On International Women's Day, Nadrat Siddique and her
friends protested at the main door of the embassy of
Pakistan in Washington DC and called for the release of Dr.
Aafia.
The videos of this amazing protest can be seen on face Book
on her page.
[See below huge rally [right column] in Islamabad.]
Photo courtesy Nadrat Siddique.
March 10. Juma salat at masjid Jamaat al-Muslimeen. Crowd
listening to Br. Kaukab Siddique. Read the main points of
the khutba in the right column.
Saudi-Iranian deal
American Muslim Response to Saudi-Iranian collusion.
Chinese CGTN outlet was extolling the gambit.
Here is an American Muslim scholar's brief pointed
response:
The guest speaker on CGTN [Mohomed Morandi from Iran] is
fabricating the meaning of the Saudi Iranian collusion.
These are criminal regimes which have committed genocide of
Muslims, in Syria by Iran and Russia, in Iraq by Iran and
occupation forces.
Iran supported the occupation of Afghanistan and did not
help when Afghans were fighting the Soviets and
occupation.
Iran armed and trained the Houthi minority to occupy San'aa,
cynically as a side show to divert Arab attention.
The central point is that Bashar Assad's minority heterodox
regime were never elected and with Iran, Shia militias and
Russia has committed genocide of Syrian Muslims.
Notice that 500,000 Syrian Muslims have been killed and nine
million made refugees.
Iran and its sectarian allies now occupy four non-Shia
majority countries.
The people of Syria wanted a democratic regime in Syria.
They were attacked by tanks, artillery and air force.
It had nothing to do with ISIS, just ordinary Syrians. There
has been disinformation by Russia and Iran that ISIS was
created by the US. The US has been fighting ISIS
everywhere,
The US and the Western world remained silent as the
Iranian--Russian-Alawite coalition committed genocide and
pulverized Muslim and Islamic heritage. Schools, hospitals,
mosques and ambulances were specifically targeted by Bashar
and Russian air forces. The coordinates of hospitals and
schools given to the Russians by the UN were perversely used
by the Russians to bomb them. These are crimes against
humanity in which Iran is a major player,
Russia, Iran's partner previously committed genocide in
Chechnya.
Iran also continues to provide safe sanctuaries to Indian
intelligence to coordinate terror activities in Pakistan and
supports Indian occupation of Kashmir, while its sectarian
allies in India have supported cultural genocide of Muslims,
demolition of their homes and mosques.
The only truth your Iranian guest spoke was that the Arab
Gulf regimes supported Iraq and that Iraq initiated the
war.
Recent violence against women in Iran has not gone unnoticed
in the world.
The regime in Saudi Arabia, like that of the UAE, is not
representative of its people. Unknown, but large number of
political dissidents are in jail and unknown number executed
or tortured.
MBS is accused of engineering the Kashoggi murder, and the
Biden admin blinked.
Inside USA
AP March 7
Mental Problems are Widespread.
This one led to 4 Murders of youths in their Twenties.
PEKIN, Ill. (AP) — An Illinois man has been sentenced
to 18 months in prison after being convicted of illegally
giving his son an assault-style rifle he later used in a
2018 shooting that killed four people at a Waffle House in
Tennessee.
A judge last May convicted Jeffrey Reinking of illegal
delivery of a firearm to a person who had been treated for
mental illness within the past five years.
Tazewell County Chief Judge Chris Doscotch, in sentencing
the 59-year-old Reinking on Friday, gave him 90 days to
prepare a likely appeal before he must report to begin
serving his sentence, the (Peoria) Journal Star
reported.
During Reinking's bench trial, prosecutors argued the rural
Morton, Illinois, man knew his son, Travis Reinking, had
undergone mental health treatment in 2016.
In May 2016, police and fire personnel responded to a
pharmacy parking lot in Morton where Travis Reinking told
officers he believed singer Taylor Swift was stalking him
and had hacked into his cellphone. Reports showed he was
taken to a Peoria hospital for an evaluation afterward.
Jeffrey Reinking's attorney, Kevin Sullivan, argued his
client didn't know his son had been treated for mental
health issues at the hospital.
Because the younger Reinking had his firearm owner's
identification card revoked by Illinois State Police, he
could not legally possess guns within the state. Travis
Reinking surrendered his guns to his father, who later
returned them to him before the Waffle House shooting,
prosecutors said. The AR-15 assault-style rifle he used in
that attack was one of the guns his father returned to
him.
Travis Reinking was sentenced in February 2022 to life in
prison without the possibility of parole after being
convicted of four counts of first-degree murder and other
charges. He opened fire inside the restaurant on April 22,
2018, killing Taurean Sanderlin, 29; Joey Perez, 20; Akilah
Dasilva, 23; and DeEbony Groves, 21.
Nigeria
Teaching Fear & Humility in Prayers
by Kabir Oyemomii
USTAZ ABDULLAH JABATA
Ustaz Abdallah Ali Jabata is the Imam of a new mosque in
Ikorodu part of Lagos with majority congregation of Yoruba
Muslims.
The mosque that is being sponsored by people who love to
remain anonymous has been experiencing geometric turnout of
members in Jumat services owing to the balanced
jurisprudential submission of this young and vibrant
scholar. Many people love his position on voting rights and
Islamic perspective.
Even though he has been very popular among Nigerian scholars
this can be arguably said to have added to his popularity
and wide acceptance through the influence of social media.
Ustaz Jabata postulates that Islamic ruling appears
open-ended regarding Muslim partaking in electioneering
activities of voting or being voted and such decision should
be made in accordance with a given circumstances in
particular political environments.
Ustaz Abdallah Jabata is a sharp contrast to his elder
brother, Sheik Muhammed Awal Ali Jabata who is popular with
strict methodologies of Dawwah. Both are biological brothers
from Ilorin, a town of Yoruba speaking people that falls
within geographical northern location.
Ustaz Abdallah Jabata appears to be the re- writer of
Jabata's history as it was fast becoming a dreadful family
name with his elder brother's style of excommunication.
Almost all known scholars home and abroad is either a kafir
or innovator to Awwal Jabata.
Their late father, Sheik Ali Jabata used to be referred to
as Muhadith in the city of Ilorin in his lifetime. He was a
leader and a force to reckon with in Nigeria's Qadriyah
group.
The last khutbah delivered by Ustaz Abdullah Jabata
centered on full concentration while observing solat. He
noted that many people dare not allow themselves misbehave
but maintain decorum in front of people in the position of
authority but tend to misbehave in front of their creator
while praying. He hinted that a praying Muslim should have
two things in mind in course of solat: humility and
fear.
War News
[We report the war news without taking sides.]
Syria
March 12. Assad artillery shelled 4 villages in the Idlib
countryside.
An Assad army officer was killed in a clash with Fath al
mubeen Islamic gfroup.
In Hasakeh Assad troops killed a civilian and arrested
another when they refused to stop.
Moysaf, Hama province, Israeli air strike killed an Iranian
officer and 2 others.
200 Iranian forces are headed tp Bokamal near Iraq
border.
Homs desert An ASsad soldier and an Assad militiaman were
killed in clashes with ISIS.
In Aleppo countryside ISIS raiders killed 3 and kidnaped 26
civilians who were collecting truffles for Iranian
militia.
In western Aleppo, Assad artillery hit HTS Islamic group
killing one injuring 5,
Northern Aleppo two groups of Shiite militia supporting
Iran, clashed. One killed, several injured. Iran has sent
troops to control the situation.
In Deraa province, a member of Assad's military intelligence
was killed by hidden gunmen.
Guidance from Sis. Yasmin
'Bismillah Hir Rahman Nir Raheem'
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'Assalamu Alaikum wa Rahmatullahi wa Barkatuh'.
~Of Shields And Mothers~
Every night the Prophet Muhammad (Peace be upon him) would
read the Al-'Mu'awwidhatayn'
(Surah Al- Falaq and Surah Naas).
then blow on his hands and run his hands over his body
(this is also known as 'Hisaar') He once visited his
beloved daughter Sayyidina Fatima (Allah be pleased with
her) and Sayyidina Ali (r.a) at night and urged them to do
likewise.
It took me a few decades to realize that this is precisely
what my grandfather was doing every night before going to
bed !
'Dhikr'~ the Ultimate Shield.
There is a reason why 'Dhikr' and 'Du'a'
are said to form a Muslim's fortress.
These 'Adhkaar' form an actual shield around us, protecting
us from all sorts of dangers. They form our daily
armour.
Countless 'Ahadith' about our morning du'a confirm that
these du'as will prevent harm from reaching us till the
evening or next day. The same applies to our evening du'a,
recitations, or Adhkaar.
I would know; I have almost set the kitchen on fire many a
time. While preparing aftaar a few years ago I saw a
gorgeous orange light peering through our kitchen glass
doors as I returned to the kitchen from my room. It turned
out that the pretty light was a full-swing party of rather
massive flames dancing off my wok of oil. Stunned, all I
could do was recite---
Allah said, "O fire, be coolness and safety upon
Abraham—
" ya naaru kuni bardan wa salaman ala Ibrahim.
[Qur`an~ Surah Al Anbiya 21 ~A #69]
When the fight response pushed me into motion,
I poured water on an oil fire! Yet, defying physical laws,
just as Allah cooled Namrud's fire for Sayyidina Ibrahim
(upon him be peace),
He calmed these fiery flames too.
How vividly this protection is illustrated throughout the
Seerah!
For instance when the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon
him went to speak with the Jinn. Sayyidina Ibn Mas'ud (ra)
agreed to accompany him (Peace be upon him) there.
Just outside the abode of the Jinn,
the Prophet's made hisaar, a protective ring, around
Sayyidina Ibn Mas'ud. By Allah's will, this ring protected
him from all types of jinn and shayateen
who came in such varied forms:
Jinn, scorpions, snakes and so on - an unimaginably scary
list.
Sayyidina Ibn Mas'ud narrates that they would just crash
against the ring the Prophet had simply drawn in the loose
earth with his blessed finger as though they'd hit a
wall.
And to this day I am certain that reciting from My Lord's
blessed word is the only thing that saved me from those
raging flames,
and at countless other moments when we perhaps
didn't even register.
Of Prophets and Mothers.
That, and my mother's Du'a!
Remember how Allah cautioned Sayyidina Musa (as) to climb
the mountain carefully after his mother's death,
for she used to make du'a for him every day.
And with her passing away...
lowered forever were the hands that rose time and again
in prayer-most-earnest for her son.
Prayers that even Allah recognized as protection.
I can't imagine how direly in need we must be
of our mothers' blessings and du'a.
Today, right now, make special du'a
for your parents, and, make special effort to earn your
place in their precious prayers.
Be an even better son, an even better daughter.
~My 'Salaams' to all~
~ Y a s m i n ~
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~*Never Despair Of The Mercy Of Allah*~
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~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.}
[Source ~ Article written by By K. Balkhi.]
Revolutionary Khutba
by Kaukab Siddique, Ph.D
Most People Don't Realize these Islamic Essentials for
Ramadan.
On March 10, Br. Kaukab Siddique gave the Juma' khutba at
Masjid Jamaat al-Muslimeen in Baltimore.
The masjid was crowded perhaps because Ramadan is
approaching.
A non-Muslim came in and embraced Islam after reciting the
kalima in English and Arabic with the help of the local
imam.
These were the main points made by Br. Kaukab.
With the help of fasting, we must change our eating and
sleeping routines.
Take extra care of our spouses. The Qur'an says we are
each other's l ibas or garments, very close to each other
and concealing each other's flaws and weaknesses.
The daily prayers are most important. Connect at least 5
days a day with Allah along with, if possible, Sunnah and
Nafal prayers.
Where water is not available, do tayamum [dry ablution.]
Qur'an 4:43]
Follow the Prophet Muhammad, pbuh, and no other human
being. The teachings of all earlier prophets are subsumed
in the Qur'an. To know the authentic teachings of Noah,
Abraham, Moses and Jesus and all others, peace be on them,
study the Qur'an.
In the greatest miracle in history, Prophet Muhammad,
pbuh, traveled in a split second to Jerusalem [al-Quds] with
angel Gabriel on an extra terrestrial being known in hadith
as Burraq.
From Jerusalem [al-Quds], he was taken by Gabriel to the
Other World. He was shown Heaven and Hell, and in
similitude, the punishment of adulterers and money lenders.
In an extraordinary sequence, via Moses, he was bequeathed,
the blessings of 50 prayers in each prayer.
The greatest part of the miraculous journey was that he
led all the previous prophets and messengers in prayer, thus
showing the finality of his prophethood. [pbuh]
Part 2.
Muslims often forget two of the greatest events of
Ramadan
The battle of Badr. The greatest victory of Islamic
fighters, when heavily outnumbered Muslims with hardly any
weapons or resources totally defeated the army of the
oppressors. [Qur'an 3:123]
The prophet, pbuh, prayed all night for the victory of
Islam before the battle. He picked up a handful of sand and
threw it at the oppressors, and the kuffar were routed.
Allah said: It was not he who threw but Allah did. When the
Will of Allah coincides with the will of the believer, the
result is victory. [Qur'an 8:17]
Bilal, r.a., killed the oppressor who had kept him as a
slave.
9-ii. Why do we forget the anniversary of Ayesha, r.a., the
most beloved wife of the Prophet, pbuh. At his express wish
he spent his last days with Ayesha, r.a, and died in her
lap. One of his last wishes was to clean his teeth and he
asked for MISWAK. She softened it with her spittle and thus
her loab and his became one.
Muslims must stop fighting each other. This masjid
should be a masjid for Da'wah, inviting the kuffar to true
faith, decency, peace and justice.
Invite our sisters to come to the masjid. Do not divide
the ummah. Also help the orphans in Baltimore. Remember, the
Prophet, pbuh, was an orphan.
May Allah forgive our sins and our shortcomings.
Outreach
Thank you Br. Rich.
New Trend's web site got 48523 hits in February.
On face book our March 5 issue of
New Trend reached 833 Muslims [about Rushdie, Air Janaza,
etc]
Massive Rally by Women in Islamabad.
JI leader spoke to them
by Qaiser Sharif
Islamabad: March 08: Jamaat-e-Islami (JI) Emir Sirajul Haq
has said that international powers want to create Libya and
Syria like situation in Pakistan and some political parties
act as their facilitators.
Pushing country into civil war was their common agenda, he
said while addressing Women Rally in Islamabad, adding the
general elections were the solution to the prevailing
crises.
The PDM, the PPP and the PTI were pawns of the
establishment, he further said.
JI women wing organized the rally in connection of
International Women Day.
Addressing the event, Haq also condemned the police torture
on PTI workers in Lahore, saying holding peaceful rallies
and meetings were the right of every political party as per
the constitution.
"Shehbaz Speed has proved fatal for the country in 11-month
and the so-called financial expert Ishaq Dar's claims also
cannot bring any improvement in economy."
If the performance of the former PTI government was bad, the
incumbent one brought further disaster, he said, adding it
had been that the troika could not bring any betterment.
Haq said that majority of women in parliament were
representatives of elite class as they never talked about
the rights of common woman. He said women in Pakistan were
deprived of from their basis rights. They were harassed at
workplaces, in parks, in buses, he said, adding women did
not feel protected even in federal capital.
He said the country's development linked to the betterment
of women as they made more than half of the total
population. He said women must be given rights in
properties. He said the culprits involved in incidents of
honors killing and torture against women should be dealt
with iron hand. He said Islam guarantees rights to women but
the rulers were reluctant to ensure women their basis
rights. Hence, he said, it was need of the hour that women
must demand Islamic system in the country and should become
the part of the JI struggle to transform country into
Islamic welfare state. He said the corrupt system deprived
every citizen from his/her rights. He said the JI would
bring Islamic revolution with a democratic struggle.
