Holy War

THE SATANIC RULES

2009-01-03T18:17:00.000-08:00

ANTARA SENARAI PRODUK IBLIS-SYAITAN

Iblis (ISRAEL) mengganas lagi....Apa yang sepatutnya umat ISLAM lakukan?
Untuk mengangkat senjata, sememangnya mustahil!
Selain DOA serta solat HAJAT demi kemenangan Palestin dan kehancuran Iblis(Israel), umat ISLAM WAJIB...WAJIB DAN WAJIB MEMBOIKOT segala yang berkaitan dengan Iblis(Israel) serta America!

Sebagai saudara seagama, kita umat ISLAM WAJIB melakukan Jihad semampu mungkin tanpa perlu mengangkat senjata atau keluar beramai-ramai kejalan raya.

BOIKOT produk-produk Yahudi yang terdapat disekeliling kita adalah jalan terbaik dan paling berkesan jika kita dapat lakukan bersama-sama.Andai seluruh umat ISLAM dapat memboikot produk-produk Israel-America serta yang menyumbang kepada pembangunan ZIONIS, kemenangan pasti dipihak kita!

Tahukah anda, STARBUCK adalah antara penyumbang terbesar Zionis untuk pembangunan Israel.Fikirkan, wang kita sedang mengalir laju dari pelbagai sudut, dari seluruh pelusuk bumi yang kesemuanya menjadi jambatan kehancuran umat ISLAM sendiri.

Berikut adalah senarai Syarikat dan produk-produk IBLIS-SYAITAN (Yahudi-America) yang menyumbang kepada Zionis-America?

*Syarikat PHILLIP MORRIS - Produk : Rokok dan Makanan Berjenama : Marlboro, Virginia Slims, Benson & Hedges, Winston, Gold Coast, Merit, Parliament, Alpine, Basic, Cambridge, Bristol, Bucks, Chesterfield, Collector's Choice, Commander, English Ovals, Lark, L&M, Players and Saratoga, Ce d'Or, Philadelphia, Polo, Milka, Malabar, Marabou, Prince

FAKTA : 12 % keuntungannya adalah untuk Israel, Setiap hari umat Islam membelanjakan USD 800 juta untuk membeli rokok mereka, keuntungan purata 10% atau USD
80 juta sehari. JADI USD 9.6 JUTA DUIT ORANG ISLAM PERGI KE ISRAEL SETIAP HARI

*Syarikat COCA COLA - McDonalds - Burger King - Pizza Hut KFC.
Produk Minuman Berjenama : Light Coke, Fanta, Sprite, Canada Dry, Crush, Schweppes, Minute Maid, Nestea, Dr. Pepper

FAKTA : Sejak 1966 Coca Cola meyokong penuh negara Israel. Coca Cola telah menerima anugerah tertinggi dari kerajaan Israel kerana lebih 30 tahun menyokong mereka serta membantah boikot Liga Arab terhadap Israel.

*Syarikat NESTLE, Jenama : Kit Kat, Perrier, Libby, Nescafe, Maggie, Buitoni, Nestea, Freskies, Vittel, Pure Life, Nido, Smarties, Lion, Polo, After Eight, Coffee Mate, Nesquik, Aero, Quality Street, Felix (cat food), Crosse & Blackwell, Milkmaid, Carnation, Shreddies, Baci Baby Ruth, Butterfinger, Milkybar, Frutips.

FAKTA : Syarikat Swiss ini dimilikki 50.1% oleh syarikat Israel, Osem Investments. Pada tahun 2000 mengumumkan untuk melabur berjuta-juta dolar di Israel dalam R & D. Pada tahun itu Peter Brabeck-Letmathe bagi pihak Nestle menerima Anugerah Jubli daripada Perdana Menteri Netanyahu.

*Syarikat DISNEY, Produk : Disneyland, Euro-Disney, Jenama Disney, Kartun, Filem.

FAKTA : Pameran Walt Disney Millennium di Epcot Centre Florida menonjolkan Jerusalem sebagai ibu negara Israel. Kos US 8 juta untuk pameran ini dibiayai US
1.8 juta oleh Israel untuk menentukan isi kandungan pameran. Ini adalah kempen Israel menggunakan Disneyland untuk menguasai Jerusalem sepenuhnya.

*Syarikat DELTA GALIL Industries Ltd. Produk : Pasaraya, Pakaian dan Kasut Berjenama: JC Penney , Carrefour Nike, Reebok, Converse, Calvin Klein, Gap, Boss, Ralph Lauren, Banana Republic, Bauer, Wrangler, Dim, Old Navy Dockers, Celio, J. Crew , Caterpillar, Lou Riders, Pryca.

FAKTA : Syarikat kain terbesar Israel. Pengasasnya Dov Lautman adalah kenalan rapat Bekas Presiden Israel, Ehud Barak.

*Syarikat NOKIA, Produk : Telekomunikasi, talifon bimbit dan elektronik.

FAKTA : NOKIA melabur begitu banyak di Israel yang dikenali sebagai PROJEK ISRAEL.

*Syarikat DANONE - Makanan, minuman dan biskut. Produk : Evian, Alpina, LU Biscuits, Tuc, Volvic, Strauss dairy, Jacob biscuits, Danone yogart, HP foods, LEA & PERRINS, Sant? Galbani, Danao, Danette.

FAKTA : Pada tahun 1998 Franck Riboud bagi pihak Danone menerima Anugerah Jubli daripada Perdana Menteri Israel, Netanyahu. Anugerah tertinggi negara Israel untuk syarikat yang memperkukuhkan ekonomi Israel. Institut Danone, satu institut Penyelidikan dan Pembangunan telah di tubuhkan di Israel pada tahun
1998.

*Syarikat JOHNSON & JOHNSON, Produk : Kesihatan.

FAKTA : Pada tahun 1998 Roger S. Fineon bagi pihak Johnson & Johnson, menerima Anugerah Jubli daripada Perdana Menteri Israel Netanyahu.

*Syarikat REVLON, Produk : Kosmetik.

FAKTA : Jutawan Ronald Perelman yang memilikki Revlaon adalah seorang Zionis. Penyokong kuat Zionis Merupakan pemegang amanah Pusat Simon Wiesenthal Center yang menggunakan Holocaust untuk mendapatkan sokongan Zionisma dan Israel.

*Syarikat AOL TIME WARNER, Produk : Media Elektronik dan Cetak Berjenama : ICQ, Warner Bros, CNN, AOL, Times magazine.

FAKTA : AOL memperuntukkan 30% daripada portfolio keuntungan di Israel. Pada tahun 1998 AOL menerima anugerah Jubli daripada Perdana Menteri Netanyahu.

*Syarikat IBM.

FAKTA : Mempunyai 1700 pekerja di Israel. Satu dari 3 syarikat yang disanjung semasa Jamuan Makan Malam Liga Persahabatan Amerika-Israel Untuk Demokrasi pada 25 Jun 2001 bersama Ariel Sharon.

*Syarikat L'OREAL. Jenama : Giorgio Armani, Lancome, Biotherm, Garnier, Helena Rubinstein, Donna Karan, Vichy, Cacharel, Maybelline, Redken, La roche-posay, Carson

FAKTA : Setelah disaman US 1.4 juta kerana menulis surat pada Liga Arab bahawa mereka menutup kilang di Israel, mereka kemudian melabur dengan begitu banyak di Israel. Kongres Yahudi Amerika amat berpuas hati dengan L' Oreal dan menganggap mereka sahabat akrab.

*Syarikat INTEL, Produk : Perkakasan komputer.

FAKTA : Intel adalah penyokong kuat Israel. Pusat pembangunan pertama di luar Amerika didirikan di Haifa pada 1974.

*Syarikat EST LAUDER, Jenama : Clinique, Tommy Hilfiger, DKNY, Aramis, Origins, Ko Malone, La Mer, Prescriptives, Bobbi Brown Essentials, Aveda, Jane, MAC Cosmetics, Kate Spade, Fragrances, Stila.

FAKTA : Pengerusinya Ronald Lauder, pernah menjadi pengerusi Persidangan Utama Kesatuan Amerika Yahudi. Juga adalah presiden Tabung Kebangsaan Yahudi yang fungsinya ialah untuk menghalalkan pengambilan tanah rakyat Palestin oleh Israel.

*Syarikat NEWS CORPORATION, Produk : 20th Century Fox, Star, SKY, New York Post, National Geographic Channel, News of the World, The Times, The Sun, Nursery World, The weekly Standard, Daily Telegraph, Harper Collins.

FAKTA : Murdoch's New Corp. melabur dengan begitu banyak di Israel.

*Syarikat Kimberly-Clark, Produk : Huggies, Kotex, Kleenex, Scott, ANDREX products Freedom, Scottex.

FAKTA : Pada tahun 1998 Robert P. Van der Merwe , Pengerusi Kimberly Clark , menerima Anugerah Jubli daripada Perdana Menteri Israel Netanyahu, kerana sumbangan mereka dalam membangunkan ekonomi Israel.

LAIN-LAIN SYARIKAT

Syarikat Procter and Gamble, Produk Kesihatan, sabun, syampu berjenama : Head & Shoulders, Pert Plus, Pentain, Always, Tide, Crest, Pampers, Lux, Palmolive, Camay, Zest, Ariel, Fairy, Signal 2, close up, colgate, Monsieur Propre, Oil of Olaz, Petrol Hahn, Pringles, Sanicroix, Tampax, Tempo, Vicks, Vizir, Yes Swiffer, Ace, Action 500, Bonux, Mr Clean

MARS INC - Bounty, M&M's, Mars, Snickers, Twix, Uncle Ben's, Whiskas, Pedigree, Balisto, Brebbies

HASBRO - Parker, Pokemon, Star Wars, Episode I, Monopoly, Brothers, MB, Playskool, Tiger

GILETTE - Braun, Duracell, Gillette, Oral-B, Paper-Mate, Parker, Waterman

COLGATE PALMOLIVE - Ajax, Palmolive, Tahiti, Axion, Bingo, Fabe, Felire, La croix, Mennen, Murphy, Paic

Haagen Dazs Ben & Jerry CAMPBELL Kellogg Canderel Levis Raid Heinz dan PISANG SALAI SINGAPORE.

Untuk memulaukan secara total, mungkin sukar.Jadi umat ISLAM perlu memulaukan
produk-produk IBLIS-SYAITAN secara perlahan-lahan sehingga berjaya mencapai tahap SIFAR PRODUK YAHUDI.

Sebagai alternatif, kita boleh minum MECCA COLA, burger McD & BURGER KING ganti dengan BURGER IKS, MILO ganti dengan OVALTINE atau VICO, NESTCAFE ganti dengan sebarang minuman cafien tempatan.NESTUM gantikan dengan produk IKS yang tidak kurang hebatnya iaitu BERASLI keluaran BERNAS.Semua produk keluaran MAGGI gantikan dengan produk pesaingya.

Kepada perokok-perokok, cuba BERHENTI MEROKOK.Tidak ada ruginya kita berhenti merokok bahkan kita punyai banyak kebaikan dari sudut ekonomi, kesihatan fizikal dan mental.Dan paling penting, kita dapat berhenti dari menyumbang dana untuk musuh ISLAM.Sementara berjuang untuk berhenti merokok, bertukarlah kepada rokok gulung (MELENTENG).

Dalam sebuah rencana akhbar Utusan Malaysia bertarikh 8 januari 09, penulis M.Helmi Abdullah menyarakan tindakan lebih berkesan yang mampu menjejaskan kepentingan KAFIR.Beliau berharap seperti berikut:

Justeru, beberapa cadangan segera harus ditimbang dan ahli parlimen yang bersidang tidak berapa lama lagi tidak perlu merakamkan ucapan kutuk mengutuk Israel kerana perbuatan itu tidak molek, sebaliknya tindakan yang berikut difikirkan lebih cepat kesannya dan mendalam ertinya buat rakyat Palestin.

1) Memulaukan barangan dan perkhidmatan keluaran AS dan Israel.

2) Menghalau diplomat dan menutup terus kedutaan AS di Kuala Lumpur.

3) Memanggil balik diplomat Malaysia dari Amerika.

4) Menggesa supaya perjanjian FTA dan pelaburan baru dari AS digantung untuk tempoh lima tahun.

5) Melarang MAS dan AirAsia mendarat di mana-mana negeri di AS.

6) Menghentikan penjualan minyak ke AS.

7) Menghentikan penghantaran baru pelajar Malaysia ke AS.

8) Menarik pelaburan strategik ke AS.

9) Mencairkan semua aset tunai dan bukan tunai Malaysia di bank-bank di AS.

10) Menggunakan urus niaga mata wang Euro/Dinar Emas dalam perdagangan dua hala dengan negara lain.

11) Menggesa dan melobi agar Pertubuhan Bangsa-Bangsa Bersatu dibubarkan serta-merta dan membentuk satu pertubuhan baharu eg; Persekutuan Negara-negara Dunia (World Country Federation) yang tidak memerlukan penyertaan AS dan Israel.

12) Melakukan inovasi terhadap syarikat francais milik AS dan memalaysiakan produk tersebut.

Malaysia tidak perlu takut berkaitan krisis ekonomi kerana selagi lima bilion penduduk dunia hidup maka kita masih boleh berniaga dan berurus niaga dengan pihak yang akhirnya tidak akan menzalimi kita.

Populasi umat Islam dan masyarakat di Asia jika dapat ditembusi sepenuhnya masih boleh memberikan kekayaan kepada Malaysia. - M.Helmi Abdullah(UTUSAN MALAYSIA).

Walaubgaimanapun, jika ada mana-mana produk atau perkhidmatan YAHUDI-US yang boleh membawa keuntungan atau kebaikan tanpa ada alternatif lain dan tidak memberi keuntungan kepada mereka, maka kita teruskan.Seperti penggunaan web-web meraka termasuk laman blog(BLOGGER.COM) ini sendiri, MYSPACE, YOUTUBE, GOOGLE dan sebagainya.

Penulis percaya suatu ketika nanti, perkhidmatan-perkhidmatan yang mereka sediakan akhirnya akan memakan diri mereka sendiri.

Marilah bermuhasabah agar kita tidak membiarkan diri menjadi penyumbang kepada kehancuran umat ISLAM sendiri.Kita perlu tingkatkan kesedaran secara bersama supaya dapat melakukan sesuatu yang boleh menjejaskan ekonomi KAFIR dengan kuasa yang kita miliki sebagai pengguna secara KOLEKTIF!

INGAT, wang kita sedang digunakan untuk membunuh adik, anak, kakak, abang, pak cik, mak cik, atuk, nenek, ulama serta pemimpin tanah suci kita.

SETIAP SEN MEMBAWA KEHANCURAN!

WHY I'M BOYCOTTING ANYTHING 'MADE IN ISRAEL'

Exchange trips should be off: no holidays in sunny Eilat, even Christian pilgrims to the holy places might delay their trips

Yasmin Alibhai-Brown
Monday, 15 April 2002

First let me say the following as clearly and loudly as I can: I have fought against anti-Semitism all my life, against friends, colleagues, lovers, anyone who expressed anti-Jewish sentiments. I remember one night in 1974 when I stood for four hours under a lamp-post in north Oxford recovering from a screaming row with my ex-husband after he accused me of being excessively emotional about the Holocaust. My nine-year-old daughter was taken to see The Merchant of Venice in the week when all her friends were flooding to Harry Potter because we feel she needs to understand anti-Semitism as it arises around the world once again. I refused to support the UN conference against racism in Durban because I feared it would give licence to people to abuse Jews and it did. And as I observe the unsheathed hatred of Jews among many Muslims here and around the world, I feel shame and rage.

First let me say the following as clearly and loudly as I can: I have fought against anti-Semitism all my life, against friends, colleagues, lovers, anyone who expressed anti-Jewish sentiments. I remember one night in 1974 when I stood for four hours under a lamp-post in north Oxford recovering from a screaming row with my ex-husband after he accused me of being excessively emotional about the Holocaust. My nine-year-old daughter was taken to see The Merchant of Venice in the week when all her friends were flooding to Harry Potter because we feel she needs to understand anti-Semitism as it arises around the world once again. I refused to support the UN conference against racism in Durban because I feared it would give licence to people to abuse Jews and it did. And as I observe the unsheathed hatred of Jews among many Muslims here and around the world, I feel shame and rage.

I condemn the acts of suicide bombers whose own hopelessness makes them target Israelis in cafés, at weddings, in street markets, bursting open the bodies of the young and the old and themselves; and by each act blowing away peace and progress. Israel – as it was originally created – has an absolute right to exist and to flourish, without fear.

But Israel has absolutely no right to do what it wants, to use such overpowering weaponry against mostly unarmed people (we will never ever know how many are being killed in the current deluge) and justify that by referring to the horrendous history which led to the creation of the Jewish homeland. In fact I would suggest that Ariel Sharon should be tried for crimes against humanity in Sabra and Shatila, and Jenin and other occupied areas and be damned too for so debasing the profoundly important legacy of the Holocaust, which was meant to stop forever nations turning themselves into ethnic killing machines.

Remind yourself of this. Read the gripping new biography of Primo Levi by Carole Angier to understand the inimitable humanity of great Jewish thinkers, people who had every reason to surrender to the abomination of all-out vengeance but never did. Levi's painstaking testimonies about what happened in Auschwitz illuminate connections and avoid the traps of special pleading. He surely would not have been able to witness without protest the depravity of the current Israeli leadership.

Sharon can only carry on with his invasion of the West Bank because Colin Powell and his master in the White House crumble before his brutish ways and the US pro-Israeli lobby. He knows too he has the blind support of Americans and Britons whose anti-Arab racism has this year reached new lows. One columnist writing in a US journal captures the view held by many: "Israeli tanks should mow down Arab youths as they throw stones. Kill them. Keep going until the Arabs decide whether they hate Jews more than they love their children. I don't think the Israelis would have to dispose of too many Arab children before the white flag would go up."

So do we just blink back our tears and wait for these deaths? No. That would be like killing all imagination and optimism. I have just come back from Cape Town where I met inspirational people who fought those long, long years against apartheid. They gave me courage that all is not lost. We don't have to depend on craven British ministers who still insist on blaming Arafat (no saint he) more than they can bring themselves to accuse Sharon.

These South African liberationists have already persuaded many people not to buy anything from Israel. No, they admit, apartheid was not exactly the same as what is happening in Palestine. Yet, they recognise the familiarities. The racism against Arabs which fuels hard-line leaders; the systematic violence and humiliation to force a population to succumb to what is an unjust deal; the bulldozers, oh the bulldozers which evoke such trembling memories in so many South Africans who remember how they too had their homes and lives turned to dust not that long ago.

They have not forgotten either that Israel for many years supported apartheid and that some Tories thought white South African rulers were just fine people. Nelson Mandela was also declared a terrorist for not denouncing the use of violence against the iniquitous system built on a permanent state of heightened paranoia, just like Israel today.

I think we – all those who want Israel to leave the occupied territories – should follow the example of the South African activists. I have already started looking at labels and putting back anything made in Israel. Many of my friends are doing the same. We are e-mailing organisations – not those based on religion because Palestinians are not only Muslims – but all those who want to see a world committed to universal human rights. Money will count more than words. The US will not be able to prop up the economy of Israel forever and these hard wars are expensive.

We should call on unions, especially Equity, to advise artists and others to cut relations with the state of Israel. Exchange trips should be off; no holidays in sunny Eilat (perhaps this is happening already because of fear), even Christian pilgrims to the holy places need to think if this is when God may want them to delay the trip. Please note these actions are not directed at Jewish people but at the Israeli government. We will not, for example, stop buying from shops in Britain owned by Jewish people.

I was heartened to find out that others are doing their bit. Professor Stephen Rose and Professor Hilary Rose have started a boycott of institutional, cultural, academic and research links with Israel. They have collected 300 names across Europe. Jewish academics have signed up too. The signatories must know that this means cutting off much that is of value. There are hundreds of joint research projects between Arab and Israeli academic institutions – scarce spaces where decent dialogue and co-operation has been able to carry on. But I think they are right to sign up because we are in the middle of an unprecedented inferno which politicians are doing nothing to quell.

We know some Israeli soldiers are rejecting Sharon's strategy and that small peace groups keep going, enduring rejection, accusations of treachery and worse every time another suicide bomber goes off. Several Jewish women who work for human rights are trying to find ways to make their objections heard. They know they must tread carefully so as not to give succour to Jew-haters but unless they take an ethical position, they will be violating all that they stand for. As one Jewish South African friend, an artist, who lives in London put it: "I owe it to my father who fought against apartheid and my grandfather who died in Germany, not to let my people turn into fascists. Don't name me but I say that many of us are beginning to think that Israel is a burden on our backs instead of the imagined haven we grew up thinking it was, the place of safety and honour in an evil world. I will not stand by and let them do this in my name."

She is not alone. These brave Jewish dissidents and others who refuse to retreat and cower will stop the tanks; or, if not, at least they will ensure the nameless hundreds who are being killed did not die undefended as the world looked on helplessly. So remember to read the label; put it back if it is made in Israel. You will know you did a little something.

y.alibhai-brown@independent.co.uk

--THE INDEPENDENT--

OBAMA: THE PRESIDENT OF THE ISRAEL

2008-12-03T20:39:00.000-08:00

HOW THE ILLUMINATI MADE OBAMA PRESIDENT OF THE USA - PART 1

HOW THE ILLUMINATI MADE OBAMA PRESIDENT OF THE USA - PART 2

OBAMA’S ZIONIST GLOBAL PLANS

By Brother Nathanael Kapner, Copyright 2008

“A GLOBAL ECONOMY REQUIRES A GLOBAL CURRENCY” stated Former Fed Chairman Paul Volcker, who is currently on Obama’s economic team. The economic team includes the Zionist Jewish banker, Robert Rubin. Many Washington insiders believe that Volcker will be Obama’s pick for Treasury Secretary.

Volcker’s call for a global currency is featured as the header on the Single Global Currency Association Web Site. The SGCA boasts that it is “dedicated to implementing a Single Global Currency within a Global Monetary Union and managed by a Global Central Bank.”

But before a Global Central Bank can be established, there must first be a series of “regional” Central Banks. Zionist Jews, like Robert Rubin, who is the Director of Citigroup Banking & on Obama’s economic team, are already planning a “North American Central Bank” as a stepping stone to a Global Central Bank.

As CS Lewis said in his famous book, The Screwtape Letters: “the safest road to Hell is the gradual one.”

ZIONIST JEWS WANT
A NORTH AMERICAN CENTRAL BANK

ZIONIST JEW HERBERT GRUBEL of the Fraser Institute Of Canada recently proposed a “North American Central Bank” as part of a monetary union between America, Canada, & Mexico. Here’s what Grubel stated in his article, “The Case For The Amero:”

“The national banks of America, Canada, and Mexico, will be replaced by a North American Central Bank. Like the European Central Bank, it will have its own Constitution. Thus the policies of the North American Central Bank will be free from partisan national politics.” View Entire Story Here.

A Zionist “think tank” known as the Center For Strategic And International Studies (CSIS) is pressing for “regional integration” to implement a North American Central Bank in stages. This is stated in their North American Future 2025 Project Report.

Zionist Jews literally flood the roster of “expert members” of the CSIS. And Obama’s foreign policy advisor, Zbigniew Brzezinski, is listed as a CSIS “Counselor & Trustee.”

Brzezinski recently articulated his globalist “slow road to hell,” saying, “We cannot leap into world government in one quick step. The precondition for globalization is progressive regionalization.”

Zionists will cause the dollar to be devalued to the point where Americans will accept regionalization as Obama’s solution for dollar recovery. In fact, Obama’s globalist slow road to hell is already being built. Just “read his adviser’s lips…”

--REAL JEW NEWS--

YOU DON'T HAVE TO BE WHITE TO BE A TRUE ZIONIST

2008-12-03T20:04:00.000-08:00

BARACK HUSEIN OBAMA IS A ZIONIST ILLUMINATI - PART 1

BARACK HUSEIN OBAMA IS A ZIONIST ILLUMINATI - PART 2

OBAMA SHOWS HIS TRUE COLOR - ZIONIST BLUE

Like the black widow spider in the State Department, Barack Obama has unequivocally proven to the world that you don't have to be white to be a true ZIONIST.

"I don't think there is any nation that would not have reacted the way Israel did after two soldiers had been snatched. I support Israel's response to take some action in protecting themselves."

Now, THAT'S AUDACITY!

Barack Obama - zionist extraordinaire, more king than the king himself.

--WAKE UP FROM YOUR SLUMBER--

MIRACLES OF THE QUR'AN

2008-09-08T17:47:00.000-07:00

MIRACLES OF THE QUR'AN - PART 1

MIRACLES OF THE QUR'AN - PART 2

MIRACLES OF THE QUR'AN - PART 3

MIRACLES OF THE QUR'AN - PART 4

MIRACLES OF THE QUR'AN - PART 5

NAKBA: THE PROMISED LAND

2008-05-16T07:13:00.000-07:00

A special series examining the origins, violent creation, and
modern-day reality of the state of Israel through the stories
of individual Israelis.

THE PROMISED LAND? - CONFLICT (PART 1)

THE PROMISED LAND? - CONFLICT (PART 2)

THE OTHER ISRAEL - BEFORE PROMISED LAND

FM: PALESTINIANS WILL BE INDEPENDENT WHEN THEY STOP USING WORD 'NAKBA'

ISRAEL PROTESTS UN CHIEF BAN KI-MOON'S USE OF TERM 'NAKBA'

By Rotem Sela, TheMarker Correspondent, and Haaretz Service

The Israeli mission to the United Nations is seeking clarifications after an official communique released by Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon's bureau made specific reference to the word "nakba," according to a report broadcast on Israel Radio early Friday morning.

The report said the UN chief telephoned Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas to express his solidarity with the Palestinians on the day they mark the "nakba," the Arabic word meaning "catastrophe" that is used in reference to the founding of the state of Israel.

Danny Carmon, Israel's deputy ambassador to the UN, told Israel Radio that the term "'nakba' is a tool of Arab propaganda used to undermine the legitimacy of the establishment of the State of Israel, and it must not be part of the lexicon of the UN."

Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni on Thursday said that the Palestinians will be able to celebrate their independence day on the same day that the word "nakba" or catastrophe is erased from their lexicon. Livni was referring to the Palestinians' "Nakba Day" which is commemorated on May 15, the day Israel was founded in 1948.

Speaking at the closing panel of the "Facing Tomorrow" presidential conference in Jerusalem, Livni said that Israel needs a constitution, and stressed that since Israel views itself as a Jewish democratic state, it must take into account that it will have to relinquish territories. However, she said, land will only be handed over after the Palestinians change their stance.

"Deciding on fixed borders is important, but not enough; before we draw up a border we must decide what will be on the other side of it," she said.

Defense Minister Ehud Barak also addressed the crowd in Jerusalem, saying that "there is no future for a nation that doesn't know its past."

After giving an overview of the history of the state of Israel, Barak said that of all the events that Israel has experienced, the one thing that he remembers most is the day that he met Ronny, the female fighter pilot from Kibbutz Lohamei HaGetaot, who symbolized for him the long way the Jewish people had come since the Holocaust. "Ronny flies in circles 30,000 feet over Kibbutz Lohamei HaGetaot, which was established in memory of those who fought in the Holocaust," he said.

Though he called for peace in his address, Barak chose to disparage those who urge immediate peace negotiations with the Palestinians, saying "the saying 'the wolf shall dwell with the lamb' came out of Jerusalem, but in practice, the lamb is replaced every few days."

Opposition leader and Likud Chairman Benjamin Netanyahu began his address before the conference with a focus on finance. He said that Israel could turn into an "Israeli tiger" ? referencing the Celtic tiger, a nickname given to Ireland following its rapid financial development since the mid 1990s.

"Israel can enjoy 6-8 percent growth each year over the next decade," the former finance minister said. He emphasized the importance of the reforms that he had instituted during his tenure as finance minister, which, according to him, directly resulted in the financial growth Israel has enjoyed in recent years.

All three speakers chose to emphasize the importance of education in their speeches. Barak said that Israel's only resource was the grey matter between the ears of Israel's younger generation. He added that the only way to achieve security and prosperity was to invest in education.

--HAARETZ--

BOYCOTT THEM

2008-04-16T05:25:00.000-07:00

ATAS NAMA JIHAD: WAJIB BOYCOTT PRODUCT!

Atas nama JIHAD dijalan ALLAH S.W.T, umat ISLAM wajib memboikot product-produt negara penentang ISLAM yang secara terang-terangan
menghina ISLAM SELURUHNYA.
Di Malaysia Kita, product-product barat bersepah dimana-mana sahaja.
Samada product dari Denmark, Israel, America mahupun
dari belanda (HOLLAND) sendiri.

Mengapa penghinaan keatas ISLAM semakin menjadi-jadi?

*ANTI-QURAN

Selepas isu kartun yang menghina RASULULLAH S.A.W oleh kartunis Denmark, kini terbit pula film FITNA yang diterbitkan oleh ahli parlimen Holland.
Umat ISLAM perlu lebih bijak dalam menghadapi serangan seperti ini.
Kita tidak perlu berdemo seperti di PAKISTAN dan negara Islam lain sehingga menggangu urusan harian orang lain malah menjatuhkan saham-saham di bursa tempatan.Siapa yang rugi?
Kita hanya perlu menggunakan kuasa ekonomi sebagai signal kepada serangan terhadap ISLAM.BOIKOT sahaja product-product mereka yang anti-ISLAM.Namun, tiada satu pun akhbar mahupun media electronik tempatan yang menyenaraikan product dari belanda untuk memudahkan umat ISLAM memboikot.Maka golongan yang mampu mendapatkan maklumat mengenai product-product ini adalah mereka di dunia cyber dan menerusi SMS.Sepatutnya media tidak perlu bimbangkan hubungan antara kerajaan dengan negara yang mencetus masalah.Senaraikan sahaja sebagai bukti kejujuran untuk memboikot.

Sibuk di televisyen membangkitkan soal boikot ini, tetapi sedarkah bahawa bukan semua rakyat ISLAM tahu mana satu product-product Belanda, Denmark, Israel dan America.
Usaha pasar raya MYDIN patut di turuti oleh para peniaga lain.Tetapi, sehingga kehabisan stock product-product penghina ini, maka wajar kita menghentikan terus penjualan product-product mereka.Mmemang pada awalnya, usahawan tempatan akan terkena tempiasnya.Tetapi kita tiada pilihan selain berjihad melalui cara ini.
Percayalah bahawa ALLAH S.W.T akan menghargai tiap usaha
kita dalam berjihad kejalan-NYA.
Saya menyeru, supaya kita bangkit dalam diam untuk memboikot segala product dari mereka-mereka yang menghina ISLAM dan mencari alternatif lain.Kita tidak ketandusan dalam mencari alternatif lain.Sebagai contoh, pilih MECCA COLA sabagai alternatif kepada Coca-Cola.Jangan hiraukan rungutan pemilik syarikat dari belanda contohnya yang menentang film FITNA demi bimbabngkan kejatuhan dalam bisnes mereka.
Bila kita boikot, biarkan syarikat dari negara mereka yang
bercakaran bersama para penghina ini.
Apa perlunya kita yang sibuk-sibuk bimbangkan perniagaan mereka?
Bangkit dan berjihadlah demi agama kita.Jika tiada pilihan selain product mereka, maka gunakanlah dengan sebaik mungkin.Sebagai contoh, saya menulis menerusi blog yang diasaskan oleh seorang jutawan yahudi dibawah syarikat GOOGLE.Juga menggunakan Microsoft untuk penyebaran maklumat.Kita mungkin terpaksa gunakan peluang dari mereka ini demi kebaikan bersama.

Jika tidak mampu membuang semuanya, cuba satu-persatu dahulu.Sehinnga kita boleh mencapai sifar dalam penggunaan product penentang ISLAM khusunya ISRAEL.

FITNA THE MOVIE - PART 1

FITNA THE MOVIE - PART 2

'THE MESSAGE' (RELEASED IN 1976) is a film chronicling the life and times of the final Prophet, Muhammad, peace be upon him.
DURATION: 3 hr 3 min 56 sec

HELLO JESUS...WHAT ABOUT THE BIBLE?

FITNA THE MOVIE - PART 3 (SPECIAL EDITION)

SENARAI PRODUCT-0PRODUCT DARI BELANDA (HOLLAND).
LIST OF DUTCH PRODUCT TO BOYCOTT!!

1. Dutch Lady - Susu
2. Ferrero Roche - Coklat
3. Wall's - Ais Krim
4. Ing -Insurans
5. Planta -Magerin
6. Lady's Choice -Magerin
7. Lipton -Teh
8. Shell -Minyak
9. Knorr -Perisa Makanan
10. Dove -Mandian
11. Sunlight -Magerin/Pencuci Pinggan
12. Radiant -Deodoran
13. Rexona -Deodoran
14. Ponds -Produk Kecantikan
15. Kieldsens -Coklat
16. Slimfast -Produk Pelangsing
17. Lego -Kismis
18. Philips -Barangan Elektrik
19. Duyvis -Makanan Ringan
20. Gouda -Keju
21. Robin -Pencuci Lantai/Pakaian
22. Ariel -Pencuci Lantai/Pakaian
23. Omo -Pencuci Lantai/Pakaian
24. Labello -Lip Balm
25. Pickwick -Teh
26. Venz -Mentega Coklat
27. Kinder Bueno -Coklat
28. Unilever -Syarikat
29. Dumex -Susu Tepung
30. Nutricia -Susu Bayi
31. Sunsilk -Shampoo
32. Fair & Lovely -Produk Kecantikan
33. Lux -Mandian
34. Vaseline -Lip Balm
35. Cif -Pencuci Lantai
36. Surf -Pencuci Kain
37. Wishbone -Pencuci Kain
38. Doriana - Keju Krim
39. Bertolli -Minyak Masak
40. Clear -Shampoo
41. Breeze -Pencuci Kain
42. Sun -Pencuci Kain

ISRAEL, DENMARK, NORWAY AND THE NATHERLANDS - LETS BOYCOTT THEM!!

U.N SKED TO GO AFTER FILMAKER

THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Published Wednesday, April 16, 2008 at 4:30 a.m.

GENEVA — Islamic countries used a meeting of the U.N.'s top human rights body on Tuesday to demand the prosecution of a Dutch lawmaker whose anti-Quran movie has sparked Muslim protests.

*ANTI-QURAN

Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, Indonesia and other members of the U.N. Human Rights Council said the Netherlands should adopt laws against religious defamation.

"We recommend to the government of the Netherlands that it must ... initiate prosecution against the author" of the movie "Fitna," Pakistan's representative, Masood Khan, told the 47-nation council.

The film by legislator Geert Wilders triggered street protests in Pakistan, Malaysia and Indonesia, and calls in other countries to boycott Dutch goods, when it was posted on a Web site last month.

In his film, Wilders couples verses from the Quran with images of the terror attacks on New York, Madrid and elsewhere, and shows footage of imams saying Islam should dominate the world.

The Dutch government has said it disagrees with the harsh, hateful tone of the film, but insists Wilders has a constitutional right to air his views.

The U.N. secretary-general and U.N. agencies have condemned the film.

EU foreign ministers have sharply rejected its views.

Nebahat Albayrak of the Dutch delegation told council members that the public prosecutor was investigating whether the film breaks any laws.

--HERALD TRIBUNE--

WHEN THE CROSS AND THE CRESCENT CLASH ON THE WEB

Ary Hermawan, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta

In the 4th century, a charismatic Christian presbyter of Alexandria, Arius, sparked a fierce theological discussion on whether or not Jesus Christ was God in the same way as God the Father.

The laity -- sailors, travelers, bakers and traders -- were at the time openly discussing the abstruse subject with great enthusiasm the way people these days talk about politics and celebrity gossip. This was before the Holy Trinity was officiated as the Church's creed.

About three hundred years later, the newly-established Islamic theocracy from the Arabian peninsula conquered Jerusalem and encountered the Christian pilgrims. With the Koran, Muslims opposed the idea that Christ was the Son of God, inciting another ferocious theological debate.

Since then, thousands of religious treatises and apologias have been written. But for centuries, the perennial debate on God and the nature of Christ rarely ended with the opposing sides arriving at convergent conclusions.

In the ancient world, theological discussions were not without risks, especially when the emperors, sultans and inquisitors of both parties took part and forcefully ended (won) them.

More than one and a half millennia after Arius posed his Christological question, bloggers and web forums have rekindled the stormy discussion on God and religions, reflecting the enduring thorny relationship between the world's two Abrahamic faiths. This time, there is no terror of ruthless inquisitors.

Mohammad Irwan, 42, an employee at an oil and gas company in Jakarta, has been immersed in a theological debate for the past few months over an Internet blog that regularly posts entries challenging the Christian view on Christ.

"I will worship Jesus Christ if you can prove to me that he is divine," the Bandung Technology Institute graduate once challenged an irate Christian who criticized articles on the blog, which is run by a Yogyakarta-based blogger using the pseudonym "Wedusgembel".

The articles posted are insulting and have infuriated many Christians, especially the laity. The blogger writes, for instance, that "a Muslim is more Christian than a Christian because the former follows the 'true teachings' of Christ", or that Mother Theresa, the symbol of religious devotion and purity in the twentieth century, will "go to hell because she believes in the Trinity".

The blog draws new comments every day.

The heated debate between the two faiths, whose followers now account for half of the world's population, is not only ancient, but also a global digital phenomenon. One can easily find apologetic sites such as answeringislam.com or answeringchristianity.com on the web.

Interestingly, one will find it difficult to trace similar sites by the followers of other faiths such as Judaism, Hinduism and Buddhism.

Indonesia Faithfreedom.Org, which is linked to the popular anti-Islam website Faith Freedom International, is one Indonesian language site that belligerently posts offensive articles on Islam.

A number of local Muslim bloggers have created sites to counter the site's accusations, some of which are no less hostile than the site they combat.

Blogging is nearly as easy as writing a diary on which almost every subject is permissible, breaking all the social taboos of the offline world: A high school student and an overseas PhD candidate have the same opportunity to speak their mind.

This condition paves the way for an open debate between Muslims and Christians, which is no longer exclusively practiced by theologians and religious scholars. Saints or bigots, the learned or the laity, they are all allowed to join the frenzy.

Does this new form of dialogue foster a better understanding between the two sides?

Irwan, who chooses to remain anonymous when blogging from his Blackberry, said he had lost interest in discussing theology on the Internet.

"Being anonymous, people can express their ideas more freely, but they can also commit acts of cowardice. They just do not respect the opinions of other people," he told The Jakarta Post.

Instead of achieving a mutual understanding, he said, a number of religious blogs have been filled by hate speeches and the comment forums have turned into a warfare where the so-called believers can cowardly cast aspersions against other faiths.

"From my experience, it is more effective if we have a face-to-face dialogue," he said.

The concept of the Trinity is apparently too subtle to grasp for a young Muslim blogger who neither reads the Bible in its original languages (Hebrew and Greek), nor is trained in philosophy and the methods of multilayered exegesis of the Scriptures.

Meanwhile, Christians can easily find references on the ugly faces of Islam to verbally attack the religion.

Catholic priest Beni Susetyo said he did not consider the intense religious and theological debates on the net as positive, and refused to regard it as a form of "interfaith dialogue".

"They are mostly people who have a narrow understanding of religion. They think other people are their competitors. What they say is nothing but rubbish," he said.

With the enactment of the new cyber law and the recent blocking of YouTube and a number of sites by the government following the Fitna controversy, the question arises whether offensive sites should also be blocked; something that bloggers in general are now fearing.

A lecturer on communication studies at the University of Indonesia, Ade Armando, said the existence of such provocative religious sites was inevitable as the Internet provided almost absolute freedom to its users.

"We cannot let the state interfere," he said, adding that "for good reasons, freedom on the web should be upheld and supported."

He argued that not all religious bloggers were zealots and provocative, and a blogger named Ahmad was not necessarily a Muslim nor did he represent Islam.

"The bloggers have their own code of ethics and this matter is actually very much related to their conscience," said Armando, now editor in chief of Islamic magazine Madina.

A blogger who uses the pseudonym Danalingga writes on his blog that posting and discussing religious matters is a good thing, but that bloggers must have the right attitude; that the opinions of others could be right or wrong.

Both Armando and Susetyo believe the impact of sites containing hate speeches will not affect the coexistence of Christian and Muslim communities, because the number of people who have access to the internet in Indonesia is insignificant.

The number of bloggers, however, continue to increase in line with the growing information and technology industry. According to Blogspot profiles, there are at least 600 new Indonesian bloggers per day.

In addition to international weblog providers such as Blogspot, Wordpress, Multiply, Facebook and MySpace, a local weblog provider, Dagdigdug.com, has recently been launched to lure new local bloggers.

ANTI-QURAN

2008-03-05T23:46:00.000-08:00

BELANDA TIMBANG HARAM FILEM HINA AL-QURAN

THE HAGUE (Belanda): Kerajaan Belanda kelmarin menimbang kemungkinan mengharamkan filem yang menghina Al-Quran kerana bimbang ia akan mencetus sentimen anti-Belanda di negara-negara Islam.
Akhbar Telegraaf melaporkan kerajaan Belanda berbelah bahagi mengenai filem Fitna yang dikeluarkan dan hendak ditayangkan seorang anggota parlimen Belanda dari Parti Kebebasan (PVV), Encik Geert Wilders, tidak lama lagi.

Encik Wilders mencetus kemarahan umat Islam apabila beliau berkata Al-Quran patut diharamkan kerana ia menyerupai buku Hitler, Mein Kampf.
Parti Kristian Demokrat mahu filem itu diharamkan tetapi Parti Buruh, yang menyokong kebebasan bersuara, sebaliknya menggesa negara-negara Islam menghalang bantahan ganas terhadap Belanda.

Kerajaan Belanda cuba meredakan kemarahan umat Islam selepas penunjuk perasaan membakar bendera Belanda di Afghanistan, dan Pakistan menyekat laman web YouTube berhubung isu tersebut.
Setiausaha Agung Pertubuhan Perjanjian Atlantik Utara (Nato), Encik Jaap de Hoop Scheffer, menyuarakan kebimbangan mengenai keselamatan askar Nato, termasuk 1,500 askar dari Belanda, menyusuli bantahan terhadap filem itu di Afghanistan Ahad lalu.

'Jika mereka (askar Nato) menjadi sasaran serangan disebabkan filem itu, saya amat bimbang,' kata beliau dalam satu wawancara televisyen.

--AP--

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DUTCH PM CONCERNED OVER ANTI-QURAN FILM

Wednesday March 5 2008 | Associated Press Writer

By LAURENT PIROT

PARIS (AP) - The Netherlands' prime minister said Wednesday that his government is concerned that an anti-Quran movie made by a right-wing Dutch lawmaker could cause social strife.

Prime Minister Jan Peter Balkenende spoke on a visit to France, where President Nicolas Sarkozy offered his support to the Dutch government in its struggle to limit fallout in the Muslim world from the movie ``Fitna,'' which has not yet been released.

Balkenende said the views expressed in the movie do not reflect those of the Dutch government. Filmmaker Geert Wilders, who heads the Netherlands' right-wing Freedom Party, has said his movie portrays Islam's holy book as a ``fascist'' text.

``There is really concern about the movie,'' Balkenende told reporters in Paris following his meeting with Sarkozy. ``We think that's also a threat for social cohesion and society.''

Sarkozy spokesman David Martinon said Sarkozy also reiterated his proposal to create a fund to help protect European citizens threatened by extremists.

The Dutch government has been working for weeks to prevent a backlash against the movie in the Muslim world. It has urged Wilders to voluntarily scrap his film for the sake of Dutch national interests and for the safety of its citizens abroad.

Wilders has scorned the plea and accused the government of capitulation. He said earlier this week he has begun negotiations with Dutch broadcasters about airing ``Fitna.'' He said he will only allow them to show it in its entirety - 15 minutes.

If they refuse to show the whole film, he will call a news conference later this month to show it to media and post it on the Internet, he said.

The film has sparked protest in the Muslim world, with demonstrators in Afghanistan torching Dutch flags. In Pakistan, the government ordered Internet providers to restrict access to YouTube, allegedly to prevent Pakistanis from accessing a clip of Wilders in which he makes derogatory remarks about Islam.

Last month, a former Dutch lawmaker who has been the target of death threats over her criticism of radical Islam, said she asked France to grant her citizenship because she cannot be assured of protection back home.

Ayaan Hirsi Ali wrote the screenplay of the film ``Submission,'' a fictional study of abused Muslim women with scenes of near-naked women with Quranic texts appearing on their flesh.

The film's director, Theo van Gogh, was killed by a Muslim extremist in Amsterdam in 2004. Hirsi Ali was threatened in a note left on his body. She now lives in the United States, guarded day and night.

The European Commission, fearing violence in Islamic nations over the film, said Wednesday it has sent a memo to its foreign staff on how to handle inquiries about it.

The EU's executive office did not put forward a position on the film. EU spokeswoman Christiane Hohmann says the memo suggests that EU staff abroad handle any questions by stressing that ``tolerance and freedom of speech are issues we value very highly'' in Europe.

--GUARDIAN--

PAKISTAN IN NO HURRY TO JOIN COMMONWEALTH

By Our Staff Reporter

ISLAMABAD, March 5: The Foreign Office said on Wednesday that Pakistan was in no hurry to return to the Commonwealth.

Spokesman Mohammad Sadiq said at his weekly press briefing that the decision to rejoin the organisation would be taken in due course by the government at an appropriate time.

When asked about motives behind the republication of blasphemous Danish cartoons and Dutch legislator Geert Wilders’ anti-Quran film, he said: “I believe that some quarters are engaging in blasphemy as a political agenda to promote xenophobia in Europe and hurt the feelings of Muslim communities across the world.”

He said the upcoming summit of the Organisation of Islamic Conference (OIC) would be discussing the issue.

“Wilders’ film reflects his biased, bigoted thinking and it has nothing to do with the right of freedom of expression. Distinction must be drawn between freedom of expression and licence to insult,” he emphasised.

About Iran’s nuclear ambitions, Mr Sadiq said Pakistan was concerned about developments that could lead to instability in Iran.

“Pakistan opposes any coercive measure that could further escalate tensions in the region.”

Reiterating Pakistan’s position on the issue, he said Pakistan recognised Iran’s right to peaceful use of nuclear technology.

AFP adds: Pakistan on Wednesday said it had summoned The Netherlands’ ambassador to the foreign ministry over the controversial film made by a Dutch right-wing politician.

“The Dutch ambassador was called to the Foreign Office and a demarche was made,” Mr Sadiq said at the briefing, referring to a diplomatic form of protest.

Pakistan had also raised the issue in Brussels, the Vatican and The Hague, he said.

Geert Wilders, who is planning to broadcast his film online and negotiating with several television channels, has complained that the Dutch government is pressuring him to cancel the project.

Mr Sadiq said that “bigoted and blasphemous” Danish cartoons and Wilders’ film were tantamount to propagating “politics of hate and promoting xenophobia in Europe”.

Last month Pakistan caused an accidental global blackout of YouTube when it blocked the website at home for carrying “blasphemous” cartoons.

--PAKISTAN DAWN--

MUSLIM ENVOYS MOOT ANTI-ISLAM FILM

THE HAGUE, March 6--Ambassadors from 30 Muslim countries to the Netherlands and Belgium met with the Dutch foreign minister to discuss the imminent broadcast of an anti-Islam film made by a far-right Dutch parliamentarian, his office said.

The talks, held at the request of the 50-strong Organization for the Islamic Conference (OIC), came as several Muslim countries threatened an economic boycott of the Netherlands if the film is shown.

A spokesman for Foreign Minister Maxime Verhagen said: "There was a meeting this morning, requested by the OIC, to hear the Dutch government's point of view on Geert Wilders' film."

Thirty ambassadors, based either in the Netherlands or in neighboring Belgium, attended the meeting.

The Dutch government has twice tried and failed to convince Wilders -- the leader of the far-right Freedom Party -- not to broadcast his film.

The Netherlands fears a repeat of the worldwide protests which met the publication of blasphemous Danish cartoons of Islam's revered Prophet Mohammed (peace be upon him).

The Taliban in Afghanistan have already threatened retaliation against Dutch soldiers in the country if the film is broadcast.

Verhagen pointed out that the "the government is fundamentally in disagreement with Wilders" and that "in the internal Dutch debate, both freedom of expression and religious liberty have their place."

Iran, Egypt and Pakistan have all criticized the film as a "gratuitous attack" on the Muslim faith and threatened an economic boycott.

Hundreds of Afghans protested across their country Wednesday at the prospect of the film, whilst the Taliban has already revenge against the 1,660 Dutch soldiers in Afghanistan if the film is shown.

In talks with French President Nicolas Sarkozy in Paris on Wednesday, the Dutch Prime Minister Jan Peter Balkenende reiterated his government's total rejection of Wilders' views.

In 2004 Dutch film-maker Theo Van Gogh was brutally murdered after making a short 10-minute anti-Islam film called "Submission."

--ALALAM.IR--

HE COME FROM US?

2008-02-26T20:03:00.000-08:00

GAMBAR CALON PRESIDENT AS ALA MUSLIM CETUS PERTENGKARAN

WASHINGTON: Satu gambar Senator Barack Obama berpakaian tradisional ala Muslim ketika melawat Kenya pada 2006 yang disiarkan dalam internet mencetuskan pertengkaran dalam kempen presiden parti Demokrat Amerika Syarikat.Gambar diambil The Associated Press memaparkan Obama berpakaian serban putih dengan balutan kain putih yang dihadiahkan kepadanya oleh golongan tua di Wajir, timur laut Kenya.
Bapa Obama yang sudah meninggal berasal dari Kenya dan Obama melawat negara itu pada 2006, menarik perhatian beribu-ribu penyokongnya.Gosip dan berita dalam laman web The Drudge Report yang menyiarkan gambar itu kelmarin mendakwa gambar itu disediakan "kakitangan Hillary" dan memetik satu e-mel daripada pembantu kempen tidak dikenali. Drudge bagaimanapun tidak memasukkan bukti e-mel dalam laporan itu.
"Saya tidak pernah melihat gambar itu sebelum ini," kata jurucakap Hillary Howard Wolfson semalam. "Sudah tentu saya tidak mengetahui sama ada anggota pasukan kempen kami yang melakukannya."

--BERITA HARIAN--

OBAMA PHOTO SPARKS NEW CLAIMS OF DIRTY TRICKS

By Chris Stephen
in New York

SHOCKING evidence of US Democrat presidential hopeful Barack Obama's hidden Islamic sympathies – or a final, dirty, trick by the floundering campaign of Hillary Clinton?
That is the question being asked across the United States after a photograph showing Obama in Somali traditional dress was circulated yesterday.

The photograph, showing Obama with tribal elders in a white sash and turban, was taken during the senator's official visit to Kenya in 2006.
The gossip and news website Drudge Report posted the image yesterday claiming it was sent to them as part of a smear campaign by the Clinton camp.
Drudge reported an unnamed Clinton staffer saying "wouldn't we be seeing this on the cover of every magazine if it were HRC?" a reference to Hillary Rodham Clinton.

Mr Obama's campaign manager, David Plouffe, accused Mrs Clinton of "shameful, offensive fear-mongering".
Speaking on the eve of the final head-to-head debate before the all-important primaries next week in Ohio and Texas, Mr Plouffe said: "It's exactly the kind of divisive politics that turns away Americans of all parties and diminishes respect for America in the world."

But Maggie Williams, Mrs Clinton's campaign manager, insisted it is Mr Obama, not Mrs Clinton, who is playing dirty tricks."If Barack Obama's campaign wants to suggest that a photo of him wearing traditional Somali clothing is divisive, they should be ashamed," she said.

Clinton staffers, who refuse to confirm or deny they sent the photograph, insist there is nothing offensive in the picture: American leaders have a long tradition of dressing in local attire while on foreign visits.

However, as the Democratic primary contests enter their most crucial stage, the negativity meter has been climbing, and a game of bluff and double bluff is beyond neither camp.

Mrs Clinton needs to win the contests next week in Ohio and Texas to keep a realistic chance of beating Mr Obama, while he knows victories there would kill off her challenge. Currently they are neck-and-neck in Texas while she has a modest lead in Ohio.

Certainly it is nothing new for American leaders to dress in colourful outfits to please foreign hosts.
A caption issued with the photograph says it shows Mr Obama in traditional dress during a meeting with ethnic Somalis in north-east Kenya in August 2006 as a junior US senator.

A former US general, Scott Gration, who travelled with Mr Obama to Kenya, said the photograph was taken in all innocence, with Mr Obama donning traditional dress to be polite to his hosts. "He did what any great leader should do," he told CNN. "He accepted the gift, accepted the hospitality, accepted that token of friendship."

However the photograph made it into the public sphere, it has revived debate over alleged dirty tricks campaigns aimed at Mr Obama, whose father was a black Muslim Kenyan and mother a white American.

Last year, an anonymous source claimed Mr Obama attended an Islamic Madrassa, or religious school, during his upbringing in Indonesia – in fact, records show he went to secular and Catholic schools.

In December, two Clinton Iowa volunteers resigned after forwarding a hoax e-mail that falsely said Mr Obama is a Muslim possibly intent on destroying the US. Mr Obama is a member of the United Church of Christ and says he has never been a Muslim.

"People are acting as if he (Obama) is an Islamic Manchurian Candidate," said Senator John Kerry, an Obama supporter, in a reference to the Cold War film.

This weekend saw both sides abruptly sharpen their rhetoric. Mrs Clinton mocked Mr Obama's rhetorical style, branding him unrealistic.

Mr Obama, meanwhile, accused Mrs Clinton of backsliding over a free trade agreement, NATFA, she had supported when her husband as president.

Picture of traditional garb drew no flak at the time

Chris Stephen

MY FIRST brush with Obama-mania came in 2006, when I was researching a story on war crimes in Uganda.

I arrived in Kenya at the same time Mr Obama was in town for the visit in which the controversial picture was later snapped.

We shared the same hotel, ringed with security guards and wellwishers for what was, for Kenyans, a magic moment – an official visit by the first US senator, not just African-American, but of Kenyan descent.

The road to the village of his relatives in the western town of Nyangoma Kogalo had been specially upgraded for his motorcade and the local beer, Senator, had been renamed "Obama".

Across the capital, Nairobi locals sported T-shirts with "Welcome Home" emblazoned across them.

Mr Obama highlighted Aids awareness, earning plaudits for taking an Aids test
in a clinic in Kisumu, one of the worst-hit regions, to encourage others to follow suit.

Kenya, once a British colony, is mostly Christian but about 20 per cent of the population, living along the coast, is Muslim.

Relations between Christians and Muslims in Kenya are good, despite grumblings by Muslims that the tribal culture among the ruling clans denies them their share of government jobs.

It was during a visit to ethnic Somalis among this community that the photograph of him in traditional garb was taken, though at the time it excited no criticism from the mostly Christian media.

The big difference between Obama-mania then and now is that the senator was keen to play down expectations, warning Kenyans that they should not expect a rush of aid as a result of his visit.

"There is a sense that somehow I can deliver the largesse of the US government," he told the press.

--NESW.scotsman.com--

JEWS OPEN DOORs FOR OBAMA

2008-01-08T18:04:00.000-08:00

While brave America first candidates like Ron Paul are promising to cut all foreign aid to Israel, stop America’s wars in Iraq and Afghanistan and stifle any attempts to attack Iran, Obama is bending over backwards to cater to Israeli interests. Not only has he called for military strikes against Iran and Pakistan, he has also put Israeli interests first even to the point of condemning Palestinian Islamic rule ignoring the fact that Jews, Christians and Muslims lived in peace and prosperity under Islamic rule for about one thousand years in Palestine before the coming of the Zionists. He has become the darling of the Jews for his positions taken to 100% support Israeli interests and the darling of African Americans simply because of his skin color. If African Americans want to make history with a first African American president surely we could find someone more dignified than Obama – a Politician who has completely sold his soul to the Zionists for obvious benefits. It is particularly shameful to see his behavior as in the following example pointed out in this article from “The Jewish Telegraph Agency” below:

“Early in his campaign, he handily killed an Israel-related controversy in its early stages. At a chat he had said that "no one has suffered more than the Palestinians. "
“Blame the leadership was what he meant, he later explained: "What I said was, nobody has suffered more than the Palestinian people from the failure of the Palestinian leadership to recognize Israel , to renounce violence and to get serious about negotiating peace and security for the region," Obama said during an MSNBC debate.”

Anyone knowing the true situation in Palestine would have to laugh at this nonsense and see Obama for what he is -- A total sell out to Jewish interests!!!

NO CHANGE IN ISRAEL-FIRST FOREIGN POLICY

JEWS OPEN DOORS FOR OBAMA

OBAMA AND THE JEWS
By RON KAMPEAS
Jewish Telegraphic Agency Friday, 4 January 2008

WASHINGTON — Ask about Barack Obama's natural constituencies, and you might hear that he's the first black with a viable shot at the White House; or about his Kenyan father and his childhood in Indonesia ; or the youthfulness of his followers; or the millions of Oprah junkies swooning over his candidacy.
What you might not hear is that the Illinois senator, who made history Thursday by winning the Democratic caucus in Iowa , has made Jewish leaders an early stop at every stage in his political career.

In his first run for the Illinois Senate in 1996, he sought the backing of Alan Solow, a top Chicago lawyer. Eight years later, running for the U.S. Senate — long before he became the shoo-in, when he was running in a Democratic field packed with a dozen candidates, including some Jews — one of his first meetings was with Robert Schrayer,a top Jewish philanthropist in Chicago .

When he launched his campaign for the Democratic presidential nomination in late 2006, he named as his fund-raising chief Alan Solomont, the Boston Jewish philanthropist who helped shepherd Sen. John Kerry (D-Mass.) to the Democratic candidacy in 2004.

First foreign policy speech is delivered to Jewish Lobby

And he chose a gathering of the pro-Israel lobby, the American Israel Public Affairs Committee, last March to deliver his presidential candidacy's first foreign policy speech.

"Some of my earliest and most ardent supporters came from the Jewish community in Chicago ," Obama told JTA in 2004, after his keynote speech galvanized the Democratic convention in Boston .

Three years later, addressing the National Jewish Democratic Council's candidate's forum, he made the same point when he was asked about his ties with Arab Americans and Muslim Americans in Chicago .

"My support within in the Jewish community has been much more significant than my support within the Muslim community," Obama said at the April forum, adding: "I welcome and seek the support of the Muslim and Arab communities. "

His Jewish followers are fervent, distributing "Obama '08" yarmulkes early in his campaign.

His rock-star status as well as the relationships Obama has built in the community have helped avoided murmurings about his otherwise notable divergences from pro-Israel orthodoxies.

Does not rule out attack on Iran

In his AIPAC speech, for example, Obama favored diplomacy as a means of confronting Iran 's suspected nuclear weapons program.

"While we should take no option, including military action, off the table, sustained and aggressive diplomacy combined with tough sanctions should be our primary means to prevent Iran from building nuclear weapons," he said.

AIPAC does not oppose diplomacy in engaging Iran , but dislikes it as an emphasis, believing that talks could buy the Iranian regime bomb-making time. But his words did not stop the Chicago hotel ballroom packed with 800 AIPAC members from cheering Obama on.

A few weeks later, Obama drew more rubberneckers than any other candidate attending AIPAC's policy forum in Washington — drawing away onlookers from Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton (D-N.Y.), although she outpolls Obama among Jewish voters. No one winced when he said that Palestinian needs must be considered in working out a peace deal, although that's hardly standard AIPAC pep talk.

He made the same point at the NJDC event.

Willing to go extra mile for Israel

"It is in the interests of Israel to establish peace in the Middle East ," he said. "It cannot be done at the price of compromising Israel ’s security, and the United States government and an Obama presidency cannot ask Israel to take risks with respect to its security. But it can ask Israel to say that it is still possible for us to allow more than just this status quo of fear, terror, division. That can’t be our long-term aspiration."

Early in his campaign, he handily killed an Israel-related controversy in its early stages. At a chat he had said that "no one has suffered more than the Palestinians. "

Blame the leadership was what he meant, he later explained: "What I said was, nobody has suffered more than the Palestinian people from the failure of the Palestinian leadership to recognize Israel , to renounce violence and to get serious about negotiating peace and security for the region," Obama said during an MSNBC debate.

Obama tempers his deviations from pro-Israel orthodoxy by going an extra mile in areas where he agrees with groups such as AIPAC.

He has led the effort in the Senate to pass legislation that would assist US states that choose to divest from Iran . His top Middle East adviser is Dennis Ross, who had the job during the Clinton administration and who has since principally blamed the Palestinian leadership for the failure of the Oslo peace process.

Fine-tunes stance with Israeli government

And in recent speeches, Obama tweaked his pro-Israel rhetoric to echo the recent drive by the Israeli government and pro-Israel groups to insist on recognition of Israel as a Jewish state.

"I think everyone knows what the basic outlines of an agreement would look like," he said in a speech redistributed by his campaign.

"It would mean that the Palestinians would have to reinterpret the notion of right of return in a way that would preserve Israel as a Jewish state. It might involve compensation and other concessions from the Israelis, but ultimately Israel is not going to give up its state."

On domestic issues, Obama is savvy about Jewish social justice commitments, and is on a first name basis with two of the top Jewish religious lobbyists in Washington — Rabbi David Saperstein of the Reform movement and Nathan Diament, who represents the Orthodox Union.

But that connection is not enough to supplant Clinton among Jewish voters. In a recent American Jewish Committee poll, his favorable rating was 38 percent, while hers was 53 percent.

Clinton also has most of the Jewish congressional delegation backing her. Her years as first lady and as senator have made her a more familiar presence among Jews. Public policy groups are likelier to favor her uncompromising approach to pushing universal health care, as opposed to Obama's appeal to build consensus on the issue.

Obama's appeal is in his broader vision, according to Solomont.

"This election will be about change: a change in government and the way politics is conducted," he told JTA last May. "There is a connection between gridlock and the smallness of our politics."

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goal of excellence in all that you do."

“If tyranny and oppression come to this land, it will be under the guise of fighting a foreign enemy.” President James Madison

Vincenzo Vinciguerra stated, in sworn testimony on Operation Gladio in Europe: "You had to attack civilians, the people, women, children, innocent people, unknown people far removed from any political game. The reason was quite simple: to force ... the public to turn to the state to ask for greater security."

Former Italian President Francesco Cossiga: "[Bin Laden supposedly confessed] to the Qaeda September [attack] to the two towers in New York [claiming to be] the author of the attack of the 11, while all the [intelligence services] of America and Europe ... now know well that the disastrous attack has been planned and realized from the CIA American and the Mossad with the aid of the Zionist world in order to put under accusation the Arabic Countries and in order to induce the western powers to take part ... in Iraq [and] Afghanistan."

“We annually spend on military security more than the net income of all United States corporations. This conjunction of an immense military establishment and a large arms industry is new in the American experience. The total influence -- economic, political, even spiritual -- is felt in every city, every State house, every office of the Federal government. We recognize the imperative need for this development. Yet we must not fail to comprehend its grave implications. Our toil, resources and livelihood are all involved; so is the very structure of our society. In the councils of government, we must guard against the acquisition of unwarranted influence, whether sought or unsought, by the military industrial complex. The potential for the disastrous rise of misplaced power exists and will persist. We must never let the weight of this combination endanger our liberties or democratic processes.” President Dwight D. Eisenhower in a televised speech 1961

John Swinton New York journalist at a banquet (1880’s): "What folly is this, toasting an independent press? There is no such thing, at this date of the World's history, in America, as an independent press. You know it and I know it. There is not one of you who dares to write your honest opinions, and if you did, you know beforehand that it would never appear in print. I am paid weekly for keeping my honest opinion out of the paper I am connected with. Others of you are paid similar salaries for similar things, and any of you who would be so foolish as to write honest opinions would be out on the streets looking for another job. If I allowed my honest opinions to appear in one issue of my paper, before twenty-four hours my occupation would be gone. The business of the journalists is to destroy the truth, to lie outright, to pervert, to vilify, to fawn at the feet of Mammon [Biblical ref.], and to sell his country and his race for his daily bread. You know it and I know it, and what folly is this toasting an independent press? We are the tools and vassals of “rich men” [Biblical ref.] behind the scenes. We are the jumping jacks, they pull the strings and we dance. Our talents, our possibilities and our lives are all the property of other men. We are intellectual prostitutes."

“The individual is handicapped by coming face to face with a conspiracy so monstrous he cannot believe it exists”. -- J. Edgar Hoover, FBI Director 1924-1972, quoted in The Elks Magazine (August 1956). "It is the duty of the patriot to protect his country from its [corrupt feudal] government." -- Thomas Paine. “Each of you, for himself, by himself and on his own responsibility, must speak”. -- Mark Twain. “The money powers prey upon the nation in times of peace and conspire against it in times of adversity. It is more despotic than a monarchy, more insolent than autocracy, and more selfish than bureaucracy. It denounces as public enemies all who question its methods or throw light upon its crimes. I have two great enemies, the Southern Army in front of me and the bankers in the rear. Of the two, the one at my rear is my greatest foe.” -- President Abraham Lincoln. “In a time of universal deceit, telling the truth is a revolutionary act.” -- George Orwell.

"It is perfectly possible for a man to be out of prison, and yet not free - to be under no physical constraint and yet to be a psychological captive, compelled to think, feel and act as the representatives of the national state, or of some private interest within the nation, wants him to think, feel and act. "The nature of psychological compulsion is such that those who act under constraint remain under the impression that they are acting on their own initiative. The victim of mind-manipulation does not know that he is a victim. To him the walls of his prison are invisible, and he believes himself to be free. That he is not free is apparent only to other people. His servitude is strictly objective." Brave New World Revisited, Aldous Huxley, 1958

"The greatest obstacle to discovery is not ignorance ~ it is the illusion of knowledge." ~ Daniel Boorstin .[this is the illusion that the mainstream news media projects to the sheeple]

"Zionism is but an incident of a far reaching plan," said leading American Zionist Louis Marshall, counsel for bankers Kuhn Loeb in 1917. "It is merely a convenient peg on which to hang a powerful weapon." The far-reaching plan is Illuminati world dictatorship. The Illuminati is the highest echelon of Freemasonry, an occult secret society dedicated to Lucifer. The world's central bankers have intermarried with the richest dynastic families of Europe and America to bring about world hegemony. They instigated wars and depressions to degrade and destroy humanity. The American people have been financing their wars since 1914.

Zionist Theodor Herzl "We Will Lead Every Revolution Against Us".

THE END OF BHUTTO's LEGACY?

2007-12-27T22:46:00.000-08:00

THE DEATH OF BENAZIR BHUTTO 1

THE DEATH OF BENAZIR BHUTTO 2

SHOWING HER SLUMPING JUST AFTER GUNSHOTS RING OUT

BENAZIR BHUTTO NEW SHOT VIDEO FROM DIFFERENT ANGLE

BENAZIR BHUTTO FINAL MOMENTs

Ketika dunia bersiap-sedia menyambut kehadiran tahun baru, sekali lagi dunia islam dikejutkan dengan kematian antara pemimpin berpengaruh didunia.
Benazhir Bhutto, bekas perdana menteri Pakistan yang mencipta nama sebagai wanita pertama memerintah dunia islam, mati ditembak dileher dan didada sebelum penembak meletupkan dirinya sendiri ditengah lautan manusia.Benazir dibunuh selepas meninggalkan perhimpunan kempen pilihanraya-nya di Rawalpindi lewat petang semalam.

Benazir yang pulang ke Pakistan selepas 8 tahun memlilih untuk menetap di Britain, sememangnya menjadi mangsa musuh-musuh politiknya.Seminggu selepas kepulangnaya, Benazir terselamat dari serangan berani mati yang disasarkan terhadapnya dalam satu kempen pilihanraya di Rawalpindi.

Kematianya telah meningkatkan sentimen anti pemimpin tentera, Prevez Musharaf yang merujuk seranagn sebagai perbuatan pengganas.
Diluar hospital para penyokong Benazir berteriak, 'Pervez Anjing'.

Kematian Benazir kali ini benar-benar mengakhiri legasi Bhutto yang menghiasi dunia politik Pakistan selama hampir 40 tahun.
Bapanya, Zulfikar Ali Bhutto digulingkan dalam satu rampasan kuasa oleh pemimpin tentera Zia Ul Haq dan dihukum gantung pada 1979.
Ternyata dendam Benazir tidak terhenti setakat itu.Anak pertama dari 4 beradik ini mengorak langkah umtuk maju didalam kancah politik bagi membersihkan nama keluraganya.Pada 1988, Benazir berjaya menjadi wanita islam pertama yang menerajui kerajaan.Dan mengulanginya semula pada tahun 1993 sebelujm tewas kepada Nawaz Sharif.

Kematian Benazir menginagtkan kita kepada Saddam Hussein yang turut dikorbankan menjelang tahun baru yang lalu.Keduanya dikorbankan dikhalayak ramai (Public Murder).

Musharaf dikaitkan sebagai dalang serangan

Bapa Benazir, Zulfikar Ali Bhutto

Zia Ul Haq, Pemimpin tentera yang menggulingkan dan menghukum
gantung bapa Benazir, Zulfikar Ali Bhutto.

Detik terakhir Bhutto

BENAZIR BHUTTO FIRST ATTACK...STILL IN HOPE

BENAZIR BHUTTO KILLED BY SUICIDE BOMBER

BHUTTO DEATH 'DEVASTATING' FOR WEST

BHUTTO BEFORE DEATH,AWARE THAT HER LIFE IS IN DANGER

DEATH OF BHUTTO

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BHUTTO TOOK ON RISKS IN LIFE

(CNN) -- Benazir Bhutto, who was assassinated Thursday in Rawalpindi, was the first female prime minister of Pakistan and of any Islamic nation. She led Pakistan from 1988 to 1990 and again from 1993 to 1996.

Bhutto, 54, spent eight years in self-imposed exile in Great Britain and Dubai after President Farooq Leghari dismissed her second administration amid accusations of corruption, intimidation of the judiciary, a breakdown of law and order, and undermining the justice system.

She was found guilty of corruption and sentenced to five years in prison. The conviction was later overturned but she remained in exile until this year.

She returned to Pakistan in October after President Pervez Musharraf signed an amnesty lifting corruption charges.

In a September 26 interview on CNN's "The Situation Room," Bhutto said she expected threats against her life as she prepared to lead a push for the restoration of democracy in Pakistan.

"After military dictatorship an anarchic situation developed, which the terrorists and Osama (bin Laden) have exploited," she told CNN's Wolf Blitzer. "They don't want democracy, they don't want me back, and they don't believe in women governing nations, so they will try to plot against me.

"But these are risks that must be taken. I'm prepared to take them," she said.

Bhutto narrowly escaped injury on October 18 when a suicide bombing near her convoy in Karachi killed 126 people.

"Soon thereafter, I was asked by authorities not to travel in cars with tinted windows -- which protected me from identification by terrorists -- or travel with privately armed guards," she wrote for CNN.com in November.

"I began to feel the net was being tightened around me when police security outside my home in Karachi was reduced, even as I was told that other assassination plots were in the offing."

"I decided not to be holed up in my home, a virtual prisoner," she wrote. "I went to my ancestral village of Larkana to pray at my father's grave. Everywhere, the people rallied around me in a frenzy of joy. I feel humbled by their love and trust."

Musharraf declared a state of emergency and placed Bhutto under house arrest twice in November as anti-government rallies grew in Rawalpindi. The arrest warrant was lifted November 16.

She filed a nomination paper for a parliamentary seat on November 25 and appeared headed for a power showdown with Musharraf before she was assassinated Thursday.

Bhutto was the daughter of Zulfikar Ali Bhutto, former president and prime minister of Pakistan, who was hanged in 1979 for the murder of a political opponent two years after he was ousted as prime minister in a military coup. Benazir Bhutto was the de facto leader of her father's Pakistan People's Party.

Her brother, Murtaza, was killed along with six others in a 1996 shootout with police at his home. Another brother, Shahnawaz, died mysteriously in France in 1985.

"I know the past is tragic, but I'm an optimist by nature," Bhutto told Blitzer in September. "I put my faith in the people of Pakistan, I put my faith in God. I feel that what I am doing is for a good cause, for a right cause -- to save Pakistan from extremists and militants and to build regional security.

"I know the danger is out there, but I'm prepared to take those risks."

Benazir Bhutto earned degrees from Radcliffe College and Oxford University and received an honorary degree from Harvard University in 1989.

She leaves her husband of 20 years, Asif Ali Zardari, two daughters and a son.

Bhutto's husband issued a statement Thursday from his home in Dubai saying, "All I can say is we're devastated, it's a total shock."
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President Bush, on his ranch in Crawford, Texas, said Bhutto "refused to allow assassins to dictate the course of her country."

"We stand with the people of Pakistan in their struggle against the forces of terror and extremism," Bush said. "We urge them to honor Benazir Bhutto's memory by continuing with the democratic process for which she so bravely gave her life."

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PAKISTAN CAN SALUTE BHUTTO BY UNITING AGAINST TERROR
Chaos Is The Alternative To Mutual National Resolve
Dec. 27, 2007, 9:53PM

By STEVE LEVINE

Benazir Bhutto's assassination might mean prolonged turmoil for Pakistan — and an emboldened Islamic militancy that already has a strong foothold in the country.

The only way to prevent chaos is if President Pervez Musharraf and Bhutto's bitter rivals publicly join hands and form a strong coalition.

The United States — which has an enormous stake in Pakistan's success — can play only a distant, supportive role. It's up to Pakistanis themselves to pull through.

I first met Bhutto at a political rally north of Karachi in November 1988. Three months earlier, ruler Zia ul-Haq had died in a plane crash, setting up Pakistan's first contested elections in more than a decade. Bhutto enjoyed the political potency of a martyr — in 1979, Zia had hanged her father, Zulfikar Ali Bhutto, and jailed her — and she was running hard on that image for election to Parliament.

It would be an understatement to say that Bhutto, then 36, was immensely popular at home in the southern Sindh province, and across the country among followers of her Pakistan People's Party. These people treated her like a rock star, and she and her husband, the polo-playing Asif Ali Zardari, behaved as if they were.

Bhutto, educated at Harvard and Oxford, promised to bring the fruits of democracy home, and many people — including much of the West — believed her. I know that I did.

Nineteen years later, Bhutto had served two terms as prime minister and was living in exile in London. She had been removed both times by the nation's strong president on allegations of corruption and incompetence. Her political rival, Nawaz Sharif, also had been ousted twice as prime minister in intervals with her on similar accusations. When Musharraf came to power in a 1999 coup, both took the opportunity to live abroad and not be imprisoned at home.

Invited by Musharraf, Bhutto returned home in October to run in parliamentary elections scheduled Jan. 8. Musharraf seemed to regard Bhutto as a prime minister with whom he could work.

As a candidate, Bhutto made the same promises of democracy that she did during the 1980s and '90s. The vows had worn thin — people knew that she had failed previously to transcend her feudal roots and that, at heart and in behavior, she was imperious, her strongest sense seeming to be one of self-entitlement.

Yet Bhutto's legacy, I think, is the hope she brought the country back in 1988. Young, beautiful and confident, she promised to take on fearlessly those who would challenge democracy. And she continued to do so until the end.

The response of her rival, Sharif, to her death is troubling. He rushed immediately to the hospital where Bhutto was declared dead, and addressed the crowd. "Benazir Bhutto was also my sister, and I will be with you to take the revenge for her death," he said. "Don't feel alone. I am with you. We will take the revenge on the rulers."

In other words, Sharif's impulse was to encourage the base instincts of Bhutto's supporters and try to force Musharraf out of office through street power. If Sharif proceeds on that track, he will be playing into the hands of Pakistan's militants, who themselves will be seeking to make Pakistan ungovernable.

One reason for Musharraf's political crisis this year has been a standoff with the country's judiciary and lawyers. The legal establishment thinks that Pakistan is a democracy, while Musharraf has made it clear that it is not quite yet.

A reconciliation between Musharraf and Aitzaz Ahsan, the leader of the lawyers' rebellion, would be a truly positive sign. Ahsan has no visible base of support outside the lawyers, but one wonders whether he might emerge as a strong, neutral center during this crisis.

Musharraf himself declared a mourning period and struck the right tone.

"Terrorists are the greatest threat to Pakistan," he said, "and we won't rest till we defeat terrorism."

LeVine, author of the new book "The Oil and the Glory," was Pakistan correspondent for Newsweek from 1988 to 1992. He lives in Plano, and wrote this for the Fort Worth Star-Telegram.

ANOTHER 'THE NEW AMERICAN CENTURY' PROPAGANDA

2007-09-10T05:54:00.000-07:00

WAS VAGUE - ANOTHER PROPAGANDA BY 'THE NEW AMERICAN CENTURY'

Satu lagi propaganda America keatas dunia Islam.Itulah kesimpulan pertama yang dapat dibuat dari kehadiran video Osama Bin Laden yang didakwa CIA sebagai sahih.

Osama muncul kembali hanya kurang dari 48jam selepas amaran dikeluarkan oleh perisikan america mengenai kemungkinan beliau akan kembali dalam siri terbaru videonya.

Tetapi bagi sesiapa yang biasa mengikuti perkembangan Osama, tentu dapat mengesan kelemahan pada Video tersebut.Antaranya, suara dan 'style' Osama yang tidak seperti video-video sebelum ini.Osama yang diketahui dengan 'syle' menunjukan isyarat jari telunjuk keatas serta 'Tone' suara yang lebih dalam dari video terbaru ini.
Motif utama 'THE NEW AMERICAN CENTURY' hanya mengingatkan kepada dunia bahawa Osama masih wujud dan akan terus menjadi ancaman kepada dunia.Dalam masa yang sama kepimpinan America hanya menyemai benih-benih ISLAMOFOBIA!!!

OSAMA, MULLAH OMAR ARE ALIVE AND HEALTY, AFGHAN WARLORD SAYS
monday, september 10th 2007.

KABUL (AFP) — Al-Qaeda's chief Osama bin Laden and Taliban leader Mullah Mohammad Omar are alive and healthy, an anti-government militant group said after the Saudi millionaire appeared this month on a new video.

"I don't know exactly where they are but I absolutely know they're alive and healthy," Mohammad Haroon Zarghoon, a spokesman for the renegade warlord Gulbuddin Hekmatyar, told AFP.

"We have no communications but we know through our channels that he (Osama) and Mr Omar are both alive," Zarghoon said by telephone from an unknown location.

Hekmatyar, a former Afghan prime minister, is fighting the US-backed government of President Hamid Karzai in a rebellion carried out alongside but separately from that of the Taliban.

Zarghoon said the fugitive leaders, both carrying multi-million-dollar bounties on their heads, were hiding in rugged regions along the Afghan-Pakistani border.

He said that since helping Bin Laden, the world's most wanted man, to escape US and Afghan troops in the mountains of Tora Bora in 2002, Hekmatyar's radical Hizb-i-Islami faction had had no direct contact with him.

Despite a massive manhunt by tens of thousands of Western troops, Bin Laden and Omar have escaped arrest.

Bin Laden appeared on a new video released Friday in which he discussed current events but issued no direct threats. The video appeared to be timed to mark the sixth anniversary of the September 11, 2001 attacks.

-AFP-

BUSH SECURITY ADVISER CALLS OSAMA BIN LADEN 'IMPORTENT'
Monday, September 10th 2007, 4:00 AM.

Talking tough, a top White House official yesterday belittled Al Qaeda leader Osama Bin Laden as "virtually impotent," someone who can do little more than send videotaped messages.

"This is a man on the run in a cave who is virtually impotent other than his ability to get these messages out," Fran Townsend said on CNN's "Late Edition." "It is propaganda."

However, some Bin Laden experts disagree and yesterday told the Daily News that the Al Qaeda kingpin most likely isn't hiding in caves and is probably living in a cozy compound in Pakistan.

Townsend, Bush's homeland security adviser, also said officials were studying Bin Laden's new videotape for clues to his health or whereabouts, and whether there were any hidden meanings or "trigger" messages.

But she said there was no sign of an imminent attack, adding "based on our experience, we have never seen Bin Laden use a tape to trigger any operational activity." Bin Laden made his first video appearance in nearly three years Friday ahead of the sixth anniversary of Al Qaeda's Sept. 11 attacks.

--DAILY NEWS--

JIHAD ARE DISTROYING ISLAM?

2007-09-03T05:46:00.000-07:00

IN THE NAME OF ALLAH, MOST GRACIOUS, MOST MERCIFUL.

JIHAD OF PROPHET MUHAMMAD (S.A.W).
Muhammad (s.a.w) a Role Model for the whole World (Ref: Al-Quraan: 033:021).
Muhammad (s.a.w) was Walking, Talking and Practical Quraan.

Remember the Records of all Histories; Books may be wrong, BUT not the Quraan and Muhammad (s.a.w) who Practiced the Quraan's sayings. The abstracts are taken from "The Life of The Prophet Muhammad(SAW)", by Leila Azzam and Aisha Gouverneur,
http://www.arabnews.com.

Surely We, even We, revealed the Reminder (the Quraan),
and We verily are it's Guardian.(Al-Quraan: 015:009)

Will they not then consider the Quraan with care? If it had been from other than Allah they would have found therein much discrepancy.(Al-Quraan: 004:082)

Here God challenges people to find any single error in the Quraan. If it contains errors then it cannot be from God. If, on the other hand, it had been the production of a human being it would definitely contain errors. A human writer 1400 years ago would have written on the basis of the level of knowledge of his or her day. And many of those ideas would turn out to be false later as humankind learned more, especially in the field of science. But the Quraan is remarkably free from any single error.

And We have not sent you (Muhammad s.a.w) but as a MERCY (and LOVE)
to the whole worlds.(Al-Quraan: 021:107)

Makkah, which has the CUBICAL worshipping place: the Kabaah:

Makkah has old name Baca as in the Bible (Bible, book of PSALM-84, verse 5-11), which is a Great Historic Place on the Earth and it has a Great Historic and ONLY Cubical Worshiping House the Kabaah (Bible, book of REVELATION-21, VERSE 16 ),
build by Prophet Ibrahim and his son Prophet Ismail.

BIRTH OF PROPHET MUHAMMAD (S.A.W):

Prophet Muhammad (s.a.w) was born on Monday, the twelfth (12) day of Rabi al-Awwal in the Year of the Elephant year 570 A.D. Aminah was his mother and Abdullah was his father, who died before his birth. Bible (Bible, book of ISAIAH-29, verse 12),
( Bible, book of DEUTERONOMY- 18, verse 17), (Bible, book of JOHN-14, verse 15-18, 25-30),(Bible, book of JOHN-16, verse 5-14) and Vedas also mention Prophet Muhammad (s.a.w), who was not able to read or write. For more details please see the video lectures and debates, Similarities Between Islam and Christianity by Dr.Zakir Naik, Similarities Between Hinduism and Islam by Dr.Zakir Naik and also Quran And Bible In The Light Of Science by Dr.Zakir Naik.Below is the web sights for more information:

http://www.worldmuslimmedia.com/readislam/zakir

http://www.geocities.com/noor_ul_islaam/008-Muhammad_in_Bible_and_Vedas.htm

http://www.geocities.com/noor_ul_islaam/009-KAL_KI_AVATAR_In_Hindu_Holy_Books.htm

http://www.irf.net

THE COMING OF THE ARCHANGEL GABRIEL

MUHAMMAD (s.a.w) believed that there was only one Allah, the creator of the sun, the moon, the earth, the sky, and of all living things, and that all people should worship only Him. Muhammad (s.a.w) would often leave the crowded city and go to the cave in Mount Hira. He liked to be alone there, away from all thoughts of the world and daily life.

In his fortieth year, Muhammad (s.a.w) left Makkah to spend Ramadan, the traditional month of retreat, in the cave. In the second half of Ramadan, Allah began to reveal His message for mankind through Muhammad (s.a.w). This first Revelation occurred as follows. The Archangel Gabriel came to Muhammad (s.a.w) in the cave and commanded him to 'Read':

Read: In the Name of thy Lord who createth, Createth man from a clot. Read: And thy Lord is the Most Generous Who teacheth by the pen, Teacheth man that which he knew not.(Al-Quraan: 096.00I-005)
Muhammad (s.a.w) repeated these verses, just as the Archangel had said them. When the Archangel was sure Muhammad (s.a.w) knew them by heart, he went away.

He was shivering when he returned home to his wife, Khadijah. When his wife saw him she became very worried as he shivered, as though with fever. He asked her to wrap him in blankets, which she did. After a while he recovered sufficiently to tell her what had happened at Hira. Khadijah believed all that he told her and with great respect said: 'Be happy, 0 son of my uncle and be confident. Truly I swear by Allah who has my soul in His hands, that you will be our people's Prophet.'
Muhammad (s.a.w), the Messenger of Allah, was eased by her faith in him,
but after all that had happened he was exhausted and fell fast asleep.

Khadijah left the Prophet (s.a.w) sleeping and went to see her cousin, Waraqah ibn Nawfal, to ask him what he thought about all that had happened.Waraqah was a very wise man who had read many books and had become a Christian after studying the Bible. He told Khadijah that Muhammad (s.a.w) had been chosen by Allah to be His Messenger. Just as the Archangel Gabriel had come to Moses before and had ordered him to guide his people, so, too, would Muhammad (s.a.w) be the Prophet of his people. But Waraqah warned that all the people would not listen to the Prophet (s.a.w) and some would mistreat his followers.
He must,however,be patient because he had a great message for all the world.

From that day on, the Archangel Gabriel came often to the Prophet (s.a.w) and the verses he taught him, the message from Allah to man, were later written down, and are known to us as the Holy Quraan.

Bible (Bible, book of ISAIAH-29, verse 12), (Bible, book of DEUTERONOMY- 18,
verse 17 ), (Bible, book of JOHN-14, verse 15-18, 25-30),
(Bible, book of JOHN-16, verse 5-14) and Vedas also mentioned
about Prophet Muhammad (s.a.w), who was not able to read or write.
For more details please see the video lectures and debates,
Similarities Between Islam and Christianity by Dr. Zakir Naik,
Similarities Between Hinduism and Islam by Dr.Zakir Naik and
also Qur'an And Bible In The Light Of Science by Dr.Zakir Naik.

THE FIRST MUSLIMS.

Khadijah (ra) was the first among women who accepted Islaam
and believed the Prophet Muhammad (s.a.w).

Ali (ra) was the first among young teen children who accepted Islaam.
This message started spreading quickly.

Abu Bakr (ra) was the first among men who accepted Islaam,
without any question and delay. Later the Prophet (s.a.w)
was reported to have said that everyone he ever invited to accept
Islam showed signs of disbelief and doubt, except Abu Bakr; when
he was told of it he did not hold back or hesitate.

THE TROUBLES BEGIN.

As the number of the Prophet's followers increased,
the enemies of the Muslims grew more and more angry.

During the years of this terrible treatment, a wonderful thing happened.
Instead of Islam becoming weaker, it grew stronger.
Allah sent more and more Revelations.
It was as though the Muslims were being strengthened and cleansed
by the hardships they suffered and were being tested in their faith.

Each year, at the time of the pilgrimage to Makkah, people came from all over Arabia. These pilgrims saw the terrible cruelty and injustice of Quraysh towards the Muslims, and many of them were sorry for the Prophet's followers.
Quraysh began to feel ashamed of their harsh treatment,
especially as many of the Muslims were their cousins and close relatives.

AL-HIJRAH

The Breaking of All Connections with One's Home, for the Sake of Allah Alone.

After his companions had left for Yathrib, the Prophet (s.a.w)
stayed in Makkah, waiting for permission from Allah to leave the city.
Abu Bakr and 'Ali stayed with him.

And when the unbelievers plot against thee, to confine thee, or kill thee, or to drive thee out, they were plotting, But Allah was (also) plotting; and Allah is the best of plotters.(Al-Quraan: 008:030)

Before the night fell, on which Muhammad (s.a.w) was to be killed, the Archangel Gabriel came to him and said, 'Do not sleep tonight in your own bed.'
The Prophet (s.a.w) understood what was going to happen.
The Prophet (s.a.w) left the house. At that very moment,
Allah took away the sight of the warriors so that they could
not see the Prophet (s.a.w), who took a handful of dust,
sprinkled it on their heads and recited these verses:

Ya Sin By the Wise Quraan, Thou art truly among those sent On the straight path; A Revelation of the All-mighty, the All-wise, That thou may warn a people whose fathers were never warned, so they are heedless. The Word has already proved true of most of them, yet they do not believe. Lo! We have put on their necks collars of iron up to the chin, so that they are made stiff-necked. And We have put before them a barrier; and We have covered them so they do not see.(Al-Quraan: 036: 001-009)

The young men waited the whole night and were furious when, in the morning, they realized that their plan had failed completely.

When they were out of the city the Prophet (s.a.w) looked back and said,
'Of all Allah's earth, you are the dearest place to Allah and to me and
if my people had not driven me out I would never have left you.'

When Quraysh found out that the Prophet (s.a.w) and his companion had gone, they set out after them, searching in every direction.Three days later they finally reached the cave where the Prophet (s.a.w) and Abu Bakr were hiding, but a strange and wonderful thing had happened. A spider had woven its web right across the entrance to the cave and a dove was nesting with her mate nearby. As the Makkahns stood in front of the cave, with only the spider's web separating them from the fugitives, Abu Bakr began to fear for their safety. He whispered to the Prophet (s.a.w),
'they are very close. If one of them turns we will be seen.'

But he was comforted by the Prophet's reply: 'What do you think of two people,
who have with them Allah as their third?'

Grieve not, for verily Allah is with us.(Al-Quraan: 009:040)

After a few moments the search party decided that no one could have entered the cave recently, or the spider's web would not have been complete and the dove would not have nested there, and so they left without searching inside.

Three days later the Prophet (s.a.w) and Abu Bakr thought it safe to leave the cave. Abu Bakr's son, 'Amir, had arranged for three camels and a guide to help them continue their journey to Yathrib.'Amir would ride behind his father.

The leaders of Quraysh, meanwhile, returned to Makkah and offered a reward of one hundred camels to whoever captured the Prophet (s.a.w).Among those who went in search of him was a famous warrior. He was, in fact, the only one to catch up with him, but whenever he came close, his horse would suddenly sink up to its knees in the sand. When this had happened three times, he understood that the Prophet (s.a.w) was protected by a power stronger than anything he had known, and so he went back to Makkah.On arriving there he warned everyone against continuing the search,
relating what had happened to him.

If you do not help him, still Allah has helped him already, When the unbelievers drove him forth, the second of two, When the two were in the Cave, when he said to his companion, "Grieve not; surely Allah is with us." Then Allah caused His peace and Reassurance to descend upon him, And helped him with hosts you cannot see, And He made the word of the unbelievers the lowest;While Allah's word is the uppermost; Allah is All-mighty,All-wise.(Al-Quraan: 009:040)

The Prophet's journey from Makkah is called the hijrah, or migration.It was really the first step towards the spread of Islam throughout the entire world, and Muslims begin their calendar from the year of the hijrah.

ARRIVAL IN YATHRIB

Finally the Prophet (s.a.w) entered the city Yathrib with his friend Abu Bakr and met other fellow muslims. The people of Makkah did not stop with the muslims just leaving Makkah; they started attacking Muslims in Madina. In Makkah, muslims did not have permission from Allah to fight back, but later in Madina, Allah gave them permission to fight back if they are attacked without offending anyone and without transgressing the limit.

Remember:Muhammad(s.a.w) a Role Model for the whole World (Ref: Al-Quraan: 033:021)

Also,Muhammad (s.a.w) was Walking, Talking and Practicing the Quraan.

And We have not sent you (Muhammad s.a.w.) but as a
MERCY (and LOVE) to the whole worlds.(Al-Quraan: 021:107).

Then give to the near of kin his due, and to the needy and the wayfarer
(Traveler, Caravan); this is best for those who desire Allah's pleasure,
and these it is who are successful.(Al-Quraan: 030:038)

And if they incline to peace, then incline to it and trust in Allah; surely He is the Hearing, the Knowing. (Al-Quraan: 008:061)

Permission to fight is given to those (i.e. believers against
those disbelievers), who are fighting them (right now in the battlefield),
(and) because they (believers) have been wronged, and surely Allah is Able to give them (believers) victory.(Al-Quraan: 022:039)

Also the Quraan says: "They were the first to attack you."( Al-Quraan: 009:013).

Fight for the sake of God those that fight against you,
but do not be aggressive.(Al-Quraan: 002:190).

Allah does not forbid you respecting those who have not made war against you on account of (your) religion, and have not driven you forth from your homes, that you show them kindness and deal with them justly; surely Allah loves the doers of justice.(Al-Quraan: 060:008).

Saving a Life is like Saving the Whole World.(Ref. Al-Quraan: 005:032).

Let there be NO compulsion in Religion (Believe) :
Truth stands out clear from error (Al-Quraan: 002:256).

Unto you your religion (Believe),
and unto me my Religion (Believe).(Al-Quraan: 109:006)

And not alike are the good and the evil. Repel (evil) with what is best, when lo! he between whom and you was enmity would be as if he were a warm friend. And none are made to receive it but those who are patient, and none are made to receive it but those who have a mighty good fortune.
And if an interference of the Shaitan should cause you mischief,
seek refuge in Allah; surely He is the Hearing, the Knowing.(Al-Quraan: 041:034-036)

(All) people are a single nation; so Allah raised prophets as bearers of good news and as warners, and He revealed with them the Book with truth, that it might judge between people in that in which they differed; and none but the people of the book who were given it differed about it after clear arguments had come to them, revolting among themselves; so Allah has guided by His will those
who believe to the truth about which they differed and Allah guides
whom He pleases to the right path. (Al-Quraan: 002:213).

THE BATTLE OF BADR, UHUD and TRENCH

There were three main battles between the QURAYSH of Makkah and Muslims in Madina. In each of the Battles, Prophet Muhammad (s.a.w.) used to take advice from his companions and finally did what he (p.b.u.h.)thought was the best. e.g. for each case he took notice of the direction of sun, so that it would not fall on the eyes of his companion; the slope should be downward so their feet does not get tired; is it better to have a trench to prevent excess casualties or better tackle them outside of Madina etc.

The first of the main battle was at the place called BADR.

The second of the main battle was at the place called UHUD, near the hill.

The Third of the main battle was the battle of the TRENCH inside Madina, in which there was zero casualties among the Muslims.

THE TREATY OF HUDAYBIYAH -- Recognizing and accepting the existence of each other

And if they incline to peace, then incline to it and trust in Allah; surely He is the Hearing, the Knowing. (Al-Quraan: 008:061).

QURAYSH had tried to destroy Islam but had failed. The number of Muslims grew and their armies increased from three hundred at the battle of Badr, seven hundred at the battle of 'Uhud, to three thousand at the battle of the Trench.

After the annual fast of Ramadan, the Prophet (s.a.w.) had a dream which indicated that the Muslims should go to Makkah for the pilgrimage. One thousand and four hundred Muslims got ready to go with him on the Lesser Pilgrimage called 'the 'Umra'. They dressed in white and went unarmed to show Quraysh that they had come to make the pilgrimage and not to fight. When Quraysh heard that the Prophet (s.a.w.) was on his way, they sent troops with Khalid ibn al- Walid to stop the Muslims from entering the city. To avoid meeting this small army the Prophet (s.a.w.) changed his route and led the men through rugged mountain passes. When they reached easier ground he told them, 'Say, we ask Allah 's forgiveness and we repent towards Him.' At Hudaybiyah, south of Makkah, the Prophet's camel knelt down and refused to go any further. The Muslims thought she was either stubborn or tired, but the Prophet (s.a.w.) said: 'The same power that once stopped the elephant from entering Makkah is now stopping us!' He then ordered them to make camp, which they did, although they all hoped they would travel on to the sacred Ka'bah the following day.

Messengers were sent to Quraysh to tell them that the Muslims had come only for the pilgrimage, to worship Allah at the Holy Ka'bah, and that they wanted to enter the city peacefully. But Quraysh took no notice. Finally, the Prophet's son-in-law, 'Uthman ibn 'Affan, a wise and respected man, was chosen to go, and the Muslims settled down to wait and see what news he would bring back.
After they had waited a long time, the Muslims became very worried.
At last they decided that he must have been killed. A state similar to that of Revelation then came upon the Prophet (s.a.w.).
He gathered the Muslims around him under an acacia tree and asked them
to swear their allegiance to him, which they did. This pact, which is
mentioned in the Quraan, became known as the Treaty of Radwan (which means Paradise). Shortly after, 'Uthman ibn 'Affan returned and the Muslims
were relieved to see that no harm had come to him.

Some Makkahn warriors tried to attack the Muslim camp but were captured and brought before the Prophet (s.a.w.), who forgave them when they promised to stop attacking the Muslims. Soon after this, official messengers came from Quraysh and talks began for a peaceful settlement. A man called Suhayl ibn 'Amr was sent by the Makkahns to work out a treaty. When the Prophet (s.a.w.) asked 'Ali to write 'In the Name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful', on the top of the page, Suhayl objected, saying 'Write only: bismik Allahumma (in Thy name, O Allah).
I don't know him as al-Rahman(the Most Gracious),al-Rahim (the most Merciful).'

The Prophet (p.b.u.h.) agreed and dictated: 'This is a treaty between Muhammad the Messenger of Allah and Suhayl ibn 'Amr.'

'Stop!' cried Suhayl, 'I don't believe that you are Rasulallah (the Messenger of Allah). If I thought you were Allah's Messenger,
I wouldn't be fighting against you, would I?'

Calmly, the Prophet (s.a.w.) agreed that he should be referred to in the treaty as Muhammad', son of 'Abd Allah.The Muslims were very upset at this, and 'Umar furiously cried out, 'Are you not Allah's Messenger, and are we not Muslims?
How can we accept such treatment when we are right and they are wrong?
This will make people laugh at our religion!'

But the Prophet (s.a.w.) knew what was best and the Treaty of Hudaybiyah was signed. The basic outline of the treaty was as follows:

"In the name of God. These are the conditions of Peace between Muhammad, son of Abdullah and Suhail Ibn 'Amr the envoy of Mecca. There will be no fighting for ten years. Anyone who wishes to join Muhammad and to enter into any agreement with him is free to do so. Anyone who wishes to join the Quraish and to enter into any agreement with them is free to do so. A young man, or one whose father is alive, if he goes to Muhammad without permission from his father or guardian, will be returned to his father or guardian. But if anyone goes to the Quraish, he will not be returned. This year Muhammad will go back without entering Mecca.But next year he and his followers can enter Mecca, spend three days, perform the circuit.During these three days the Quraish will withdraw to the surrounding hills. When Muhammad and his followers enter into Mecca, they will be unarmed except for sheathed swords which wayfarers in Arabia always have with them. "(ref: Bukhari)

Suhayl's son had come with his father with the idea of joining the Prophet (p.b.u.h.) but when the treaty was signed he was, of course, forced to return to Makkah. He cried bitterly. The Prophet (s.a.w.) said, '0 Abu Jandal,
be patient and control yourself. Allah will provide relief and find
a way out for you and others like you.'

The majority of the Muslims were very disappointed when they heard the terms of the agreement and thought that it should not have been accepted.They did not realize that this was in fact a great victory for the Prophet (s.a.w.),which Allah would later confirm in a Revelation.The agreement made sure that the following year they would enter Makkah peacefully, and in time would result in
Muslims becoming stronger and more respected throughout Arabia.
At the time the treaty was signed the Muslims could not have foreseen
that the number of people who would travel to Medina to become Muslims
in the following year would be greater than in all the years before.

Before the Muslims departed, they followed the Prophet's example of making sacrifice and either shaving or cutting their hair. Even though they were unable to visit the sacred Masjid, their pilgrimage was accepted by Allah because it had been their true intention. On the return journey to Medina, the 'Victory' chapter of the Quraan was revealed to the Prophet (s.a.w.).It begins:

Surely We have given thee (0 Muhammad) a clear victory, That Allah may forgive thee of thy sin That which is past and that which is to come, And may complete His blessings upon thee, And may guide thee on the right path, And that Allah may help thee with mighty help.(Al-Quraan: 048: 001-003)

A year after the signing of the Treaty of Hudaybiyah, the Prophet (s.a.w.) was able to lead two thousand pilgrims on the 'Umra.Quraysh vacated Makkah and watched the rites from the hills above the city.The agreed period of three days was observed, after which the Muslims returned to Medina.

THE INVITATION

Invite (all) to the Way of thy Lord with wisdom and beautiful preaching; and argue with them in ways that are best and most gracious: for thy Lord knoweth best, who have strayed from His Path, and who receive guidance. (Al-Quraan: 016-125)

The peace which the Treaty of Hudaybiyah guaranteed for ten years, meant that people could travel from all over Arabia to visit the Prophet (s.a.w.) and a great many came to declare their Islam. Also, during this period the Prophet (s.a.w.) decided that the time had come for his message to be taken to other countries, so he sent trusted companions with letters, telling of his message, to the leaders of the most powerful nations of the day.It is recorded that he said, 'Allah has sent me as a mercy to all men, so take the message from me that Allah has mercy on you'.

Now at the time the Prophet (s.a.w.) sent out his message, Abu Sufyan and some other members of Quraysh were trading in Syria, a province of the Eastern Roman Empire (later to be called Byzantium). Also, at about this time the Emperor Heraclius, ruler of this Empire, had a dream, and sadly told visitors to his court in Syria: 'I saw our Empire fall and victory go to a people who do not follow our religion.'
At first he thought this must refer to the Jews, and he even had it in mind to kill all the Jews living under his rule. But then an envoy from the governor of Basra arrived with a message for the Emperor: '0 Emperor Heraclius, there are some Arabs in the city who are speaking of wonderful happenings in their country',
and he then told of what he had heard about the Prophet (s.a.w.).

On hearing this Heraclius commanded his soldiers: 'Go and find me someone who can tell me more about this.' The soldiers, however, did not find those who had been talking about the Prophet (s.a.w.), but instead found Abu Sufyan and some of his companions and brought them before the Emperor. Heraclius asked, 'Is there anyone among you who is a close relative of the Prophet Muhammad (s.a.w.)?'

Abu Sufyan replied, 'I am.'

So the Emperor addressed all the questions to him, thinking he would know
the Prophet (s.a.w.) best. He said, 'Tell me what is the Prophet's
position in your tribe?'

Abu Sufyan said, 'He is a member of our most respected family.'

'Did anyone before him say the kinds of things he says?' the Emperor went on.

No', was the reply.

'And was he ever accused of lying or cheating?' 'Never.'

And then the Emperor asked: ' And what about his ideas and opinions, and his powers of reasoning?'

'No one has ever had cause to doubt him or find fault with his reasoning', replied Abu Sufyan.

'Who follows him, the proud or the humble?' 'The humble.' 'Do his followers increase or decrease?' 'They increase', said Abu Sufyan, 'none of his followers leave him.'

The Emperor then turned to other matters and asked: 'If he makes a treaty, does he keep it?' 'Yes', Abu Sufyan replied. 'Did you ever fight against him?' enquired the Emperor. To which Abu Sufyan answered: 'Yes. Sometimes we won, sometimes he won, but he never broke his word in any agreement.' The Emperor then asked: 'What does he say people must do?' 'To worship one God', said Abu Sufyan. 'He forbids people to worship as their fathers worshipped, and says they must pray to Allah alone, give alms, keep their word, and fulfil their duties and responsibilities. '

Abu Sufyan had spoken the truth even though he was an enemy of the Prophet (s.a.w.), and did not become a Muslim until the very end of his life. But he was afraid to lie before the members of his caravan who were also there with him.
The meeting ended with these words from the Emperor, 'I see from this that he is indeed a Prophet(s.a.w.)You said that his followers do not leave him which proves they have true faith, for faith does not enter the heart and then go away.
I knew he was coming and if what you say is true, he will surely conquer me.
If I were with him now, I would wash his feet. You may leave now.'

It was not long after this that the messenger, Dihyah, arrived at the Syrian court bearing the Prophet Muhammad's letter which said, 'If you accept Islam you will be safe, and Allah will give you a double reward. If you do not, you will have to live with the results of your decision.'

Heraclius grabbed the letter. He was so upset he could hardly control himself. He said to Dihyah, 'I know your master is a true Prophet of Allah. Our books tell of his coming. If l were not afraid that the Romans would kill me, I would join Islam. You must visit Bishop Qaghatir and tell him everything. His word is more respected among the people than mine.'

So Dihyah related the message to the Bishop and when he heard it, Qaghatir said, 'Yes, your master, whom we call Ahmad, is mentioned in our scriptures.' He then changed from his black robes into white ones and went and spoke to the people gathered in the church. '0 Romans, a letter has come to us from Ahmad, in which he calls us to Allah. I bear witness that there is no divinity but Allah and that Ahmad is his slave and messenger.' (Ahmad is another name for the Prophet Muhammad.)
But on hearing this the crowd grew angry and attacked Qaghatir,
beating him until he was dead.

Heraclius was afraid that the same thing would happen to him, so he spoke to his generals from a balcony saying, '0 Romans! A man has written to me calling me to his religion. I believe he is truly the Prophet we have been told to expect. Let us follow him so that we can be happy in this world and the next.' The Romans cried out in anger when they heard this, so Heraclius quickly said, 'I was only pretending; I wanted to see how strong your faith was. I am pleased to see that you are true to your religion.' Heraclius then suggested that they pay a tax or give land to the Muslims in order to maintain peace, but the Romans refused.Realizing that he could do no more, and knowing that one day Islam would conquer Syria, Heraclius left the province and returned to Constantinople, the capital of the Eastern Roman Empire.
As he rode away he turned around to look back and said,
'Goodbye for the last time, 0 land of Syria!'

THE ENTRY INTO Makkah - A Great Historic Day of Forgiveness

What! will you not fight a people who broke their oaths and aimed at the expulsion of the Messenger, and they attacked you first; do you fear them? But Allah is most deserving that you should fear Him, if you are believers. (Al-Quraan: 009:013)

Freedom from obligation (is proclaimed) from Allah and His messenger toward those of the idolaters with whom you made a treaty (agreement). (Al-Quraan: 009:001)

So go about in the land for four months and know that you cannot weaken Allah and that Allah will bring disgrace to the unbelievers. (Al-Quraan: 009:002)

And an announcement from Allah and His Messenger to the people on the day of the greater pilgrimage that Allah and His Messenger are free from liability to the idolaters; therefore if you repent, it will be better for you, and if you turn back, then know that you will not weaken Allah; and announce painful punishment to those who disbelieve. (Al-Quraan: 009:003)

And if one of the idolaters seek protection from you, grant him protection till he hears the word of Allah, then make him attain his place of safety; this is because they are a people who do not know. (Al-Quraan: 009:006)

Despite the improved relations between Makkah and Medina after the signing of the Treaty of Hudaybiyah, the ten-year peace was to be broken by Quraysh who, with their allies, the Bani Rakr, attacked the Khuza'ah tribe. Now Khuza'ah were allies of the Muslims and when the Prophet (s.a.w.) heard of the attack he immediately ordered his men to prepare for war. When they were ready he told them that their destination was Makkah and, as he did not want any fighting within the walls of the city.

When the Muslim army, which numbered ten thousand, set out for Makkah, it was the month of Ramadan in the eighth year of the Hijrah. Many of the men kept the fast, even though they were not obliged to because they were traveling. Everyone was jubilant because they were going to Makkah, especially as some of them had not seen their homes in the city for eight long years.

In the meantime, the Prophet's uncle, al-'Abbas, had decided that the time had come for him and his wife to leave Makkah and join the Prophet (s.a.w.) in Medina.
They did not, however, have to go far as after a distance of only twenty-five kilometres they came across the Muslim camp.When the Prophet (s.a.w.)
saw them he said, 'Uncle, your emigration is the last emigration.
My prophecy is the last prophecy.'
Al-'Abbas then joined the army and his wife went on to the safety of Medina.

Night fell and the Muslims made fires to light their camp.The Makkahns, looking out of the city, were amazed to see the many fires, and Abu Sufyan went all over Makkah trying to find out whose camp it was. Suddenly he saw al-'Abbas riding towards him from the direction of the fires. He was returning as a messenger of peace from the Prophet (s.a.w.)and said to Abu Sufyan, 'The Muslims have come with a large army. They do not wish to fight, only to enter the city.It would be better to surrender and not fight.Come under my protection and meet the Prophet (s.a.w.).'

Abu Sufyan agreed, and got up behind al-'Abbas, who was riding the Prophet's white mule. It was still night as they entered the Muslim camp. Each time they passed a fire, someone would call out, 'Who goes there?' None of them recognized the stranger as the leader of their enemy but all knew al-'Abbas and so let them through.

As they passed by 'Umar, however, he immediately recognized Abu Sufyan and yelled out, 'Abu Sufyan! The enemy of Allah!' He ran after them intending to kill his enemy but al-'Abbas made the mule go faster. They reached the Prophet's tent just before 'Umar, who rushed in after them quite out of breath.
'Umar begged the Prophet (s.a.w.), '0 Messenger of Allah,
let me end the life of Abu Sufyan, this enemy of Islam,
who has led the Quraysh armies in their attacks on us!'

Al-'Abbas interrupted,saying, 'I have sworn to protect him during his
time here', whereupon the Prophet (s.a.w.) told his uncle to take
Abu Sufyan to his tent for the night.

In the morning Abu Sufyan was taken to the Prophet (s.a.w.) who said, 'Abu Sufyan! Have you not yet realized that there is no divinity but Allah?'

To this Abu Sufyan replied, 'If there had been another he surely would have helped me by now.' 'Shame on you, Abu Sufyan', responded the Prophet (s.a.w.), 'it is time you realized that I am truly Allah's Messenger.' After a moment or two, Abu Sufyan, who remembered how 'Umar had not been allowed to kill him, replied: 'I can see you are a generous and forgiving man but I still cannot be sure of that.'

At this, al-'Abbas, who had been standing nearby turned to him and said: 'Believe, as I do now.'

Abu Sufyan stood quietly for a moment, then in a calm, clear voice swore in front of everyone, 'There is no divinity but Allah, and Muhammad is the Messenger of Allah.'

The Prophet (s.a.w.) then told Abu Sufyan to go back to Makkah and tell the people that the Muslims would enter the city the next morning. Before he left, however, al-'Abbas suggested to the Prophet (s.a.w.) that as Abu Sufyan was a proud man, it would be good to give him an honorable position. The Prophet (s.a.w.) took this advice, saying to Abu Sufyan, 'Tell the people that when we enter, anyone seeking refuge in your house will be safe.' This was a great honor for Abu Sufyan.
In addition,the Prophet(s.a.w.) told him to assure the Makkahns that those who remained in their own homes or at the Ka'bah would also be protected.

Abu Sufyan returned quickly to the city. He made straight for the hill Hagar had climbed in her search for water and from which the Prophet (s.a.w.) later spoke, and called upon Quraysh to come to him. Abu Sufyan then spoke to the people, '0 people of Makkah, the fires we saw all around us were the camp fires of Muhammad and his men. He has come with a strong army and there are too many for us to fight.
It is best, therefore, to surrender.Anyone who stays in my house,
or in his own home, or at the Ka'bah will be safe.'

Early next day, the Muslims entered Makkah from all sides. They had been ordered to cause no harm unless anyone tried to stop them entering.When the Prophet (s.a.w.) arrived, he got off his camel, bowed down on the ground and thanked Allah for this victory. When the unbelievers saw this,they knew that the Prophet (s.a.w.) had come in peace. People began leaving their homes and running towards the Ka'bah.
When they arrived there, they found the Prophet (s.a.w.) performing the ritual encircling of the Ka 'bah, the tawaf, on his camel, surrounded by the Muslims.
When he had finished, he said, 'There is no divinity except Allah and He has no partner. Men and women of Quraysh, be not proud for all are equal; we are all the sons of Adam, and Adam was made of dust. 'Then he recited this verse to them:

O mankind! Lo! We have created you male and female, and have made
you nations and tribes so you may know each another. Surely the noblest
of you, in the sight of Allah, is the best in conduct.
Lo! Allah is All-knowing, All-aware. (Al-Quraan: 049:0I3)
After this he said to them: '0 Quraysh, what do you think I am going to do to you?'

The people thought carefully before answering because they knew that according to the laws of war they could all be taken prisoner. They also knew, however, that the Prophet Muhammad (s.a.w.) was generous, so they replied, 'You will treat us as a kind nephew and a generous brother would.'

To this he' replied with the words used by the Prophet Joseph when
his brothers came to Egypt: 'God forgives you and He is the Most
Merciful of the Merciful.'
Later the Prophet (s.a.w.) went to the hill of Safa and there the
crowd followed him and surged forward,taking his hand one by one,
to declare themselves Muslim.

And We have not sent you (Muhammad p.b.u.h.) but as a MERCY (and LOVE)
to the whole worlds. ( Al-Quraan: 021:107)

He then turned to the Ka'bah and, pointing his staff at the three hundred and sixty-five idols which were placed there, recited from the Quraan:

. . Truth has come and falsehood has vanished away.
Lo! Falsehood is ever bound to vanish. (Al-Quraan: 017:08I).
At this, each idol fell over onto its face.
Together with his followers the Prophet (s.a.w.) then proceeded to purify the Ka'bah, after which he ordered Bilal to climb on top of it and perform the call to prayer. Since then the call to prayer has been heard five times a day in Makkah.
The Ka'bah, the House of Allah, has served the purpose for which it was built by Abraham thousands of years ago, as a sanctuary for the worship of Allah, our Creator, and Makkah continues to be the spiritual centre of Islam.

On the day Makkah was conquered, the Prophet (s.a.w.) addressed the people, saying:

'Allah made Makkah holy the day He created heaven and earth and it is the Holiest of the Holy until the Day of Resurrection. It is not lawful for anyone who believes in Allah and the Last Day to shed blood therein, nor to cut down trees therein. It was not lawful for anyone before me and it will not be lawful for anyone after me. Indeed it is not lawful for me except at this time, only Allah's anger against his people makes it permissible. Makkah has now regained its former holiness. Let those here now go forth and tell others.'

After knowing that Allah, Prophet Muhammad (p.b.u.h.) and his companions have forgiven all, the people of Makkah started coming in GREAT Groups to accept Islaam, which was a GREAT Historic Example of FORGIVNESS for the whole world. Forgiveness is the KEY in winning the hearts of the people.

And not alike are the good and the evil. Repel (evil) with what is best, when lo! he between whom and you was enmity would be as if he were a warm friend. And none are made to receive it but those who are patient, and none are made to receive it but those who have a mighty good fortune. And if an interference of the Shaitan should cause you mischief, seek refuge in Allah; surely He is the Hearing, the Knowing.
(Al-Quraan: 041: 034-036)

After seeing that people started accepting Islaam, Prophet Muhammad (s.a.w.)
and his companions started praising Allah.

When there comes the help of Allah and the victory, and you see men entering the religion of Allah in companies (groups),Then celebrate the praise of your Lord, and ask His forgiveness; surely He is oft-returning (to mercy).(Al-Quraan: 110: 001-003)

This was all about the GREAT PEACEFUL JIHAAD of Prophet Muhammad (s.a.w.), with TRUE LOVE and MERCY to establish DEEN: a GREAT PEACEFUL EXAMPLE for the whole World.

And We have not sent you (Muhammad s.a.w.) but as a MERCY (and LOVE) to the whole worlds. (Al-Quraan: 021:107).
Let us prepare Global Muslims for the GLOBAL FORGIVESS, that is the KEY
to win the hearts of the People Globally,perhaps that is the right way to
spread PEACE GLOBALLY,since that is the Sunnah of Prophet Muhammad (s.a.w.) according to the Quraan.

THE PROPHET'S DEATH

Later, on the 12th day of Rabi al-Awal, in the 11th year of Islam (June 8th 632 A.D.), the Prophet (s.a.w.) heard the voices of the people in prayer. With great effort he got up and looked from his door at all the Muslims who were assembled in rows behind Abu Bakr; he smiled with great satisfaction. Abu Bakr saw him and stepped back to give the Prophet ( p.b.u.h.) his place. The Muslims were happy, thinking he was going to pray with them as before, but the Prophet Muhammad (s.a.w.), who looked radiantly beautiful that day, signaled to them to continue on their own. He prayed in a sitting position at the right of Abu Bakr, after which he went back inside and lay his head on 'A'ishah's lap. He was in such pain that his daughter Fatimah cried out in pity. Then the Prophet (s.a.w.) said, 'There is no pain for your father after this day; truly, death has appeared to me. We must all suffer it till the Day of Judgement.' As he lay there, 'A'ishah remembered that he had once said, 'Allah never takes a Prophet to Himself without giving him the choice. 'Then she heard the Prophet (s.a.w.) speak. His last words were, 'Nay, rather the Exalted Communion of Paradise.'

'A'ishah then said to herself, 'So, by Allah, he is not choosing us!'

When the people in the Masjid heard that the Prophet (s.a.w.) was dead, they were filled with grief. 'Umar could not, and would not, believe it, and exclaimed that it was not true. Abu Bakr then went out and spoke gently to the people, saying 'All praise belongs to Allah! O people, whoever worshipped Muhammad, Muhammad is dead. But for him who worships Allah, Allah is living and never dies. ' He then recited this verse from the Quraan which had been revealed after the battle of Uhud:

Muhammad is but a messenger, messengers (the like of whom) have passed away before him. Will it be that, when he dies or is slain, you will turn back on your heels? He who turns back does no hurt to Allah, and Allah will reward the thankful. No soul can ever die except by Allah' s permission and at a term appointed.
Whoso desires the reward of the world, We bestow on him thereof; and whosoever desires the reward of the Hereafter, We bestow on him thereof We shall reward the thankful. (Al-Quraan: 003: 144-145).
After this the people pledged their loyalty to Abu Bakr, whom the Prophet (s.a.w.) had chosen to lead the prayer. Abu Bakr accepted and concluded what he had to say with these words:

'Obey me so long as I obey Allah and His Messenger.
But if I disobey Allah and His Messenger, you owe me no obedience.
Arise for your prayer, Allah have mercy upon you! '
The people rose and asked him: 'Where will the Prophet (s.a.w.) be buried?' Abu Bakr remembered that the Prophet (s.a.w.) had said, 'No Prophet dies who is not buried on the spot where he died. ' And so the Prophet (s.a.w.) was buried in a grave dug in the floor of 'A'ishah's room, in the house next to the Masjid. The spot became known as the Haram al-Nabawi and Muslims from all over the world go there to pray and to give their blessings and greetings of peace to the Prophet Muhammad (s.a.w.).

You have attained a recompense that is well deserved. You are blessed with a great moral character. ( Al-Quraan: 068: 003-004)

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This clearly shows that only defensive war is permitted in Islam.The believers are allowed to fight in self-defense.
Suicide never allowed in Islaam (Al-Quraan: 004:029).
Initiating hostility is not permitted for Muslims.The Quraan says:
"They were the first to attack you." (Al-Quraan: 009:013)

There are three consequences which need Detailed Analysis with careful consideration and open eyes. Think of around 300 Million Muslims living alone in India alone. If you count the muslims world wide, it may range from 400 Million to 500 Million Muslims all over the world living in Non-Muslim Countries. Any single mistake could cause trouble to around 500 Million Muslims living in Non-Muslims Countries.

Case 1: When Enemy attacks Muslims in Muslim Countries ( e.g. India attacked Pakistan in the past).

Here Muslims are allowed to defend only.

"Fight for the sake of God those that fight against you, but do not be aggressive ." (Al-Quraan: 002:190)

Case 2: Where Muslims living in a Non-Muslim Countries ( e.g. Kashmir in India).

Here Muslims need to migrate if Non-Muslims does not allow to worship.

O my bondmen who believe! Lo! My earth is spacious.Therefore serve Me only.How many are the creatures that carry not their own sustenance? (Al-Quraan: 029: 052-063).

Also Muslim Countries are NOT allowed to help those who live in Non-Muslim Countiries in the matter of Lands etc, other than providing religious education, charity and giving them immigration.

Lo! those who believed and left their homes and strove with their wealth and their lives for the cause of Allah, and those who took them in and helped them; these are protecting friends one of another. And those who believed BUT did NOT leave their homes, you have NO duty to protect them TILL they leave their homes; but if they seek help from you in the matter of religion (NOT for Land) then it is your duty to help (them) except against a folk between whom and you there is a treaty.
Allah is Seer of what you do.And those who disbelieve are protectors one
of another If you do not so, there will be confusion in the land, and great corruption. (Al-Quraan: 008: 072-073).

Case 3: Where Non-Muslims had captured Muslims Land for a long time (e.g. Palastine).

Here also Muslims need to migrate if Non-Muslims do not allow Muslims to worship.

O my bondmen who believe! Lo! My earth is spacious.Therefore serve Me only.How many are the creatures that carry not their own sustenance? (Al-Quraan: 029:052-063).

Also Muslim Countries are NOT allowed to help those who live in Non-Muslim Countiries in the matter of Lands etc, other than providing religious education, charity and giving them immigration.

Lo! those who believed and left their homes and strove with their wealth and their lives for the cause of Allah, and those who took them in and helped them; these are protecting friends one of another. And those who believed BUT did NOT leave their homes, you have NO duty to protect them TILL they leave their homes; but if they seek help from you in the matter of religion (NOT for Land) then it is your duty to help (them) except against a folk between whom and you there is a treaty.
Allah is Seer of what you do.And those who disbelieve are protectors one of
another If you do not so, there will be confusion in the land, and great corruption.(Al-Quraan: 008: 072-073).

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One Ummah <---> One Islaam <---> One Voice <---> One Worshipping Method.

Quraan is full of Wisdom (Al-Quraan: 036:002).
Quraan is a Light and to see a light, you don't need any other light.
Quraan is Free from any Error or Contradictions, But not the Hadeeth.
Repeating and Reminding is a Key to the success of Effective Communication.

SATANIC VERSE 2

2007-08-14T07:32:00.000-07:00

Evangelicals back Palestinian statehood Tancredo threatens Mecca
By Dr Anthony McRoy

There’s good news and bad news from America. First, the good news: over thirty leading US Evangelical Christians (among them, Harold Vogelaar, Director, Center of Christian-Muslim Engagement for Peace and Justice) sent a letter to President Bush "to correct a serious misperception among some people including some US policymakers that all American evangelicals are opposed to a two-state solution and creation of a new Palestinian state that includes the vast majority of the West Bank. Nothing could be further from the truth. We, who sign this letter, represent large numbers of evangelicals throughout the US who support justice for both Israelis and Palestinians." The letter goes on to assert that "Historical honesty compels us to recognize that both Israelis and Palestinians have legitimate rights stretching back for millennia to the lands of Israel/Palestine’ and urge that ‘the US must provide robust leadership within the Quartet to reconstitute the Middle East roadmap, whose full implementation would guarantee the security of the State of Israel and the viability of a Palestinian State."

There is often a perception among Arabs and Muslims that Evangelical Christians, especially those in America, are monolithically pro-Zionist extremists – a mirror image perhaps, of Western popular prejudices that "all Muslims are terrorist". It is extremely tiresome to read both in the Muslim press and indeed, in the mainstream media that "Evangelicals are the strongest supporters of Israeli policy", a statement that is nearly always made without the qualification that this refers really to a group of vocal and well-organised lobbyists who are a minority among Evangelicals. Significantly, the Council for American-Islamic Relations have taken note of the letter and publicised the fact. An American Evangelical friend of mine has informed that the letter has received a great deal of attention in the USA. Hopefully Muslims will pay equal attention, and acknowledge that Evangelical Christians are not the Anti-Arab bigots that they frequently imagine them to be.

The ‘New York Times’ article about the letter quoted Rev. Joel C. Hunter, senior pastor of Northland Church in Longwood, Florida as stating: "There is a part of the evangelical family which is what I call Christian Zionists, who are just so staunchly pro-Israel that Israel and their side can do no wrong, and it's almost anti-Biblical to criticise Israel for anything. But there are many more evangelicals who are really open and seek justice for both parties." The article also quoted one of the signatories, Ronald Sider, as saying that: "he and three other evangelical leaders got the idea for the letter in February at the U.S.-Islamic World Forum in Doha, Qatar, where they met Muslim and American diplomats who were shocked to discover the existence of American evangelicals who favoured a Palestinian state." Mr. Sider says they will translate the letter into Arabic and distribute it in the Middle East and Europe. "We think it's crucial that the Muslim world realise that there are evangelical Christians in the US in large numbers that want a fair solution," Mr. Sider said."

Now for the bad news. Readers may remember that two years ago I reported the comments of Colorado Congressman Tom Tancredo that if America faced another Al-Qaida attack she should bomb Mecca and Medina. On 31 July this year, Tancredo, who is seeking the Republican nomination, reiterated his call in an Iowa meeting: ‘If it is up to me, we are going to explain that an attack on this homeland of that nature would be followed by an attack on the holy sites in Mecca and Medina… Because that's the only thing I can think of that might deter somebody from doing what they otherwise might do.’

The remarks brought strong reaction from the State Department, as demonstrated by a note from the US Embassy in response to my query, quoting State Department spokesman Sean McCormick on Tancredo: "Look, he will say what he will and we’ll respond as the US Government. The remarks are simply outrageous. He’ll have to account for his own remarks and explain the reasons behind them. But it’s important for people abroad, who may not necessarily pay attention to the details and just hear a headline with that in it, that the official position of the United States Government is that those remarks are just outrageous."

Tancredo’s remarks are a classic case of a little knowledge being a dangerous thing. One wonders if Tancredo is aware that the Kaaba was destroyed in 929 by the Qarmatians, but Islam as a religion – and jihad as a practice – did not end. Indeed, in terms of offensive as opposed to defensive jihad, the last land-based action against the West occurred with the Siege of Vienna in 1683! The Crusaders destroyed the Islamic sites in the holy city of Jerusalem, but jihad actually accelerated. He also ignores the Islamic concept of ‘niyyah’ – intention – which would allow Muslims to continue praying in the direction of the Kaaba even if it were destroyed. Moreover, there is a prediction in the Hadith of the destruction of the Kaaba by hostile elements: Narrated by AbuHurayrah, Sahih Al-Bukhari 2.661 ‘The Prophet (peace be upon him) said, "Dhus-Suwayqatayn (Literally: One with two lean legs) from Ethiopia will demolish the Ka’bah." Thus bombing Mecca will have no deterrent effect whatsoever.

What it would do is to permanently poison US-Muslim relations, lead to massive recruitment for Al-Qaida, and guarantee more severe attacks on the US homeland. Far from deterring Al-Qaida, paradoxically it would immensely strengthen the group. One final thought: on Tancredo’s logic, the British government should have responded to IRA terrorism by bombing the Knock shrine to Mary in Co. Mayo or even the Vatican! Will Tancredo now advocate this? Don’t hold your breath!

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SIAPA BAKAL PRESIDEN PENYEMBELIH USA?
Ogos 3, 2007. Calun Presiden USA Tom Tancredo dari parti Republikan (Parti Bush) bercadang untuk mengebom Makkah dan Madinah jika 'pengganas' menyerang USA. Ini disebut dalam ucapan nya di Iowa dalam ceramah kempen politik nya untuk merebut jawatan President USA.

'Jika diberi kepada saya untuk membuat keputusan, kami akan memberitahu bahawa serangan keatas negara kita akan di balas dengan serangan keatas tempat suci Makkah dan Madinah'. (If it is up to me, we are going to explain that an attack on this homeland of that nature would be followed by an attack on the holy sites in Mecca and Medina)

Mungkin bakal President USA ini menganggap serangan keatas Makkah dan Madinah akan membawa kematian yang paling ramai di kalangan orang Islam dan akan memberi malu yang besar terhadap ummah.Inilah sikap biadap yang berterusan oleh ahli politik usa terhadap ummat islam selepas 2 negara Islam di hancurkan.

Calun presiden USA kulit hitam terkenal, Barack Obama dari Demokrat pula memberi ucapan yang garang dan kurang ajar yang menunjukkan sikap biadap polisi luar negara America. Sebelum ini Obama di anggap calun ideal president kerana beliau berkulit hitam, anti war dan pernah belajar di Indonesia. Mengulas tentang krisis kepimpinan di Pakistan akibat serbuan terhadap Red Mosque, beliau memberi amaran bahawa beliau akan memberi arahan tentera USA menyerang sasaran 'eksremis islam ' di sempadan Pakistan dengan Afghanistan jika President Pervez Musharaf gagal bertindak.

Ini adalah stereotype prinsip dasar luar usa yang suka campurtangan, membunuh dan tidak menghormati kedaulatan negara lain. Perkara yang sama keluar dari seorang bakal president USA yang dijangka akan menang besar dalam pilihanraya president.

Jelas, rakyat Amerika terdiri dari rakyat yang tidak langsung mempunyai nilai etik menghormati kedaulatan negara lain. Boleh dikatakan semua calon President USA samaada Republikan atau Demokrat, hitam atau putih, tidak tahu hidup didalam masyarakat antarabangsa dengan baik.

THE SATANIC VISIONS

2007-07-23T19:52:00.000-07:00

VISI SYAITAN

Mr. Mohamed Khodr seorang muslim America menulis
sebuah artikel, tantang pidato GEORGE W. BUSH
pada tanggal 29 Januari 2002 didepan Kongres America.
Presiden America GEORGE W. BUSH menyampaikan
pidatonya tentang persekutuan antara Yahudi dan Nasrani
juga rencana serta strategi mereka untuk menghancurkan
kaum muslimin.Diantara isi pidatonya adalah sebagai berikut:

"Para pimpinan dan angggota kongres America yang saya hormati,
pada kesempatan ini saya ingin menyampaikan bahawa kondisi
persekutuan Yahudi-Nasrani dari kelompok bangsawan kulit putih
adalah sangat 'solid' dan kuat, dan hal ini belum pernah terjadi
disepanjang sejarah perjalanan bangsa America, sekalipun kekuatan
dan kehebatan America telah diakui oleh seluruh dunia sejak dahulu
hingga kini.Kini kita memiliki pangkalan militeri, pusat agen (CIA)
dan pusat federal yang tersebar di lebih dari 100 negara
didunia yang akan menjamin keamanan dari ancaman teroris.

Juga hendaklah bangsa America berbangga dengan kuasa yang saya pegang,
kekuatan angkatan bersenjata yang kita miliki, serta para wanita yang telah
rela berkorban mempropagandakan kebudayaan kita serta menjaga
kelangsungan budaya America.
Saya sangat bangga kerana Taliban telah bunuh diri dan Kabul telah
merdeka sekalipun Usamah bin Laden dan Muhammad Umar
nasibnya masih belum diketahui hingga kini, tetapi
hanya ada dua kemungkinan bagi mereka, yang pertama
mungkin mereka telah tewas terbunuh, dan yang
kedua mereka bersembunyi. Akan tetapi saya berjanji
akan menangkap keduanya dan menyeret mereka kemuka
pengadilan dunia dalam keadaan hidup atau mati!

Saya perlu sampaikan disini bahawa 'PARA WANITA AFGHANISTAN TELAH KEMBALI KE BANGKU-BANGKU SEKOLAH, SUPAYA MEREKA MELEPASKAN JILBAB-JILBAB MEREKA DAN BAHAWASANYA SIMBOL KEMAJUAN BARAT YANG SANGAT PENTING IALAH TELEVISION KEMBALI KERUMAH-RUMAH MEREKA, MASYARAKAT AFGHANISTAN SEKARANG SENANG,BEBAS KEMANA-MANA SERTA DAPAT
MENANAM POHON GANJA DAN OPHIUM'!!!
Sekalipun peperangan di Afghanistan hampir selesai akan tetapi
jalan dihadapan kita masih sangat panjang untuk masuk
kenegara-negara arab dan Islam, dan kami tidak akan berhenti hingga
setiap bangsa arab dan kaum muslimin melepaskan senjata mereka,
MENCUKUR JANGGUT, dan tidak lagi komitmen terhadap agama
mereka serta mencintai America dan menjadikannya sebagai idola,
serta para WANITANYA TIDAK MEMAKAI JILBAB dan TIDAK MENUTUP WAJAH MEREKA LAGI!!!
Saya akan selalu berusaha untuk mengerahkan segala kemampuan untuk direalisasikan
sebelum pencalonanku pada pemilihan umum kedua nanti.
Pemeritahanku telah menaruh perhatian besar terhadap siasatan
kekuatan nasionalisme dibawah pimpinan Wakil Presiden " Jimmy "
dan dalam waktu terdekat ini kami akan segera memulai mega projek
dengan membangunkan penampungan- penampungan minyak dan memasang
paip-paip minyak bawah laut yang menyambung ke Saudi Arabia,
negara-negara teluk, Iran dan Iraq dan projek ini akan dibangun
dengan pembiayaan mereka.untuk menjamin eksport minyak yang terus menerus.

Telah tiba saatnya untuk kembali membangun dunia seperti yang kita
inginkan dengan rahmat Tuhan kami bangsa kulit putih yang modern
akan mewajibkan keyakinan kita yang mantap dan yang didasari
atas kasih sayang dan kebebasan kepada seluruh negara di dunia
yang kelaparan terhadap harta kita dan kehausan akan misi kita!
Setelah ini orang-orang TIDAK AKAN MEMELIHARA JANGGUT dan
WANITA-WANITA TIDAK AKAN MENUTUP AURAT MEREKA!!!

Kini dan seterusnya dunia akan
membebaskan peredaran minuman keras, rokok, free sex (perzinahan),
homoseksual dan perselingkuhan!!!
Pembunuhan, penzarahan, dan penyebaran film-film dan VCD porno di hotel-hotel dan kamar-kamar tidur mereka!!!
Adapun Fabrik-fabrik kita yang memproduksi
barang-barang ini dengan mudah mengexport ke seluruh dunia kerana
didasarkan atas kebebasan tersebut.Saya berharap kita mampu memelihara
warisan keluarga Bush selama hidup mereka untuk selalu memerangi
bangsa Arab dan kaum muslimin selama sepuluh tahun untuk tetap
membuat kekacauan di negara-negara mereka dan raja atau para pemimpin
Arab tidak akan membatasi eksport minyak mereka untuk memenuhi
keperluan bahan bakar kenderaan kita yang selalu berkembang selama
saya masih memegang pemerintahan negara America syarikat bahkan
akan selalu mendapatkan minyak-minyak mereka dengan harga yang murah.

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BUSH "STATE OF THE UNION ADDRESS": UNCENSORED

by Mohamed Khodr

"This is a world that is much more uncertain than the past. In the past we were certain, we were certain it was us versus the Russians in the past. We were certain, and therefore we had huge nuclear arsenals aimed at each other to keep the peace. That's what we were certain of. ... You see, even though it's an uncertain world, we're certain of some things. We're certain that even though the 'evil empire' may have passed, evil still remains. We're certain there are people that can't stand what America stands for. ... We're certain there are madmen in this world, and there's terror, and there's missiles and I'm certain of this, too: I'm certain to maintain the peace, we better have a military of high morale, and I'm certain that under this administration, morale in the military is dangerously low".

George W. Bush: Albuquerque, N.M.,
the Washington Post, May 31, 2000.

President George W. Bush: State of the Union Address: January 29, 2002
Mr. Speaker, Mr. President, members of Congress, and My Fellow Americans:

It is with deep pride and without prejudice that I report to you tonight that the State of the White and Rich Judeo-Christian Union is Strong. Never before in our history has American power, American domination, and American values been as strong, as feared, as respected, and as welcomed in the world as it is today. Today the American flag, the American military, the American C.I.A. and the American F.B.I. are present in over 100 nations to ensure peace, compliance, and freedom from fear and terrorism. Americans should be proud of me, their government, and the outstanding men and women in uniform who sacrifice the comforts of life for our American lifestyle.
My fellow Americans, I am proud to report that the Taliban is out and Kabul is free, that Osama Bin Laden and Mullah Omar are either dead, dying, or hiding, but not for long, for I am determined to bring them to justice "dead or alive", the Afghan women are shedding their burkas for good old American tank tops, that girls are going back to school reading "How the West Was Won", and that the most important cultural icon of western civilization, television, is back. Afghans are now happy and free to roam the country planting poppy seeds. Americans and especially American children should be proud of their generosity of sending money and food to Afghanistan. It warms my heart to see Afghan children enjoying my favorite foods, peanut butter, jelly and pretzels. Although the war in Afghanistan is winding down, we still have a long way to go in many other Arab and Muslim nations. We won't stop until every Arab and Muslim is disarmed, unveiled, shaven, irreligious, indoctrinated, peaceful, and loves America. I am determined to use all of our resources to bring that about before my next election.

What a difference a year makes. A year ago on February 27, 2001, my entire State of the Union address focused almost exclusively on domestic issues. Last year our main domestic issue was how to spend the enormous budget surplus. The Congressional Budget Office, a year ago was forecasting $5.6 trillion in surpluses over the next ten years. It now envisions only $1.6 trillion instead. For the next two years, CBO says, the federal budget will run in the red. Four Trillion dollars is a small price to pay to protect our freedoms, our civilization, fight Bin Laden and give a large tax cut to wealthy Americans.

In that address I said: "Too much government crowds out initiative and hard work, private charity and the private economy. Our new governing vision says government should be active, but limited; engaged, but not overbearing.

Education is not my top priority -- education is my top priority and, by sup porting this budget, you'll make it yours, as well. We have a serious energy problem that demands a national energy policy. America has a window of opportunity to extend and secure our present peace by promoting a distinctly American internationalism. We will work with our allies and friends to be a force for good and a champion of freedom. We will work for free markets, free trade and freedom from oppression. Nations making progress toward freedom will find America is their friend. We will promote our values. We will promote the peace. And we need a strong military to keep the peace"

Well, no one could have foreseen the coming of Bin Laden and the impact he'll have on our nation and its domestic and foreign policy. Yet, despite the evil doers, I kept my promise to the American people with one exception. Our "war on terrorism" has forced me to immensely expand our government's budget for Homeland security and the Pentagon. We've had to expand our role in the realm of security, intelligence, F.B.I. and C.I.A Surveillance on Muslim Americans of whom thousands were arrested and detained without due process, we've severely curtailed civil rights and liberties, we've imposed limits on the media and free speech here and on Al-Jazeera Television, and we've federalized airport screening. Americans support me on these important security nations. The presence of non- white, non-Judeo Christians in our country whether legally or illegally constitute a risk to our nation and as your President I am entrusted with your safety. Our immigration policy will change to reflect our security concerns. In due time, New York City that has suffered so much will be a homogenous white city again.

I did deliver the tax cut to the wealthy as promised and am working for further tax cuts despite the budget deficits. I have worked with the Congress to pass Senator Kennedy's Education bill. With Secretary Rumsfeld's help "The Stud" (laughter and applause), Dr. Rice, Paul Wolfowitz, Richard Perle, the Congressional Jewish Delegation, and A.I.P.A.C. (American Israeli Public Affairs Committee) we have developed a uniquely American internationalist foreign policy. America will no longer be a party to any International Treaty that jeopardizes our economic or military objectives. We now, using my friend Sharon's word "Irrelevant", consider all International Organizations that oppose any American-Israeli national interest objective to be "Irrelevant", organizations like the United Nations, the European Union, the International Criminal Court, the World Trade Organization, U.N. Commission on Human Rights, U.N. Commission on Refugees, the World Health Organization, the Arab League which in my opinion should be dissolved immediately, the International Red Cross, the Vatican, and all Muslim organizations. Although fighting the "evil doers" has consumed most of the surplus, nevertheless I am proposing we spend $5B, which is less than we send Israel every year, to help our needy senior citizens with their prescription drug costs. Anything more would have to come out of our special foreign aid package to Israel. I am also asking for another $50 Billion increase in our defense budget for a total of $400 Billion for FY 2003 as well as $38 Billion increase for Homeland Security. My administration did address and formulate a national energy policy spearheaded by V. P. Cheney (he's the one behind me to the right) who worked very closely with Enron, Exxon-Mobil, and other energy related industries. Mr. Cheney has however asked me to invoke Executive Privilege and the Fifth Amendment against Self-incrimination , which I am doing, against any attempt to ascertain the makeup or minutes of the Enron Energy Task Force. We will immediately begin drilling across our land for oil as well as embarking on an ambitious project of building a direct under water pipeline from Saudi Arabia, the Gulf, Iraq, and Iran to New York, at their expense to ensure uninterrupted oil.

As I said to this body on September 20, 2001 "Whether we bring our enemies to justice, or bring justice to our enemies, justice will be done. Al-Qaida is to terror what our Italian Mafia is to crime But stupidly its goal is not making money; its goal is remaking the world and imposing its radical beliefs on people everywhere."

Well, turn around is fair play. It is now our turn as Prime Minister Blair said "Let us reform the world in our image". Thus by the Grace of our Judeo-Christian God it is us, the civilized white people of the world who will impose our decent, loving, and libertarian beliefs on a world hungry for our money and message. Men and women will no longer be forced to wear beards or cover their faces and bodies. From now on the world is free to drink, smoke, have hetero or homosexual sex including incest and sodomy, affairs, rob, kill, drive fast cars and enjoy porno movies and videos in the privacy of their hotels or bedrooms. Our companies that produce such products will have unfettered access to the backward nations who've denied such freedoms for their people. The Muslim terrorists are traitors to their own faith, trying, in effect, to hijack Islam itself. That is why we in the civilized Judeo-Christian world separate our politics from our faith, separate our wars and our terrorism from faith that is why you don't see reported in the media--Jewish or Catholic Terrorism-- when we kill it is not done in the name of our faith, it is done to defend our freedom and our civilization. Why do they hate us? They hate what I see right here in this chamber, men and women elected democratically by the money from Enron, Oil, TeleCommunications, Insurance Companies, Lawyers, and most importantly they hate that our Jewish American citizens spend millions to get your undying support of our only ally in the world, beside England, Israel. They hate our freedoms, our freedom of religion, our freedom of speech, our freedom to vote and assemble and disagree with each other. They want to overthrow existing governments in many Muslim countries, such as Egypt, Saudi Arabia, and Jordan. We won't let that happen. President Mubarak, King Abdullah, and King Fahd are our puppets, our friends who only want what's best for America. They also want to drive Israel out of the Middle East and send the Jews to our Jewish state, New York. They want to drive non-white Christians and Jews out of vast regions of Asia and Africa and send them here. Over my dead body.

Our "war on terrorism" does not use subliminable messages. This campaign has included not only killing the Afghani's but also starving the terrorists of funding by closing every non-Judeo-Christian charity, bank, and money changer here and around the world. No longer will their excuse of feeding starving children be tolerated. We have pursued every nation in the southern hemisphere to root out and destroy any and all opposition to their status quo governments. Each nation has had to make a choice. Either you are with us, or you are with the terrorists. I am happy to report that every nation has kowtowed to our demand. The governments of each of these nations has taken decisive action against their internal enemies who oppose their friendly allegiance to our nation.

America has not only won the Cold War under my Daddy's leadership, but we now have an opportunity to form strong and permanent alliances with our former foes. From Russia, China, to India, America has formed a partnership of global reach to eradicate all semblance and hope of "Muslim" separatists or yearning of independence within these nations. These nations constituting almost half of the world's population now enjoy our total support for their suppression and elimination by whatever means of "Islamic Fundamentalism" in Chechnya, Kashmir, and The Uygurs in the province of Xinjiang. But most of all I want to proclaim to the world that our total subservience and alliance with Israel is iron clad. I totally support Sharon's "war on terrorism" and his destruction of the Palestinian Authority and Arafat. I am announcing today that the United States is ending any and all contacts with Arafat and his Palestinian "evil doers" who bomb and kill our Judeo brothers and sisters. We will no longer support U.N. Resolution 242 that America voted for in 1967 as any basis for a peace process. Sharon pointed out to me that we can't be practitioners of a double standard whereby we fight Bin Laden's Islamic terrorism and yet oppose Israel's similar war. Israel has suffered for 53 years under the constant threat of Arab armies and Palestinian occupation of its land. I know that the State Department under the General has occasionally and erroneously criticized Israel whenever its used our F-16's to bomb a school or church in Bethlehem but I can safely say that the General and I see eye to eye on this and thus his remaining tenure at State will be spent ensuring Israel's peace, security and economic welfare. On that note I am proposing that we increase our economic aid to Israel by $2 Billion to help offset their economic losses due to the September 11 attack. We cannot let terrorists and rogue nations hold this nation hostile or hold our allies hostile.

America's finally found its manifest destiny, we will no longer be reactive and dragged into conflicts, we'll no longer be the nation the world comes to make peace and build nations. America's destiny is now obvious to the world: We will be the ones to make wars on whomever we choose, we will be the ones to destroy before we rebuild, we will no longer be on the sidelines while the world drowns in its own blood. America stands for peace but if we determine there's a need for blood spilling to be done we'll do it ourselves. From now on America will decide when, where, how, and why we make the war or make the peace. Our nation has proudly gone from "Road Rage" to "Foreign Rage". It's worked for Israel, now it's working for us and our allies Russia, China, and India.

As my Daddy said in his State of the Union Address on January 29, 1991:

"I come to this House of the people to speak to you and all Americans, certain that we stand at a defining hour. Halfway around the world, we are engaged in a great struggle in the skies and on the seas and sands. We know why we're there: We are Americans, part of something larger than ourselves. For two centuries, we've done the hard work of freedom. And tonight, we lead the world in facing down a threat to decency and humanity.

With few exceptions, the world now stands as one."

Daddy, I hope I've kept the Bush legacy alive to fight the Arab and Muslim world every ten years to ensure their chaos and complicity. No Arab oil King or Prince is going to force us to improve our SUV fuel efficiency, not while I'm President. On the contrary, they will be made to increase production and decrease prices. Daddy, I hope you and your friends in the Carlyle Group and the military-industrial-oil complex are happy with the rewards courtesy of Bin Laden and my policies. All Americans should have the opportunity to make money from our revenge upon Bin Laden and his Muslim "evil doers". It's the least we can do to honor our fallen heroes of September 11, a day that will live in in fury.

Thank you and God Bless America.

Mr. Mohamed Khodr is an American Muslim physician and a native from the Middle East. He has worked in Academic Medicine and Public health with national and international health experience. He is a freelance writer who often writes columns on the Palestinian cause, Islam and on America's Foreign Policy in the Middle East. He lives in the Washington DC area.

Al-QAEDA VOWS REVENGE OVER SALMAN RUSHDIE

2007-07-10T21:22:00.000-07:00

Al-Qaeda's second-in-command, Ayman al-Zawahri, has said the group is preparing a "precise response" to Britain's decision to bestow a knighthood on author Salman Rushdie.

INSIDE : RED MOSQUE TRAGEDY
(MUSLIM'S VS MUSLIM'S)

Tuesday’s threats of more attacks on Britain came two weeks after failed bombings in London and Glasgow.

In an audio recording posted on a website, Zawahiri said: "I say to [Britain's Queen] Elizabeth and [former British Prime Minister Tony] Blair that your message has reached us and we are in the process of preparing for you a precise response."

Rushdie was knighted by the queen in June, bringing condemnation from a number of Muslim countries and organisations.

The author is accused of blaspheming Islam in his novel "The Satanic Verses," which triggered an international furore when it was first published in 1988.

Rushdie was forced to go into hiding for a decade after then Iranian supreme leader Aytatollah Ruhollah Khomeini issued a 1989 death sentence over the book.

Khomeini's successor, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, said in January 2005 he still believed the British novelist was an apostate whose killing would be authorised by Islam.

Following Rushdie's knighting, Iran said the death sentence still stands.

Mohammad Ali Hosseini, the Iranian foreign ministry spokesman, said: "The stance of the Islamic Republic of Iran with regard to this issue has not changed from what was put forward by the Imam Khomeini."

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AL-ZAWAHIRI ASKS MUSLIMS TO UNITE
Ayman al-Zawahiri, al-Qaeda's deputy chief, has released a video on the internet in which he calls on Muslims to unite against the West.
He urged greater support for the Islamic State of Iraq, an al-Qaeda group in that country.
He also denounced Egypt and Saudi Arabia for supporting the US in the Middle East.
In the video, the eighth by Zawahiri, he criticised Hamas in the Palestinian territories for "abandoning Sharia" [Islamic law], "agreeing to democracy" and confronting Fatah.

He urged Hamas members to return to religion, honour and "Arabness".

He also sharply attacked Fatah and accused it of treason.

'Abandoning Sharia'

In the past, al-Zawahiri has criticised Hamas for joining the political process and forming a unity government with Fatah.

In his latest tape, he urged them to unite.

"I call on my Mujahidin brethrens in Hamas and the rest of Islamic nation in Palestine who are facing the missiles of Jews by their chests and the stabbings of Fatah spies in their back, to be steadfast on the right descended by the Almighty God.
"Your leadership has abandoned the rule of Sharia and agreed to democracy.
"Has that brought you benefit? Has the Israeli aggression stopped? Has economic blockade been lifted?

"It is a crusader and Zionist plot to abort the resistance and come up with a fragile solution to Palestine's tragedy.
"If the Americans were honest enough to give the Palestinians anything, they should have given it to Arafat [Yasser Arafat, the late Palestinian leader] who relinquished everything and then was killed."

Al-Qaeda's deputy called on armed factions in Iraq to unify and discard division.
"To our beloved in Iraq I say that the most crucial thing Iraqis have to realise is unity, as it gives access to victory and a matter that must not be ignored," he said.

"They have to unite, and deeply and sincerely study the way to achieve unity."

--SOURCE : AL-JAZEERA.NET--
--PICTURES SOURCE : BBC ONLINE--

RED MOSQUE TRAGEDY

2007-07-10T20:47:00.000-07:00

US BACKS PAKISTAN MOSQUE RAID

The United States has said it backs Pakistan's "responsible" decision to storm the Lal Masjid, or Red Mosque, in Islamabad.

The signal of support came as Pakistan began to count the human and political cost of Tuesday's bloody assault that killed the mosque's chief cleric, Abdul Rashid Ghazi, and left at least another 50 armed students dead.

Eight soldiers also died in the raid, although the final death toll - including possible casualties among women and children in the mosque complex - remains unclear.

Speaking in the US state of Ohio, George Bush, the US president, signalled his support for Pakistan's government, praising the country's president, Pervez Musharraf, as "a strong ally in the war against these extremists".

'Responsible move'

Bush was speaking after the US state department signalled its backing for the raid.

"The government of Pakistan has proceeded in a responsible way," spokesman Tom Casey said. "All governments have a responsibility to preserve order."

Meanwhile, the US embassy in Islamabad has warned its citizens in Pakistan to be on guard for the possibility of attacks by "terrorist elements" in the wake of the mosque raid.

The decision to storm the mosque followed a week-long siege and came after the government said efforts to negotiate a peaceful end had broken down.

Pakistan's interior ministry says the operation dealt a big blow to what it called Islamic hardliners and that the strong response should teach them a lesson.

But the raid has sparked protests and promises of revenge from supporters of the mosque's chief cleric.

Human shields

According to military officials the body of Abdul Rashid Ghazi was found in the basement of a women's religious school after a fierce gun battle.

Troops first stormed the sprawling mosque compound before dawn on Tuesday, and 18 hours later the army said it was still trying to clear out militants from residential quarters next to the school.

Gunfire and explosions thundered over Islamabad as "Operation Silence" extended into the night.

Government spokesmen accused the fighters of holding up children and using them as human shields before and during Tuesday's raid on the mosque.

Although officials said about 30 children and 27 women had managed to escape during the fierce fighting, talks between the government and fighters suggested that hundreds had been inside.

That has raised fears that the final death toll from the military raid could rise significantly.

Some of the women in the mosque were among the most fervent supporters of the Taliban-style movement led by Lal Masjid's two cleric brothers, Abdul Aziz and Abdul Rashid Ghazi.

Aziz is reported to have escaped te mosque a week ago disguised in a woman's all-enveloping black burqa.

--SOURCE : AL-JAZEERA.NET--
--PICTURES SOURCE : BBC ONLINE--

PRO - ISRAEL SENATOR LIEBERMAN SAYS "BOMB IRAN!"

2007-06-25T05:44:00.000-07:00

A pro-Israel senator of Jewish descent from Connecticut said the USA should launch a military air and ground attack on Iran. Senator Joe Lieberman said today on "Face the Nation" of CBS News that more US soldiers should be sent to the Middle East, this time to attack Tehran.

Senator Lieberman is voicing the same desires of Zionists in Israel and of the powerful Jewish Lobby in the USA. The present quagmire in Iraq in which over 3,500 US soldiers have died was engineered by Zionist Neocons and by profiteers in the oil industry.

The war against Iraq has caused over 600,000 Iraqi civilian casualties and a difficult to estimate toll in human misery. The misery on the USA side has been experienced mostly by flag waving American "patriot" soldiers who do not know that they are being duped by politicians like Lieberman. Among the US military casualties are also many naive soldiers of Mexican descent.

Senator Lieberman was booted from the Democratic Party after he was exposed for what he is and had to run for re-election as an independent. Vast amounts of Zionist money from around the world and Israel flowed into Connecticut and he won re-election. There is no question who Senator Lieberman represents in the US Senate but the majority of "flag waving" Americans do not know yet.

ISRAEL LAUNCHES NEW SPY SATELLITE

2007-06-11T20:28:00.000-07:00

Israel's military has launched a spy satellite towards space, the defence ministry said, and a senior official has suggested that it could be used to spy on Iran.

The Ofek 7 satellite was "launched and successfully injected into orbit" early on Monday, the ministry said in a statement.
Israel's Army Radio said its resolution was high enough to detect objects of 70cm on the ground.

Haim Eshed, chief of the defence ministry's space programme, suggested that the satellite could be used to counter Iran's efforts to develop a nuclear weapon.
When asked if the Ofek 7 could be used to strike Iran, Eshed said: "Intelligence is intelligence and you can do with the intelligence what the leaders decide.
"But this is definitely intelligence on the best level that it's possible to obtain from satellite systems."

FOUR YEAR LIFESPAN.

The satellite weighs 30kg, is 2.3m long and will operate for at least four years, Israel Radio reported.
The launch was carried out at 2:40am (23:40 GMT), Israel Radio reported.
Ofek 7 is to replace Ofek 5, which has been orbiting for almost five years.
Ofek 5's life had to be extended when the launch of its planned replacement, Ofek 6, failed two years ago.

Israel has labelled Iran as its most serious strategic threat.

--AL-JAZEERA.NET--

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IRAN DAN SYRIA SASARAN ISRAEL - REJIM YAHUDI LANCAR SATELIT BARU INTIP NEGARA JIRAN

BAITULMAQDIS 11 Jun – Israel awal hari ini melancarkan satelit baru yang dilengkap dengan peranti yang mampu mengintip Iran dan Syria – dua negara jiran yang menjadi sasaran rejim Yahudi dan Amerika Syarikat (AS).

Satelit Ofek-7 itu didakwa mampu menghantar gambar beresolusi tinggi ke bumi pada ketinggian 200 hingga 500 kilometer menjelang hujung minggu ini.
“Pelancaran ini mampu mempertingkatkan keupayaan pertahanan dan menjadi bukti Israel miliki kuasa teknologi,” kata Menteri Pertahanan, Amir Peretz.
Satelit Ofek-7 seberat 300 kilogram itu yang dibangunkan Israel Aircraft Industries dilancar menggunakan roket Shavit dari pangkalan Palmahim, selatan Tel Aviv.

--UTUSAN ONLINE--

HOW I CAME TO ISLAM?

2007-04-16T19:36:00.001-07:00

HOW I CAME TO ISLAM?
FROM MUSICIAN TO MUSLIM BY ALLAH'S WILL

All I have to say is all what you know already, to confirm what you already know, the message of the Prophet (Sallallahu alaihi wa sallam) as given by God - the Religion of Truth. As human beings we are given a consciousness and a duty that has placed us at the top of creation. Man is created to be God's deputy on earth, and it is important to realize the obligation to rid ourselves of all illusions and to make our lives a preparation for the next life. Anybody who misses this chance is not likely to be given another, to be brought back again and again, because it says in Qur'an Majeed that when man is brought to account, he will say, "O Lord, send us back and give us another chance." The Lord will say, "If I send you back you will do the same."

MARGARET PEGGY MARCUS

MY EARLY RELIGIOUS UPBRINGING

I was brought up in the modern world of all the luxury and the high life of show business. I was born in a Christian home, but we know that every child is born in his original nature - it is only his parents that turn him to this or that religion. I was given this religion (Christianity) and thought this way. I was taught that God exists, but there was no direct contact with God, so we had to make contact with Him through Jesus - he was in fact the door to God. This was more or less accepted by me, but I did not swallow it all.

I looked at some of the statues of Jesus; they were just stones with no life. And when they said that God is three, I was puzzled even more but could not argue. I more or less believed it, because I had to have respect for the faith of my parents.

POP STAR

Gradually I became alienated from this religious upbringing. I started making music. I wanted to be a big star. All those things I saw in the films and on the media took hold of me, and perhaps I thought this was my God, the goal of making money. I had an uncle who had a beautiful car. "Well," I said, "he has it made. He has a lot of money." The people around me influenced me to think that this was it; this world was their God.

I decided then that this was the life for me; to make a lot of money, have a 'great life.' Now my examples were the pop stars. I started making songs, but deep down I had a feeling for humanity, a feeling that if I became rich I would help the needy. (It says in the Qur'an, we make a promise, but when we make something, we want to hold onto it and become greedy.)

So what happened was that I became very famous. I was still a teenager, my name and photo were splashed in all the media. They made me larger than life, so I wanted to live larger than life and the only way to do that was to be intoxicated (with liquor and drugs).

IN HOSPITAL

After a year of financial success and 'high' living, I became very ill, contracted TB and had to be hospitalized. It was then that I started to think: What was to happen to me? Was I just a body, and my goal in life was merely to satisfy this body? I realized now that this calamity was a blessing given to me by Allah, a chance to open my eyes - "Why am I here? Why am I in bed?" - and I started looking for some of the answers. At that time there was great interest in the Eastern mysticism. I began reading, and the first thing I began to become aware of was death, and that the soul moves on; it does not stop. I felt I was taking the road to bliss and high accomplishment. I started meditating and even became a vegetarian. I now believed in 'peace and flower power,' and this was the general trend. But what I did believe in particular was that I was not just a body. This awareness came to me at the hospital.

One day when I was walking and I was caught in the rain, I began running to the shelter and then I realized, 'Wait a minute, my body is getting wet, my body is telling me I am getting wet.' This made me think of a saying that the body is like a donkey, and it has to be trained where it has to go. Otherwise, the donkey will lead you where it wants to go.

Then I realized I had a will, a God-given gift: follow the will of God. I was fascinated by the new terminology I was learning in the Eastern religion. By now I was fed up with Christianity. I started making music again and this time I started reflecting my own thoughts. I remember the lyric of one of my songs. It goes like this: "I wish I knew, I wish I knew what makes the Heaven, what makes the Hell. Do I get to know You in my bed or some dusty cell while others reach the big hotel?" and I knew I was on the Path.

I also wrote another song, "The Way to Find God Out." I became even more famous in the world of music. I really had a difficult time because I was getting rich and famous, and at the same time, I was sincerely searching for the Truth. Then I came to a stage where I decided that Buddhism is all right and noble, but I was not ready to leave the world. I was too attached to the world and was not prepared to become a monk and to isolate myself from society.

I tried Zen and Ching, numerology, tarot cards and astrology. I tried to look back into the Bible and could not find anything. At this time I did not know anything about Islam, and then, what I regarded as a miracle occurred. My brother had visited the mosque in Jerusalem and was greatly impressed that while on the one hand it throbbed with life (unlike the churches and synagogues which were empty), on the other hand, an atmosphere of peace and tranquility prevailed.

THE QUR'AN

When he came to London he brought back a translation of the Qur'an, which he gave to me. He did not become a Muslim, but he felt something in this religion, and thought I might find something in it also.

And when I received the book, a guidance that would explain everything to me - who I was; what was the purpose of life; what was the reality and what would be the reality; and where I came from - I realized that this was the true religion; religion not in the sense the West understands it, not the type for only your old age. In the West, whoever wishes to embrace a religion and make it his only way of life is deemed a fanatic. I was not a fanatic, I was at first confused between the body and the soul. Then I realized that the body and soul are not apart and you don't have to go to the mountain to be religious. We must follow the will of God. Then we can rise higher than the angels. The first thing I wanted to do now was to be a Muslim.

I realized that everything belongs to God, that slumber does not overtake Him. He created everything. At this point I began to lose the pride in me, because hereto I had thought the reason I was here was because of my own greatness. But I realized that I did not create myself, and the whole purpose of my being here was to submit to the teaching that has been perfected by the religion we know as Al-Islam. At this point I started discovering my faith. I felt I was a Muslim. On reading the Qur'an, I now realized that all the Prophets sent by God brought the same message. Why then were the Jews and Christians different? I know now how the Jews did not accept Jesus as the Messiah and that they had changed His Word. Even the Christians misunderstand God's Word and called Jesus the son of God. Everything made so much sense. This is the beauty of the Qur'an; it asks you to reflect and reason, and not to worship the sun or moon but the One Who has created everything. The Qur'an asks man to reflect upon the sun and moon and God's creation in general. Do you realize how different the sun is from the moon? They are at varying distances from the earth, yet appear the same size to us; at times one seems to overlap the other.

Even when many of the astronauts go to space, they see the insignificant size of the earth and vastness of space. They become very religious, because they have seen the Signs of Allah.
When I read the Qur'an further, it talked about prayer, kindness and charity. I was not a Muslim yet, but I felt that the only answer for me was the Qur'an, and God had sent it to me, and I kept it a secret. But the Qur'an also speaks on different levels. I began to understand it on another level, where the Qur'an says,
"Those who believe do not take disbelievers for friends and the believers are brothers."
Thus at this point I wished to meet my Muslim brothers.

CONVERSION

Then I decided to journey to Jerusalem (as my brother had done). At Jerusalem, I went to the mosque and sat down. A man asked me what I wanted. I told him I was a Muslim. He asked what was my name. I told him, "Stevens." He was confused. I then joined the prayer, though not so successfully. Back in London, I met a sister called Nafisa. I told her I wanted to embrace Islam and she directed me to the New Regent Mosque. This was in 1977, about one and a half years after I received the Qur'an.

Now I realized that I must get rid of my pride, get rid of Iblis, and face one direction. So on a Friday, after Jummah' I went to the Imam and declared my faith (the Kalimah) at this hands. You have before you someone who had achieved fame and fortune. But guidance was something that eluded me, no matter how hard I tried, until I was shown the Qur'an. Now I realize I can get in direct contact with God, unlike Christianity or any other religion. As one Hindu lady told me, "You don't understand the Hindus. We believe in one God; we use these objects (idols) to merely concentrate." What she was saying was that in order to reach God, one has to create associates, that are idols for the purpose. But Islam removes all these barriers. The only thing that moves the believers from the disbelievers is the salat. This is the process of purification.
Finally I wish to say that everything I do is for the pleasure of Allah and pray that you gain some inspirations from my experiences. Furthermore, I would like to stress that I did not come into contact with any Muslim before I embraced Islam. I read the Qur'an first and realized that no person is perfect. Islam is perfect, and if we imitate the conduct of the Holy Prophet (Sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) we will be successful. May Allah give us guidance to follow the path of the ummah of Muhammad (Sallallahu alayhi wa sallam). Ameen - Yusuf Islam (formerly Cat Stevens)

CONTROVERSY - SALAMAN RUSHDIE

Yusuf's celebrity has made him a media and government target. Over the years, his beliefs and actions have often been misunderstood and misrepresented. He accepts this as a reflection of how extremists on both sides have attempted to use Islam as a combatant in a global struggle.

Yusuf was not heard from in public for a decade until 1989, when it was erroneously reported that he supported the death sentence ordered by the Ayatollah Khomeini against novelist Salman Rushdie for writing "The Satanic Verses." It was what he calls a "monstrous myth":

Yusuf was speaking to students at a university in London about his journey to Islam when he was asked about the fatwa (Islamic legal pronouncement) calling for the death of Rushdie. "Of course, I was going to be a prime target for a question on this issue," so he responded with a simple statement of what he understood at the time of Muslim law. "I was simply a new Muslim who had stated something which I considered quite plain and obvious. If you were to ask a Bible student what the Ten Commandments are, you would expect him to repeat them honestly, and you wouldn't blame him for doing so..."

"What I said was that, like the Bible, the Koran defines blasphemy without repentance as being a capital offense. And that's all I stated. I never supported the fatwa. It was very sad to see such irresponsibility from the 'free press' and I was totally abhorred. I released a statement the very next day after I read the headlines, completely contradicting what they'd said, but that never got the headlines. Of course, once the damage is done, everybody perceives you for what they've seen on the front page. It was a matter of me learning the hard way."

CONTROVERSY - "NO-FLY" LIST

In September 2004, Yusuf was on a United Airlines flight from London to Washington when the plane was diverted to Maine because he had apparently been mistaken for someone on the post-9/11 "no fly" list. He was deported back to England the following day, and an international controversy was provoked. "It was like I was reading a script where I was the star, and I didn't even know what the plot was and how it was going to end. Perhaps it was about the fact that my name happens to carry my religion with it."

When The Sun and The Sunday Times in England published articles agreeing with the U.S.'s actions, Yusuf sued the newspapers for libel. He received a substantial settlement from both papers, along with published apologies and acknowledgements that he had never supported terrorism. He donated his settlement to help orphans of the Asian tsunami.

"It seems to be the easiest thing in the world these days to make scurrilous accusations against Muslims," he said at the time. "In my case, it directly impacts my relief work and damages my reputation as an artist."

"MAN FOR PEACE" AWARD

Acclaimed around the globe for his devotion to peace and charity, Yusuf has received a series of prestigious awards for his life's work. He was named as the 2004 "Man for Peace," voted for by a committee of all Nobel peace laureates and presented by Mikhail Gorbachev.

ISLAM AND PEACE

"It may come as news to some, but the word Islam itself derives from the word peace," Yusuf points out. "That is the heart and soul of the religion and is what I've always followed. Other horrendous events that have taken place mean that it's now necessary to educate people that this religion is based on spiritual love, unity, and tolerance. I think that I've made that journey, and perhaps I can help others to an understanding that the vast majority of Muslims simply want to live a good life and be at peace with the rest of the world. Today I am in a unique position as a looking glass through which Muslims can see the west and the west can see Islam, and it is important for me to be able to help bridge the cultural gaps others are sometimes frightened to cross."

THE RETURN TO MUSIC

He has often been asked why he gave up music so completely and did not find a way to accommodate his faith and his career. "I gave an interview in 1980 to a Muslim magazine and they asked me about music and the future, and I said I'd suspended my musical activities for fear that it may divert me from the true path," he recalls. "But I also added that I couldn't be dogmatic and say I'll never make music again. There's nothing in the Koran that says music is forbidden; yet when I looked at the music business I realised it was definitely a negative infringement on what I wanted from my spiritual life. I didn't want to have to worry about it, so for me that meant giving away my guitars and getting down to the job of living, starting the charitable work I wanted to do, and having a family life."

Ultimately, he says, the reason for his return to pop music is simple. "The language of song is simply the best way to communicate the powerful winds of change which brought me to where I am today, and the love of peace still passing through my heart. I feel gifted to have that ability still within me. I never wanted to get involved in politics because that essentially separates people, whereas music has the power to unify, and is so much easier for me than to give a lecture."

PERJALANAN TAUBAT SEORANG BINTANG TERKEMUKA DUNIA.

Aku dilahirkan di London, jantung dunia barat.Dilahirkan di era television dan penjelajahan angkasa.Era dimana teknologi sampai kepuncaknya,di Britain.Aku belajar di sekolah katolik yang telah mengajar kepadaku konsep kristian tentang Allah,Al-Masih,Kepastian baik dan buruk.Mereka bercerita tentang Allah,sedikit tentang Al-Masih dan lebih sedikit lagi tentang ruh kudus.Kehidupan sekeliling adalah materialis yang tertumpah dari seluruh sarjana informasi.Mereka mengajar bahawa harta adalah kekayaan yang sebenar lg hakiki.Dan kemiskinan adalah kesia-siaan yang hakiki,Amerika lambang kekayaan,sementara dunia ketiga simbol kemiskinan, kelaparan,kebodohan dan keterbelakangan.

Aku harus memilih jalan kekayaan dan menempuh jalurnya,supaya dapat hidup bahagia,beruntung dengan kenikmatan dunia.Diatas ini kubina falsafah kehidupan yang tak ada hubungan dengan agama.Aku mengambil falsafah ini untuk mendapatkan kebahagiaan jiwa.Aku mula mencari jalan untuk mencapai kejayaan.

Jalan paling mudah ialah dengan membeli gitar, mengarang lagu dan menyanyikanya.Kemudian aku bergerak ditengah khalayak ramai.Inilah kenyataan yang kulaklukan dengan nama Cat Stevens.Dalam waktu singkat,ketika berumur 18 tahun,sudah ada 8 kaset rakaman.Aku mulai tampil di beberapa pertunjukan yang tidak sedikit sehingga terkumpul kekayaan yang melimpah dan memuncak.

Ketika sampai kepuncak,aku lihat kebawah kerana takut terjatuh.Kegoncangan menghantui diri dan aku mula meminum sarak setiap hari untuk menambah keberanian dalam menyanyi.Aku rasa bahawa orang di sekitarku memakai topeng, tak seorangpun yang membuka topeng yang menutupi kenyataan.Aku rasa inilah kesesatan.Aku mula membenci kehidupanku serta menjauhi manusia.Sakitpun telah menimpaku.Aku ke hospital kerana TBC.Ketika dihospital lebih baik bagiku sebab telah membawaku berfikir.

Aku miliki keimanan kepada Allah,namun gereja tidak
mengenalkan kepadaku siapakah itu?

Aku tak sanggup menangkap hakikat tuhan yang dibicarakannya.Pemikiran itu sungguh pelik, maka aku berfikir mencari hidup baru.

Kebetulan aku miliki buku tentang akidah dan ketimuran.Aku mencari kedamaian dan hakikat.Aku dihantui perasaan bertolak ke suatu tujuan tertentu,tapi aku tak tahu hakikat dan konsepnya.Aku tak sanggup duduk dalam keadaan hati yang kosong,sehingga aku mulai berfikir dan mencari kebahagiaan yang tak kudapati dalam kekayaan.Populariti dalam puncak kejayaan ataupun dalam gereja.

Maka ku-ketuk Budhisme dan falsafah Cina. Aku pelajarinya dan beranggapan bahawa kebahagiaan adalah bila sanggup meramal apa yang akan terjadi esok sehingga anda dapat menghindari kejahatan.Aku jadi percaya bintang serta ramalan yang akan terjadi,namun semua itu kosong belaka.

Ku-ketuk Komunis, kusangka kebaikan adalah memberi seluruh kekayaan kepada setiap manusia.Namun aku merasa konsep ini tidak sesuai menurut fitrah,kerana yang adil adalah anda berhak mendapatkan hasil jerih-payah dan tidak boleh diberikan kepada orang lain.Kemudian aku beralih menelan Pil untuk memenggal seluruh mata rantai pemikiran dan kebingungan yang menyakitkan.Akhirnya aku berkesimpulan bahawa tidak satu pun akidah yang sanggup memberikan jawaban dan menjelaskan tentang hakikat yang sedang aku cari.Pada saat itu aku tak mengenal islam walau sedikitpun.Akhirnya aku tetap pada keyakinan dan pemahaman pertama yang aku terima dari gereja.Semua akidah lain hanya bualan kosong dan gereja sedikit lebih baik.Aku kembali ke gereja untuk kedua kalinya dan menekuni muzik kembali.Aku merasa dialah agamaku, tak ada agama lain bagiku.

Pada tahun 1975 terjadi satu hidaya' setelah kakak kandungku menghadiahkan sebuah AL-Quran.Quran itu tetap aku simpan sampai aku mengunjungi Al-Quds di Palestin.Dari kunjungan itu aku mula memerhatikan kitab yang telah dihadiahkan kakakku tersebut, yang tak ku ketahui apa didalamnya dan apa yang dibicarakannya.Kemudian aku mencari terjemahan Quran dan pertama kali aku berfikir tentang islam.Islam dimata orang barat dianggap sebagai agama lemah, sedang umat islam dianggap sebagai orang asing baik dari Arab ataupun dari Turki.Kedua orang tuaku berasal dari Yunani dan orang Yunani membenci muslim Turki kerana motivasi warisan.Tapi aku berpendapat untuk melihat terjemahannya dan tak ada salahnya untuk mengetahui isinya.

Pertama kali kurasakan,Al-Quran dimulai dengan Bismillah,dengan nama Allah bukan lainya.Ungkapan Bismillahirrohmanirrahim telah masuk mempengaruhi jiwaku.Kemudian dengan Al-Fatihah,pembukaan AL-Kitab Alhamdulillaahirobbillamin, segala puji hanya bagi Allah pencipta alam semesta, penguasa dan pengatur seluruh Makhluk.

Waktu itu,pemikiranku tentang Tuhan,dangkal sekali.Mereka mengatakan kepadaku Tuhan itu Esa dan terbagi menjadi tiga.Bagaimana?
Aku tak tahu.

AL-Quran dimulai dengan penyembahan kepada Allah yang Esa,Tuhan seluruh alam,Allah satu-satunya pencipta,tiada sekutu baginya.Ini merupakan konsep baru bagiku.Dulu yg aku fahami sebelum mengenal Quran,bahawa didalamnya ada konsep persesuaian dan kekuatan yang mampu mendatangkan mukjizat( disamping tuhan ) dan sekarang dalam konsep islam,Allah-lah satu-satunya yang berkuasa atas segala sesuatu.

Al-Quran-lah yang telah mengajak ku kepada islam dan aku penuhi ajakannya.Gereja yang telah menghancurkanku serta mendatangkan kesengsaraan dan kepayahan,dialah yang menyuruhku menemui Al-Quran,ketika ia tidak sanggup menjawab pertanyaan jiwa dan roh.

Aku benar-benar melihat sesuatu yang unik dalam Quran. Al-Quran tidak seperti kitab yang terdiri dari penggalan dan keterangan sifat yang banyak terdapat dalam kitab yang saya pelajari sebelumnya.Dalam Al-Quran tidak ada nama pengarangnya.Kerana itu aku semakin yakin dengan konsep yang telah Allah wahyukan kepada nabi Muhammad S.A.W. Telah jelas bagiku, perbezaannya dengan injil yang ditulis tangan pengarang yang beraneka ragam dari kisah yang bermacam.Kucuba mencari kesalahan dalam Quran namun tidak kutemui.Semua selaras dengan fahaman keesaan yang murni,akupun mula tahu apa itu islam.Kudapati dalamnya semua Nabi-Nabi yang dimuliakan Allah dan tidak dibezakan antara satu dengan yang lain.Sejak itu baru kutahu bagaimana misi kerasulan itu bermata-rantai sejak adanya permulaan makhluk hidup dan manusia sepanjang sejarahnya ada dua jenis,Mukmin dan Kafir.
Al-Quran telah menjawab seluruh pertanyaanku.Selepas setahun, aku mempelajari AL-Quran,Pada saat itu terasa bahawa akulah satu-satunya orang islam di dunia ini.

Kemudian aku berfikir,bagaimana cara menjadi muslim yang sebenar.Akhirnya di Masjid London,aku mengumumkan keislamanku dengan bersyahada' dan meyakini secara total seluruh ajaran ini.Aku yakin,islam yang ku anuti adalah sebuah risalah yang berat, bukan pekerjaan mudah yang selesai hanya dengan membaca dua kalimat syahada'.

Aku seperti dilahirkan kembali.Sebelumnya aku belum pernah bertemu dengan seorangpun dari mereka.Sekiranya aku bertemu dengan seorang muslim yang berusaha mengajak ku ke islam,tentu akan kutolak ajakanya kerana melihat umat islam dengan gambaran buruk yang diberikan oleh sarjana informasi barat yang selama ini menjadi rujukan ku.

Aku datang kepada islam dari sumber terbaiknya.Kemudian aku pelajari Sirah Rasulullah,bagaimana kehidupan baginda serta sunnahnya.Aku dapatkan perbendaharaan yang melimpah-ruah dalam kehidupan rasul dan sunnahnya.Aku telah lupa dengan muzik dan bertanya apakah aku perlu teruskan?
Mereka menasihati untuk berhenti,sebab muzik itu melalaikan untuk melupakan Allah dan ini adalah bahaya besar.Akhirnya bergantilah namaku menjadi Yusuf Islam.

Inilah jalanku.Semua hasil kekayaan yang aku perolehi,kini telah ku berikan untuk dakwah islam.- CAT STEVENS AKA YUSUF ISLAM

IRAN AND PALESTINE CONFLICT

2007-03-29T07:41:00.000-07:00

IRAN DELAYS FEMALE SAILOR'S RELEASE

An Iranian official says that Tehran will not yet release a female British sailor held with 14 male colleagues due to London's "incorrect attitude".

Ali Larijani, head of Iran's supreme national security council, said on Thursday that the release of Faye Turney would be delayed if Britain took the issue to the UN Security Council.

"Instead of sending a technical team to examine the problem, they kicked up a media storm, announced a freeze in relations and spoke about the Security Council. That will not resolve the problem. They have miscalcuated," he said.

Manouchehr Mottaki, Iran's foreign minister, said on Wednesday that Turney would be released "within a day or two".

He has since said Britain must admit that its 15 soldiers entered Iranian waters to help end a standoff over their capture.

Mottaki's statement comes amid escalating tensions, highlighted by Iranian television footage of the Britons showing the only woman captive saying her group had "trespassed" into Iranian waters.

Britain denounced the video as unacceptable and froze most dealings with Tehran.

Mottaki said that if the alleged entry into Iranian waters was a mistake "this can be solved".

"But they have to show that it was a mistake - that will help us to end this issue," he said.

"Admitting the mistake will facilitate a solution to the problem,'' he said late on Wednesday.

It was the first time that Iran has publicly suggested a way to resolve the crisis.

Britain maintains that its troops were in Iraqi waters when they were ambushed, and released documents on Wednesday to back up the claim.

ACCESS

Mottaki also said that Tehran had agreed to allow British officials to meet the captured sailors.

"We have accepted that [British request], there is no problem. Measures are under way. They can meet them," he said.

That concession did not appear to assuage British outrage.

Tony Blair, the prime minister, told parliament on Wednesday that "there was no justification whatever ... for their detention, it was completely unacceptable, wrong and illegal".

"We had hoped to see their immediate release; this has not happened. It is now time to ratchet up the diplomatic and international pressure in order to make sure the Iranian government understands its total isolation on this issue," he said.

Mottaki also said earlier reports that he had said Turney could be freed on Wednesday or Thursday were incorrect, saying: "I was probably misquoted."

But whether by Thursday or "soon", the British foreign ministry said that was "not good enough", repeating a call for the release of all 15 crew members.

"Obviously the release of one person, one of the military personnel and not the others, is not good enough," a ministry spokesman said.

Britain will seek a UN Security Council endorsement of a statement on Thursday that would "deplore" Iran's detention of 15 of its sailors, according to a draft text.

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GADDAFI TUDUH DUNIA ARAB MAHU 'JUAL' PALESTIN

DUBAI 28 Mac – Pemimpin Libya, Muammar Gaddafi yang enggan menghadiri sidang kemuncak Arab pada minggu ini menuduh para pemimpin yang menghadiri sidang itu “mahu menjual rakyat Palestin seperti biri- biri.”

Muammar memberitahu stesen televisyen Al-Jazeera semalam, sidang kemuncak tersebut hanya akan mengiakan segala kehendak Setiausaha Negara Amerika Syarikat (AS), Condoleezza Rice bagi memenuhi kepentingan “empayar Amerika.”

Sidang kemuncak yang bermula di Riyadh hari ini dijadual mengulangi tawaran Arab pada tahun 2002 bagi memulihkan hubungan dengan Israel.

Mereka juga dijangka mengenakan syarat bahawa rejim Yahudi perlu berundur dari semua wilayah yang ditawannya pada tahun 1967 dan negara Palestin ditubuhkan.

Israel telah menolak tawaran damai itu sebelum ini.

Muammar berkata, satu-satunya penyelesaian terhadap konflik Israel-Palestin ialah “sebuah negara demokratik untuk rakyat Palestin dan orang Yahudi.”

“Inilah penyelesaian utama, jika tidak kaum Yahudi akan dihapuskan pada masa depan,” kata beliau.

Menurut Muammar, sidang kemuncak Arab itu akan cuba menimbulkan
perpecahan antara penganut Sunah dengan Syiah, menarik sokongan
Arab bagi menentang jiran mereka, Iran dan cuba mempromosikan
pelaksanaan pelan keselamatan AS di Iraq yang telah “ditolak
oleh rakyat Amerika sendiri.”

“Kita tahu mereka (pemimpin Arab) berada dalam kedudukan yang lemah ketika ini. Kerusi kosong itu memberi jawapan kepada sidang kemuncak itu bahawa kami tidak menghormatinya.

“Libya sudah membelakangkan dunia Arab. Libya sebuah negara Afrika. Semoga Tuhan memberi kebahagiaan kepada dunia Arab dan semoga mereka dijauhkan dari kami,” tegas Muammar sebagai menyatakan kekecewaannya terhadap sikap pemimpin Arab.

MUHAMMAD S.A.W IS A TRUE PROPHET

2007-03-26T19:00:00.000-07:00

AKAUNTABILITI RASULULLAH S.A.W DIKAGUMI TOKOH BARAT.

STONER dan Wankel dalam buku Pengurusan (terjemahan Yaakob Ibrahim) mentakrifkan pemimpin sebagai seseorang yang mengetuai sesuatu organisasi atau pertubuhan atau kumpulan ke arah mencapai matlamat mengikut piawaian ditentukan.

Oleh demikian, peranan pemimpin untuk membawa perubahan organisasi atau pengikut ke arah kebaikan menjadi akauntabiliti kepada pemimpin itu dan harapan besar pengikutnya.

Secara kasarnya akauntabiliti bermaksud memikul beban tugas diamanahkan selari kebolehan dan bertanggungjawab penuh kesan pelaksanaannya. Akauntabiliti seseorang pemimpin terhadap organisasi dan pengikutnya bukan tugas mudah.

Rasulullah bersabda maksudnya, “Setiap orang daripada kamu adalah penjaga dan setiap penjaga bertanggungjawab (akauntabiliti) terhadap apa yang dijaganya. – (Hadis riwayat Bukhari dan Muslim)

Ensiklopedia Britanica menyifatkan Nabi Muhammad SAW sebagai personaliti pemimpin agama paling berjaya di dunia. Bekas penulis terkenal British, George Bernard Show menyatakan, jika Nabi Muhammad SAW masih hidup, beliau akan berjaya menyelesaikan masalah yang mengancam tamadun dunia hari ini.

Beberapa contoh sanjungan tinggi cendekiawan Barat terhadap Rasulullah SAW itu adalah kerana mereka kagum dengan kecemerlangan akauntabiliti yang menjadi piawaian utama kepimpinan Rasulullah SAW.

Kita yakin tokoh Barat itu kagum dengan Rasulullah SAW kerana Baginda memiliki kualiti nilai insan yang hebat dan menjadi contoh dalam mengamalkan akauntabiliti sehingga masyarakat Arab menggelarnya al-Amin.

Pada prinsipnya al-Amin bermaksud pengamal akauntabiliti yang dipercayai dan memberi perkhidmatan memuaskan kepada masyarakat.

Rasulullah SAW menolak percubaan rasuah puak nasionalis dan korporat Quraisy untuk menawarkan jawatan raja, perempuan cantik dan harta kekayaan dalam usaha memujuk Baginda berundur menjalankan aktiviti dakwah.

Satu lagi perkara menarik mengenai kepemimpinan Rasulullah SAW ialah Baginda tidak menamakan dan menentukan pengganti selepas kewafatannya. Nabi Muhammad SAW menyerahkan urusan pencarian penggantinya kepada kuasa rakyat.

Allah memerintah umat Islam menggunakan amalan syura dalam membuat keputusan mengenai urus tadbir negara dan hal ehwal urusan mereka. Allah berfirman bermaksud: “Bermusyawarahlah kamu dengan masyarakat dalam urusan itu.” (Surah ali-Imraan, ayat 159)

Berdasarkan amalan syura dalam pencarian pengganti Rasulullah SAW, Saidina Abu Bakar dipilih sebagai pemimpin negara Islam. Amalan syura adalah proses permulaan demokrasi yang ditetapkan dalam usaha menyerahkan kepada kuasa rakyat menentukan urus tadbir negara dan hal ehwal urusan masyarakat. Bagaimanapun ada sekumpulan serpihan umat Islam ketika itu mempertikaikan majlis syura itu.

Golongan serpihan dikenali puak Syiah menyatakan Rasulullah SAW menamakan dan menetapkan penggantinya iaitu Saidina Ali pada majlis Ghadir al-Kum di Makkahketika dalam perjalanan pulang menunaikan Haji Wida'.

Bagaimanapun, ulama Ahli Sunnah Wal Jamaah dan ahli hadis muktabar menolak dakwaan palsu puak Syiah. Saidina Ali sendiri tidak menuntut jawatan itu, malah bersabar dan menerima baik majlis syura yang diputuskan. Beliau menjadi Khalifah Islam keempat.

Akauntabiliti sahabat Rasulullah SAW juga cemerlang, contohnya Saidina Abu Bakar dan Saidina Umar membuat ucapan hampir sama ketika dipilih sebagai Khalifah.

Antara inti kata ucapan mereka, “Jika saya benar maka ikutilah saya dan jika saya menyeleweng, maka perbetulkan saya bagi menentukan urus tadbir negara tidak tersesat dan bersedia meletakkan jawatan jika gagal memenuhi akauntabiliti.”

Berdasarkan penekanan kepemimpinan Rasulullah SAW dan sahabatnya mengenai akauntabiliti, jelas menunjukkan pematuhan akauntabiliti bermula daripada model pucuk pimpinan.

Kepentingan akauntabiliti dalam urus tadbir negara jelas diterangkan dalam al-Quran, surah an-Nisaa', ayat 58 dan 59. Isu utama dalam ayat itu ialah:

l Urus tadbir negara dan rakyat bukan melalui diktator dan hendaklah merujuk kepada al-Quran dan sunnah dalam menyelesaikan masalah negara.

l Pemimpin tidak boleh menjalankan urus tadbir berdasarkan pandangannya semata-mata tanpa merujuk kepada al-Quran dan sunnah, dan

l Melaksanakan amanah dan berlaku adil kepada rakyat jelata selari dengan mandat diberikan rakyat.

Kesan besar yang timbul daripada kelemahan akauntabiliti ialah berlaku penyelewengan kuasa, rasuah dan amalan demokrasi tidak memberi makna apa-apa kepada rakyat.

Rakyat dan orang awam pula berasakan haknya tidak ditunaikan secara adil. Allah memberi peringatan dalam al-Quran supaya umat Islam tidak menurut jejak langkah dan meniru gaya urus tadbir seperti Firaun, Haman dan Qarun.

Dr Sheikh Yusuf al-Qaradawi dalam buku Fiqh ad-Daulah, menyebut ciri utama tokoh korup:

l Firaun adalah pemerintah diktator, ada bidang kuasa mutlak dan mendakwa dirinya tuhan kerana meyakini tidak ada kuasa lain boleh menggugat pemerintahannya

l Haman ialah seorang pemikir dan penasihat politik yang sentiasa berlegar mengelilingi Firaun. Berdasarkan kepandaian dan pengalaman perkhidmatan dengan pemerintah, ia berusaha memujuk rakyat supaya terus memperkukuhkan kekuasaan Firaun walaupun menyedari rakyat hidup menderita, dan

l Qarun, seorang tokoh korporat yang mengambil manfaat daripada pemerintah. Dia membantu pemerintah dengan kewangannya dengan harapan akan mengaut habuan lebih besar tanpa mempedulikan kesengsaraan hidup rakyat jelata.

Sempena sambutan Maulidur Rasul, marilah kita menginsafi diri mempertingkatkan kualiti bina insan dan akauntabiliti diamalkan Rasulullah SAW, sahabatnya dan elak daripada mencontohi watak tokoh korup.

Mereka yang gagal mengamalkan akauntabiliti tidak terlepas daripada hukum Allah pada hari akhirat nanti.

Firman Allah bermaksud, “Amat besar kebencian di sisi Allah, jika kamu memperkatakan sesuatu yang kamu tidak melaksanakannya.”(Surah As-Saff, ayat 4)

Rencana sumbangan Jabatan Kemajuan Islam Malaysia (Jakim).
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WHO IS MUAHAMMAD S.A.W?

-From Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia-

Muhammad (Arabic: محمد‎ Muhammad. also Mohammed, Muhammed, Mohamet, and other variants)was the historical founder of the religion of Islam, considered by Muslims to be the last messenger and prophet of God (Arabic: ألله Allah).

Sources on Muhammad’s life concur that he was born ca. 570 AD in the city of Mecca in Arabia,was orphaned at a young age, was brought up by his uncle, worked mostly as a merchant, and was married by age 26. At some point, discontented with life in Mecca, he would retreat to a cave in the surrounding mountains for meditation and reflection. According to Islamic tradition, it was here at age 40, in the month of Ramadan, where he received his first revelation from God. Three years after this event, Muhammad started preaching these revelations publicly, proclaiming that "God is One", that complete "surrender" to Him (lit. islām) is man's religion (dīn),and that he was a prophet and messenger of God, in the same vein as Adam, Noah, Abraham, Moses, Jesus, and other prophets.

He gained few followers early on, and was largely met with hostility from the tribes of Mecca. To escape persecution, Muhammad and his followers migrated to Yathrib(Medina) in the year 622.This historic event, the Hijra, marks the beginning of the Islamic calendar. In Medina, Muhammad managed to unite the conflicting tribes, and after eight years of fighting with the Meccan tribes, his followers, who by then had grown to ten thousand, conquered Mecca. In 632 AD, on returning to Medina from his 'Farewell pilgrimage', Muhammad fell ill and died at age 62, by which time most of Arabia had converted to Islam.

The revelations (or Ayats, lit. 'Signs of God'), which Muhammad had continued receiving till his death, form the verses of the Qur'an,regarded by Muslims as the “word of God”, around which the religion is based. Besides the Qur'an, Muhammad’s life (sira) and traditions (hadith) are also upheld by Muslims, who consider him to be the “Perfect Man”, whose example (sunnah) is to be followed in all aspects of life.

ETYMOLOGY

The name Muhammad etymologically means "the praised one" in Arabic.[14] Within Islam, Muhammad is known as Nabi (Prophet) and Rasul (Messenger). Although the Qur'an sometimes declines to make a distinction among prophets, in verse 33:40 it singles out Muhammad as the "Seal of the Prophets" (33:40).The Qur'an also refers to Muhammad as "Ahmad" (61:6) (Arabic :أحمد), Arabic for "more praiseworthy".

OVERVIEW

Born to ‘Abdu’llah ibn ‘Abdu’l-Muttalib, Muhammad initially adopted the occupation of a shepherd, and later became a merchant. In his youth, he was called by the nickname "Al-Amin" (Arabic: الامين ), a common Arab name meaning "faithful, trustworthy" and was sought out as an impartial arbitrator.During the month of Ramadan, Muhammad would retreat to a cave located at the summit of Mount Hira, just outside Mecca in the Arabian Hijaz, where he fasted and prayed. When he was about forty (610 CE), Muhammad had a religious experience in this cave; according to Islamic belief, he was visited by the Archangel Gabriel and commanded to recite verses sent by God. These revelations continued until his death twenty-three years later. The collection of these verses is known as the Qur'an.

He expanded his mission as a prophet, publicly preaching strict monotheism, condemning against the social evils of his day, and warning of a Day of Judgment when all humans shall be held responsible for their deeds.

After ignoring Muhammad's preaching, the elites in Mecca, feeling threatened by his message, harassed Muhammad, and persecuted his followers. This continued, and intensified, over more than a decade. The hardships reached a new level for Muhammad after the deaths of his wife Khadija and his uncle Abu Talib, who although not becoming a Muslim had protected Muhammad throughout. Eventually, in 622, Muhammad left Mecca in a journey known to Muslims as the Hijra (the Migration).He settled in the area of Yathrib (now known as Medina) with his followers, where he was the leader of the first Muslim community.

Eight years of war between Muhammad and Meccan forces followed, ending with the Muslim victory and conquest of Mecca. The Muslims subsequently removed everything they considered idolatrous from the Kaaba. Most of the townspeople accepted Islam. In March 632, Muhammad led the pilgrimage known as the Hajj. On returning to Medina he fell ill and died after a few days, on June 8.

Under the caliphs who assumed authority after his death, the Islamic empire expanded into Palestine, Syria, Mesopotamia, Persia, Egypt, North Africa, southern Spain, and Anatolia. Later conquests, commercial contact between Muslims and non-Muslims, and missionary activity spread Islam over much of the Eastern Hemisphere, including China and Southeast Asia.

SOURCES FOR MUHAMMAD'S LIFE.

From an scholarly point of view, the most credible source providing information on events in Muhammad's life is the Qur'an.The Qur'an has some, though very few, casual allusions to Muhammad's life.The Qur'an, however, responds "constantly and often candidly to Muhammad's changing historical circumstances and contains a wealth of hidden data that are relevant to the task of the quest for the historical Muhammad."All, or most, of the Qur'an was apparently written down by Muhammad's secretaries while he was alive, but it was, then as now, primarily an orally related document, and the written compilation of the whole Qur'an in its definite form as we have it now was completed early after the death of Muhammad.What we have today as the Qur'an is generally considered by academic scholars to record the words spoken by Muhammad because the search for variants in the western academia has not yielded any differences of great significance.

Next in importance are the traditional Muslim biographies of Muhammad and quotes attributed to him (the sira and hadith literature), which provide further information on Muhammad's life.The earliest surviving written sira (Biographies of Muhammad and quotes attributed to him) is Ibn Ishaq's Sirah Rasul Allah ("Life of God's messenger"). Although the original work is lost, portions of it survive in the recensions of Ibn Hisham (Sirah al-Nabawiyyah, or "Life of the prophet") and Al-Tabari.According to Ibn Hisham, Ibn Ishaq wrote his biography some 120 to 130 years after Muhammad's death. Many, but not all, scholars accept the accuracy of these biographies, though their accuracy is unascertainable.The hadith collections, accounts of the verbal and physical traditions of Muhammad, date from several generations after the death of Muhammad. Western academics view the hadith collections with caution as accurate historical sources.

There are few non-Muslim sources which, according to S. A. Nigosian, all confirm the existence of Muhammad. The earliest of these sources date back after 634 CE and the most interesting of them date to some decades later. These sources are valuable for corroboration of the Qur'anic and Muslim tradition statements.

LIFE BASED ON ISLAMIC TRADITIONALS.

Genealogy.

Muhammad traced his genealogy as follows:

Muhammad was born into the Quraysh tribe. He is the son of Abd Allah, who is son of Abd al-Muttalib (Shaiba) son of Hashim (Amr) ibn Abd Manaf (al-Mughira) son of Qusai (Zaid) ibn Kilab ibn Murra son of Ka'b ibn Lu'ay son of Ghalib ibn Fahr (Quraish) son of Malik ibn an-Nadr (Qais) the son of Kinana son of Khuzaimah son of Mudrikah (Amir) son of Ilyas son of Mudar son of Nizar son of Ma'ad ibn Adnan, whom the northern Arabs believed to be their common ancestor. Adnan in turn is said to have been a descendant of Ishmael, son of Abraham. (ibn means "son of" in Arabic; alternate names of people with two names are given in parentheses.)

He was also called Abu-Qaasim (meaning "father of Qaasim") by some, after his short-lived first son.

CHILDHOOD

Muhammad was born into an affluent family settled in the northern Arabian town of Mecca. Tradition places it in the Year of the Elephant, commonly identified with 570. Some[citation needed] calculate his birthday as 20 April of that year, while Shi'a Muslims believe it to have been 26 April 570. Other sources calculate the year of his birth to have been 571. Muhammad's father, Abdullah, had died almost six months before he was born and the young boy was brought up by his paternal grandfather Abd al-Muttalib, of the Banu Hashim clan of the Quraysh tribe. At the age of six, Muhammad lost his mother Amina and became fully orphaned. "Many years later, when he was exiled by his Meccan opponents, on his first pilgrimage from Medina to Mecca, he stopped at his mother's grave and cried bitterly, bringing tears to the eyes of his companions."When he was eight years of age, his grandfather Abd al-Muttalib, who had become his guardian, also died. Muhammad now came under the care of his uncle Abu Talib, the new leader of the Hashim clan of the Quraish tribe, the most powerful in Mecca.

Mecca was a thriving commercial center, due in great part to a shrine (now called the Kaaba) that housed statues of many Arabian gods.Merchants from various tribes would visit Mecca during the pilgrimage season, when all inter-tribal warfare was forbidden and they could trade in safety. While still in his teens, Muhammad began accompanying his uncle on trading journeys to Syria. He thus became well-travelled and knowledgeable about foreign ways.

MIDDLE YEARS.

The earliest surviving image of Muhammad made in 1315 and showing Muhammad re-dedicating the Black Stone at the Kaaba. From Tabriz, Persia and can be found in Rashid al-Dins Jami' al-Tawarikh ("The Universal History" or "Compendium of Chronicles"), held in the University of Edinburgh.

Muhammad became a merchant. He "was involved in trade between the Indian ocean and the Mediterranean Sea."He gained a reputation for reliability and honesty that attracted a proposal from Khadijah, a forty-year-old widow in 595.Muhammad consented to the marriage, which by all accounts was a happy one.

Ibn Ishaq records that Khadijah bore Muhammad six children: three sons named Al Qasem, Abdullah (who is also called Al Tayeb and Al Taher) and Ibrahim, and four daughters. He was also called Abul Qasim (father of Qasim) after his eldest son Qasim, according to Arab customs. All of Khadija's children were born before Muhammad reported receiving his first revelation. His son Qasim died at the age of two. The four daughters are said to be Zainab, Ruqayyah, Umm Kulthum, and Fatima.

THE BEGINNINGS OF THE HOLY QURAN.

Muhammad often retreated to Mount Hira near Mecca. Islamic tradition holds that the angel Gabriel began communicating with him here in the year 610 and commanded Muhammad to recite the following verses:

Proclaim! (or read!) in the name of thy Lord and Cherisher, Who created- Created man, out of a (mere) clot of congealed blood: Proclaim! And thy Lord is Most Bountiful,- He Who taught (the use of) the pen,- Taught man that which he knew not.

Upon receiving the first revelation, he was scared. When he returned home he related the event to his wife Khadijah. He was consoled and reassured by Khadijah and her Christian cousin, Waraqah ibn Nawfal. Waraqah was immediately enthusiastic, but Khadijah proceeded more cautiously, and was only satisfied that the revelations had indeed come from a good source after the conclusion of a test she had devised to determine that very thing. This was followed by a pause of three years during which Muhammad had gave himself up further to prayers and spiritual practices. When the revelations resumed he was reassured and commanded to begin preaching.

According to Welch, the revelations were accompanied by mysterious seizures. Muhammad was confident that he could distinguish his own thoughts from these messages.

REJECTION.

According to Muslim tradition, Khadijah and Waraqah, were the first to believe that Muhammad was a prophet. They were soon followed by Muhammad's ten-year-old cousin Ali ibn Abi Talib, close friend Abu Bakr and adopted son Zaid (later known as Zaid bin Haarith.)

Around 613, Muhammad began to preach amongst Meccans most of whom ignored it and a few mocked him, while some others became his followers. There were three main groups of early converts to Islam: younger brothers and sons of great merchants; people who had fallen out of the first rank in their tribe or failed to attain it; and the weak, mostly unprotected foreigners.

As the ranks of Muhammad's followers swelled, he became a threat to the local tribes and the rulers of the city, whose wealth rested upon the Kaaba, the focal point of Meccan religious life, which Muhammad threatened to overthrow. Muhammad’s denunciation of the Meccan traditional religion was especially offensive to his own tribe, the Quraysh, as they were the guardians of the Ka'aba. The great merchants tried to come to some arrangements with Muhammad in exchange for abandoning his preaching. They offered him admission into the inner circle of merchants and establishing his position in the circle by an advantageous marriage.Some of Muhammad's followers fled to the Ethiopian Kingdom of Aksum and founded a small colony there under the protection of the Christian Ethiopian king. (See Islam in Ethiopia).

Several suras and parts of suras are said to date from this time, and reflect its circumstances: see for example al-Masadd, al-Humaza, parts of Maryam and al-Anbiya, al-Kafirun, and Abasa.

In 619, the "year of sorrow", both Muhammad's wife Khadijah and his uncle Abu Talib died. The relationship between Muhammad's group of followers and Muhammad's own Quraysh clan, which were already bad, worsened still further.The controversial Satanic verses incident, if it happened, happened at this time.

WOMEN CAN LEAD MODERN ISLAMIC NATIONS - GRAND MUFTI

2007-03-22T19:03:00.000-07:00

EGYPT'S GRAND MUFTI SAYS WOMEN CAN LEAD MODERN ISLAMIC NATIONS

In a landmark religious decision, the Grand Mufti of Egypt, Dr. Ali Gomaa, has upheld a fatwa (religious opinion) he issued a year ago stating that, according to Islamic law, women in contemporary Islamic societies have the right to become heads of state and lead nations based upon the legal reasoning of Imam Al-Tabari allowing women to serve in political positions as well as judges.

The Grand Mufti, who is the highest ranking Islamic jurist in Egypt and one of the Muslim world’s most influential scholars, reiterated his position in response to reports published in the Egyptian and international press falsely claiming he issued a fatwa barring women from becoming heads of modern states. According to sources at Dar Al Iftah, Egypt’s supreme council responsible for issuing authoritative religious opinion, which is led by the Grand Mufti, the fatwa cited in the news reports referred to the historical role of the Caliph, a position that has not existed since the fall of the Ottoman Empire and dissolution of the Caliphate in 1924.

Historically, traditional jurists ruled that a woman cannot fulfill the role of Caliph, but it is clear from the legal reasoning of the fatwa in question (Dar al-Ifta Fatwa # 4335, 2/26/2006) that this ruling does not refer to the head of a modern state. The fatwa states that a woman cannot be a Caliph since one of the roles of that office is to lead the believers in prayer, which is a function fulfilled by men, according to the agreed upon position in traditional Islamic jurisprudence.

“This ruling does not refer to the head of a modern state,” Gomaa said, “but to the traditional role of Caliph as both secular head of state and Imam of the Muslims. Nation-states in the 21st century Islamic world are nationalist entities created during the 20th century. The head of state in a contemporary Muslim society, whether a president, prime minister or king, is no longer required or expected to lead Muslims in prayer. Therefore, it is permissible for women to hold the highest office in modern Muslim nations.”

The Grand Mufti added that he has been on record with this opinion for many years and admonished reporters for not checking their facts more thoroughly. “This is the position that I have always held,” he said, “which has been clearly stated in books I have written and lectures I have delivered. I would advise the press to be more responsible in researching their subjects thoroughly before publishing misleading stories, especially in these turbulent times.”

The Grand Mufti acknowledged that other religious scholars could issue opinions contrary to his Fatwa but made it clear that they these rulings would have to be based upon the ancient and traditional understanding of the political leader as the religious head of the Caliphate, not the leader of a modern political state.“In my view, Islam extends equal political and social rights to both men and women. This is my opinion and belief, which is based upon thirty years of intensive study of Islamic law and research into the issue,” Gomaa said.

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TIDAK SAH MEMAKAI PURDAH DI BARAT-MUFTI MESIR

Mufti Mesir Dr. Ali Gomaa menganggap tidak sah wanita memakai purdah (tutup kepala dan muka yang menampakkan dua biji mata sahaja) di luar negara kerana ia menyalahi adat penduduk di negara luar itu.
Menurut Gomaa, adat penduduk tempatan di sesebuah negara luar itu perlu dijadikan sandaran. Beliau berhujah begitu dengan merujuk kepada pendapat Imam Malik yang melarang wanita berpurdah di negeri yang tidak ada orang memakai purdah. Beliau mendakwa memakai purdah tidak menjadi adat penduduk Mesir, tetapi ia menjadi adat sebuah negara Arab di timur Laut Merah, iatu Arab Saudi. Saudi pada pandangan Gomaa menjadikan adat sebagai ibadat. Tidak membeza antara adat dan ibadat adalah memang ketara di kalangan penduduk Saudi kerana mereka berpegang dengan ajaran Salafi, yang dikenali di sini sebagai Wahhabi itu. Di Malaysia sendiri golongan ini mengharamkan banyak adat yang diamal oleh penduduk di negara ini kerana mereka menganggapnya sebagai ibadat seperti berzanji, baca tahlil, tepuk tangan dan lain-lain.

Dalam fatwa yang disiarkan dalam akhbar al-Wafd pada 18 Mac lalu , Gomaa turut menjelaskan bahawa bila seorang wanita pergi ke luar negara (Eropah atau Barat) dan dia berkeras untuk memakai purdah, boleh mencetuskan masalah dan perbalahan politik.

OSAMA BIN LADEN TURNS 50

2007-03-11T23:39:00.000-07:00

OSAMA BIN LADEN IF HE IS ALIVE, IS TURNING 50.

ALIASES: Usama Bin Muhammad Bin Ladin, Shaykh Usama Bin Ladin,
the Prince, the Emir, Abu Abdallah, Mujahid Shaykh,
Hajj, the Director.

DATE OF BIRTH: 1957
PLACE OF BIRTH: Saudi Arabia
NATIONALITY: Saudi Arabian

HAIR: Brown
EYES: Brown
HEIGHT: 6' 4" to 6' 6"
COMPLEXION: Olive

WEIGHT: Approximately 160 pounds
SEX: Male
BUILD: Thin
OCCUPATION: Unknown

REMARKS: Bin Laden is the leader of a terrorist
organization known as Al-Qaeda, "The Base".
He is left-handed and walks with a cane.
SCARS AND MARKS: None

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Osama Bin Laden, if he is alive, is turning 50 - most probably as a free man.

Despite the biggest manhunt ever launched, it is thought he is holed-up somewhere in the tribal lands straddling Pakistan and Afghanistan.

Mullah Hayatullah Khan, a Taliban spokesman, told Reuters: "He is alive. I am 100 per cent sure." He said senior leaders were in touch with bin Laden.

The spokesman said special prayers were offered by Taliban fighters in camps in Afghanistan.

Khan said: "We prayed that Allah may give him 200 years to live. When we woke up today, we offered collective and long prayers for him."

The most recent videotape of bin Laden was released in late 2004 - subsequent tapes released were identified as old footage - and around half a dozen audio tapes surfaced in the first half of 2006.

But a long silence since afterwards has fuelled rumours that bin Laden is unwell, or dead, though the US fears that the al-Qaeda network he founded is rebuilding its base in Pakistani tribal lands, and has forged ties with affiliates in Europe, North Africa and the Middle East.

And the world's most wanted "terrorist" comes with a $25m price on his head.

50 YEARS.

Osama bin Laden was born in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.

His father was a prominent businessman of colossal wealth. Osama inherited more than $300m when he was just 14-years old.

Hassan Ibrahim, a journalist for Al Jazeera, knew bin Laden as a school boy.

Ibrahim said: "He was good in math, [a] good soccer player – he kept himself. [He] was very religious and was a pacifist."

Bin Laden is wanted in connection with the 1998 bombings of the US embassies in Tanzania and Kenya in which more than 200 people died.

He is also a suspect in many other attacks, including those in the US in New York and Washington on September 11, 2001, that killed more than 3,000 people.

WHAT KIND OF MAN IS HE?
Journalist Robert Fisk is one of a handful of reporters who have met him on several occasions.

Fisk, a correspondent for the UK newspaper The Independent, said: "When he spoke, he was very interesting in the sense that, he's probably the only Arab figure I've met who doesn't say the first thing that comes into his mind.

"I'd ask a question of bin Laden and he'd sit on the ground and think about how he wanted to reply and he'd get a piece of miswak wood and start cleaning his teeth.

"And I'd sit there just sort of, watching this tooth-cleaning operation, waiting for the words of bin Laden."

There have been more than 30 tapes purporting to be from bin Laden or his close associates in the past five years - many of them received and broadcast first by Al Jazeera.

In that time, the al-Qaeda mastermind has visibly aged. But Fisk is convinced he is fit and very definitely still alive.

Describing his physique, Fisk said bin Laden was a "very thin, slim, I thought very agile man - he used to walk like a cat".

Fisk said: "I don't believe by the way, he has kidney failure and all this other stuff. Everybody the West hates, there's always a story pops up saying they're dying of cancer or kidney failure or something. I'm sure he's alive and I don't think he's desperately ill."

WORLD FIGURE.

Bin Laden's been a world figure for a quarter of a century. In the 1980s in Afghanistan he used some of his own fortune to drive out the Soviet superpower.

In Africa his battle was for hearts and minds, building a road and winning over locals in Sudan.

Now his enemy is the superpower the US which, despite all its resources, continues to be out-witted.

Reporting from the tribal areas, Al Jazeera's correspondent, Kamal Hyder, said the US hunt for bin Laden and his close lieutenants may be "getting desperate".

'DESPERATE' MANHUNT.
The US has failed to capture or kill him on numerous occasions, but in Pakistan several civilians have died in US-led operations.

The frontier region was once a frontline between two superpowers, when American-backed Afghan and Arab fighters attacked Russian forces inside Afghanistan.

Hyder said: "Locals fear that it is the Pakistani side of the border that is now in the crosshairs of the United States."
Ali Jan Aurakzai, governor of North West Frontier province in Pakistan, said: "Even after five years of operations, what has been achieved? Osama bin Laden is still there, al-Qaeda is still there.

"In fact, it is spreading – it's a global phenomenon."

The hunt for bin Laden is narrowing to a stretch of territory that falls on both sides of the Pakistan-Afghan border, an area that is a challenge for any army and cuts through tribes and villages, Hyder said.

"No ones knows where Osama is but [the] tribes believe it is their way of life and their necks that are on the line.

"And they fear that they may become collateral damage in the hunt for bin Laden."

-SOURCES: AL-JAZEERA ONLINE-

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PERISIK TAKIN LAMAN WEB TAK DEDAH OSAMA MATI.

SPIN BOLDAK: Osama bin Laden yang didakwa pemimpin Amerika Syarikat mengetuai al-Qaeda dan menaja keganasan di seluruh dunia, menyambut ulang tahunnya yang ke-50 meskipun tiada siapa tahu beliau hidup atau mati.

Oleh kerana lama membisu, ia mencetuskan spekulasi bahawa lelaki yang amat dikehendaki di dunia itu sudah mati dan ramai masyarakat perisikan percaya laman web Islam tidak akan memberitahu kematiannya.

“Beliau masih hidup. saya yakin 100 peratus,” kata jurucakap Taliban, Mullah Hayatullah Khan ketika dihubungi dari lokasi sulit.

Beliau berkata, ramai pemimpin kanan sentiasa berhubung dengan Osama, mengukuhkan lagi dakwaan kemungkinan beliau bersembunyi di kawasan sempadan Afghanistan dan Pakistan.

Khan berkata, beberapa majlis bacaan doa selamat dan solat hajat diadakan oleh pejuang Taliban di seluruh kem di Afghanistan untuk menyambut ulang tahun Osama. Beliau dilahirkan pada 10 Mac 1957 di Jeddah, Arab Saudi.

“Kami berdoa kepada Tuhan supaya beliau hidup hingga berusia 200 tahun. Subuh semalam kami berdoa berjemaah memohon kesejahteraan pemimpin jihad itu,” katanya.

Kali terakhir pita video mengenai Osama adalah pada lewat 2004 manakala pita rakaman yang dikeluarkan selepas itu dikenal pasti sebagai rakaman lama. Selepas itu, kira-kira enam lagi pita rakaman dikeluarkan oleh sayap al-Qaeda enam bulan pertama 2006.

-SUMBER: BERITA HARIAN ONLINE-

SADDAM JUDGE FLESS IRAQ

2007-03-10T20:27:00.000-08:00

The Iraqi judge who sentenced Saddam Hussein to death has fled Iraq and sought asylum in the UK.

Al Jazeera's correspondent in London quoted British official sources as saying that Raouf Abdel-Rahman, a member of Iraq's Kurdish minority, has requested political asylum in Britain with his family.

Abdel-Rahman headed the Supreme Iraq Criminal Tribunal that heard Saddam's genocide trial and found the former Iraqi president guilty, leading to his execution.

Saddam was accused of killing more than a hundred Shia in the village of Dujail following a failed assassination attempt on him.

Saddam was hanged in the early hours of December 30.

ASYLUM PLEA

Nasir al-Badri, Al Jazeera's correspondent in London, reported that Abdel-Rahman has applied for political asylum and that the British Home Office was considering his application.

"We contacted the British Home Office to make sure whether he and his family have applied for asylum but they refused to comment, saying they did not comment on personal or private cases", al-Badri said.

"But the accredited sources we first talked to were 100 per cent sure they have examined some papers and documents Abdel-Rahman has presented besides an application for residence in Britain", he said.

Besides sending Saddam to the gallows, Abdel-Rahman had also sentenced two other top Saddam aides to death in the same trial.

The two were Saddam's half brother and former intelligence chief, Barzan Ibrahim al-Tikriti, and Awad Hamed al-Bandar, former head of Iraq's Revolutionary Court.

They were found guilty along with Saddam of involvement in the Dujail killings in 1982.

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HAKIM HUKUM SADDAM CARI SUAKA POLITIK DI BRITAIN.

DUBAI 10 Mac – Hakim yang bertanggungjawab menjatuhkan hukuman mati ke atas Saddam Hussein dilaporkan telah melarikan diri ke Britain dan kini berusaha mendapatkan suaka politik.

Stesen televisyen Al-Jazeera yang memetik kenyataan seorang pegawai Britain melaporkan, Rauf Rasheed Abdel Rahman telah memohon suaka politik untuk dirinya dan ahli keluarganya beberapa hari lalu.

Koresponden Al-Jazeera di London melaporkan, Rauf tinggal di Britain sejak Disember lalu atas visa pelancong.

Seorang jurucakap Kementerian Dalam Negeri Britain ketika dihubungi enggan mengulas kes tersebut.

“Kami tidak akan komen atas kes individu. Kami tidak akan mengesah atau menafikan sama ada seseorang membuat permohonan suaka politik di United Kingdom,” jelasnya.

Saddam menjalani hukuman mati pada 30 Disember lalu selepas dijatuhi hukuman pada 5 November atas jenayah kemanusiaan di Dujail, Iraq pada tahun 1980-an.

-SUMBER UTUSAN ONLINE-

HANGING AND RAPES-ROYAL SUNNI HAVING A GRUDGE

2007-02-26T17:17:00.000-08:00

3 NEGARA TELUK BERI LALUAN KEPADA ISRAEL.
QATAR, OMAN, UAE IZIN GUNA RUANG UDARA SERANG IRAN.

BAITULMAQDIS: Tiga negara Arab di Teluk Parsi dilaporkan sedia membenarkan pesawat tentera udara Israel memasuki ruang udara mereka untuk melakukan serangan ke atas Iran jika Tel Aviv mahu menyerang kemudahan nuklear negara republik Islam itu.
BERITA SELANJUTNYA DI BERITA HARIAN ONLINE
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MELIHAT AKAN SITUASI TERKINI,DIMANA PEMIMPIN TELUK MEMBUKA RUANG UDARA NEGARA MASING-MASING DIGUNAKAN OLEH ISRAEL UNTUK MENYERANG IRAN ADALAH MUNGKIN KERANA BERIKUT. KESIMPULAN AWAL YANG DAPAT PENULIS SIMPULKAN IALAH:

1) SADDAM HUSSEIN HANGING - PERLU DIINGAT BAHAWA QATAR, OMAN DAN UAE ADALAH DARI BANGSA ARAB SUNNAH YANG SEALIRAN DENGAN SADDAM HUSSEIN.HUKUMAN GANTUNG SADDAM,DISUBUH AIDILADHA ADALAH SATU PENGHINAAN DAN TEMPELAK BAGI BANGSA ARAB.LEBIH-LEBIH LAGI IANYA DILAKUKAN OLEH PUAK SHIA ATAS HASUTAN DAN SOKONGAN US.KEIZINAN MEREKA MEMBERI LALUAN MUDAH BUAT ISRAEL UNTUK MENYERANG IRAN MENYERLAHKAN LAGI RASA DENDAM TERHADAP PUAK SHI'A.HANYA SUNNAH KUWAIT YANG BERGEMBIRA DENGAN HUKUMAN TERSEBUT LANTARAN SEJARAH SADDAM HUSSEIN DAN KUWAIT SENDIRI.WALAUBAGAIMANAPUN,KUWAIT TETAP TIDAK SELESA DENGAN KEUPAYAAN IRAN MEMILIKI NUKLEAR.

2) RAPES AND WAR CRIMES BY SHIA IN IRAQ - ATAS SEMANGAT SHI'A DAN DENDAM LAMA TERHADAP KEPIMPINAN SUNNAH DI IRAQ,MAKA PEMIMPIN SHIA IRAQ MAHUPUN IRAN MENDIAMKAN DIRI MENUTUP MATA, TELINGA DAN MULUT DIATAS PENGANIYAAN PUAK SHI'A KEATAS SUNNAH.PERILAKU MENGAIBKAN TAHANAN SUNNAH OLEH ASKAR-ASKAR US DI PENJARA ABU GHARIB YANG DIBOCORKAN ADALAH PERBUATAN BERSAMA DENGAN POLIS SERTA ASKAR IRAQ(SHI'A).
TERBARU,PENCABULAN(ROGOL) OLEH PUAK SHI'A TERHADAP WANITA ARAB SUNNAH MENEBALKAN LAGI RASA DENDAM ARAB SUNNAH DI IRAQ DAN DISEKITAR TELUK.LANTARAN ITU,TIDAK MUSTAHIL PEMIMPIN ARAB BERKOMPROMI BERSAMA ISRAEL.

3) NUKE TO THREATEN NEIGHBOUR - KEMAJUAN PESAT QATAR DAN UAE AMAT KETARA SEJAK KEBELAKANGAN INI TERUTAMA DALAM SEKTOR PELANCONGAN.OMAN PULA SEDANG MULA MERANGKA PELAN KEMAJUAN JANGKA MASA PANJANG SUPAYA DAPAT MENYAINGI JIRANYA.KEANGKUHAN IRAN UNTUK MEMILIKI SENJATA MAMPU MENGUGAT KEDAMAIAN JIRAN-JIRANNYA.KEBIMBANGAN INI ADA ASASNYA KERANA PARA PEMIMPIN ARAB SUNNAH TIDAK MAHU SHI'A TERUS BERKEMBANG MENGUASAI TIMUR TENGAH.KINI IRAN DAN IRAQ MENJADI SATU, DENGAN PARA ULAMA SHI'A SEPENDAPAT MENGHALALKAN CARA UNTUK KEPENTINGAN SHI'A ITU SENDIRI.INI JELAS PADA SEMANGAT TENTERA AL-MAHDI PIMPINAN ULAMA SHI'A IRAQ(MOQTADA AL-SADR) YANG MENDAPAT SOKONGAN KUAT TEHRAN, YANG SEHINGGA HARI INI TERUS MEMBURU ARAB SUNNAH UNTUK DIBUNUH.

4) EXCELLENCE WITH US-ISRAELI POLICY - HARI INI PARA PEMIMPIN ARAB SUNNAH LEBIH SELESA BERNAUNG DIBAWAH POLICY US YANG DITADBIR OLEH ZIONIST NEOCON BERBANDING DENGAN BERNAUNG DIBAWAH PENTADBIRAN KUASA BARU SHI'A.DALAM HAL INI JELAS DAPAT DILIHAT HARI INI PEMIMPIN ARAB SELESA BERURUS NIAGA BERSAMA US DAN ISRAEL UNTUK MEMAJUKAN NEGARA MASING-MASING.SEBAGAI CONTOH,KETIKA PERANG 33 HARI ISRAEL-LUBNAN PADA JULY LALU, TELAH MENAMPAKAN KEANGKUHAN PUTERA SAUD AL-FAISAL(KERABAT SAUDI ARABIA).BELIAU LANTANG MENYALAHKAN HAMAS DAN HIZBOLLAH SEBAGAI PUNCA PEPERANGAN TERSEBUT.TERNYATA PUTERA SAUD HANYA MENJAGA KEPENTINGAN EKONOMI MEREKA TANPA MEMBANTU MENCARI JALAN PERDAMAIAN.

5) AL-MAHDI VISIONS - PUAK SHI'A MEMPUNYAI IMPIAN TINGGI YANG BELUM DILAKSANAKAN UNTUK BERSAMA-SAMA DENGAN IMAM MAHDI DIAMBANG KIAMAT NANTI.IMPIAN MEREKA ADALAH UNTUK MEMERANGI KAUM YAHUDI BERSAMA IMAM MAHADI TANPA PUAK SUNNAH.ATAS PLATFORM INI JUGA,MAKA PARA PEMIMPIN ARAB SUNNAH TIDAK AKAN MEMBIARKAN IRAN MEMILIKI SENJATA PEMUSNAH BESAR-BESARAN YANG DIBIMBANGI BAKAL DIGUNAKAN UNTUK MENGHAPUSKAN PUAK SUNNAH SEBELUM MENYERTAI IMAM MAHDI MEMERANGI KAUM YAHUDI.

JIKA DIAMBIL KIRA ELEMEN DIATAS,MAKA ADA LOGIKNYA UNTUK BERLAKU PEPERANGAN KEATAS IRAN.JIKA BUSH DIANCAM DARI DALAM AMERICA SENDIRI,MAKA TEMPAT AKAN DIAMBIL ALIH OLEH ISRAEL.JIKA PARA PEMIMPIN ARAB SUNNAH SEAKAN MENDESAK PENTADBIRAN BARAT UNTUK MELAKUKAN SESUATU YANG TEGAS TERHADAP TEHRAN,MAKA ANCAMAN DARI DALAM AMERICA AKAN DAPAT DIREDAKAN SEKALIGUS MEMBEBASKAN G.W.BUSH DARI BANTAHAN.DAN BEBAS MEMULAKAN SERANGAN BESAR-BESARAN.

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DIMPLOMATS SEEK WAY TO 'REENGAGE' IRAN.
By Mary Jordan
Washington Post Foreign Service
Tuesday, February 27, 2007; Page A11

LONDON, Feb. 26 -- Representatives from the five permanent members of the U.N. Security Council and Germany, after meeting in London on Monday, said they were committed to seeking a negotiated solution with Iran after the Tehran government defied a U.N. order to halt its uranium enrichment program.

In Washington, meanwhile, State Department spokesman Sean McCormack told reporters that the six nations had "agreed on the fact that they will go forward with a U.N. sanctions resolution."

McCormack said the six nations -- the United States, Britain, France, China, Russia and Germany -- wanted Iran to negotiate. But he also said, "We are equally committed to sending the message to the Iranian government: Should they choose not to proceed down that pathway, then there will be consequences."

Last week, the International Atomic Energy Agency issued a report saying that rather than halting its uranium enrichment program, Iran had expanded it.

During a visit Saturday to Sydney, Vice President Cheney told reporters that "all options are still on the table" for dealing with Iran, raising concerns that the United States was considering a possible military strike.

The United States accuses Iran of secretly using its nuclear program in an effort to build atomic weapons. The Tehran government insists its program is solely for energy purposes and that it has no intention of stopping its uranium enrichment as demanded by the Security Council.

Officials at the talks sought to play down any rising confrontation. John Sawers, the British official chairing Monday's meeting, issued a statement saying the group "considered how best to reengage with Iran. We are all committed to seeking a negotiated solution."

Not all parties agree on the seriousness of the threat from Iran or how best to contain it. Of the five permanent members of the U.N. Security Council, Russia and China have resisted tough sanctions.

In December, the Security Council banned countries from supplying Iran with technology that could be used in its nuclear and missile programs and froze the assets of certain companies and individuals. Now wider economic sanctions are being considered, along with a travel ban on some officials.

Officials from the six nations involved in the talks are to continue discussions by phone on Thursday.

COME ON ZIONIST!!!

2007-02-25T21:03:00.000-08:00

IRAN PREPARED TO GO WAR OVER NUKE PLAN-VOWS MINISTER.

February 26, 2007.

TEHRAN: Iran has no reverse gear in its nuclear programme, President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said yesterday, while a deputy foreign minister vowed the country was prepared for any eventuality - "even for war".

"Iran has obtained the technology to produce nuclear fuel and Iran's move is like a train ... which has no brake and no reverse gear," Ahmadinejad said.

Iran ignored last week's UN deadline to halt uranium enrichment. Tehran says it wants a deal but rules out the West's key demand that it suspend the atomic work.

The United States, which accuses Iran of wanting nuclear weapons, says it wants a diplomatic solution to the row but has not ruled out military action if needed.
Iranian military commanders have said recent war games, the latest of which involved testing several missiles this month, show Iran's readiness to counter attack.

"Iran is ready to resolve existing differences over its nuclear pro-gramme through fruitful and careful negotiations," he said.

UN Security Council members and Germany are to meet in London to consider possible further steps against Iran.

AREA: 1,648,196 sq.km. Situated between the Caspian Sea in
north and Arabian Sea/Persian Gulf in south.

POPULATION (2000): 67,702,199 +1.67%AGR

CAPITAL: TEHRAN 11 mill.

PEOPLES: Indo-Iranian 71.8%; Turkic 22%; Semitic 3%;
Christian minorities 0.2%; Other 3%.

LITERACY: 72%.

OFFICIAL LANGUAGE: Persian (Farsi; Dari and Tajik are major dialects); spoken by 83% of Iranians.All languages 69.Languages with Scriptures 3Bi 2NT 4por 12w.i.p.

ECONOMY

Oil provided 75% of export earnings in 1995 and carpets, 11%. HDI 0.715; 95th/174. Public debt 7.6% of GNP. Income/person $1,000 (5.6% of USA, in 1982 it was 18%).

POLITICS: The Shah was deposed in the Shi’ite Muslim Revolution,
and a theocratic Islamic Republic declared in 1979.

RELIGION: Shi’a Islam is the state religion
and 93% of Iranians follow this.

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IRAN SEDIA BERPERANG!!
TETAP TERUSKAN PROGRAM NUKLEAR WALAUPUN DIANCAM AS.

TEHERAN 25 Feb. – Di sebalik tekanan Barat, Iran bersedia untuk menghadapi sebarang kemungkinan, termasuk serangan musuhnya - Amerika Syarikat (AS) dan Israel.

Iran menegaskan demikian sehari selepas laporan bahawa Israel sedang mendapatkan kebenaran Washington menggunakan ruang udara Iraq untuk menyerang Teheran.

Pendirian itu ditegaskan oleh tiga pemimpin Iran - Presiden Iran, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad; Menteri Luar, Manouchehr Mottaki dan timbalannya, Manouchehr Mohammadi hari ini.

Presiden Iran memberitahu, negaranya sama sekali tidak akan berpatah balik daripada meneruskan program nuklearnya meskipun terus berhadapan dengan tekanan Barat.

“Kereta api negara Iran bergerak tanpa mengenakan brek dan tidak ada gear berundur (dalam program nuklear),” kata beliau di hadapan ulama-ulama Islam di sini.

Kenyataan itu juga dikeluarkan sehari sebelum lima anggota tetap Majlis Keselamatan Pertubuhan Bangsa-Bangsa Bersatu (PBB) dan Jerman mengadakan mesyuarat tergempar di London esok untuk merangka resolusi baru bagi mengenakan sekatan ke atas Iran.

Semalam, akhbar harian konservatif Britain, Daily Telegraph yang memetik seorang pegawai kanan pertahanan Israel menyebut, rundingan sedang dijalankan untuk menyediakan satu ‘koridor’ di ruang udara Iraq jika negara Yahudi itu mengambil keputusan menyerang Iran.

Kemungkinan serangan tersebut akan berlaku diperkuatkan dengan kenyataan Naib Presiden AS, Dick Cheney yang negaranya tidak menolak kemungkinan untuk menggunakan kekerasan ke atas negara republik Islam itu.

Serangan itu memperlihatkan perbalahan AS dengan Iran berhubung isu nuklear semakin memuncak dan ternyata alasan Iran sebelum ini yang menyatakan bahawa program pengayaan uraniumnya hanya bertujuan menjana tenaga dipandang sepi oleh negara yang menganggap dirinya sebagai ‘polis dunia’ itu.

Agensi Tenaga Atom Antarabangsa (IAEA) dalam laporannya Khamis lalu mengatakan Iran enggan menghentikan program pengayaan uraniumnya seperti yang dituntut oleh

Majlis Keselamatan dan sebaliknya bertindak memperkembangkan aktiviti itu.

Sementara itu, Manouchehr Mohammadi pula berkata, Iran telah mengambil persiapan yang perlu untuk menghadapi serangan ketenteraan daripada AS.

“Kami telah mempersiapkan diri untuk menghadapi sebarang situasi, sekalipun jika perang meletus.

“Iran juga bersedia untuk mengadakan rundingan tanpa prasyarat dengan AS tetapi pihak Amerika belum menerima tawaran itu,” kata beliau hari ini.

Menurut Timbalan Menteri Luar itu, pegawai Iran telah mengadakan pertemuan tidak rasmi dengan pihak Amerika berhubung Afghanistan dan Iraq tetapi mereka mahu Iran menerima syarat-syarat AS terlebih dahulu sebelum rundingan boleh berlangsung.

Setiausaha Negara AS, Condoleezza Rice menegaskan, beliau hanya akan mengadakan rundingan dengan rakan sejawatannya dari Iran jika Teheran terlebih dahulu bersetuju untuk menggantung kegiatan pengayaan uranium.

Manouchehr Mohammadi berkata, Teheran akan meneruskan program nuklearnya jika Majlis Keselamatan Pertubuhan Bangsa-Bangsa Bersatu (PBB) meluluskan resolusi kedua bagi mengenakan sekatan lanjut terhadap Iran.

“Jika resolusi kedua diluluskan, kami tidak akan mengendahkannya dan Iran akan meneruskan program nuklearnya,” kata beliau.

Bagaimanapun Manouchehr Mottaki pula memberitahu, AS tidak akan melancarkan perang baru dan masih mahu mengekalkan rundingan sebagai satu-satunya cara untuk menyelesaikan pertikaian berhubung aktiviti nuklear Iran, bukannya ancaman.

Beliau berkata demikian sebagai reaksi terhadap kenyataan Cheney tersebut.

Tambah beliau, AS tidak mampu untuk menyelesaikan perbezaan pendapatnya dengan Iran melalui perang dunia ketiga selepas konflik di Afghanistan dan Iraq.

“Kami tidak melihat AS berada dalam kedudukan untuk memaksa pembayar cukai Amerika menanggung kos krisis lain dengan melancarkan satu lagi perang di rantau ini,” kata Menteri Luar itu kepada pemberita semalam.

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WE ARE READY FOR WAR SAYS IRAN.

Iran has launched a missile capable of reaching space, an Iranian aerospace official was quoted as saying yesterday. Head of aerospace research centre Mohsen Bahrami said the missile was built by his centre in co-operation with the Defence and Science ministries. Iran's advances in building missiles capable of reaching space are closesly watched by the West because the technology could be used to build intercontinental ballistic missiles, experts said.

TEHRAN: Iran has no brake and no reverse gear in its nuclear programme, President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said yesterday, while a deputy foreign minister vowed Tehran was prepared for any eventuality, "even for war".

The tough talk came as The New Yorker magazine said a Pentagon panel has been created to plan a bombing attack that could be implemented within 24 hours of getting the go-ahead from US President George W Bush.

"They don't need a reverse gear. They need a stop button," US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice told Fox News.

But Manouchehr Mohammadi, one of Iran's foreign minister's deputies, was quoted by Isna as saying that "we have prepared ourselves for any situation, even for war".

Chief nuclear negotiator Ali Larijani was quoted as saying on a trip to South Africa that Tehran would react "proportionately".

The war of words comes ahead of a meeting today of officials from the UN Security Council plus Germany in London to consider possible further sanctions on Tehran.

WAR CRIMINAL

2007-02-14T21:26:00.000-08:00

TOTURE WHEN HE PRAY

ABU GHARIB-DEMOCRACY FOR IRAQI PEOPLE?

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BUSH AND BLAIR "FASCIST WAR CRIMINALS"?

2/8/2007 6:01:00 AM GMT
By: Ahmed Abdullah

More than a month ago, the former Iraqi leader, Saddam Hussein, was hanged for his alleged involvement in crimes against humanity, followed by two of his aides, who were also sentenced to death by the same U.S.-led tribunal.

The farcical trial didn’t give Saddam or his aides the chance to defend themselves. Nor did it delve deep into those crimes, for this would have implicated some Western leaders.

But yesterday, more than 3000 peace activists, local dignitaries, including a number of Malaysia's top judges, and foreign delegates, gathered in Kuala Lumpur to attend the opening of the War Crimes exhibit, which was staged parallel to a conference on war crimes entitled Expose War Crimes, Criminalise War that will also include a trial for UK Prime Minister Tony Blair and U.S. President George Bush for war crimes and present documentary evidence of U.S. and Britain’s crimes against humanity over the decades, from Hiroshima to Iraq.

The conference, where Blair and Bush were branded "fascist war criminals", is hosted by the former Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamed, who inaugurated the event with a call for the leaders to be tried by an unofficial tribunal for war crimes in Iraq, and will tour other Malaysian cities under the auspices of the Malaysian Ministry of Tourism.

It is no surprise that the event, which included gruesome evidence of those leaders’ crimes against humanity, including appalling pictures depicting wounded children, deformed babies and innocent men who were subject to torture in Iraqi prisons, received scanty coverage from the Western media.

"We shouldn't hang Blair if the tribunal finds him guilty," said Mahathir, who launched recently a campaign aimed at uncovering human rights abuses and hypocrisy of U.S.-led forces said to be on a mission to install “democracy” in the Middle East in general and Iraq in particular.

"But he should always carry the label 'War Criminal, Killer of Children, Liar'," said Mahathir during his hour-long speech as tape-recorded screams of men being tortured and babies who lost their parents in the U.S.,UK-led war on Iraq echoed around the War Crimes Exhibition.

"And so should Bush and the pocket Bush of the Bushland of Australia," he said, referring to Prime Minister John Howard, a staunch U.S. war ally.

"They're giving an open mind to people who know what kind of war crime that the U.S. do to our communities in the world," was one of the attendees' remarks, an assessment probably shared by most of those who attended the event.

"It is the converted preaching to the converted," said Gwynne Dyer, a journalist and Oscar-nominated documentary maker; among the figures who gave out speeches at the conference, that also included former U.S. politician Cynthia McKinney, who was among the very first people to speak out against the American President’s illegal invasion of Iraq, and Hans von Sponeck, former UN humanitarian coordinator for Iraq.

"But I think this [conference] has potential," Dyer said, adding:

"It actually has a goal beyond cheering people up and allowing them to vent."

Vietnam War and My Lai massacre were also depicted in the exhibit to further remind people of American crimes.

The exhibit also didn’t ignore Israeli crimes in Palestine and Lebanon, where over 1,400 civilians died as a result of Israel’s indiscriminate bombardment during last summer’s war against Hezbollah resistance movement.

The Western media’s scant coverage of such an important event is part of its persistence to not deliver the full image to the Americans and people of the West. Iraq war coverage by the American media has long been biased in favor of the President and his war allies.
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ABU GHARIB CRIMES SLIDE SHOW

THE SHAME OF OUR NATIONS

ABU GHARIB TORTURE

U.S ARMY WAR CRIMES

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KUALA LUMPUR (AFP) - Former Malaysian premier Mahathir Mohamad condemned British premier
Tony Blair and US
President George W. Bush as "child killers" and "war criminals" as he launched an anti-war conference.

Mahathir, who has been nominated by Bosnian civil society groups for the 2007 Nobel Peace Prize for helping the country after its bloody civil war, said the pair should be put on trial for their military action in
Iraq.

"History should remember Blair and Bush as the killer of children or the lying prime minister and president. What Bush and Blair had done is worse than what Saddam had done," he said, referring to hanged Iraqi leader
Saddam Hussein.

Mahathir also turned his scorn on Australian Prime Minister John Howard, deriding him as the "pocket Bush of the bushlands of Australia."

The 81-year-old firebrand was a strident critic of the West during his two decades in power, and has continued to hit out since stepping down in 2003, seizing on the issue of conflict in the Middle East during his retirement.

Last week he unveiled plans for an unofficial war crimes tribunal to focus on victims of abuse in Iraq, Lebanon and the Palestinian territories, saying that the existing international court at the Hague was biased.

This week's war crimes conference will be attended by some 17 Palestinians, Iraqis and Lebanese, who allege they are the victims of abuse and torture.

Mahathir has said he will also form a new war crimes commission, to be located in Kuala Lumpur, which will investigate their cases and then refer them to the tribunal if warranted.

"We should not hang Blair if the tribunal finds him guilty, but he should always carry the label 'war criminal', 'killer of children', 'liar'." Mahathir said in his speech.

The tribunal will carry no legal authority and is not backed by any government, but Mahathir has said it will ensure that offenders' wrongdoings are recorded in the history books.

ABU GHARIB-U.S ARMY UNDER ATTACK

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ANOTHER U.S WAR CRIMES-GUANTANAMO BAY PRISON

BEFORE ABU GHARIB TORTURE-GUANTANAMO BAY PRISON(CAMP X-RAY)

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INTERNATIONAL WAR CRIMES TRIBUNAL
UNITED STATES WAR CRIMES AGAINST IRAQ
INITIAL COMPLAINT

CHARGING
George Bush, J. Danforth Quayle, James Baker,
Richard Cheney, William Webster, Colin Powell,
Norman Schwarzkopf and Others to be named

WITH

Crimes Against Peace, War Crimes, Crimes Against
Humanity and Other Criminal Acts and High Crimes in
Violation of the Charter of the United Nations,
International Law, the Constitution of the United States
and Laws made in Pursuance Thereof.

PRELIMINARY STATEMENT.

These charges have been prepared prior to the first hearing of the Commission of Inquiry by its staff. They are based on direct and circumstantial evidence from public and private documents; official statements and admissions by the persons charged and others; eyewitness accounts; Commission investigations and witness interviews in Iraq, the Middle East and elsewhere during and after the bombing; photographs and video tape; expert analyses; commentary and interviews; media coverage, published reports and accounts gathered between December 1990 and May l991. Commission of Inquiry hearings will be held in key cities where evidence is available supporting, expanding, adding, contradicting, disproving or explaining these, or similar charges against the accused and others of whatever nationality. When evidence sufficient to sustain convictions of the accused or others is obtained and after demanding the production of documents from the U.S. government, and others, and requesting testimony from the accused, offering them a full opportunity to present any defense personally, or by counsel, the evidence will be presented to an International War Crimes Tribunal. The Tribunal will consider the evidence gathered, seek and examine whatever additional evidence it chooses and render its judgment on the charges, the evidence, and the law.

BACKGROUND.

Since World War I, the United Kingdom, France, and the United States have dominated the Arabian Peninsula and Gulf region and its oil resources. This has been accomplished by military conquest and coercion, economic control and exploitation, and through surrogate governments and their military forces. Thus, from 1953 to 1979 in the post World War II era, control over the region was exercised primarily through U.S. influence and control over the Gulf sheikdoms of Saudi Arabia and through the Shah of Iran. From 1953 to 1979 the Shah of Iran acted as a Pentagon/CIA surrogate to police the region. After the fall of the Shah and the seizure of U.S. Embassy hostages in Teheran, the U.S. provided military aid and assistance to Iraq, as did the USSR, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait and most of the Emirates, in its war with Iran. U.S. policy during that tragic eight year war, 1980 - 1988, is probably best summed up by the phrase, "we hope they kill each other."

Throughout the seventy-five year period from Britain's invasion of Iraq early in World War I to the destruction of Iraq in 1991 by U.S. air power, the United States and the United Kingdom demonstrated no concern for democratic values, human rights, social justice, or political and cultural integrity in the region, nor for stopping military aggression there. The U.S. supported the Shah of Iran for 25 years, selling him more than $20 billion of advanced military equipment between 1972 and 1978 alone. Throughout this period the Shah and his brutal secret police called SAVAK had one of the worst human rights records in the world. Then in the 1980s, the U.S. supported Iraq in its wrongful aggression against Iran, ignoring Iraq's own poor human rights record.[l]

When the Iraqi government nationalized the Iraqi Petroleum Company in 1972, the Nixon Administration embarked on a campaign to destabilize the Iraqi government. It was in the 1970s that the U.S. first armed and then abandoned the Kurdish people, costing tens of thousands of Kurdish lives. The U.S. manipulated the Kurds through CIA and other agencies to attack Iraq, intending to harass Iraq while maintaining Iranian supremacy at the cost of Kurdish lives without intending any benefit to the Kurdish people or an autonomous Kurdistan.[2]

The U.S. with close oil and other economic ties to Saudi Arabia and Kuwait has fully supported both governments despite the total absence of democratic institutions, their pervasive human rights violations and the infliction of cruel, inhuman and degrading punishments such as stoning to death for adultery and amputation of a hand for property offenses.

The U.S., sometimes alone among nations, supported Israel when it defied scores of UN resolutions concerning Palestinian rights, when it invaded Lebanon in a war which took tens of thousands of lives, and during its continuing occupation of southern Lebanon, the Golan Heights, the West Bank and Gaza.

The United States itself engaged in recent aggressions in violation of international law by invading Grenada in 1983, bombing Tripoli and Benghazi in Libya in 1986, financing the contra in Nicaragua, UNITA in southern Africa and supporting military dictatorships in Liberia, Chile, E1 Salvador, Guatemala, the Philippines, and many other places.

The U.S. invasion of Panama in December 1989 involved the same and additional violations of international law that apply to Iraq's invasion of Kuwait. The U.S. invasion took between 1,000 and 4,000 Panamanian lives. The United States government is still covering up the death toll. U.S. aggression caused massive property destruction throughout Panama.[3] According to U.S. and international human rights organization estimates, Kuwait's casualties from Iraq's invasion and the ensuing months of occupation were in the "hundreds" - between 300 and 600.[4] Reports from Kuwait list 628 Palestinians killed by Kuwaiti death squads since the Sabah royal family regained control over Kuwait.

The United States changed its military plans for protecting its control over oil and other interests in the Arabian Peninsula in the late 1980s when it became clear that economic problems in the USSR were debilitating its military capacity and Soviet forces withdrew from Afghanistan. Thereafter, direct military domination within the region became the U.S. strategy.

With the decline in U.S. oil production through 1989, experts predicted U.S. oil imports from the Gulf would rise from 10% that year to 25% by the year 2000. Japanese and European dependency is much greater.[5]

WHO IS THE SHIA?

2007-02-08T07:48:00.000-08:00

Shī‘a Islam, also Shi‘ite Islam or Shi‘ism (Arabic شيعة šīʿa), is the second largest denomination of the Islamic faith afterSunni Islam. Shias adhere to the teachings of the Muhammad and the religious guidance of his family (who are referred to as the Ahl al-Bayt) or his descendents known as Shi'a Imams. Muhammad's bloodline continues only through his beloved daughter Fatima Zahra and cousin Ali which alongside the Muhammad's grandsons are the Ahl al-Bayt. Thus, Shi'as consider Muhammad's descendents as the true source of guidance while considering the first three ruling Sunni caliphs a historic occurrence and not something attached to faith. The singular/adjective form is šīʿī (شيعي.) and refers to a follower of the faction of Imam Ali according to the Shia ideology.

Shia Islam, like Sunni Islam, has at times been divided into many branches; however, only three of these currently have a significant number of followers. The best known and the one with most adherents is the Twelvers (اثنا عشرية iṯnāʿašariyya) which have a large percentage in Iran 90% and Iraq; the others are Ismaili, Sevener, and Zaidiyyah. Alawites and Druzes consider themselves Shias, although this is sometimes disputed by mainstream Shias[1]. The Sufi orders among the Shias are the Alevi, Bektashi, Kubrawiya, Noorbakhshi, Oveyssi, Qizilbashi, Hamadani and Fatimid orders and denominations. Twenty percent of Turkey's population is Alevi while Lebanon and Syria have a large presence of Druze and Alawites.

THE SHIA MUSLIM AZAAN (CALL TO PRAYER)

MAIN ARTICLE: SHIA ETYMOLOGY

"Shia" is the short form of the historic phrase šīʿat ʿAlī (شيعة علي), meaning "the followers of Ali" or "the faction of Ali". Both Shia and Sunni sources trace the term to the years preceding the death of Muhammad; see Shia etymology.

The word "Shia" means "followers; members of party". It can be interpreted in a wider sense than just "followers of Ali": it signifies a claim that the Shia Muslims are the followers and believers of (Allah) the Almighty Creator of existence, His Prophets (Guides to Heaven), His Messages and the Ahlul Bayt (The Family of the House of Prophet Mohammad) and the prophet's descendents which are the shi'a Imams Fathered by Ali. The Messenger of Allah (Prophet Mohammad) said to Imam Ali: "Good News to you O Ali! Verily you and your companions and your Shia (followers) will be in Paradise."

CRAZY SHIA ASSHOLE?

OVERVIEW

Nahj al-Balagha, one of the most cherished Shia collections

Shia Muslims believe that the descendents from Muhammad through his beloved daughter Fatima Zahra and his son-in-law Ali (the Imams) were the best source of knowledge about the Qur'an and Islam, the most trusted carriers and protectors of Muhammad's Sunnah (traditions), and the most worthy of emulation.

In particular, Shia Muslims recognize the succession of Ali (Muhammad's cousin, son-in-law, the first young man to accept Islam — second only to Muhammad's wife Khadija — the male head of the Ahl al-Bayt or "people of the [Prophet's] house") and the father of the Prophet Muhammad's only bloodline as opposed to that of the caliphate recognized by Sunni Muslims. Shia Muslims believe that Ali was appointed successor by Muhammad's direct order on many occasions, and that he is therefore the rightful leader of the Muslim faith.

This difference between following either the Ahl al-Bayt (Muhammad's family and descendents) or the Caliph Abu Bakr has shaped Shia and non-Shia views on some of the Qur'an, the Hadith (narrations from the prophet) and other areas of Islam. For instance, the collection of Hadith venerated by Shia Muslims is centered around narrations by members of the Ahl al-Bayt, while some Hadith by narrators not belonging to the Ahl al-Bayt are not included (those of Abu Huraira, for example). Ali was the third successor to Abu Bakr and, for the Shia, the first divinely sanctioned "imam," or male descendant of the Prophet Muhammad. The seminal event in Shia history is the martyrdom in 680 CE of Ali's son Hussein, who led an uprising against the "illegitimate" caliph (72 of Hussein's followers were killed as well). For the Shia, Hussein came to symbolize resistance to tyranny.

Regardless of the dispute about the Caliphate, the Shia recognize the religious authority of the Shia Imams, also called Khalifa Ilahi.

SHIA IS...(SHI'ISM = SHIRK?)

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SYIAH SEBAHAGIAN SIRI DALAM ISLAM?

SEJARAH ISLAM.

Ajaran dan Kepercayaan-Kepercayaan kepada:
Tuhan, Malaikat, Nabi, Kitab, Hari Akhirat serta Qada'Qadar ALLAH S.W.T.

Dua Kalimah Shahadah, Solat, Puasa, Membayar Zakat dan Mengerjakan Haji.

TOKOH-TOKOH UTAMA.
Nabi Muhammad s.a.w. , Saidina Abu Bakar , Saidina Umar Al-Khatab , Saidina Uthman Affan , Saidina Ali Abi Talib, Sahabat Rasulullah s.a.w.
Rasul dan Nabi.Imam, Imam Mahdi.

TOKOH ISLAM.

Kitab & Undang-Undang Al-Qur'an, Hadith, Surah, Mazhab, Syariah Golongan Islam
Sunah, Syiah, Sufi,Kota Suci Islam iaitu:
Makkah, Madinah, Baitulmuqaddis.

ASPEK-ASPEK SOSIAL.
Kota Islam, Seni Bina, Sains, Tamadun Islam, Kesenian, Kalendar Hijrah
Pemimpin Agama, Khalifah, Politik Islam, Jihad.

RENCANA MENGENAI ISLAM.

Syiah atau Shi'a (شيعى) merujuk kepada satu aliran dalam Islam yang mengagungkan Ali bin Abi Thalib dan keturunannya. Golongan ini berpendapat Ali patut menjadi khalifah pertama selepas kewafatan Nabi Muhammad s.a.w. Golongan ini merupakan golongan yang kedua terbesar dalam Islam selepas Sunah.

HYPOCRITES SHIA IMAM FAKE CRYING (TANGISAN UNTUK CUCU RASULULLAH S.A.W...UNTUK APA?)

MENGIKUT PANDANGAN SYIAH.

Pengertian syiah mengikut pandangan syiah sendiri adalah seperti berikut:

Perkataan Syiah (mufrad) disebut sebanyak empat kali dalam al-Qur'an dan ia memberi erti golongan atau kumpulan;pertama dalam Surah as-Saffat: 83-84, firman Tuhan yang bermaksud,"Dan sesungguhnya Ibrahim benar-benar termasuk Syiahnya (golongannya), ingatlah ketika ia datang kepada Tuhannya dengan hati yang suci".

Kedua,dalam Surah Maryam: 69, firman Tuhan yang bermaksud,"Kemudian pasti Kami tarik dari tiap-tiap golongan (Syiatihi) siapa antara mereka yang sangat derhaka kepada Tuhan yang Maha Pemurah".

Ketiga dan keempat adalah Surah al-Qasas: 15, firman Tuhan yang bermaksud,"Dan Musa masuk ke kota (Memphis) ketika penduduknya sedang lengah, maka didapatinya dalam kota itu dua orang lelaki yang berkelahi; yang seorang dari golonganya (Syiatihi) (Bani Israil) dan seorang (lagi) dari musuhnya (Syiatihi) meminta pertolongan kepadanya untuk mengalahkan orang yang dari musuhnya".

Sementara itu, ada perkataan Syiah dalam Hadith Nabi SAW lebih dari tiga kali, antaranya disebut oleh Imam as-Suyuti dalam tafsirnya Durr al-Manthur, Beirut, Jilid 6, hal.379 - Surah al-Bayyinah, Nabi SAW bersabda:"Wahai Ali, engkau dan Syiah engkau (golongan engkau) di Hari Kiamat nanti keadaannya dalam redha dan diredhai", dan sabdanya lagi:"Ini (Ali) dan Syiahnya (golongannya) (bagi) mereka itulah yang mendapat kemenangan di Hari Kiamat nanti".

Dengan ini kita dapati bahawa perkataan Syiah itu telah disebutkan dalam al-Qur'an dan Hadith Nabi SAW.

Yang dimaksudkan dengan Syiah yang menyeleweng ialah Syiah yang selain daripada Imamiyyah/Ja'fariyyah dan Zaidiyyah. Mereka diringkaskan sebagai ghulat.

Imam al-Ghazali dalam bukunya Mustazhiri menentang keras Syiah ghulat kerana ia mengandungi pengajaran Batiniah. Imam Ja'far as-Sadiq AS pula menyatakan Syiah ghulat tidak boleh dikahwini dan diadakan sebarang urusan keagamaan kerana aqidah mereka bertentangan dengan al-Qur'an dan Hadith.

SHIA WALKING ON FIRE (AMALAN DARI SUNNAH RASULULLAH S.A.W?)

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PERISTIWA KARBALA DAN HARI ASHURA

Oleh Mohd Yaakub Mohd Yunus

Apabila membicarakan tentang Hari Ashura yang jatuh
pada tanggal 10 Muharam setiap tahun maka kita tidak
dapat menghindarkan diri dari memperkatakan
tentang peritiwa Karbala yang begitu menyayat hati.
Peristiwa tersebut merupakan kisah di mana Saidina
Hussain r.h yang merupakan cucunda Rasulullah s.a.w
dan
juga anak kepada Saidina Ali r.h telah dibunuh dengan
kejam di sebuah tempat yang bernama Karbala di Iraq.
Rentetan dari peristiwa ini terdapat upacara-upacara
khas yang dianjurkan pada Hari Asyura dengan cara yang
amat bertentangan dengan syarak. Malah kelompok Syiah
juga telah mempergunakan peristiwa Karbala
ini demi untuk meraih simpati umat Islam kepada
kelompok mereka seolah-olah mereka ingin menggambarkan
bahawa merekalah satu-satunya kelompok yang
membela Ahlul Bait [keluarga Rasulullah]. Melalui
makalah ini penulis akan membentangkan kisah sebenar
disebalik pembunuhan Saidina Hussain di Karbala,
apakah amalan-amalan yang bertentangan dengan syarak
ketika sambutan Hari Asyura serta apakah sunnah-sunnah
Nabi s.a.w. berkaitan dengan Hari Asyura.

PERISTIWA KARBALA

Apabila Mu’wiyyah r.a meninggal dunia maka anaknya
Yazid bin Mu’awiyyah r.h telah diangkat menjadi
penggantinya. Perlantikan Yazid ini telah dipersetujui
[bai’ah] oleh majoriti para sahabat Nabi yang masih
hidup termasuk para Ahlul Bait serta masyarakat Islam.
Namun begitu penduduk Kufah yang rata-ratanya
berfahaman Syiah telah menolak kepimpinan Yazid dan
ingin melantik Saidina Hussain sebagai khalifah yang
baru. Lalu penduduk Kufah termasuk tokoh-tokoh
Syiah menulis surat kepada Saidina Hussain menjemput
beliau ke Kufah untuk tujuan tersebut. Mereka bukan
sekadar berjanji akan taat setia kepada kepimpinan
Saidina Hussain malah mereka sanggup untuk menghunus
senjata demi membela beliau serta menjatuhkan kerajaan
Bani Umaiyah pimpinan Khalifah Yazid. Saidina
Hussain memaklumkan khabar berita ini serta niat
beliau untuk ke Kufah kepada para sahabat serta ahli
keluarga beliau bagi mendengar pandangan mereka. Namun

demikian para sahabat terkemuka serta ahli keluarganya
seperti ‘Abdullah Ibnu Abbas, Muhammad bin
al-Hanafiyah, 'Abdul Rahman bin Hisyam al-Makhzumi,
‘Abdullah bin Jaafar bin Abi Talib, Abdullah bin Muti’
al-Afdawi, ‘Amru bin Sa’id, ‘Abdullah bin ‘Umar, Abu
Sa’id al-Khudri dan lain-lain telah menentang niat
Saidina Hussain tersebut. Mari kita lihat beberapa
ungkapan kata-kata mereka terhadap Saidina Hussain.

‘Abdullah bin Abbas r.a berkata: “Wahai sepupuku
bagaimana anda boleh bersabar sedangkan saya tidak
boleh bersabar. Saya bimbang anda akan
binasa jika anda meneruskan hasrat anda itu. Penduduk
Iraq adalah orang-orang yang suka memungkiri janji.
Janganlah anda terpedaya dengan
pujukan mereka.” – Di nukil dari buku
Kesalahan-Kesalahan Terhadap Fakta-Fakta Sejarah Yang
Perlu Diperbetulkan Semula karya Prof. Dr. Ibrahim Ali

Sya’wat, diterjemahkan oleh Dr Basri Ibrahim, terbitan
Jahabersa, cetakan 2005 Kuala Lumpur, ms. 208.

‘Abdullah bin Jaafar bin Abi Talib pernah menulis
kepada Saidina Hussain sepucuk surat. Antara kandungan
surat tersebut ialah:

“Saya sangat mengharapkan agar anda benar-benar
merenung isi kandungan surat ini. Saya sebenarnya amat
kasihan dengan anda kerana bimbang
kalau-kalau anda akan binasa dan keluarga anda pula
akan terhapus. Jika sekiranya anda binasa hari ini,
akan padamlah cahaya bumi. Anda adalah
salah seorang tokoh yang menjadi ikutan masyarakat dan
harapan orang-orang mukmin. Janganlah anda
tergesa-gesa bertolak ke Iraq." – Di nukil dari
buku Kesalahan-Kesalahan Terhadap Fakta-Fakta Sejarah
Yang Perlu Diperbetulkan Semula karya Prof. Dr.
Ibrahim Ali Sya’wat, ms. 209.

‘Abdullah bin Jaafar bukan sekadar menghantar surat
bertujuan untuk menghalang Saidina Hussain dari
meneruskan rancangannya untuk ke Kufah, malah beliau
juga telah meminta ‘Amru bin Sa’id, Gabenor Khalifah
Yazid di Makkah untuk memujuk Saidina Hussain agar
membatalkan hasratnya tersebut. Namun begitu
Saidina Hussain tetap berkeras untuk berangkat ke
Kufah. Mungkin timbul persoalan di benak hati para
pembaca tentang kenapa para sahabat serta ahli
keluarganya membantah niat beliau untuk ke Kufah. Maka
di sini penulis senaraikan beberapa sebab berkaitan
dengan bantahan tersebut:

1) Mereka dapat menghidu helah golongan Syiah di Kufah
yang sememangnya terkenal dengan pengkhianatan mereka
terhadap Umat Islam. Mereka inilah
kelompok yang telah menyokong ‘Abdullah Ibnu Saba’,
terlibat dalam pembunuhan ‘Uthman bin ‘Affan r.a,
mengkhianati Saidina ‘Ali serta abang Saidina Hussain
yakni Saidina Hassan r.a. Mereka berpandangan sokongan
kuat yang menurut khabarnya datang dari penduduk Kufah
hanyalah palsu dan tindakan mereka ini
merupakan dalih mereka untuk menimbulkan susana
kacau-bilau di dalam masyarakat Islam.

2) Yazid bin Mu’awiyyah adalah seorang khalifah yang
telah dibai’ah oleh majoriti umat Islam, dikalangan
para sahabat-sahabat utama dan juga ahli keluarga
Rasulullah s.a.w.. Maka dari sisi syarak perlantikan
beliau sebagai khalifah adalah sah. Terdapat larangan
dari Rasulullah s.a.w. untuk memberontak terhadap
pemerintah yang telah dilantik umat Islam secara sah.

Daripada ‘Abdullah bin ‘Amr bahawa Rasulullah s.a.w.
bersabda:

Sesiapa telah mengangkat [telah bersetuju melantik]
seorang pemimpin kemudian memberikan kepadanya uluran
tangannya dan buah hatinya
[sebagai tanda persetujuan], maka hendaklah dia [orang
yang mengangkatnya] mentaatinya sedaya mungkin. Maka
jika datang orang lain yang
menentangnya, hendaklah mereka membunuh yang
terakhir[penentang].

Aku [‘Abdul Rahman bin ‘Abdi Rabbil Kaabah] bertanya
[kepada ‘Abdullah bin ‘Amr]: Apakah kamu mendengar ini
dari Rasulullah s.a.w.?

Dia [‘Abdullah bin ‘Amr] menjawab: Aku mendengar
[hadis ini] dengan kedua telingaku dan difahami oleh
hatiku. – Hadis Riwayat Imam Abu
Dawud, no: 3707.

Ada pula yang beranggap bahawa Khalifah Yazid tidak
memilki ciri-ciri kepimpinan yang baik serta beberapa
tuduhan tentang sifat-sifat buruk juga telah
dilemparkan terhadapnya. Jika tuduhan ini benar
sekalipun Rasulullah s.a.w. telah memerintahkan
umatnya untuk tetap taat kepada pemerintah yang pada
zahirnya masih Islam walaupun dia seorang yang zalim.
Sabda Rasulullah s.a.w:

Pemimpin yang baik ialah pemimpin yang kamu cintai
mereka dan mereka mencintai kamu. Kamu mendoakan
mereka, mereka pula mendoakan
kamu. Pemimpin yang jahat ialah pemimpin yang kamu
membenci mereka, mereka juga membenci kamu dan kamu
melaknat mereka, mereka juga
melaknat kamu.

Baginda ditanya: “Tidak bolehkah kami perangi mereka
dengan pedang?”

Jawab Baginda: “Tidak, selagi mana mereka mendirikan
solat. Ingatlah, sesiapa yang dikuasai penguasa, lalu
dia dapati penguasa itu melakukan
maksiat kepada ALLAH, dia hendaklah membenci maksiat
tersebut namun jangan mencabut tangan dari ketaatan.”
- Hadis riwayat Imam Muslim no.
1855.

Oleh itu mereka membantah niat Saidina Hussain untuk
menyertai malah mengepalai pemberontakan penduduk
Kufah tersebut

3) Mereka juga khuatir tindakan Saidina Hussain ini
akan menimbulkan pertumpahan darah sesama umat Islam
dan akan melemahkan persatuan umat.

4) Mereka bimbang akan keselamatan Saidina Hussain dan
ahli keluarganya yang berkemungkinan akan dkhianati
oleh penduduk Kufah atau diserang oleh tentera
Khalifah Yazid.

Ternyata pujuk rayu mereka gagal untuk menghentikan
hasrat beliau untuk ke Kufah. Kenapa agaknya Saidina
Hussain tetap berkeras untuk ke Kufah? Jawapan
Saidina Hussain adalah seperti berikut:

Saya telah bermimpi bertemu dengan Rasulullah s.a.w.
dan saya telah melakukan sesuatu yang telah ditentukan
kepada saya tanpa mengira ia
mendatangkan keburukan kepada diri saya atau
memberikan keuntungan kepada saya.

Lalu ‘Abdullah bin Yahya berkata: Apakah mimpi anda
itu?

Jawab al-Hussain: Saya tidak dapat menceritakannya
kepada seseorangpun, malah saya tidak boleh
memberitahu kepada seseorangpun sehingga saya
bertemu dengan Tuhan saya – Rujuk Tarikh al-Umam wa
al-Muluk, jilid 4, ms. 388. Penulis nukil dari buku
Kesalahan-Kesalahan Terhadap Fakta-Fakta Sejarah
Yang Perlu Diperbetulkan Semula karya Prof. Dr.
Ibrahim Ali Sya’wat, ms. 270.

Sebenarnya sikap Saidina Hussain ini memiliki
persamaan dengan ‘Uthman bin Affan. Ketika rumah
‘Uthman dikepung oleh para pemberontak, para sahabat
serta umat Islam telah menawarkan bantuan untuk
menghancurkan kepungan tersebut. Namun ‘Uthman menolak
pelawaan tersebut demi untuk mengelak
pertumpahan darah sesama umat Islam. Namun demikian
motivasi sebenar ‘Uthman adalah hadis Rasulullah s.a.w
yang mengkhabarkan bahawa beliau akan mati
syahid.

Dari Qatadah, bahawa Anas r.a menceritakan kepada
mereka, dia berkata: Nabi s.a.w. mendaki gunung Uhud
bersama Abu Bakar, ‘Umar, serta
‘Uthman. Tiba-tiba Uhud bergoncang. Baginda bersabda:
Tenanglah wahai Uhud – aku kira baginda memukulnya
dengan kakinya – tak ada di
atas mu kecuali seorang Nabi, Shiddiq dan dua syahid.
– Hadis riwayat Imam al-Bukhari, no: 3697.

Ternyata al-Shiddiq itu gelaran bagi Abu Bakar r.a
manakala ‘Umar telah syahid ketika menjadi khalifah,
maka ‘Uthman berpendapat bahawa seorang lagi yang
bakal syahid menurut sabda Rasulullah s.a.w. tersebut
adalah beliau sendiri. Itulah sebabnya ketika
pemberontak menyerbu rumah ‘Uthman, beliau tetap
menghalang para sahabat yang ada di situ untuk
membantunya lalu berkata:

Saya bersabar menghadapi janji yang telah dijanjikan
oleh Rasulullah s.a.w. kepada saya. Saya akan
berhadapan dengan kematian saya sebagaimana
yang telah ditetapkan oleh Allah S.W.T.. – rujuk
Tarikh al-Umam wa al-Muluk karya Imam al-Tabari, ms.
391-392. Penulis nukil dari buku
Kesalahan-Kesalahan Terhadap Fakta-Fakta Sejarah Yang
Perlu Diperbetulkan Semula karya Prof. Dr. Ibrahim Ali
Sya’wat, ms. 265.

Malah al-Tabari juga melaporkan bahawa ‘Uthman tidak
menghalang pemberontak untuk membunuhnya kerana:

Uthman telah bermimpi pada malam kejadian, Nabi s.a.w.
datang menemuinya dan berkata kepadanya: Saya harap
anda dapat berbuka bersama
dengan kami pada malam ini. – Tarikh al-Umam wa
al-Muluk, jilid 4. ms. 383. Penulis nukil dari buku
Kesalahan-Kesalahan Terhadap Fakta-Fakta Sejarah
Yang Perlu Diperbetulkan Semula karya Prof. Dr.
Ibrahim Ali Sya’wat, ms. 265.

Tentang syahidnya ‘Uthman dan Saidina Hussain maka
Prof. Dr Ali Sya’wat berkata:

Tidakkah pembaca bersama dengan penulis yang pendirian
yang diambil oleh al-Hussain adalah sama dengan
pendirian yang diambil oleh ‘Uthman bin
‘Affan? Keduanya melihat kematian sebagai sesuatu yang
sudah pasti berada dihadapannya. Keduanya juga telah
dinasihati oleh keseluruhan
orang-orang yang ikhlas yang berada disamping mereka.
- Rujuk buku Kesalahan-Kesalahan Terhadap Fakta-Fakta
Sejarah Yang Perlu Diperbetulkan
Semula karya Prof. Dr. Ibrahim Ali Sya’wat,
diterjemahkan oleh Dr Basri Ibrahim, terbitan
Jahabersa, cetakan 2005 Kuala Lumpur, ms. 271.

Apabila mendengar pergerakan rombongan Saidina Hussain
ke Kufah maka Yazid memerintahkan gabenor beliau di
Basrah iaitu Ubaidullah bin Ziyad serta
tenteranya untuk berangkat ke Kufah bagi memantau
pergerakan Saidina Hussain serta kebangkitan
orang-orang Kufah. Tindakan Yazid bukanlah sesuatu
yang
sukar untuk difahami bagi mereka yang arif dalam
bidang politik. Mana-mana pemimpin pasti akan
berwaspada sekiranya terdapat ura-ura bahawa
pemberontakan
bakal terjadi dan ianya bukan sahaja boleh menggugat
tampuk pemerintahannya malah akan menggugat kestabilan
politik umat Islam pada masa itu. Harus kita
semua fahami bahawa arahan dari Yazid hanyalah untuk
memantau atau memerhatikan sahaja pergerakan Saidina
Husain dan penduduk Kufah tersebut dan
tindakan hanya perlu diambil sekiranya mereka terlebih
dahulu memulakan serangan. Namun begitu Ubaidillah bin
Ziyad telah bertindak berlebihan dari arahan
sebenar Yazid lalu menyerang Saidina Hussain dan
rombongannya di Karbala. Tidakan Ubaidillah bin Ziyad
hanyalah bertujuan untuk menunjukkan kehebatannya
serta mengampu khalifah. Apa yang menghairankan adalah
tindakan penduduk Kufah yang kononnya sanggup untuk
berkorban jiwa dan raga untuk mengangkat
Saidina Hussain sebagai Khalifah serta menjatuhkan
Yazid telah melarikan diri apabila melihat kemaraan
tentera Ubaidillah bin Ziyad. Maka terpaksalah Saidina

Hussain dan rombongannya yang hanya berjumlah sekitar
70 orang berhadapan dengan tentera Ubaidillah yang
jauh lebih besar jumlahnya dari mereka. Mana pergi
penduduk Kufah yang dikatakan terdapat sejumlah 12,000
orang yang telah bersiap sedia untuk menerima Saidina
Hussain? Sekiranya 12,000 penduduk Kufah
yang jumlah tersebut sebenarnya adalah jauh lebih
besar dari tentera Ubaidillah mempertahankan Saidina
Hussain kemungkinan besar tentera Ubaidillah akan
dapat
ditewaskan. Namun demikian ini hanya membuktikan
bahawa penduduk Kufah memang pada asalnya tidak
memiliki niat untuk menaikkan Saidina Hussain sebagai
Khalifah. Perkara ini sebenarnya adalah sebahagian
dari agenda kelompok Syiah untuk menimbulkan fitnah di
kalangan umat Islam iaitu dengan melaga-lagakan
Saidina Hussain dengan Yazid. Maka syahidlah Saidina
Hussain di Karbala. Hal ini membuatkan Yazid sendiri
begitu sedih serta marah dengan tindakan yang telah
di ambil oleh Ubaidillah bin Ziyad itu. Beliau juga
telah diriwayatkan telah memberi perlindungan kepada
ahli keluarga Saidina Hussain yang terselamat dari
serangan
tentera Ubaidillah sehinggalah mereka kembali ke
Madinah. Justeru itu dapat kita fahami bahawa kisah
Karbala versi Syiah yang menyatakan Yazid adalah
pembunuh sebenar Saidina Hussain malah kononnya Yazid
telah menyuruh kepala Saidina Hussain dipenggal untuk
diserahkan kepadanya adalah tidak benar sama
sekali. Pihak yang sebenarnya bertanggungjawab di atas
kematian Saidina Hussain adalah golongan Syiah di
Kufah dan juga sikap berlebih-lebihan yang telah
diambil oleh Ubaidillah bin Ziyad. Malah ‘Abdullah
ibnu ‘Umar seorang sahabat Nabi yang besar
kedudukannya bahkan Rasulullah s.a.w. pernah bersabda
tentang beliau: Sesungguhnya ‘Abdullah [Ibnu ‘Umar]
adalah seorang lelaki yang soleh [rujuk hadis riwayat
Imam al-Bukhari, no: 3740] telah
mempertanggungjawabkan penduduk Kufah atas kematian
Saidina Hussain. Dari Abdul Rahman bin Abi Na’m dia
berkata:

Aku melihat (Abdullah) Ibn ‘Umar ditanya oleh seorang
lelaki berkenaan hukum darah lalat. Ibn ‘Umar
bertanya: Kamu berasal dari mana?

Lelaki itu menjawab: Aku daripada orang-orang Iraq.

Lalu Ibn ‘Umar berkata: Lihatlah orang ini, dia
bertanya kepada aku berkenaan darah lalat padahal
mereka (orang-orang Iraq) membunuh cucu
Nabi s.a.w.. Aku mendengar Nabi s.a.w. bersabda:
Mereka berdua (Hasan dan Husain) adalah penyejuk
hatiku di dunia. – Hadis riwayat Imam
al-Bukhari, no: 5994.

Malah Saidina Hussain sendiri telah menyalahkan
penduduk Kufah di atas peperangan berat sebelah yang
terpaksa beliau hadapi apabila menentang tentera
Ubaidullah. Telah diriwayatkan bahawa ucapan beliau
yang terakhir sebelum terbunuh di Karbala adalah:

Ya Allah, berilah putusan di antara kami dan di antara
orang-orang yang mengajak kami untuk menolong kami,
namun ternyata mereka membunuh
kami. – Rujuk buku Pengkhianatan Pengkhiantan Syiah
Dan Pengaruhnya Terhadap Kekalahan Umat Islam karya
Dr. Imad Ali Abdus Sami’, Pustaka Al-Kautsar,
Jakarta 2006, ms. 35-36.

SHIA KICKS SALAFI?

SAMBUTAN HARI ASHURA DAN KAITANNYA DENGAN PERISTIWA KARBALA

Justeru itu rentetan dari peristiwa Karbala ini timbul dua golongan yang menyambut
hari Asyura secara ekstrem.

Golongan pertama : Mereka tediri dari pengikut Syiah
al-Rafidhah yang telah menjadikan tarikh 10 Muharam
setiap tahun sebagai hari untuk berkabung dan
menujukkan kesedihan demi untuk memperingati kematian
Saidina Hussain ini. Ketika menyambut hari Asyura
mereka telah memperlihatkan perbuatan-perbuatan
umat jahiliah seperti memukul wajah serta tubuh badan
mereka sehingga berdarah, menyiksa diri, berteriak
serta menangis menunjukkan kesedihan dan
merobek-robek pakaian mereka. Keadaan sebegini masih
diamalkan oleh penganut fahaman Syiah seperti di Iran,
Iraq, Pakistan dan lain-lain tempat lagi. Ternyata
perbuatan ini amat bertentangan dengan hukum syarak
kerana apa yang diperintah oleh Allah S.W.T apabila di
timpa musibah adalah untuk bersabar. Ini
sebagaimana firman-Nya:

Demi sesungguhnya! Kami akan menguji kamu dengan
sedikit perasaan takut (kepada musuh) dan (dengan
merasai) kelaparan, dan (dengan
berlakunya) kekurangan dari harta benda dan jiwa serta
hasil tanaman. Dan berilah khabar gembira kepada
orang-orang yang sabar: (Iaitu)
orang-orang yang apabila mereka ditimpa oleh sesuatu
kesusahan, mereka berkata: "Sesungguhnya kami adalah
kepunyaan Allah dan kepada
Allah jualah kami kembali." Mereka itu ialah
orang-orang yang dilimpahi dengan berbagai-bagai
kebaikan dari Tuhan mereka serta rahmat-Nya;
dan mereka itulah orang-orang yang dapat petunjuk
hidayah-Nya. – al-Baqarah [2] : 155-157

Perbuatan meratap serta menyiksa diri sendiri apabila
ditimpa musibah telah dicela oleh syarak sebagaimana
hadis-hadis di bawah.

Nabi s.a.w. bersabda:

Bukan golongan kami orang yang memukul pipi, merobek
pakaian dan berdoa dengan doa-doa jahiliah. – Hadis
riwayat Imam al-Bukhari, no: 1294

Rasulullah s.a.w. juga telah bersabda:

Saya tidak bertanggungjawab kepada orang yang ditimpa
musibah lalu menangis dengan suara yang keras
[berteriak-teriak] atau menggondolkan
rambutnya atau merobek bajunya. – Hadis riwayat Imam
Muslim, no: 104.

Golongan Syiah ini juga telah memperhebatkan lagi
celaan mereka kepada para Sahabat Nabi pada Hari
Asyura. Mereka juga membacakan syair-syair serta
hikayat-hikayat palsu menceritakan tentang peristiwa
Karbala. Apa yang menghairankan adalah terdapat
seorang tokoh sasterawan tempatan yang menyanjung
nilai-nilai sastera golongan Syiah berkaitan peristiwa
Karbala ini. Di mana letak akalnya yang sihat tatkala
menganggap kisah-kisah palsu sebagai sesuatu bentuk
penulisan yang memilki nilai kesasteraan yang tinggi?
Masih terdapat banyak lagi perkara-perkara yang
bertentangan dengan syarak dilakukan oleh kelompok
Syiah
ini pada Hari Asyura.

Golongan ke dua : Golongan ini pula menyambut hari
‘Asyura sebagai satu hari perayaan yang penuh dengan
kebahagian. Mereka ini pula terdiri kelompok yang
memusuhi golongan Syiah al-Rafidhah yang digelar
Nawashib. Kelompok ini terdiri dari golongan Ahlu
Sunnah yang jahil, mereka yang memusuhi Saidina ‘Ali
serta ahli keluarganya, penjilat kerajaan Bani Umaiyah
serta mereka yang membenci golongan Syiah al-Rafidhah
dan menterjemahkan kebencian mereka itu dengan
melakukan sesuatu yang berlawanan dengan golongan
Syiah iaitu menunjukkan kegembiraan pada hari Asyura.
Mereka menyambut Hari Asyura bagaikan suatu
pesta, menghias bandar-bandar mereka dengan indah,
memasak makanan-makanan tertentu lalu bersedekah
kepada orang ramai, menyediakan makanan yang
lazat-lazat dan lain-lain lagi upacara yang
mencerminkan ianya suatu hari untuk bergembira seperti
Hari Raya. Perbuatan kelompok ini juga bertentangan
dengan
syarak apatah lagi sekiranya ianya dilakukan
bersempena dengan hari terbunuhnya Saidina Hussain,
cucu kepada Rasulullah s.a.w. yang merupakan pemimpin
kepada para pemuda yang menghuni syurga. Wajarkah
suasana yang gembira dihubung-kaitkan dengan satu
peristiwa hitam dalam sejarah umat Islam yang
mengakibatkan syahidnya seorang yang memiliki
keutamaan serta kedudukan yang tinggi bagi masyarakat
Islam? Apatah lagi tidak pernah ada contohnya dari
Rasulullah s.a.w. untuk menyambut Hari Asyura seperti
hari perayaan yang besar malah para sahabat, para
salafussoleh serta Imam-Imam mazhab yang empat juga
tidak pernah menganjurkan sambutan yang sedemikian
rupa. Oleh itu sambutan sedemikian rupa merupakan
suatu amalan bidaah yang sesat dan boleh
mengakibatkan pelakunya dihumban ke dalam neraka.
Sabda Rasulullah s.a.w.:

Aku wasiatkan kepada kalian agar bertakwa kepada
Allah, mendengar nasihat dan mentaatinya. Sesungguhnya
manusia itu
berkelompok-kelompok, siapa yang akan hidup di antara
kalian kelak akan melihat adanya banyak perbezaan
pendapat. Maka hendaklah kalian
berpegang teguh kepada sunnahku dan sunnah para
Khulafa al-Rasyidin. Berpegang teguhlah kepadanya dan
peganglah ia erat-erat. Jauhilah
segala perkara yang baru kerana setiap perkara yang
baru itu adalah bidaah dan setiap bidaah adalah sesat.
– Hadis riwayat Imam Abu Dawud, no:
3991.

Jika kedua-dua cara menyambut hari Asyura seperti di
atas adalah suatu bentuk kesesatan dalam agama maka
apakah yang sewajarnya dilakukan oleh umat Islam
pada Hari Asyura?

HARI ASYURA DAN AMALAN-AMALAN SUNNAH BERKAITAN DENGANNYA

Terdapat begitu banyak kisah-kisah yang telah
dihubung-kaitkan dengan Hari Asyura namun sebenarnya
ia tidak memiliki sandaran yang kukuh. Baru-baru ini
telah disebarkan kononnnya terdapat banyak kisah-kisah

penting yang terjadi kepada para Nabi dan Rasul serta
perkara-perkara berkaitan kejadian alam oleh
Allah S.W.T. berlaku pada tanggal 10 Muharam.
Peristiwa-peristiwa tersebut adalah:

1) Nabi Adam a.s bertaubat kepada Allah.

2) Nabi Idris a.s diangkat oleh Allah ke langit.

3) Nabi Nuh a.s diselamatkan oleh Allah dari banjir
besar dengan bahteranya setelah bumi ditenggelami air
selama 6 bulan. Setelah itu beliau kononnya telah
menyediakan bubur untuk dimakan bersama kaumnya.
Melalui peritiwa inilah berpuncanya adat memasak bubur
Asyura setiap kali muncul 10 Muharam.

4) Nabi Ibrahim a.s. diselamatkan dari dibakar oleh
Raja Namrud.

5) Allah menurunkan kitab Taurat kepada Nabi Musa a.s.

6) Nabi Yusuf a.s dibebaskan dari penjara.

7) Penglihatan Nabi Yaakub a.s yang kabur dipulihkan.

8) Nabi Ayub a.s dipulihkan dari penyakit kulit yang
dideritainya

9) Nabi Yunus a.s selamat keluar dari perut ikan paus
setelah berada di dalamnya selama 40 hari 40 malam.

10) Laut merah terbelah dua untuk menyelamatkan Nabi
Musa a.s dan pengikutnya dari tentera Fira’un.

11) Kesalahan Nabi Daud a.s diampuni Allah.

12) Nabi Sulaiman a.s dikurniakan Allah kerajaan yang
besar.

13) Nabi Isa a.s diangkat ke langit.

14) Hari pertama Allah menciptakan alam.

15) Hari pertama Allah menurunkan rahmat.

16) Hari pertama Allah menurunkan hujan.

17) Allah menciptakan ‘Arasy.

18) Allah menjadikan Luh Mahfuz.

19) Allah menciptakan Malaikat Jibril.

Ternyata cerita yang sah berkaitan dengan Hari Asyura
hanyalah peristiwa Nabi Musa a.s diselamatkan dari
tentera Fir’aun. Ini adalah kerana kesahihan kisah
tersebut berlaku pada hari Asyura telah diperakui oleh
Rasulullah s.a.w. sendiri sebagaimana yang terdapat di
dalam Shahih al-Bukhari:

Nabi s.a.w. datang ke Madinah, dan dilihatnya
orang-orang Yahudi berpuasa pada hari Asyura. Menurut
mereka: Ini hari baik di saat mana Allah
membebaskan Nabi Musa dari Fir’aun. Maka sabda Nabi
s.a.w.: “Kamu lebih berhak terhadap Musa daripada
mereka maka berpuasalah. - Hadis
riwayat Imam al-Bukhari, no: 4680.

Oleh itu sewajarnya kita tidak menghubung kaitkan
apa-apa peristiwa berkaitan hari Asyura melainkan
terdapat dalil yang sah dari hadis-hadis Nabi s.a.w..
Melalui hadis di atas ini juga dapat kita fahami
bahawa amal ibadah khusus sempena hari Asyura yang
diiktiraf oleh Rasulullah s.a.w. adalah ibadah puasa.
Ternyata berpuasa pada hari Asyura ini memiliki
kelebihan atau fadilat yang begitu besar.

Ibnu ‘Abbas r.a pernah ditanya mengenai masalah
berpuasa pada hari Asyura, beliau menjawab: Aku tidak
pernah melihat Rasulullah s.a.w.
berpuasa sehari pada hari Asyura untuk mencari
kelebihan atau fadilat yang tidak ada pada hari-hari
selain hari ini… - Hadis riwayat Imam
al-Bukhari, no: 2006.

Berpuasa pada hari Asyura juga dapat menghapuskan
dosa-dosa kita pada tahun sebelumnya. Ini sebagaimana
sabda Rasulullah s.a.w.:

Puasa tiga hari dari setiap bulan sejak dari Ramadan
ke Ramadan berikutnya dianggap berpuasa setahun penuh.
Sedangkan puasa hari Arafah
pahalanya menurut Allah dapat menghapuskan dosa
setahun sebelumnya dan setahun sesudahnya. Adapun
puasa hari Asyura, pahalanya menurut
Allah dapat menghapuskan dosa setahun sebelumnya. –
Hadis riwayat Imam Muslim, no: 1163.

Allah S.W.T juga mengurniakan taufik-Nya kepada mereka
yang berpuasa pada hari Asyura. Dari Ibnu ‘Umar r.a,
dia berkata:

Tidaklah seoarang hamba berpuasa di dalamnya [hari
Asyura] kecuali puasanya akan memberikan taufik
kepadanya – Hadis riwayat Imam
al-Bukhari, no: 1892.

Disunnahkan juga untuk menambahkan puasa pada hari
Asyura tersebut dengan berpuasa sehari sebelum ataupun
sehari sesudahnya. Rasulullah s.a.w.
memerintahkan hal ini bertujuan untuk menyelisihi
amalan orang Yahudi. Rasulullah s.a.w. bersabda:

Berpuasalah kalian pada hari Asyura dan berselisihlah
dengan orang Yahudi di dalamnya, dan berpuasalah
sehari sebelumnya atau sehari
sesudahnya. – Hadis riwayat Imam Ahmad, no: 2047.

Rasulullah s.a.w tidak pernah memerintahkan
amalan-amalan ibadah lain untuk dikhususkan sempena
hari Asyura melainkan ibadah berpuasa sebegini sahaja.
Oleh itu sebaik-baiknya kita berusaha untuk
mengamalkan sunnah Nabi s.a.w. ini.

SHIA BLOODY TREE (APA YANG MEREKA SANJUNG?)

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ASURA AND SHI'IA...IS THIS TRUE?

2007-01-28T00:47:00.000-08:00

WHAT IS THE AQEEDAH OF SHIAS?

1-"Allaah often lies and does mistakes." (USOOL-E-KAAFI, page #328, yaqoob kulaini, vol 1).

2-"Allah has the Quality of 'Badaa'." (Usul Kafi- Babul bad'aa - Al- Kafi Vol- 1 -P283 India Ed.)

3-"We (shias) do not worship such a God who gives authority to rascals like Yazid, Mu'awiyyah and Uthmaan." (Kashful Asraar - 107 - Khomeni..)

4-"The Imams posses all the knowledge granted to angels, prophets and messengers." (Al- Kulaini. AL- KAAFI, p.255)

5-"The Imams know when they will die, and they do not die except by their choice. " (Al- Kulaini. AL- KAAFI, p.258)

6-"The Imaams have knowledge of whatever occurred in the past and whatever will happen in the future, and nothing is concealed from them." (Al- Kulaini. AL- KAAFI, p.260)

7-The Imams have knowledge of all the revealed books, regardless of the languages in which they were revealed. " (Al- Kulaini. AL- KAAFI, p.260)

8-"No one complied the Qur'ân completely except the Imams, and they encompass all of its knowledge. " (Al- Kulaini. AL- KAAFI, p.227)

9-"The person who says that the present Quran is complete is a liar because the “complete Quran” was compiled by Hazrat Ali" (Fasl-ul-khitaab fee tahreef kitaab rab-ul- arbab, page #4, Noori Tibri).

10-"The Munafiqeen (i.e. Sahaba) took very much out of Quran (took out the verses)." (Ihtijaj-e-tibri, page #382).

11-"When Imaam Mehdi comes he will bring with him the real and original Quran." (Ahsan-ul-maqaal, page #336, safdar Husain najfi).

12-"Signs of the prophets are possessed by the Imams." (Al- Kulaini. AL- KAAFI, p.231)

13-"When the Imams' time comes, they will rule in accordance with the ruling of the Prophet David and his dynasty. These Imams will not need to ask for presentation of evidence before passing their judgements." (Al- Kulaini. AL- KAAFI, p.397)

14-"There is not a single truth possessed by a people saved that which originated with the Imams, and everything which did not proceed from them is false." (Al- Kulaini. AL- KAAFI, p.399)

15-"All of the earth belongs to the Imams." (Al- Kulaini. AL- KAAFI, p.407)

16-"Neither we believe the Allah nor the Prophet of the God whose khalifah is Abu Bakr." (Anwar-ul-nomania, page #278).

17-"All Prophets are beggar at the doorstep of Ali." (khalqat-e-norania, page #201, Talib Husain karpalwi).

18-"These shia says Ali said.......I am the first and I am the last. I am the manifest and I am the hidden and I am the heir of earth." (Rijaal Kashsi . 138. India Print.)

19-"Shias say that the Imaams are the face of Allaah," (Usul- e-Kaafi -83.)

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IS THIS THE TRUE ISLAM?

SHI'IA HUMAN BLOOD SACRIFICE FESTIVAL

ADAKAH TANGISAN SEPETI INI KETIKA MEMPERINGATI KEPUTERAAN RASULULLAH S.A.W?

MUHARRAM ASHURA FOR IMAM HUSSEIN

ASHURA IN TEHRAN

ASHURA IN TEHRAN 2

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Religious festival of Islam, celebrated on the 10th day of the
Muslim month of Muharram.

SUNNI ASHURA

Ashura is not limited to Shi'is alone, however. It is also celebrated among Sunni Muslims, although for very different reasons. The intensity cannot be compared to the Shi'i rituals, and it is not a central ritual in Sunni Islam.
It is commendable, but not compulsory, for all Sunnis to fast on Ashura, and all the devout will do so. The day is considered to be the celebration of different historical incidents, like the day that Noah left the Ark. In Mecca, the Ka'ba is opened for visitors on this day.
There are two variant explanations for Ashura's historical background. The one of Western scientists traces it back to Muhammad's arrival in Yathrib (later Madina) and the influence from the Jews in this town. On the day of Atonement 'ashor, the Jews fasted from sunset to sunset (24 hours), which was different from other fast days that took place only during daytime. The Jews celebrated Ashor on the 10th Tishri (today Yom Kippur). Muhammad adopted this practice, as well as many other Jewish rituals.
But in 624 (2 AH) Muhammad's relations with the Jews soured, and the Muslims stopped acknowledging Ashor, and moved the fast to the month of Ramadan (sawm). The Ashor fast was no longer a religious duty.
According to the Muslim traditions on the other hand, Ashura can be traced back to ancient Arab times and Ibrahim. Muhammad brought the tradition back to its pristine purity and correct practice.
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SHI'I ASHURA

For Shi'i Muslims the Ashura is celebrated as the most important day of the longer Muharram festival. Their Ashura festival commemorates the death of Husayn in 680 in his fight to get control of the Caliph position against Caliph Yazid. For Shi'is, the Ashura is a day of great mourning, and strong emotions are expressed in the many rituals and activities connected to this day.
The most visual of these celebrations is the flagellation by male Shi'is. Whips, often with sharp ends, or even small knives are used to make their backs bleed. The reason for this ritual is that only physical pain can truly reflect the pain of the Muslim world when Husayn died, and Ali's family's fight to lead the Muslim world came to an end. This flagellation ritual is, however, just a part of a complex ritual in which the Shi'is commemorate every stage of the preparation for the battle, and the battle itself.

LATEST JEWS(ZIONIST) PROJECT

2007-01-22T21:59:00.000-08:00

IOA DIGGING SECRET TUNNEL UNDER THE AL-AQSA MOSQUE

January 21, 2007

Officials in the Aqsa foundation that caters for Muslim holy shrines in
occupied Palestine have unveiled that the Israeli occupation authority
(IOA) was secretly digging a tunnel under the Aqsa Mosque that jeopardizes
its foundations.
Director of the foundation Farid Al-Haj Yahya affirmed that his institution
possesses audiovisual evidence to substantiate the charges, and that it
will distribute this evidence to the media in a press conference it will
hold in the coming days.
He, furthermore, charged that the Israeli occupation government was aware
of those construction works and supported them, adding that Israeli brokers
succeeded in convincing a Palestinian Jerusalemite into selling them his
small store in Al-Wad street for 60,000 dollars, which is very close to the
Mosque.
From that store, Yahya added, digging works of the tunnel started and are
still going on in a very secretive manner.

Handwritten letter from President Saddam Hussein to the American people. 7 July 2006.

2007-01-21T05:49:00.000-08:00

In the name of God, the Merciful, the Mercy-giving.

"And among the Believers are men who are true to that which they pledged to God. Some of them have fulfilled their pledge by death and some of them still are waiting and they have not altered in the least. That God may reward the true men for their truth and punish the hypocrites if He will, or relent towards them, for God is forgiving, merciful. And God repulsed the infidels for their wrath. They gained no good. God averted their attack from the Believers. God is strong, mighty."
[QUR'AN 33:23-25].

TO THE AMERICAN PEOPLE:

Peace upon those who believe in peace and desire it, and the mercy of God and His blessings.

I address you in this letter from the place of my confinement, as my attempt on the basis of my moral, human, and constitutional responsibility so that no one among you might say that no one came to us with a message of peace after the war began, refuting the arguments for it and desiring peace for you and for our upright, loyal, heroic people. And as I say this, I do no know whether my brothers and comrades who are leading the Resistance outside the prison have come to you with a letter before or not. That is because the "democracy" of your leaders has prevented me since my arrest and until now from getting newspapers and magazines or hearing radio and television and has isolated me from the world and has isolated the world from me so that I might not hear or see anything from outside my place of confinement.

Is this the true face of democracy and human rights that they advocate outside America!? Or have your rulers lied about it? This includes the killing of people in prisons and jails, some of them by means of the pistols of the American investigators. Or has all of this along with other details that would turn an attentive person hair white been concealed from you by your officials such that you do not know the truth!?

Anyway, I address you with this letter of mine in the hope that it will reach you and that you will hear it or read it. And on the basis of my responsibility to bring the facts before people, whatever their color or nationality, for that is our duty to them, just as they have a duty to us not to accept evil.

I address you today as my attorney the eminent lawyer and Professor Ramsey Clark has asked that I write this letter of mine to you. Professor Ramsey has presented an excellent example of a humanitarian in his person and in his colleague Professor Curtis Dobler, both of whom left a positive personal impression on me. On this occasion I wish to salute their courage as they have volunteered for the task although they know the dangers that surround them in carrying out their duty, in particular after criminals have killed four of the defense attorneys.

People of America, it still seems to me that the officials in your government are still lying to you and are not giving you true explanations of the reasons that led them to embark on their aggression against Iraq. In what they have said about the reasons they have deceived, from the starting point, not only the international community, and in particular the European Community but also the peoples of America themselves, knowing beforehand that the facts were contrary to what they were declaring. Untrue is what they said, after their lies were exposed, about having been deceived by their intelligence agencies and by the stooges that they brought along to serve as their puppets in Iraq, just as old imperialism and the old empires of the 19th and 20th centuries used to do. What we are saying is based on many facts, the major ones being as follows:

1. The inspection teams ?that came to Iraq in the name of the United Nations and carried out searches even of some private houses as well as government departments, presidential palaces and government documents ?those teams knew that Iraq had no weapons of mass destruction because most of the leading members in those teams were Americans and British and in addition they had spies and volunteers of other nationalities. Those teams searched Iraq piece by piece from one end to the other and never found any information contrary to what they and others were told by Iraqi government representatives. The inspections lasted for more than seven years. And in addition to the teams that traveled by car and on foot, they used spy planes, helicopters, and satellites in space. The American and English officials thought that this was their historic chance to strike Iraq and destroy its legitimate aspirations and the lofty cultural and scientific achievements made in the course of 35 years, making use of the information gathered by their spies in the inspection teams and making use of the so-called war on terror after the 11 September incident that struck America. They shuffled the cards to bring up the goals that they had already decided upon earlier, and these were not the goals that they publicly announced at the starting line.

It was their assessment that the unjust embargo had not destroyed Iraq will nor halted its legitimate aspirations to develop economically, culturally, scientifically, and as a civilization in the conditions of a new independence. They believed that Iraq had come close at that time to breaking the economic embargo as the result of the cooperation of those who cooperated with Iraq on the basis of mutual benefit and fraternal national feelings as far as the Arabs were concerned. The officials in your country thought that this was their chance to impose their will on the world by means of their control of the Middle East oil and its production and marketing in new ways and for new goals ?those about which we spoke in and before the year 2003 ?in addition to attaining one of their Zionist goals and winning support in the election. Iran and its lackeys played a dirty role in making aggression appear attractive and in facilitating its implementation.

2. The American officials did not withdraw from Iraq after they became hard pressed, but declared that the facts were contrary to what they had claimed before the invasion that took place in March and April of the year 2003. If they had been truthful when they claimed that they had been deceived as a result of the information they had been given and which they used as the cover for their invasion, and which they declared at the time was sufficient justification for the invasion ?declaring at the time that it involved things that they said affected the security of the United States ?then they would have withdrawn from Iraq after discovering that that information had been false. They would have apologized to the heroic Iraqi people, to the American people and to the people of the world for what they had done.

None of the Americans asked their government before the war how Iraq, a country that had still not emerged from backwardness, could threaten the security of a country like America across the Atlantic. And for that matter why would Iraq want to threaten America, which at that time had not violated the territory of Iraq. If the American officials wanted to promote the claim that Iraq threat was precisely involved in the opposing stances taken by Iraq and America over the Zionist occupation of the land of Palestine and other Arab land, it could be said that Iraq is not the only state that takes an opposing stance to that of America in regards to the issue, whether that be Arab states or other states in the world. Furthermore, who has authorized America to make the countries of the world tailor their policies to America measurements, and if they don oblige, then war should be waged against them? How can one understand America call for democracy if it does not permit a difference of opinion even in issues of a regional character, to say nothing of international ones?

Another lie was the claim of American officials that Iraq had links to what they called terrorism, although British Prime Minister Blair declared that Iraq does not have any ties to so-called terrorism and had no internationally prohibited weapons, forcing Bush to declare the same thing. Despite that, none of the important American personalities asked President Bush on what sort of rational analysis or what sort of realistic information this claim rested. Do you know, esteemed ladies and gentlemen, why they didn ask? Because some of your prominent personalities are directed in what they do by hidden forces that distorted the image you received of Iraq positions. They had been laying the groundwork for years to facilitate aggression from the start. Therefore no one asked the American officials, for example, why no Iraqi took part in the events of 11 September!? And if the participation of individuals in the attack on American targets isn to be taken as proof of the involvement of any country in those events, then how do you accuse a state like Iraq, the features of whose political system are known, of so-called relations with terror? How can you consider this charge to be one of only two on the basis of which aggression was launched against the people of Iraq, destroying their property and achievements and bringing their lives under daily and direct threat?

Do you know, esteemed ladies and gentlemen, that I asked one of the American officials who talked with me perhaps two weeks after my arrest, just what was it that you based those false charges on? He said that as far as the weapons of mass destruction were concerned, "we didn have anything to confirm what you were saying." And as for the links to terrorism, he said, because you, Saddam Hussein, did not send a letter of condolence to President Bush after the incident [of 11 September].

I smiled bitterly and told him: as regards your claim that you didn have confirmation of our statements, it seems that your officials lie and imagine that officials in countries around the world do not tell the truth, or that many of those who have relations with you in fact do not tell you the truth, neither when they oppose your policies nor when they agree with them. This is a dangerous matter, not only for the countries of the world but because they then pose a danger for America as well, if nobody in the world will tell America: 'this is a mistake?and 'this is unacceptable? And at that time when American planes were striking targets in Iraq and destroying public and private property, killing Iraqi citizens including women and children for no reason and imposing on Iraq their unjust embargo, prohibiting Iraq from importing even pencils for children to use in primary schools, what exactly is it that should obligate Saddam Hussein to send a telegram of condolences to the president of the state whose officials have committed all those crimes, unless it be out of hypocrisy and weakness? But because I am neither a hypocrite nor a weakling I didn send Bush a telegram of condolence. But I did agree on the telegram sent containing condolences in the name of the government of Iraq and sent by Comrade Tariq Aziz, the Deputy Prime Minister, to our friend Ramsey Clark and through him to the stricken families.

Are the great states so deluded as to imagine that whoever does not send a letter of condolence deserves that war should be waged against him, his country, and his people!? Here you see how the American officials used even your own blood to promote their reckless, aggressive policy. Is this the kind of morality that people should have? Or men? Or officials? There is nothing graver than for disasters to ravage people who have been stricken by delusions, committed wrongs, and wantonly despised the roles of others. The worst disease of the American officials who involved the Americans in war against Iraq is this.

3. After I was arrested they made vain attempts to use intimidation and threats against me. One of their generals conveyed that intimidation and host threats and tried to bargain with me, promising to let me live if I agreed to read in my own voice and sign a prepared announcement that was shown to me. That stupid announcement called on the people of Iraq and the courageous Resistance to lay down arms. They said that if I refused, my fate would be that I would be shot just like Mussolini, as my interlocutor put it. But, as you know me and would expect of me, I disdainfully refused, not even touching that dirty document with my hand and sullying myself with it. I told them if I were given the chance to address my people, I would call them to more resistance.

Seven days later, to reinforce themselves, they sent a group to talk with me. They said they were from an American University and that they wanted to engage me in a broad discussion. I agreed and I confirmed to them that Iraq didn have any of the things the American officials claimed and I advised them [the US] to leave Iraq quickly and apologize to the people, warning them that they were going to get what they now are facing and what they are now embroiled in ?in fact, the fate I expect for them is worse than what they are facing now ?and they will never have an adequate chance to pull their arms and equipment out of Iraq if the two halves of Iraq engulf them, and they will engulf them, God willing, because our people are deeply rooted and conscious. They know that our liberation can be clean and complete only with their unity, and that tolerance must be the basis for the orientations of our people within their ranks, and that wounds must be bound up, not ripped open.

I say, I told them all that at that time but they didn change their methods; they didn replace the keys of falsehood, and they are still knocking on the doors of wrong, failing to try the door of legitimacy, even though they now know. In this connection, attached to this letter are some verses from a long ode; a selection of 56 verses. [Not translated here.]

4. It is neither reasonable nor convincing that a country like America to which the doors of the intelligence agencies in the east and most of the countries of the west have been opened did not know the truth and could not know the truth. Although I am convinced and believe that many countries in the world have an interest in war or wars, she [the United States] does not have an interest in war even though she might believe she does. The contrary, in fact, is the case.

America is a big country on the other side of the Atlantic. It has developed a unique unparalleled power such that I think some people there imagine that it is on its way to attaining the crown of the world all for itself as a world empire. Have they not learned a lesson from their war in Viet Nam? The west used to promote the idea that world Communism and the Soviet bloc threatened their interests and also the security of the entire west. But despite that promotion, this was nothing but a flimsy cover. Nevertheless, America used it and wrapped itself in it until the heroic Vietnamese people expelled them by force.

As to their invasion of Iraq, it came in a situation that made the first step easy from the standpoint of the reaction of the international community because of the international balance of forces. But it came in a situation that might make it more costly that its war in Viet Nam. That is because when America was expelled from Viet Nam it did not lose its standing, or we might say it only lost a small part of its standing. But when it is expelled and routed from Iraq, which has no great power to support it directly, it will lose the fundamental basis of its standing.

In fact it has now already lost the foundation for that standing and its reputation has begun to decay. It is no longer able to wield the big stick that it formerly threatened to use. It used to accomplish more by threatening to use force than by really using force. I will go further and say that after its war in Iraq, that stick no longer frightens many people and America has come to need the silence of the smallest and simplest countries and tries to please them in order to get them to stay quiet about America crimes and reckless, deviant policies.

Before, many of the world countries used to court the United States and most countries in the world, all except a few, used to fear her threats or parried them with defensive arguments. But now Mao Zedong of fond memory is laughing in his grave because his prediction has been fulfilled and America is a paper tiger. This is by the will of the Living Eternal God, and by His agents on earth, the heroic Mujahideen in glorious, virtuous, militant, jihadist Iraq. So God bless the heroic people of Iraq and God bless the jihad and the mujahideen.

Esteemed ladies and gentlemen of the peoples of America, the time has come to an end in which greatest and best-equipped armies could scatter the organized formations of the opposing army and thereby bring a war to a close. Now you see our courageous army, our heroic people, and our Mujahideen replacing the system of organized formations with a new kind of warfare. And when the Americans on the ground become targets in the vicinity of the guns of the revolutionaries, who attack them as deadly human bombs with nothing more than their bodies filled with faith in God, American superiority is worn down over time. In fact in the near future that superiority will become a burden whose equipment will be difficult to withdraw. So, will America trust the voice of rationality and logic that calls for the preservation of what still remains, or will Satan the deceiver and the hate-filled supporters of Zionism keep pushing the Americans until the waves swallow them and they sink to the depths of the raging sea?

Who, after all, appointed the American government to be the world policeman, to form the world in the mold that it likes, giving national orders to the countries of the world?

Saddam Hussein, ladies and gentlemen, is an honorable patriot and an honest man. He is a statesman resolute in implementing the law, just, but benevolent. He loves his people and his nation. He is straightforward, doesn double-cross or deceive. He speaks the truth even against himself. Do tyrants like Bush like such characteristics? If he were a person like De Gaulle or even like Reagan, perhaps he would understand them, or at least would not abhor them. But I must say to you that your country will discover more, esteemed ladies and gentlemen. It has lost his reputation and his standing. Indeed the American who used to travel around the world respected and safe and welcomed wherever he went, is now no longer able to step outside America without a mine detector. And the State Department issues warnings for you constantly about what world regions are dangerous to American lives

It was American officials and their polices themselves that have created an atmosphere of anti-American hatred in the world by means of their arrogant behavior, their haughty aggressive attitude, their lack of respect for international law and the security of the world ?including the security of my Arab Nation through their support for the Zionist entity in Palestine ?and other world and human issues.

Today you are in a bad predicament with the world and nobody can rescue you but yourselves. If you reform, you will open for the world and for yourselves a new opportunity. But if you are heedless, that is your decision. What you need is free and fair competition and peace in order to have security.

The years that followed the 18th century had long gone when they came as invaders to the Middle East to bring back memories of things that awaken and arouse. The Middle East, and the Arab homeland in particular, was the cradle of prophets and messengers from God. Is the cradle of the prophets, where the prophets are buried in their tombs, also the home of devils and their mirror images ?the malicious invaders?

We have believed, and our faith was suited to us,
Then came the Zionists with a devil for a guide.
They stormed in on us as invaders, unjust.
The did not stop their advance nor sit still,
Their diabolical patron has prepared their dilemma.
But as for us, we have the Merciful God as Patron.

People of America, despite the crimes your government inflicted on our people, our Arab Nation and humanity, the people of Iraq ?and I mean by that the Iraqis, not those with split loyalties who prefer to serve foreigners rather than their own people ?I say the free people of Iraq even in their present circumstances are not thinking about their destiny alone but about the destiny of others wherever it possible to create a solution that treats a painful problem.

On this basis I said to some Americans when I was in my prison, why don you come to an agreement with the Resistance to designate a country with a charter and power to which the Resistance can hand over those American soldiers whom they capture, rather than executing them as currently is said to be taking place. In fact the extent to which the Resistance is responsible for this is unknown, but people who are equitable know that America has not abided by international law in any of its activities in Iraq, including the Geneva Conventions regarding prisoners and detainees. The Resistance has no secure place in Iraq where prisoners can be kept. So whether the Resistance is at all responsible, or whether the responsibility lies with some other parties that have no connection to the Resistance, the justification for it is that there is no secure place for prisoners to be kept.

Therefore in order to fulfill humanitarian needs and to eliminate the justification [for killing prisoners] I make this proposal to you and to the national Resistance and to anyone concerned, and I make this with the best of intentions. If you accept it and respect the Geneva Conventions then the argument of those who kill rather than detain prisoners will have vanished. But if your government does not accept it, then it will bear the responsibility for refusing and for whatever befalls our people and the heroic Resistance as a result of your government violation of international law. This will be particularly true if the number of American prisoners increases in the future, and we think that it will increase. Or is it that your government can see anything until it feels it?

Esteemed ladies and gentlemen, the time has come for your government to look at all people as equals before international law regardless of the size of the countries to which they belong. Whoever violates international law in his policies and the behavior of his army, he alone must bear the consequences for that policy. And if his policies are not in accordance with the letter of international law, he has no right to call others to protect his rights in accordance with that law.

Esteemed ladies and gentlemen, whoever missed his or her chance to take action to try to prevent the war still has a chance to act to end it and bring back peace and freedom to Iraq in accordance with the choice of its people without foreign interference by anyone whoever that may be.

People of America, I address you not from weakness nor as a supplicant. I, my people, my brothers, comrades, and my nation ?we address you on the basis of our moral and human responsibility. I tell you that officials whom you know, and first among them your President, lied to you and deceived you and tricked you using the media that portrayed Iraq to you as incorrigible, and Saddam Hussein as a hateful dictator, and that his people hate him and that his people are just waiting for their chance to get at him. Some of them just wallowed in lying falsehood to the point that they openly declared that the Iraqis would meet the invading armies with roses and celebration.

I know that lots of people don do a lot of analysis; they don have the time or the ability or the desire to do careful assessments when presented with falsified news so as to uncover the truth. The American peoples had no chance to inquire, for example: why, if the people of Iraq hate Saddam Hussein, how he managed to defeat the Iran of Khomeini after eight years in the aggressive war that Iran sought to impose on us under the slogan of exporting the revolution beginning with Iraq? People of America, the victory over Khomeini Iran was not due to the short length of the war, but came only after eight years of grinding warfare in which tens of thousands fell and hundreds of thousands on the Iranian side.

Then if Saddam Hussein were a dictator, why did he establish a parliament with elections for the first time in the year 1980 during wartime, when there had been no parliament in Iraq since 1958? If he and his government were dictators, how could he visit schools, universities, towns, and villages and spend the night with the people wherever the sun went down? How could he travel around and lead at the battle front at night and during the day even in the trenches in the front lines on the battlefield among the Muslim soldiers!?

Yes, esteemed ladies and gentlemen, your government deceived you, and you, or rather most of you, had no chance to inquire of themselves or of others in order to discover the truth because the Zionists in the lobby who advocated the war together with some of the centers of power were deceiving you and tricking you, hiding from your eyes the real truth, exchanging the facts for falsified and slanted information. Last but not least in this regard, if Saddam Hussein were a dictator hated and despised by his people, how is it that his people endured him and why was he chosen President by referendum?

People of America, the misfortunes that have afflicted you and afflicted our Arab Nation and within it our heroic Iraqi people ?including the breakdown of America standing and reputation ?were only caused by the reckless behavior of your government and by pressure from Zionism and power centers that influenced the government to commit those crimes and scandalous actions for specific ends that have nothing to do with the interest of the American peoples. The massacres and blood that now flows in the streets and countryside of Iraq in torrents ?the responsibility for that falls on America before all others. You know, or rather you have now come to learn, that neither the stooges whom the American forces brought in on board their aircraft or as shamefaced presents aboard their tanks, nor Iran, which pushed and still pushes forward those who support it and whom they support, would be able to cause the bloodshed, or the destruction of the honor, and property of our people and our state had not America undertaken the aggression and invasion and issued the orders. It is still issuing orders in the Green Zone. Therefore America bears the burden of all those crimes and outrages. So, will you put an end to what is going on by using the methods of direct truth without evasion and digression? Or will you invite the machine of death to continue to eat away at the flesh of Iraqis and the flesh of Americans without doing anything to resolve this?

It is your historical responsibility, esteemed ladies and gentlemen. If you reform, you could save what remains of the standing and reputation of America and its legitimate interests. If you do nothing, you will be keeping silent over something evil. "God grant us patient perseverance and let us die as Muslims." [Qurn, 7:126]

People of America, the wars that your government promotes in the world ?one of them being the war in Iraq ?with input from certain centers of power ?which you know better than we ?are not in the interests of the American people. You know better than many how you paid in blood so that you might liberate yourselves from British colonialism and after that how the United States of America was unified and what rivers of blood were shed in order for that to come about. So, esteemed ladies and gentlemen, how do you accept this interference that abases America before it abases Iraq? How can you accept not only the invasion but becoming mired in the internal affairs of Iraq? You know that Iraq is a land of prophets, messengers, and righteous figures. You know that Baghdad is the fourth holiest city in the Arab homeland ?after Mecca, al-Madinah, and Jerusalem ?in the sight of all of the Islamic world and all of our Arab Nation. How can one imagine that Iraq could reconcile itself to colonial rule, even if it comes, this time, under another name and with other slogans? Save your country, esteemed ladies and gentlemen, and leave Iraq.

PEACE.

God is greatest. God is greatest.

[signed]

Saddam Hussein,
President of the Republic of Iraq and Commander in Chief of the Mujahid Armed Forces.

7 July 2006.