Islam does not teach us to fight Christians, Jews or people
of any other religion but to fight back if they attack
us.
We are against all oppressors even if they claim to be
Muslims. There is no place for dictatorship in Islam.
Women are central to the Muslim Ummah and we are urged to
oppose those who oppress women.
Lgbtq are not accepted in Islam but we do not confront them
if they don't confront us. Sexuality must be kept very
private.
India
Bodies of teenage Dalit sisters found hanging from tree in India
Police say the two minors were gang raped and then hung from
a tree in Uttar Pradesh state, adding that six suspects have
been arrested.
By Rifat Fareed
Published On 15 Sep 2022
There is uproar in India after the bodies of two sisters
belonging to the marginalised Dalit community were found
hanging from a tree in the northern Uttar Pradesh state.
Police suspect the two girls, aged 15 and 17, were gang
raped and murdered in the Lakhimpur Kheri district. Six
accused men have been arrested.
Sanjeev Suman, the police chief in Lakhimpur Kheri, told
reporters the two minors, residents of Tamoli Purva village
in the district, were lured to a nearby field on Wednesday
afternoon and allegedly raped by the accused.
"The men allegedly strangulated them with their scarf and
hung them from a tree. The investigation is on," he
said.
Dalits, formerly referred to as the "untouchables", fall at
the bottom of India's complex caste system. For centuries,
they have been victims of discrimination and persecution by
privileged caste groups despite laws in place for their
protection.
Ram Gautam, the uncle of the girls and a construction worker
in Lakhimpur Kheri, said the family is waiting for a
postmortem report.
"We are shocked. The younger one was a high school student
and the older one was a school dropout," he told Al
Jazeera.
On Wednesday, the residents of Tamoli Purva village blocked
roads in protest against the gang rape and killing of the
two Dalit sisters.
[Al Jazeera] Excerpted
By Al Jazeera Staff
Published On 15 Oct 2022
India has fallen six positions on the 2022 Global Hunger
Index (GHI), ranking 107th out of 121 countries in a report
published on Friday.
Asia's third-largest economy fared worse than other South
Asian countries such as Pakistan, Nepal, Bangladesh and Sri
Lanka. This was the third straight year in which India's
ranking on the scale fell - it previously ranked 101 in
2021, and 94 in 2020.
Sikh Family Murdered in California.
Baby left to die on the ground.
[CNN Oct 14]
The Merced County District Attorney's Office on Monday filed
four counts of first-degree murder with special
circumstances against a California truck driver, Jesus
Manuel Salgado, 48, who is accused of kidnapping and killing
four family members, including an 8-month-old girl, from
their trucking business a week ago.
Salgado's arraignment scheduled for Monday was postponed
after he told Merced County Superior Court Judge Paul Lo via
a Zoom call that he needed "a couple of months" to find his
own attorney instead of using a court-appointed public
defender. Lo rescheduled the arraignment for Thursday to
allow Salgado a few more days, not months, to hire an
attorney.
Salgado was booked into the Merced County Jail on Oct. 6,
two days after he was arrested, but he was transported to an
area hospital after attempting suicide, according to the
sheriff's office.
Merced County Sheriff Vern Warnke said during a news
conference that a farmworker found the bodies of 8-month-old
Aroohi Dheri; her mother, Jasleen Kaur, 27; father, Jasdeep
Singh, 36; and uncle, Amandeep Singh, 39; in an almond
orchard near Dos Palos, California, around 5:30 p.m. PDT on
Oct. 5.
War News
Syria
October 16
Fath al-Mubeen Islamic group shelled Assad regime forces in
Khan al-Sabi [Eastern Idlib countryside].
Assad artillery hit a village in western Aleppo
countryside.
Hayat Tahrir al Sham [jihad group], captured the town of
Afrin and scores of villages from groups supporting Turkey.
19 people were killed and dozens injured in the
fighting.
Bodies of 17 Shia Afghan militia found east of Palmyra [ISIS
ambush]
ISIS attacks reported from al-Raqqa and Deir ez Zor,
including on a Shia imam.
Five Russian air strikes
killed 2 Syrians and wounded 9 who were supporting Turkey in
the Afrin area.
Deraa province. ISIS entered Jassim city and Assad forces
withdrew after a clash in which 4 Assad and 3 ISIS were
killed.
National Islamic Shoora coming up by Zoom
The following have been confirmed till now.
Br. Salahuddin [Chairperson.] [Denver]
Dr. Firoz Kamal [Keynote speaker] [UK]
Br. Shoaib Qureshi. [UK]
Sis. Ashira Naim. [Baltimore]
Sis. Khadija Latavia. {Baltimore]
Br. Ali Randall & Sis. Ayesha Jones. [Virginia]
Br. Abu Talib [New York\
Marginal notes by Dr. Kaukab Siddique [Pennsylvania]
Zoom link and technical help: Sis. Nadrat Siddique
{Ask for day and time.}
Permission required from the Ameer.
Historic and Extraordinary effort to Spotlight Support for Dr. Aafia Siddiqui
Nadrat Siddique was at the Chicago Marathon (October, 9,
2022). It is one of six prestigious world marathons
(including Boston, Tokyo, and Berlin), known as the Abbott
World majors.
40,000 people participated.
Nadrat ran the 26.2 miles in 4 hours 22 minutes to call
attention to the horrible injustice being done to a
completely innocent Pakistani woman scientist, Dr. Aafia
Siddiqui.
[Nadrat Siddique has run more than 40 marathons.] [She is
not related to Aafia]
FREE AAFIA SIDDIQUI!
We Stand with Uighur Chinese Muslims
Biden and Erdogan failed.
"President Biden's speech at the U.N. General Assembly was
weak; he failed to effectively highlight and condemn China's
ongoing genocide against Uyghurs, Kazakhs, Kyrgyz, and other
Turkic peoples in East Turkistan," said Prime Minister Salih
Hudayar of the East Turkistan Government in Exile. "We plead
with the U.S. Government to take stronger actions to end
China's ongoing genocide by bringing East Turkistan to the
agenda of the U.N. Security Council and tabling a resolution
at the U.N. General Assembly."
Although "violations" in "Xinjiang" was mentioned, President
Biden failed to call out China's genocide in East Turkistan
explicitly.
Furthermore, President Biden did not clarify the specific
ethnic groups facing genocide and other crimes against
humanity, particularly the Uyghurs.
In January 2021, the U.S. State Department under the Trump
Administration officially designated China's atrocities
against Uyghur, Kazakh, Kyrgyz, and other Turkic peoples as
genocide. The designation was continued under the Biden
Administration, with U.S. Secretary of State Anthony Blinken
reaffirming the U.S. stance on China's actions in East
Turkistan.
"The global East Turkistani diaspora is greatly disheartened
by President Biden's failure to adequately address the
ongoing humanitarian crisis in East Turkistan at the U.N.
General Assembly," said President Ghulam Yaghma of the East
Turkistan Government in Exile. "We call on ALL nations to
cease downplaying China's ongoing genocide against Uyghurs
and other Turkic peoples in Occupied East Turkistan as mere
"human rights violations."
Yesterday, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan made
brief comments on the issue of Uyghurs during his speech
addressing the U.N. General Assembly. He stated, "we are
sensitive to the protection of the fundamental rights and
freedoms of Muslim Uyghur Turks, without harming China's
territorial integrity, understanding of one China and
sovereignty rights."
President Erdogan's speech supporting the so-called One
China policy and so-called "territorial integrity" was
perceived as damaging East Turkistan's struggle to regain
independence and was subsequently condemned by the global
East Turkistani diaspora.
"We strongly condemn Turkish President Erdogan's damaging
statement at the U.N. General Assembly," said Vice President
Abdulahat Nur of the East Turkistan Government in Exile.
"East Turkistan is an Occupied Country; restoring East
Turkistan's rightful independence is the only way to ensure
the existence, fundamental rights, and freedoms of Uyghurs
and other Turkic peoples."
The East Turkistan Government in Exile has long been calling
on the Member States of the United Nations, the U.N. Human
Rights Council, and the U.N. Security Council to intervene
and end China's ongoing campaign of genocide in East
Turkistan, which started in May 2014.
On October 13, 1949, the Chinese Communist People's
Liberation Army invaded East Turkistan and overthrew the
independent East Turkistan Republic on December 22,
1949.
Palestine
Algeria Helped in Palestinian Unity
Sultanate of Oman welcomes signing of Algeria's declaration
by Palestinian factions
[15/October/2022]
MUSCAT October 15.2022 (Saba) - The Sultanate of Oman
welcomed the signing of the Algiers Declaration by the
Palestinian factions and its full support for all steps
aimed at achieving unity among the Palestinian people.
In a statement on Friday, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of
Oman confirmed that it supports Algeria's declaration of its
contribution to the realization of the Palestinian people's
legitimate aspirations and rights, The principle of dialogue
and political partnership between the various Palestinian
national forces is enshrined.
The Sultanate of Oman also appreciated, according to the
statement transmitted by the Oman News Agency, the great
efforts of the Republic of Algeria in sponsoring and hosting
talks.
The various Palestinian factions participating in the
reunion conference for Palestinian national unity have
signed, on Thursday, Algeria's declaration put an end to a
nearly 15-year split.
E.M
Sayyiduna Abu Bakrah (Radhi Allahu Anhu
رضي الله
عنه) narrates...
*PROPHET*~ {Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam} said...
The Supplication of the distressed is...
'O Allah, Your mercy is what I hope for.
Do not abandon me to my desires,
even for the blinking of an eye,
and put all my affairs in order for me;
none is worthy of worship but You.'
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~My "Salaams" to all~
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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'- Surat Al-Rahman-55.26-27 }
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Son of Adam! You are nothing but a number of days,
whenever each day passes then part of you has Gone!
~{Al-Hasan Al-Basree}~
