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Sha'ban 24, 1426/September 28, 2005 #73
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AUDACIOUS ISLAMIC ATTACKS in AFGHANISTAN and IRAQ.
[Please scroll down to the end. Worth reading.]
[Osama sighted.] [Also see comment on CAIR's Comedy Club.]
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Republican Rule Cracking [ready to Crumble?]
During the September 24 mass anti-war rally Ramsey Clark
called for the IMPEACHMENT of Bush. Earlier, he told
New Trend that 600,000 signatures have been collected
for the impeachment move.
On September 28 Republican leader Tom Delay was
indicted on an alleged felony charge. This is a first in
100 years and puts the Republican Party on the defensive.
Delay is an extreme devotee of Israel.
Hurricane Rita played a dirty trick on Bush and
his generals. The storm was set to hit Houston and
Bush's people were ready for it, but at the last moment
Rita right [east] and went for the oil towns and tourist
resorts. Bush's relief army was left high and dry by this
dodge. More than a dozen towns were wiped out in Texas and
Louisiana. After 5 days, 12 oil refineries are still closed.
[There is no news of the large prison in Beaumont. Texas
which has Muslims in it. Anyone who has news, let us know.]
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NOTE: After 42 days of U.S. bombing during the first
Gulf War, President Saddam Hussain got the electricity
going within a month in all of Baghdad. A month after Katrina,
only 16% of New Orleans has electricity.
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The Horror, the Horror:
Sept. 23 to 28: Israel has been attacking Gaza every
day to terrorize the people and to kill the Islamic
activists in its attempts to create a "defanged" and
"tamed" Palestine.
The Jews used heavy artillery, tanks and jet fighters
in these attacks. The Palestinians have no comparable
weaponry. They retaliated and killed one Jew with a KNIFE!
A crowd of youngsters supporting Hamas was blown up by
the Israelis with the help of a collaborator killing
19 youths. An Islamic Jihad leader was murdered by
Israeli missile fire.
[For the first time in their lives thousands of Gaza
youths were able to see and reach the ocean. Can you
believe it! These Jewish scum had occupied the entire
ocean front, denying the Palestinian people access to
the ocean for decades. Gaza was a concentration camp.
And America paid each Jew $5000 for leaving the illegally
occupied land and houses for fear of the "suicide bombers."
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Da'wah
Reminding Muslims of the Original Islam of Muhammad
[pbuh]
OWNERSHIP SHOULD BE BASED on WORK:
"Whoever revives a dead land, that land belongs to him."
[Prophet Muhammad, pbuh, Hadith narrated by Jabir ibn
Abdullah, in Musnad of Ahmad, Jami of Tirmidhi, Sunan of Nasai.]
EXAMPLE of the GREATEST ISLAMIC WOMAN:
"Then 'Ayesha, r.a., spoke. Her voice was high pitched,
and her words overcame most people because she was
a woman of majesty."
[Tabari in his Tarikh al-Umam wa al-Muluk.]
"Ahnaf ibn Qais, tab'ai [from the generation after the sahaba]
narrates: I have heard the speeches of all the khulafa till
my time, including Abu Bakr, 'Umar, 'Usman and Ali. Allah
be pleased with them, but the quality and level of Ayesha's
speech outdid anything they could say." [Collected by
Ahmad ibn Hanbal in his Musnad's kitab az-Zuhd and also
available in Mustadrak in the mention of 'Ayesha, r.a.]
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Jamaat al-Muslimeen News
Working for Peaceful Change
P.O. Box 10881
Baltimore, MD 21234
Dr. Zakiyyah Muhammad's Interview
While ISNA and ICNA are keeping a careful silence about
the case of Islamic educator Dr. Zakiyyah Muhammad, she
was interviewed by a local paper, the Orange County Register
[September 20]. The paper is published in the same area
where Dr. Muzzammil Siddiqui works. We hope he will break
his silence now and not pretend that a top Islamic
educator does not exist because his friends Fazal Mirza
et al are against her.
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Dr. Zakiyyah Muhammad: Always a Great Principal:
Says Jamaat Activist from Harlem, New York.
I've read your past articles about Sis. Zakiyyah and
am wondering if she is the same Sis. Zakiyyah Muhammad
who was a principal at the Sis. Clara Muhammad School
Secondary Elementary School in Harlem.
If so, she was an excellent principal. I am not surprised
to hear that she is at the top of her profession because
she really understands how children think. I enjoyed my
time there as a student until Sis. Zakiyyah left and the
school was run into the ground by Sis. ......., who succeeded her.
Salaam,
Sis. 'Aisha
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Unique Distinction of Jamaat al-Muslimeen
National Muslim organizations in America do not hold Shoora
[Consultative Committee] meetings. If they do hold them secretly,
then that is forbidden in Islam and is known as Najwa.
It would mean that Muslims are not told when their
organizations do Shoora and what is decided in them.
By sharp contrast, Jamaat al-Muslimeen announces and
holds Shoora meetings regularly, as commanded by the
Qur'an, and then publishes the contents of it decision making.
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Flag Problem at Jamaat al-Muslimeen's Shoora in Chicago
On September 24, 2005 the Central Consultative Committee
[Shoora] of Jamaat al-Muslimeen met in Chicago to formulate
policies which would help the Muslims of America in these dire times.
The Imam of one of Chicago's biggest mosques had offered
an excellent conference room for the Shoora. However, when
the Shoora members went to the mosque, they found a large
American flag on the building. In Islam, a place of worship
devoted to Allah Almighty is not permitted to carry the flag
of a kafir or secular government. The situation is further
complicated by the bombing and destruction of mosques in
Iraq and Afghanistan by jet fighters, helicopters, tanks
and artillery carrying this flag.
As a result, the mosque had to be rejected as a meeting
place. A comparable alternative place could not be found
at this late juncture. Hence the meeting had to be held
in very cramped quarters.
The leadership of the mosques of America has deteriorated
to such an extent that even at mosques where men have
beards and women wear the hijab, the fear of American
power structure's oppression far outweighs the fear
of Allah's power.
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Powerful Message of Original Islam Came out of Shoora
The September 24 Shoora of Jamaat al-Muslimeen reviewed
the situation of Muslims in America and came forth with
a powerful and uncompromising message and mission for
the Muslims of America.
Peaceful means will be used to counter the repression
to which Muslims are being subject and to foil the internal
subversion being carried out by government agents with Muslim names.
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Historic Anti-War Rally in Washington, DC
Nearly 300,000 people participated in the anti-war rally
on September 24 organized by A.N.S.W.E.R. A Jamaat
al-Muslimeen shoora member is part of the Washington
Chapter of A.N.S.W.E.R. which did the groundwork for the rally.
Among the dozens of speakers, the most important were:
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Ramsey Clark, the leader of the anti-war movement.
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Cindy Sheehan, mother of a soldier who was killed in Iraq,
who wants Bush to answer for the futile war.
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Lynne Stewart, world famous attorney who fought for the
rights of the blind Shaikh, Dr. Omar 'Abdel Rahman,
and is now herself facing prison as a "terrorist" supporter!
Numerous copies of Jamaat al-Muslimeen's brochure calling
for the boycott of businesses which support Israel were distributed.
[CNN claimed that 100,000 people took part in the protest
but participants are sure it was more than 300,000.
President Bush was the target of criticism, ridicule,
jokes and downright insults throughout the rally.]
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Thoughts on an important anniversary.
Syed Abul 'Ala Maudoodi Laid the Foundations of
Modern Islamic Movement Around the World
by
Kaukab Siddique, Ph.D
Associate Professor of English
[September 22 was the date on which Maulana Maudoodi passed away in 1979.]
I remember that the soft-spoken leader of the Islamic
movement used to have severe pain in his legs, especially
after long trips. Once in Karachi, after a group of
students took him from the airport to a prominent
supporter's house, he lay down and looked exhausted.
The young people were proud of being so near the great
scholar. I saw one of them, with great hesitation, asking
Maudoodi if he could press his legs to lessen the pain.
Maudoodi replied: "Main kabhi dubba nahin." Very difficult
to translate, it had a double meaning: I have never allowed
anyone to press [my legs] or I have never bowed down [in front of power].
The media were controlled by the government and would not
turn up for Maudoodi's press conferences. On such occasions,
Syed Munawwar Hasan, a famous Jamaate Islami activist,
would "appoint" me as the representative of the press!
Maudoodi's contributions to Islamic thought cannot be
covered in an article or even a book. I will highlight
his most important teachings:
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Islam is a movement and a revolution, not just a religion.
He wanted Muslims to be organized, to accept Islamic
standards for their organizations and to open themselves
to accountability and evaluation.
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Nationalism and Islam are contradictory impulses among
Muslims. Nationalism, to be legitimate, must be dominated
by Islamic leadership. What Muslims consider good for
their nationality may not be acceptable under Islam.
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Islam has its own political and economic system.
Capitalism and Socialism should not be disguised
and passed off as Islam. They both violate important Islamic teachings.
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The Qur'an and the Hadith are complementary but in all
matters, the Qur'an must be put first and the Hadith second.
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The Hadith is essential to Islam but it must be looked
at critically and must be subjected both to rules of
transmission ['rawayat'] as well as those of textual
examination ['darayat'].
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Islam is not a religion of miracles and dreams and cults.
Reason, science, evidence and clear headed decision making
should be given first place in Islamic thought processes.
The development of science and technology is badly needed
and sorely lacking in Muslim countries.
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Dictatorship is not acceptable in Islam. The Muslims must
rule themselves through mutual consultation and consent.
TWO ASPECTS of MAUDOODI WHICH HAVE MADE HIM CONTROVERSIAL:
Pakistan: Maudoodi wrote with impressive analysis about
the need for separation between Muslims and Hindus. His
arguments for a separate Islamic homeland became a staple
of the arguments put forth by the Pakistan movement led by
Mohommed Ali Jinnah.
However, Maudoodi also pointed out with great clarity that
Pakistan would not be able to fulfil its Islamic dreams
and aspirations without a program, goals and objectives
emanating from the Qur'an and the Sunnah. The British had
left behind a civil administration and a military force
nominally Muslim but estranged from the ideals of Islam.
The Muslim League which led the Pakistan movement itself
was largely feudal and lacked anyone at ground level who
could implement the motivational efforts of the top two
or three Pakistani leaders, and of these top ones, Jinnah
and Liaqat Ali Khan soon died, one of cancer and the other
of an assassin's bullet.
Thus Maudoodi arrived in a Pakistan in which the ruling
class was determined not to let Islam become a dominant
reality and certainly not to let Islam become a political
force. The rulers wanted [and still try] to keep Islam as
a sectarian and a personal religion.
The Struggle Transformed Maudoodi: Many Do not Understand
the Process of Change and Development in his writings:
Maudoodi came out of a conservative, hierarchical, class
society. The religious texts are interpreted in this society
to "protect" women and to confine them to household chores.
However, as the struggle picked up its tempo and Maudoodi
was sentenced to death [which he survived] and later
repeatedly imprisoned by military and non-constitutional
regimes, his family had to deal with his absences
and became politicized.
In early writings he was defensive about the rights of
women and saw only the dangers of western impact [as in
his book titled Parda.] Later, as his thought became
critical of monarchical systems, his writings about
women too underwent steady change.
The first step was to set up a women's wing of Jamaate
Islami Pakistan. Later Islamic women started taking
part in politics. Today women from Jamaate Islami go
for election politics and have won a number of seats
in parliament. Women in this movement now have a
network of organizations across Pakistan.
Maudoodi startled Pakistan by his ruling that
Miss Fatima Jinnah could be Islamically elected
to be President of Pakistan. From prison, he sent
his Islamic ruling that Pakistanis should vote for
Miss Jinnah. However, under a deluge of government-funded
attacks on him, denying the right of a woman to lead a
nation, he backpedalled.
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Similiarly with kingship, Maudoodi started with the
religious ideas of conservatism that there are "good"
kings and bad kings but that kingship is not necessarily against Islam.
Owing to his scholarly honesty and courage, Maudoodi broke
out of his consevartism and wrote what I consider his
greatest book titled Khilafat-o-Mulookiat [Caliphate and Monarchy]
published in 1966 and then re-printed in 1970, 1972 and 1974.
This book provides Islamic movements throughout the world
the "ammunition", the textual evidence, from the
Qur'an and the Hadith against hereditary monarchy and
despotism of all kinds.
The book was too advanced for Maudoodi's own party,
Jamaate Islami, and it refused to support the book and
phased it out after he passed away. The Pakistani government
supported sectarian religious writers and hacks to carry
out a crescendo of attacks against the book and fastened
on to the book's scholarly criticism of 'Usman, r.a. as
"touheene sahaba" [denigration of a companion of the Prophet, pbuh].
The book teaches that ARMED UPRISING against a corrupt
Muslim government is encouraged in Islam provided there
are chances of its success and will not lead to fruitless violence.
Today Jamaate Islami has recovered from its retreat after
the passing away of Maudoodi and is once again standing as
a moral force in the way of American attempts to subvert
Pakistan through General Musharraf. Inshallah, the writings
of Maudoodi will continue to seed Islamic movements around
the world. His soft voice reverberates with thunder as the
banners of Islam are unfurled in Afghanistan, Kashmir,
Palestine, Chechnia and Iraq.
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WAR NEWS: [From our Media Monitor]
IRAQ: FEMALE MARTYR STRIKES
September 28: A Muslim woman sacrificed herself to strike at
a recruitment center for Iraqi mercenaries in the city of
Tal Afar. Six of the mercenaries were killed and 30 wounded.
Only a few days back the U.S. announced that it had "liberated
Tal Afar from "terrorists."
New Trend's report deconstructed the U.S. military version
to reveal that the U.S. destroyed the entire city with all
its mosques, schools and homes because Islamic people
{"terrorists"} were running them. Outside reports later
confirmed New Trend's analysis.
Mujahidin attacks on U.S. troops have intensified. In
the two weeks ending September 28, the mujahidin killed
another 32 U.S. troops bringing the total killed to 1932.
The reports of the fighting were not publicized in U.S. media.
In the latest mujahidin attack, two U.S. troops were killed
on the Kuwaiti border in Safwan.
[A detailed report New Trend received indicates that the
U.S. is killing nearly 1,000 Iraqis EVERY MONTH in an
effort to destroy the civil base of the Jihad. The report
is based on averages and estimates.]
SHAME of SHI'ISM: On September 28, the U.S. withdrew its
occupation forces from Kerbela, the holiest city of Shi'ism
BUT the forces will still remain just outside the city.
All these months when the Kafir forces have been in
occupation of Kerbala, Iran has been silent and
Sistani-Ja'afari-Allawi have been working hand-in-glove
with the U.S. Shias condemn President Saddam for quashing
their rebellion but not a word about the military
occupation of their holiest city by the Americans.
Observers say Syed Muqtada al-Sadr has saved Shi'ism from
becoming a lackey of America. On September 27 there was
new fighting between U.S. troops and the Syed's militia
in Baghdad's Sadr City. The U.S. killed 8 of his militia.
In Basra, the Syed's forces have killed a few British troops.
A report came out which indicates British trips in disguise
have been using explosives to create incidents to blame
the Syed and to get the Iranian-trained allies of Sistani
to attack the Syed's forces.
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AFGHANISTAN:
FIRST MARTYRDOM ATTACK in KABUL
On September 28, 2005 a martyrdom operator from the Taliban
attacked mercenaries of Karzai's troops in the capital. Nine
of the troops were killed and 28 wounded. The attack comes
as a shock as Kabul is the stronghold of anti-Islam forces,
both pro-U.S. and Communist. These are Afghan collaborators
who know what the Taliban look like. The martyr's ability to
get through such tight security is a shock for Karzai.
From Sept. 25 to 28, AFP and Reuters have reported three
Taliban attacks on U.S. troops in southern Afghanistan
which left two U.S. troops and a U.S. paratrooper dead.
According to a news report on a Spanish language site,
OSAMA bin Laden led an attack on Spanish troops
in Afghanistan two months back causing Spanish casualties.
Osama is reported to have been injured in the attack.
At that time the Spanish news reported the loss of
one of their helicopters and 5 troops killed but
claimed it was an "accident." It appears that Osama
is active in Afghanistan.
On September 25, a late model U.S. CHINOOK helicopter
crashed near Daychopan in the Taliban province of Zabul.
Five U.S. troops were killed. The Taliban claimed victory.
The U.S. said it was an accident. People on the ground
say it was a clear day and weather could not have caused the crash.
[DayChopan is about 100 miles from the Pakistan border.]
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Letter
New Trend Reader Spots Absurdity of Asking Corrupt People
to Endorse Islam and Ramadan
by Abu Shadee, New Jersey
CAIR's COMEDY CLUB:
I am sure you heard that "CAIR" is going on full scale
campaign for Muslims to support a House of Representatives
resolution "recognizing Islam as a GREAT religion &
Ramadan as a holy month"...............CAIR did it again.
Following is my reply to them:
DO WE NEED THE HR or SENATE TO TELL US THAT
ISLAM IS A GREAT RELIGION ????????
I do not give a dime what the entire US congress thinks
of ISLAM because I am CERTAIN that Islam is the BEST religion,
not only a great religion......
CAIR how dare you count on a US entity, that 80%
of its members are DRUNK most of the time, to
"recognize Islam"???? DO we need the HR to "APPROVE
our Islam & Ramadan"???? So the HR passes the resolution:
BIG DEAL and SO WHAT....WHO CARES ......only
CAIR/ISNA/ABC/XYZ......worry about that....
CAIR=Uncle TOM of our time
CAIR, proved again my point and secured my views about it:
this is an organization bent on being: SUPERFICIAL
"Muslim Organization".......they are destroying whatever
is left of Muslim dignity by their actions.
I will NOT....repeat NOT endorse such resolution....CAIR
could be better off by asking HR for a resolution to:
TREAT THE MUSLIMS IN THE US & AROUND THE WORLD WITH
DIGNITY AND RESPECT".................or a resolution to :
FREE THE DETAINED MUSLIMS IN U.S CONTROLLED JAILS"...................
CAIR shame on you and whoever supports you.....I am
embarrassed to have such organization represent the
Muslims.....for sure CAIR does NOT represent me.
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