All Good is Rewarded
but there are Hierarchies of Good.
[Sent by Sis. Yasmin]
Abu Hurairah (Radhi Allaahu 'Anhu) narrated that
Prophet Muhammad
[Sallallaahu 'Alaihi Wasallam] said...
"Whoever spends a couple of units of property [like spending
two Dinaars or two Camels] or two units of acts of worship
[like praying two Rak'ahs or fasting two days]
in the cause of Allaah will be called from the gates of
Paradise & will be addressed...
'O slave of Allah... Here is Prosperity!'
So whoever was among the people who used to offer their
Prayers will be called from the Gate of the Prayer..{!}
and whoever was among the people who used to participate in
'Jihad' will be called from the Gates of 'Jihad'..{!}
and whoever was among those who used to observe Fasts will
be called from the Gate of 'Ar-Rayyaan'..{!} and whoever was
among those who used to give in Charity will be called from
the Gate of Charity.{!}"
Abu Bakr [Radhi Allaahu Anhu] said..
'Let my parents be sacrificed for you, Oh Allah's messenger!
No distress or need will befall him who will be called from
those gates... will there be anyone who will be called from
all these gates?"
Prophet Muhammad [Sallallaahu 'Alaihi Wasallam] replied:
"Yes.And I hope you will be one of them."
[Source: Sahih al-Bukhari]
Comment by Kaukab Siddique: Islam is a complete way of life;
hence it encourages Muslims to strive in every aspect of
life in which they have access.
Try to be like Abu Bakr, r.a.
Jamaat al-Muslimeen Activity in Laurel, Maryland.
Eight-Page Document Given to 81 Muslims.
On June 17, at the Islamic Center in Laurel, Maryland, after
Juma', an 8-page document was given to 81 Muslims, mostly
Pakistanis, Indians and African Americans.
Here is an outline of the items in the eight pages:
Muslims and Dalits in India --- Dr. Javed Jamil.
Imam Badi Ali's advice on reading books versus on- line
gossip.
BBC research shows Shaykh Osama bin Laden fooled the
Pakistani military and continued his strategic leadership
from Abbottabad.
Prophet, pbuh, strictly forbade public discussion of sex
life. [hadith in Muslim]
Mujahideen of Al-Nusra defeat Hizbullah attempt to encircle
Aleppo, [Wire services]
Rebuttal of Shia idea that Ali, r.a., was superior to other
sahaba, r.a. [Br. Kaukab]
Motiur Rahman Nizami faced ultimate injustice in Bangladesh.
[Br. Shamsuddin.]
Jamaate Islami Pakistan denounces crimes against women as an
attack on Islam itself [by Qaiser Sharif].
Police Commander and his police Officer wife killed.
June 14. The killer Larossi Abballa used a knife to kill the
two policemen. Later the police killed him.
News agencies say:
Paris Prosecutor Francois Molin said that Abballa had
pledged his loyalty to IS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi during
negotiations prior to the police assault on Monday, and had
stated that he was answering his call "to kill
infidels".
Bangladesh
Number of people Arrested Reaches 11,000.
[Source: CNN]
Security forces had arrested 11000 and more people by June
16. Of these only 120 are listed as "militants." Its not
clear why the great majority have been arrested.
There are reports of extrajudicial killings by the security
forces. At least 6 are reported killed in what are known as
"fake encounters."
This persecution of alleged opponents began after the regime
executed elderly Jamaate Islami scholars and fired on
unarmed youths demonstrating against the persecution.
After a while alleged al-Qaida and IS elements started
killing blaspheming bloggers, homo activists and activist
Hindus.
There was a hue and cry from the western powers and now the
regime is try to squash all opposition.
EGYPT
Tyrant of Egypt, General Sissi sentences the Elected
President of Egypt & Many Others.
LAHORE, June 18; Ameer, Jamaat e Islami, Pakistan, Senator
Sirajul Haq, has strongly condemned the life imprisonment
announced to former Egyptian President Dr Mursi, by a so
called Egyptian court and said the life sentence to the true
leader of the Egyptians was the murder of justice. He said
that Dr Mursi was the constitutional President of Egypt even
today.
Sirajul Haq said that the Gen Sisi's dictatorship had added
to the problems and miseries of the Egyptian masses. He said
the Egyptian courts were busy in the murder of law and
justice under the dictatorial rule. He said had the elected
institutions been working in Egypt, the situation there
would not have been so grim.
Turkish groups threaten lutis. Stop major luti parade with
serious threats.
Helping Students at an Islamic School in Kotobai, Accra,
Ghana.
Charitable Activity
by Br. Abu Talib
[Jamaat al-Muslimeen, Brooklyn]
SPOTLIGHTS from Imam Badi
Bringing up Islamic Children
Here is how I treat my own son:
As it takes the whole village to raise a child, it takes the
whole masjid and the whole community to contribute to the
rearing of a Muslim child as well as to teach him the rules
and etiquettes of the masjid.
Kids need discipline - during the month of Ramadan and
outside the month of Ramadan, so it is an ongoing
process.
Teaching children the value of the masjid is a very
rewarding job here and in the Hereafter. Also, it is a
continuous charity. But you need to remember that during the
month of Ramadan, your reward will be multiplied. Your
reward will be without measure.
If you are taking your child with you to the masjid, be
careful of sending the wrong message. An example: You're
walking with him to the masjid and you are going to pray,
and you are giving him the permission to go and play - it's
like you're telling him, "I'm going to pray, it's okay for
you to play."
The right message is to keep him by your side and let him
pray with you.
Children need to be involved and engaged at the masjid. Ask
the masjid administration to give your child a
responsibility. A responsibility in the masjid is a
life-changer.
Keep your children away from distractions while they are at
the masjid during the month of Ramadan. [Distractions
include skate boarding.]
Always prep your children by explaining the rules in a
simple manner before visiting the masjid.
When talking to children, be merciful and patient. Take a
minute to talk to them about the objective of visiting the
masjid. They need to learn how to behave at and treat the
House of Allah, especially during the month of Ramadan.
Understand your children in the way they think. It will help
you to convey the message.
When I take my 10-year old son, Osama, to the masjid, he is
always by my side. He is the last one to eat at the masjid;
he greets people, serves people and helps with the cleaning
of the masjid. He also tries to help guide the other
children.
Our children need to assume responsibility at a younger
age.
Imam Badi Ali leads a large Muslim community in Greensboro,
NC.
Analysis of Orlando
Why is there such Confusion about the Orlando LGBT Mass
Shooting?
by Kaukab Siddique
There are so many opinions about Omar Mateen's motivation
for the mass shooting in the Pulse night club that most
Americans don't know what to believe.
Here are the versions which I have decided to reject after
thorough study.
He was a homophobic nut, very violent in his private
life, and his anger was ignited when he saw two men kissing
each other.
He was secretly a homosexual himself. He visited the LGBT
club several times and went to an LGBT app to contact
men.
He was a government agenr who worked for a high level
security firm. He was programmed by the government to carry
out the attack to turn the public opinion against
Muslims.
He was used by Mossad to help the rhetoric of Trump and
to give him a clear election victory.
He was a mentally disturbed person.
CONTEXT
Americans cannot understand the Orlando incident unless they
know that the US air force attacks the Islamic State almost
every day. In his latest speech on ISIS, President Obama
indicated that the US is determined to destroy USIS and has
killed 120 ISIS commanders. Thus the number of people killed
by the US air force is in the thousands. Abu Bakr
al-Baghdadi himself has been injured in a US air strike. In
Kobane alone the US killed more than 1000 IS activists
including reciters and teachers of the Quran. Al-Raqqa
itself has been bombed repeatedly and several hundred
civilians, including women and children, have been
killed.
Thus the Islamic State is a soft target for the US air force
and has received thousand of bombs. US allies, like UK,
Canada and Australia routinely bomb the Islamic State. Even
UAE and Jordan have been dropping bombs.
It is within that context that the Islamic State called on
its supporters within western countries to attack whichever
targets they could reach, because, they say, retaliation,
QISAS, is ordained in the Qur'an.
They point out that USA occupied and bombed Muslim countries
such as Iraq, Syria, Afghanistan, Somalia and Yemen and is
supporting Nigerian military assaults in areas held by Boko
Haram.
The Shooter:
In spite of all the conspiracy theories, there can be little
doubt that Omar Mateen was a devout Muslim. He decided to
give his allegiance to Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi and to attack
the soft target which no one thought would be attacked.
[1]
The choice of Pulse club, a hangout for LGBT people and
their friends who wanted to drink and fornicate was probably
meant to gain support from the entire Muslim world which
abhors the Lutis [as the story of Prophet Lot, pbuh, in the
Qur'an indicates].
During the attack, Mateen paused to make sure people knew
his motivation. He called 911 and told the person who picked
up that he gave his allegiance to al-Baghdadi, the Caliph of
the Islamic State.
He also addressed the Black people during a pause in his
shooting spree that he was not against Black people but
simply doing this to stop the bombing of his people. [2]
Did he suddenly become a mujahid.
The ex-wife claimed he was abusive. For some obscure reason
she gave her message to Brazilian media. She was married to
him for ONLY THREE MONTHS. His brother in law has denied her
claims of abuse.
PALESTINIAN WIFE:
He was married to Noor Salman, a Palestinian, woman, for
almost 5 years at the time of the attack. She had ended her
arranged marriage and married Mateen as the man of her
choice. Anti-Zionist influence was bound to come from such a
woman. On facebook, next to her sister's page was a
statement saying LONG LIVE GAZA! [3]
I wont be surprised if he was fighting for Palestine as much
as he was fighting for the Islamic State.
MOSQUE & Prayers.
People in the masjid say that he was a regular visitor to
the masjid for prayers and brought his child with him. With
his marriage, his child, and years of worship in the masjid,
the stories about him being a secret Luti are probably
Zionist propaganda. [4]
References.
"Many mosque-goers say they didn't really know him, or
offer that he seemed like a nice, quiet man who came to pray
with his 3-year-old son. Other members of the community say
that's an incomplete answer.
"Everyone is cautious and everyone is afraid to say
anything," says Bedar Bakht, a longstanding member of the
mosque who moved to the United States from Pakistan. "But to
say that you didn't know him, that's nonsense. He was part
of this community. He's been coming here with his family
since he was practically a kid. What he did is a very scary
thing, and no one wants to be associated with that."
[Christian Science Monitor, June 17]
http://gu.com/p/4y9f4/sblB
"RODEO, California (AP) -- She was a sweet, pretty
California girl with Palestinian roots who left an arranged
marriage only to find love with a man who committed the
worst mass shooting in modern U.S history." "On one of her
sister's Facebook pages — next to a family photo
— there is a box with the words: "Solidarity with
Gaza." [Associated Press, June 15]
Good Zionists have played an interesting role in the
conspiracy theories about Omar, the Orlando shooter.
Labelled as "Good" because Muslims trust them. Two of them
are Amy Goodman and Juan Cole. Ms. Goodman who has never
invited an Islamic opponent of the regime to her radio
program somehow found an "Imam " who is homo. She is trying
to prove that this deviation is part of Islam.
Juan Cole went one better. He built on CNN'S propaganda that
Omar was a homo himself. Cole is not a moron but he did
ignore the chronology of Omar's search for Islam . Omar
looked at Nusra, Hizbullah and finally ISIS . It was over a
period of years according to his Internet history but Cole
insists that Omar was a fraud because he didn't know the
difference between shia and sunni. (Cole doesn't know that
many sunnis admired Hizb till it joined Bashar Assad.)
Why did Omar go to the homo club? Obviously he was casing
it. Poor Cole ignored the fact that Omar liked women and was
married. His wife worked with him and might be facing
charges.
Don't trust these zionists. They stab Muslims on special
occasions.
War News
Syria
Defensive Action by IS stops Advances by Kurds [from North]
and Assadis [from South] : Al-Nusra Inflicts Defeat on
Hizbullah & Alawites near Aleppo. Bombing Continues. Turkish
border force opens fire.[Sources: Syrian Observatory, ABC
News, Reuters, Guardian UK, AP.]
June 13-19:
Menbig, on the corridor to Turkey, defended by
Islamic State [IS] fighters beat back daily attacks by
Communist Kurds and Syrian mercenaries armed by USA. . The
IS defenders are being bombed by the US air force but have
not collapsed yet. Losses among IS defenders and civilians
are increasing. No food is allowed, so hunger is
increasing.
Also June 13-19, Assad's elite troops with tanks and Russian
air support advancing towards al-Raqqa approached Tabaqa a
week back but have been stopped by stiff IS defense. Heavy
daily clashes.
June 16-18:
East of Homs, in serious clashes with Assad's
troops, Islamic State fighters advanced locally at several
points.
June 19:
A jet fighter of the Assad regime was seen falling
at the Hama military airport, probably hit by IS machine gun
fire.
June 18:
Al-Nusra with FSA elements defeated attempts by
Assad-Hizbullah forces to advance on Aleppo from the south.
Heavy casualties are reported among the assault forces, with
61 elite Alawite troops and 25 Hizbullah troops killed in
action fighting the mujahideen who have also suffered at
least 20 killed.
Hizbullah forces have been suffering steadily increasing
losses. There are reports that when the Alawites wanted to
retreat, Hizbullah disagreed, seeking revenge for their
losses. A battle occurred here between the Hizb and
Alawites, both supporting Assad. During the fighting,
Assad's air force attacked Hizbullah.
June 19:
Assad's helicopters dropped scores of barrel bombs
on the Islamic town of Darayya, not far from Damascus held
by the FSA. Numerous civilian casualties. USA claims that a
force of Syrians fighting IS in southern Syria with US
support was bombed by the Russian air force. In the extreme
northeast of Syria, in Qamishli, a Christian patriarch was
targeted by a human bomber but survived though several
others were killed.
June 17:
At least 17 Syrian refugees were killed when
Turkish border force opened fire on them when they tried to
enter Turkey. At least 2,000,000 Syrian refugees are already
in Turkey and it is now determined not to let any more come
in.
Iraq
Iraqi Regime Forces Enter Fallujah at heavy cost, led by US
Air Force. Also moving against Mosul.
[Reuters, the Guardian, UK, and BBC.]
On June 16, the Baghdad regime announced that it had
captured Fallujah, an important IS city 50 miles west of
Baghdad. American air strikes played an important role in
the Shia advance into the IS stronghold. Non-stop bombing
killed 70 of the IS mujahedeen as well as their
commander.
However on June 18, a BBC reporter speaking from Fallujah
stated that most of the city is still in the hands of the
Islamic State and the regime forces have only taken the
southern entrance into Fallujah where a couple of city
landmarks are located.
On June 19, the regime military commander admitted that 300
of his troops had been killed in only two days of fighting,
June 18 and 19.
There are also reports from western sources that 47 of the
civilians [Sunnis] who came out of Fallujah were tortured
and executed by Shia militia.
The Baghdad regime's military is also trying to advance into
the villages around Mosul, the main show piece of the
Islamic State in Iraq. The mujahedeen are inflicting serious
losses on the Shia military. Here is one instance from June
14
"Iraq's Defense Ministry said late Tuesday that Brig. Ahmed
Badr al-Luhaibi, the commander of Brigade 71st of Division
15, was killed by a sniper during an operation to retake a
village south of Mosul. "
News Within the U.S.
Lancaster County, Pennsylvania
Man with 12 Amish Girls in his House. Had Sex with a girl
"Gifted" to Him.
[AOL News]
FEASTERVILLE, Pa. -- An eastern Pennsylvania man is facing
child sex assault charges after police say they found 12
girls living in his home. He allegedly admitted to fathering
the youngest child -- a six-month-old -- and a
three-year-old child with the oldest girl, 18.
Police arrested 51-year-old Lee Kaplan at his home in
Feasterville, about 20 miles northeast of Philadelphia, June
16 after receiving a complaint about the health and safety
of numerous children in the home. According to a probable
cause affidavit filed by the Lower Southampton Township
Police Department, a resident at the home told neighbors
that no children lived there.
When police responded, they discovered the 12 girls. They
allege Kaplan admitted to having sex with the teen when she
was 14 and fathering the three-year-old as well as the
six-month-old. The 18-year-old also told police that she was
the mother of two of the children and said she was not
married to Kaplan, according to the affidavit.
CBS Philly reports police believe all of the children are
originally from an Amish community in Lancaster County.
Police say they are working to find an expert in Amish
culture to help them conduct interviews with the children.
Police say the 18-year-old was living with Kaplan after some
kind of business agreement with the girl's parents. The
couple is reportedly also under arrest.
The Bucks County Courier-Times reports the former Amish
couple "gifted" the 18-year-old girl to Kaplan because they
were facing "financial ruin" when they left the Amish
community. Authorities reportedly don't have birth
certificates for any of the children and say they weren't
enrolled in any schools.
Kaplan is charged with statutory sex assault, indecent
assault of a person under 16, corruption of minors and
unlawful contact with a minor. All of the children have been
removed from the home and are in the custody of child
protective services.
Cleveland, Ohio
Muslim Doctors and Supporters Plan for Massive Protests in
Cleveland
Inside the group spearheading Cleveland's biggest anti-Trump
protest. When Donald Trump came to Cleveland's I-X Center
on March 12, Bryan Hambley was there. But Hambley, a
31-year-old chief resident in internal medicine at
Cleveland's University Hospitals, didn't attend the rally to
support Trump. He went to protest. Wearing a shirt that read
"Muslim Doctors Save Lives in Cleveland," Hambley stood up
in the middle of Trump's speech, flashed the peace sign and
started yelling, "Stop the bigotry!" He was quickly escorted
out by security.
At first, Hambley thought his career as a protester would
end there. But then Trump became the presumptive Republican
nominee, which meant that he would be accepting the
nomination at the GOP convention in Cleveland. So, Hambley
and an ethnically diverse group of fellow physicians and
nurses — none of whom were particularly political
before Trump and all of whom were appalled by the Manhattan
mogul's proposed Muslim travel ban, among other things
— decided they had to do more.
Now the organization they have founded, Stand Together
Against Trump (STAT), is set to spearhead the convention's
largest anti-Trump march and rally, with as many as 10,000
people expected to attend. Unconventional spoke to Hambley
about how STAT came together — and what he and his
fellow protesters are planning for the Republican National
Convention.
Unconventional: What is Stand Together Against Trump?
Hambley: It's an independent-expenditure political action
committee that we founded in mid-May with the goal of
organizing and taking part in protests specifically against
Donald Trump during the Republican National Convention.
We're not protesting Republicans in general, or conservative
ideas. We're protesting Trump.
Photo: Bryan Hambley, left, is removed from the crowd as
Donald Trump speaks at a campaign rally in Cleveland on
March 12.
(Photo: Aaron Josefczyk/Reuters)
How are you planning to protest?
We'll be taking part in events all week long, but mainly
we'll be organizing a rally and a march on Thursday [July
21] afternoon and evening. That's when Trump will accept the
nomination and deliver his speech.
Next week and the week after, we'll be announcing several
different partnerships with national and statewide
organizations. We've found ourselves, both because of our
location and because we started organizing so early, in the
middle of a lot of different discussions about protests at
the RNC.
We're hoping that 5,000 to 10,000 people will show up on
Thursday. This is the most divisive candidate we've seen. I
think there will be a huge turnout.
And who is "we"?
We started as a group of physicians, nurses and
professionals in the Cleveland area. Frankly, none of us
have ever protested a convention before. Rarely have any of
us been involved in a protest.
My wife and I both volunteer for campaigns every now and
then. But not, like, every cycle. This is completely new
territory for us. Stand Together Against Trump would not
have existed if the Republicans had nominated someone else.
We would not have protested any other Republican
candidate.
So, why protest Trump in particular?
A lot of nurses and physicians in this country are of Muslim
background, of minority background, of immigrant background.
Anyone who's ever lived in a major city knows that there are
Muslim doctors saving lives every day.
But we think it's a point that's lost on Trump when he
speaks of immigrants and Muslims as a monolithic bloc of ...
whatever he wants them to be on that given day. And so we
decided to get together to voice our opposition to someone
who has used racism, sexism and overt discrimination not
just in an accidental way but as a core message of his
campaign.
We want to make sure there is a voice in Cleveland that
says, "America is better than this. We are — as
Republicans, independents and Democrats — above the
level of race-baiting. We are above the wedge politics that
Trump represents."
How did STAT get started?
Three of us were chief residents at Case Western University
last year, and we starting asking ourselves, "How is this
happening? What does it mean for us as professionals?"
Chief residents are often involved in administration. We
work with some of the youngest physician trainees —
many of whom were on visas from Muslim countries and were
doing incredible work right here in Cleveland. Not just
providing care, which they obviously do. But some of the
best researchers in our program have Muslim backgrounds as
well.
So, during those initial conversations, we decided that at
times when Trump was in Cleveland — when he was near
us — we felt compelled to do something more than
passively protest. We felt like it was our moral
responsibility to organize an active response to him.
You first protested when Trump came to Cleveland in March,
before the Ohio primary?
Right. The group of physicians and nurses that I'm a part
of, we had maybe 15 or 20 people. We made up shirts that
said "Muslim Doctors Save Lives in Cleveland." A couple of
us felt compelled to go inside and interrupt the speech. The
rest were protesting outside.
Who went inside?
Me and one of the other physicians in our group. We started
shouting, "Stop the bigotry!" But once you shout anything,
you're kind of drowned out. It was us versus 10,000 Trump
supporters. The chanting started and we were escorted
out.
But then a funny thing happened: one of the security guards
who told us that his father had recently had a heart attack
— and his heart surgeon was a Muslim. Initially, we
thought, we protest for that one day and be done with it.
But then, in the weeks after the Ohio primary, we were
shocked to see that Trump was actually going to become the
Republican nominee — that he was going to begin his
general election campaign in our city. So we started
organizing for the convention.
Where are you in the organizing process?
We need open spaces. We need large areas to be open downtown
for free speech and large gatherings. That's critical.
Right now, the only areas Cleveland has identified for
marches and protests aren't particularly close to the arena.
And to add insult to injury, they've said the only times we
can march are between 9 a.m. and 2 p.m. A lot of our people
will be working in the hospital or the clinic until 5 or 6
p.m.
This doesn't protect free speech, and the city is actually
being sued by the ACLU because of it. We've proposed two
different parade routes for that Thursday [July 21] and two
different locations for the rally. We want to sit down with
the city, have them hear our concerns, listen to their
concerns and then find a middle ground that protects free
speech.
Some people have said that with anti-Trump passions running
high, the protests in Cleveland could become chaotic.
I think we can avoid that. I passionately believe this. With
planning from our side and from the city's side, it doesn't
have to be a chaotic, violent time. What we're looking for,
and what every group that's called me over the last four
weeks is looking for, is a way to peacefully promote an
anti-racist, anti-sexist message. I haven't had a single
person try to edge us toward anything else.
We are not a group that wants chaos. We have no interest in
approaching Trump supporters and having yelling matches,
like you sometimes see on TV. We're trying to do something
completely different. But there needs to be room for
large-scale demonstrations downtown throughout the
convention. This will help make sure the protests are
peaceful — just finding a defined space where people
who want this kind of action can congregate.
Ultimately, what's your vision for the STAT protest?
People will speak. There will be music. But it'll also just
be people getting together. This is a monumental event in
our political history. We're hoping to provide a place for
people who don't believe in Trump's message to go and see
good things in each other, rather than all the hate he is
going to be spewing from the podium. That might sound overly
idealistic. But that's really what we want.
Nashville, Tennessee
Rape is quite Common in America though still a crime. Former
Football Player got the Woman he was Dating Drunk and then
had her raped by Friends while he photographed the rape.
[Associated Press] June 19
NASHVILLE, Tenn. — A jury has convicted a former
Vanderbilt football player on all counts after finding that
he encouraged his teammates to rape an unconscious woman he
had been dating. It took jurors a little more than four
hours of deliberation Saturday before finding Brandon
Vandenburg guilty on five counts of aggravated rape and two
counts of aggravated sexual battery. In addition, he was
convicted of one count of unlawful photography.
Vandenburg's mother cried in the courtroom after the verdict
was read. He appeared to be weeping as he was taken
away.
The verdict comes amid a furor over the six month sentence a
former Stanford swimmer was given for sexually assaulting an
unconscious woman. It also comes during an ongoing debate
about sexual assaults on the nation's college campus and the
conduct of student athletes.
The lives of everyone involved have been ruined, Deputy
District Attorney General Tom Thurman said of the case. He
said he hoped the widespread publicity surrounding the
Vanderbilt case would send a message.
Photo: Brandon Vandenburg
looks at the jury as Judge Wilkins
reads the charges during his trial
on Tuesday, Jan. 27, 2015,
in Nashville, TN.
The jurors in the this case had to decide whether to hold
Vandenburg, 23, criminally responsible for what teammates
were accused of doing to the female student in a dorm room
in June of 2013.
His defense had maintained that he was drunk and should not
be held responsible for what players he didn't even know did
to the woman.
Four former players were all charged in the case but only
two were accused of raping and sexually assaulting the
woman.
Throughout the trial, Vandenberg was portrayed as a man who
violated the female student's trust by plying her with
alcohol and then encouraging teammates to sexually assault
her.
"He served her up to three strangers — for whatever
reason, it doesn't matter, is that he did it," Assistant
District Attorney Jan Norman told jurors in closing
arguments Saturday. Prosecutors told jurors that he passed
out condoms to the other players, videoed the rape and sent
footage to friends as it was happening.
New York
Is the Orlando Shooting the Worst in American
History?+Pro-Israel Executive Order Issued!
by Sis. Aisha [Jamaat al-Muslimeen]
New York City - The mainstream media has called the Orlando,
Forida shooting of a gay club the WORST in U.S. history.
Well, I "beg" to differ on that for the following
reasons:
1890 - Wounded Knee, South Dakota: The battle for America
had long been decided, yet the U.S. Calvary murdered over
1000 Native Americans and dumped their bodies in mass
graves.
1901 - Educator Booker T. Washington was invited to dinner
at the Executive Office with Pres. Theodore Roosevelt. When
it was discovered that he was sleeping guest at the White
House there was a vicious response from White politicians,
as well as civilians. Senator Benjamin Tillman of South
Carolina said "we shall have to kill a thousand niggers to
get them back in their places." (Wikipedia). Thousands of
Blacks were lynched nationwide. The White House was referred
to as the Executive Office but, it was changed to White
House after this incident. Booker T. Washington was an
Advisor to Pres. Roosevelt.
1910s - Heavyweight boxer Jack Johnson - After every bout
where he won against a White opponent, there were lynchings
of Blacks, nationwide.
1910 - Slocum, Texas: A majority Black town where hundreds
of Whites from a nearby area went on a rampage and killed
any Black they could find. Hundreds of Blacks were killed
plus, their land had been taken by those same White
residents. Thirteen whites were arrested but never
charged.
1917 - It was during the May/June months that hundreds of
Blacks were murdered by Whites in East St. Louis.
1919 - Nicknamed "Red Summer", in Chicago, Illinois; Omaha,
Nebraska; Philadelphia; New York City; Elaine, Arkansas;
Charleston, South Carolina; etc. Whites went on a rampage
and murdered Blacks for days. These were sparked by
competition for jobs by Black and White WW1 soldiers.
1921 - (Black) Tulsa, Oklahoma - Nicknamed Black "Wall
Street" because Blacks owned their own schools, churches,
car dealerships, gas stations, etc. Whites destroyed this
town and murdered over 2500 Black men, women and
children.
Unfortunately, I could go on and
on........................
Michael Greys, a member of 100 Blacks in Law Enforcement Who
Care, provided this list of massacres of Native American and
African-Americans throughout history. His list was much
longer.
What happened in Orlando, Florida was tragic and I am not
one to compete with anyone on who has more scars than the
other. However, to say that 50 people dying in a shooting
rampage is the worst in U.S. history is a fallacy compared
to the lynching and massacres listed above. Then again
.....Often in these lynching and massacres, the military,
police, and civilians, who were White, were involved. They
were complicit. There were no protections for the non-Whites
whom they attacked.
Today, White police officers and military officials can kill
with impunity. What do you do when your own government
attacks you or turns a blind-eye when others are doing it?
Then, again, the mainstream media can afford to ignore these
massacres because the lives of so-called people of color do
not count.
Governor Cuomo Pro-Zionist Executive Order
The BDS Movement is an effort to get businesses to boycott,
divest, and hold sanctions against Israel. There was a bill,
against businesses involved with BDS, that had a difficult
time getting passed among politicians in New York State
(NYS). So, Gov. Cuomo overstepped his boundaries and issued
an executive order making this bill a law. Basically, any
business operating in NYS cannot be a part of this
anti-Israel effort or else these businesses will not receive
New York State funding.
Governor Cuomo's website describes Boycott, Divest, and
Sanctions as a discriminatory Palestinian-backed NYS
campaign, which has picked up momentum or else there would
not have been such an effort to ratify this bill.
"New York stands in solidarity with Israel today and always.
This state will not stand for the politics of discrimination
in any form, and we will continue to demonstrate our
unwavering support for the people of Israel in the fight for
freedom, liberty and democracy," Governor Cuomo said.
This is the nation's first pro-Zionist executive order. The
people and entrepreneurs are going to have to fight this
executive order by any means necessary. This order violates
a person's choice and moral obligations.
(Source https://www.governor.ny.gov/)
Pennsylvania
Pastor harassed over sign supporting Muslims
