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Thought of the Day:
Prophet Muhammad (pbuh) saw women and slaves as
people of Paradise:
"The messenger of Allah (peace and blessings of
Allah be on him) said:
I was shown paradise and I saw there the wife of
Abu Talha (Umm Sulaim), and
I heard someone walking there in front of me and
it was Bilal."
[Hadith
Sahih
Muslim, kitabu fadail as-sahaba radi Allahu
‘unhum]
[Comment: Umm Sulaim, r.a., was a real fighter in
the Islamic struggle, and
Bilal, r.a., met his former master in battle and
killed him, and later became
a top person in the Islamic community.]
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LATEST NEWS:
REVERSE 'SHOCK AND AWE' IN GROZNY and RIYADH
CHECHNYA:
A bomb attack in Grozny, Chechnya,
forced the Russian
occupiers to cancel their celebration of Victory
Day against Germany in 1945.
Later, May 11, a massive bomb attack by
mujahideen north of Grozny brought
down the entire building housing the puppet
'government' [comparable to that
of Karzai in Kabul], killing at least 30
government officials and wounding
another 100. Three ancillary buildings were also
nearly demolished.
RIYADH, SAUDI ARABIA: [Breaking News.] May 12,
6 PM Eastern Standard Time
[EST] first reports indicated on
NPR
that there
had been THREE explosions in
Riyadh at housing estates for westerners. A 4th
explosion was reported at
6:30.
Reports on
U.S.
TV indicate that a serious
attack has taken place. The
situation is so bloody that the Saudis are not
permitting
media
at the scene
of the attack. Observers say that the Saudis are
attempting to clean up the
scene before permitting
media
coverage. SEVEN
HOURS LATER, 1.30 AM., EST, the
Saudis were still hiding exact information on the
attack. Military forces
have sealed off the area.
It's amazing that in a major Arab capital,
U.S.
media
either do not
have a representative or are unwilling to report
because the report is so
hurtful.
However, the reports which have come in
indicate the seriousness of the
attack. The U.S. ambassador in Saudi Arabia told
CNN
by phone:
1. The resident complexes attacked house people
who are:
i. U.S. defense contractors
ii. U.S. advisers to the National Guard [internal
security forces allied to
the U.S.]
iii. U.S. advisers to the Saudi army [which is
entirely armed and organized
by the U.S.]
2. One major residence complex was reduced to
rubble in the attack.
3. No casualty figures are available but at least
40 Americans have been
wounded and perhaps 2 or more killed.
4. The situation is so serious that the U.S.
government has issued an
emergency 800 number which families of Americans
in Riyadh can call.
Other reports indicate that security at the
housing complexes was
EXTREMELY TIGHT but the attackers apparently shot
their way in and then set
off the explosions including, probably, one truck
bomb. One American woman
told CNN by phone that she heard gun shots and
hid, thinking that gunmen had
entered the complex, and then the explosion went
off.
The 4th explosion hit a joint U.S.-Saudi
business venture.
Others housed in the heavily guarded military
complexes are from Britain and
Germany.
One eyewitness said on phone to CNN said in
bad English that he had seen
ambulances carrying away the dead and the wounded
over a period of an hour
and a half.
BACKGROUND: A week back the Saudi
authorities found a cache of weapons
and were looking for 19
mujahideen.
None of them
have been found which
indicates support for the attackers among the
Arabian people.
Observers say that unless the attackers are
caught soon and punished, this
attack, in the Saudi capital, might be the
beginning of the end of the Saudi
dynasty. The emergence of Islamic power in Arabia
within the next few years
would change the history of the Muslim world.
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