Rabi' al-Thani 29, 1425/ June 19, 2004 #71
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Jamaat al-Muslimeen
News
MESSAGE OF
ISLAM
GIVEN OUT AT PUERTO RICAN PARADE in NEW YORK
June 13, 2004. During the large annual Puerto Rican parade in New York,
starting from 5th avenue and going to 51st street, Jamaat al-Muslimeen
activists handed out tracts on Islam giving the message of the Oneness of
the Creator and the completion of the revelation with Muhammad (pbuh).
Late in the evening, when the people refused to disperse, police forces
attacked them and used mace on innocent people.
UPDATE ON
BOYCOTT
OF BUSINESSES WHICH SUPPORT
ISRAEL
Jamaat al-Muslimeen's
BROCHURE on the boycott of businesses which support Israel was distributed
at three mosques in Chicago. It was given to 100 people at the Muslim
Community Center, to 50 people at the Downtown Islamic Center [this was the
second effort there because people leave quickly] and to 50 at the Islamic
Center of
Chicago.
To join this effort, contact the DIRECTOR OF BOYCOTT at:
PRADIA2@aol.com
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WAR NEWS
by New Trend's
Media
Monitor
On Johnson's Slaying, Bush Missed Chance to Embrace Humanity
Quadripalegic in Wheel Chair coming out of Mosque, Sh. Yassin, Executed by Apache Helicopter. AFGHAN beaten to death with flashlight, stomped by booted U.S. Soldier
June 18, 2004. President
Bush
was angry when he heard the news of Johnson's beheading. It was an
opportunity for the leader of the only military superpower on earth. After
condemning the beheading, Bush should have gone on and condemned all acts of
inhumanity. Inclusiveness on his part would have had impact throughout the
Muslim world.
ISRAEL used an Apache helicopter to murder a top Islamic scholar,
Shaikh Ahmed Yassin.
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Shaikh Yassin was a QUADRIPALEGIC in a wheel chair.
No greater helplessness can be envisioned.
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Yassin was being wheeled out of the mosque after Fajr (after dawn)
prayers when the Israelis executed him by missile fired from an
American
Apache helicopter.
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Instead of being shocked by this despicable act against a top Islamic
scholar, the entire
Zionist-controlled
media
network went to work to justify the murder. ISRAELI REPRESENTATIVES
PROUDLY JUSTIFIED THE KILLING ON TV. Bush's friend SHARON himself was in
charge of the operation.
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The Bush administration refused to condemn the murder and the use of its
Apache helicopter and other weaponry. In fact the Bush administration put
the murder under the category of: "Israel has the right to defend itself."
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A few days back, attorney general ASHCROFT himself admitted that an
Afghan
prisoner named Abdul Wali was beaten by his American captor WITH a
FLASHLIGHT, and stomped on TILL HE WAS BEATEN TO DEATH.
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Ashcroft has started a case against the murderer of Abdul Wali. The MAXIMIM
punishment the American murderer can get is 10 years in prison, if the case
ever reaches a conclusion.
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Human
rights
agencies say
EGYPT's
REGIME, has killed 15 prisoners UNDER TORTURE. The regime is funded, armed
and protected by the U.S. and Israel. After the death of 15, a new report
indicates another Egyptian Islamist has died under torture in Egyptian
dictator
Mubarak's
prison cell.
[New Trend urges President Bush to extend his condemnation of the slaying
of Johnson to ALL human beings treated inhumanely.]
A BONANZA FOR CONSPIRACY BUFFS:
Immediately after the slaying of Johnson, the Saudi regime announced that it
had killed Al-Muqrin, the top Islamic opponent of the regime and three
others. Did Al-Muqrin kill Johnson? The Saudis say he did, but there is NO
evidence to that effect. It's quite possible that the Saudis got rid of a
top opponent based on their claim that he killed Johnson.
On top of that,
media
reports say that an Islamic web site says that the men the Saudis killed
did not include Al-Muqrin. On that the Saudis responded by putting the
bodies of the seemingly hastily executed men on TV. They claimed that one
of the bodies was that of Al-Muqrin. Again, we only have the Saudis' word
for it.
The Muslim world should send an independent commission of inquiry to the
Islamic heartland of
Arabia
to find out what is going on. The Saudis are working VERY CLOSELY with the
U.S. The Saudis are known for their repression, criminality, racism,
suppression of
women.
Nothing the Saudis say should be accepted without investigation.
Considerable evidence is now available that the SAUDIS SUPPORTED THE U.S.
ATTACK on IRAQ in which 70,000 plus Iraqi civilians were killed.
The Saudis have violated all Islamic norms in the past. Their crimes include
MILITARY ACTION WITHIN THE
KA'ABA
itself in 1979. Now they claim that they can speak about Islamic norms.
It is a hollow claim.
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IRAQ
U.S. Drops Huge bomb on Fallujah Residential Area: Kills 20 wounds 35:
Attempt to Kill Islamic leadership?
June 19, 2004: A U.S. air strike in Fallujah is reported to have killed and
wounded a large number of people. First reports
[MSNBC]
indicate that about 20 people were killed and 35 injured.
The media are speculating that the strike was probably aimed at killing
Abu Mus'ab al-Zarqawi who is said to be coordinating resistance to the U.S.
occupation of
Iraq.
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PAKISTAN:
MUSHARRAF KILLS ISLAMIC RESISTANCE LEADER NAIK MUHAMMAD
A U.S. drone air craft traced a satellite phone Naik Muhammad was using to
a fortified home in South Waziristan. It appears that the trace was passed
on to General Musharraf, who then ordered a missile strike which killed
Naik Muhamad and 5 others, 4 Pakistanis and an Uzbek.
June 18, 2004: Thousands of people from all over
Pakistan's
tribal areas attended the burial of the martyred resistance leader
Naik Muhammad in his home village. Pakistani newspapers report INTENSE GRIEF
expressed by the mourners at the funeral. The 27 year old resistance fighter,
Naik, [pronounced nek, meaning good in Urdu], became a hero of the masses
after he BEAT BACK TWO LARGE SCALE ATTACKS BY THE PAKISTAN ARMY.
Numerous Pakistani leaders have condemned the murder of Naik Muhammad.
Jamaate Islami leader Qazi Hussain Ahmad has blamed it as a shameful act of
the Musharraf regime which is harming the fabric of Pakistani integrity and
selfhood. Even IMRAN, former cricketer and leader of the INSAF Party, has
condemned Musharraf for the attack on an outstanding resistance fighter
whose only fault was that he protected Islamic refugees from
Chechnia
and
Uzbekistan.
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Oslo drops Kurdish mullah charges
Norway's public prosecutor has dropped all charges against the founder of
the radical Islamic group, Ansar al-Islam.
The Kurdish group - which is based in northern Iraq - is regarded by the UN
and US as a terrorist organisation.
But the Norwegian authorities said there was not enough evidence to charge
Mullah Krekar with conspiracy in a plot to murder political rivals in Iraq.
Mullah Krekar has had refugee status in Norway since 1991 - he now faces
being deported under a 2003 expulsion order.
The expulsion order, which says Mullah Krekar is a risk to national security,
was stalled because of the court case against him and the US-led war in Iraq.
The Kurdish cleric says he stepped down as leader of Ansar al-Islam in 2002
and denies any terror links.
Washington says the group has ties to al-Qaeda and blames it for attacks on
coalition forces in Iraq.
'Incitement'
Mullah Krekar was released from jail in February this year while the
authorities investigated him on suspicion of conspiracy, attempted murder
of political rivals in Iraq and inciting criminal activity.
But on Tuesday, prosecutor Tor-Aksel Busch released a statement saying there
were "no grounds to charge Mullah Krekar on any count".
The charge of inciting others to commit crimes was dropped because it is not
in itself illegal in Norway.
Formal terror charges against the 47-year-old cleric had already been
dropped last year because of lack of evidence.
Mullah Krekar - born Najm Faraj Ahmad - was arrested at an airport in the
Netherlands in 2002, after
Iran
denied him entry and sent him back to Europe.
He was deported to Norway in January 2003.
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