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LETTERS:
FIRST RESPONSE TO RADIO INTERVIEW: (from a Christian friend in Maryland)
I got home just in time to tune in to your segment of the program, but
could not give it my full attention since my grandson had just arrived and
we were getting ready to eat lunch.
What I did hear though was very interesting. It is certainly
understandable that countries where the US is acting as an occupier would
not like this; or, I should say that PEOPLE in the
countries . . . . The governments of these countries seem to like it
just fine.
My worry is about the absolute overpowering might of the
US,
especially as to air power. And with all the very
sophisticated tracking and sighting
equipment available now, there is no hiding from
it. No matter how many numbers of people there are against this, it
cannot make up for the sheer power of the weaponry.
There is beginning to be a lot of sentiment, even acknowledged in the
media,
against the war with
Iraq--or
rather AGAINST Iraq--can't quite see them as equal adversaries. I fear
that the
Bush
Adm. will manufacture some incident that they can blame on the
Iraqis which will make people change
their minds and be all-out for war.
Peace, Doris R.
P.S. I liked your article on pro-life vs pro-choice. Pretty ironic,
isn't it? how they both choose life in one instance and not in the other.
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RE:
ISRAELI
TANK COLUMN IN GAZA: Jan 25, 26, 2003
[From Texas.]
as-Salam `alaykum wa-rahmat Allah, wa-ba`d,
You wrote in a recent New Trend that the
Zionist
tanks penetrating into Gaza were no different than
Soviet tanks in Prague or Nazi tanks in Warsaw.
Well, actually there is considerable difference
between the Zionist tanks in Gaza and the Soviet tanks
in Prague -- the Soviet tanks in Prague (in 1968) and
the Soviet forces in Prague didn't kill anybody at all.
The Zionists have killed at least 14 people in the last 48 hours alone.
That just makes the different US official responses
(to Czechoslovakia in 1968 and Gaza today) even more outrageous.
Wa-as-Salam!
Eric Mueller
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MORE RESPONSES TO
Dr. KAUKAB SIDDIQUE'S
ARTICLE ON ABORTION
[From New Brunswick,
Canada.]
Regarding this abortion on demand issue, I feel compelled to respond. We
live in a less than perfect world, I think everyone would agree with that
statement. So sometimes it is necessary to allow a woman the right to
choose.
We cannot discriminate; rich women in America
could travel to a different
country to obtain an abortion, but poor women
can't. That is descrimination.
When women can refuse a man's advances because
they have enough confidence
in themselves, then abortion won't be nearly as
needed. Until then, to take
away the right to choose is only hurting the
people we are trying to help.
When I was with my friend who is a Shi'ite
Muslim, he told me that his
mother obtained an abortion in Iran. This was at
the time of the Shah, a
Muslim leader. My friend never told me why she
did it, only that she did. If
she, as a Muslim woman, could obtain a legal
abortion then, why not now? She
had two children. Possibly she didn't want to
overpopulate the planet. I
don't have any way of knowing, but feel that it
was her right to do what she
wanted. Additionally, she was married.
In an open society as we have in the US, the
culture is very powerful on
allowing youngsters to date by themselves,
whereas in Islamic countries, the
culture seems to be that they are chaperoned.
This is why we must inculcate
in young women a pride in themselves so they will
not succumb to the deceits
of their male companions because their male
companions don't need sex to
ease the pain whatsoever. That's a myth from
which young girls need to be
liberated.
Peace,
Arlene Johnson
http://truedemocracy.net
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From ILLINOIS:
The examples Br. Kaukab has given suggest that
the fetus has less worth than
a human being. The examples relate to a violent
act by a third party and
not an intentional act by the mother. Though
these show that feticide is not
equivalent to homicide, they neither condone nor
advocate abortion as a
device for family planning or for 'unwanted
children' by the mother.
Teepu Siddique, MD
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[A whole list of
JAM
supporters have pledged to distribute our Internet
articles in their communities. The support we are
getting is cherished and
valued. However, the best letter of support came
from a VERY YOUNG SISTER in
Georgia, published below.]
As Salaamu Alaikum Dear and Respected Brother in Islam,
I hope this reaches you in the best of iman and
amal, inshallah. I want to
first apologize for my late response. The efforts and intentions of
Jamaat al-Muslimeen
are very important to me and I take much pride in informing other
believers about your work. It would be an honor
if i could do anything to
assist you and your team in the spreading of the
truth. Inshallah, once I
have spoken with the masjid board whom I'm sure
would have no problem with
it, I would be more than willing to pass out
copies of New Trend at Jumuah.
Although I don't feel I am in any way comparable
to the amazing brothers and
sisters who contribute their articles for New
Trend, i will inshallah do my
best to follow in their steps and help keep the
rest of the ummuah informed
of what the young Muslims in Atlanta are doing.
May Allah reward you and bless you and your
family in this life and the
hereafter, for all your amazing efforts towards
re-establishng the noor of
this deen. Allahu Akbar! Ameen.
Wa salaamu alaikum,
Your Sister in Islam,
Farah
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COCA COLA
boycott
is working!
[From our boycott team, Sis. Aisha (Manhattan,
New York) writes that the
boycott of Coca Cola seems to be biting. Coca
Cola has posted an attempt to
squash what it claims are "rumors." Among the
"rumors" are the facts which
Imam Badi Ali issued, that Coca Cola supports
Israel. Dear readers, stay away
from Coca Cola: it's worthless as a drink, and it
DOES SUPPORT ISRAEL and the
Zionists.
If in doubt, ask us for the facts we already
distributed.
Also, Sis. ‘Aisha can give you subsidiaries of
pro-Israel companies.
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