Abdullah ibn Mas'ud reported: The Messenger of Allah, peace
and blessings be upon him, said, "You must be truthful.
Verily, truthfulness leads to righteousness and
righteousness leads to Paradise. A man continues to be
truthful and encourages honesty until he is recorded with
Allah as truthful. And beware of falsehood. Verily,
falsehood leads to wickedness and wickedness leads to the
Hellfire. A man continues tell lies and encourages falsehood
until he is recorded with Allah as a liar."
Source: Ṣaḥīḥ al-Bukhārī
5743, Ṣaḥīḥ Muslim 2607
How the Crafty Mullahs of Iran were Fooled by Bashar Assad &
America.
The Rise and Fall of Shiism
by Kaukab Siddique, PhD
On August 27, Dr. Ibrahim Yazdi passed away. Hardly anyone
remembers him now though during the rule of the Shah of Iran
he led Iranian students in America in constant protest and
rallies against the tyrant.
I had the honor of talking to him. When Imam Khomeini
overthrew the Shah through a popular mass uprising, Yazdi
became his interpreter and his voice to the world. America
opposed the Imam right from the beginning. I used to rebut
the anti-Iran and anti-Imam propaganda as editor of a widely
distributed magazine titled Islamic Revolution.
With the help of one of Dr. Yazdi's closest associates I was
able to interview Imam Khomeini first in Qum and then in
Tehran. Some of this material was published in my book
titled Khomeini's Iran.
The original leadership of the revolution was decimated by
terrorists working for western powers. But for the love the
masses had for the Imam,, the revolution would have
collapsed. However the new ,leadership was Shi'a in the old
style sectarianism. There was a parting of ways between the
open minded groups supporting Yazdi and the sincere but
rigid new Shia leadership. I thought there was still hope
for revolutionary forces under as long as Imam Khomeini was
alive. So I left Yazdi's people and continued to support the
Imam. During the Iraq-Iran war I was solidly with Iran and
visited the horrific war fronts to report on Iraqi
aggression [which was supported by the Arab regimes and
America.]
Unfortunately I found to my dismay that Ayatollah Montazeri,
the obvious successor to the Imam, had been removed in an
internal coup. The new Iran was emerging as solidly
Shia [in the sectarian sense]. There were a few years of
nationalism but the surge of Shia doctrine gradually
submerged it.
In 1982, the people of Hama rose against the Syrian tyrant
Hafez al-Assad. The regime sealed off all news of its
atrocities and destroyed Hama, building casinos where there
had been mosques. I was in Iran at that time and noticed
that there was hardly a ripple of concern about Hama, with
only a paragraph of the news of Hama in Tehran Times.
Gradually the regime inside became more and more tyrannical.
Azam Taleghani, the daughter of one of the founders of the
revolution, Ayatollah Taleghani, who had suddenly and
strangely died, was protesting the increasingly restrictive
policies of the regime. I complained to some of the
authorities about how she was being treated and was told not
to speak out otherwise I might be arrested.
Iran after the revolution had an intensely anti-American
culture. During parades, the troops would march over the
American flag draped on the street. "Murg bur Amrika" was
such a popular slogan that every Iranian child chanted
it.
After Khomeini, the crafty Mullahs who took over completely,
started sneaky connections with America. They supported,
very carefully, the American invasion of Afghanistan. The
deadly sanctions imposed on Iraq were supported by Iran all
the way. The Iraqi air force sought shelter in Iran to evade
the deadly American assault and the air force was seized by
the Iranians.
By that time I was fiercely against the sanctions on
Iraq.
Bashar Assad, the new tyrant of Syria, a clever supporter of
Israel and America, insidiously fooled the Iranians into
thinking that he had given up his traditional Alawite
[Nusairi[ sect and had become a regular Shia. The Syrian
regime had carried out massacres of Palestinian refugees in
Lebanon [where Syria had an occupation army]. When Israel
attacked Syria, the Syrian forces collapsed rapidly in the
Six Day war. After that Syria never fired a shot at
Israel.
When the western powers ordered Syria to get out of Lebanon,
it hastened to get out. The Assad regime convinced Iran and
Hizbullah in Lebanon that with the help of Syria, a Shiite
empire would emerge all the way from Tehran through Damascus
to Beirut.
Assad kept up a steady stream of propaganda to indicate that
kit wanted to "liberate" Palestine. In the meantime, America
was sending people to Syria to be tortured. The case of Arar
[of Canada] is well known.
When a popular uprising broke out against Assad, Iran
supported Assad. Mujahideen from all ovder the world went to
Syria to stop the horrendous massacres of Syria's unarmed
people by the regime's death squads. Assad claimed that the
western powers were trying to overthrow him!
The mujahideen who had fought in Afghanistan and Iraq
against America organized, trained and armed thousands of
Syrians. They helped the defectors from Assad's army to stop
the massacres.
When Assad started wobbling owing to the waves of uprising
across Syria, the regime appealed to Iran and Hizbullah for
help. The plea was that the dream of the Shia empire would
fail and Palestine would not be liberated.
[Remember that during Israeli invasions of Gaza, Hizbullah
did NOTHING.]
Hizbullah sent in several thousand of its best forces but it
could not change the situation and started suffering
casualties.
Assad was wobbling again. That's when Iran came in with
weekly shipments of weapons, huge financial help and finally
Revolitionary Guards and artillery. Iran suffered heavily
for Assad, including the death of senior officers.
Within the mujahideen groups too changes took place. Owing
to unthinkable atrocities by the Assad regime, the people
wanted a powerful response and retaliation. This came in the
shape of the Islamic Caliphate which united Syria with
Iraq.
The Islamic Caliphate took over half of Syria and parts of
Iraq. Again the Assad regime started wobbling. The IS forces
executed several hundred Assad forces as criminals who
committed genocide against the Syrian people.
The Syrian regime was again near collapse despite heavy
Iranian support. That's when Russia came in to save Assad
and started the daily bombing of the Islamic forces on a
scale which was not possible for Assad.
To understand American-Israeli strategy, we must note that
at all three interventions, America did not protest, even
formally.
Hizbullah. Iran. Russia: All three are supposed to be
opponents of America. Not a word against their
intervention.
America took advantage of these interventions to enter Syria
from the north east to attack the Islamic State. It has
created a force under its control, made out of Kurdish
Communists and Kurdish nationalists. The US air force is
bombing the Islamic State on a daily basis, leading the
Kurds to the capital of of the Islamic State. America has
gone to the extent of bombing the women and children of the
Islamic State who had fled al-Raqqa to seek refuge in
Mayadein [south east Syria].
In Iraq, the Shia regime and America and Iran are
collaborating big time with each other. There is no mystery
or conspiracy in Iraq. USA has a well established military
base in Erbil and a huge air base in Anbar province. In
Mosul, American special forces and "advisers" were embedded
with the Shia armada.
Imam Khomeini taught that the slightest cooperation with
America meant the death of the revolution. Shiism has
reached its nadir.
War News
Syria
Heaviest Fighting Yet East of Hama. Russians Killed but Air
force inflicts heavy IS losses. US bombs Raqqa Again.
Hizbullah-Assad Tank Column advancing Towards Deir ez zor.
Around Damascus regime uses Missiles & Artillery.
The mystery of IS evacuation with Hizbullah agreement. This
is what happened.
August 27-September 3
Heavy clashes between Russian-Hizbullah-Alawite forces vs
Islamic State forces.
Islamic State advanced and captured western Uqayribat town
and two villages, inflicting scores of casualties on
Hizbullah. The dead and wounded include Russian troops.
However the latest is that the Russian air force went on a
bombing spree killing about 100 IS fighters. It carried out
50 air strikes, forcing IS to retreat. The Russians also
bombed civilian areas killing 40 civilians including 7
children and 7 women. Another 100 civilians were injured.
With heavy Russian bombing, Hizbullah is advancing again
east of Hama.
Meanwhile SDF Kurds supported by the US Special Forces and
air strikes are trying to advance WITHIN al-Raqqa, the IS
capital. In the latest US "coalition" air raids, 23
civilians have been killed in Raqqa, including 11 children
and 3 women.
A Hizbullah-Iranian-Russian tank and artillery column is
advancing towards Deir ez Zor [southeaster Syria] where an
Alawite garrison has been besieged by IS for a long
time.
All around Damascus the Assad regime is launching missiles
and shooting heavy artillery in the hope of making civilian
life impossible. Rahman Corp, Jaysh al-Islam, IS, al-Nusra
and FSA are holding various sectors but life is becoming
worse every day. Palestinian seculars are supporting Assad
against Palestinian Islamics in the Yarmouk area.
Much confusion has been generated by Hizbullah letting IS
elements from the area they had on the Lebanese-Syrian
border to leave peacefully for the IS stronghold of Mayadein
[deep south eastern Syria]. Observers forgot that Hizbullah
tried to remove IS militarily but failed. It then tried a
tactic to avoid further losses. IS had their families with
them and were determined to resist. Hizbullah claimed that
Lebanon wants the bodies of 6 of its soldiers killed in
fighting IS and al-Nusra and Iran wants the body of its
soldier. So the IS fighters and their families were allowed
to leave in exchange for the bodies. . Halfway through their
journey, USA objected to the deal and bombed the roadway.
Thus the convoy was stuck in the center of Syria. Hizbullah
says the agreement should not be thwarted by the US. The IS
families meanwhile, some of them, have left the stranded
buses and moved by private cars sent by IS.
It appears that Hizbullah's politics with Lebanon's
government has something to do with this deal. The Hizbis
could not defeat IS in battle, so decided to do Lebanon a
favor by getting the bodies of its dead.
Somalia
Al-Shabab Temporarily Captured US-backed Military Base.
September 3. Al-Shabab fighters, said to be affiliated to
al-Qaida, smashed their way into a regime military base 30
miles from the port city of Kismayo. There were heavy regime
losses which the regime covered up by saying "more than" ten
of its troops were killed.
This is how al-Shabab reported it on its radio:
"The Mujahedeen fighters took control of Bulogadud; there
were many enemy deaths and three technical vehicles were
looted," a brief statement on a pro-Shabaab website said,
citing the group's Andalus radio.
[Earlier the US reported that "dozens" of its elite 101st
Air Borne division troops were helping the regime.
Marawi, Philippines
More than 100 days of Fighting. ISIS Gaining Prestige in the
Far East
September 1. Filipino troops with air support tried to
advance on Eid day in Marawi but were beaten back by the
Islamic fighters. The New York Times reports that 3
government troops were killed and 52 injured in the latest
clash.
The entire population of Marawi has been displaced by the
fighting. More than 300,000 people are in refugee camps.
The city has been flattened by the air force and artillery.
A small mujahideen group is holding on to a small area of
the city. ISIS is reported to be providing them with
supplies, and Muslims in the entire region are fascinated by
the mujahideen's ability to take on great odds.
IRAQ
Shia Armada Getting Ready to hit Hawija. Most IS evaded the
attack on Tal Afar. US Air Force busy Hunting IS all over
Iraq.
September 2. An IS unit hit a power plant near Samarra.
September 3. A tribal check point supporting the regime came
under attack at Baghdad. There are daily attacks on
Baghdad..
The defenders of Tal Afar left the city, fought a ferocious
battle with the regime in the desert and retreated in good
order to three towns held by IS in Anbar province and to
Hawija.
The regime is producing a stream of disinformation telling
IS supporters that IS is finished and they should
surrender.
Families of IS fighters in the Kirkuk area suddenly left the
area as the news was confirmed that the Shias have been
attacking families too.
The rumors that IS "ran away" from Tal Afar is affecting some
of their ranks.
The American air force is a fearsome force targeting IS
wherever it moves in Iraq. IS has no way of stopping the air
strikes.
Massacres and Air Strikes on Islam's holiest day
Nigeria
September 1
Nigerian air force announced that it killed several hundred
Boko Haram supporters who were making "sallah" in the
Sambisi forest which is the stronghold of Boko Haram, north
east of Maiduguri.
The first wave of Nigerian jets strafed the prayer
gathering, killing scores of people praying. As the
worshippers fled for their lives, a second wave of Nigeriian
jets bombed them killing many more.
Burma [Myanmer]
September 1. A flood of Rohingya Muslim refugees is moving
from Burma into Bangladesh. In two days, the number of
terrified refugees has reached 78000.
Human rights organizations say overflights show entire
Muslim villages on fire as the Buddhist army launched an
offensive against unarmed people. The Buddhist army says it
has killed 400 "insurgents."
Afghanistan
September 1.
The United Nations reports two US air strikes, one in the
Heart area and one in the Logar area. The UN says 28 women
and children were killed in the strikes and 16 injured. The
US says it was targeting "anti government elements" and will
investigate,
Islamic Voice from Atlanta Protests Muslim shop keepers who
sell haram items,.
by Sis. Teresa Rollins
Brother Bilal Stroud has been exhorting Muslims of the Real
Al-Islam Community to begin to confront Muslim Store owners
who sell haram (alcohol, cigarettes, and poor calorie
foodstuff) to minority communities by encouraging Muslims to
boycott them.
As a result, these Muslims who do such things have reported
him, have tried to shut him down on Facebook so they can
continue in encouraging sin and its practice in the minority
communities. They have no qualms making money off haram
things and encouraging poor health.
They go to the masjids to pray knowing they have done harm
to others.
I am asking every real Believer in Allah to send support to
this brother, and tell FB to stop cutting off the right to
exercise a call to healthful living
Baltimore continued.
After the third prayer, 120 people were reached with an
8-page Jamaat al-Muslimeen document which contained the
following items:
Rallies in Turkey for al-Aqsa mosque. (Prof. S.
Kurter)
America's dog culture (Sis. Abida Rahmani.)
Mass murder of civilians in Mosul and Aleppo compared to
destruction of German cities in World War 2. (Br.
Kaukab)
Latest war news from Iraq, Syria. [Wire services]
How to attain khushoo [humility] in prayers. (Sis.
Yasmin)
Loose Women ,,,,,,
by Sis. Aisha
Felicia Livingstone's diatribe rings true about loose women.
It is so true that these women behave in such a loose manner
and then, expect a decent man to rescue them. It is
unfortunate that they are in such a financially difficult
position that they feel the need to degrade themselves to
get the bills paid. In worse case scenarios children are
molested while the mother turns a blind eye because they are
being financially supported!
The difference with men is that they choose to be
promiscuous (a word reserved for women) and have the
audacity to expect a decent woman to marry them and some of
these women do that but, put the "no premarital sex"
condition on the relationship.
Eid Day.
On Eid day, September 1, there was a large crowd at the
Islamic Society of Baltimore [Masjid Rahma].. This is
located just outside the city in an upscale suburb and
attracts a middle class crowd. There were people here from
dozens of Muslim countries.
Owing to the numbers, there were three Eid prayers. Jamaat
al-Muslimeen reached out to the worshippers after the second
and third prayers. A total of 220 people got Jamaat's
documents.
After the second prayer, 100 people got a 6-page document
with the following items in it.
&
Why was Pakistan created? Rebuttal of people who don't
realize what a blessing Pakistan is in spite of its
weaknesses. [by Br. Mantaqi[
Appeal to help the hurricane victims in Texas. [Br.
Solano. Jamaat al-Muslimeen]
&
Hajj and the ONE GLOBAL Ummah concept+Makka was founded
by an African woman. [Khutba by Br. Kaukab Siddique]
Rohingya Muslims First signs of Resistance.+ hadith on
"Khutbas must reach women in the audience."
Genocidal Cleansing of the Rohingya Muslims and the Cowardly
Silence of the Muslim World.
Dr Firoz Mahboob Kamal
[Leading Intellectual of Bangladesh]
More than a million Rohingya Muslims in the Rakhine state of
Myanmar are subject to genocidal cleansing. Thousands of the
Muslim children, men and women are brutally massacred. Women
are being raped. Thousands of their houses, shops, mosques
are blazed to ashes. To save life and chastity, several
hundred thousand have already fled to Bangladesh, Thailand,
Malaysia and other countries. The Rohingya Muslims are about
2 million; but now decimated to only one million through
sustained eviction and ethnic cleansing. Now, the ethnic
cleansing has attained a new barbaric level. But
surprisingly, the whole Muslim World is showing their
tongue-tied cowardice silence - as if nothing has happened
in the world.
The western world's current worry is North Korea's ballistic
missile; as if the Korean missiles have started killing
people in Europe and America and killing their friends in
South Korea or Japan. So they could quickly convene an
emergency session of the UN's Security Council to impose
more sanction against North Korea. The members of the
Security Council show their full consensus on such sanction.
But they couldn't spare any time to think over the on-going
genocide in Myanmar. Rather they show their consensus only
to keep their silence. Whereas, the genocidal cleansing of
Muslims in Myanmar hasn't started today or yesterday; the UN
body could sustain their silence for long years -as keep
silence on killings in Kashmir, Palestine and Syria. In
fact, such a posture of the World leaders tells a lot
vis-à-vis what they can do in the future.
So, the future of the Rohingya Muslims looks very gloomy.
They have no friend and no helper. So far, they are
suffering the most tremendous atrocities in silence; the
carnage continues unfettered. They have received no help
from any World Power. Even the neighbouring country like
Bangladesh has been very harsh and ungenerous to these
ill-fated people. Their boats were not allowed to come
nearer to the Bangladeshi shore or cross the Bangladesh
Myanmar border. The Bangladesh government even didn't show
any displeasure towards the brutality of Myanmar government,
let alone condemn it. Instead, Prime Minister Shaikh Hasina
peruses a policy of appeasement towards the Myanmar
government. However, one can easily find some historical
background for such an immoral congruency of the two
governments. The atrocities that are being committed by the
Myanmar government and the Buddhist thugs against the
Rohingya Muslims, in 1971, the ruling party of Bangladesh
and its political cadres did the same atrocities against the
non-Bengali Muslims. The non-Bengali Muslims living in
Bangladesh were deprived of the civic right to possess any
house, shop or property. After the defeat of Pakistan in its
eastern province of East Pakistan in December 1971, their
houses and shops were forcefully taken by the ruling Awami
League's political cadres. They non-Bengali owners were sent
to make-shift shanties; hundreds of thousand still live
there. They were not given the citizenship of Bangladesh. As
if, Bangladesh is only for the Bengalis. Myanmar government
is perusing the same racist policy against the Rohingya
Muslims. So, the government of Bangladesh doesn't possess
any moral strength or appetite to condemn similar atrocities
against the Rohingya Muslims.
So, the governments in both Myanmar and Bangladesh represent
two faces of the same moral disease. During Soviet
occupation, about 5 million Afghan refugees could find safe
haven in Pakistan and Iran. More than 6 million Syrian
refugees enjoy safe haven in Turkey, Lebanon, Jordan and
even European countries. About half of the population of
Lebanon are refugees -either Palestinians or Syrians. But
the Rohingya Muslims do not enjoy such a fortune; because
they do not have such neighbours. About 170 million Bengali
Muslims show utter incompetence to give shelter even to few
hundred thousand Rohingya Muslims. Rakhine state of Myanmar
is now a fortified prison for the Muslims. And the prison is
now set on fire; and the Bangladesh border security forces
are doing every things to close the escape gate of the
prison.
If the victims were Christian, Jews or Hindus, they would
have received huge haul of weapons and strong political
support from all over the world. And, if they could stand up
to dismember any Muslim country, the support would have been
many fold -as happened in the war against Pakistan in 1971
and against Sudan in recent decades . Since the victims in
Myanmar are the Muslims, they have no friend in anywhere in
the world! The human morality has entered into its most
abysmal state. As if, the Muslims don't deserve any moral,
political and humanitarian support. As if, they deserve only
bombs, drones, eviction, occupation and genocidal massacre.
The USA is committing such crimes in Afghanistan for 17
years, in Iraq for 14 years and now expanded the crime zone
to Syria. Israel is committing the same atrocities in
Palestine for more than 80 years. And in Kashmir, India's
barbarity continues for more than 70 years. Since the
perpetrators of the crimes have never been punished, the
government of Myanmar has boastfully joined the same club.
The government of India has recently declared that India
will stand behind the government of Myanmar against its
fight against the Muslims. Even the government of Bangladesh
has approached the Myanmar that the country is ready to
collaborate with Myanmar to fight against any Rohingya
insurgency.
Rakhaine state of Myanmar is a Muslim majority state with a
coast line almost equal to that of Bangladesh. Historically,
geographically and ethnically they are part of Bengal. Till
1948, it was the part of British colony in Myanmar. If any
concern for the safety and security of the Muslim had ever
worked in the British conscience, this Muslim majority
territory of Rakhine must have been merged with Pakistan.
But that didn't happen -as didn't happen for the Muslim
majority state of Kashmir. The same anti-Muslim bias got its
horrendous display in Palestine, too. Hence, what is
happening in Kashmir, Palestine, and Rakhine is indeed the
legacy of the British imperialists' anti-Muslim policy. In
order to bring an ethnic homogeneity in Myanmar, the fascist
government of Myanmar and its Buddhist racists want a
genocidal cleansing of the whole Muslim population from
Rakhine. They don't want to follow any civilised route. If
they want to make Myanmar only for the Buddhists, why they
do not allow the Rohingya people to separate from Myanmar
and establish their own independent state or merge with
Bangladesh. They conveniently forget that Rakhine was never
inhabited by the Buddhist.
Now the Rohingya Muslims really run out of choice. They have
to embrace either a total genocidal extinction or fight
against the genocidal occupation. In Islam, there is no
place for surrender. Surrender brings further punishment
from Allah Sub'hana wa Ta'la. In such a dire situation,
fighting against the killers is obligatory on every Muslim.
Cowardice incompetence would only add more disgrace and
death to the Rohingya people. It is also true that the world
leaders will do nothing against the criminals; rather they
will label them as terrorist if they try to resist the
genocide. The imperialists would wish that the Rohingya
people should embrace extinction rather than fighting the
brutal occupation. Aung Sang Sochi - the Nobel Prize winning
leader of the Burmese nationalist, has shown her real
colour. Instead of condemning the perpetrators of
atrocities, she has blamed the Rohingya Muslims for all the
problems in Myanmar. More awfully, the world leaders are
also showing their real colour by keeping their criminal
silence and inaction.
Rohingya Muslims fleeing from fighting in Myanmar face
attempts by Bangladesh authorities to send them home despite
a U.N. appeal that they be allowed to stay. The Rohingya are
classed as illegal immigrants in Myanmar.
Allah Controls the Universe: One Day He will Wrap it Up!
My thoughts on the Recent Eclipse.
by Sis. Yasmin
'Alhamduli'Allahi Rabbil Aalameen' wa-Salaatu wa-Salaamu
'Alaa Ashrafil-Anbiyaa-e-wal-Mursaleen~
`Amma `Baa`d...'Assalam Alaikum wa Rahmatullahi wa
Barakatuh'
Narrated Abu Dhar [Allah be pleased with him]
*PROPHET* [SALLAH LAHU `ALAIHI WA SALLAM]......asked me at
Sunset: ' Do you know where the Sun goes at the time of
Sunset'? I replied...'Allah and His Apostle know better.
PROPHET [SALLAL LAAHU `ALAIHI WA SALLM] said...
'It goes (i.e. travels) till it Prostrates itself underneath
the Throne and takes the permission to rise again, and it is
permitted. Then a time will come when it will be about to
Prostrate itself, but its Prostration will NOT BE ACCEPTED
and it will ask permission to go on its course but it will
not be permitted...then ... it will be ordered to return
whence it has come and ... then... it will rise in the
West.
And that is the interpretation of the...Statement of ALLAH:
'And the Sun runs its fixed course for a term decreed,
that is The Decree of ALLAH~The Exalted in Might, The
All-Knowing'.
{ Source...'Quran'~ Surat 'YâSîn~ # 36 ~ Ayah # 38 and S
ahih Bukhari ~ Book # 54~ Hadith #421 }
~My 'Salaams' to all ~
~Sis in Faith ~ Yasmin~
"All that is on earth will Perish. But will abide {Forever}
the Face of thy Lord, full of Majesty, Bounty and Honour"
{'Quran'- Surah Al-Rahman-55.~ A # 26-27 }