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Rabi' al-Thani 13,1429/ April 19, 2008, #24
The Way to Authentic Peace: International Conference to 
bring Top Islamic Leaders to America
War is not the answer. After nearly 7 years of war, most 
Americans realize that bombs, however big or however many, 
cannot bring peace. Understanding can come through AWARENESS 
of the other. For understanding leading to peace, authentic 
Islamic voices need to be heard. American Muslims can bridge 
the gap between America and the Muslim world.
America's people do not hate Islam or Muslims. Unfortunately 
an entire industry has been developed by shady characters to 
spread confusion and abuse about Islam.
In a bold new move, Jamaat al-Muslimeen will hold an 
INTERNATIONAL Islamic conference for peace on August 16, 
2008, inshallah.
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Thinking Outside the Box: [2 items]
From Imam Jamil al-Amin: "The extent to which you 
resist is the extent to which you are free. Allah says in the 
Qur'an that Allah does not change the condition of a nation 
unless they change what is in their own selves." 
[The Block Report by Sis. Rasheeda.]
Bush and Benedict Together: Would Jesus, pbuh, have accepted 
an invitation from the most oppressive ruler of our times to 
be his guest at the White House? If there is a catholic 
reader who can explain this, please write. Can one imagine 
Osama bin Laden accepting honors from the King of Saudi 
Arabia? See more on the Pope in the next issue. We have had 
Demjanjuk fighting extradition from America because he was 
mistakenly identified as a guard at a Nazi camp. David Irving 
was imprisoned because he was seen as defending Nazis by 
asking : where is the evidence of the gas chambers? Here we 
have a man who is Pope though he was a member of the Hitler 
Youth and then joined the Wehrmacht [the German army] under 
Hitler. He is being hailed by the Zionist media like a 
superstar although his thoughts are mediocre at best.
Does one get promoted just by accepting the terrorist entity 
known as Israel? What's going on here? Didn't Benedict make a 
pilgrimage to Auschwitz and condemned his own people? Didn't 
he insult Islam? The Zionists loved that one.
Our America Under Zionist Control
President Carter's Plight: Not Allowed to Enter Gaza. Does 
Not Support Hamas. Tried for the Sake of Peace
A former American president, Carter was not allowed to enter 
Gaza. Israel which would not exist but for American support 
insults a leading American and all of the U.S. TV media and 
radio networks support Israel. He is being presented as a man 
who has gone crazy enough to want to meet terrorists.
None of the major media have the moral courage to say that 
Hamas is not fighting America. It is resisting Israeli 
occupation; such resistance is recognized as legitimate under 
international law.
If an American president is not allowed to fulfil his right 
to travel to the concentration camp created by Israel, it's 
not difficult to imagine the fate of ordinary U.S. citizens 
sympathetic to Hamas. By contrast American Jews continue to 
pour millions of dollars into the terrorist entity known 
as Israel.
New Trend's Media Monitor reports [with analysis by 
Kaukab Siddique]
416 Children Taken Away From Mothers by Military Force in 
Texas: All Out Propaganda Blitz Against Minority Religion 
While Mothers Cry: Adultery, Fornication, Homosexuality and 
Prostitution are Okay but not non-conformist religion
U.S. media have been flashing the message: "This is not an 
attack on religion. It is for the protection of children." 
[Remember: "This is not a war on Islam. We are only 
fighting extremists."]
The video clips of the military raid on the minority 
religion's temple in Eldorado, Texas were shown only once. 
Armored personnel carriers and machine gunners at the ready 
broke into the peaceful, unarmed place of worship of a 
minority religious sect which practices polygamy. The excuse 
for the brutal use of force was that a teenage girl had 
called police to say that she was being put under duress by 
the religious community. The military raid found no such 
girl. The media are now grudgingly admitting that the call 
did not even come inside the targeted community but from an 
outsider planted by the intelligence agencies.
Step 1: The troops went into peaceful homes, guns drawn, and 
"captured" 416 children and their mothers.
Step 2. The children were "interrogated" [bullied would be 
more correct] to speak against their mothers. They would 
not, so....
Step 3. The mothers were separated from their children so 
that the children could then be "persuaded" to speak against 
their parents.
Backfire: The mothers went to the media and complained that 
the oldest of American values were being being shredded: the 
privacy and sanctity of homes and children is under attack by 
the U.S. government.
Step 4: The government's game is to use "child protection" as 
a cover to attack non-conformist religion in which polygamy 
is accepted. If the regime can find children [or even one 
child] who has allegedly been abused, the troopers will take 
away all the children permanently.
Step 5: To counter the complaints and tears of the mothers, 
CNN brought in hard core Zionists like Larry King, Anderson 
Cooper and Nancy Grace to attack the mothers who were 
demanding their children back. The way these media 
monopolists went about the game of propaganda was 
fascinating. Larry King played "good cop" letting 4 of the 
mothers describe the torment they had been subjected to. One 
mother even invited the dastardly reporter into her home. It 
was obvious that the mothers were genuine and were putting 
away their shy and modest ways with difficulty to talk to 
hard core Zionist reporters in the hope of getting their 
children back.
Step 6: Once the "good cop" routine had been done, King, 
Cooper and Grace then really dished it out, bringing in well 
trained and sophisticated opponents of the polygamist 
religion to destroy the credibility of the mothers. One 
claimed that the mothers had been "hypnotized" by their 
controlling husbands. Another said that the leader of the 
cult controls the women by remote control [although he is in 
prison in a different state]!
Step 7. The dirtiest role is that of the "child protection" 
agencies. They have formulated their rules in such a way that 
any attempt to discipline a child is seen as "abuse." This 
"child protection" agency system is a countrywide racket 
meant to ensure that families do not become cohesive and 
united enough to defy the power of the State.
RETREAT: April 17. When the case went to court, the 
government could not come up with any evidence of rape or 
abuse. However, the stormtroopers had taken the PRIVATE 
papers of the families and now claim that PERHAPS, "it seems" 
that 5 women gave birth to children when they were below the 
legal age. Thus the law is being READ BACKWARDS but the 
evidence would not be "beyond reasonable doubt."
Readers might remember the Muslimah Sis. Khalida in Atlanta 
whose children were taken away by "child protection" agencies 
when she would make them wear Islamic clothes and pray on 
time. She fought these tyrants for years but could not get 
her children back.
Remember that if we "buy" the media's attacks on these 
Christian-seeming sects and allow their children to be taken, 
the Muslims will be the next targets. This sect or religion 
seems weird because in Christianity there are no laws about 
polygamy and marriage. Hence these men can marry as many 
women as they want. Islam permits polygamy but under strict 
rules which are meant to help needy women, not to pander to 
the desires of men. Looks like some Christians are going 
outside established society because they see the dissolution 
of America owing to the prevalence of corruption 
and immorality.
Our analysts note that the BASIC REASON for the attack on 
this minority religion is the fact that these communities do 
not accept American mass culture which is controlled by the 
Zionist groups in New York, Washington and Los Angeles. 
These people MARRY YOUNG [which is also encouraged by Islam], 
have many children [as in Islam], emphasize home schooling 
[as many Muslims do], oppose or altogether negate the TV and 
drinking-dancing-party culture [like many Muslims].
These people are indigenous in their behavior. They make 
their own clothes, grow their own food in many cases.
The Muslim world should take note of this wholesale 
disruption of families in Texas by armored personnel 
carriers and the attempt to destroy religious family 
life. Remember during the Soviet occupation of Afghanistan, 
numerous Afghan children were taken to Moscow so that they 
could grow up in "civilized" surroundings away from their 
"savage" families who believed in prayer, fasting and 
arranged marriages. Similarly when America was colonized, 
Native American communities were treated as "savages" because 
they were so very different.
NOTICE THE USE OF THE MEDIA: Before court proceedings could 
be carried out, the polygamist religion was put "on trial" on 
TV and all its members were denounced by the Zionists as wife 
beaters who carry out rape of children and even incest. The 
media abuse of these people was not unlike the blitz against 
Muslims. Remember the horror stories about veiled women who 
veil themselves out of fear of their husbands? This is the 
same game, only the victims of the propaganda are 
White Americans.
Notice the big holes in this media blitz: NOT ONE vocal and 
outspoken defender of the women was allowed to speak. People 
were not told that teenage pregnancies are WIDESPREAD in 
America [but very, very few in this persecuted sect]. TV 
viewers were not told that MILLIONS of American teenagers 
have sexually transmitted diseases [STDs] owing to the mass 
culture of RANDOM sex. No one discussed the fact that these 
are American women: they can't be kept against their will in 
a "compound."
Notice that the Jewish Governor of New York, SPITZER, 
resigned when his visits to the $4500 an hour prostitute were 
revealed but the PROSTITUTION DEN itself was not raided. In 
fact the prostitute who was making all that money became 
famous and got business contracts and even invitations 
to speak
Jamaat al-Muslimeen [News] [next 5 items only]
P.O. Box 10881
Baltimore, MD 21234
Jamaat calls: Boycott Starbucks Coffee: Sample Letter
President,
Starbucks Company
osmith@starbucks.com
I have been invited to join a countrywide boycott of 
Starbucks by Muslim Americans.
Your support for and connections with Israel are the 
motivation for this boycott. Israel, according to President 
Carter, practices Apartheid against Palestinians.
Do you make so much money from Israel that you can ignore 
your Muslim customers?
Sincerely
[name]
Letter from Hispanic Muslim American arrested in Somalia: 
Imprisoned in Houston
Daniel Joseph Maldonado is a fervent Muslim who went to 
Somalia when he heard that Islamic rule is being established 
there. American bombing and Ethiopian invasion forced him to 
become a refugee in Kenya. He was handed over to the 
Americans who treated him as a terrorist.
He writes that the government is preparing to send him to 
Terre Haute, Indiana, where a new Guantanamo Bay type prison 
has been set up for "second tier terror inmates." It is a sad 
but reflective letter from Br. Daniel
We previously published his tragic story, including the heart 
wrenching death of his devoted wife. Go to New Trend's web 
site, go to "webmaster," enter his name in the search google 
and click.
We have contacted his three children and parents. Very nice 
people living in New Hampshire.
100 Books Campaign by Sis. Karen English [Los Angeles]
Jamaat al-Muslimeen wants to help immigrant Muslims 
understand the serious underlying problems in America. 
Without good reading of the issues, most immigrants are lost 
in this country and commit serious mistakes by walking in the 
footsteps of the people in power.
We are giving these away for free.
The recommended reading for April is:
Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, 
an American Slave, Written by Himself.
The book for January was: The Autobiography of 
Malcolm X, for February: Bury my Heart at 
Wounded Knee, for March, Incidents in the Life of a 
Slave Girl. [A famous booklet Malcolm X, Martyr of 
Islam in America by Imam Ali Siddiqui will be sent with 
the first one.]
We are still sending these out for free. Please read! Without 
reading, you won't know what you are getting into.
Dr. Omar 'Abdel Rahman Located
The blind Shaikh, Dr. Omar 'Abdel Rahman, is being held at a 
medical prison in North Carolina. The address is:
FMC BUTNER
FEDERAL MEDICAL CENTER
P.O. BOX 1600
BUTNER, NC 27509
He is the leader of Egypt's biggest Islamic movement known as 
al-Gamaa' al-Islamiyya. He is a Ph.D from al-Azhar university 
in Egypt. He is Hafiz-e-Qur'an and Hafiz of Sahih Bukhari. He 
is among the greatest scholars of the Muslim world.
Please send him mail in the form of a post card with an 
Islamic message on it. He is blind and can't read but the 
warden will tell him that mail came for him. [A Jewish judge, 
Michael Mukasey, now Attorney General of the U.S., sentenced 
him to life and 65 years in prison.]
First Family Visit to 
Ahmed 'Abdel Sattar
: 
April 10-17
For the first time in more than a year, Br. Ahmed's family 
was able to visit him in prison. Sis. Lisa and the three 
children flew all the way from New York to Colorado. They had 
been saving up for it for months. It was an expensive and 
tiring trip.
Ahmed is doing very well, the family says. He is studying, 
praying, thinking, keeping clean and well organized. He is 
not allowed any visits other than by his family [once every 
six months.] He is not allowed any mail other than books 
mailed by publishing or book companies.
Ahmed is one of the most Islamically well versed Muslim 
citizens of America. He struggled for the rights of the Blind 
Shaikh but got himself into trouble by talking on the phone 
to Islamic fighters planning to overthrow Hosni Mubarak, the 
tyrant of Egypt. It was a unique case of injustice. Ahmed was 
given 28 years in prison without ANY witnesses on the basis 
of his phone conversations.
Letter: Encouraging Words from a student in 
Islamabad, Pakistan
Asalam o alaikum
u r doing very good work. May ALLAH give u success. I am from 
Islamabad. I am a student of pharmaceutical sciences and 
belong to a Islamic student organization islami jamiat talba.
Ur brother in islam
ammar
Letter: Sarcastic response to New Trend's Critique 
of Obama
This e-mail reminded me that it is about time to 
make contribution to Obama's campaign.
Thanks
Vahid Sendijarevic
Montreal Perspectives
By Jalaluddin S. Hussain
Israeli Ambassador's Speech Disrupted + Israel-Canada Deal 
Could Lead to racial Profiling and Surveillance of Arabs
Recently, some Arab and Muslim organizations of Canada have 
voiced their genuine concerns over the "Public Security" deal 
between the States of Israel and Canada. The worry of these 
organizations perhaps is that this agreement could result in 
a transfer of personal information also, regarding the 
Canadian Muslims and Arabs, and which in turn may result in 
their racial profiling and unnecessary surveillance. It is 
also feared that the passing of such information, to the 
Israeli security agencies, may result in discouraging 
immigration from Muslim and Arab countries. It is, therefore, 
important that, from now on, the Canadian Arab and Muslim 
organizations, keep a close watch over the anti-Muslim and 
anti-Arab activities of Zionist organizations, both in Israel 
and in Canada, with special reference to the "deal"!
On April 9, 2008, Alan Baker, the Israeli Ambassador to 
Canada, delivered a speech to a selective and invited 
audience, at the posh Queen Elizabeth Hotel, located right in 
the heart of Montreal. It may be mentioned, that Ambassador 
Baker has consistently supported the atrocities which Israel 
has committed, during the recent Gaza and Lebanese 
incursions. He has also been in favor of building the 
infamous apartheid wall, between Israel and the 
Palestinian territories.
It is gratifying to note that Ambassador Baker's speech was 
effectively disrupted by more than two dozens social justice 
activists, belonging to "Block the Empire" and "Tadamon" 
organizations. Throughout the disruption over 12,000 
brightly-coloured flyers were "showered" across the 
Conference room. These flyers carried the simple message: "60 
years of Israeli apartheid, 60 years of Palestinian 
dispossession. Boycott Israel".
The Canadian Islamic Congress (CIC) has understandably 
welcomed the statement issued recently by the Ontario Human 
rights Commission (OHRC), in response to the two sets of 
complaints filed against the Canadian weekly magazine, 
Maclean's. These complaints were filed by Dr. Elmasry of CIC 
and four law students: Muneeza Sheikh, Naseem Mithoowani, 
Khurrum Awan and Ali Ahmed.
Both complaints refer specifically to an October 2006 
Maclean's article entitled: "The Future Belongs to Islam,". 
In its statement the OHRC expressed "serious concerns about 
the content of a number of articles concerning Muslims that 
have been published recently by Maclean's magazine and other 
media outlets."
The Warsaw Ghetto 'Uprising': 
Insurrection or Police Operation?
Robert Faurisson
http://www.ihr.org/jhr/v14/v14n2p2_Faurisson.html
Each year, around April 19, the media and politicians 
commemorate what they call the Warsaw ghetto 'uprising,' 
'revolt' or 'insurrection.' In journalistic accounts the 
affair has taken on increasingly epic and symbolic 
proportions. At a Holocaust ceremony in New York in April 
1993, American Vice President Al Gore declared: 'The story 
of the Warsaw ghetto is sacred text for our time.' In fact, 
this 'story' is a legend based only partially on 
historical reality
From the Ministry of Health in Gaza:
Israeli Tanks Target Hospital
On the 16th of April El Wafa Medical Rehabilitation Hospital 
and its premises in the besieged Gaza has been targeted by 
the Israeli tanks for the second time. The attack resulted in 
a clear damage to the hospital buildings and infrastructure 
and premises and left massive damage to the departments, 
windows and caused complete outage of power and water. The 
attack has even caused damage to the cable of the only 
generator in the hospital putting in a great danger to the 
life of the paralyzed and coma patients who need constant 
medical and nursing attention and frequent suctioning. 
Furthermore, all patients and a staff are in a state of shock 
due to the relentless in the vicinity and inside the 
hospital. Many shrapnels and bullets even penetrated into the 
patients rooms in every section of the hospital.
Based on these tragic events we would like to reaffirm 
the following:
1- El Wafa hospital strongly condemns this inhumane attack 
which has put the lives of our patients and staff in a 
real danger.
2- On the light of poverty, shortage of fuel, strict siege on 
Gaza our hospital has been the lung through which our 
disabled clients breath and it has been the only place where 
cases of spinal cord and head injury are treated.
3- This is the second time where the hospital buildings and 
infrastructure has been attacked as the first time was in 
February 2002 when two of our nursing staff were shot dead by 
Israeli military forces while positioning one of the spinal 
cord patients inside room No (214).
NB: Since the beginning of the attack we have been in 
constant contact with international organizations especially 
the International Red Cross Society.
4- During the attack we have had a complete shut down of 
water and electricity.
5- The operation theater of the hospital has stopped 
completely as a result of the Israeli military attack.
6- At the end we ask the international community, the human 
rights organizations, the United Nations, the World Health 
Organization and the International Red Cross Society to save 
no efforts to put an end to this repeated Israeli military 
aggression on civilians and health institutes, patients 
and staff.
El Wafa Medical Rehabilitation Hospital
Gaza
16-4-2008
International News and commentary
Top Taliban leaders attend moot
Laud sacrifices of Lal Masjid students | Media given 
free access
Arif Yousafzai [by special permission to New Trend]
PESHAWAR: Top Taliban leaders, wearing masks, addressed the 
Ghazi Islam Conference, the first-ever open show of force by 
the Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP), held on April 15 at the 
Lal Masjid and shrine of Haji Sahib Turangzai in Lakaro, 
Mohmand Agency.
The complex echoed with slogans of "Allah is the greatest, 
long live Osama Bin Laden, long live Mullah Umer, long live 
Taliban movement, down America, down the enemies of Islam, 
Jihad is our path".
Prominent Taliban leaders and commanders from all seven 
tribal agencies, FRs and various districts of Frontier 
Province [NWFP] as well as from Punjab and Sindh attended the 
conference organized by the TTP.
Taliban spokesman for Mohmand Agency, Dr Asad told this 
correspondent that almost all Taliban leaders from North 
Waziristan, South Waziristan, Bajaur and Mohmand agencies and 
Dara Adamkhel, Swat and other districts of the NWFP had 
reached the Lal Masjid in Lakaro to grace the event.
Thousands of people comprising the force of Taliban 
and tribesmen also participated in the conference, which was 
addressed by Taliban leaders, wearing masks.
However, it could not be confirmed if the top Taliban 
Commander Baitullah Mehsood was among the masked 
Taliban leadership.
The conference which started at 10:30am was continued till 
dusk. The Taliban spokesman said the Taliban leaders would 
spend night in Mohmand Agency. They will participate in the 
collective prayer, which would be held at 10am today 
(Wednesday). Dr Asad said the prayer would focus on the unity 
of Islamic Ummah, solidarity of Pakistan and defeat 
of infidels.
The spokesman was reluctant to mention the names of Taliban 
leaders who would address the night session of the 
conference, saying that the identities of the prominent 
commanders could not be disclosed due to security reasons. 
Though hundreds of Taliban armed with sophisticated weapons 
and intelligence equipment were guarding the conference, the 
media was given free access to cover the event.
Thought-provoking speeches were delivered on the services of 
late Haji Sahib Turangzai and sacrifices of what the Taliban 
described as martyrs of Lal Masjid and Jamia Hafsa.
Maulvi Umer and Dr Asad told this correspondent that each 
year the local tribesmen used to organise an Urs 
(procession) of Haji Sahib Turangzai at the shrine of known 
Mujahid and religious scholar Haji Sahib Turangzai on 
April 15.
Taliban in July 2007 after capturing the shrine of Haji Sahib 
Turangzai and an adjacent mosque to it renamed the entire 
complex as Lal Masjid. However, local tribes suggested to 
the Taliban to give a kind of name to the complex which 
should represent both Lal Masjid and Haji Sahib Turangzai. 
The complex was later renamed as "Lal Masjid and Shrine of 
Haji Sahib Turangzai".
Yousafzai is Bureau Chief of the English language Pakistani 
newspaper The Post coming out of Peshawar, Pakistan
Snippets of War in Afghanistan [First two items from 
Pakistani media.]
April 14: Southern Herat province: A determined martyrdom 
operator from the Taliban struck a NATO military convoy. Two 
military vehicles blew up with a big explosion. Four U.S. 
troops, 4 British and 2 Afghan hired soldiers were killed and 
8 wounded.
April 15: In a night raid on Afghan security force hired by 
the U.S., camped on the Pak-Afghan border, Taliban killed 11 
mercenaries and wounded 7.In a second Taliban attack in 
Helmand province 5 Afghan troops trained by the U.S. 
were killed.
Karzai's U.S. backed regime air dropped ammunition and 
supplies to a military post in Zabul province. They fell in 
the wrong area and were captured by the Taliban.
April 16: KABUL (AFP) -- Two NATO-led soldiers were killed 
and two others were wounded in an explosion in southern 
Afghanistan on Wednesday, the alliance force said.
The latest casualties come three days after two British 
soldiers serving with NATO's International Security 
Assistance Force (ISAF) died in an explosion in the southern 
province of Kandahar.
[Comment: NATO finds it difficult to fight Taliban. Last year 
the British cooked up figures of thousands of Taliban killed. 
It was self-deception. The U.S. air force is usually needed 
to protect NATO.]
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solidarity with the families suffering.
by kmarrium@hotmail.com from Pakistan
Pakistani Rulers Made Millions by Handing over Muslims to 
the U.S.
1. Certain people in the Pakistani establishment have earned 
millions by detaining and in some cases selling Pakistani 
citizens to the US in the so called War on Terror?
2. HR organizations estimate there are over 5000 
such cases.
3. No evidence or even charges are apparently needed to 
'kidnap' anyone's father, son or husband!
4. No one supports terrorism, but is this not state terrorism 
in itself?
5. Pakistani law prohibits such unlawful detention beyond 24 
hours without production in a court, and this is punishable 
by death!
Please think and act 
because:
- 
What if even ONE person amongst these is innocent?
 - 
What would be the effect on your family if a loved one 
disappeared suddenly, and was not even charged with a crime?
 - 
By not raising our voice against this, are we not becoming a 
party to this heinous crime?
 
PLEASE SPREAD THE WORD.
IN SOLIDARITY
REGARDS
With thanks to Amina Masood, Pakistan.
This was the "War on Terror"
Pakistani Regime Sold Muslims to the U.S.: Seminar 
uncovers Horrors of Musharraf's Terrible Crimes 
against Humanity
A seminar entitled "Do Countries Sell Their Own People: A 
Discussion on Civil Liberties in the Age of War on Terror" 
was held on 17 April, 2008, at Embassy Lodges in Islamabad. 
The event presented the plight of the families of the victims 
of state-sponsored terrorism. The seminar was organized by 
Pakistan Professionals Forum, FASTRising and Pakistan 
Youth Alliance and attracted representation from a broad 
cross-section of general public including students, 
professionals, human rights activists and lawyers. Families 
of more than 60 missing persons were present.
The event started with the screening of the documentary 
"Missing in Pakistan". This was followed by a speech from 
Pakistan Professionals Forum spokesperson. He condemned the 
government for terrorizing its own people and wondered how 
Sehba Musharraf should feel if her son, Bilal Musharraf, 
went missing. K.Asif, a student representative, condemned 
the intelligence outfits for their role in extra-judicial 
arrests and vowed complete support to the families of missing 
persons on behalf of the students of Islamabad.
Next, Zafar Jan, the Baloch relative of missing person, 
claimed that around 12,000 Balochis have been 
abducted. He lamented the fact the media had no access 
to Balochistan.
Shahid Kamal Khan, ex-president Mailsee Bar Association, said 
that armed forces have no legal right to intervene on its own 
in the affairs of the country until unless requested by a 
civil government. Furthermore, armed forces or intelligence 
outfits have no right to detain or kill its own people. He 
vowed to register an FIR for murder against 
Pervez Musharraf.
This was followed by a talk by Mrs. Amina Janjua – the 
wife of Masood Janjua, missing since May 2005, anchorperson 
of the organization 'Defence of Human Rights' and 
spokesperson of the families of the missing persons. She 
related their struggle to win the release of their family 
members, through street demonstrations as well as their 
meetings with various politicians. She implored civil society 
activists, lawyers, professionals to continue supporting the 
cause of the missing persons. Furthermore, she expressed her 
gratitude to lawyers in UK and US as well as the chief 
counsel of missing persons, Shaukat Siddiqui, for 
their support.
The civil society activist, Ghazala Minallah, empathized with 
the unrelenting pain of the families of the missing persons 
and deplored the hypocrisy of world powers. She assured the 
families of her continual support.
Sardar Asmatullah, president Rawalpindi High Court Bar 
Association, reiterated the civil liberties guaranteed to the 
citizens of Pakistan by its constitution. He condemned 
Pervez Musharraf for illegally imposing martial law and 
rendering the Chief Justice non-functional, and demanded 
the impeachment of the President for subverting 
the constitution.
Hameed Gul, ex-head ISI, condemned the collusion of 
successive governments in selling their own citizens to 
world powers. He demanded justice for the students of 
Jamia Hafsa and highlighted the importance of a strong and 
independent judiciary to safeguard the rights of citizens. He 
further demanded that Pervez Musharraf be court-martialed 
and charged for high-treason.
President PTI, Imran Khan, challenged Pervez Musharraf 
to declare the number of Pakistanis killed in the war 
on terror and called for his impeachment.
Finally, Justice (R) Wajihuddin pointed out the weakness of 
courts to curtail extra-judicial detention. He called for 
investigating the perpetrators of extra-judicial detention. 
Furthermore, he opined that Pervez Musharaf's regime is 
dwindling and that Musharraf's removal will have critical 
impact on the results of US election.
Assalam u Alaikum,
This is a sad and horrendous video regarding what goes on 
in Guantanamo Bay.
by Abdul Azeem
Click here 
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sLqKTh80q0o
 
for the video.
As you can tell in the video, the Americans are controlling 
the movements of the reporters because they know that if they 
allow the reporters to have some freedom in their reporting, 
the Mujaahideen in those prison cells would expose the 
hypocrisy, evil nature and corruption of the Americans.
It is disgusting how the Kuffaar in the Army try to show that 
they "respect" Islaam. How dare they lie when the world knows 
their intentions? They attempt to win the "minds and hearts" 
of the public by showing that they "care" for the prisoners 
by giving them the dunya - such as prayer mats, dhikr beads, 
clothes, and food; what the public needs to realize is that 
the giving of small tools of the worldly life does not 
replace the overall destruction of ones entire life.
May Allah's curse be upon that damned Kaafir Army!
May Allah free the Muslims from the prisons!
Aameen
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2008-04-20 Sun 10:58:58 cdt
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