Abu Sa'eed al-Khudri reported: The Messenger of Allah, peace
and blessings be upon him, said: "Let not one of you
belittle himself" They said, "O Messenger of Allah, how
can any one of us belittle himself?"
The Prophet said: "He finds a matter regarding Allah about
which he should speak up but he does not. Allah the Exalted
will say to him on the Day of Resurrection: What prevented
you from speaking up about such a matter? He will say: It
was out of fear of the people. Allah will say: Rather, it is
I who deserved to be feared".
Source: Sunan Ibn Majah 4008
Mosque Hit. No Injuries.
Non-Muslims Show Support
Bloomington, Minnesota
August 5.
"Preliminary investigation indicates the explosion was
caused by a destructive device in violation of federal law,"
the FBI's Minneapolis division said on Twitter.
"When officers and fire personnel arrived, what they found
there was some smoke, some damage to the building, but no
one was injured," Police Chief Jeff Potts said at a news
conference broadcast by local media.
Several other area religious leaders joined members of the
mosque on Saturday to express support.
"It's a tragedy that we have to gather here today," Curtiss
DeYoung, executive director of the Minnesota Council of
Churches, told reporters. "We are here showing solidarity
and support for Muslims, not only in this center but Muslims
across our state and our country that are under these kind
of attacks."
Source:Reuters.
Jamaat al-Muslimeen Washington, DC
Eight-page document covering issues important for Muslims.
August 4: The Islamic Center on Massachusets Avenue attracts
a great diversity of Muslims from embassies of 30 Muslim
countries as well as local converts to Islam.
Outside the Center, on the sidewalk, a pro-Iran group led by
Imam al-Asi challenges the status quo.
The crowd was much smaller than usual but we were still able
to give an 8-page Jamaat al-Muslimeen document to 132
Muslims from many countries.
Here is an outline of the contents of the 8-page
document.
Rallies in Turkey for al-Aqsa mosque. (Prof. S. Kurter)
&
America's dog culture (Sis. Abida Rahmani.)
&
&
Mass murder of civilians in Mosul and Aleppo compared
to destruction of German cities in World War 2. (Br.
Kaukab)
Latest war news from Iraq, Syria.
How to attain khushoo [humility] in prayers. (Sis.
Yasmin)
In the north west of Baltimore, Masjd Ihsan is the only
masjid in the city which was built from the ground up. It's
the achievement of the African American community.
Much of the time after juma was spent in conversations with
old acquaintances. However, copies of a 4-page Jamaat
al-Muslimeen document was given to 55 people. Here is an
outline of its contents:
Cameroon torturing Muslims to suppress support for Boko
Haram.
American people are not our enemies. [Br. Kaukab.]
Mosul: Genocide by US-backed Shias.
Turkey, Philippines, Egypt, Syria.
Yazidi Leader Visits "Israel."
Main Source of anti-IS propaganda
August 3 Iraqi news: On July 27, top Yazidi activist Nadia
Murad wrapped up on Tuesday a five-day visit to Israel which
was organized by IsraAID humanitarian organization; the
Combat Genocide Association; and the Israel office of the
Society for International Development (SID).
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PAKISTAN
Bring Rulers flying high down on earth for corruption
by Ameer al-Azeem and Qaisar Sharif
LAHORE, Aug. 6; Ameer, Jamaat e Islami, Pakistan, Senator
Sirajul Haq, has said that the JI's campaign against
corruption had compelled the rulers flying high in the air
to come down among the masses at the G.T. road.
Speaking at an international seminar for the delegates from
over twenty countries at Mansoora on Sunday, he said the
need of the hour was to widen the accountability net and
bring to the dock all those named in the Panama leaks and
the elite getting their bank loans written off. He urged the
Supreme Court to devise a permanent and effective mechanism
for accountability and the recovery of the ill gotten wealth
of the plunderers. He said if the public money estimated
around 375 billion dollars lying abroad was brought to the
country, the masses could be provided basic facilities of
education and health besides employment for thousands of the
youth.
Sirajul Haq said that the country was being ruled by a few
families as political parties had turned into personal
properties. However, he said, the country would not develop
without real democracy.
He said that overseas Pakistanis were remitting 22 billion
dollars annually and they had the right to have a say in the
country's policies. He said it the overseas Pakistanis were
not given the right to vote in the next elections, the
elections would not be complete.
Sirajul Haq said that the JI leadership had held meetings
with the delegates from abroad for three days and had
decided to highlight the Kashmir issue at world level.
He further that neither the PPP nor the PML(N) government
had framed any policy for the overseas Pakistanis that could
have encouraged the immigrants. He said that the overseas
Pakistanis were helpless notwithstanding the Pakistani
embassies abroad.
To a question from the media, the JI chief said that the
verdict of the court must be respected. He said that those
refusing to bow to the court verdict were weakening the
judiciary and paving way for dictatorship. However, he said
that the nation firmly stood by the judiciary.
Sirajul Haq decried the resort to abuses and foul language
in politics and said neither Islam nor our traditions
allowed that.
JI Secretary General, Liaqat Baloch, Hafiz Muhammad Idrees
and Abdul Ghaffar Aziz and some foreign delegates also spoke
on the occasion.
LAHORE, Aug. 6: Secretary General, Jamaat e islami, Liaqat
Baloch, has said that the former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif
might be having many secrets in his bosom but the JIT had
made public all the facts.
Addressing the Ulema at Mansoora on Sunday, he further said
that the incompetence and corruption of the government
itself had opened the door for the interference of the state
institutions and added that this should be lesson for the
democratic forces.
Liaqat Baloch said that the JI believed in having good
relations with the Muslim world and the European countries
for the promotion of human values, the democratic system and
the respect and honour of the country and the nation.
He said the Pakistanis working abroad were the country's
ambassadors in foreign lands and they should have the right
to vote. He said it was unfortunate that the parliamentary
committee on the subject had not agreed on this point.
Holocaust?
Israeli Grandfather Who Believed his Family had been "Wiped
Out" in the Holocaust Discovers 500 Relatives.
Afghanistan
Attack on Iraq Regime Embassy in Kabul.
July 31. A gunfight went on for 4 hours after an Islamic
State 4 -man unit broke into the Iraqi regime embassy in
Kabul
Seven Kabul policemen and 2 embassy guards were killed along
with the 4 IS gunmen.
[Kabul regime reporting is very self-contradictory. It
admits that the gunmen broke into the embassy and fought
security forces for 4 hours but then claims only one
policeman was injured. Witnesses say they saw policemen
lying dead in the street.]
Philippines
Hard core ISIS affiliates holding on to center of Marawi
city.
On August 4 President Duterte visited army units beseiging
Marawi city after their failure to drive out the mujahideen.
He promised them big rewards.
The latest assault on Marawi by the army has failed. Along
with 350 injured the death toll of troops (offocial) now is
116.
The city has been destroyed by the air force. Several
hundred fighters have been killed and most have gone back to
their villages though a core group, including leaders,
remain in Marawi.
Iraq
Muslims Don't Want to Believe What the US-backed regime did
in Mosul.
Here are 4 aspects of the latest situation in Iraq as the
war continues.
US air force is actively bombing IS positions across
Iraq.
[Headings are NTs. Content theirs.]
Kuwaiti Media Men don't want to believe the Genocide they
saw.
IRBIL, Aug 6 (KUNA) -- A Kuwaiti media delegation,
representing chief editors of a number of Kuwait newspapers
and Kuwait Journalists Association (KJA), visited the Iraqi
city of Mosul after its recent liberation from the grips of
the so-called Islamic State (IS).
"No words can describe what was seen in Mosul, except for
'tragedy' on all levels," said Kuwait News Agency (KUNA)
Deputy Director General for Editorial Affairs and
Editor-In-Chief Saad Al-Ali.
The delegation is among the first Gulf and Arab media groups
to visit the city after liberation, and was briefed with the
destruction in Mosul, especially the 'Old City' and
archaeological sites.
Despite the victory over terrorism, Mosul has paid much for
it and there needs time to rebuild, he said.
"We congratulate the Iraqi people on the victory against
terrorism on the one hand, and on the other, we regret what
we saw," Al-Ali said.
Tal Afar Preparing for Massive Shia assault
ERBIL, Kurdistan Region (Kurdistan 24) - The Islamic State
(IS) has begun digging trenches in Tal Afar as Iraqi
security forces prepare to launch a major offensive against
the group.
The extremist group has reportedly started forming a
defensive line to hold one of their last remaining
strongholds in Iraq, according to local media and
sources.
IS recently lost Mosul, their de facto capital and major
stronghold in Iraq, as Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi
declared victory against the jihadist group in the city on
July 10.
The militant group's leadership has warned its fighters of
an "imminent assault" on Tal Afar following Iraqi army
officials announcing their plans to advance in the area,
local sources said.
Tal Afar, located about 40 kilometers (25 miles) west of
Mosul, is one of the remaining cities in Iraq still under IS
control.
Sources close to the city said the trenches are being built
"to de-escalate military advances" by the Iraqi army.
Guerrilla Warfare Continues.
Kirkuk (IraqiNews.com) An explosive device went off on
Sunday south of Kirkuk, killing and wounding four members of
the Kurdish Peshmerga troops.
A security source was quoted by Mawazin news website saying
that the bomb exploded at Daqouq region, south of the
province, killing and wounding four Peshmerga members.
Islamic State militants continue to step up attacks against
security forces even after they lost their biggest
stronghold in Iraq.
Many Africans Support ISIS. Mourning in Sudan.
August 5.Mosul (IraqiNews.com) A senior Sudanese member of
the Islamic State has been killed during recent offensives
by Iraqi forces designed to clear of Mosul from militants,
media sources said.
Ali Abdel-Ma'arouf (aka Abu al-Asbat Al-Sudani), was the
head of the group's prisons and a top legislator for the
extremist group in Mosul, according to Sudan Tribune.
"According to the sources, Abdel-Ma'arouf's family has set
up a mourning tent in Shambat suburb in Khartoum North to
receive condolences on the death of their son," the website
said.
Al-Sudani had joined the group in Iraq two years earlier,
becoming a leading trainer for jihadists on martial arts and
weapons, being a former player and trainer of Shinjimasu
Karate, according to Sudan Tribune.
Sudan's Ministry of Interior said in 2015 that nearly 70
Sudanese joined IS in Libya and Syria.
The paper says that experts, however, put the number at as
high as 150, with 35 killed in Iraq and Syria and 20 in
Libya.
Syria
Russia taking over Assad Regime. Heavy US air attacks.
Population Exchanges. Iranians-Lebanese Hizb Advancing.
July 30-August 6. {Reuters, Guardian and SOHR]
Russian troops are defending a key sector of Damascus.
Assad's capital was in danger as al-Nusra forces emerged at
close range.
Lebanese Hizb and Assad's elite forces fired all they had at
FSA and al-Rahman corp in the Ain Terma and Jobar [suburbs
of Damascus]., firing 150 ground to ground missiles in 72
hours. No results.
A large Lebanese Hizb and Assadi force is deploying for a
big offensive in the Hama area.
East of Homs, under Russian air cover, the Hizb-Alawite
forces were advancing across the desert to capture
al-Sukhanah but ran into IS resistance and are now stuck in
the desert.
Another Hizb-Iranian tank force is trying to find a way into
Deir ez Zor province which is under the Islamic State though
in the city itself Assad's best general has been holding out
for months, supplied by the Russian air force.
Near Aleppo, FSA supported by Turkey is clashing with SDF
[communist Kurds].
On the Lebanese border, Lebanese Hizb attacks on Muslim
towns were beaten back by al-Nusra. However bombing and
artillery have smashed civilian facilities and looks like a
population transfer is taking place from the Lebanese border
[near Arsal] to al-Nusra held towns in the north west.
The American air force is hammering away at the IS capital
of al-Raqqa. Civilian casualties are rising steadily along
with IS casualties as the daily bombing continues.
SDF Kurdish forces have entered al-Raqqa and are steadily
advancing under US air cover. However the IS resistance is
increasing. IS has withdrawn its
elite foreign fighters to Deir ez Zawr and left the defense
to hard core Syrian and Iraqi supporters of IS.
[The Communist Kurds have published info about the death of
two Americans and one British fighter who came under IS fire
as they advanced with the Kurds.They had volunteered to
fight IS.]
News Within the U.S.
Baton Rouge, Louisiana
Why are many women behaving like Sluts?
[Frank advice from our Facebook friend.]
by Felicia Livingstone [Writer, Editor]
I've never seen so many loose women in society as now. Women
are having sex with men they can't stand just to keep their
lights on and rent paid. Their bodies are basically trash
cans for men to deposit whatever and have their way. Since
when is a sex act the equivalent of a new hairdo or a
manicure? Too often we sell ourselves short and forget that
we are the prize. We shouldn't run behind a man. Let him
find you.
You decide which man is worthy of letting in. Hold your head
high. Be a class act at all times. If you let every man in
who wants to be there, not only will you be worn out but the
right man deserves more than a woman who's been had by the
whole community. Respect yourself. If you dress, speak and
act like a whore, you can't expect him to treat you like
anything else. Know your worth. Don't fear holding out for
the right one or being alone. When God has finished molding
him into what you need him to be, he will appear. That is
worth waiting for.
Chicago
Looks like a Homo Murder and Mutilation. "Domestic
Dispute!"
What do you think?
Chicago police were preparing to interrogate two university
officials who were arrested in California on Friday and
charged with a fatal July stabbing that investigators
believe stemmed from a domestic dispute.
Northwestern University professor Wyndham Lathem and Andrew
Warren, an employee of Britain's Oxford University, are in
custody in California and are expected to be transported to
Illinois in the coming days, Chicago police spokesman Frank
Giancamilli said on Saturday.
He declined to provide details on why police believe the two
men killed Trenton Cornell Duranleau in Chicago on July
27.
"At this point, we're just saying it's domestic in nature,"
Giancamilli said. "We have a few theories but don't want to
comment until we talk to them."
Lathem, an associate professor of microbiology and
immunology, sent family and friends a video apologizing for
the slaying, police said.
He surrendered in Oakland, California, and Warren was
arrested in nearby San Francisco, according to the U.S.
Marshals Service.
Authorities had been in touch earlier in the week with
Lathem's family and a lawyer, who helped negotiate his
peaceful surrender, said Supervisory Deputy U.S. Marshal
Frank Conroy.
Info on the victim from CBS
Cornell-Duranleau, 26, moved to Chicago from the Grand
Rapids, Michigan, area after receiving his cosmetology
license.
Guglielmi [Police spokesman] told CBS, Chicago officers were
called to the scene to conduct a well-being check after an
anonymous caller reported a possible crime in the
professor's 10th floor apartment.
Guglielmi told CBS Chicago officers found a "very gruesome"
crime scene inside, and said the victim was "savagely
murdered." Guglielmi told the station the victim's genitals
were mutilated.
Surveillance video shows the two suspects leaving the
building the night of the slaying, he said.
Their relationship to Cornell-Duranleau is unclear, but
Lathem and the victim are listed as friends on Facebook.
Former co-workers described him to CBS Chicago as a kind and
energetic person, as well as a skilled hair stylist.
Chris Kenning [AOL.com]Aug 5th 2017(Reuters)
New York
He did not Bow down, so he gets terminated. Does Kaepernick
Deserve Such Treatment?
by Sis. Aisha [Jamaat al-Muslimeen]
New York City - New York sports radio is abuzz about former
NFL quarterback Colin Kaepernick's possibly being snubbed by
NFL teams. He was a great quarterback just a few short years
ago but, no one seems to want to sign him, now. He has had
his struggles on the field but, wow! What did he do to
deserve having his career terminated?!!!
Here are three serious crimes for which the criminals'
careers were not terminated.
Did he:
- Did he show his disgust for a particular female doctor by
holding her down and rubbing his genitals in her face? No!
That was Peyton Manning who, in spite of this egregious act,
went on to become a 1998 NFL #1 pick and now people are
saying he will enter the Hall of Fame on the first
ballot!
- Throw a woman down the stairs in a fit of rage? No! That
was Lawrence Phillips who, owing to media efforts, went from
a possible #1 NFL pick to a dismal #6, in the 1996 draft. He
would later take his own life while serving a 30+ year
sentence for assaults, in several cases. He was also charged
in the murder of his cellmate, which could have meant the
death penalty.
- Get accused a raping an inebriated woman? No! That was
Jameis Winston, who also went on to become a #1 NFL pick in
the 2015 draft.
Well, what could Colin Kaepernick have done to draw the ire
of the league but, most importantly, its fans?
He knelt down on bended knee and refused to partake in the
ceremony saluting the American flag! This was his protest
against the social injustice perpetrated by law enforcement
against people of African-descent.
Now, there are people calling in to stations saying that is
unfair. It is a rather extreme to punish someone and prevent
him from supporting himself simply because of a
socio-political stance on injustice. But, that is the
American Way and always has been.
If Kaepernick was unprepared for this backlash then, shame
on him. If he were an out-of-this-world quarterback, maybe
Kaepernick would have no problem finding a team....or not.
The real reason for his not being in the NFL is a fear of
fan backlash.
The American flag is the symbol for the White supremacist
myths. Any public school history teacher will tell you what
the colors on the American flag represent:
White = For the European race, although some will say it
means purity. (Positive word association with "white" is
another trick used to promote White supremacist
beliefs).
Blue = The color of the ocean they (Europeans) sailed to get
here.
Red = The blood they shed to live as free people on this
land.
People also treat the American flag like a deity. It is a
standard custom and law to salute the flag before major
events but, suggesting prayer in schools or putting Biblical
messages on government buildings can get you sued.
With such bassackward logic, It is no wonder why America is
in such a downward spiral.
GUIDANCE
If you Help the Ummah, Allah will help you.
[With thanks to Sis. Yasmin.]
Abu Huraira (Radi' Allahu anhu) reported:
Allah's Messenger (Sall'Allahu Alaihi Wasallam) as saying...
' He who alleviates the suffering of a believer out of the
sufferings of the world...Allah would alleviate his
suffering from the sufferings of the Day of Resurrection and
he who finds relief for one who is hard pressed...Allah
would make things easy for him in the Hereafter. ...and he
who conceals (the faults) of a Muslim, Allah would conceal
his faults in the World and in the Hereafter.
ALLAH is at the back of a servant so long as the servant is
at the back of his brother, and he who treads the path in
search of Knowledge Allah would make that part easy leading
to Paradise for him...
Those people who assemble in the house among the houses of
ALLAH {Masjids} ...and recite the Book of Allah and they
learn and teach the 'Qur'an'... there would descend upon
them Tranquility, and Mercy would cover them, and the
Angels would surround them... and Allah makes a mention of
them in the presence of those near Him!
Alhamdullilah... and he who is slow-paced in doing good
deeds~ his (high) descent does not make him go ahead.'
[Source : Sahih Muslim : Book # 35~ Kitab Al-Dhikr H #
6518]
