ISRAELI warplanes blitzed the Gaza Strip today as the
country continued to punish Palestinians for daring to hold
peaceful demonstrations near the fence that seals off the
territory.
The bombings came just hours after thousands of Gazans
attended the funeral of 21-year-old paramedic Razan
al-Najjar, shot in the chest by Israeli soldiers as she
tended to wounded protesters on Friday near Khan Yunis.
Mourners waved Palestinian flags and chanted demands for her
killer to be brought to justice.
Witnesses said that Ms Najjar was 100 metres away from the
fence and was wearing her white paramedic's uniform when an
Israeli sniper shot her in the heart.
Her father Ashraf carried her uniform, soaked in blood, at
the funeral.
Health Ministry officials said that 100 people were wounded
by Israeli soldiers on Friday, including 40 shot with live
bullets.
Four other paramedics were wounded as they tried to help
people being shot at and tear gassed by the troops.
Ms Najjar's mother Sabreen told the Middle East Eye website
that the Israelis "know Razan, they know she is a paramedic,
she has been helping treat wounds since March 30," when the
Great March of Return protests began.
"My daughter was a target for the Israeli snipers ... it was
not a random bullet," she said.
Over 120 Palestinians have been killed and 13,000 injured by
Israel since the peaceful demonstrations began, mostly shot
to death. Ms Najjar is the second paramedic to be killed,
after Moussa Abu Hassanein.
Another protester, 30-year-old Mohammad Naeem Hamada, died
of his wounds yesterday evening after being shot by Israeli
soldiers in the week.
On Friday evening, the United States vetoed a UN security
council resolution that condemned the Israeli slaughter,
while Britain abstained.
The draft resolution had called on UN secretary-general
Antonio Guterres to find "ways and means for ensuring the
safety, protection and wellbeing of the Palestinian civilian
population."
Palestinian Fatah faction spokesman Osama al-Qawasmi
condemned the "shameful and immoral" action of the US, which
gives Israel $4 billion a year in military aid.
Nigeria
Negative Role of Major Christian Association+Media
Manipulation+
Muslim Apologists
By Kabir Oyemomi
Nigerian Muslims are of different categories: many are just
nominal Muslims ,who do not really care what becomes of
Islam and Muslims; others are politician Muslims ,who are
more interested in themselves much rather than Islam .
Although these politician Muslims seek elective positions
through majority Muslim faithful with lies of representing
the interest of Islam.
Muslim in politics are more of apologists when issues bother
on religion , especially against Christians. These set of
people are too dangerous and they are actually the reason
why the world do not know that the most unsafe place to live
for Muslims now is Nigeria!
Many Muslims were killed in Benue, Kaduna,Taraba and many
other states of Northern Nigerian in the recent past but the
Media would have to change everything to "herdsmen killers"
in order to tacitly call it Muslim killing Christians: Punch
Newspaper (the leading anti-Islam newspaper in Nigeria)
could only write that Islamic State in West Africa network
operating within some North-Central and South-South sections
of Nigeria may be responsible for the recent killings
recorded in Benue and other parts of the country. But when
the real Tiv killers were unraveled through massive arrests,
they look other side and it appeared as nothing happened ,
and of course the real identities of the criminals were
concealed and may never be talked about ever!
Recall that I wrote about Tashaku (the kingpin of massacre
in Benue, allegedly authorized by Gov. Ortom). Tashaku was
arrested by The Nigerian Army alongside many Tiv turned
Fulani herdsmen some couple of weeks ago. Do you know the
resultant effects of these arrests? It is PEACE!
Peace has returned in Benue State and others because the
real perpetrators of evil are being arrested. Almost on a
weekly basis!
The truth is no real Fulani herdsmen carry AK47 as falsely
repeatedly alleged by , Channels Television, the leading
anti-Islam TV station in Nigeria; Punch Newspaper; Vanguard
Newspaper and other numerous tabloids not worth my time
here. Infact, there is no known Media house not against
Islam in Nigeria, Wallahu Ahlam!
The Christian Association of Nigeria(CAN)can throw courtesy
to gutter to state all unimaginable utterances capable of
creating unrest as long as it can bring down the government
headed by a ' Fulani Muslim'. CAN gets approval of some
politician Muslim by their keeping mum where this
unscrupulous CAN could have been challenged by them. But
politicians need numbers during election. Therefore, no
division between Muslim and Christian Politicians.
Another body whose silence has being a source of worry to
some conscious Muslims is the silence of The Supreme Council
for Islamic Affairs (NSCIA) under the leadership of His
Eminence , the Sultan of Sokoto, Alhaji Muhammed Saad
Abubakar. It is believed that this topmost body representing
Islam has made it look as if only CAN has license and reason
to impugn motives.
Most unfortunately for CAN ,Rev. Asake , a beneficiary of
the old order of institutionalized corruption was the arrow
head of hate speeches, heating the polity and diminishing
himself. But as Allah, the most gracious would have it, Rev.
Asake died mysteriously a couple of weeks ago while taking
CAN to the abyss of infamy through the unfortunate
escalation of the herdsmen-farmers conflict.
CAN , after hobnobbing with the powers that be during the
last administration , taking their right and every other
thing left in vast corruption enterprise that they
criminally ran with their partners in crime. The strategy
now is to cry wolf where there is none, make storm in a
teacup and shout marginalization and Islamization , even
though they are the ones still in charge , in order to
totally emasculate Muslims in their own Country.
Editorial
Dr. Aafia Siddiqui Supporters Hold Iftar, Pray for Her
Release
By Nadrat Siddique
June 1, 2018
Baltimore, MD - Very nearly half way through Ramadan,
supporters of Dr. Aafia Siddiqui held an iftar in her honor.
Close to 30 committed Muslim activists from DC, Maryland,
and Philadelphia discussed her case, made du'ah for her (and
for other Muslim political prisoners), performed maghrib
prayers, and shared dates and a Middle Eastern meal.
Dr. Aafia Siddiqui, a petite Pakistani Muslimah, is a
political prisoner of the U.S. government. By all accounts,
she has been raped, tortured, and separated from her school
age children—who were also detained for years—in
the course of her incarceration. Aafia is a neuroscientist
with degrees from Brandeis University and MIT. She is being
held as if she is a dangerous criminal in Carswell, TX, on
trumped up charges which include attacking U.S. servicemen
in Afghanistan. But supporters, like the ones gathered at
the Baltimore iftar tonight, say the charges are
preposterous, and that even the U.S. government knows it
erred in its dealings with her, but is too arrogant or
stubborn to reverse its actions.
Dr. Kaukab Siddique, an independent Pakistani journalist,
who also teaches journalism at Lincoln University, was at
the iftar. He had been writing about Aafia's case almost
since its inception. In opening remarks to the iftar, Dr.
Siddique referred to the Muslim organization he helped found
decades ago: "Jamaat al-Muslimeen has always been in the
forefront of fighting for Muslim women's rights under the
rubric of Islam, and women have often been at the helm of
the organization."
He recognized Ashira Na'im, Masjid Jamaat al-Muslimeen
administrator; Sr. Chekisha El-Amin, a long-time
Baltimore-based Jamaat al-Muslimeen activist; Nadrat
Siddique, a DC-based Jamaat al-Muslimeen activist and
political prisoner advocate; and Sr. Fatima Abdullah, a
founding member of the organization, who, along with her
husband Amin Abdullah, had come to the iftar from
Philadelphia, PA.
"And Jamaat al-Muslimeen has always supported political
prisoners, those who are imprisoned unjustly or because of
their beliefs. So, when we learned of the plight of Dr.
Aafia, it was only natural for us to support her case," he
concluded.
Mauri Saalakhan, a long time DC-based human rights activist
and head of the Aafia Foundation (formerly known as the
Peace and Justice Foundation) was the guest speaker at the
iftar gathering. He had travelled to several continents to
raise awareness of the Aafia case, and organized rallies for
Aafia outside the Carswell, Texas prison where she is being
held—on very hostile turf, as well as at the
Department of Justice, Bureau of Prisons, and other key
locations.
Saalakhan said that it was the Islamic responsibility of
Muslims to speak out against injustice, particularly during
Ramadan. The organizer-activist, who is also known as
El-Hajj Mauri Saalakhan because he has completed the Muslim
pilgrimage to Mecca, had worked on a litany of political
prisoner cases. But—Aafia's case, he said, was one of
the worst cases of injustice he had seen. She was alive, he
said, negating the recently circulating rumor that she had
passed away. But she was not well, he said. She was held
under sordid conditions, a travesty of justice, he said.
Saalakhan said he was very disappointed by the lack of
action on the part of most Muslims to come forward. Muslims
who could have done something to help Aafia, but
didn't—would be held accountable for their inaction in
the Hereafter, he told the iftar attendees. He pointed out
the Pakistani government's insidious role in first aiding
Aafia's kidnapping, and then subverting efforts to release
her.
Imam Ali Siddiqui, a lifelong peace and justice activist
currently based in DC, attended the iftar along with his
family. His organization, the Muslim Institute of Interfaith
Studies and Understanding, has effectively dialogued with
churches and synagogues in the DC area. Addressing the iftar
gathering briefly, he mentioned recent work with the DC Poor
Peoples Campaign, a rekindling of Dr. Martin Luther King's
movement for social justice. Imam Siddiqui has long
protested Aafia's detention as well as that of other
political prisoners, and participated in rallies and
meetings to free her.
This writer, DC-based blogger, runner, and activist Nadrat
Siddique organized the iftar. Siddique, who has run three
marathons to call attention to Aafia's case, said that as
Muslims were eating and praying, praying and eating—at
many, many iftars throughout Ramadan, they ought also think
about the Muslim prisoners and political prisoners, being
held under horrendous conditions in American prisons and
secret prisons. What were the prisoners eating for iftar?
Were they even conscious and able to fast? If they were
fasting, did they have access to halal (Islamically
permissible) food with which to open their fast?
"Muslims ought to ask the imams of their respective masajid
to mention the political prisoners in their khutbas. We
should write letters raising concern for the welfare of the
political prisoners to corporate media, and on the social
media sites of these corporate media. Give zakat to the
families of the political prisoners. And make du'ah for
them. There is added barakat in doing this during Ramadan,"
she concluded.
Dr. Kaukab Siddique closed the iftar gathering with a du'ah
asking for the acceptance of the fasts of the iftar
attendees, and remembering all the political prisoners,
including Dr. Aafia Siddiqui.
Big Prayer Gathering in Lahore Urged to remember the Battle
of Badr in Ramadan. Victory of the few over Many.
by Qaiser Sharif
LAHORE, June 1; Deputy chief of the Jamaat e Islami, Hafiz
Muhammad Idrees, has said that if the Muslim rulers of today
learnt a lesson from the battle of Badr and created the same
environment, they would not be cowed down by the US and
other enemy forces. He was addressing a big Friday
congregation at Mansoora mosque.
Hafiz Muhammad Idrees said that the battle of Badr was the
first war between Islam and Kufr which taught the coming
generations that victory did not depend on the strength of
the army and arms and ammunition. On the other hand, victory
came through an unflinching faith in Allah Almighty as Allah
could make a few hundred men of firm faith victorious over a
host of thousands.
He said that in the battle of Badr, the Muslim army
comprising only of 313 faithful who were poorly armed, had
defeated more than one thousand infidels who were fully
armed. This gave the lesson to the coming generations that
victory would come only to the forces of truth and
righteousness, and the forces of falsehood no matter how
strong, would be fated to meet a humiliating defeat.
The JI deputy chief said that there were around 1.7 billion
Muslims in the world at present and they had abundant
mineral resources. Despite that, they did not enjoy any
respect or position in the world and the Muslims' blood was
being shed in every part of the world.
Kashmir and Palestine were under enemy occupation while
India and Israel had full US patronage. Due to that, there
was unrest and disappointment all around. However, he said,
if the Muslims repented and sought forgiveness from Allah,
the situation could change in no time.
War News
Iraq
Retaliatory Attacks after news of Death sentences on Islamic
women by Regime.
June 3: ERBIL (Kurdistan 24) - Separate attacks in Kirkuk
Province on Sunday left two police officers dead and four
other people wounded when two Improvised Explosive Devices
(IED), placed on roadsides by unidentified militants,
detonated as they passed the road.
Salahuddin (IraqiNews.com) Four Iraqi soldiers were killed
in a bomb blast, north of Salahuddin province,a security
source said on Saturday.
Speaking to Baghdad Today website, the source said "a bomb
went off, today, targeting a vehicle carrying four
conscripts on board as they were trying to repel the attack
against al-Hakna village in Shirqat, which left all the
personnel killed."
Also on June 2: Near al-Dolouiya town in Salahuddin
province, an IS infiltrator killed 12 members of a tribal
family supporting the regime.
May 30. Mosul (IraqiNews.com) Forty percent of Islamic State
fighters have not left the Iraqi city of Mosul, their former
capital, even after the government declared victory over the
group, a security source was quoted saying on Wednesday
Also on May 30.
Speaking to AlSumaria News, the source said "one of the
personnel of al-Hashd al-Shaabi (Popular Mobilization
Forces) was killed, while three others were wounded, in the
evening, as a bomb went off in Hamreen region, on Tuz
Khurmatu-Tikrit road."
Fate of Islamic Women in Iraq [Direct quote from AFP]
Dozens of foreign citizens suspected of having joined ISIS
ranks are believed to be in detention in Iraq and
neighboring Syria, including several children. Iraq has
sentenced more than 300 people to death for joining ISIS,
and more than 180 women have been sentenced to life in
prison. Iraqi law allows people to be convicted of helping
the terrorist group even if they are not directly accused of
violence during the years since ISIS overran Iraq.
On April 29, the Baghdad Central Criminal Court sentenced 31
women from Azerbaijan, Russia and Tajikistan to life in
prison for "joining and supporting ISIS."
Earlier in the month, Iraq sentenced five women from
Azerbaijan and a woman from Trinidad to death and two
Russian and French woman to life in prison for joining ISIS.
A spokesperson for the Azerbaijan ministry of foreign
affairs told The Defense Post on April 23 that the ministry
was also not notified through official channels about the
sentence. Earlier in April, the Baghdad court sentenced six
Turkish women to death for ISIS membership and a seventh to
life in prison. They had all joined their husbands in Iraq
and Syria after 2014.
A German woman who had been condemned to death had her
sentence reduced to life in prison, a German diplomatic
source told The Defense Post last week.
Syria
Russia "Re-Organizing" Syria while fighting Continues. Iran
Being told to Leave? US and SDF trying to advance along
Euphrates.
Analysis: A strange calm in Syria.
Deals!
June 3. At the orders of Russia, 28 officers of the Assad
regime have been arrested on charges of looting of
properties of civilians in the area adjacent to Damascus
vacated by mujahideen groups..
However looting by the regime forces in the Palestinian
Yarmouk camp continues. [Strangely Assad regime was
persuaded to accept cease fire by Russia during which ISIS
forces withdrew with their weapons and forces intact.]
June 2. Iranian forces suddenly withdrew from Taal Riffat, a
town north of Aleppo. Areas west of Aleppo are now in the
hands of al-Nusra and other Islamic groups.
Looks like this was owing to a deal between Russia and
Turkey. The Turkish enclave of Afrin is not far from here.
The area was captured by Islamic factions of Free Srian Army
[FSA} under Turkish cover.
A deal between Russia and Israel lead to unofficial reports
that Iranian forces will vacate southern areas of Syria. A
large regime force is preparing to advance into the area.
Islamic factions are preparing to fight back.
As soon as the Israel-Russia deal on Iranian withdrawal
leaked out, Iran claimed that it was not going to
withdraw.
In a bizarre twist, as soon as the Russian plan leaked, the
Assad regime claimed THERE ARE NO IRANIAN FORCES in SYRIA:
only "advisers!
[Israel is saying there was no deal.
FIGHTING
In northeast Lattakia [Assad's home province] Islamic groups
advanced against regime forces but not far as they were
stopped by long range artillery.
In south east Der ez Zor Province, ISIS attacked regime
forces putting the Shias in retreat but were not able to
break through.
On Euphrates banks, the Kurdish communists supported by the
US and coalition air forces advanced to try and capture the
town of Hajin but strong ISIS counterattacks brought the
Kurds to a halt.
At the connection of the provinces of Hazakeh [extreme
northeast] which is partly Islamic territory of ISIS, with
the tip of Deir ez Zor, US air force ["coalitiom"] bombed
the population, killing12 civilians. However the Kurds could
not advance against ISIS.
In nearby eastern Homs province, ISIS is gearing up to
advance again after inflicting serious losses on Assad
forces last week. [See our report last eek]
Russian and Iranian bombing and shelling of towns in north
eastern Hama province is continuing. Losses not reported
yet.
DEMONSTRATIONS by the PUBLIC
In Daraa province, in several towns, people came out in the
streets to rally against Assad and chanted "no
reconciliation" with the tyrant. Reconciliation is the
Russian slogan to put people back under Assad if they don't
want to be bombed. In one area, the regime troops were
nearby and opened mahine gun fire. [The Syrian revolution
against Assad began in Daraa.]
In al-Raqqa, people who had fled American bombing, are
returning only to find that their homes are occupied by
Communist Kurds. They are demonstrating and demanding that
the Kurdish troops leave the city. The Kurds don't know how
to deal with this situation. At one point in the city, the
occupiers opened fire but losses are not known.
Idlib province, mostly run by al-Nusra [formerly al-Qaida]
is at peace but Assad assassins have successfully killed
more commanders and civic leaders. Two of the assassins were
captured and executed.
Personal Information on my Aunt.
Appeal from Dr. Kaukab Siddique.
My aunt was a firebrand. Her Visit to America was Memorable.
Very humble but fearless.
Supported Muzaffaruddin Hamid & Black Community.
On a Personal note
My aunt Shima Almas Noor passed away in Lahore, Pakistan,
about a decade back. I am writing a book about her because
she went through a great Islamic transformation in the last
years of her life.
The part of her life about which i know something but want
to know more is her visit to the United States. She met many
Muslim students here and taught children .
In the Black community too she was well known because she
was supportive of Muzaffaruddin Hamid and the Islamic
movement he had formed known as the Islamic Party of North
America.
If anyone has any vivid memories of her, please share with
me at:
ksidd37398@aol.com
Any photos or videos will also be very welcome.
Guidance
Huge Blessings of Feeding those who are fasting.
[From Sis. Yasmin]
'Bismillah Walhamdulillah Was Salaatu
Was Salaam 'ala Rasulillah'
'Assalaamu 'Alaykum wa Rahmatullaahi wa Barakaatuhu'
PROPHET
[Sal Allahu 'Alaihi wa Sallam] said...
" Whoever feeds the person who is breaking
his fast, he will have his reward
(for his fasting) without decreasing anything from the
reward of the fasting person."
[Source: Al-Tirmidhi, Ibn Maajah - Classed as Sahih by al
Albaani]
ALLAH~ [May HE be glorified and exalted]
states that...
one of the characteristics of the believers who deserve
Paradise is that they feed others...{!}
ALLAH ~ [Azza wa Jall] says ...
"And they give food, in spite of their love for it
[or for the love of Him]~
to the ' Miskeen' [the Poor]~ the Orphan,
and the Captive, saying....
'We feed you seeking Allah's Countenance only.
We wish for no reward, nor thanks from you.
'Verily, We fear from our Lord a Day, hard and
distressful,
that will make the faces look horrible
[from extreme dislike to it]..'
So Allah saved them from the evil of that Day, and
gave them 'Nadhrah' [a light of beauty] and joy .
And their recompense shall be Paradise, and silken
garments,
because they were patient"
[Source: 'Quran'~ Surat 'Al-Insaan' ~76~ A#'s 8 - 12]
The Prophet [Sal Allahu 'Alaihi wa Sallam] informed us in the
Hadith above that whoever gives food to a fasting person to
break his fast will have a reward like his without the fasting
person losing any reward...{!}
So during the month of 'Ramadan'
[and even during other months]
it is very virtuous and rewarding to feed others who are
breaking their fast...{!}
It is also very virtuous and rewarding to feed others in
general.
PROPHET ~ [Sal Allahu 'Alaihi wa Sallam] said....
"You will not enter Paradise until you truly believe and you
will not
truly believe until you love one another."
[Source ~ Sahih Muslim]
In another narration from 'Abd-Allaah ibn 'Umar
(Radi Allahu Anhu) related that a man asked the
PROPHET~ [Sal Allahu 'Alaihi wa Sallam]...
" What is the best thing in Islam ?"
PROPHET [Sal Allahu 'Alaihi wa Sallam] answered...
"Feeding others and giving the greeting of 'Salaam' to
those
whom you know and those whom you do not know."
(Source: Sahih al-Bukhari & Muslim)
Ibn Rajab (Allah have mercy upon him) said in al-Fath
(1/43):
"The 'Hadith' (mentioned above) makes the connection
between
feeding others and spreading 'Salaam' because this combines
good actions
in both word and deed, which is perfect good treatment
('Ihsaan')...!
Indeed, this is the best thing that one can do in Islam
after the obligatory duties."
A Lil Note...
Many Ahadiths are reported regarding the virtues of
providing
food for others to break their fast. Feeding others in
general brings a
great reward to the one who does it...!
ALLAH~ (May HE be glorified and exalted ) states...
that one of the characteristics of the Believers who
deserve
Paradise is that they feed others.
{'Alhamdullilah'}
~ My 'Salaams' to All ~
~ Y a s m i n ~
Say, 'Indeed, my Prayer, my Rites of Sacrifice,
my Living and my Dying are for ALLAH, Lord of the
Worlds'.
{'Quran'~Surat Al-'An'am -# 6-162.}
{'In Shaa Allah'~'Aameen'}
VIEWPOINT
Nazi Obsession
Propaganda is back firing.
There seems to be no end to the West's obsession with
Nazism, Hitler and the Third Reich, says prominent British
journalist Simon Jenkins.
What's behind this? In spite of decades of hateful
propaganda, this fascination seems to grow with time, and
millions of people around the world even regard Hitler and
the Third Reich positively.
The dreaded "anti-Semite" label has been hurled so often and
so recklessly in recent times that it's lost much of its
impact.
Two American scholars who've been viciously smeared as
anti-Semites are Steven Walt and John Mearsheimer, authors
of The Israel Lobby, an important book that shows how this
powerful lobby sets US Middle East policy. In the four years
since it was published, their point is now widely
acknowledged as undeniably true.
Gertrude Stein was an influential, "modernistic,"
twentieth-century Jewish-American writer. In spite of her
background, in 1938 she nominated Hitler for the Nobel Peace
Prize.
[Committee for Open Debate on the Holocaust:CODOH]
