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Ramadan 25 ,1434/August 3, 2013 # 32
Spanish Dawa:
See below
from Br. Solano.
See Imam Badi Ali's comment on Palestine "peace talks"
below
.
Documentation: Egypt's General Sisi and secularist leader
El-Baradei were in contact with Israel before the coup.
Worth reading.
Please scroll to end.
Eid prayer based on crescent sighting will be held,
inshallah, in Baltimore, Maryland at Masjid Jamaat
al-Muslimeen, 4624 York Road, Baltimore, MD 21212. Call
these numbers to check on sighting and prayer timing:
443-622-2962 and 610-880-1803
Atlanta: Georgia
A major Effort is underway to help homeless Women and Children.
Remember when we work in unity Allah blesses us more. Help
people who are hungry, without a place to sleep, the abused
and the ill. Support the Baitul Salaam Network, Inc. go to
www.baitulsalaam.org to know more, in shaa Allah.
Baitul Salaam - Home
www.baitulsalaam.org
Freedom for Palestine: Rally in New York: August 2
by Abu Talib [Jamaat al-Muslimeen, Brooklyn, New York.]
I went to Quds day in New York which was held on 42th and
7th Avenue in Manhattan by the Quds Committee of New York
with several organizations including the International
action Center. There were about two hundred people there at
the rally for Palestine and for oppressed people around the
world who are fighting for Justice for their people.
There were several chants saying free Palestine with the
Flag of Palestine which was highly visible.
There were members of the Jewish community who were there in
support of Palestine.
Jamaat al-Muslimeen had its presence there at the rally in
support of Palestine.Many Muslims are not aware as to Quds
day around the world but the struggle continues to educate
the Muslims and Non Muslims to the issue of Palestine and
what we need to do right here inside the Empire.
In Washington:
Al-Quds Day: For the liberation of Jerusalem: On August 2, a
well attended rally was held in Washington, DC, starting at
Sheridan circle, calling for the liberation of Palestine and
the recovery of Masjid al-Aqsa.
Imam Khomeini initiated this activism held on the last
Friday of every Ramadan.
[Note from Nadrat Siddique.]
Breaking News: Syria
Children Used by Assad Tanks as Human Shields: Assad troops
enter Homs but are blown up.
August 3. Syrian jet fighters raided a refugee camp on the
Lebanese-Syrian border killing 9 civilians and wounding
several others.
August 1: UN observers have noticed a series of new
atrocities by Bashar al-Assad's troops against civilians in
Syria.In a village known as Ayn l'Arouz in Idlib province,
Syrian troops tied local children on their tanks to avoid
mujahideen attacks. The UN has noticed that numbers of
civilians have been killed in the area by an Assad tank
column. Some of them, including 4 children, were burned
alive by the Alawite troops. UN observer Radhika Commarswami
said: "I have never seen such terrible atrocities against
children."
Meanwhile on July 31, Assad's tank columns supported by
Hizbullah fighters from Lebanon finally made it into the
major city of Homs where the armed civilian resistance
withdrew after almost running out of ammunition. Several
thousand civilians have been killed and wounded by the Assad
troops using heavy artillery on Muslim areas of Homs.
A video posted on line by the resisters indicated heavy
artillery shells landing on the hospitals in Homs to deny
medical help to the people.
On August 1, Assad's troops stopped rejoicing when
mujahideen said to be from al-Nusra located in another area
of the vast city of Homs scored direct hits on Assad's
ammunition stores. A huge ball of fire emerged and first
reports indicate at least 40 of Assad's troops were killed
and more than 100 wounded. [BBC and other observers.]
In the suburbs of Damascus, Assad's attempts to push back
the Islamic fighters failed again in fighting lasting from
July 30 to August 2.
July 31: Islamic fighters also advanced into the Alawite
heartland on the coast. Heavy fighting is reported from
al-Haffeh area.
Assad's attempts to advance into Aleppo have failed agan.
The mujahideen have established Sharia and are distributing
bread to the people through temporary bakeries. About 150
Alawite troops were killed in the Islamic victory in this
area. Of these were 30 of Assad's officers who were executed
for crimes against the population
Saudi Arabia is reported to be trying to arm the secular
opposition to counter the Islamics as demanded by the US.
Breaking News: Egypt
Muslim Brotherhood with Huge Public support defies General
Sisi's Treachery & Threats
August 2 and 3:Huge crowds supporting President Morsi
paraded through Cairo and other cities even as General
Sisi's front organizations threatened slaughter and mass
murder. The Islamics came out of mosques after Friday
prayers. As they marched through the streets, they held up
copies of the Qur'an opened up to key passages teaching the
Fear of Allah and the need to speak truth to the Pharoah.
Thousands of pictures of President Morsi, glorifying his
election, were visible as were portraits of General Sisi
with a noose around his neck.
On July 5 the military killed 51 supporters of Morsi and
injured more than 300 as they came out of Fajr prayers. Then
on July 27, the military carried out an even bigger massacre
killing 120 Islamic people and injuring nearly a thousand.
The unarmed and peaceful supporters of Morsi refused to
disperse.
August 2 was a day of serous threats from the new Pharoah of
Egypt but the peaceful Morsi masses scored a clear victory.
A torrent of abuse, lies, slander and conspiracy theories to
defame the Muslim Brotherhood has been coming out of Egypt's
state owned/controlled media. The secularists and supporters
of ex-president Mubarak are very pleased but Morsi
supporters have gained much more support as people see a new
tyrant in the Israeli agent Sisi.
America's Dilemma: The Americans used the military to
overthrow Morsi, After the military opened fire killing 51
at Fajr, the Americans thought Muslim Brotherhood would be
scared to death. The opposite happened. Now the Americans
face this dilemma: If the military kills huge numbers of
Muslims [as Assad did in Syria], many people could give up
the peaceful movement and join al-Qaida. Its leader, an
Egyptian himself, seems to be ready to take over. On August
2 Dr al-Zawahiri issued this statement as reported by wire
services and al-Jazeera:
[Ayman al-Zawahiri, the Egyptian-born head of al-Qaeda,
accused the US of "plotting" Morsi's overthrow with the
Egyptian military and the country's Christian minority.
"Crusaders and secularists and the Americanised army have
converged ... with Gulf money and American plotting to
topple Mohamed Morsi's government," he said in a 15-minute
audio recording posted online.
In his first comments since July 3 - when Morsi was removed
from power, Zawahiri also attacked Morsi's secular
opposition and Coptic Christians, who he said wanted a
secessionist state in Egypt, and called for a mass movement
to install Islamic law. ]
[It should be noted that years back Dr. Al-Zawahiri
predicted that after the overthrow of Mubarak, America will
bring al-Baradei as the "democratic" leader of Egypt.] [Also
see below Zawahiri's message on Dr. Aafia and the Gitmo
hunger striking prisoners, Distributed by Reuters.]
The roots of oppression of women in America, even when they
are in Muslim garb. Important report by Sis. Aisha, Jamaat
al-Muslimeen, New York.
Please scroll way down
Spanish Da'wah: Hunger among Latinos for Islam
From Br. Robert Solano, Jamaat al-Muslimeen Shoora leader,
in Texas
Some eight years ago, The American Muslim Council stated
that there are approximately 200,000 Latino Muslims in the
United States. It would be interesting to know what the
number is in the year 2013. We know that the Hispanic
(Latino) population in the US has increased by a few
millions in the last eight years but we have no true count
as to the number that has reverted to Islam. As it stands
now we have over twenty million Latinos in the USA and most
of them are bilingual. It is fertile ground for Dawah. The
US is the seventh largest Spanish-speaking country in the
world. Currently there are 3/4 of a million Muslims in
Argentina and over one million Muslims in other Latin
American (including Brazil), countries. The local mosque in
Brownsville, Texas has copies of the Qur'an in Spanish for
those that visit it and would like to keep one. There are
also several different types of CD's in Spanish explaining
the Five Pillars of Islam. A group from Egypt sends out
literature in Spanish about Islam to anybody that requests
it. I will go into this in a future article. What is
important for us to understand is that there is a hunger
among Latinos to learn about Islam and that it is our
Islamic duty to help them in this task. We can start by
introducing a Surah to our Spanish Speaking friends and ask
them if you are pronouncing it correctly. It goes like this
in Spanish:
¡En el nombre de Alá, el Compasivo, el Miksericordioso! 1.
Di: "Él es Alá, Uno, 2. Dios, El Eterno. 3. No ha
engendrado, ni ha sido engendrado. 4. No tiene par".
If they seem interested, explain to them that there are a
total of 114 Surah in the "Coran" and that this is 112.
By doing so you have introduced your neighbor or friend to a
very important Pillar or concept of Islam.
Jamaat al-Muslimeen Shoora leader Imam Badi Ali [North
Carolina] speaks on Palestine "peace talks!"
Israel taking Opportunistic Advantage of Muslim World's
turmoil.
July 30: Imam Badi told New Trend that Palestine not only
belongs to the Palestinians but to the entire Islamic world.
Mahmoud Abbas has no right to carry out "peace talks" with
Israel. No one has given him that right. The Kerry
initiative seems to be a well thought out opportunistic move
to take advantage of the turmoil in the Muslim world and the
month of fasting.
Palestine, Imam Badi said, is occupied territory and the
First Qibla of Islam, the sacred Masjid al-Aqsa, has been
desecrated and is under the heels of the Israeli military.
Not only the people of the West Bank but the people of Gaza
have been left out of this so called peace initiative. This
activity, Imam Badi concluded, is hurtful to the conscience
of the Muslim world and is well coordinated to plot and plan
against Palestine while the Muslim nations are busy with
their internal conflicts.
Latest Khutba by Br. Kaukab Siddique, Ameer of Jamaat
al-Muslimeen
The Qur'an, the Night of Power and the Four Idols of the
West: Pray for Spiritual Values.
On August 2, Br. Kaukab gave the juma khutba at Masjid
Jamaat al-Muslimeen in Baltimore, Maryland. The mosque was
packed owing to the last Friday of Ramadan. Here are the
main points of the khutba.
Part 1 of the khutba
Laylatul Qadr is the night in which the Qur'an was revealed
to Muhammad, pbuh. This greatest event in human history
calls us to the message of the Qur'an. It is a
transformational message to bring justice and Islamic, God
oriented, values to the world.
Hadith tells us that we should seek the blessings of this
night in the odd numbered nights of the last 10 days of
Ramadan: 21, 23, 25, 27,29 although some narratives favor
27.
Ask Allah for the best needs we have but refrain from
material demands because material things pass away and can
sometimes be harmful to our well being. Instead pray for
spiritual enrichment, such as:
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Compassion.
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Love for the oppressed.
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Fearlessness against oppression.
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Taqwa [constant connection with Qur'an and hadith.]
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Forgiveness.
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Repentance and contrition.
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Generosity.
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Health.
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Virtuous and loving spouses.
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Children who want to be good Muslims.
Part II of Khutba
Islam has come to break the idols of human authority and
tyranny and to accept authority only from Allah and his
righteous servants who follow the Sunnah of Muhammad, pbuh.
The Qur'an teaches us that Ibraheem [Abraham], pbuh, broke
the idols of his father. The hadith teaches us that
Muhammad, pbuh, smashed the idols placed by the oppressors
in the holy Ka'aba.
The West in our own world worships idols but often we don't
recognize them as idols to be dismantled. The biggest are:
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Racism. Islam does not accept the inferiority or
superiority of any race. We are all from Allah and we have
the choice to go for Good or Evil. Malcolm X recognized this
when he went to Makka that "white" is a mental condition.
Many White people embraced him as a long lost brother. We
must deal with people as individuals, not as groups,
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Nationalism. Allah made us into nations and tribes . It
is okay to help our nations, but if we value our nation
above others regardless of whether our nation is doing right
or wrong, then we are violating Islamic values. I must see
what Pakistanis are doing; not support them simply because
they are Pakistanis and I am from them.
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Zionism. This great evil has been plunged like a dagger
into the heartland of Islam. Many Americans worship this
idol without even knowing what is Zionism. We must educate
our Ummah about the twisted mindset of this ugliest of
idols.
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Imperialism. Those who have power in the West go into
Africa and the Muslim world to control and exploit our
resources. When our people resist, the western militaries go
in and occupy our lands.
We must understand that if we keep praying and fasting but
do not break these idols, we are ignoring the reason why the
Qur'an was revealed, which was to put an end to human
authority and to replace it with the authority of Allah. In
its essence the Night of Power is telling us that Power and
Authority belong to Allah alone.
Our America:
Fascism Rising Led by Zionists & Obama
Snowden revealed unauthorized spying on the entire American
Public
Source: Citizens for Legitimate Government [CLG]
XKeyscore: NSA tool collects 'nearly everything a user does
on the internet' --XKeyscore gives 'widest-reaching'
collection of online data --NSA analysts require no prior
authorization for searches --Sweeps up emails, social media
activity and browsing history 31 Jul 2013 A top secret
National Security Agency program allows analysts to search
with no prior authorization through vast databases
containing emails, online chats and the browsing histories
of millions of individuals, according to documents provided
by whistleblower Edward Snowden. The NSA boasts in training
materials that the program, called XKeyscore, is its
"widest-reaching" system for developing intelligence from
the internet. The latest revelations will add to the intense
public and congressional debate around the extent of NSA
surveillance programs. They come as senior intelligence
officials testify to the Senate judiciary committee on
Wednesday, releasing classified documents in response to the
Guardian's earlier stories on bulk collection of phone
records and Fisa surveillance court oversight.
Please Send Eid Good Wishes to top Islamic Political
Prisoners. One of them is:
Jamil Abdullah Al Amin 99974555
USP Florence Admax/US Penitentiary/
P.O. box 8500
Florence Co 81226.
AhmedAbdelSatter.org
FreeMasoudKhan.net
FreeZiyadYaghi.info
Egyptian American Tarek Mehanna's sentence is being
appealed. He spoke forcefully against occupation of Muslim
lands and was sentenced to 17 plus years!
50 supporters and parents came to the hearing. {His friend
turned informer!]
He was convicted as "terrorist material supporter" on the
basis of his videos of 9.11 and "suicide bombings."
Scroll to end.
Our America
Clear Qur'an & Hadith on Moon Sighting for Eid Dumped by
ISNA.
White House Oriented Group Uses Funds to Mislead Muslims
Across America
The following information is from Dr. Omar Afzal debunking
ISNA's attack on the Sunnah Muhammad, pbuh
Dear All, Salaam
ISNA Fiqh Council announcement about Eid al-Fitr 2013 date
(August 9, Thursday) is a marvel of WHATEVER SUITS US -
right or wrong.
Islamic Month
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The Qur'an says: Shahru Ramadan... (2: 183-185) counted
by Ahilla (2:189) "Mawaaqeet-u lin-Naas...
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The Prophet instructed: La Tasuumu Hatta tara-wul-Hilaala
wa la-Tuftiruu Hatta Tarauhu. (Bukhari, Muslim)
ISNA Fiqh Council says: Ahilla are NOT MAWAAQEET;
astronomical calculations (of the conjunction) are.
A Hadith says: Every Islamic month is to be counted from the
sighted moon to the next sighted moon.
ISNA says: Calculate the days of the month
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When a companion of the Prophet, pbuh, claimed a sighting
from the outskirts of Medina (not seen in the city) the
Prophet (PBUH) asked:
Did you see the Hilaal?
The answer was: Yes. I visualized (I saw by my own eyes)
(Muslim, Tirmidhi, Abu Daud, etc.)
ISNA Fiqh Council says: No sighting required.
Astronomical calculations are a VALID method of lunar
month's affirmation.
Ru'yah (Visualize, by Human Eye)
The word Ru'yah when used in the Qur'an and Ahadith for
physical objects like the sun and the moon, always meant
"visual"
affirmation - its primary meaning (al-An'aam:76-78, 20:10,
etc).
Its secondary use for "To perceive" is when the object is a
non-physical entity.
Z. Shah of FCNA is not the first to hoodwink. Kahf also did
it earlier in 1978 to justify Saudi dates for N.
America.
ISNA Fiqh Council says: Ru'yah NOT REQUIRED.
Calculated Moon
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The Jews in Medina (during the Prophet's time) knew exact
astronomical calculations and practiced their feasts by
their lunar calendar, based on the conjunction (New Moon at
Jerusalem).
The Prophet (PBUH) asked the Muslims to look for a Hilaal,
(and not depend on the calculated dates)
ISNA Fiqh Council says: "Scientifically guaranteed
astronomical calculation" is "the valid method."
Local or Global Sighting (Hadith of Kuraib)
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The earth is a GLOBE, and not FLAT.
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The Hilal is SEEN over the entire globe in 3-4
evenings.
The Hadith affirms: A Moon sighted LOCALLY cannot be counted
as SEEN all over the world.
Local sighting (in Syria) was DISCOUNTED for Medina when the
moon was NOT SEEN in Medina.
ISNA Fiqh Council says: Chile, Brazil sighting on August 8,
2013 is a Valid Sharai Dalil for celebrating Eid on August
9
(the last day of Ramadan by the sighted Hilaal in North
America).
Letter from UK.
Huma Abdein's Marriage with Jewish pervert Weiner: Haram
activity or Apostacy?
I have been a keen reader of your online magazine for many
years now. The fresh news contained therein, both US and
international, has been of great benefit to me.
Unfortunately, I had a (mis)conception that most Muslims in
the US were completely defeated mentally, especially after
9/11. NTM, gives a clear Islamic perspective each and every
time, challenging unorthodoxy with the Islamic evidences,
regardless of what the prevailing powers at large may
say.
Here, I would like to discuss the Huma Abedin case. I'm sure
that you are aware that this individual has not only
disgraced the Muslim community with her openly flaunted
'relationship' and HARAAM marriage to a perverted zionist
jew, but also her late father; Dr. Zayn ul Abedin, a
distinguished scholar who tirelessly fought for and
campaigned for the rights of Muslim minorities in the
world.
Firstly, from what little I understand, Huma's 'marriage' is
definately HARAAM. Now, as to the question whether she is an
apostate or not (as you stated in the Ramadan 18 ,1434/July
27, 2013 of NTM) , specific information needs to be
established. Does Huma DENY the clear Islamic hukm on Muslim
females marrying kuffar? If she does then without a doubt
she is an apostate. NB. the Western media consistently
salivate when describing this whore's as being a
'practising/devout Muslim'! As she was raised and educated
until her late teens in Saudi Arabia, I find it untenable
and inconceivable that this woman is ignorant of the clear
Islamic ruling on this issue. What I cannot fathom is her
mother; Saleha's, attitude! I have emailed both the
Institute of Muslim Minority Affairs, where both her mother
and brother; Hassan, are on the board of directors,
demanding redress on this issue, to no avail! Dr. Saleha (a
muhaajiba) is a prominent member of faculty of the
prestigious 'Dar Al Hekma' school in Jeddah.
I am willing to be corrected on this issue, but Huma's
mother ATTENDED her 'wedding' to Weiner! I have read with
amusement the numerous conspiracy theories by 'haters' who
claim that Huma is a 'MB spy' deep undercover! This line of
'discussion' is as legitimate as their (the 'haters)
claiming that Obama is a 'closet Muslim'! I am saddened that
I have yet to read an open and clear denunciation of this
women and her 'zina' with the jew Weiner (I have yet to read
or hear that Weiner had converted to Islam prior to the
wedding!). If this Munkar is allowed to stand unopposed then
it is will give card blanche to Muslim females the world
over to conduct similar 'relationships'.
In my limited capacity I have responded to any article which
has discussed this issue and the allegations that Huma is
'deep undercover'! For one thing, this supposed 'super
Taqiyya' hasn't brought ANY benefit for Muslims! Infact,
with 'weeny Weiner's' long track record of sexual perversity
(including the recent revelations); amongst his other
behavioural inconsistencies, coupled with Huma's disgraceful
shows of support, have only humiliated Muslims further! I
wonder what CAIR have got to say? In the UK we have the
'Muslim Council of Britain' (a British version of CAIR), the
MCB very often 'apologise' and 'beg for forgiveness' even
BEFORE being orderd by the authorities, to do so!
I apologise for the length of my email.
Your brother in Islam
Was Salaamualaykum Wa Rahmatuallah!
Aziz
For both Men and Women, Islam applies the same law.
Does Islam Allow Muslim Men To Marry Non-Muslim Women in
America?
This is one of the most widely distributed Islamic articles
in America since 2008.
Published from Asqfish's March 22, 2008 issue by
permission.
Q. I have been told that Muslim women are not allowed to
marry non-Muslim men but Muslim men are permitted to marry
non-Muslim women. What does Islam say?
Answer by Professor Dr. Kaukab Siddique:
Islam teaches that marriage is half the faith. Marriage is
one of the most powerful means for the spread of Islam. It
turns hostile communities into friends. The Qur'an used it
to break up the well-established system of slavery in
pre-Islamic Arabia and then in the rest of the Islamic
commonwealth.
Islam does not permit a Muslim, male or female, to marry a
non-Muslim, especially in countries like the U.S., China and
India where Muslims are minorities.
In a fully developed Islamic state, where Islam is dominant,
Muslim men are sometimes allowed to marry non-Muslim women
who are chaste and follow the original teachings of Moses
and Jesus, pbuh.
In America, people coming in from Arab countries have
propagated the view that Muslim men are allowed to marry
non-Muslim women. Not only is this an incorrect view it has
seriously damaged the Islamic cause in America.
This country has become more pagan than Christian and a
non-Muslim woman who comes into a Muslim home is backed by
the entire power of the secular State system and the
children of such a marriage are educated by a secular
education system. Other than in very exceptional cases, such
a marriage is very damaging.
Tens of thousands of American and African-American women
have embraced Islam during the last two decades. These men
who are marrying non-Muslim women are denying marriage to
those women who have embraced Islam. Racism and nationalism
are often involved in the Muslim male's decision to marry
non-Muslim [usually White] women.
Why have U.S. Muslims been so misled? It has to do with
inability to study the Qur'an in CONTEXT and the desire to
study the Qur'an WITHOUT the help of the Hadith of the
Prophet, pbuh. If we were to know HOW to study Islam, such
questions would not arise.
The Qur'an makes it very clear that marriage is to be based
only on FAITH in ALLAH and that one of its purposes is to
UNDERMINE SLAVERY. Marriage based on CLASS STRUCTURE and
NATIONALISM is a clear violation of Islam. Here is what the
Qur'an says:
"Do not marry women who associate others with Allah
[mushrikat] until they believe. A slave woman who believes
is better than one who associates others with Allah
[mushrika] even though she allures you. Nor marry men who
associate others with Allah [mushrikeen] until they believe:
A male slave who believes is better than one who associates
others with Allah [mushrik] even though he allures you. They
[associaters] beckon you to the Fire but Allah beckons by
His Grace to the Garden [of Bliss] and forgiveness, and
makes His Signs clear to mankind that they may receive
admonition." [2:221]
Notice that I have written the Arabic word in brackets. It
is often incorrectly translated as "disbelievers" and
"idolaters" although mushrik is one who associates others
with Allah.
All interpretations must end when there is a clear Hadith of
the Prophet, pbuh, on the issue. He never recommended
marriage with non-Muslim women. Addressing men, he makes it
quite clear that Islamic integrity and faith is the
requirement for marriage:
"The messenger of Allah, peace and blessings of Allah be on
him, said: Women are married for 4 reasons: for wealth, for
family nobility, for beauty and for Deen: You should marry
for Deen, otherwise may your hands be rubbed in the dirt."
[Narrated by Abu Huraira, r.a., in the Sahih of Bukhari and
the Sahih of Muslim.]
Deen is a comprehensive term for piety, knowledge and
practice of Islam, and Fear of Allah.
Our Arab brothers try to take advantage of a permission
granted in chapter 5 of the Qur'an to marry women from the
People of the Book: These brothers [conveniently?] ignore
the fact that the verse they are using was revealed after
the victory of Islam when Islam had become the dominant
force in Madinah: " ... [lawful unto you in marriage] are
not only chaste women who are believers but chaste women
among the People of the Book revealed before your time ...."
[5:5] This is a legal "permission" within a context of
Islamic dominance. The Prophet, pbuh, does not recommend it.
What is legal is not necessarily the best course. And Allah
knows best.
Zawahri vows Al Qaeda to free Aafia, Guantanamo inmates
Reuters
Al Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahri. — Photo by AFP
Published 2013-07-31 12:07:03
DUBAI: Al Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahri said the group would
spare no effort to free Aafia Siddiqui as well as the hunger
striking inmates at Guantanamo Bay, according to an audio
recording posted on the Internet on Wednesday.
"The (hunger) strike by our brothers at Guantanamo unmasks
the true ugly face of (the United States of) America,"
Zawahri said in an audio recording posted on an Islamist
website and whose authenticity could not be verified.
"We will spare no effort to free all our prisoners, on top
of whom are Omar Abdel Rahman, Aafia Siddiqui, Khaled Sheikh
Mohammed and every oppressed Muslim everywhere...," he
added.
He did not elaborate on what Al Qaeda intended to do, but
militants have in the past kidnapped Westerners and sought
to trade them for jailed associates.
Al Qaeda has also claimed responsibility for simultaneous
raids on two Iraqi prisons last week in which they said more
than 500 inmates had been set free. And in Pakistan, Taliban
broke over 175 prisoners out of a jail on Tuesday.
Some 166 men, most of whom were rounded up in
counter-terrorism operations since the September 11, 2001
attacks on the United States, are currently being held at a
US military base in Guantanamo Bay in Cuba.
Many have been on hunger strike to protest their indefinite
detention, with some being force-fed.
Zawahri also denounced Washington's use of drone strikes
targeting Islamists, saying it was a sign of the defeat of
US campaigns in Afghanistan, Pakistan and Yemen.
Drone strikes have been widely criticised by rights groups
who say the strikes often miss their targets and hit
civilians.
"These spying planes will not protect you from defeat, but
rather are a sign of your failure and the repeated failure
of your government," Zawahri said, addressing US President
Barack Obama.
Grand Ayatollah Sistani Calls for Shia-Sunni Unity.
[Message
from Iraq posted on the Internet.]
Great Iraqi Shiite cleric (Marja) has stressed that Shiites
should assume the Sunnis as their souls.
In 2007, Grand Ayatollah Ali Sistani, Iraqi Shiite marja
issued a landmark message on Shiite-Sunni unity. Recently,
with the outbreak of unrest in Iraq, he has reissued the
message.
"There is no real difference between Shiite and Sunni
beliefs, and I am the servant of all Iraqis [either Sunni or
Shiite]," he emphasizes. "I love everyone, and this religion
[Islam] is the religion of love," he adds. He expresses his
surprise that how the enemy could have succeeded to divide
Islamic sects.
Sistani's message, also sent to first Conference of Sunni
and Shiite Scholars, asserts that " this kind of conferences
are highly important, since they help Shiites and Sunnis
find out that there is no real difference between their
beliefs, and the difference simply is on legal (Fiqh)
issues."
"Shiites should defend Sunnis' social and political rights
before defending their own rights, and we call [everyone]
for unity," Ayatollah Sinstani adds. "As I have said before,
Shiites should not call Sunnis their brethren, but their
'souls.'
"We should attend Sunnis' Friday prayers more than Shiite's.
We do not discriminate between Arabs and Kurds, and Islam
has collected all of us [under common umbrella]," he
asserts.
Sistani also points to Sunni legal issues and says that "we
[Muslims] are united in Kaaba (Holy Shrine), prayer, and
fasting."
"During Saddam's era, I saw many Sunnis' conversion to
Shea'ism. When asked why they converted, they answered that
they converted to Shea'ism in order to attain Ahlul-Bayt
friendship," Sistani accounts, and "I was telling them that
Sunni Imams (four Sunni Scholars) had defended
Ahlul-Bayt.
From Jamaat al-Muslimeen Representative in New York.
Male Dominance & Female Lack of Self-Respect: Islam is the
Solution, not just formal Islam!
Today, 08/01/2013, I was just watching an episode of
People's Court with Judge Milian. I believe it was a repeat.
An older Muslim woman, whose husband committed adultery and
gave her an STD, was suing Marquita Tilley for assaulting
her car. This Muslimah was married to a man named Khalif
Freeman, who has been in and out jail. He was in jail at the
time this court episode aired. The Muslimah was dressed from
head to toe in Islamic dress, including a hijab! I believe
she was a Black American.
The defendant, Marquita Tilley, looked to be in her twenties
and had revealed that she gave birth to a son with Khalif
Freeman. Basically, this Muslimah shared her husband with
this other woman. She even referred to Marquita Tilley as
his co-wife! After the cheating and the STD giving, she
still had a relationship with him. However, Marquita stated
that she had a copy of the Muslimah's divorce decree. Judge
Milian asked the Muslimah why did she keep referring to this
man as her husband, if they were divorced? The Muslimah
responded that Islamically he would always be her husband
because they got married twice!
This Muslimah looked so pathetic! She did win her case
against the defendant in the amount of $1,683, I believe,
for the damage done to her car. It was so asinine that she
chose to sue in this matter rather than let it go. She has
serious low self-esteem issues!
I, definitely, understand the reason for adultery being a
deadly sin in Islam. You have these spouses wandering around
and consorting with the kuffar, picking up their diseases,
and infecting their families with them! Plus, they sire or
bear children outside of marriage. This affects all of
society, negatively! It destroys it! What encourages this
behavior on the part of men is male chauvinism and the
belief that many women have that they MUST accept this from
their husbands. They are taught this nonsense by their
mothers.
Research has shown that as boys grow older their self-esteem
increases and that a girl's decreases as she gets older.
There is such a disparity in how both sexes are raised in
America. This society not only had racism to contend with
but, sexism as well. It used to be that a husband could
paddle or use corporal punishment on his wife if she engaged
in unsatisfactory behavior. The husband was also seen as the
provider and maintainer of his family.
However, though this is still a male chauvinistic society,
the men hide behind their women. She must handle the
familial and financial affairs. More is expected of girls in
school and at home. They are given instructions on how to
conduct themselves like young ladies and discouraged from
engaging in premarital sex. However, if she should express
any concerns or complain about the noticeable disparity in
how she is treated compared to her brothers, she is told by
her mother that is just the way things are and to deal with
it. This happens in the classroom, too! Females who voice
their concerns, especially mothers, are labeled nags!
It's no wonder that a woman's self-esteem is non-existent!
She is told most of her life that her feelings do not
matter.
The boys, on the other hand, are never given any
instruction, now. They are not told about their bodies, the
immorality of premarital sex, or even about the manipulative
women lurking around for them. What usually happens is that
these boys start engaging in sexual promiscuity without any
stern warning from their parents, especially fathers.
Instead, the common response regarding young male
promiscuity is either boys will be boys or the boys don't
bring the babies home. They grow up to become irresponsible
young men who are incapable of taking care of themselves or
their families.
It is very common to have an unemployed, male adult living
at home with his parents. This is not due to financial
issues. They just weren't given the tools they'd need to
become independent. Women, be it their mothers or unlucky
wives, pick up their slack.
As with any form of oppression, whether it's racism or male
chauvinism, the oppressor believes that he should be
accommodated by the very people he oppresses. Mothers
accommodate and reinforce their sons poor behavior. What
these young men expect are for women to swoon at their feet
ready and willing to accommodate in every way that their
mothers did! When these young, self-empowered women scoff at
them then, comes the insults and the questioning of their
sexual orientation.
The answer to male chauvinism is not feminism. Feminism has
driven a further wedge between men and women plus, it
emasculates men.
Fortunately, the text for how Muslims should conduct
themselves is laid out in the Holy Qur'an and authentic
Hadith. Unfortunately, Muslim converts and their offspring,
be it in America or elsewhere, are not submitting themselves
to Allah, completely. We cannot give our children Muslim
names and send only the wife and kids to Jummah and let that
be it! The first step is to finally realize that these
chauvinistic traditions of our well-meaning parents,
grandparents, etc are un-Islamic and benefit no one. Only
then can we move to embrace and incorporate Islamic concepts
when raising our children. Muslim men and women should be on
the same spiritual level, in general.
People watching this particular episode of The People's
Court would rather believe that this misguided Muslimah
behaved the way she did because of Islam but, she is really
the product of an American male chauvinist society.
Salaam,
Sis. 'Aisha
With thanks to Linda Richard
Accused "Terror plotter" Mehanna wants convictions
overturned
By Alyssa A. Botelho
Relatives, supporters, and attorneys for Tarek Mehanna were
both hopeful and skeptical today as a federal appeals court
was urged to overturn the former Sudbury man's 2011
convictions for conspiring to kill American soldiers in Iraq
and supporting Al Qaeda.
Attorney Sabin Willett asked a three-judge panel of the US
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit to throw out the
convictions. He said Mehanna had only expressed his views,
which he had a right to do, and there was insufficient
evidence to show his client was linked to the Al Qaeda
terror group.
"Our view is that if the government cannot tie the knot
between Mehanna and Al Qaeda, this is simply speech, just
protected opinion," Willett said after the oral argument at
the Moakley courthouse in South Boston. "We think this is a
powerful argument. ... All he has done is talk a lot, and
talk loudly."
After a closely watched trial, Mehanna was sentenced to 17½
years in federal prison following his convictions on seven
counts of conspiring to provide material support to
terrorists, conspiring to kill in a foreign country, and of
lying to authorities in a terrorism investigation.
Mehanna, a pharmacy college graduate student from Subdury,
was convicted of providing material support to the terror
group Al Qaeda for seeking out paramilitary training in
Yemen so he could carry out jihad, or holy war, against US
soldiers in Iraq. He was also convicted of using his
knowledge of Arabic to translate and distribute documents
promoting Al Qaeda's ideology, in an effort to inspire
others to violent jihad.
More than 50 family members and supporters attended the
hearing today, including Kate Bonner-Jackson, 30, of Jamaica
Plains, an organizer for the Tarek Mehanna Support
Committee
"To me, it's a case about Islamophobia and our dominance
over other countries," said Bonner-Jackson. "Tarek was vocal
about people's right to self-defense, especially in
countries that the US invades."
As was true when Mehanna was tried in the same courthouse in
2011 and then sentenced to prison in early 2012, Mehanna's
parents, Ahmed and Souad, and his younger brother, Tamer,
were at the courthouse today.
"It was hard for me to come back to this [court] room again
and see their [the prosecutors'] faces," said Souad Mehanna.
"My son is innocent and they're still locking him away from
me."
After the oral argument, where the judges grilled federal
prosecutors about the legal underpinnings and evidence in
the case, Souad Mehanna was slightly hopeful.
"We can't wait for him to come out and live his life, for
all of us to live our lives,'' she said, then added, "if we
don't win this time, we will keep fighting."
But US Attorney Carmen Ortiz's office urged the three-judge
panel to leave Mehanna's convictions intact. Assistant US
Attorney Elizabeth Collery said the jury that convicted him
heard "what his beliefs originally were, how he talked about
them with other people, and [tried to] recruit others to his
cause."
During his trial, FBI agents testified about videos of
suicide bombings and of the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist
attacks that were found on Mehanna's computer, following a
secret search of his Sudbury home in 2006. Mehanna also
possessed videos and documents produced by Al Qaeda, and
prosecutors said he used his knowledge of Arabic to
translate them, following the terror group's call for
followers to spread its message in the West.
Prosecutors say the information showed Mehanna's state of
mind in 2004, when he traveled to Yemen with a friend, Ahmad
Abousamra. A third man, Kareem Abuzahra, joined them but
returned halfway through the trip after his father had
reportedly gotten ill.
Abuzahra was also investigated, but he cooperated with
authorities and testified under immunity that the three of
them discussed going to Yemen to seek paramilitary training,
so they could fight in Iraq.
Abuzahra testified that Mehanna had told him once he
returned to the United States that he failed to find a
terrorist camp, and he said they agreed to tell
investigators a cover story that they went to Yemen in
search of further schooling in their Muslim faith.
Defense attorneys sought to impeach the testimony of
Abuzahra, who was seen as the government's key witness. The
lawyers got him to acknowledge that he was the one among his
friends who inquired about obtaining weapons and who
discussed the possibility of a domestic terror attack at an
Air Force base or shopping mall.
Alyssa A. Botelho can be reached at
alyssa.botelho@globe.com. Follow her on Twitter at
@AlyssaABotelho.
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General Sisi & Al-Baradei were in Contact with Israel before
the Coup in Egypt
The Egyptian military (and opposition) were in contact with
the Israeli government prior to the coupIsraeli military
analyst Roni Daniel revealed on Sunday that the Egyptian
General Abdul-Fattah al-Sisi informed Israel of his efforts
to remove President Mohamed Morsi three days before the
coup. Speaking to the Israeli TV channel 2, Daniel said that
Al-Sisi asked Israel to monitor the Palestinian Islamic
movement Hamas, which rules the Gaza Strip. He said Al-Sisi
was afraid of Hamas, but his fear faded after the Israeli
assurance that everything in Gaza has been under strict
surveillance. Israel advised Al-Sisi to destroy the tunnels.
Daniel asserted that the military coup in Egypt is useful to
Israel and it had been an "urgent demand" for Israeli and
its security. Military analysts did not hesitate to confirm
news about contacts between Al-Sisi and Mohamed El-Baradei
from the Egyptian side and government officials from the
Israeli side. He said that El-Baradei met Israeli Prime
Minister Benjamin Netanyahu once before the coup and again
after the coup. According to Daniel, Israel promised
Al-Baradei to help lobby for Western recognition with the
new government (after Morsi). The Egyptian army started
damaging tunnels to Gaza several days before the coup took
place. The tunnels are the main lifeline for Gaza residents
who have been living an Israeli, internationally backed
siege since 2006. Despite frenzied defamation campaigns
against them by the Egyptian media and the Egyptian
anti-Morsi elite, Hamas asserted its longstanding position
towards what is happening in Egypt. They have said that they
do not interfere with any of the state's internal affairs. -
See more at:
http://www.middleeastmonitor.com/news/middle-east/6575-al-sii-informed-israel-of-the-coup-three-days-prior#sthash.OXN6c6o.dpuf
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