New Trend Magazine
(www.newtrendmag.org 205 articles on Islamic
issues)
Dr. Omar Abdel Rahman's Attorney, Translator, Para-legal Arrested
Blatant Civil Rights Violations to Please Dictator Mubarak on Powell
Visit
Israeli Forces Suffer Setback in Jenin: Heavy Losses in Ambush
First the bad news: One of America's top Islamists, Ahmed Abdel Sattar,
paralegal advisor to Dr. Omar Abdel Rahman, was arrested in New York on
April
9. Our reporter talked to his wife and found that she was not being
permitted
to meet her husband and was told to get security clearance first
because Br.
Ahmed is being considered a dangerous person (!).
Also arrested were Shaikh Abdel Rahman's attorney Lynne Stewart and his
translator Mr. Usry. These two were later released on bail.
As Ms. Stewart is now under indictment, she can no longer defend Br.
Ahmed
and he had to accept a public attorney. The attorney was not able to
put
together a bail package and thus Br. Ahmed is in prison, awaiting a
bail
hearing on Friday at 11.
Attorney Lynne Stewart's arrest is a new low in the decline of civil
liberties in the U.S. Such things were only supposed to happen under
the
regime of Egyptian dictator Hosni Mubarak where an attorney defending
an
opponent of the regime is arrested! It appears that Ms. Stewart
complained
about the mistreatment of Shaikh Omar Abdel Rahman after she visited
him in
prison and made public the need for proper medical facilities for the
Shaikh.
This was held against her.
Br. Ahmed Abdel Sattar is being accused of coordinating some kind of
plot
based on Ms. Stewart's and Mr. Usry's visit to the Shaikh in 2000. The
absurdity of these charges comes from the well-known fact that Br.
Ahmed's
phone has been tapped all that time and the government listens to his
conversations. For two years, the government couldn't find anything
wrong.
Immediately after 9/11, the police invaded his apartment in Staten
Island on
the pretext of looking for weapons (!) but found nothing.
Br. Ahmed is a citizen of the United States and has a perfect record of
citizenship. He has not broken any laws and has not committed any
illegality.
The U.S. is taking revenge on him for taking care of Shaikh Omar Abdel
Rahman, for speaking out against oppression of Muslims and for being
active
in the movement against secret evidence. He has not prostrated in front
of
the White House as most U.S. Muslims have done, especially since 9/11.
NEW TREND'S READING is that this latest act of harrassment is meant to
please
Egyptian dictator Hosni Mubarak during Powell's current visit to Egypt.
In
fact Mubarak might have asked for this favor from Bush's slinky agent.
Br. Ahmed Abdel Sattar and a part of the Egyptian community in New
York is a
problem for the criminal regime of Mubarak which holds 60,000 political
prisoners and uses torture to silent dissent. These Egyptians in NY
constantly protest.
TODAY WAS INDEED A DAY OF SHAME IN STATEN ISLAND as the police had
cordoned
off streets leading to Br. Ahmed's apartment as if he is a dangerous
terrorist.
We urge human rights activists around the world to keep an eye on
the
case of Ahmed Abdel Sattar, Usry and Lynne Stewart. Don't let U.S.
attorney
general Ashcroft vilify innocent and outstanding citizens.
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For Muslim readers, it might be worth noting that Br. Ahmed Abdel
Sattar is
one of the outstanding scholars of the Qur'an and the Hadith in
U.S.A. although he does not make grand and flowery speeches.
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ISRAEL FINALLY MEETS a few MUJAHIDEEN: Entire Jewish unit wiped out
"...Slay them wherever ye catch them, and drive them out from where
they
turned you out, for oppression is worse than slaughter." (2:191)
JENIN, April 9. Sated with the blood of innocent men, women
and
children, Israeli troops finally met a few Islamic fighters and were
slaughtered. The reports the Israelis have given out show their panic
and
confusion. Looks like the thuggish Jews, drunk with the power of their
weaponry, were lured into a trap where they were confronted with a
martyr who
had turned himself into a bomb. When the Jews ran for their lives, they
were
gunned down by Islamists who appeared on nearby roofs.
THE ENTIRE ISRAELI UNIT WAS WIPED OUT. Till now the Jews have
admitted
13 soldiers killed 9 wounded in this ambush but the real numbers are
probably
much higher.
BEFORE THE AMBUSH, an ISLAMIC WOMAN CALLED ON THE MUSLIMS FROM
A
MOSQUE LOUDSPEAKER to come forth and defend the honor of Islam.
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Palestine is awash with the blood of unarmed civilians
slaughtered by
the Jewish army, helicopter gunships and tanks. Observers say, Israel
will
learn that this is not 1967 or 1973 that the Muslims will be cowed down
and
surrender. This is the era of Osama Bin Laden. Israeli atrocities are
waking
up the Muslim world. Even the Jordanian King, puppet though he is,
could not
openly condemn Palestinian resistance when he appeared on NBC.
Unfortunately Israel's main backers, Bush and his Jews, want to
make
sure the Palestinians are crushed and humiliated before "peace talks"
resume.
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