New Trend Magazine
(News and Analysis)
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Tens of Thousands Demonstrate In Somalia against U.S.
Mourning Ceremony did not Include Major Islamic leaders from New York
Latino Muslim Reports FBI "Visit" for suppression of Dissent
"The essence of faith will be tasted by one who has these three
qualities:
1. His/her friendship is for the sake of Allah alone.
2. He/she wants Allah and His messenger above all else.
3. He/she would rather be thrown into the
fire than to be of the rejectors after receiving faith from Allah."
(Prophet
Muhammad, pbuh, Hadith in Sunan of Nasai.)
The government of Somalia had banned all demonstrations, but in
a
tremendous outpouring of solidarity with the Islamic struggle, the
Somali
people broke all restrictions. Tens of thousands of Somalis in
Mogadishu and
other towns came out in the streets to support Osama bin Laden. They
burned
American flags and effigies of Bush. They chanted slogans in support of
unity
of all African and Islamic peoples and against planned aggression aimed
at
Afghanistan.
(The news from Somalia was given in small news scripts below the
TV
screen by MSNBC and others but there has been no discussion of its
significance.)
We are also compiling information from other parts of Africa.
VALUABLE POINTS MADE BY SOME AFRICAN OBSERVERS:
1. All Africans and Muslims share the sorrow and mourning of the people
of
New York. We would help even our enemies in such circumstances.
2. The attack on the twin towers and the Pentagon has shaken the power
of
the U.S. and Israel beyond measure. (Note the cease fire in Palestine.)
Tens
of thousands have been laid off and damage is estimated at $40 billion.
Top
businesses and financing centers, which are the heart of the economy,
have
been wiped out.
3. The U.S. will probably attack Afghanistan and hunt Osama Bin Laden
but
perceptive observers sense that the martyrdom operation of Sept. 11
will
probably lead to serious re-thinking of U.S. strategy. There is a good
chance
that the U.S. will withdraw its forces from the Middle East after the
Afghan
operation. If even one more Islamic country gets involved in martyrdom
operations against the U.S., it would mean the total failure of the
pro-Israeli U.S. foreign policy.
4. If there are serious and tragic Afghan losses, the consequences
could be
serious because the Afghan honor code teaches "badal" (retaliation),
which
could go on for the next hundred years. Even if the Taliban are wiped
out,
there will be enough Afghans left to do it. Afghans have never carried
out
martyrdom operations, but if they get into it, they will be more
fearless
than anything seen till now.
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BRIEF NEWS: The Afghan mujahideen have shot down a U.S. CIA spy plane
costing
$3.2 million, like the two Iraq shot down recently.
The U.S. seems to be preparing to strike through Tajikistan, Uzbekistan
and
the Northern Alliance. Iran is involved in conspiratorial moves with
the U.S.
Today the U.S. stated that it was in regular contact with Iran.
Pakistan
seems to be getting shy of open involvement.
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THE IMPRESSIVE MOURNING CEREMONY in NEW YORK'S YANKEE STADIUM (Sept.
23) made
people of all religions cry. The fate of the firemen and other brave
people
is truly saddening.
One peculiar aspect of the New York ceremony was the striking absence
of:
1. New York's Maslis Shura. These are the representatives of major New
York
Muslim communities, mostly African-American. Are they under suspicion?
Is
this a new McCarthyism that even loyal Muslims cannot be trusted? Is it
that
only one group can be trusted to walk the straight-and-narrow?
2. All Arab Muslims. How come New York's large Arab Muslim community
was
neglected? Which Arab Muslim would not like to mourn the sorrow of
sudden
death and destruction? Is it possible that even decent Arab Muslims
were seen
as a risk to the harmony of the well-orchestrated ceremony?
3. Are those activists who supported the cause of Imam Jamil al-Amin
being
kept out of mourning ceremonies?
Such suspicion cannot lead to national cohesion. A Muslim who rejects
U.S.
foreign policy and thinks that the war has come to USA owing to its
wars
overseas does not condone terrorism. How can there be a rational study
of the
causes of tragedy if dissenting voices are to be banned and strictly
kept
away from the public?
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EGYPT: A country to watch. Such is the popular support for Palestine
that
Mubarak, the well-paid dictator, is making NO STATEMENT in support of
American moves against Afghanistan. He does not want to be seen as
anti-Islam
though keeping in steady contact with the U.S.
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Br. Solano is a Latino Muslim activist living in Texas. Here is his
report on
how much America loves independent Muslim dissenters.
Assalamus Alaikum
This afternoon an FBI agent paid me a visit. He had a State Police
officer
with him to make it more "official"...He stated that neighbors and
numerous
people had reported suspicious activities at my apartment in that
middle
eastern type of people had visited me and had carried boxes in and out
of my
place, etc.
I told them that these were lies since nobody except Mexican-Americans
and an
African-American had ever visited me. They were looking and looking
around my
place and at my computers used for religous purposes.
Probably some Islam hating persons did call. But I suspect that they
just
don't like my Constitutionally protected remarks on the internet.
Robert Solano
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An African American (salafi) brother writes:
We are preparing to make Umrah again during the last 14 days of
Ramadan,
Inshaa'Allah; that is if the United States does not freeze all
International
flights due to the war. We are fasting and making dua that the
Afghanistanis do to the United States what was done to Russia. May
they
fight a good Jihad and may Allah azza wa jall bless them with Angels to
aid
them in their battle, Aameen.
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Our chant (is in Urdu, not Arabic):
Allah hu! Allah hu! la illaha illa hu!
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2001-11-07 Wed 12:32ct