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GOOD REASONS WHY STARBUCKS COFFEE SHOULD BE BOYCOTTED:
From Charlotte Kates,
Al-Awda News:
Here in New Brunswick, New Jersey, New Jersey Solidarity activists and
Rutgers University students will protest STARBUCKS COFFEE at 391 George
Street in downtown New Brunswick, NJ from 12 noon-1 pm on Wednesday,
November 13!
Throughout the US and around the world, Starbucks has been targeted for
boycott
by those seeking justice in
Palestine.
In addition to
Starbucks' overall shoddy corporate record, Starbucks chairman Harold
Schultz is an active
Zionist
and champion of
Israel.
He has worked actively
as a propagandist for the Israeli foreign ministry (which has praised
him
for his efforts in presenting the Israeli view on various campuses),
and has
been awarded "The Israel 50th Anniversary Tribute Award" by the
Jerusalem
Fund of Aish HaTorah. In addition, Starbucks has numerous stores
operating
in Israel and is looking toward expanding its Israeli presence.
BOYCOTT ISRAEL-BOYCOTT STARBUCKS! RALLY 12 NOON - 1 PM NOVEMBER 13 at
STARBUCKS!
To get involved further, participate in New Jersey Solidarity's General
Interest Meeting, to be held Wednesday, November 13 at 7:00 PM in the S
Lounge on the fourth floor of the Rutgers Student Center, 126 College
Avenue, New Brunswick, NJ. Take a stand--be part of the movement for
justice in Palestine!
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STOP PRESS: DEMONSTRATION IN
PAKISTAN
AGAINST KASI EXECUTION:
We received reports that several hundred people demonstrated on November 10
in Multan city, Pakistan, against the execution of Aimal Kasi scheduled
for Nov. 14 in the U.S.. The demonstrators urged the U.S. not to execute
Kasi otherwise there would be consequences. [It seems that a report was
published on the protest but somehow we can't find it.
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100 MCDONALD'S CLOSED DOWN: Power of
Islamic
Boycott
[With thanks to Br. M. Sahib,
Canada
for a long message on this issue.]
One of the supporters of Israel, the McDonald's chain has announced
that it is closing down more than 100 of its branches, mostly in the
Middle East. Non-State resistance, just like non-State jihad is having its
impact as Muslim masses realize that no ruler will fight on their behalf.
The amazing boycott surging in Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Pakistan and the
Gulf states has affected one of the biggest business empires of
pro-Zionist
America.
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NEW LEADERSHIP EMERGES TO TAKE UP CAUSE OF
IMAM JAMIL al-AMIN
Br. Hodari Abdul Ali, from Mt. Rainier, Maryland, is going to organize
and formulate the campaign in support of Imam Jamil al-Amin, the
Islamic leader of America's Muslims who has been sentenced to life after a
farcical trial in Georgia.
New Trend was informed of this new development by Imam Khalil
Abdur-Rahman of North Carolina who coordinates the International
Committee in
defense of America's Imam. Br. Hodari Ali is very prominent in the Islamic
community and is known for his support of Islamic da'wah. He played an
outstanding role in defending Sudan against the fake charges of
"slavery" which were orchestrated by the Zionist
media.
In a conversation with Br. Hodari Ali, New Trend learned that a Center
will be set up in the Washington-Maryland area to epitomize the life long
struggle of the Imam against fascism, racism and America's power
structure. Probably the Center will house a library related to materials
concerning the
struggle in America in which the Imam has played an important role.
[For the Muslims of America, Imam Jamil's is a test case. He is the
genuine rallying point for Islamic and
Black power.
In his daily life, the
Imam rejects the values and styles of western materialism. The Sunnah
of the
Prophet (pbuh) permeates his body and spirit and gives him the Islamic
authenticity which other leaders lack. His mission is based on the
Qur'an and the
Hadith,
which he quotes in response to the accusations brought against him.]
In a another development, Br. Saeed, a leading activist in the movement
to free Imam Jamil, from the Atlanta area, has provided information to
New Trend which shows a good analysis of the government's decades long
operation
to "get" Imam Jamil. We hope to bring this information to our readers
in the near future.
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UNITED NATIONS GANGING UP ON
IRAQ:
UN is America's Joke on the World
All 15 members of the UN Security Council ganged up on Iraq calling for
inspectors to go in and find weapons of mass destruction, within a very
small time frame. Once more it is clear that the self-determination and
independence of nations has become meaningless under the hegemony of the
United States.
We live in a world devoid of morality, decency and legitimacy at the
international level. A tiny country, defenseless against American
attacks, is
being bullied into submitting to agents of foreign powers running all over
its honor and prestige to find weapons which do not exist. In fact,
observers say, IF IRAQ HAD ANY SERIOUS WEAPONRY, no one would have dared to
subject it
to such humiliation. There is certainly no honor in a world power
threatening
to hurl an armada of 250,000 troops at a tiny, defenseless country
which is hit by U.S. and British planes every second or third day.
WHY IS SADDAM BEING TREATED SO HARSHLY? Our observers say, it is part
of the Zionist program to permit only those rulers to survive who accept
Israel as the agent of America in the middle east. Saddam is
UNDOUBTEDLY AN
INDEPENDENT RULER who wants his nation to follow its own policies rather be
governed from Washington like Jordan, Egypt and Saudi Arabia. More and
more Saddam is turning to Islam for sustenance and unity of the Muslim
world.
Although the weaponry he has cannot bring down America's late model jets, the
words ALLAHU AKBAR Saddam added to the Iraqi flag in 1990 are more
powerful than any late model jet fighter.
SYRIA's
ROLE in the Security Resolution vote is typical of the hypocrisy
of Arab rulers. The Syrian dictator knows that the Syrian people do not
support U.S. designs on Iraq, but at the same time he wishes to please the
U.S., his real controller. If Syria was in a difficult situation in the
Security Council vote, it could have abstained. It's vote , for or against,
wouldn't make any difference once Russia and France had accepted the U.S.
moves (and China is more interested in business than in being a world
leader.) But Syria voted FOR THE U.S. resolution to provide the
unanimity the U.S. demanded.
Later, to placate its people, the Syrian rulers issued statements
claiming
that it voted "for" to "save Iraq." The Syrian rulers must think their
people
are dumb to claim that they voted for a U.S. tailored resolution to
"save Iraq."
This kind of hypocrisy also comes out of the mouths of Saudi and
Egyptian
rulers too who KNOW THAT THEIR MASSES SUPPORT OSAMA and Al-Zawahiri
and are at boiling point about Iraq. So the rulers come out with
statements
claiming the U.S. must not use their airport facilities. (Somewhat like
Iran during the bombing of
Afghanistan:
the U.S. had not asked for Iranian bases:
right now the U.S. does not need Saudi bases. It has an armada in the
Gulf and bases in Kuwait and Qatar.)
[Syria is ruled by an elite extreme Alawite clan which is blatantly
opposed to the will of the Syrian people. DURING THE LAST 25 YEARS
SYRIA HAS
NOT FIRED A SHOT (not even one) AT ISRAEL. Its vast army establishment
holds down the Muslim masses.]
UNITY AT NON-STATE LEVEL. The Muslims of the world who do not want to be
slaves must work in a non-centralized way to help Islamic causes. Just as
jihad today is possible only at the non-state level, peaceful
resistance too
will have to be at the non-centralized level. That's the Qur'an's
concept of
UMMAH - ONE NATION FROM MOROCCO to the PHILIPPINES, FROM
CHECHNYA
to
NIGERIA.
ONE BOOK, ONE LEADER (Muhammad, pbuh), ONE NATION.
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