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-------------------------------------------------------- Jamada al-Awwal 15, 1426/June 22, 2005 #48 --------------------------------------------------------- Jamaat al-Muslimeen News [3
items]
P.O. Box 10881
Baltimore, MD 21234
The Central Consultative Committee of Jamaat al-Muslimeen
will meet again in Greensboro, North Carolina on July 16, 8 AM to 6 PM to
discuss issues facing the Muslims of America. The theme will be:
ISLAM and MUSLIMS after the DESECRATION of the
QUR'AN.
If you would like to make a presentation before the
Shoora, please contact one of the following:
Imam Badi Ali [Host] [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sis. Karen English [Secretary General] [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Br. Kaukab Siddique [Ameer] [EMAIL PROTECTED]
2. APPEAL to ICNA not
to Offer Coca Cola at its Coming Convention: Coca Cola Helps
Israel.
[Last year in its Convention, ICNA, Islamic Circle of
North America, an Indo-Pakistani Muslim organization, offered Coca
Cola to its guests and refused to offer any explanation when
questioned.]
[To avoid a recurrence of the pro-Israeli activity, the
Secretary General of Jamaat al-Muslimeen sent the following letter to the
President of ICNA and other officials on June 17, 2005.]
I am a representative of Jamaat al Muslimeen's Boycott
Zionism Committee. Several weeks ago I contacted ICNA's New York office in
regards to your upcoming convention in July. Eventually I was able to
speak to someone and express Jamaat al- Muslimeen's hope that you not serve
Coca-Cola at your convention. Coca-Cola is one of the many companies that
strongly support Israel and, thereby, Israel's occupation of Palestine.
In 2001, the Coca-Cola World Headquarters hosted and was the main sponsor of the American-Israel Chamber of Commerce Awards Gala. Coca-Cola sponsors training programs for its workers on subjects including the Israeli-Arab conflict. A company funded by the Jewish Agency and the Israeli government creates the course content. Recently, it was announced that Coca-Cola, in return for millions in incentives from the Israeli government, is to build a new plant on stolen Palestinian land at Kiryat Gat. Oddly, I sensed some resistance to our request from one of your representatives. I found this perplexing. We live in a time in which the way we choose to spend our dollars can be a very effective means of voicing protest. This is a tool that is used all the time by Americans in all walks of life. There was the boycott of California table grapes because of the poor treatment of Latino farm workers. There is an ongoing boycott of Kentucky Fried Chicken because of the poor treatment of the live chickens by some of their workers. Many Americans, because of Coca-Cola's activities in South America, are already boycotting Coca-Cola. Boycotting is a small, lawful, American way of expressing displeasure with a corporation. It is something your organization could easily do. We must not sit by silently while our Muslim brothers and sisters are brutalized and oppressed. We urge you to consider serving one of the many other brands of drinks that are available. And, we hope you take this letter in the spirit in which it was written. Your sister in Islam, Karen English --------------------------------------- 3.
Jewish Extremists Assail African-American Muslim arrested by U.S. in
Florida: White Revert to Islam Defends him.
It's not clear yet if Jewish groups were
involved in the entrapment of a prominent African-American Muslim, Dr. Rafiq
Sabir of Boca Raton, Florida who was arrested by the U.S. government on May 25
under allegations of "Al-Qaeda" connections. However one thing is clear: Jewish
extremists in southern Florida are elated at his arrest and are carrying on a
publicity campaign to defame him even before any due process of
law.
Foremost among these extremists
is a Jew named Joe Kaufman. He has been hostile to the Islamic Center of Boca
Raton [ICBR] for quite a while. According to the Palm Beach Post [newspaper] of June 15, 2005 Kaufman has become
very energetic in his attacks since the arrest of Dr. Sabir. The Post writes:
"Since the doctor's arrest, longtime Islamic Center critic
Joe Kaufman has been working with a vengeance that would have made Sen. Joe
McCarthy, the 1950s communist hunter, proud. In almost daily e-mails, the Jewish
activist from Tamarac highlights what he offers as proof of the center's
terrorist links and urges government officials to act."
A more systematic attack is
coming from Bill Grailnick, regional director of the American Jewish Committee
[AJC]. According to the Post, Grailnick creates
the impression that there are links between Sabir's arrest and the alleged links
of the ICBR to "terrorists."
There are 600,000 Jews in the
area [probably the biggest concentration after New York] and 75,000 Muslims. The
Muslims of the Islamic Center find themselves unable to defend Dr. Sabir and the
mosque itself against allegations, probably owing to deficiency in the use of
the English language.
However, the situation is changing
owing to DANIEL McBRIDE, a "White" Muslim who embraced Islam after giving up
catholicism. He is a towering personality, both physically and spiritually. He
has been defending Dr. Sabir, pointing out that Dr. Sabir has not done any wrong
to anybody and could not possibly be a terrorist. McBride visited his home
and invited him to his home.
McBride has also been answering
Kaufman's propaganda barrage and is raising funds for Dr. Sabir's defense. Br.
McBride's journey to Islam is fascinating. Like Br. Umar ben Ivan, another
"White" brother profiled in New Trend, Br. McBride was influenced by the
AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF MALCOLM X. According to the Post, he travelled to South Africa to work as a
chiropracter and met his wife there, a devout evangelical Christian who accepted
Islam. They have 4 children.
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Thinking Outside the
Box
by Kaukab Siddique
June 21, 2005. The Prime Minister of
Vietnam visited the White House. This is a sign of our times. The finest of
the Communist regimes has admitted defeat. It's a defeat at the level of
culture, civilization and economics. The man was dressed just like President
Bush: Not even a wee bit of identity or self-hood left.
We must learn that there
are only TWO superpowers in the world today: The U.S.A. and Islam. The Muslim
countries with their tin pot regimes are insignificant but the overarching,
slowly emerging will of global Islam is the power which makes the regimes
irrelevant.
The U.S. wants to stop the
emergence of this new superpower. The desecration of the Qur'an in
Guantanamo Bay, Afghanistan and Iraq by America's best trained troops was meant
to test the unity of the Muslim ummah. The U.S. knows that
a new POWER is emerging from the Qur'an and the example of the Prophet,
pbuh.
Of course, the
only real superpower is Allah.
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Thought of the
Day:
Hitler did not treat U.S. POWs the way Islamic
prisoners are being treated in Guantanamo Bay.
Most Americans do not know that Hitler allowed
U.S. troops who were taken prisoner to wear their uniforms and U.S.
officers to keep their rank insignias. Hitler's U.S. prisoners were never
STRIPPED, SHACKLED and HOODED the way Islamic prisoners have been in Gtmo.
Even when British and American
planes CARPET BOMBED German cities, and German people and government saw the
bomber pilots as terrorists, the pilots who were shot down and captured were not
treated by the Germans as the sons of Islam are being treated in
Gtmo.
David Irving in Hitler's War [p. 661] documents the debate in Hitler's inner circle
when the German defense forces obtained film of U.S. fighter pilots
machinegunning civilians. Hitler mulled over execution of these "terrorist"
pilots when they were captured but was argued out of his anger by Goring,
Keitel and others.
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Muslim Women
Conquer Mount Everest
<http://www.mpacuk.org/content/view/701/103/>
On Monday May 30, 2005, two Iranians became the first Muslim women to conquer
Mount Everest as the early season expedition took advantage of a rare weather
window to reach the world's highest summit. Farkhondeh Sadegh, 36, a graphic
designer, and Loleh Keshavarz, 26, a dentist, hoisted their country's
tricoloured flag on the summit together with six Iranian men at 10:45am local
time yesterday.
---------------------------- Two Pakistani Women
Arrested: Allegedly Trained to Carry out Martyrdom Operations.
Big News Network.com Friday 10th June,
2005 (UPI)
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