Facts & Misinformation about the Russia vs Ukraine Battles
by Kaukab Siddique, PhD
The two sides are doing so much against each other that the
reality is obscured.
So we seek help from our readers.
Please pick one from each side:
Russia
very large army but iits quality is poor. Reports indicate
Russian columns running out of fuel. Also breaking down
owing to lack of repairs.
Russia is hitting civilians.
They want to kill civilians.
They can't shoot straight and hit civilians while trying to
hit military targets.
They think Ukraine rulers are Nazis.
Russian soldiers don't know why they are in Ukraine.
Civilians are taking up arms and taunting Russia.
It's all propaganda from western media.
.. Ukrainian side:
People including women are united against Russia.
People are not united. More than 2 million have fled.
Only women and children have fled.
Ukraine is winning but now Ukraine says 1300 of its troops
have been killed.
Ukraine needs air force but Ukraine has air force and it has
not been used.
Pakistan
JI message
via Qaiser Sharif
On march 10 several hundred people joined Jamaat Islami in
the Lower Dir area of northeastern Pakistan.
JI leader Sirajul Haq congratulated them and said that the
core values of Islam can save Pakistan from deep seated
misleading ideas of the ruling party as well as the
anti-people ways of.previous rulers.
Women's Rallies.
Earlier in Islamabad and other major cities women allied to
JI rallied in support of islamic values of modesty and
respect for women.
A huge rally of historic proportions by women was at Punjab
University in Lahore.
War News
See Saudi Arabia in the right column.
Syria
For a third week there have been few Russian air strikes
against ISIS which has advanced further into Homs, Raqqa and
Deir ez Zor provinces.
Apparently Russia is putting everything into the invasion of
Ukraine and also owing to bad weather. However on March 10
Russia carried out a few air strikes against ISIS in the
al-Raqqa desert.
In lower Damascus province gunmen attacked a car of the
brother of Assad, A supporter of Assad was killed but the
brother of Assad escaped.
SOHR reports that areas held by the Assad regime are in
chaos and instability.
The Assad regime fired numerous rockets into villages held
by Islamic groups in Idlib and Latakia.. No hits or
casualties reported.
Iranian militias are changing their positions owing to
Israeli air strikes which have killed two Iranian special
forces commanders. Iran is pledging retaliation. 5 militia
of Assad were also killed in the Israeli strike.
Turkish artillery fire is reported from the Ain Issa area.
Three children injured.
ISIS is helping women in the el-Hawl refugee camp in Hasakeh
province. Some of these attempts have been foiled by
SDF.
Forty people have been arrested by pro-American SDF for
supporting ISIS.
An American supported convoy of 40 trucks is heading to
al-Qamishli.
On March 10 in the Palmyra desert , 6 Assad regime troops
were killed and 7 of their militia were wounded by mines
planted by ISIS.
Ongoing exchanges of machine gun fire between Assad Iranian
militias and Islamic groups in the Hama and Idlib
countryside.
News Within the U.S.
Jussie Smollett Harmed The Black Community
Actor Jussie Smollett has been convicted. Black and homo, he
had organized a fake attack on himself to blameTrump.
However two Nigerians whom he had paid handsomely to fake
the attack, confessed.
Muslims should be leaders of the Black commumity.
People like Smollet are doing great harm to the
community.
Even a Rich Black Man can be mistreated thus.
The director of hit superhero film Black Panther was
mistaken for a bank robber as he tried to take money out of
his own account in the US, a police report has revealed.
Ryan Coogler was briefly arrested after trying to withdraw
$12,000 (£9,100) from the Atlanta bank in January.
The teller had reportedly told her boss she suspected an
attempted robbery after misinterpreting the situation.
Mr Coogler told US outlet TMZ the "situation should never
have happened".
However, the 35-year-old said Bank of America had since
"worked with me and addressed it to my satisfaction and we
have moved on".
According to the police report, which was obtained by the
entertainment website, Mr Coogler - reportedly wearing a
covid face mask, as well as sunglasses and a hat - handed
the teller a withdrawal slip with a note saying he wanted
$12,000 from his checking account.
Opinion
Forthcoming Unique Presentation
by Dr. Ahmedullah
How the Exploitation of Bengal's Jute helped Britain to
Expand its Trade World wide.
Wednesday, 23 March 2022, 6.30-8.30 pm, Conference Room,
Idea Store Whitechapel, 321 Whitechapel Road, London E1
1BU
Jute is an indigenous fabric of Bengal, produced from a
stem-like plant. It is a versatile, strong material. For
centuries, the people of Bengal and others utilised the
fabric for a range of practical everyday purposes, such as
rope making to tie things, clothing to wear, packing bags to
carry goods and decorative crafts.
Every part of the plant provides helpful something,
including the young leaves that become a tasty vegetable
when cooked and have medicinal properties. The jute stem,
when dried, becomes a valuable item, utilised for firewood,
wall fencing, construction materials and producing
charcoals, and a range of other things.
The jute fabric played a vital role in Bengal's local,
regional and international trade for many centuries before
the advent of British rule. However, after the British
conquest of Bengal in 1757, slowly this fabric came under
the focus of the British East India Company. And then, it
soon took off in a significant way, especially from the
early 19th Century.
At first, the East India Company used handloom produced jute
textiles to carry its trade goods. But from the 1830s, the
Scottish city of Dundee managed to make machine-made yarn
and textiles from its mills and factories. The mechanisation
of jute production followed this in Calcutta (Kolkata) in
the 1850s. Eventually, the jute fabric became the dominant
carrier material for the growing world trade in commodities,
raw materials and manufactured goods dominated by the
British Empire.
Although other world areas, such as USA and Germany, also
established mills and factories for processing jute, and
handloom jute manufacturers continued to engage in their
trade for a long time, Dundee and Calcutta became and
remained the dominant producers and exporters of jute
products. Dundee became known as Jutopolis, while Calcutta
manufacturers were called Jutwallahs.
In this presentation, Dr M Ahmedullah tells the fascinating
story of how - through growing and processing raw jute - the
sweat of the farmers of Bengal facilitated the engine and
expansion of the trade of the British Empire - from
Australia to South America, from the USA to Asia,.
Invitation to Think
Maulana Maudoodi's message to the Islamic activist..
"When we talk about implementation of the religion, it does
not merely mean establishing the religion in the mosques or
preaching some religious doctrines or etihcal formulas
We want thar when we have accepted Allah as our Creator,
Allah should be obeyed in the home, the mosque, in the
police station and the military cantonmenrt, in the high
court and the parliament, in the governing cabinet and the
embassy."
[Courtesy Engineer Intikhab Aalam, Pakistan]
Guidance by Sis. Yasmin.
*Bismillah Hir Rehman Nir Raheem*
'Assalaamu Alaykum Warahmatullah'
The Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him) said---
'Siwak' cleanses the mouth and pleases the Lord'.
(Source~ al-Bukhaari in his Saheeh, 2/274, and by Ahmad,
6/47,
and al-Nisaa'i, 1/50.)
A Study Shows 'Miswak' Has Medicinal Properties
that Toothpaste Lacks
IslamToday / Agencies
A study has revealed that the 'Miswak' - or teeth cleaning
sticks commonly used in Arab and Asian countries, have
greater value than toothbrush and toothpaste.
A group of dentists at King Saud University (KSU) has done a
study revealing the medicinal properties of 'Miswak', while
'Miswak sales go up considerably in 'Ramadan'.
The study suggests that the beneficial effects for oral
hygiene and dental health for those who have been using
'Miswak' are equal to, if not greater than, those of a
toothbrush and toothpaste.
"Miswak has many medicinal properties and can fight plaque,
recession of gums, tooth wear, bleeding gums and periodontal
pocket depths," said the study, adding that the repeated
process of using them releases fresh sap and silica (a hard
glossy mineral),
which acts as an abrasive material for the removal stains.
The study was conducted by a group of dentists led by Dr. Khaled
Almas. The study explains that the Miswak also releases a
substance that soothes toothache.
"It is also used to prevent smoking in adults and thumb sucking in
children. It may also improve appetite and regulate peristaltic
movements of the gastrointestinal tract," said the study.
Referring to the growing sales of Miswak, especially during
Ramadan. Mubarak Al-Oraizi, a Miswak seller in Riyadh, said:
"Miswak sales have gone up in Ramadan, especially in Makkah
and Madinah by nearly 300 percent."
Arif Aleem, a Bangladeshi salesman, who sits in front of a Riyadh
masjid, said: "This is our season and we do brisk business in
Ramadan every year. For me, it is fun sitting near the masjid,
praying and talking to people, watching people coming and going
and at the same time making money."
"And We send down from the Qur'an that which is a healing and a
mercy to those who believe..."
['Qur'an' Surat Al-Isra' 17:82].
~ 'Salaams' to you ~
~Yasmin~
'Do Not Despair of the Mercy of Allah'.
{'Qur'an ~ Surat Az-Zumar~ 39 :A # 53 }
[ Source: "Study reveals medicinal properties of miswak"
Arab News September.]
Hadith of the Week
Narrated by Abu Huraira,r.a.:
Allah's Apostle said,
"The deeds of anyone of you will not save you from the Hell
Fire." They said, "Even you will not be saved by your deeds,
O Allah's Apostle?" He said, "No, even I will not be saved
unless and until Allah bestows His Mercy on me. Therefore,
do good deeds properly, sincerely and moderately, and
worship Allah in the forenoon and in the afternoon and
during a part of the night, and always adopt a middle,
moderate, regular course whereby you will reach your target
(Paradise)."
Bukhari, Volume 8, Book 76,
Number 470
[With thanks to Sis. Kristi]
Students at Georgetown University Oppose Trips to Israel
March 11, 2022: Palestinian Campaign for the Academic and
Cultural Boycott of Israel (PACBI):
These trips serve to present Israel in a positive light,
whitewashing its regime of military occupation, apartheid,
and settler-colonialism and its decades-long denial of
Palestinian rights, including the right to education.
We salute the graduate and undergraduate students at
Georgetown University who successfully prevented $30,000 in
student funding from being used for an itrek propaganda trip
to apartheid Israel.
These trips serve to present Israel in a positive light,
whitewashing its regime of military occupation, apartheid,
and settler-colonialism and its decades-long denial of
Palestinian rights, including the right to education.
Israel has bombed and demolished Palestinian schools and
universities, carried out military raids on campuses,
including using live fire and tear gas, and imposed
restrictions preventing travel to campus and abroad for
scholarships.
Israel just this week announced new procedures further
restricting entry permits for faculty members from abroad
and international students wishing to teach or study at
Palestinian universities.
The Georgetown students join hundreds of academic
departments, programs, centers, unions, and societies and
tens of thousands of scholars, researchers, students, and
university staff worldwide who are standing up for
Palestinian rights and urging accountability for apartheid
Israel.
Many major human rights organizations now recognize Israel
as an apartheid state, and Palestinians have long called for
ending complicity in this regime at all levels, as was done
to end apartheid in South Africa.
We also salute the Palestinian law students who roundly
rebuffed itrek's deceitful attempts to co-opt Palestinian
students, refusing to serve as fig leaves for Israel's
regime of oppression.
We join the Palestinian law students and the Georgetown
students in urging all students to reject itrek's propaganda
trips and to work to ensure their university refuses ties
with this organization's deliberate whitewash of Israel's
war crimes and crimes against humanity perpetrated against
Indigenous Palestinians.
{IMEMEC]
Destruction of Muslim History in China
In 2002 and 2003, two targeted government interventions
struck at the core of Muslim Uyghur Kashgar. The first such
"intervention" was the demolition and restructuring of the
areas around Id Kah, which separated the central mosque and
square from the surrounding Uyghur community. The square
lost its social function and religious symbolism.
The second intervention, the downsizing and elimination of
open-air markets in Id Kah square as well as the areas
around the old Sunday bazaar, diminished economic and social
roles for urban and rural Uyghur businesspeople. New market
halls, prefabricated stands, and supermarkets reduced
business opportunities for local farmers, craftsmen, and
traders, and subjected them to increased government
control.
[Uighur Human Rights Prfjecty]
Excerpted
Ongoing Support for the release of Dr. Aafia Siddiqui & Imam Jamil from US prison.
According to info from Br. Mauri Saalakhan,, there will be a
new rally for Sis. Aafia's release on March 19
in Washington DC at 12 PM.
The location will be issued soon.
Please donate for the Aafia movement's efforts.
Saudi Arabia
Very Serious Disturbances in the Saudi kingdom are Uncovered
The regime on March 12 uncovered a horror story. 81 persons
have been executed in one day.
BBC reports that those executed are from: al-Qaida
Islamic State [ISIS}
Houthis from Yemen
[could be from the Shia minority covered by the word
"Houthi/".
A Shia scholarr Shaikh Nimr was executed early on.
One Syrian.
Details are not available but human rights groups iindicate
that rule of law or a justuce system does not exist in
Saudi Arabia.
Readers might remember that Saudi dissident Kashoggi was
strangled and his body was dissolved. The killers were very
close supporters of the Crown Prince.
Osama bin Laden tried to overthrow the Saudi regime but did
not succeed.
Islamic women are also in Saudi prisons.
Kingship is not allowed in Islam. This tribal regime is as
far as you can get from Islam.
New record for New Trend's outreach via facebook,
The March 6th issue of New Trend
reached 373,271 Muslims including 3,400 women
