14 Safar 1446 AH - August 18 2024 Issue # 7, Newsletter #2045
Scroll down for report on "Black Expatriates" by
Sr. Aisha
,
and an article on hadith by
Sr. Yasmin
Editorial by Kaukab Siddique
Iran Turned out to Be a Paper Tiger
Hamas has been fighting Israel for ten months. Israel is
supporting the U.S. with a steady flow of weapons and money.
In fact, as recently as August 14, Israel received $20
billion from the Harris-Biden administration.
Israel bombs Gaza every day. It has killed about 400,000
Palestinians, mostly civilians, including 200,000 children
and 500,000 women.
Iran presents itself as the protector and supporter 0f
Palestine. In keeping with this, the top leader of Hamas,
Ismail Haniyeh was invited to Iran as a guest of honor.
While he was in Iran he was assassinated by Israel.
As usual, Iran promised speedy retaliation and revenge. The
Islamic Republic held funeral prayers for the martyred Hamas
leader. But, since then, it has done next to nothing to
carry out its promise. To understand why, New Trend readers
should know:
After the assassination, Iran carried out haram
activity. It sought advice from unbelievers, the enemies of
Islam.
These enemies advised Iran to cool it. And Iran did
so.
Iran has some Sunni populations in the southeast and
northwest of its territory, and has often repressed
them.
ISIS is active in Iran. When the U.S. and its allies,
along with Shia militias were fighting ISIS, Iran actively
helped them destroy Mosul, and other cities under ISIS
control.
Earlier this year, ISIS attacked a large Shia
gathering near Mashad and inflicted heavy casualties. This
was comparable to the ISIS attack in Moscow which inflicted
heavy losses in revenge for Russian attacks on Chechnia.
The reality is that Iran cannot support Hamas. Its rhetoric
about Hamas is misleading and sometimes downright deceitful.
In the meantime, Palestinians are being killed, bombed,
maimed, and otherwise terrorized on a daily basis.
Pakistan Day: What Pakistanis Should know About It
The Muslims used to rule over India. They were very tolerant
and well behaved. They did not force anyone to convert to
Islam. Many of the grandest monuments were built by Muslims
with the help of Hindus.
The idea of Pakistan was realized by Iqbal. If there was to
be democracy in India, every time there was a vote, the
Muslims would be defeated, since numbers count. Iqbal
explained there should be self-rule. There were Muslims
scattered across India, who should be united, and a new
nation formed.
Because Iqbal was a dreamer and a poet, he attracted a great
deal of support. And Pakistan became a living ideal, an idea
for Muslims to follow and aspire to.
Because of Iqbal, Pakistan gradually became the idea
espoused by the broad masses of Pakistani Muslims. However,
they did not have the expertise to know how to deal with the
legalities of creating a state. This is where Jinnah's legal
expertise came in. The British were not able to fool the
Muslims with their one-sided plan of Partition.
After Iqbal's death, no one of his caliber remained to lead
the Muslims. However, Islamic scholars like Syed Abul A'la
Maudoodi and other internationalist scholars accepted the
idea of Pakistan. And Pakistan became the slogan and
rallying point of the Muslims. So, wherever the slogan of
Pakistan was raised, the Muslim masses supported it. Even in
areas under the control of the Indian Congress, a secular
group, Muslims supported the idea of Pakistan.
Unfortunately, soon after Pakistan was created, its leaders
died. Some say they were killed. Until now, it has not been
discovered who was behind the killing. Liaquat Ali Khan, the
first Prime Minister, was assassinated, and no one knew who
did it.
So, the country fell into the clutches of the secularists,
who were in the habit of following the British. Pakistan was
on the path of becoming a secularist country. But that would
have been a betrayal of the Muslim masses. That's where
Maudoodi played a key role. He said: If this is going to be
a Muslim country, you must declare that no law will ever be
made which goes against Qur'an and hadith.
Maudoodi went to prison for that. The Islamic scholar was
held by the Pakistani government, and even sentenced to
death. It was only through the machinations of political
infighting that he was released.
Gradually, the party he organized, Jamaat-I-Islami, became
the main force in Pakistan. And that was even though it
initially was not large in numbers. So, all over the
country, the ideas of Maudoodi spread. The broad masses of
Pakistani Muslims were in agreement with him, that it was
not right to make laws contravening Islam in a nation
founded on Islam.
He was repeatedly imprisoned. His entire Shura was
imprisoned. But he would not relent.
An assassin was sent to kill him. In the middle of a public
meeting, suddenly the assassin got up, fired at Maudoodi,
and missed. Maudoodi's supporters shouted at him to sit
down. He said, "If I sit down, who will keep standing?"
The ideas of Maudoodi are now part of every Pakistani's
psyche. Even the secularists say no laws against Islam
should be made. For example, Bhutto, an arch-secularist,
declared that Qadianis (Ahmadiyyas) were not Muslims. And
Pakistan made it unlawful for Qadianis to declare that they
are Muslims.
However, there is a constant struggle between secularists
and Islamists, and all the famous scholars of Pakistan
respect Maudoodi, although they may not agree with him.
Pakistan is a very strange country. It is deeply Islamic at
heart, but is in a state of constant internal struggle on
whether, and to what extent to follow the actual teachings
of Islam.
When India attacked Pakistan in 1965, Maudoodi was called
upon by the Pakistani government to speak to the people. He
was in prison at the time. But he went on Pakistan radio,
and said it is the duty of every Muslim to defend Pakistan
against India. And, at least partly as a result of
Maudoodi's famous address on Pakistan radio, India could not
win, even though they had overwhelming odds in their
favor.
Today Pakistan is facing the same dichotomy as in its
history: The secularists want it to be a secular country,
and, with overseas support, they're getting stronger.
Islamic people are getting stronger all over Pakistan and
teaching children that Islam is the Way. Many people in
Pakistan supported the Afghans who were fighting against the
U.S. In that 20-year war, many of the ideas of Maudoodi were
used to fight U.S. imperialism. It is the hope of this
writer that all Pakistanis will stand for Islam, the Islam
of the Qur'an and authentic hadith. If they do that, they
will be victorious, inshallah.
What about the Muslims of India?
There are about 200 million Muslims in India. But they seem
to be helpless, and at the mercy of the Hindus. They are
mistreated, despised, and scorned as if they have done
something wrong merely by being Muslim. That is why
Quaid-i-Azam (Muhammad Ali Jinnah) understood that Muslims
had to separate from India. Here are some important points
to note in trying to understand the situation of Indian
Muslims:
The same Indian army, which fought for the British in
the Second World War, has invaded and captured Kashmir, a
Muslim country. The Indian army terrorizes Kashmiri Muslims
on a daily basis, a stark reminder to India's own Muslim
population of what can be done to them.
The ruling Hindus have also done terrible things to
their own people. They attack Sikhs who want autonomy. Harsh
anti-Terror laws directed at Sikhs were implemented in
Indian Punjab, and as a result, many innocent Sikhs have
been jailed and tortured.
They also subverted and undermined the Muslims of
Bengal, who supported the creation of Pakistan. Hindu India
indoctrinated them with the idea that Pakistan is their
enemy. As a result, the Bengalis invited the Indian Army to
impose a pro-India government in their country (later
renamed Bangladesh).
The caste system is part of Hindu belief. However
educated, upright, or high achieving you might be as a
Hindu, you cannot leave your cast.
Women are despised. Indian movies are proof of Hindu
India's portrayal of Indian women as playthings of men. Many
Hindu women have embraced Islam because they are mistreated
by Hindu men. In fact, India is known by critics as the
"rape capital of the world."
Mistreatment of other sectors of the population is
also quite prevalent. One major example is the second-class
status of the Tamil people in Indian society.
The Hindu government of Modi attacked the biggest mosque of
the Muslims, Babri Masjid. In addition to being a center for
Muslim worship, the mosque is a Muslim historical site. The
Hindu government and courts forced its classification as a
Hindu temple. Ram was born there, the Hindu courts said, so
can it be a mosque?
In recent weeks, Hindu mobs, with tacit government approval,
attacked numerous other mosques. One of the most recent
incidents involved an attack at a well-attended mosque near
Bombay. Unfortunately, the Muslims of India are very
peaceful, and have not learned how to fight back against
their Hindu enemies. They are highly cultured and very
refined, but unable to face an enemy who is brutal and
considers them untouchables.
The Muslims of India are 200 million strong. They should
wake up and fight back, otherwise the Hindu regime will do
them so much damage they will not be able to recover from
it. Dear Muslims, wake up and unite and fight for your
rights. Your enemy knows your weaknesses. Don't let him
subjugate you and brutalize you!
Local News
New York
New York-based Jamaat al-Muslimeen activist Abu Talib is
helping orphans in Gambia. May Allah bless him.
Germany
Germany is supporting Israel. Recently some Germans were
arrested when they supported Palestine openly. One person
was actually fined when she sang a song calling for "From
the River to the Sea."
US Campuses
The presidents of Columbia University, Johns Hopkins
University, and other top-level officials have resigned. On
campuses throughout the country pro-Palestine student
protestors are stopping other students from going to
classes, saying "no business as usual while a genocide is
underway," and pointing out that Palestinian students in
Gaza are being killed, and cannot not attend any classes,
ever.
The Columbia University president, Dr. Minouche Shafik,
resigned two days ago. Evidently, she was placed in a
difficult position when she found out most students were
against her, and for Palestine. Even the professors were
pro-Palestine. The professors and students were saying how
can you support a genocide?
Chicago
Pro-Palestine protesters are planning major actions outside
the DNC Convention in Chicago. They focused on the fact that
Kamala Harris, the presumptive Democratic presidential
nominee, is supporting the genocide as much as President
Biden. The Chicago mayor has tried to stop the protest on
the grounds that it will present logistical problems for an
already heavily congested area. But protest organizers are
contesting his actions.
Pakistan
On Pakistan Day, mass protests calling for the release of a
Pakistani Hafiza-e-Qur'an Dr. Aafia Siddiqui, being held
political prisoner by the U.S. government, were held in
Karachi. The protesters called on the Pakistan government to
take the important initial step of requesting that the U.S.
return their citizen, a step which one corrupt Pakistani
ruler after another has refused to take.
Black Expatriates
By Sis. 'Aisha
Jamaat al-Muslimeen New York City
There seems to be a growing trend: Black Americans leaving
America and living overseas. In the 1990s, there was a trend
of Black Americans relocating from Northern states to
Southern states.
When gentrification hit Harlem in the early 2000s, the media
stated that the population was no longer Black American. It
was a deliberately misleading report. Although Harlem still
had a majority of Black people, it was Africans who were
replacing and outnumbering the African Americans. But where
were the African Americans going?
Africans and Caribbean folks are migrating to the U.S.A.,
while a growing number of Black Americans (and other
Americans) are moving overseas to countries like Mexico,
Costa Rica, and Thailand. A big surprise is that Portugal,
the first country to engage in the African slave trade, has
a Black American expatriate enclave.
Like other Americans, these Black expatriates have reasons
for leaving the U.S. The exodus to overseas countries
usually increases around the time of the presidential
election. There are also racial and economic reasons. The
housing market is not suitable for the working class.
KidGreatness, a YouTuber who lives in Thailand, referred to
America as "one big business."
Money is a focal point of our daily lives in America.
Everything, including something saving lives, has profit
potential. The problem is that nothing is off-limits when it
comes to profiteering. The working class is preoccupied with
money, whether they want to be or not. Many expatriates
remark about how overseas lifestyles are much calmer.
House Hunters International showcases American expatriates
relocating to foreign lands, usually due to job relocation.
However, there are also Americans with remote jobs moving
overseas. Travel companies such as Expatsi arrange for
Americans to experience living among the locals in different
countries before deciding where to live.
(Sources: CNBC.com - Jennifer Liu, 2024/07/03, "'They want
out': This company helps Americans experiment with expat
living" and YouTube - "Why I Left America and I'm Never
Going Back," uploaded by KidGreatness)
Guidance From Sr. Yasmin
Prophet (SAW): A Person's Du'a is Never Wasted. It benefits
him in all situations. (Alhamdulillah)
Know that a person's Du'a is Never wasted,
and it benefits him in all situations...
On the authority of Abu Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with
him), who said that the
~*PROPHET* ﷺ said-----
"There is no man who prays to ALLAH
and makes 'Du'a to HIM,
and does not receive a response... {!}
#1/ Either it will be hastened for him in
this world...!
or ...
#2/ It will be stored up for him in the Hereafter...