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Friday, 28 August 2009

United States Pits Islamic Ahlu Sunnah wal Jama’ah against al-Shahab Islamic Mujaheedins


Somalia- SomaliLandPress.com has reported two planes carrying weapons, small guns and battle wagons including ammunitions have landed at Dhuusa Mareeb and Ceel Dheere districts, Galgaduud region, Central Somalia.

The two planes and war ammunitions within are reported to be sent to Ahlu Sunnah wal Jama’a armies by the United States.

Indeed, the US is pitting Islamic Ahlu Sunnah wal Jama’a’s armies against al-Shahab Islamic mujaheedins.

It is unfortunate that the two conflicting groups, both are basically Muslims, are taken into usage by the foreign country, the United States, to defeat each others.

Backed by foreign party and the government’s armed forces, Ahlu Sunnah wal Jama’a has been immersing to defeat their ‘Muslim brothers’ from the part of al-Shahab Islamic Mujaheedin.

Most of the Somalians want themselves to be ruled by Islamic law upheld by the al-Shahab Islamic Mujaheedin.

Unfortunately, Ahlu Sunnah wal Jama’a is backed by the United States to tackle the implication of Islamic law in many regions in Somalia.

Another involvement of foreign political interest that is aimed at tackling the application of Islamic law is in the case of Hamas against Jund Anshar Allah.

Both parties are basically of the same religion, but one party, Hamas, is driven by foreign political interest to fight against Jund Anshar Allah that is keen to establish Islamic Emirate in Palestine.
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Call for Jihad in Pakistan by Sheikh Ayman al-Zawahiri


Pakistan- The Muslims in the world have now been obliged to take part in the jihad against America and the Pakistani armies – said by Sheikh Ayman al-Zawahiri as the agent of ‘crusader’ – based on a new video released by al-Shahab media, a wing of Islamic jihad media wing.

The call is a consequence of fierce attacks from the US military forces in Afghanistan recently, which is presumed to have sent Taliban leader Baitullah Mehsud to Syahid (Insyallah).

Below is the full text of video English subtitle, taken from mypetjawa.mu.nu:

The Path of Doom Shaykh: Ayman Al-Zawahiri - may Allah protect him-
Sh’aban 1430

Verily, those who disbelieve spend their wealth to turn people away from the way of Allah. They will surely continue to spend it; but then shall it become a source of regret for them, and then shall they be overcome. And the disbelievers shall be gathered unto Hell. That Allah may separate the bad from the good, and put the bad one upon another, and heap them up altogether, and then cast them into Hell. These indeed are the losers. Say to those who have disbelieved, if they cease, their past will be forgiven. But if they return, then the examples of those [punished] before them have already preceded. And fight them until there is no more fitnah [polytheism] and all religion is for Allah alone. But if they cease, then certainly, Allah is All-Seer of what they do. And if they turn away, then know that Allah is your Maula – an excellent Maula, and an Excellent Helper. (8:36-40)

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In the name of Allah, and all praise is due to Allah, and prayers and peace be upon the Messenger of Allah and upon his family, companions and allies.
Muslim brothers everywhere: peace be upon you and the mercy of Allah and His blessings.

As for what comes after:
The Pakistan-Afghanistan border regions are witnessing at this time a Crusade led by the Pakistan Army and supervised and participated in by the neo-Crusaders.

The agents of the Crusaders in the Pakistan Army’s high command have called this operation “The Path of Salvation,” but it is in fact the path to their doom, Allah willing.

This operation aims to eliminate Jihadi forces in the tribal regions in Pakistan, at the same time as the forces of the NATO Alliance along with the traitors in the Afghan Army and units from the Pakistan Army dam the Pakistan-Afghan border.


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Commentary:

The fundamental concept of this plan was based on a violent preliminary bombing from air and land in collaboration with American spy drones in order to terrorize the inhabitants in a barbaric fashion and destroy the Mujahideen’s morale and weaken their defenses, following which the Pakistani forces would advance on three fronts in order to take over the key cities of Waziristan – Miran Shah, Razmak and Wana – after which they would make contact with each other and secure surrounding areas, then try to make a jump to the west, towards the Afghan border, in order to meet up with the forces of NATO and the treasonous Afghan Army, in an attempt to trap the Mujahideen between a rock and a hard place.

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However, this plan was born dead, by the Grace of Allah, as attacks, raids and ambushes against the Army’s convoys, bases and forts came in quick succession, and were accompanied by consecutive losses of supplies and equipment, and consequently the Army was unable to achieve any of its goals, by the Grace of Allah.

This plan was agreed to in Washington, and the commander of the Pakistan Army – Kayani – carried it with him to the headquarters of the NATO Alliance in Brussels for it to be approved, and it aims at its core to help American forces and their allies in Afghanistan and protect them from the expected defeat towards which the forces of the Islamic Emirate are pushing them through resolve, persistence and reliance on Allah.

That is, the plan aims to stab the Jihadi resolve in Afghanistan from behind, in order for the Crusader forces in Afghanistan to be safe from losses and be able to continue to impose direct American Crusader military influence on South Asia.
That’s why the designers of this plan called it “The Path of Salvation,” because they wanted it to be a way to save the Americans from their anticipated defeat – with Allah’s permission – in Afghanistan. However, it is turning – through Allah’s guidance and then the strikes of the Mujahideen – into “The Path of Doom” for the apostates in Pakistan and the Crusaders in Afghanistan.
Thus, the Pakistan Army is acting as a fundamental element of the Crusade against Islam and Muslims, and has become a tool in the hands of the global Crusade which is being used against its people and neighbors and the rest of the Muslim Ummah.

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The Martyr (As We See Him) Maulana Abdul Rashid Ghazi:
I want to deliver this message to the world on this occasion: this is a blind force, and these are agents – agents of America – and their behavior and actions are total confirmation of that. It is imperative to get rid of them: there is no other option. My very last message is that the Mujahideen – all of them – should struggle for the Islamic system in Pakistan and take revenge on my behalf from these rulers.

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In fact, and regrettably, the Indians are more jealous and more concerned for the safety of their country than the Pakistan Army is. The Indian Army hasn’t let American aircraft bomb the Indian people. The Indian Army hasn’t fought its own people on behalf of America. The Indian Army hasn’t cooperated with the Americans to create a regime hostile to India on its borders. And the Indian Army hasn’t permitted America to control and monitor its nuclear installations, nor has it arrested its nuclear scientists like the Pakistan Army did.
That’s why the Muslim Ummah in Pakistan must seriously ask itself: what is it that has brought it to this wretched situation? And what is the way out of it?
What has brought the Muslims in Pakistan to this wretched situation in which thieves have become rulers and mercenaries taking the Crusaders’ money have become leaders, are numerous factors which have accumulated over the years since the creation of Pakistan.

Among these factors is the lie which has been promoted which says that Pakistan is an Islamic government whose constitution and laws are in accordance with Islam. It is a colossal lie with no factual basis, and I have refuted it in a book entitled “The Morning and The Candle.”
The Pakistani government, which falsely claims to be an Islamic government which arose to defend the rights of the Muslims in the subcontinent, has never applied Islam in the more than 60 years since its establishment. And when Shari’ah was partially applied in the Swat Valley’s district courts, neither the Americans nor their agents in Islamabad could stand it, and they immediately waged a bloody war on Islam and Muslims in Swat to satisfy America, which wants an Islam which sings its praises and seeks its bribes: an Islam without Shari’ah, without enjoining of good and forbidding of evil, and without Jihad in Allah’s path.

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Speech During Gathering at Jamiah Hafsah, Islamabad:
Our country was created in the name of Islam, so why hasn’t Islam been established in it to this very day? When this country was created in the name of Islam, why are Muslims being humiliated in it? Why is its soil being constrained for Muslims? When this country was created for Islam, why are the flag-bearers of Islam being martyred here day after day? Why is nudity and immorality thriving in the country? When this country was created for Islam, why are the Mujahideen being dishonored here? When this country was created for Islam, why are the strongholds of Islam – the mosques and Madrassas – being demolished here?

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And among these factors is the inclining of many Muslims towards the worldly life, and the punishment for that is the unbelievers’ domination of the Muslims, as the Messenger of Allah, peace and prayers of Allah be upon him, said: “The nations will soon call to each other over you like diners call to each other over their dish.” Someone said, “Is that because of our scarcity in those days?” He replied, “On the contrary, you will be numerous in those days, but you will be scum like the scum of the floodwater, and Allah will remove fear of you from the chests of your enemy, and will place in your hearts al-Wahn [the weakness].” It was asked, “What is the weakness, O Messenger of Allah?” He replied, “Love of this life and a dislike for death.” (Abu Dawood)
And because of their love of this world and dislike of death, many Muslims have abandoned the obligation of enjoining good and forbidding evil when it comes to the Crusaders’ agents among Pakistan’s politicians and the mercenary leaders of its army. Consequently, they have been afflicted by the punishment which the Prophet (peace and prayers of Allah be upon him) warned of when he, peace and prayers of Allah be upon him, said, “By Him in Whose Hand is my soul, you must enjoin good and forbid evil or Allah will soon send upon you a punishment from Him, then you will pray to Him but your prayers will not be answered.” (at-Tirmidhi)

And he, peace and prayers of Allah be upon him, also said, “When the people see the wrongdoer and don’t [stop him from wrongdoing], Allah will soon afflict them all with a punishment.” (Abu Dawood)

And from these factors is the abandonment by many Muslims of the creed of allegiance to the Muslims and disowning of the unbelievers. The Truth (Blessed and Most High is He) says, “O you who believe! Take not the Jews and the Christians for your friends and protectors: they are but friends and protectors to each other. And he amongst you that turns to them [for friendship] is of them. Verily Allah guides not a people unjust. You see how those in whose hearts is a disease run about among them, saying, ‘We fear lest a change of fortune bring us disaster.’ But it may be that Allah will give you victory, or a decision from Him, then they will regret the thoughts which they secretly harbored in their hearts. And those who believe will say, ‘Are these the men who swore their strongest oaths by Allah that they were with you?’ All that they do will be in vain, and they will become losers. O you who believe! If any from among you turn back from his faith, Allah will soon produce a people whom He will love as they will love Him; humble with the believers, mighty against the unbelievers, fighting in the way of Allah, and never fearing the blame of a blamer. That is the grace of Allah, which He bestows on whom He pleases. Allah is All Embracing, All Knowing. Your allies are Allah, His Messenger, and the believers, those who establish regular prayers and pay Zakat and bow [in worship]. As to those who ally themselves to Allah, His Messenger and the believers, then it is the party of Allah that is triumphant. O you who believe! Take not for friends and protectors those who take your religion for a mockery or sport, whether among those who received the Scripture before you, or among the unbelievers; and fear Allah, if you are [truly] believers.” (5:51-57)
Abandonment of loyalty to the believers and animosity to the unbelievers is the religion which America is seeking to spread among the Muslims, so that their religion turns into rituals with no impact on society which are practiced in the mosque and have no effect outside it.

So the Muslim Ummah in Pakistan must appreciate that America is waging against the Muslims a Crusade the likes of which the Muslim Ummah has never before seen, and that this campaign seeks to take control of Pakistan and divide it and transform it into statelets orbiting around American Crusader influence. The battle under way today in Swat and the tribal areas isn’t an internal Pakistani problem: no, it is one of the battlefields of the contemporary Crusade in which the Pakistan Army is fighting in order to help the Crusade and the Crusaders. And were the problem in Pakistan an internal one, neither America nor NATO would have bothered to spend one dollar on it or fire a single bullet in it. Here is Kashmir groaning under Indian repression and tyranny for more than 60 years, but the Crusader West hasn’t given it anything: in fact, it collaborates with India and strengthens and supports it with the latest weapons and technology.

The war in the tribal areas and Swat is an inseparable part of the Crusaders’ assault on the Muslims the length and breadth of the Islamic world. They want to eliminate the Mujahideen in the tribal areas so they can seek to smother the Jihad in Afghanistan, and they want to smother the Jihad in Afghanistan so that there doesn’t emerge in Central Asia a determined Muslim power which challenges global Crusader will and defends the rights of Muslims. This is the battle, briefly and plainly; and this is why anyone who supports the Americans and Pakistan Army – under any pretext, ploy or lie – is in fact standing with, backing and supporting the Crusaders against Islam and Muslims. This is the fact which every dedicated Muslim eager to see the victory of Islam and Muslims must disseminate. The Truth (Blessed and Most High is He) says, “Haven’t you seen those who take for friends a people with whom Allah is angry? They are neither of you nor of them, and they swear to falsehood knowingly. Allah has prepared for them a severe punishment. Evil is that which they used to do. They have made their oaths a shield for their falsehoods, and thereby they seek to turn men away from the path of Allah; for them therefore, will be a humiliating punishment. Neither their wealth nor their children will avail them at all against Allah. They are the inmates of the Fire wherein they will abide. On the day when Allah will raise them all together, they will swear to Him even as they now swear to you, and they will think that they have something to stand upon. Truly, it is they who are the liars. Satan has got the better of them, so he has made them forget the remembrance of Allah. They are the party of Satan. Truly, it is the party of Satan that will lose. Those who oppose Allah and His Messenger will be among those most humiliated. Allah has decreed: ‘It is I and My Messengers who must prevail,’ for Allah is Strong, Mighty. You shall not find any people who believe in Allah and the Last Day loving those who oppose Allah and His Messenger, even if they be their fathers, or their sons, or their brothers, or their clan. For such He has written faith in their hearts and strengthened them with a spirit from Himself. And He will admit them to Gardens beneath which rivers flow, to dwell therein for eternity. Allah will be well pleased with them, and they with Him. They are the party of Allah. Truly, it is the party of Allah that will achieve success." (58:14-22)

And every soldier and officer participating in the assault on Waziristan must remember the severe threat the Quran contains for anyone who helps the unbelievers against the Muslims. The Truth (Blessed and Most High is He) says, “Verily, those whom the angels cause to die while they are wronging their own souls, [the angels] said [to them], ‘Where were you [i.e., with Muslims or Kuffaar]?’ They said, ‘We were weak and helpless in the land.’ [The angels] said, ‘Was not Allah's earth spacious enough for you to emigrate therein?’ It is these whose abode is Hell, and an evil destination it is.” (4:97) This verse came down concerning the oppressed Muslims of Makkah whom the unbelievers forced to go out with them to fight the Muslims in the Badr expedition.
As for how to get out of this predicament which Pakistan has gotten itself into, it is through Jihad, and there is no way other than Jihad.

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The Martyr (As We See Him) Maulana Abdul Rashid Ghazi:

I would like to give this message to the world: one should be firm on the Truth, and to bow down to [worldly] might is not the actual truth. The actual Truth is Allah, and to Allah we all return. Life and death are true. Man should live with honor. These people wanted me to bow down to them.

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The Messenger of Allah (peace and prayers of Allah be upon him) says, “If you buy and sell with al-‘Eenah [a form of usury] and grab the tails of the cows, and are satisfied with farming and abandon Jihad, Allah will inflict on you disgrace which He will not remove from you until you return to your religion.” (Abu Dawood)

Dear people of Pakistan: there is no honor for us except through Jihad.
People of Pakistan: beware of Allah’s threat to the one who stays behind during obligatory Jihad. The Truth (Blessed and Most High is He) says, “O you who believe! What is the matter with you, that, when you are asked to go forth in the cause of Allah, you cling heavily to the earth? Do you prefer the life of this world to the hereafter? But little is the comfort of this life as compared with the hereafter. Unless you go forth, He will punish you with a painful punishment, and put others in your place. But Him you would not harm in the least, for Allah has power over all things.” (9:38-39)

And He (the Most Honorable) says, “And those who believe say, ‘Why is not a Surah revealed?’ But when a decisive Surah is revealed and fighting is mentioned therein, you see those in whose hearts is a disease, looking towards you with the look of one who is fainting on account of approaching death. So woe to them! [Their attitude should have been one of] obedience and calling people to good. And when the matter was resolved, it would have been better for them if they were true to Allah. Would you not then, if you are placed in authority, create disorder in the land and sever your ties of kinship?” (47:20-22)
And the Prophet, peace and prayers of Allah be upon him, says, “No people abandons Jihad without Allah giving them a general punishment.” (al-Tabarani)
People of Pakistan: back the Jihad and Mujahideen with your persons, wealth, opinion, expertise, information and prayers and by exhorting others to help them and preach their message.

O Allah, approve for this Ummah a righteous rule in which those who obey You are honored and those who disobey You are disgraced, and in which good is enjoined and evil forbidden.

O Allah, help Your slaves the Mujahideen, steady their feet, direct their fire, and grant them victory over Your enemy and theirs. O Allah, guide them to what You love and are pleased with, accept their righteous deeds, bring their hearts together, unite their ranks, lift their banner, set up their state and Caliphate, and give victory through them to Your religion, Your Book, the Sunnah of Your Prophet and Your believing slaves.

O Allah, annihilate the Americans and Jews and the hypocrites and apostates who help them. O Allah, we shield ourselves from them with You, and we seek refuge in You from their evil.

O Allah, give us dominance over them and make them, their wealth, their soldiers, and their materiel booty for the Muslims.

O Allah, whoever wants to do good to us and Islam and Muslims, then guide him to every good thing, and whoever wants to do evil to us and Islam and Muslims, then make his plotting his ruin, shove his evil cunning back in his face, disperse his power, destroy his unity, defeat his army, topple his banner and tear him apart in the worst way and make him a lesson for others.

O Allah, O Lord of the worlds, O Swiftest of Reckoners, O Rescuer of the weak and Aider of those who pray for aid and Helper of those who pray for help and Answerer of those who ask, O You who give victory to your allies and defeat your enemies, O Strong, O Almighty, O Avenger: these Americans, Jews and their aides, the army of Pakistan and Pakistan’s security organs, have harmed the Mujahideen and emigrants in their persons, families, children, wealth, honor, dignity and liberty. O Allah, take revenge on our behalf from them. O Allah, show us in them a day which heals the chests of your allies and lowers the heads of your enemies. O Allah, retaliate on behalf of us and the Muslims from them. O Allah, make their end one of loss and destruction. O Allah, destroy their riches and harden their hearts so that they don’t believe until they see the painful punishment.

O Allah, annihilate anyone who has hurt the Muslims, Mujahideen and emigrants or has helped anyone against them with his actions or words or has refrained from helping them although he is able to help them. O Allah, annihilate those ‘Ulema who have sold their religion to the Americans and their agents for the crumbs of this world. O Allah, annihilate the secularist politicians of hypocrisy who rush madly to earn the Crusaders’ pleasure. O Allah, annihilate the press and media of lies, fakery and deception, those who make their living by helping the Crusaders and slandering the Mujahideen. O Allah, annihilate the evil judges who contradict Your Shari’ah and oppose Your rules. O Allah, annihilate the organs of Crusader security and their aides who pursue the Muslims and Mujahideen, reveal their whereabouts, torture them and hand them over to their enemies. O Allah, we seek help in You against them, so help us, and we seek victory in You over them, so grant us victory, and we seek strength in You against them, so grant us strength, and we seek protection with You from them, so protect us, and we seek succor in You against them, so aid us. O Living, O Eternal, in Your mercy we seek succor: ready for us a swift conquest, a strong victory and a speedy liberation.

O Allah, we ask You by virtue of every good deed You have accepted from us, and we ask You by virtue of the blood of our martyrs, the suffering of our emigrants and the endurance of our kinfolk, our women and our children, and we ask You by virtue of that You are the One Who said in Your Book, and Your statement is truth: “And your Lord says, ‘Pray to Me; I will answer your prayer.’” (40:60) O Lord, we have prayed to You as You ordered us to do, so answer us as You promised.

He (Glorious is He) said, “How many large bands of godly men fought alongside [their] Prophet, but they never lost heart at what befell them in Allah's way, nor did they weaken nor give in. And Allah loves those who persevere. All that they said was, ‘Our Lord, forgive us our sins and our transgression; establish our feet firmly; and help us against the unbelieving people.’ And Allah gave them a reward in this world, and the excellent reward of the hereafter, for Allah loves those who do good.” (3:146-148)

And He (the Most Honorable) said, “Those who answered the call of Allah and the Messenger after they had received an injury - such of them as do good and act righteously shall have a great reward; Those to whom the people said, ‘The people are gathering against you, so fear them,’ but it [only] increased their faith, and they said, ‘For us Allah suffices, and He is the Best Guardian.’ So they returned with grace and favor from Allah, and no harm touched them. They followed the good pleasure of Allah, and Allah is of infinite bounty. That was only Satan frightening his friends, so fear them not but fear Me, if you are believers.” (3:172-175)

And our final prayer is that all praise is for Allah, Lord of the worlds, and may Allah send prayers and peace upon our Master Muhammad and upon his family and all his companions. And may peace be upon you and the mercy of Allah and His blessings.
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Kanouté Gets Empowered Because of Fasting the Ramadhan


Spain- Spanish La Liga football league is approaching on this Sunday. While Sevilla is going to fight against Valencia, of course many would keep an eye on two players Luis Fabiano and David Villa.

But, please keep an eye out of Sevilla’s No 12. Yes, this one is Freddie Kanouté.

Just as the other Muslims in the world, Freddie Kanouté is also practicing the fast from dawn until the sunset.

Asked by Business24-7.com about his fasting and football match, Kanouté faithfully ensured that fasting has no bad impacts on Muslims generally, or football players specifically.

“Personally, having faith helps my football and football helps me being healthy and strengthens me,” he said.

“There is no conflict because people who know about Islam. They know fasting empowers and does not weaken the Muslims,” he added.

Further he added, “There are many Muslim footballers who people just do not know about in England, in Spain, in France, and in many other leagues too. But having faith and practicing Ramadhan (fasting) is not something they wish to tell the world about.”

Kanouté has become a famous football player not only because of his scoring skill but also his active involvement in Islamic events.

One of the most noticed Kanouté’s experience as a Muslim was when he used his annual salary – counted at $700,000 – to purchase a masjid nearby his home in Seville.

Likewise, he had once been warned by the Spanish league officials about his goal celebration wherein he revealed a black T-shirt written “Palestine” in five languages.

“My father was born a Muslim, but as an orphan, he didn’t really know a lot about it. He did try to teach me a few things though. Now, I just try to respect my faith and follow it as best I can,” Kanouté’s remarks.

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Bank Islam Malaysia Bhd Expands the Coverage

Malaysia- Bank Islam Malaysia Bhd. – on Friday (28/8/2009) – officially announced that the bank has opened three more branches in Malaysia. In the bank’s press release, the ‘expanded network will enhance convenience and service delivery.’

The three new branches of Bank Islam Malaysia are located in Kota Damansara, USJ, both in Selangor and in Kuantan, Pahang.

The bank’s coverage expansion also meant that it has had 96 branches nationwide.

Bank Islam’s Managing Director Dato’s Zukri Samat, in the official statement said that the ‘investment and expansion will enhance the distribution and service quality.’

The locations were chosen following the feedbacks from customers.

“We believe our presence in these localities will also help strengthening Bank Islam’s relationship with the local communities,” Zukri Samat added.

With such an expansion, the Malaysian government ensures itself being the centre for Islamic finance.

Bank Islam Malaysia Berhad was established on July 1, 1983 with aims to assist the financial needs of the country’s Muslim people and to further extend its services to the whole population at large.

The bank had once been gained its highest profit ever in its 24 year history with a profit before zakat and tax of RM255.49 million for financial year ended on June 30, 2007.


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Thursday, 27 August 2009

Albaghdady’s Effort to Seek Justice over Hijab at Courtroom


United States- A 30-second video on Youtube.com shows a girl was asked by a judge of Wayne County, Michigan, to remove her ‘head piece,’ (Islamic headscarves or Hijab).

The girl is Raneen Albaghdady, a naturalized citizen of Wayne County. She was originally from Iraq.

The judge whom Raneen is suing for is Judge William Callahan.

The story began on June 16, 2009 when Raneen was petitioning for a name change; even though the judge denied Raneen’s petition because she had filed her petition five days to early.

At the courtroom – as the video witnessed – the judge was heard saying, “The head piece? No hats allowed in the courtroom.”

Of course, amongst the practicing Muslim women, wearing hijab is an obligation, thus Raneen felt her religious freedom was trampled as of the judge’s statement.

Currently, as reported by CNN, Raneen and the Michigan chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations is suing the judge Callahan for allegedly ordering her to remove her Islamic symbol, her hijab.

To all Muslim women in the world who care about Raneen Alvaghdady and her effort to defend hijab, let’s send prayer to God so that there would be such a ‘discrimination’ no more. Amen…
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Wednesday, 26 August 2009

Rare Copies of Quran Showcased in Dubai


United Arab Emirates – Dubai-based Daily Xpress has reported that there is Holy Quran Exhibition in Dubai currently and will be end in October.

The exhibition will showcase a number of rare copies of Quran, including some historical remnants of Islamic civilizations in the past, such as a black curtain that used to cover the Kaaba at Masjid Al Haram, Mecca, Saudi Arabia.

Coming to open the exhibition was Shaikh Majid bin Mohammad bin Rashid Al maktoum, the Chairman of the Dubai Culture and Arts Authority (Dubai Culture).

Amongst the rare copies of Quran is an ancient Quran that was written in black ink on animal skin. The Quran is aged about 1,200 years old.

Emilie Faure, the exhibition manager told Dubai-based Daily Xpress that ‘the collection is mostly based in Dubai.’

“We’ve opened it to the public this Ramadhan, which is very timely,” he said.
The Holy Quran Exhibition will be lasted in October. The show timings are at 10am – 8pm for Sunday to Thursday, and at 12pm – 8pm for Saturday. There is no entrance ticket, alias free.
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Non-Muslims to be Invited to “Fast-breaking-together Ceremony”


United Kingdom- The management of Zakariyya Mosque, based in Boston, the United Kingdom, are inviting non-Muslims to join them during Ramadhan, the Bolton News has reported.

The invitation is addressed to those, especially non-Muslims, who are interested in learning more about Islam.

Those who are interested then will be brought to attend the ‘iftaari,’ an Arabic term for breaking the fast with water and dates.

The mosque’s spokesman told that the event is aimed at ‘promoting better understanding and help create harmony between communities.’

The fast-breaking-together ceremony will be held on Sunday, September 8, 2009 at 7 pm. Places are limited thus anyone interested should contact 07732 01 66 31, or email at imaamsoffice@zakariyyamasjid.org.
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Tuesday, 25 August 2009

UK Author Would be Pleased to Learn More about Islam


United Kingdom- A famous UK author, Sebastian Faulks, told that he ‘would be pleased to learn more about Islam’ in his writing "The book I really can't put down" to Telegraph.co.uk on August 24, 2009.

Such a confession came after he expressed his apology to all Muslims over his previous statement saying that Quran – as so-called by JihadWatch.org – ‘was a depressing book, very one-dimensional, and even suggested that Muhammad was schizophrenic.’

He currently released the state of apology to all Muslims via the Telegraph.co.uk. In his writing, he wrote that his novel has ‘shown the positive effects of the Quran on a kind and typical Muslim family.’

Also, he insisted that he is different from other Western novelists, who have written about Islam. One makes himself different from other Western authors is that he tends to ‘understand rather than to explain Islam.’

He later realized that Quran is totally different from other holy books. One that distinguishes Quran from other holy scriptures is that the Quran is ‘uncreated,’ not human-written scripture.

It means that Quran ‘is literally and in every syllable the word of the Almighty, unshaped (uncreated) by human hand.’

Quran, in the eyes of Sebastian Faulks, ‘has lovely passages’ that later on played significant influences in his novel “A Week in December.”

As of now, he would be open for further talk about Islam and Quran. In his writing, he told that he ‘would be pleased to learn more about Islam’ from Ajmal Masroor, an Imam and spokesman for the Islamic Society for Britain.

“I would enter any such dialogue with a degree of humility and plenty of respect for his religion and his scripture; I feel sure he would do likewise,” he said.
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Monday, 24 August 2009

Muslims’ Fate Gets Better Only After Islamic State Come Real – Abu Bakar Ba’asyir


Indonesia- Indonesia has just finished Presidential Election wherein Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono came to the second term of leadership.

In the view of Ustadz Abu Bakar Ba’asyir, the Presidential Election won’t bring the fate of Muslims to be better.

“Muslims’ fate will get better only after Islamic state comes real; when Islam – as ideology is used as the system of governance,” he said.

Such a conclusion came out from an Indonesian prominent Islamic scholar, Ustadz Abu Bakar Ba’asyir, in a talk show themed “Nasib Umat Islam Pasca Pilihan Presiden” (Muslims’ Fate After Presidential Election), which was held by Haulah Dakwah Islamiah (HADIS) in Surakarta (Solo), Central Java on Sunday (23/8/2009).

Coming also at the talk show were Munarman – a lawyer who had once jailed because he is keen to uphold Islam, and an economic scholar DR. Resvrisond Baswir.

The talk show was flocked by hundreds of Muslims thus the meeting hall got really crowded. Most of them looked enthusiast to keep up the pace on the discussion topic.

The first speaker, Munarnan – who is also the Director of An-Nasr Institute – revealed so many facts that indeed, the efforts to establish Islamic state (Daulah Islamiyah) get always find obstacles, either from Indonesian government or the United States and its allies.

“The main agenda of the elected president is how to tackle the Islamic Jihad movement through issuing electricity policy that tends to accommodate the United States’s political interest. All funding and monetary fund coming from Western is never a ‘blank cheque,’” he said.

Further Munarman also told that the current terrorism issue, following the recent Jakarta bombing, bears foreign political interest. “This (the bombing and terrorist probe) is the gate for the current president to ease off the foreigners’ ways in tackling the Islam,” Munarman said.

Munarman’s facts also got supports from the historical facts disclosed by the second speaker DR. Resvrisond Baswir.

In his opinion, Mas Sony – that he is called daily – argues that Indonesia actually gets never find its Independence because since the Proclamation of Independence in 1945, there have been many foreign political interests in Indonesia, especially in the economics.

“Indonesia finds itself not able to escape away from foreign political interests since its early independence. Indonesia’s first president had once tried to tackle Western’s interest in Indonesia, but his efforts then led to a bloody internal conflict that is widely known G 30 S PKI,” he said.

Since Ir. Soekarno’s ruin, Indonesia – due this day – has become a “puppet country” to the US. “So, Indonesia has no longer suffering from military colonialsm, but the new colonialism in Indonesia is in the form of economic capitalism,” Mas Sony’s remarks.

Then, Ustadz Abu Bakar Ba’asyir concluded that the fate of Indonesian Muslims get tumbled down not only because of external factors but also internal factors. “Muslims should now learn and deepen their Islam then it should be followed by Jihad. Islam will stands firmly only after Islamic teachings is applied in the government entirely. There should be no democracy that moves together with Islam. Only Islam, that’s enough,!” he said.
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Friday, 21 August 2009

Leader of Rajah Solaiman Movement Arrested by Philippine Police

The Philippines- Dinno-Amor Rosalejos Pareja – or known Khalil Pareja – was arrested by Philippine National Police on Friday (21/8/2009), that Associated Press has reported.

The National Police Spokesman Senior Superintendent Leonardo Espina further told that Khalil was taken into custody without bail in southern Marawi City.

He is blamed of rebelling against the Philippines and linked to some Islamic jihad movements like Abu Sayyaf, Jamaah Islamiyah, and Al Qaeda.

In fact, Khalil Pareja is only the leader of the Rajah Solaiman Movement, an Islamic organization accommodating the Filipino Christians who converted to Islam.

He has held the leadership over the organization since 2005, following the arrest of Hilarion Santos – who is also Pareja’s brother-in-law.

The Rajah Solaiman has been helping and accommodating Filipino Christians who have embraced Islam since 1991. The Rajah Solaiman was founded by Ahmed Santos.
The name “Rajah Solaiman” is derived from an inspiring Islamic figure Rajah Sulaiman III. He was a brave Islamic soldier fighting against the Spanish colonials in the 16th century, and therefore contributed greatly to the independence of the Philippines.
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Chechen Republic Officially Opens First Islamic University

Chechnya- The president of the Republic of Chechen, Ramzan Kadyrov, has officially opened the first Rusia’s Islamic University on Thursday (20/8/2009), that TheNews.com.pk has reported.

Kunta-Khadzhi Rusian Islamic University was officially opened by the president, along with some religious leaders. The ceremony alone took place at a mosque with some traditional dancing performance followed by prayer.

Coming also at the ceremony were the first year of the university, accompanied by the Grand Mufti of Russia, Mufti Ravil Gainutdin.

Rusia’s Prime Minister, Vladimir Putin, also once greeted the attendances through a formal televised congratulation that was relayed on screens on the stage.

At its long-run, the university will be teaching both Islamic and secular disciplines, encompassing subjects like Rusian and Chechen languages, sociology, politics, philosophy, and English.

The university may accommodate about 300 students in the first year, with 270 of them are required to take preparatory course, including language courses.

The university opening is considered a significant move of the president in efforts to establish Islamic values in the North Caucasus republic.
The world may know that the president is eager to revive the “true Islam.” He has ordered all the female civil servants to wear hijab at works. Likewise, he has restricted alcoholic drink from the market and shut off casinos.
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Thousands of Papuan Muslims Flock Mosques on the First Day of Ramadhan


Indonesia- Who said that there is no Muslim in the Land of Papua, Indonesia? Thousands of Papuan Muslims flocked some mosques in the district of Biak Numfor, Papua, on the first day of Ramadhan 1430 H.

Indonesian Government has decided that the first Ramadhan in Indonesia would be on Saturday. Consequently, a number of Muslims started the Tarawih prayer (a night prayer specially conducted in congregation in the Ramadhan month) on Friday (21/8/2009) night.

Indonesia’s state-run news agency, Antara, has reported that the most crowded Muslim congregation was at Jamae Mosque of Baiturrahman, which is located at Ahmad Yani Street, Biak Numfor District, Papua, Indonesia.

Many Papuan Muslims attended the Tarawih prayer enthusiastically as the mosque’s ta’mir (management) has deliberately invited some Islamic scholars from outside Papua to give the Tarawih sermon.

Coming as the first preacher on the night was an Islamic scholar from Makassar, South Sulawesi Province, Ustadz Andi Sumardin.

On his Tarawih sermon, Ustadz Andi called on the Muslims to increase the frequency of carrying good deeds during the Ramadhan month.

“Let’s we improve our religious deeds during the blessed Ramadhan month so that God would bring peace to all people in the universe,” the Ustadz said on his sermon.
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Thursday, 20 August 2009

US Fire Missiles at a Muslim Populated Village in Pakistan


Pakistan- Munir Ahmad of Associated Press has reported that the United States Military Forces have launched 40 missile strike on a housing compound in the village of Dande Darpa Khel, Pakistan on Friday (21/8/2009).

Further intelligence officials told that the air-strike has killed nine people blamed for attacks in Afghanistan.

Unfortunately, there is no detailed report from the intelligence whether the casualties are really Islamic soldiers or civilians.

The missiles are believed to be fired from across the border in Afghanistan. It is also possible that the strike was conducted from the US’s secret bases in Pakistan.

In responding the cowboy US missile fire of this Friday, the Pakistani Government ‘publicly protest the attacks, which are unpopular’ amongst many Muslims people in Pakistan, that Associated Press has reported.

The US Military Forces believe that the location fired is the base of Afghan Taliban leader Siraj Haqqani.
He is the son of a senior Taliban leader Jalaluddin Haqqani who has brilliantly brought freedom to Afghanistan from the occupation of Soviet in the 1980s.
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Makassar City Government Gets its Muslim Workers to Wear Islamic Dress


Indonesia- In welcoming the Holy Month of Ramadhan, the city government of Makassar, South Sulawesi, Indonesia, issued a policy addressing its Muslim workers to wear Islamic dress on Friday, during the Ramadhan.

Indonesia’s News Agency Antara has reported that the policy is available for all Muslim workers in the city government of Makassar.

Makassar’s City Secretary Anis Zakaria told Antara “The city mayor’s instruction is only on Friday, and only for Muslim civil workers.”

The Islamic dress code here is that male Muslim workers are suggested to wear Islamic cloth with kopiah (rimless cap).

For female Muslim workers, they are suggested to wear hijab as requested in the Islamic teaching.

Not only the city government issued the Islamic dress-code in term of respecting the Ramadhan, but also abolished the Monday flag hoisting ceremony.

Likewise, the city government also shortened the working time with aim that the Muslim workers could be concerned with accomplishing the fasting during the Ramadhan month.
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Wednesday, 19 August 2009

Muslims, Catholics in Guinea-Bissau Strengthen Ties through Joint Radio Broadcasting

Guinea-Bissau- Muslims and Catholics in Guinea-Bissau are moving forwards to strengthen interfaith dialogue and to open various forms of collaboration, technical and journalistic.

As reported by SperoForum.com, Fr Davide Sciocco – a missionary from the Pontifical Institute of Foreign Missions (PIME) – said that there will be Muslims-Catholics joint radio broadcasting.

An Islamic imam will be speaking about Islam to non-Muslim audiences through Catholic radio station, while a Catholic priest shall speak the Gospel to non-Catholic audiences through Islamic radio station.

The cooperation was established following the signing of an accord between Radio Sol Mansi and Radio Recom, based in Monsoa.

Abubacar Djaló, the director of Radio Recom, has said that the cooperation ‘is in fact the conclusion of a path started a long time ago.’

He noticed that there are some Muslims taking part in seminars held by the Monsoa Catholic mission.
Guinea-Bissau was formerly a Spanish colony. The approximate total Muslim population in the country is at 40%, while the Catholic population is counted at 12 to 13%.
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Northern Italian City Bans Muslim Women from Wearing Burkini

Italy- The Anti-Immigration Mayor of a northern Italian city has banned Muslim women from wearing burkini – a swimsuit that is modified as such thus it meets the Islamic teaching, that a report has said on Wednesday (19/8/2009).

The Mayor has also threatened them with a fine of €500 ($700) if known to wear burkini at swimming pools or riverbanks in the city of Varallo Sesia.

The Mayor Gianluca Buonanno views that “The sight of a ‘masked-woman’ could disturb small children, not to mention problems of hygiene.”

Worse, the Mayor also reasoned that if western women wear bikini in a Muslim country, thus the consequence is that the women in bikini will be deported or jailed.
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Al Salam Agrees to Cooperate with Perbadanan Tabung Amanah Islam Brunei

Bahrain- Al Salam Bank from Bahrain announced that it has established a ‘strategic partnership’ with Brunei-based Perbadanan Tabung Amanah Islam (TAIB) on Burj Al Safwa Tower in Mecca, that AmeInfo.com has reported on Wednesday (19/8/2009).

Al Salam shaked hands to sell 50% of its 18-year leasehold interest to TAIB through a joint venture.

The joint venture will be designating the operator to manage the tower as a five-star hotel.

Al Salam alone had acquired the leasehold interest in Burj Al Safwa Tower in the summer of 2008, when the building of the tower was in the progress.

In his official statement, as released by AmeInfo.com, the executive Vice President and Head of Mena, Mr Nabeel Ebrahim Al Tattan, said, “We at Al Salam Bank-Bahrain are honoured to establish a strategic partnership with TAIB and for TAIB’s trust in our bank.”

Burj Al Safwa Tower is a residential and commercial tower that is located nearby King Abdul Aziz Gate. It is also strategic enough as it is close to the Masjid Al Haram, the center for all Muslims’ pilgrimage.
The 23-floors tower was built to meet the utmost luxury services to its guests. It includes 336 residential units, a wide reception hall, and a very huge room dedicated as worshipping place that is linked to audio-visually of Masjid Al Haram.
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Tuesday, 18 August 2009

Imams, Rabbis to Gather in the US for Interfaith Talks


Washington- 28 European imams and rabbis have just arrived in Washington and New York for attending interfaith centers to ‘break new ground on Muslim-Jewish relations and combat Islamophobia and anti-semitism,’ the Global Muslim Brotherhood has reported via familysecuritymatters.org.

The meeting is a logic consequence of the continuing growth of anti-semitism amongst the Muslims in Britain and France, or elsewhere in Europe.

Hence, those imams and rabbis further will be told about how American-style ecumenism works on the ground by teams of American imams and rabbis.

The gathering will be held from Monday (17/8/2009) until Thursday (20/8/2009) in some places with various programmes.

There will be meeting with Mohammad Shamsi Ali, an Indonesian Muslim who serves as the head of the Islamic Cultural Center in New York.

On the same day, the entourage will be having a meeting in the United Nations, to hear from Muzammil Siddiqi, chairman of the Fiqh Council of North America.

On Tuesday, the entourage is scheduled to visit Ellis Island to hear from Robert Jackson, a Muslim member of the New York City Council.

Continued due on Wednesday, they will take a visit to the Holocaust Musemum where there will be speak from Rabbi Jack Moline and Imam Mohamed Magid.

The end of the gathering will be a visit to the White House. They will have a meet with Joshua Dubois, the executive director of the Office of Faith-based and Neighbourhood Partnerships.
The end of the series gathering will be at the Saudi Embassy on Thursday.
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Monday, 17 August 2009

Muslims Protest over ‘Prophet Muhammad’ in Schalke04’s Anthem

Germany - The management of Schalke04 said they have received hundreds of emails and letters of complaint from Muslims over the third verse of the club’s anthem.

Indeed, the third verse of Schalke04’s anthem says: Mohammed war ein Prophet, der vom Fussballspielen nichts versteht (Muhammad was a Prophet who understood nothing about football).

The management has asked an Islam expert to scrutinize the lyric whether it might be insulting.
Further the management told that they are taking the Muslims’ complaints very seriously.

In the year 1997, the verse also caused short-lived protest from the Muslims.

The anthem alone was written in 1924 and it is not clear when the word ‘Muhammad’ ‘made its way in’ the BBC has reported.
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East Jakarta Government to Flatten a Mosque

Indonesia - East Jakarta Government must have been crazy. A mosque built by the local inhabitants of Jatinegara Permai Homesite is to be flattened by the city government on Wednesday (12/8/2009) starting at 7 am local time.

Jamae Mosque of Nurul Jannah lies at DR KRT Radjiman Widyodiningrat Street, Jatinegara Permai Homesite, Pengarengan, Cakung, East Jakarta.

The mosque alone is on the building process by the local inhabitants with their own money, none of the money comes from the city government at all.

The mosque’s building process is almost finished around 90%.


But later on, the city government claimed that the mosque’s building process has not given approval yet from the city government.

This is the first time in history of Indonesia where a mosque to be flatten by the government.

Anticipating the local inhabitants’ outrage, 1,500 security forces and policemen have been prepared to ease the destruction.

There is no negotiation at all between the city government and those building the mosque.


The local people had once tried to meet the city mayor but the mayor refused to meet them.

Accordingly, the land where the mosque stands will be turned into a green space.
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Fierce Raid in Gaza Results in 13 Killed, Dozens Injured

Palestine - The BBC New has reported that ’13 people had been killed and at least 60 injured’ following a fierce raid at Ibn-Taimiyah Mosque in Rafah, Gaza, near the border of Egypt on Friday (14/8/2009).

The raid engaged hundreds of Hamas fighters, assisted by Policemen, against the followers of Jund Ansar Allah group, which is headed by Abdul Latif Moussa.

Hamas fighters and policemen fired launched rocket-propelled grenades into the mosque where hundreds of followers of Jund Ansar Allah were within.

One Hamas fighter was killed, but most of the victims were from the side of Jund Ansar Allah, including one child.

Conflict involving Hamas and Jund Ansar Allah has been not so strange to those keeping an eye on the Palestine-Israeli issue.

The latest Friday clash was another example for the continuing conflict between the moderate Islamic group Hamas and extremist Islamic group Jund ANsar Allah.

Jund Anshar Allah disagrees with the ways Hamas defend the Muslim land, Gaza, through negotiation that in the perspective of Jund Ansar Allah, it may only lead to weaken the Muslim power in Palestine.

Consequently, on Friday (14/8/2009), Jund Ansar Allah declared the establishment of ‘Gaza Islamic Emirate.’

Unfortunately, the Hamas leader Ismail Haniya dismissed the establishment of Gaza Islamic Emirate, which is actually aimed at uniting all the Palestinians under the power of Islamic so that they are able to stand on their own feet, free from Israel’s occupation.

Ismail Haniya views the declaration is aimed towards incitement against the Gaza Strip and an attempt at recruiting international alliance against the Gaza strip.
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43 Philippine, Militants Die in a Day-long Clash

The Philippine - A day-long clash engaging Philippine Security Forces and Islamic Militants Abu Sayyaf resulted in 43 casualties.

The 43 casualties were of 23 Philippine soldiers and 20 Abu Sayyaf militants.

The clash occurred in the town of Ungkaya Pukan in the southern island of Basilan, starting on Wednesday (12/8/2009) until Thursday (13/8/2009).

The clash came out as Philippine Security Forces discovered ‘numerous home-made bombs, ready for detonation,’ that AFP has reported.

Rear Admiral Alexander Pama described to Reuters that the clash ‘was close quarter combat, the two sides almost came into hand-to-hand battle.’

Fighting has halted now. Soldiers are stillpursuing other Abu Sayyaf members, likewise.

Many claim that Abu Sayyaf is linked to Al-Qaeda. Abu Sayyaf is accused of sinking a ferry in Manila Bay (2004), in which 100 people were killed.
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