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Veteran columnist Ed Miller writes that Osama bin Laden did warn
America.
Important point: Scroll down to end of this posting.
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Musharref Affirms Loyalty to America: Will Stop Fighters Trying to Help
Kashmiris
Exclusive Interview with CNN brings out the Reality Behind Indo-Pak War
Games
[Musharref's Racist Language: "White" for him means good: Black is
trouble]
Husein Ibish Makes a Fool of Himself: Tries to Claim that Jihad is not
Armed
Struggle
On June 1, 2002 self-styled Pakisani President Pervez Musharraf
gave
an exclusive interview to CNN. Here are the main points:
1. He desperately wants peace with India and is willing to sign a
"no-war"
pact.
2. He has stopped "cross-border" movement of Pakistanis who want to
join the
Kashmiri struggle against India.
3. He supports America's war on "terrorism" 100% and has not wavered in
his
resolve to help America in this war.
3a. Very few Pakistani troops have been moved from the Afghan border.
Pakistan is working hard to help America's war by keeping that border
sealed.
4. Islamic "militancy" within Pakistan is his main target and he has
worked
tirelessly to put an end to the activities of the Islamists. Many
Islamists
have been arrested.
4a. Some Islamic militants might still be infiltrating into Kashmir but
these
are inspite of Musharref's efforts. He will not tolerate such activity.
5. If India attacks, Pakistan will fight back. We have the ability to
fight
back.
6. He has made numerous peace overtures to India repeatedly and is
waiting
for an Indian response.
7. Kashmir is important to Pakistan and Pakistan will continue to give
MORAL
support to Kashmiri people.
[The funniest part of this interview is number 7. For years, Pakistani
rulers
have talked about Kashmir. Talk is cheap. When it comes to Jihad,
Pakistani
rulers are chicken.]
[During the interview, Musharref lapsed into language which might have
come
from a White racist. Answering the Indian complaint that Pakistan has
been
releasing "militants" whom it arrested, Musharref said that suspected
militants are arrested in numbers and then sorted out. Those who turn
out to
be "WHITE" (he meant clean or politically unblemished) are released.
Those
who are Black are imprisoned and those who are "gray" are
investigated.]
[Musharref's racist language indicates the mindset of the Pakistani
ruling
class. They think "White" means good. Observers say that the Pakistani
rulers
are Muslims in name in only. They are deeply tinged by Hindu Brahminism
about
some people being inherently superior to others. The idea of "white" as
clean
or good slipped out of Musharref's lips: It is an important window into
his
mind.]
[Musharref's explanation also shows the arbitrary methodology he is
following
to please America. HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE ARE ARRESTED just because they
have a
beard or "look militant." And then they are "sorted out" by Pakistan's
police, a police force notorious for its criminality and human rights
violations.]
New Trend's understanding is that Musharref is honest in expressing
his
loyalty to America. He has done everything to help destroy the Islamic
government in Afghanistan.
MUSHARREF has now found a way of making sure the Pakistani people as
individuals are labelled as terrorists if they join the fighting in
Kashmir!
India is very titillated by the the possibility that Musharref might
provide
the Indian army an opportunity to attack Pakistan and destroy its
fighting
ability. The fat and fattened Pakistani army needs to prove now that it
can
fight. Observers say, the army, which is living off the fat of the
land,
should move forward and do some fighting. Countless millions in
Pakistan live
in grinding poverty owing to the extremely fat military establishment.
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HUSEIN IBISH OF ADC MAKES A FOOL OF HIMSELF TALKING ABOUT JIHAD
Dear Chris Mathews
(hardball@msnbc.com)
(Cable@msnbc.com)
I suggest that people like Husein Ibish who know nothing about
Islam
should not be invited to speak on Islam on important TV programs like
yours.
I watched your show on May 30 when you invited a Jewish young
lady from
Harvard and Husein Ibish of Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee. You
questioned them about reports that a Muslim student (Yasin) was asked
to
address the Harvard graduation ceremony and he decided to speak about
"jihad"
as a spiritual struggle.
I thought you were very good at questioning the Jewish young lady
who
thought Yasin should speak about Jihad only if he condemns the
Palestinian
jihadist attacks on Israel. You correctly pointed out that college is
the
place where unusual and even controversial views can be expressed and
should
be listened to.
When it came to Husein Ibish, he made a number of claims which
showed
that he has negligible knowledge of Islam. [He admitted that he is NOT
a
practicing Muslim and yet continued to speak like an authority on
Islam.] [At
a loss for words, Ibish insulted you by accusing you of MacCarthism
when he
was himself involved in re-writing Islam!]
1. Ibish said that "violent" jihad is a twisted form of Islam being
brought
in ostensibly by the enemies of America.
2. He wants to "reclaim" the REAL ISLAM by making jihad mean an inner,
spiritual effort.
The fact is that Islam teaches Jihad as ARMED STRUGGLE against
oppressors.
The verses of the Qur'an and the teachings of the Prophet Muhammad
(pbuh),
make it absolutely clear that JIHAD MEANS ARMED STRUGGLE AGAINST
OPPRESSORS,
OCCUPIERS, TYRANTS.
Many in the Muslim world consider America and Israel, along with India
and
Russia, as oppressors and exploiters who should be fought.
The idea that Jihad is a peaceful, inner, spiritual development
is
absurd and without foundation. It is based on ONE narration allegedly
from
the Prophet Muhammad (pbuh) but this ONE narration has been studied and
rejected by all the major scholars of Islam as a fabrication.
Islam does teach inner, spiritual development but the term for it
is not
JIHAD but TAZKIYYA or purification.
Of course Husein Ibish, as well as Yasin, the student he was
defending,
are afraid of inciting America's wrath against Muslims by admitting the
true
meaning of Jihad. America has still not forbidden freedom of expression
and
it's a shame that people like Ibish do not have the courage to speak
the
truth even when they have the opportunity to do so.
Sincerely
Kaukab Siddique, Ph.D
[Author of six books on Islam.]
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Dr. EDWARD MILLER WRITES FROM SAN RAFAEL, CALIFORNIA:
WHY THE ATTACK ON AMERICA? WERE WE NOT WARNED?
Another approach to the ongoing political blame-game between
Republicans
and the Democratic camp regarding "why Americans weren't warned about
potential terrorist attacks when the FBI and Washington knew." ..Is
to
remind our ignorant population that Osama Bin Laden as early as Feb
1998 in a
long interview by John Miller (no relation) in Afghanistan..warned the
US
that his Muslim world would no longer tolerate the genocidal embargo
and
aerial assaults on the Iraqi people nor the U.S-funded Israeli
robbery-demolitions and massacres of the Palestinian people. ... AND
WOULD
RESPOND IN KIND....The response began with the bombing of two US
embassies in
Africa..and when the US ignored the warnings with the explosive
assault
on the US Cole......Our administration, with more than adequate warning
was
completely unwilling to even consider an alteration in its policies
towards
these two Mideast targets, and instead was openly willing to risk the
lives
of American citizens here on this continent....knowing full well that
such an
attack was imminent....Thus it has been Washington, our corrupt
Congress,
President and State Department that consciously set the stage for the
destruction of the TWIN TOWERS and the loss of some 3000 American
lives......This needs to be said again and again until the meaning
permeates the consciencce of the American public..
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