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A reader says: Governor Ridge of Homeland
Security was the one who insisted
on the DEATH PENALTY for MUMIA ABU JAMAL
before public protests stopped it.
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TWO U.S. ARMY SERGEANTS WHO WERE WOUNDED IN DECEMBER IN
AFGHANISTAN
in a grenade attack appeared on
Fox TV
on March 14.
Their news was not previously
publicized. It appears that U.S. forces are not
only facing the RESURGENCE OF
THE TALIBAN, and the Jihad call of Gulbuddin
Hikmatyar, but also random
attacks from Afghans NOT AFFILIATED WITH ANY
GROUP.
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College Student Accepts Islam in Pennsylvania
Following
Dr. Kaukab Siddique's
juma'
khutba
in Pennsylvania on March
14, 2003, a college student accepted Islam. Dr.
Siddique made sure he was
accepting with full understanding and without any
pressure of any kind before
asking him to recite the kalima shahada. Those
present raised the TAKBIR.
Sweets were distributed in celebration.
Among the dignitaries present were Dr. Abdul
Alim Shabazz, an elder of
the Islamic community in America, and
Sis. Motisola M. Abdallah,
Secretary
General of Jamaat al-Muslimeen.
Special thanks go to the
Egyptian
sister who helped the young man during
his studies and search for Islam.
A beautifully printed
Qur'an
with Abdullah Yusuf Ali's translation and
commentary (printed in Pakistan) was gifted to
the young new Muslim.
2 points from KHUTBA: The TEXT was SURA
Al-BALAD .... "free the
slave....".
{During his khutba, Dr. Siddique emphasized that
the teachings of Abraham,
Moses and Jesus are completed and perfected in
the example of Muhammad (peace
be on them all).}
He said: It is the religious duty of Muslims to
help Americans understand
what is the truth about today's war situation.
Nearly 50% of the American
people are unable to understand because of the
COMING TOGETHER OF THE U.S. GOVERNMENT and the U.S.
MEDIA.
He said,
Zionist
Jews
have taken over this beautiful country.
Dr. Siddique deplored the exploitation and
oppression of women in America.
Africans
brought as slaves to America were able to survive
spiritually because AFRICAN WOMEN WERE STRONG and
DID NOT FORGET THE HERITAGE
OF ISLAM. In the NEW slavery we are facing, the
power structure is trying to
destroy womanhood, making drugees out of mothers
and prostitutes out of
daughters...
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BADI ALI WARNED BY FBI NOT TO BECOME HUMAN SHIELD
BUT he will...
March 11 at about 8:33 am on the National feed for
NPR
there was a great
interview with Badi Ali and Mohammed from the
Islamic Center of the Triad about their trip to
Iraq
as Human Shields. Badi and Mohammed's interviews
were outstanding and very courageous.
They have been warned by the FBI in person not to
go to Iraq and during the
interview this morning several Feds said that
they would get into serious
trouble if they went. Badi and Mohammad did a
beautiful job explaining their
religious reasons for this trip and their support
for the US based on their
right to free speech under the Constitution and
the Bill of Rights. Simply
wonderful!!
I think you can hear the show by going to
www.npr.org
and then go to Morning
Edition for March 11.
Unfortunately it is not one of the highlighted items
that you can pull-up separately. However, it was
a lengthy segment of about 6 minutes.
Congratulations to the Islamic Center of the
Triad and their wonderful work
for Peace and Justice.
John Young
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One -Time
MALCOLM X
ATTORNEY CRITICAL OF SALMAN
RUSHDIE PRODUCTION
[Report from our New York City representative,
Sis. Aisha]
Salaam Bro. Siddique,
I pray that you are in good spirits. I have a
feeling you are from the last
email about the 5 million protestors in
Pakistan.
That was an invigorating
read. It will take some time but, I believe that
non-Muslims are beginning to
follow our example and speak out more than ever
before. It seems to be such a
united effort.
Here are some of what's been going on in the New
York area:
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[AN EXAMPLE OF JEWS OPPOSED TO
ISRAEL.]
Israel Exposed!: Last night, there was a program
called "If Only America
Knew..." on public access. It was about
Israel-Occupied territories and the
government's brutality toward the
Palestinians.
I don't know how they were
able to do this but, they were over there and
they showed the bulldozers
knocking down Palestinian homes as well as other
village ruins. The piece was
put together by none other than the Kunstler
Clan. I remember the famed civil
rights attorney. I guess his family is carrying
on his legacy.
Rushdie's New Play:
(Source:
New York Amsterdam News
vol. 94 no. 10 March 6 - March 12, 2003)
Salman Rushdie is putting on a new play,
"Midnight's Children" at the Apollo
Theater starting March 22 for 12 scheduled
performances. The play is 3 hours
and the Muslim Community is said to be a little
apprehensive about it. The
play is being performed by the Royal Shakespeare
Company in conjunction with
Columbia University, University of Michigan and
the University Musical
Society.
Imam Taalib Abdur-Rashid reviewed the play's
script and found one scene where
a Muslim woman patient's exposing herself to male
doctor troubling. The
executive director of the Apollo Theater, David
Rodriguez, said in a New York
Times article -- stated that "Midnight's
Children" is "the first direct
artistic collaboration with Columbia that anyone
here can remember" and hoped
for more collaborations.
However, former Apollo owner, Percy Sutton, felt
that Rodriguez disrespected
the Muslim community by not consulting with us
first before allowing the play
to perform: "This guy doesn't live in the
community. His bottom line is not
the interest of the people of Harlem, so he is
not sensitive to the subtle
dynamics here," said the long time Harlemite and
one time Malcolm X attorney.
Sutton, who still serves as advisor to Malcom X's
daughters, added, "I would
have reached out to my Muslim brothers before
booking a production by such a
controversial author."
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That's my sentiment exactly. But, who owns the
Apollo, now? Sutton owned it
for years until his friends like Congresman
Rangel possibly stabbed him in
the back.
I was watching the Winston Gilchrist Show, which
comes on public access
cable, and Dr. James Smalls was the guest. Mr.
Gilchrist posed the question
of why do blacks seem to be worse off than
before? Dr. Smalls stated that the
Civil Rights Struggle for blacks focused on
integration and voting rights
but, left out economic building in the black
community. Gilchrist pointed out
that the black Muslims emphasized black ownership
and Dr. Smalls responded
that most blacks bought into the civil rights
movement controlled by the very
white liberals who own most areas of black
communities till this day.
JEWS ARE OWNERS EXPLOITING BLACK COMMUNITY
The
NAACP
was created by 56 whites with W.E.B.
DuBois as its figure head. I
believe that in America with ownership comes
power. Ninety-eight percent of
Harlem is owned by Jews/Whites. Is ownership the
solution for Muslims?
You can't always emulate what your enemies do
but, the Jews moved from the
Lower East Side slums to the position of power
they now have. But that's not
a fair example. Many Jews could pass for white
and before Israel came into
existence, Hollywood Jewish actors/actresses were
still changing their names
and appearances to look more Anglo. And that was
being done inspite of the
fact that Jews owned Hollywood! Oy, talk about
self-hatred. Many of the
Jewish execs suggested the anglo names to be
used! But, most immigrants who
choose to come here buy some property and
supposedly that's who the
politicians respond to in these instances.
Many of society's underdogs were victimized in
some way and sought to gain
leverage. For instance, the Jews have infiltrated
the mainstream media, real
estate, law, medical profession, and in New York
it's the education field.
I've been told that the Jews don't have the type
of power they have in New
York but, they do in the mainstream media. But,
how much of zionist power is
based on the American Oil companies need for
Israel?
The principle is that people should respect
others but, in this country it
must be earned with the victim having some
leverage. Latinos are buying up
radio stations and cable satellites like crazy.
They're the largest
"minority" goup in the country and they choose
not to clarify themselves by
race. Even the census board claims not to keep a
stat on their numbers
because they don't choose a "race". We Muslims
need some kind of leverage and
we can do that without buying into the system, I
believe.
I don't claim to have any knowledge. It's just a
thought.
Salaam,
Sis. 'Aisha
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ONE CORRECTION: The Pakistani mass rally was:
FIVE MILLION, not 500,000-Editor
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2003-03-15 Sat 08:19ct