Narrated by Malik, r.a:
We came to the Prophet and we were young men nearly of equal
ages and we stayed with him for twenty nights. Allah's
Apostle was a very kind man and when he realized our longing
for our families, he asked us about those whom we had left
behind. When we informed him, he said, "Go back to your
families and stay with them and teach them (religion) and
order them (to do good deeds). The Prophet mentioned things
some of which I remembered and some I did not. Then he said,
"Pray as you have seen me praying, and when it is the time
of prayer, one of you should pronounce the call (Adhan) for
the prayer and the eldest of you should lead the
prayer."
[Sahih BukhariVolume 9, Book 91, #352]
[With thanks to Sis. Kristi.]
The Muslim Rights Concern (MURIC) has called on the Federal
Government of Nigeria (FG) to declare Tuesday 11th
September, 2018 as a public holiday in recognition of the
first day of the Islamic calendar for the year 1440 AH (i.e.
1st Muharram, 1440 After Hijrah).
In a reminder statement signed by the director of the human
rights organization, Professor Ishaq Akintola on Thursday,
6th September, 2018, MURIC contended that FG has been giving
Nigerian Christians their own 1st January while ignoring the
Muslims' 1st Muharram. This, according to the group, is not
fair.
"We still stand by our demand for the declaration of 1st
Muharram as Hijrah Day. We remind FG of our press statement
issued on January 3rd 2018 in which we called attention to
FG's declaration of 1st January every year as holiday for
Nigerian Christians. We demanded recognition for 1st
Muharram of every year for Muslims. It must be emphasized
that Islamic organizations (not MURIC alone) have been
making this demand through petitions and appeals dating back
to the 60s but successive administrations have turned the
deaf ear to their pleas.
"Today's reminder serves as a notice for the approach of 1st
Muharram, 1440 AH which corresponds to Tuesday, 11th
September (next week). Today is 26th Dhul Hijjah. Next
Monday is 30th Dhul Hijjah (i.e. last day of 1439 AH) while
the following day, Tuesday is 1st Muharram, 1440 AH i.e. the
first day of the Islamic calendar.
"However, FG still needs to consult the leadership of the
Nigerian Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs (NSCIA) for the
confirmation of the date. MURIC has no mandate to identify
any particular day. That power rests with the NSCIA. Our
concern stops at spreading the Muslim liberation theology
and sustaining the emancipation struggle until freedom is
actualized.
"We demand parity. If it is true that Nigeria is not for any
particular religion; if it is also true that FG has been
declaring 1st January of every year which is the 1st day of
the Christian year as holiday for decades; then FG as the
father of all must recognize 1st Muharram as the first day
of the Islamic year. A good and responsible father must
treat his children equally. As it stands today, the holidays
are tilted in favour of Christians. Muslims are
marginalized. MURIC rejects this lopsided arrangement. It
cannot forge unity. Neither can it guarrantee peace. It is
only equal rights and justice that can ensure lasting
peace.
"1st January is a Westo-Christian day and its recognition by
FG is one of the reasons we allege that Nigeria is heavily
Christianised. We want 1st Muharram of every year to be
declared for Muslims too. What is good for the goose is good
for the gander. FG must not be partial. Muslims have been
making this demand for years but FG keeps ignoring them.
"What does this portend? Is FG telling us that Muslims do
not matter in the scheme of things? Regime after regime
turns deaf ears to our cries. Is it only violence and
demonstrations that FG understands? We remind FG that
conscious and deliberate peace-making is cheaper than
running up and down in search of weapons to defeat
insurgents.
"1st January is from the Gregorian calendar and the latter
is a product of gymnastic make-belief and historic
hocus-pocus that the British Christian colonialists imposed
on Nigerian Muslims. This was after forcefully supplanting
the Islamic calendar which had been in use in this country
for 800 years before the advent of the British. It provides
ample evidence of religious segregation and spiritual
apartheid.
"For the sake of microscopic clarity, MURIC is not asking
for the cancelation of 1st January whether it is in honour
of Janus the Roman god of gates or for Ogun the Yoruba god
of iron. Neither are we asking because the Islamic hijrah
calendar is divine (Qur'an 9:36; 2:189; 10:5 and 17:12). We
have no intention of taking what belongs to the Christians
from them. Let the Christians continue to enjoy what they
have been enjoying but give the Muslims their own too. That
is fairness. All we are saying: Give Us Hijrah Day!
"A mental calculation of the total number of holidays
enjoyed in Nigeria shows that they are eight (8): Christmas
Day, Boxing Day, New Year Day, Good Friday, Easter Monday,
Id al-Kabir, Id al-Fitr and Maulud an-Nabiyy. Five (5) of
the eight holidays belong to Christians (Christmas Day,
Boxing Day, 1st January, Good Friday and Easter Monday).
"Only three (3) holidays belong to Muslims, viz, Id
al-Kabir, Id al-Fitr and Maulud an-Nabiyy. Five to three is
a wide margin in a multi religious social contract. FG must
work towards closing that gap in the interest of peace and
harmony. Therefore, FG should give the Muslims 1st
Muharram.This will bring the number of holidays to be
enjoyed by Muslims to four while Christians still continue
to enjoy five. Is this too much to ask?
"There's no gainsaying that the perpetual denial,
deprivation, marginalization and stigmatization being
suffered by Muslims have led to uprisings at one time or
another.
It may not be out of place to add that the ongoing
insurgency in the North East is not unconnected with the
pains being suffered by Muslims around the country".
That's the word of professor Akintola verbatim.
The group reminds the FG that Nigerian Christians enjoy five
different holidays while their Muslim counterparts have
three only. The group argues that in the spirit of fairness,
equity and justice, FG needs to allow the dividends of
democracy to reach Nigerian Muslims too by giving them 1st
Muharram as holiday. It claims this will bring Muslim
holidays to four while Christians continue to enjoy five.
Baltimore
"Stop the Violence Walk" by 200 People
by Imam A.Q. Sennaar
On a rainy Thursday night in August at Loyola University
extension on the York
Road. corridor I had the pleasure of participating in a Stop
the Violence Walk. There were approximately 200 participants
from various Christian denominations, counter culture
organizations and Pacifists. The Organizers of the Event
were Quakers described in Standard's Encyclopedic Dictionary
- (1590-1600) as "A member of the Society of Friends ref. to
their founder's admonition at the word of The Lord."
I had sent an invitation to The Friends to give a talk at
our proposed Stop the Violence Walk. They responded by
saying they'd consider it. I invited them out of my respect
for their courage in assisting the Africans in America in
their flight efforts to
freedom through the Underground Railroad with their maps,
safe houses and officiating provisions. They risked their
lives when there were no visible supports for the Africans
in government, legally, fraternal or otherwise...
The organizer of the walk asked me upon meeting me (I was
soaking wet from the
rain) to say a prayer. Of course I consented and told her I
was there representing the
Masjid Jamaat al-Muslimeen and invited her to join us on a
Jumuah of her choice. To my surprise at the opening of the
event she asked the various Christian Pastors who were
scheduled
to speak to defer to me as Imam to open the proceedings and
lead the prayer.
I learned of the wonderful things taking place in the York
road corridor by various people and institutions of
goodwill.
A community garden is giving away fresh
vegetables all summer long on Wednesday nights.
New garbage can distributions to contain the rodent
problem,
A free summer camp for underprivileged youth,
Substance Abuse Prevention Programs, Strong Baltimore and
the Recreation Center For Youth .
I saw it as Three Faiths, One God, One Walk.
"Verily this community Of thine is a single community" HQ:
21:92
Allah the Exalted has commanded the Muslim: "Call all unto
the Path of your Lord with wisdom and goodly
counsel" HQ 16:125
Dawah is the fulfillment of this commandment. A blessing all
Muslims carry with pride and resolution.
China has placed 1,000,000 Muslims in Camps.
Why is the Muslim World Silent?
[From Business Insider September 5]
Money, money, money
Many Muslim-majority countries aren't speaking out because
they don't want to jeopardize their economic relationships
in China, experts say.
Several states in Central Asia and the Middle East are part
of China's Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), a massive project
launched in 2013 linking 78 countries across Asia, Africa,
Europe, and Oceania through a network of railroads, shipping
lanes, and other infrastructure projects.
Many of these deals entail China giving hefty loans to
economies with a bad credit rating, which countries such as
Pakistan are already finding difficult to repay. And it
appears that these economic partnerships are stopping these
countries from speaking out about Xinjiang.
Simone van Nieuwenhuizen, a Chinese politics researcher at
University of Technology Sydney, told Business Insider:
"Like most states, many Muslim-majority countries have
increasingly close economic relations with China.
"There is a general consensus that speaking out about the
situation in Xinjiang might jeopardize the development of
economic ties, and it is therefore not in their interests to
do so."
Alip Erkin, an activist in Australia who runs the Uyghur
Bulletin network, specifically cited BRI as a hindrance. He
told BI: "Enormous trade and investment opportunities, as
well as debt burden from China, through the BRI not only
result in the tight lips of Muslim states but also an active
cooperation with China in Uighur crackdown."
Egypt, a BRI partner country, has even appeared to help
China with its Uighur crackdown.
Last summer, Egypt detained dozens of Uighur students in the
country without giving a reason, denied them access to
lawyers and their families, Human Rights Watch reported.
Cairo also deported at least 12 Chinese Uighurs back to
China around the same time, according to The New York
Times.
Peter Irwin, the program manager at the World Uyghur
Congress, told BI: "There is a certain expectation that
Muslim-majority countries would naturally lend support to
Uighurs and criticize China, but we just haven't seen this,
and I don't expect we'll see this given China's economic
ambitions with the Belt and Road Initiative, however
successful the plan may or may not be."
Editorial
It was not a mistake nor an error. Big Move to Support the
West failed.
Pakistani PM Imran Khan's Double take
by Kaukab Siddique, PhD
Imran Khan is not an ignorant person. Watch his interviews
and videos during the election campaign . He made it clear
that he knows about Qadianis and considers them
unbelievers.
Immediately after elections he realized that he is extremely
popular and is considered sincere to Islam. He easily
disposed off the caricatures in Holland and that added to
his popularity.
Looks likr he became over confident and decided to appoint
an activist preacher of Qadianism to an important position.
There are hundreds of Pakistani professionals in America who
have qualifications equal to or better than this Qadiani. So
Imran Khan chose the Qadianis as part of his "liberal"
agenda, not by mistake.
Remember that a slight attempt to slant the wording of the
Constitution in favor of Qadianis created a furor in
Pakistan.
Here Imran Khan blatantly appointed a Qadiani activist to a
high advisory position.
Owing to the level of his high popularity level probably IK
thought he would get away with it.
IK probably did not realize that a byproduct of the
elections has been that Pakistanis are politically alert.
His appointment of a Qadiani was felt with disgust and
horror and among his staunch supporters with bewilderment
and shock.
Like the agile politician he is, IK quickly sensed disaster
and withdrew the appointment of the Qadiani. Notice that he
did not apologize and behaved as if it it was no big
deal.
Even before IK showed his hand Jamaate Islami noticed that
there was an international hand behind the elections.
Let us look at this international hand,
IK is vocal about opposition to India in the mode of the
Pakistan army, without becoming aggressive or
controversial.
This slick opposition to India distinguishes him as a
patriot. The army too wants to be seen as patriotic.
However the army has been fighting for America against
"terrorism." America does not want Pakistan to fight against
India,. The army a few days back was in joint exercises with
the Indian army in Russia.
The army has learned that the mujahideen can only be
defeated if the Pakistani people turn against them and think
of them as "terrorists."
{Pakistan army admitted a couple of days back that the $300
million it wants from USA were spent in fighting the Islamic
uprising ["terrorism'].
The best way for the army to divide the Muslims is to give
them an issue which will keep them busy. Some of them will
rally against the Qadianis and others will say that that IK
is a good Muslim and Islam allows a non-Muslim to be
hired.
The army's hand was probably behind this move. The people of
Pakistan were not fooled. IK saw that this game is not going
to work. Like an astute politician, he retreated before his
image could be tarnished.
IK is a "clean" politician, very dangerous because he is not
under suspicion.
[Please stop attacking Sirajul Haq. Read this statement of
August 26.]
Jamaate Islami Senses World Powers behind elections.
Cites Egypt and Gaza.
JI Still Wants Peaceful Means.
by Qaiser Sharif.
LAHORE, Aug. 26; Addressing the Foundation Day function of
the Jamaat e Islami here on Sunday, the JI Ameer, Senator
Sirajul Haq, said that the Islamic movements all over the
world had gone ahead despite strong opposition by the
international establishment.
Sirajul Haq said that the world colonialism was not allowing
the Islamic movements to come to power even through
democratic process and the toppling of Dr Mursi's elected
government in Egypt and the west 's refusal to accept the
victory of Palestine's Hamas in elections were the
irrefutable proof of that.
He said that in spite of the hostility of the international
establishment, the JI was against securing power through
undemocratic or underground means. JI deputy chief Dr Farid
Ahmed Piracha, Ahmed Bilal Mehboob and Zikrullah Mujahid,
also spoke on the occasion.
Sirajul Haq said that at a time when there was darkness all
around, only a handful of noble people had gathered around
Syed Abul Ala Maudoodi and by now, this movement had an
impact all over the world.
He said that the JI was not prepared to accept the slavery
of the world establishment. " We are the slaves of Allah
Almighty and His Prophet and their slavery is our identity
and our biggest asset".
Sirajul Haq said that at a time when the world politics,
economy and education system were under the influence of
international establishment, the JI had raised the banner of
truth. He said that even during the election campaign, the
JI invited the people not towards any individual or party,
instead it invited the people towards the system given by
Islam. He said that JI had lost election but had not lost
its faith.
He said that most of the people entered politics to make
money but the JI's politics aimed at service of the masses
and to bring about the Islamic system.
Condemning the competition of profane caricatures in
Holland, the JI chief called for an immediate meeting of the
OIC to devise a united mechanism to stop satanic pursuits.
He said the Muslims could not tolerate desecration of the
noble Prophet and added that summoning the Holland
ambassador and lodging protest on this was not enough.
JI Secretary General Liaqat Baloch, while addressing the JI
Foundation Day function at Islamabad, said that Syed Abul
Ala Maodoodi had founded the JI in 1941 with the objective
of establishing the supremacy of the Islamic ideology and
the enforcement of the system of life given by the Holy
Quran and the Sunnah. He said the JI had continued its
struggle in this direction during the last seventy seven
years. He said the solution to all the problems being faced
by the Muslim Ummah lay in the unity of the Ummah and the
supremacy of Deen.
Talking to newsmen on the occasion, he said that the
opposition would protect the constitution and the democratic
system inside and outside the parliament.
PAKISTAN
Pakistan's Hero was Bengali.
ANNIVERSARY OF AIR CDRE MM ALAM SJ&Bar
by Mohammad Hijazi
Today on the eve of PAF Day is the day to remember LATE
Cdre(retd) MM Alam SJ Bar. Apart from being an outstanding
fighter pilot with world record of shooting max aircraft in
less than a min time( 5 a/c in 20 sec)(pardon my
ignorance-poor memory), he was a man of character. His stand
against the corruption of Air Chief and his wife was and is
well known reality . May Almighty Allah rest his soul in
Eternal Peace.
Being such an outstanding patriotic fighter pilot he was
compulsorily retired for refusing an unlawful order.He was
not afforded operational command during 1971 doubting his
loyalty for being a Bihari / Bangali Origin Pakistani.On the
contrary when he went to do his staff course abroad,college
faculty after a week requested their commandant to take him
in college faculty and made best use of him.
Peace time tigers always over take battle tested soldiers
due to their cunning and sycophantic approach. It reminds me
when a pieace time dishonest crook was preferred over a
battle tested and highly decorated naval officer .
I feel sorry that PAF has not been able to name an
appropriate air base after him.
He was indeed a symbolic war time representation of bravery
and leadership for mankind
[The writer is a veteran officer of the Pakistan navy.]
Failed Strategy of Pakistani Generals
by Muhammad Asim [for United Ummah]
Seven hundred km long river Kabul, which comes out of the
mountains Hindukush, and enters Pakistan, and it is used on
a wide scale. India will start the construction of a dam
with the help of Afghanistan on this river, and in the short
period of three years, Pakistan will not be able to get the
water of the river Kabul.
And this was the strategy of Pakistani generals who have
resorted to the logistical support of America and NATO. And
this will now cause our coming generations to suffer.. This
was their strategy for Pakistan which will prove expensive
and now there will be a lot of pain ahead.
Ignorant and unworthy generals' think tank!
War News
Syria
Massive Shia Armada moving in for genocide in Idlib & N.
Hama.
Jaysh al-Islam mobilizes to defend Idlib. Tahrir [al-Nusra]
is at the front.
IS battling "Hizbullah" and Shi'ites. US air forces hitting
IS hard.
September 8. As the genocidal offensive began, the Russian
air force carried out 85 air strikes in Idlib and northern
Hama province. Assad's helicopters dropped 65 barrel bombs
specifically meant to injure civilians.
Assad is aiming not only at terrorizing civilians but is
also ensuring that casualties cannot be treated. The union
of Syrian doctors reported that three hospitals, two civil
defense centers and an ambulance system were attacked in the
first day of bombing. White Helmets most hated by Assad who
have saved many bombing victims are specially targeted by
Assad.
In an attempt at mass murder. Assad's helicopters dropped a
dozen barrels on one village alone, Hobait in southern
Idlib.
More than 2000 armored vehicles from Assad's Iranian and
"hizbullah" have deployed at the borders of Idlib province.
The population has started fleeing to the north of Idlib.
More than 400 have left Jisr as-Shughur alone.
September 9. US air force is bombing Islamic State vehicles
near the oil well and IS enclaves on the southern
Euphrates.
In the villages of eastern Deir ez Zor province, Islamic
State is carrying out an unusual campaign. It is
distributing flyers warning citizens not to accept high
paying jobs being offered by the US to join SDF [Communist
Kurds]. ISIS flages are being set up, some of them mined to
stop removal. Several SDF soldiers have been killed.
A vast US military base is emerging near Hajin and large SDF
forces have been mobilized by the Americans with heavy
weapons to overwhelm IS defenses.
In the desert area adjoining Suwaida province, Assad
regime's "Hizbullah" troops are trying to advance against
the Islamic State defenses in the Tlul al-Safa area. They
killed 11 IS fighters and suffered 5 killed and 25
injured.
September 8. Following two weeks of shelling of Muslim
villages by Assad's troops, an armed Muslim group hit the
Christian village of Mahardah which supports Assad. They
missed their targets and killed 10 civilians.
Also September 8 in Qamashili city [Hasakeh province] which
is divided, Kurdish and Assad groups fought killing 13 of
Assad's and 7 of Kurdish militia .
September 7. IS cells are infiltrating into Al-Raqqa and
al-Tabaqa which were once IS centers. Several SDF have been
killed by the infiltrators. 25 Muslim women are doing a sit
down strike in front of SDF headquarters protesting the
arrests of their males who are suspected of being
pro-IS.
In Aleppo city a military supporter of Assad raped a child
and was then shot and killed by an unknown gunman.
[Iran's leader has stated that it supports Assad's attack on
Idlib province.]
[Sources: SOHR, Reuters, al Jazeera and wire services.]
Iraq
Violence in Basra. IS sets oil line on fire. Iran fires 7
missiles.
On Frida, September 7, Iraqi protestors set the Iranian
Consulate in Basra on fire. In clashes with the police, 15
people were killed and 68 injured.
The regime PM said that if the situation does not improve,
armed conflict would result.
The latest is that the regime's headquarters have also been
set on fire in Basra.
More than 6000 people are now reported sick from polluted
water supply. Facilities have broken down in toto.
In the northern border with Iranian Kurdistan, Iran fired 7
missiles at Kurdish leadership opposed to Iran. 11 were
killed and 50 injured.
The Baghdad regime has protested to Iran.
In the Kirkuk area, ISIS set the oil pipeline on fire. After
2 days, it is stlll burning.
ISIS is carrying out pin prick attacks on the regime in the
north and west.
Afghanistan
US Seeking a Way out. Islamic Strikes closing down
Regime
On September 7, US Defense Secretary arrived in Kabul
looking for a way out of an unwinnable war.
In the meantime Taliban fighters overran a regime military
base in Baghlan province.
Kabul is in chaos as a human bomber struck marchers walking
in honor of Ahmed Shah Masood. Scores were killed and
wounded.
Earlier a young ISIS bomber struck a Shi'ite wrestling
center killing 40 and injuring 90.
Afghan Shi'tes are reportedly targeted because they supply
armed militias to Assad's regime in Syria.
Earlier, September 4, a Taliban infiltrator shot dead a US
trooper, highly decorated, from West Virginia. He wasb
training Afghan police.
News Within the U.S.
Activists disrupt Hindu supremacist conclave in Chicago,
evoke violent reaction from extremists
Anti-fascists slogans call for a stop to Hindu fascism
during plenary session of World Hindu Congress
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
September 9, 2018
The Alliance for Justice and Accountability (AJA), an
umbrella organization of progressive South Asian groups
across the United States in coordination with the local
community, today lauded the activists who disrupted the
plenary session of the World Hindu Congress, a conclave
convened by organizations aligned with the Hindu supremacist
ideology that is spearheading the violation of human rights
and religious freedom of minorities in India.
The event has been deeply mired in controversy since the
Alliance for Justice and Accountability, along with a wide
range of Indian diaspora organizations have denounced it as
an attempt to mainstream Hindu fascism in the United States.
Congresswoman Tulsi Gabbard who had initially agreed to
chair the three day Congress severed all connections with
the event.
On Friday evening, several young activists from Chicago
South Asians for Justice raised signs and called out, "RSS
Turn Around, We don't want you in Our Town," and "Stop Hindu
Fascism." Some conference attendees erupted in a violent
rage, spitting on the protesters, shoving them to the floor,
and choking one of them. Two protesters were arrested and
charged with trespass and disorderly conduct, while one
conference attendee was charged with battery. "We endured
extremely violent and demeaning behavior from a bunch of
self-righteous Hindutva fanatics who refuse to acknowledge
their complicity in promoting and furthering fascism. Their
response is indicative of their fascist mindset that brooks
no dissent, and we refuse to allow it to be promulgated in
our state without a fight," said one of the protesters who
courted arrest.
"This is deeply significant," said Nesamani Rajamani of AJA.
"These young leaders did what Congressman Raja
Krishnamoorthi could not, which is to speak truth to power.
This courageous act confronting hate on its own ground is
the first direct action against caste in the diaspora. The
brave hearts made a choice as people of conscience to stand
up to Hindu Fascism and Brahminsm, and we believe that as
long as the RSS and the Sangh continue to go after Dalit
Bahujan peoples, people of conscience will stand up and
resist together," added Mr. Rajamani.
Earlier on Friday, a truck bearing billboard size messages
"Boycott World Hindu Congress" drove around the Lombard
area. Hindutva is the term for a politicized ideology of
Hindu ethno-nationalism associated with brutal violence
toward India's minority communities, particularly Dalits
(those previously designated "untouchable" by the
traditional caste system) and Muslims, as well as Sikhs,
Buddhists, Christians, and secular critics. Some of the most
virulent hatemongers of Hindutva are featured speakers at
the WHC, such as RSS chief Mohan Rao Bhagwat and UP chief
minister Yogi Adityanath, both of whom have a long public
record of advancing misogyny, hate crimes and attacks on
minorities, as well as assurances of impunity for its
perpetrators.
On Saturday, AJA held a protest outside the conference
venue, with the stated goal of "standing in solidarity with
our sisters and brothers in India who are fighting against
the #HIndutva rule and will not be silent in the face of mob
lynchings, rapes, murders, and the targeting of our leaders
and academics."
AJA's Ashwin Khobragade said, "Antifascists in the South
Asian diaspora who care about racial and caste justice, and
who disagree with the blanket criminalization of Muslims,
have to be no less vigilant in standing against the VHP and
RSS than we do against American neo-nazi, white supremacist,
and ethno-nationalist groups. The time has come to organize,
unite, and to win".
While the WHC promotes its agenda as "a global platform for
Hindus" to network, inspire and strategize for "the common
good," its true agenda is to advance the jaundiced view of
the world espoused by the VHP of America, American branch of
the India-based Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP); the Hindu
Swayamsevak Sangh, American branch of the Rashtriya
Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS), which was founded under the
inspiration of Nazism; and the Hindu American Foundation
(HAF). These groups are also affiliated with the ruling
nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), under whose rule
since 2014 there have been over a hundred lynchings of
Dalits, adivasis and Muslims, often using the dog whistle of
"cow protection."
Calling for a boycott of the event, AJA engaged in outreach
to a number of US politicians including Tulsi Gabbard, Ash
Kalra, Jay Chaudhuri and Raja Krishnamoorthy, who had
initially been slated to participate under the guise of
cultural pluralism and interfaith harmony. After learning of
the partisan and extremist nature of the event, Gabbard,
Kalra and Chaudhuri severed their connections with it. In a
separate development, The Council of Islamic Organizations
of Greater Chicago condemned the appearance of fascists
speakers at the conference.
Krishnamoorthi did attend, chairing a panel on political
leadership, but indicated that he wishes to hold a meeting
with Muslim groups in his constituency who have expressed
their deep objections to his support for anti-Muslim
activities in India. South Asian Americans Leading Together
(SAALT) has issued a statement taking Krishnamoorthi to task
for sharing a platform with RSS ideologues and rescinding
their offer to him to speak at their Congressional Briefing
on hate violence and post-9/11 policies.
AJA has launched a twitter campaign #StopHinduFascism, to
shed light on the violence and demand accountability from
speakers and sponsors of the event. The impact of the
twitterstorm awoke many Americans to the rising issues of
#HinduFascism in the world.
Contact:
The Alliance for Justice and Accountability
Phone/fax: 1-800-839-7270
Email: stophindufascism@protonmail.com
Thought....
Another False Holocaust Witness: Officially Sanctioned Fraud
at Dachau
Institute for Historical Review
http://www.ihr.org/jhr/v19/v19n2p60_Weber.html
Each year many thousands of tourists visit the site of the
notorious Dachau concentration camp in southern Germany, not
far from Munich. They see the crematory, the memorial
shrines, and the museum. And in recent years, as an almost
daily fixture, they see Martin Zaidenstadt. This elderly
Jewish man lectures visitors to Dachau on his experiences as
a wartime prisoner there. He is particularly passionate
about the horrors of the camp's gas chamber where, he
explains, many prisoners were put to death with poison gas
... His story of Dachau internment is a fraud. He probably
never visited the camp until the 1990s, says Ryback, and his
tales of gas chamber killings are untrue.
Guidance by Sis. Yasmin
*SHAYTAN'S TRICKS TO PREVENT US FROM DOING
WHAT ALLAH {Azza Wa Jall} LOVES*~
{ADMIRING ONESELF AFTER DOING GOOD DEED
(?)}~{QURAN~'DUAS'~HADITH}
Courtesy ~ Sis Yasmin ~
'Bismillahir Rahmanir Raheem'.
'Assalamu Alaikum wa Rahmatullahi
Wa Barkatuh'.
~Admiring Oneself After Doing a Good Deed~
If a person feels self admiration after
doing something good or fears that he may show off,
he should ward that off and resist it by seeking refuge with
ALLAH from it, by saying...
"Allaahumma inni a'oodhu bika an ushrika bika wa ana a'lam,
wa'staghfiruka lima laa a'lam "
Translation :
{"O Allaah, I seek refuge with you from knowingly
associating
anything with You, and I seek Your forgiveness for that of
which
I am unaware}"
Prophet (sallallaahu 'alayhi wa sallaam) said
These kind of feelings happen to everyone,
but you have to try to be sincere towards Allaah,
seek His forgiveness, and remember that
there is no strength and no power except with ALLAH!
if it were not for the help of Allaah,
you would not have been able to do this good deed,
so to Allaah be praise in the beginning
and at the end.
The Prophet (sallallaahu 'alayhi wa sallaam).
said to Mu'aadh ibn Jabal (r.a.)
"O Mu'aadh, by Allaah indeed I love you,
and I advise you, O Mu'aadh,
do not forget at the end of every prayer to say....
* Allaahumma a'inni 'ala Dhikrika
wa Shukrika wa Husni 'Ibaaditika.*
Translation:
"O Allaah help me to remember You,
give Thanks to You and Worship You in the best way."
{ Source~Narrated by Ahmad, Abu Dawood, al-Nasaa'i,
and others ~it is 'Saheeh'~.}
Do not forego doing good deeds for fear of showing off,
because this is one of the tricks that the Shaytaan uses to
weaken people's resolve and stop them from doing things that
Allaah loves and is pleased with...{!}
As for merely feeling happy that one has done a good
deed,
this does not contradict sincerity and faith.
for ALLAH (Azza Wa Jall) says....
"Say: "In the Bounty of Allâh,
and in His Mercy
(i.e. Islâm and the Qur'ân)
therein let them rejoice."
That is better than the wealth they amass"
[Source ~ Qur'aan~ Surat Yunus 10~ A # 58]
Prophet (sallallaahu 'alayhi wa Sallam)said....
If he attains guidance, faith and righteous deeds,
and the mercy resulting from what overwhelms
him and he feels joy and success as a result.
Hence Allaah commanded us to rejoice over
such things.
Prophet (sallallaahu 'alayhi wa sallam). said....
"If your good deeds make you happy and your bad deeds make
you sad, then you are a believer."
{Source~Narrated by Ahmad, Ibn Majaah and others from the
Hadeeth of Abu Umaamah }( Saheeh Hadeeth)
By the same token, if people praise you for your good
deed,
then this is a portion of the glad tidings of the
Hereafter,
which ALLAH gives a person in this world.
The Messenger of Allaah
(sallallaahu 'alayhi wa sallam) was asked....
"What do you think if a man does a good deed
and the people praise him for it?"
he answered....
"That is the portion of the glad tidings for
the believer which he is given in this world."
{ Source~Narrated by Muslim from the Hadeeth of Abu
Hurayrah
(may Allaah be pleased with him)}
So this praise is a sign that ALLAH is pleased with him
and loves him, so He makes him dear to other people.
A Little Note....
We ask ALLAH [Azza Wa Jall] to make our intentions
and deeds right for HIM .
"In Shaa Allah"~'Aameen'.
~'Salaams' to all ~
Courtesy ~ Sis Yasmin ~
* Allaahumma a'inni 'ala Dhikrika
wa Shukrika wa Husni 'Ibaaditika.*
[Reference: Masaa'il wa Rasaa'il by Muhammad al-Mahmood
al-Najdi, Page # 21]
VIEWPOINT
[Pro-India regime trying to crush opposition leader.]
[Courtesy: Abdul Hannan.]
Punish me as much as you want
Frail-looking Khaleda tells special court at jail 'there is
no justice here'; next hearing set for Sept 12-13
In this Star file photo, BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia appears
before a Dhaka court in connection with Zia Charitable Trust
and Zia orphanage graft cases.
Khaleda taken to courtroom inside jail in a
wheelchair
None of her counsels present in 30-min
proceedings
She says she is sick, "cannot come here [court]
every day"
BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia yesterday expressed a lack of
confidence in the special court trying the Zia Charitable
Trust graft case against her after she was produced before
it inside the old Dhaka central jail.
"There is no justice here. Punish me as much as you want,
punish me for as long as you want," Khaleda told the
makeshift court inside the jail where she has been serving
time in another graft case for around seven months.
Earlier in February, the same court sentenced her to five
years' imprisonment in the Zia Orphanage graft case.
Khaleda, who was brought to the court in a wheelchair, said
"I cannot come here every day as I am very sick. I know this
court will not deliver justice. If you see my medical
report, you will understand how sick I am.
"If I sit here for long, my legs will swell. None of my
senior lawyers is here. If I had known this earlier, I would
not have come here..
"This court cannot run like this."
The BNP chief's lawyers boycotted yesterday's proceedings,
protesting the shifting of the court to the old central jail
from Alia Madrasa premises in Old Dhaka.
Contribution from a Reader
I Have a Split Personality:
By
Waheeduddin Ahmed {Milwaukee, Wisconsin]
I exist in two forms:
One form is your perception of me and your memories thereof.
There is a barrier between me and your perception of me. I
cannot see what you have seen.
The other form of me is my consciousness, which is
independent of your perception of me. You are excluded from
this domain. It consists of my own perceptions, how I have
looked at the world, my emotions and my reactions, what I
have thought of you for instance, my memories of my dead
parents and how I have rewound those memories. All this is
hidden from you and lives only in my consciousness.
So, what happens to these two forms after I die? You can
perhaps make a video of me during my life time and look at
it whenever you want and keep the memory alive. Moreover,
you can embalm my body and preserve it in a mausoleum like
Lenin's and make me physically present for posterity. But I
am not in it. I have left.
My other form, my consciousness, has left my body. Where is
it? Has it been deleted from the world of existence or does
it exist on a different plane? I do not know and shall not
know until that moment arrives.
That will be the moment when the curtain is lifted. Then I
shall know but you will not, since I shall not return to
tell you whether or not my consciousness is alive after you
have perceived me as dead. So long!
September 5, 2018
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