The Prophet (ﷺ) said, "Allah has forbidden you (1) to
be undutiful to your mothers (2) to withhold (what you
should give) or (3) demand (what you do not deserve), and
(4) to bury your daughters alive. And Allah has disliked
that you (1) talk too much about others; (2) that you ask
too many questions; (3)or that you waste your property."
Sahih al-Bukhari 5975
[With thanks to Sis. Kristi]
[With thanks to Sis. Yasmin.]
China's Latest Move to Destroy Islam
Practicing Islam is forbidden in parts of China, with
individuals caught praying, fasting, growing a beard or
wearing a hijab facing arrest.
China has passed a new law that seeks to "Sinicize" Islam
within the next five years, the latest move by Beijing to
rewrite how the religion is practised.
China's main English newspaper, Global Times, reported on
Saturday that after a meeting with representatives from
eight Islamic associations, government officials "agreed to
guide Islam to be compatible with socialism and implement
measures to Sinicize the religion".
The newspaper did not provide further details or the names
of the associations that agreed to the decree.
China has embarked on an aggressive "Sinification" campaign
in recent years with faith groups that were largely
tolerated in the past seeing their freedoms shrink under
Chinese President Xi Jinping, China's most powerful leader
since Mao Zedong.
Practicing Islam has been made forbidden in parts of China,
with individuals caught praying, fasting, growing a beard or
wearing a hijab, facing the threat of arrest.
According to the UN, more than one million Uighur Muslims
are estimated to be held in internment camps where they are
forced to denounce the religion and pleadge allegiance to
the officially atheist ruling Communist Party.
Rights groups have accused China of engaging in a campaign
of ethnic cleansing. In August, a Washington Post editorial
said the world "can't ignore" the campaign against
Muslims.
Islamic crescents and domes have been stripped from mosques,
and according to the Associated Press news agency, religious
schools and Arabic classes have been banned and children
barred from participating in Muslim activities.
China has rejected the criticism, saying it protects the
religion and culture of its minorities.
However, in the past week alone, authorities in China's
Yunnan province, which borders Mynamar, have closed three
mosques established by the marginalised Hui Muslim ethnic
minority, the South China Morning Post has reported.
comments:
Western countries and now China are all trying to change
Islam to their own version of what they want and they're
using Munafiq (fake Muslims) to help them.
"They plot and plan, and Allah too plans; but the best of
planners is Allah." (Quran 8:30)
Sinicize - Sinicization, sinicisation, sinofication, or
sinification is a process whereby non-Chinese societies come
under the influence of Chinese culture, particularly Han
Chinese culture and societal norms.
Falls Church, Virginia
Impressive Distribution of 7-page Jamaat al-Muslimeen
Document to 200 Muslims
On January 11, 2019, after Juma' at Darul Hijra masjid in
northern Virginia [Falls Church] 200 Muslims were given a
7-page Islamic document ;produced by Jamaat
al-Muslimeen.
The document was well received and only two people showed
dislike.
Here is an outline of the contents of the 7-pager"
Jamaat al-Muslimeen shoora resolutions calling on
Muslims"
To support Islamic political prisoners.
To support migrant caravans coming to the USA.
To support critics of Israel.
To support Africa particularly Ethiopia-Eritrea
unity
To support children in Gambia, Ethiopia and other
countries.
To oppose police shootings.
to oppose Israel and Saudi atrocitie, particularly
Israeli attacks on Gaza and the murder of Kashhoggi.
To oppose all tyrants and occupiers, particularly in
Syria, Iraq Afghanistan, Egypt and Somalia.
To condemn the destruction of Muslim cities, Aleppo,
Raqqa and Mosul.
To condemn the slaughter of civilians in Deir ez Zor by
US air force.
Report on the Jamaat Shoora meeting led by Dr. Kaukab
Siddique with important presentatio0ns by Br. Kalem, Br. Br.
Abu Talib, Sis. Ayesha and Sis. Ashira.
Latest war news from Syria, Afghanistan, Somalia and
Iraq.
An independent and impartial commission should investigate
the serious allegations of abuses in the Bangladesh
elections, Human Rights Watch said today. The allegations
include attacks on opposition party members, voter
intimidation, vote rigging, and partisan behavior by
election officials in the pre-election period and on
election day.
After a campaign marred by violence, mass arrests of the
opposition, and a crackdown on free speech, the election
commission announced that the ruling Awami League won the
December 30, 2018 election, returning Prime Minister Sheikh
Hasina to a third consecutive term, with the ruling party
winning 288 of the 298 parliamentary seats contested. The
prime minister said the election was "free and fair," while
the opposition described the election as "farcical."
"The pre-election period was characterized by violence and
intimidation against the opposition, attacks on opposition
campaign events, and the misuse of laws to limit free
speech," said Brad Adams, Asia director at Human Rights
Watch. "Reports of ballot stuffing, intimidation of voters,
and ruling party control of voting locations on election day
mean that an independent and impartial commission should be
formed to determine the extent of the violations."
Thousands of opposition supporters were arrested before the
election, and journalists described having to censor their
reporting for fear of arrest and violence. The Bangladesh
Telecommunication Regulatory Commission required all
telecommunication operators to shut down 3G and 4G internet
services ahead of the election, preventing communication and
information sharing. At least 17 people were killed in
violence related to the voting on election day.
Sudan
Demonstrations are continuing in Sudan. They started with
opposition to rising prices but now have turned into demands
for the removal of the dictator Bashir.
Tanzania
Growing resistance to American support for homosex has led
to Tanzania's ruling against this deviance. It is now
punishable with imprisonment for many years.
Editorial
[Saudi Arabia is doing serious damage to the
message of Islam. The oppression in Saudi Arabia is so
serious that women are fleeing
the country even at the risk of their lives. They will be
used by the enemies of Islam.]
Does Islam say that the Wife Should Obey the Husband? Why
are Marriages under Stress?
by Kaukab Siddique, PhD
Several readers and listeners (to my presentations on women
and islam) have pointed to certain lists and posts which are
propagating the claim that according to Islam, the wife
should Obey the husband. These scholars are saying that if a
wife leaves the house for any reason, she must ask her
husband's permission.
Answer by Br. Kaukab Siddique: We must realize that
according to the Qur'an, authority belongs to ALLAH ALONE.
[1] Any attempt to give authority to any human being is
SHIRK, which is the only sin Allah does not forgive.
The Qur'an is a progressive revelation which went through
stages of development of the Muslim woman and the Muslim
male. In the final analysis, male-female relations in Islam
are based on TAQWA [Fear of Allah, God-conscious behavior],
not on gender. [2]
In the FINAL revelation about men and women, the Qur'an
proclaimed without ambiguity that the believing men and
women are EACH OTHER'S protecting friends and guardians, not
the woman under the domain of the male. [3]
The Qur'an proclaimed the EQUALITY of men and women even in
such an advanced, complex and cooperative venture as
jihad.[4]
Allah Almighty categorically places women TOGETHER in ALL
aspects of Islamic endeavor, without the slightest shade of
inferiority for women. [5]
The Prophet Muhammad, pbuh, took an oath of allegiance from
women which covered their entire existence but does not
include obedience to the husband. [6]
In the earliest stage of the Muslim community in Madinah,
Muslim men were given the authority to discipline their
wives in cases of sexual misconduct [without causing any
significant hurt], but this was taken away at the next stage
when in cases of alleged sexual misconduct, all that a man
could do was to swear that he was telling the truth. If the
wife took a similar oath, the marriage would be dissolved.
[7] Most apologist Muslims focus on this early development
in Islam and ignore the rest of the Qur'an.
So, if obedience to the husband is not a part of Islam, how
should the family be organized? Wouldn't there be chaos if
there is no "captain" of the team? This argument ignores the
Islamic principle of organization which is called SHOORA or
mutual consultation leading to decision making based on
discussion, consent and consensus. There is a chapter of the
Qur'an titled Shoora. Allah ordains in this chapter that ALL
matters of Muslim activity must be carried out by mutual
consultation and consent. [9] Even the Prophet, pbuh,
divinely inspired as he was, received the command to consult
with the believers. [10]
Maulana Maudoodi's tafsir [commentary] on the verse of
Shoora is the best among all tafsirs. Here is the key
excerpt:
"...Mutual consultation [shoora] is an essential requirement
of the moral character Islam wants to teach the human being.
Evasion of shoora is a major immorality which islam can
never permit. The Islamic way of life requires that the
principle of shoora should be used in all social
relationships, big or small. In domestic life, the husband
and the wife should do mutual shoora and when children grow
up, they too should be included in the family shoora. When
matters of the entire extended family are involved, all the
sane and adult family members should be involved. If an
entire tribe or clan is to be affected and all of them
cannot be in the shoora process, by an agreed upon method
their representatives should be included in a tribal majlis.
If an entire nation is involved, the leader of the nation
should be chosen by the will of the people and should manage
national affairs with the help of the shoora members whom
the nation considers trustworthy...." [Tafhimul Qur'an,
vol.4, p.509]
In Islam, the husband and the wife are each others' friends
and comrades. It's not a relationship of dominance and
submission. Communication and discussion are the keys to
successful Islamic marriage. Attempts at dominance and
control are bound to create stress and the slow
deterioration of the relationship, however well it might
have started.
Men often do not listen to the nuances of what the wife
says. Muhammad, pbuh, did. Women communicate differently
from men. The Prophet, pbuh, knew that. Let's follow his
example. If one searches in ALL of Hadith literature, with a
fine tooth comb, one won't find him (pbuh) , trying to
suppress and subordinate 'Ayesha, r.a., or any other
woman.
Textual notes: [Emphasis added.]
"Say: For me, I have an obvious sign from my Lord, but
you reject it. What you would see hastened is not in my
power. Authority belongs to Allah alone. He declares the
Truth, and He is the best of Judges." [The Qur'an 6:57.]
"Men are then returned to Allah, their Protector, the
Reality. Authority belongs to Him Alone. and He is the
swiftest in taking account." [6:62]
[Yusuf, pbuh, said] "If not Him, ye worship nothing but
names which ye have named - ye and your fathers - for which
Allah has sent you no ruling: Authority is for None but
Allah; He has commanded that ye worship none but Him; that
is the right religion but most people understand not."
[12:40]
[Jacob, pbuh, said] "O my sons! enter not all by one gate:
enter ye by different gates. Not that I can benefit you
against Allah! None has authority other than Allah. On Him
do I put my trust, and let all that trust put their trust on
Him." [12:67.]
"And He is Allah: there is no god but He! To Him be praise
at the first and at the last! To Him belongs Authority and
to Him shall ye all be brought back." [28:70]
[Notice that even Prophets like Jacob and Yusuf have no
authority. There is no question of an ordinary person like
the husband having authority.]
[Some translators use the word "command' for hukm or
Authority but that is an incorrect translation. Command is
'Amr. However hukm has other uses too depending on the
Qur'anic context.]
"O mankind! We created you from male and female and made
you into nations and tribes, that ye may know each other.
Surely the noblest of you with Allah are the ones among you
who are best in conduct [taqwa]. Surely Allah is All
Knowing, Aware." [49:13]
"The believers, men and women are protectors and
guardians [awliyya] of each other. They enjoin what is just
and fobid what is evil: they establish prayer , give zakat
regularly, and they obey Allah and His messenger. On them
will Allah pour His mercy, for Allah is Exalted in Power,
Wise. Allah has promised the believers, men and women,
gardens under which rivers flow, to dwell therein, and
beautiful mansions, in Gardens of everlasting bliss. But the
greatest Bliss is the Pleasure of [acceptance by] Allah.
That is the supreme felicity." [9:71-72]
[Commentators agree that these were the final verses
revealed on this subject.]
"And their Lord has accepted of them and answered them:
'Never will I allow to be lost the efforts of any of you, be
ye male or female: Ye are from each other. Those [men and
women] who left their homes, or have been driven out from
there or suffered injuries in My cause, or fought or been
slain, - surely I will blot out from their sins and admit
them into Gardens with rivers flowing beneath, - a reward
from the presence of Allah, and from His Presence is the
best of rewards.' " [3:195]
The Qur'an 33:35
60:12
4:34. Modernists have expended much energy on this verse,
in trying to change its meaning. They forgot that the Qur'an
was revealed progressively over two decades. If this
progression is not taken into account, one can be involved
in tahrif [distortion] of the Qur'an, a deadly sin. For
instance, see the next development of the husband-wife
relationship in 24:6-9, where the husband is no longer
called on to discipline his wife. [Islam followed a similar
progression in dealing with intoxicants, interest and
jihad.]
Used in a separate article
The Qur'an, chapter 42, verse 38.
PAKISTAN
Kashmir is a central issue.
Rule of Law is needed in tribal areas.
Rs. 56 billion with PPP.
by Qaiser Sharif.
LAHORE, Jan. 12; The central Shoora of the Jamaat e Islami
has called upon the government to give top priority to the
Kashmir issue and approach the world community after India's
repeated refusal to hold talks.
The Shoora said that since New Delhi had time and again
violated the Simla agreement, a meeting of the UN Security
Council should be called to discuss the situation in
occupied Kashmir. It further suggested that a special
meeting of the OIC or Foreign Ministers conference be
convened in order to intensify diplomatic pressure on
India.
The JI central body said that Azad Kashmir and Gilgit and
Baltistan were a part of the base camp for the Kashmir
liberation movement. Therefore, these areas should be
provided authority and funds under the constitution to
motivate them to play their role in this respect. Both these
areas should be provided more funds for development,
Especially, the amount of Rs. 56 billion transferred for the
quake affected people during the PPP government should be
immediately released to facilitate the construction and
rehabilitation of the infrastructure and educational and
health institutions.
The Shoora condemned the repeated unprovoked firing by India
at the working boundary and the Ceasefire line and called
upon the government to take necessary steps for the security
of the citizens on the border.
Through yet another resolution, the JI Shoora urged the
government to provide a judicial system to the people in the
former tribal areas and also extend the police system to the
area. It also exhorted the government to fulfill its promise
of providing one hundred billion annually and three per cent
of the NFC to open the door of development of the tribal
areas.
War News
Afghanistan
January 13, 2019. According to the Tribune News Service,
Taliban are attacking regime forces in and around Balkh,
Takhar, Baghlan, Kunduz and Sar=e-Pul provinces. Stars and
Stripes [US military paper] reports Taliban have captured
"several villages, destroyed several bases, took weapons and
ammo and killed/wounded 150 regime troops" as claimed by
Taliban.
Nigeria
Impressive IS Victory in northern Nigeria
According to residents fleeing from the town of Baga, on
Lake Chad, Islamic State fighters destroyed the naval base
located on the lake and raised the IS flag on the town.
Prayers in the mosque were led an IS commander and the
gathering included IS fighters.
The Nigerian has lost heavily as can be noted here:
"The fighters identified themselves as being members of the
Islamic State's West Africa Province (Iswap), an IS
affiliate which has distanced itself from Boko Haram, the
main insurgent group in north-eastern Nigeria.
"The militants had captured heavy armored tanks, boats and a
large cache of weapons during the raid on the military and
naval bases, other residents said. "The military base was
the local headquarters of the multinational task force,
which includes troops from neighboring states fighting the
militants, the residents added."Some troops fled with
civilians, as the militants stormed the town, in
north-eastern Borno state, on Wednesday night, the residents
said." [BBC report.]
The fighters left last week after Nigerian air strikes.
Iraq
January 13
IS kidnapped 3 businessmen supporting the regime in the Tuz
Kharmatou area and released them
after extracting $30000 ransom from them.
A large bomb attack caused multiple casualties in al-Qaim
near the border. Reuters figures:
3 killed 23 wounded.
Scattered fighting and air strikes in the Kirkuk and Diyala
provinces.
Both Iran and US are supporting the regime and their
tensions are rising,
Syria
Heavy Fighting along Euphrates east bank. Civilians fleeing:
Tahrir [al-Nusra] becomes major force facing Assad
military.
Rainstorms Sweep refugee camps.
January 7 to January 13, 2019. SDF [Communist Kurds] with
US-British-French air support are continuing their steady
advance east of and around Hajin on the east bank of the
Euphrates river. Civilians, children, women and older men,
are fleeing the area in large numbers. Some members of ISIS
mixing with the refugees were captured by SDF.
The US coalition air forces have inflicted heavy casualties
on Islamic State fighters.
However, on January 11, Islamic State fighters
counterattacked and took back the towns of al-BughazFoqani
and al-Susa. They are holding back SDF's armored columns
with the use of mines, booby trapped vehicles and human
bombers. According to SOHR, IS also has weapon manufacturing
local facilities.
In the northwest, after week long clashes between
pro-Turkish Ahrar al-Sham and National Liberation group on
one side and Tahrir al-Sham [al- Nusra, affiliated at one
time with al-Qaida] on the other side, Tahrir now has 80% of
the territory liberated from Assad, about 7200 square
kilometers.
Both SDF and pro-Turkish FSA are pulling back from Manbig
[north central Syria] so as not to get into conflict with
each other, as requested by USA.
In southern Syria [Deraa], Assad's terror groups are hunting
for individuals suspected of opposition to the regime.
News Within the U.S.
A joyous meeting with Native American groups celebrating
their culture with Pow Wow.
Commanche and Sioux tribes were represented, and there was a
large display of Native American cultural exhibits.
Dr. Kaukab Siddique and his wife met various participants in
the groups that were playing the traditional drums and songs
of the Native Americans; very sad, but at the same time,
hopeful.
This land belongs to the Native Americans, and what happened
to them is a long and tragic history.
Crime is rampant in America.
Man who kidnapped 13 year old girl and killed her parents,
is apprehended.
Teacher Kristin Kasinskas was at her home, in Gordon, Wis.,
on Thursday afternoon when a neighbor started frantically
knocking on her door.
The neighbor had been walking her dog in the area, a
subdivision known as Eau Claire Acres, when a teenager girl
came up to her in the cold and asked for help. The girl was
Jayme Closs, who had been missing since October, when her
parents were found dead, having been shot and killed in
their home in Barron, Wis., about an hour away.
Introduction: He was able to break the
biggest hoax of the 20th century.
Robert Faurisson - A Long View
By Arthur R. Butz
Great men do not need praise as much as they need an
understanding of what they have done. I believe I have known
Robert Faurisson longer than any other person currently
active in 'Holocaust' revisionism, except for one relative
of his, so it is incumbent on me to attempt to provide a
long view of his work and the problem of its
appreciation.
I Make the Acquaintance of Robert Faurisson
After my book The Hoax of the Twentieth Century was first
published in 1976, I received many letters from people, most
of whom I have forgotten and who did not sustain their
interest. Among these communications was a letter from a
French literature professor I had never heard of. I
corresponded with this Robert Faurisson for almost a year
with somewhat mixed thoughts about him. On the one hand, it
was clear that he was very active in researching the subject
of our mutual interest. On the other hand, he had no
finished work or even manuscript to show me. He said he
intended to publish a book entitled Le Mythe des Chambres à
Gaz Hitlériennes, but activity, wishes, and intentions do
not equal results, as I have observed countless times as a
professional academic. This failure to show me evidence of
significant work in 1976 is the major theme that I shall
develop here; it is a key to understanding the problem of
appreciating his work.
In the summer of 1977, I visited with him in Paris for a few
days. That meeting with him was not the reason I went to
Paris. During that trip, the principal points of my
itinerary consisted in a visit to my publisher in Brighton,
England, then a visit to Udo Walendy in Vlotho, Germany.
Walendy was the distributor/translator of the German
translation of my book. Beyond that, I had an intention to
visit Wilhelm Stäglich in Hamburg and Robert Graham in Rome.
Paris, mid-way between Brighton and Vlotho, was of interest
to me mainly because I wanted to inquire into certain
documents said to be held at the Centre de Documentation
Juive Contemporaine (CDJC).[1] In addition, there was a man
in Paris interested in publishing a French translation of my
book.
Meeting Faurisson was not a principal concern of mine at the
time, and it may be that his eagerness to be hospitable to
me had a lot to do with my agreeing to meet him. As I left
England and headed toward Paris, I must have wondered if
this man would be worth any of my time. Though he professed
great interest in the subject matter and even expended great
energy pursuing it, he seemed to have made no significant
contributions.
Faurisson had indicated to me earlier in our correspondence
that he had written some letters, which caused angry and
stupid reactions from some quarters. For example, his
letters raising earnest questions about the alleged gas
chambers, and requesting earnest replies resulted in
accusations that he denied the existence of the camps. When
I met him in 1977, there had been a recent column in Le
Monde by Pierre Viansson-Ponté, criticizing the French
version of the booklet Did Six Million Really Die?, and
Faurisson attempted to publish a rebuttal there.[2]
My apprehensions concerning Faurisson were justified but
were quickly dispelled. Faurisson was a regular researcher
at the CDJC, and he took me there. I remember the lady at
the reception desk when we entered together. She stared at
me incredulously, pointed to Faurisson, and asked "Vous êtes
avec Monsieur?" (Are you with this man?)
In our conversations, Robert described his work to me. He
had interviewed Otto Frank, father of Anne Frank, and done
additional work on that subject. He had visited Auschwitz,
and he showed me engineering plans of crematoria, which he
had obtained there and which he was not to publish until
several years later. I realized that this man was
resourceful and serious indeed. Bear in mind that my
conversations with Robert are now being recollected after 26
years, and it may be that he showed me more of his work.
After I returned home in September 1977, I continued my
correspondence with Robert with new respect. I may have been
the only person in the world at that time who had any
comprehension of his work. Faurisson continued his letter
writing and attempts to publish an article of decent length
and breadth expressing his views. As of mid-1978, he was
unsuccessful in the latter, but in June 1978, he was able to
publish a short article in Maurice Bardèche's obscure
neo-fascist Défense de l'Occident.[3]
Robert Faurisson Becomes a Public Figure
In late 1978, there were two interesting developments in
Europe. In Germany, Hellmut Diwald published his thick tome
Geschichte der Deutschen (History of the Germans), which had
a few pages that seemed to have an unacknowledged dependence
on my book. Diwald's book did not last long in that form. As
many copies as possible were recalled and the revisionist
pages were replaced with politically acceptable ones.[4]
In France, the weekly L'Express published an interview, in
its issue of 28 Oct. - 4 Nov. 1978, with Louis Darquier de
Pellepois, who had been in charge of the Jewish policy of
the Vichy regime during the German occupation. Darquier
asserted that the only creatures gassed at Auschwitz had
been lice and that the 6 million legend was "An invention
pure and simple. A Jewish invention." Of course there was a
great uproar, but Darquier's enemies were frustrated by the
fact that he was long and safely established in Spain. A
substitute villain had to be found. Faurisson became the
target.[5] A vicious campaign against Faurisson ensued, but
a consequence was that Faurisson was able to publish a well
researched article in Le Monde (29 Dec. 1978).
Faurisson thus as a vicarious target became a public figure.
In this he was handicapped by the fact that there existed no
substantial corpus of writings of his that could accurately
represent his views against the distortions of his enemies.
In contrast, I remained silent until my book was published
in 1976 so that, when the storm broke around me in early
1977, I was satisfactorily represented in print.
Faurisson In Print at Last
At my urging, Faurisson was invited to speak at the first
conference of the newly-founded Institute for Historical
Review (IHR) in California, held in September 1979. At about
the same time, the Italian popular history magazine Storia
Illustrata carried an interview with Faurisson.[6] This
interview was quite fair to him, but an interview is seldom
an effective way to present one's views, as the journalist
chooses what is to be discussed. Happily, the IHR
established its new Journal of Historical Review in 1980,
and Faurisson gained an English language outlet for his work
that served well for about twenty years.
About simultaneously some of Faurisson's research became
directly available to the French public in a book formally
authored by Serge Thion, entitled Vérité historique ou
vérité politique? Le dossier de l'affaire Faurisson. La
question des chambres à gaz., published in 1980 by the small
leftist house La Vieille Taupe, Paris. In this book, which I
have cited above, Thion related in detail the 1974-1980
events surrounding Faurisson.
However, Faurisson was the real author of this book, as only
the first half is attributed to Thion, and that half
consists mostly of reproductions of Faurisson's letters and
some reactions to them. In the second half Faurisson
presents the results of his research on gas chambers, Anne
Frank, and related matters. Thus there was finally a
Faurisson book, but it did not look like a Faurisson book,
and its publication was a hasty defensive reaction to media
hysteria.
In the aftermath of the Darquier affair Faurisson was denied
use of the archives of the CDJC. However, I introduced him
to Mark Weber, then a young historian living in Washington,
D.C., who was able to help Faurisson gain access to the
resources of the U.S. National Archives.
Thus, by the year 1980, it seemed that Faurisson was finally
situated to conduct and publish his research as he deemed
appropriate.
Faurisson's Career a Sequence of Battles
That happy situation, commonplace in scholarship, was not
attained. A good way to grasp Faurisson's career as a
revisionist since 1978 is to understand that the
post-Darquier affair never ended for him, except in the
sense that he was quickly barred as a contributor to the
major press outlets. The long past events I have described
above have been the pattern for his entire career as a
revisionist. Virtually everything he has produced for the
public has come forth from him in the context of some
battle. I am not saying that his research was purely a
defensive response. Most of it was not. However, its
expression in written works has been governed to a great
extent by his running battles. On the day after I started
writing this chapter with this 'battle' theme in mind, a
'speak of the devil' message came to me by e-mail, which
brought an article on Treblinka that Faurisson dated 12 Oct.
2003. It opens with the words:[7]
"With regard to the wartime Treblinka camp, I have mentioned
over the years - in a few conference addresses, in a video
presentation, and in some correspondence - the testimony of
Marian Olszuk. But because I have been absorbed in the
ordeal of the revisionist struggle over the past 15 years, I
have put off writing a report about my meeting with that
exceptional Polish witness."
This largely proves what I am trying to say, but some of the
implications may not be clear.
The main point is that, in gaining an appreciation of the
work of Faurisson, the first problem is finding the work of
Faurisson. Some has not been published and what has been
published is largely scattered about in obscure journals or
websites. Some of it is misleadingly labeled. A researcher
who searches a library catalog for author Faurisson will not
find the Thion book that was mostly authored by
Faurisson.
Again to provide some contrast, I cannot describe any phase
of my revisionist years as involvement in the 'revisionist
struggle' in the sense that Faurisson uses the term.
I would say that Faurisson was 'the whole thing' in
revisionism during the eighties, that assessment being close
enough to being literally true for us to adopt it. However,
I fear people who were not involved at the time could
honestly fail to understand that fact, on account of the
difficulty of determining both his intellectual output and
its importance.
The most significant failure of his intellectual output to
be properly credited to Faurisson came in 1988 at the second
Zündel trial. It was Faurisson, in Toronto for the trial,
who asked the vital questions that led directly to the
famous Leuchter Report and furthered subsequent forensic
investigations. I consider this activity to be essentially a
product of Faurisson's work, and yet his name is not on it.
As things stand now, it will be easy for even a
conscientious researcher to miss Faurisson's crucial role in
this important development. What actually happened is that,
by asking the right questions of Fred Leuchter, Faurisson
founded a fertile field of revisionist investigation. In the
intellectual process the right questions are usually harder
to determine than the right answers. When crucially
important questions seem to follow from no pre-existing
process of logical deduction, we call it 'genius,' and one
of the purposes of the present book is to give the genius
Faurisson the credit he deserves.
Historical circumstances obscured Faurisson's role - it was
"in the ordeal of the revisionist struggle," namely in a
court case. The Leuchter Report should have been a formal
work co-authored by Faurisson and Fred Leuchter. As things
turned out, the original version of the Report had an
introduction authored by Faurisson, which was dropped in
some later versions.[8]
A second 'speak of the devil' came to me from Faurisson
while writing this chapter. It was his letter to the German
lawyer Horst Mahler, dated 20 Oct. 2003. Faurisson briefly
summarized his revisionist work and with regard to the
Leuchter Report, he told Herr Mahler:
"In 1988, thanks to an investigation commissioned by the
German-Canadian Ernst Zündel, the professor's [Faurisson's]
findings were confirmed by the American Fred Leuchter,
designer of the gas chambers used in several United States
prisons and author of a report on the alleged gas chambers
of Auschwitz and Majdanek."
Here there is not even a hint that Faurisson had anything to
do with this trailblazing forensic investigation. The reader
could reasonably infer, from Faurisson's own words, that
Faurisson never heard of Leuchter until his Report was
issued. The present inner circle of revisionists knows that
is far from true, but can those who have not been close to
such events be faulted for not understanding that?
The eighties - whose revisionist activity Faurisson utterly
dominated - ended in France with the infamous Fabius-Gayssot
law of 1990, a sort of Lex Faurissonia, if I may use Latin
here for 'the Faurisson Law,' that is, the law specifically
targeting Faurisson by the State. This was both a disaster
for Faurisson and revisionism, but at the same time also a
back-handed compliment to, and confirmation of, the
intellectual significance of revisionism.
Faurisson Remains Inadequately Represented
It was not until 1999 that a serious compilation of
Faurisson's writings appeared, as the four volume Écrits
révisionnistes. The Fabius-Gayssot law forced the production
of this set as an "édition privée hors-commerce", i.e.,
something printed by a private group of individuals strictly
for its private use and not to be sold to the public. The
arrangement of Faurisson's writings is chronological,
implying that much of the presentation is not what Faurisson
or most readers would consider optimum today. Moreover,
these four volumes lack an ingredient that Faurisson has
repeatedly stressed as important: pictures.
Here I am not being critical of the publishers of this set.
I have some comprehension of the great difficulties the
circle around Faurisson has faced in the post-Gayssot era.
The fact remains that this four volume set does not
satisfactorily represent the work and mature and refined
views of this remarkable man.
For some time there has been an intention to publish an
English language work entitled Faurisson on the Holocaust,
whose schema, content, and progress as of today I am not
well informed about. If it is to amount to an English
translation of the Écrits révisionnistes, then it will
contribute to our understanding of Faurisson's work, but
will not be what we might hope for.
Does Faurisson need a biographer? Though I suppose he will
get one, I believe that a biographer would not be helpful as
we would just be given an account of the 'struggle.' That
account may be so interesting as to obscure for us that the
main problem we, and even more so the future student, face
today is the problem I faced as I left England in 1977 and
headed toward Faurisson and Paris. What has Faurisson
actually done? At this point Faurisson does not need a
biographer as much as he needs somebody to summarize his
work in a concise but thorough way. As we old comrades of
Robert Faurisson gather here to honor him and his work, let
us note that the expression of the latter remains both
incomplete and cumbersome, and that others will come not
filled with the awe that tends to obscure that fact for us.
He is not in danger of being forgotten, but he is in danger
of being misunderstood.
Arthur R. Butz, U.S. citizen, was born and raised in New
York City. He received the B.S. and M.S. degrees in
Electrical Engineering from M.I.T. and his Ph.D. in Control
Sciences from the University of Minnesota in 1965. In 1966
he joined the faculty of Northwestern University, Evanston,
Illinois, where he is now Associate Professor of Electrical
and Computer Engineering. He is the author of numerous
technical papers. Dr. Butz is the author of the book "The
Hoax of the Twentieth Century. The Case Against the Presumed
Extermination of European Jewry" (1976), one of the basic
texts of 'Holocaust' revisionism. He has also published
numerous revisionist articles, mostly in the "Journal of
Historical Review." For more details see
pubweb.acns.nwu.edu/~abutz/
Notes
My meeting with Graham was described in the Journal of
Historical Review, March/April 1998. The immediate basis for
my interest in the archives of the CDJC is also described
there. This material was reproduced in the 2003 printing of
my book The Hoax of the Twentieth Century, Theses and
Dissertations Press, Chicago, pp. 361ff. It is also posted
at pubweb.northwestern.edu/~abutz/di/vatican/graham.html
[now at www.codoh.com/node/1120] .
These events are related by Serge Thion, Vérité
historique ou vérité politique, La Vieille Taupe, Paris,
1980, Ch. 2.
Ibid., pp. 83-89.
These events are related by Armin Mohler and Robert Hepp
in Josef Eibicht (ed.), Hellmut Diwald, Hohenrain, Tübingen
1994, pp. 110-120, 121-147; online at www.vho.org/D/diwald.
Editor's note.
Serge Thion, op. cit. (note 2), Ch. 3.
The interview was published in the August 1979 issue and
controversy continued in the letters section in the
September, October and December issues. The August interview
appeared in a French translation, corrected and annotated by
Faurisson, in S. Thion, op. cit. (note 2) , pp. 171-212.
Later posted at
www.vho.org/aaargh/fran/archFaur/1974-1979/RF7908xx2.html.
An English translation was published in the Journal of
Historical Review, 2(4) (1981), pp. 319-373 and later posted
at www.ihr.org/jhr/v02/v02p319_Faurisson.html.
R. Faurisson, "Treblinka: An Exceptional Guide," The
Revisionist, 2(1) (2004), in preparation.
British Historian David Irving published a version with
a preface of his own, The Leuchter Report, Focal Point
Publications, London 1989; German Historian Udo Walendy
published a German version with a lengthy introduction about
his involvement in the second Zündel trial, "Ein Prozeß, der
Geschichte macht," Historische Tatsachen, no. 36, Verlag für
Volkstums und Zeitgeschichtsforschung, Vlotho 1988. Editor's
note.
Guidance by Sis. Yasmin.
The Parable of the Straight Path and the Limits.
'Bismillahir Rahmanir Rahim'.
'Assalaamualaykum Wa Rahmatuallahi Wa Barakatahu'.
Nawwaas Ibn Sam'aan (Allah be pleased with him) reported
that ALLAH~{Azza wa Jall} has set forth the following
Parable...
PROPHET~{Sallallahu 'Alayhi Wasallam} said...
ALLAH {Azza Wa Jall} set forth the following Parable...
There is a Road which leads Straight to the
Destination...
On either side of this Road there is a Wall....{!} in which
there are Open Doors...{!} with Curtains hanging on them ...
From the remote end of the road, a voice calls...
'Proceed straight and don't turn to any side...!'
Whenever someone intends to lift a curtain from the door,
another voice
calls from above 'Beware, Don't lift the Curtain or you will
be Lured inside!
PROPHET~ {Sallallahu 'Alayhi Wasallam} Explained...
The Straight Path is 'ISLAM'.
The Walls are the Limits {'Hudood'} of ALLAH
which HE has placed on Actions {!}
The Open Doors are the things HE has Prohibited... !
The Voice which calls from the end of the road is the
'QUR'AN' {!}
The Voice which calls from above is ALLAH'S
Monitor in the Heart of Every Believer {!}
{'Alhamdullilah'} {'Alhamdullilah'} {'Alhamdullilah'}
Transliteration: "Allahumma a'inni ala Dhikrika, wa
Shukrika,
wa husni Ibadatika"
Translation: O Allah, help me remember You, to be grateful
to You, and to worship You in an excellent manner.
{"In Shaa Allah"~Aameen~}
~ My 'Salaams' to All ~
~ Y a s m i n ~
"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 }
