An-Nu'man ibn Basheer , r.a., reported: The Messenger of
Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, said, "Verily, the
lawful is clear and the unlawful is clear, and between the
two of them are doubtful matters about which many people do
not know. Thus, he who avoids doubtful matters clears
himself in regard to his religion and his honor, and he who
falls into doubtful matters will fall into the unlawful as
the shepherd who pastures near a sanctuary, all but grazing
therein. Verily, every king has a sanctum and the sanctum of
Allah is his prohibitions. Verily, in the body there is a
piece of flesh which if upright then the entire body is
upright, and if corrupt then the entire body is corrupt. No
doubt it is the heart."
Source: Ṣaḥīḥ al-Bukhārī
52, Ṣaḥīḥ Muslim 1599
[With thanks to Sis. Kristi]
Calling on all Muslims to Protest Trump's Statement on Jerusalem
[Courtesy ICT, Greensboro, North Carolina]
West Jerusalem was seized by Israel's forces during the 1948
Arab-Israeli war, when more than 750,000 Palestinians were
expelled from historic Palestine, referred to by
Palestinians as the Nakba (catastrophe) when Israel was
officially founded. Most countries in the world have refused
to recognize any country's sovereignty over Jerusalem, a
city holy to Muslims, Jews and Christians.
But Trump's announcement on Wednesday gives approval to
Israel's plan for ethnic cleansing by allowing the annexing
of Jerusalem and constructing a ring of settlements on
occupied Palestinian land around its outskirts to sever it
from the rest of the West Bank. Trump has legitimized
Israel's illegal actions and sent the message that the
United States no longer has any regard for international
conventions or norms.
JERUSALEM IS THE CAPITAL OF PALESTINE!!!
Portraits of Injustice: Daughters of the Holy Land Five
The Holy Land Foundation was the nation's largest Islamic
charity. In 2007, five men connected with this charity
received prison sentences ranging from 15 to 65 years. Did
they commit some horrendous crime? No, None of them stole
anything. None of them killed anybody. None of them were
even accused of engaging in or encouraging violence. They
were accused of sending funds for food, shelter, health care
and education to schools, hospitals and social welfare
programs controlled by Zakat committees of different mosques
in the West Bank and the Gaza Strip. The first trial
resulted in no convictions, but in the s econd trial, all
five were convicted - convicted of providing humanitarian
aid to the needy.
In October, two of the daughters of the Holy Land Five spoke
at the NCPCF Family Conference. Their fathers - both very
good men - were sentenced to 65 years in prison!
Draconian sentences like these are devastating to the
prisoner, and they are also devastating to the family
members. Please lIsten to Nida Abu Baker and Asma Elashi as
they talk about the cases, and what it means when a family
loses the father.
Asma Elashi, Daughter of Ghassan Elashi - Holy Land Five
[Video: 6 min. 11 sec.]
". . . knowing that my dad will not be there for his first
grandchild . . ."
Nida Abu Baker, Daughter of Shukri Abu Baker - Holy Land
Five [Video: 6 min. 36 sec.]
"Who would have thought that this would happen to us. It's
something you see only in movies."
Murder of Muslim laborer in Rajasthan sparks outrage among
Indian Americans
Diaspora sees direct connection between cultural of impunity
and the reckless, incendiary rhetoric of the Hindutva
complex
December 8 2017
The Indian American Muslim Council (IAMC), an advocacy group
dedicated to safeguarding India's pluralist and tolerant
ethos today noted the sense of outrage among millions of
Indians, both within India and across the diaspora over the
heinous murder of Mohammed Afrazul, a Muslim migrant worker
from West Bengal, who was hacked with a cleaver and his body
set on fire in Rajasthan's Rajsamand district.
The accused in the case, Shambulal Regar, is captured on
video committing the crime and claiming that he committed
the murder to "stop Muslims from love-jihad" - a term
publicized by Hindu supremacist groups to refer to Muslim
men supposedly marrying Hindu women and converting them to
Islam as part of some grand conspiracy.
"We are appalled at the horrifying level of hate and
violence that not only exists but is worsening by the day,
particularly in the state of Rajasthan," said Mr. Ahsan
Khan, the National President of IAMC. "We call upon the
Rajasthan Chief Minister Ms. Vasundhara Raje to uphold her
constitutional duty to protect the lives of all citizens,
regardless of caste and creed. This would include reining in
organizations like RSS, Bajrang Dal and Vishwa Hindu
Parishad who have been on the frontlines of spreading hate
and discord against the state's Muslim minorities," Mr. Khan
further added.
Mohammed Afrazul's killing is the fourth hate crime against
Muslims in Rajasthan in the last nine months. Earlier in
April, Pehlu Khan was brutally assaulted by self-styled cow
vigilantes that led to his death two days later. Later in
June, Zafar Hussein was killed after he objected to city
officials photographing women defecating in the open. In
November, cow vigilantes attacked Mohammed Umar and his
colleagues who were transporting cattle, and Umar was later
found dead. The perpetrators of these hate crimes are
emboldened by the failure of state administration to
effectively prosecute these cases of hate crimes. In
September, the Rajasthan police closed its investigation
into murder of Pehlu Khan and exonerated all six individuals
named by Mr. Khan in his dying declaration.
Commenting on this issue, Ms. Seema Salim, National Vice
President of IAMC, expressed grave concern at the rising
tide of hate crimes in Rajasthan. "The Chief Minister, Ms.
Raje must demonstrate the political will to ensure security
of the state's Muslim minorities and dismantle the culture
of absolute impunity and protection accorded to the
perpetrators of these hate crimes," said Ms. Seema.
Iran
Russian & Iranian Troops fighting unitedly against Mujahideen.
[Tehran Times interview with Russian Ambassador Dec. 3]
Q: How do you think the liberation of the areas held by
Daesh in Iraq and Syria has promoted the image of Russia and
Iran globally?
A: The last strongholds of the terrorists have been
annihilated by the Iranian and Russian forces. It can be
said that there are very few regions in Syria which are
still being held by the terrorists and hopefully total
victory will be achieved in a very short time
British Support for Iran. Dec. 8
TEHRAN - Ali Akbar Salehi, the vice president and director
of the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran (AEOI), met with
British Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson in Tehran on
Sunday.
In an interview with IRIB, Behrooz Kamalvandi, Salehi's
deputy, said according to the discussions made between
Salehi and Johnson it was agreed that the British foreign
secretary deliver Salehi's warning to the United States
about the necessity of commitment to the terms of the
nuclear agreement.
PAKISTAN
Pakistanis Rise up for Jerusalem Big Time in Every City
by Ameer al-Azeem & Qaiser Sharif
[Glimpses of 5 cities]
LAHORE, Dec. 8: Country wise protest was held against US
President Trump's recognizing Jerusalem as Israel capital,
on the appeal of Ameer, Jamaat e Islami, Pakistan, Senator
Sirajul Haq, on Friday as thousands of people came out on
the roads to express their solidarity with the
Palestinians.
Addressing the protestors' rally on the Sharah e Quaid e
Azam in the Punjab capital by telephone, Sirajul Haq said
that Trump's announcement was an alarm bell and was
tantamount to sprinkling salt on the wounds of the Muslim
Ummah. However, he said that the US President would have to
face the consequences.
The JI chief exhorted the Muslim rulers to shun cowardice
and show courage against the US and its President. He said
that the liberation of Baitul Maqdis was an issue of life
and death for the Muslim world. He said the US enmity
towards Islam and the Ummah was never a secret and Trump had
initiated a war which could engulf the whole world.
Stating that no sane person in the world could endorse
Trump's mischievous announcement, the JI chief noted that
China, Britain, Russia, Germany, France and other major
countries had demonstrated a positive attitude by rejecting
Trump's decision as was highly appreciable.
He urged Prime Minister Shahid khaqan Abbasi to attend the
Rabita Alam e Islami meeting as a spokesman of the nation so
that Pakistan was projected as a front line state in foiling
the US and Zionist designs.
JI deputy chief Hafiz Muhammad Idrees, addressing the Friday
congregation at Mansoora mosque and the protest rally at the
Mall, said that the Zionists had occupied the Qibla Awwal in
Jerusalem after the fall of the Caliphate in 1924. He said
that Palestine and Kashmir had been under the occupation of
the Zionists and the Hindus for the last over fifty years
due to the non implementation of the UN resolutions. He said
the whole world was condemning Trump's announcement.
In Peshawar, a protest rally was held outside the historic
Mahabat Khan mosque. JI provincial chief Mushtaq Ahmed khan
said on the occasion that Trump had stabbed the Muslim world
at the back.
However, he said, that Al-Quds belonged to the Muslims and
it would remain so in future. He said that recognition of
Jerusalem as Israel capital was a step towards greater
Israel and warned that Israel's next target would be the
holy Ka'ba.
Addressing an impressive rally in the federal capital, JI
Islamabad chief Zubair Farooq Khan, urged the Muslim rulers
to follow in the footprints of Turkish President Erdogan and
call an emergent OIC meeting that could evolve a joint
strategy to meet the challenge thrown by Trump.
JI Rawalpindi chief Shamsul Rahman Swati, while addressing
the city rally said that the Satanic powers were out to
destroy world peace while the US wanted to sell its arms and
ammunition by triggering wars in the whole world. However,
he believed that Trump's pro Israel policies would hasten
the demise of the US.
JI Faisalabad chief Sardar Zafar Husain Khan, addressing the
city rally, said that Trump's aggressive attitude had pushed
the world to the brink of third world war. However, he said,
that those searching for peace by hurting the sentiments of
the Muslims were living in fool's paradise.
Outreach
Outreach to 100 Pakistani Americans.
Catonsville, Maryland
On December 8, Jamaat al-Muslimeen distributed a 6-page
document to 100 Muslims of Pakistani descent who came for
juma; to Catonsville.
This masjid is very meelad oriented. They have a sermon in
Urdu, quite extensive, followed by a 5 minute khutba in
Arabic.
Here is an outline of the 6 page document given to 100
Pakistani Americans:
The main speakers & main topics of Jamaat al-Muslimeen's
National Shoora held on December 2.
Jamaat Resolutions about issues facing the global Ummah
reflecting the viewpoint of the Muslims of America.
Khutba by Br. Kaukab Siddique on the Finality of
Prophethood.
Heavy fighting in Syria north east of Hama.
Ripples of new ISIS groups in Iraq.
Contact between Pakistani secularist's son and renegade
Qadiani chief.
War News
Afghanistan
Taliban radio named after Mullah Omar being targeted.
Big US claim denied.
All Afghans oppose Trump on Jerusalem.
December 7. SHARANA (Pajhwok news): The Taliban have made
operational an FM radio in Argun district of southeastern
Paktika province, residents said on Thursday.
One of them, Rehan, told Pajhwok Afghan News the Taliban
radio broadcasted programs at night with promises to
increase the transmission time.
He said the Taliban had named their radio after the movement
founder and long time supreme leader Mullah Mohammad Omar.
He said the radio mostly aired religious programs.
Paktika police chief Brig. Gen. Mohammad Azam confirmed the
Taliban had activated a radio in limits of Giyan district.
He said it was a mobile radio station fixed on a car and
police were trying to target it.
Khaama news reports that the Taliban have condemned Trump's
recognition of Jerusalem as capital of "Israel." Kabul
regime also opposed it.
Also on December 6, Taliban rejected a big propaganda claim
of the US air force that it had killed the current leader of
al-Qaida and 82 other during "operations" in three
provinces. [ The American claim came through the Kabul
regime which is known for the gross exaggerations in its
claims.]
The Taliban say that no one was killed, neither local nor
foreign. [Khaama news]
[Los Angeles Times is reporting extreme corruption and
gangster activity in Kabul and other regime areas. The
latest is that an investogator of the corruption has been
killed by gangsters.]
Iraq
Fighting Continues on a Small Scale. Shia Regime Declares
Complete Victory.
On December 10 the US and Baghdad regime air forces bombed
the border area between Diyala and Salahuddin provinces
where Islamic State fighters had re-appeared. Losses on the
ground are not known.
West of the toen of Heet [in Anbar] 4 IS fighters were
killed in a US air strike.
December 9. Bomb attacks in various parts of Baghdad killed
and wounded several people. The total for November is 51
killed in IS attacks in Baghdad and 150 injured.
On December 8, in the little border town of Rawa, a regime
Lt. General was killed and two of his men wounded in an IS
ambush.
Also on December 8, al-Jumeili, a local Islamic State
leader, his wife and children and all his relatives were
killed in a US-shia regime air strike., in the al-Jazira
region.
Also on December 8, Islamic State fighters fought a battle
with elite Shia troops and withdrew successfully after
killing 10 elite Shia troops and wounding 4 and losing 4 of
their own. [In the Hawija area, al-Auseer village].
Also on December 8. Islamic State fighters ambushed and
killed 4 heavily armed Shia police in a village south of
Mosul.
The Baghdad regime has announced that the war is over and
victory celebrations are underway.
Syria
Heavy Fighting in provinces of Homs, Deir ez Zor, Hama and
Aleppo.
Steady Fighting round Damascus. Small Scale fighting in
Daraa and Lattakia.
From December 4 to 10, Syria has been ablaze with ferocious
battles between Mujahideen vs Russians-Iranians-Lebanese
Hizb-other Shias.
In the east of Homs province there is a successful
counterattack by Islamic leaving at least 32 regime troops
dead.
Heavy fighting continues in Deir ez Zor province where once
again the regime had to retreat from Bokamal.
South of Aleppo, regime [Iranian] attempts to advance with
Russian air support failed after heavy ground fighting.
Tahrir [al-Nusra[ was successful in defence.
In northern Hama province, the regime has advanced into 7
villages with the help of 150 Russian air strikes, but lost
two of the villages in a Tahrir [al-Nusra] counter
attack.
Further east, regime forces are trying to nibble at Idlib
province and captured three villages but Tahrir has
counterattacked successfully.
Further north east, IS tried to advance against fellow
Muslims [Tahrir] but the advance stopped after bitter
fighting.
More Turkish tank columns have entered Syria from the
central northern area of Syria.
Steady fighting is going on around Damascus. The regime
attacked Jaysh al-Islam in one sector and Rahman Corp in a
second sector and ISIS in another sector but was not able to
advance despite heavy use of artillery.
Heavy civilian casualties are reported in regime bombing and
shelling of Islamic towns around Damascus, including scores
of women and children killed.
Sporadic fighting is reported in and near Daraa and Lattakia
provinces. No advances in either case.
Israel bombed an Iranian encampment killing 12 Iranian
soldiers. No Iranian responses.
Israel also used missiles on Jaysh Khalid bin Waleed [ISIS
branch ] near occupied Golan killing several Muslims. IS
fired back. Israeli losses not known.
Among those killed in fighting the mujahideen south of
Aleppo are a couple of Shia women who enlisted in the
pro-Assad NDF militia.
Along the Euphrates, Kurdish Communist forces supported by
the US air force are steadily advancing towards Bokamal.
Yemen
Former President Executed Without Trial
Saleh, the former president of Yemen, who had joined the
Houthi rebels along with his forces, turned against the
Houthis.
After four days of battles in Sanaa, the Houthis captured
him and executed him without trial.
VIEWPOINT
Investigating the Holocaust Story.
The key "Witness" was beaten and tortured beyond Human
Endurance.
Commandant of Auschwitz
Rudolf Höss, His Torture and His Forced Confessions
Commandant of Auschwitz
By Rudolf Höss and Carlo Mattogno
From 1940 to 1943, Rudolf Höss was the commandant of the
infamous Auschwitz Camp. Today's orthodox narrative has it
that during this time some 500,000 people were murdered in
that camp. Yet when Höss was captured after the war, he
confessed to having killed some 2,500,000 during that time.
40 years later, it was revealed that Höss had been severely
tortured by his captors right after his arrest in March
1946. But what does that mean for the veracity of what Höss
told in his various post-war statements?
Using various British documents, the author of the present
study pieces together an almost minute-by-minute recounting
of how the British managed to find Höss in his hiding place,
and how they abused him after his capture to extract various
"confessions" from him.
Your browser does not support the video tag, but you can
download the video here.
To separate truth from fiction, the author next presents
essential excerpts from all the statements made by Höss
after his capture: 85 individual documents in total
(affidavits, memos, essays, interrogation protocols, etc.).
By analyzing them meticulously, he demonstrates that Höss's
statements about the so-called "Final Solution of the Jewish
Question" contradict one other and are refuted by historical
facts established by solid documentation and material
evidence. Höss, the author concludes, initially "was a
coerced liar, but then he found a taste for the
grandiloquent lie."
Courtesy CODOH, Committee for Open Debate on the
Holocaust.]
from a reader
How to be a better Human Being?
PROPHET [pbuh]MY MERCY SUPERSEDES MY ANGER SIGNS OF ALLAAH'S
LOVE FOR A PERSON Salallahu 'Alaihi Wa Salam}
[With thanks to Sis. Yasmin.]
~'Nahmaduhu Wa Nusalli Ala Rasoolilah Kareem~
'Amma 'Baad...
Fa' Aouzobillahi Minash Shaitaannir Rajeem'... 'Bismillahir
Rahmanir Rahim' 'As Salaamu 'Alaykum wa Rahmatullaahi wa
Barakatuh'. *The Signs of Allaah's Love for a Person*
When Allah loves someone he puts them under Trials in
order to Purify them {!} the more Righteous they are...the
harder the Trials ! }
/~ When Allaah loves someone...he gives them the
Understanding of the Religion of Islaam {!}
/~Whomever Allaah Loves..he deviates them and their Heart
from
Disobedience and Sins...{!}
Prophet~{Salallahu 'Alaihi wa Salam}mentioned that ALLAH
said...
Myself, Mankind and Jinn are in a great serious state.I
create them, then they worship other Gods that they make for
themselves {!}I bless them with my bounties, then they thank
someone else for what I sent them {!}
My Mercy descends to them while their evil deeds ascend to
Me !
I endear them with my gifts even though I have no need to
any of them While they alienate themselves from Me with
their sins even though they are desperate for my help.
Whoever returns to Me, I accept him...no matter how far he
is ! and whoever turns away from Me, I approach him and call
on him.
Whoever leaves a sin for my sake, I reward him with many
gifts~ and...whoever seeks to please Me, I seek to please
him...{!}
Whoever acknowledges My Will and Power in whatever he does,I
make the iron bend for his sake...{!}
My dear people are those who are with Me. Whoever Thanks
Me..I grant him more Blessings; whoever obeys Me, I raise
him and endear him more...{!}
Whoever disobeys Me, I keep the door of My Mercy open for
him: if he returns to Me, I bestow him with My Love since I
love those who repent and purify themselves for My
Sake...{!}
If he does not repent, I still treat him by putting them in
hardship to purify them {!}
Whoever favors Me over others,I favor them over others.I
reward every single good deed ten [10] times over or seven
hundred [700] times over to countless times over...{!}
I count every single bad deed as one [1] unless the person
repents and ask for My Forgiveness in which case I forgive
even that one...{!}
I take into account any little good deed and I forgive even
major sins...{!}
My Mercy Supersedes My Anger {!}
My Tolerance supersedes My Blame. My Forgiveness supersedes
My Punishment. as I am more merciful with My slaves than a
Mother with her child...{!}
{'Alhamdullilah'}
{Source:- 'Madarij Al-Salikeen' by Ibn-Qayyim Al-Jawzyia
[Rahimahullâh]}
'Dua'...Transliteration:'Rabbana Atina min Ladunka Rahmatan
wa hayyi' lana min amrina Rashada.'
Translation: 'Our Lord! Bestow on us Mercy from Yourself,
and dispose of our affair for us in the right way.'
['Aameen']
