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WE HAVE GOVERNOR WARNER'S EMAIL ADDRESS for appeals on behalf of Aimal
Kasi.
PLEASE SEE LETTER BELOW and ADD YOUR NAME.
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REPUBLICAN VICTORIES and HOLOCAUST in
PALESTINE
Everything you have said is true, true, true. What to do? I have spoken
out so much that I feel I may be in danger. Especially since I read the
article on concentration camps being set up in the U.S. Did you read that
article? My friends are for genocide in the Middle East and every other
country that tries to stop our imperialism-they don't get it. The mind is
so easily brainwashed. Soon, the U.S. will be committing crimes against
humanity that will be as evil as Nazi Germany.
Israel
is committing worse
atrocities than Hitler. 55 years of a holocaust in Palestine with no
reparations, is far worse than a couple of years in a Nazi prison that
some of the jews endured. I so wish that justice would come to these evil
people that are bringing all of this tragedy on the world and destroying
the U.S. Shame on them and may the curse that the
jews
asked be put on them, at the time of Christ, come to past.
The Christian Right is not without guilt either. I am ashamed to say I am
a Christian when I read what that evil group is responsible for. When the
tables are turned, they will see the wrong they have committed against
humanity. What a surprise is in store for them when they realize that
the jews have no intention of becoming Christians, that Jerusalem is not
significant to Christ and that they can not force the hand of God to
return
to this earth. They have been duped by their leaders. The jews who are
only interested in their money and propaganda. They are suckers. All
of their money and sermons will have been in vain.
An angry Christian
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The Homeland Security Bill and Muslims in
America
by Motisola M. Abdallah (Atlanta, Georgia)
[The writer is Secretary General of
Jamaat al-Muslimeen.]
The
Bush
bloc vote a couple of years ago by "elite" Muslims has proven to be
disastrous for Muslims. Now with the recent elections of republicans,
the Homeland Security Bill which smells of shaytan, will probably pass.
Observe what has happened thus far to Muslims in this country and the name of
Islam
when no such piece of legislation existed before. Do those who take
the oppressor as their protecting friends think they will escape?
Do those who have given the green light to the FBI at their Masjids and
conventions think they will be immune by this government's sought after
annihilation of Islam? What a sad state of affairs for Muslims who thought
their money could buy them paradise here in this life and the Hereafter.
Fortunately, mostly due to Jamaat al-Muslimeen's dedicated, fearless and
tireless jihad against the lies of the Kuffaar, there is now starting
to be some breakdown in the thinking of so-called scholars of Islam about
this wicked government. Al hamdu lillaahi.
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Israeli army murders a child in Nablus
Occupied Jerusalem: 7 November, 2002 (IAP News)
Israeli occupation soldiers manning armored personnel carries on
Thursday
shot and killed a Palestinian child as he was playing in the street
across his home.
Eyewitnesses said soldiers opened machine gun fire on 12-year-old
Rashad al
Didk, while playing in the street at the New Askar refugee camp near
Nablus.
Two international civilian observers operating in the area pointed out that
soldiers opened fire on the boy without any provocation.
"I was right beside the father as he carried his son to a nearby taxi.
Blood
was trailing us. The boy was groaning and losing consciousness. I don't
know how anybody can survive losing that much blood," said one observer
named Alison.
The child was still alive as he was being rushed to hospital but died
shortly afterwards.
The Israeli occupation army said soldiers opened fire on the boy because he
ventured out of his home in violation of a curfew order.
International observers noted that the occupation army was trying to
violently impose a curfew on Nablus Thursday, rumbling tanks through the
city, randomly shooting, setting up roadblocks and firing tear gas and
sound
grenades at large groups of unarmed people, including school children.
Earlier this week, the London-based human rights organization,
Amnesty International,
accused the Israeli army of committing war crimes against
Palestinians and demanded that Israeli soldiers and officers involved
in these crimes be tried as war criminals.
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Islamic Association for Palestine
(IAP)
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The following is Governor Warner's email address with
Dr. Siddique's
letter sent to the Governor. Please use this letter URGENTLY to send email
appeals.
Or write your own letter. Do send us a copy. Or you can simply SEND US
YOUR NAME AND CITY AND WE WILL ADD YOUR NAME TO THE APPEAL.
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sops-cs@gov.state.va.us
Governor Mark R. Warner
State Capitol, 3rd Floor
Richmond, Virginia 2321
Subject: Stop the execution of Aimal Kasi (ref: The words of Jesus
Christ.)
Dear Governor Warner
I am opposed to the death penalty. I am opposed to war. In that spirit, I
realize that the planned execution of Aimal Kasi on November 14 will
not lead to peace and harmony in the world.
As you are a Christian, I urge you to eschew the Jewish idea of an eye
for an eye and follow the teachings of him whom you serve, that is Jesus
Christ (peace be on him). As Jesus said:
"Ye have heard that it hath been said, an eye for an eye, and a tooth for a
tooth: But I say unto you, that ye resist not evil: but whosoever shall
smite
thee on thy right cheek, turn to him the other also." (Matthew 5:38-39)
Forgiveness is the greatest virtue, especially when you have the power to
forgive under law. Again I urge you to look at the teachings of Jesus
whom you follow:
"For if you forgive men their trespasses, your heavenly Father will also
forgive you: But if ye forgive not men their trespasses, neither will
your heavenly Father forgive your trespasses." (Matthew 6:14-15)
In that spirit, Prophet Muhammad (peace be on him) forgave his enemies
when he conquered
Mecca.
In this case it is wise to forgive. Aimal Kasi's family supports the
government of Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf, America's ally and
close friend. These are not opponents of the United States, but family ties
are bound to be affected by the execution of Aimal Kasi. The hurt you will
cause by execution will turn your friends into enemies. Already America does
not lack strong opposition in
Pakistan.
It appears that Kasi's crime was not one of personal vendetta or cold
blooded
murder. He seems to have seen himself as a warrior in the conflict between
the world of Islam and the pro-Israeli policies of the United States.
He attacked the CIA headquarters as an act of war. The
CIA
has carried out
actions against nations across the globe, be it Chile or Iran or any of
the Muslim countries. In such a covert war, sometimes there is a bloody
response from the other side.
In that context, Kasi is a prisoner of war, not a mere murderer. The form of
his war was not conventional but the content of his action was one of war,
not murder. Under international law, executions of prisoners of war are
not permitted.
I join the family of Aimal Kasi in urging you to extend your power of
clemency to stop his execution.
Sincerely
Kaukab Siddique, Ph.d
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THERE COULD BE A POSITIVE RESULT FROM REPUBLICAN VICTORY
(From Iqbal Y. Khan, Toronto)
-assalamalaikum, Ramzanul mubarak,
The election result has a positive side too. The arrogant will become
doubly arrogant. There
will be no checks and bounds left. The right wing will commit big
mistakes. The
right minded citizens will have to work harder to oppose those with
inflated
egos. The right wing after committing blunders will have no one else to
blame
but themselves. So all in all there is a positive side to this
result. God does
not like the arrogant and will drown him in his own filth,inshah Allah
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