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bismi-lLahi-rRahmani-rRahiem In the Name of God, the Compassionate, the Merciful === News Update === Statement From The University of Ottawa Muslim Students Association Regarding Danish Cartoons Ottawa February 18, 2006: Since many of you are concerned about the recent events surrounding the Danish Cartoon Controversy, we feel we should offer an official statement, letting you know where we stand. The practice of insulting Gods prophets is no historical novelty. It has been done on several occasions, and there are precedents for dealing with such a matter. Recall that Muhammad (SAW) himself had to come to terms with the paintings which lined the walls of the Kaaba. These paintings, which we may also call caricatures, offered the most obnoxious and unpalatable depictions of our patriarchs engaged in blasphemous activities. We ought to pay attention to how Muhammad (SAW) dealt with those at the time. He certainly did not overreact, nor lose his temper, nor burn effigies in the streets, nor did he engage in abstract and senseless debates about freedom of expression (which risk characterizing us as dishonest advocates of censorship). Our Prophet responded with the traits which won him so much respect and political legitimacy: Patience, diplomacy, and amnesty. He struggled against the repressive Quraysh for 23 years to win the hearts and minds of the people of Mecca. And only until they accepted him as their leader did he take it upon himself to wash the paintings off the sacred walls of the Kaaba. http://www.uomsa.com === Flemming Rose Oped In Washington Post: "Why I Published Those Cartoons" Childish. Irresponsible. Hate speech. A provocation just for the sake of provocation. A PR stunt. Critics of 12 cartoons of the prophet Muhammad I decided to publish in the Danish newspaper Jyllands-Posten have not minced their words. They say that freedom of expression does not imply an endorsement of insulting people's religious feelings, and besides, they add, the media censor themselves every day. So, please do not teach us a lesson about limitless freedom of speech. http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/02/17/AR2006021702499_pf.html === Italy cartoon row minister quits Roberto Calderoli belongs to the anti-immigrant Northern League The Italian reform minister who angered Muslims by wearing a T-shirt decorated with Western media cartoons satirising the Prophet Muhammad has resigned. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/4727606.stm === Anti-Muslim graffiti defaces mosque for 2nd time this week Palestinians discovered anti-Muslim graffiti on a West Bank mosque on Friday, for the second time in a week. In contrast to the previous incident, no protest riots were reported in the area following the discovery. http://www.haaretzdaily.com/hasen/spages/684177.html === Muslims' reactions to cartoons 'not so alien as we think' - The Silent Treatment THE American left and right don't agree on much, but weeks of demonstrations and embassy burnings have pushed them toward convergence on one point: there is, if not a clash of civilizations, at least a very big gap between the "Western world" and the "Muslim world." When you get beyond this consensus -- the cultural chasm consensus -- and ask what to do about the problem, there is less agreement. After all, chasms are hard to bridge. http://www.nytimes.com/2006/02/17/opinion/17Wright.html?pagewanted=2&_r=1 === NATIONAL MUSLIM COALITION ISSUES STATEMENT ON CARTOON CONTROVERSY (Ottawa, Canada - 17/02/06) - Prominent national Canadian Muslim organizations and umbrella groups have signed an unprecedented statement praising Canadas collective response to the cartoon controversy, saying Canada has made Canadian Muslims proud. URL: www.caircan.ca === Europe's contempt for other cultures can't be sustained A continent that inflicted colonial brutality all over the globe for 200 years has little claim to the superiority of its values. Is the argument over the Danish cartoons really reducible to a matter of free speech? Even if we believe that free speech is a fundamental value, that does not give us carte blanche to say what we like in any context, regardless of consequence or effect. Respect for others, especially in an increasingly interdependent world, is a value of at least equal importance. http://www.guardian.co.uk/comment/story/0,,1711874,00.html === Public Screening of film on Prophet Muhammad at Concordia University The film will be shown on Wednesday, Feb 22nd at 7:00pm in the Hall Building of Concordia University (Montreal) in room H-435 see: http://www.pbs.org/muhammad/ === PILGER AND SIMPSON URGE JOURNALISTS TO DROP 'STONE AGE' AND 'PRIMITIVE' John Pilger and BBC World Affairs editor John Simpson have urged fellow journalists not to use terms such as 'stone age' and 'primitive' to describe contemporary tribal peoples, in a letter published in the Financial Times. To find out more about Survival's campaign to stamp out racism against tribal people in the media, visit http://survival-international.org/stampitout.php For more information call Miriam Ross on (+44) (0)20 7687 8734 or email [EMAIL PROTECTED] To read this press release online visit http://survival-international.org/news.php?id=1385 === Three Poems: Is Democracy being used as a Weapon of Mass Destruction? http://www.montrealmuslimnews.net === The Abu Ghraib photos and the anti-Muslim "free speech" fraud http://www.wsws.org/articles/2006/feb2006/abug-f17.shtml === UN report denounces US torture and calls for closure of Guantánamo prison camp http://www.wsws.org/articles/2006/feb2006/un-f17.shtml === Shameful: This is the world's view on Guantanamo A UN report condemns 'torture' at the detention camp. But, like other revelations in the 'war on terror', the reaction is to deplore the publicity and ignore the brutality. http://news.independent.co.uk/world/politics/article346357.ece === Abu Ghraib leaked report reveals full extent of abuse * 1,325 images of suspected detainee abuse * 93 video files of suspected detainee abuse * 660 images of adult pornography * 546 images of suspected dead Iraqi detainees * 29 images of soldiers in simulated sexual acts Nearly two years after the first pictures of naked and humiliated Iraqi detainees emerged from Abu Ghraib prison, the full extent of the abuse became known for the first time yesterday with a leaked report from the US army's internal investigation into the scandal. http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article11969.htm === The History of CIA Interrogation From the Cold War to the War on Terror Professor Alfred McCoy talks about his book A Question of Torture, a startling expose of the CIA development of psychological torture from the Cold War to Abu Ghraib. CIA mercenaries attempted to assassinate McCoy more than 30 years ago. http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article11965.htm === Arguments used by the South African apartheid regime now being used to justify anti-terror measures. Tutu calls for Guantanamo closure. Archbishop Desmond Tutu has joined in the growing chorus of condemnation of America's Guantanamo Bay prison camp. He said the detention camp was a stain on the character of the United States as a superpower and a democracy. He also attacked Britain's 28-day detention period for terror suspects, calling it excessive and untenable. His comments follow a UN report calling for the closure of the camp where some 500 "enemy combatants" have been held without trial for up to four years. Speaking on the BBC's Today programme, Archbishop Tutu said he was alarmed that arguments used by the South African apartheid regime are now being used to justify anti-terror measures. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/4723512.stm SEE ALSO VIDEO REPORT: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/help/3681938.stm === Film Review and Interview with "The Road to Guantanmo" Director Winterbottom English director Michael Winterbottom's provocative new film "The Road to Guantanamo" premiered at the Berlin International Film Festival this week. The docu-drama blends interviews, news footage and re-enactments to tell the story of three British Muslims taken from Pakistan to the US prison camp on Cuba. http://www.spiegel.de/international/0,1518,401386,00.html === UK police arrest stars of award-winning film "The Road to Guantanamo" under the Prevention of Terrorism Act Citing the "Prevention of Terrorism" act, British Police have arrested and interrogated three of the stars of the award-winning film "The Road to Guantanamo", together with the three ex-Guantanomo detainees on whose story the film is based. http://www.craigmurray.co.uk/archives/2006/02/internet_exclus.html === Poll: 40% of UK Muslims want Sharia Four out of ten British Muslims want Sharia, or Islamic law, introduced in predominantly Muslim parts of the country, a poll has showed. One in five of those polled for the Sunday Telegraph also said they sympathised with the "feelings and motives" of the bombers who killed 52 people in attacks on the London transport system in July. But 91% of British Muslims said they feel loyal to the United Kingdom. http://english.aljazeera.net/NR/exeres/61480B70-88BC-48EA-997B-9D24ABD29218.htm === SEMINAR IN MONTREAL SATURDAY FEBRUARY 25: "THE ALTERNATIVE TO RIBA CARRYING INVESTMENTS" Canada Muslim News - You are cordially invited to our financial seminar/workshop held exclusively for Muslim professionals and their families. We at Investors Group find it important as Canadas largest financial consulting firm to cater to the special needs and requests of the Muslim population in Montreal and across Canada. Through this seminar you will learn the benefits of: http://www.montrealmuslimnews.net === 37 million poor hidden in the land of plenty Americans have always believed that hard work will bring rewards, but vast numbers now cannot meet their bills even with two or three jobs. More than one in 10 citizens live below the poverty line, and the gap between the haves and have-nots is widening. http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article11985.htm === What Happened To My Country? My God! What has happened to my nation? My nation that no longer pays more than lip service to its Constitution and Bill of Rights, which have been a beacon to the world for over two centuries. My nation that unilaterally discards treaties that were the hope of a world of peace, guided by law and diplomacy. My nation that will wage a war of aggression against a far off nation that was no threat to it, but that has lots of oil. My nation that gives all of its wealth to the rich and is satisfied to leave its citizens to starve, homeless, unemployed and sickly. Continued http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article11975.htm === How Will We Know When We Have Lost, America? We will know we have lost when we do what we have done in Abu Ghraib, Guantanamo, Diego Garcia, Bagram and the other entirely secret and not so secret CIA and military detention centers round the world. We will know we have lost when the first target in the massacre of a village or city is its hospital. http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article11963.htm === What Bush Is Up To I'm going to tell you what the real Bush administration policy is. http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article11986.htm === And the top 10 worst presidential blunders are... Apparently CNN does not view lying the nation into a war of conquest as a blunder. http://edition.cnn.com/2006/US/02/18/president.mistakes.ap/index.html === Not terribly pro-life, is it Mr President? Last month, the military forces that this same president commands aimed a missile at a house in Damadola, a Pakistani village near the Afghan border. Eighteen people were killed, including five children. The target of the attack, al-Qaeda's No 2, Ayman al-Zawahiri, was not among the dead, although lesser figures in the terrorist organisation reportedly were. Bush did not apologise for the attack, nor did he reprimand those who ordered it. Apparently, he believes that the chance of killing an important terrorist leader is sufficient justification for firing a missile that will almost certainly kill innocent human beings. http://news.scotsman.com/topics.cfm?tid=1298&id=254272006 === Video: Why We Fight What are the forces that shape and propel American militarism? This award-winning film provides an inside look at the anatomy of the American war machine. Is American foreign policy dominated by the idea of military supremacy? Has the military become too important in American life? Click here to view http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article8494.htm === In case you missed it: Constant Conflict A look behind the philosophy and practice of Americas push for domination of the worlds economy and culture, US Army War College Quarterly There will be no peace. At any given moment for the rest of our lifetimes, there will be multiple conflicts in mutating forms around the globe. Violent conflict will dominate the headlines, but cultural and economic struggles will be steadier and ultimately more decisive. The de facto role of the US armed forces will be to keep the world safe for our economy and open to our cultural assault. To those ends, we will do a fair amount of killing. http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article3011.htm === British Judge's anger at US torture Stinging comments come as America dismisses UN report on Guantánamo A high court judge yesterday delivered a stinging attack on America, saying its idea of what constituted torture was out of step with that of "most civilised nations". The criticism, directed at the Bush administration's approach to human rights, was made by Mr Justice Collins during a hearing over the refusal by ministers to request the release of three British residents held at Guantánamo Bay. The judge said: "America's idea of what is torture is not the same as ours and does not appear to coincide with that of most civilised nations." He made his comments, he said, after learning of the UN report that said Guantánamo should be shut down without delay because torture was still being carried out there. FULL ARTICLE AT: http://www.guardian.co.uk/guantanamo/story/0,,1711833,00.html === Blair's new laws leave us at the mercy of future tyrants Osama bin Laden's achievement was not to mastermind the flying of jets into the Twin Towers, not to franchise his brand of terrorism to a lot of savage young men, not even to inspire the invasion of Iraq. No, it was to spook the West and to fill our minds with fear so that we let security oppress liberty and turn us away from the abuse and torture occurring in Guantanamo and Abu Ghraib. http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article11983.htm === Blair's dumb gag law History shows such laws are soon followed by offences like 'being an enemy of the people' http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article11984.htm === Lockerbie - new forensic tests suggest evidence was planted by the CIA "Megrahi's lawyers already have a sworn statement from a retired Scottish police officer confirming that evidence had been planted to secure the Libyan's conviction. "A similar claim was made by a former CIA agent... http://aangirfan.blogspot.com/2006/02/lockerbie-new-forensic-tests-suggest.html === There is no war on terrorism :: from www.uruknet.info :: news from occupied Iraq - it There is no war on terror If there was, the whole nation would be told to take up arms. Everybody would be armed, even on aircraft. Inexpensive AK47's would be stored in every closet, much like arms are stored in homes all over Switzerland because the Swiss government has nothing to fear from its populace. There is only a war against our freedom in the name of a created threat that doesn't exist. We have been duped into surrendering our liberty in the false name of security by a government that sends us out into the "War On Terror" unarmed because we cannot be trusted with guns. The most basic of all rights is the right of self defense against criminal attacks. A great equalizer between the weak and the strong, guns in the hands of women could reduce assaults upon them by stronger male attackers by 80%. How can it be said that women have equal rights if they cannot carry, yet Diane Feinstein, Barbara Boxer, Hillary Clinton and Laura Bush all hide behind guns for their protection because they're much more important than our wives, sisters and daughters? Again, the only 'war' is on our freedoms. http://www.uruknet.com/?p=m20765&hd=0&size=1&l=e === The Truth about Torture :: from www.uruknet.info :: news from occupied Iraq - it You may wonder how our policy of torture began and developed. Well it was born out of the bloodlust of Donald Rumsfeld's Pentagon. It's called an SAP (Special Access Plan.) In order to know what the plan is, you have to have special access. The `need to know' is very small. It's all about plausible deniability, don't you know. The plan was put into action after witnessing the efficacy of torture by certain "allies" in the Middle East and South Asia. You see, we didn't always torture, but it did begin quickly after the 2001 invasion of Afghanistan. Within a few weeks of the invasion of Afghanistan, the US and allied troops were overwhelmed with prisoners. "We exceeded our capacity for interrogation and detention," the former intelligence official said. "Our allies would tell us," the former official recalled, "`we pulled out teeth and fingers from prisoners, but we got some good shit. He's dead now, but we don't care.'" The former official recounted, "The line gets blurred between using liaison officers to bust heads and getting American guys to do it." The tough tactics appealed to Rumsfeld and his senior civilian aides, however. http://www.uruknet.com/?p=m20754&hd=0&size=1&l=e === Bush Administration's War Spending Nears Half Trillion Dollars President Asks Taxpayers for Another $65 Billion for Iraq and Afghanistan Feb. 16, 2006 In a single year, it is difficult to measure overall progress in the war on terror. But ABC News has learned today that President Bush will ask Congress for an additional $65.3 billion for operations in Iraq and Afghanistan. It brings the total funds requested this year to more than $110 billion for those operations. http://abcnews.go.com/WNT/IraqCoverage/story?id=1629118&CMP=OTC-RSSFeeds0312 === The Basra video should lay to rest a scurrilous lie The smug superiority of the British over their peacekeeping efforts in Iraq is an insult to those of us who live there http://www.guardian.co.uk/comment/story/0,,1710827,00.html SEE ALSO VIDEO AT: http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article11944.htm === Intrigues continue to stall new Iraqi government http://www.wsws.org/articles/2006/feb2006/iraq-f17.shtml === U.S. troops kill three civilians west of Baghdad Three civilians were killed on Sunday after U.S. troops opened fire at their car near Fallujah http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2006-02/19/content_4200678.htm === British troops executed unarmed Iraqi Despite being disabled by machinegun fire, the Iraqi was shot at point-blank range. http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article11976.htm === Sunni clerics complain death squads targeting community members A hardline Sunni Muslim clerics group is asking for outside help after renewing accusations that Iraq's Shiite-dominated government is operating death squads to kill Sunni civilians. http://www.abc25.com/Global/story.asp?S=4523012&nav=menu213_2 === Jaafari is unlikely to retain post of Iraqi PM Ibrahim al-Jaafari's nomination to continue for four more years as Iraq's prime minister is already in trouble, according to Iraqi sources. http://www.kurdmedia.com/news.asp?id=11414 === Influential Iraqi cleric Sadr rejects constitution Shi'ite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr has said he rejects the Iraqi constitution backed by his partners in the biggest parliamentary bloc, threatening a new crisis over one of the country's most explosive issues. http://tinyurl.com/od87c === Video The Iraqi resistance attacking US targets http://www.popdrain.com/videos/iedoutside.wmv === 12 US Troops Killed as 2 Copters Crash in Gulf of Aden http://www.in-forum.com/ap/index.cfm?page=view&id=D8FRQMA00 === Four Iraqi Truck Drivers Killed in Ambush Gunmen ambushed a convoy of trucks carrying construction material Sunday to U.S. military north of Baghdad, killing four Iraqi drivers, police said. An police general died in a roadside bombing in northern Iraq. http://www.casperstartribune.net/articles/2006/02/19/ap/headlines/d8fs3lp80.txt === 2 Killed By Car Bomb Two Iraqis were killed and six wounded when a car bomb exploded near a suspension bridge that leads to the heavily guarded Green Zone, police said http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/IBO939812.htm === Roadside Blasts Kill US Gi, 11 Iraqis http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060218/ap_on_re_mi_ea/iraq === US soldier among 20 killed in Iraq http://www.gulf-daily-news.com/Story.asp?Article=135851&Sn=WORL&IssueID=28336 === US Churches Denounce Iraq War, 'American Terror' http://www.aljazeera.com/me.asp?service_ID=10601 === Iraqi Resistance Report for events of Saturday, 18 February 2006 * US troops make mass arrests in al-Baghdadi, kill 19 year old during house search. * Resistance bomb west of Abu Ghurayb leaves three US troops reported dead. * Association of Muslim Scholars of Iraq casts doubt on US role in Death Squad scandal: Why do they minimize their scope when disclosing them, and then do nothing to stop them? * Under pressure from massive media reporting, puppet regime in Baghdad forms special committee to investigate reports of secret prison, death squads, abduction, torture, and murder by puppet regime security agencies and Badr Brigade militia. * Resistance bomb in Baghdads ash-Shab district reportedly kills two US troops. * Resistance car bomb leaves three US troops reported dead in Baqubah. * Two US troops reported killed in Resistance bombing south of al-Yusufiyah. * US soldier reported killed in bombing in Mosul. http://www.albasrah.net/en_articles_2006/0206/iraqiresistancereport_180206.htm === Nablus: Balata refugee camp is being invaded !! MMN Note: There has been Israeli army in Nablus since just after midnight early this morning. A huge explosion was heard about 12:30 am followed by firing. Since then Balata refugee camp just east of Nablus has been invaded with 2 deaths already. This report was received from I.S.M. Nablus: Balata refugee camp is being invaded- Two youth killed and over thirty injured http://www.montrealmuslimnews.net === Hamas: Decision to cut funds does not scare us Haniyeh said Israel's new sanctions in the wake of Hamas' election victory "were meant to force the Palestinians down to their knees ... we've handled challenges in the past and we will be able to stand up to future challenges as well," he said http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/684243.html === IF HAMAS MUST RENOUNCE VIOLENCE, SO SHOULD ISRAEL "We are stumped by the failure of our democratic concepts to gain a foothold in the Arab world," wrote Michael Bell, a former Canadian ambassador to Israel, in the Globe and Mail last week. http://www.thestar.com/NASApp/cs/ContentServer?pagename=thestar/Layout/Article_Type1&call_pageid=971358637177&c=Article&cid=1140216612609 === Taliban raid Afghan police station, kill three Taliban gunmen killed three policemen in a raid on a security post in a southern province where thousands of British troops will soon be based, police said on Sunday. http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/ISL279185.htm === 'Suicide-ready' Taliban lie in wait for troops Khwaja, 32, also a mohajir, boasted that he had already "supplied" several dozen "suicide-ready Talibs" to camps inside Afghanistan in preparation for a spring offensive designed to hit the first British troops to begin patrolling in Helmand. http://tinyurl.com/erayc === Why America will reap the worst in Iran by By abid Ullah Jan ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) - Published: February 19, 2006 see: http://icssa.org/iran_ww3.htm === WWIII or Bust: Implications of a US Attack on Iran "This notion that the United States is getting ready to attack Iran is simply ridiculous... Having said that, all options are on the table." George W. Bush, February 2005 http://www.heatherwokusch.com/ === Guantanamo camp 'an anomaly' says Blair Posted Feb 19, 2006 06:51 AM PST - Category: TORTURE SCANDAL http://news.scotsman.com/politics.cfm?id=254132006 === Conservatives Endorse the Fuhrer Principle - Our leader über alles Last week's annual Conservative Political Action Conference signaled the transformation of American conservatism into brownshirtism. A former Justice Department official named Viet Dinh got a standing ovation when he told the CPAC audience that the rule of law mustn't get in the way of President Bush protecting Americans from Osama bin Laden. http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article11968.htm === Halliburton Detention Centers What sort of national emergency requires detention centers? America has plenty of prisons. More of our population is behind bars than in any country on earth. http://www.blackcommentator.com/171/171_freedom_rider_halliburton_detention_centers.html === -muslim voice- ______________________________________ BECAUSE YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO KNOW [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Join modern day disciples reach the disfigured and poor with hope and healing http://us.click.yahoo.com/lMct6A/Vp3LAA/i1hLAA/TXWolB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> Ajaklah teman dan saudara anda bergabung ke milis Media Dakwah. Kirim email ke: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/media-dakwah/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
