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Rabi' al-Awwal 16, 1425/ May 7, 2004 #55
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THOUGHT OF THE DAY: Abdullah & Bush

KING ABDULLAH was President Bush's guest [May 6] when Bush talked how bad it was that Iraqi prisoners were mistreated. KING ABDULLAH runs a torture regime himself. Only two weeks back CNN ran a video provided by Jordan's police of a Muslim [named Al-Jayousi] who was made to confess, probably under torture, that he planned to kill 80,000 people with chemical warfare! Confessions made without legal proceedings, under duress, are crimes under international law. Abdullah's police did exactly what the Americans were trying to do in Abu Ghraib. Abdullah is a criminal and no Muslim will take Bush seriously when he has Abdullah standing next to him. Two peas in a pod!
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Editorial

Is it Possible that Bush, Rumsfeld, WOLFOWITZ DID NOT "KNOW" Of ATROCITIES AGAINST IRAQI PRISONERS?
ENDLESS HYPOCRISY in U.S. "APOLOGY:" It's only Damage Control because Photos Came out.

May 7, 2004: It's been a week now since the photos of naked Iraqi prisoners and their American abusers came out. The media are in a "feeding frenzy" about the photos as the Democrats see this as an opportunity to strike a fatal blow at the Bush presidency.
In response, the Bush administration has gone into damage control overdrive. Every possible Republican, from the President down to the Jew named Krauthammer [ Wolfowitz is staying out of sight, like Kissinger in the Nixon era], has been wringing hands and showing disgust at the photos. Bush, on May 6, start reeling into retreat and came out to say "sorry" to the Iraqis. {That's a magic word which solves all problems.}

This whole picture of regrets and recriminations smacks of rank hypocrisy. The facts are quite different. Try this on for size:

The President is kept informed on a DAILY basis by the CIA about the situation in Iraq and Afghanistan. The CIA and FBI provide detailed information to back their daily briefings. See the 9.11 hearings for evidence of these daily briefings.
Abu Ghraib is the biggest prison in Iraq and suspected opponents of the occupation are kept there. The abuse was meant to BREAK PRISONERS and MAKE THEM TALK. Thus it had to be an intelligence operation ordered by the CIA. Success in breaking important prisoners would be reported to President Bush.
On May 6, the U.S. conceded that 14 prisoners had DIED in U.S. custody. This too does not make sense because 3000 AFGHANS died in the custody of U.S. proxies and it never became an issue for the U.S.
In Guantanamo Bay, intense psychological torture and humiliation has been used on an ongoing basis. More than 30 prisoners TRIED TO COMMIT SUICIDE owing to this horrific pressure on them. It's not possible that Bush DID NOT KNOW of the routines of humiliation used by the American forces when the protests are wordlwide, even from non-Muslim organizations like Amnesty and Human Rights Watch.
The METHOD of investigation used in IRAQ would be totally unsuccessful without the most shameful and detailed HUMILIATION and torture of prisoners. As New Trend has reported several times, HUNDREDS of IRAQIS are "picked up" in random sweeps and then "interrogated" in the hope that one or two might be from the resistance forces. [It's only a little more extreme from the way Arab and Pakistani immigrants were treated after 9.11. Hundreds of them would be arrested and then subjected to physical and psychological mistreatment in the hope that one or two of them might turn out to be "terrorists."]
SEXUAL MISTREATMENT and RAPE: New Trend was ahead of the curve in reporting [almost a year back] that Iraqi women are being raped by U.S. troops. [The number reported was 600 Iraqi women raped.] New Trend also noted that photos of rape by U.S. troops had been received but New Trend is not permitted by Islam to post such pictures. [Now we are receiving many more such pictures but they can't be posted under Islamic law. Also, another danger is that with modern digital photography, such photos can be doctored or misused for pornographic purposes.]
America has an occupation army in Iraq. It's purpose is to DESTROY THE IRAQI WILL TO RESIST. During the bombing of Baghdad, B-52s and B-2s were used to assault the huge metropolis . More than 7,000 civilians were killed. More recently in Falluga nearly 2000 civilians were killed by the U.S. as its juggernaut tried to break this Stalingrad of Islam. Are we to believe that a military which can KILL thousands of civilians WOULD HAVE ANY COMPUNCTION ABOUT HUMILIATING IRAQIS SUSPECTED OF RESISTANCE? Whom is President Bush trying to kid?
The U.S. soldier named Lindy and her boyfriend have been shown repeatedly in photos flashed on TV. No one has analysed the photos. They show the American soldiers PLAYING with the naked Iraqis. These are obviously POST-TORTURE PHOTOS.
Note the TIMELINE: A conscientious soldier saw the naked photos being distributed on CD ROMs in JANUARY 2004. He reported to a senior officer. The photos made it to the desk of Rumsfeld by MARCH 2004. Finally they were leaked to CBS at the end of April. CBS held on to them for 8 days because of Defense Department pressure.
Note the TRICK here: The timeline refers to the PHOTOS, not to the abuse. The photos are about soldiers playing with naked Iraqis, like a cat plays with half-dead mice. The ABUSE and TORTURE should be the focus of media attention. What would have happened if there were no photos?

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IMAM JAMIL al-AMIN SAYS: CHARITY SHOULD BEGIN AT HOME

May 6: New Trend has learned that Imam Jamil al-Amin is very concerned about the mistreatment of Iraqi prisoners. However, he is saying that such mistreatment is carried out by U.S. authorities against prisoners in the U.S. itself. Recently, when Imam Jamil was transferred to the prison in Reidsville, he was forced to strip. He filed a written complaint against the mistreatment.
[It should also be noticed that the authorities have shaved off Imam Jamil's beard, which is again a violation of his person as well as of his religious rights.]
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CAIR's OPPORTUNISM:

It is noticeable that AFTER the Democrats started calling for the resignation of Rumsefeld, the heavily funded group known as CAIR also chimed in. This is a form of opportunism for which CAIR has a track record. These full time, well paid, opportunists are watching to see which way the wind blows. They avoid any cases which create a risk for their comfortable positions. MUSLIMS ARE SUPPOSED TO SPEAK THE TRUTH before OTHER PEOPLE DO and not hide behind unbelievers.
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ICNA LEADER URGED TO SPEAK OUT AGAINST MISTREATMENT OF DR. ZAKIYYAH MUHAMMAD: MUZAMMIL SIDDIQI and his FRIENDS are KEEPING QUIET ABOUT THE ISSUE

On May 1, Dr. Talat Sultan, President of ICNA ["Islamic Circle of North America"] spoke at a Milad gathering in Baltimore. It was a dull and boring speech but the editor of New Trend sat through it to be able to speak to Dr. Talat Sultan.

The editor urged Dr. Sultan to speak out against the mistreatment and humiliation of Dr. Zakiyyah Muhammad by the administrators of Islamic Society of Orange County [near Los Angeles]. The editor said: You are an educator yourself, you are principal of the Islamic Foundation school near Chicago, and you are a good friend of Muzammil Siddiqui. You are the best person to stop this nastiness.

Dr. Sultan said that he knew of the situation but that Dr. Zakiyyah Muhammad had tried to make it a racial issue. He said that Dr. Muzammil is actually supportive of Dr. Zakiyyah.

The editor responded: I have the entire material on the case. At no point did Dr. Zakiyyah make it a racial issue. She was the target of abuse by a whole group belonging to one nationality (Pakistani) which would make it look racial. Secondly, if Muzammil is supportive, he should speak out. How can he be an imam and not speak out when he sees blatant injustice.

Dr. Talat promised to look into the matter.
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NOTE: It is typical of ISNA and ICNA that when something goes against them, they totally censor it in their publications. How low is the level of Islam in ISNA and ICNA that a top Islamic educator, Dr. Zakiyyah Muhammad, was arbitrarily dismissed from her job, in a humiliating manner, and NOT A WORD CAME OUT in their publications. It's not a private matter and concerns the entire gamut of immigrant and indigenous inter-Muslim relations, but ISNA and ICNA pretend that it did not happen.
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A Victory for Sanity: Dr. NAHEED Gets Her Children Back: Compare with U.S. Media

Mclean, Virginia [On the outskirts of Washington]:
Readers of New Trend might remember that Dr. Naheed Morrill's husband took away her children and used the atmosphere created by 9.11 to influence the U.S. authorities against her. She was under arrest for a time and her permission to practice medicine was also revoked. [Her husband was a white American who claimed to have accepted Islam.]

Finally, after years of effort in the courts, Dr. Naheed has her children back with her. It appears that the Judge and even Mr. Morrill's attorneys lost interest in the baseless stories he had developed against her, in which he presented her as a potential Pakistani "terrorist!" who was trying to teach the writings of Maudoodi to her daughters.

Finally on April 9, the judge signed the papers and Dr. Naheed got her children. She was very magnanimous and said that the children could visit their father whenever they wanted and he could visit them whenever he wanted. She was not putting any restrictions!

COMPARE THIS REPORT with stories of WHITE, non-MUSLIM WOMEN whose stories appear regularly on U.S. TV who complain that the husband has taken the children to Saudi Arabia or Iran. Always the impression is given that these countries and Muslim men are monsters.

In the case of Dr. NAHEED, the media kept it very quiet when she won her long drawn out struggle. CONGRATULATIONS DR. NAHEED! and thanks to all our readers who showed support to her.
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FEEDBACK: Sis. Nadrat Comments on WOMEN and 'UMAR, r.a., and SHARON BROUGHT IN BY U.S. to 'VIEW' Iraqi PResident Held Captive

Two comments:
1) The hadith from Abdullah ibn Umar (r.a.) on Hazrat
Umar's (r.a.) rapport with the women of his community is deeply moving.
I have never heard of this hadith before--my own folly for not reading deeply enough into the illustrious Bukhari. The male writers of the dime-a-dozen "Women in Islam" books and pamphlets ought to consider its inclusion in their works.
2) The report on Sharon in Iraq to view President Saddam after his capture just blew me away. Perhaps it will give pause to the naive and to the Toms who applauded the President's capture: one is known by the company one keeps.

NS

On Fri, 19 Dec 2003, kaukab siddique wrote:

['Umar ibn al-Khattab, r.a., had sent his son Abdullah, r.a., to ask 'Ayesha, r.a., if she would permit him to be buried with the Prophet, pbuh, and Abu Bakr, r.a.] 'Abdullah ibn 'Umar saw 'Ayesha, r.a., crying (at news of 'Umar's approaching death). Abdullah said: Umar ibn al-Khattab sends you his salams and requests permission that he be buried next to his friends. 'Ayesha, r.a., said: I had reserved that place for myself but now I prefer him above myself. When Abdullah returned (with this news), 'Umar was informed of his return. 'Umar said: Raise me up. A person helped him to sit up. 'Umar asked Abdullah: What reply did you bring? He said. It's a favorable reply. She gave permission. 'Umar said: 'Allah be praised! I wanted nothing more than that. When I die, pick me up, take me there and ask 'Ayesha after salams : 'Umar wants permission. If she (again) permits, bury me there, otherwise bury me with the other believers. ' After that Hafsa, Mother of the Believers, ARRIVED WITH (many) OTHER WOMEN. We (narrators) got up and the women entered 'Umar's room one by one and sat with him and cried for some time. When more men arrived and wanted permission to meet him, the women went indoors (to the other room) and we heard them crying there ....[Hadith, Sahih al-Bukhari, kitab al-Anbiya.]

From the Amman, Jordan, daily newspaper al-Arab al-Yawm.

Concerning the imprisoned Iraqi President, word leaked out from sources close to the puppet so-called Interim Governing Council that the "prime minister" of the Zionist Entity, Ariel Sharon, was the first leader to view the captured Iraqi President even before word of his imprisonment had been announced.
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