamaat al-Muslimeen document was
given to 154 Muslims after Juma at the upscale Muslim
Community Center in Silver Spring, Maryland. It is one of
the most highly educated Muslim communities on the East
Coast of America.
The main items in the document were:
Massive governmental corruption in Pakistan. [Sirajul Haq,
ameer Jamaate Islami ]
Mobilize against Unjust imprisonment of Dr. Aafia [Sis.
Karin Freidemann]
Much of the abuse against ISIS is false +Islamic worship is
inclusive for the strong & weak.. [Khutba by Dr. Kaukab
Siddique]
Libya, Bangladesh, India etc. [Media] The document was very
well received.
Beautiful Book about the Quran
A Must Read.
Brief and to the Point.
The Eternal Challenge:
A Journey Through the Miraculous Qur'an
by Abu Zakaria.
Published in 2015 by:
One Reason, Suite 321, Crown House, North Circular Road,
London NW10 7PN, England.
126 pages.
Email: mail@onereason.org
Some of the chapters in this inspiring book are:
"Why believe in the Qur'an?"
"Relevancy."
"Structure."
"Impact on society."
RESEARCH and REBUTTAL
Rebuttal Of Sectarian Attack on Khalid ibn al-Waleed, Sword
of Allah (r.a.)
Understanding the Difference between Authentic Hadith-Seerah
and Hagiography
by Kaukab Siddique, PhD
The Muslim world is bleeding from oppression and the
oppressed are all from the mainstream of Islam. The
sectarians have taken this as an opportunity to attack the
sahaba, blessed companions of the Prophet, pbuh, in the hope
that no one will answer them and their ideas will spread in
the weaker sections of society.
The sahaba are the people through whom both the Qur'an
and the hadith have been transmitted. An attack on the
sahaba is an attack on the foundations of Islam. Our first
article pointed out that the sectarians attacking the Sahaba
are certainly no friends of Ali (r.a.), the 4th Caliph of
Islam. Ali (r.a.) never abused or attacked the Sahaba. In
fact he accepted for 24 years, the leadership of Abu Bakr,
'Umar and 'Usman (Allah be pleased with them all). As a sign
of his acceptance of their leadership, he prayed behind them
when each was Caliph in the mosque of the Prophet, pbuh.
We also pointed out that the Imams who have taken their
wisdom from Ali, r.a., too did not condone any abuse of or
attacks on Abu Bakr, 'Umar and 'Usman (Allah be pleased with
them). We quoted from these Imams to prove the point.
The SECTARIANS were caught and could not answer any of the
points we made. They should have apologized because they
have violated the teachings of Ali (r.a.) and the imams who
learned from him. These SECTARIANS are the hidden enemies of
Islam and of Ali (r.a.) as shown by the fact that instead of
accepting what Alawite imams have said, they sent me letters
of abuse showing how obstinate they are in their enmity to
the Ummah of Muhammad (pbuh).]
UNDERSTANDING HOW HADITH WORKS to Explain THE TRICKS THE
SECTARIANS USE AGAINST THE SAHABA:
One of the great qualities of Hadith literature, be it the
hadith of the Prophet (pbuh), the narrations about his
companions, or history of the age and times, is the HONESTY
OF NARRATION. The narrators do not try to write a revised
history of Islam. They do not try to present the GREATS of
Islam as people who never made a mistake. The Hadith
narrations show:
Islam developing in an atmosphere of paganism. We are
told of the paganistic practices of those times such as
slavery, oppression of women, women as chattel, idolatry,
pride in race and geneology.
Then we see the few people who listened to the Prophet
(pbuh) emerging from what a writer has called the crucible
of Makka.
The hadith speaks to us for all times to come because we
can see that the people in those pagan times were like
people in our own times, broken, oppressed humans. We see in
the hadith how the Prophet (pbuh) made them whole and
liberated them. Those who were great wrongdoers moved
towards greatness till they became the best of peoples (as
the Qur'an says) and became world conquerors.
The pagan ones became good and great. As one reads Hadith
literature, one witnesses the miracle of Islam: One meets
people who were primitive in their ways being cleansed and
pulling themselves up "by-their-bootstraps" so that the
empires of the world could not withstand their power and
their spirituality. These were not angels. The way they were
changed shows that all humans can be transformed by faith
and leadership.
ON THE OTHER SIDE WE HAVE SECTARIAN HAGIOGRAPHY which means
the compilation of narratives which cannot be traced back to
the first century of Islam. In these stories, Ali (r.a.),
Fatima (r.a.) and their line appear to be people of
perfection who never made a mistake and who are to be
revered as if they were angels. The SECTARIANS call them
"mausoomin" which implies that they were immaculate and
incapable of sin, an Islamic version of Jesus and Mary
(peace be on them). Their stories begin with Hazrat Ali
being born in the Ka'aba and go on from there. [The
sectarians have the right to their beliefs. I refer to their
hagiography to illustrate their methodology in attacking the
Sahaba.)
Thus on the one hand there is the sectarian hagiography and
on the other there is REALISTIC, HONEST Hadith literature
accepted by most Muslims. THE SECTARIANS THEN SELECT THOSE
HADITH WHICH INDICATE THE HUMAN WEAKNESSES OF PEOPLE WHO
BECAME SAHABA of the PROPHET (pbuh) especially at the time
when the Sahaba were transitioning from one way of life to
the other. The Hadith frankly point out the process, like
the evolutionary process of the caterpillar becoming the
butterfly. The sectarians do not see the butterfly: they are
fixated on the caterpillar and cannot see the development,
or choose not to for their sectarian purposes.
THE LISTING METHOD: The SECTARIANS, like the munkareene
hadith, have lists of hadith which indicate the earlier
processes of the Sahaba's development. (The Jews have
similar lists culled from the Qur'an which give the idea
that the Qur'an only teaches murder and mayhem and
subservience of women, horrible punishments and the like.)
When such a list is available, even a mediocre sectarian can
start pulling choice tit bits from it on the internet and
distributing it to the whole world. Such is the case of a
person named .... .... She has been abusing hazrat 'Ayesha
(r.a.) and many other sahaba. She chose her most vicious
attack for Khalid ibn al-Waleed (r.a.), the sword of Allah.
She went to the extent of shamelessly claiming that Khalid
(r.a.) was a hypocrite (may Allah forgive us for mentioning
her kufr).
Is Ms. .... a scholar of Islam who has published extensively
on the early history of Islam? I haven't been able to find
anything published by her. If a reader knows of her
scholarship, please correct us. She seems more probably to
be a sectarian infiltrator trying to create fitna among the
Muslims and especially trying to mislead the newcomers to
Islam. Her intentions to mislead are indicated by her claim
that she "converted" from Sunnism to Shi'ism. She forgot
that Muslims who accept tawheed, risalat and akhirat are all
Muslims. One who changes from one school of thought to
another cannot be said to be "converting." The implication
of conversion only comes for people who claim to be moving
from falsehood to truth. Thus like a typical sectarian
agitator Ms..... (quite a name for a Muslim) is trying to
tell new Muslims that her version of Islam is Islam and the
rest is not Islam.
KHALID IBN al-WALEED, when he was not a Muslim, was the only
commander of men who outflanked and defeated the army of
Islam (at Uhud). Thus his hands were sullied with the blood
of the best Muslims. However, he was dealing with a man,
Muhammad (pbuh), who could discern the best in a person
regardless of outward manifestations.
Khalid (r.a.) became a Muslim. He was not only forgiven by
the Prophet (pbuh) but praised with the highest praise.
In the battle of Mauta, when the three top commanders of the
Islamic army were killed, Khalid ibn al-Waleed (r.a.) took
over command of the army and saved a seemingly doomed force
through sheer heroism and his abilities as a commander of
men. The Prophet (pbuh) saw the cataclysmic events of the
battle in a vision and gave Khalid (r.a.) the title for
which he became famous:
" Anas, r.a., narrates that the Prophet, pbuh, gave news of
(the martyrdom) of Zaid, Jaafar and Ibn Rawaha although no
such news had yet been received. He (the Prophet) said:
First Zaid took the banner. When he fell, Jaafar took the
banner. When he fell, Ibn Rawaha took it and then he too
fell. And tears streamed from his (the Prophet's) eyes when
he said this, till he said: A sword of Allah grabbed the
banner and Allah gave victory over them (the Romans)."
(Sahih of Imam Bukhari, kitab al-Maghazi.)
The Prophet (pbuh) had discerned that Khalid (r.a.) was a
diamond in the rough, so to speak. There was a deep
spirituality in Khalid (r.a.) which to ordinary people (like
our SECTARIANS) was not perceivable owing to Khalid's (r.a.)
warlike and physically superb outward appearance. Khalid's
(r.a.) spirituality came out as the light of Islam shone on
him. He was the combination of the fighter and the man of
Allah whom Islam wanted as its vanguard. Our sectarians have
made much propaganda against those who came late to Islam.
Allah forgave them but our sectarians continue 1400 years
later to stoke the fires of hatred. (Khalid, r.a., was not a
Hashimi and did not belong to that group of "pure" people in
the sectarian hagiography.)
Let us look at an aspect of Khalid's (r.a.) SPIRITUALITY. He
is reported to have gone to the Prophet, pbuh, as late as
the 8th year of the Hijra (on the first of Safar) to embrace
Islam. Khalid (r.a.) himself narrates:
"When I came in front of the messenger of Allah, peace and
blessings of Allah be on him, I said peace be on you o
Prophet of Allah. He very graciously said: peace be on you
too. I said I accept Islam and I bear witness to the truth,
that there is no God but Allah and you are His messenger.
The messenger of Allah, peace be on him, said I want you to
follow your good understanding and I hope that your
understanding will not lead you to anything but good.After I
did the bai'at [oath of allegiance], I said: I Have done
much harm in stopping people from the way of Allah. Please
pray for me that I be forgiven. He (the Prophet, pbuh) said:
Embracing Islam cancels out all previous sins. I insisted: O
messenger of Allah, do pray for my forgiveness. He (the
Prophet) prayed: 'O Allah! In whatever ways Khalid ibn
al-Waleed has done harm in stopping people from Your way,
forgive him for it." [Tabaqat of Ibn Saad, vol.4., "Sahaba
who embraced Islam before the conquest of Makka."]
So, here we have the human being changing and transforming
himself. Instead of SECTARIAN HAGIOGRAPHY where no person
from Ali's (r.a) line ever did anything wrong, we have
Khalid (r.a.) himself insisting that he had done wrong and
urging the Prophet (pbuh) to pray for him. This is real
Islam, believable and related to actual human beings.
Humility is one of the GREATEST VIRTUES in ISLAM, as opposed
to TAKKABUR or arrogance, the idea that "I can do no wrong",
which is one of the greatest sins, committed by Iblis
himself according to the Qur'an.
EVEN AT THE GREAT BATTLE OF MAUTA where Khalid (r.a.) turned
a terrible defeat into an amazing victory, Khalid (r.a.) was
very humble in accepting the leadership of the Islamic army.
He was the best of generals, the greatest general the
Islamic world has ever known, but watch his humility:
"Zaid ibn Thabit (r.a.) narrates that in the battle of Mauta
when the (three) commanders were killed, Thabit ibn Arqam
took the banner (of Islam) and started calling out: O people
of Ansar. People starred turning towards him. He saw Khalid
ibn al-Waleed and said: O Abu Sulayman, take the banner!
Khalid said: I will not accept it. You are more deserving of
it. YOU ARE OLDER AND YOU WERE PRESENT AT BADR. Thabit said:
O man. Take it! By Allah! I was only bringing it for you.
Thabit said: O people do you agree on Khalid? They said:
Yes, we are. Khalid took the banner and kept it aloft for a
while. The unbelievers directed their attack on him but he
remained firm. When the unbelievers wavered a little,
Khalid, with his companions, attacked, separating one wing
of the enemy force from the other. Then Khalid regrouped the
(Islamic) army and defeated the enemy's troops" (TABAQAT of
Ibn Saad, Vol.4., Ibid)
[Abu Hazim narrates from Khalid ibn al-Waleed (r.a.) On the
day of MAUTA, SEVEN SWORDS BROKE IN MY HAND one after the
other (in intense battle) till I was left with one big
YEMENI sword in my hand. Sahih of Imam Bukhari, kitab
al-Maghazi.]
Khalid ibn al-Waleed (r.a.) took part in many campaigns. He
was bursting with Islamic enthusiasm. This does not mean
that he had become perfect or that the past way of life had
been totally expurgated and he was now like an angel. In
some campaigns he was over hasty. He killed some people of
Banu Jadhima even while they were laying down their arms and
were announcing peace. The Prophet (pbuh) was very hurt by
Khalid's (r.a.) action and repudiated the action. Khalid
(r.a.) was rough with one of the companions of the Prophet
(pbuh), Abdur Rahman ibn 'Auf (r.a.). Again, he was
corrected by the Prophet (pbuh).
These two incidents are honestly and correctly narrated in
our hadith literature. No attempt has been made to conceal
the barbarity of these actions. The Prophet (pbuh) with the
great wisdom Allah had given him, REPUDIATED KHALID's (r.a.)
ACTIONS but kept Khalid (r.a) in the service of Islam. THE
PROPHET (pbuh) was right and Khalid's (r.a.) CRITICS
(including our sectarians), were wrong. After these errors,
Khalid's struggle to serve Islam and to smash the power of
oppressive empires is so great that it has few (if any
equals) in human history.
In spite of some of Khalid's (r.a.) actions, the sahaba
thought of Khalid (r.a.) just as the Prophet (pbuh) did,that
he was a SWORD OF ALLAH. Hence when the Islamic armies
crossed the deserts to topple the oppressive empires of the
time (the U.S. and USSR of the time) Khalid (r.a.) was
brilliant and outshone the extraordinary commanders and
heroic fighters of the Islamic forces. He was the best among
the best.
During the Caliphate of Abu Bakr (r.a.), Khalid (r.a.) was
often in command of the Islamic armies. In one battle he
killed an apostate named Ibn Nuwaira. There was a dispute
among the Muslims as to whether Ibn Nuwaira was going to
make peace and was wrongfully killed by Khalid (r.a.). Here
we find another incident which historians in other religions
would have tried to conceal. Some hadith narrations say that
'Umar (r.a.) was convinced that Khalid (r.a.) was wrong in
the case of Ibn Nuwaira and this is said to be the reason
why 'Umar (r.a.) removed Khalid (r.a.) from the command of
the Islamic army when he became Caliph. (Tabari's Tarikh,
vol.2.)
However, like the Prophet (pbuh), Abu Bakr (r.a.) gave
command of various Islamic armies to Khalid (r.a.). The
Islamic content of Khalid's (r.a.) leadership was recognized
by the entire ummah, so much so that on the way to DAMASCUS,
"KHALID PAUSED AT A PLACE TO RAISE THE BANNER OF THE
MESSENGER OF ALLAH, PEACE AND BLESSINGS OF ALLAH BE ON HIM.
Since then the site is known as 'The Site of the Banner. The
flag was black in color." [Futuh al-Buldan by Ahmed
al-Buladhuri, died 279 A.H., chapter on "Khalid's March on
Damascus and the Places he conquered on the way."]
In 13 Hijri in the month of Jamada al-Awwal, Khalid (r.a.)
scored a victory for Islam which changed the history of the
middle east. With a small force, he routed a European army
of nearly 100,000 troops. Known as the battle of Ajnadin,
this battle in itself is enough to place Khalid (r.a.) among
the greatest generals of Islam for all time to come.
Al-Baladhuri writes: "On that day, Khalid ibn al-Waleed
displayed tremendous bravery and chivalry. The enemy forces
were dispersed and large numbers of them were slain in the
battle."(Futuh al-Buldan, chapter on The Day of Ajnadin.)
'Umar (r.a.) removed Khalid (r.a.) from the leadership of
the battle formations. At that time Khalid (r.a.) had won a
string of victories and was extremely popular among the
forces. He could have shown reluctance to obey 'Umar's
(r.a.) order to hand over command to Abu Ubaidah (r.a.) but
Khalid (r.a.) had mastered his self so well that he did not
hesitate at all. In fact Abu Ubaidah (r.a.), the new
commander was shy of telling him the Caliph's orders.
Khalid's(r.a.) ego was that of a mu'min. He continued to
fight as a part of the Islamic army. His units played a key
role in the capture of Damascus. The peace instrument Khalid
(r.a.) gave to the Bishop of Damascus is of historic
importance. Europe cannot boast of anything comparable in
its wars. Khalid (r.a.) wrote:
"In the Name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful.
This is the document khalid ibn al-Waleed gave to the people
of Damascus when he entered the city. He gave peace and
protection to their lives, to their goods, to their churches
and to the protective ramparts of their city. None of their
homes will be taken over as dwellings (by the Muslim
troops). This guarantee is given to them by Allah's trust
and the guarantee of Allah's messenger, peace be on him, his
vicegerents and the believers in general. If they pay jizya
taxes, good will be done to them."
(Ref: Futuh-al-Buldan, chapter on the conquest of Damascus
and its environs.)
According to al-Waqidi, Damascus was conquered in Rajab of
14 Hijri.
The virtues of Khalid, r.a., sword of Allah, are too many to
recount in one article. His dash across the Arabian desert,
his spiritual experience in the middle of war to carry out
an Umrah to Makka, his consultation with a woman (his
sister) to decide on 'Umar's orders, are beautiful episodes
which I would have liked to discuss.
O Sword of Allah, the Ummah of Islam is indebted to you
for all time to come. The world has not produced
many who can compare with you.
PAKISTAN
Pakistani Islamic Leaders Respond to Massive Corruption.
Only secular, "liberal," people are named in Panama leaks.
Panama related rallies in Karachi. Lahore, Multan,
Islamabad, Hyderabad.
by Qaiser Sharif
LAHORE, Apr. 10; Ameer, Jamaat e Islami, Pakistan, Senator
Sirajul Haq, has said that only liberal and secular people
were named by the Panama leaks for tax evasion and there was
not a single religious scholar or madrissah head facing
corruption charges by the NAB. He was addressing a prize
distribution ceremony at the Al-Markaz Islami, Singhona, in
Swat district on Sunday.
Sirajul Haq said that the rulers were expected to be honest
and truthful. However, he said, the Prime Minister Nawaz
Sharif had told a lie to the nation in his address to the
nation that his family had earned billions during seven
years of exile in Saudi Arabia. He said that thousands of
people from Malakand had been working in Saudi Arabia for
years but they could only make both ends meet.
He said that the rulers had made a blasphemer their hero and
executed the one who loved the Holy Prophet (pbuh).
He said the so called women protection law introduced in the
Punjab would destroy domestic peace and harmony by involving
the police in petty matters. He said that the Ulema and
religious people have great respect for the women folk
whereas the secular and liberal people had undeclared wives
and kicked them from the homes at midnight. "It is these
people who torture and disgrace the women and had no regard
for the women", he added.
Sirajul Haq said that the JI on coming to power, would grant
allowance to the aged people as well as the unemployed
youth.
He said that all those who had plundered public money would
be made to bring back his wealth which would be used for
public welfare and paying off IMF debts.
PANAMA/ RALLIES
JI rallies against corruption
LAHORE, Apr. 10; Countrywide protest was held on the call of
the Jamaat e Islami, against the rulers' corruption revealed
by the Panama leaks. Thousands of people joined the rallies.
JI Secretary General, Liaqat Baloch, addressing a large
crowd at the Mazar e Quaid, Karachi, said that the
corruption of the ruling elite had endangered country's
solidarity. He said that corruption was the root cause of
poverty, unemployment, lawlessness and terrorism. Earlier,
the protestors walked from the Idara Noor e Haq to Peoples
Chorangi, near the Mazar e Quaid.
Liaqat Baloch appealed to the Chief Justice of Pakistan to
take suo moto notice of corruption. He said that the rulers
had destroyed major national institutions and were out to
privatize the PIA, Steel Mills, etc. He said that the Steel
Mills employees had not been paid salaries for the last five
months but the rulers had no pity for them. He said that off
shore companies were set up only for tax evasion.
Liaqat Baloch said the elections in the country had become a
game of the wealthy and man of limited means could not
contest polls.
JI deputy chief Rashid Naseem, while addressing a rally at
Hyderabad, said that when the country's Prime Minister was
evading tax, why would the masses pay taxes. He said after
the Panama leaks, the Prime Minister had no moral right to
stay in power.
JI Punjab chief Mian Maqsood Ahmed, addressing the rally at
Multan, said that the every new born child of the country
was under heavy debt only because of the rulers' corruption
which had ruined Institutions.
Jamaate Islami ameer Sirajul Haq addressing a ceremony for
top students of Sahih Bukhari in Swat [northeastern
Pakistan.]
Spotlights from Br. Badi
Leadership vs Dictatorship
Choose your words carefully, do not say "Go!" say, "Let's
go!"
Leadership is action, not position.
You don't have to hold a position in order to be a leader.
Management is the art of making problems so interesting that
everyone wants to get to work and deal with them.
There is a big difference between leaders and
cheerleaders.
Praise loudly and blame softly.
Our scholars need to understand that confronting evil and
corruption in the Muslim world is confronting bad
leadership. If they do not confront these bad leaders
(taghoot) they are not fit to be scholars.
A Large number of those who call themselves scholars
nowadays are benefitting from the taghoot.
One of the reasons why Muslims are killing one another today
in the Muslim world has to do with those who call themselves
scholars who are following the leads of their own
taghoot.
One of the main reasons dictatorships survive in the Middle
East is because of the ignorance around them that are
clapping, cheering, and praising.
The Middle East is still confronting the same problems
decade after decade. This is because the leaders are the
problem.
- Imam Badi Ali leads a large Muslim Community in
Greensboro, NC
War News
Iraq
US Deploys B-52 Bombers to Destroy the Islamic Caliphate
On Saturday, the US deployed the B-52 bomber, its biggest,
to destroy the Islamic Caliphate. The huge bombers are
stationed in Qatar.
The US has been bombing the Islamic State for a year but
failed to destroy the Caliphate. Looks like this is the
final use of US power against its Islamic opposition.
Critics wonder how Qatar can claim to be a Muslim country
and allow the engines of death to be stationed on its soil.
The B-52 was last used in Afghanistan to dismantle the
Taliban Emirate and to kill Shaykh Osama bin Laden [who
barely survived the 52 days of bombing].
Bangladesh
Blasphemer Hacked to Death by Hidden Attackers.
On April 6, a self-confessed atheist named Nazimuddin was
attacked, hacked to death and shot by three unknown
attackers.
A group of bloggers, used by Hindus and atheists, have been
attacking Islam, blaspheming the Prophet, pbuh anf abusing
Allah.
The government takes no steps or vague steps against
them.
The government in Dhaka, tied to India, has been sentencing
elderly Islamic leaders to death and killing students who
come out to protest.
The media are controlled and there is no way for peaceful
protest.
In that background assassins connected reportedly to
al-Qaida have been killing the bloggers. After they killed a
Hindu American, Ajivit Roy, the main force behind the
blasphemers, there have six killings.
Syria
al-Nusra Advancing south of Aleppo, ISIS infiltrates
Damascus Suburbs, Fighting at Deir ez-Zora, Kurds adavance
vs IS
April 8-10. In ferocious fighting south of Aleppo, al-Nusra
not only repulsed Hizbullah-Shia-Alawites but advanced
rapidly. The pro-Assad forces suffered heavily and al-Nusra
captured two strategic hills, then advanced to take three
villages and then advanced across a broad swath of land
southwards, putting Hizbullah to flight.
Bombing by Russian and Alawite jets continued but could not
stop al-Nusra [working with Turkistan Islam front and Ahrar
al-Sham]
Meanwhile Islamic State [IS] fighters infiltrated areas near
Damascus and detained 300 workers at a cement factory. After
a while they were allowed to go when it was found they were
not pro-Assad.
Also, near Damascus, a Palestinian group, al-Yarmouk
brigade, joined IS but was attacked by an FSA faction
[pro-West] and forced to retreat]
In Lattakia province, Russian troops with Alawite militias
are fighting al-Nusra and Turkistan Islamic but with no
success.
Also, earlier in the week, US air force bombed a meeting of
al-Nusra commanders, killing several including an associate
of Osama bun Laden.
IS has retreated from al-Qaryatain, 50 miles west of
Palmyra, which had over extended its supply line. New
fighting and bombing by Russia is reported near Palmyra.
Also fierce clashes between Assad forces and IS at Deir
ez-Zora.
Kurds are trying to advance with US air support towards IS
oil wells.
Our America
New York
"Black Lives Matter" : Homo and Zionist Agenda. Bayard
Rustin and George Soros.
by Sis. Aisha [Jamaat al-Muslimeen]
New York City - Black Lives Matter, Color of Change, etc are
all led by the Black gay activists. These organizations are
heavily funded by Whites by the millions of dollars. The
speculation is that once these Black gay organizations
achieve prominence and replace the Black mainstream
organizations such as, Urban League and NAACP, they will
push forward with their gay agenda. I have always believed
that Black gays do not consider themselves Black people.
They are gay first. Although they may be aware of their
blackness, they are consumed by their gay lifestyle. In my
experience, their conversations are limited to discussing
being gay and gay issues. So, it is particularly deceitful
for them to form organizations proclaiming to focus on the
oppression of Black people. This has always been a concern
of mine when gays have been involved in protests because my
thought was that they would support your issue and then you
were obligated to support their gay issues.
Civil Rights pioneer Bayard Rustin was a big-time openly gay
Black man, even as an activist in the 1950s. It was in 1953
that he was arrested for sexual lewdness in the back seat of
a car with another man. Many associated with him were afraid
that this arrest, which was made public, would tarnish his
civil rights efforts and those associated with him
throughout the Movement. There were many Blacks in the Civil
Rights Movement, especially the Black Power Movement, who
accused him of immorality. In Rustin's later years, he moved
from being a Black activist to being a staunch gay activist.
It is no surprise that the "Obamanation" in the White House
honored Rustin, posthumously, with the 2013 Presidential
Award for Freedom - the highest award in all the land.
Billionaire Zionist George Soros is one of the Black Lives
Matter biggest contributors and this support has raised a
lot of red flags. The association with these types of
Zionist benefactors has led to suspicions by the grassroots,
long-time activists that these gay-led Black organizations
seek to replace. Nothing good can ever come from associating
with Zionist devils. So, these Black gay organizations
should be ignored and the true activists, who have always
spoken for, defended, and held rallies for the oppressed,
must be supported. The true activist's mission is to fight
against the oppression of Black people, not takeover and
surreptitiously promote a sinful agenda.
Hopefully, Black activists do not get the weak idea to ride
the coattails of Black Lives Matter simply because this
organization has the financial backing! I can see that there
is a quiet before the storm. These Black gay organizations
are not trying to replace the NAACP, right away. They are
going to step on the toes of the Black grassroots
organizations, first. They have the loudest voices, right
now, and the White media is giving them prominence. Once
again, it is time to choose Black leadership, the same way
they chose Rev. Jesse Jackson and Al Sharpton without Black
peoples' input.
It is the same old song but, with different instruments.
(Source :Community Cop Show on MNN.org and Wikipedia)
New York
Honoring CCR [Center for Constitutional Rights.]
A painting of a hand holding three green flowers, surrounded
by three white birds. Dismantling the "worst of the worst"
Guantánamo lie
I wanted to use green for the flower, because green is the
color of nature, the clarity of human beings. The hand is
strength, the earth. The flowers represent justice. The
three doves are CCR. If I had written CCR as letters, it
wouldn't have gotten cleared, so I drew the letters as
doves. This is the earth asking for justice. - Ghaleb
Al-Bihani
Political opportunists have resurrected the Bush-era claim
that the Guantánamo prison is full of the "worst of the
worst" terrorists. We know first-hand that this is a lie. As
CCR's Aliya Hussain put it in The Daily Outrage, CCR's blog,
last week: "for those who remain detained, 'political
scapegoats,' 'too tortured for release' and 'Yemeni' are
more adequate descriptors than 'worst of the worst.' We know
this because 37 of the 91 men are cleared for release, and
many have been for more than six years." Among the cleared
men are CCR clients Tariq Ba Odah, Mohammed Al-Hamiri,
Mohammed Kamin, Muhammadi Davliatov, and Ghaleb Al-Bihani.
Last year Ghaleb made the painting pictured at right for CCR
in appreciation of our unwavering commitment to fighting for
justice, and presented it to Pardiss Kebriaei and Omar
Shakir during a meeting in September. It is a testament to
how hard men like Ghaleb work to retain their humanity in a
place that has done everything possible to strip their
humanity away.
Pardiss has written movingly about her clients, including
both current and former GITMO detainees, and last week her
writing earned her the "Truthdigger of the Week" title from
Truthdig. In particular, Truthdig cited her 2015 Harper's
feature story on Muhammed and Abdul Nasser Khantumani,
calling it "simultaneously heartbreaking and heartwarming."
Please share Aliya's blog and Pardiss's story. They are
critical tools in the political battle to close Guantánamo,
and as always, what you do as CCR supporters is a vital part
of that work. And thank you!
North Carolina
New Trend media monitor notes Homo & Jewish lobby unity.
Recently North Carolina's legislature passed a law which
goes against the LGBT agenda. Today [April 8] Springsteen
announced that he has cancelled his concert in North
Carolina. This Jew has made countless millions of dollars
from the American people. Now he wants to defeat the
democratic move by North Carolina people.. Springsteen has
countless business connections. They will follow him into
boycotting North Carolina. Thus NC will lose billions of
dollars. SO DEMOCRACY IN AMERICA DOES NOT MATTER. If you are
a Jew with huge money and media support, you can change the
entire culture. Even the Supreme Court is in their control
as is the president who is the main man of the homos. [This
statement is STRICTLY COPYRIGHT.]
