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22 Muharram,1436/November 16, 2014 Issue # 46, Newsletter # 1576
Hadith of the Week
"Surely Allah is so pleased when one of you repents like
one is pleased to find something one had lost."
Prophet Muhammad, pbuh, in Sunan of Ibn Maja, kitabuz Zuhd,
hadith # 4247.
[Sent by Muhammad Ali Hassan, Karachi, Pakistan.]
Shamim Siddiqi's Ground Breaking New Book:
GLOBAL ISLAMIC
MOVEMENT: Why and How. Constructive Criticism of Existing
Islamic Movements.
An Introductory note by Syed Munawar Hasan, former Ameer of
Jamaate Islami Pakistan:
I am one of those lucky persons who are friends to Br.
Shamim Siddiqi. He is an intellectual, a thinker and a
devoted activist of Islamic movement. He has remained
actively engaged with the Islamic Movement in the Sub-
Continent and presently is occupied with the same kind of
activities in the United States. He has been brought up in
the East and has a firsthand experience of the West.
He has his own vision about the Islamic Movement, which he
articulates through his books.
He has authored yet another book titled as "Global Islamic
Movement - Why and How?" and he has been very kind to ask me
to offer my comments on the above book before it is
published. I had a chance to have a cursory look on the
contents of the book with the following observations. One
thing, which perturbs the author is the fact that the most
misunderstood thing in today's world is nothing but "Islam"
- the System of life that God has sent to mankind through
His Messengers with divine guidance to live, act and behave
on this earth; to enjoy justice, peace and harmony all
around. He is also worried that the Muslim Ummah is not
organized "Globally" to discharge its duty of "Ummatun
Wasatan" as ordained by Allah Almighty. He complains that
there are fifty seven Muslim countries on earth but this
paramount agenda is not operative anywhere. As such, the
Muslims have become the contributory factor towards the
prevailing injustices
He describes in detail the strategy to establish an Islamic
State. However, he is of the view that the on-going Islamic
Movements could not do their home work even after working
for about eighty years. According to him they could not
build the requisite urge in the Muslim masses for Islam as
their only way of life. On the contrary, the powers opposed
to Islam are more organized and determined to stop Islam to
become a political entity.
The author has discussed some problems of the modern world
whose solution was available only with Islam.
However, he has not elaborated these problems as these are
seen by the western scholars themselves. Likewise, he
proclaims that the capitalist economy will collapse by the
year 2050 but he has not shared with his reader the data or
rationale of this hypothesis.
In my opinion Br. Shamim Siddiqi has outlined the issues
like correct understanding of Islam, adopting a successful
strategy for establishing an Islamic State in the modern
perspective, disseminating dawah ilallah in an effective
manner, problems of modern world and western society, etc.
It is for the others to further investigate and research
these subjects and contribute towards revival of Islam.
One may agree or disagree with the author, but it is a great
contribution towards literature of Islamic movement. I would
recommend all to study this great book.
Health Notes
Ginger Found To Reduce Premenstrual Pain and Mood
Symptoms
by Amin Shah,Boston, Massachusetts
New research has confirmed findings that ginger root can
relieve premenstrual pain and associated symptoms, without
some of the side effects associated with NSAIDs.
Medical doctors from the Tehran University of Medical
Sciences in Iran studied 70 female students between 18 and
35 years old in a three-month long double-blind,
placebo-controlled trial. The women had regular menstrual
cycles and were not taking medications, but they each had at
least five symptoms of PMS during their normal cycles.
It has been proven in recent clinical studies that ginger
root can relieve premenstrual pain in women and also help in
alleviating mood symptoms.
Both groups' PMS symptom severity scores were calculated
before and after each of the three months. The researchers
found that while both groups averaged between 106 and 110
points on the PMS severity testing at the beginning of the
study, the ginger group scored significantly lower on all
PMS symptoms at the end of each month.
After one month, the ginger group's scores averaged 51,
while the placebo group averaged 105.7. After three months,
the ginger group's scores averaged 49 while the placebo
group averaged 107. After the third month, the ginger
group's scores averaged 47 while the placebo group averaged
106.
These trends were also evident for mood symptoms. Both
groups scored between 37 and 39 in the beginning. The
placebo group's mood scores were 13.4 after the three months
while the placebo group's mood scores were 38.4 after the
three months.
Behavioral symptom score differences were more dramatic.
Both scored between 25 and 26 in the beginning. At the end
of the three months, the ginger group scored 10.8 while the
placebo group's scores were 25.6. Physical symptoms alone
were also significantly lower for the ginger group. After
three months the ginger group's scores were 22.7 while the
placebo group's scores were a little over 42.
Not only can ginger reduce PMS pain among women, it was also
found that ginger was helpful in the treatment of
hyperemesis gravidarum - a condition condition characterized
by vomiting and nausea. Other research has shown ginger can
significantly reduce women's pain. Another recent study from
Iran - this from the Mashhad University of Medical Sciences
- also found that ginger can reduce PMS pain.
The researchers tested 150 female students who took
-
a
ginger
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zinc sulfate or
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a placebo.
This study found
that severity of pain scores were significantly lower among
both the ginger and the zinc sulfate groups, and ginger and
zinc sulfate had similar reduction in pain scores.
Still other research has found ginger's pain-reducing
effects for women. In a review by the Columbia University
College of Physicians and Surgeons, 33 different studies
related to natural options for premenstrual symptoms were
reviewed along with 58 other women's health studies. They
found ginger was among the better performing natural
remedies, with success relating to nausea. Researchers from
Israel's Technion-Israel Institute of Technology reviewed 18
studies and found that ginger was found helpful in the
treatment of hyperemesis gravidarum - a condition condition
characterized by vomiting and nausea.
Ginger's pain-relieving abilities also come without the
serious side effects of NSAIDs such as damaging the stomach
and intestines mucosal membranes and leaky gut syndrome.
Ginger's ability to treat general pain has also been proven
in clinical research. Medical researchers from the UK's
University of Exeter reviewed eight clinical studies that
included 481 persons. They found that while not all the
studies were not as rigorous as they would have liked, they
did indicate ginger's ability to reduce different forms of
pain.
Ginger's pain-relieving abilities also come without the risk
of those disorders related to NSAIDs, including damage to
the mucosal membranes of the stomach and intestines, linked
with increased intestinal permeability (leaky gut
syndrome).
CAIR and Obama say Islamic State is not Islamic.
Decide for yourself: Here is why and How the Islamic State
was Established:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pma9KwOFzOE
ا ل د و ل ة ا ل إ س ل ا م ي ة خ ل ا ف ة :
Send us specific points about why it can be called
unIslamic.
Feature - New Book by Shamim Siddiqi
Global Islamic Movement - Why & How
by Shamim Siddiqi
In the Name of Allah, the Most Compassionate, the Most
Merciful
Preface
I have been thinking from the time I realized that I am a
Muslim and have to live like Muslim, obedient to my Lord
alone throughout my life, expending my time, talents,
energies and resources in His way till I breathe my last. It
happened about 70 years ago in March 1946 when I entered
into Islam afresh as a new born Muslim. Since then it has
been the barometer of my life long pursuit and always tried
to live like that and invited a lot of Muslim brothers and
sisters to be its models for others. This is the genesis or
the building block towards resurrecting Muslim Ummah as
"Ummatun Wasatan" to guide the destiny of mankind on the
basis of Justice and fair play to all and malice to
none.
But the Muslim Ummah didn't care much about this assignment
for centuries together. Due to this gross neglect, it stands
lost today in ignominy, decay and had fallen in the quagmire
of frustration and despondency all around and, in
consequence, holds little respect in the community of
nations. Meanwhile, I followed with keen interests the
"progress" of our Islamic Movements and worked with them for
decades in Indo-Pak Sub-continent before I came over to the
States in 1976. Now I feel, unfortunately, that all the
Movements are simply bogged down in solving just the
community problems along with their ideological pursuit to
change the system of the day and establish the requisite
Islamic State somewhere in the Muslim land. However, what I
see that our Movements couldn't succeed anywhere in spite of
their most sincere pains taking efforts. Ummah stands
no-where except in a very devastated condition at all
counts.
Simultaneously, at this juncture, the secular world stands
too at the top of a sizzling volcano ready to be burst up
any moment. It couldn't solve any of the human problems -
peace, security, justice, food, clean water, clear air,
poverty, hunger, inequality, class discrimination,
protecting the rights of minorities and their habitual
exploitation. It is due to their inherent instincts of
greed, lust, temptation in every sector of human society
with fraudulent practices in trade and commerce, leaving the
human species to live in constant state of distress,
distrust and disharmony for centuries together. Equally, the
Muslims too are no exception to these calamities growing in
their midst.
On the other hand, its tyrant constituents, the Corporate
interests of capitalism, are magnifying the gap between the
rich and the poor at an accelerated pace, leaving the
have-nots to grapple with their poor standard of living to
catch the high standards of the rich but the gap is drifting
far away from them even going beyond their imagination. The
cost of living of the upper class is ballooning so much so
that the poor can never think to reach even if its nearby.
The curse and lamentation of the poor and have-nots will
kindle the top of the volcano and it will burst up soon and
that calamity may destroy the entire edifice of modern
economic structure, God forbid, into ashes.
Because of the fact, that all man-made systems to govern the
life of man and his affairs both at individual and
collective spheres, from primitive feudalism to Communism
and from Kingship to Capitalism and democratic socialism
have failed to solve human problems and deliver justice to
mankind and the human abode. Democracy too, the so-called
"hope of mankind", is counting its last days while resting
impatiently in Oxygen tents around the world with the fear
that it may collapse at any time. Its death is eminent and
no amount of "patch work" of world renowned economists, the
Noble Laurels can replenish and rejuvenate blood in its
dying veins due to its inherent defects and shortcomings of
the System.
Very soon the human society will be in search of the System
of life for its socio-moral- economic-political needs and
urges to live in harmony but, be sure, man will have no
choice but to turn his arrogant head towards the God-given
Guidance that is now available only in the shape of the
Qur'an, the last and the most updated guidance that was
given through His last and final Prophet Muhammad Ibne
Abdullah of Makkah [pbuh] that Muslims are holding and they
have to share it with the entire secular world as
theircommon heritage. The guide lines given in the Qur'an
are for the entire mankind not for the Muslims alone till
the doomsday.
It is a global phenomenon. The vested interests of the time
are so selfish, greedy, reckless and irresponsible that they
have no time to think about their down trodden fellow human
beings around the world as how disparately they are living
and passing their days and nights even with one square meal
in a day.
In the greatest democracy of the world in India alone about
500 million people go very often to sleep with empty
stomach.
The condition of the people living in Sahara desert in
Africa is worst than that but who cares?
In the USA, there are 42 million people who are leading a
life far below their own American standards poverty level
for decades but who cares?
Millions and millions of children in India and Africa are
dying every year just for want of clean water but who cares?
Years ago the G-20 committed to donate $40 Billons to this
effect but nothing came forward so for and the poor children
are dying in millions every year. Can any tragedy be worst
that this?
This shows where the selfish and the most irresponsible
materialistic world is heading towards its catastrophic end.
Sooner and later it is bound to meet its inevitable
death.
It is simply because man couldn't and cannot solve any of
his problems on his own accord without the paramount help
and guidance from his Creator and Sustainer. This guidance
has been coming to man from the day he descended on earth
but he denied it arrogantly, followed his own pursuit,
misused the bounties and favors given by God as his
Sustainer, in spite of the consistent reminders that has
been coming to him through His appointed Messengers from
Adam to Abraham, Moses, Jesus and Mohammad [pbut] but man's
obstinacy ruined him for good from the beginning of the
humanity to this day and it continues adamantly
unabated.
This is the open misuse of man's "freewill" that God gave
him to live on earth with the clear warning that if he/she
does not follow His given Guidance, he/she will meet a tight
living condition with depressed economy and when he will get
up on the Day of Judgment, he will arise blind. Man will
then ask his Lord" O my God: I have eyes on earth but why I
have no eyes in this (second) life? God will respond saying:
I gave you the eyes but you refused to see and follow the
Guidance to you through my appointed Messenger, hence you
have been raised today as blind. You had the eyes but you
never cared to see My Guidance, so you remain today blind in
consequence.
This entire dialogue is given in the Qur'an in Verses # 123
to 126 of Surah # 20 -Taha as quoted below for thinking by
every human being - Muslim, Christian, Jews, Hindus and
others as how to save his or her skin from the wrath of his
or her Lord on the Day of Judgment.
"God said: Go down hence both of you, one of you foe unto
the other. But if there come unto you from Me a guidance,
then whoso followeth My guidance, he will not go astray nor
come to grief.
But he who turneth away from remembrance of Me, his will be
a narrow life [tight and depresses economy], and I shall
bring him blind to the assembly on the Day of Resurrection.
He will say: My Lord! Wherefor hast Thou gathered me
[hither] blind, when I was won't see? He [God} will say: So
(it must be). Our revelations came unto thee but thou didst
forget them. In like manner thou art forgotten this day!"
[Qur'an: Surah Taha Verse # 123 to 126]
It is in this context, I have written this books - Global
Islamic Movement -Why & How?both for the Muslim Ummah and
the Judeo- Christian Community living on this globe to think
where lies their salvation and the solution of their ever
growing age-old worldly problems.
If Islam is a panacea for all our social, moral, economic
and political ills and evils, the Muslims must be the first
to practice it earnestly as its prime custodian, set its
living model in their personal, family and collective life
for the human society to follow suit in order to set its
house in order and get the benefits in both the worlds.
Muslims will have to take the lead as it is incumbent upon
them as "Ummatun Wasatan" and has to stand before the global
community as "Witness to mankind" to fulfill the universal
obligation of"Ba'sat A'lami" of Prophet Mohammad [pbuh] that
is still outstanding and Muslim Ummah has no choice but to
accomplish it with total devotion and dedication, failing
which the present non-Muslim world will stand as witness
against each of us on the Day of Judgment and will
complain:: O our Lord! We were never told, either
individually or collectively by the Muslim Ummah to follow
the Qur'an and the life pattern of Prophet Muhammad [pbuh]
in its totality as he (S) was the Savior of mankind till the
Doomsday.
It will be the most difficult situation for the Muslims,
especially living in Europe, America [North and South both]
and elsewhere in Japan, Australia and New Zealand to save
their skin from the wrath of Allah {SWT}, if they do not do
this job with utmost care, concern and total devotion while
begging from our Lord His pardon at the same tome for the
negligence that they have committed so for while enjoying
His bounties and favors in these lands for decades and
decades together.
They now have no choice but to strictly follow the line of
actions that I have discussed and elaborated in this book
and COMMIT themselves by completing the Commitment Form that
is given in Appendix -A at the end of this book. That is the
only way left for them now to live in these countries with
honor and dignity and then face their Creator and Sustainer
on the Day of Judgment with flying colors, Insha Allah. This
is my hope and prayers to my God to resurrect the fate of
Muslim Ummah through this process.
Question if any, kindly send it to me directly through my
E-mail:
tsidd96472@aol.com
and play your dominant part
towards introducing and spreading the Deen of Allah in the
Western secular societies where you are living and earning
your livelihood as citizens of modern world.
Before conclusion, I must express my extreme sense of
gratitude to my respected brother Dr M Rafat, Editor,
"Zindagi-e-Nau", Delhi who very graciously permitted me to
comment on his Editorial comments [Isharaat} for the month
of May 2012. it paved the way to enable to me to write this
book with new light to understand the Mission of Rasulullah
(S) in depth and conclude that his final Mission of
Universal Prophethood is yet to be accomplished by the
Muslim Ummah of today living globally in different parts of
this earth, failing which we all will be accountable to our
Lord both individually and collectively on the Day of
Judgment and there will be none to save our skin from His
wrath If we all do not fulfill that supreme obligation now
that is lying on our shoulders.
Equally, I am thankful to my beloved brother, Dr Omar Afzal
for his valuable assistance in the context of modern world,
especially the role of Judeo -Christian Community and their
denial to accept the Prophethood of Mohammad Ibne Abdullah
of Makkah [pbuh] for the entire mankind till Doomsday. May
Allah bless him immensely!
As regards the Computer work, as usual, my son Tariq A
Siddiqi and my grandson [Nawasa] Salmaan Mazhar have
rendered most valuable services both being computer experts
from beginning to the end to get this book published along
with the services rendered by my nephew Br Anwar Adil and my
grand daughter [Nawasi] Hera Soherwardy both computer
experts too in collecting the details of Muslim population
data on global basis and Muslim's whose who and designing
the title page of the book, May Allah bless each of them
eloquently.
May Allah accept this humble service to the Muslim Ummah,
help it to come out of the quagmire of frustration and
despondency and pave the way to serve the humanity at large
as witness to mankind, thereby raising us to stand as
successful.
-Shamim Siddiqi
Shamim A Siddiqi
"Global Islamic Movement - Why & How"
Address: 6 Plant Lane , Westbury, NY-11590
Phone: 516-333-4222
Book ISBN # 978-0-9819598-2-5
Price $6.95
Spotlights and Guidance
Stand for Al-Aqsa, Gaza, Palestine. If Not Now, When?
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Whenever our enemies start talking about the "rights" of
Palestine, we find that we are losing more land and facing
genocide against Muslim populations [the ummah] around the
world.
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Do not let them fool you by saying that the time to fight
is not now to liberate al-Aqsa.
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If not now, when? Confronting occupation and oppression
will change the situation of the ummah through struggle.
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This is the opportunity for the ummah to grow. With
STRUGGLE we can change the direction of the situation.
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Those who think liberation of Palestine and Al-Aqsa is
possible through negotiation are fools.
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When evil forces all over the world gather against you,
that is a sign to you that you are standing for the
Truth.
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If you don't struggle to reach your objective, you are
like a rudderless boat, drifting on the ocean of kufr.
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Struggle, Jihad, is essential for your boat to reach the
other bank, or al-Jannah.
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Islamic groups without jihad are like unfired clay which
has no power in it to change. Islamic movements nowadays are
pleasing themselves and not sacrificing or struggling.
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My son, 8 year old Osama, refused to do an assignment on
Greek mythology. When I asked him why, he said it is HARAM.
Then from himself he said he would like to write about Allah
and His beautiful Names. I told the teacher and she agreed
to let him do it..
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There is no freedom without struggle.
Imam Badi Ali is a Palestinian American who leads a large
congregation in Greensboro, North Carolina
Analysis
Are the Atrocity Stories True or False?
What is the context of the war?
Why is the Caliphate Fighting back?
by Kaukab Siddique, PhD
Literally every day the corporate media broadcast stories
aimed at discrediting every armed Islamic group which is
standing against America and the West.
The media are powerful and they are telecasting day and
night 24/7. Muslims have no comparable media. In America the
only Islamic medium contradicting and rebutting the attacks
being disseminated by Fox, CNN, MSNBC, ABC, CBS, NBC, BBC,
NPR, New York Times, Wall Street Journal, etc. is New
Trend.
No such comparable assault on Islamic groups as is going on
now has ever been published. Even Saddam Hussain did not
receive such abuse.
Within the Muslim ranks there are many who are simply
parroting what the corporate media are putting out. It's a
desperate situation in which even some thoughtful Muslims
are being misled.
What should be or can be done? Here is my advice:
Let's begin with the specific daily attack:Remember that
Western technology only a couple of days back landed a space
probe on a comet millions of miles away and transmitted the
structure of the comet.
With that perspective, note the following:
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The US claims Islamic State [IS] committed genocide
against Yazeedis on the Sinjar mountain. Are there any
photos of the genocide? OR EVEN OF ONE YAZEEDI being killed
or humiliated? None! Zero!
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Remember that Iraq is not Afghanistan. Millions of people
have cell phones with built in cameras. There are NO PHOTOS
of the IS committing brutalities.
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The US claims genocide against Christians. Any photos,
live broadcasts, objective interviews? NONE! ZERO
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Do you know that modern jet planes, tanks and most
armored vehicles have advanced cameras built In?. Every
action is photographed. Are there any videos, or photos of
"victories" of supporters of the West or defeats of IS?
NONE! ZERO except for the bracketing photos of vague
vehicles being targeted by the US air force.
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In Gaza, the Israelis "beheaded" entire neighborhoods,
killed more than 2500 civilians, including 500 children, and
wounded approximately 25,000 civilians. Why does the US not
publicize what happened in Gaza? If facebook had nor
provided hundreds of amateur photos of the genocide
committed by Israel, nothing would have come out.
Now look at the deeper issues:
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Islamic people are defending their own lands and their
own religion and people. The tyrant Bashar Assad does not
represent Muslims, nor does the US installed regime in
Baghdad. There is NO BASIS in international law which would
allow Israel to attack Gaza or for the US to bomb the
Islamic State, Bombing people who do not have anti-aircraft
abilities is cowardice and blatant aggression. Israel is an
occupation force.
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Palestine is the core issue. Why is Palestine not
discussed by either the Democrats or the Republicans? The
US-Israeli relationship has turned international Jewry into
an occupying element in America itself. The entire Islamic
world is deemed wrong when the Zionists decide to oppose the
Muslims,
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Islamic Caliphate is an essential of Islam. It is bound
to attract the hostility of the West because the West wants
a divided Muslim world. It is quite possible that Islamic
people have done many things which Islam does not permit.
However, there is no permission in Islam for us to condemn
Islamic people on the basis of western propaganda and
atrocity stories. We must see the evidence.
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Ulema who do not oppose the West and have taken no risk
to their lives and DUNYA in speaking the truth have no
credibility in attacking Islamic fighters.
Pakistan
Jamaate Islami Ameer Makes Specific demands for Rights of
Women. Islam is the only Religion which Guarantees
Inheritance rights for women.
by Anwar Niazi
Nov 14 - Sirajul Haq, Ameer of JI addressed a Women's
Conference at Mansoora, Lahore, at which JI women wing
leaders Humaira Tariq, Samiha Raheel Qazi, Begum Qazi Husain
Ahmed and others were also present.
Sirajul Haq said that Islam began with the protection of
women's rights.
It gave sanctity to the relationship with the womenfolk as a
mother, a sister, and a daughter. The womenfolk were not
only granted the right to inheritance but were made as a
companion in the journey for preaching and Jehad, and the
Righteous Caliphs and the Companions of the Holy Prophet(
PBUH) used to consult their women on important issues.
The JI chief demanded that those who deprived their
womenfolk of their right to inheritance be barred from
contesting elections. He said that a certificate for the
grant of inherited property to sisters be made mandatory for
the acceptance of nomination papers by the Election
Commission, just like a certificate of clearing the
utilities bills required for the purpose.
Sirajul Haq said that in order to build the country as a
welfare state, it was imperative to create job opportunities
for the womenfolk who constituted 51 per cent of the total
population.
Pakistani Educationists Denounce Malala: Organization of
Private schools in Poor Areas.
courtesy: Huffington Post, Nov 10
While many Pakistanis were grateful to finally have a role
model to celebrate when Malala Yousafzai won the Nobel Peace
Prize last month, a local education group has denounced the
renowned activist.
The All Pakistan Private Schools Federation (APPSF), a group
that claims to represent 150,000 schools across Pakistan,
proclaimed Monday "I am Not Malala" day and called for the
banning of the teenage advocate's memoir because it offends
Islam, The New York Times reported.
"We are all for education and women's empowerment," Mirza
Kashif Ali, the organization's president, told The Times.
"But the West has created this persona who is against the
Constitution and Islamic ideology of Pakistan."
Yousafzai, who was shot in the head in 2012 for openly
supporting girls' education rights, became the youngest
Nobel laureate ever in October. The teenage activist has
spread her education mission through a number of
initiatives, including her eponymous fund and her memoir,
which details her ordeal and determination to bring
education to girls across the globe.
APPSF co-opted the title of her memoir, "I am Malala," for
its Monday awareness event and marked the day with walks,
seminars and press conferences, according to the
Independent.
Among a number of his gripes, Ali accused Yousafzai, who now
lives in England, of defending author Salman Rushdie. His
novel "The Satanic Verses" remains banned in Pakistan,
according to The Times.
The group, which represents private schools from mostly poor
and middle-class areas, believes she stands in direct
opposition to everything it believes in. "She has
criticized Pakistan's ideology, its religion and its
constitution," Ali told NBC News.
The counter-event incited backlash on social media from
supporters who have proven to outweigh the opposition.
According to study released earlier this year, 30 percent of
the population said they support Yousafzai, while about a
fifth said they viewed her unfavorably. Half said they felt
indifferent, according to the Independent.
"Pakistan without its bold and brilliant women is nothing.
No bloody room for extremism in Pakistan," Razeshta Sethna,
a Karachi-based editor and writer for the Herald, wrote on
Facebook after Yousafzai won the Nobel Peace Prize. She has
"courage, intelligence and wisdom."
Kashmir
Kashmir: Indian Army's Murder protested.
[From Habib Yousufzai, Toronto, Canada,]
Hurriyat (M) to hold sit-in outside UNMOGIP office today;
Geelani calls for strike in Kulgam, Valley-wide protests
Srinagar, Nov 14: Separatist leaders Friday strongly
condemned the killing
of a civilian Tariq Ahmad in alleged Army firing at Chenigam
village of
south Kashmir's Kulgam district and urged people to register
their protest
against it. Chairman of Hurriyat Conference (G) Syed Ali
Geelani said "the killing of yet another youth by
trigger-happy forces is barbaric. "Our
innocent youth are being killed under a conspiracy to crush
the ongoing
movement for right to self-determination. The Indian forces
and police have been empowered to kill Kashmiris. I strongly
condemn the killing of Kulgam youth and appeal people to
stage protests against it on Saturday and also urge the
people of Kulgam to observe complete shutdown on
Saturday,"
Geelani said. Chairman of Hurriyat Conference (M) Mirwaiz
Umar Farooq also condemned the killing and announced that
the conglomerate will hold sit-in outside the UNMOGIP office
at Sonwar here. "Hurriyat leaders and activists will assemble
on Saturday (November 15) at the UNMOGIP office at 2 pm and
hold a sit-in to bring into focus these killings and urge
the international community to take cognizance of these
killings and pressure India to put an end to these barbaric
acts which have become the order of the day," Mirwaiz said.
"In less than two weeks, we have witnessed the brutal
killing of three young boys by the Indian forces.
The armed forces operating in the climate of impunity have
become reckless and are on a killing spree. Repeatedly, the
state forces get away with these murderous acts while the
authorities announce customary investigations which are an
eye-wash. We regret the complete apathy of the Indian civil
society and the International community towards these
recurrent killings of innocent civilians," he said.Jammu and
Kashmir Liberation Front (JKLF) has also condemned the
killing. "The killing has reopened wounds of Chattergam. We
strongly condemn it," JKLF spokesman said in a
statement.Senior leader of Hurriyat Conference Jammu Kashmir
and Chairman Democratic Freedom Party Shabir Ahmad Shah also
condemned the killing."On one side Army highlighted the
Machil sentence and on the other they killed an innocent
civilian in Kulgam," he said.
Turkey
Erdogan says Muslims, not Columbus, discovered Americas
With thanks to New Trend activist Br. Rich in Nebraska
Istanbul - Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said
Saturday that the Americas were discovered by Muslims in the
12th century, nearly three centuries before Christopher
Columbus set foot there.
"Contacts between Latin America and Islam date back to the
12th century. Muslims discovered America in 1178, not
Christopher Columbus," the conservative president said in a
televised speech during an Istanbul summit of Muslim leaders
from Latin America.
"Muslim sailors arrived in America from 1178. Columbus
mentioned the existence of a mosque on a hill on the Cuban
coast," Erdogan said. Erdogan said that Ankara was even
prepared to build a mosque at the site mentioned by the
Genoese explorer.
"I would like to talk about it to my Cuban brothers. A
mosque would go perfectly on the hill today," the Turkish
leader said. History books say that Columbus set foot on
the American continent in 1492 as he was seeking a new
maritime route to India. A tiny minority of Muslim scholars
have recently suggested a prior Muslim presence in the
Americas, although no pre-Columbian ruin of an Islamic
structure has ever been found.
In a controversial article published in 1996, historian
Youssef Mroueh refers to a diary entry from Columbus that
mentions a mosque in Cuba. But the passage is widely
understood to be a metaphorical reference to the shape of
the landscape.
War News
Syria - Al-Nusra Offensive in Idlib.
IS Fighting for Kobani and Deir ez-Zor.
Pro-Americans killed civilians including children.
According to the Syrian and Western sources, units of the
Jabhat an-Nusra/Victory Front (VF) carried out a successful
offensive in the north of the Province of Idlib. It is
reported that VF, or the Al Qaeda in Syria, seized several
towns and villages in the course of a large-scale offensive
operations with support of local population.
The provincial capital of Idlib was also stormed during the
offensive. However, the rear of VF was attacked by a
pro-American group led by Jamal Maarouf, operating under the
banner of Jabhat Thowar Suriyya/Syria Revolutionaries Front
(SRF).
As a result of fierce fightings, Maarouf's militias were
defeated. Trophies have been captured. Jamal Maarouf fled in
the direction of Hama. A part of his militia troops
dispersed, a part fled with him and a part defected to the
VF. However, the offensive on Idlib was thwarted because of
this.
On the territories liberated from Maarouf's gangs, mass
graves of victims of this pro-American formation were
discovered. Many children were executed
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qLm50Ww6Cuk
After routing out the Maarouf's group, VF fighters attacked
groups of the al-Jaysh as-Suri al-?urr/Free Syrian Army
(FSA), which were in the rear of the advancing units of
al-Qaeda in Syria. The offensive was undertaken in
connection with the fact that the FSA groups, supported by
America, began to attack the VF forces, setting up
roadblocks and blocking communications.
During the offensive, the VF managed to dislodge the FSA
from a number of settlements and bring them under their own
control. An UN military base in Quneitra was also seized
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mYd6CmDc4Y8
Meanwhile, sources of the ad-Dawla al-Islamiyya/Islamic
State (IS) reported fightings against Assadites in the
Province of Deir ez-Zor. On Monday, the main events took
place in the quarter of Hawija, where during the last days,
fierce clashes between troops of the IS and Assadites were
taking place.
Sources of the IS also reported fightings in the Province of
Homs for a military airport al-Tifor in the Province of
Hasaka against the Kurds in the town of Qamishli. The IS
command announced capture of gas field Hajar in Homs.
Fightings also continue in Kobani. Kurdish groups claim to
achieve some success in fightings against the IS after
receiving reinforcements from Iraq and the FSA.
According to their version, fightings are ongoing in Kobani
and in the surrounding villages. Warplanes of America and
its puppet Arab allies continue to bomb the IS positions.
The Kurds announced that IS units retreated from the
Syrian-Turkish border, but nevertheless "still maintain
presence in some areas of Kobani".
It is to be recall that a few days ago, one of
representatives of the Kurdish commanders acknowledged that
IS units control 60% of the territory of Kobani, renamed by
IS into Ayn al-Islam. Media sources of IS distributed a of
the city ruined by aerial bombardments.
Sources of the IS also reported differences between the
Kurds and groups of the FSA, which were transferred to the
city under pressure from Turkey. It is alleged that some FSA
groups left Kobani. Nevertheless, the Kurds refuted
information about the internal conflict.
Syria - From the Department of Monitoring, Kavkaz Center
Here is the latest situation:
During a key battle in the rugged mountains of a northern
province earlier this month, U.S.-backed Syrian rebels
collapsed before an assault by al-Qaida fighters. Some
surrendered their weapons. Others outright defected to the
militants.
A detailed account of the battle in Idlib, from a series of
interviews with opposition activists by The Associated
Press, underscores how the moderate rebels that Washington
is trying to boost to fight the Islamic State group are
instead hemorrhaging on multiple fronts.
They face an escalated assault by Islamic extremists, which
activists say are increasingly working together to eliminate
them. At the same time, a string of assassinations has
targeted some of their most powerful commanders.
"This is the end of the Free Syrian Army," said Alaa
al-Deen, an opposition activist in
Idlib, referring to Western-backed rebel groups.
"It's the beginning of an Islamic emirate."
Thousands of rebels have died fighting the Islamic State
group this year, a war that has overshadowed and undermined
the struggle to topple President Bashar Assad. Now the Nusra
Front — al-Qaida's branch in Syria, which previously was
also fighting against the Islamic State group — has turned
on more moderate factions. Two opposition figures told AP
this week that Nusra Front and the Islamic State group have
gone so far as to agree to work together against their
opponents, though so far their forces have not been seen
together on the ground.
Nusra's pivot in part is in response to U.S. airstrikes,
which have targeted the al-Qaida branch in addition to
Islamic State militants, several activists said. Nusra has
been hit three times in strikes the U.S. has said were aimed
at a secret cell of high-ranking al-Qaida militants plotting
attacks against the West. The strikes have ignited tensions
between Western-backed groups and more extreme factions, who
feel that that the Americans are hitting everyone except
Assad's forces.
In the fighting earlier this month, the Nusra Front drove
U.S.-backed factions almost completely out of the
northwestern province of Idlib, where they had been the
predominant force. During the battles, two of the strongest
Western-backed forces — the Hazm Movement and the Syrian
Revolutionaries Front —were defeated and several other
allied groups simply vanished.
The Syrian Revolutionary Front, headed by commander Jamal
Maarouf, oversaw groups ranging from village-based militias
to factions with hundreds of men. Around 10,000 to 20,000
fighters are estimated by activists to have been under his
command.
The fighting began when a group of men in the Idlib village
of Bara defected from a faction loyal to Maarouf and joined
Ahrar al-Sham, an ultraconservative Islamist force.
Maarouf first sent his nephew to Bara to retrieve the men's
weapons but that mission failed. Then Maarouf ordered his
fighters to surround and shell Bara, according to local
journalist Muayad Zurayk, activists Mohammed al-Sayid and
Alaa al-Deen, and another two activists from nearby Aleppo
province. Ahrar al-Sham asked the Nusra Front for help,
and the conflict quickly spread. Other Islamist factions,
Jund al-Aqsa and Suqour al-Sham, took Nusra's side.
The Hazm Movement got involved when its fighters at a
checkpoint halted Nusra militants trying to reach the
battle. The Nusra fighters chased the Hazm men back to their
stronghold, the nearby town of Khan Sunbul, which the
extremists then overran. At least 65 Hazm fighters defected
to the al-Qaida branch, the activists and a high-level
Syrian opposition official based in Istanbul told AP.
Within days, Maarouf's men and Hazm fighters were routed
from most of the province, most fleeing into neighboring
Aleppo. Around seven other allied factions melted away,
according to three activists.
The activists identified the groups as Western-backed
because they possess TOW anti-tank missiles, which they said
only U.S.-supported groups have.
Washington announced this summer that it intends to arm
Syrian moderates to fight the Islamic State group, but it is
awaiting congressional approval. The U.S. has only
acknowledged giving non-lethal aid to rebels, but the CIA
has said it is running a training program in Jordan, and
officials have said third parties have provided U.S.-made
weapons to factions vetted by Washington.
"There was hope that they might prove to be an effective
force in the crackdown on the al-Qaida presence in Syria —
but that has been dashed," said Aymenn al-Tamimi, an expert
on rebel groups. "They are not strong enough."
Western-backed groups are also being eroded in other ways.
There has been a series of mysterious slayings targeting
powerful rebel leaders fighting the Islamic State group.
The extremist group — and to a lesser extent the Nusra Front
— are likely behind most of the killings, but Assad's
government has also increased pressure on moderate rebels
since the start of the U.S.-led air campaign, said Torbjorn
Soltvedt, Mideast analyst at risk advisory firm
Maplecroft.
Islamic State: 'Baghdadi message' issued by jihadists
[BBC's report, BBC's language - Nov 13,2014]
Islamic State has released an audiotape it says was recorded
by its leader, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, days after reports that
he had been killed or injured.
In the recording, released via social media, the speaker
says IS fighters will never stop fighting "even if only one
soldier remains".
Correspondents say the recording appears authentic and
recent.BBC analysts say the message is probably also
intended to counter the claim that Baghdadi has been killed.
The IS leader was said to have been caught in a US-led air
strike near the Iraqi city of Mosul last week.
Thursday's 17-minute recording makes no direct reference to
that air strike, but does mention some developments that
have occurred since then.
The IS audiotape mentions US President Barack's Obama
decision to deploy an extra 1,500 troops to Iraq - a move
announced shortly after the air strike on Mosul.
BBC Arab affairs editor Sebastian Usher says the tone of the
recording is characteristically defiant and incendiary, and
the cadences and language do sound like those of the Islamic
State leader. The recording calls on IS supporters to "erupt
volcanoes of jihad" across the world.
He disparages opponents of IS as "Jews, Crusaders,
apostates... [and] devils", and says the US and its allies
"are terrified, weak and powerless".
The recording also calls for attacks in Saudi Arabia -
describing Saudi leaders as "the head of the snake" - and
says that the US-led military campaign in Syria and Iraq is
failing. Gulf state rulers, who have joined the US-led
coalition against IS, are described as "treacherous".
70 Youths Released by IS are from Kurd Community helping US
bomb the Islamic State
Freed ISIS hostage says 'they are right'. He was later
killed by PKK.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uzQsrJ8bJso
Slaughter from the Air: in two months, US bombing has killed
600 IS fighters and 68 al-Nusra plus 50 civilians including
Children.
New Air Raids by Assad's air force kill scores of
Civilians.
IS Executes 12 Syrian troops and US Hostage Kassig.
Al-Nusra advances in Deraa Province.
Starvation related riots in Damascus suburb.
November 16: Heavy fighting continued in the city of Kobane
on the Turkish Syrian border. Richard Engel of MSNBC, first
US journalist to enter Kobane, gave an hour long report on
MSNBC on November 13.He had high praise for the YPG Kurdish
communists defending Kobane. He admitted that 50% of Kobane
is in the hands of the Islamic State but US bombing is
clobbering the area controlled by IS.
Bombing by late model US jets, including B1s, have caused
heavy casualties among Islamic fighters after IS was trapped
in specific areas of Kobane.
The Islamic advance has been stopped after heavily armed
Iraqi Peshmarga reinforcements arrived from Turkey in
coordination with US bombing..
The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights stated today that
712 IS fighters and 384 Kurdish Communists YPG have been
killed in the Kobane fighting thus far. The Islamic losses
are estimates.. At least 600 of them have been killed in the
daily bombing by the US air force..
On November 11, US air force bombed the center of Raqqa, the
capital of the Islamic State. There were no fighters in the
area but funerals showed 14 civilians killed.
SOHR indicates that bombing of Islamic controlled oil
outlets by the US air force has killed 32 civilians
including 3 children. The oil is still being pumped but
slower.
Hafez al-Assad's air force continued its bombing of civilian
populations across Syria. The most damaging was the bombing
of Al-Bab in Aleppo province, a town controlled by IS, in
which 22 civilians were killed and 52 wounded.
On November 13, for the third time, the US air force bombed
what it calls the "Khorasan" group in a town in north
western Syria. Observers on the ground say that these are
attacks on al-Nusra front under the name of "Khorasan." By
attacking al-Nusra, the US is aiding Bashar Assad's forces.
At least 68 people of al-Nusra have been killed in the three
US bombing strikes.
On November 16 Western media are focusing on the execution
of Kassig and 12 of Assad's troops accused of rape and
murder. Kassig was a US ranger who fought in Iraq. More
recently he started a relief group for refugees in Syria. He
was captured by IS and is said to have become Muslim, a
claim which IS ignored.
Also today, Assad's troops in Deraa province retreated from
two areas as al-Nusra and other Islamic groups advanced.
November 15-16. In a suburb of Damascus, where people are
starving owing to blockade by Assad's Alawite elite troops,
there were food riots with people using force to raid the
food distribution areas set up by the Islamic
resistance.
Our America
Player not Present for National Anthem, insists on
Absence.
by Sis, Aisha, Jamaat al-Muslimeen. (Courtesy of Sekou
Smith's Hang Time Blog)
The Cleveland Cavaliers, an NBA team, hired David Blatt, an
Israeli, for their head coaching position, this past Spring
2014. Unfortunately, that is not the controversial issue
with this team. The controversy concerns player Dion
Waiters' not being present for the singing of the national
anthem during a recent game versus the Utah Jazz.
If you remember, in 1996, Imam Mahmoud Abdul-Rauf, then a
Denver Nuggets player, refused to be present while the
national anthem was being sung citing his Islamic faith. In
addition to a one game suspension, Abdul-Rauf and his family
also received death threats. Two idiot disc jockeys burst
into his Denver mosque blasting the national anthem on a
radio.
The Northeast Ohio Media Group keeps reporting on this
incident. Their report caused somewhat of a stir because
Waiters' response to not being present for the singing of
the national anthem was his religious beliefs. When asked
about his absence Waiters said, "It's my religion. I don't
really want to talk about that. I want to talk about
basketball. I'm not being rude, but, you know." Coach Blatt
pulled Waiters from the starting lineup and had him come off
the bench, last Wednesday, which is the day Waiters was
absent from this American sports tradition.
However, Waiters is adamant about is patriotism and love for
America. Waiters is quoted as saying, "I love my country, I
love the United States of America, I'd rather be here than
any place else", this past Sunday, 11/9/2014.
I do not know what Dion Waiters' religion is but, I just
wish that someone would have the fortitude to tell the
so-called mainstream media to back off like Muhammad Ali did
when he became a Muslim. I do not believe that there has
ever been anyone to possess such a strong spirit! There is
too much back pedaling when athletes criticize
homosexuality, racism, or Zionism.
It just proves that no revolution for a positive change can
take place without a strong faith in Allah and his system
for victory. However, I am not condemning Waiters' because
we all have to find ways to strengthen our faith in God. Who
am I to judge anyone. But, if Waiters continues to avoid
this national anthem tradition he will need Allah in his
corner because he is in for a battle!
Lincoln University Alum Refuses Token Top Position in New
York City Police
New York - On October 31st, Police Chief and LU Class of '85
Alum Philip C. Banks III stepped down after having been
named 1st Deputy Commissioner to Police Commissioner William
Bratton. The position was originally held by Fran Pinero,
who many believed was forced to retire. Pinero was Latino.
Many people were puzzled that Banks would resign rather than
take the number 2 position. Not only was it a top position
but, he would have been the most powerful Black person in
the NYPD. Now, here are the facts:
Police Chief Banks was supposed to be in line for the NYPD
Police Commissioner job but, Mayor De Blasio gave Bratton,
who is White, the position. This is William Bratton's 2nd
stint as NYPD Commissioner. He also invented Stop &
Frisk.
This deputy position, according to The 100 Blacks in Law
Enforcement program Community Cop, really offers no power
whatsoever. Banks would have been a Black face in a high
place. His ability to effect ANY change in policy would have
been removed.
However, according to the New York Daily News, during
Bratton's first tenure as NYPD Commisioner, under Mayor
Rudolph (Adolf) Giuliani, John Timoney was hired as 1st
Deputy Commissioner. It was 1995 and Bratton expanded
Timoney's powers under Interim Order No. 53. When Banks
unearthed this document, Bratton still balked at giving
Chief Philip C. Banks any such powers. So, Banks left
refusing to play the okey doke. Good for him! Obviously,
only powers belong to a White police officials.
Of course, a new person was chosen and yes, he is of
African-descent, Benjamin B. Tucker. What I don't understand
is why people in the Black Community are so devastated by
Banks' resignation? The goal of a corrupt American judicial,
penal, political, and educational system is to promote White
Supremacist lies. These devils are not going to promote
someone with a revolutionary mentality! They want someone
who is comfortable with a title, that's it!
Outreach to 70 Muslims: Jamaat al_Muslimeen's 8 Page
Document.
Newark, Delaware - Nov 14. After juma; salaat, an 8 page
Jamaat al-Muslimeen document was given to 70 Muslims, most
from Arab countries, Bangladesh and Pakistan.
The khutba was good. The imam, an Arab, taught about hadith
which encourage Muslims to see loss of kin, mishaps,
suffering and sickness as a blessing to strengthen faith and
to prepare for the Hereafter.
The 8 pages given to 70 people were as follows:
- &
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Answering Big Lie Techniques used against Islam by
Zionists & Iranians re: Hamas, Saddam, Osama, ISIS,
Afghanistan.
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Eid Greetings from Khilafa [link], and consolidated list
of Boycott of pro-Israel businesses [link] from Virginia
Jamaat.
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Pakistani JI leader Sirajul Haq speaks to large crowd in
Loralai on rights of the masses to education and
equality.[photo]
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Wagah [Lahore} bomb attack in retaliation for 1,000
killed by army in North Waziristan [Pakistan].
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Imam Hussain's martyrdom belongs to Islam &
resistance not to whining & conniving of Shia sect.
[Dr. K. Siddique]
Secularized Pakistani Americans giving Islam and Muslims a
Bad Name: Fraud resulted in 7 years and a $43.5 million
fine.
Text below written by Raja Zahid A Khanzada in the News of
Karachi
A Pakistani origin American doctor, an owner and operator of
community mental health centers in Baton Rouge, Louisiana,
Dr, Zahid Imran has broken all the records of fraud in the
American health department.
After proof of $258.5 million fraud, the court convicted and
sentenced him seven year in jail and a fine of $43.5
million.
His accomplices in this fraud were also sentenced. Chief
U.S. District Court Judge Brian A. Jackson of the Middle
District of Louisiana imposed the sentence.
The FBI , Health Department and Inspector General Louisiana
had file a case in the courts of Louisiana for the doctor's
role in a $258 million Medicare fraud scheme regarding
psychiatric services that were unnecessary or never actually
provided and hefty payments were taken from the American
health department.
As part of the scheme, Dr, Zahid Imran admitted mentally ill
patients to the facilities, some of whom were inappropriate
for partial hospitalization, and then re-certified the
patients' appropriateness for the program in an effort to
continue to bill Medicare for services.
Imran and others falsified patient treatment records to
reflect services on dates when no such services were
provided.
The investigation of three community mental health centers;
Shifa Community Mental Health Center of Baton Rouge (Shifa
Baton Rouge), Serenity Center of Baton Rouge (Serenity
Center), and Shifa Community Mental Health Center of Texas
(Shifa Texas) were used in fraud which has resulted in the
convictions of 17 individuals employed by the facilities,
including owners and the medical director, therapists,
marketers and administrators.
According to court documents, the companies billed Medicare
more than $258 million over a period of seven years.
All these people have been booked for fraud and scam.
According to court documents, Hunter, a resident of Houston,
was paid $1,500 per week in cash to direct patients to
attend the partial hospitalization program at Shifa
Texas.
Hunter, in turn, paid each patient $75 per week to attend
the program. In an effort to get patients admitted to Shifa
Texas, Hunter instructed patients as to the types of
symptoms and diagnoses to describe to physicians in order to
be admitted to the program.
Hoor Naz Jafri, 54, owned and operated two communities'
mental health centers in Baton Rouge and one in Houston. She
was to pay $43.5 million in restitution and serve
8-and-a-half years in federal prison for a Medicare
fraud.
The case was investigated by HHS-OIG, the FBI, and the
Medicaid Fraud Control Unit of the Louisiana State Attorney
General's Office, and was brought as part of the Medicare
Fraud Strike Force, under the supervision of the Criminal
Division's Fraud Section.
This case is being prosecuted by Trial Attorneys Abigail
Taylor and Dustin Davis of the Criminal Division's Fraud
Section and Assistant U.S. Attorney Shubhra Shivpuri of the
Middle District of Louisiana.
Dr. Zahid Imran belongs to Lahore in Pakistan. He received
his early education from Government Center Model School
Lahore. Later he obtained the MBBS degree from Quaid e Azam
Medical College Bahawalpur Punjab Pakistan in 1980-1981.
Thereafter he came to America where he obtained a degree to
become a Psychiatrist physician.
Dr. Zahid Imran launched an organization named "Association
of Pakistan physicians for Democracy and Justice "(APPJD) in
comparison to another organization of Pakistani doctors
called APPNA.
Under the auspices of that he invited leading Pakistani
politicians Javed Hashmi, Aitzaz Ahsan,Dr Farooq Sattar and
many others to a convention. That convention was also
attended by the American Pakistani Doctors.
Besides, there are several pictures of Dr. Zahid Imran with
the PTI chief Imran Khan and prime minister Nawaz Sharif of
various meetings.
He had special relations with the former federal minister
and current PTI KPK President Azam Swati.
It should be remembered that in America there is a large
number of Pakistani doctors. As a result of the American
government 's campaign to overcome fraud and counterfeit
activities many Pakistani born Americans have been nabbed so
far and investigations are going on against the concerned
individuals.
Viewpoint and Analysis
It can Get Worse: Israel and the coming Presidency of
Hillary Clinton
by Glen Greenwald [The Intercept]
It's easy to strike a pose of cynicism when contemplating
Hillary Clinton's inevitable (and terribly imminent)
presidential campaign. As a drearily soulless,
principle-free, power-hungry veteran of DC's game of
thrones, she's about as banal of an American politician as
it gets. One of the few unique aspects to her, perhaps the
only one, is how the genuinely inspiring gender milestone of
her election will (following the Obama model) be exploited
to obscure her primary role as guardian of the status
quo.
That she's the beneficiary of dynastic succession - who may
very well be pitted against the next heir in line from the
regal Bush dynasty (this one, not yet this one) - makes it
all the more tempting to regard #HillaryTime with an evenly
distributed mix of boredom and contempt. The tens of
millions of dollars the Clintons have jointly "earned" off
their political celebrity - much of it speaking to the very
globalists, industry groups, hedge funds, and other Wall
Street appendages who would have among the largest stake in
her presidency - make the spectacle that much more
depressing (the likely candidate is pictured above with
Goldman Sachs CEO Lloyd Blankfein at an event in
September).
But one shouldn't be so jaded. There is genuine and intense
excitement over the prospect of (another) Clinton
presidency. Many significant American factions regard her
elevation to the Oval Office as an opportunity for
rejuvenation, as a stirring symbol of hope and change, as
the vehicle for vital policy advances. Those increasingly
inspired factions include:
Wall Street
Politico Magazine, November 11, 2014 ("Why Wall Street Loves
Hillary"):
Down on Wall Street they don't believe (Clinton's populist
rhetoric) for a minute. While the finance industry does
genuinely hate Warren, the big bankers love Clinton, and by
and large they badly want her to be president. Many of the
rich and powerful in the financial industry—among them,
Goldman Sachs CEO Lloyd Blankfein, Morgan Stanley CEO James
Gorman, Tom Nides, a powerful vice chairman at Morgan
Stanley, and the heads of JPMorganChase and Bank of
America—consider Clinton a pragmatic problem-solver not
prone to populist rhetoric. To them, she's someone who gets
the idea that we all benefit if Wall Street and American
business thrive. What about her forays into fiery rhetoric?
They dismiss it quickly as political maneuvers. None of them
think she really means her populism.
Although Hillary Clinton has made no formal announcement of
her candidacy, the consensus on Wall Street is that she is
running—and running hard—and that her national organization
is quickly falling into place behind the scenes. That all
makes her attractive. Wall Street, above all, loves a
winner, especially one who is not likely to tamper too
radically with its vast money pot.
According to a wide assortment of bankers and hedge-fund
managers I spoke to for this article, Clinton's rock-solid
support on Wall Street is not anything that can be dislodged
based on a few seemingly off-the-cuff comments in Boston
calculated to protect her left flank. (For the record, she
quickly walked them back, saying she had "short-handed" her
comments about the failures of trickle-down economics by
suggesting, absurdly, that corporations don't create jobs.)
"I think people are very excited about Hillary," says one
Wall Street investment professional with close ties to
Washington. "Most people in New York on the finance side
view her as being very pragmatic. I think they have
confidence that she understands how things work and that
she's not a populist."
The Israel Lobby
Foreign Policy, Aaron David Miller, November 7, 2014 ("Would
Hillary Be Good For the Holy Land?"):
Should she become president, on one level, better ties with
Israel are virtually guaranteed. . . . Let's not forget that
the Clintons dealt with Bibi too as prime minister. It was
never easy. But clearly it was a lot more productive than
what we see now. . . . To put it simply, as a more
conventional politician, Hillary is good on Israel and
relates to the country in a way this president doesn't. . .
. Hillary is from a different generation and functioned in a
political world in which being good on Israel was both
mandatory and smart.
Let's be clear. When it comes to Israel, there is no Bill
Clinton 2.0. The former president is probably unique among
presidents for the depth of his feeling for Israel and his
willingness to put aside his own frustrations with certain
aspects of Israel's behavior, such as settlements. But this
accommodation applies to Hillary too. Both Bill and Hillary
are so enamored with the idea of Israel and its unique
history that they are prone to make certain allowances for
the reality of Israel's behavior, such as the continuing
construction of settlements.
Interventionists (i.e., war zealots)
New York Times, June 15, 2014 ("Events in Iraq Open Door for
Interventionist Revival, Historian Says"):
But Exhibit A for what Robert Kagan describes as his
"mainstream" view of American force is his relationship with
former Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, who
remains the vessel into which many interventionists are
pouring their hopes.
Mr. Kagan pointed out that he had recently attended a dinner
of foreign-policy experts at which Mrs. Clinton was the
guest of honor, and that he had served on her bipartisan
group of foreign-policy heavy hitters at the State
Department, where his wife worked as her spokeswoman.
"I feel comfortable with her on foreign policy," Mr. Kagan
said, adding that the next step after Mr. Obama's more
realist approach "could theoretically be whatever Hillary
brings to the table" if elected president. "If she pursues a
policy which we think she will pursue," he added, "it's
something that might have been called neocon, but clearly
her supporters are not going to call it that; they are going
to call it something else."
Old school neocons
New York Times, Jacob Heilbrunn, July 5, 2014 ("The Next Act
for Neocons: ... Getting Ready to Ally With Hillary
Clinton"?):
After nearly a decade in the political wilderness, the
neoconservative movement is back. . . . Even as they
castigate Mr. Obama, the neocons may be preparing a more
brazen feat: aligning themselves with Hillary Rodham Clinton
and her nascent presidential campaign, in a bid to return to
the driver's seat of American foreign policy. . . .
Other neocons have followed [Robert] Kagan's careful
centrism and respect for Mrs. Clinton. Max Boot, a senior
fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations, noted in The New
Republic this year that "it is clear that in administration
councils she was a principled voice for a strong stand on
controversial issues, whether supporting the Afghan surge or
the intervention in Libya."
And the thing is, these neocons have a point. Mrs. Clinton
voted for the Iraq war; supported sending arms to Syrian
rebels; likened Russia's president, Vladimir V. Putin, to
Adolf Hitler; wholeheartedly backs Israel; and stresses the
importance of promoting democracy.
It's easy to imagine Mrs. Clinton's making room for the
neocons in her administration. No one could charge her with
being weak on national security with the likes of Robert
Kagan on board. . . . Far from ending, then, the neocon
odyssey is about to continue. In 1972, Robert L. Bartley,
the editorial page editor of The Wall Street Journal and a
man who championed the early neocon stalwarts, shrewdly
diagnosed the movement as representing "something of a swing
group between the two major parties." Despite the partisan
battles of the early 2000s, it is remarkable how very little
has changed.
So take that, cynics. There are pockets of vibrant political
excitement stirring in the land over a Hillary Clinton
presidency. There are posters being made, buttons being
appended, checks being prepared, appointments being coveted.
The joint, allied, synergistic constituencies of plutocracy
and endless war have their beloved candidate. And it's
really quite difficult to argue that their excitement and
affection are unwarranted.
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