Is it True that Hadith was not Written in
the Time of the Prophet, pbuh?
The role of Dr. Fazlur Rahman as misleader.
by Kaukab Siddique
Dr. Fazlur Rahman was influenced by Christian missionaries
and Jewish orientalists. He tried to confuse the Muslims of
Pakistan, with the support of the military government, but
was defeated and fled to America where he was immediately
given a senior position at Chicago University to teach
Islam.
Both the Qur'an and the Hadith were written down in the time
of the Prophet Muhammad (pbuh). The Qur'an is the word of
Allah revealed to Muhammad (peace be on him). The Hadith is
the commentary, explanation, implementation of the Qur'an by
Muhammad (pbuh). Both are interlinked and essential to each
other. No authentic Islamic scholar has ever tried to say
that Hadith is not necessary or was written later.
The people who wrote down the Qur'an, on bits and pieces of
materials, were the SAHABA or companions of the Prophet
(pbuh). Paper and printing were not available at that time.
So, people could not go around with printed and bound copies
of the Qur'an. Even the collation and putting together of
the Qur'an was done by the SAHABA so that the Qur'an became
a BOOK between two covers after the Prophet (pbuh) passed
away. This great work was done under the supervision of Abu
Bakr, Umar, Osman and Ali (may Allah be pleased with them
all) who were the first four rightly guided Caliphs of
Islam.
The same SAHABA also wrote and transmitted the Hadith and
made sure that nothing was falsely attributed to the Prophet
(pbuh).
The QUR'AN was also MEMORIZED by the Sahaba. In fact few of
them had it in writing but many of them knew it from memory.
The cross checking of memory with writing was carried out to
make sure that the Qur'an as revealed to the Prophet, pbuh,
was transmitted to future generations.
The HADITH was also memorized by the SAHABA and transmitted
to future generations. Any scholar of Hadith had to MEMORIZE
the HADITH from the written collections of the Sahaba and
then RECITE IT FROM MEMORY to his/her teacher. Thus an
accurate record of the Prophet's, pbuh, life and teachings
was enshrined in the scholarship of the Muslim world.
In the era after the SAHABA various kinds of sects arose
which tried to disseminate their own versions of the Qur'an.
Some of them claimed that Hazrat Ali (r.a.) had received
suras of the Qur'an from the Prophet, pbuh, which no one
else had. The scholars of the line of Ali (r.a.) and Fatima
(r.a.), such as Imam Jafar and Imam Baqir, were able to
repudiate these claims because they had the Qur'an both by
memory and in writing.
Similarly attempts were made to invent "Hadith." This was a
very serious effort by Kings and emperors who wanted
religion to justify their tyranny and to creatre a "tame
Islam." The problem was aggravated by the fact that various
SAHABA had migrated to various cities, and after they passed
away, various people could claim that they had heard Hadith
from them.
It was in that context that great scholars like Imam Bukhari
stepped forward to ENSURE that fabrications did not enter
the corpus of Hadith. I think that these scholars were a bit
too strict and as a result they sometimes designated as
"weak" even those Hadith which were authentic but which
would not pass the test of extremely severe scrutiny.
Imam Bukhari and other imams are the ones Dr. Fazlur Rahman
was abusing when he claimed that Hadith was written in the
third century after the Prophet. Fazlur Rahman really was
quite ignorant of Hadith and hence recklessly fell into the
trap set for him by Christian missionaries and Jewish
orientalists.
WAS HADITH WRITTEN in the TIME OF THE PROPHET (pbuh)? Yes,
the evidence is overwhelming. Here is one sample from a
prominent companion of the Prophet, pbuh, Abdullah ibn Umru
ibn al-Aas. It is authenticated by two distinct and separate
compilers of Hadith, Abu Dawud in his Sunan (chapter kitabut
al-ilm) and Darimi in his Musnad (chapter on Rukhs fi
kitabut al-ilm):
"Whatever I heard from the messenger of Allah, peace be on
him, I would write it down so as to be able to memorize it.
Then some in the Quraish (tribe) said to me: You write down
whatever you hear though the messenger of Allah is a human
being and speaks both in anger and in joy. On hearing that I
stopped writing and then I mentioned this to the messenger
of Allah. He pointed with his finger to his mouth and said:
Write on! By Him in whose Hand is my being, no word comes
out of this mouth but the Truth."
Abdullah ibn Umru (r.a.) collected the Hadith he had written
in the presence of the Prophet (pbuh) in a book titled
Al-Sadiqa. Abdullah said: "There are two things I love in
life: Al-Sadiqa and al-Wahat." He explained: "Al-Sadiqa is
that manuscript which I heard and wrote from the messenger
of Allah and Wahat is that land which (my father) Umru ibn
al-Aas donated to the cause of Allah and which I take care
of." [Darimi's Sunan.]
The compendium Tahzeeb al-Tahzeeb tells us that on the death
of Abdullah, r.a, the manuscript of Al-Sadiqa was secured by
his grandson Shuaib bin Muhammad and then transmitted to the
next generation by his son also named Umru. THE HADITH
WRITTEN BY Abdullah, r.a., DIRECTLY FROM THE PROPHET, pbuh,
AND AT HIS COMMAND, are to be found in the collections of
Hadith which we have under this chain of narration:
"From Umru son of Shuaib from his father from his
grandfather." As Hadith is a very strict discipline, some
classical scholars wanted to classify the collection as
Mursal because they thought the grandson should have SAT
DOWN IN FRONT OF THE GRANDFATHER AND RECITED THE WHOLE
COLLECTION TO HIM FROM MEMORY! However, some of the greatest
scholars of Hadith, like Imam Ahmad Ibn Hanbal, accept the
authenticity of Al-Sadiqa.
What makes Al-Sadiqa's authenticity irrefutable is that it
was also transmitted by OTHER STUDENTS of Abdullah (r.a.)
who had nothing to do with his grandson.
So, don't let anyone tell you that Hadith was not written in
the time of the Prophet, pbuh.
FINALLY, spend a couple of months in trying to understand
this verse of the Qur'an. It will help you to understand why
the Hadith is essential and ALWAYS goes with the Qur'an:
"The Prophet is closer to the believers than their own
selves, and his wives are their mothers. [33:6]
PAKISTAN
Tik tok.
In America and in Pakistan, you need to "street talk" if you
want to reach people who are not interested in formal
religion.
How to reach restless youngsters who don't listen to
sermons?
In Pakistan, young women are mimicking Molana Nasir Madni in
the tik tok game style.
Madni is rocking the world of religion in Pakistan with his
very friendly style in Punjabi vernacular combining
traditional preaching with joking and mocking those who are
going wrong.
The problem was how to reach young women and teenager
boys.
So a number of girls joined forces with Molana and imitate
his preaching. It's so funny, it's reaching even young
people who don't have any interest in religion.
These girls will make you laugh if you know Punjabi.
Tik Tok consists 15 to 20 second video clips. You have to be
dynamic to give your message in 15 seconds and you have to
be funny. The girls pretend to be Molana Madni. It's
hilarious.
One of the funniest clips is a girl wrapped up like Molana
who makes fun of a Sufi who used to recite something and
then blow on those who paid him to cure them!. The girl then
challenges the Sufi to stop Corona virus with his blowing if
his blowing has any validity.
Allama khadim Hussain Rizvi blasts Secularists with quotes
from Hadith and Iqbal.
Government supporting media and shia videos have been trying
to discredit Allama Rizvi by claiming that he uses foul
language in his preaching.
In recent two months Allama Rizvi hit back hard at his enemies
One woman on private TV claimed that Rizvi is an extremist
and potential terrorist. What a shame, she said, that
extremists who should be under the government's banned
categories are openly gaining support and preaching
fundamentalist texts.
Allama Rizvi hit back hard by pointing out that the woman
does not know even basics of Islam, cannot recite even Sura
Fatiha or basic the kalimas of Islam, yet has the audacity
to talk about Islam when she is totally ignorant of its
teachings. He destroyed her entire complaint in a few
minutes.
Then he went after another secularist who, he showed, had
not protested against moves to undermine Finality of
Prophethhood but questions religious leaders.
A third target was Ali Mirza who while sliding nearer and
nearer to shiaism has insulting the blessed Companions of
the Prophet, pbuh.
With his vast knowledge of hadith and memorized poetry of
Iqbal, Allama Rizvi destroys the secularist media outlets
withing minutes.
His use of foul language was a rare occasion when he was
going against corrupt politicians. His regular preaching is
superb in its text and commentary.
YouTube is a blessing for independent scholars who are kept
out by secularists.
(By the way, he is a hard core Sunni though his name is like
that of shias.)
Cynthia Ritchie vs PPP leaders [army in the background?}
An American woman was invited to come to Pakistan when the
PPP government was in power. She settled down in Pakistan
and years later married a Pakistani.
Ten years later she has brought extremely serious
accusations against top PPP leaders. She says she was raped
by the Interior minister, sexually assaulted by the Prime
Minister and a federal minister and mistreated by the
president.
Initially she says she reported to the police and contacted
media only to be brushed aside. She persisted and private TV
took her videotaped complaints to YouTube. She cannot be
ignored because she has provided detailed information.
The PPP people are accusing her of defamation and she
receives death threats. However no one has been able to
refute her.
The real spark came when she accused deceased PPP top leader
Benazir Bhutto. PPP is a secular, westernized party and
its feudal lords control most of the province of Sindh.
There is a strong possibility that the army is using Cynthia
to discredit the PPP government in Sindh. The army is
sophisticated in its underground propaganda. A move to
alienate the people of Sindh might look very clever but it
could damage Pakistan as the army did in East Pakistan and
Frontier province and is doing in Baluchistan.
A high level inquiry is required to get to the bottom of
this fiasco.
War News
Libya
An Advance of 230 miles. GNA forces very near Sirte.
May 28 to June 14.
Forces of the GNA [government in Tripoli] forced the army of
Heneral Hifter to withdraw from the suburbs of Tripoli and
three towns near Tripoli. Then went on to capture Hifter
stronghold of Tarhuna.
When the Russian "private" army known as Wagner saw Hifter
retreating, it was withdrawn by air in an arlift back to
Russia.
With the withdrawal of Wagner, the forces of Hifter
collapsed. The late model armored weaponry sent by UAE to
Hifter was captured
by GNA forces or destroyed by Hifter's forces as they
fled.
Egypt and UAE then prevailed upon Hifter to call for a cease
fire but Hifter's previous violations of agreements led GNA
to reject the cease fire call. Hifter has carried out human
rights violations.
Evidently mass graves have been found in Tarhuna where
prisoners were shot and buried.
The lightening advance by GNA has created a problem for
Egypt's
dictator General Sissi who was supporting Hifter. America
is
concerned that Egyptian tanks on the Libyan border are
advancing
and if they get involved and defeated in Libya, Sissi, very
unpopular
at home, could be weakened.
Support from Turkey helped GNA to push back Hifter, Turkey
not only gave air support, though on a small scale, but also
sent in hundreds of Syrian fighters who are veterans of the
war in Syria.
The Syrian fighters were extremely successful in the
advance.
Assad too sent the Alawites to help Hifter but their efforts
were insignificant.
Three footnotes:
Supporters of Gaddafi joined Hifter who was himself once a
CIA asset
France supported Hifter and brought in some mercenaries
from Chad.
In the south eastern desert, Islamic State fighters have
re-emerged despite air strikes by the United States which
killed some of them.. A substantial area is now in their
control.
Northern Nigeria
Bloody Raids by IS killed 60, injured more than a hundred
June 13, According to AFP, via BBC, Islamic State fighters
attacked UN related facilities in the Nganzai area and in
Monguno.
Twenty Nigerian troops were reported killed along with 40
civilians associated with the UN.
In the Nigerian army's counterattack, 20 fighters were
reported killed.
The assailants distributed letters in the Hausa language to
civilians, most of whom were not harmed, warning them not to
work with the military or UN aid groups.
Mali [West Africa.]
June 13: UN troops, under the banner of "peacekeepers"
hit;probably by al-Qaida which killed two troops from
Egypt.
In an earlier attack, 3 UN troops, Chad "peacekeepers" were
killed and 4 injured.
More than 10,000 French troops are now in the general area
trying to stabilize pro-West governments.
In Bomako, last week, there were large protests against
government corruption.
Syria. Outbreak of Heavy Clashes. A week of heavy weaponry.
Iranian and Hizb artillery has been shelling 10 villages
on the Irbid border with counter shelling by Tahrir.
ISIS moved up to northern Hama and clashed with Assad's
troops. Heavy losses. Air strikes by Assad.
Near Manbig . Syrian fighters allied to Turkey clashed
with Assad militias.
Large rallies in two Deraa cities calling for downfall of
Assad.
Druze supporters of Assad in Suwaida province called for
his ouster owing to mal-administration.
Assad ousted his Prime Minister. Big economic down turn
for Assad.
News Within the U.S.
Powerful Protest at the Baltimore Jail.
- Nadrat Siddique
Hypocritical Black Leadership.
by Sis. Aisha [Jamaat al-Muslimeen.]
New York City - Byron Allen is the only Black man who has
taken on the White Establishment and its Black allies. When
Comcast, America's largest largest cable company, merged
with NBC Universal in 2010, they wanted to make sure that it
would go through without a hitch. This meant getting
approval from Black Influencers in its "efforts" to
diversify its programming. Comcast met with and reached an
accord with selected Black leaders from the Urban League,
NAACP, National Action Network, to name a few, so that four
Black-owned channels would be added to its network over the
next eight years..
Many people would consider such a deal a cause celebre
except Byron Allen, whose channels were excluded. Allen
accused Comcast of buying off these "leaders" saying that
their organizations have received significant donations from
Comcast. He also called Comcast's diversity efforts a token
gestures and that Comcast did not allow for true economic
inclusion of Black entrepreneurs. As of June 11th, Byron
Allen's Entertainment Studios and Allen Media Group have
reached an agreement and Allen dropped his racial
discrimination lawsuit against Comcast. Allen 15 stations,
including The Weather Channel, will be included with
Comcast's networks.
(Note: REVOLT is said to be owned by Sean "Puffy" Combs but,
word is that he is just the front man for it, not an actual
owner).
This is how hypocritical selected black leaders operate.
They operate behind the scenes. They get the invites while
everyone else is on the outside looking in. Some believe
that Al Sharpton got his TV sow on MSNBC as a result of his
involvement in this merger. When the oppressor wants to make
it appear as if he is trying to be helpful or even fair
toward those he is oppressing he calls on these "leaders" or
Influencers to support his case.
Unfortunately, there are people of African-descent who take
pride in being victims of racism. We learned this victimhood
mentality from Zionists during the Civil Rights Movement.
Some people of African-descent get a sick pleasure in being
unfairly targeted. CAIR does this. One of the favorite
things perpetual victims love to do is recite the hate crime
statistics affecting their respective communities. These
selected "leaders" are not trying to help the oppressed
become empowered, which makes the munafiq "Muslim"
organizations even worse!
These same hypocritical players are involved in their
"fight" for justice in George Floyd's murder by a cop.
Attorney Benjamin "Shifty Eyed" Crump, a Sharpton associate,
is representing the family. According to Community Cop, the
New York public access cable show, the financial settlement
may have already been reached between Floyd's family and the
state of Minnesota. Filing a lawsuit may be a preliminary
move.
Eric Garner's Family received a $5.9 million settlement and
became silent, which is why it was strange to learn that
Rev. Al Sharpton and Garner's mother, Gwen Carr, visited the
area where George Floyd was killed. Neither Crump nor
Sharpton have ever called for specific police officers to be
charged with any crime.
According to Community Cop's Noel Leader the reason why Bill
Cosby is in jail is because he had to give a deposition.
Attorneys like Crump, who make sure they're licensed in all
50 states, do not pressure officers to get deposed. Crump's
sole mission is to get paid!
Yes, Benjamin Crump is in the Civil Rights business,
according to the Community Cop co-host Michael Greys. Why
don't these families ever pick a local human rights attorney
who will fight for them? Why do they constantly pick someone
who galavants from state-to-state?
There will be an investigation but, why? We all saw the very
disturbing video. It looked like a snuff film. I want to
believe that things will turn out for the better and that
all four cops will get justice but, that hope is a mere
glimmer. because of the same patterns taking place. The tune
is the same but the lyrics are different. Only Allah knows
the future.
(Sources: NYTimes.com & Yahoo.com)
Invitation to Think
"Justice Imprisoned." Dr. Javed Jamil's Latest Eye-opening
book: Pre-review. [Excerpted]
The foreword of the book has been written by eminent expert
of law, Vice Chancellor of NALSAR University of Law, Prof.
Faizan Mustafa who, while showing his appreciation for the
work, has also not expressed some academic disagreements
with the author on several points. The author has also
briefly replied to his arguments in his "Preface".
There is no doubt that the book is an eye opener and perhaps
one of the most fascinating critiques of the modern system
of law in recent times. It is "Must Read" for everyone who
wants to understand the functioning of the modern world
order, especially it system of law. As a writer, Dr. Jamil
excels in combining his investigative and creative skills.
On one hand, he has produced huge facts and figures in
support of his arguments; on the other, he has used his
poetic talents to make the work a perfect reading. It will
be worthwhile to end this preview with a few quotes from the
book,
"A just, swift and effective legal system is a must to
ensure social order. A good legal system must be able to
drastically lower the crime rate.... If a system fails to
achieve the results for which it was created and instead it
increases the problem with numerous adverse effects on the
people, it needs to be dismantled without delay."
"What a travesty of justice! Injustices perpetrated on the
system of justice! The system has been made defunct, its
morality has been raped, its riches have been plundered and
its sanctity has been ravished. The system has helped every
other cause but justice. It has made the officers of the
court and the law implementing agencies greatly richer; it
has saved the criminals from the punishments proportionate
to their crimes; it has opened the floodgates for the
corporate for accumulating the wealth; and it has helped the
people becoming addicts of various substances and practices.
The institution of justice is not any more the system that
delivers justice and ensures social order; it is now the
industry that generates wealth."
"It is pretty certain that incarceration too has become a
part of the global business. Obviously, factors related to
problems, problems themselves and their solutions - all feed
one another. There is therefore hardly any need to try to
build a system free of crimes. This is what the
international system of justice is all about."
"The fact that the US has one of the highest murder rates
and the highest incarceration rate can be regarded as ample
proof of the rising criminal tendencies of the American
people. But more than that, it is the proof of the total
failure of American judicial system, and still more the
proof of the negative impact of social, political and
economic policies, which ultimately branch out from the root
of economic fundamentalism."
"The statistics again point out to the fact that being big
powers having nukes and highly advanced technology
accompanied with advanced infrastructure does not mean
civilization, the level of which is dependent instead on the
socioeconomic policies and the legal and justice system of
the country. The tables related to crimes, incarceration
rates and total number of prisoners are bigger indications
of the level of civilization. But in a world dominated by
the economic fundamentalists and hegemonies, who will accept
this argument?"
In nutshell, Dr. Jamil believes that the current
international system of law is highly advanced in method but
a colossal failure in the result. Instead of trying to hide
the facts stated in the book, let the world debate them and
overhaul the system of law in a way, which looks advanced
not just in method but also in result. The book has been
published by Yenepoya Printers and Publishers.
Price; Rs 480/- in India and $21 in other countries.
Dr. Javed Jamil can be contacted at
doctorforu123@yahoo.com
China
Victims' Families Say Uighur Imams are the Main Target in China
A Chinese government crackdown on the minority Muslims in
Xinjiang has taken a toll on the community's religious staff
with the imams being most vulnerable to persecution,
according to Uighur victims' families and scholars.
Uyghur Hjelp, a Norway-based Uighur advocacy and aid
organization, told VOA that Chinese authorities since 2016
have detained at least 518 key Uighur religious figures and
imams. The organization says it has found some of the imams,
who were previously trained and employed by Beijing, are now
sentenced with long prison terms while a few of them have
lost their lives in internment camps.
One of the detained imams, Abdurkerim Memet, was sentenced
to 10 years in prison in 2017, according to his daughter,
Hajihenim Abdukerim in Mecca, Saudi Arabia.
Abdukerim told VOA that Chinese authorities were hiding the
whereabouts of her father for years until recently when a
local contact in Xinjiang told her of his imprisonment.
The 61-year-old was employed by the Chinese government
before his detention to lead prayers at a neighborhood
mosque in Yengisar county in Kashgar city in southern
Xinjiang. His family rejects the Chinese government
accusation that he was spreading extremism among the
Uighurs.
"My father is a peaceful and law-abiding religious figure,"
said Abdukerim, adding that her father was salaried by the
Chinese government until late 2016 when the newly appointed
Communist party chief, Chen Quanguo, began to further
enforce Beijing's rule over Xinjiang where, according to the
U.N. estimates, over a million Muslims could be held in
internment camps.
"I had never imagined him being imprisoned for serving the
community. In these years, I have been only hoping to hear
from him again," she told VOA.
Trump plans to sign bill pressuring China over Uighur Muslim
crackdown
U.S. President Donald Trump plans to sign legislation
calling for sanctions on Chinese officials responsible for
oppressing Uighur Muslims, a source familiar with the matter
said on Monday without offering a time frame for the
signing.
The bill, which passed the U.S. House of Representatives and
the Senate with bipartisan support last month, calls for
sanctions against those responsible for repression of
Uighurs and other Muslim groups in China's Xinjiang
province, where the United Nations estimates more than a
million Muslims have been detained in camps.
The Chinese embassy in Washington repeated a prior statement
noting that the bill "blatantly smears China's
counterterrorism and deradicalization measures and seriously
interferes in China's internal affairs," which China
"deplores and firmly opposes."
"We urge the US to immediately rectify its mistake, stop
using Xinjiang-related issues to intervene in China's
internal affairs and refrain from going even further down
the wrong path," the embassy added.
The bill's progress comes amid growing tensions between
Washington and Beijing over the coronavirus pandemic's
origins and a recent Chinese bid to curb Hong Kong freedoms
via a new national security law. China denies mishandling
the outbreak and has said the United States should stop
interfering in Hong Kong and Chinese affairs.
Trump said last week he was not considering imposing
sanctions on Chinese President Xi Jinping personally over
Beijing's push to impose the legislation in Hong Kong. But
the Republican president recently ordered his administration
to begin eliminating special U.S. treatment for Hong Kong to
punish China, and said Washington would also impose
sanctions on individuals seen as responsible for "smothering
- absolutely smothering - Hong Kong's freedom.
The Uighur legislation, proposed by Republican Senator Marco
Rubio, singles out Xinjiang's Communist Party secretary,
Chen Quanguo, a member of China's powerful Politburo, as
responsible for "gross human rights violations" against
them.
source: Reuters
Guidance by Sis. Yasmin.
Abu Hatim (Allah be pleased with him) said...
'The Intelligent one must adhere to Salvation by staying
away from
probing into the Faults of People...! and instead should
preoccupy himself with his own faults...{!}
Surely, whoever preoccupies himself with his own faults
instead of
the faults of others... will find peace and relaxation in
his being and
his heart will not be exhausted {!} Whenever he looks to his
faults
and errors... then the similar faults of his brother will be
easy for him
to bear {!} However, whoever preoccupies himself with the
faults of others instead of his own... then his Heart will
become
Blind...! he will become tired out and he will forget
his own shortcomings...{!}
The weakest of people is the one who criticizes others for
what is in
them, and the weakest from among them is... ?
THE ONE WHO CRITICIZES OTHERS FOR WHAT IS ALSO
WITHIN HIMSELF {!} And whoever criticizes others, will
be
criticized by them.' Truthful was he who said...
'If you rebuke others, they'll rebuke you... and do so more
!
And then what was hidden within you, will be on show...
!
Someone once said in some statement of the past,
A word containing wisdom and beauty so vast... ! If ever
you mention people, then leave behind their errors !
For there is no error, except that yours can be said If you
criticize a
people for what is not within them Then that is mighty in
the Sight of
ALLAH and also men... ! And if you criticize them for what
is also
within you ... THEN HOW CAN THE ONE EYED REBUKE
THE ONE EYED TOO...{?}
And how can people be criticized by someone who
his faults are worse when all faults are diffused ...?
When you look for other's defects, you shall indeed find
them...
But remember that what is in you is far greater than
them!!!!
So grant peace to the people, and leave them to
themselves...
for they can see your errors... more than you can see
yourself.'
Al-Shaybani(Allah be pleased with him) mentioned that, "It
is written in the Books that...
'As you treat others, you shall be treated'... and ... ?
'The Cup you give to others... is the Cup you shall drink from {!}'
~My 'Salaams' to all~
Y a s m i n.
Hadith of the Week
Narrated by 'Umar, r.a.:
I came and behold,
Allah's Apostle was staying
on a Mashroba (attic room) and a black ex-slave of Allah's
Apostle was at the top if its stairs.
I said to him,
"Tell the Prophet that here is
'Umar bin Al-Khattab (asking for permission to enter)."
Then he admitted me.
Bukhari Volume 9, Book 91,
Number 368
with thanks to Sis.Kristi
We are saddened by the news that Syed Munawar Hasan
is unwell and in hospital. This former Amir of Jamaat
e-Islami is our personal friend. He is a good man, dedicated
to Islam, and one of the best leaders that Jamaat e-Islami
has produced.
Please join us in making dua that Allah should give him shifa.
Amen.
Political Prisoners in Gitmo
Nadrat Siddique
So, you have to be tortured to have your sentence shortened?
And, it may not be shortened at all, if you were tortured,
but haven't been charged? Obama and Trump are on equal
footing when it comes to Guantanamo. U.S. rhetoric about
freedom and democracy is a complete farce, when it comes to
populations the U.S. seeks to dominate or destroy. May Allah
help these long-suffering brothers at Guantanamo. (The
reporting organization, Reprieve, is an independent,
U.K.-based human rights group.)
--Nadrat
CIA torture can reduce GTMO sentence, but uncharged 'forever
prisoners' excluded
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
June 11, 2020
Last week, a military judge at Guantanamo ruled, in the case
of Majid Khan, that detainees in the military commissions
system should have their sentences reduced as remedy for the
torture they suffered at the hands of the CIA.
As the New York Times reported: "During his time in the
C.I.A. black sites, Mr. Khan says, he was hung from his
wrists and kept naked and hooded to the point of wild
hallucinations. He was held in darkness for a year, isolated
in a cell with bugs that bit him until he bled. A Senate
investigation disclosed that in his second year of C.I.A.
detention, the agency 'infused' a purée of pasta, sauce,
nuts, raisins and hummus into his rectum because he went on
a hunger strike."
This is the first time that a Guantanamo military commission
judge's ruling has called for a remedy for the victims of
that torture. Yet there are still 31 men who are not part of
the military commissions trials, and are instead detained at
the prison indefinitely. There are no charges against them,
and so they are not facing a trial. These men are thus
denied release, sentence reduction, or any other form of
remedy for the torture they suffered at the hands of the CIA
and its allies.
This includes men like Ahmed Rabbani, who has been held
without charge or trial for 16 years. As uncovered in the US
Senate Intelligence Committee's report on CIA torture, Ahmed
was apprehended on the basis of mistaken identity. He was
held at a 'black site' in Kabul and subjected to the CIA's
torture program for over 540 days before being rendered to
Guantanamo Bay. Ahmed has described his torture, detailing
how he was "taken to a room and hung by my hand to an iron
shackle where my toes hardly touched the ground...I was
hanging from one hand, naked, thirsty, and hungry...All my
weight was hung from the iron shackle until my hand was
about to be cut off and the blood was going down to my feet.
All my body parts were shaking because of cut off blood
circulation and my pulled and beaten body began hurting all
over and my head, nose and mouth started bleeding." The US
Government has offered Ahmed no route to remedy for the
torture he suffered, or the nearly two decades he has been
held without charge or trial.
Reprieve Deputy Director, Katie Taylor, said: "One of
Guantanamo's bleakest ironies is that those the US has
charged with crimes have more viable avenues for release
than men like Ahmed, who the US holds without charge as
'forever prisoners'. According to the US Senate Intelligence
Committee, Ahmed was subjected to the same monstrous torture
program as Majid—but you can't fight charges in court
if you aren't charged, and you can't reduce a sentence that
doesn't exist. Indefinite detention and torture are
indefensible in any modern society, and the US' prison at
Guantanamo is no exception."
END
--From Reprieve
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India: Unprecedented Levels of Atrocities against Muslims.
"We welcome the US State Department report and its
affirmation of what is widely known about unprecedented
levels of persecution of India's minorities," said Mr. Ahsan
Khan, President of IAMC. "However, the report can make a
meaningful difference only if it is followed by definitive
action on the part of the US government in holding the
present administration in India accountable for escalating
levels of violence and hate targeting Muslims and Dalits,"
added Mr. Khan.
The report cites specific examples of horrific lynchings of
Muslims, Christians and Dalits. "While the lynchings are
atrocious in and of themselves, what should alarm and
galvanize the international community to action is the
continuing incendiary rhetoric that is now part of
mainstream discourse," said Mr. Syed Afzal Ali, Vice
President of IAMC. "The environment of hate and violence it
has created lends support to the perpetrators and explains
why the vicious cycle of violence and social boycott
continues to get worse," added Mr. Ali.
The report emphasizes the urgent need to put an end to the
sectarian hate, and ensure full protection of minorities as
guaranteed under the Indian constitution. It also notes with
concern that 9 of the 28 states have laws restricting
religious conversion, which does not comply with the secular
character of India.
The Indian Parliament's passing of the Citizenship Amendment
Act (CAA) has rightly come in for heavy criticism by the
State Department. The CAA which amends the 1955 Citizenship
Act to provide an expedited path to Indian citizenship for
Hindu, Sikh, Buddhist, Jain, Parsi, and Christian migrants
from Pakistan, Afghanistan, and Bangladesh who had entered
India on or before December 31, 2014, while
similarly-situated Muslims, Jews, atheists from these three
countries were excluded.
The report recognized use of excessive force by police
against protesters, particularly against Muslim university
students in the campus of Jamia Millia Islamia University,
New Delhi. It also highlights that CAA was part of an
ongoing BJP effort to marginalize Muslim communities and
does not rule out sinister designs of Prime Minister Mr.
Narendra Modi and Home Minister Mr. Amit Shah.
The revocation of Article 370 and continuing violations of
human rights in the state of Jammu and Kashmir, open legal
and social biases against the minorities, and brutal clamp
down on peaceful civil dissent, have all rightfully been
highlighted in the report.
It is noteworthy that the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party and
another RSS affiliate called Hindu Maha Sabha have been
named as being among the proponents of hate crimes against
minorities.
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New Trend's New Record.
The May 31 issue of New Trend reached 249,465 people thru facebook.
Of these 20,000 are in Turkey.
The major items in this issue were.
"I can't breathe." khutba.
Impotence of Black politicians.
Shia desecration of Caliph's grave.
Israel preventing restoration of Ibrahimi mosque.
Saudi Crown Prince defending Chinese concentration camps.
Shocking new message from IS leader.
[and much more]
Hundreds of Palestinians Protest against Israel's Demolition
of Islamic Cemetery in Yafa
Hundreds of Palestinian residents of the city of Yafa
organized a protest against the Israeli demolition of a
historic Islamic cemetery, Anadolu Agency reported.
Protestors performed the Friday prayer and started a march
condemning the Israeli decision to demolish the Islamic
Al-Isaaf Cemetery located in the north of the city of
Yafa.
On Monday, Israeli bulldozers started the demolition of the
cemetery in preparation for building a new Israeli housing
project.
The protesters gathered in the cemetery in an attempt to
stop the demolition. The city council called the police who
tried to guard the demolition, resulting in clashes with the
protestors after Israeli police fired tear gas and used
sound bombs against them.
Sheikh Ekrema Sabri, the imam of Al-Aqsa Mosque, who is
currently banned by the Israeli occupation from entering the
holy site, delivered the Friday khotba.
Sabri conveyed that exhuming tombs is prevented in Islam in
order to preserve the dignity of those buried, stressing
that the cemetery is a land of Islamic endowment and is
owned by all Muslims.
"We call on you to protect the cemeteries," Sabri told the
gathering, expressing that "defending cemeteries is
defending lands, and defending the dead is defending a
legitimate right."
Sabri shared his hope that the cemetery is protected by
Allah, and not by a UN Security Council resolution or by the
international community.
Al-Isaaf Cemetery, which dates back to Ottoman times,
includes hundreds of burials of Muslims who were laid there
before the Israeli occupation of the city in 1948.
