Allah's Apostle said, "When the believers pass safely over
(the bridge across) Hell, they will be stopped at a bridge
in between Hell and Paradise where they will retaliate upon
each other for the injustices done among them in the world,
and when they get purified of all their sins, they will be
admitted into Paradise. By Him in Whose Hands the life of
Muhammad is everybody will recognize his dwelling in
Paradise better than he recognizes his dwelling in this
world."
Bukhari, Volume 3,
Book 43, Number 620
[With thanks to Sis. Kristi]
CHINA
Footage shows Hundreds of Muslims shackled and blindfolded.
Online footage purporting to show hundreds of blindfolded
and shackled prisoners in a mostly Muslim region of China is
believed to be authentic, a European security source has
told Sky News.
The detainees are thought to be from China's minority Uighur
Muslims, the source said on Friday.
The footage, posted anonymously on Tuesday on Twitter and
YouTube, shows lines of men, heads shaved, hands bound
behind their back, sitting in lines on the floor or being
moved by guards at a station in the city of Korla in
Xinjiang, northwest China.
The European security source said: "We've examined the
footage and believe it to be genuine.
Palestinians rally for 75th consecutive Friday in Gaza.
Since Gaza rallies began in March last year, nearly 270
protesters have been martyred, and thousands more
wounded.
Hundreds of Palestinians across the Gaza Strip on Friday
headed to the security fence to participate in the weekly
anti-occupation protests known as the Great March of
Return.
Holding Palestinian flags, the protestors flocked to five
different areas in the eastern Gaza Strip
The Higher National Commission of the Great March of Return
and Breaking of the Gaza Siege, formed by Palestinian
factions, named this Friday's rallies "Lebanon-based Refugee
Camps" in reference to the suffering of the refugees
there.
The Palestinian Ministry of Health announced that 39
Palestinians were injured in the evening as a result of the
Israeli army assault on the weekly protests.
In a brief statement, the ministry said that 26 of the
wounded were shot by live bullets, without giving more
details on the nature of the injuries.
Demonstrators demand an end to Israel's 12-year-old blockade
to the Gaza Strip, which has shattered the coastal enclave's
economy and deprived its two million inhabitants of free
movement in and out from Gaza and prevented many basic
amenities.
The September 15th issue of
New Trend reached almost 100,000 people through Facebook's
Jamaat al-Muslimeen page.
Many of those reached are in UK, Turkey and Bangladesh.
The articles in the September 15 issue included:
Concentration camps for Chinese Muslims are
genocidal.
Massive rally for Kashmir in Quetta.
Why US could not stop Osama's attack on 9.11.
Latest Human Rights Watch report on Nigerian
military.
Ghadeer Khum: Research shows it is a fake Shia
narrative.
Guidance on elderly parents.
[and much more.]
Surprise for Sissi
Egypt. Sept. 20, 2019.
[Latest: Protests continued on September 22. Police fired
tear gas in Port Suez.]
Tear gas has been fired to disperse demonstrators in Egypt,
at some of the first protests since President Abdul Fattah
al-Sisi took power in 2014.
Hundreds of Egyptians filled Tahrir Square in Cairo - a key
site of the 2011 Egyptian Revolution - late on Friday
demanding his resignation.
Demonstrations also took place elsewhere around the
country.
The protests were in response to corruption allegations
against President Sisi's government.
Paying the price for seeking freedom in Egypt
Egypt country profile
At least 74 people have been arrested, AFP news agency
reports.
An Egyptian businessman and actor, Mohamed Ali, has posted a
series of videos online accusing the country's leader of
wasting millions on luxury residences and hotels while
millions of Egyptians live in poverty. Egypt has pursued a
policy of economic austerity in recent years.
President Sisi has dismissed the allegations as "lies and
slander".
What happened on Friday?
"Sisi out" and "The people want to overthrow the regime"
topped Egyptian Twitter's trending list late on Friday.
Hundreds of anti-regime protesters gathered in and around
Tahrir Square despite efforts to disperse them.
Demonstrations were also reported in Egypt's second-largest
city, Alexandria, as well as in Suez and the town of Mahalla
el-Kubra which is north of Cairo.
[BBC]
Stopping the Violence in South Africa
South Africa's President Cyril Ramaphosa has condemned a
wave of looting and violence mostly targeting nationals of
other African countries.
"There can be no justification for any South African to
attack people from other countries," he said on Tuesday.
Dozens of people were arrested in Johannesburg on Monday. At
least five people have been killed in the unrest.
Other African governments have issued warnings to their
citizens over the violence.
Attacks on businesses run by "foreign nationals is something
totally unacceptable, something that we cannot allow to
happen in South Africa," Mr Ramaphosa said in a video posted
to Twitter.
"I want it to stop immediately," he added.
[BBC]
Khutba
What's wrong with saying "Islam is a religion of Peace?"
Learning from Imam Ahmed [ibn Hanbal]
On September 20, Br. Kaukab Siddique gave the Juma khutba at
Masjid Jamaat al-Muslimeen in Baltimore. Here is an
outline:
Muslims in America have gotten into the habit of saying
that Islam is a religion of peace,
The western media who need the support of Muslims to
fight other Muslims endorse this statement and publicize
those Muslims who say so.
"Islam is a religion of peace" is being presented as an
essential part of Islamic faith.
Those who are fighting America, Russia, India and China
are being labelled as "fundamentalists," "extremists
and potential "terrorists."
The situation right now is that the Muslim world is
facing invasion, bombing, occupation and induction of
dictators, tyrants and kings as its leaders,
Muslims in western countries are scared to even mention
the word "jihad" though jihad is the dominant feature of the
Qur'an in almost every long sura and on a big scale in
hadith.
Thus a new "Islam" has been created in the West.
Palestine has been occupied, Syria, Iraq, Afghanistan,
Kashmir, Somalia, Nigeria are under serious aggression
coming from the West. Dictators and kings rule Egypt, Saudi
Arabia and Bangladesh.
If you want to fight back against the oppressors, you are
labelled as a terrorist or a potential terrorist.
Part two
Speaking against oppressors and not compromising with
them is a form of jihad even if you are a tiny minority. The
Prophet, pbuh, in Makka openly opposed false gods, condemned
slavery and the subjugation of women even though the Ka'aba
itself had been polluted with the presence of 365 gods.
Islamic woman, Sumaiyyah, r.a., gave her life. Bilal,
r.a., was tortured in the hot sand but would not compromise.
Usman, r.a., and Ruqayya, r.a., gave up all they had and
migrated to Africa.
This tradition of resistance/jihad continued even during
the era of "Muslim" kings who had absolute power.
The greatest example is that of Imam Ahmed [ibn
Hanbal].
The king in his time, Mamun ar-Rasheed, absolute ruler
and most powerful tyrant of his time, with endless
resources, wanted to add an item to the Islamic litany of
faith.
Mamun broke the opposition of almost all Islamic
scholars. 'Gradually only Imam Ahmed was left to say NO to
the king. The king tightened the
pressure on Ahmed, from arrest, to beating to imprisonment
and finally torture. But Mamun suddenly died!
After Mamun, his brother, Mu'tasim continued the
mistreatment of Imam Ahmed to such an extent that the Imam
could not stand up.
Then Mu'tasim too died and was followed by Watheq. This
third tyrant
realized that Imam Ahmed was not going to compromise and his
popularty was rapidly increasing. Watheq put Imam Ahmed
under strict house arrest. It was too late! The masses now
knew what horrors had been visited on the imam.
The next king, Mutawaqqil, reversed Mamun's policies and
showered the imam with gifts and comforts of all sorts. Imam
Ahmed rejected all offerings from the King.
The kimg then started sending gifts to all the relatives
of Imam Ahmed. The Imam then told his relatives he would not
eat anything in their homes.
The Muslim ummah knows the basics of true Islam. They
love true scholars, ulema e haqq, When Imam Ahmed died, the
masses turned up for the biggest funeral in the history of
Islam, more than 800,000 people.
Dear Muslims, no one has the right to add to Islamic
beliefs. Look at 2:177. We are not helpless like Sumaiyya,
r.a and Bilal, r.a
Yes, Islam is for peace but more importantly, it is the
religion of jihad, opposition to oppression, imperialism,
zionism and kingship.
Du'a: O Allah, give us health, halal jobs and halal
earnings, give us Islamic spouses and children, give us the
ability to study the Qur'an and hadith every day. Ameen.
PAKISTAN
JI's Call.
Kashmir is World's biggest Prison after 47 days of Curfew.
by Qaiser Sharif
LAHORE- Sep 21: Jamaat-e-Islami chief Sirajul Haq has asked
the political parties to show unity on Kashmir by putting
aside their political differences.
In a statement issued from JI headquarters Mansoora on
Saturday, he expressed regret over non-seriousness of the
ruling and opposition groups on the issue of Kashmir.
He said Kashmir was a jugular vein and matter of life and
death for the country. The dream of realization of Pakistan,
he added, could not be completed without accession of
Kashmir.
Senator Siraj said the curfew entered 47th day in Indian
held Kashmir, worsening the humanitarian crisis with every
day passing. He said Kashmiris were compelled to live under
the shadows of guns and the held valley had turned into the
biggest prison of the world. He said reports were
circulating in international media about the food and
medicines shortages and people were starving to death.
The international community, said the JI leader, was acting
a silent spectator in the overall situation. The Pakistan
government, he added, had also taken no serious steps in
support of the people of IHK.
He said the PM must raise a strong voice for Kashmiris
during his address to the UNO General Assembly. The nation
was also waiting for the release of Dr Afia from American
prison, he said. The JI, he stated, would hold a momentous
rally in Muzaffarabad on Sep 27 to express solidarity with
the besieged people of the Indian held region.
LAHORE- Sep 21: Jamaat-e-Islami Secretary General Amirul
Azeem has said that the silence of the world on Kashmir is
evident to the fact that the government failed a launch an
aggressive diplomacy on the issue.
Addressing a monthly training session of JI workers at
Mansoora on Saturday, he said the prime minister was
expected to visit the member countries of UN Security
Council but he limited himself to the twitter and facebook
condemnation messages.
Kashmir, he said, was a lingering issue for more than seven
decades but unfortunately the past and present government
never showed seriousness about it. The rulers, he added,
never put Kashmir on its priority list, letting New Delhi to
take the final step on August 5 to change the demography of
the region. He said eight million people were forced to live
a miserable life since the day and Kashmir had turned into a
biggest prison of the world. He said people were starving to
death due to severe food shortage and hospitals were running
without medicines.
JI Naib Ameer Liaqat Baloch, Rashid Naseem also addressed
the session.
War News
Syria
Regime Forces Unable to Advance. Iranian Shelling Continues,
Major IS advance. . Russia-Turkey Moving against
Mujahideen?.
For a third week, regime-Shia-Iranian forces have been
unable to advance anywhere.
Sporadic shelling continued which was answered by al-Nusra
rocket and mortar fire.
On September 22, Assad's troops opened intense shelling in
southern Irbid province which could be a prelude to a new
offensive.
The regime is bringing up tank reinforcements to the borders
of Irbid province.
Likewise Tahrir [al-Nusra] and other mujahideen groups are
reinforcing their positions in north eastern Latakia.
On the northern Hama border, a regime officer has been
killed in exchanges of fire.
Limited Russian bombing is also reported.
Putin and Erdogan have come to an agreement ordering all
mujahideen forces to retreat from Irbid, Latakia and
northern Hama province.
The mujahideen , led by al-Nusra, Defenders of the Faith,
Chinese mujahideen and smaller groups are refusing to
retreat. Is Turkey trying a stab-in-the-back? Not clear
yet.
In eastern Homs province, the Islamic State is now advancing
beyond the 4000 square km which it already holds from of
Palmyra's nature reserve to the north of al-Sukhna to the
borders of Deir ez Zor province. . According to SOHR
Russian, Iranian and regime forces have encircled the area
but have not been able to advance into the area. [September
22]
Civilians on the eastern banks of the southern Euphrates are
protesting against the presence of regime and Iranians on
the western banks.
Israeli air raids on Iranians have for the first time killed
18 Iranian guards but there is no Iranian response.
Iraq
IS Operating very near Baghdad, Attacking Kerbala.
The Baghdad regime on September 22 admitted IS attacks on
heavily armed Shia militias at the entrance to Baghdad.
Seven of the militia are reported killed.
There has been an attack on the Shia stronghold of Kerbala
in which 18 people were killed.
The attack was so brutal that even Saudi Arabia has
condemnded it.
Afghanistan
Massacre in Nangarhar Province
The US bombing of Nangarhar province killed 70 civilians who
were harvesting pine nuts. The initial report listed 32
killed and 40 wounded.
The pro-regime officials pointed out that the victims were
civilians and included children.
The Digital Digest is reporting that the bombing hit
civilians who had come in to harvest pine nuts as hired
laborers.
The US carried out the attack on the workers despite the
fact that village elders had sent a letter to the Nangarhar
provincial governor, Shah Mahmood Miakhel, on September 7,
explaining that approximately 200 workers would be in the
region on September 18, the day of the attack, picking and
shelling pine nuts.
According to Reuters, over 150 workers were sleeping in
tents when at least one US Predator drone fired an AGM-114
(Hellfire) missile on their encampment.
News Within the U.S.
Mugabe memorial in Harlem.
Legendary African Leader.
by Abu Talib [Jamaat al-Muslimeen]
September 18.
There was an event in Harlem sponsored by the December 12th
Movement at the All Souls Episcopal Church in Harlem
Commemorating the life of the Late President of Zimbabwe
Robert G. Mugabe.
There was a good turn out to give tribute to a life of
struggle for the liberation of Zimbabwe.
It was fitting to hold the event in harlem.
Most revolutionary Leaders come to Harelm to address the
masses of the People. There were several people from
different organization who spoke about him and also
Representative from the Permanent Mission of the Republic of
Zimbabwe
I gave the Islamic message by distributing the New Trend to
Muslims who were there.
As Muslims we should always be on the side of the oppressed.
That is our duty as Muslims.
The struggle continues in Zimbabwe for the land. We must
support the people in Zimbabwe because they fought for their
liberation as an example for others in Africa.
The message of Islam in simple language and about its basic
teachings
needs to be distributed to Americans on a big.
Volunteers are needed to distribute flyers in communities
across America.
Translators are needed to translate the khutbas of Maulana
Maudoodi in
English. Also summaries of Maulana's teachings in English
are needed.
Translators will be compensated for their work.
[Shaikh Hyder can be reached through New Trend.]
Dr. Carson, Transgender "males" & Women's Rights
by Sis. Aisha [Jamaat al-Muslimeen]
New York, NY - Dr. Ben Carson, Housing and Urban Development
(HUD) Secretary, has come under fire from supporters of
transgender people. He has received complaints from women's
groups, who have voiced concern about women sharing quarters
with transgendered women (males who wants to be viewed as
female) at homeless shelters. One women's group referred to
these transgendered women as "big hairy men" and stated
about how unsafe these other women feel while staying
there.
Although Dr. Carson stated that these women's shelter's
would need to follow policies accommodating these
transgendered women, at a recent HUD meeting in San
Francisco, he still drew the ire of some staff members.
Why?
At this meeting, Dr. Carson referred to transgendered women
as "big hairy men" when he relayed his account about how he
had to respond to a particular women's group. Many people
were offended that he quoted that term in his account.
The media is missing the bigger issue, which is women's
safety concern at women's shelters.
Single-sex shelters are organized like army barracks with 12
or more people to a room. There is a public bathroom that is
shared by everyone on that floor. Homeless families are
assigned their own quarters.
Being homeless is already a frustrating and stressful
experience but, now these homeless women have to feel even
more anxious about sharing space with biological men, who
want to be addressed as women.
This is a hot-button issue. It is a very serious concern.
Yet, the media trivializes this concern and continues to
lead its readers/viewers into politics and a game of
semantics.
Since his remarks became public, Dr. Carson has been asked
to resign by Representatives Joe Kennedy III (Massachusetts)
and Jennifer Wexton (Virginia). I doubt if it will happen
but, the media will make every effort to divert attention
away from serious issues to the inane, as usual.
Allah warns us in the Holy Qur'an not to fall for such
mischief: "But there are, among men, those who purchase idle
tales, without knowledge (or meaning), to mislead (men) from
the Path of Allah and throw ridicule (on the Path): for such
there will be a Humiliating Penalty." (31:6).
(Source: Aol.com)
Invitation to Think
September 22: Maulana Maudoodi's Anniversary
Rational Approach to Islam: Opposition to Dictatorship and
Westernization.
Muhammad, pbuh, as Example and Leader. Islamic Pakistan's
Basic Ideas.
by Kaukab Siddique, Ph.D
"... the militaries in Muslim countries realized that the
real source of dictatorial power lay with the military. This
awareness brought military officers into the arena of
politics and they started a whole process of intrigues and
destabilization of governments and the establishment of
military regimes. These armies have become a calamity for
Muslim countries. They are not interested in fighting
external enemies or in defending their countries: they are
focused on 'conqering' their own countries and using the
weapons provided them for national defense to enslave their
own nations." [Maulana Maudoodi speaking in Arabic to a
large gathering of young men in Makka after the Hajj,
Zulhijja 16, 1382 AH. See Tafhimat, vol.3, pp.358-359,
published 1969.]
Syed Abul 'Ala Maudoodi, a soft spoken scholar from
Hyderabad, India, was discerned as an extraordinary thinker
by Allama Iqbal and invited to move to the Punjab. Thus a
new chapter began in the saga of the Islamic movement in
South Asia.
Much has been written about Maudoodi, both by his legion of
enemies as well as by his countless friends. One of the best
books in Urdu is by his second-in-command Mian Tufail
Muhammad titled Mushahidat: Maulana Maudoodi, Jamaate Islami
awr Pakistan [compiled by Saleem Mansur Khalid and published
in 2000, 2001 and 2003 by Idara-e-Ma'arife Islami, Mansoora,
Lahore, Pakistan].
Maudoodi lived at a time when entire generations of Muslims
were becoming secularized and westernized. Tufail Muhammad
himself was a westernized lawyer in coat, tie and hat.
Maudoodi's writings led Mian Tufail to give up the entire
context of westernized ideals and aspirations. He died
permeated with the virtues of Taqwa and deen.
Nowadays the idea that "Islam is a complete way of life" has
almost become a cliche and stands unchallenged. This was
Maudoodi's contribution. He put the westernizers on the
defensive and helped Muslim intellectuals become comfortable
with the idea of the SUPERIORITY of Islam over all other
ways of life. I consider the following to be his most
important contributions to the resurgence of Islam:
Muslims and non-Muslims are separate nations. Muslims
have the right and the obligation to self-determination and
the implementation of Islam within their communities and
nations. Peace, tolerance, compassion and coexistence are
important but they do not mean that Muslims should
assimilate into the non-Islamic ethos. Separatism based on
self-determination was the seed of Islamic Pakistan which
was sowed by Maudoodi and pre-dates the contributions of
others. Perhaps this factor attracted the attention of
Allama Iqbal.
Islam has within itself the framework of Law and the
Constitutional Process as well as the methodology of
revolution which precedes the implementation of Law.
Islam has its own economic and social system.
Authentic Hadith is essential to Islam. The attempts of
anti-Islam forces to separate the Qur'an from the Hadith, if
successful, would be fatal for the Islamic ethos.
Kingship is alien to Islam. We do not need to defend the
crimes of Muslim kings or extol their achievements as if
they are part of Islam. The title of Caliph does not
legitimize rule based on absolute power and hereditary
succession. Shoora is a form of democracy which is essential
for Islamic polity, and shoora is required in ALL aspects of
life and by ALL Muslims.
Jihad is essential to Islam.
Maudoodi was repeatedly imprisoned by various Pakistani
governments. Owing to his writings against "Ahmeddis" [known
as "qadiyanis" in Pakistan] he was sentenced to death by the
secularist regime which was trying to undermine Islam. He
refused to beg for mercy and barely evaded execution as the
governmrent of the time fell.
His love for Pakistan as a putative Islamic state was so
great that he repeatedly put his own life in danger to save
Pakistan. He attempted to heal the differences between East
and West Pakistan but was thwarted by the army's actions and
by the India-backed mass murders and extreme violence.
On another occasion, the regime's gangsters tried to shoot
him down in front of a large gathering. His supporters asked
him to take shelter. His response is famous: "If I sit down,
who will remain standing."
The universities of Pakistan are full of new generations of
Muslims learning from Maudoodi's writings that Islam is
applicable in all walks of life.
I was blessed to meet him on many occasions. He used terms
of deep affection for me which a true teacher does for a
good student in our Islamic culture.
Later, I often differed with him. Sometimes, owing to my
restless questioning about kings, I upset him.
In spite of all the support he had at the end, he did not
want us to see him as the last word in Islamic scholarship
or to make a faultless saint out of him as many schools of
thought do with their leaders. He gave us the foundations
required to build the edifice of Islam in modern times and
to defeat westernization and cultural imperialism.
Guidance by Sis. Yasmin.
'Bismillah Walhamdulillah Was
Salaatu Was Salaam 'ala Rasulillah'.
'As-Salaam Alaikum Wa-Rahmatullahi Wa- Barakatuhu' 'For Those Undergoing Difficulties'
*Guidance in Treating Afflictions*.
'And Certainly, We shall Test you with something of fear,
hunger, loss of wealth, lives and fruits, but give glad
tidings to 'As-Sâbirin' {the Patient ones}... Who, when
afflicted with calamity, say...
'Inna Lillahi Wa Inna Ilayhi Raji'oon'.
"Truly! To Allâh we belong and truly, to Him we shall
return".
They are those on whom are the 'Salawât' (Blessings) from
their Lord,
and ...? they are those who receive His Mercy,
and it is they who are the guided ones.
{Source~ 'Qur'an'~Surat ~Al-Baqarah~ 2: A #155-157}
Then Ibn Al-Qayyim (Allah be pleased with him) mentioned the
'Hadeeth'
of 'Al-Istirja' and said... This expression is one of the
most effective, and
most beneficial treatments for one who is afflicted by
calamities, because
it contains... Two fundamental principles, which if they are
realized, the
slave will be consoled thereby from his calamity...{!}
The first of them is that ... The Slave and his wealth
belong to ALLAH and
HE has given it to him as a loan !
The second of them is that ... The return is to ALLAH and it
is inevitable
that he will leave the life of this world behind; So... if
this is his beginning
and his end, then his thinking about them is one of the
greatest treatments
for this illness and a part of his treatment is that he
knows that ... what was
ordained to afflict him cannot miss him and what was
ordained to miss him
cannot afflict him ! And a part of it is that his Lord has
set aside
for him the like of that which he missed or better and HE
has stored up for
him that which is many times better than the calamity and
that if
HE willed, HE could have made the calamity greater than it
was.
{'Subhan Allah' ~ 'Alhamdullilah' }
