Jamaat al-Muslimeen International Press Release
(see notices at end of this)
Muslims do not Need A reactive Leadership on Palestine
A Proposal for Islam's Victory Against Israel
by Kaukab Siddique, Ph.D
Muslims in America are being made to react to the issue of
Palestine in ways which are neither Islamically acceptable nor
rationally
understandable. It has been an unending retreat for Muslims. Look at
the long
and slimy path of retreat:
1. USA said that Israel wants peace with the "Arabs." Muslims did
not analyze this peace proposal from the victors and accepted it as genuine.
2. USA said Israel will give territory for a "Palestinian
Authority" in exchange for peace. Muslims again accepted this premise
without
asking whose territory is it in the first place. How can there be peace
when
Palestine is under occupation.
3. USA hinted that talks can include discussion of some part
of
Jerusalem to be given to the "Arabs." (A great favor indeed!) Again the
Muslims started agitating about how important Jerusalem is for the
Muslims.
Please, please, please,the Muslims begged, we must have Masjid al-Aqsa,
that
is our holy mosque, etc.
It's all reactive politics and our total lack of leadership has
made
this game possible. The Muslims/Arabs in USA have been fooled in a big
way.
Some idea of the disaster can be understood from the fact that most
Muslims/Arabs voted for Clinton who had the largest Zionist team in his
administration that America has had in its entire history.
Muslim leaders showed how low they had fallen when they had
iftar with
Medeleine Albright and Eid with Clinton and co. in the context of
Genocide in
Iraq, Shaikh Omar denied Eid prayers (with 70,000 Muslims in Mubarak's
jails), sanctions on Sudan and Afghanistan and U.S. support for Russia
in
Chechnya.
NOW THE SAME INTELLECTUALLY BANKRUPT MUSLIM LEADERSHIP
is
signing up Muslims to vote in the coming elections. Perhaps this time
they
will vote for the Republicans who think Clinton is not hard enough on
Iraq
and Sudan.
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Some of these leaders have hailed the selection of Lieberman as
Gore's running mate: that is they are welcoming the man who led the
charge
against Iraq and Sudan.
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WE MUST DEFINE A NEW STRATEGY
WITH
NEW TACTICS. Here are a few suggestions:
1. All Muslims must unite on the liberation of ALL OF PALESTINE.
Palestine is
the homeland of the Muslim people. Allah does not give anyone the right
to
give away even an inch of it.
i. Only those leaders should speak who can dare to speak for the
liberation
of all of Palestine.
2. Do not get involved in arguments about Al-Aqsa and east Jerusalem.
Jerusalem will be liberated just as it was taken. All of Jerusalem is
Islamic
and is an integral part of Palestine, and all of Palestine must be
freed.
3. We have no problem with indigenous Jewish and Christian people of
Palestine. Under Islamic rule, all their places of worship are
protected and
access is guaranteed by Islam.
4. Arafat, Mubarak and co. are all traitors working with the Israelis
to play
games with the Muslim conscience. The issue of Al-Aqsa and East
Jerusalem is
brought up by them to get the Muslims involved in a false or non-issue.
When
Arafat and Mubarak talk about al-Aqsa and East Jerusalem, what they are
saying is: forget about Palestine, but we must TALK, TALK, TALK about
al-Aqsa
and East Jerusalem. (See dear Muslims, they say, how much we love
Islam.)
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DOES THIS MEAN WE (Muslims in America) WILL BE ISOLATED AND WILL NOT BE
ABLE
TO INFLUENCE AMERICANS ABOUT THE PALESTINIAN CAUSE?
Firstly as Muslims, we have Allah, the Prophet (pbuh) and the believers
on
our side. No one can isolate us.
Every Muslim country has an Islamic movement which supports the
liberation of
Palestine. In fact the Islamic presence is the main reason the US and
Israel
play this peace game.
In America too people are fed up with the Jewish Zionist control of
everything from Disney to Giant Foods, from the New York Times to TIME,
from
CNN to NPR.
HOW DO WE KNOW THEY ARE FED UP? Just open your eyes and look. How hard
has it
become for American politicians to get people to vote. Countless
millions of
dollars are being spent just to get people to vote. The entire media
leviathon is in motion and still most people don't want to vote.
In this situation, Islam could become a liberating force by going
to the
masses of Americans who want this country to be free, independent and
taking
care of its own interests rather than those of Israel.
So, instead of becoming part of the system, we should be "witnesses
before mankind" as the Qur'an wants us to be:
1. Organize.
2. Create independent mass organizations.
3. Unite the Muslim ummah of America through honest, fearless,
independent leadership.
4. Unite with the oppressed people of America:
___ i. African-Americans
___ ii. Hispanics
___ iii. Women
___ iv. Aware German-descendants.
Allah has placed us in America to break the Zionist chains of
enslavement, not to become part of the corruption here. Good people in
America can see that the Zionists are getting away with homosexuality,
insults and abuse hurled at Jesus and Mary (peace be on them), control
and
just about monoploy of major TV, newspaper and radio outlets, with
billions
of dollars being sucked up to help Israel by way of what Finkelstein
calls
'the Holocaust indistry.' Freedom of expression, America's most
important
contribution to the modern era, has become meaningless in view of the
24-hour
flood of Zionist propaganda.
So: Say no to Israel, no to Zionism. Work to remove the stigma
of
"terrorism" which has been placed on all Islamic Movements owing to
our
"leaders" acceptance of the "peace process."
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