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9 Rabi al Awwal 1445 AH - September 24 2023 Issue # 39, Newsletter #2038



Editorial

 Dr Kaukab Siddique

Looks like India is following the Israeli example but facing disaster.
by Dr. Kaukab Siddique

The situation in India is serious.
Occupation of Muslim Kashmir and now attempts to undermine Khalistan. Sikhs are supporting a homeland for themselves and determined to be peaceful.

Indian caste system is undermining human values.

Christians are under attack in the northeast.

This is the American impression.

Canada says India helped assassinate a Sikh activist: Who was Hardeep Singh Nijjar? Rift between the countries widens

Sikhism is the world's fifth largest religion. The vast majority of Sikhs live in India. But they are a minority in the country and have been targeted in a broad crackdown on non-Hindu rights

Kim Hjelmgaard USA TODAY

He was known as a prominent Sikh community leader and human rights activist in the Canadian province of British Columbia. He was also wanted in India, where the government accused him of masterminding a bombing in the Sikh-majority state of Punjab, training terrorists and supporting a banned separatist insurgency.

When Hardeep Singh Nijjar died at age 45 on June 18, he was running a plumbing business in a Vancouver suburb and serving as president of a gurdwara, the Punjabi word for Sikh temple. According to police reports, Nijjar died outside the temple from multiple gunshot wounds while inside his pickup truck. Police said two heavy-set men, in face coverings, fled the scene in a Silver 2008 Toyota Camry with the help of a third suspect. All three suspects remain at larg




War News

 War News

THE EUROPEAN UNION AKS FRANCE TO STRIKE NIGER

From Br. Ali Rendell




Syria

[By SOHR]

ISIS resurgence in 2023 | Over 120 attacks in SDF-controlled areas leave nearly 80 fatalities
On Sep 24, 2023

ISIS continues its operations in areas under the control of the Autonomous Administration, which are mainly manifested in armed attacks and assassinations through gunfire, attacks with sharp tools and planting IEDs and landmines. Those operations are met with routine security campaigns by Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), backed by the International Coalition, targeting ISIS members, cells and affiliates. However, those campaigns have failed so far to curb the escalating activity by the organisation and its affiliated cells in SDF-held areas.




 News within the US

News Within the U.S.
[Aafia Siddiqui]

SEPTEMBER 23: A DAY OF INFAMY

By Nadrat Siddique

Pakistani scientist Dr. Aafia Siddiqui has been held longer than Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn was in Russia's Gulag. She has been imprisoned longer than Russian physicist Andrei Sakharov was in (internal) exile. She has been held about the same length of time as well-known Chinese physician and pro-democracy leader Wang Bingzhang. In fact, like Aafia, Bingzhang was abducted in one country, then taken to another for a kangaroo court trial, convicted, and effectively buried by his captors.

In Bingzhang's case, the U.S. registered vociferous protests against the Chinese government. And yet, the U.S. continues to allow the torture and detention of Dr. Aafia Siddiqui.

Not one person died or was injured in the incident in Ghazni, Afghanistan, in which Aafia was charged. In fact, she should never have been in Afghanistan in the first place. Aafia was kidnapped by Pakistani and U.S. intelligence services, and forcibly taken there from Pakistan- in violation of international law. In other words, if international rules and norms had not been trashed by the security agencies in question, the (concocted) incident for which Aafia was charged would not have arisen.

And yet, on September 23, 2010, the MIT alum was sentenced to 86 years in prison. A brilliant scholar, with innovative ideas to uplift Pakistan's education system, she continues to languish at FMC Carswell, where other political prisoners, eg Lynne Stewart and Reality Winner, have also been held.

Does the U.S. have no shame in continuing to hold this innocent woman scientist/ educator, all the while protesting the detention of scientists, writers and academics in other countries? Today on this day of infamy, September 23, we say "Free Aafia Siddiqui now! Free all political prisoners!"

#FreeAafiaSiddiqui #BlackDayforPakistan #DrAafiaSiddiqui #FreeAllPoliticalPrisoners




News

 News

The Ill Effects of Gentrification
by Sis Aisha
[New York Jamaat]

Over four decades ago, community activists predicted a time when White flight from urban areas would reverse and it would become White flight back to urban areas.

I remember witnessing an event that was the first sign of gentrification in New York City. It was a late night in June 1998 and I saw a yellow cab drop off a Black passenger! Anyone familiar with yellow cab driver behavior back then would understand my shock because yellow cabs were not driving into predominantly Black areas let alone picking up Black fares. What really compelled them to play fair in the fare game was their number one nemesis: Uber.

Fast forward to 2023, and there have been significant changes as a result of gentrification. None of these changes are positive:
  1. Major companies swooped in and ran out Black family-owned businesses.

  2. White American gay male couples were the first occupants who descended upon Harlem.

  3. Even the affordable housing being built is for income-earners in the low $100,000s!

  4. But, the most imposing and most offensive behavior is the increase in defiant dog owner behavior.


All over America, dog ownership has increased significantly. And, people don't have just one dog. They must have two or three dogs. The need to own a dog permeates all cultures, now. A few years ago, elderly women were pulling wagons with dogs, that were just as elderly, in them. Now, young girls are pushing healthy puppies in carriages made for pets. I can now distinguish a dog carriage from a baby carriage!

Dogs used to be tied up outside grocery stores while their owners shopped inside but, not anymore. Defiantly, these, mostly White, dog owners walk their dogs on leashes around the store. Interestingly, many of the non-White store clerks don't enforce New York State Law or their own store's policy prohibiting these unsanitary violations.

Dogs are supposed to be in a carrier when traveling in public transportation: cabs, trains, and buses. But, there has been an increase in unrestrained dog ridership. It is very dangerous, especially on the trains.

In America, dogs have been personified just as rats have among the Hindus in India. The only difference is a shrine hasn't been built for dogs, yet! Even law enforcement agencies elevated their dogs to officer status.

Gentrification has exposed racist ideologies observed throughout America. In predominantly Black areas, Tarzan is not dead. Black elected officials have been culpable in the effort to gentrify and relinquish control in their districts.

Salaam,




Invitation to Think
Facing the Biggest Myth
{CODOH}

Why the Holocaust Matters
The Holocaust is a topic that everyone knows something about. It's a topic that none of us can avoid, like it or not. The reason for this is the fact that it is the single most influential historical topic of the modern world. For sure, other modern-day geno­cides happened, and most people can probably name a few.

But unless your country or ethnic group has been either a victim or a perpetrator of that genocide, these other, foreign genocides basically never play a role in domestic daily politics or social interactions. Most of them will never make it beyond a brief mention on a school's syllabus, if at all, and hardly any of them have dedicated museums and memorials. No one cares if we remember, forget, ignore or even deny these foreign events, or whether we pay tribute to their victims or disrespect them.

However, no one in any position of societal or political prominence can afford to ignore, disrespect, or "deny" the Holocaust. If they did, they would not be prominent for much longer. In fact, anyone can lose their job if they violate this last taboo of Western societies. Many countries have made "denying the Holocaust" a crime, which means you can even end up in prison. Only one genocide in the history of mankind ever reached such prominence that it has a worldwide me­morial day dedicated to it: January 27, which the United Nations has declared as the world's Holocaust Re­membrance Day.

Therefore, the Holocaust matters. That being so, it is important that we understand what it was, and what it was not, lest we might be manipulated by people who want to take advantage of our ignorance. This includes ex­tremists on both sides of the spectrum: those who deny what has been solidly demonstrated to be true, and those who want us to believe that which has been proven to be untrue.

If a topic has huge importance in society, then it is hugely important to understand it. The purpose of the present encyclopedia is to assist the reader in better understanding what exactly the Holocaust was. It is meant to serve as a reference book for all those who do not wish to search through stacks of books just to find one small piece of the larger puzzle.




Guidance by Sis. Yasmin
~'Nahmaduhu Wa Nusalli Ala Rasoolilah Kareem~
'Amma 'Baad...
Fa Auzobillahi Minash Shaitanir Rajeem'...
'Bismillahir Rahmanir Rahim'
'As Salaamu 'Alaykum wa Rahmatullaahi wa Barakatuh'.
*The Signs of Allah's Love for a Person*

~Ibn al-Qayyim ~[Rahimahullâh]~
  1. #/~ When Allah loves someone he puts them under Trials in order to Purify them {!}
    {the more Righteous they are,the harder the trials !}

  2. #/~ When Allah loves someone...
    he gives them the understanding of the
    religion of Islam {!}

  3. #/~Whomever Allah loves...
    he deviates them and their Heart from
    disobedience and sins...{!}

Prophet~{Salallahu 'Alaihi wa Salam}
mentioned that ALLAH said...

'Myself, Mankind and Jinn are in a great
serious state. I create them,
then they worship other
Gods that they make for themselves {!}
I bless them with my bounties, then they
thank someone else for what I sent them {!}

My Mercy descends to them while
their evil deeds ascend to Me !
I endear them with my gifts even though I have
no need to any of them while they alienate themselves from Me with their sins even
though they are desperate for my help.

Whoever returns to Me,
I accept him, no matter how far he is !
and whoever turns away from Me,
I approach him and call on him.

Whoever leaves a sin for my sake,
I reward him with many gifts, and
whoever seeks to please Me,
I seek to please him...{!}

Whoever acknowledges My will and power
in whatever he does,
I make the iron bend for his sake...{!}
My dear people are those who are with Me.

Whoever Thanks Me...
I grant him more Blessings;
whoever obeys Me,
I raise him and endear him more...{!}

Whoever disobeys Me, I keep the door
of My Mercy open for him:
if he returns to Me, I bestow him with My love since I love those who repent and
purify themselves for My sake...{!}

If he does not repent, I still treat him by
putting them in hardship to purify them {!}

Whoever favors Me over others,
I favor them over others.

I reward every single good deed ten [10] times
over, or seven hundred [700] times over to countless times over...{!}

I count every single bad deed as one [1] unless
the person repents and ask for My forgiveness
in which case I forgive even that one...{!}

I take into account any little good deed
and I forgive even major sins...{!}

My Mercy Supersedes My Anger {!}

My Tolerance supersedes My Blame.
My Forgiveness supersedes My Punishment.
as I am more merciful with My slaves than a Mother with her child...{!}
{'Alhamdullilah'}

{Source:- 'Madarij Al-Salikeen' by Ibn-Qayyim Al-Jawziyya [Rahimahullâh]}

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'Dua'...Transliteration:

'Rabbana Atina min Ladunka Rahmatan wa hayyi' lana
min amrina Rashada.'
Translation---
'Our Lord! Bestow on us Mercy from Yourself,
and dispose of our affair for us in the right way.'

['Aameen']

{Source~ Qur'an: Surat- Al-Kahf ~18 Ayah #10 }

~My 'Salaams' to all ~

~ Y a s m i n ~
****************************************
"Never Despair Of The Mercy Of Allah"
****************************************************************
' Son of Adam! You are nothing but a number of days,
whenever each day passes then part of you has Gone.
{Al-Hasan Al-Basri~(R)}

COURTESY:
SUBHAN ALLAH, ALHUMDO LILLAH, ALLAHO AKBAR.
SISTER YASMIN, I HAVE NO WORDS TO PAY THANKS TO YOU FOR SHARING ABOVE MAIL.
ONLY ALLAH WILL GIVE YOU JAZA,
BEST REWARD AND IMMENSE AJAR FOR THIS SERVICE OF DEEN E ISLAM AND MANKIND. I DO DUA FOR YOU FROM MY HEART,
MAY ALLAH LET YOU DRINK FROM THE MUBARAK HANDS OF OUR BELOVED RASOOL SALLALLAHO ALAIHE WASSALAM AND MAY ALLAH LET YOU ENTER IN TO THE GATES OF JANNAT UL FIRDOUS ON THE DAY OF JUDGEMENT..
AAMEEN AAMEEN AAMEEN.
YOUR BROTHER
M. J. IQBAL.

'As Salaamu 'Alaykum wa Rahmatullaah' Brother Iqbal,
Allah Humma"Aameen"~ Wa Iyyak ...
you have brought Tears to my eyes,{with your Heartfelt 'Dua'}
'Barak Allahu Feek'. {Sister in Faith}.




Pakistan

 Pakistan

Sit down Strike in front of Governor's House

by Qaiser Sharif

LAHORE: September 23: Jamaat-e-Islami Emir Siraj-ul-Haq has addressed the sit-in protest in front of Governor House on the third and last day on Saturday, demanding the government provide relief to the poor and bring down prices of electricity, petrol, gas and other basic need items.

The caretakers, he said, lacked mandate for raising power tariff, instead their job was to ensure peaceful environment for free and fair polls.

The JI would start sit-in in front of Quetta Governor House on Sunday (today), he said, vowing to persist in the struggle until the rights of the people are duly addressed. The protest movement is part of the JI's ongoing campaign against inflation. It already held protest rallies in different cities of southern Punjab, Rawalpindi, Faisalabad besides staging a three-day sit-in in front of Peshawar Governor House.

Haq appealed to the Chief Justice to take action against IPPs agreements which were the main reason behind high tariff. He called for making public the agreements with the Independent Power Producers (IPPs), saying they had been signed to protect the interests of the companies and by taking kick-backs. Former ruling parties, he said, took benefits from the contracts and no one was ready to hold them accountable, he added. The JI chief said the nation had great hopes from the current CJP.

He said the previous five years brought destruction in every sector. The PDM and the PPP government 16-month tenure was the continuation of the PTI rule, he said, adding those who had led rallies against hikes in prices eventually multiplied the inflation after coming into power.

He lamented that the government had sought approval from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) even to allow struggling consumers to pay their hefty bills in installments, asserting that the nation's sovereignty had been compromised a
t the hands of international lending agencies and foreign powers.

Haq urged the government to shift its focus from sending high bills to consumers towards addressing the billions lost due to line losses and power theft. He pointed out that the ruling elite benefited from free electricity, resulting in significant losses to the national treasury, while the burden fell on the impoverished citizens.

He said instead of moon and start, the begging bowl had become national symbol and it was due to flawed policies of the previous governments. He said the JI was the only hope and it would transform Pakistan into welfare state if voted to power.




Hadith of the Week  Hadith of the Week

Narrated by Abu Huraira r.a.

I heard Allah's Apostle (p.b.u.h) saying, "We (Muslims) are the last (to come) but (will be) the foremost on the Day of Resurrection though the former nations were given the Holy Scriptures before us. And this was their day (Friday) the celebration of which was made compulsory for them but they differed about it. So Allah gave us the guidance for it (Friday) and all the other people are behind us in this respect: the Jews' (holy day is) tomorrow (i.e. Saturday) and the Christians' (is) the day after tomorrow (i.e. Sunday)."




 Palestine

alJazeera.com › news › ': Palestinians mark Prisoner's Day - Al Jazeera
Israel detains about 4,500 Palestinians in its jails, among them 41 women and 140 children below 18 years. Since the beginning of 2021, Israeli authorities have arrested nearly 1,400 Palestinians..




Israeli Speech Slammed

IPalestine slammed as "hateful" a speech Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu gave on Friday at the United Nations.

Addressing the UN General Assembly in New York, Netanyahu said Israel was on the "cusp" of normalising ties with Saudi Arabia and that Palestinians shouldn't get to "veto" the move.

He also displayed two maps that showed the occupied Palestinian territory - the West Bank, East Jerusalem, and the Gaza Strip - as being part of Israel.

"The State of Palestine rejects in the strongest terms the provocative and hateful speech delivered by [the] Israeli prime minister," the Palestinian foreign ministry said on X, formerly Twitter.

"From the podium of the United Nations, Israel's prime minister confirmed, yet again, the colonial designs of his government and the objectives of Israel's illegal occupation: the forcible and violent annexation of the Palestinian homeland and negation of the presence and rights of the Palestinian people, including their rights to self-determination and return.

"The international community must firmly reject and condemn Israel's racist denigration of the Palestinian people and its vehement denial of their roots in the land - an indigenous, centuries-old presence borne out by history."

One of the maps used by Netanyahu claimed to show Israel in 1948, the year it was created alongside a bloody campaign of ethnic cleansing that saw over 700,000 Palestinians expelled from their homes.

"Here's Israel in 1948. It's a tiny country, isolated, surrounded by a hostile Arab world," he said.

"In our first 70 years, we made peace with Egypt and Jordan, and then in 2020 we made the Abraham Accords - peace with another four Arab states.

"Now look at what happens when we make peace between Saudi Arabia and Israel."

Netanyahu then turned the first map around to display a new one, saying: "The whole Middle East changes. We tear down the walls of enmity."

The second map was titled "The New Middle East". The occupied Palestinian territory was again shown as part of Israel but this time Arab states that have normalised ties with the Israelis, including Egypt, the UAE and Sudan were coloured in green.

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 Freedom for Uyghurs

By Dake Kang - Associated Press - Saturday, September 23, 2023

BEIJING — A prominent Uyghur scholar specializing in the study of her people's folklore and traditions has been sentenced to life in prison, according to a U.S.-based foundation that works on human rights cases in China.

Rahile Dawut was convicted on charges of endangering state security in December 2018 in a secret trial, the San Francisco-based Dui Hua Foundation said in a statement Thursday. Dawut appealed but her conviction was upheld, the foundation said.

"The sentencing of Professor Rahile Dawut to life in prison is a cruel tragedy, a great loss for the Uyghur people, and for all who treasure academic freedom," John Kamm, executive director of the Dui Hua Foundation, said in a statement.




 Remember Prisoners

major strike

UAW extends strike against U.S. automakers, 38 more facilities in 20 states --The 146,000-member union began its strike a week ago. | 22 Sept 2023 | The United Auto Workers union on Friday expanded its strike against major U.S. automakers, with workers walking out of 38 General Motors and Stellantis parts-distribution centers in 20 states. The 146,000-member union began its strike a week ago, with 13,000 members striking at Ford Motor Co.'s Michigan Assembly plant in Wayne; General Motors Co.'s Wentzville Assembly plant, in Missouri; and Stellantis NV's Jeep plant, in Toledo, Ohio, are all on strike. The expanded strike will result in roughly 5,600 more workers leaving the job.




 Outreach

On September 22, in Newark, Delaware
a Jamaat al Muslimeen document was given to 59 Muslims after Juma khutba.

It contained these items.



Political Prisoners :

FreeZiyadYaghi.info

Civil Discord Show




 Social Media

Circumcision being medically hugely Beneficial, Muslims are proud of being circumcised, Mr. Bhiduri
If you know details, you would also like your children to be circumcised

Dr. Javed Jamil

Abusive remarks by BJP MP Ramesh Bhiduri against a Muslim MP, Kunwar Danish speaks volumes of what kind of training they have been getting as part of their political and social campaigns. But he will soon realize that the abusive words (like Mulla and the word he used for "circumcised") he used are in fact derivatives of the great words that mark the Islamic system of Holistic Health and Holistic Peace. "Mullas"(Molvi being the original word) are the experts of Islam that teach about the practices that bring peace in this world as well as in Hereafter. These teachings prohibit everything (Pork, Alcohol, Drugs) and every practice (Sex outside a proper male-female marriage, murders, thefts, corruption of all kinds including exploitative economic practices) and promote everything good including prayers, fasting, charity, campaign against evil practices, etc. In this article, I will focus on the practice of circumcision and why it has been gaining huge acceptance throughout the world in recent times.

Circumcision is becoming increasingly popular due to the evidence accumulating that it has a very strong protective effect against all sex transmitted diseases including AIDS as well as HPV related Cervical Cancer. It also prevents Cancer of Penis. A report from Africa says:

"As hospital wards overflow, avoiding HIV has become a consuming concern for Swazis. Since the South African report appeared saying that circumcised men are 60 percent less likely to contract HIV, the shift in Swazi attitudes toward circumcision -- once widely viewed as unmanly -- has been dramatic and swift....Hospitals that once rarely performed circumcisions have recently been doing 10 to 15 a week, with two-month waiting lists. A physician with a radio show has called on his listeners to have the surgery, which removes the foreskin and along with it the cells most vulnerable to HIV. A lawmaker has advocated the procedure in a speech to parliament and demanded that the government increase capacity and subsidies for it.....The South African study was the first to experimentally test the effectiveness of circumcision in preventing HIV, but dozens of studies have shown that infection rates are far higher in regions with low circumcision rate".

The Scientific fraternity is usually not sympathetic towards religion. But increasingly greater numbers of medical experts have argued in favour of circumcision. In the US, circumcision enjoyed great popularity in the last century. But after 1999, when the American Academy of Paediatrics issued a policy statement saying the potential medical benefits of neonatal circumcision weren't strong enough to recommend it as a routine procedure, the popularity declined. The group shifted its stance however again recently saying newer studies indicate the health benefits of circumcision do outweigh the risks and that parents should be told of its protective effects.

Ronald Gray, a Physician and Professor in the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, makes the case in favour of neonatal circumcision. Here are a few excerpts from his article," Yes: The Benefits Are Many, While the Risks Are Few" .

"The health benefits of newborn male circumcision outweigh the risks, and the procedure should be accessible to all families who want it. So said a task force convened by the American Academy of Paediatrics to review the latest scientific evidence on circumcision and update the group's policy stance...Here are the facts, based on published, peer-reviewed and independently monitored studies

"The benefits of circumcision that accrue during childhood include a marked reduction in urinary-tract infections, which affect one in 100 uncircumcised boys, mainly during the first two years of life, and inflammation or infection under the foreskin, which affects around 17 in 100 uncircumcised boys before the age of 8. Circumcision reduces the risk of these problems by around 60%. In adulthood, circumcision has been shown to reduce the risk of HIV infection in men by 50% to 60%, and is now recommended by the World Health Organization as an HIV prevention strategy.......Circumcision also lowers the risk of acquiring herpes infection and genital ulcers in men. It reduces infection with human papilloma viruses, or HPV, in both men and their female partners. HPV is one of the most common sexually transmitted infections in the U.S., causing cervical, penile and anal cancers and genital warts. Female partners of circumcised men have lower rates of vaginal infections and genital ulcers...... Circumcision doesn't impair sexual potency or pleasure, according to randomized controlled trials. These studies are considered the most credible because they compare men who are circumcised at random versus men who aren't, and the men who are circumcised during the trial can assess whether their pleasure or potency is affected by the procedure.

In short, infant male circumcision has lifelong health benefits that outweigh the immediate risks, and parents should be counselled so they can decide what is best for their child."

I happened to be the first in the world to argue in my book, "Islamic Model for Control of Aids" (published in 1995) that circumcision should be included in aids control programmes. The WHO accepted this twelve years later. According to reports, in 2007, the WHO reviewed the totality of evidence concerning male circumcision and HIV, and issued the following joint recommendations with UNAIDS.

Kim Dickson, coordinator of the working group that authored the report, commented:


And the role of circumcision in preventing Cancer of Cervix in females is now beyond doubt. Nore than 3 lakhh (three hundred thousands) women dies of Cancer Cervix in the world every year, and it is extremely rare in women having circumcised partners. In India a report by National Institute of Health says,

"Around 453 million Indian women aged 15 years and above are at risk of developing cancer. Estimates from the HPV information centre show that 96922 women are diagnosed with cervical cancer every year, and 60078 of them die of this disease in the country."

It is important to know that Cancer Cervix has extremely low incidence in Muslim women.

Interestingly, following the publication of my book in 1995, Shiv Sena Supremo, Late Bal Thakre talked of introducing "Hindu Khatna" suggesting circumcision with the condition that there should be some distinguishing feature to recognise Hindus.

Now, it is time for people like Bhiduri and his well-wishers to think about accepting circumcision as a highly useful practice or continue to target Muslims for adopting this gem of a practice. Instead of throwing Muslim MPs out, they should invite them to give presentation on Beneficial Practices of Islam.

Dr Javed Jamil is India based thinker and writer with over twenty books including, "A Systematic Study of the Holy Qur'an", "Economics First or Health First?", "Justice Imprisoned", Muslim Vision of Secular India: Destination & Road-map", "Muslims Most Civilised, Yet Not Enough" and Other works include "The Devil of Economic Fundamentalism",", "The Killer Sex", "Islam means Peace" and "Rediscovering the Universe" and just published work, "Prevention and Management of Viral Pandemics: Islamic




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Africa is the richest continent in the world and the poorest.
Do you know why?
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