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1. Can an Occupying Power claim self-defense? (Dr. Ismail Zayid,
Canada)
2. Letters on Aimal Kansi's execution.
3. "Let's Pretend" (An awakening poem from Karen English, N.
California)
4. Faith-renewing Khutba: Muhammad (pbuh) has prophesied Defeat and
annihilation of the
Jewish-
Israeli
entity [Maulana Zakiuddin Sharfi]
5. Jewish mayor of Occupied Jerusalem Insults the Prophet (pbuh)
6.
ISNA/
CAIR
give Blank Check to President
Bush
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1. ISRAEL's "Self-Defense" Claim is not Available Under any Law
From: Ismail Zayid
To: Mr. Bill Graham
Sent: Wednesday, October 09, 2002 3:56 PM
Subject: CANADA EXPRESSES CONCERN ABOUT VIOLENCE IN THE GAZA STRIP
October, 9,2002
The Hon. Mr. Bill Graham,
Minister of Foreign Affairs.
Dear Mr. Graham:
We appreciate your concern about the 'incursions' by Israeli forces and
the "
ensuing violence, including the deaths and wounding of many
Palestinian
civilians."
However, we continue to be puzzled by your continuing reference to
"terrorist
violence", presumably Palestinian acts, as you regularly describe them.
As to
your statement that you " support Israel's right to self defence", this
defies credibility. Israel is in illegal occupation of Palestinian
territory
for 35 years, in defiance of repeated Security Council resolutions.
Throughout this period, Israel has been in violation of virtually every
article of the Fourth Geneva Convention. Canada, as one of the High
Contracting Parties, has the obligation, under Article # 1, of this
convention, to act to bring to an end these violations.
An occupying power cannot claim self defence, and all peoples under
foreign
occupation, including even the Palestinian people, have the right to
defend themselves, in accordance with the UN Charter.
It is time that this practice of double standards is brought to an end,
and our country practices what it claims to uphold.
Yours sincerely,
Ismail Zayid, MD.
President, Canada Palestine Association.
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2. TWO LETTERS SUPPORTING THE DEATH PENALTY
asalaamu alaykum,
What is the logic for opposing the death penalty for Kansi? did he not
know when he came to
America
to murder its federal agents that capital punishment
would be a possibility? as Muslims do we not live under the laws of the
land in which we reside? Kansi knew he what he was getting into when he
pulled that trigger on those agents who had know idea he had targeted them.
his cowardly actions put him in the situation he is in today.
wa'alaykum as salaam
kashmiri
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This is so hypocritical brother. We support the death penalty except for
when a Muslim is being executed. What total hypocrisy. Please show some
restraint.
Mzaki
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Note:
Jamaat al-Muslimeen
has consistently opposed the death penalty,
be it for Muslims or non-Muslims.
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2a. OTHERS ARE NOT TREATED LIKE KANSI
If the man had been accused of a nonpolitical crime he would at most been
declared "insane" and not given the death penalty. He got the death
penalty
for being from a predominantly Muslim country. At no time have we have
been told what mental social tortures this man was put under that led to
such
events. There was an African-American that shot white people at random in
New York several years ago and nobody questioned that he was insane and
not worthy of the death penalty. In any event the US death penalty is
discriminatory generally speaking and mostly applied to minorities. It
is not an
Islamic
death penalty.
R. Solano
(The writer is a human rights activist from the Hispanic community.)
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3. AN AWAKENING POEM [The writer is from Jamaat al-Muslimeen,
California]
Allah says in Qur'an:
"Do men think that on their (mere) saying 'We have attained to faith'
they will be left to themselves and not be put to a test?" (29:2)
Out of frustration and disappointment that too few of us are
acknowledging
the gravity of our situation, I wrote the poem, "Let's Pretend."
Let's Pretend
Let's pretend the war on Islam has not begun
Let's pretend we don't hear it rattling our windows
Scratching at the door
A siren wailing two blocks away
Let's hold a conference instead
Let's have speakers
Let's bestow awards on each other
For excellence
Let's get plaques made
Let's have panel discussions
Let's pontificate on issues on which we've pontificated before
Lets pretend we're in a leisurely place
That war does not apply to us
Let's pretend we didn't hear our Prophet (sallu allahu alaihi wa sallam)
being denigrated
Let's be honored to sit at the table of our enemies
Let's prove we are good negroes*Let's whisper in the slave master's ear
of a
planned escape
Let's send wine and honey to the Crusaders' advancing armies
Let's curry favor
Let's hold interfaith forums on mutual understanding
To prove we are good
Let's have a fashion show
Let's wait for our leaders to speak out for us
And when they are deafeningly silent
Let's follow their lead
Let's close our eyes, plug our ears
And ignore
The gathering storm of the inquisition
The thunderous hoof beats of the lynch mob
Sincerely,
Karen English
*I think the word can apply to a bootlicker of any race. The lower case
"n" should get that point across.
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4. VICTORY OF ISLAM IS COMING: JEWS WILL BE HUNTED DOWN in ISRAEL
Maulana Zakiuddin Sharfi's Khutba:
We are now convinced that all Muslims from India are not like Manzoor
Ghori and Dr. Nakadar (who begged to meet Vajpayee).
Speaking to a capacity juma' gathering at a mosque in Maryland, Imam
Sharfi, originally from Hyderabad, India, made the following points:
A Muslim's allegiance must be to Allah first and last. In our daily
prayers five times a day, we say Allahu Akbar (Allah is the greatest) 170
times. When we say Allah is the greatest, we mean Allah's Book is the
greatest, Allah's law is the greatest, Allah's Prophet is the best
example, Allah is our hope and our sustenance.
If Muslims do not really mean it when they say "Allah is the greatest"
170 times, then they must be classified as hypocrites. It's this
problem of
falsehood within ourselves which we must confront if we want our claim
to be Muslims to be taken seriously.
Allah has promised that victory and worldwide dominance will go to
the Muslims. The path to this victory is outlined in the
Hadith
of the Prophet (pbuh). The Hadith indicate to us the war we fought in
Afghanistan
against the Soviets when we sided with the Christians. The Hadith also
indicate to us the battle forthcoming against the Christians as we now
see in Afghanistan.
We are told in Hadith that these western powers will launch a military
force into
Iraq
and then they will also attack Saudi Arabia and other
countries, perhaps Iran. There will be tremendous suffering for the
Muslims
but these attacks will stir up and awaken the Muslim world. The Muslims
will then mobilize and fight the Christians and the Jews till both are
utterly defeated.
9.11
was a sign from Allah that the downfall of America and the West is
at hand. The Qur'an has taught us that the time given to nations is
fixed.
When the time comes for the end of a nation, its downfall cannot be
stopped
by its resources and its wealth. America's power is now going to pass
away.
Already we can see the terrible degradation of America from within, the
degradation of women, the molestation of children, the vast drug
culture.
9.11 brought more da'wa for the message of Islam than the entire Muslim
world could have ever carried out. The issue of Palestine was brought
into focus as never before. The media called it "terrorism" but did not
realize that the whole world was receiving quite a different message.
Muslims should have no doubt, because Muhammad's (pbuh) prophecy is
absolutely true: the Jews will be defeated and Palestine will be
liberated.
The Muslims will defeat the Jews in a tremendous final battle. The
defeated
Jews will hide but will be hunted down, so much so that when a Jew
hides in a
clump of trees, the trees will call out to the Muslims that a Jew was
hiding
there and should be sent to hell. [The Israelis, in the land they have
occupied, are actually planting these trees which are named in the
Hadith.]
O Allah! Help us to be united in these times of stress and oppression.
O Allah keep us focused on the future victory You have promised us so
that we are not depressed by the difficulties we face at this time.
[We will make available Maulana Sharfi's faith-renewing tape in a few days.
It's in English with Arabic quotes from Qur'an and Hadith. The English
is good and the Arabic is powerful, like Wahy coming down even today.]
[Maulana Sharfi should be invited to every mosque. Let's know if you are
interested.]
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5. EHUD OLMERT, MAYOR OF OCCUPIED JERUSALEM, INSULTS the PROPHET (p)
Ehud Olmert was described as the "mayor of Jerusalem" when he appeared
on
C-Span
(October 12, 2002) when in fact he is the mayor of occupied
Jerusalem. Even countries which are not supporters of Islam or
Christianity recognize the fact that Jerusalem is an occupied city.
Olmert claimed that he equally respects all the religions which exist
in Jerusalem although he went out of his way to state the superiority
of Judaism.
When it came to Islam, Olmert had no hesitation in insulting the
exalted messenger of Allah, Muhammad (pbuh). Talking about
Masjid al-Aqsa,
Olmert stated that "it is believed (by muzlims) that Mohammed went
upstairs from Al-Aqsa."
So for this Jew, Muhammad's Ascension (mairaj) is: "he went upstairs",
and Olmert claims that he respects all religions.
He also tried to assert various Jewish myths about the existence of the
Jewish temple on the site of the Dome of the Rock. Historically, there
is no evidence of any such temple on that site. He also claimed that a
synagogue had existed on that site.
Thus, Olmert's thinking is not very different from that of the Brahmin
leaders of India which led to the destruction of Babri masjid (mosque).
Olmert defended Netanyahoo and openly supported Natanyahoo's
call for the assassination of President Saddam Hussain of Iraq.
It is evident that the so-called mayor of occupied Jerusalem is more
like a Nazi Gauleiter of Poland under Nazi occupation than a civic
leader.
He talks like any street thug in his call for the assassination of the
President of an Arab country, in fact the only such country which is
independent.
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6. ISNA/CAIR GIVE BLANK CHECK TO PRESIDENT BUSH
In response to Falwell's attack on Prophet Muhammad (pbuh),
pro-government Muslim leaders of ISNA/CAIR etc were very quiet for
days. Then
they came out with a proposal which is so timid and self-serving that
only
non-thinkers could have brought it out. These funded leaders are asking
Bush to condemn Falwell's attack on the Prophet (pbuh).
Thus they are handing President Bush a blank check to fill in his
Islamic credentials. Even the most vicious Jewish-zionist group in
America, the
ADL,
has condemned Falwell's attack on the Prophet (pbuh). [CAIR
immediately rushed to publish
ADL's statement and sent it to Muslim communities.]
Now Bush is being given the opportunity to say that he respects Islam
(just as Sharon, Olmert and the ADL do).
Bush has destroyed Afghanistan, funded Israel's ongoing genocide against
Palestine and is preparing an invasion of Iraq.
He has branded every Islamic armed resistance movement as "terrorist."
Note
the list of Bush's terrorists: 1. Hamas. 2. Islamic Jihad. 3. Gamaa
al-Islamiyya. 4. Hizbullah. 5. Hizbut Tahrir (Uzbekistan). 6. Al-Qaida.
7. Taliban. 8. Yemeni Islamic movement. 9. Somali Islamic movement.
10. Lashkare Taiba. 11. Harakatul Mujahideen 12. Abu Sayyaf etc., etc.
Now ISNA/CAIR 'leaders' are saying that all Bush has to do is declare
that Muhammad (pbuh) is NOT a terrorist and Bush can then be touted to
the entire Muslim community as NOT AGAINST ISLAM.
President Bush has to be fully aware of Robertson's and Falwell's
statements on national TV. If ONE ISRAELI GETS HURT, the White House
issues a
statement condemning terrorism. Days have passed since Falwell insulted
the Prophet (pbuh).[October 4 and 6] Not a word from Bush!
Now a few days have passed even after ISNA/CAIR begged Bush to take notice
of Falwell. [Oct. 10]
Again silence from the White House even though these ‘Muslims' are
begging on their bended knees for a morsel from the master's mouth.
Is this Islamic leadership? Does any Muslim honestly believe that
ISNA/CAIR etc are following the Qur'an and the authentic Hadith of the
Prophet (pbuh)?
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