25 Safar 1443 AH - October 3 2021 Issue # 40, Newsletter #1935
Guest Editorial
We shred each other While they Unite Localism and globalism
Dr. Firoz Mahboob Kamal
Localism: the strategy of the enemy
The US political elites and their allies have two
prescriptions for mankind. One for themselves; that is
globalism. They have another prescription for the Muslims;
that is localism in the form of various races, region, clan,
sect and language. In 2006, Ralph Peters -the US veteran and
strategist argued in his an article "Blood Borders"
published in the Armed Forces Journal that the borders of
the Muslim countries do not conform with the sectarian,
linguistic and ethnic realities on the ground. So he gave a
blueprint of dismemberment of the Muslim countries as per
various dissimilarities based on race, language and sect. He
suggested that the countries like Pakistan, Iraq, Syria,
Turkey, Sudan, Saudi Arabia, Yemen, and Somalia should be
divided. He put a map of the new countries in his article.
As per his suggestion, Pakistan should be dismembered at
least into four; one for each linguistic group. He gives
implicit legitimacy to the separatists' war in Balochistan.
He prescribed three states in Iraq: one for the Shia Arabs,
one for the Sunni Arabs and the third one for the Kurdish
people.
But Mr. Peters wishfully ignored the fact that the Muslim
countries are not the only multi-ethnic, multi-sectarian and
multi-religious countries. Most countries of the world like
the USA, the UK, Russia, China, and India have the same type
of diversity. The political maps of these non-Muslim
countries, too, don't reflect the ground realities of the
diversity. More than 200 million people in India are Muslim.
Kashmir -larger than most of the countries of the world is
still in India. Xin Xiang province of China -larger than the
largest country of Europe is Muslim populated. A large part
of Russian is also Muslim. But Mr. Peters didn't prescribe
the same dismemberment formula for the non-Muslim countries.
The reason is simple. Since the USA has declared its war on
Islam, its strategy must be a strategy to win the war and it
is through weakening the Muslim Ummah. And the
disintegration of the Muslim countries is the best way to do
that. Now it appears that the USA and its allies are working
with the same blueprint.
On the other hand, globalism is gaining huge popularity
among the non-Muslims. Despite all the ethnic and linguistic
differences, the Hindus of India are united. Russia and
China are also united despite the divisive diversities. The
USA has been working on globalism with its allies since
World War I. After World War II, in order to put a strong
defence against Soviet Russia, all the western capitalist
countries formed a military alliance called NATO. The
Europeans formed the EU. Now to resist China, the USA and
its allies have made a new alliance called AUKUS; the USA,
the UK and Australia are its members.
Globalism is also getting strong advocates among the western
academics. Andrew Roberts -a conservative historian recently
suggested in the Wall Street Journal in its article "It's
Time to Revive the Anglosphere" that all the English
speaking countries like the UK, the USA, Canada, Australia
and New Zealand must unite.
Tide of localism in the Muslim World
While the non-Muslims are pursuing the path of globalism,
the Muslims are bogged down with localism. In the aftermath
of colonialism, the three fathers cum gurus of localism have
harmed the Muslim Ummah catastrophically. They are Mr. Kamal
Pasha -the father of Turkish nationalism, Mr. Sharif Hussain
-the father of Arab nationalism, and Mr. Shaikh Mujibur
Rahman -the father of Bengali nationalism. Kamal Pasha with
his radical secularism and Turkikh nationalism has
successfully dismantled Osmania caliphate and took the
Turkish people away from Islam. He could heavily appease the
western ruling elites by fulfilling their anti-Caliphate
agenda. As a token of their satisfaction, Turkey was taken
as a trusted member of the western military alliance of
NATO. Betrayal of Islam and the Muslim cause turned so toxic
in the Turkish psych that Turkey became the first country to
recognise the illegitimate state of Israel in the Muslim
heartland. Such Turkish localism precipitated the collapse
of the Caliphate. It worked in tandem with the Arab localism
to damage the unity and honour of Muslim Ummah. Because of
hatred against Islam and Arabs, the Arabic script and
calling azan (call for prayers) in Arabic were banned in
republican Turkey. They showed their love for western
culture, western dress, western laws and even western
script. Distancing from Islam and the Muslim Arabs and
celebrating the Turkish ethnic glory became the state
policy.
Sharif Hussain -a former Osmania governor of Hejaz promoted
Arab localism in the Arab World. He allied with the English
and the French colonialists to dismember the Caliphate and
to raise an Arab Empire. He failed to establish an Arab
Empire but succeeded in dismantling the Caliphate. The
disintegration of the Arab World into 22 states, ethnic
cleansing of Palestine and the creation of the west's
watchdog Israeli state owes not only to the victory of the
new European crusaders but also to the crimes of the people
of Arab localism.
Shaikh Mujibur Rahman of Bengali localism aligned with the
Hindutva forces of India to promote his power-grabbing
personal agenda. For that, he dismembered Pakistan -the
largest Muslim country of the contemporary world. As a
result, Bangladesh now stands as a vassal state of India.
The Indian goods enjoy free access to its markets. In fact,
Bangladesh is the largest market of Indian products. The
Indian transport vehicle gets access to its sea ports.
India's civil and military logistics to the war-prone seven
Indian eastern provinces get a safe corridor through
Bangladesh. Moreover, India can engineer any political coup
in Bangladesh through its embedded civil and military
agents. So Bangladesh pays its heavy price for localism.
Globalism and localism: the Islamic perspectives
All humans -like all the living and non-living beings of the
universe are the creations of Allah Sub'hana wa Ta'la. The
All-Merciful Almighty has intense love for every human. For
peace and success of the mankind, He prescribed Islam. It is
the only roadmap of ultimate success both here and in the
hereafter. It is indeed the greatest gift of the Almighty.
For success, unity is indispensable. And the disunity makes
it impossible. Hence, Islam makes unity a religious
obligation. But Satan wants chaos, calamities and failure;
hence wants division and wars. Therefore promoting localism
is a satanic agenda. It is made haram in Islam.
As per the Holy Qur'an, killing an innocent man is a crime
equivalent to killing all humans. Hence a full guarantee of
equal security and welfare for every human being and the
people of every locality is the crucial matter in Islam. So,
ensuring such safety for everyone -rich or poor is ibadah
-the servitude unto Allah Sub'hana wa Ta'la. Islam
encourages people to fight for justice for everyone and
prohibits politics on localism. The discrimination on the
basis of race, ethnicity, skin colour and faith is haram
(forbidden). It is a punishable crime to spread hatred and
make war on the basis of ethnic, linguistic, and skin-based
dissimilarities. Prophet Mohammad (peace be upon him) never
tolerated such divisive politics. It was treated as a
punishable offence. Islam promotes globalism-called
pan-Islamism. Under the Prophet (peace be upon him)'s rule,
the Arabs, the Iranians, the Ethiopians and the Romanians
worked as fellow brothers, there was no divisive border.
The politics of localism is not a modern invention. It is
the old practice of ancient ignorance -jaheliyah. Before
Islam, the Arabs didn't have any state nor any civilisation.
They were known by their own localities. They were divided
into tribes and used to fight tribal wars for years after
years. They didn't have any global outlook. Islam gave the
Arabs a new vision, a new mission and a new insights to look
at people around them. It was a trans-tribal, trans-language
and trans-locality paradigm. Such globalism could dismantle
the divisive walls that survived among them for centuries.
Localism promotes weakness and wars. And globalism generates
unity, gives strengths and promotes peace. Islam proved that
in its golden days. As a result, the Arab Muslims could form
a state, could stand a World Power and could raise the
finest civilisation in human history.
The calamity of localism
The calamity of localism is catastrophic. Most horrendous
crimes in the modern Muslim history are committed by the
promoters of localism. The Arab nationalists killed
thousands of non-Arabs -especially the Turks in 1917-18 and
the Bengali nationalist killed tens of thousands of
non-Bengalis in 1971. Hundreds of the Muslim women have been
raped and their houses and businesses are gutted by the
so-called Muslims for dissimilar race and language.
The decadence of the Muslims indeed started when they left
the path of globalism and followed localism. About 200
million Bengali Muslims (of both Bangladesh and West Bengal)
now suffer from Hindutva Hindus' hegemony. The 400 million
Arabs -despite the huge resources - stand as the most weak
and defenceless people on the planet. They can't even stand
against 6 million Israeli Jews. Their localism has
devastated their power. As a result, the Arab people of
Palestine, Iraq, Syria, Libya, Yemen, and Lebanon still face
the worst miseries.
The old days of jahiliya of localism have returned back to
the Muslim World. The Arabs are its worst victims. They
celebrate localism. Even a small piece of land with a few
oil fields claims statehood and celebrates localism.
Therefore disunity, defeat and humiliation have become the
integral parts of Arab life. Their decadence has gone so low
that the Arabs are not even Arab nationalist. They now
represent sub-nationalism, tribalism, and other worst forms
of localism. This is indeed the worst calamity of localism
in the Muslim World. This has proved enough to invite the
Divine punishment. London, 29/09/2021.
Pakistan
JI report
Explaining why Imran Party cannot Change Pakistan.
Not different from PPP,etc.
LAHORE- Sep30:Jamaat-e-Islami Emir Sirajul Haq has said the
country could not go ahead without introducing wide-ranging
reforms in all major sectors.
As the present system benefits the ruling elite, they would
never be interested to change it, he said while talking to
different delegations at Mansoora on Thursday.
"People should make a peaceful democratic struggle to send
the status quo forces to home," he said, adding the PTI
continued the policies of the past government and only made
lies that it was an agent of "change."
He criticized the government one-sided electoral reforms
agenda, terming it a plan of pre-poll rigging.
The government so-called reform agenda, he said,
overshadowed the critical issues which were hurdles in
fairness of electoral process. There was need to address the
issue of unbridled use of money in elections and influence
of government and state officials in the electoral process,
he said, the Election Commission should be powerful and
independent. But, he said, he was afraid the status quo
forces would never pay attention to the basic problems as
the current system suited them.
Sirajul Haq said the prime minister made tall claims to end
corruption but the evil was still there rather the
international agencies noted the rise in corruption in PTI
government's three years, he added.
The inflation and unemployment were major problems which the
government failed to address despite making promises, he
said, adding a common Pakistani could not afford purchasing
of basic needs.
The JI chief said the PTI was the agent of the status quo
like the PML-N and the PPP. He said the people were
desperate from the policies of the present government and
wanted to get rid of it. He appealed the people to vote for
the JI in the coming election to bring real change and
transform Pakistan into Madina state.
War News
[See Nigeria under Africa, right column]
Pakistan
Pakistani troops killed 10 armed separatists in Baluchistazn
last week.
In a separate incident in a clash with Islamic fighters in
Waziristan, a Pakistan officer, rank of Captain, was killed
and several troops injured.
[TTP activities are increasing with Pak military now
wanting peace with TTP.]
Iraq
ISIS has carried out attacks in several locations in Iraq in
recent days, namely in areas between the governorates of
Diyala, Kirkuk, and Saladin, all the way to Nineveh.
[Sharq al-Awsat, Sept 29]
Syria
Russian bombing, US drone, ISIS ambush, Turkish
artillery
In the eastern provinces of Syria 40 Russian air strikes
killed 9 ISIS fighters and wounded 12. [SOHR Oct. 1 and
2]
October 2. In an ISIS ambush in al-Balaas aea of eastern
Hama, a Brigadier general of the Assad army was killed along
with 5 of his troops. Another 11 Assad troops were injured.
[SOHR]
Russian air strikes hit Islamic positions in Latakia
province.
Earlier a US drone strike reportedly killed am Al-Qaida
activist.in western Syria.
Also on October 1, Assad's artillery shelled 5 Islamic
villages in Irbid province. In response Islamic fighters hit
Assad's forces in the Sahl al-Ghab area of western Hama
province.
In the Ain Essa area north of al-Raqqa, Turkish artillery
shelled SDF positions [SDF is supported by USA]
Latest is that Russian air craft are bombing Islamic groups
in the Idlib border area
News Within the U.S.
Mourning a 28-Year Old.
How race & Economics work in New York.
by Sis. Aisha
[Jamaat all-Muslimeen]
I was absolutely in SHOCK! Just stunned to hear that my
neighbor, Jordan Nieves, someone I have known since birth,
had recently passed away. He was 28 years old. I was told
that he had succumbed to the coronavirus. He was the
youngest tenant in my building. He is survived by his mother
and siblings.
I am not going to challenge Allah's authority and say that
children should not pass away before their parents do or
that he died too soon. Although these statements are made
during moments of great pain, we must remember that we all
are where Allah wants us to be and must trust in him. Only
Allah knows His reasons.
Jordan was a student of life. He was respectful, helpful,
and kind. I always saw him walking to and from our apartment
building with his backpack. I was pleasantly surprised to
learn that he was a musician who played the keyboard.
He was a jovial personality who was always respectful
towards women, especially. I remember when he was a little
younger seeing him engaged in conversation with a young lady
in the lobby of my building, weeknights, on my way home from
work. Just kid stuff. So innocent.
But, it was a over a year ago, when I heard that Jordan had
been accosted by a neighbor and told that she heard a
disturbing conversation coming from his apartment. This
neighbor is a White woman, who is one of many gentrifyers
that have moved into my building and have, unfortunately,
been wreaking havoc on its long-time residents. She claimed
she overheard someone in Jordan's apartment mention having a
gun and threatening violence with it. She also said she
considered calling the police.
This neighbor's husband happened to be the head of the condo
board and they wanted Jordan's apartment! Trying to get
other tenants evicted just to move friends or relatives in
them is common in my building. Plus, these gentrifyers view
the Black rent-stabilized tenants as an eyesore. Race plays
a role but, it is really economic.
At a special tenants meeting, Jordan told some of us that he
stopped sitting and chatting in his own livingroom, which
was by the front door, because this false accusation caused
him so much anxiety. He walked on eggshells. What a way to
live! Many of us were upset that he had such an unpleasant
experience, as well as others, involving these
gentrifyers.
Jordan's mother is an activist/politician. She is Harlem's
District Leader and has been selected, by a special
Democratic election committee, to run for a vacant Senate
seat. Many say her prospects are excellent! Yet, her
activism began as a concerned mother fighting for lead
poisoning legislation after her Jordan's battle with it as a
child. Talk about a mother's dedication! In 2004, landmark
legislation was passed to protect many residents against
lead paint, in New York City.
She was a mother on a mission then, and still is now, in
spite of her great loss.
I cannot imagine the pain any parent experiences after
losing a child. I just know that Jordan is not suffering
anymore and that I have been praying that his family copes
with his loss the best way that they can, together.
(Sources: gothamist.com
New York Amsterdam News)
Invitation to Think
96-Year Old German Woman Put on Trial.
This is how Germany Helps Israel
by Dr. Kaukab Siddique
Germany should be ashamed, putting a 96 year old German
woman on trial for having supported Hitler as a typist when
she was 18.
In Germany any defense of people who supported Hitler in any
capacity is a crime, which has led to the persecution of
countless people.
This woman has probably been marked as guilty already.
This is how the international media described her arrest on
September 30.
"Irmgard Furchner is accused of having contributed as an
18-year-old to the murder of 11,412 people when she was a
typist at the Stutthof concentration camp between 1943 and
1945."
Thus the puppet German government supports the myths
pro-Israel lobbies have developed.
Almost every day Israel commits atrocities against
Palestinians and no one is ever brought to trial. The
Israeli air force has killed several thousand Palestinioan
children.
The trial of the 96 year old woman is absurd. How can there
be any due process 76 years after the war ended. In that war
horrendous crimes were also committed against German women
and children by the Russian, British, French and American
bomber air fleets. Entire German cities were set on fire.
We urge Muslims to protest to the German embassy nearest to you.
I say: Free Irmgard Furchner
Guidance by Sis. Yasmin.
'O my people This life of the present is nothing
but (temporary) convenience:
It is the Hereafter that is the Home that will last.
[Source~ Al Qur`an ~ Surat Ghafir~ 40~ A # 39]
Khâlid b. 'Umayr Al-'Adawî reports, 'Utbah b. Ghazwân -
[Allâh be pleased with him ]once gave us a Sermon. where he
praised All âh, then said....
The life of this world has announced its departure and is
quickly turning away and nothing remains of it save the
likes
of the Last Drop of Water in a vessel as
its possessor tries to catch it !
You are moving on to an abode that has no end so move on
with the Best Deeds that you have for it has been said to us
that a rock can be dropped from the edge of hell and fall
for
seventy (70) years without reaching the bottom.{!}
Yet by Allâh it will be filled.Do you not then wonder?
And it has been said to us that a single
entrance to Paradise is as wide as a journey of 40 years {!}
Yet , there will come a day when it will be crowded..{!}
I have seen myself as the seventh of seven
[followers of ] Allâh's Messenger -
[Allâh's peace and blessings be upon him]
we had no food save the leaves of trees which put
sores round our mouths...
I once got a cloak which I tore in half to share with
Sa'd b. Mâlik: [Allâh be pleased with him ]
I used half as my waist wrap and he used the other.
And yet today, there is not one of us except he has
become a governor over some city.
I seek refuge with Allâh that I consider myself great and
important when I am small in front of Allâh {!}
Verily there was never prophet-hood except that it
gradually changed until it ended up being a kingship,
and verily you will see what the governors after us are
like.
{Source~ Qur`an ~ Surat Qaf ~ 50 A # 30}
~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 Honor"
{'Qur`an'- Surah Al-Rahman-55.26-27 }
Hadith of the Week
Abu Hurairah (May Allah be pleased with him) said:
The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, "By the One in Whose
Hand
my soul is! If you do
not commit sins, Allah would replace you with a people who
would commit sins and seek forgiveness from Allah; and Allah
will certainly forgive them.":
Riyad as-Salihin 1871
Book 19, Hadith 3
[With thanks to Sis. Kristi]
Reality
by Imam Badii Ali
As-slamu alaikum,
When you're faced with reality, remember this: Everything
else will pass away. Your family. Your friends. Your
possessions. Your beauty. Your youth. Your life.
Only your righteous deeds remain.
This world is like a drop of water, the akhirah is like an
ocean.
Our train is heading towards the akhirah, and we are worried
about the train's snacks.
O Allah, help us remember You, to be grateful to You, and to
worship You in an excellent manner. Ameen..
Boycotting those who fund & Support them.
Israel's major Support syustems are right here in
America.
Check these out.
AIPAC
Simon Weisenthall Center
AJC
Christians United for Israel
ADL
and many others.
Some may be disguised under interfaith activities.
Southern Poverty Law Center
Public State School Teaches Students to Recite Prayer to
Aztec god.
Three California parents filed a suit in Court asking the
judge to stop the state's public school system from having
their children recite prayers to Aztec deities.
Chants and prayers that invoke the deity Tezkatlipoka are
part of the curriculum for the "Ethnic Studies" class.
Tezkatlipoka is an Aztec god that was honored with human
sacrifices.
The school provides students with these written prayers and
chants.
One document provided by the school tells students that
prayers to these dieties "energize" them and "bring unity"
and will "invigorate" students if they are "feeling
low".
The attorney for the parents said "Our clients are not
opposed to having students learn about different culturesand
religions, including the practices of the Aztecs."
{LA Times|
[via Sis. Kristi]
Protests in New York and in Kazakhistan [latest]
A group of protesters descended on an Apple store in New
York City on Saturday, blasting the company for its
production in China associated with forced labor in Xinjiang
province and the Uyghur genocide.
The protesters gathered in front of the store on the corner
of 67th and Broadway in Manhattan's Upper West Side at 3:00
p.m., holding "Divest Uyghur Genocide" signs.
[NUR-SULTAN -- Kazakh police detained eight protesters,
mostly women, demanding the release of relatives they say
are being illegally held in China.
The October 1 protests were the latest in a series of
demonstrations in Kazakhstan linked to the massive detention
of Uyghurs, Kazakhs, and other ethnic groups in the
neighboring Chinese province of Xinjiang.
Demonstrators have demanded Kazakh authorities do more to
protect ethnic Kazakhs who have been caught up in the
Chinese sweep. Kazakhstan's government, however, has been
wary of angering Beijing, which is a major investor in
Kazakhstan and throughout Central Asia.
One of the protesters in the Kazakh capital on October 1 was
wheelchair-user Khalida Aqytkhan, 65, who fell to the ground
as police were forcing her into a vehicle.
The most recent wave of protests began September 20 when
demonstrators traveled to Nur-Sultan from the country's
commercial capital, Almaty, where groups had rallied for
months in front of the Chinese Consulate there.]
Terrible injustice
Ahmed Abu Ali is a 40-year-old American citizen of Jordanian
origin currently serving a sentence of life without parole
in a Communications Management Unit in Terre Haute, IN,
following a 2005 conviction for material support and related
terrorism charges. Central to Abu Ali's prosecution and
conviction was a "confession" he gave after repeated
interrogations under torture during a period of
incommunicado detention in Saudi Arabia by the secret Saudi
police agency, the Mabahith.
The jury convicted Abu Ali after a three-week trial. The
district judge initially sentenced Abu Ali to 30 years,
reasoning that "Mr. Abu Ali never planted any bombs, shot
any weapons, or injured any people, and there is no evidence
that he took any steps in the United States with others to
further the conspiracy; no witness testified that they
personally saw or conspired with Mr. Abu Ali to commit any
acts of violence and there is no evidence that there were
other co-conspirators in the United States; no weapons were
ever found in Mr. Abu Ali's possession; and no victim was
injured in the United States by Mr. Abu Ali's actions." The
government appealed the sentence as too lenient, and Abu Ali
was ultimately resentenced to life without parole -- or as
those who experience call it, death by incarceration.
Center for Constitutional Rights
Via facebook.
September 26th issue of New Trend reached
37,400 Muslims
Including 2992 women.
10,000 in Pakistan
Main contents:
Horrific murder & Corruption in Pak upper class.
Maudoodi: Rebuttal of top Indian scholar. by DR.
Siddique
Khalida Jarrar: Palestinian activist.
JI rallies in 6 Pak cities.
Covid 19 by Sis. Aisha. {New York]
How Sunni Islam started in US: via Muzaffaruddin Hamid &
JI.
[Can you help in your area?]
Newark, Delaware
Person to Person
On October 1, a Jamaat al- Muslimeen document was given to
69 Muslims after juma Salat.
The following articles were in it
Historic rally at Ft.Worth prison in Texas where Dr.
Aafia is locked up
Photos from Mauri Saalakhan and Nadrat Siddique.
Ji rebuts Pak regime propaganda.
Russian air Strikes, ISIS land
Strikes In Syria.
Waziristan. Chad
Du'a, guidance, hadith
Africa
Nigeria
KANO— Sept. 24
Heavy Fighting.
AFP Report
At least eight Nigerian soldiers were killed and several
others were missing Friday after being ambushed by
IS-affiliated jihadists in violence-wracked northeast Borno
state, two military sources told AFP.
A military convoy came under rocket fire by Islamic State
West Africa Province (ISWAP) militants as it made its way
between the towns of Dikwa and Marte in the Lake Chad
region, the sources said.
Eight other soldiers and an anti-jihadist militiaman were
injured in the attack, a military officer said.
According to a second military source, who lacked
authorization to speak about the incident and asked not to
be identified, the jihadists took away two military vehicles
and burned three others.
Islamic State Attacks causing heavy Casualties on
troops.
ABUJA, Sept 27 (Reuters) - Gunmen killed at least 22
security personnel at a remote army base in a northwestern
Nigerian state plagued by bandits and kidnappers, a lawmaker
said.Aminu Gobir and another security source said bandits
attacked the base in Sokoto State close to the border with
Niger on Sunday, killing 14 soldiers, five police officers
and three members of a civil defence force.
