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Jamada al-Awwal 14,1427/June 10, 2006 #36
Think about it: The World Cup games have revealed that
PROSTITUTION is LEGAL in Germany. Thus the Allied
victors of 1945 and the Israelis have tried to undermine
Germany by destroying its cultural foundation. Jews are
being brought back to be re-settled in Germany in large
numbers. By contrast, PALESTINIANS are not allowed back
into their homeland occupied by the Jews.
On June 9, Israeli artillery shelled a beach in Gaza
killing 7 Palestinians, including 5 children.
Every day the Zionists attack the Palestinians killing
at will, using helicopters, jets and artillery to murder
helpless victims. ONE CAR was hit by an Israeli air strike.
The UN watches in silence as the slaughter goes on.
Finally Hamas is showing some backbone. It has condemned
the assassination of al-Zarqawi and decided to end its
truce with Israel following the slaughter on the beach on
June 9.
Muslims worldwide must boycott Israel and all businesses
connected to Israel. Any idea of recognition of Israel is
nothing but treachery.
[Do you drink Coca Cola or Nestle's water and products,
or Starbuck's coffee? You are helping Israel.]
Women in Islam: The Way they Were Supposed to be
by Kaukab Siddique
Umm Darda is one of the great women of the first
century of Islam. She passed away in the year 82
of the Hijra. Although she did not meet the Prophet
Muhammad, pbuh, she met his Companions [sahaba],
may Allah be pleased with them.
One of the Sahaba, Abu Darda, r.a., who was her
guardian, noticed that although a child and an orphan,
she wore her headcover and came to prayers in the lines
of the men. Then she would stay after prayers with the men
to hear the recitation of the Qur'an. Even though a child,
she learned to recite the Qur'an with great power and then
memorized the entire Qur'an.
Abu Darda, r.a., impressed by her seriousness, encouraged
her to become a scholar of Islam. After some years, he told
her that as she was turning from a child to a young woman,
she should go and sit in the separate prayer lines of women.
Umm Darda became a scholar of Islam and went on to become a
Faqiha [expert in Islamic jurisprudence]. Still later
she married Abu Darda, r.a., her guardian, took the name Umm
Darda and the two were known for their mutual devotion and love.
The classical scholars of Islam praised Umm Darda in the
highest terms. The historian Ibn Kathir wrote: "Umm Darda
was tab'ai, a great scholar, very pious and an
expert in Islamic Law and jurisprudence."
[Al Bidaya wun Nihaya, vol. 9, p.50]
Famous biographer of the classical era of Islam,
Dhahabi writes of Umm Darda that she was the embodiment
of virtue, God-consciousness, knowledge and good deeds
and that she was a scholar and expert in Islamic Law.
[Seer 'alam al-Nubala, vol. 4, p.279.]
The Hadith Umm Darda narrated are proof that during
the first century of Islam, the same Hadith existed
which were later compiled by the Hadith collectors of
the third century. She narrated Hadith not only from
her husband, Abu Darda, r.a., but also other Sahaba of
the Prophet, pbuh, such as Salman Farsi, r.a., Abu
Huraira, r.a., and Fadala bin Ubaid, r.a.
She was a teacher and leader of men and women. Many men
narrated Hadith from her, including the great Syrian
scholar Makhul. Her Hadith are to be found in four of
the six canonical collections of Hadith: Those of Muslim,
Abu Dawud, Tirmidhi and Ibn Maja.
Every day she held meetings in her home in Damascus
where scholars and seekers of knowledge, those who
sought the Hereafter rather than this world, would come
to listen to her teachings. After her husband died, she
started spending six months out of the year in
Masjid al-Aqsa in Jerusalem where she would teach
and learn some of the time and the rest of the time she
would mostly spend in worship of Allah.
Why do Muslims not study the achievements of Umm Darda
today? Perhaps a woman leader is a problem for them. A
sectarian reason for neglect is also there. Umm Darda
lived in Damascus during the Ummayad era. When her
husband died, Ameer Muawiyya, r.a., hearing of her
great beauty and learning wanted to marry her. She
refused saying she wanted to be with her husband Abu
Darda, r.a., in heaven and would not marry anyone else.
The Shi'ites abhor Ameer Muawiyya, r.a., although their
second imam, Hasan, r.a., had accepted him as rightful Caliph.
Interview with Syed Munawar Hasan
Secretary General of Jamaate Islami, Key Organizer
of Islamic Coalition, MMA
Pakistan's Army is Incompetent and Working for the enemy:
Islamic Volunteers in Earthquake Areas Showed Quality of
Islamic leadership: Women offer their Children for Jihad
In May 2006 New Trend interviewed Br. Munawar Hasan
in Lahore to guage the situation in Pakistan. Here
are a few questions and answers from the interview.
New Trend: With so much corruption in this country,
what hope can be there for the future. The gap between
rich and poor is so wide. During the day, the poor work
in 110 degrees farenheit. At night, the rich come out
to flock to the classy restaurants. Every night, there
is a huge traffic jam in Gulbarg, flashy cars moving
towards rich food. These secularist enclaves own this
country. Why do you claim Islam is winning? Look at the
Internet cafes? What filth is being read on line by
Pakistani youths! Even America can't compare with this pornography!
Syed Munawar Hasan: You have not seen the real Pakistan.
Large numbers of people are seriously turning towards
Islam. The secularists are lost people. They have nothing
to offer Pakistanis. You should spend some time with me.
I'll take you to the villages and smal towns. See the real
Pakistan and you'll be surprised.
NT: How can you say that when the army is in full control.
Every now and then they kill Muslims or hand them over to
America in the name of fighting "terrorism."
SMH: The army is incompetent and should be disbanded. They
have become the agents of imperialism. This army is
actually helping the enemies of this country. However,
most of their boasts of killing "terrorists" are empty.
They are not able to show any bodies of Islamic leaders
they claim to have killed or captured. They are killing
Pakistani Muslims, and the army has in turn
suffered heavy casualties.
NT. How do you know that Islam is winning in Pakistan?
Where's the evidence?
SMH: The best evidence came in the aftermath of the
cataclysmic earthquake. The men with the long beards,
the "mullahs" so-called were in the forefront of the
relief effort. The army's incomptence became very clear
in the earthquake stricken areas. The Islamic volunteers
were working round the clock till they would collapse
from exhaustion. The army worked from 9 to 5 as if it
was a job. The Islamic people showed their love of
humanity and were willing to do anything for the victims.
NT: Alhamdulillah!
SMH: Also, the Islamic Ummah was re-discovered
in the massive relief activity. Islamic workers came
from all over the world to help the people of Kashmir
and Frontier. Top level physicians who don't have time
to talk to anyone during their daily routines worked
with the bearded volunteers; these experts simply left
their careers and worked for 8 weeks in the stricken
areas. The suffering was unthinkable but the efforts
of the Islamic workers too were unimaginable.
NT: All praise belongs to Allah!
SMH: Also, promise to come with me and I will show
you the spirit of Jihad among our people. Women in
our cities are offering their children for Jihad.
We don't need any army. I will show you families who
have already sacrificed 2 sons for Islam [in Kashmir,
etc] and the mother sends a message: I have three more
sons to give for Jihad!
NT: But our friends in America say that Jamaate Islami
does not work among the poor and the oppressed.
SMH: Those are the thoughts of what we call "coffee
house intellectuals." These are elites who like to
pass judgement without any " hands on" experience.
You should have seen the spirit of the Pakistani poor
masses rising up to condemn the caricatures of the
Prophet, peace be on him, in extremes of heat and bad
weather with little or no food to eat. Yes, we do
build hospitals, schools, roads, child welfare and
female refuge places too, right across the country.
But without the human spirit, without Islam, without
the flame of faith, without the love of the Prophet,
peace be on him, this country would crumble. We are
Pakistanis because we love Islam.
NT: I think it was a mistake for Jamaate Islami to
oppose Nawaz Sharif's Muslim League. You should try
to patch up that situation. Don't you see how much
General Musharraf hates Nawaz Sharif? Javed Hashmi,
Muslim League leader, was so unjustly imprisoned by Musharraf!
SMH: In Pakistan, there is a traditional political
leadership which comes to power whenever the army
leaves. The Islamic constituency, not based on land
or feudalism or money, does not fit into the framework
of any of the established political constituencies of
this country, but I will not reject your suggestion.
We are willing to be flexible without
jeopardising our principles.
Analysis
What the Assassination of Abu Mus'ab al-Zarqawi
Means to the U.S. and to Islam
New Trend Special Report
based on international media coverage
June 7. It was a superbly carried out execution of the
top Islamic leader in Iraq, Abu Mus'ab from the town of
Zarqa in Jordan. The air raid which killed him, his Islamic
teacher Shaikh Abdur Rahman and four of his associates,
was carried out by two U.S. F-16s which dropped two 500
pound bombs on the home where he was staying. The first
bomb, laser guided, hit its target but a second one was
let loose to make sure he was finished off.
The initial photos of the bombed structure turned out to
be those of collateral damage. CNN soon acknowledged
[June 8] that the shattered home being shown was not the
target but was more than half a kilometer away from the
target. The number of civilians killed has not been
mentioned but the death of a woman and a child is mentioned.
It appears to have been a great victory for the U.S. and
highlighted the technological superiority the U.S. has
over the Muslims, with the skillful use of a drone which
pinpointed the target followed by two F-16s which dropped
500 lb laser guided bombs.
From the early hours of June 8, the wave of jubilation
spread from the Australian leader, to Israel, to Tony
Blair and to President Bush [who spoke at 7.30 AM,
Eastern Standard Time, quite an early hour for the easy
going President]. Israel's Olmert was the first to call
Bush to congratulate him.
One theme was common to the expressions of these four
regarding al-Zarqawi: They agreed that they had liquidated
their main opponent in Iraq and thus opened up the way for
the success of the democracy they have installed in Iraq.
At a slightly lower level, Senator Joseph Lieberman
[D-Connecticut], who led the charge for the invasion
of Iraq, declared that al-Zarqawi was pure "evil."
[Tendentially, the Senator proudly pointed out that he
had called for the "overthrow of Saddam" as far back as
1998, nearly five years before the invasion.]
To give the U.S. media and President Bush credit, it should
be pointed out that they were restrained in their
expressions and did not declare outright victory as they
had done on the capture of President Saddam Hussain. The
media noted that the "terrorists" will not stop fighting
because of the elimination of al-Zarqawi. In fact those
connected to U.S.-intelligence related services, who monitor
Islamic web sites [known as "jihadi" web sites in western
parlance] noted that the "jihadis" are vowing revenge
for the killing.
Al-Zarqawi's Death might Prove a Serious Setback for the U.S.:
During his last months, Abu Mus'ab al-Zarqawi seemed to
have been courting martyrdom. He came out in April with
an extensive video openly showing his face, his environment
and his activities. He was wearing an explosives vest in
the video indicating his line of thinking.
The way he was killed appears to be the best end an Islamic
martyr could hope for, a very rare combination. The three
components of his death are as follows:
1. Aerial monitoring and air strike by the U.S.
2. Intelligence provided through torture of captured
Islamists by the Jordanian King Abdullah.
3. Ground work by Shi'ite collaborators of the U.S.
Thus Al-Zarqawi has overnight become a saint for the
Islamic world. This impression is fortified not only
by the coordination through which he was killed but by
an important aspect of his personality: that he was in
Iraq solely for the purposes of resistance to the U.S.
occupation forces and its Shi'ite collaborators. No
other motivation is alleged by observers on both sides.
Thus the martyrdom aspect of his personality is
unambiguous. Muslims revere him now because of what the
Qur'an has said about people like him:
"Think not of those who are slain in Allah's Way as dead.
Nay, they live, finding their sustenance from their Lord.
They rejoice in the Grace [fadl] provided by Allah.
And with regard to those left behind, who have not yet
joined them [in their bliss], the [martyrs] glory in the
fact that on them is no fear, nor have they
[cause to] grieve. [3:170]
Al-Zarqawi seems to have been under the impression
that without Jihad there can be no Paradise for the
Muslim, especially in circumstances like those of
Iraq, Afghanistan, Palestine, Kashmir, Chechnia,
Somalia, Sudan etc. Here is a central verse on the
subject from the Qur'an:
"Did ye think that ye would enter Paradise
[al-Jannah] without Allah testing those who
did Jihad and remained steadfast?" [3:142]
As a martyr, al-Zarqawi subsumes within himself the
three essential and most outstanding characteristics
of Islam as adumbrated by the Qur'an:
"Those who believe, and do hijrah [leave their homes
for Allah's sake], and do Jihad in Allah's Way, as well
as those who give them asylum and aid - these are in
very truth the believers: For them is forgiveness of
sins and a provision most generous." {8:74]
Muslims know that Jihad is very difficult as it is
carried out against the forces of oppression which
may be much superior in numbers and in firepower. In
Iraq, an estimated 15 to 30,000 mujahideen are facing
131,000 U.S. troops. There is no comparison in firepower.
Al-Zarqawi had no way of spotting the F-16s and certainly
no way of shooting them down. In such circumstances,
Muslims like to quibble that Jihad is really not armed
struggle but that an examination of the Arabic verb for
struggle connotes any kind of struggle. A fabricated
narration is popular among Muslims which indicates that
fighting against one's nafs [inner self] is a
greater Jihad than fighting with weapons.
Hadith of the Prophet, pbuh, indicates that Jihad does
not mean any general kind of struggle. It is
specifically armed struggle, though support work for
Jihad is included in Jihad. Hence, al-Zarqawi was not
following the modern versions of "jihad" but Jihad as
interpreted by Prophet Muhammad, pbuh:
Narrated by 'Umru bin 'Absa: A man asked: O messenger
of Allah, what is Jihad? He [the messenger, pbuh]
replied: It is that you go to war with weapons against
the kuffar. [Hadith Musnad of Ahmad,
4:114] [All the narrators of this Hadith are
reliable and authentic.]
Muslims venerate al-Zarqawi and others like him because
of Hadith which place Jihad above all other actions of
a true believer. For instance:
"Abu Huraira, r.a., narrates that a person asked the
messenger of Allah, pbuh: Tell me of a deed which can
replace Jihad? The messenger replied: I do not see any
action which can equal Jihad." [Hadith in Sahih of Bukhari,
kitab al-Jihad.]
The Prophet Muhammad, pbuh, repeatedly taught that
Jihad is the greatest human action. Here is one Hadith
which states it clearly:
"From Sahl ibn Sa'ad, r.a. : The messenger of Allah,
pbuh, said: Going forth in Allah's way [for jihad] for
a night and a day is better than the entire world and
all that is in the world."
[Hadith Sahih of Bukhari, kitab al-Jihad.]
Finally, it should be noted that martyrdom was the
quest of the Prophet Muhammad, pbuh, himself. By
achieving martyrdom, Muslims believe, al-Zarqawi
has attained a very high position in the hierarchy
of Islamic values. This authentic Hadith leaves no
doubt that the Prophet, pbuh, is talking about the battlefield:
[From Abu Huraira, r.a.] The messenger of Allah, pbuh,
said: "It is my desire that I should fight in Allah's
way and be killed, [be brought back to life] fight again
and be killed, [be brought back to life], fight again and
be killed." [Hadith, Sahih Muslim, Kitab al-Imarat,
section on "The superiority of Jihad and Going Forth in Allah's Way.]
Thus by killing him, King Abdullah's men, President
Bush's forces, and "Ayatullah" Ali Sistani's men have
given al-Zarqawi the greatest honor a Muslim can have.
Asymmetrical Warfare made Abu Mus'ab al-Zarqawi Controversial:
The American invasion of Iraq began with "Shock
and Awe," which involved impressive bombing of Baghdad
in a clear attempt to kill the President of Iraq.
Thereafter, the U.S. and Britain have indulged in an
orgy of mass murder in Iraq. According to calculations
by Lancet magazine, the U.S. air force had killed nearly
100,000 Iraqis BEFORE the U.S. assault on the city of
Fallujah. Thereafter the U.S. destroyed the ENTIRE city
of Fallujah, house by house, mosque by mosque. [In the
mosques which survived, U.S. troops were stationed to
have their "after hours" activities.] [President Bush
put the number of Iraqis killed at 30,000.]
In the months after the destruction of Fallujah,
the U.S. embarked on a CITY by CITY destruction
of the Islamic resistance in Anbar province and
Mosul. Special targets were Islamic schools, mosques
and libraries run by the Muslims who follow the
Qur'an and the authentic Hadith [known in
America as "Wahhabis."]
U.S. acts of terrorism in Iraq have only recently
come to public attention owing to the systematic
killings of unarmed Muslims by the U.S. in Haditha
and other towns. Systematic torture and humiliation of
Muslims came out earlier because of the discovery of
photos from Abu Ghraib which [photos] were being used
as entertainment on "porno" cards distributed by U.S.
troops to their friends. A woman named NOOR smuggled
out a letter from prison to indicate random rape of
Iraqi women by U.S. troops,
Research of the war situation in Iraq suggests that
seeing the suffering of the Muslims, al-Zarqawi decided
to retaliate and to invoke those aspects of warfar
taught in Islamic texts which permit the use of guerrilla
tactics against a powerful enemy. He started a series of
operations against "soft targets" where the American
firepower would be ineffective. ALL elements associated
with the occupation forces in Iraq became his targets.
He attacked:
1. U.S. tanks, humvees, troops out in Iraqi cities and villages.
2. U.S. contractors and contractors from other countries
working with the U.S.
3. The UN Heaquarters and related facilities.
4. The Jordanian embassy.
4a. An American hotel in Amman, Jordan where a top
intelligence officer was killed. However a wedding party
was accidentally caught in the blast and immediately the
King mobilized his "people," soldiers, police, civil
servants, tribals and the Christian minority to come out
with quickly manufactured banners to condemn al-Zarqawi.
5. Shi'ite collaborators of the U.S., in particular police
and military recruits.
Some of these attacks missed their targets and ended up
killing ordinary people, in particular Shi'ites, who are
not part of any fighting entity. Al-Zarqawi believed that
Shi'ites have coordinated the greatest betrayal in Muslim
history, second only to the destruction of Baghdad by the
Mongols where too a Shi'ite was involved in gross acts of
betrayal. The Shi'ites, according to the Jihad fighters,
were busy doing business with the U.S. while the U.S. was
destroying Fallujah DURING RAMADAN. Ali Sistani was cosying
up to the occupiers even when U.S. TV and radio broadcast
LIVE the adhans coming out of the mosques of
Fallujah during LAILATUL QADR only to be drowned out by
the explosions of the strings of bombs being unloaded on
the city by U.S. aircraft. For al-Zarqawi, those who were
collaborating with the oppressors while the greatest
sacrilege against Islam in recent Muslim history was
being committed, can only be considered collaborators,
and not Muslims.
We pray that the U.S. will withdraw its forces from Iraq.
Al-Zarqawi has created a situation in which Muslims will
fight America. Certainly, Islam will be victorious,
inshallah. Allah has promised it in the Qur'an. If the
number of Muslims fighting the U.S. increases to 5% out
of a population of ONE BILLION worldwide, it could spell
disaster for the U.S. Military occupation will not be
accepted by Islam. Withdrawal of occupation troops and
self-determination for the people is the answer
2006-06-10 Sat 16:24:10 cdt
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