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PAKISTANI GOVERNMENT HAS BLOCKED NEW TREND'S WEB
SITE:
A number of our readers in Pakistan have now
confirmed that New Trend's
site is blocked in that country. Such blocking
operations require
governmental action and cannot be done by
individuals.
The blocking action indicates that our
criticism of General Musharraf
was extremely effective. Readers who appreciate
our work should help to
spread the message in Pakistan.
Also, we thank those in Pakistan who are
already sending our Internet
magazine to others on their lists.
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What Do Pakistanis Feel about U.S. "Victory" in
Iraq?
Interview with Syed Munawar Hasan: Secretary
General Jamaate Islami Pakistan
May 8, 2003: New Trend was able to
interview Syed Munawar Hasan in
spite of his hectic schedule at Mansoora, Jamaate
Islami's headquarters on
the outskirts of Lahore city. He had just come
from ‘Isha prayers at the
sedate mosque within the township-sized
headquarters area which was packed
with worshipers.
Br. Hasan has spent his life in the Islamic
movement, through numerous
ups and downs which Pakistan has seen. He is one
of those people who can
neither be bought nor cowed down. With a strong
constituency in Karachi, he
has always been outspoken though very
understanding and mature in his
dealings with people of a great variety.
New Trend: Has the Islamic coalition
suffered loss of momentum owing
to the seeming American "victory" in Iraq?
Br. Hasan: The Islamic coalition remains
united and on the upsurge.
There is a massive Islamic wave now. The negative
things happening here are
coming from the man America has here, General
Musharraf. However, he is
isolated and the people are not misled by his
moves.
New Trend: Are you aware that Pakistan's
intelligence services chief is
visiting Washington?
Br. Hasan: Yes, that is true. He is there.
Also Armitage is here, Rocca
is here. They are doing what they want to, but it
won't be easy for them.
New Trend: Are you aware that major
Kashmiri resistance groups have
been placed on the terrorist list?
Br. Hasan: Yes, that includes Hizbul
Mujahideen.
New Trend: Do the Islamic groups united in
the Islamic coalition (MMA)
pray together or is it only a political
coalition?
Br. Hasan: They pray together,
alhamdulillah, including the Shia'. The
leader of the coalition leads the prayers. This
year the prayer leader is
Maulana Noorani. They all pray behind him, be
it Qazi sahib or Maulana
Fazlur Rahman ..... [here he gave a list of names
including the hard core
pro-Taliban leader as well as the Shia leader].
New Trend: Do you think General Pervez
Musharraf might be allied to
Parwezis who deny Hadith? These Parwezis are busy
with a lot of abusive
traffic on the Internet and they all support
Musharraf.
Br. Hasan: Parwezis are not a serious issue
in Pakistan. They became
ineffective here more than three decades back. As
for Musharraf, literary
studies of any kind are not part of his line of
thought. He does not have an
interest in Islamic knowledge which would be
serious enough to be connected
to anything requiring the study of books on
Islam.
Br. Hasan asked some questions in turn:
Br. Hasan: How is the situation of Muslims
in America; how is your
situation?
New Trend: Any Muslim in America can be
arrested at any time for any
reason. They haven't started arresting professors
yet; however Prof. Al-Arian
was arrested though he was a supporter of
Bush
in
the election campaign.
Br. Hasan: It looks like the U.S. is giving
up all its civil rights
gains.
New Trend: Attempts are underway to pass a
new law which would rescind
a person's citizenship and deport him/her to the
country of origin.
Br. Hasan: That's quite a change from the
country America was.
New Trend: The difference is that
previously this country was
pro-Israel
but now it is run by
Zionists
for
Zionists. No one else matters.
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IRAQIS REFUSING TO BE LIBERATED, KILL TWO U.S.
TROOPS, WOUND ONE:
by Iraq Monitor
This is indeed sad! Just when the U.S.
decided that Iraq had been
liberated and "reconstruction" could begin, there
were three attacks on U.S.
troops on May 8:
1. A sniper killed an elite U.S. trooper in
Baghdad with a shot to the head.
2. North of Baghdad, an Iraqi walked up to a U.S.
soldier guarding a bridge
and shot him dead with a pistol and, apparently,
escaped.
3. Iraqi guerrillas used a mine to blow up a U.S.
military vehicle west of
Baghdad, injuring a U.S. soldier. [Source for all
three items:
NPR
and
CBS.]
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Comment from Lynne Stewart: Attorney Famous for
Defense of
Dr. Omar Abdel Rahman,
herself Facing Persecution
Sincere thanks for your contribution shedding the
light on current world
events.
I have been speaking almost non-stop, about my
indictment and the war at home
on civil rights and the Constitution. Implicit in
this is my honored and
principled client, Sheik Omar Abdel Rahman, and
his defense of Islam.
Keep up your good work.
MY DEEPEST RESPECT
Lynne Stewart
[Brooklyn, New York]
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COMMENT ON WILLIAM HUGHES' ARTICLE: "IT IS
ISRAEL, STUPID!"
as-Salam `alaykum!
I really enjoyed the article by William Hughes!
Does
he have a website or does he contribute to any
other
publications on a regular basis?
What he said here is vitally important. Zionism
is
the blind spot of the peace movement in the US
and
being unable to see your main enemy makes
fighting him
nearly impossible.
I would be interested in corresponding with him
if he
does not have a regular website which I could
look up.
Wa-s-salam!
Eric Mueller
Texas.
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William Hughes is the author of ³Andrew
Jackson vs. New World Order²
(Authors Choice Press) and ³Baltimore Iconoclast²
(Writer¹s Showcase), which
are available online. He can be reached at
liamhughes@mindspring.com.
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