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Zulhijja 6, 1425/January 17, 2005 #5
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THOUGHT OF THE DAY:
NO WMDs:
Bush
Admits
The Bush regime has finally withdrawn its "investigators" searching
for WMDs in
Iraq.
What a terrible moral disaster for
America!
Bush has made America the laughing stock of the world and killed
hundreds of thousands of people based on a claim that Saddam had WMDS.
Behind this disaster were
ISRAEL
and the
Zionist
Jews surrounding Bush: Wolfowitz, Perle, Feith, Krauthammer,
the Ayn Rand Group,
AIPAC
.... the list goes on.
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Most Important Aspect of New Homeland Securty Chief:
Hidden deep in
New York Times'
introduction to the new chief, Chertoff, is this line:
"Mr. Chertoff, a rabbi's son who was born Nov. 28, 1953,
in Elizabeth, N.J." [New York Times, January 12, 2005]
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JUSTICE TURNED ON ITS HEAD: MASAUD KHAN
Can you believe how low our justice system has sunk? Masaud Khan,
son of a
Pakistani
married to an American Muslimah, a decent human being, NEVER
COMMITTED A CRIME IN AMERICA or AGAINST AMERICA, was sentenced to
90 years in prison!
He was painted as part of an imaginary "Virginia Jihad Network!"
who went to Pakistan to help in the
Kashmir
freedom struggle.
Ya Allah: What have the Zionist Jews done to this great country!
Even rapists and murderers don't get sentences like this one awarded
to a totally innocent Muslim.
Supporting Kashmir's freedom struggle is a crime? well then put 90%
of Pakistan's people into prison.
[Inshallah,
New Trend
will bring you more on this most shameful violation of justice.]
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Jamaat al-Muslimeen
[2 items]
Islamic
Movement for Human
Rights
and Peaceful Change
P.O. Box 10881
Baltimore, MD 21234
Jamaat al-Muslimeen's
National Shoora will meet in Greensboro, North Carolina on January 29,
2005, inshallah. It will discuss the situation of America's Muslims
after President Bush's re- election. It will organize a new movement
to support Islamic political prisoners and study the Muslim role in
the Tsunami cataclysm in South Asia and the suffering of the people
of Haiti. Jamaat's ongoing boycott of businesses supporting Israel
will be evaluated.
Observers interested in these causes who would like to participate
should contact:
ksidd37398@aol.com
badi323@aol.com
Pradia2@aol.com
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1000 in New York listen to
Khutba
Big Support for Peaceful Movement
Hajj, Eid al-Adha: Living Miracles of Islam: Combine Prayer with Sacrifice.
Islam is Global Spiritual Power: U.S. Muslims must not Take on Victim Status.
Stand up for Islamic Political Prisoners:
Boycott
Zionist Businesses: Understand Tsunami in light of Muhammad's (pbuh) life.
[Dr. KaukabSiddique led Juma' (Friday) prayers at one of the
biggest congregations in New York City on January 14. The place
was jam-packed with worshipers from front to back overflowing into
the doorways. This is the biggest Muslim gathering in New York except
for one which is controlled by Kuwaiti funds. After the prayers,
Jamaat al-Muslimeen's brochure on boycott of Zionist businesses
was distributed but ran out before it could be given to everyone.]
Here are the main points of Dr. Siddique's khutba:
Text 1. Abraham said: "...'O my son! I have seen in a dream that
I offer you in sacrifice. Now see what is your view.' (The son)
said: 'O my father! Do as you are commanded: You will find me, if
Allah so wills, one of the steadfast.' " [The Qur'an 37:102]
Text 2: Allah says to Muhammad (pbuh): "We have granted you [the stream]
of abundance. Therefore to thy Lord turn in prayer and sacrifice.
Surely your enemy's root will be cut off."
[The Qur'an 108:1-3]
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The Hajj is a symbol telling us that Muslims are one nation,
from Morocco to the Philippines, from
Nigeria
to
Chechnia.
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The sacrifice on
Eid
teaches us that we must combine prayer with sacrifice. If we do not
feed the hungry, give to the needy, care for the sick, then our
prayers are empty rituals.
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Without Islam, we are 56 tin pot republics and autocracies,
worthless and at the mercy of today's military superpower.
With Islam we are a global spiritual superpower. Even the military might,
the tanks, planes and intelligence services of today's materialist
superpower cannot defeat us.
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When you close your eyes and think, do you "see" yourself ESSENTIALLY
as a Pakistani-American or an
Egyptian-American
or
African-American,
etc.? If that is so, you are lost.
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All our limited identities are important but in the final analysis,
we must be MUSLIMS FIRST and MUSLIMS LAST.
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We must respect each other's autonomy. Notice that even when Abraham
got that vision from Allah to sacrifice his son, he DID NOT IMPOSE
IT ON HIS SON but asked him "what is your view of this?"
[Part 2]
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The EXAMPLE of MUHAMMAD [pbuh] authenticated in the
Hadith
is essential to understanding and implementing the
Qur'an.
Without Muhammad (pbuh) we would be
leaderless and fragmented a thousand times more than our current problems.
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Understand TSUNAMI CATACLYSM in the light of the suffering of Muhammad
(pbuh). When his children, especially his sons, died, the oppressors
said that God has cut his root [he is ubtar, astaghfirullah]. Allah
answered them in Sura Kauthar. [See Text 2 above.]
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Today our children are dying around the world, be it in the Tsunami or
in Iraq,
Afghanistan
and
Palestine.
We must walk in the Path of Muhammad Mustafa [pbuh] to overcome these
tragic situations. Remember that our leader was an ORPHAN. In his
example we see that the FUTURE BELONGS TO ISLAM, inshallah.
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In AMERICA, we Muslims must not start behaving like victims.
We have not come here to be victims but to be WITNESSES to the truth.
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STOP WHINING about the losses we have suffered in America. The fact
is that the ZIONISTS HAVE FAILED MISERABLY to turn and incite the
American people against us.
Look at the BILLIONS of dollars they have spent in propaganda against us.
What have they gained? Very little: a few attacks against mosques,
a handful of physical assaults. The oppression has come from the government,
not the people.
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WITHIN THE LAW of this land, follow the example of Muhammad (pbuh)
the way he lived in
Makka,
to speak the truth and to do what is legally our right as citizens
of this great country.
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Like Muhammad (pbuh) in Makka, we do not have a government, but we can
do much good with our Book and our Example (pbuh).
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I invite you to join Jamaat al-Muslimeen in these peaceful, legal
endeavors:
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Stand up for Islamic political prisoners. We assure you, they are not
guilty. They have been railroaded. NOT ONE OF THEM IS GUILTY. Even
if you don't agree with their politics, pray for their health,
support their children, write to them, call on the authorities
not to violate their human rights.
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Join Jamaat al-Muslimeen to boycott businesses which support Israel.
Don't let your Palestinian brothers/sisters be killed with your own
money. Our brochure documents support of Israel by Coca Cola,
Starbucks, Disney and others.
O Allah, bless Muhammad and his people as you blessed Abraham and
his people.
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PAKISTAN
Islamic Leader says Musharraf Setting Up Military Infrastructure for
Moves against
Iran
On January 17, 2005 New Trend interviewed Syed Munawar Hasan,
Secretary General of Jamaate Islami and a top organizer of the
Islamic Coalition, MMA, who was in Lahore, Pakistan at the time.
Here are the main points of the interview.
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There have been demonstrations across Pakistan, big and small,
against Musharraf's breach of pledge to leave his military position.
These protests are ongoing.
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General Musharraf is fulfilling the American agenda in Pakistan.
No Pakistani interest is of concern to him. He gets his orders and
carries them out regardless of consequences for Pakistan.
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The violent incidents in Baluchistan are being instigated by the
Musharraf regime.
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The people of Baluchistan are being treated very aggressively by
the military in a deliberate attempt to incite them to rebel and
thus to justify further military action in that province.
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Musharraf's regime is preparing a WHOLE STRING OF MILITARY BASES
in Baluchistan, probably at the behest of the U.S., in preparation
for military moves against Iran.
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At least 100,000 Pakistani troops are on the border of Afghanistan
and Pakistan at America's orders, claiming to be trying to capture
Mullah Omar and Osama bin Laden but in fact alienating the Frontier people.
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On Kashmir,
India
is being given maximum leeway.
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Indian cultural propaganda, movies, videos, ideas from Hindu culture
are flooding into Pakistan.
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In Karachi, Jamaate Islami's office was attacked by Altaf Hussain's
thugs but actually Altaf's group has suffered a setback there.
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The fighting in Baluchistan is in part related to allegations that
a Baluch woman, a doctor, was
raped by elements of the Pakistan army.
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GIVE PEACE A CHANCE COALITION TO LEAD AFRICAN-AMERICAN
FACT-FINDING DELEGATION TO
SUDAN
Washington, DC - To give African Americans a more accurate picture
of events occurring in Sudan, the Give Peace A Chance Coalition (GPAC)
took a fact-finding trip to that country January 12-21, 2005.
A 12-person African-American Leadership Delegation of journalists
and community activists from across the United States (9 men, 3 women)
will visit Khartoum and the conflict-ridden region of Darfur. The
group will meet with government officials, opposition figures,
tribal leaders and representatives of international relief organizations.
The timing of the trip is significant as Sudan's government and leaders
of the Sudan People Liberation Movement (SPLM) complete a peace treaty
ending 20 years of war. Hopes are high that through the assistance of the
African Union, a similar agreement can be reached soon with rebel
movements operating in Darfur.
"We're excited about the effect such a visitation can have on peace
prospects," says Hodari Abdul-Ali, GPAC Executive Director. "With
credible African-Americans from Atlanta, Chicago, New York, Minnesota
and Washington, DC going to Sudan, we hope to be able to better
counter misinformation and hostile and racist propaganda being
disseminated by people directly involved with rebel movements
inside Sudan."
Among the delegation are radio talk show hosts from New York and
Atlanta; reporters from the Chicago Standard, Muslim Journal,
Washington Informer and Minneapolis Insight News; and representatives
of the Washington, DC-based African and American Women's Association
and the Universal Human Rights Network.
A press conference is planned upon the return of the delegation as
well as a series of forums to be held across the country in coming weeks.
The average Sudanese loves African-Americans and want our input to
help them find peaceful and just solutions to issues affecting their
country, states Abdul-Ali who will be visiting inside Sudan for the
fourth time in recent years. God willing, in a peaceful and prosperous
Sudan, business opportunities for African-American and Muslims
especially, will be abundant.
GPAC is a non-profit, independent research organization formed to
raise public awareness about U.S. foreign policy and imperialism
in relation to Africa and its people.
GIVE PEACE A CHANCE COALITION
2905 11th St. #201 Washington, D.C. 20001
202-232-4101; 202-232-4142 fax
GIVE PEACE A CHANCE COALITION (GPAC)
AFRICAN-AMERICAN LEADERSHIP DELEGATION TRIP TO SUDAN
JANUARY 12-21, 2005
BACKGROUND INFORMATION
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Mr. HODARI ABDUL-ALI - Executive Director, GIVE PEACE A CHANCE
COALITION (GPAC)
Journalist; Owner, Dar Es Salaam Books/Health Center in suburban
Washington, DC; former Press Consultant with Embassy of Sudan; Howard
University graduate.
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Mr. WILLIAM REED - Outreach Coordinator, GIVE PEACE A CHANCE
COALITION (GPAC)
Publisher Who's Who in Black Corporate America; Award-winning syndicated columnist; President, Black Press Foundation; President, Business
Exchange Network.
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Mr. SAMUEL BILAL - Reporter, MUSLIM JOURNAL NEWSPAPER Activist in
Community of Imam Warith Deen Mohammed; Uni. of San Francisco graduate;
Over 30 years experience with nationally circulated Chicago-based
newspaper.
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Mr. MICHAEL (MALIK) DAVIS - Executive Director, UNIVERSAL HUMAN
RIGHTS NETWORK,Former Western Regional Director of Amnesty Intl,
USA; Former U.S. Delegate
to the United Nations Human Rights Commission; Howard University graduate.
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Mr. ADEMAH HACKSHAW - President & CEO, HACKSHAW COMMUNICATIONS
Independent Documentary Producer & Videographer; Over 30 years
experience in network television news.
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Ms. JACQUELINE KAKEMBO - President, AFRICAN and AMERICAN WOMEN'S
ASSOCIATION (AAWA)
The AAWA is a Washington, DC-based non-profit organization dedicated to
the establishment of closer relations between women of Africa and the
Americas.
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Mr. LORENZO MARTIN - Publisher & Editor, CHICAGO STANDARD NEWSPAPERS
Publisher & Editor, Chicago South Suburban Standard; former college
professor; Over 25 years of publishing experience.
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Mr. JAMES MTUME - Talk Show Host, WBLS-FM, NEW YORK, N.Y.
Award-winning composer and musician; Community Activist
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Mr. BILAL-SUNNI ALI - Talk Show Host, WRFG-FM, ATLANTA, GA
Award-winning musician; Chairman, International Committee to Support
Imam Jamil Al-Amin
(former H. Rap Brown).
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Ms. RAHIEL TESFAMARIAM - Editor, WASHINGTON (DC) INFORMER NEWSPAPER
Community Activist; Stanford University graduate.
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Ms. SHAWNA TOBECHUKWU - Reporter, MINNEAPOLIS, MN INSIGHT NEWS
Communications Director, Family Housing Fund; Boston Universit graduate.
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Mr. TOBECHI TOBECHUKWU - Photographer, MINNEAPOLIS MN INSIGHT NEWS Owner,
STUDIOtobechi; attended Baltimore School for the Arts.
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