New Trend Magazine Commentary

(With thanks to Sis. Nadrat for the Info.)

Anti-Imperialist Forces Must Support Afghanistan
500,000 Afghans Face Death Owing to U.S. Sanctions

"A person who provides strength to the oppressor by taking his side,
when he knows that this is an oppressor, is outside the fold of Islam."
Prophet Muhammad, pbuh (Hadith)


June 13, 2001 witnessed an event which was ugly and funny at the same time. The U.S. House of Representatives passed a unanimous resolution, 420-0, condemning Afghanistan for its actions against women and Hindus. {420 in Pakistan means "fraud."} Speaker after speaker, wearing the saffron Hindu symbol, spoke against the Taliban who have brought peace and unity to 90% of Afghanistan. The speakers went to extremes in their condemnation, so much so that they sounded funny and grotesque:
1. One speaker claimed that AFGHANISTAN is a danger to the stability of THE WHOLE WORLD.
2. Another one compared the tokens the Hindus have to wear in Afghanistan to the Star the Jews had to wear in Nazi Germany.
THE CRUSADERS and the ZIONISTS were united as never before. The growing power of the Hindu lobby in USA was also quite evident.
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What should be the Muslim response to Afghanistan? First and foremost we must give up the idea propagated by AMC, CAIR etc that if we try to please the U.S. government by condemning the Taliban, the U.S. will stop its aggression against Afghanistan. That's a non-starter.

We must understand the causes of the U.S. campaign against Afghanistan. The U.S. is prepared to let 500,000 Afghans die of starvation and disease for the following reasons:
1. ANY ISLAMIC REGIME IN KABUL WILL BECOME A RALLYING POINT FOR THE MUSLIM WORLD.
1a. Remember that the U.S. would not recognize the government of Prof. Burhanuddin Rabbani when it was in control of Kabul. Instead it encouraged Hikmatyar to try to take Kabul by force, thus weakening both Rabbani and Hikmatyar
1b. Before that the U.S. weakened Hikmatyar by encouraging him to carry out a conventional attack on Jalalabad.
Thus for proper understanding of U.S. policies we must see the U.S. strategy:
It will never support a government in Kabul which has any adherence to Islam. So the issue is not the Taliban's policies but the strategy of the U.S.
2. The U.S. sees Islam as a threat to its hegemony across the world. The resurgence of Islam would oppose the capitalistic/multinational-corporation of the world. There are good economic reasons for this anti-Islam strategy:
2a. Afghans wear their indigenous clothes, turbans, baggy dresses. The women are not allowed to copy Paris and New York. The chances of selling consumer goods to people influenced by Afghanistan are very low.
2b. The spreading of Afghan influence into Pakistan and across the Muslim world and Africa would hurt the marketing of American-style business stuff.
2c. The sale of blue movies and western attitudes/goods/fashions which is burgeoning in Pakistan is destroying the Pakistani allegiance to Islam. The victory of Afghanistan could reverse this trend.
3. Refuge for Osama bin Laden has exposed the hypocrisy of Saudi Arabia. The U.S. considers Osama a terrorist and is ready that if necessary all of Afghanistan is to be destroyed to capture and humiliate Osama.
3a. The Saudis claim to be an Islamic regime but Osama's defection has shown the world that the Saudis are linked to U.S. imperialism. The Muslims recognize Osama as an Islamic hero: by the same token the Saudis working with the U.S. against him are the ENEMIES OF AUTHENTIC ISLAM

FACTS ABOUT AFGHANISTAN:
1. One Million Martyrs in the Jihad against the Russians.
2. No reparations have been paid to Afghanistan by Russia (instead Russia has been helped by the U.S.)
3. Constant efforts by the U.S. to destabilize Afghanistan.
4. The Taliban were originally brought as just another group which would complicate the internal turmoil in the country.
5. When the Taliban showed their independence, the U.S. turned against them.
6. The stories about oppression of women by the Taliban are largely fabrications of the Zionist media and were started when the Taliban refused to kow-tow
7. The Taliban have been excessively strict against the women of Kabul but this was a pro-Communist city which they took by storm. In that context, their behavior towards the conquered population has been very decent.
8. The little yellow sticker which Hindus have been asked to wear is meant to protect the Hindus against the strict rules applied to Muslims. It's like the "handicapped" sign on cars in USA which allows such people to park in places where others cannot park. Another example is that of the Amish people who drive horse buggies on motorways but their dresses and their buggies are identifiable so that no one will bother them for clogging the road.
(The zionist ploy that the little sticker is like the Nazis putting a star on the Jews is absurd. It simply shows that the anti-Afghan moves are being directed by the Jews.)
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IS AFGHANISTAN AN ISLAMIC STATE UNDER THE TALIBAN? It obviously is an Islamic state according to the clear intent of the Taliban. The Qur'an is the source of law. Liquor is prohibited. That does not mean that it is perfect or even near perfect. It's an experiment and it will need the strong support of the Afghans and the Muslim world to succeed. Mullah Omar and other Taliban leaders live a lifestyle which is not very different from that of the sahaba, the Companions of Prophet Muhammad (pbuh). Obviously the U.S. will try to destroy such people.
If MUHAMMAD (pbuh) had been alive today, the U.S. would have sent an armada to kill him and the Jews would have led the armada.
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WHAT SHOULD THE MUSLIMS DO:
1. OPPOSE U.S. INTERVENTION IN AFGHANISTAN.
2. BREAK THE SANCTIONS.
3. Help Jihadist groups in Pakistan. One very good group is LASHKARE TAIBA. Send them donations and tell them to send half to Afghanistan and the rest for Kashmir.
4. Educate the American people about Afghanstan. The Afghans are not the enemies of Americans. Even those who write filthy articles against the Taliban are treated like honorable guests when they go there.
5. BUILD HOSPITALS, SCHOOLS, ROADS, in Afghanistan and provide clean water.
6. DON'T TRY TO IMPOSE ANYTHING ON THE AFGHANS. The Russians learned that lesson and the U.S. will too.
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Our call: Put an end to all sanctions.
STOP THE SANCTIONS ON AFGHANISTAN, IRAQ AND SUDAN
Unite O MUSLIMS. RISE O MIGHTY PEOPLE. ONE NATION FROM MOROCCO TO THE PHILIPPINES, FROM CHECHNYA TO NIGERIA.
DOWN with ZIONISM. DOWN with U.S. Imperialism. DOWN WITH HINDU OPPRESSION OF KASHMIR and of the DALIT PEOPLE OF INDIA
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2001-06-14 Thu 20:49ct