We must not Break people just because they lean slightly
different than us - we are all flawed.
The Messenger of Allah (sal Allahu alaihi wa sallam)
said:
"Woman has been created from a rib and will in no way be
straightened for you; so if you want to benefit from her,
you will benefit from her while crookedness remains in her.
If you attempt to straighten her, you will break her, and
breaking her is divorcing her."
Sahih Muslim
Br.Kaukab & Sis.Kristi
from Br.Nazeer, Texas
Mystery Stingray devices discovered in Washington DC
(Stingrays are devices which mimic mobile phone towers to
gather data).
BBC.com/news/technology-43639709
When students learn outside the classroom better than inside
the classroom I'd say that's a sign of Failure. Oklahoma
Teachers say U.S. "Eduction system has failed"
BBC.com/news/world-us-canada-43623216
Female shooter said she was angry with YouTube for filtering
her videos! Yes, you read that correctly... YouTube filtered
her videos so she shoots them!
BBC.com/news/world-us-canada-43638221
Muslims Want the REAL news: not the daily diet of fake
news.
On April 6, at the beautiful Islamic Center on Massachusetts
Avenue in Washington, DC, a 7-page Jamaat document was given
to 125 Muslims after Friday prayers. Among the Muslims here
are the elite of the community including embassy workers and
World Bank employees. Perhaps they are tired of the high
school level khutbas at the Center and hence were receptive
to Jamaat information.
Here is an outline of the 7-page document given to 125
Muslims:
Love & respect to reconnect with Bangladesh. [Br.
Kaukab]
Khadim Hussain Rizvi. New face of Islam in Pakistan. [Pak
video]
Swat. Where Pakistani army crushed those who wanted
Sharia. [Inside report.]
Syria: Daily bombing of cities by Russia-Shia- Alawites,
[SOHR]
Kansas court rejects attempts to stop boycott of Israel.
[online news]
&
Evil forces taking over daily life in America. [Khutba
by Kaukab Siddique]
Police Murder in Brooklyn, New York.
1000 People Protest.
by Br. Abu Talib
Jamaat al-Muslimeen
On April the 4th the Police shot down unarmed Saheed Vassell
in Crown Heights, Brooklyn
Saheel Vassell was unarmed and mentally ill and we was well
known throughout the neighorhood and even by the police. He
used to help the people in the Community there.
He was killed by a hail of bullets, according to witnesses
by the Police,
What is so ironic is that he died on the day of
assassination of Maritn Luther King, April the 4th.
Its seems that nothing has changed after fifty years of the
assassination of Martin Luther king for African Americans in
this country, The people in the Community are very mad of
this murder especially the youth who live there.
There was a rally and march at the corner near which he was
killed.
There were several people who spoke. These were community
activists who have been dealing with this issue for many
years [killing by the Police and there is no
accountability].
Then there was a March to the 71st Precinct where the masses
of the people, mostly white and some of the people from the
area there were about a thousand people there in the streets
chanting many slogans.There were people from different
organizations also.
I did not see any Muslim organizations though there are lots
of Mosques in Brooklyn
We as Muslim must get involved with the people. We have to
come out of the Mosque and meet the people.
The struggle continues
Muslim Woman Stabbed in Apparant Hate-Driven Roadside Attack.
[Courtesy Sis. Teresa]
A 31-year-old Houston woman was stabbed in the arm in a
roadside attack apparently motivated by anti-Muslim hate,
and a $5,000 reward is being offered for information leading
to the attacker's arrest and conviction.
According to the Houston chapter of the Council on
American-Islamic Relations, the group offering the reward,
the assault took place early Thursday morning.
The woman, who is white and wears an Islamic head scarf, or
hijab, was driving home from her nursing job when her
vehicle was nearly sideswiped by a red SUV.
Rattled, she pulled over and got out of her vehicle to check
for damage when the SUV made a U-turn and pulled up behind
her.
The SUV driver allegedly got out of the vehicle and began
screaming obscenities and racial and religious slurs at the
woman. She tried to get back into her vehicle through the
passenger side, but the door was locked.
The attacker then allegedly waved a knife in her face,
hitting her with the knife handle on her shoulder and arms.
Eventually, he stabbed the woman in the arm, severing an
artery and staining himself with blood in the process.
A passenger in the SUV got out of the vehicle and attempted
to restrain the attacker, eventually getting him to climb
back in the car and leave the scene.
The woman returned to the hospital where she worked and was
treated for her wound.
The two men in the SUV are described as white males between
20 and 35 years old. The attacker had tattoos on his arms
and neck.
The Harris County sheriff's office is investigating the
case.
Source: DallasNews.com
Latest Khutba
Finality of Prophethood. False prophets, Dajjals, can be
serious distractions. Unity of Ummah is Required.
Br. Kaukab Siddique gave the Juma' khutba at masjid Jamaat
al-Muslimeen on April 6. The prayer was well attended.
Several brothers have now joined the security group. A
sister complained to the brother that her grandson had been
arrested and she is too old to even go to the grocery store
without his help. So Br. Siddique called the police chief
and after several weeks of rigmarole the youth was allowed
to go to his grandma's home with an ankle monitor. [Masjid
helps in some cases.]
Here is an outline of the khutba:
Text #1:
Anas bin Malik, r.a. narrates from the Prophet (Peace be
upon him) who said: The Messengership and Prophethood have
ended and there will be no Messenger and Prophet after me
[Sunan Tirmdhi, Hadith # 2274
Text #2:
Abu Huraira, r.a., reported Allah's Messenger (may peace be
upon him) as saying: The Last Hour would not come "UNTIL
after THERE WOULD ARISE ABOUT THIRTY [dajjals] IMPOSTERS,
LIARS, AND EACH ONE OF THEM WOULD CLAIM THAT HE IS A
MESSENGER OF ALLAH" [Book 041, Number 6988: (Sahih Muslim),
Sahih Bukhari, Volume 9, Book 88, Number 237]
Islam is a complete way of life. All aspects of life are
taught in the Qur'an with their interpretation and
implementation in sahih hadith . Avenues are left open for
independent judgement [ijtihad[ as long as they do not break
with the Islamic paradigm.
The Prophet's, pbuh, example is the best example and no
one is comparable to him in the completeness of his
example.
The Qur'an has made it absolutely clear that Muhammad,
pbuh, is the seal of the prophets. There will be no prophets
or messengers after him. This rules out all who claim to be
prophets after him.
Hadith tells us that there will be 30 false prophets or
deceivers [dajjal after him.
We must always begin with the Qur'an, then go to
authentic hadith and then do ijtihad which does not violate
Qur'an and hadith.
Part 2
Forces of evil are dominating America. We have:
Liquor, gambling and fornication
Racism.
Homosexuality
Zionism.
Imperialism, occupation and exploitation
Drugs. [Overdoses have killed about 60,000 young people.
Police brutality
Domestic violence and crimes against women.
Pornography.
Widespread crimes against children.
We must be united. Live clean, honest lives and give the
message of truth to the people in a loving kind ways.
Be trustworthy. Be strong against the oppressors but kind
to the oppressed.
Study the Qur'an and hadith every day.
Marry those who will stand for Islam
O Allah forgive our sins and shortcomings.
Oops!
A recent issue of New Trend included an article about India.
The picture we used at the beginning of the article was a
map of India, and the map represented Kashmir as being part
of India.
One of our readers cared enough about New Trend, about
Kashmir, and about the truth to point this out to us.
We sincerely apologize for misrepresenting the geography of
Kashmir. All of us here at New Trend firmly believe that
Kashmir belongs to Pakistan and has been forcibly occupied
by India.
May Allah reward the Reader who took the time to correct us
on this mistake!
War News
Afghanistan
More than 100 Children Killed in US-backed Regime Air
Strike
April 3: Kunduz witnessed a heart wrenching incident this
morning when Afghan air attack, guided by American army hit
the local madrassa which killed over 100 Hafiz e Quran.
Witness have stated that there were more than 300 people
martyred in this incident. At the time of the attack, in
this madrassa a ceremony had been taking place where over
100 students had to be given a formal degree over complete
memorisation of the Holy Quran which is also known as Hafiz
E Quran. [Muslim Information Srrvice.
[Thank you Sis. Teresa in Philadelphia]
Latest: In a worrisome development, Taliban and ISIS groups
unitedly attacked regime troops at Sar e Pol, killing 6.
Syria
Assad's Genocidal Actions Against Douma City.
Fighting in Hama, Homs, Daraa provinces.
Turkey Advancing towards Manbig..
April 6-8. The regime of Assad with Russian air force,
Iranian Artillery and Hizb ground forces has been
pulverizing Douma city on the outskirts of Damascus. The
regime was irked by the reluctance of Jaysh al-Islam to move
out of Douma to the Turkish area in the extreme north of
Syria. The Russian methodology is to bomb the entire
population, making civil life impossible. Five hundred pound
bombs, barrel bombs, ground-to-ground missiles and long
range artillery were used.
The result: 96 civilians killed, including 27 children and
16 women. More than 500 were wounded. {SOHR].
However when the Shia army advanced into the farms around
Douma, Jaysh al-Islam fighters came out of cover and fought
the invaders. Before the Shia force was repulsed, 26 of them
were killed as were 12 of the Jaysh.
So on Saturday evening, the frustrated Shia regime let loose
a huge chemical attack. The casualties are high but have not
yet been computed.
Latest reports indicate that Jaysh has agreed to move to the
north with their weapons if the Russians agree to guarantee
the safety of the civilian populations. [It appears that
Jaysh has a good number of supporters of Assad locked up and
there might be an exchange]
Meanwhile on April 8, the Russians bombed Islamic areas
north of Hama and regime forces shelled areas east of Daraa
city.
In Homs province and western Aleppo province, regime forces
were hit by Tahrir [al-Nusra]
In eastern Deir ez Zor, ISIS is advancing against Assad's
forces in the desert area.
Near the Israeli occupation line Jaysh Khalid bin Waleed is
fighting secular, pro western groups.
Pro-Turkish FSA fighters are moving towards Manbig in the
east, In El-Bab, there was a large explosion [April 6]
killing numbers of Kurdish Communist troops.
SOHR reports that Assad's intelligence agents have tortured
an opponent of the regime to death.
Iraq
Regime Says, ISIS threat is increasing.
Sporadic fighting Continues.
April 8, At the city of Hit, a human bomber hit headquarters
of a Sunni group suppporting the regime, killing 5.
In another attack in Hit, 6 regime troops were injured. [Hit
is 70 miles west of Ramadi.]
In Diyala province, near Iran, regime troops destroyed two
positions of IS.northeast of Baquba.
In northwestern Kirkuk province, IS raiders killed 3 people
and burned a car.
In Tal Afar, a police officer was killed and one kinjured.
East of Mosul, 8 IS fighters were captured
There are more reports that the top leader of the Islamic
State, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, is alive and Newsweek refers to
Mujahideen in West Africa giving him the oath of allegiance.
He was reported wounded in an air strike.
VIEWPOINT
Two Juma'ahs at the DC Islamic Center: Hashing and
Re-Hashing Hasad (Envy)
By Nadrat Siddique
Washington, DC April 6, 2018
I performed juma'ah prayers for the last two weeks at the DC
Islamic Center. Located on Embassy Row, ICDC, as it is
known, is rather unusual as far as mosques go. It was
conceived in 1944 during the Truman presidency by diplomats
from Muslim countries, and was inaugurated in 1957 under
Eisenhower. The principal who pushed for the completion of
the center was Egyptian Ambassador Kamil Abdul Rahim. Abdul
Rahim travelled to Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, and other Muslim
countries to solicit funds for the completion of the center.
In addition to funds, various Arab countries also
contributed to the decor of the mosque: Egypt provided a
chandelier, Iran brought in oriental carpets, and Turkey
contributed tiles.
At the time, ICDC's board was composed of diplomats from the
various Muslim countries. Today, it is unclear who sits on
its board. In fact, the ICDC webpage fails to list board
members, imams, and related information. By contrast, other
mosques, however conservative or controlled, list this key
information. The imam's salary is also not divulged. It does
say that the Islamic Center's aim is to work with the U.S.
government, an odd breach of the key American principle of
"Separation of Church and State."
The Saudi Embassy's website mentions the DC Islamic Center
(as an example of the broadening reach of Islam in the
U.S.), but does not delve into the extent of its
contributions or investment into the Center.
The Islamic Center board was determined by election only
once in its history: In November 1981, a Syrian-born Sunni
scholar, named Muhammad Al-Asi was elected imam. His reign
at the center was brief however, and he was ousted by the
Saudis and others associated with the previous mosque board
in March 1983. The Saudis locked Asi and his family out of
the Islamic Center, and completely closed the Center for
three months, under two seemingly unrelated pretexts:
that they had information on a weapons cache inside the
Center; and
maintenance and repairs were needed inside
the Center.
Later, when Imam Al-Asi attempted to return, they arrested
and briefly jailed him along with 50 of his supporters,
charging then with "unlawful entry into the mosque" and
"disturbing a religious service." Asi and his cohorts were
also indefinitely banned from entering the mosque.
New Trend, then in its sixth year of publication, supported
Imam Al-Asi on principle.
So, the operations of the current board of the ICDC remain
enshrouded in mystery. The little which is known emerged
around 2009, as a result of a legal case between the mosque
director/imam Abdullah Khouj and the mosque financial
manager Farzad Darui. As a consequence of the case, it
became apparent that hundreds of thousands of dollars were
being funneled into a mosque fund by the Saudi government.
The money was to be used, in part, for mosque maintenance
and security.
Another point garnered from the 2009 case was that the
mosque board had, in 1984, shortly after deposing Muhammad
Al-Asi, hired a Saudi—from Saudi Arabia, and with no
ties to the local community—to be imam.
The Saudi imam's March 30 khutbah I sat in on focused on
cleansing one's body as well as one's soul, touching on
various complications which can arise in such cleansing,
including hasad (envy). The April 6 khutbah by the same imam
also focused on hasad: Why one ought not engage in hasad;
ramifications of engaging in hasad; remedies for the
individual in danger of engaging in hasad, etc. There was a
great deal of redundancy between the March 20 and April 6
khutbahs. And there were extensive and selective quotations
from the Qur'an in Arabic (to a congregation which was, at
best, 50% Arabic speaking).
Feeling an odd twinge of empathy (pity, really), I pondered
how difficult it was for imams in the pocket of Saud or DHS
to come up with entirely academic khutbahs, and completely
skirt any remotely political topic, week after week. Almost
any real world concern, it seemed to me, could be labeled as
political—and hence off limits—not only to the
paid Saudi imam whom I observed, but to the numerous imams
on the DHS-approved speaking circuit.
For example in both the ICDC khutbas I heard, the imam
mentioned memorization of Qur'an by hafiz-e-Quran as one
area in which envy was okay. That is, competition to
memorize and accurately recite God's word was a highly
worthwhile endeavor exempt from the warnings against hasad.
Ideally, envying a hafiz would lead one to also become a
hafiz.
Ironically, two days prior, 100 hafiz-e-Quran children in
Kunduz (Afghanistan) were killed in an airstrike by the
Afghan government, a puppet of the U.S. And a little more
than a year ago, world renowned hafiz-e-Qur'an Dr. Omar
Abdel Rahman died a political prisoner in U.S. custody. How
could any man of God ignore these terrible tragedies, and
not make the logical connections? But to the Saudi imam I
observed, there seemed no connection.
The Saudi imam continued to rail against hasad, spouting off
yet more daleel in Arabic. His frenzied du'ah, also entirely
in Arabic, was the only passionate part of his khutbah.
Murdered Afghan children were clearly not on his mind. I
left immediately after the prayer ended, asking Allah to
forgive me for praying behind such a one. I pondered the
openness to scrutiny of our beloved Rasool (SAW) and later
of the Khulafah-E-Rashidun (RA) by their constituents. At a
minimum, disclosure of the ICDC imam's salary and its
source, as well as the salaries (and sources) of other ICDC
board members would help congregants to understand why
topics such as hasad are beat to death during the Center's
khutbahs, while thousands of innocents across the Muslim
world perish daily at the hands of the U.S., Russian, NATO,
and other imperialist armies without a mention.
Palestine
Death toll mounts as Palestinians protest at Gaza border.
Renewed violence comes despite call by UN secretary general
urging Israeli forces to use 'extreme caution.
At least nine Palestinian men have been killed and scores
more injured by Israeli gunfire on the Gaza border, a week
after 18 Palestinians were killed at similar
demonstrations.
The renewed violence came despite a call by the UN secretary
general, António Guterres for Israel to exercise "extreme
caution". His appeal was echoed by the UN human rights
spokeswoman Elizabeth Throssell who said unjustified
recourse to live fire could amount to wilful killing of
civilians - a breach of the fourth Geneva convention.
Figures for the dead and injured were supplied by the
Hamas-controlled health ministry in Gaza and a website
associated with the group. The most seriously injured had
reportedly been shot in the head or upper body. Another
Palestinian who had been injured in last week's protests
also died on Friday from his wounds.
On Saturday morning, the health ministry in Gaza said a
Palestinian journalist shot by Israeli forces had died.
Yasser Murtaja, a photographer with the Gaza-based Ain Media
agency, was hit during clashes Friday. Another man,
20-year-old Hamza Abdel Aal, has also died after being shot,
the ministry said, taking the death toll in Friday's clashes
to nine.
The deaths came as thousands of protesters streamed towards
a series of protest camps along the border for a
demonstration calling for Palestinian refugees' right of
return.
Under the cover of smoke from burning tyres, dozens of
protesters approached the fence in one area, despite
warnings by the Israeli military that those who did so
risked their lives.
Justifying its response, the Israeli military said: "Several
attempts have been made to damage and cross the security
fence under the cover of the smokescreen created by the
burning tyres that the rioters ignited."
Later on Friday, the Hamas leader in Gaza, Yahya Sinwar,
visited the Khuza'a camp, receiving a hero's welcome. Sinwar
told the crowd that the world should "wait for our great
move, when we breach the borders and pray at al-Aqsa",
referring to the mosque in Jerusalem which is the third
holiest site in Islam.
His address appeared to be the first time a Hamas leader
specifically threatened to break through the border,
something Israel has said it would not allow at any
price.
Among those wounded was Mohammed Ashour, 20, who was shot in
the right arm. "We came here because we want dignity," he
told reporters from his stretcher before paramedics carried
him to an ambulance.
Fresh violence had been widely anticipated after the
protests on 30 March, when thousands of Gaza residents
participated in the demonstrations, many gathering in five
tented encampments that had been set up from north to south
along the narrow coastal strip's border with Israel.
According to reports in the Israeli media, the Israel
Defence Forces had been anticipating that as many as 50,000
demonstrators could participate on Friday, with the rules of
engagement allowing live fire to be used against anyone who
approached the border fence.
A Guardian reporter at the demonstrations, however,
suggested a far lower turnout than last week, when about
30,000 people demonstrated.
Among those who turned up was Ali Bakroun, 19. "I came here
with my friends to fly the kite we made this week," he said.
"I wrote our names on it. We got close to the fence to
throw stones but we stayed in a low place so we would be
under cover. I'm not afraid to be shot or killed because our
land deserves our lives."
Guidance
'Bismillah Walhamdulillah Was Salaatu Was Salaam 'ala
Rasulillah' 'As-Salaam Alaikum Wa-Rahmatullahi
Wa-Barakatuhu.
A'ishah [Radhi Allahu 'Anha] reported that a man came to the
Messenger of Allah [Peace be upon him] and said:
"O Messenger of Allah! Indeed, I Love you more than I love
myself,
and I Love you more than I love my family,
and I Love you more than I love my children..
When I am at home and I think of you, I am unable to
contain
myself until I can come to you and look at you.
When I think about my death and your death,
I know that when you enter Paradise, you will be raised
to where the Prophets are. But, if I enter Paradise,
I am afraid: will I be able to see you?"
So, the Messenger of Allah {Peace be upon him}
did not answer him at all until Jibril [AS]
revealed to him...
Transliteration:
Waman yutiAAi Allaha waalrrasoola faolaika maAAa allatheena
anAAama Allahu AAalayhim mina alnnabiyyeena waalssiddeeqeena
waalshshuhadai waalssaliheena wahasuna olaika rafeeqan
Translation:
"And whoever obeys Allah and the Messenger, then they will
be in the company of those on whom Allah has bestowed His
Grace of the Prophets, the Truthful, the Martyrs and the
Righteous.
And how excellent these companions are!"
[Source: 'QURAN' ~Surat 'An-Nisa' ~[The Women] 4 # 69]
['Silsilat al-Ahadith as-Sahihah'#2933]
~ My 'Salaams' to All ~
