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16 Ramadan 1446 AH - March 16 2025 Issue # 11, Newsletter #2075



Scroll down for report on "Zionist Motives in Federal Government's Speech Restrictions" by Sr. Aisha and "Prophet (SAW): Reward of Feeding a Fasting Person" by Sr. Yasmin and "How Arab/Muslim Leaders Betrayed the People?" by Mahboob A. Khawaja, PhD and an announcement about a protest for Aafia .


Imam Jamil Al-Amin Faces Possible Death by Medical Neglect, US Authorities Responsible

Imam Jamil Al-Amin's son, Kairi Al-Amin, reported earlier that his father had finally been moved to FMC Butner (North Carolina) for much needed medical attention. The move appeared to be in response to a concerted campaign by activists, which included a protest at the Bureau of Prisons, and a broad spread email/ letter writing campaign. On March 7, Kairi said on social media that the imam has Stage 4 cancer, and requested du'ahs. Jamaat Al-Muslimeen said in a statement Friday that if the imam dies, the US Justice System will be criminally liable for the death of an internationally renowned and respected Muslim leader and scholar, convicted on the shoddiest of evidence and imprisoned for a crime for which someone else has issued a credible confession.




New York

Columbia University and ICE Say No Free Speech for Palestinian Students

On March 9, Columbia University, increasingly known as a bastion for apartheid apologetics, permitted the imprisonment of one of its recent graduates, Mahmoud Khalil. During his time at Columbia, Khalil was a leader of the pro-Palestine encampment, which said the campus should divest from companies which manufacture weapons and/or are invested in Israel. When the university police attacked the encampment, he was one of the negotiators between the campus and the student encampment. He holds a green card, is married to a US citizen, and has no criminal record. And he has not been charged with any criminal activity.

Khalil, who experienced doxxing and other severe harassment on campus in the week leading up to his arrest, had asked university authorities for protection. The university did not respond. Instead, they allowed ICE agents to enter the campus and detain Khalil. The 30-year-old activist was arrested at his Manhattan apartment, which is part of university housing.

Interestingly, when ICE came to arrest him, they claimed he was on a student visa, and that it would be revoked. When his wife and his attorney told them he was a green card holder, they changed their story and said his green card would be revoked.

Khalil's wife, who is eight months pregnant, was threatened with arrest when she refused to leave her husband's side. Afterwards she, as well as Khalil's attorney, could not locate Khalil for many hours. Eventually it was learned that Khalil was being held at an ICE detention facility in Louisiana.

Over 3 million people have signed a petition calling for Mansour's release, and the ACLU, ADC, and other groups have deplored his detention.

Sign the petition here:

ActionNetwork.org/letters/demand-the-immediate-releae-of-columbia-student-pro-palestine-advocate-mahmoud-khalil-rom-dhs-detention?source=direct_link&nt.name%20here%20to%20dmand%20the%20immediate%20release%20of%20Palestinian%20studen%20activist%20Mahmoud%20Khalil%20from%20DHS%20detention%20an%20a%20reversal%20to%20Columbia%20University%27s%20protocol%0permitting%20ICE%20on%20campus%20without%20a%20warrant.

On March 12, a large group of activists from Jewish Voices for Peace took over Trump Tower in Manhattan, demanding Khalil's release. Ninety-eight people were arrested at the protest.

In March 10 post on his social media platform Truth Social, Trump said he would deport all those who support Hamas and engage in "anti-semitic" activity. One wonders if he realizes Mahmoud, a Palestinian, is a Semite.

The Censored Become Censors

All of this has very strong implications for civil liberties. It is troubling that President Trump, who himself was silenced and censored during the Biden presidency, including being banned from many social media platforms, has permitted this. His new HHS secretary, Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., has complained about being censored for his views on fluoride and other topics. And many in the Republican Party were silenced or otherwise came under fire under Democratic administrations for speaking out against the LGBTQ+ agenda. Sadly, now that Trump is in office, his administration is engaging in broad spread First Amendment violations against Palestinians and their allies. They ought to recognize the similarity in what they (the Trumpers and other GOP members) endured—and what they are meting out. Bottom line: Free speech should be for all, not just for some select groups.




Texas

Protest for Aafia Announced
By Nadrat Siddique

A coalition called DFW Free Aafia announced a protest for Dr. Aafia Siddiqui at FMC Carswell on March 22. The date loosely coincides with the anniversary of the young educator's abduction by security forces in Pakistan in 2003, which led to her torture, the murder of her infant son, and later her railroading in US federal court. Numerous groups including ICNA's Social Justice Council, American Muslims for Palestine, CAIR-DFW, Texas for Palestine, and Jewish Voices for Peace (DFW) have signed on as co-sponsors.

After President Biden denied Aafia's petition for compassionate release at the eleventh hour, some thought the movement to free her would fizzle out. Alhamdulillah it has not, and both the Pakistan-based Free Aafia Movement and Aafia supporters in the US are continuing to fight hard for her release. And her sister, Karachi-based epileptologist Dr. Fowzia Siddiqui, although deeply disappointed at Biden's cold-hearted decision, appears as strong as ever in her fight to free Aafia.

Additionally, her legal team, led by Clive Stafford-Smith and Maria Kari, are employing several new legal moves in the effort to free her:

  1. They are attempting to persuade the governments of the US and Pakistan to agree to exchange Aafia for another prisoner;

  2. They will litigate her cases in court in New York, apply for habeas corpus, and also for compassionate release;

  3. They will be continuing to pursue a case they've already filed, challenging the inhumane and illegal conditions of her imprisonment in Texas.


The legal team has a workable plan of action to free Dr. Aafia Siddiqui, but they need help. While they work pro bono, there are huge costs for filing legal briefs, travel to/from Texas, and much more. Please consider donating to the legal effort using the link below:

PayPal.com/donate/?campaign_id=QQMMF34RND95W&fbcid=IwY2xjawJDQrVleHRuA2FlbQIxMQABHSB0uuHZgNbZ-MeLttOrCe1VHXPPInjx0LwlwQxCpvJPEl5m5pQiouuiw_aem_pk1-xcoMSBo9OmRqLRqHnQ

The announcement for the March 22 protest is here:

InstaGram.com/p/DHKMGGVu4vu/?igsh=MWZmeHI4MjVrbm3cw==




How Arab - Muslim Leaders Betrayed the People?
By Mahboob A. Khawaja, PhD.

"War provides an outlet for every evil element in man's nature. It enfranchises cupidity and greed gives a charter to petty tyranny, glorifies cruelty and places in position of power the vulgar and base." - (C.E.M Joad. Guide to Modern Wickedness, 1936)

What if Arab -Muslim Leaders were Intelligent and Honest?

Are they deaf or dead conscience not to see what is happening on the ground across Gaza and other parts of Palestine? Their portrait of deception, vice and treachery to the expectations of masses is exhibited worldwide. Every authoritarian leader, every prince, every king is a despot in his heart and enemy of the human race as history reveals. The Arab Summit (Cairo) should have known and determined the agenda and issues facing helpless people of Gaza for their security and survival. How to undo the Israeli occupation and restore normal life to the people of Gaza was the top most issue to be considered and resolved. Not so, they wanted to fly high to rebuild Gaza even though it is occupied and targeted daily to disrupt the civilian lives trying to imagine some consolation in an unthinkable world of tomorrow. Their absurd proposition to rebuild Gaza under continuous Israeli occupation is nothing more than a joke to common sense. Most modern Arab states are managed by secret police and masses live in fear and hatred of the rulers. Wherever people cannot think freely and reason the unreason, consequently human progress is stalled and anarchy and insanity become the rule of the land.

PM Netanyahu has achieved his ambitions to destroy Gaza for vengeance and to destabilize the Arab world for futuristic domination. and The Arab League and OIC do not represent the Muslim masses except they are oligarch entities to mislead the people. The Hamas- Israel ceasefire deal was shaky, fluid and unpredictable from the very beginning as Israel and America just wanted their hostages freed and keep the occupation of Gaza intact without Israeli IDF withdrawal. Most of the leading Arab leaders were complicit in making the Gaza war happen and catastrophic destruction of the infrastructures and killings were happening on their television screen and witnessed by the concerned global community. They were silent spectators as some have heavy financial investments in Israel and American corporate entities producing AI, surveillance technology and other industrial setups. If logic, honesty and sense of moral-political responsibility were implied, a collaborative will and action was deemed necessary to check the Israeli intransigence and warfare against 2.5 million innocent civilian population of Gaza and offer some leadership security and protection to the beleaguered masses. Please see: "Israel Lost the War and America Betrayed Humanity in Gaza."
UncommonThought.com/mtblog/archives/2024/05/15/israel-lost-the-war-and-america-betrayed-humanity-in-gaza.php

Ironically, Arab-Muslim leaders talk in public discourse but lack prompt action to offer any tangible help to the victims of War. They lost the path of reality and truth and just pretended to be concerned about the Israel onslaught of the Gaza masses. The deaths and destruction are unparalleled in modern times as if it was another chapter of a Third World War against the Arab and Muslim world. The affluent oil producing Arab leaders breathe oxygen away in seclusion and comforts of palaces guarded by foreign mercenaries and do not live with people to know the reality of on-going pains and horrors of killings imposed on the people of Palestine.

Arab Leaders live in Palaces, not with People

The Arab world lives in a conflicting time zone and its stance does not match the reason and aggressiveness of the Israeli war plans for 'Greater Israel' supported by the US and more so by the Trump Presidency. Does reason not know how to protect the Islamic interests? Now, American and Israeli unreason appears a dominant brute force to destroy the Muslim masses and put a finished answer on the Palestinian identity and movement for an independent State of Palestine. The UNO and global systems of peace and security are broken, dysfunctional and would never act to safeguard the interests of the Arab-Muslim world, simply because the Arab-Muslim leadership is composed of dummies, inept and egoistic former agents of European imperialism and have no moral or intellectual capacity to respond to situations of urgency for the people of Islamic world.

Their cowardly unreason and unthinking of Islamic interests, is causing catastrophic outcomes for the besieged people of Gaza and across Palestine. The Arab-Muslim leaders are more like a cult working together to replace the Islamic values and principles of accountability with [Continued]

To read the rest of the article, go to:
RealOvi.wordpress.com/2025/03/14/howarab-muslim-leaders-betrayed-the-people-by-mahboob-a-khawaja-phd


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 a forthcoming book: Apathy to Peace and Wars on Ukraine and Palestine, Kindle Direct Publishing, USA, 2025.




Zionist Motives in Federal Government's Speech Restrictions

By Sis. Aisha
Jamaat al-Muslimeen New York City

President (King) Trump is in the White House because the Electoral College put him in there. The popular vote has never been the reason for an American President to get elected because the Founding Fathers, who wrote the Constitution, were concerned with biases. Or, they were concerned with the status quo they established, losing power to a just system.

Some wealthy Michigan Muslims supported Trump because he promised to organize a ceasefire between Israel, which immediately violated it, and Hamas. He claims he did, but he has demonstrated in the past and now that he is a staunch Zionist, who has targeted Pro-Palestinian protestors for deportation. This is a part of Trump's mission to end "antisemitism" in America.

The American government has always labeled Hamas a terrorist organization, but now in a lowdown, dirty move, the Trump Administration has accused Pro-Palestinian protestors of being Hamas' allies! This devilish logic will make any protestor a target for deportation or imprisonment.

Recently, ninety people were arrested at New York's Trump Tower for protesting in support of Palestinian protestor Mahmoud Khalil, who has been detained by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). He is being threatened with deportation. His crime was negotiating with Columbia University on behalf of other Pro-Palestinian Protestors.
Khalil has a green card but his wife, Noor Abdallah, who is eight months pregnant, is an American citizen. His attorneys are suing on his behalf to get him freed.

Khalil was to begin a job next month in April, which would have provided the needed health benefits for his family. As he is being detained in a Jena, La prison, he worries about his wife and missing the birth of his child.

The Justice Department has accused Columbia University of hiding "illegal aliens" on its campus. Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche revealed that Homeland Security agents have searched Columbia University residences with warrants. The Trump Administration canceled $400 million in funding to Columbia University as punishment for not aggressively pursuing students who criticized Israel.

Zionism poses a significant threat to our freedom of speech. How will America respond? Will Americans acknowledge this issue, or turn a blind eye because the targets are people of color?

Some wealthy Michigan Muslims supported Trump because he promised to organize a ceasefire between Israel, which immediately violated it, and Hamas. He claims he did, but he has demonstrated in the past and now that he is a staunch Zionist, who has targeted Pro-Palestinian protestors for deportation. This is a part of Trump's mission to end "antisemitism" in America.

The American government has always labeled Hamas a terrorist organization, but now in a lowdown, dirty move, the Trump Administration has accused Pro-Palestinian protestors of being Hamas' allies! This devilish logic will make any protestor a target for deportation or imprisonment.

Ninety people were arrested at New York's Trump Tower for protesting in support of Palestinian protestor Mahmoud Khalil, who has been detained by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and is being threatened with deportation. His crime was negotiating with Columbia University on behalf of other Pro-Palestinian Protestors. Khalil has a green card but his wife, Noor Abdallah, who is eight months pregnant, is an American citizen. His attorneys are suing on his behalf.

Khalil was to begin a job next month in April, which would have provided the needed health benefits for his family. As he is being detained in a Jena, La prison, he worries about his wife and missing the birth of his child.

The Justice Department has accused Columbia University of hiding "illegal aliens" on its campus. Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche revealed that Homeland Security agents have searched Columbia University residences with warrants. The Trump Administration cancelled Columbia's $400 million in federal funding as punishment for not being aggressive enough in pursuing students who criticized Israel.

Zionism is the reason why our freedom of speech is in jeopardy. How will America respond? Will Americans wake up or turn a blind eye because non-Whites are the targets? Who will win: Supporters of the Constitution or the Welfare State of Israel?

Source: NY1.com




Guidance From Sis. Yasmin

Prophet (SAW): Reward of Feeding a Fasting Person

The Prophet ﷺ said...
"Whoever feeds the person who is breaking his fast,
he will have his reward (for his fasting) without decreasing
anything from the reward of the fasting person."
[Source: Al-Tirmidhi, Ibn Maajah - Classed as Sahih by al Albaani]


ALLAH~ [May HE be glorified and exalted] says...
'one of the characteristics of the believers who deserve
Paradise is that they feed others...'{!}
ALLAH ~ [Azza wa Jal ] says ~
"And they give food, in spite of their love for it
[or for the love of Him]
to the 'Miskeen' [the Poor]~ the Orphan, and the captive, saying...
'We feed you seeking Allah's ( عزّ وجلّ‎) countenance only.
we wish for no reward, nor thanks from you.
'Verily, We fear from our Lord a Day, hard and distressful,
that will make the faces look horrible
[from extreme dislike to it]..'
So Allah saved them from the evil of that Day, and
gave them 'Nadhrah' [a light of beauty] and joy .
and their recompense shall be Paradise,
and silken garments, because they were patient"
[Source: 'Qur`an'~ Surat 'Al-Insan' ~76~ A #'s 8 -12]
The Prophet [Sal Allahu `Alaihi wa Sallam]
informed us in the 'Hadith' above, saying that
whoever gives food to a fasting person to break his Fast will have a reward like his without the fasting
person losing any reward...{!}
So, during the month of 'Ramadan'
[and even during other months]
it is very virtuous and rewarding to feed others
who are breaking their fast...{!}
It is also very virtuous and rewarding to feed others in general.
PROPHET ﷺ said...
" You will not enter Paradise until you truly believe,
and you will not truly believe until you love one another."
[Source ~ Sahih Muslim]

In another narration from 'Abd-Allah ibn 'Umar (Radi Allahu Anhu) related that a man asked the
PROPHET~ [Sal Allahu `Alaihi wa Sallam]...
"What is the best thing in Islam ?"
PROPHET ﷺ answered...
"Feeding others and giving the greeting of
'Salaam' to those whom you know and those whom you do not know."
Source: Sahih al-Bukhari and Sahih Muslim

Ibn Rajab (Allah have mercy upon him) said in al-Fath (1/43):
"The 'Hadith' (mentioned above) makes the connection
between feeding others and spreading 'Salaam'
because this combines two good actions in both word and deed,
which is perfect good treatment ('Ihsan')
indeed, this is the best thing that one can do
in Islam, after the obligatory duties."
A Little Note...
Many 'Hadiths' are reported regarding
the virtues of providing food for others to break their fast.
Feeding others in general brings a great reward to the one who does it...!
ALLAH~ (May HE be glorified and exalted ) states...
that one of the characteristics of the Believers who deserve
Paradise is that they feed others.
{'Alhamdullilah'}

2025-03-16 Sun 14:03:05 GMT/UTC/Zulu

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