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Jamada al-Thani 7,1431/ May 21, 2010 # 21
Hamid Mir: Top Pakistani journalist allegedly involved in 
instigating the murder of Khalid Khawaja.
A tape has surfaced in Pakistan on which one can hear Hamid 
Mir, a top Pakistani journalist, instigating a group which 
seems to be a rogue off shoot of the Taliban or a group of 
gangsters, to treat Khalid Khawaja as a spy. The tape has 
been identified by several professional sources as 
containing the voice of Hamid Mir. It is full of extreme 
abuse, patent lies and inciteful distortions about Khalid 
Khawaja. The great human rights activist was murdered after 
this taped conversation . Hamid Mir also carried out abusive 
attacks on Sis. Shamama, Khalid Khawaja's wife, accusing her 
of a conspiracy to undermine the Red Mosque-Jamia Hafsa 
seminary [which was attacked by General Musharraf].
This is what is known as a disinformation campaign. It 
resulted in the murder of an Islamic hero Khalid Khawaja. 
The Taliban leadership made a major attempt to save Khalid 
Khawaja from the kidnapers but the taped conversation 
indicates that he was condemned by the words of Hamid 
Mir.
Hamid Mir is claiming that the voice on the tape is not his. 
The publications he works for have constituted a committee 
to investigate Hamid Mir but he has not been arrested. Sis. 
Shamama has told New Trend that some of the information on 
the tape was known only to her and Hamid Mir.
The tape is extensive and packed with abuse. However, New 
Trend will still give Hamid Mir a right of reply to 300 
words. [Readers interested in the tape can receive it from 
New Trend by email. It is in the Urdu language.]
Our observers say that the main force which would be 
interested in eliminating Khawaja was imperialism-zionism, 
owing to his defense of 5 US Muslims handed over by CAIR, 
his attempts to stop US drone attacks, and his stoppage of 
the handing over of "soft" Taliban leaders to the US.
Important Announcement:
The All-African People's Revolutionary Party (GC), with 
heartfelt salutations, solidarity, and support, requests the 
honor of you and your organizations' presence at our annual 
African Liberation Day (ALD) activities on Saturday, May 22, 
2010 in Washington, DC. Please forgive the lateness of this 
email.
This year's ALD celebration/demonstration theme is "Build 
the A-APRP (GC):  the Inheritor and Continuator of the 
Revolutionary Theory and Practice of Kwame Nkrumah, Sekou 
Toure, and Kwame Ture! "  The A-APRP (GC) is a small but 
struggling revolutionary Pan-Africanist party with the 
aspirations to organize the scattered and suffering African 
masses living and struggling in over 125 countries 
worldwide, under the banner of Pan-Africanism; correctly 
defined by Kwame Nkrumah as "the total liberation and 
unification of Africa under scientific socialism".
Our ALD 2010 activities include a Pan-African and 
International Symposium on Saturday morning from 10:00 am - 
1:30 pm at St. Stephens Episcopal Church located at 1525 
Newton Street NW, Washington, D.C.
Our Pan-African and International Protest Rally will follow 
the Symposium from 3:00 pm - 6:30 pm at Malcolm X Park 
(Lower Level) located at 16th Street and Florida Ave, NW 
Washington, D.C.
From Imam Badi Ali [Jamaat al-Muslimeen National Shoora] 
Greensboro,  North Carolina
Spotlight #1 on Tariq Ramadan, darling of US Imperialism and 
Zionism: America's universities, media, "think tanks," 
Muslim groups linked to the regime are opening their doors 
to Tariq Ramadan, a Muslim Brotherhood-linked spokesman. 
This welcome for him is coming at a time when the Prophet 
Muhammad, pbuh, himself is under attack by the West, 
sometimes through Danish and Norwegian cartoons and 
sometimes through Facebook and veiled ridicule and 
trivialization on Zionist youtube shows. Would any Muslim 
worth the name remain silent when the Messenger of Allah, 
pbuh, is being abused and insulted? Ramadan's silence on 
crucial issues speaks louder than his words.
Spotlight #2 on Tariq Ramadan: Is he part of global Islam in 
any way? The Muslim Brotherhood is presenting him as if his 
Islam is genuine.  The fact is that NO ISLAMIC SCHOLAR in 
the Muslim world has endorsed Tariq Ramadan. He is 
definitely not genuine and the only place he belongs to is 
"made-in-America" Islam.
Spotlight #3 on Tariq Ramadan:  Look at the timing of his 
visit. All kinds of weird diversions are underway to 
"re-write" and "re-do" Islam from the people in power. 
Attacks on Islamic dress are common. Bombing of Iraq, 
Somalia, Pakistan, Afghanistan continues but is not 
publicized. Muslim groups are urged to condemn "terrorism" 
while fake "fiqh committees" endorse support for America. 
Claims are made that honest [real] Muslims are dangerous for 
America. Fears and rumors are circulated. All religion is 
attacked, particularly the teachings of Jesus, pbuh. At this 
point Mr. Ramadan is brought in and given a big welcome. A 
Muslim who is welcome among the enemies of Islam! Think 
about it.
Unite Against Zionism: Jamaat al-Muslimeen Shoora Theme
Zionists Attack Prophet Muhammad, pbuh, thru Facebook.
Pakistani Counterattack Led by Jamaate Islami.
by Kaukab Siddique
On May 19, 2010 Pakistani regime under pressure from Islamic 
forces blocked Facebook. On May 20 it also blocked youtube 
and flicker photos.
Pakistani people demonstrated against Facebook in all the 
major cities after a blistering attack on Face book by Syed 
Munawar Hasan, ameer of Jamaate Islami. On May 20 the 
demonstrations continued. [See photo below of mass 
demonstration in Karachi by Islamic women.]
Syed Munawar Hasan, ameer of Jamaate Islami, said that Islam 
respects all religions. By contrast, western powers are 
constantly attacking Islam. From cartoons in Denmark and 
Norway, they have moved to the use of the Facebook to insult 
the Messenger of Allah, pbuh. The West is carrying out 
cultural terrorism against Islam and Jewish groups are 
behind this sacrilegous attack, Hasan said.
Asadullah Bhutto, leader of Jamaate Islami in Sind, said 
that Pakistanis are ready to lay down their lives for the 
honor of the Prophet, pbuh. However sinful or secularized a 
Muslim might be, no Muslim will accept ridicule of the 
messenger of Allah, pbuh, Bhutto added.
New Trend observers say, Facebook did not expect such a 
powerful Islamic response when some Zionist extremists urged 
facebook participants to draw cartoons of Prophet Muhammad, 
pbuh. The hope of the Zionists was that if large numbers of 
people insult the Prophet, pbuh, the Islamic response will 
be muted and the best of men Muhammad Mustafa, pbuh, will be 
trivialized just as the Zionists have trivialized Jesus, 
pbuh, in particular and religion in general.
May 20:Photo below:  Mass rally in Karachi by Islamic women 
against Facebook's attempt to trivialize and insult Prophet 
Muhammad, peace and blessings of Allah be on him. Urdu  
banner on right front says in poetry: "Unite to sacrifice 
yourself for the honor of the Prophet, pbuh, like the moth 
which rushes into the flame of its love." [Inset: Prof Abdul 
Ghafoor, elderly Islamic leader, addressing the young women 
with Muhammad Husain Mehnati, ameer JI Karachi, on his 
right.]
Islamic Women Respond to Zionism: Unite Against Zionism: 
Jamaat al-Muslimeen Shoora
Deliberate Attempts on TV to Corrupt America's Children
by Sis. 'Aisha [Jamaat al-Muslimeen New York City.]
Part I of Sis. 'Ashirah's article "Separation from 
Oppressors. The traps they set for us" was so accurate.  I 
am very disturbed by the sexually confusing messages that 
have been steadily creeping into children's programs.  My 
youngest brother and his wife do not allow their daughter to 
watch television.  She is a little less than two years old.  
They play educational games with her and take her on nature 
hikes.  The television is referred to as a "boob tube" for a 
reason.  I completely support Sis. 'Ashirah's suggestion of 
buying or renting educational CD's or DVD's.
My definition of capitalism is the process of making money 
to someone else's detriment.  Religion and moral behavior is 
constantly being ridiculed.  You have teen shows, such as 
Degrassi High, where teenagers lament the fact that they are 
virgins while other teens are being congratulated for coming 
out of the closet.
I have heard rumors, for years, about satanism in Hollywood. 
 Comedian Paul Mooney, confirmed it a few weeks ago on a 
local cable TV show.  He stated that many people in 
Hollywood, black and white, worship the devil.  He recounted 
an incident at an awards ceremony where, actor Jack Black 
said, "let's take a moment to applaud the devil" and 
everyone applauded.  Jack Black is a secular Jew.
Beware of programming that pokes fun at Christians.  The 
show's creator may be a satanist like the Simpson's Matt 
Groening.
But just as Sis. 'Ashirah stated in her piece, the devil 
does not have ANY power over us.  The devil only has the 
power we give him
Letter from Gulshan Aulani who embraced Islam after seeing 
Agha Khan's "religion" from the inside.
An Islamic Woman who Knows the Agha Khani [Ismaili] Culture 
from the Inside, Rebuts Attacks on Burqa & Niqab
[An Agha Khani named Hasni Essa has been distributing 
Zionist propaganda against Islam on the Internet.]
Hasni Essa:
What right do you have to talk about Islam and Quran? You 
are ordered not to follow the Quran by your Imam
Agakhan. Are you forgetting that?
The first Agakhan Sultan Shah made fatwa against Islam, 
Quran, Muslims and the Burqa, and forgave
all of the Islam and gave us permission to practice our 
ancestral religion of Hinduism.
Are you forgetting that?
By the way, it is in the Quran in regards to Niqab: 
"Prophet's Wives and Believing women...".
Although I don't wear Niqab but who the hell are we to 
oppose to Burqa or Niqab and start the dictatorship for what 
Muslim women should
and should not wear.
Are they hurting anybody by their Divine, high moral attire? 
Obviously not.
Are you forgetting our mothers and grandmothers used to wear 
Saree and Pachedi like Burqa?
If Afghanis have their moral values, let them keep it. They 
were doing fine even without female education
until the evils took over who loves to expose their women 
for their own lust and pleasure.
The Afghani Burqa style is since the time of Prophet Isaac 
(AS) and majority of the Afghani Pashtuns and other tribes 
are the Bani Israel (Children of Prophet Israel/Jacob (AS), 
and still follow the law of Judaism. (Ref. TV 
documentary).
If at all we should talk about the women's dressing up then 
it should only be against the nakedness of women
that is ruining the Society and leading to the Black 
hole.
Yes, Islam is for pluralism but not for the indecent, evil 
lifestyle, which is actually the so-called Reformist,
progressive and moderates are promoting, but have no idea 
what the reform means.
The true reform of the Society was completed by Messenger 
Muhammad (SAS), from the Paganism
and inhumane system to the best of the equality, humanity, 
Justice, patience, caring, respect of
female child, and the rights of women and children.
No one has a right to fight against the Furqan and the 
criteria of the Blueprint of ethics and moral values given 
by Allah.
You stick to your religion and let us worry about ours.
Comprehend??
Salaam.
With thanks to Br. Rafe in Los Angeles.
Eyewitness Account: Israeli Military Officer Rebutted in 
Colorado
Governments Use Military Personnel to Justify Killing
Charles E. Carlson  May 16, 2010
An event at Denver University on May 11, 2010---
I was fortunate to attend a speech Tuesday by a senior 
military officer of the Israeli Defense Force, Col. Bentzion 
Gruber, speaking at Denver University on May 11, about the 
"morality and restraint" of the IDF in dealing with their 
"terrorist" neighbors... fortunate because this is the first 
time I have seen an Israeli propagandist lambasted for lying 
to his audience.  Col. Gruber looked like he had been run 
over by his own bulldozers when a few knowledgeable members 
of the audience refused to sit quietly and have their 
intelligence insulted.
The meeting was sponsored by the Institute for Study of 
Israel in Middle East and the DU chapter of Hillel, a Jewish 
fraternity on campus. Gruber's lecture was called, "The Most 
Rigorous Military Code of Ethics in the World." Gruber is a 
Deputy Commander of the Reserve Division that served in 
Operation Cast Lead, the Christmas 2008 one month massacre 
in Gaza, which has, in fact, been followed by a blockade. He 
is now a reserve officer, but he also served during the 
Second Intifada (1998-02) during which Israeli forces killed 
4789 Palestinians.
Gruber was interrupted constantly by individuals one-by- one 
who constantly challenged his facts.  The resistance 
resulted from the efforts of eight to ten people who called 
a Mother's day strategy meeting in a Denver park. They know 
the only way to refute Gruber was not to allow one lie to 
pass unchallenged. It worked.
Gruber became unnerved and struggled unsuccessfully to 
finish his speech, limping through his allotted time with 
the aid of police, who ushered out one by one those who 
spoke clearly from the floor. Later Gruber was to be roundly 
challenged by his general audience, including a professor 
and some of the students, during a Q & A period. Most 
attacked Gruber's facts and his country's credibility.
Angered, the flustered Colonel stated, "Not all Muslims are 
terrorists, but all terrorists are Muslims," causing shouts 
from the stunned audience to bring the meeting to a 
temporary halt. Gruber was forced to apologize, but he stuck 
to his guns in referring to every Palestinian who resists 
Israel as a "terrorist."
Gruber's lecture made the same points that are made in every 
Israeli propaganda speech: Israel is the victim, not the 
aggressor. For evidence, the Colonel cited suicide bombers, 
rockets and missiles, and the evil Hamas hiding behind 
civilians. He used an IDF propaganda film to attempt to show 
how careful Israel is to avoid killing civilians. The film 
contained obviously misleading statements about the Gazans 
and Hamas, including alleging Gazans used over three 
thousand "rockets" and "mortars" against Israelis.
His challengers cited the now famous Goldstone Report, which 
states otherwise. He was told the Gazans have no missiles, 
their rockets are the homemade kind that don't explode, and 
only four Israelis were killed by rocket fire in all the 
history of it. Mortar rounds are so scarce they are rarely 
used on rural Israel that surrounds Gaza, and are saved to 
fight off invasions.
The IDF also showed footage of a human bomber attacking a 
bus that he insisted was carrying women and children. But 
the movie was clearly faked, with dubbed in gunfire much too 
loud for the long range and grainy film. A questionable 
close-up of the grinning "suicide bomber" was offered to 
prove how happy Palestinian terrorists are just before they 
blow themselves up. Gruber was asked why he did not tell the 
audience that Palestinian's homemade rockets do not explode 
and that Israeli buses carry on-duty military and are 
therefore military targets. The audience of students did not 
buy the film once some of Gruber's misstatements were 
exposed.
Some challenged Gruber and the IDF film on its claims of 
humanitarian restraint in battle by citing the Goldstone 
Report, which documented the massacre 16 months ago. The 
Colonel's response was that Goldstone was "full of lies," 
and Israel "never used white phosphorus bombs." He ended his 
much contested speech by reciting a sad but irrelevant story 
of his family being "holocaust" survivors sixty years ago 
and one of his family members being raped by a German, 
springing from this to the defense of Israel with no 
explanation as to what this had to do with the IDF's 
slaughter of the Gazans. The final questioner asked why he 
did this, and Gruber did not say how the Palestinians were 
involved in Germany's acts sixty years ago.
We in the United States are increasingly subjected to the 
influence of military personal on our payroll, used by 
politicians to tell us why this war or that war is needed. A 
generation ago it was a violation of the military code. 
General Douglas Mac Arthur, American five-star hero of World 
War II, was fired and ousted from the military for making 
statements about the Korean War.
Today it is commonplace for retired and even active duty 
officers to give interviews and public statements about the 
progress of the war, apparently deemed necessary by our 
political leaders to support the war effort. A recent 
example is found in a story by retired General Paul Vallaly 
whose claims go beyond fantasy.
Vallaly is listed in Wikipedia as a senior military analyst 
for Fox News. He claims tiny Lebanon has "50-60,000 missiles 
and rockets" hidden in houses and orchards aimed at Israel, 
that Iran already has nuclear bombs and is getting ready to 
mount them on "Scud" missiles from Russia, and that 
surrounding Islamic countries are planning a chemical attack 
on Israel. This war propagandist general repeatedly suggests 
he has privileged information. His final words: "We cannot 
allow Israel to stand alone in this." Endnote 1.
Israel, not unlike the USA, uses their military, like 
Colonel Gruber, to sell the false idea that it is the 
victim, and is a humane, surgically clean eliminator of 
"terrorists". The response at Denver University was an 
encouraging surprise and another sign of a "turning" in our 
time that is finally beginning to happen in the minds of 
those who think about what they are being told, especially 
students.
1.) "General (Vallaly) Warns of Chemical Attacks against 
Israel" http://www.pjtv.com/v/3505
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Is It True That Hadith Was Not Written in the time of the 
Prophet, pbuh?
Were Qur'an and Hadith transmitted by same people or 
different ones?
Question from Sis. N. in Detroit [From a long letter]:
I am originally from Iran, moving to real Islam, Qur'an and 
Hadith. I read a good book by Fazlur Rahman (Chicago 
University) but it confused me on some points. He writes, 
Hadith was written in third century after the Prophet. New 
Trend's web site says follow Qur'an and Hadith. I am 
confused please explain why Hadith was not written in time 
of the Prophet ?
ANSWER by Kaukab Siddique:
Dr. Fazlur Rahman was influenced by Christian missionaries 
and Jewish orientalists. He tried to confuse the Muslims of 
Pakistan, with the support of the military government, but 
was defeated and fled to America where he was immediately 
given a senior position at Chicago University to teach 
Islam.
Both the Qur'an and the Hadith were written down in the time 
of the Prophet Muhammad (pbuh). The Qur'an is the word of 
Allah revealed to Muhammad (peace be on him). The Hadith is 
the commentary, explanation, implementation of the Qur'an by 
Muhammad (pbuh). Both are interlinked and essential to each 
other. No authentic Islamic scholar has ever tried to say 
that Hadith is not necessary or was written later.
The people who wrote down the Qur'an, on bits and pieces of 
materials, were the SAHABA or companions of the Prophet 
(pbuh). Paper and printing were not available at that time. 
So, people could not go around with printed and bound copies 
of the Qur'an. Even the collation and putting together of 
the Qur'an was done by the SAHABA so that the Qur'an became 
a BOOK between two covers after the Prophet (pbuh) passed 
away. This great work was done under the supervision of Abu 
Bakr, Umar, Osman and Ali (may Allah be pleased with them 
all) who were the first four rightly guided Caliphs of 
Islam.
The same SAHABA also wrote and transmitted the Hadith and 
made sure that nothing was falsely attributed to the Prophet 
(pbuh).
The QUR'AN was also MEMORIZED by the Sahaba. In fact few of 
them had it in writing but many of them knew it from memory. 
The cross checking of memory with writing was carried out to 
make sure that the Qur'an as revealed to the Prophet, pbuh, 
was transmitted to future generations.
The HADITH was also memorized by the SAHABA and transmitted 
to future generations. Any scholar of Hadith had to MEMORIZE 
the HADITH from the written collections of the Sahaba and 
then RECITE IT FROM MEMORY to his/her teacher. Thus an 
accurate record of the Prophet's, pbuh, life and teachings 
was enshrined in the scholarship of the Muslim world.
In the era after the SAHABA various kinds of sects arose 
which tried to disseminate their own versions of the Qur'an. 
Some of them claimed that Hazrat Ali (r.a.) had received 
suras of the Qur'an from the Prophet, pbuh, which no one 
else had. The scholars of the line of Ali (r.a.) and Fatima 
(r.a.), such as Imam Jafar and Imam Baqir, were able to 
repudiate these claims because they had the Qur'an both by 
memory and in writing.
Similarly attempts were made to invent "Hadith." This was a 
very serious effort by Kings and emperors who wanted 
religion to justify their tyranny and to creatre a "tame 
Islam." The problem was aggravated by the fact that various 
SAHABA had migrated to various cities, and after they passed 
away, various people could claim that they had heard Hadith 
from them.
It was in that context that great scholars like Imam Bukhari 
stepped forward to ENSURE that fabrications did not enter 
the corpus of Hadith. I think that these scholars were a bit 
too strict and as a result they sometimes designated as 
"weak" even those Hadith which were authentic but which 
would not pass the test of extremely severe scrutiny.
Imam Bukhari and other imams are the ones Dr. Fazlur Rahman 
was abusing when he claimed that Hadith was written in the 
third century after the Prophet. Fazlur Rahman really was 
quite ignorant of Hadith and hence recklessly fell into the 
trap set for him by Christian missionaries and Jewish 
orientalists.
WAS HADITH WRITTEN in the TIME OF THE PROPHET (pbuh)? Yes, 
the evidence is overwhelming. Here is one sample from a 
prominent companion of the Prophet, pbuh, Abdullah ibn Umru 
ibn al-Aas. It is authenticated by two distinct and separate 
compilers of Hadith, Abu Dawud in his Sunan (chapter kitabut 
al-ilm) and Darimi in his Musnad (chapter on Rukhs fi 
kitabut al-ilm):
"Whatever I heard from the messenger of Allah, peace be on 
him, I would write it down so as to be able to memorize it. 
Then some in the Quraish (tribe) said to me: You write down 
whatever you hear though the messenger of Allah is a human 
being and speaks both in anger and in joy. On hearing that I 
stopped writing and then I mentioned this to the messenger 
of Allah. He pointed with his finger to his mouth and said: 
Write on! By Him in whose Hand is my being, no word comes 
out of this mouth but the Truth."
Abdullah ibn Umru (r.a.) collected the Hadith he had written 
in the presence of the Prophet (pbuh) in a book titled 
Al-Sadiqa. Abdullah said: "There are two things I love in 
life: Al-Sadiqa and al-Wahat." He explained: "Al-Sadiqa is 
that manuscript which I heard and wrote from the messenger 
of Allah and Wahat is that land which (my father) Umru ibn 
al-Aas donated to the cause of Allah and which I take care 
of." [Darimi's Sunan.]
The compendium Tahzeeb al-Tahzeeb tells us that on the death 
of Abdullah, r.a, the manuscript of Al-Sadiqa was secured by 
his grandson Shuaib bin Muhammad and then transmitted to the 
next generation by his son also named Umru. THE HADITH 
WRITTEN BY Abdullah, r.a., DIRECTLY FROM THE PROPHET, pbuh, 
AND AT HIS COMMAND, are to be found in the collections of 
Hadith which we have under this chain of narration:
"From Umru son of Shuaib from his father from his 
grandfather." As Hadith is a very strict discipline, some 
classical scholars wanted to classify the collection as 
Mursal because they thought the grandson should have SAT 
DOWN IN FRONT OF THE GRANDFATHER AND RECITED THE WHOLE 
COLLECTION TO HIM FROM MEMORY! However, some of the greatest 
scholars of Hadith, like Imam Ahmad Ibn Hanbal, accept the 
authenticity of Al-Sadiqa.
What makes Al-Sadiqa's authenticity irrefutable is that it 
was also transmitted by OTHER STUDENTS of Abdullah (r.a.) 
who had nothing to do with his grandson.
So, don't let anyone tell you that Hadith was not written in 
the time of the Prophet, pbuh.
FINALLY, spend a couple of months in trying to understand 
this verse of the Qur'an. It will help you to understand why 
the Hadith is essential and ALWAYS goes with the Qur'an: 
"The Prophet is closer to the believers than their own 
selves, and his wives are their mothers. [33:6]
Obama's Egyptian Ally: Terrible Conditions in Mubarak's 
Prison: Report on Palestinian Ayman Nofal
[With thanks to Sis. Anisa Abdel Fattah [Ohio] 
re-Bangla-vision]
Azzam in Cairo to discuss issue of Islamic Jihad prisoners 
in Egypt's jails
[ 20/05/2010 - 11:05 AM ]
GAZA, (PIC)-- Senior Islamic Jihad leader Nafid Azzam 
traveled on Wednesday to Cairo to discuss the file of his 
Movement's detainees in Egyptian jails, who were arrested 
upon their return to the Gaza Strip.
Spokesman for the Movement Da'wood Shihab said that Azzam 
went to Egypt after he received an official invitation to 
visit Cairo to discuss the file of Islamic Jihad prisoners 
there, denying any kind of mediation in this regard between 
his Movement and Egypt.
The spokesman noted that the number of Islamic Jihad 
prisoners in Egyptian jails is about 30 Palestinians, 
affirming that all of them used legal ways and official 
documents during their travel from and to Egypt.
In a related context, an Egyptian state security officer 
reported, on condition of anonymity, that a Palestinian 
citizen from Gaza called Ayman Nofal, imprisoned for years, 
is living in harsh incarceration conditions and exposed to 
severe torture in Egyptian jails.
The officer said he saw Nofal twice being taken to the 
interrogation room with his hands and feet shackled, adding 
that the Palestinian prisoner was locked up alone for more 
than one year and a half inside Abu Zaabal prison in Cairo 
in a two square meter solitary cell, having no source of 
ventilation or lighting, except a metal bucket used as a 
toilet.
He revealed further that in the last six months, a prisoner 
affiliated with Hamas joined Nofal in his new two square 
meter cell inside Al-Marj prison in Cairo and both of them 
sleep alternately because of the narrow area of the 
cell.
"When I saw him, once, he was being carried by soldiers in 
the corridor of the investigation section and unable to walk 
alone because of the severe torture he was subjected to 
during the interrogation. His body was frail, his hair and 
beard were unshaven for months and he was wearing an 
unbearably smelly clothes to the extent that the two 
soldiers carrying him could not put up with the smell," the 
officer confirmed.
The officer noted that the prison administrations in Egypt 
deny the presence of Palestinian detainees in their cells 
and transfer them to special places underground whenever 
human rights activists visit the jails.
He also disclosed that the prison administrations of 
Al-Marj, Burj Al-Arab and Abu Zaabal as well as the state 
security in Cairo received top official orders to tighten 
punitive measures against Palestinian prisoners and do 
everything that could humiliate them, especially those 
affiliated with Hamas, to punish them for their Movement's 
refusal to sign Egypt's reconciliation paper.
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With thanks to Br. Dr. Shaukat Khan, Charlotte, North 
Carolina
Astonishing Facts which US Media are Hiding from America's 
People
Question:        Which country alone in the Middle East has 
nuclear weapons?
Answer:         Israel.
Question:        Which country in the Middle East refuses to 
sign the nuclear non-proliferation treaty and bars 
international inspections? ?
Answer:         Israel.
Question:        Which country in the Middle East seized the 
sovereign territory of other nations by military force and 
continues to occupy it in defiance of United Nations 
Security Council resolutions?
Answer:         Israel.
Question:        Which country in the Middle East routinely 
violates the international borders of another sovereign 
state with warplanes and artillery and naval gunfire?
Answer:         Israel.
Question:        What American ally in the Middle East has 
for years sent assassins into other countries to kill its 
political enemies (a practice sometimes called exporting 
terrorism)?
Answer:         Israel.
Question:        In which country in the Middle East have 
high-ranking military officers admitted publicly that 
unarmed prisoners of war were executed?
Answer:         Israel.
Question:        What country in the Middle East refuses to 
prosecute its soldiers who have acknowledged executing 
prisoners of war?
Answer:         Israel.
Question:        What country in the Middle East created 
762,000 refugees and refuses to allow them to return to 
their homes, farms and businesses?
Answer:         Israel.
Question:        What country in the Middle East refuses to 
pay compensation to people whose land, bank accounts and 
businesses it confiscated?
Answer:         Israel.
Question:        In what country in the Middle East was a 
high-ranking United Nations diplomat assassinated?
Answer:         Israel.
Question:        In what country in the Middle East did the 
man who ordered the assassination of a high-ranking U.N. 
diplomat become prime minister?
Answer:         Israel.
Question:        What country in the Middle East blew up an 
American diplomatic facility in Egypt and attacked a U.S. 
ship, the USS Liberty, in international waters, killing 34 
and wounding 171 American sailors?
Answer:         Israel.
Question:        What country in the Middle East employed a 
spy, Jonathan Pollard, to steal classified documents and 
then gave some of them to the Soviet Union?
Answer:         Israel.
Question:        What country at first denied any official 
connection to Pollard, then voted to make him a citizen and 
has continuously demanded that the American president grant 
Pollard a full pardon?
Answer:         Israel.
Question:        What Middle East country allows American 
Jewish murderers to flee to its country to escape punishment 
in the United States and refuses to extradite them once in 
their custody?
Answer:         Israel.
Question:        What Middle East country preaches against 
hate yet builds a shrine and a memorial for a murderer who 
killed 29 Palestinians while they prayed in their Mosque.? 
Answer:         Israel.
Question:        What country on Planet Earth has the second 
most powerful lobby in the United States, according to a 
recent Fortune magazine survey of Washington insiders?
Answer:         Israel.
Question:        Which country in the Middle East 
deliberately targeted a U.N. Refugee Camp in Qana, Lebanon 
and killed 103 innocent men, women, and especially children? 
Answer:         Israel.
Question:        Which country in the Middle East is in 
defiance of 69 United Nations Security Council resolutions 
and has been protected from 29 more by U.S. vetoes?
Answer:         Israel.
Question:        Which country in the Middle East receives 
more than one-third of all U.S. aid yet is the 16th richest 
country in the world?
Answer:         Israel.
Question:        Which country in the Middle East receives 
U.S. weapons for free and then sells the technology to the 
Republic of China even at the objections of the U.S.?
Answer:         Israel.
Question:        Which country in the Middle East routinely 
insults the American people by having its Prime Minister 
address the United States Congress and lecturing them like 
children on why they have no right to reduce foreign aid? 
Answer:         Israel.
Question:        Which country in the Middle East had its 
Prime Minister announce to his staff not to worry about what 
the United States says because "We control America?"
Answer:         Israel.
Question:        What country in the Middle East was cited 
by Amnesty International for demolishing more than 4000 
innocent Palestinian homes as a means of ethnic cleansing. 
Answer:         Israel.
Question:        Which country in the Middle East has just 
recently used a weapon of mass destruction, a one-ton smart 
bomb, dropping it in the center of a highly populated area 
killing 15 civilians including 9 children?
Answer:         Israel.
Question:        Which country in the Middle East routinely 
kills young Palestinian children for no reason other than 
throwing stones at armored vehicles, bulldozers, or tanks? 
Answer:         Israel.
Question:        Which country in the Middle East signed the 
Oslo Accords promising to halt any new Jewish Settlement 
construction, but instead, has built more than 270 new 
settlements since the signing?
Answer:         Israel.
Question:        Which country in the Middle East has 
assassinated more than 100 political officials of its 
opponent in the last 2 years while killing hundreds of 
civilians in the process, including dozens of children?
Answer:         Israel.
Question:        Which country in the Middle East regularly 
violates the Geneva Convention by imposing collective 
punishment on entire towns, villages, and camps, for the 
acts of a few, and even goes as far as demolishing entire 
villages while people are still in their homes?
Answer:         Israel.
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