Extra Prayers [Nafl] can Make up for What we Missed.
[From Sis. Yasmin]
PROPHET~ (Peace and blessings of Allaah
be upon him) said...
"The first thing among their deeds for which the people will
be brought to account
on the Day
of Resurrection will be Prayer {!}
Our Lord will say to His angels, although He
knows best,
'Look at My slave's prayer, is it complete or lacking ?'
If it is complete, it will be recorded as complete, but if
it is lacking...
He will say, 'Look and see whether my slave did any
voluntary ('Naafil') prayers.'
If he had done voluntary prayers, He will say, 'Complete the
obligatory prayers of My slave from his voluntary
prayers.'
Then the rest of his deeds will be examined
in a similar manner."
[Sunan of Abu Dawood.]
Announcement
National Islamic Shoora of Jamaat al-Muslimeen to meet on July 23.
Our central planning committee consists of the
following:
Host: Imam Badi Ali [North Carolina]
Hispanic Da'wa: Br . Robert Solano [Texas]
New Trend Da'wa: Nadrat Siddique [Washington, DC]
West Indies Activism: Br. Abu Talib [Brooklyn]
Secretary General: Sis. Ashira Naim [Maryland]
Ameer: Kaukab Siddique [Pennsylvania]
Political Prisoners: Br. Ali Randall & Sis. Ayesha
[Virgnia]
Br. Salahuddeen [Activist at large] Colorado.
Web sites: Br. Rich [Nebraska]
Adviser: Br. Shamim Siddiqi [Long Island, New York]
Ghamidi's Views on Maulana Maudoodi.
He suffers from Total Misunderstanding of Maudoodi's Writings.
by Kaukab Siddique, PhD
Javed Ahmed Ghamidi has attained fame in Pakistan and in
Muslim audiences in the West. His narrative fits neatly into
the global campaign against "extremism" though that is not
part of my discourse today.
Ghamidi has issued a series of well considered critiques of
the writings and thoughts of Syed 'Abul 'Ala Maudoodi. I was
under the impression that this must be a devastating
critique to have achieved extensive fame or notoriety. I
have studied just about all that Maudoodi wrote and am
disappointed in the critique Ghamidi has issued.
He begins on shaky ground by claiming that what a prophet
says can get blown away ["payghambar jo kahe ga hawa may
tahlil ho jaye ga"] here and there, but the scripture that
is written down is more effective.
This off the cuff kind of statement by Ghamidi indicates his
carelessness about the devotion of the sahaba, r.a.,
[Companions of the Prophet, pbuh] to each word he said and
their efforts to retain and memorize what he said. This
statement alone would disqualify Ghamidi as a scholar of
Islam.
Even more egregious is Ghamidi's claim that the Qur'an was
sent in writing. After all his years of study, Ghamidi,
still does not know that the Qur'an was not given to the
Prophet, pbuh, in writing:
The Qur'an uses the term RECITE in various forms, such as
YATLU, TATLU, ATLU, YATALA. The role of the Prophet's, pbuh,
hadith, is best defined thus in Sura 2 verse 151:
"Allah has conferred a great favor on the believers, sending
among them a messenger from among themselves, who RECITES
[YATLU] unto them the Signs of Allah, and purifies them and
INSTRUCTS them in the Book and Wisdom."
The whole process was verbal, not in writing:
"Do not move your tongue concerning the Qur'an to make haste
therewith. It is for us to collect it [in your heart], so
you may recite it [quranu'hu], and when We have recited it,
follow its recital [quranuhu] Nay, more, it is for US to
expound it [through your tongue." [75:16-19]
The Prophet, pbuh, was not carrying a written Book around
with him. It was all verbal and became WRITING when the
Sahaba, r.a., wrote it down and memorized it. [These were
the people whom Ghamidi accuses of picking up hearsay.]
After these two initial disasters, Ghamidi goes into a long
winded critique [or complaint] against Maudoodi that
Maudoodi changed the entire direction of the DEEN by
emphasizing the externals. Ghamidi has in mind the
activities of jamaate Islami, the protests, the
demonstrations, the political statements, the emphasis on
law and procedure , the development of Islamic Law and
Constitution.
This is again a total misunderstanding by Ghamidi. He forgot
the CONTEXT of the political activities of Maudoodi and
Jamaate Islami. In my thirty years of teaching at an
American liberal arts college, I have helped generations of
students to realize that CONTEXT is essential to
understanding World Literature, the Development of the
Novel, the rise of Black Journalism and even
Shakespeare.
The CONTEXT of Maulana Maudoodi's movement was that Muslims
were enmeshed in the INNER spiritual life. The mystical
experiences connected to prayer, the INNER meaning of the
Qur'an, the KUSHAF of the Sufis, the miracles of saints, the
use of metaphors and poetic language were the staple of
religion..
Those who got western education soon left the religious
people behind and were well funded, installed in power,
praised and rewarded by the British.
The idea that Islam as a way of life is superior to the ways
of the west was not even whispered [except by Iqbal].
Muslims openly claimed that the ideas of an Islamic State,
Islamic Law and Constitution, were absurd. Jihad against the
British became unthinkable. Mirza Qadiani and Sir Syed
proclaimed the greatness and supremacy of the British
Raj.
In that CONTEXT, Maulana Maudoodi taught that Islam is a
COMPLETE WAY of life and to leave politics and economics out
of it would undermine the power of Islam. With the emergence
of Pakistan, the necessity to apply Islam to modern
situations became paramount.
That does not mean that Maudoodi changed the Islamic
narrative from spiritual and internal to external and
secular. There is hardly any writing of Maudoodi which does
not place the spiritual, INNER, aspect of Islam uppermost.
How could Ghamidi have missed it.! Even a random search of
Maudoodi's teachings indicates that the inner, spiritual,
being is primary. Without the inner spiritual power, the
external ability to STAND AGAINST STATE POWER would be
impossible.
Think of Maudoodi after being sentenced to death, awaiting
his execution, with the thread taken out of his pyjamas,
thinking of the blessings Allah had given him and the
importance of prayer. Think of his students recently
executed in Bangladesh who were only thinking of the INNER
life as they were taken to the gallows.
Here is a quote from the tafseer Maulana Maudoodi wrote on
al-Shams, chapter 91 of the Qur'an:
"In the first part of Sura Shams, [till verse 10], three
teachings are explained. One is that just like the sun and
the moon, day and night, the earth and the heavens are
different from each other and apparently contradictory in
their impressions and results, similarly good and evil are
different and contradictory to each other in their
impressions and results. Neither their appearance nor their
consequences can be similar.
Secondly, Allah Almighty has not simply left the human being
unaware after giving him the powers of the body and the mind
but through a natural intuition has given the human being a
sense in his sub conscious of good and evil, distinction
between right and wrong and the realization that good is
good and evil is evil.
Thirdly, that the future of the human being depends on what
he does with the distinctions between intention and decision
which Allah has placed within him and whether he uses these
to either enhance his good tendencies or to suppress them.
If he enhances his good tendencies, and purifies himself of
the evil tendencies, he will be successful. If he does the
opposite, and suppresses the good in him and emphasizes the
evil in him, he will be a failure. "
[Tafheem-ul-Qur'an by Syed Abul 'Ala Maudoodi; Volume 5,
Page 348]
Jamaat al-Muslimeen Activity on Eid Day.
8-Page Document given to 350 Muslims at Masjid Rahma [West
Baltimore].
Three serious errors made in Eid Khutba.
On July 6, Eid day, a large crowd gathered at masjid Rahma
[known as ISB] in West Baltimore. So many people came that
the Eid salat was held three times. Most of the people were
immigrants from Pakistan and India with numerous small
groups from African and Arab countries plus a few African
Americans. There were huge traffic jams but the masjid
volunteers handled the situation well, including shuttle
buses from nearby Security Mall to the masjid.
The main thrust of the Eid khutba was good on Muslim unity
but the khateeb made some serious errors. The executive
committee should advise the khateeb.
These were the major errors:
The khateeb claimed that whenever the majority of Muslims
begin Ramadan, that is the correct day for Ramadan and
whenever they have Eid, that is Eid. This is in clear
violation of authentic hadith which commands that Ramadan
and Eid are based on sighting of the crescent.
The khateeb claimed that if any Muslim anywhere says that
crescent has been sighted, that witness must be accepted
because Muslims are equal. That is in violation of Islamic
teachings that witnesses should be people of good character
known to the community. Also entire ummah cannot be
subjected to the claim of one individual when we have
corrupt governments which can pay anyone to make a claim
The khateeb urged Muslims to vote because these votes are
noted by the government and bring money to the masjid. This
point is an obvious attempt to integrate Muslims into the
corrupt election campaigns which are ruining America. Also,
there is an indication here that the masjid is getting money
from the government. [A statement was issued by the mosque
authorities that the masjid is costing $11,000 per
month.]
The 8-page Jamaat al-Muslimeen document given to 350 Muslims
included the following items:
Top woman leader of Islam, Ayesha Siddiqa, r.a., speaking on
the murder of Usman, r.a. when she lead an army to punish
the killers. [Tabari's Tarikh.]
Charity is for all needy people, not just Muslims. [Imam
Badi Ali.]
Fasting and Paradise. [Sis. Yasmin.]
Making Pakistan Islamic: Critique of military's tyranny.
[Br. Kaukab Siddique]
Syrian tyrant forced into 70 mile long retreat by IS. USAF
bombing Menbig. [SOHR]
Fallujah: An empty "victory" for US air force and Baghdad.
[Reuters, BBC, Guardian]
Injustice in America. The case of Lacino Hamilton. {Sis.
Karin Friedemann.]
Brief news on Kashmir, India, Somalia and Armenia.
Police Brutality & Dallas. America is in Bad Shape. Islam is
the Solution. America cannot Solve Any of its Problems.
On July 8, Br. Kaukab siddique gave the juma khutba at
masjid Jamaat al-Muslimeen in Baltimore. The masjid was
packed with worshipers but as it is a small
masjid, the outline of the khutba is given here for
widespread distribution on line.
[After prayers, a visitor embraced Islam and was reminded by
the imam about the basic teachings of Islam. ]
Text #1:
Lo! Allah enjoineth justice and kindness, and giving to
kinsfolk, and forbiddeth lewdness and abomination and
wickedness. He exhorteth you in order that ye may take
heed.
[The Quran 16:90]
Text #2
Sahih Bukhari: Volume 3, Book 43, Number 628:
Narrated Ibn 'Abbas:
The Prophet sent Mu'adh to Yemen and said, "Be afraid, from
the curse of the oppressed as there is no screen between his
invocation and Allah."
Racism became deeply rooted in America because the slave
owners claimed that God himself had made Black people
inferior and cursed. A religious bias was given to evil.
Dr. King worked hard to get Black people their basic
civil rights.
However, laws cannot change people's hearts and
souls.
Today we have a Black president and countless Black
officials but nothing has changed. People who are Black
and/or poor are entirely at the mercy of the police. They
can be shot down on mere suspicion.
Even if a person is a gangster or a thief, that should
not give the police the right to gun him down.
Highly educated Black people from the middle class are
treated as potential criminals by the police.
Police forces are paid to be the servants of the people.
We should not deny that often they do good but when they
feel threatened or even irritated they can simply execute
their victims.
Many police officers are trained to behave as if they are
better than other citizens, specially Black and poor people.
They have this attitude of supremacy which Satan had about
Adam: 'I am better than him.' In every major city, police is
humiliating and killing people. People are so terrorized,
they try to run away from police and then this is considered
a justification for shooting them down.
Why can't the people resist? They have been divided and
demoralized. Even for non-violent crimes, citizens are given
long sentences in prison.
When police arrest a man [or woman] they force the
victim to lie down flat on the ground, face down. At the
slightest hesitation, they are brutally wrestled down.
Those citizens who are convicted, have to take their
clothes off and are subjected to cavity searches. They
become a prison number, no longer human. When they are
released, they have a criminal record and cannot get a
job.
Black families, and families in general, have been
broken down so they cannot unite against the government.
Adultery is encouraged. Liquor is treated as normal.
Gambling is highly praised and organized to provide a false
hope. Drugs are everywhere.
The family, which is the core of resistance, is further
weakened the encouragement of random sex. Rape is hardly
punished. The President of the United States leads the push
for HOMOSEXUALITY. He even goes to Africa tp export the idea
of legitimacy of homosexuality. The result is the total
destruction of the family. Result: NO UNITY. NO
RESISTANCE.
The shooting in Dallas indicates that some Black people
are desperate enough to shoot back at the police. It can
lead to reprisals against Black people and elements of race
war. It also means, America's wars are coming home. The first
policeman who was shot down had done three tours in
Iraq.
Part II. only Islam can save America.
I was listening to a leading Christian preacher [Osteen]
on TV from one of the biggest churches. He gave a lot of
good advice and hope but one thing was completely missing:
The belief in the HEREAFTER. The language the Qur'an uses
for belief in the Hereafter [yaqeen] is even stronger than
the language for belief in the prophets. [iman].
Unless Americans believe in the Hereafter, they will not
change.
We have a Book, the Qur'an, which is the only book which
has not been changed.
We have the Sunnah of the Prophet, pbuh, which is an
example for people's daily lives. No other religion has a
livable Sunnah.
Women must be respected and honored regardless of
whether they are good or not. Why? Because every woman can
be a mother, a daughter, a sister, a wife. This respect for
women is the foundation of society. Millions of women would
accept Islam if they knew Islam.
We have Shariah. Liquor and drugs are prohibited by
Allah as is gambling. This is not a matter of opinion. Once
people know of a livable religion anchored in law, they can
come back to the Creator. Rape and homosexuality publically
professed are capital crimes in Islam. Of course they can't
be implemented in America but when people know these are
unacceptable, the victims will seek refuge with Islam, the
religion of the Creator.
We must seek Allah's forgiveness, purify our selves,
study the Qur'an and Hadith, a little every day and find
spouses who will stand with us in the Islamic struggle.. Be
honest, compassionate, good neighbors and sexually chaste.
Do not oppress anyone. Do not love oppressors.
Spotlights
by Br.Badi
The Need for Consistency
I learned the importance of consistency during Ramadan.
You will not be able to succeed in practicing any type of
virtue without being consistent.
Success is the natural outcome for being consistent.
If you want your body toned/muscular, lifting a ten-pound
weight a few times every day will move you toward your goal
much quicker than by lifting a 100-pound weight on the first
try.
There is no harm in being consistent. Slow and steady wins
the race.
To achieve and become successful, you must possess the "4
C's"
Consistency
Commitment
Creativity and
Competence
Consistency breeds accountability.
Consistency strengthens your message.
Your team or followers pay more attention to what you do
rather than to what you say. Consistency in your leadership
serves as a model for how they will serve.
Consistency establishes your reputation. If a leader
develops a reputation for being inconsistent in their words
or actions, his/her followers will be discouraged, confused
and will eventually lose confidence in their ability to lead
effectively.
Consistency promotes security to a child. Children learn
they can rely on their parents. This assists in building
trust, therefore promoting a healthy bonding between parents
and their children.
Consistency helps to develop a sense of responsibility
because you know what is expected.
Children who are raised by expected and consistent standards
will succeed.
To remain consistent, a great amount of determination and
patience is required.
- Br. Badi Ali leads a large Muslim community in Greensboro,
NC.
War News
Syria
Intense Bombing of Aleppo and Manbig. Air Massacre in
Village on Turkish border. IS advances towards Homs.
By July 10, Assad's artillery units with air cover reached
the al-Costelo road and Mallah farms north of Aleppo. The
city is supplied with basic needs through this road. This
might be another starvation of the civilian population. An
FSA attack to open the road was beaten by the regime's air
and artillery.
Islamic force in eastern Aleppo is hitting the Alawites in
western Aleppo as well as the Kurds while the Alawite force
in western Aleppo is using heavy artillery and air strikes
against the Islamics in the east of the city. FSA and
civilian volunteers are holding most of Aleppo.
Heavy fighting continues in and around Manbig [the corridor
to Turkey] where US air force is hiiting Islamic State
fighters while Kurdish communists try to enter the city.
After 41 days in spite of heavy losses, IS is still in
control of most of the city.
Around Damascus, the regime has been bombing and shelling
FSA and civilians but was not able to advance.
On July 9, the Syrian Russian air force bombed a small
village called Darkush on the Turkish border. It was a
massacre of 25 civilians including 11 women.
The only advance this week was by the Islamic State when it
captured Mohr hill near the oil field in the area, beating
back the Hizbullah-Alawite forces.
Also in the Homs area the Assad air force bombed a small
village known as Burj Qa'ri killing 8 civilians including 6
children
[IS is holding its advance back to Palmyra where now IS shot
down a Russian helicopter killing both crew. See this in a
separate item published below.]
IRAQ
IS bombings on Baghdad Shia area resulted in no advance for
a whole week by the Shia militaries in spite of continuing
bombing campaign by the US air force.
Syria
Russian pilots killed as 'ISIL downs helicopter. 'Military
helicopter involved in anti-ISIL operation crashes near
Palmyra after being hit by gunfire from the ground.
Two Russian pilots have been killed in Syria after fighters
from the Islamic State of Iraq and Levant (ISIL, also known
as ISIS) shot down their helicopter near Palmyra, Russia's
defence ministry has said according to local media.
The two men had been attacking a group of ISIL fighters in
the Homs region on Friday, when the military chopper they
were in ran out of ammunition, the Interfax news agency
said, quoting the defence ministry.
"The turning helicopter was hit by militants' gunfire from
the ground and crashed in the area controlled by the Syrian
government army. The crew died," Interfax said.
ISIL claimed responsibility for the attack, according to
SITE monitoring group.
Footage published on Saturday by ISIL's affiliated news
agency Amaq showed a helicopter being shot and crashing to
the ground.
Russian forces entered the Syrian conflict in late September
last year, backing the forces of President Bashar al-Assad.
At least 12 Russian soldiers have been killed since Moscow
launched its military operation.
Biggest anti-Police Violence Rally was in Atlanta [where
thousands marched] After Dallas Shootings. Following police
killings of black men, protests resume after officers at
Dallas rally were killed in 'revenge' attack.
Thousands have taken to the streets of US cities to denounce
police killings of two black men this week, a day after a
man killed five police officers at a similar demonstration
in the city of Dallas.
Protesters on Friday clogged roadways in New York City,
Atlanta and Philadelphia, and events in San Francisco and
Phoenix also drew large crowds.
There were no immediate reports of injuries or significant
numbers of arrests, though in Phoenix police in riot gear
used pepper spray on protesters, some of whom threw rocks at
officers, local media said.
Videos posted online showed protesters also gathering in
Baton Rouge, Louisiana, where 37-year-old Alton Sterling was
shot dead by police early on Tuesday.
The largest demonstration appeared to be in Atlanta, where
thousands of people marched, chanting and waving signs
demanding justice, video posted to social media showed.
Footage from broadcasters showed a large crowd facing off
with dozens of police vehicles blocking a local interstate
highway.
'No justice, no peace'
Atlanta Mayor Kasim Reed tweeted that the rally was largely
peaceful, though about 10 people had been arrested.
Friday was the second day of demonstrations against the
killings since the fatal shootings of Sterling and of
32-year-old Philando Castile near St Paul, Minnesota.
The killings again stoked racial tension that has flared
repeatedly across the country since the 2014 killing of
Michael Brown, an unarmed black teen, by a white police
officer in Ferguson, Missouri.
Castile was killed by police during a traffic stop on
Wednesday, and his girlfriend broadcast live footage of the
immediate aftermath of his shooting on Facebook, drawing
millions of viewers.
Sterling was killed on Tuesday during an altercation with
two white police officers outside a shop. A gruesome video
of that incident caused uproar on social media.
"No justice, no peace, no racist police," demonstrators
shouted late on Friday in Baton Rouge, where state and local
police in riot gear tried to keep them from blocking a busy
roadway.
Thursday's demonstrations over the killings of Sterling and
Castile were largely peaceful until gunfire rang out at a
Dallas rally that was winding down.
Authorities said 25-year-old Micah Johnson, a black American
soldier who had fought in Afghanistan, launched a sniper
attack that killed five police officers and wounded nine
other people. According to police, he later said he had
wanted to "kill white people."
Police killed Johnson with a bomb-carrying robot after
cornering him in a parking garage, ending an hours-long
standoff.
Utica, NY
[Her Half Brothers Confessed to Sexual Molestation of her
Children. She attacked their sexual organs. One Brother was
Killed and the other Seriously Injured.] Woman convicted of
manslaughter in brother's church killing.
July 5: A woman accused of taking part in a 14-hour group
beating that killed one of her half brothers and injured
another during a church counseling session was convicted on
Tuesday of manslaughter and assault but was acquitted of
murder.
Oneida County Judge Michael Dwyer acquitted Sarah Ferguson
of the most serious charge she faced, second-degree murder,
saying prosecutors had not proved that she knew 19-year-old
Lucas Leonard could or would die after she pummeled both
brothers' groins with an electrical cord at the Word of Life
Christian Church in October.
Ferguson, among nine relatives and church members charged in
the case, testified last week that the brothers admitted
during the counseling session to molesting her children.
Ferguson, who had waived her right to a jury trial, left the
courtroom Tuesday without saying anything.
The judge said he "did not believe very much of her
testimony."
"Sarah Ferguson ... testified that after the beating she saw
both boys standing and that they looked OK to her," the
judge said while explaining his verdict. "She also testified
that she did not think that they needed medical
attention."
District Attorney Scott McNamara said Lucas Leonard and his
younger brother were ordered during the beating to repent a
variety of sins, which included using a voodoo doll. Police
have said there's no evidence to support the sex abuse claim
and the church's pastor called the counseling session after
the brothers discussed leaving the secretive church.
Lucas Leonard died slowly after collapsing and losing
consciousness as blood from a cut to his penis saturated his
left pants leg and sneaker, McNamara said during the trial.
His younger brother, 17-year-old Christopher Leonard, was
hospitalized for a week with life-threatening damage to his
kidneys and injuries to a lung, the prosecutor said.
Ferguson was the first to stand trial. The victims' and
Ferguson's parents, Deborah and Bruce Leonard, have pleaded
guilty to assault.
The judge on Tuesday continued a gag order in the case,
saying he did not want attorneys' comments to interfere with
the six pending cases, expected to be tried in the fall.
The remaining defendants face varying counts of murder,
manslaughter, kidnapping, assault and gang assault. They
include Tiffanie Irwin, the pastor of the family-run
congregation, which operated from a former school that also
served as a communal home for several members.
Also charged are Tiffanie Irwin's mother, Traci Irwin;
Tiffanie Irwin's brothers Joseph and Daniel Irwin; and
mother and son church members Linda and David Morey. All
have pleaded not guilty.
The judge found the 33-year-old Ferguson guilty of two
counts of gang assault, two counts of assault and one count
of manslaughter. The charges carry potential prison terms of
up to 25 years when she's sentenced in September.
Boston
Attempt to Use Quds Day in Support of Assad Regime.
Its only meant for Palestine.
by Karin Friedemann
I was confused by Al Quds day in Boston. The organizer was
trying to "tie in" the issue of Syria, Yemen etc, condemning
ISIS, Taliban, al Qaeda and talking about "stability in the
Middle East" (code words for supporting Assad.]
When I mentioned that the Russians, Hizbollah and Assad
bombing is what is destabilizing the region, and demanded
why they are trying to limit Al Quds day for Shia and Assad
loyalists, she would not budge from that position, and only
one brother (a Palestinian refugee) defended my argument for
keeping this strictly about Palestine so as not to alienate
Sunni Muslims. Most people were saying I was really rude. It
was disappointing.
Deaths as Indian troops open fire on Kashmir protesters.
Clashes in Indian-administered Kashmir follow mass funeral
for slain rebel fighter Burhan Wani.
There were scenes of mayhem in parts of southern
Indian-administered Kashmir after Indian forces opened fire
on thousands of protesters, killing at least 19 civilians
and wounding scores of others during a mass funeral for a
slain rebel fighter.
Shiv Murari Sahai, a top Indian police official, told a
press conference on Saturday that eight people from south
Kashmir district were killed during the protests, including
that of one youth who drowned in a river after being chased
by paramilitary forces.
Tens of thousands of people defied a curfew in parts of
Kashmir on Saturday to pay homage to Burhan Wani, the rebel
fighter and so-called poster boy of the new Kashmiri
resistance, resulting in clashes with police and
paramilitary.
Wani was shot dead along with two other fighters by security
forces and police in Bumdoora village on Friday, 85km south
of Srinagar, prompting mass mourning across the valley.
Addressing the mourners, Muzaffar Ahmed Wani, the father of
Burhan appealed people not to damage public property. "You
can mourn the death of my son Burhan but don't cause damage
to public property. It is our own property and we should not
harm it." [EPA]
According to officials, as news of the killing spread across
the valley on Saturday, clashes erupted in several districts
in southern Kashmir as thousands of residents hurled rocks
at Indian troops, who responded by using live ammunition,
pellet guns and tear gas.
He joined because he was humiliated on the streets, his
brother was tortured, this is where his resentment for the
Indian government came from, and this is why Kashmiris
identified with him
Street clashes also spread to Srinagar, the capital of the
Indian-administered Kashmir, as thousands tried to vent
their anger on the streets.
Shams Irfan, a local journalist who traveled to Tral, where
authorities had cut electricity, blocked roads and the
internet as part of the wider crackdown on protesters, told
Al Jazeera that the demonstrations in southern Kashmir were
"the biggest he had ever seen".
Earlier, thousands of armed police and paramilitary soldiers
in riot gear fanned out across most towns and villages. They
laid razor wire and erected steel barricades on the streets
and drove through neighbourhoods, warning residents to stay
indoors.
Wani, in his early 20s, had become the iconic face of
Kashmiri resistance over the last five years.
As the son of a school principal, he is widely credited for
reviving armed resistance in Kashmir, using social media
like Facebook to reach out to young Kashmiri men.
Inspector-General Syed Javaid Mujtaba Gillani described his
killing as the "biggest success against militants" in recent
years.
Restrictions were imposed in parts of south Kashmir as well
as the capital Srinagar EPA/FAROOQ KHAN [EPA]
Khurram Parvez, programme director of Jammu Kashmir
Coalition for Civil Society (JKCCS) in Srinagar, described
Wani's death as an extra-judicial killing, saying the Indian
government had made no attempt to arrest him. He said that
Wani was an example of a rebel who had not joined out of
ideological reasons.
"He joined because he was humilated on the streets, his
brother was tortured, this is where his resentment for the
Indian government came from, and this is why Kashmiri's
identified with him."
"He is being painted as a dreaded militant, but he was often
very politically correct, [for instance] he spoke about
Pandits returning in peace and assured Hindus that their
pilgrimage would not be a target by militants," Parvez
said.
Indian officials, fearing that the killing could lead to
violent protests in the already troubled region, suspended
an annual Hindu pilgrimage to a mountain cave which draws
about half a million people each year.
Officials also suspended cellphone services in southern
parts of Kashmir and blocked mobile internet in rest of the
region to prevent anti-India demonstrators from mobilising.
Shops, businesses and government offices were shut following
the security lockdown and a general strike called by
anti-India separatists. Authorities also postponed school
and college examinations and suspended rail services.
Reacting to the developments, Parvez, said that despite the
curfew, "every death would provoke more people to come out
[...] resulting in an endless cycle".
India 'covering up abuses' in Kashmir: report
Waheed Parra, leader of the The Jammu and Kashmir Peoples
Democratic Party (PDP) currently in a coalition with BJP
party in Kashmir, said the state government wanted immediate
peace in the region and called for de-escalation of
tensions.
"We're praying for peace and the safety of our youth." he
told Al Jazeera.
Most people in Kashmir have long resented the Indian
presence, and support rebel demands for an independent
Kashmir or a merging with Pakistan. More than 68,000 people
have been killed in the uprising and the subsequent Indian
military crackdown in Indian administered Kashmir.
Source says that up to 200 people may have been injured when
police opened fire at protesters [EPA]
Pakistani leader Sirajul Haq of Jamaate Islami on Kashmir.
Mourning Latest Indian Atrocity in Kashmir
LAHORE, July 9; Ameer, Jamaat e Islami, Pakistan, Senator
Sirajul Haq, has said that the martyrdom of Hizbul
Mujahideen commander Burhan Muzaffar Wani at the hands of
the Indian forces in held Kashmir during Eid days mirrored
the brutalities of the occupation army over the Kashmiris.
He was talking to media men after leading Ghaibana Janaza
Prayers for the Kashmiri commander and icon social worker
Abdus Sattar Edhi, at Mansoora,
JI central leaders including JI Hafiz Muhammad Idrees,
Maulana Abdul Ma'lik and Mian Maqsud Ahmed were also
present.
Sirajul Haq said that the Modi government had given a
license to the occupation forces in Held Kashmir to kill
Kashmiri youth for the use of social media in support of
their right to self determination. He said that Commander
Burhan Muzaffar Wani had been martyred in a fake encounter
after which the occupation forces had opened firing at his
funeral procession killing eight others.
The JI chief said that the continuation of the Kashmiris'
freedom movement despite the presence of eight lakh Indian
troops in Held Kashmir was an indication that the freedom
movement could not be crushed through genocide.
The JI chief said that India was also tightening the noose
against world fame preacher Dr Zakir Naik in Kashmir as well
as India and linking him with the terrorists. However, he
said that ban on Dr Zakir Naik and his channel would be
considered an attack on the millions of Indian Muslims like
the attack at the Babri mosque.
Sirajul Haq deplored that while Indian army was carrying out
the genocide of the Kashmiris, the rulers in Islamabad were
crazy for friendship and trade with India. He said it was
primarily due to the pro- India policies of Islamabad that
the Kashmiris were still far from their destination.
However, he said the Pakistani nation stood by the Kashmiris
and it had never tolerated any one who betrayed the
Kashmiris cause. The kashmiris were struggling for the
completion of Pakistan as Kashmir was the life line of
Pakistan.
The JI chief paid rich tributes to late Abdul Sattar Edhi
for his services for humanity. He said the best way to pay
homage to the deceased was that the government strived to
provide shelter to the shelter-less and free medical cover
and education to the poor. He also demanded that a
university be named after the deceased and also strive for
the grant of Nobel prize for the deceased in memory of his
prolonged services to human beings.
VIEWPOINT
A Shocking Look at the New Muslim World. After Gaza, every
Muslim city is Gaza. Mass Murder of Muslims has Become the
Norm. Russia and USA Working Together.
The 21st Century Crusade & Emiratisation of the Muslim World
by Dr Firoz Mahboob Kamal
{The writer is a top intellectual from Bangladesh with
credentials from eastern and western universities. New Trend
is honored to have him.]
The gazaisation
The Muslim Ummah now stands hostage to a new level of
military aggression, occupation, deaths and destruction -as
the people of besieged Gaza are suffering for more than a
decade. The Israeli model of brutal gazaisation has its own
admirers and perpetrators. The model is now replicated in
many parts of the Muslim World. The perpetrators are not
only the illegal state of Israel, it is the US-led global
coalition of the 21st century crusaders. The medieval
crusaders could occupy and run genocide only in Jerusalem
and the surrounding areas of Palestine. They couldn't invade
deep inside the Muslim Middle East and fragment it into more
than 20 pieces. They couldn't run massacre in Damascus,
Baghdad, Aleppo, Homs, Hama, Mosul, Kabul, Kandahar and
other great Islamic cities. Even the Mongol Tatars -known
for their genocidal massacres, didn't raze any Muslim city
to the ground. But now the brutality has attained a new
high; hence, Gaza is not the only besieged and ruined city
on earth. Aleppo, Hama, Homs, Falluja, Tikrit, Ramadi and
many more cities now stand as the perfect replica of Gaza in
the Islamic heart land.
The Muslims have now attained a new low, too. It is indeed
the lowest of the low on their own moral scale. The old
crusaders couldn't recruit any collaborator from the Muslim
land, nor could built any military base or install Trojan
horses there. But now they have many; they could raise
thousands of collaborators with the Muslim name. The 21st
century crusade are now being fought deep inside the Muslim
lands. They now keep constant presence in Iraq, Syria,
Turkey, Qatar, Kuwait, Bahrain, Saudi Arabia, the UAE and
many more Muslims countries with their defence personnel,
war planes, tanks, missiles, drones, army or air bases.
Inclusion of these collaborating countries in the coalition
has given them enormous strategic depth in their war against
Islam and the Muslims. Like the non-Muslims, the ruling
cliques of these Muslim countries too, show equal disbelief
and disapproval of the core Islamic principles like sharia,
hudud, khilafa, jihad and trans-ethnic global solidarity.
Contrary to such Qur'anic ruling, they have raised walls of
divisions to protect the pre-Islamic ethnic, linguistic and
tribal identity. Turkey -the long-time citadel of Muslim
power went further to embrace the imperialists' project of
creating Israel in occupied Muslim land. They were very
quick even to recognise this illegal state. The Turkish
government now allows the US to use its air bases to bomb
the Syrian and the Iraqi cities. Besides, the US and Russia
have their own sovereign territories cum military bases deep
inside the Middle Eastern countries; even the local rulers
are denied the sovereign right to enter there. As a result
of those military bases, their war planes need not have any
long haul air travel from their own countries to kill the
Muslim men, women and children in Iraq, Syria, Afghanistan
or any other Muslim country. In its long war campaign, the
US now feels un-winning and exhausted; hence the old rival
Russia is taken as a partner in its anti-Muslim campaign.
The US secretary of state John Kerry made repeated visits to
Moscow to persuade President Putin to focus his bombing
campaign only against the Islamists.
The US hypocrisy
The hypocrisy runs very high in the US-led coalition.
President Bashar Assad of Syria has razed many cities to the
ground, killed more than 300 thousands Syrians and evicted
more than 5 million from their home. But such brutality of
Assad is not issue for these so-called protagonists of human
rights and peace. They do not bother if he continues such
atrocities for many more years. They do not bother to raise
any coalition to stop such brutality against the civilian
population. Their only worry is the Islamists. They label
the Islamist as terrorist. But recently, the US authority
has shown how fake is its agenda of fighting terrorism. It
came to the press that the US army personnel are fighting
shoulder to shoulder with the Kurdish Marxist-Leninist YPG
terrorists in northern Syria -though these Kurdish fighters
are marked as terrorists even by the American
administration. The US soldiers even wore the YPG badge on
their military uniform -as currently shown in the media.
The whole Arab world is impregnated with murderous rulers.
Each of these ruling gangs indeed owns the largest terrorist
outfit in their respective countries; the aim is to
terrorise their own people and keep the country under their
autocratic occupation. The Syrian dictator Bashar Assad
presents the worst scenario. But the Egyptian President
General Abdul Fatah al-Sisi, the Saudi king and other
autocratic rulers of Gulf countries are no less bad and
brutal either. Like President Bashar Al Assad of Syria,
these tyrants too, execute the same policy of ruthless
annihilation of the people who stand against their
autocracy. In fact, all these cruel autocrats are in close
coalition to fight against their own people. Hence, while
the military junta of Egypt General Abdul Fatah al-Sisi
kills thousands of innocent people on Cairo's streets and
announces death sentences against hundreds, not only
receives encouragement but also billions of dollar from
Saudi Arabia and UAE as prize money. If the USA and its
partners had any interest to fight terrorism and promote
democratic rights in the Middle East, they would have
withdrawn their support from these man-slaughtering
terrorists in power. But the truth is otherwise. The US and
its coalition partners are the sole protectors of these
terrorists. If the military and intelligence life-support
were withdrawn by the US and its partners, they would have
quickly overthrown by their own people -as happened with
President Hosni Mubarak of Egypt and the Sha of Iran. On the
contrary, these ruling terrorists are taken as the close
coalition partners in their war against the Islamists; and
as a mark of integrating with these terrorists in power,
their worst atrocities against their own civilians are
excused.
