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Zulq'idah 15,1434/September 22, 2013 # 39
Breaking News
Muzaffarnagar, India: There has been a massacre of Muslims 
in India which started when Hindus distributed a fake video 
against Muslims. From September 7 to September 20, the 
violence against Muslim minority has been spreading across 
Uttar Pradesh. There has been some Muslims resistance but 
very little because Muslim leaders want peace. In the first 
outburst of Hindu attacks 47 Muslims ere killed, their 
houses were looted and mosques ransacked. More unarmed 
Muslims have been killed since then, some hacked to pieces 
in front of their families. The Indian army has been called 
in to restore order but the damage had already been done. 
Cases of rape of Muslim women are coming in.
The Indian Prime Minister spoke about communal harmony on 
September 20 but offered no sympathy to the Muslims.
Elsewhere in India, the rape of A Muslim girl in Hyderabad 
indicates the condition of women in general and Muslim girls 
in particular. The rapist, a Hindu named Satya Parkash 
Bihari was arrested but released after a few days owing to 
pressure on police by a Telugu leader. The girl was 
subjected to serial rape starting  on April 3, 2012. She 
disappeared for 17 months after the original rape and was 
handed over to group after group to be raped. After recovery 
the rapist was identified and arrested.
[The US media have completely censored the massacre in 
Muzaffarnagar and the tragedy in Hyderabad.]
See first first interview with a Jabhat al-Nusra fighter 
from Libya, volunteering to fight in Syria. The interview is 
riddled with western sarcasm and attempts at ridicule but it 
does answer stereotypes about the Islamics. 
Scroll way down.
Breaking news 2:
Syria: September 18: Islamic fighters advanced into Berze, 
northeastern Damascus. The Assad air force carried out 
frantic air strikes but was unable to dislodge the fighters. 
Mujahideen also clashed with Syrian army troops in Homs, 
Deir al-Zor and an enclave in Aleppo. Ferocious air attacks 
stopped their advance.
September 18-20: US backed rebels whipped by Islamic 
fighters: Mujahideen from the Islamic State of Iraq and the 
Levant [ISIL] captured the town of Azaz on the Turkish 
border which was in the hands of the Free Syrian Army [FSA]. 
After a two day battle, the FSA asked for a cease fire and 
it was accepted by the Islamics on September 20.
Breaking news 3:
Pakistan: September 15:  A Pak Taliban bomb attack killed 
Paki Major General Sanaullah and Lt. Col. Tauseef and other 
troopers in the Upper Dir area. The General was in command 
of Pakistani troops occupying Malakand. General Kayani is 
reported to be very upset.
Pakistan has released a number of Afghan Taliban leaders, 
the most senior being Mullah Baradar, second in command of 
the Islamic resistance released on September 20. [Do not 
confuse with Pak Taliban. These leaders were arrested in 
Karachi in joint operations with the CIA. Pakistanis want  
cooperation with the US to end.]
See what Munawar Hasan says, below.
Breaking news 4:
Egypt: September 20. The death toll of unarmed Muslim 
protestors calling for the release of President Morsi has 
reached 3,000 with another 10,000 wounded. The pro-Israeli 
General Sisi is wreaking havoc with US and Israeli support. 
Egypt is reeling under a reign of terror.
Signs of armed resistance are also emerging. On September 
19, when a column of Egyptian tanks rolled into Kardasa 
[across the nile from Cairo], Islamic fighters opened fire 
killing the Egyptian commander General Nabil Farag and 
injuring 10 of his troops.
Earlier on September 5, a bomb attack on the Interior 
Minister in charge of the massacre killed two police 
officers but missed him. 75 police have been killed in Egypt 
since the massacres of civilians by General Sisi began.
Breaking news 5:
Attack on Israeli-owned mall in Nairobi. September 
21.[Report incomplete]
Kenya: In retaliation for the Kenyan army's occupation of 
parts of Somalia, al-Shabab fighters attacked the Westgate 
Mall, named after an American mall, in Nairobi. At last 
reports, 39 people had been killed and 150 injured. Among 
those killed were reportedly relatives of the Kenyan 
;president who controls the Kenyan occupation army in 
Somalia.
Two French citizens were also reported killed. Several dozen 
of those injured  were wealthy Hindus from India.
The Kenyan army has advanced 100 miles into Somalia in the 
last one year and has killed several hundred Somali Muslims 
suspected of being supporters of al-Shabab. The Kenyans have 
destroyed several mosques and looted numerous Somali homes. 
Breaking news 6: [Massacre of Muslims in Nigeria censored by 
US media.]
Nigeria: In the northern states of Nigeria, the Nigerian 
army is on the  rampage against civilians who support Boko 
Haram, an anti-western Islamic movement. Heavily armed 
Nigerian troops have killed more than 150 Muslim civilians. 
September 15. The Nigerian troops lost control of  their 
discipline after they fell into a Boko Haram ambush and 40 
of them were killed.
[See background report on horrific army behavior from a 
Nigerian writer in Abuja, 
Scroll down
]
Shoora of Jamaat al-Muslimeen to Meet on October 26 in 
Maryland, Inshallah.
Host: Nadrat Siddique
Confirmed Speakers:
Dr. Abdul Alim Shabazz [Louisiana] 
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DrAAS.info
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Br. Robert Solano [Texas]
Sis. Ashira Naim [Maryland]
Dr. Kaukab Siddique [Pennsylvania]
Br. Abu Talib [New York]
Br. Ali Randall [Virginia]
Sis. Ayesha [Virginia]
Br. Salahuddin [Colorado]
It's a planning committee meeting to discuss the 
communication of issues important to US Muslims across 
America.
Jamaat al-Muslimeen uses peaceful but uncompromising 
strategies to highlight the issues relevant to oppressed 
people. Among these are:
- 
Political prisoners in the US.
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The rights of Muslim women, against objectification, 
domestic violence and trivialization.
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Opposition to Zionism, racism and Imperialism, 
particularly in the occupation of Muslim lands.
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Oppression and police brutalities in America's cities 
 - 
Boycott of businesses which support Israel.
 - 
Articulation of opposition to tyranny and genocide in 
Syria, Egypt, India, Bangladesh, Burma and China.
 
Outreach
Distribution of Jamaat al-Muslimeen literature to 101 
Muslims in Newark, Delaware
On September 20, after juma' salat, Jamaat al-Muslimeen's 
literature was given to 101 Muslims in the main Islamic 
center of Newark, Delaware. This time a good number of the 
people were from various parts of Africa and from Arab 
countries. A few were from Pakistan and Bangladesh.
The articles distributed were:
- 
Why do Muslims love Prophet Muhammad, pbuh [by Sis. 
Abida]
 - 
Islamic teachings against slavery, tyranny, dictatorship 
and male dominance. [Br. Kaukab]
 - 
US media's dirty propaganda against Islamic fighters 
opposing Syria's tyrant Assad.[New Trend media monitor]
 - 
Clever moves by US and Russia to save Assad. [NT media 
monitor]
 - 
Qur'an burner Pastor Terry Jones arrested  [Sis. 
Hamdiyya]
 - 
Brief items about Egyptian struggle and Pak JI leader 
Liaqat Baluch. [media reports.]
 
[Next two items with thanks to Sis. Kristi]
A Virus Which has no Cure Could Hit Hajj Pilgrims
Saudi Arabia has urged sick and elderly Muslims not to 
perform the Hajj pilgrimage this year as the country 
attempts to control a serious outbreak of the MERS 
coronovirus, according to AFP.
Those who do make the pilgrimage also were warned to wear 
face masks while in crowded areas to avoid the contagious 
disease, which has already killed 38 people in Saudi 
Arabia.
A statement on the Saudi Ministry of Health website 
recommends the elderly, those suffering chronic illnesses, 
such as heart, kidney, respiratory diseases and diabetes, 
people with immunity deficiency, children and women postpone 
the Umra or Hajj this year.
World Health Organization [WHO] & Lancet Magazine also 
warned against MERS
MERS appeared about a year ago and, while not much is known 
about it, scientists have noticed it has killed mostly 
people who are already weakened by diseases. MERS still has 
killed perfectly healthy people, however.
"All cases have been directly or indirectly linked to one of 
four countries in the Middle East (Saudi Arabia, Jordan, 
Qatar, and the United Arab Emirates), with most cases (90 
cases and 44 deaths) reported from Saudi Arabia," said the 
report, led by Matthew Cotton, of Britain's Wellcome Trust 
Sanger Institute and Ziad Memish of the Saudi health 
ministry.
The study was published the medical journal the Lancet.
"Human-to-human transmission of MERS has been documented in 
England, France, Tunisia, Italy, and Saudi Arabia," read the 
report.
Although scientists know where the original source came 
from, it is still unclear how people became infected, or 
when. Camels have been discovered to carry the virus and the 
bats that originally carried MERS could have also infected 
other animals, as could have the camels.
Some patients showed signs of being infected more than once 
from different sources, further complicating how people can 
contract the virus.
Causing concern for Saudi officials is the upcoming Hajj 
from Oct. 13-18. It is a mass pilgrimage to the Saudi city 
of Mecca by Muslims from all over. The Saudi government has 
asked the elderly, pregnant women, children under 12 and 
those with chronic illnesses not to make the trip. The U.S. 
government has made similar warnings to American Muslims. 
Sectarianism Buster
Umm Kulthum, brilliant young daughter of Ali, r.a., Married  
second Caliph of Islam, Umar, r.a.
Abu Bakr, r.a., daughter, also named Umm Kulthum, refused 
to marry Umar, r.a.
by Kaukab Siddique
The Internet is rife with sectarian attacks on Caliph Umar, 
r.a., the Second Caliph of Islam and one of the greatest 
Muslims of all times. Special sectarian emphasis is on the 
claim that Umar, r.a., and Ali, r.a., were enemies.
I wrote on the Internet that Umar, r.a., and Ali, r.a., were 
great friends. To cement this relationship, Ali, r.a., 
encouraged his very young daughter Umm Kulthum to marry 
Umar, r.a., the great Caliph of Islam whose armies destroyed 
the empires of Persia and Rome.
In response, Agha Khani and Shi'a extremist writers claimed 
that this marriage never happened. So, here is the 
documentation:
Here are quotes from two of the earliest classical 
historians of Islam. They did not meet each other. They 
lived in different times and were not living under Ummayad 
rulers
"THE CHILDREN OF UMAR, r.a. : Zaid and Ruqayya. The mother 
of both was Umm Kulthum the daughter of Ali, r.a., the son 
of Abu Talib, the son of Abdul Mutallib, bin Hashim. The 
mother of Umm Kulthum was Fatima, the daughter of the 
Messenger of Allah, peace be on him." [ Tabaqat al-kubra, 
vol. 3, by Muhammad ibn Sa'ad, died in 230 hijri.]
"Umar, r.a., also married Umm Kulthum, the daughter of Ali 
ibn Abi Talib whose mother was Fatima, the daughter of the 
Prophet, pbuh. Umar gave a big marriage gift.. From her he 
had two children, Zayd and Ruqayya." Tarikh Umam wa 
al-Muluk, Volume two, by Abu Jafar Jarir al-Tabari, died 310 
hijri.]
When I published this, the sectarians claimed that there was 
another Umm Kulthum, the daughter of Abu Bakr, r.a., who 
married Umar, r.a., not the one who was the daughter of Ali, 
r.a. Here is my documentation to clear up this 
confusion.
Actually, there was a daughter of Abu Bakr, r.a., also named 
Umm Kulthum. Umar, r.a., wanted to marry her but she refused 
on the plea that Umar's life style was too strict and 
difficult.
Then Umar, r.a., wanted to marry, Umm Kulthum, daughter of 
Ali, r.a., and she accepted.
In fact BOTH events, rejection by one Umm Kulthum and 
acceptance by the other are given in the SAME chapter of 
Tabari's Tarikh which I quoted earlier.
Remember Tabari is the historian who gave DETAILS of the 
TRAGEDY of KERBALA to such an extent that people  say he was 
Shia. No, he was simply a great historian.
Here is what he writes about Umm Kulthum, the daughter of 
Abu Bakr, r.a.,
"Umar, r.a., asked for the hand in marriage of Umm kulthum 
daughter of Abu Bakr, r.a. The message was sent through 
Ayesha, r.a.. When Ayesha, r.a.,asked Umm Kulthum bint Abi 
Bakr, she replied: 'I will not marry him." Ayesha, r.a., 
said: You are refusing to marry the Ameer of the Believers. 
She replied: "He lives a very harsh life style and is very 
strict with women."
[Tarikh Umam wa al-Muluk volume 3. Abu Jafar Jarir Tabari.] 
An episode from history shows the greatness of Umar, r.a, 
and the modesty of Umm Kulthum.
According to authentic hadith narrative, during the marriage 
of Umm Kulthum and Umar,r.a, the second Caliph of Islam, a 
man from the eastern front in Khorasan brought a bag filled 
with the precious jewels and diamonds captured from the 
Persian rulers. He wanted to give it to Umar, r.a., in the 
hope that Umar would reward him highly for such an expensive 
gift. He went to the Caliph's home and saw him sitting on a 
rough pillow. Umar, r.a., offered him a similar pillow and 
then Umm Kalthum sent in the meal. It was a little olive oil 
with a piece of bread and a piece of uncut salt. The man was 
shocked to see the lifestyle of the most powerful ruler of 
the world.
Umar, r.a., called out to his wife to come and sit with him. 
She answered from behind a curtain that she could hear a 
strange male voice with Umar, r.a. She said, you'll have to 
buy me a special covering such as Jafar's son bought for his 
wife [her sister] if you want me to come in front of men. 
Umar's, r.a., answer is worth quoting word for word:
"Is it not enough honor that men should say that Umm Kulthum 
is the daughter of Ali ibn Abi Talib and the wife of the 
ameer of the believers Umar?" [ Tarikh al-Umam wa al-Muluk, 
by Abi Jafar Jarir al-Tabari, Hijri 310, Vol. 3 Urdu 
translation.]
The point here is that when a woman is identified as part of 
the Islamic revolution and works with its top echelons, a 
little laxity in dress should not be a big ;problem. In our 
times we have women wearing extremely strict hijab but going 
to the White House Inaugural to support a ruler who endorses 
homosexuality, or in other cases, sisters being told that 
their prayers will not be accepted if a hair is showing. 
[As the report continues, Umar, r.a., then scolded the man 
who had brought the gift and told him to take it back to the 
mujahideen on the front and distribute it carefully 
otherwise, said Umar, r.a,, he would punish him severely. 
Dear Muslims, we need such rulers.]
With thanks to Br. Ali in Virginia
There is no such thing as Libyan, Syrian, Tunisian. We are 
all Muslims:
Jabhat al-Nusra Mujahideen
by Al Hittin
A Chat With A Radical Fighter In Syria (NPR)
- By Rima Marrouch and Kelly McEvers
Members of Jabhat al-Nusra clean their weapons, in Aleppo in 
December. The Islamist rebel group has become an 
increasingly powerful force in Syria's civil war. Ahmed 
Jadallah/Reuters /Landov
The Islamist rebel group Jabhat al-Nusra has been secretive, 
keeping to itself and refusing to meet Western journalists. 
The group has been designated a terrorist organization by 
the Obama administration and was thought to be made up 
mostly of foreign fighters, working alongside Syrian 
rebels.
But lately, members are starting to open up as more Syrians 
join the group and they make more gains on the ground in the 
fight against the Syrian government.
In the northwest Syrian town of Kafr Nabel we met a 
21-year-old fighter from the group. He said he came from 
Libya six months ago and goes by the name Brother Huthaifa. 
He says he is a "sheikh," or leader.
He agreed to meet on the condition that he could "invite us 
to Islam," though he refused to have his photo taken.
Here are highlights of the conversation:
On labeling the group
Brother Huthaifa: I object to anyone calling us 
extremists.
NPR: So what word would you use?
BH: Mujahedeen (fighter for God).
NPR: What is your vision for Syria?
BH: We Muslims have a certainty, there is talk of the 
prophet who preached that the best place on earth is the 
Levant. He also said that God chooses whom he wishes to be 
his best followers to be from here. I hope God chooses me 
and this is why I came to here, too.
NPR: What did you do before you came to Syria?
BH: I was a teacher of Quran and a sharia [Islamic law] 
student, fourth year in Benghazi, Libya. [During the 
uprising against Moammar Gadhafi], I was fighting in 
Sirte.
NPR: What is the goal of Jabhat al-Nusra in Syria?
BH: There are orders from the general command of the group 
that it is not allowed to conduct suicide operations inside 
residential neighborhoods.
On the group's attitude toward women
NPR: Will women be required to wear hijab [if the current 
regime is ousted]?
BH: Let me explain it this way. If I gave someone two 
lollipops ... one is covered and the other is not. Where 
will the germs and the bacteria go? To the uncovered one. 
And the same with the woman; if she is uncovered, the rotten 
one, who will the men chase? While if the woman is covered, 
even the most beautiful one, they will not chase her.
NPR: That brings us to the wider question of an Islamic 
state, and what does that mean for the non-Muslims?
BH: Preserving the Muslim society, that is the general rule. 
Prevention is the best treatment. What makes people commit 
sin is viewing porn films, listening to songs that provoke 
desire.
NPR: You are also in a way not respecting the minds of men. 
You immediately think that they will chase a woman who is 
unveiled.
BH: Prevention is the best treatment. Men mostly look at 
face and the body. Then he will be following women and Satan 
will be whispering into his ears.
NPR: So why don't you put on a veil, too? There are women 
who chase men?
BH: Are you really asking to get an answer or to argue?
NPR: To get an answer.
BH: Islam is a great religion. There is a verse that says: 
"Tell the believers to lower their gaze and guard their 
modesty. That is better for them, as God is aware of what 
they are doing. And tell the woman [believers] to lower 
their gaze and guard their modesty."
On why the group is becoming more public
BH: There are no guidelines regarding this matter. Because 
people want to come to Jabhat al-Nusra on their own. If you 
want to know about us, you can follow us on Twitter.
NPR: But today you were a bit upset that the media didn't 
publicize your demonstration.
BH: The problem is that the media has lost its credibility. 
The media's role is to convey what is happening on the 
ground without exaggeration. And it isn't the case. It's 
opposite. Especially when Jabhat al-Nusra was classified as 
a terrorist organization. It did not commit any terrorist 
acts outside Syria, and it doesn't have any links to 
al-Qaida, but it was classified as a terrorist organization. 
Why? Because it resisted [Syrian president] Bashar al 
Assad.
NPR: In Syria, people have different beliefs than you. So 
the question is, how can you come from a different country 
and tell Syrians how to live their lives as Muslims?
BH: In our religion, the believers are brothers and sisters. 
... There is no such thing as Libyan, Syrian, Tunisian. We 
are all Muslims.
On Islamic law
BH: We believe in the prophecy of implementing an Islamic 
state.
NPR: So once there is an Islamic state, there will be the 
cutting off the hands of thieves and the death penalty [for 
worse crimes]?
BH: I decline to answer.
NPR: The people of Syria deserve an answer.
BH: Al-Hudud [the Islamic punishments for serious crimes] 
cannot be implemented except in a Muslim country with power 
and force. With cutting off hands, we would have to 
implement the several conditions necessary for an Islamic 
state before we could do that.
NPR: We saw how your organization helped with bread 
distribution in Aleppo. Is it an important phase for you 
right now to earn the trust of the people?
BH: Yes, Sheikh Abu Mohammad al-Joulani, who is the emir of 
Jabhat al-Nusra in Syria, wrote a letter titled, "People of 
Sham we sacrifice our souls for you." In it he said that 
Jabhat al-Nusa is not a political organization but a group 
that cares in the matters of all Muslims
A Killer In Your Fridge ~ Sweet Poison...A MUST READ
September 2, 2013  [With thanks to Chacha Kamal.]
tags: aspartame, diabetes, dizziness, fibromyalgia, 
headaches, lupus, migraines, ms, muscle spasms, nutra-sweet, 
splenda
In October of 2001, my sister started getting very sick She 
had stomach spasms and she was having a hard time getting 
around. Walking was a major chore. It took everything she 
had just to get out of bed; she was in so much pain.By March 
2002, she had undergone several tissue and muscle biopsies 
and was on 24 various prescription medications. The doctors 
could not determine what was wrong with her. She was in so 
much pain, and so sick she just knew she was dying. She put 
her house, bank accounts, life insurance, etc., in her 
oldest daughter's name, and made sure that her younger 
children were to be taken care of. She also wanted her last 
hooray, so she planned a trip to Florida (basically in a 
wheelchair) for March 22nd. On March 19, I called her to ask 
how her most recent tests went, and she said they didn't 
find anything on the test, but they believe she had MS. I 
recalled an article a friend of mine e-mailed to me and I 
asked my sister if she drank diet soda? She told me that she 
did. As a matter of fact, she was getting ready to crack one 
open that moment. I told her not to open it, and to stop 
drinking the diet soda! I e-mailed her an article my friend, 
a lawyer, had sent.
My sister called me within 32 hours after our phone 
conversation and told me she had stopped drinking the diet 
soda AND she could walk! The muscle spasms went away. She 
said she didn't feel 100% but, she sure felt a lot better. 
She told me she was going to her doctor with this article 
and would call me when she got home. Well, she called me, 
and said her doctor was amazed! He is going to call all of 
his MS patients to find out if they consumed artificial 
sweeteners of any kind. In a nutshell, she was being 
poisoned by the Aspartame in the diet soda.. and literally 
dying a slow and miserable death When she got to Florida 
March 22, all she had to take was one pill, and that was a 
pill for the Aspartame poisoning! She is well on her way to 
a complete recovery. And she is walking! No wheelchair! This 
article saved her life. If it says 'SUGAR FREE' on the 
label; DO NOT EVEN THINK ABOUT IT!
I have spent several days lecturing at the WORLD 
ENVIRONMENTAL CONFERENCE on 'ASPARTAME,' marketed as 'Nutra 
Sweet,' 'Equal,' and 'Spoonful. 'In the keynote address by 
the EPA, it was announced that in the United States in 2001 
there is an epidemic of multiple sclerosis and systemic 
lupus. It was difficult to determine exactly what toxin was 
causing this to be rampant. I stood up and said that I was 
there to lecture on exactly that subject. I will explain why 
Aspartame is so dangerous: When the temperature of this 
sweetener exceeds 86 degrees F, the wood alcohol in 
ASPARTAME converts to formaldehyde and then to formic acid, 
which in turn causes metabolic acidosis. Formic acid is the 
poison found in the sting of fire ants. The methanol 
toxicity mimics, among other conditions, multiple sclerosis 
and systemic lupus. Many people were being diagnosed in 
error. Although multiple sclerosis is not a death sentence, 
Methanol toxicity is! Systemic lupus has become almost as 
rampant as multiple sclerosis, especially with Diet Coke and 
Diet Pepsi drinkers. The victim usually does not know that 
the Aspartame is the culprit. He or she continues it's use; 
irritating the lupus to such a degree that it may become a 
life-threatening condition. We have seen patients with 
systemic lupus become asymptotic, once taken off diet sodas. 
In cases of those diagnosed with Multiple Sclerosis, most of 
the symptoms disappear. We've seen many cases where vision 
loss returned and hearing loss improved markedly. This also 
applies to cases of tinnitus and fibromyalgia. During a 
lecture, I said, 'If you are using ASPARTAME (Nutra Sweet, 
Equal, Spoonful, etc) and you suffer from fibromyalgia 
symptoms, spasms, shooting, pains, numbness in your legs, 
Cramps, Vertigo, Dizziness, Headaches, Tinnitus, Joint pain, 
Unexplainable depression, anxiety attacks, slurred speech, 
blurred vision, or memory loss you probably have ASPARTAME 
poisoning!' People were jumping up during the lecture 
saying, 'I have some of these symptoms. Is it reversible?' 
Yes! Yes! Yes! STOP drinking diet sodas and be alert for 
Aspartame on food labels! Many products are fortified with 
it! This is a serious problem. Dr. Espart (one of my 
speakers) remarked that so many people seem to be 
symptomatic for MS and during his recent visit to a hospice; 
a nurse stated that six of her friends, who were heavy Diet 
Coke addicts, had all been diagnosed with MS. This is beyond 
coincidence! Diet soda is NOT a diet product! It is a 
chemically altered, multiple SODIUM (salt) and ASPARTAME 
containing product that actually makes you crave 
carbohydrates. It is far more likely to make you GAIN 
weight! These products also contain formaldehyde, which 
stores in the fat cells, particularly in the hips and 
thighs. Formaldehyde is an absolute toxin and is used 
primarily to preserve 'tissue specimens.' Many products we 
use every day contain this chemical but we SHOULD NOT store 
it IN our body! Dr. H. J. Roberts stated in his lectures 
that once free of the 'diet products' and with no 
significant increase in exercise; his patients lost an 
average of 19 pounds over a trial period. Aspartame is 
especially dangerous for diabetics. We found that some 
physicians, who believed that they had a patient with 
retinopathy, in fact, had symptoms caused by Aspartame.
The Aspartame drives the blood sugar out of control. Thus 
diabetics may suffer acute memory loss due to the fact that 
aspartic acid and phenylalanine are NEUROTOXIC when taken 
without the other amino acids necessary for a good balance. 
Treating diabetes is all about BALANCE.. Especially with 
diabetics, the Aspartame passes the blood/brain barrier and 
it then deteriorates the neurons of the brain; causing 
various levels of brain damage, Seizures, Depression, Manic 
depression, Panic attacks, Uncontrollable anger and rage. 
Consumption of Aspartame causes these same symptoms in 
non-diabetics as well. Documentation and observation also 
reveal that thousands of children diagnosed with ADD and 
ADHD have had complete turnarounds in their behavior when 
these chemicals have been removed from their diet. So called 
'behavior modification prescription drugs' (Ritalin and 
others) are no longer needed. Truth be told, they were never 
NEEDED in the first place! Most of these children were being 
'poisoned' on a daily basis with the very foods that were 
'better for them than sugar. 'It is also suspected that the 
Aspartame in thousands of pallets of diet Coke and diet 
Pepsi consumed by men and women fighting in the Gulf War, 
may be partially to blame for the well-known Gulf War 
Syndrome. Dr. Roberts warns that it can cause birth defects, 
i.e. mental retardation, if taken at the time of conception 
and during early pregnancy. Children are especially at risk 
for neurological disorders and should NEVER be given 
artificial sweeteners. There are many different case 
histories to relate of children suffering grand mal seizures 
and other neurological disturbances talking about a plague 
of neurological diseases directly caused by the use of this 
deadly poison.' Herein lies the problem: There were 
Congressional Hearings when Aspartame was included in 100 
different products and strong objection was made concerning 
its use. Since this initial hearing, there have been two 
subsequent hearings, and still nothing has been done. The 
drug and chemical lobbies have very deep pockets. Sadly, 
MONSANTO'S patent on Aspartame has EXPIRED! There are now 
over 5,000 products on the market that contain this deadly 
chemical and there will be thousands more introduced. 
Everybody wants a 'piece of the Aspartame pie. 'I assure you 
that MONSANTO, the creator of Aspartame, knows how deadly it 
is. And isn't it ironic that MONSANTO funds, among others, 
the American Diabetes Association, the American Dietetic 
Association and the Conference of the American College of 
Physicians? This has been recently exposed in the New York 
Times. These [organizations] cannot criticize any additives 
or convey their link to MONSANTO because they take money 
from the food industry and are required to endorse their 
products. Senator Howard Metzenbaum wrote and presented a 
bill that would require label warnings on products 
containing Aspartame, especially regarding pregnant women, 
children and infants. The bill would also institute 
independent studies on the known dangers and the problems 
existing in the general population regarding seizures, 
changes in brain chemistry, neurological changes and 
behavioural symptoms. The bill was killed. It is known that 
the powerful drug and chemical lobbies are responsible for 
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Pakistan
India and USA-ISRAEL are trying to Destabilize Pakistan: 
Talks with Taliban Required.
Islamic Leader Munawar Speaks to large Friday Prayer 
Gathering.
by Anwar Niazi
LAHORE, Sep. 20: Ameer, Jamaat e Islami, Pakistan, Syed 
Munawar Hasan, has said that the observation of the Chief 
Justice of Pakistan that arms made in US, India and Israel 
were flowing into Karachi, should be an eye opener for the 
government and its agencies.
Addressing the Friday congregation at Mansoora, he said that 
Karachi had turned into the arsenal for unlawful arms and 
added that until and unless, these arms were recovered, 
peace in the port city would remain a dream.
Syed Munawar Hasan said, it was a paradox that whereas India 
was sending arms and ammunition to destabilize the country, 
Prime Minister Mian Nawaz Sharif was anxious to give India 
the status of Most Favourite Country. He said, it was time 
that the rulers reviewed their stance in this regard.
He said that Karachi had become the abode of foreign powers. 
Strangely enough, on one hand, the targeted operation 
against the killers and extortionists was going on while on 
the other hand, the bloodshed had not subsided. He said an 
indiscriminate and strict operation must be carried out and 
criminals be hauled up to restore peace in the mega city and 
to end extortion.
Syed Munawar Hasan stressed that the APC unanimous 
resolution supporting dialogue with the Taliban should not 
be thrown into the waste paper basket only to serve US 
interest. He said, the American lobby propagating that 
dialogue with the Taliban was a sign of weakness, had not 
learnt any lesson from the defeat of the US and NATO at the 
hands of empty handed Afghans imbued with a strong faith. He 
said it was high time that the rulers abandoned US slavery 
and thought of saving the country from terrorism by holding 
dialogue with the Taliban. He deplored that in spite of the 
APC unanimous resolution, the government was not serious for 
talks with the Taliban. He said if the two sides were not  
serious, neither the talks would begin nor could their 
success be ensured. He said Interior Minister Ch. Nisar Ali 
Khan was now saying that the war on terror was our war 
although he was sure this had never been our war. It was 
purely an American war of which we had become a fodder, and 
terrorism in the country would not end without dissociating 
from this war.
Syed Munawar Hasan said if military operation and drone 
attacks continued, Taliban's reaction would be but natural. 
Therefore, it was imperative to stop military operation to 
begin talks.
With thanks to Br. Abu Talib in New York.]
Nigeria
Army Using Campaign Against Boko Haram to Commit Horrific 
crimes against Muslims
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The reality in today's Nigeria security challenges is that, 
Boko Haram insurgency has become an alibi for security 
official uses to kill, control and condition innocent 
people. The recent resurgence of killing and conflicts in 
Borno and now Nasarawa and recently in Apo Legislative 
Quarters in Abuja shows that our security officials are now 
the number one (1) Haram in the country. The life of 
innocent civilians is no longer safe in the hands of people 
that were paid to protect them. Recently i was shocked when 
i saw the convoy of a government official with dossing of 
security personals, out of confusion i was forced to ask a 
friend, if that was the President of Nigeria? But, got the 
shocked of my life when he says, it was the Chief of Army 
Staff; then i said, something is wrong in this country. The 
arrogance display of heavy weaponry and convoy of cars 
accompanying the man was simply unacceptable in a democratic 
set up. The recent display of rascality and immunity by our 
military officials one will be force to asked, if truly 
President Goodluck Ebale Jonathan, is still the President 
and Commander in Chief of the Armed Forces of the Federal 
Republic of Nigeria. This is because; the military seem to 
be unaccountable and responsible to any constituted 
authority in the country, except to their ogas at the 
top.
The conduct of the Nigerian Army and other security 
officials in the whole insurgency issues can be said to 
below professionalism, mar with suspicious. The Army on 
several occasions have be caught pants down in the act of 
killing innocent civilians, including the killing and 
genocide in Baga and Bama communities in Borno State. The 
military and our security personals have shown total 
disregard in respecting the constitution provision and life 
of innocent people they were paid to protect in their civil 
engagement in the so called war against terror. The life of 
an average Nigerian has no value in the eyes of our security 
men and women. In today's contemporary every second, 
minutes, hours, day, week, month and year is an added bonus 
by the Almighty God, because, our security can extinguish it 
anytime, with the trump charges of belonging to or a 
membership of the so called Boko Haram militants.
The incident in the early hour of yesterday at Apo 
legislative quarters, where innocent, hardworking and 
deprived civilians, were gunned down for living in an 
uncompleted building belonging to an Army General, shows the 
general height of rascality and immunity by the military men 
and women. For God sake 8 people, by army that were paid to 
protect them. Funny enough, the security were quick to flash 
the named tagged "Boko Haram" and the building their hiding 
out. The question is, if that is their hiding out, then, the 
General who owned the building is an accomplice, who 
harbours Boko Haram members in his building. Unfortunately, 
for both the military and State Security Service, the 
testimonies of the residences of the area, paint a different 
picture. Because, according to majority of the people 
interviewed by pressmen, they not only said nice thing about 
this innocent people, but, equally, denied any act of 
terrorism labelled against these innocent Nigerians.
The Nigerian security personals failed to understand and 
appreciate that fact, that, Nigerians are tired with all 
their lies and stage managed misrepresentation of fact. They 
killed innocent Nigerians for refusing to evacuate building 
belonging to a General. A General trained and paid by our 
taxes and resources. Is that a way to show appreciation for 
all the sacrifice Nigerian and Nigerians labour for him to 
attain such a position? Is commanding your boys to open fire 
on these innocent civilians, the best way to resolve the 
crisis? Can you compensate the life of this people with your 
ill gotten wealth? What about if one of them happens to be 
your child, what could possibly be your reaction sir? These 
are pertinent questions our unknown General needs to reflect 
upon as the blood of the innocent people hang on his neck 
and that of his of family. With another Apo incident, after 
the DCP Danjuma Mohammed episode, we are having no doubt, 
our security especially the military are not for Nigerians, 
but, against Nigerians, if the growing immunity and 
rascality is anything to go by. The Boko Haram insurgency is 
now a weapon in the hands of security officials to 
dislodged, kill and blackmails innocent Nigerians to 
submission.
Politicians, Defence contractors, Security operators, and 
foreign partners are said to be the greatest beneficiary of 
the current hopelessness; if the immunity and general 
rascality is anything to go by. From observations and 
research findings, Boko Haram insurgency has becomes a 
business franchise by different people with different 
motives or agenda whose end product is personal gains. With 
a security budget of trillion naira, one is left with no 
doubt, the beneficiary of the trillion naira budget, will 
never end this insurgency. As a key observer in the Federal 
Capital, the transformation of the city centre and environs 
with new estates especially around Utako, Jabi, Jahi, Gudu, 
Apo, Gwarinpa, and along Kubwa road etc, only reflect the 
business and tastes of new landlords in the Federal Capital 
City. From investigation, most of these building belonging 
to all manners of people including members of our security 
personals. A visit to any security or military barrack in 
Abuja, underscores, the new owners of the land. The fleets 
of wonders cars and luxuries in this barracks, reminds 
someone of Willy Mutunga's poem, "Big men in Africa 
Politics". From all indication, the salary of our security 
personals is too small to purchase such state of the art 
cars in barracks.
Now my questions- who is benefiting from the current crisis 
in the name of Boko Haram insurgency? Are our civilians 
leaders so intimidated and blackmail that they cannot act to 
protect the people who voted them to power? Are we in a 
diachy (a system where civilian and military shares power)? 
Who holds our security men accountable and responsible for 
their actions and inactions? Do we even trust and have 
confidence on our security men and women? Do we believe 
anything they say through press releases and all that? What 
is the role of Citizens in this conspiracy? Is our media 
organization with the people or with the brown envelops? Why 
is the so called senior and upcoming Civil Society's 
Organization so silent on these issues? Have they also 
bought their conscience too? What is the role of foreign 
security agencies - CIA and Mossad who we were told are now 
the biggest defence and technical consultants to our leaders 
and security agencies in this whole shenanigan?
It is important for men and women of goodwill to speak out 
before it is too late. For the originators and sponsors of 
Boko Haram insurgence, it is not a war that will end very 
soon; it is a war against Nigeria for the profit of few 
Nigerians. Just like American war on terror, with enemies 
that multiplies every day, week, months and years especially 
among Muslims and Islam; so also is the BOko Haram 
insurgence, it is an unending war. For the unlucky 
Nigerians, especially the deprived one that squat at various 
uncompleted building to make earns for a living; Apo 
Massacre is a reflection of what to come; start running 
because you have no government or security to protect you. 
You are now the FCT version of Boko haram.
For me, i believed the conspirators and gainers of this 
unending wars against innocent Nigerians, are only digging 
their own graves and are hastening the collapsed of their 
power equation. Please don't stop, continue with the 
immunity, but, remember whatever your gains (materially) 
are, will torments, and destroy you at the end. Remembers 
recently some internal system commanders died mysteriously, 
while some are now facing one calamity or sickness with 
severe consequences, it may be your turn today or tomorrow. 
Remember your children will never enjoy these blood 
resources you are accumulating; nor will they be responsible 
members of the Nigerian society, because, you cannot 
destroys other peoples' children present and future and 
expect yours to be excellent; Allah is just and justice is 
His Hallmark.
So, as we pray for God intervention, we equally wish 
Nigerians to focus on government without distractions from 
any news channels coming from anywhere, only then they will 
understand the reality called Boko Haram. Please don't 
believe whatever the security agencies are saying, they have 
been hijack by a more powerful people, working to achieve 
their evils plans. Remember they are only Nigerian security 
by name, but, their allegiance is to some powerful people 
who today control the clueless government of today. We had 
an agent of the Zionist was in town, to attend a so called 
Cybercrime conference, it all of part of the agenda; they 
are afraid, of the reawakening about to happen in Nigeria; 
but, we challenge them, whether they like it or not change 
is a Nigerian; its shall come when they least expected it. 
If you like create more Boko Haram insurgency; it will not 
deter people to rise against this impunity. The blood, 
tears, sweat and cry of the innocents people you are killing 
across the Federation, is the fertilizer that will wet the 
garment of your decline. May be someone will laugh at my 
proposition as mere fantasy, but, i say to you am not 
fantasizing, or going paranoid, but, this is a reality, 
which the security and their sponsors knew is about to 
happen, that, is why all this target killing and named of 
tagged of Muslims as terrorists. When the time comes, 
everything will fall into shapes and courageous people will 
light the candle of hope and change with their blood, sweat, 
tears, words and heart.
For Boko Haram insurgence it is indeed an unending war. Boko 
Haram is conspiracy against Nigerians; an economic and 
political weapon in the hands of evil people with sinister 
agenda against the people of Nigeria. They are in our 
government (apology to President Goodluck Jonathan), who 
told the world that they are some Boko Haram members in his 
government, but, was not Presidentially courageous enough to 
named them, because, of the dangers and cost of such to his 
life and that of his family. With the killing of innocent 
civilians in Apo Legislative Quarters, Mr President we now 
know, who the Boko Haram members are in your government. 
Unfortunately, when unjust people oppressed the people to a 
limit, they become blinded by their evil plans, which often 
lead to their self destruction. The current insurgency and 
pocket of uprising across the nation is nothing but, 
liberation instruments in the hands of belligerent Nigerians 
only if we reflect deeper and close ranks.
May Allah protect us in the hands of these spoils children 
of yesterday colonialism and today's national hopelessness, 
as they organised the loot and destruction of this promising 
country and passionate and patient people of Nigeria. Allah 
is watching and no doubt he shall visit and pays everybody 
in his coins. We sympathized with the families of all those 
that were killed since this insurgency began; equally to the 
family of innocent security men and women who were force to 
raise a gun against innocent people, without understanding 
nor appreciating why they were asked to killed or maimed 
their innocent brothers and sisters. But, remember you have 
a duty, to refuse and resign from this rascality sponsor by 
the enemies of Nigeria, for your better tomorrow. For 
Nigerians, it is time to voice out against this impunity and 
genocide taking place in our country. If you are afraid of 
death, then, remember, the innocent people in the 
uncompleted building never envisages, they will be kill. It 
is better to died doing the right thing, than, to fall for 
the bullets of these cowards, who are unable to solved any 
problems, except killing of innocent civilians. For me, the 
courage of Imam Hussein (as) in Karbala reminds me about 
sacrifice and courage. For me i know death is a beautiful 
necklace in the neck of a beautiful lady. So, fear not, it 
is time to face reality and voice out against a rampaging 
army of occupation and genocide. They want to create another 
Palestine or Somalia in Nigeria, the earlier the people rise 
against them and restore their sanity and dignity, the 
better for them. For Boko Haram, is an unending war in this 
land of hopelessness and lost opportunity?
Bukhari Muhammed Bello Jega [Abuja]
2013-09-22 Sun 08:27:46 cdt
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