Hadith Reminds us that Appearances and Claims of being
Muslim Does Not Equate to Us Actually Being Muslim.
Narrated 'Abdullah bin 'Amr:
The Prophet (ﷺ) said:
"Whoever has the following four (characteristics) will be a
pure hypocrite and whoever has one of the following four
characteristics will have one characteristic of hypocrisy
unless and until he gives it up:
Whenever he is entrusted, he betrays.
Whenever he speaks, he tells a lie.
Whenever he makes a covenant, he proves treacherous.
Whenever he quarrels, he behaves in a very imprudent,
evil and insulting manner."
Sahih al-Bukhari 34
Book 2, Hadith 27
with thanks to Sis.Kristi
Reaching out to Biggest Gathering of African American
Converts to Islam.
On July 6, at Masjid al-Haqq in the heart of Baltimore,
Maryland, a Jamaat al-Muslimeen document was given to 100
Muslims after Juma' salat. There were hundreds of Muslims
and 100 was not enough. [Such a blessing! Almost all of them
are converts to Islam with about 10% immigrants.]
It was a 5-page document. Here is a breakdown of its
contents:
&
Report on outstanding gathering supporting Dr. Aafia
Siddiqui. [From Nadrat Siddique]
Fate of Islamic women in Iraqi Shia hands. [Wire
services]
People in Deraa, Syria, protesting against Assad regime
[Syrian Observatory.]
Triple Israeli crimes against unarmed Gaza demonstrators.
[New Trend Observer..]
New Trend's Web Site .
Quite Impressive!
During June 2018, New Trend's web site.
newtrendmag.org
received
131,715 hits
with an average of
682 visitors a day.
Remembering Karen Silkwood.
What is seriously wrong with the American power
Structure.
by Nadrat Siddique
July 2: This past weekend, I was in Oklahoma City for a
friend's wedding. Walking around the downtown, I passed
roads and a small city park named for Robert Kerr and Dean
McGee. An elementary school and a high school were similarly
named for the principles of the Kerr-McGee Nuclear
Corporation.
It reminded me that a heroine of my teen years, Karen
Silkwood, was murdered here in the 1970s. While working for
Kerr-McGee, Silkwood discovered that the corporation was
endangering its workers through highly unethical and likely
illegal industry practices. She became a whistle blower, and
thus the target of the company's malfeasance.
Ultimately, she was murdered when her car was run off the
road on an Oklahoma Highway. It was the Silkwood case which
convinced me of the importance of labor (she was the very
outspoken union representative for workers at her Kerr-McGee
location); of environmentalism (although Kerr-McGee paid a
large settlement to Silkwood's family, it refused to admit
fault; however Silkwood and the union alleged corporate
negligence which led to the contamination of workers with
plutonium); and of activism (had Silkwood remained silent
and tolerated Kerr-McGee's abuse of its workers, she might
be alive today; instead, she insisted on investigating,
organizing and agitating for workers' rights, despite being
aware of the risks of challenging a corporate giant).
So, Silkwood is dead, and the Men in Black suits—Kerr
and McGee—who likely ordered her murder are honored to
this day in Oklahoma City. But we don't forget those who
stood up..
772000 Christians have taken Refuge in Islamic Sudan
Following ongoing civil war among Chriistians in all 7
provinces of Southern Sudan, more than 772,000 Christians
have taken refuge in Islamic northern Sudan.
The bitterness among Christians against each other is so deep
that numerous cease fires have broken down after short
intervals.
In Islamic Sudan the refugees are unhappy but they prefer
poverty to the danger of death, rape and mutilation in the
Christian South.
[Source MENA]
Personal Advice from the Editor.
Stress and Anxiety are major problems in America.
Here is how you can reduce or even end stress and anxiety in
your life.
Wash yourself [wudu] with the intention of prayer.
Pray 5 times a day.
Prayer on time is required.. If space or facility is not
available, pray with tayammum and by signs.
Be good to your neighbors and colleagues. Smile. Listen
to them.
Support the oppressed and the downtrodden.
Your diet should should be halal and nutritious.
Be tolerant of the beliefs of others. Teach them Islam
through your behavior, not through constantly rubbing it
in.
Look at the sun rise and the sunset and praise the
Creator.
Give charity and gifts as much as you can.
Do not support Israel, the bombing and occupation of
Muslim countries. Oppose them gently but clearly.
Know that death is inevitable and there is a Hereafter
with Judgement.
Learn to think of women who are mostly undressed as
slaves of the system, not as objects of desire.
Editorial
In Remembrance
Red Mosque assault and Killing of Hijabi women Changed the
History of Pakistan
by Kaukab Siddique, PhD
After 9.11, the FBI set up headquarters in Islamabad and
entered Pakistani homes with the cooperation of Pakistani
intelligence services. This situation became very clear in
the search for the killers of Daniel Pearl, the Israeli who
entered Pakistan with a US passport.
Musharraf was so emboldened by the lack of resistance by the
Pakistani population that he decided to tackle the only
source of Islamic resistance which was in Islamabad itself:
The Red Mosque. Here a firebrand preacher Abdur Rasheed
Ghazi had organized a seminary for Islamic women which
attracted several thousand young women and girls some of
whom were survivors of the devastating earthquake in the
north.
Jamia Hafsa, the women's seminary named after the daughter
of the second Caliph, Umar ibn al-Khattab, r.a., decided to
carry out an Islamic cleansing campaign against Musharraf's
corruption within Islamabad, It was an entirely peaceful
movement but the women would carry long sticks known as
lathis to keep predatory males away who often want to prey
on defenseless women in Pakistan. The Hafsa women would go
to stores selling porno movies or semi-nude films or erotic
songs and remind the owners of the Hereafter and the Fear of
Allah. Some of this preaching, which would attract crowds,
was successful. One shop owner took out all his videos and
movies, put them on the sidewalk and set them on fire. [This
was presented by the BBC as "militant Islamic women
snatching tapes and setting them on fire."]
Then the girls and women in burqa found that a procuress was
being used to provide women to Musharraf's officials right
in Islamabad under Musharraf's nose. The girls complained to
the regime and met a stony silence. Then they started
preaching to the procuress, telling her that she was
violating God's Law and threatening dire consequences. She
laughed at them and reminded them of her contacts with the
"higher ups" in the government. Finally they kidnaped her
and kept her quite unharmed till she signed a confession
naming her contacts and her activities.
The girls then went after the regime which was demolishing
mosques in areas through which Musharraf traveled out of
Islamabad. As part of their protests they took over a
library and would not leave.
The point the young women were making was that General
Musharraf was violating God's Law. He had no writ from the
people of Pakistan and no one had given him permission to
support the USA.
At the instigation, it is said, of the US and Israel,
Musharraf started conducting raids on the Red Mosque and
Jamia Hafsa. Some of these attacks were terrifying but they
had the opposite effect. The young men in the Red Mosque
[Lal Masjid] armed themselves.
Abdur Rasheed Ghazi's sermons in the Red Mosque were
bringing support from the oppressed people of Pakistan. To
counter him, the regime brought the Imam of the Ka'aba who
imputed that these activities of young women were unIslamic
and they should not be coming out of their school. Abdur
Rasheed Ghazi, who knew several languages including Arabic,
was not impressed by the Imam of the Ka'aba and gave
blistering khutbas to counter the Saudi move.
Gradually the regime tightened the police and then military
encirclement of the Red Mosque and Jamia Hafsa. Musharraf
got in touch with the religious establishment and learned
that the maulvies felt threatened by the development of a
mosque in which women played a central role. Musharraf also
fooled the Muslim political parties to hold a meeting in
London during which time he launched his military offensive
against the Red Mosque and Jamia Hafsa.
The people supporting Abdur Rasheed said they had the right
to have light weapons to defend the mosque from physical
attack. When one of Musharraf's elite commando officers
broke into the women's seminary by breaching its wall, he
was killed.
Musharraf could have starved the people in the mosque into
submission. Instead he decided on a full scale military
invasion. The young people resisted with their small arms
but were slaughtered by Musharraf's elite forces using heavy
weapons. Even phosphorous was used and among those killed by
this forbidden explosive was Abdur Rasheed Ghazi's mother.
He went down fighting. May Allah grant him jannat
al-Firdous.
AFTERMATH
It took Pakistani political parties quite a while to realize
what had happened, that in the capital city of a country
founded on Islam, in a city named Islamabad, military force
was used to destroy a mosque and a seminary full of ba-hijab
Islamic women.
But the people of Frontier understood what had happened. Red
Mosque and Jamia Hafsa's tragic end ignited the pro-Sharia
movement which was against a secular Pakistan, The Sharia
movement had been there for years but now it took specific
form. Huge crowds came out to support Maulvi Fazlullah and
others organized the peaceful takeover of the beautiful area
known as Swat. Sharia courts were set up to quickly settle
disputes which had been in the secular courts for years. The
message of the Red Mosque spread like a wild fire in all
areas of Frontier province.
An organization which emerged, though it is a collection of
many groups, is now famous or notorious as the Tehreeke
Talibane Pakistan [TTP] mostly from the poor masses and
peasants.
When the movement reached Buner, the US complained to
Pakistan that the Islamics were now only 76 miles from
Islamabad. CNN and the entire US media took up this theme of
"great danger" to civilization. The Pakistani military then
did to Swat what it had done earlier to the Red Mosque and
Jamia Hafsa. The ENTIRE POPULATION of Swat was evicted to
create a free fire zone for the military. Anyone who
remained could be killed. In the intense fighting which
followed thousands of Pakistani troops, civilians and
mujahideen were killed. The military killed at least 30,000
people including 3,000 mujahideen and lost 6,000 or more
troops.
There are mass graves in the area where the army has carried
out "extra judicial executions."
The people were up in arms [small arms] all over Frontier
province. The regime went after them, cutting off food
supplies using air strikes and heavy artillery. Maulvi
Fazlullah was trapped and barely escaped across the Frontier
into Afghanistan where the Taliban are successful. The army
destroyed medressas and mosques run by Fazlullah and the Pak
Taliban but were not able to silence his short wave radio
which had a large audience of women.
The army then went into Hangu, Adam Khel, Khyber and finally
South Waziristan. America was insisting that it should go
into North Waziristan also but protests by Jamaate Islami
stopped it.
After Munawar Hasan was removed from leadership of JI by an
internal manipulation organized by the army, North
Waziristan was occupied and its entire population was
expelled.
The way to peace in Pakistan is by way of communication with
the "militants." If they want Shari'a, why not withdraw the
army, let independent media go in and let them have
Sharia.
War News
Somalia
Mogadishu Under Attack by al-Shabab
BBC reports that on Juy 7, al-Shabab hit the Interior
Ministry and near the
Presidential Palance, killing 10 and wounding 20.
[Most of Somalia is dominated by the Islamic group known as
al-Shabab but Mogadishu0, the capital, and 2 major cities
are conytrolled by the regime installed by western
powers.]
Afghanistan
American and Regime Forces Activated, Sikhs Attacked.
Tarinkot airport, Uruzgan province. On July 7, a Taliban
supporter who had infiltrated regime troops being trained by
the US opened fire on US troops killing one and wounding
two. Details have not been revealed.
Ghazni: July 5. Taliban tried to hit a meeting of high level
regime officials with mortar fire but missed, instead
causing losses among security forces.
Nangarhar province: July 8 . US and regime forces allegedly
destroyed a ISIS stronghold deep in the forest inflicting
scores of casualties. However, no details and no evidence
has been provided,:
Jalalabad city: Juky 1: A human bomber from ISIS hit groups
of Sikhs and Hindua waiting to meet the president of the
Kabul regime. One of them was going to join the regime, The
explosion killed 19 and wounded 20.
Syria
Blizzard of Russian bombs & Iranian artillery terrorize
Population. More than 350,000 Flee. Jordan closes
border.
Russia Offers to stop Bombing if Assad regime is
re-installed.
American coalition bombs ISIS in south eastern Syria.
July 1 to July 6: More than 900 Russian air strikes and more than
1700 Hizb and Iranian artillery shells hit 8 small towns in
eastern Deraa province. This is deeply anti-Assad territory.
However the genocide carried out by Assad and Russia in the
suburbs of Damascus had so terrified eastern Deraa that
people started fleeing even before the bombing began which
reduced the number of casualties.
The Russians offered their agenda of protection if the
regime is re-unstalled. Many of the opposition groups
accepted the offer. Some said they should be allowed to go
to the Islamic province of Idlib,
The word spread that the Russian offer had been accepted by
the opposition groups. There was no bombing on July 6 and 7
and several thousands of those who had fled returned to
their homes although properties in the town of Saida were
being looted by Assad's troops and Shia militias, To this
date 159 Deraa civilians, including 32 children and 33 women
had been killed in the Russian bombing and the Iranian
shelling.
On July 8, Russia and the Shi'ites bombed and shelled the
town of Om Elmiathin. The regime also used missiles and
barrel bombs along with the 120 Russian air strikes.
Casualty figures are not available yet.
A regime armored column veered off and successfully captured
the strategic crossing point into Jordan. The Islamic
fighters put up stiff resistance but were not able to stop
the tanks. In the week long fighting 135 regime troops and
131 Islamic fighters have been killed.
Iraq
IS Very Much there.
July 8, IS remains in control of 75 villages in the
provinces of Kirkuk, Salahuddin and Diyala. [Former Iraqi
Interior Minister.]
July 6. In an IS ambush south of Baquba, 7 persons were
killed but females with them were not hurt. [Kurdistan
24]
July 7. Turkish forces have advanced 35 miles into the
Qandil area of northern Iraq.
July 8, A bomb attack in the Nakheeb area of Anbar province
killed a Colonel and 2 soldiers of the regime army,
July 5. Iraqi regime jets bombed IS members hiding south of
Kirkuk.
PAKISTAN
Final Judgement on the Qadiani ("Ahmadiyyah") cult.
Scholarly judgement on the struggle of Pakistani Muslims in
support of the Finality of Prophethood; It is essential to
the existence of Pakistan.
What did Allama Iqbal say about Qadianism?
See this historical document by clicking link below
(the document is lengthy, but is essential reading for any
Muslim.
Judgement_Sheet_-_High_Court_of_Pakistan.pdf
[with thanks to Br.Salim Mansur Khalid]
After Nawaz Sharif, Corruption Continues.
Jamaat e Islami speaks on Principles for elections.
by Qaiser Sharif [3 items]
LAHORE, July 7; Ameer, Jamaat e Islami, Pakistan, Senator
Sirajul Haq, has said that Nawaz Sharif's conviction would
definitely change the political scene and if ten or more
other prominent persons who considered themselves above the
law, were hauled up, the masses would get a message of the
supremacy of the constitution and the law in the land.
Addressing a workers meeting at Timargarha on Saturday, he
said that in the past, the rich and the poor had not equal
in the eyes of the law and the ruling junta thought itself
above the law. However, he said, Nawaz Sharif's conviction
had shown to the general public that the law and the
constitution existed in the country and the powerful could
also be brought in the grip of the law.
Sirajul Haq further said that so far, the Election
Commission had not been able to implement the electoral
forms or enforce its code of conduct. He asked what use
these laws and the code of conduct were if these were not to
be implemented.
The JI chief said that the MMA was striving for the rights
of the small provinces. He said that mutual understanding
among the provinces and an atmosphere of cooperation and
unity was necessary for strengthening the federation.
Similarly, he said, a line of action at national level must
be evolved to remove the sense of deprivation in the small
provinces.
He stressed upon the masses to stand by the MMA on the 25th
of July for building Pakistan a strong Islamic welfare
state.
Released by
Media Cell, JIP, Mansoora, Lahore.
LIAQAT
LAHORE, July7; Secretary General, Jamaat e Islami and the
MMA, Liaqat Baloch, has said that across the board
accountability was essential to weed out corruption from the
country.
Addressing corner meetings in his constituency NA 130, he
said in the present situation of the country, it was
imperative that the court decisions were accepted, the
elections were held on schedule and the accountability
process was continued uninterrupted. He said that the court
verdict against Nawaz Sharif would not make any qualitative
change in the political scene.
He said that the MMA would try to achieve self reliance with
the active cooperation of all sections of the society,
including women and youth, traders, farmers and businessmen.
The interest based economy would be abolished and the
country would be freed from the burden of loans within the
minimum time.
During the day, Liaqat Baloch called on Maulana Fazle Rahim
of the Jamia Ashrafia, Hafiz Aakif Saeed of Tanzeem e
Islami, and Maulana Muhammad Usman Qadri of the Da'wat e
Islami, and expressed the hope that with the active support
of the Ulema and religious leaders, the MMA would steer the
country out of the prevailing difficult situation and
enforce Nizam e Mustafa.
Released by
Media Cell, JIP, Mansoora, Lahore.
PIRACHA/ ECP
LAHORE, July 7; Jamaat e Islami's deputy chief and
in-Charge, MMA's central Election Cell, Dr Farid Ahmed
Piracha, has said that the Election Commission seemed to be
totally helpless in implementation of its code of conduct
for elections.
Addressing a meeting of the election cell, he said that the
administration was putting up the banners and flaxes of the
PML(N) candidates and was removing the banners of the
opposition. He said that in the Punjab capital, he said the
vehicles of the Lahore Municipal Corporation were being used
for this purpose. He urged the care taker government to take
immediate notice of the mater.
Farid Piracha said it was the responsibility of the care
takers to provide equal opportunities to all the parties and
candidates for election campaign and the administration was
not allowed to be partial towards any party or
candidate.
Released by
Media Cell, JIP, Mansoora, Lahore.
AZEEM
LAHORE, July 7; Jamaat e Islami's spokesman , Amirul Azeem,
who is MMA candidate from NA 135, has said that the on being
elected, he would endeavour to set up schools for girls in
every union council and an inter college for each five
UCs.
Addressing corner meetings in his area, he further said that
with the cooperation of the local councilors, efforts would
be made to send each and every child of the constituency to
school. He said the past governments had made tall promises
in regard to education but nothing was done practically.
During his visit to the Mustafa Town, Amirul Azeem said that
the people of the locality would be freed from the
oppression of the LDA. He went from door to door and was
given a warm response.
Guidance
Bismillah Walhamdulillah Was Salaatu Was Salaam 'ala
Rasulillah.
As Salaamu Alaikum Wa Rahmatullahi Wa Barakatuhu.
Abû Bakr Al-Siddîq (Radiallahu 'Anhu) to 'Umar (Radiallahu
'Anhu) on his Deathbed !
When Abû Bakr Al-Siddîq (Radiallahu 'Anhu) was on his
deathbed he called 'Umar (Radiallahu 'Anhu) [Allah be
pleased with them both] and said:
Fear Allah O 'Umar, and know that Allah has deeds to be done
for Him in the day which He will not accept if done at night
and He has deeds to be done for Him at night which He will
not accept if done during the day! He will not accept extra
(Nâfilah) deeds unless you fulfill the obligatory deeds.
The scales of those whose scales will be weighty on the Day
of resurrection will only be weighty because they followed
the truth in this life and it was weighty to them. And
scales in which the truth will be placed tomorrow truly
deserve to be heavy. And the scales of those whose scales
will be light on the Day of Resurrection will only be light
because they followed falsehood in this life and it was a
light matter to them ! And scales in which falsehood will be
placed tomorrow truly deserve to be light. Allah the Exalted
has mentioned the people of Paradise and mentioned them in
the context of their Best Deeds, and overlooked their evil
deeds ! so when I remember them I say to myself... I fear
that I will not be included with them !
And Allah the Exalted has mentioned the people of Hell and
mentioned them in the context of their worst deed and
rejected their best deeds, so when I remember them I say...
I hope I won't be amongst them ! Allah's worshipers should
always be in a state of hope and fear ! they shouldn't wish
flimsy wishes about Allah and neither should they despair of
Allah's Mercy. If you keep to this advice of mine, no one
who is not with you now should be more beloved to you than
Death and.. it is sure to come to you !
But... if you disregard this advice, no one who is
not with you now should be more hated to you than Death ...
and you cannot escape it.
[Source: Abû Nu'aym, Hilyah Al-Awliyâ' Vol.1 p18; and Ibn
Al-Jawzî, Sifah Al-Safwah.]
~My 'Salaams' to All ~
Courtsey--- Sis Yasmin.
*Never Despair Of The Mercy Of Allah*
"All that is on earth will Perish. But will abide {Forever}
the Face of thy Lord, full of Majesty, Bounty and
Honour"
{'Quran'- Surah Al-Rahman-55.26-27 }
Very Unusual Prayer
Thank you Trump.
SAME SEX MARRIAGE...
This interesting prayer was given in Kansas, USA, at the
opening session of their Senate. It seems prayer still
upsets some people.
When Minister Joe Wright was asked to open the new session
of the Kansas Senate, everyone was expecting the usual
generalities,but this is what they heard:
"Heavenly Father, we come before you today to ask your
forgiveness and to seek your direction and guidance. We know
Your Word says: "Woe to those who call evil good", but that
is exactly what we have done.
We have lost our spiritual equilibrium and reversed our
values.
We have ridiculed the absolute truth of Your Word & called
it Pluralism.
We have worshipped other gods and called it
multiculturalism.
We have endorsed perversion and called it alternative
lifestyle.
We have exploited the poor and called it the lottery.
We have rewarded laziness and called it welfare.
We have killed our unborn and called it choice.
We have shot abortionists and called it justifiable.
We have neglected to discipline our children and called it
building self-esteem.
We have abused power and called it politics.
We have embezzled public funds and called it essential
expenses.
We have insitutionalised bribery and called it sweets of
office.
We have coveted our neighbor's possessions and called it
ambition.
We have polluted the air with profanity and pornography and
called it freedom of expression.
We have ridiculed the time-honored values of our
forefathers and called it enlightenment.
Search us, Oh GOD, and know our hearts today; cleanse us
from every sin and set us free. Amen!"
The response was immediate. A number of legislators walked
out during the prayer in protest. In 6 short weeks, Central
Christian Church, where Rev. Wright is pastor, logged more
than 5,000 phone calls with only 47 of those calls
responding negatively.
The church is now receiving international requests for
copies of this prayer from India, Africa and Korea. With the
LORD'S help, may this prayer sweep over our nation and
WHOLEHEARTEDLY become our desire so that we again can be
called "ONE NATION UNDER GOD."
Think about this: If you forward this prayer to everyone on
your list, in less than 30 days it would be heard by the
world. How many people on your list will not receive this
prayer. Do you have the boldness to pass it on?
I HAVE, AND I HAVE JUST SHOWN IT BY FORWARDING THIS TO YOU.
GO ON FORWARD IT!!!
