Rabi' al-Thani 26, 1425/ June 16, 2004 #70
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VIRGINIA INNOCENTS SENTENCED
Royer and Masud Khan get 300 months: Hammad gets 97 months:
Orgy of Government Hate Against
Islam:
Support for
Kashmir
pre-dated
U.S.-India
deal
New Trend
Special
June 15, 2004 was a sad day in the history of
American
justice. A Judge in Alexandria, Virginia accepted accusations made by the
U.S. government which are ridiculous, to say the least. Two innocent Muslims
have been labelled as
"terrorists"
and one has been sentenced for "conspiracy" with the others.
Royer and Khan were sentenced to MORE THAN 300 months in prison, which
amounts to LIFE IN PRISON. In the case of Masud Khan [of
Pakistani
origin], there will be NO PAROLE!
The prosecution has dubbed these young men as part of a "Virginia
Jihad
Network." A close study of the case shows that the government's claims are
absurd and ridiculous.
Hammad Abdur-Raheem was given 97 months [8 years 1 month] on the basis of a
conspiracy theory because he was in the army before embracibg Islam. The
judge claimed to be very lenient to Hammad, otherwise he could have received
50 years!
Readers should note these salient features to understand the injustice which
has been done:
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Royer and Khan supported the struggle of the people of Kashmir and contacted
Lashkar-e-Taiba, an Islamic movement in Pakistan which joined the Kashmir
freedom movement against India. That was when LET had not been listed as a
terrorist organization by the USA which after
9.11
moved to support India against the mujahideen.
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Royer and Khan were not involved in any fighting against India. They wete
involved in symbolic acts of support for Kashmir, like setting up a web site
or going to the Kashmir frontier.
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The U.S. government dug up the Neutrality Act from past history to use
against these Muslims. The Act makes it criminal to fight against America's
allies. Thus these youths, who have never harmed America, are being punished
FOR OPPOSING INDIA's atrocities in Kashmir.
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Hammad has never left the USA, has no record of any kind of criminality and
has never harmed America or broken American law. His "crime" was to go with
the others to "paintball" games and to teach them self-defense on the basis
of his training in the army. He is being accused of a conspiracy to train
"terrorists."
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A dirty tactic which was used by the prosecution was to break a Muslim from
Korea who was arrested earlier and to pressure him to become an accuser
against the others. It appears that the GOVERNMENT HAD ABSOLUTELY NO CASE
AGAINST HAMMAD but punished him for refusing to "cooperate" with them to
implicate other Muslims in the "terror network" myth.
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Interesting sidelines: Royer and Khan made powerful final statements. Royer
was emotional, but Khan's was a well-thought out rebuttal of the government's
attack line. THE PROSECUTOR WAS A
JEW
and Khan pointed out that if he [the prosecutor] had done for
Israel
what he [Khan] had done for the Kashmiris, there would have been no such
trial.
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Hammad's final statement was very brief. It was astonishing for the non-Muslims in the court when Hammad calmly stated that he has accepted the Will of Allah and has learned much from the trial. These non-Muslims had never heard anything so calm and full of faith coming from a totally innocent person getting 97 months in prison for not letting himself be used to falsely implicate other Muslims.
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Hammad's father, Mr. Lyon, told New Trend:"I blame Congress. Without the Neutrality Act and the Patriot Act, this trial would not have happened. Congress has not paid attention to the new tyranny imposed on America's people."
New Trend's sources say that Attorney General Ashcroft is trying to show
Americans that he is ruthless with "terrorists." He can't find any real
terrorists, so he get totally innocent people punished to prove that the
WAR AGAINST TERRORISM IS BEING WON!
Is it a coincidence that ON THE DAY OF SENTENCING IN VIRGINIA, Ashcroft
claimed that a
SOMALI MUSLIM Nuraldin Abedi,
in an immigration prison for
six months, had been planning to BLOW UP A MALL in Columbus, Ohio!
WHICH MALL? How could one person do such a thing? Did he have any material
he could use for this person? There is no such evidence. Even the Mayor of
Columbus [on
CNN]
doesn't know what this is all about. But Ashcroft claims it is true and
released the information ON THE eve OF THE VIRGINIA SENTENCING.
[The good news is that the MUSLIM COMMUNITY PACKED THE COURT and an overflow
room was opened up for visitors.]
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NEWS:
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Jamaat al-Muslimeen
Brooklyn, New York, gave the boycott brochure at Muhsin Khalifa masjid to 50
people but mosque security stopped further distribution.
Another 25 brochures were given at a book store run by a supporter of the
Nation of Islam
(NOI)
in Brooklyn.
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Muslim protesters say feds defiled mosque during raid in Philadelphia
Associated Press
PHILADELPHIA
- Federal agents desecrated a mosque when they detained an imam during a
raid two weeks ago, leaders of local mosques said Friday.
The 150 federal agents defiled the Ansaar Allah Islamic Society when they
entered the mosque with weapons drawn and dogs, said Isa Abdulmateen of the
Majlis Ash-Shura of Philadelphia and the Delaware Valley, an umbrella group
of local mosques.
"They defiled our house of worship on this bogus pretense of terrorism,"
Abdulmateen said.
About 100 people protested the raid outside the Philadelphia federal building,
many shouting "Allahu Akbar!" meaning "God is great" in Arabic. Protesters
waved signs reading "Stop state terrorism of Muslims" and "Mosques are the
house of Allah, not dogs."
Federal offices were closed Friday in observance of President Reagan's
funeral service.
Local imams said the raid was meant to intimidate and antagonize Muslims, and
federal officials should have handled the situation more sensitively.
"It is a disrespect to Muslims all over America that you (federal agents)
would bring your dogs into our house of worship - and without taking your
shoes off," Imam Shahdeed Baiian said.
Internal Revenue Service agents searched the mosque and an adjacent home in
the city's Bridesburg section, plus a third home in Northeast Philadelphia
on May 27. No one was arrested on criminal charges, but immigration
authorities detained
Egyptian
cleric Mohamed Ghorab, the imam of the small mosque.
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Jamaat al-Muslimeen News
Br. Solano Speaks in Greenboro to Support Mosque: Islam is his Choice & he
teaches Unity : Comments on glory of Muslim Spain
This past friday the
Khutba
at the Greensboro, NC mosque was delivered by Brother
Roberto Solano of Brownsville, Texas. He gave an Islamic message directly
related to the need to construct a new building in Greensboro in lieu of
renting a space.
The Muslim community is in dire need of such facilities and they have
acquired a large lot of land with a warehouse type of building that can with
some effort be made into the type of mosque that is needed by the over
100 Muslim families in Greensboro, NC.
A fund raising effort was made after the delivery of the Jummah Service
sermon.
Robert Solano gave examples of
hadiths
and
Qu'ranic
ayats that show that the building of a mosque is a event in Paradise.
Many made pledges that will help pay for the initial $70,000 that are needed
to finish paying off the land/building and remodeling same into a mosque.
In the Friday afternoon sermon a short history of Islam in Muslim Spain was
given and a much needed comparison with current events was made.
The last muslim kingdom in the Iberian Penninsula (Spain) was destroyed by
the invasions of northern Christians and the Inquisitions in 1492.
This was caused in great part by the failures of Muslims to be united.
The task in Greensboro is just beginning and much more material assistance
is needed.
Financial contributions from all Muslims in general are welcomed.
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