Scroll down for report on "DOJ Pressures New York
Prosecutors to Drop Charges Against Mayor" by Sr. Aisha
; Imam Jamil's Phone Call to His Son from Kairi Al-Amin
and
"Arab Leaders Betrayed the People and America-Israel Won Chaos and Insanity" by
Dr. Mahboob Khawaja
Qur'an and Hadith Studies with Dr. Kaukab Siddique
Allah's Help is Never Far Away;
Do Not Despair in Case of Imbalance of Power
"[Prophet], remember when you left your home at dawn to
assign battle positions to the believers: Allah hears and
knows everything. Remember when two groups of you were about
to lose heart, and Allah protected them—let the
believers put their trust in Allah—Allah helped you at
Badr when you were very weak. Be mindful of Allah, so that
you may be grateful. Remember when you said to the
believers, 'Will you be satisfied if your Lord reinforces
you by sending down three thousand angels?' Well, if you are
steadfast and mindful of Allah, your Lord will reinforce you
with five thousand swooping angels if the enemy should
suddenly attack you!' and Allah arranged it so, as a message
of hope for you [believers] to put your hearts at
rest—help comes only from Allah who has the power to
decide— and in order to cut off the flanks of the
disbelievers' army or frustrate them, to make them withdraw
in total failure. You [Prophet] have nothing to do with it:
whether Allah relents towards them or punishes them, they
are wrongdoers. Everything in the heavens and earth belongs
to Allah. He forgives whoever He will and punishes whoever
He will: Allah is most forgiving and merciful.
Source:Qur'an, Surah 3: 121 - 129
Comment by Dr. Kaukab Siddique: Allah Almighty helps the
Muslims if they seek His help. It is readily available. All
one has to do is to be sincere in one's worship. It's
amazing to see the Qur'an's affirmation of those who call on
Allah for help, in the belief that His help is the key to
the battle.
Islam's Stance on Migrants and Refugees
By Dr. Kaukab Siddique
Tens of millions of people want to enter the US to seek a
better life for themselves and their children. They are, by
and large, peaceful people, refugees from countries whose
economies and infrastructure were destroyed by invasions,
wars, or interventions by the US military. Many of the
migrants are desperate, determined, and resolute that they
will enter the US, and, as a result, willing to take huge
risks to do so. How can such a mass migration be
stopped—without the mass killing of innocent, unarmed
people? How will Trump stop them without committing a
genocide which would make Stalin look like an innocent
child?
Many Europeans were oppressed in their own countries, and
came to America to escape persecution. For example, in
Oxford, Pennsylvania, where I used to live, there is a
sizeable population of Amish people, who came there from
Switzerland and Germany to escape persecution for their
Anabaptist beliefs. The Mennonites, the original religious
grouping from which the Amish branched off, came to
Pennsylvania and to the American Midwest to escape religious
persecution. French Huguenots, fleeing severe religious
persecution, came to what are now the states of
Massachusetts, New York, Pennsylvania, Virginia, and South
Carolina. And both Pilgrims and Puritans, if one believes
the official version of American history, came to this
country escaping religious persecution. So, the US is
undoubtedly a nation of immigrants. Or so the story
goes.
Why then is the US so averse to people entering its borders
to escape persecution, whether religious, political, or
gender-based? Both the Democratic and Republican parties
have showed incredible inhumanity towards migrants,
separating families, locking up children, deporting people
to regions they have no connection with, and much else.
Trump issued a series of executive orders during his first
term to enact the "Muslim Ban," prohibiting nationals from
primarily Muslim countries from traveling to the US. But, he
was largely unsuccessful due to continuous legal challenges,
until finally the "Muslim Ban" was reversed outright by the
Biden administration when it assumed office. After Trump's
first term, Biden took up the mantle, quietly deporting
hundreds of thousands of people, while giving the appearance
of inclusivity. And, in his current term, Trump has
prioritized closing the borders to migration, and has
already detained and/or deported a significant number of
people.
We Muslims must remember that the US really belongs to the
original people of the Americas, the indigenous people. The
US took away their basic human rights: They were massacred
at places like Wounded Knee and Sand Creek. They were
repeatedly displaced from their homes, as occurred in the
Trail of Tears—and as Israeli is now doing in Gaza and
the West Bank—and relocated to unfamiliar turf where
they suffered greatly. Some of these areas were later
designated as Indian reservations, usually arid, unfarmable,
mineral-devoid (or so their colonizers thought), barely
habitable lands. There, indigenous people had to fight for
basic necessities such as clean water and decent food,
roads, schools and electricity in the areas where they
lived. In another manifestation of genocide, indigenous
peoples were largely prohibited from speaking their own
languages. As a result, many of them don't know their own
language to this day.
In my youth in Pakistan, I used to watch old style Westerns,
which were popular there. I would almost cry at the
treatment dealt to the "Red Indians." Even today, the US
holds their leaders under sordid conditions, releasing them
only when they're terminally ill, or on the verge of death.
One example which stands out is recently released political
prisoner Leonard Peltier.
Land theft on a grand scale and mass murder of indigenous
people, coupled with the forced relocation of Africans to
America to work as slaves are the foundation upon which the
United States was formed. Given all of this, the US has no
moral high ground to tell people from other countries they
cannot come here.
Allah Almighty has ordained that slowly people of color will
take over the country. Black, brown, and red people are
integrating into the American fabric.
What is the Muslim responsibility towards refugees?
Some in the Muslim community seem to want to help only those
of a specific nationality, or a specific faith (usually
Islam). But the Qur'an tells us to help all who are
oppressed, whether Muslim or not. In particular, Muslims are
commanded to help the muhajireen. Who are the muhajireen?
During the Prophet's (PBUH) time, they were those who
migrated from Mecca to Medina fleeing persecution.
In our time, it may be Guatemalans or Salvadorans, fleeing
the effects of the many US invasions of Latin America. It
may be Colombians or Mexicans, seeking to escape the very
dangerous climate created by the US's "War on Drugs." It may
be Iraqis, Afghans, Palestinians and others, forced out of
their homes by decades of US, Israeli or NATO bombing and
occupation. Or it may be Algerians, Tunisians, Congolese,
and others migrating to various European countries, after
enduring decades of colonial rule.
In its description of muhajireen and ansar, the Qur'an
says:
"Allah will be well pleased with the first emigrants
[Muhajireen] and helpers [Ansar] and those who followed them
in good deeds, and they will be well pleased with Him: He
has prepared gardens graced with flowing streams for them,
there to remain forever. That is the supreme triumph."
(Qur'an, 9:100)
Further, the Qur'an portrays the ansar, or those who help
the muhajireen (refugees) in a very positive light:
"The Ansar love the Muhajireen who sought refuge with them,
and there is no jealousy in their hearts for what the
Muhajireen have been given. The Ansar give the Muhajireen
preference over themselves, although they were in need of
what the Muhajireen received." (Qur'an, 59: 9).
These verses, coupled with Islam's clear message of
internationalism, and its command to fight oppression, make
it imperative for us, as Muslims, to help refugees,
migrants, and others fleeing persecution, war, and economic
despair.
World News
Lebanon
The Israelis continue to bomb Lebanon. It's not clear why
they persist in doing this, having already they have killed
the Hizbullah leaders. And the current Lebanese parliament,
elected in 2022, has much fewer Hizbullah representatives in
its ranks than previously. What then, are the Israelis
concerned about?
US gives Israel bombs and war planes and they proceed like
gangsters to drop bombs on Lebanon, Palestine, and to a
lesser extent, Syria. It almost seems that the bombing is a
show of force, meant to keep Lebanon in check. It is the act
of a bully.
Saudi Arabia
Do "Saudi" Rulers Have a Mandate to Speak for the Palestinians?
The Saudis have come up with a proposal to counter President
Trump's plan to remove the Palestinians from Gaza, and turn
it into the "Riviera of the Middle East." The Saudi plan
supports the two-state solution, implying recognition for
Israel. And it excludes the duly elected representative of
the Palestinian people, Hamas.
Moreover, Saudi rulers have no right to decide about what
should happen in Gaza. They are not Palestinians, have not
talked to Palestinians, and have not been delegated in any
fashion by Palestinians to speak for them.
Another question which arises is: Were the people of Arabia
consulted on their government's initiative—or on any
matter related to Palestine? If not, the proposed "Saudi"
plan for Palestine is null and void.
It is extremely unlikely that the people of Saudi Arabia
support the kings' initiative for Gaza. And it is even less
likely that the "Saudi" population supports Israel. If free
elections were held in "Saudi" Arabia, or in any Arab
nation, the people would not support any candidate who
recognized Israel. And that is precisely why freedom of
expression, particularly when it comes to Israel, is
severely limited, if not outright prohibited, in most Arab
nations today.
Muhammad bin Salman should go to the people of Arabia and
ask them what they think about making peace with Israel, and
about giving Palestine to the Zionists. It can be said
without hesitation that the answer will be a stunning no to
Israel. The people of Arabia have never indicated that they
want the land of Palestine to be given to the Zionists.
It's also telling that after years of positing Israel as the
"only democracy in the Middle East," and after much ado
about the importance of imparting democratic ideals to
Muslim and African nations, the US (along with its Saudi
friends) wish to enact solutions completely devoid of any
semblance of democracy in Gaza. They wish to make Gazans'
decisions for them, as if they don't exist or are incapable
of self-expression—a completely racist and White
Supremacist ideal.
Islamic View of Kingship
By Dr. Kaukab Siddique
On the topic of "Saudi" Arabia, and its desire to
unilaterally determine the future of another Muslim people:
It's important to examine how Arabia came to be called
"Saudi Arabia." In a nutshell, the Saudi rulers battled it
out with the Ikhwan Al-Muslimeen. In that battle, they
killed thousands of sincere Muslims. Arabia was then turned
into "Saudi Arabia" by force of arms by the Saudi rulers. No
referendum was ever held in Arabia in which the Arab people
expressed a desire for their beloved Muslim country to be
renamed Saudi Arabia. So it is that a Muslim country, the
home of Islam's holiest places, is named after a single
family.
But kingship and hereditary rule is not permitted in Islam.
The renowned Islamic scholar Syed Abul Ala Maudoodi
addresses the topic in his book Khilafat-wa Maluqiyat
(Kingship and Caliphate). In the book, Maudoodi makes it
clear that hereditary rule is not allowed in Islam. For
example, the Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) never said that any
male progeny he might have had—would have been the
ruler of Arabia. Similarly, the righteous caliphs, Abu Bakr
(RA), Umar (RA), and Uthman (RA) did not ever claim that
their children should be the rulers of Arabia. And that is
because there is no hereditary rule in Islam. So, it is
beyond dispute that no one has the right to rule Arabia
based on family ties.
To reiterate: There is no hereditary rule in Islam. In the
words of the Qur'an, "Allah alone is King." In one of its
most well-known chapters, memorized by every child across
the Muslim world, the Qur'an refers to Allah as the Only
Sovereign: "Say: in the name of Allah, the Lord of Mercy,
and the Giver of Mercy. Say: I seek refuge with the King of
people, the Ruler of people, the Worshipped One of people,
against the harm of the slinking whisperer—who
whispers into the hearts of people, whether they be jinn or
mankind." (Quran: 114: 1-5).
In other words, the Qur'an gives no quarter to any ruler who
claims to be king or controller of the people, even though
he might claim to follow God.
Imam Jamil Al-Amin Case
Update from Imam Jamil's son, Kairi Al-Amin
"Alhamdulillah I was able to speak with my father/Imam Jamil
for the first time since his move and wanted to share a bit
of that conversation with you all since you all helped make
it possible.
Unfortunately, it takes some effort to understand him
because of the tumor so captions were hard to generate but
Alhamdulillah you can still hear if you listen.
As some of you may have already surmised, the Imam is now
being housed at FMC Butner. That being said, please give him
the space he needs as we fight this most recent health
battle and we'll continue update you as updates become
available. We are very excited about the development of the
docuseries as well as the Imam's case and we are thankful
for his opportunity to receive proper medical treatment so
that Insha Allah he can be here to see his freedom and his
name restored.
Video of Kairi and Imam Jamil's telephone call is here:
https://www.facebook.com/share/r/1D64e8wQgL/
[From Kairi Al-Amin's Facebook page]
DOJ Pressures New York Prosecutors to Drop Charges Against Mayor
By Sis. 'Aisha Jamaat al-Muslimeen New York City
On Monday, February 10, the Department of Justice (DOJ)
ordered New York Federal Prosecutors to drop all charges
against Mayor Eric Adams. The prosecutors refused to comply
with the DOJ's orders, and some resigned in protest. On
Friday, February 14, the DOJ went to court to request that
the charges be dropped.
A federal judge still has to approve the request. If the
charges against the mayor are dropped, the corruption cases
against his former staff members would also be in
jeopardy.
Democratic mayoral candidate Zellnor Myrie said that New
Yorkers should be outraged. He questioned what Mayor Adams
had given up in getting this favor and how it would affect
New Yorkers. For months, the media accused Mayor Eric Adams
of cozying up to President Trump to get these federal
charges dropped. If convicted, the mayor could have served
prison time.
The mayor has not been critical of President Trump's
Executive Order to rid New York City of undocumented
immigrants. He has allowed Immigration and Customs
Enforcement (ICE) in the hospitals and schools
unchallenged.
The DOJ ordered the charges dropped simply because of a
timing issue, not one based on merit. These charges
interfere with Mayor Adams' bid for re-election. There were
earlier reports that he might change from being a democrat
to another political party.
Although President Trump said he would have considered
pardoning Mayor Adams if he were convicted, many political
consultants have stated that a pardon would have been worse
because the mayor would have to be a convicted criminal to
get it. But now, the DOJ's demand can end the case.
Mayor Adams' supporters, including former New York Mayor
Bill de Blasio, have called the evidence against him flimsy,
but there are still calls for his resignation.
Status seekers are dangerous because there is no limit to
what they will do to get into a false god's good graces. The
false god can maintain a clean public image while the
boot-licker does the dirty work. So, there is no limit to
this false god's evil requests.
New Yorkers can only wait to see if or what bartering Mayor
Adams made with President Trump and whether or not it was to
New York City's detriment.
Source: Spectrum NY1 News
Arab Leaders Betrayed the People and America-Israel Won Chaos and Insanity
By Mahboob A. Khawaja, PhD.
Leaders Who could not Lead
Naive egoism and favourite perversion unleash new window of
working liberal democracy to make insane cruelty as a value
to torture and murder innocent people and occupy foreign
lands by force as a Riviera for the American leadership.
President Trump is no stranger to being delusional and
inconsistent in pronouncements and actions. Ralph Nader
("Underestimating Americans: A Coming Plunge of "Dictator
Donald" D.D. Ralph Nader" Global Research: 01/31/2025):
GlobalResearch.ca/underestimating-americans-coming-plunge-dictator-donald/587912
, an American political activist of global fame and integrity describes President Trump as:
Convicted felon Donald Trump has declared war on Americans.
He is using illegal executive orders as poisoned spears
against just about every program the federal government
administers to advance the health, safety, and economic
well-being of all Americans. Trump's abuses of power can be
divided into three categories: driving to destroy the
historic safety net leads to a collective homicide.
Americans will die or get sick, whether they voted for Trump
or not. Genocide by continuing Biden's co-belligerency with
mass killer Netanyahu and adding support for the expulsion
of the remaining survivors in Gaza to their death in the
desert. Add these criminal mayhems to the censorship or
persecution of anyone who opposes Trump. Right now, Trump,
the failed gambling czar in the White House, and his minions
think they are invincible.
There are no intelligent Arab leaders having any moral and
intellectual capacity to distinguish between foes and
friends except neo-colonial tribal agents living in palaces.
Crises are knocking at their door, yet most would prefer a
free outlook lacking responsibility and courageous
performance. King Abdullah of Jordan was the first to see
President Trump and kneeled to coercion agreeing to take two
thousand stranded Palestinians to his Kingdom. Trump claims
to have Egyptian leader General Sissi willing to consider
the besieged masses of Gaza to shelter in Egypt. This is not
going to be a reasoned and honest remedy to an already
volatile political situation prevalent in Gaza. Hamas claims
Israel is not honoring its commitment to the ceasefire terms
and would postpone freeing more hostages come Saturday. With
mediators, it appears to have been avoided. Netanyahu,
emboldened by Trump's statement to take over Gaza and turn
it into a Riviera stuns the public consciousness keen to see
the ceasefire fully implemented in all phases. Leaders of
vision and integrity share candid hopes and strength in
their thoughts and practices to conform to reality and
sustainable future-making. His first foreign visiting leader
happens to be PM Netanyahu of Israel - a person wanted by
the ICJ-ICC for "crimes against humanity" and "genocide" in
wars on Gaza.
President Trump and PM Netanyahu are No Exceptions to Triviality
The Zionist Trump is stating baldly the ultimate goal of the
ethnic cleansing of all non-Jews from Palestine, which has
been the Zionists' goal from the beginning and lies behind
Biden, who considers himself a Zionist, and Trump's recent
support for Israel's genocide of the Palestinians in Gaza
and the West Bank......Treachery of this nature defines the
history of all those arrayed against the Palestinians from
the start - as today, with Trump being no exception.....
Ralph Nader tells lot more: Trump knows no boundaries, no
self-restraint and has often declared that he will do
whatever he wants, meaning operating in massive violation of
the laws of our land. He is now ruling by dictates that are
getting more sweeping and penetrating by the day. He should
read a history book. In a letter to the members of the US
Congress on "RE: Hamas-Israel-Gaza-Genocide" Nov 28, 2023,
he brings history to light:
GlobalResearch.ca/open-letter-members-united-staes-congress-hamas-israel-gaza-genocide-ralph-nader/5841682
The Nazis in World War II attempted to conceal the Holocaust
fearing legal accountability. Israel's genocide is unfolding
in plain view confidant of impunity, including unconditional
callous congressional support and gross misdirection of
taxpayer dollars for violence, in lieu of satisfying the
critical needs of the American people.
Ethnic cleansing of Palestinians and taking Gaza by force
and forcible displacement of 2.5 million people by Trump
make media headlines across the globe. It should be a
wake-up call to critical thinking and action but most Arab
scholars and imams are well paid and well fed and their
conscience is deaf silent to support an Islamic humanitarian
cause of utmost urgency. Affluent oil exporting Arab
monarchs of Arabia fear neither God nor people and have no
public institutions of accountability to realize the facts
of life. There are no Arab leaders having moral and
political integrity to represent the masses and no Arab
armies to defend Islam. Simply put, they are puppets and
hired agents of Western imperialism. The Saudi, the UAE and
others stooges kept silent profile while massacres of
innocent embolden Israel to put finishing end to Gaza. The
Divine Revelation warned the Israelites- in the Ten
Commandments (Torah): Thou shalt not kill' (Exod. 20:13;
also Deut. 5:17). Jewish law views the shedding of innocent
blood very seriously, and lists murder as one of three sins
(along with idolatry and sexual immorality), that fall under
the category of yehareg ve'al ya'avor - meaning "One should
let himself be killed rather than violate it.
The world needs America for a balancing act but is there a
future for democracy in America? History is living and
offers lessons for change and reformation of thoughts and
practices to those who are open to listening and learning
and becoming effective leaders. It does not look much
encouraging when you watch President Trump and Netanyahu
speaking at the White House. Dr. Binoy Kampmark ("A Thief's
Mentality: Trump, Real Estate and Dreams of Ethnic
Cleansing." Global Research: 02/11/2025), shares his
critical insight:
GlobalResearch.ca/trump-real-estate-dreams-ethnic-cleansing/5879642
President Donald J. Trump likes teasing out the
unmentionable, and the Israel-Palestinian situation was
hardly going to be any different. With a touch of horror and
the grotesque, he offered a solution to the issue of what
would happen to Gaza at the conclusion of hostilities. In a
White House press conference with Israeli Prime Minister
Benjamin Netanyahu, he declared that the United States "take
over and own the Gaza Strip", in the process promising to
"create an economic development that will supply an
unlimited number of jobs and housing for people of the
area." The strip, one of the most densely populated
stretches of territory on the planet, would be
reconstructed, redeveloped and turned, effectively, into a
beach resort, "the Riviera of the Middle East.....
Was the "Ceasefire" a Pause for the Continuing War on Palestine?
Cynicism about politicians is always endemic and part of the
seamless democratic cultures constantly progressive and
often rebuked by social and political entertainment as an
after-dinner joke. There is always much evil and much good
in every society but evil cannot diagnose political tyranny,
falsehood and resentment, the cure to evil is honesty, equal
justice, freedom of expression, moral values and
righteousness to lead and serve the people. [Cont.]
Dr. Mahboob A. Khawaja specializes in international
affairs-global security, peace and conflict resolution. He
is the author of several publications, including One
Humanity and the Remaking of Global Peace, Security and
Conflict Resolution, 2019; and Why Wars on Gaza and Ukraine?
We, the People Search for Peace and Conflict Resolution, 2025.