First Islamic Response by US Muslims to Taliban Victory
On October 18, a shoora committee meeting of Jamaat
al-Muslimeen was held by zoom to discuss the Islamic victory
in Afghanistan. These are summaries of the proceedings and
may not be 100% accurate.
The program was chaired by Imam Badi Ali from North Carolina.
In his introduction to the shoora Imam Badi's main concern
was that our approach should be humanistic. As Muslims we
are concerned about human suffering. Imam Badi illustrated
his main point by adding that the Islamic Center which he
heads is already taking care of refugees from many
countries. The result is that even non-Muslims in the area
see Islam as a positive force for compassion and generosity
and there have been conversions to Islam from local people.
His children have also been inspired.
Br. Shoaib, from England, also emphasized caring and
compassion. In England, charitable organizations are not
allowed to preach any religion. However, he said, our
behavior and spiritual concerns do not fail to affect the
people we serve in our charitable work. He quoted from the
Qur'an that there are Muslims who claim to be faithful but
are not true believers and Allah uncovers their hypocrisy.
Many in Afghanistan played these false roles and stained the
character of the country.
The keynote speaker, Dr. Firoz Kamal, from England, was very
eloquent about the victory of the Taliban and noted that the
entire Muslim world is being impacted by the historic
outcome of the war which went on for 20 years. He noted that
Islamic movements have arisen in most Muslim countries and
all are energized by the Taliban. History has been changed
by the great victory. Nothing like this has happened in a
hundred years or more.
Dr. Firoz noted that ISIS too is flourishing in many
countries. The very fact that imperialist and Zionist
propaganda is targeting ISIS indicates that the propaganda
is not effective.
D\r. Firoz urged Muslims to research the situation in the
Muslim world. After all these years of bombing,
For 20 years great crimes were committed against the people
of Afghanistan by the occupiers and their followers. Their
defeat has stunned the west.
The stoppage of opium and drug trad\e wherever the Taliban
were in control should be praised. Wherever the puppet
regime was in control, the drug trade and all related
corruption was rampant.
Br. Salahuddin, African American leader from Colorado, noted
the battle numbers in Afghanistan. Less than 70,000 Taliban
faced 300, 000 mercenaries organized by the US plus
thousands of troops provided by NATO. It is like the time of
Khalid ibn al-Waleed, r.a., when small Islamic forces routed
huge Roman and Persian armadas. This is indeed history in
the making. Muslims have shown that they are not afraid of
the deadly weapons used by the western powers. Without jets,
tanks and heavy artillery, Taliban are victorious. They are
walking around in the palaces of the corrupt regime but have
not given up their humility and honor.
Br. Ali Randall, African American activist from the
Richmond, Virginia, area compared the humane way in which
the Taliban treated the fleeing Americans and their
terrified mercenaries. Look at how they treat Muslims in US
prisons. Look at gtmo and the efforts to break the humanity
of Muslim prisoners.
China is rising, Br. Ali said. Muslims should note what
China is doing. This is a new imperial power and is using
its organization and money to take over the world from which
USA is withdrawing.
[These comments were relevant as Sis. Nadrat Siddique was
observing the shoora. She has been very prominent in the
struggle to support Imam Jamil, Dr. Aafia, BLM and many
others.]
[Sis Ayesha Jones was also observing the shoora in support
of her husband Ali Randall although she was very
unwell.]
Sis. Patricia noted that Dr. Firoz went through the worst
attack of Covid and survived.
We can see in him the ability to survive.
In his commentary on the shoora, Dr. Kaukab Siddique, ameer
of Jamaat al-Muslimeen, noted that in all Muslim countries,
imperialism and Zionism have developed westernized enclaves
which are being used to undermine the Muslim ummah. He added
that we must never forget the Ummah concept. Never start
thinking that we in America are separate from the Ummah.
These Afghans whom we saw running after American planes,
desperately trying to flee from Afghanistan, helped America
and NATO in the 20 years of war against the Muslim ummah.
Perhaps in America their children will learn that their
parents were worshipping a false god.
We must be kind to the children. They and often their
mothers did not know what was going on.
The shoora concluded with a du'a by Imam Badi Ali. Also
during the shoora, there was a break for maghrib
prayers.
[We have received details of the suffering of Dr. Firoz by
Covid and his miraculous survival and ability to speak to
the shoora committee.]
Pakistan
Turmoil in Pakistan.
TLP Islamic movement Challenging Imran's Secular regime.
7 protestors and 5 police killed. 1,000 protestors arrested,
2000 injured.
Latest: TLP mass movement has decided to wait in Muridke
till Tuesday and then move on Islamabad if their demands are
not met. Earlier they broke through police barriers at
Lahore and moved to Sheikhupura.
October 23-24. In Lahore thousands of people supporting TLP
clashed with large police forces. THe government killed 7
Islamic people. More than a 1,000 people were injured in
attacks by the police using tear gas and lathi charges.
The crowds killed 3 policemen and injured scores of others.
Clashes continued in Lahore on October 24. Two more police
were killed and 7 protestors were killed. More than 1,000
protestors have been arrested,
On October 24 crowds supporting TLP headed towards
Islamabad, The government blocked the approaches to
Islamabad with large concrete blocks.
Para military forces and rangers in thousands have been
mobilized in Islamabad. Scores of Islamic people have been
arrested in towns in the rest of Punjab.
RED MOSQUE [Lal Majid] and Jamia Hafsa in Islamabad are the
first to offer support for the TLP rallies.
Jamaat e Islami's leader Liaqat Baluch has also affirmed the
demands of TLP.
DEMANDS of TLP
Break relations with France and kick out its ambassador
owing to France's support for insults against Prophet
Muhammad, pbuh.
Release Saad Hussain, the leader of TLP who was arrested in
April.
No activity, however nuanced, should be allowed to
de-emphasize the Finality of Prophethood. Muhammad, pbuh, is
the last prophet and messenger.
Saad is the son of hard core sunni leader Khadim Hussain
Rizvi, who passed away last year, known for his love of the
prophet and his immense Islamic scholarship including vast
memorization of the poetry of Allama Iqbal.
War News
Pakistan
October 23. Four Pakistani troops were killed in the Bajaur
area in a mujaheddine attack. A fifth was killed in north
Waziristan.
It appears that TTP [tehreeke talibane Pakistan] has
returned to the frontier areas.
In Baluchistan 9 militant separatists were killed in a clash
with Pakistani troops who lost one killed.
Syria
Isis Attack in Assad's Capital
and Assad's Response.
October 24. In al-Tabaqqa city, [Raqqa province] a warehouse
of SDF exploded. It was full of arms and ammunition. [SDF is
supported by the US]
Assad's artillery hit a Turkish base in southern Idlib.
October 23. Deraa province. Three supporters of Assad,
including a soldier were killed despite reconciliation
efforts by Russia. Assad's forces tortured to death a
civilian accusing him of theft. [
Latakia province. Snipers from an Islamic group killed an
Assad soldier and wounded several. Russia responded with
three air strikes. [No details]
In eastern Aleppo province a Turkish drone strike blew up an
Assad military car killing 3.
Eastern Deir ez zor . Bodies of 2 SDF soldiers killed by
ISIS found.
2 Assad soldiers were killed and 6 wounded in friendly fire.
They thought they were under ISIS attack.
Twenty Russian air strikes in eastern Raqqa province aimed
at ISIS.
October 22. A n Assad regime officer and a soldier were
killed in exchanges of heavy fire with Syrian militia
supporting Turkey.
October 20. US military's Tanf base came under attack by an
unidentified drone. The base is located at the Syrian-Iraqi
border.
October 20
An audacious ISIS attack on a military bus in central
Damascus killed 14 Assad troops.
In response Assad's artillery and air force attacked school
children in a little town called Ariha. north central Syria,
killing 10 civilians including 4 school children and their
female teacher. Anither 20 civilians were injured. . [SOHR
report]
News Within the U.S.
Rape on Train story.
The Publicity Aspect was not Correct.
by Sis. Aisha
[Jamaat al-Muslimeen]
.On October 13th, Fiston Ngoy, 35 years old, allegedly raped
a woman on a (Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation
Authority) SEPTA train filled with passengers, outside of
Philadelphia. None of the passengers came to the alleged
victim's aid. An off-duty SEPTA employee notified SEPTA
police and they were able to apprehend Ngoy.
Rape is horrible enough but when the SEPTA police accused
all of these alleged spectators of this rape of holding up
their smartphones to take a video of this heinous act, it
leaves one with a poor view of humanity. No records of any
911 emergency phone calls exist about this alleged
incident.
However, the SEPTA police account may be false, according to
Delaware County district attorney Jack Stollsteirmer. At a
press conference, the DA says that the police account simply
isn't true.
DA Stollsteimer does not believe that people are that
callous to take a video of a rape while remaining spectators
to it. Stollsteimer stated that it was very late that night,
10 pm, and passengers were entering and leaving the train at
each stop and may not have been aware of what was going on
at that time.
As a straphanger living in New York City, I can attest to
this. You are wrapped up in your own thoughts and just want
to get to where you are going, insha'allah. We should pay
more attention to our surroundings but, it can be
difficult.
This alleged rape was caught on cameras throughout the train
and one of the two passengers who are said to have taken
video of this alleged incident handed it over to
authorities.
SEPTA police chief Thomas Nestel III stated, at the same
press conference, that it looked as if a number of
passengers were holding up their phones to videotape this
alleged crime. There had also been talk of arresting some of
the spectators and criminally prosecuting them. DA
Stollsteimer stated that there is no law that criminalizes
being a witness to a crime.
This dispute of a police account of a crime reminds me of
the Kitty Genovese murder that occurred in Kew Gardens,
Queens, in 1964. Kitty Genovese was a bartender who was
stabbed to death by Winston Moseley. According to a poorly
written New York Times, article neighbors ignored her cries
for help, and no one called the police. Abe Rosenthal was
the New York Times editor at the time but none of the other
news organizations, who discovered inconsistencies with the
article, were not courageous enough to challenge him.
The terms "bystander effect" or Genovese Syndrome were used
to describe unhelpful witnesses to a crime.
After decades of living under a horrible reputation, a 2007
story exonerated the building complex where Genovese lived.
An American Psychologist article found no evidence of 38
witnesses to the crime. There were records of a few calls
made to the local police precinct but they were not given
high priority. This was four years before 911 emergency
system had been established. In 2016, the New York Times,
finally, admitted that its 1964 article had been "flawed."
But, the veracity of the Times story had been doubted since
its 1964 publication.
The police play a major role in the court of public opinion
whether the story is about the alleged perpetrator of the
crime or alleged witnesses to it. Police accounts need to be
scrutinized. The truth can only come out during a trial.
(Source: Yahoo! News & Wikipedia)
Outreach
Important Message from Jamaat al-Muslimeen..
Make Boycott a success.
Do not buy products which support those who have occupied
Palestine..
Nestle
Home Depot
Coca Cola
McDonalds
Disney
and others
Boycott of persons is also very important.
If you are friendly with any of these, you are helping the
occuoiers:
AIPAC
Simon Wiesnthal Center
Southern Poverty Law Center.
AJC
Christians for Israel
ADL
If you are for interfaith, check with Rabbi of Synagogue if
they
support Israel.
Always remain calm and peaceful.
Opinion
Time for Kashmiris to determine their own future
Dr. Ghulam Nabi Fai
October 22, 2021
At the last U.N. General Assembly (UNGA) in New York,
President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan said, "We maintain our
stance in favor of solving the ongoing problem in Kashmir
for 74 years, through dialogue between the parties and
within the framework of relevant United Nations
resolutions." The Kashmir dispute is one of the oldest
unresolved international problems in the world and has been
on the agenda of the U.N. Security Council (UNSC) since 1948.
While the international community has been engaged all along
and believes that Kashmir is an internationally disputed
territory, and has voiced through numerous UN resolutions
that its people should be given the right to determine their
own future, India is now engaging in an effort to make the
matter solely a domestic issue which no one, not even the
Kashmiris themselves, may have a voice in. This effort at
the Indianization of Kashmir, more so after abrogation of
Article 370 & 35 A, is seen where the central politics and
administrative control are dominated by New Delhi with all
the decisions being favorable to New Delhi. The limited
autonomy that Kashmir has enjoyed was completely subverted
on August 5, 2019.
Today, Kashmir conflict is perhaps the most dangerous
conflict in the world because of the spiraling nuclear and
missile race between India and Pakistan coupled with
historical enmities that have occasioned three wars between
the two rivals. It is implausible to believe that these two
neighboring countries will either cap or renounce their
respective nuclear genies after they have escaped the South
Asian bottle unless the chief source of antagonism between
the two -- Kashmir -- is resolved.
It is symptomatic of the approach of the world powers that
greater emphasis is placed on the "reduction of tensions"
than on the settlement of the core issue, i.e., Kashmir.
This encourages giving importance to superficial moves and
temporary solutions even though it is known that such moves
and solutions do not soften the animosities of the parties
nor allay the life-and-death concerns and anxieties of the
people most directly affected.
An indication of this misplaced focus is the wrong-headed
talk about the "sanctity" of the line of control in Kashmir.
It is forgotten that this line was originally formalized by
the international agreements as a temporary cease-fire line
pending the demilitarization of the State and the holding of
a plebiscite under impartial control to determine its
future. As long as this line will remain clamped down on the
state, it will continue to impose a heavy toll of death on
the people of the land. They have had no hand in creating
it. It has cut through their homes, separated families and,
what is worse, served as a protecting wall for massive
violations of human rights. They are not resigned to it
becoming some kind of a border.
Kashmiris wish to emphasize that their land is not real
estate which can be parceled out between two disputants, but
the home of a nation with a history far more compact and
coherent than India's and far longer than Pakistan's.
To treat this line overtly or otherwise as a basis for the
partition of the State is to reward obduracy, countenance
iniquity, encourage tyranny and oppression and destroy the
hopes for peace in accordance with justice and rationality
in Kashmir. To regard this line as a solution is to regard
disease as remedy. Any kind of agreement procured to that
end, under any foreign influence, will not only not endure;
it will invite resentment and revolt against whichever
leadership in Kashmir will sponsor or subscribe to it.
Sir Benegal Rama Rau, Indian delegate to the United Nations
admitted at the Security Council on March 1, 1951, "The
people of Kashmir are not mere chattels to be disposed of
according to a rigid formula; their future must be decided
on their own interest and in accordance with their own
desires."
Dr. Syed Nazir Gilani has stated it well on October 14,
2021, "The United Nations (India and Pakistan as member
nations and as parties) have recognised 'the rights and
dignity, the security and the self-determination of the
historic people of Jammu & Kashmir.' Dr. Gilani reminded
India when she explained "the human aspect of the problem"
at the 533rd Meeting of Security Council held on 01 March
1951. It has stated that, "The people of Kashmir are not
mere chattels to be disposed of according to a rigid
formula; their future must be decided in their own interests
and in accordance with their own desires."
Meanwhile the U.S., the sole superpower in the world which
must bear the responsibility for setting the moral tone
through disciplined and rightful leadership, sits back and
does nothing. Such a behavior poorly disguises the financial
incentives that have opened India up to USD $500 billion in
American investment during the coming five years.
The U.S. was once considered a shining example to the rest
of the world of what democracy can mean, and yet, now, too,
we see a complete breakdown of this grand vision at its very
source that awakened generations of people to hope for real
change. What is the significance of an alliance between the
great democracy (US) and so-called largest democracy in the
world (India) when universal principles, democratic values
and human rights are completely ignored?
Kamala Harris spoke her mind about Kashmir as a Vice
Presidential candidate on October 8. 2019, "We have to
remind the Kashmiris that they are not alone in the world.
We are keeping a track on the situation. There is a need to
intervene if the situation demands." Since then, she has
wavered. She has quit talking about Kashmir, believing
perhaps that U.S. business ties with India have greater
priority than ruffling any feathers. But Biden
Administration still has an opportunity to walk and talk
straight to India and Pakistan to help set a stage for the
peaceful settlement of the Kashmir dispute. The priorities
of world peace are much greater than selling a few more
missiles to a country which threatens the international
peace and security.
We still believe that the Kashmir dispute is soluble if an
international body intervenes as suggested by Kamala Harris.
India and Pakistan must resolve the dispute, while
associating the genuine Kashmiri leadership with the
negotiations which was originally promised by them at the
United Nations. However, much India would like Kashmir
dispute to be off the table in any discussions, it is on the
table and will always be brought to bear upon the
consciousness and conscience of the Indian leadership until
the matter is settled.
India and Pakistan should realize that they can impose any
solution upon the people of Kashmir; the Kashmiri mainstream
leadership can sign any accord with India; but the question
arises, are they going to be able to sell these agreements
to the people as was attempted by Sheikh Abdullah in 1050's?
The answer is big "NO."
It is time, India, to show her humanity and put some
strength in those democratic principles which she alleges to
idealize. It is time, world powers, to back up their words
with deeds instead of just lip service and to truly lead in
championing those values that have brought progress to the
world community instead of selling them all for corporate
profits.
Perhaps it's time the major powers take this seriously. The
answer is plain as day for anyone. The clock is ticking.
Every day that passes without resolution of Kashmir dispute
is one day closer to a cataclysm that will reach far beyond
the borders of all countries involved.
It's time to end the violence. It's time to end the charade.
It's time for Kashmiris to sort out their own affairs and
determine their own future.
Dr. Ghulam Nabi Fai is the Secretary general,
Washington-based World Kashmir Awareness forum. He can be
reached at: 1-202-607-6435. Or.
gnfai2003@yahoo.com
(Courtesy: Daily Sabah, Istanbul)
Invitation to Think
October 22
14,000 Documented Nigerian women Exploited. $16 billion
dolllars for the European Exploiters\.
Trafficked to Europe for sex: A survivor's escape story
By Linda Pressly
BBC News, Copenhagen
Published 1 day ago
Every year thousands of women are trafficked to European
cities and put to work having sex with men. Jewel, a young
Nigerian who had expected to become a carer, eventually
managed to escape thanks to two chance meetings.
"I just saw light. It's very often dark where I come from
because there's no electricity... But everything here was
just blinking - it was very beautiful."
Jewel - not her real name - is describing her arrival in Denmark.
"I was thanking God for the opportunity to be in this
country. I was looking forward to starting work."
Jewel caught a flight from Nigeria thinking she was going to
work with old people.
"People who get trafficked go through Libya and usually take
buses and boats. But this was so well organised that it
wasn't suspicious at all," she says.
The International Organisation for Migration has estimated
80% of Nigerian women travelling overland, then attempting
to cross the Mediterranean, are trafficked into the European
sex trade. Jewel knew of women who had suffered that fate
after making the perilous journey, so when her trip began at
Lagos airport, she was reassured.
In Copenhagen, she was met by a Nigerian woman, who took her
the following day to Vesterbro, Copenhagen's red light
district.
"I was looking around for some sort of hospital," Jewel
remembers.
They walked the streets for a while, Jewel being told to
take note of her surroundings.
Then the woman dropped a bombshell.
"She said, 'This is where you're going to be working.' I
looked round to see if she was pointing at a building I
hadn't noticed. But no - she meant where we'd been walking.
That's when she told me I was going to be a prostitute, and
this was where I'd be hunting for customers. Then the whole
of Denmark just crashed down on me..."
Jewel had one fortuitous meeting that night that would later
be important - Michelle Mildwater from HopeNow, an NGO
supporting trafficked people in Denmark, spotted the tiny,
timid, 20-something woman and gave her a card with a contact
number on it.
Jewel's Nigerian boss - her "madam" - told her not to trust
this English woman with a bike. Then she quickly found Jewel
her first customer.
"The man gave her 4,000 kroner (£450 / $620) to take me
home, and then my madam just walked away," says Jewel.
"He drove me for what seemed like forever. I didn't speak
the language at the time and I had no idea what he was
saying - we had to use Google Translate to communicate. It
was scary."
In the months that followed, selling sex did not become any
easier for Jewel.
"I wasn't good at it. I was that shy one in the corner. But
I always got found because the regulars know when a new
person arrives, and they wanted a piece of the new person."
In the most recent figures released by the EU, more than
14,000 trafficking victims were registered in 2017/2018 -
but this will be the tip of the iceberg, because they
represent only identified cases. Half were from outside the
EU, with Nigeria one of the top five nationalities.
Sexual exploitation continues to be the main purpose of
trafficking, according to the European Commission, and in a
single year the criminal revenues derived from it are
estimated at a staggering 14bn euros (£12bn / $16bn).
The women who earn this money are told they owe their
traffickers huge sums for travel and accommodation.
"They are debt-bonded," says Sine Plambech, a senior
researcher in the Department of Migration at the Danish
Institute for International Studies.
"Nigerians are one of the migrant sex worker groups with the
highest debt. It could be between 10,000 and 60,000 euros.
And when you have that kind of debt, you need to make a lot
of money fast. And if you don't have papers that allow you
to work, the fastest way to earn money is in the sex industry."
Jewel's traffickers said she would have to pay them 42,000
euros, in regular instalments. To underline their point they
summoned her to a frightening meeting in a cemetery, the day
before she flew out of Nigeria.
"I was forced to take an oath that I was going to pay the
money no matter what, and that I was not going to reveal who
trafficked me. If I did, so many bad things were going to
happen to me and my family."
Once Jewel was in Denmark, the traffickers menaced her
family in Nigeria.
"People just came into the house and they wanted my
grandmother to talk to me about not having any ideas about
reporting them to the police, or not paying the money. So
every time I called her, she was always crying on the phone
and reminding me that I had made this deal with these people
- I had to pay or something would happen to them."
'I was kidnapped in London and trafficked for sex'
Hunting the Essex lorry killers (UK only)
Shandra Woworuntu: My life as a sex-trafficking victim
Jewel was under immense pressure so did not feel she could
be discriminating about the clients she serviced inside and
between parked cars on the streets of Vesterbro, or in their
homes.
"You cannot say no. You have to say yes, because there are
10 or 15 other women looking at that same guy wanting to
make some money that night," she says.
But going with a customer to his home could be enormously
risky.
"I could have died that night I was forced to remain in the
bathtub," she remembers, still traumatised.
"The man I had to go home with asked me to get in the
bathtub. And I thought, 'OK - he wants me to clean up or
something.' Then he went out and came back with two buckets
of ice. And he started pouring this ice on me in the bath.
And I was in there naked and it's in the middle of
winter..."
Guidance by Sis. Yasmin.
Prayers in the battle against evil thoughts
Call only on Allah
{Imaam Ibn al-Qayyim (may Allaah have mercy on him) }
said:
"Duas and Ta'awwudhaat [prayers seeking refuge with
Allah]
are like a weapon, and a weapon is only as good as the
person who is using it; It is not merely the matter of how
sharp it is.
If the weapon is perfect and free of faults, and the arm of
the person using it is strong, and there is nothing stopping
him,
then he can lay waste the enemy.
But---
if any of these (3) three features are lacking, then the
effect will be lacking accordingly."
A Little Note :
Sincerity in Dua means having the firm belief that the One
upon Whom you are calling ALLAH {Azza Wa Jall} is alone
Able to meet your need.
['In Shaa Allah'.]
'Invite all to the way of thy Lord with wisdom and
beautiful preaching; And consult with them in ways that are
best and most gracious'.
{Source ~Al Qur'an~ Surat An-Naĥl (The Bee) 16:
A#125}
~ MY 'SALAAMS' TO ALL ~
~ Y a s m i n ~
"Never Despair Of The Mercy Of Allah"
Say, 'Indeed, my Prayer, my Rites of Sacrifice,
my Living and my Dying are for ALLAH, Lord of the
Worlds'.
{'Qur'an'~Surat Al-'An'am -# 6-162}
Hadith of the Week
Narrated by Ali bin Abu Talib:
that the Prophet (ﷺ) said: "Whoever is penalized (for
a crime) then his punishment
has been hastened for him
in the world, for Allah is more just than to double the
punishment upon His slave in the Hereafter. And whoever does
a punishable act and then Allah covers it for him and
forgives him, then Allah is more kind than to recount
something which He has already forgiven."
Tirmidhi 2626 Book 40, Hadith 21
[With thanks to Sis. Kristi]
Arrogance not allowed
by Imam Badi Ali
As-slamu alaikum,
Allah does not like the arrogant. Allah said,
"... إِنَّ
اللّهَ
لاَ
يُحِبُّ
مَن كَانَ
مُخْتَال›ً
فَخُورًا
"
"Verily, Allah does not like such as are proud and
boastful."
You need to be humble enough to know you're not better than
anyone else, but wise enough to know you're different.
A mistake that makes us humble is better than an achievement
that makes us arrogant.
Stay humble!
Ya Allah, remove all arrogance and selfishness from my
heart, and teach me to be humble, to always remember You
wherever I go and in everything that I do. Ameen..
Israeli Blockade of Fishing
[Business Monitor]
Crashing through the Mediterranean waves at sunset,
Palestinian fisherman Mohammed al-Nahal leads a convoy of
rickety boats out for another risky night under the Israeli
blockade of the Gaza Strip.
Forced to stay close to shore due to Israeli restrictions on
powerful engines, the men complain they must seek a catch
from overfished shallow waters with declining stocks.
For Gaza, fenced in from three sides by Israel since Hamas
Islamists took power in 2007, the open sea seems to offer
the promise of freedom -- but it is deceptive
For Gaza, fenced in from three sides by Israel since Hamas
Islamists took power in 2007, the open sea seems to offer
the promise of freedom -- but it is deceptive Photo: AFP /
MAHMUD HAMS
"If we catch 200 kilos (450 pounds) of sardines, that would
be great," Nahal says. "But we can also come back
empty-handed."
High prices of fuel in the enclave means that fishing
operating costs are crippling, making them stay closer
inshore.
"The further we go, the more we pay for fuel without
guarantees about the catch," Nahal says, leading a line of
five boats, the air heavy with the stench of diesel and
sardines.
Israel's navy fully controls the waters off Gaza's
coastline, and regularly restricts or expands the size of
the fishing zone in response to security conditions
Israel's navy fully controls the waters off Gaza's
coastline, and regularly restricts or expands the size of
the fishing zone in response to security conditions Photo:
AFP / MAHMUD HAMS
For Gaza, fenced in by Israel and Egypt, and where Hamas
Islamists took power in 2007, the open sea seems to offer
the promise of freedom -- but it is deceptive.
Israel's navy fully controls the waters off Gaza's
40-kilometre (25-mile) long coastline, and regularly
restricts or expands the size of the fishing zone in
response to security conditions.
After months of relative calm following an 11-day conflict
between Israel and Hamas in May, the permitted fishing zone
was expanded last month to 15 nautical miles, its maximum
under the blockade, including deep water with richer fish
stocks.
Chinese Crimes against Muslims.
American Celtics basketballer Speaks out.
American basketballer Enes Kanter has doubled down on his
criticism of the Chinese government, posting a video calling
attention to the human rights abuses suffered by the Uyghur
people.
The Celtics player said: "There is a genocide happening
right now. Right now as I speak this message.
"Torture, rape, forced abortions and sterilisations, family
separations, arbitrary detentions, concentration camps,
political re-education and forced labour."
There have been widespread reports of China oppressing and
breaching the human rights of the Uyghur people in its
western Xinjiang province.
Chinas said these claims are "baseless" and has repeatedly
denied any mistreatment.
Kanter - who earlier this week spoke out against the
"cultural genocide" in Tibet - labelled China's leader, Xi
Jinping a "heartless dictator".
"All of us must spread the word and call on the Chinese
government to free the Uyghur people," he said.
Who are the Uyghur people and why do they face oppression by
China?
Who are the Uyghur people and why do they face oppression by
China?
He singled out the leaders of Muslim-majority countries,
criticising them for "staying silent".
He said: "I'm talking about you, Pakistani Prime Minister
Imran Khan, Saudi King Salman, United Arab Emirates Mohammed
bin Zayed, Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi.
There is still doubt over Chinese President Xi Jinping's
involvement in the upcoming COP26 talks
Chinese President Xi Jinping has denied claims of human
rights abuses
"It's shameful and sad how you've decided to prioritise
money and business with China over human rights. You call
yourselves Muslims but you are just using that for show. You
simply do not care about people."
He said the same went for his fellow Muslim athletes,
asking: "Why are you staying silent?
"Mohammed Salah, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Amir Khan... Say
something. Do something. Speak up. Your silence, your
inaction is complicit."
On Thursday, Chinese tech giant Tencent cut its stream of a
game between the Celtics and the New York Knicks, and social
media was filled with legions of fans expressing their
dismay.
A Celtics fan page on Weibo, a Twitter-like service, wrote:
"Any information on the team will cease to appear on this
Weibo. Any behaviour that undermines the harmony of the
nation and the dignity of the motherland, we resolutely
resist!"
Kanter's name also appeared to be blocked on Weibo.
15 Arrested in Turkey.
Palestinians working for Israel.
[Also note Chechnia]
October 21, 2021
Turkish authorities arrested 15 people earlier this month
who are accused of spying for Israel's Mossad intelligence
agency, Turkish media outlets reported on Thursday.
Turkey's Sabah newspaper reported that some 200 intelligence
officers monitored the alleged Israeli intelligence network,
which authorities say targeted both critics of Israel and
foreign students living in Turkey.
According to the pro-government newspaper, the network
consisted of five cells of three people each that operated
in different parts of the country. Turkey's National
Intelligence Organization (MIT) reportedly tracked them for
more than a year and on Oct. 7, nabbed the 15-member group
in a secret operation carried out across four Turkish provinces.
The report said the spies had gathered information on
students at Turkish universities, including Palestinians and
"especially those who they think could work in the defense
industry in the future."
The network was compensated using services like Western
Union and in some cases Bitcoin, according to the report. A
courier system was reportedly used to move funds, with
jewelry stores and markets as transit points.
The Turkish television network TRT reported that the
suspects were transferred to Istanbul's Maltepe prison.
The Turkish government has yet to comment publicly on the
reported spy bust.
Relations between Israel and Turkey are strained, in part
over Ankara's support for militant group Hamas. But in a
rare phone call this July, Turkish President Recep Tayyip
Erdogan and Israeli President Isaac Herzog reportedly
discussed the need to improve their countries' ties.
Al-Monitor also reported last year that Turkey's
intelligence chief had been holding secret talks with
Israeli officials in a bid to normalize relations.
Separately on Thursday, six suspects — four Russians,
one Ukrainian and one Uzbek national — were jailed
pending trial on espionage charges. The state-run Anadolu
news agency reported that the group was detained in the
Mediterranean province of Antalya earlier this month for
planning "armed action and spying" on Chechen dissidents in
Turkey. Istanbul is home to several thousand Chechens.
by facebook
Record breaking outreach
The October 17 issue of New Trend reached 128,337 Muslims
including
12800 women.
20,000 Muslims were reached in Pakistan and 25,000 in Bangladesh.
The main items in this issue:
Many Muslims ignore/violate Quran & hadith .[Dr. Kaukab Siddique]
Imran regime has failed: JI report.
Vaccination issue in New York. [Sis Aisha]
Kashmir invasion by India. [Dr. Fai]
Bangladesh. Muslim masses rising against Hindu blasphemy.
Uighur Muslims in China & US investments.
Test from Allah? [Sis. Yasmin]
Syria: 50 Russian air strikes
Turkish treachery? [Iraq]
Du'a and hadith.
Gaza.
Anti-Hindu Rallies Continued for a Week.
Major "Conspiracy" Move by Hasina Regime and India to Stop
the Protests. .
The rallies against Hindus came out of every city, town and
most villages. Very few Hindus were killed but properties
were damaged on a massive scale.
More Muslims were killed and wounded by the police than the Hindus.
The Hasina regime in Dhaka and its ally in India came up
with a major propaganda ploy to confuse the population. They
claimed that they have a video of a Muslim who placed the
Qur'an in the Hindu temple and that sparked the Muslim
anger.
[New Trend has seen the video. It is a shadowy video and it
could be anyone. They gave him a Muslim name and then
arrested him in the town of Cox's Bazar, way south of
Comilla where the incident happened.
The media are controlled by secularists and pro-regime
agents. It remains to be seen if the masses will be
misled.
The Hasina regime has the full support of India and has used
her power to send innocent Islamic scholars to be hanged.
Hindus are loyal to India, not to Bangladesh.
Africa
Russians in Central Africa!
In CAR [central african republic]. the Christian regime was
locked in battle with Muslim fighters. As the Muslims neared
victory, Russian troops arrived to help the regime.
The Russians, according to the BBC, are from a "private"
army known as Waghner.
Looks like they saved the regime.
Ferocious new fighting in Ethiopia
The government in Addis Ababa has launched a major offensive
against Tigray forces who had advanced way into the
country.
Tyhe regime is launchung air strtikes against tyhe
Tigray.
Sudan
Pro-Islamic protestors Emerge to oppose secularist
demonstrators.
For a while protestors supporting civilian rule were
predominant.
The supporters of civilian rule did this:
Recognition of Israel.
Condemnation of Osama bin Laden.
Agreement to pay for the American war ship which was damaged by Islamic boatmen.
In return America took Sudan off the terrorism list.
President Bashir was arrested and imprisoned. Western
propaganda claimed that he is a criminal and should be
handed over to the International Court.
The pro-Islamic demonstrators have emerged in good numbers
and seem to have support from some of the military
units.
