Do many Muslims openly ignore the teachings of the Qur'an and the hadith?
By Kaukab Siddique, PhD
Will Jesus, pbuh, return to fill the world with justice?
The Qur'an does not say that Jesus Pbuh, will return.
The belief system of Islam is clearly stated in the Qur'an
2:177. Most Muslims do not know this.
Jesus is discussed in the Qur'an with great reverence as is
his mother, Mary or Maryam, pbuh. Nowhere does the Qur'an
say that he will return.
My understanding is that Muslims have lived long under
tyrants and kings who had absolute power over their lives
and it lead them to a desire for a savior.
Conquest and colonialism by the western powers created an
even deeper sense of helplessnes.
The Prophet Muhammad, pbuh, and the rightly guided Caliphs
did not teach Muslims to wait for a savior.
The Qur'an and the authentic hadith teach resistance,
struggle, self-purification, freeing the slaves, giving
women and oppressed people their rights.
Every Muslim has the duty to fulfill these imperatives to
the best of their ability.
Pakistan
Pakistan appeals against freeing Islamists convicted of U.S.
journalist Pearl's beheading
By Syed Raza Hassan, Asif Shahzad (Reuters)
Pakistan's government on Friday appealed to the Supreme
Court to review its decision to free a British-born Islamist
and three others convicted of beheading U.S. journalist
Daniel Pearl in 2002.
The United States has expressed concern over the ruling and
top U.S. diplomat Antony Blinken repeated a call for
accountability in his first phone call with Pakistan's
foreign minister on Friday.
A panel of three judges of the court on Thursday acquitted
Ahmad Omar Saeed Sheikh and three other Islamists, who had
been convicted in 2002 on charges of kidnapping and murder
of the Wall Street Journal reporter.
The court ordered the men to be released forthwith if not
required in any other case.
The government in Sindh province filed a petition asking the
top court to review its decision, the Pearl family's lawyer,
Faisal Siddiqi, and a government prosecutor told
Reuters.
"We have filed three review petitions," prosecutor Faiz Shah
said, explaining that the petitions would seek a reversal of
the acquittal and the reinstatement of Sheikh's death
penalty.
"Being aggrieved of and dissatisfied with the judgment, the
petitioner files an instant criminal review petition for
leave to appeal on matters of law, facts and grounds," the
petition said.
The release orders would stand irrespective of the review
petition, provincial law minister Murtaza Wahab told
Reuters.
"We haven't received the release orders yet," he said,
adding that the Islamists were not likely to be freed over
the weekend, as it usually takes some days for court orders
to be sent to prison authorities.
Pearl, 38, was investigating Islamist militants in Karachi
after the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks on the United States when
he was kidnapped. A video of his beheading emerged weeks
later.
His parents expressed shock over the Supreme Court's
decision
Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Friday "reinforced"
U.S. concern over the case in a call with Shah Mahmood
Qureshi, Pakistan's minister of foreign affairs, according
to the State Department.
The two "discussed how to ensure accountabliity" for Sheikh
and others resposible for Pearl's kidnapping and murder,
according to a readout of a call.
On Thursday, Blinken called the ruling "an affront to
terrorism victims everywhere, including in Pakistan" and
said Washington was prepared to prosecute Sheikh in the
United States.
JI mass rally
Pakistan is under International Lending Agencies
Jamaat-e-Islami Emir Senator Sirajul Haq has said that
ruling elite has put the nation under slavery of
international lending agencies.
"Past and the present rulers have put the national integrity
and economy at stake by borrowing huge amount from the World
Bank and the IMF. The masses are on the receiving end," he
said while addressing a huge gathering at Company Bagh on
Sunday.
People from all walks of life including women and children
participated in the event aimed at mobilizing masses against
rising inflation, unemployment and corruption. The
participants continued waving national and JI flags during
the proceedings. They chanted slogans against the rulers and
in favor of JI leadership. JI Northern Punjab Emir Dr Tariq
Saleem, JI Information Secretary Qaisar Sharif and JI Youth
Pakistan President Zubair Gondal were also present on
occasion.
Senator Siraj said that Prime Minister Imran Khan promised
bringing real change but failed to deliver. What to say of
health and education, when the masses were not getting even
portable water, he said, adding the PM continued talking
about not giving NRO when even the flour was not in the
reach of common man.
"People want food and not hollow slogans and false
promises." The PM, he said, had taken so much U-Turns that
now it was difficult to count. He (Imran Khan) miserably
failed on every front, said Sirajul Haq. The ruling elite
should understand that their days were numbered as people
were no more ready to sit silent, he said. The time, he
said, had come to get rid of the decades old corrupt
system.
"The masses will not let the rulering flee. They [rulers]
will be held accountable for their misdeeds."
A durable Islamic democratic society was the only solution
of prevailing crises, he said, urging the masses to support
the JI struggle for achieving the destination.
War News
Iraq
Commander Abu Yasir Killed?
January 27: Two Typhoon jet bombers of the British air force
struck two caves in central Iraq where ISIS fighters were
suspected of hiding. A comment we have is that a Typhoon
costs 80 million British pounds. Attacking a cave with a
Typhoon does not make economic sense.
The Brits thought they killed a senior IS commander Abu
Yasir al-Issawi. However Charles Linden, a Director of a
Washington Think Tank, Middle East Institute wrote that the
report of killing Abu Yasir may not be correct.
New Trend notes that Yasir was one of the most dedicated
Companions of the Prophet Muhammad, pbuh. The commander
naming his son after Yasir, r.a., indicates the Islamic
dedication of these fighters.
Syria
Several Brigades Switch Sides.
January 31. The Syrian Observatory, SOHR, reports that
several brigades of the mujahideen force known as Ahrar al
Sham, which was protecting an area supporting Turkey in
north central Syria has switched sides. It is now joining
ISIS.
Around southern Irbid province Assad forces and HTS forces
continued heavy machine gun and mortar fire all day.
Large explosions in the towns of Afrin and Azaz, near the
Turkish border, in Aleppo province killed scores of
civilians, including children. Communist Kurds [YPG] are
suspected.
Heavy rains and floods have added to the misery in refugee
camps in northern Irbid province.
In Deraa province, the Assad regime has sent in military
units after growing unrest and attacks by fighters who had
made cease fire with Assad under Russian province.
In Hasakeh, north eastern Syria, a part of the city
controlled by Assad is under siege by local fighting
forces.
Pakistan
The military is reporting that it has killed 10 "militants"
including two local commanders.
Opinion
Kashmir and the Passivity of the World Powers.
Dr. Ghulam Nabi Fai
January 27, 2021
"It represents a Government's repression not of a
secessionist or separatist movement but of an uprising
against foreign occupation".
On India's Republic Day, the people of Jammu & Kashmir
extend their warm felicitation to the people of India. It is
on January 26 that India celebrates its Republic Day to
honor the date on which the Indian Constitution came into
force. Kashmiris, however, voice deep regret over betrayal
of Indian Government -- not the people of India -- of her
high-minded ideals in Kashmir that marked its entry into the
family of nations after long years under the British raj:
shocking human rights violations, contempt for international
law and binding self-determination resolutions of the United
Nations Security Council.
The Kashmir question is one of the oldest unresolved
international problems pending on the agenda of the Security
Council.. There are certain characteristics of the situation
in Kashmir, which distinguish it from all other deplorable
human rights situations around the world.
It prevails in what is recognized - under international
law - as a disputed territory. According to the
international agreements between India and Pakistan,
negotiated by the United Nations and endorsed by the
Security Council, the territory's status is to be determined
by the free vote of its people under U.N. supervision.
It represents a Government's repression not of a
secessionist or separatist movement but of an uprising
against foreign occupation, an occupation that was expected
to end under determinations made by the United Nations. The
Kashmiris are not and cannot be called separatists because
they cannot secede from a country to which they have never
acceded to in the first place.
It has been met with studied unconcern by the United
Nations. This has given a sense of total impunity to India.
It has also created the impression that the United Nations
is invidiously selective about the application of the
principles of human rights and democracy. There is a glaring
contrast between the outcry over the massacres in certain
areas, on the one side, and the official silence (barring
some faint murmurs of disapproval) over the killing and
maiming of a vastly greater number of civilians in Kashmir
and the systematic violation of the 1949 Geneva Convention.
This is not merely a case of passivity and inaction; in
practical effect, it amounts to an abetment and
encouragement of murderous tyranny. If tyranny is not
condoned inside the territory of a member state of the
United Nations, is there not greater reason for the United
Nations to intervene when the territory is one whose
disposition is to be determine through a free and fair vote
under the impartial auspices of the world organization.
It is a paradoxical case of the United Nations being
deactivated and rendered unable to address a situation to
which it had devoted a number of resolutions and in which it
had established a presence, though with a limited mandate.
The United Nations Military Observers Group in India and
Pakistan (UNMOGIP) is one of the oldest peacekeeping
operations of the U.N.; the force is stationed in Kashmir to
observe the cease-fire between India and Pakistan.
Kashmir is the only international dispute where the
solution of the conflict - right to self-determination --
was suggested by the parties themselves, India and Pakistan.
Mahatma Gandhi has said: "If the people of Kashmir are in
favor of opting for Pakistan, no power on earth can stop
them from doing so. But they should be left free to decide
for themselves." (Gandhi's Passion by Professor Stanley
Wolpert, Page 247).
Kashmir is the only region which shares its borders with
three nuclear powers of the world - India, Pakistan & China.
The potential of nuclear war has always been there between
India and Pakistan, now because of the Chinese element that
potential is now real. The uncertainty over Kashmir will
lead not only India and Pakistan to disaster but it will
also destroy any possibility of bringing peace and stability
to Afghanistan.
All these peculiarities of the Kashmir situation become more
baffling in view of the fact that the mediatory initiative
which would halt the violations of human rights and set the
stage for a solution would entail no deployment of United
Nations forces, no financial outlays and no adversarial
relations with India.
In this context, the following considerations are most
pertinent for an assessment of the dispute by the world
powers.
When the Kashmir dispute erupted in 1947-1948, the United
States, Great Britain, China, France, Canada, Argentina,
Belgium, Columbia, championed the stand that the future
status of Kashmir must be ascertained in accordance with the
wishes and aspirations of the people of the territory. The
U.S. was a principal sponsor of the resolution # 47 which
was adopted by the Security Council on 21 April 1948 and
which was based on that unchallenged principle. The basic
formula for settlement was incorporated in the resolutions
of the United Nations Commission for India and Pakistan
(UNCIP) adopted on 13 August 1948 and 5 January 1949.
These are not resolutions in the routine sense of the term.
Their provisions were negotiated in detail by the UN
Commission with India and Pakistan and it was only after the
consent of both Governments was explicitly obtained that
they were endorsed by the Security Council. They thus
constitute a binding and solemn international agreement
about the settlement of the Kashmir dispute.
Currently the policy of world powers has led the Indian
Government to believe that all it needs is some political
maneuvering to dissipate foreign concern over the appalling
situation in Kashmir. Dr. Syed Nazir Gilani said it best,
"We should pull down the heavens and roof of the United
Nations, alert our friends all over the world, point out
that the notification on 35A was a serious violation of UN
Resolutions on Kashmir, a violation of the agreement between
Government of India with the people of Kashmir and a
violation of the agreements between India and Pakistan."
The Trump Administration at first showed some concern at
least over the savagery of the Indian occupation in Kashmir.
However, after the Howdy Modi event which was jointly
attended by Prime Minister Modi and President Trump, there
seems to have been a tilt towards India. It is plausible
that the tilt has been caused by the prospect of profitable
American investments in that large country. As Americans, we
appreciate the importance of expanding economic relations
between the U.S. and India. But who knows it better than
newly elected President Joseph Biden as a global diplomat
that American investments in India will remain exposed to
grave danger as long as the South Asian Subcontinent remains
a scene of continuing strife, with the specter of war always
in the horizon and a nuclear exchange not an impossibility.
Even from a purely economic perspective, if not from concern
over peace, genuine democracy and observance of human
rights, the restoration of normalcy in South Asia deserves
to be a policy goal for the world's only superpower - the
United States. The Kashmir dispute being the key cause of
conflict, its marginalization can hardly serve long-term
American interests.
Without reservation, it can be said that if anybody becomes
instrumental in resolving the Kashmir dispute - the bone of
contention between the two very potentially dangerous
countries - deserves not only the Nobel Peace Prize but also
a special place in history.. Biden's election campaign is on
record to have said: "In Kashmir, the Indian government
should take all necessary steps to restore rights for all
the people of Kashmir?" And Vice President Kamala Harris
went one step further, "We have to remind Kashmiris that
they are not alone in the world." Let us keep reminding
Biden Administration that after all a promise is a
promise.
Crimes against women within the community
by Sis. Aisha
[Jamaat al-Muslimeen, New York]
New York City - What is the price a woman must for saying,
"No" to a man? This past week was a particularly busy week
for Shai'tan in Harlem.
On January 18, 2021, a 31-year-old woman stopped by a Harlem
liquor store, after work, to buy some wine. In the store, a
young man asked the woman if he could buy the wine for her
and she politely declined his request. What happened next is
unconscionable!
The woman was followed outside by the young man and his
three friends, who accused her of thinking she was better
than they were. While his friends beat, kicked, and spat on
this young mother, the young man bit her face, repeatedly!
They then stole her iPhone and fled. What is even more
horrifying is that no one helped this woman. Not even people
from the liquor store or other neighboring stores came to
her aid. It was around 6 pm, which is rush hour.
On January 23rd, there was a rally in front of the same
Harlem liquor store where the attack occurred. Many
attendees, which included the victim's family, demanded
justice. There was a second rally held at 3 pm on January
30th, in front of the same liquor store. It was a small but
decent turnout for such frigid weather. The Muslims were
definitely present at this rally.
The general consensus was that black men and women should
not be enemies. The importance of the community holding
itself accountable was also stressed. Many of the elder
speakers warned gatherers about relying too much on the
police and government to prevent this type of pathology.
They encouraged people to become more involved instead of
being spectators when these disturbing incidents occur.
Male supremacy is the root of male chauvinism. This
oppressive ideology rules American society. Men who adopt
this supremacist attitude believe that they have the right
to inflict harm on the women, including take their lives!
This was a very savage, vicious attack carried out by
Satan's helpers. The store surveillance captured a clear
shot of these guys' faces, who entered without wearing any
masks. It was also revealed at the January 30th rally that
two women were with these guys and were involved in the
attack. I pray that someone will inform on these derelicts,
insha'allah.
An even more disturbing incident occurred on January 26th.
Fatamouta Danson, a 39-year-old mother of six children, was
gunned down by her eldest son, Musa Camara, who has a
history of mental illness. Why????
For telling this 22-year-old man to get a job!
This Muslim mother let her son know that she did not approve
of his laziness and she paid for it with her life. She
already had a restraining order against him. It was reported
that the police had been to her residence many times to
intervene in altercations between Fatamouta and her son. In
the last altercation, Musa Camara body-slammed his mother
and told her he would kill her. The NYPD gave her an alert
button to press whenever she felt threatened. This "panic
button" did not help, her son killed her quicker than any
heart attack could.
Fatamouta Danson and her family arrived from The Gambia and
Sierra Leone in the 1990s seeking a better life. Her other
son, Mohammed Danson and his girlfriend, Layda Miranda, have
set up a GoFund Me site to help with funeral expenses and
his other siblings. The $10,000 goal has been surpassed by
over $15,000!
Self-entitlement is a major problem in this country. People,
particularly males, just don't like being told, "No!" or
being given a directive of any kind. It is not just
dysfunctional families. There are negative external
influences, as well. There seems to be an inability to teach
life skills to children. Some schools and outside programs
offer life skills classes. Besides enabling-parents who turn
a blind eye to disrespectful children, the lack of life
skills being taught can possibly be attributed to just plain
busy parents.
Many of these parents are underemployed barely making enough
to pay all of their bills at the same time. They say they
are sacrificing for their children but eventually sacrifice
their children, instead. It is extremely difficult in a one
parent home but, this chaos can happen in a two parent home,
as well. There are more never-employed adult children living
at home with their suffering parents who just don't know
what to do.
Offering life skills classes may become mandated in public
schools the way sex education did.
(Source: NewsOne.com, GambiaWeb.com & MSN.com)
Guidance by Sis. Yasmin.
This Cave of Hira, the sanctum of the Prophet pbuh,
the place of his devotions and meditations and the sacred
spot
where the Holy Qur'an began to be revealed.
The Cave is situated on Mount Al-Noor on way to Mina
near
Makkah and its peak is visible from a great distance.
Prophet Muhammad (pbuh) had just stepped into the
forty-first year of his life, when during a night in the
month of
'Ramadan' the first Five {5} verses of the 'Qur'an'
Surat Al-Alaq # 96~ were Revealed to him.
*Revelation of the Holy Qur'an*
The Qur'an was revealed piecemeal throughout a period of 23
years. The Prophet (peace be upon him), received the first
revelation in 610 C.E. in the Cave of Hira in the Mountain
of Light 'Jabal-e- Noor', two & half miles away from
the House of ALLAH in the city of 'Makkah' in Arabia !
The first revelation was the first five {5} verses of Surah
(chapter)
[ Al-Alaq...'Qur'an'~ 96 ~ A's # 1-5 ]
Translation...
'Read in the name of your Lord who created,
Created man from a clot.
Read, for your Lord is most Generous, Who teaches by means of
the pen, Teaches man what he does not know.'
{Source 'Qur'an' Surat Al-Alaq: #96 A #1-5}
~My 'Salaams' to All ~
~Y a s m i n ~
Hadith of the Week
Narrated by
Abu Huraira, r.a.:
One day while the Prophet was sitting in the company of some
people, (The angel) Gabriel
came and asked, "What is faith?" Allah's Apostle
replied,
'Faith is to believe in Allah, His angels, (the) meeting
with Him, His Apostles, and to believe in Resurrection."
Then he further asked, "What is Islam?" Allah's Apostle
replied, "To worship Allah Alone and none else, to offer
prayers perfectly to pay the compulsory charity (Zakat) and
to observe fasts during the month of Ramadan."
Then he further asked,
"What is Ihsan (perfection)?" Allah's Apostle replied,
"To worship Allah as if you see Him, and if you cannot
achieve this state of devotion then you must consider that
He is looking at you." Then he further asked, "When will
the Hour be established?" Allah's Apostle replied, "The
answerer has no better knowledge than the questioner. But I
will inform you about its portents.
When a slave (lady) gives birth to her master.
When the shepherds of black camels start boasting and
competing with others in the construction of higher
buildings.
And the Hour is one of five things which nobody knows except
Allah.
The Prophet then recited:
"Verily, with Allah (Alone) is the knowledge of the Hour."
(31.34) Then that man (Gabriel) left and the Prophet asked
his companions to call him back, but they could not see
him.
Then the Prophet said,
"That was Gabriel who came to teach the people their
religion."
Abu 'Abdullah said: He (the Prophet) considered all that as
a part of faith.
Bukhari Volume 1,Book 2, #47
[With thanks to Sis. Kristi]
Du'a
from Imam Badi Ali
The desires of this world are like sea water. The more you
drink of them, the more you thirst.
When we start chasing the dunya for the dunya's sake,
instead of using it as a means to our real goal (pleasing
Allah) that is when our priorities become mixed up. And we
start to suffer from a serious spiritual disease.
What's given to dunya is lost forever. What's
given to Allah is never lost.
May Allah enable us to remember that the material things of
this world are temporary and the Hereafter is more important
for us.
Ameen.
Israeli Forces Shoot, Kill Palestinian Man near Bethlehem
Israeli forces shot and killed a Palestinian man in the
occupied West Bank on Sunday, according to the Israeli army,
Anadolu Agency reported.
The Palestinian Health Ministry confirmed that a Palestinian
was killed by Israeli fire south of Bethlehem.
The Israeli army said in a statement that a Palestinian
attempted to stab soldiers at Gush Etzion Junction south of
Bethlehem and that the attacker was "neutralized". However,
no injuries were reported among Israeli soldiers.
According to local eyewitnesses, the Palestinian man was
injured and left bleeding to death.
Over the past year, several Palestinians were killed by
Israeli forces in gunfire for allegedly trying to stab
soldiers, while reports suggested that others were killed
without posing any threat to Israeli forces.
source: palestinechronicle.
China's Police Data Base on the Repression of Uighur Muslims
has been uncovered by The Intercept.
Here is an excerpt:
Systematic Repression of the entire Muslim Population in
Sinkiang, China, Uncovered.
Ayup has experience with this sort of monitoring. While in
Kashgar, Ayup operated a Uyghur-language kindergarten and
promoted Uyghur-language education. He fled China after 15
months of detention, during which he said he was
interrogated and tortured. After leaving, Ayup said at one
point he joined a WeChat group for the Chinese embassy.
"When I went to the Chinese embassy, they asked me to join
their WeChat group, and when I joined, a Chinese spy in
Ürümqi found me; he talked to me and he threatened me," he
said.
Even holding a passport is considered suspicious. Documents
in the database indicate Uyghur passport holders are checked
on by authorities more frequently than those without
passports.
Indeed, any knowledge of life outside of Xinjiang can be
flagged as suspicious. For example, police in Weihuliang
took note in one weekly report, among "people who need
special attention," of four people who had traveled to
Beijing "to reflect local issues." "The rest have never left
the region, so they're seen as safer," Byler said.
Even phone calls or text chats involving outside countries
invite scrutiny from authorities in Xinjiang. In Tianshan,
the historic and majority-Uyghur center of Ürümqi,
authorities reported sending a professional driver to
re-education following an unusual phone call to a "key
country." Zenz believes the "key country" is one in a group
of 26 largely Muslim "focus" countries watched by
authorities. Xinjiang authorities have targeted people with
connections to these countries for interrogation, detention
and even imprisonment, according to a report by Human Rights
Watch. The countries include Afghanistan, Algeria,
Azerbaijan, Egypt, Indonesia, Iran, Iraq, Kazakhstan, Kenya,
Kyrgyzstan, Libya, Malaysia, Nigeria, Pakistan, Russia,
Saudi Arabia, Somalia, South Sudan, Syria, Tajikistan,
Thailand, Turkey, Turkmenistan, United Arab Emirates,
Uzbekistan, and Yemen.
Coronavirus Variants: More Contagious and Evasive.
When the coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 burst upon the world last
winter, scientists knew it was bad. But they also thought it
was stable. Coronaviruses do not mutate as readily as the
viruses that cause the flu, hepatitis or AIDS, for
instance-thanks in part to a molecular "proofreading" system
that SARS-CoV-2 and its kin use to prevent damaging genetic
errors when replicating.
Researchers were only partly right. The virus is indeed bad
-but it is not so stable after all. SARS-CoV-2 has been
acquiring minor random mutations ever since it jumped from
animals to humans. These mutations can take the form of
single-letter typos in the viral genetic code or deletions
or insertions of longer stretches. When they occur, most
mutations either kill the virus or cause no change in its
structure or behavior.
But in recent months, several new variants of the original
virus (also called the wild type) have been spotted that
appear to cause major changes in the way the pathogen acts,
including alterations to its contagiousness. These viral
versions have seemingly popped up in rapid succession in
different geographical regions, such as the U.K., South
Africa and Brazil, and in some cases have outcompeted the
existing variants. Although improved surveillance and
sequencing efforts might partly explain why these variants
are appearing now, some repetition in their patterns suggest
the mutations are not random.
"What we're seeing is similar mutations arising in multiple
places," says Adam Lauring, a virologist at the University
of Michigan. "That's pretty suggestive that these mutations
are doing something."
Specifically, they appear to help the virus transmit more
readily and evade the immune system.
Thus far, vaccines made by Moderna and Pfizer seem to work
against the new variants, although Moderna has begun
developing a booster shot specific to new variants. Because
these two vaccines are more than 90 percent effective, a
slight drop in effectiveness would still make them worth
using, experts say.
"I'm optimistic this won't compromise the [COVID vaccines],
but obviously, it's something we've got to watch closely,"
Lauring says. In coming years, he adds, companies may need
to retool these vaccines and administer updated versions,
much in the same way that flu vaccines are revised each year.
source: scientificamerican
The January 24 issue of New Trend
reached 53,636 Muslims including
8,704 women. There were 5,807 engagement as noted by
Facebook.
The articles in this issue included:
Egypt. General Sissi's horror show analyzed by 4 experts.
Pakistan: biggest anti Israel rally in history.
Peter Nygard: fashion designer arrested in Canada.
Mass executions of Islamics orderer by Baghdad regime.
Du'a by Imam Badi.
Guidance by sis.Yasmin.
Hadith by sis. Kristi.
Corona virus by sis.Aisha
China. Ongoing genocide
Atrocities in the West Bank
IS fighting back in Iraq and Syria. Taliban in Afghanistan
