Allah 's Apostle said, "Treat women nicely, for a women is
created from a rib, and the most curved portion of the rib
is its upper portion, so, if you should try to straighten
it, it will break, but if you leave it as it is, it will
remain crooked. So treat women nicely."
Bukhari Volume 4, Book 55, Number 548
[With thanks to Sis. Kristi]
New Trend's Web Site doing well
80,100 hits in November.
Thank you Br. Rich.
A record for volunteer work!
[The web site also has entire Qur'an in three English
translations, plus Sahih Bukhari, plus list for boycotting
pro-Israeli businesses, plus intro to political prisoners
and much more.]
That's the number of people New Trend's December 8 issue
reached after being posted on the
Jamaat al-Muslimeen Facebook page.
Some of the contents of this issue were:
Pakistan's Founder, Jinnah, speaking to America in 1947.
Palestine's Great March of Return resumed.
Secret Chinese document revealing genocide of Uighar Muslims.
Heavy fighting in Syria.
Holocaust story under heavy criticism.
Guidance against Religious Pride.
Jordan's king: Profile in tyranny.
Feedback
Interesting Dialogue Between Two New Trend Activists.
As-Salaamu-'Alaikum Sis. Nadrat,
I find your marathon articles very inspirational! May Allah
reward your efforts to bring attention to political
prisoners held in America. What you do takes serious
courage!
Stay energized and keep inspiring people.
Salaam,
Sis. 'Aisha
WA beloved Sr. Aisha -
Thank you so much for the kind words. Indeed running
marathons to call attention to prominent political prisoners
allows me to combine twin passions: fighting for political
prisoners and running. At the same time, I recognize that
merely running for our long-suffering and extremely
courageous political prisoners is of limited utility in
effecting their freedom. And that, of course, is the
ultimate aim.
So, it can be frustrating at times, and I definitely feel
like I don't do enough. I do try to work with organizations
like the Jericho Movement and Jamaat al-Muslimeen, which
advocate for PPs, and I encourage others to do the same.
I'm grateful for the contact. I've long admired your
writing, and preferentially distribute editions of the New
Trend which contain your pieces in the DC area. Keep
speaking truth to power!
Hasbun Allah,
Nadrat Siddique
Dozens of Gazan families prepared to resume the Great March
of Return after demonstrations were hindered in response to
Israel's bloody campaign in the strip last month.
Reeling from the upsurge of agression, in which precision
airstrikes targeted homes of Hamas and Islamic Jihad
militants, protestors in Gaza have been mobilising under the
fresh slogan calling for Palestinian unity and the return of
Jerusalem as their capital.
The official committee which organises the protest movement
called for maximum participation to honour the "legacy of
martyrs, vows of prisoners and wounds of the maimed",
according to Palestinian news agency Wafa.
Great Return Marches had been curtailed in previous months,
due to a flare up of violence between Israel and Hamas'
rival militant group, Islamic Jihad (PIJ).
The spate of violence saw the assisination of a high profile
commander in PIJ, Baha Abu al-Ata. 34 Palestinians,
including women and children, were killed in airstrikes.
The Great March of Return began on March 30, 2018. According
to the Jabalia-based Al Mezan Center for Human Rights, 213
have been killed while taking part in the protests.
The figure includes 46 women and children, nine disabled
people, four paramedics and two journalists
The protesters demand the right to return to their
ancestors' homes, from which they were forcefully expelled
in 1948 to clear the way for Israel's creation.
According to scholarly estimates, Zionist millitias removed
some 700,000 Palestinian villagers from their native
lands.
The protesters are also demanding an end to the 12-year-long
Israeli blockade, which has crippled life in the strip.
India
Religious test for migrants a reflection of bigotry as
India's state policy say Indian Americans
Citizenship Amendment Bill to exclude Muslim migrants from
any path to citizenship
December 9, 2019
The Indian American Muslim Council (IAMC), an advocacy group
dedicated to safeguarding India's pluralist and tolerant
ethos, today strongly condemned the move to turn into law
the Citizenship Amendment Bill, and termed the bill a
"reflection of bigotry as India's state policy."
The drive to legislate exclusion of one religious community
once again exposes the socially divisive agenda of the
Hindutva rightwing forces in India that aim to reconstitute
India into a Hindu theocracy by subverting the Constitution
from its pluralist moorings.
Prior to the Citizenship Amendment Bill (CAB) it was the
National Register of Citizens (NRC) that sought to turn over
a million Indians, many of whom have lived in Assam for
generations, into stateless aliens. Although the NRC was
primarily targeted at Muslims, in a move intended to boost
Hindutva politics in Assam, it backfired and ended up
designating many Hindus as aliens. The Citizenship Amendment
Bill apparently seeks to remedy that by explicitly calling
out Muslim migrants as ineligible for citizenship. In order
for India's continued existence as a secular polity, it is
essential to expose Hindutva's supremacist agenda in
comprehensive terms.
The short term goal is clearly to re-designate Hindus who
were stripped of citizenship by the ill-conceived NRC as
"persecuted" religious refugees, primarily from Bangladesh.
This would then leave the Assamese Muslims with no recourse
to getting their citizenship back.
The Bill's mandate is to designate only non-Muslim migrants
from Afghanistan, Pakistan, and Bangladesh as eligible for
Indian citizenship on grounds of persecution in their home
countries, while denying Muslim Rohingya migrants from
Myanmar the same refugee status.
"This two-pronged attack on millions of Indian Muslim
citizens, as well as legitimate Muslim refugees from
neighboring countries not only smacks of Islamophobia, but
is inhuman, immoral and a violation of accepted norms of
civilized societies and nation states," said Mr. Ahsan Khan,
President of IAMC.
"Attempts to marginalize 200 million Indian Muslims based on
a bigoted worldview can bring no good to the nation," added
Mr. Khan.
That said, progressive elements in India are deeply
concerned that in its trademark style the BJP will subvert
the law by coercion, pressure tactics and by exploiting
possible legal loopholes. This was precisely the playbook
followed when it revoked the constitutionally mandated
special status of Jammu and Kashmir.
It is noteworthy that Indian Muslims have long been
economically marginalized. The more obvious toxic release of
Hindutva forces in the country (spearheaded by the RSS)
seeks to crush their spirit and social status as well as
render them illegal through various contrivances such as the
NRC and CAB.
"As citizens of the world and as human beings India's rapid
descent into fascism should concern us all," said Mr. Afzal
Ali, Vice-President of IAMC. "As Martin Luther King Jr.
famously said, 'Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice
everywhere,'" added Mr. Ali.
Closer scrutiny of the Bill reveals a pattern of religious
and racial discrimination. The exclusion of Tamil Hindus
from Sri Lanka is no oversight. It lays bare the BJP's
narrow minded 'Hindi-Hindu-Hindustan' (One language-One
religion-One nation) approach to nationhood.
While harping on the lofty ideal of providing refuge to
those who are persecuted on religious grounds, the BJP is
actively undermining the status of minorities in general and
Muslims in particular. It is also playing appeasement
politics, something it has long accused various opposition
parties of doing.
IAMC has lauded resistance to the Bill from some Opposition
parties and called on all people of conscience to exert
greater effort in preventing India from engaging in a war
with its own citizens.
Qur'an was Revealed as Part of a Process.
Islam is winning Globally, not losing.
On December 13, Br. Kaukab Siddique gave the Juma' khutba at
Masjid Jamaat al-Muslimeen in Baltimore, Owing to efforts to
develop new leadership at the masjid, 5 khateebs have
emerged and Br. Kaukab gives only one khutba a month [after
giving khutbas regularly over most of 30 years.]
Apples were distributed this juma' to incite better
health.
Also a beautiful Islamic art book produced by sisters led by
Sis. Hedaya in Atlanta was given to 10 people who have
teenagers in their families.
Here is an outline of the points made in the khutba.
Text #1
"The Believers, men and women, are protectors one of
another: they enjoin what is just, and forbid what is evil:
they observe regular prayers, practise regular charity, and
obey Allah and His Messenger. On them will Allah pour His
mercy: for Allah is Exalted in power, Wise." [The Qur'an
9:70]
Text #2.
"O mankind! We created you from a single (pair) of a male
and a female, and made you into nations and tribes, that ye
may know each other (not that ye may despise (each other).
Verily the most honoured of you inthe sight of Allah is (one
who is) the most righteous of you. And Allah has full
knowledge and is well acquainted (with all things)." [The
Qur'an 49:13]
Christians are our friends but there is no evidence that
Jesus, pbuh, was born on December 25. Jesus, pbuh, did not
celebrate his birthday nor did his disciples.
Islam is based on the Qur'an and authentic hadith.
Muhammad, pbuh, was the last prophet and messenger of Allah.
Anyone proclaiming prophethood after him is not part of
Islam.
Islam has prohibited sects. We only recognize
interpretations of Qur'an and hadith such as in Hanafi,
Maliki, Shaf'ai, Hanbali, Ahle hadith not sects.
Sects emerge when one sahabi [Companion] of the prophet,
pbuh, is exalted above all others, as has been done in the
case of Ali, r.a.
Abu Bakr, Umar, Usman and Ali, Allah be pleased with them,
and all sahaba, r.a., are to be respected and honored.
Owing to the tremendous oppression of Muslims in
Palestine, Kashmir, China and Burma, many Muslims have
started thinking of themselves as victims.
Islam and Muslims are winning although the progress is
slow. The first sign was that the Soviet Union was forced tp
withdraw from Afghanistan for the first time in the history
of Russia. The Soviet empire collapsed.
Part 2
Islam forced the US to withdraw from Iraq. Remember that
Obama was elected on the promise of withdrawal from
Iraq.
Who could have thought that Islam would dare to face America
on the battlefield.
Then the Islamic State emerged. It faced a storm of
propaganda from the West, so much so that many Muslims
started thinking that the Islamic State is not Islamic.
Islam is resurgent in Africa too. Only yesterday Muslims
delivered a stunning defeat to regime troops backed by
France in Niger.
Islam is a process. We can see that in the process of the
prohibition of liquor and intoxicants and in the prohibition
of interest. Look at Sura 2 verse 219 where the Qur'an
opposes liquor but also mentions some benefits in it.
In sura 4 verse 43, Muslims were told not to come to
prayer with their minds befogged by liquor. There are FIVE
prayers, so that prohibition radically reduced time space
for drinking.
Then in sura 5 verse 90, all intoxicants were banned as
abominations.
Muslims, perhaps owing to male dominance in current Muslm
thinking, often forget that the same process applies to the
rights of women.
Muslim scholars keep repeating sura 4, verse 34, which
teaches men to provide for and protect their wives. It also
gives them advice on disciplining their wives.
Sura 4 : 34 was revealed when the Islamic community was
just beginnng to be formulated. Men were told to provide for
and protect their wives. Women were told to give up the easy
going pre-Islamic life style.
But then in sura 24, even in allegations of outright
sexual misconduct, there is no scope for the husband
disciplining the wife. Such allegations simply lead to the
annulment of marriage.
Then came absolute equality with conduct as the only
standard of nobility. The words are:
"The believing men and the believing women are EACH OTHER's
protecting frienda and guardians." [Sura Tauba.]
May Allah forgive our sins and shortcomings. May Allah help
us to study the Qur'an and the authentic hadith every day.
May Allah give us spouses and children who will stand up for
Islam.
PAKISTAN
Planned Attacks on Islamic Students
by Qaiser Sharif
LAHORE- Dec 13: Declaring the attack on the students of
International Islamic University Islamabad as a pre-planned
move, Jamaat-e-Islami chief Senator Sirajul Haq has demanded
arrest of those involved in the killing of the IJT leader
and all others who hatched the conspiracy to create unrest
and anarchy in the institution.
Addressing the student gathering after leading funeral
prayer of Islami Jamiat Talba leader Syed Tufailur Rahman at
IIUI on Friday, he held the university management equally
responsible for the attack, questioning who allowed the
attackers to enter the university with weapons.
Three JI workers were killed in a broad daylight in Muredki
a few days ago and now the miscreants took life of the young
student, he said, adding the incidents were the proof of the
government;s complete failure to protect the lives of the
people. A law of jungle was prevailing in the biggest
province of the country, he added.
Siraj rejected the statement of the local police official
who termed the incident a result of a clash between two
student organizations. He said the police and university
administration were intentionally trying to hide the facts.
He said the miscreants attacked the peaceful exhibition and
a large number of the students were eye witness to it. An
ethnic group which was active in the IIUI under patronage of
university administration was involved in the act of
violence, he added. Siraj, however, urged the IJT members to
exercise restraint and be patient. He also warned the
government not to test the patience of the students and put
the criminals behind bar. He regretted that educational
institutions and hospitals were under attack and rulers were
posing as silent spectator.
War News & Civil Discord.
Iraq
Huge Protests Continue. Some city areas under Protestors'
Control.
ISIS Back in action though still limited.
December 15.
Kirkuk province. Islamic State fighters attacked a regime
police convoy which was delivering food to regime
troops.
Kurdish Peshmarga force launched operation against Islamic
State after multiple attacks by IS in the Khanaqin area.
First two items from BAS news.
On December 12, a human bomber from IS killed 11 Shia troops
in the Samarra area and wounded 5. The area is an IS
stronghold. Later, further south a car bomb killed 4 Shia
troops.m [AFP.]
Massive crowd protests continued throughout the week despite
repression by the police.
The death toll now is 460 killed and more than 17000 injured
in two and a half months.
On December 12 Iraqis were shocked to know that a teenager
was lynched by the crowds after he fired at he crowds and
killed 5 people to stop protests in front of his house. The
lynching went viral and on December 15 the regime arrested 5
people who perpetrated it.
Pro-Iran groups fired at buildings housing troops trained by
the US. In turn US threatened reprisals but after that there
were two more attacks including one on the military section
of Baghdad airport,
Baghdad International Airport has closed down allegedly
owing to weather conditions
Iranian missile units have reportedly entered Iraq.
Iran's famous general Soleimani tried to persuade protests
from continuing but to no avail. Pro-Iran militia, Hashad
al-Shaabi
organized a rally in Baghdad but large scale protests
continued.
Some areas of Shia majority including Baghdad, Basra and
Karbala.are now controlled by protestors.. . Ayatollah
Sistani has spoken against police repression.
Syria
Scattered Fighting due to Floods.
SOHR Documents Assad's Torture Victims killed in Two Years.
December 15. Assad's barrel bombing injured 6 civilians and
killed a child in Maar-Shorin town [[Idlib province.].
For three days there were no Russian air strikes owing to
bad weather,
However shelling by Assad's long range artillery and
surface-to-surface missiles continued daily.
In Deraa province, Sanaymayn city, a collaborator with the
Assad regime was killed and another wounded.
December 14, Turkish-backed Syrian fighters attacked Kurdish
Communist positions in Saida village in al-Raqqa
countryside.
December 13, Turkish artillery andSyrians supporting Turkey
shelled the positions in two villages in Hasakeh province.
[North east Syria.]
December 12. A regime attack in eastern Idlib province was
thwarted by Tahrir [al Nusra] mujahideen after a three hour
long battle.
December 10: Mujahideen groups led by Tahrir [al-Nusra[
countered shelling by the regime with heavy weapons in areas
of latakia, Hama province and Idlib province borders..
Torture by the Assad regime.
More than 104000 civilians have been tortured to death by
the Assad regime. Of these more than 30,000 died in the
notorious Sednaya prison. Syrian Observatory for Human
Rights has documented the names of 16146 torture victims
killed in two ears, 2013 to 2015, Of these 15958 were men,
64 were women and 125 were CHILDREN..
Pakistan
Lawyers Attack Hospital.
December 11.
Several hundred lawyers attacked
a hospital in Lahore known as the Punjab Institute of
Cardiology. . They went from
room to room smashing property and terrorizing the staff.
Reports indicate that at least 5 patients died during the
rampage owing to neglect.
It took the police two hours to control the situation.
Police used tear gas and arrested 20 lawyers.
The lawyers were angry about how their friends were
mistreated by the hospital.
[Imran Khan's nephew was videotaped leading some of the
attacking lawyers.]
Firing in International Islamic University.
December 12. An educationnal expo set up by Islamic students
in Islamabad was attacked by an ethnic gang. The attackers
opened fire ,killing student Syed Tufail ur Rahman of Islami
Jamiate Talaba and injured several other students. {He had
come all the way from Gilgit to study at the
university.]
Several of the attackers were captured by the Islamic
studenrs and handed over to the police but no legal action
is done yet by the law.
Niger
Battle Victory for Mujahideen group.
71 regime troops killed.
December 11. In a ferocious battle with Niger troops [backed
by France], Islamic State fighters killed 71 Niger troops
and wounded 12.
The battle took place at In Ates near Niger's border with
Mali.
The regime says the attackers suffered heavy losses but
could not produce any evidence. Looks like the mujahideen
hit the regime troops very hard.
[Reports indicate that the Islamic uprising is spreading
across Mali, Niger and Burkina Faso despite French and
American support for the regimes.]
News Within the U.S.
Morningside Murder
by Sis. Aisha [Jamaat al-Muslimeen.]
New York City - On Wednesday evening (12/12), Tessa Majors,
an 18 year old Barnard College student, was found by the
stairs of Morningside Park, near 116th street. The reports
were that she had gone out for an evening jog where she was
approached by teenagers trying to rob her. Then, she was
stabbed multiple times and left for dead. The police have
arrested a 13 and 14 year old but say that a third person,
who is suspected of the actual stabbing, is still being
sought.
The 13 year old, who attends a nearby middle school, has
stated that he and his two friends went to the park to rob
people.
It's the same ol' thing: The police rounded up teenagers in
the area only to have to release them, later. The Legal Aid
attorney for the 13 year old suspect has stated that the
police have nothing but the boy's statement. A bloody 4-inch
knife was found nearby and is still being analyzed for
fingerprints and DNA. So how these two boys were found is in
itself suspect, especially since the police were questioning
many teens for a couple of days. As usual, the police have
the whole story before all of the characters are even
present to tell it and no one is saying much except the
youngest suspect.
At least 20 people have come forward to say that they have
been robbed in the park, yet many politicians and police say
the park is safe. Could police under reporting crime be the
culprit? In an effort to make gentrified Harlem, which is
where Columbia is located, seem even safer than it really
is, the police precincts have discouraged crime victims from
reporting robberies and altercations.
I feel awful that the Majors Family sent their daughter here
to attend college only to lose her after a few months in
this God-forsaken city! I pray that the police find who is
truly responsible and not rushing to make arrests. I have
used this park as a thruway, at times. There are a lot of
Columbia student housing there and then there is Mt. Sinai
(formerly St. Luke's) Hospital. But, there is not a lot of
foot traffic throughout the day and it has always been that
way.
Note: There is a disparity in how boys and girls are raised
in this society. The girls must be home by sundown while
their younger brothers can hang out doing Allah knows what!
Both boys and girls should be home by sundown unless they
have after-school activities.
Ironically, many black parents believe that it is okay to
let their sons hang out at night where they can be exposed
to danger because they are the stronger sex but they
admonish these boys for speaking their minds in school out
of fear of the "Angry Black Male" stigma. Shai'tan is
laughing at this logic because he knows the path from the
streets leads to hell-fire while speaking one's mind shows
intelligence.
(Source New York Times and Time)
Hour Long Gun fight in Jersey City
AP reported that on December 10, 6 people
were killed in a gunfight between security forces and two
gunmen at a Jewish Kosher market in Jersey City [near New
York.].
Reports indicate that two of the dead were Jewish and one
was a customer in the market. One police officer and the two
gunmen were also killed. A large police force and swat teams
attacked the gunmen.
According to the mayor of the city, the Jewish market was
targeted.
Another report indicates that the gunmen were from a Black
religious sect.
Largest Israeli-Jewish Support Group for Trump.
On December 7, Preseident Trump gave a 45-minute speech to 4000
people in Hollywood, Florida. Reports indicate that this is
the biggest Jewish crowd Trump has addressed. He offered
Israel total support and the crowd responded with wild
excitement.
Reports say that such a large gathering of Jewish supporters
could help Trump win in next year's elections. Florida is a key
state,.Many of them are Israelis living in Florida.
Biggest Distributors of Gay Porn in USA.
December 10. BBC has published an extensive report on the biggest
distributors of Gay Porn in America. It's a Jewish couple,
Karen and Barry Mason, living in Los Angeles California
operating out of a book store used as a front known as
Circus of Books. It went on to become a community center for
Gaya.
They pretended to be conservative, religious, people. They were so
secretive that it took even their children to find out after
decades.
China
Soccer star Mesut Özil under fire in China for criticizing
Muslim detention camps.
Özil's social media posts were met by criticism online in
China, and an apparent decision from Chinese TV not to
broadcast Sunday's marquee game involving his club
Arsenal.
China's approach to human rights and its relationship with
global sports was once again in the spotlight this weekend
after a soccer star criticized the country's treatment of
its Uighur Muslim minority.
Mesut Özil, a prominent player for English soccer club
Arsenal, denounced China's policies toward its Muslim
residents in a post on Twitter and Instagram Friday.
He was met by criticism online in China, and an apparent
decision from Chinese TV not to broadcast Sunday's marquee
game involving the club.
The controversy comes months after the NBA faced a sustained
backlash after Houston Rockets GM Daryl Morey expressed
apparent support for protests in Hong Kong.
The high-profile incident developed into a crisis for the
league.
Now soccer may have to confront the same questions.
In his social media posts Özil, who is Muslim, called
Uighurs "warriors who resist persecution" and criticized
both China's crackdown and the silence of Muslims in
response.
He told his more than 20 million followers, in a post
translated from Turkish: "Qurans are burned, mosques were
closed down, Islamic theological schools, madrasas were
banned, religious scholars were killed one by one. Despite
all this, Muslims stay quiet."
Arsenal, which has a large following in China and has
previously toured the country, sought to distance itself
from the comments.
In a statement posted to its official account on the Chinese
social media platform Weibo, Arsenal insisted that the
player was not speaking for the club and that it remains
apolitical.
"The content he expressed is entirely Özil's personal
opinion," the statement said.
But on Sunday, the state-run newspaper Global Times said
state-run CCTV would no longer be broadcasting Sunday's
English Premier League clash between Arsenal and Manchester
City.
It said the decision was made after Özil's "false comments
on Xinjiang disappointed Chinese fans and football governing
authorities."
Arsenal's post on Weibo was met with angry replies, with one
showing a shredded Özil soccer jersey next to a pair of
scissors and others demanding he be expelled from the
club.
The response from China echoed that which met the Rockets
and the NBA in October.
The broadcasts of preseason NBA games were canceled and
events in the country were met with protests, throwing a
wrench into the league's push to cultivate loyal spectators
and court powerful investors in the country.
Arsenal, and the Premier League more broadly, has similarly
tried to expand its Chinese following. The club opened its
first Arsenal-themed sports bar and restaurant in Shanghai
last year.
But human rights issues have now again reared their
head.
An estimated 1 million people have been detained in China's
network of Muslim internment centers across the western
province of Xinjiang.
After long denying Uighur, Kazakh and Kyrgyz ethnic
minorities were being detained on accusations of terrorism
or extremist leanings, Chinese authorities began to
acknowledge the existence of these camps in late 2018.
However, officials said the centers are vocational training
centers for the unemployed and boarding schools.
Documents from state authorities leaked earlier this year
revealed the camps were designed for ideological
transformation, political brainwashing and erasing
culture.
New York-based nonprofit Human Rights Watch said in a 2018
report that China was inflicting "rampant abuses" including
torture and unfair trials on the Muslim population.
Sports stars aren't the only social media users attempting
to spread awareness of the issue.
Source: NBCNews
Guidance by Sis. Yasmin.
'Bismillah Walhamdulillah Was Salaatu Was Salaam 'ala Rasulillah'
'As-Salaam Alaikum Wa-Rahmatullahi Wa - Barakatuhu.'
* Do Not Grieve At My Death * {!}
{Al-Ghazaalee (R)} said... "Say to my friends, when they
look upon me Dead. Weeping for me and mourning me in sorrow...
Do not believe that this corpse is myself !
In the name of Allah, I tell you, it is not I.. I am a Spirit and this
is nothing but Flesh {!} It was my abode and my garment for a time.
I am a Pearl which has left its Shell. I am a Bird, and this body
was my Cage! I have now flown forth and it is left as a token
All praise be to Allah, Who has now set me free from the
shackles of life.
Think not that death is death... No...{!}
It is the beginning of a New Life {!}
"And whoever takes other than Islam as a religion, it will never be
accepted from him, and he will be in the Hereafter ~ from the losers."
[Source~ 'Qur'an'~Surat Aali 'Imraan~ 3: A #85]
A Lil Note:
There are many Metaphors used in this passage of
Al-Ghazaalee's (R).
so words have been inserted in square brackets for ease of reading
and to remove any misinterpretation or confusion which may arise.. !
'In Shaa Allah'.
