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AMAZING GOOD NEWS FROM BANGLADESH:

Many years back Prof Ali Reza came from Bangladesh to study Physics at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore. He was a brilliant student and was admitted to the Ph.D program with an excellent scholarship.
In 1990 he was attacked while he was asleep in his apartment. His head was smashed in and he was in coma for nearly four months. By Allah's miracle, one day he woke up.

For years he was helpless, undergoing constant therapy, and with his memory of the night of terror as well as his scientific memory gone. He could hardly walk or see properly for several years.

Years passed and Ali Reza kept struggling to be physically fit and to retain his faith. Most of his friends deserted him. At times he was bitter and seemingly without hope.

He wanted to stay on in America, scared at the lack of medical facilities in Bangladesh. He taught himself about computers. He would get into long arguments with us about all kinds of issues. He participated in demonstrations, including the MILLION MAN MARCH, though he could hardly walk.

Then he got some good advice, to go back home and let the people of his family and the warm Islamic faith of his people give him new life. Ali Reza returned to his people.

Alhamdulillah, he has succeeded! Last year my friend Ali Reza got married. A woman, a Muslimah, said yes to him, to his hold on life and to the future. [May Allah bless you dear sister.] Now we got the best news: Ali Reza is the father of a son. The child is doing well and has been named Ahmed. [Allahu Akbar wa lillahil hamd.]

We would like to send a gift to Br. Ali Reza's family. If you would like to join in, send your donation to:
Jamaat al-Muslimeen, P.O. Box 10881, Baltimore, MD 21234. [From Kaukab Siddique]
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PROF. Al-ARIAN, WHO SUPPORTED BUSH, IS BEING 'TRIED' BY THE MEDIA FOR HELPING THE PEOPLE OF PALESTINE: Symbol of America's Oppression of Innocent Muslims

Br. "Nick" from Los Angeles has sent us an L.A. Times article full of frivolous charges against Prof. Al-Arian, the most recent victim of the Zionist takeover of America. Br. "Nick" has marked the following words in red, in which unknown FBI sources are quoted:
"In one 1995 incident, for instance, Al-Arian wrote a fund-raising letter several days after two suicide bombers linked to PIJ killed 22 people at Beit Lid, Israel, according to the indictment.
In the letter, Al-Arian boasted about the attack, asked for money to help the families of the suicide bombers and "cited the bombing as example of what PIJ could do," the indictment said. "In the letter, [Al-Arian] requested additional money so that operations such as Beit Lid could continue."

NEW TREND'S RESPONSE:

The whole thing is legally full of holes.
The claim is that EIGHT YEARS back he wrote a fund raising letter. How do we know that he did any such thing? Has its authenticity been proven in court?
He is being tried in the media while the court trial has not even started.
Even if he was involved in armed resistance to Israel, how is that a crime against America?
He has NEVER committed a crime against America.
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2003-02-26 Wed 07:59ct