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Kandahar Still in Taliban Hands: Islamists Massacred in Mazar Sharif
Taliban in Kunduz break n.a. assault Column: U.S. bombing Raids Again
{Media watch: An almost hour long PBS report, November 15, indicated
the
serious tensions building up between "Saudi" Arabia and the U.S. The
program
brought up the fact that Osama Bin Ladin has strong support in Arabia.
The
underlying issue is Arabia's Islamic identity versus cultural
imperialism and
hegemony of the U.S. If the line of inquiry visible in the PBS show
continues, conflict between the U.S. and Arabia is probable in the near
future.}
{ATROCITY STORIES ABOUT TALIBAN AND WOMEN: The demonization campaign
against
the Taliban began with stories about oppression of women. Both Muslim
and
non-Muslim women have been misled by the propaganda. One fabrication,
prepared by RAWA, a communistic women's group, depicting a Talib with a
gun
aimed at a kneeling woman, was first shown on CNN and then later
published on
one of the U.S. leaflets dropped in Afghanistan.
Our response to CNN's story received wide distribution. For our new
readers,
we can send you a copy. It was titled: CNN ON TALIBAN AND WOMEN: LIES,
WHITE
LIES, and DAMN LIES.}
{The charitable women accused of trying to spread Christianity to
starving
families in Afghanistan, have been released unharmed by the Taliban.
First
reports indicate that they are in good health and were never
mistreated.}
OUR APOLOGIES TO READERS for our report two days back(Nov.13) that the
Taliban had withdrawn from Kandahar. It appears that an attempt to
take the
city was organized by mercenary tribesmen who were paid to march in.
However,
they met stiff resistance and withdrew.
{Yesterday the U.S. media reported that the anti-Taliban groups hold
80% of
Afghanistan. Today the claim has shrunk to 50%.}
{The situation in Jalalabad is not clear. It appears that the Taliban
fighting force has withdrawn but the public continues to support them.}
KUNDUZ DEFENDERS BREAK northern alliance column: Just when it seemed
that
the Islamic resistance was over, the n.a. suffered a stunning blow at
Kunduz.
Their armored column was rushing down on Kunduz (Nov. 13) when they
were
ambushed by the Islamic fighters. The n.a. retreated from Kunduz on
Nov. 14.
On Nov. 15, the U.S. started bombing Kunduz again.
The Taliban defenders of Kunduz are reportedly from Chechnya,
Kashmir,
Pakistan and Somalia. Observers say that it is this international unity
of
Muslims under Taliban banners which is the most irksome for the U.S. As
long
as Muslims are divided into nationalities, they are no problem.
Internationalism is the Islam of the Qu'ran: Surely the believers are
none
other than ONE brotherhood/sisterhood.
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520 ISLAMIC VOLUNTEERS SLAUGHTERED IN MAZARE SHARIF
News have now come out of a second massacre of Islamists in
Mazare
Sharif by the Dostum Communist/Shi'ite segments of the Northern
Alliance. A
group of Islamic exiles from Uzbekistan, Chechnya and several other
countries
had taken refuge in a school. They resisted as long as they had
ammunition:
When they ran out of bullets, the N.A. surrounded the school with tanks
and
slaughtered the refugees. (Inna lillahe wa inna alaihi rajeoon.)
{About such martyrs, Allama Iqbal wrote:
SHAHADAT HAY MATLOOB-O-MAQSOODE MOMIN
NA MAAL-e-GHANIMAT, NA KISHWAR KUSHAI
("The true believer's desire and purpose is martyrdom")
("Not war booty, nor conquest and dominion.")
Before this, 100 Pakistani prisoners were murdered by the northern
alliance forces.
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{RAMADAN: Jamaat al-Muslimeen's IFTA representative has announced that
crescent sighting is not possible on November 15. Hence for those who
follow
the Sunnah, the first of Ramadan is expected to be on November 17.}
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IMAM ALI HAS ISSUED A COMPREHENSIVE GUIDE ON RULES AND REQUIREMENTS
FOR THE
MONTH OF FASTING. His article has been widely distributed. Let us know
if you
have not seen it.
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