How do you contemplate wisdom, reason, and respect for
tolerance and decency given the political chaos, blind
terror, religious awe, and moral and intellectual
hatred-filled trajectory submerged in inhuman action? The
live video portrayal went across the global networks of
Israeli police using stern grenades, smoking blasts, and
beating the worshipers at midnight prayers during the month
of fasting (Ramadan) at the Al-Aqsa Mosque - the Third
holiest site in Islam. The Israeli Police Commissioner
called it "a terrible impact of police behavior." A
flip-flop of mediocre expression of the prevalent reality.
At a loss is the decadent culture of human thinking,
behavior, and integrity and a miserable failure to respect
others - the innocent and helpless worshippers. If you want
to be respected for your national identity and religious
values, then respect that of others. The souls of Abraham,
Ishmael, Ishaq, and Jacob resting in neighboring Al-Khalil
(Hebron), and Moses and Jesus must have been tormented by
the extreme wing of the Israeli political government under
PM Netanyahu. There is a chronic problem of irresistible
political and religious necessity to dehumanize Palestinians
in particular, and Muslims in general, as the State of
Israel occupies their Third Holiest site in East Jerusalem.
Netanyahu desperately needs diversion and unthinkable
conflicts for his own political survival and to avert the
massive 14 weeks long public protests and new kind of
socio-political chaos to balance his weak and corrupt
leadership. What is the core impulse of the problem?
This was not the first incident of politically engineered
hatred and primitive tyranny against the Abrahamic Faith
worshipers at the Al-Aqsa Mosque. Ramzy Baroud, a Palestine
scholar explains in his 2014 article: "Al-Aqsa vs. Israel:
The Lurking Danger Beneath" (Uncommon Thought Journal:
3/14/2014):
UncommonThought.com/mtblog/archives/2014/03/14/al-aqsa-vs-isra.php
"Something sinister is brewing around and below al-Aqsa
Mosque in occupied East Jerusalem, and it has the hallmark
of a familiar Israeli campaign to strip the Mosque of its
Muslim Arab identity. This time around, however, the stakes
are much higher. It was on February 25, 1994, that US-born
Jewish extremist Baruch Goldstein stormed into the Ibrahimi
Mosque in the Palestinian city of al-Khalil (Hebron) and
opened fire. The aim was to kill as many Arabs as he
could.
At that moment, nearly 800 Muslim worshipers were kneeling
down during the dawn prayer in the holiest month of the
Muslim Calendar; Ramadan. He killed up to 30 people and
wounded over 120. Exactly 20 years later, the Israeli army
stormed al-Aqsa Mosque, the third holiest Muslim site, and
opened fire. The timing was no accident...... That same
dangerous combination - rightwing politicians allied with
religious zealots - is at work once more. They are eyeing
Al-Aqsa for annexation; the same way the Israeli government
is laboring to permanently annex large swathes of the
occupied West Bank...."
Global Reaction to the Israeli Police Attack on the
Worshippers
AT the UNO Hqt, New York, thousands of concerned people held
a protest against the Israeli police incursion and attacks
on the Muslim worshipers inside the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound,
Palestinians call it 'Haram-Sharif' - a Place of Honor and
Respect. Like other religious followers, Jews, Christians,
Muslims and others were active participants calling out to a
global audience for respect for the sacred site and reasoned
conflict resolution and peace between Palestine and Israel.
At the edge of reason, Israeli political leaders under PM
Nethanyu appear to be victims of ignorance, religious
immorality and imbecility to have ordered the police to raid
the Al-Aqsa mosque. Had they known who the Prophet Abraham,
Ishaq, Jacob, Joseph, Moses, and Jesus were and what their
teaching, beliefs, and practices were, they would have never
dared to tyrannize the innocent worshipers at the mosque.
Muslims in their five-times daily prayers send salutations
to Abraham and his progeny, and their belief and respect are
integral parts of the Islamic faith. No Palestinian or other
Muslim would ever dare to disrupt the Jewish worshipers or
insult the Prophets of Islam - Abraham, Ishaq, Jacob, Moses,
and Jesus. It was only a convenient and self-serving
interest to the extreme right wing of Israeli political
governance. But the real issue rests not with Judaism; it
is the "Zionism" that governs the minds and Israeli
political construct.
Alan Hart ("Zionism and Peace Are Incompatible" Dissident
Voice, Oct 21, 2010), explains the core problem embedded in
Zionism:
"Zionism is not only Jewish nationalism which created a
state in the Arab heartland mainly by terrorism and ethnic
cleansing. It is also a pathological mindset. In the deluded
Zionist mind the world was always anti-Jew and always will
be. It follows that Holocaust II (shorthand for another
great turning against Jews) is inevitable. It follows that
there can be no limits to what Zionism will do in order to
preserve nuclear-armed Greater Israel as a refuge of last
resort for all Jews everywhere when the world turns against
them....... But alas, reality continues to slap everyone in
the face: Zionism and peace are incompatible. I will say it
again, Zionism and peace are incompatible."
Are the Arab Leaders and Custodians of the Holy Mosques Alive?
While the world was watching the most pernicious actions and
their consequences on the news screen, most Arab leaders
lacking the moral and intellectual profile and reasoning
were obsessed with their own personal agenda items and
strategic priorities. While political tyranny and cynicism
rule across the Middle East, the landscape, what this author
narrated some 20 years earlier ("Arab Ummah vs. Muslim
Ummah, Who you were and where you are?"
MediaMonitors.net/arab-ummah-vs-muslim-ummah
Media Monitors
Network, May 8, 2002), remains unchanged. The contemporary
leaders pose no moral, intellectual, or political challenge
to Israeli leadership and the occupation. If the Arab people
were united and had educated and intelligent leadership
would have changed the shape and forms of contemporary
hopeless affairs. Should authoritarian Arab leaders not be
questioned and held accountable for their incompetence,
treachery, and failure to protect the interests of the Arab
people?
"World observers describe the Arab leaders as "defeated"
cronies who capitalize on inflicted miseries of the masses
to build palaces and to increase foreign bank balances. Is
it possible that the defeated parties could pressure the
victors? Or demand favorable terms and conditions on issues
that involve life and death questions? ......When you
discarded Islam, you left behind all its merits and claims.
Your leaders believe, you are an economic man and woman like
the Western cultures, they work to earn, you consume fatty
dinners and enjoy 4 wheels cruiser without working for it.
Your enemies are happy; you are true believers in
progressive economic myths and lifestyles. But your leaders
are without followers, without a sense of responsibility or
guilt. Most Western political analysts believe Arab leaders
hardly bother to use their brain; it is always new and fresh
like a baby."
The Arab people, politics (if any), and culture need a
navigational change to coexist with the moral and
intellectual demands of the 21st century. They are prisoners
and divided by sectarianism in their countries. Carly
Fiorina, the former CEO of Hewlett Packard ("TECHNOLOGY,
BUSINESS AND OUR WAY OF LIFE: WHAT'S NEXT" 09/2001)
HP.com/hpinfo/execteam/speeches/fiorina/minnesota01.html
,
fascinated us with her ideas and vision she had shared
decades ago on the Islamic civilization:
"There was once a civilization that was the greatest in the
world...."
"And this civilization was driven more than anything, by the
invention. Its architects designed buildings that defied
gravity. Its mathematicians created the algebra and
algorithms that would enable the building of computers and
the creation of encryption. Its doctors examined the human
body and found new cures for diseases. Its astronomers
looked into the heavens, named the stars, and paved the way
for space travel and exploration........"
Recently, an old Palestinian woman was reported with a heart
attack and the attending physician explained that for a long
time, she was waiting to be freed by the marching Arab
armies and Generals. But the other day she heard roaring
sounds and public outbursts and she imagined that perhaps
Arab armies had come but she was told there are no Arab
armies and no Generals. Rather, the crowd cheering and the
noise was coming from a football match and consequently, she
fell on the ground and fainted. It is no wonder why the
Palestinians have no proactive leadership and are highly
disorganized. They failed to have a united purpose for
sustainable change in the Middle East. The Prince of the
UAE chatting with the UAE newsmaker tv network about his new
pets and blond wife, when asked about the attack on the
worshipers at the Al-Aqsa Mosque, said he was not aware at
all. He sounded optimistic to ask the CIA for authentic
information. The Saudi royals, when contacted for comments
by the Truth Digger foreign network, made a surprise
statement that they enjoyed a friendship with Nethayau and
American leadership and hoped to conduct peace talks on the
Palestine-Israel relationship in the near future. How long
would Al-Aqsa Mosque wait for the neo-colonial kings,
princes, and presidents of the Arab world, asked one Imam of
the Saudi mosque in a Friday sermon? It is reported that he
was put under house arrest for his own safety. Imagine the
history when Arabs were the pioneers of new knowledge,
scientific and technological discoveries, and human
development and where do they stand today in global
analysis? Please see "The Arab Time Capsule: Once You Were
the Leaders of Islamic Civilization"
CCUN.org/Opinion%20Editorials/2010/February/1%20o/The%20Arab%20Time%20Capsule%20Once%20You%20Were%20the%20Leaders%20of%20Islamic%20Civilization%20By%20Mahboob%20A.htm
Al-Jazeerah
Cross-Cultural Understanding Editorial: 02/01/2010 as quoted
by this author:
"It is highly probable that but for the Arabs, modern
European civilization would never have arisen at all; it is
absolutely certain that but for them, it would not have
assumed that character which has enabled it to transcend all
previous phases of evolution. For although there is not a
single aspect of European growth in which the decisive
influence of Islamic culture is not traceable, nowhere is it
so clear and momentous as in the genesis of that power which
constitutes the paramount distinctive force of the modern
world and the supreme source of its victory-natural science
and the scientific spirit." Robert Briffault (The Making of
Humanity, London, 1918), Professor at Cambridge University.
UK.
Dr. Mahboob A. Khawaja specializes in international
affairs-global security, peace and conflict resolution with
keen interests in Islamic-Western comparative cultures and
civilizations, and is the author of several publications
including the latest: One Humanity and the Remaking of
Global Peace, Security and Conflict Resolution. Germany,
12/2019.
War News
[We report the war news without taking sides.]
Iraq
Islamic State Women
At least 400 women are in the second week of a hunger strike
in a high-security prison in Iraq's capital Baghdad, the BBC
has learned.
Dozens of children are believed to be imprisoned alongside
their mothers at the facility
By Murad Shishani & Nick SturdeeBBC Arabic
They are in prison for being part of the Islamic State
group, after what they say were unfair trials.
The group is said to include foreign nationals from Russia,
Turkey, Azerbaijan, Ukraine, Syria, France, Germany and the
US.
It is thought about 100 children are also being held at the
facility.
The Islamic State group, also known as ISIS, waged a brutal
campaign to establish a self-declared caliphate - an Islamic
nation - across Syria and Iraq, killing and enslaving
thousands across a five-year period.
After its fall in 2017, tens of thousands of former members
were rounded up. It is alleged many of the men were
summarily executed, but thousands of women and children were
taken into detention. Some were repatriated to their home
nations, but many remain in Syrian and Iraqi jails.
Videos sent to BBC Arabic from inside the Baghdad facility
show emaciated women lying motionless on hard stone floors.
It is thought the group have not eaten since 24 April.
The BBC has been told that at the start of the hunger
strike, participants were consuming just half a glass of
water per day. Some women have now stopped drinking
altogether.
Young children can also be seen in the video footage - many
reportedly born inside the facility.
[Excerpted from BBC]
Syria
Summary of reports issued by the Syrian Observatory, SOHR
Bashar Assad's heavy artillery shelled ten villages in
Idlib, Hama and Aleppo provinces.Bashar's army attempted to
advance into Idlib but was beaten back by Islamic group
Fathe Mubeen, killing 5 of Bashar's troops and injuring
five
.
Isis attacked Bashar's militia in Deir ez Zor killing 8.
Isis infiltration into Deraa province is leading to clashes
with Bashar's troops trying to enter Deraa.
Isis attacked agents trying to take oil from wells in the
desert area as well as those taking truffles.
US claimed that it had targeted an ISIS leader but did not
give his name. SOHR notes that that was fake news:it was a
60 year old shepherd, and gives his name.
Israeli air strike dismantled Aleppo airport and a nearby
military airport. Ammunition stocked by Iran exploded.
Iranian president Raisi visited Damascus and distributed
money to iran backed militias to reduce their rivalries. In
various free provinces protestors condemned Iranian
President's visit to Damascus.
Gunmen (suspected ISIS) killed two Bashar officers in
Quneitra province.
Arab rulers are reconciling with Bashar Assad and invited
him back into the Arab League.
Another Syrian has died under torture in Bashar's
prison._
Sudan
he opposing leaders are meeting in Saudi Arabia to find a
solution to the armed
conflict.
Pakistan
.Mujahideen overcame in the conflict with the army this
week.Eight pak troops were killed in North
Waziristan./==///
Kashmir
In a second successful attack Kashmiri mujahideen killed 5
Indian troops and wounded 1. [Indian losses may be much
higher but are being minimized by Indian propaganda]
Ukraine- Russia
Ukraine allegedly tried to kill Putin in a drone attack.
Ukraine denies.
Heavy fighting continues.
Israel says Russia bombed a Jewish village in Ukraine.
Guidance from Sis. Yasmin
MIRACLE
'Assalam Alaikum Wa Rehmath Ullahi Wa Barkatahu'
Narrated Abu Hurayrah ( Radhiallahu `Anhu)
By Allah, except whom none has the right to be worshipped,
sometimes I used to lay asleep on the ground on my liver
(abdomen) because of hunger, and sometimes I used to bind a
stone over my belly because of hunger.
The Prophet passed by me and he smiled when he saw me, for
he knew what was in my heart and on my face.He
ﷺsaid," O Aba Hirr (Abu Hurairah)"
I replied, "Labbaik, O Allah's Apostle"
He ﷺ said to me, "Follow me." He ﷺ left and I
followed him...Then he entered the house and I asked
permission to enter and was admitted. He found milk in a
bowl and said, " From where is this milk ? "They said,"It
has been presented to you by such-and-such man (or by such
and such woman)."Heﷺ said, "O Aba Hirr!"I
said,"Labbaik, O Allah's Apostle" He said... "Go and call
the people of 'Suffah' to me."These people of 'Suffah' were
the guests of Islam who had no families, nor money, nor
anybody to depend upon, and whenever an object of charity
was brought to the Prophet , he would send it to them and
would not take anything from it, and whenever any present
was given to him, he used to send some for them and take
some of it for himself.The order of the Prophet upset me,
and I said to myself, "How will this little milk be enough
for the people of 'As-Suffah'?" I thought I was more
entitled to drink from that milk in order to strengthen
myself, but behold the Prophet came to order me to give
that milk to them. I wondered what will remain of that milk
for me, but anyway, I could not but obey Allah and His
Apostle so I went to the people of 'As-Suffah' and called
them, and they came and asked the Prophet's permission to
enter. They were admitted and took their seats in the
house.The Prophet said, "O Aba-Hirr"
I said, "Labbaik, O Allah's Apostle!"
He said, "Take it and give it to them."
So I took the bowl of Milk and started giving it to one man
who would drink his fill and return it to me, whereupon I
would give it to another man who, in his turn, would drink
his fill and return it to me, and I would then offer it to
another man who would drink his fill and return it to me.
Finally, after the whole group had drunk their fill, I
reached the Prophet who took the bowl and put it on his
hand, looked at me and smiled and said, "O Aba Hirr,"
I replied, "Labbaik,O Allah's Apostle!"
He said, "There remain you and I."
I said, "You have said the truth,O Allah's Apostle !"
He said, "Sit down and drink."
I sat down and drank. He said,"Drink!" and I drank. He kept
on telling me repeatedly to drink, till I said, "No. by
Allah Who sent you with the Truth, I have no space for it
(in my stomach)."
He said, "Hand it over to me." When I gave him the bowl,
heﷺ praised Allah and pronounced Allah's Name on it
and drank the remaining mik(
Source~ Sahih al-Bukhari)
~My 'Salaams' to all ~~ Y a s m i n ~~*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.}
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Most Blessed is He Who has revealed to His servant, the
Criterion of the right and the wrong'.[Source~ 'Qur`an' ~
Surat Al -Furqan 25: A # 1]
Another Great Muslim I met.
Imam Badi Ali.
Palestine and Iraq
by Kaukab Siddique, Ph.D
Badi Ali, from Palestine, imam of the biggest Muslim
community in North Carolina, passed away in February 2022. I
want to cry when i think of him. He was too good for this
world.He had all the virtues of a great Muslim. Let me
think:
Opposition to all oppressors.Love of the downtrodden and the
oppressed.
America loves Israel. He loved Palestine, with a
passion.
He taught children, always looking
Into the future victory of Islam. {His own children, two
girls and a very young boy turned out exemplary in their
Islamic behavior.]
He served the needy, helped immigrants to save their
marriages.
He taught forgiveness, love, gentleness, honesty,
caring.
He was an amazing communicator and always smiling,
laughing.
When refugees started coming in from America's wars in the
Middle East and Gaza, he worked day and night to provide
them their daily needs, and the community followed his
example.
The government did not like him owing to his lack of
compromise on Palestine and his support of political
prisoners including the Blind Shaikh.
He invited me to give juma khutbas and my attitude towards
the power structures and criticism of US wars made the
regime not only to look at points to catch me but him
too.
He advised me to remain strictly within the limits of the
law. "We have the Qur'an," he said. They can't defeat that
but we must be honest about what the Qur'an says.
When Iraqi ruler Saddam Hussain accepted Islam and gave up
his evil old ways, he invited Muslim leaders from around the
world to come to visit Iraq and see the preparation to
resist America.
Imam Badi was the only one who accepted from USA and he
invited me as his trustworthy friend.
We learned that Iraq had no weapons of mass destruction.
Iraq was starving owing to the embargo but would not
surrender to American -Israeli bullying.
Things were so bad that Saddam's intelligence agents at the
airport begged us for vitamin c..
Iraqis knew that America would attack but Saddam would never
submit.
No flights were allowed and it was a bitter cold night when
we drove back nine hours from Baghdad to Amman. The car's
heating system had given out and could not be replaced
owing to the embargo. and the drive was at night
I could see that Br. Badi was freezing. I offered him my
sweater. He refused, saying that the whole population is
freezing, how can i become comfortable.
When we reached Amman, it was obvious that Jordanians were
on party time. The Muslim Ummah had swallowed the Zionist
propaganda, that Saddam was evil, hook, line and
sinker!
Later America bombed defenseless Iraq and declared it a
great victory!
Saddam was the only Arab leader who went underground and
fought tilll he was captured. He was humiliated on American
TV. A fake trial was held but we noticed that he always
brought the Qur'an to the hostile court.
Even his enemies admit that as he was being executed, he
recited the kalima.
In America, at Br. Badi's insistence, we carried out
Saddam's salatul janaza ghaibana. We had seen that he had
embraced Islam and we refused to be overwhelmed by the
avalanche of Zionist propaganda.
Thus Imam Badi was spiritually very "soft" and forgiving
but in his faith, he was a man of steel.
The visit to Iraq was fruitful for me in other ways too. I
was able to visit the tombs of Imam Abu Hanifa and the
greatest Sufi saint Abdul Qadir Gilani, after I assured Br,
Badi I do not do the mushrikana activities which South Asian
Muslims do at these tombs
.Another secret we uncovered was that Saddam had set up an
Islamic university which was free for any Muslim from
overseas who arrived in Iraq.
USA
From Behind the Walls of Prison
Dear brothers and sisters, here at the ADX, there are
several Muslim political prisoners like myself. Most of us
were set-up or entrapped by the FBI and then found guilty by
a racist, Islamophobic jury, not of our peers. (The
Federal Government has never lost a trial against a person
charged with terrorism.)
Most of the brothers here have never been to Amerikka prior
to being arrested. Yes, the CIA and/or FBI arrested these
brothers in their home countries, then brought them to
Amerikka and sentenced for a 'crime' (which in many
instances never occurred ) to several years or to several
life sentences.
Dear brothers and sisters,many of us have no contact to rhe
outside world.
Many of our family members have passed away and we have no
support mentally, emotionally or financially.But we are
Muslims and we put all of our faith in Allah (swt). Many of
us know that this world is nothing but a test:either our
eeman gets stronger or it gets weaker.
By Allah, for many of us our eeman only has gotten stronger.
Many of the brothers have memorized Qur'an and books of
knowledge and increased their worship.
Dear brothers and sisters, please make du'aa for us.
We are not in prison because we were committing horrible
crimes. We are in prison for merely establishing the Deen of
Muhammad (saw).
It is our duty to spread the religion of Islam.
For any brother or sister out there who wishes to contact
any of us, please write to
Another prisoner in Florence, Colorado, br. Donald Morgan,
#80886053, has sent a long letter. Its main point is that
America has all the mirror images of empires which declined
and passed away.America has sexual deviance, greed, lust,
racism, nationalism, elitism, oppression and injustice.
Br. Morgan concludes that Muslims should not try to become
part of this dying empire
.
(Editorial note: it appears that both brothers are White and
have shocked their captors not only by embracing Islam but
by siding with Muslims who are confronting America. )
Outreach
Murder on the New York Subway.
Three Men Murder MJ Impersonator
On May 1st, former Michael Jackson impersonator, Jordan
Neely, a black man, was murdered by a white marine, Daniel
Penny, on the F subway train.
At first, the police refused to release information,
including the marine's name. But it is now known that Penny
is twenty-four years old and lives in Queens.
Jordan Neely was on the F train, in Manhattan, when he
started acting erratically. According to reports, he was
ranting about having no food or water and not caring if he
went to jail. Then, he threw down his jacket. This made
riders nervous.
This is when Daniel Penny grabbed Jordan Neely from behind,
putting him in a choke hold that lasted over four
minutes.
It has been said that after two minutes a choke hold can
render the victim unconscious. Riders notified the
conductor to stop the train. He was pronounced dead at
Lenox Hill Hospital.
The coroner has ruled Neely's death a homicide from
strangulation.
Freelance journalist Juan Alberto Vazquez took a video of
the incident. The video shows Penny putting Neely in a
choke hold while another man is holding Neely's arms down,
as he struggled to breathe. There was a third man holding
Neely down, as well.
The mainstream media is portraying these men as good
Samaritans, while New Yorkers call them murderers.
Penny has issued his condolences via his attorney.
It looked like Neely was being ganged up on by three
men.
In spite of the disturbing video, it is being reported that
a grand jury may convene to decide if charges should be
brought against anyone.
Is a grand jury necessary? A video is usually the evidence
that police and prosecutors seek. Arrests are made and
people are charged based on video evidence alone, and the
fact that Mayor Adams is cautioning people not to rush to
judge and the police and prosecutor have not taken any
action leads me to believe that they will do nothing.
I have been riding these trains since I was a child. Most
New Yorkers know not to interact with someone behaving in
that fashion but, to always keep him in your vision without
making eye contact. Then, calmly exit the train and run to
the next train car.
Saturday, May 6th, there was a very dangerous protest where
protestors, mostly LGBTQ, actually jumped on the subway
tracks. An oncoming train was stopped in the tunnel. They
were in the train station on the F line, which is the train
line where Jordan Neely was killed.
The subway tracks have an electrified third rail, which is
by the wall. Fortunately, there were no reports of any
electrocutions.
After the police ended the subway protest, the protestors
continued their protest above ground and marched through
Manhattan.
At the time of his death, Jordan Neely had a warrant out on
him for noncompliance in a deal he had taken in an assault
case involving a sixty-seven-year-old woman. But, the three
men involved in his death were not aware of this
information.
After viewing the video, Congresswoman Ocasio-Cortez called
Neely's death a murder and has been very critical of Mayor
Adams.
Zionist Mayors Giuliani and Bloomberg never held their
tongue in these kinds of high-profile, racially charged
cases. They always sided with the White or Jewish person.
Bloomberg successfully campaigned to get retired NFL player
Plaxico Burress arrested, tried, and convicted on a very
questionable gun charge.
A few ways to force these politicians to do the right thing
include holding rallies, writing campaigns, and to keep
calling their offices to demand action. There will be more
protests and civil disobedience in the wake of Jordan
Neely's death. These protestors are unsatisfied and don't
seem to be easily placated.
(Source: NYMag.com & Eyewitness News ABC7 NY))
Salaam,Sis. 'Aisha
Jamaat al-Muslimeen New York City
