Rajab 22, 1425/ September 7, 2004 #88
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THOUGHT OF THE DAY [Ref.
Zionist
media
on Darfur,
Sudan
and North Ossetia,
Russia.]
"O ye who believe! If a corrupt person comes to you with any news,
ascertain the truth, lest you harm people unwittingly and afterwards
become full of repentance for what you have done." [The Qur'an 49:6]
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Chechnia
vs Russia
CALL for International Pact to End War on Children.
After Murders of 42,000 Chechen Children by Russian Troops,
Chechens Took Hostages in North Ossetia School with Tragic Consequences
By
Kaukab Siddique, Ph.D
The suffering of children during war was highlighted by the tragic end
to the hostage situation in North Ossetia when Russian troops rushed the
hostage takers on September 5. Russian reports indicate that 355 people were
killed, including dozens of children. It would appear that the Russian
assault was the cause of the death of the majority of hostages.
Although the school was located in an area which is known as a model of
Russian expansionism and colonialism in the Caucuses region, there should be
no acceptable excuse for the takeover of a school and the human suffering
which ensued. Why would anyone take such drastic measures to highlight a
cause and bring it to world attention? Surely the death or trauma of even
one child is one too many.
We get some clue to the desperation of the hostage takers from the fact
that they included
WOMEN
out to highlight the murders of their children,
sons, daughters, husbands at the hands of Russian occupation forces in
Chechnia-Ingushetia. The Chechen and Ingush people, Muslims, have undergone
mass atrocities of genocidal dimensions at the hands of Russian military
forces.
An inkling of Chechen suffering can be seen in the figure which one
researcher gave out in passing during National Public Radio's coverage of
the school tragedy, on September 2. According to this report, MORE THAN
42,000 CHECHEN and INGUSH CHILDREN HAVE BEEN KILLED BY RUSSIAN OCCUPATION
FORCES since the SECOND RUSSIAN WAR OF AGGRESSION against Chechnia began.
The actual numbers of Chechen children killed by the occupiers may be much
higher.
During the FIRST Russian war of aggression against Chechnia (1994),
tens of thousands of Chechen children were killed along with other Chechen
civilians. The Russian bombing of Grozny itself (Chechnia's capital) was so
indiscriminate that hundreds of Russian civilians (including children) were
also killed in the slaughter.
Stalin DEPORTED the ENTIRE population of Chechnia during 1944,
resulting in the deaths of more than a million Chechen and Ingush Muslims,
with hundreds of thousands of children the first to die from the privations of
the journey.
The crimes of the Russian occupiers are all the more reprehensible
in that these horrors are NOT being identified or even reported in the world's
media,
led by America's establishment opinion makers. It would appear that the
lives of Chechen children have no value whatsoever: They can be murdered in
huge numbers and the very statistics of their deaths are not available
except through research.
Remember that Chechnia and Ingushetia are tiny as compared to mighty
Russia, which is relatively a world power, a military colossus. The Russians
have destroyed Chechnia city by city, village by village. Only owing to
Chechen desperation, and the self-sacrifice of veiled Chechen women ('Black
widows'), Chechen resistance continues.
CHECHEN CHILDREN BEING DISMEMBERED BY RUSSIAN MINES:
Not only have the Russians used bomber aircraft, jet fighters,
tanks, missiles and artillery against poorly armed Chechens, they have mined
the countryside in Chechnia. As a result, the most innocent and unsuspecting
of the Chechens, the CHILDREN OF CHECHNIA, continue to be killed on a daily
basis even in areas where fighting has ended.
AFGHAN
CHILDREN STILL BEING DISMEMBERED by Russian Mines:
Russia has pursued a policy of GENOCIDE against Muslim peoples, be it
in Afghanistan or in Chechnia. The RUSSIANS MINE ENTIRE REGIONS where they
carry out occupation activities. In AFGHANISTAN, 16 years after the Russians
withdrew, Afghan children are being dismembered by Russian mines ALL OVER
AFGHANISTAN. We should thank American and other organizations which got
involved in de-mining activity in Afghanistan. However, neither the
U.S.
nor the world community has taken the trouble to hold Russia accountable for
the mines which still strew the Afghan countryside, taking the limbs and eyes
of innocent and unsuspecting Afghan children.
Not only has Russia NOT been held accountable for these crimes against
humanity [blatant violations of international law), Putin is a favorite of
President Bush and received a tour of the Crawford ranch when he visited.
The U.S. government's silence on the Russian genocide in Chechnia (as well
as in Afghanistan) needs to be probed. Why is America silent about one of
the greatest horrors of recent times and continues to reward Russia with
close cooperation in both the areas of economics and military force?
Humanitarian organizations should call for a worldwide agreement to
ban all attacks on children. ALL CHILDREN SHOULD BE DECLARED INNOCENT AND
PROTECTED. Our media provide one sided reporting which leaves out the
suffering of Chechen,
Palestinian,
Iraqi, Afghan and
Kashmiri
children, but
indulge in a propaganda blitz when Muslim desperadoes bungle an attack and
kill civilians. ALL terrorism should be condemned, starting with state
terrorism against those who do not have a state.
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British Political Prisoner Babar Ahmad Writes
"Your British passport will not help you. Depend on Allah alone."
The following is a letter received from Babar Ahmad who was unjustly
imprisoned under the UK government’s ‘terror’ legislation. We request all
New Trend readers to write to him giving him your support in this testing
time.
{Sis. Yvonne Ridley, London, England}
A
LETTER
TO ALL FROM BABAR AHMAD, 24th August 2004
18 days since detained...
Bismillahir rahman ir-raheem
To all those who have written to me:
Dear brothers, sisters, friends and well-wishers,
Assalaamualaikum wa rahmatullahi wa barakatuhu
I want to begin be thanking you all for the many, many (over 150) letters
that I have received since the beginning of my political imprisonment. I
have received letters, cards, encouraging words and articles and hand-made
cards by children. Every single one of the letters has made a difference
in its own way and I regularly go through and re-read some of the letters
and share parts of them with other Muslim political prisoners here. It has
been especially encouraging to receive letters from people I do not know
or who have never seen me. This, insha-Allah, is a good sign that recent
events have had a positive impact on the community.
Allah says in Surah al-Anfal (8:30), "And they plot and plan. And Allah too
plots and plans. But the best of planners is Allah."
I was imprisoned in order to be made an example, to strike terror and fear
into the hearts of the docile, sleeping Muslim community. However, as it
appears, the following good has already arisen from my imprisonment, which
is conclusive proof that Allah is the Best of planners:
The Muslim community has been jolted, shocked and awoken from its slumber
into a state of action, protesting, complaining, campaigning, writing,
telephoning and praying.
The previously isolated Muslim community has joined stronger ties with
sympathetic non-Muslim pressure groups, activists and well-wishers
Ordinary, non-practising Muslims have been woken up and are now becoming
stronger and better Muslims, in huge numbers.
People who previously could never have been imagined to campaign, have
started to become active and have realised that if they fail to act now,
then tomorrow it will be their houses that are raided, their sons
assaulted, abused and arrested, and their livelihoods damaged.
The Muslim community has closed ranks, united and told the authorities that
we have stopped cooperating with you until you put an end to your terror,
violence and abuse of laws and human rights against Muslims
Finally, the "British Muslim" myth has been destroyed as the Muslims with
British passports have realised that their passport and citizenship is
useless, like it was useless to me, and that only Allah is on their side
to help and protect them, like He, insha-Allah, is on my side to help and
protect me. The British passport does not mean anything as long as you are
a practising Muslim. Even if you are a white, English, revert/convert to
Islam, you are a foreigner in this country as long as you remain a
practising Muslim.
Therefore, in a matter of a few weeks, Allah has caused a change that no
amount of study circles, talks, lectures, camps and conferences could have
achieved, even over a few years. As one political prisoner here said:
"The time has arrived to forget your differences, overlook each others
mistakes and unite to confront the common terror threat facing us all.
"At the same time, do not let the authorities provoke you into carrying out
hasty, rash actions. Muslim communities uniting and becoming better and
stronger Muslims will deal a bigger blow to the oppressors than a hundred
"terror" attacks. Leave the authorities to do all the terrorising of
Muslims as this will only serve to benefit the Muslim communities, in both
short and long terms.
"Every Muslim that is unjustly imprisoned by the proponents of democracy,
freedom and human rights will remain a thorn in the sides of hypocrites and
political cretins until they are released.
"The choice you have now is to either stand up and speak now, to ensure
your survival; or to wait until your own doors are kicked in, your Qurans
are thrown on the floor, you are put onto the floor into prostration
position and your religion mocked and your womenfolk arrested as well as
the men."
I would like to thank again everyone that who has given support to my
family and continues to do so, displaying the true spirit of brotherhood
and unity. Moral and emotional support is more important than many people
realise, it does and has made a difference to my family.
Finally I would like to say that I have found the Promise of my Lord to be
true. Have you also found the Promise of your Lord to be true? The promise
that I have found to be true is the one in the Quran 33:22. What promise
have you found to be true?
May Allah unite the believers and protect them from the evil plots of the
mischievous and devious two-faced devils. May He hasten the release of the
Muslim Political Prisoners, wherever they may be. Ameen
Assalaamu alaikum warahmatullahi wa barakatuhu
British Political Prisoner Babar Ahmad MX5383
HMP Woodhill,
Tattenhoe Street,
Milton Keynes,
Bucks MK4 4DA
UK
'Many a big deed becomes small due to its intention, & many a small deed
becomes big due to its intention......' (Abdullah ibn Mubarak)
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