IN PICTURES CAPTURE OF JERUSALEM BY ISRAEL 40 YEARS AGO

PHOTO NO 1 ; ISRAELI TANKS ENTERING JERUSALEM

PHOTO NO 2 ; ISRAELI CRACK TROOPERS

PHOTO NO 3 ; ISRAELI TROOPS CSRRYING THE PHOTO OF JORDAN KING UPSIDE DOWN

PHOTO NO 4 ; ISRAELI TANKS INVADING EGYPT

Dalits the Only Community to Tame Hindu Militant Groups

MUMBAI, 29 May 2007 — A campaign by a coalition of hardcore Hindu militant organizations to stop the mass conversion to Buddhism of over 150,000 Dalits from 42 nomadic tribes on Sunday came to an end with Hindutva organizations forced to face defeat. The coalition included the Rashtriya Swayamsewak Sangh (RSS), the Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP), the Bajrang Dal and the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). Their efforts came to naught as the Dalits embraced Buddhism in front of over half a million people at the Mahalaxmi Racecourse.

Presiding over the event, considered one of the biggest mass conversions in modern Indian history, was Ramdas Athawale, leader of the Republican Party of India (RPI).

Political leaders like Vice President Bhairon Singh Shekhawat, Maharashtra Chief Minister Vilasrao Deshmukh, Deputy Chief Minister R.R. Patil, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati, and several others stayed away from the event. The Dalai Lama also did not attend citing health reasons.

Undeterred by Hindutva threats to halt the conversions, the Dalits looked strong after the recent victory of the Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) in the Uttar Pradesh Assembly elections. The Dalits have become the first lower caste community to challenge the threats of Hindu militant organizations to halt conversions.

“We are no longer a weak community, nor tolerant like the Muslims or the Christians, who can be frightened by the Hindus. We are not Hindus nor will we worship any of their gods and goddesses,” said Anand Waghmare, a Dalit leader from Bhim Waghmare in the Nagpur district. He added that the Dalits would give a fitting reply if the Hindus attempt to create a disturbance.

The Dalit challenge scared off Hindu organizations, which backtracked from plans to stop the conversions. Making a U-turn, Kacheshwar Sahane, RSS chief in western Maharashtra, said that the RSS had decided to “ignore” the conversions on the grounds that Buddhism is a part of the Hindu religion, and that the RSS neither supports nor opposes the conversions of the Dalits and other nomadic tribal people. “It is their internal matter and their own decision. Why should we discuss it at all,” he said.

Sharad Kunte, the VHP regional publicity chief in Maharashtra, said that his organization was not much concerned about the conversions to Jainism, Sikhism or Buddhism.

Former legislator and writer Laxman Mane, hitting out at the comments of the Hindutva leaders, said, “The Dalits and tribals were never an integral part of the Hindu religion and never followed Hinduism, so there’s no point of relinquishing them. All these years, the Dalits and the tribals suffered at the hands of Hindus, now we want to live as human beings. Our literacy level is below 0.06 percent and we are reeling under poverty and unemployment. Buddhism will give us a sense of belonging,” Mane said.

Continuing with his attack, Mane was blunt in his criticism of the Hindu religion and said that the conversions were a necessity. He added that the Hindu religion cannot be equated with Buddhism, which is based on rationalism and gives rights to human beings. This is not a case with Hindu religion.

Mane, who is considered a close confidant of Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) president and federal Agriculture Minister Sharad Pawar, denied that there was any political color to the mass conversions.

Mane’s comments on the Hindu religion antagonized militant Hindutva leaders, who termed them as “anti-Hindu” statements. A senior RSS leader said, “If we keep silent and seal our mouths, then anyone, including the Muslims, will start speaking against the Hindus and the Hindu religion. But this does not mean that we have become impotent. We will respond strongly after discussing the matter in RSS meetings shortly where a decision would be taken as to how to deal with anti-Hindu forces.”


Tuesday, 29, May, 2007 ARAB NEWS

The problem of “encounter deaths” - extra-judicial killings - in India

Despite its reputation as a model of democracy in the non-Western world, India is in fact a country with serious human-rights problems, with many of the victims being Muslim. K. C. SALEEM, a Crescent correspondent in India, reports on the problem of extra-judicial killings in India.

The continuing practice of extra-judicial killings (“encounter killings” in police parlance) has once again come to the fore in India with reports of the killing of one Suhrabudheen Sheikh, followed by the killing and burning of his wife Kausarbi in Gujarat, where a BJP government is in power, led by Narendra Modi. The Gujarat state government has already admitted these deaths in court. Now it has also come out that three top police officials, led by the Deputy Inspector General of Police D. G. Vanzara, also eliminated another person, one Tulsiram Prajapathi, who was a witness to the killing of Suhrabudheen Sheikh and the elimination of his wife Kausarbi. Charges have been filed against them. The liquidation of three individuals for reasons best known to the police has already added one more sordid chapter to the history of the Indian police force.

Several organisations and groups concerned with violations of human rights have become more and more aware of the extent and gravity of inhuman practices perpetrated by governments, arms of government, and other forms of organised power in many parts of the world against the lives of large numbers of people. In India extra-judicial killings are conveniently called ‘encounter killings' by police. This euphemism has been used there since the 1960s. Although most of these killings go unnoticed, the recent incidents that have taken place in Gujarat have attracted an unusual degree of public scrutiny. Gujarat is the Indian state where nearly 3,000 bodies of Muslims littered the streets, lanes and by-lanes in 2002, when Narendra Modi presided over a pogrom against Muslims.

The people of Ahmadabad, the capital of Gujarat, saw four blood-spattered bodies sprawled in the road on June 15, 2004. They were the remains of four Muslim youths, one of them a teenage girl. They were officially described as “terrorists” involved in a conspiracy to “assassinate Narendra Modi”. They were shot dead in an “encounter” with the police near the residence of the chief minister of Gujarat. The police ensured that there were no witnesses to the killings so that they could go scot-free. But to the killing of Suhrabudheen there were two witnesses, one his wife Kausarbi and the other Tulsiram Prajapathi, and they had to be eliminated. It was done promptly in the hope that it would close the entire episode. Once a case is described as an “encounter death”, there is no need for the lawless law-enforcers to provide explanations.

There was popular sympathy for the victims, especially the girl, named Ishrat Jahan, from Mumbai who was the breadwinner of her family. According to her mother, Shameema, Ishrat had been supporting her large family by tutoring students since her farther died two years ago. Income from tuition had stopped because of the closure of educational institutions for the summer vacation, forcing her to take the job of an accounting assistant in the firm of a man named Javed from Kerala, who was one of the four killed by the police. Javed was originally named Pranesh Kumar Pillay; his conversion to Islam and his working in the Gulf for some years were all used to cast suspicion on him and imply that he must have had links with anti-Indian terrorists. His father, Gopinathan Pillai, has repeatedly ascertained that his son accepted Islam while working in Pune almost ten years ago primarily to marry a Muslim girl named Sajitha, and not to join any terrorist group. Ishrat's neighbours have confirmed that her family was so poor that at the time of Ishrat's death they owed seven months' rent. The media have pointed out that if she had been an operative of a terrorist outfit, as claimed by the police, she and her family would not have been so poor.

“Encounter killings” are not occasional incidents in India. In Kashmir they are a continuing saga. Several incidents of “encounter killings” have taken place in various parts of the country. In October 2002 the Gujarat police killed a man named Samir Khan Pathan who was alleged to have planned to kill Narendra Modi. On November 3, 2002, the police shot and killed two men at New Delhi's Ansal Plaza shopping complex, claiming that the two men were Pakistani terrorists. A local doctor who claimed to have witnessed the event alleged that the encounter was engineered, and filed a petition before the High Court in Delhi, seeking an independent investigation into the killings. On December 28, 2002, the police killed three youths in Patna, the capital of Bihar state, in a similar encounter. Following widespread protests, the Bihar state government ordered an investigation by the Criminal Investigation Department into the killings. On January 23, 2003, the Indian police shot dead one Sadique Jamal Mehtar, 25, in Ahmedabad, the capital of Gujarat. The police alleged that Mehtar had been on a mission to kill Modi.

The latest investigation into the killings of Suhrabudheen Shaikh and his wife near Ahmedabad has again focused public attention on extra-judicial killings in India. According to a report in the Hindustan Times, an explanation for the prevalence of extra-judicial killings might be found in a confidential letter written over 15 years ago by the head of the Intelligence Bureau (IB). The report said that the letter, written by the then Director of the Intelligence Bureau, V. G. Vaidya, to then Director General of Police K. P. S. Gill on December 30, 1991, serves as a de facto blueprint for police forces on how to carry out extra-judicial killings and avoid public attention. The report says: “It dealt with the subject of some police officers revealing to Western journalists how they had killed terrorists without legal sanction. One officer even gave the journalists access to a militant who had been illegally detained and was later shot. Their professional compulsions in executive action should not get reflected in their public utterances, which should be correct and responsible,” Vaidya wrote in the letter. In effect, he was condoning the killings, and objecting only to their being revealed to journalists.

International human-rights law prohibits the arbitrary deprivation of life under any circumstances, and Article 3 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights states that “everyone has the right to life, liberty and security of person.” Article 6 of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR) provides that “every human being has the inherent right to life. This right shall be protected by law. No one shall be arbitrarily deprived of his life.” Article 4 of the ICCPR states that this right cannot be waived “even in times of public emergency threatening the life of the nation.” Moreover, under Article 2(3)(a) and (b) of the ICCPR, state parties have the obligation to ensure that remedies are made available to the victims of human-rights violations, and that those remedies are effective. Extra-judicial killings clearly contravene the right to life.

The Indian government ratified ICCPR in 1979. By ratifying an international treaty that enshrines the right to life, India is obliged not only to respect that right in principle, but also to take effective measures to ensure that extra-judicial killings do not occur in practice. Although the right to life is enshrined in Article 21 of the Indian constitution, the increasing incidence of extra-judicial killings in the country demonstrates that the government has failed to take effective measures against the police force, or to bring them to book. It must be remembered that respect for human rights is the sine qua non of any civilized society, and that disrespect for human rights is equal to denying civil liberties guaranteed to citizens by the state.

Recent killings at Nandigram in West Bengal have shown that violations of human rights occur in states ruled by the Communist Party also. Amnesty International's report dated August 10, 2001 brought to light the methods of torture practised in West Bengal. The report said: “Police are being urged to use whatever means necessary to deal with crime and are often allowed to use torture as a substitute for investigations, while action is rarely taken against the perpetrators. This system of policing is having little if any impact on crime.” CPI (M) leader Benoy Konar, defending police brutality, once said, “It must be viewed whether police is carrying out torture with a correct aim or an incorrect aim...In a class divided society, the police has the duty of carrying out repression.... You [journalists] have the pen in your hands, the police has the stick.”

Several human-rights organisations have conducted studies of extra-judicial killings by the police in India. A study conducted by the Asia Pacific Human Rights Network has noted that “encounter killings” are not isolated incidents but occur throughout India. They are part of a “deliberate and conscious state administrative practice” for which successive Indian governments must bear responsibility. Indeed, successive Indian governments have adopted a de facto policy of sanctioning extra-judicial killings by members of the police forces, army and security personnel, the study says.

The operations against the Naxalite movements in West Bengal and Andhra Pradesh, and the operations against Punjabi extremists, are some of the most horrific examples. The paramilitary operations in Jammu and Kashmir, Manipur and Assam cause grave concern as human-rights activists report widespread instances of “encounter killings”, rape and torture of suspects. The Vimadlal Commission has taken the lid off the so-called encounter killings in Andhra Pradesh during the mid-1970s. Uttar Pradesh state is noted for its encounter deaths, which have assumed alarming proportions in recent years.

There are several methods of torture in India that are used by the police and security forces against suspects belonging to poorer sections of society to extract confessions, and sometimes bribes. According to a report, in areas such as Jammu and Kashmir, suspects in detention cells are beaten and electric shock is meted out as routine punishment to extract confessions and information. The report says: “The methods of torture vary. For instance, in Assam, Jammu & Kashmir and Punjab (particularly in areas where the Punjab police or Punjab paramilitary units operate) dislocation of ball and socket of the suspect appears to be the preferred mode of torture. Sometimes the choice is more eclectic with a judicious combination of aeroplane treatment (tying the hands of the suspect behind his back and suspending him over a beam, leading to shoulder dislocation), electric torture with cattle prod and roller treatment (crushing the muscles of the suspect with a wooden log being rolled on his leg). Of course, beating of suspects with belts and lathis [sticks] is standard fare in most police lockups. Human Rights groups have recorded cases involving rape and sexual humiliation of woman suspects.” This is all happening despite the fact that India has signed the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (CAT for short).

On September 25, 2006, the Committee on International Human Rights of the New York City Bar Association released a report, Anti-Terrorism and Security Laws in India. It urges the Indian government to limit its application of anti-terrorism laws. The report says that attentiveness to these human rights concerns is not simply a moral and legal imperative, but a crucial strategic imperative.

The report concludes with the remarks that the sweeping powers given to the authority in such enactments as the Terrorist and Disruptive Activities (Prevention) Act (also known as TADA), the Prevention of Terrorism Act (POTA) and Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act (UAPA) were used predominantly not to prosecute and punish actual terrorists, but rather as a tool that enables pervasive use of preventive detention and a variety of abuses by the police, including extortion and torture. It is also noteworthy that the Armed Forces (Special Powers) Act has come under sharp criticism by the Justice B. P. Jeevan Reddy Committee because of its “oppression and high-handedness”, and the Committee has asked for the scrapping of this draconian law because it is “too sketchy, too bald and quite inadequate in several particulars”. Laws such as the Public Safety Act (in Jammu and Kashmir), the Disturbed Areas Act and the Armed Forces (Special Powers) Act have led to abuses in various parts of the country. Section 197 of the Criminal Code of Procedure gives security forces effectively complete immunity for crimes committed in the course of duty. The Armed Forces (Special Powers) Act has been the object of widespread protest in Manipur and in other parts of North East India because it offers immunity to army personnel guilty of killing people indiscriminately.

Because of the increasing number of “encounter killings”, it would be wise for the government and its organs to note what the Supreme Court of India observed some time back. The apex court pointed out that “terrorism often thrives where human rights are violated”, and that “the lack of hope for justice provides breeding grounds for terrorism.”

Are Muslim armies relevant?

This month marks a painful anniversary in modern Muslim history: the defeat of the Arab states by Israel in 1967, and the loss of al-Quds and the Masjid al-Aqsa, Islam’s third holiest site. In the subsequent four decades, not one Muslim army has successfully defended its country’s borders or the honour of its people. Instead, all they have achieved, with ruthless efficiency, is to attack the parapets of power in their own countries, banish civilian rulers, and seize control for themselves. So one is forced to ask: are Muslim armies relevant? Given the Muslims’ traditional admiration for courage and valour, the question may appear odd, but it would be wrong to confuse the courage of ordinary Muslims with that of their armies. Muslim generals like to project themselves as successors to Khalid ibn Walid or Salahuddin Ayubi, but their records make the comparison laughable.

If they had been corporations, Muslim armies would have been disbanded long ago, because they have totally failed at the task for which they were supposedly established: safeguarding their country’s borders from external aggression. Their failures are so obvious that it is incredible that few question their right to exist. In virtually every Muslim country, the army has been the most regressive of state institutions, acting as an agent for Western influence while consuming massive state resources. The argument that large armies are necessary because of the threats Muslims face is easily countered: when have these armies ever provided an answer to these threats? Has any army in the Muslim world ever defeated an enemy?

Let us consider some of the most obvious trouble spots in the Muslim world, such as Palestine, Iraq, Afghanistan, Chechnya and Kashmir. Brutal wars have been waged against Muslims in these lands for many years, in some cases decades, yet no Muslim army has ever come to their aid. For decades, the Arab regimes have argued that they must spend large sums of money to acquire modern weapons for their armies to match Israel’s military might. But in every encounter with the zionists, they have been soundly defeated. If the acquisition of modern weapons has not prevented defeat, let alone succeeded in liberating Palestine, why continue to spend more money on upgrading such arsenals? During Israel’s assault on Lebanon last July, while Hizbullah fighters valiantly resisted the zionists, the 70,000 soldiers of the Lebanese army sat idle in their barracks, even after Israel bombed them. What use is an army that cannot defend itself, let alone its people?

The same can be said of Pakistan’s army, which has made a habit of invading the country’s prime ministerial and presidential compounds every few years, but has never moved to help the people of Kashmir, even though the liberation of Kashmir has been the single most important argument advanced by the army to justify its enormous consumption of Pakistan’s limited state resources. For years the military has insisted that its weaponry must match India’s, and yet there is no accounting for these resources now that all thoughts of helping the suffering Kashmiri people have been abandoned under the guise of the peace process. In Turkey too, the military wields massive political power in the name of safeguarding Kemalism, a cause that justifies repeated usurpation of the rights of the Turkish people. On what basis does it insist on imposing an ideology on the people that they do not want? Has the Turkish army ever given any better account of itself than its counterparts in Pakistan and Arab countries? And Turkey too has suffered economically because of the military’s greed for state resources.

Let us now look at areas where Muslims have successfully resisted their enemies. Lebanon stands out as the most obvious example; others include Iran, Afghanistan and Chechnya. While hundreds of thousands of Arab soldiers have failed to defeat Israel, a few thousand lightly armed Hizbullah fighters have defeated the zionists and driven them out of Lebanon – not once, but twice. In Iran, it was not the regular army but the Revolutionary Guards and the Baseej (a volunteer force) that withstood the Iraqi Ba‘athists – backed by the entire world – for eight years, driving them back into Iraq. (Only direct US intervention prevented the fall of Saddam Hussein and the liberation of Iraq in the 1980s.) When the Soviet Union invaded Afghanistan, it was the Afghan masses that fought back; the Afghan army remained loyal to the state that had been taken over by communists. The same pattern is evident today, as popular resistance forces fight the Western invasion and occupation of Afghanistan.

What these examples, and those of places such as Chechnya and Palestine, indicate is that resistance movements based on popular mobilization and support are far more effective in defending Muslims than large standing armies. In fact, the militaries of Muslim states, like the regimes themselves, have become instruments of the enemies of Islam, acting to contain and frustrate the aspirations of Muslim peoples, whether in Indonesia, Pakistan, Turkey, Egypt or Algeria. Some Islamic movements continue to insist that these powerful institutions should be taken as allies in the struggle for liberation and Islam. This can only lead to the defeat of the Islamic movement, as seen in Sudan. Now is the time for Muslims to recognize these enemies within, get rid of them, and take control of their own destinies.

Lowering the gaze to prevent desire

"And warn them of the day that is drawing near (the Day of Resurrection), when the hearts will be choking the throats, and they can neither return them (hearts) to their chests nor can they throw them out. There will be no friend, nor an intercessor for the Oppressors, who could be given heed to. Allah (SWT) knows the treachery of the eyes and all that the hearts conceal." (Surah Ghaafir: Ayah 19)

One of the major poisons of the heart is the unrestrained glance towards the opposite sex. This results in the one who looks becoming attracted to what he sees, and in the imprinting of an image of what he sees in his heart. This can result in several kinds of corruption in the heart of the servant. Allah (SWT) commands:

"Say to the believing men that they should lower their gaze and protect their private parts. This is more purer for them. Indeed Allah is Well-Aware of what they do." (Surah Nur: 30)


"And those who guard their private parts save from their wives and those whom their right-hands own - so there is no blame upon them. Then whoever seeks beyond that (which is lawful), they are the transgressors." (Surah Al Mu'minoon : Verse 5 & 6)

Indeed the protection against carnal desires is in taqwaa (consciousness of Allah (SWT)) as was summarised by an Arab poet in the following couplet:

"Whenever you pass time any day do not say," I have passed time," but rather say, "Upon me is an observer," (i.e. Allah). Never regard Allah to be unmindful for even a short while. That which is hidden never vanishes from His Sight."

Letting the gaze run loose also makes the heart blind to distinguishing between truth and falsehood, between the sunnah and innovation: while lowering it for Allah, the Mighty and Exalted, gives it a penetrating, true and distinguishing insight.

A righteous man once said: Whoever enriches his outward behaviour by following the sunnah, and makes his inward soul wealthy through contemplation, and averts his gaze away from looking at what is forbidden, and avoids anything of a doubtful nature, and feeds solely on what is halal- his inner sight will never falter.

Ibne Qayyim (rh) writes: "The gaze is the prowler and the messenger of desires. It's protection is, in reality, the protection of the private-parts. The person who does not control his gaze throws himself into the places of destruction. Allah (SWT) has made the eyes the mirror of the heart.

Benefits of lowering the gaze

Rasoolillah(SAW) said "The glance is a poisoned arrow of shaytaan. Whoever lowers his gaze for Allah, He will bestow upon him a refreshing sweetness, which he will find in his heart on the day he meets Him." [Mishkat]

Shaytan enters with the glance, for he travels with it, faster then the wind blowing through an empty place. He makes what is seen appear more beautiful then it really is, and transforms it in to an idol for the heart to worship. Then he promises it false rewards, lights the fire of desires within it, and fuels it with the wood of forbidden actions, which the servant would not have committed had it not been for this distorted image.

This distracts the heart and makes it forget its more important concerns. It stands between it and them; and so the heart loses it’s straight path and falls into the pit of desire and ignorance. Allah, Mighty and Glorious is He, says:

And do not obey anyone whose heart We have made forgetful in remembering Us – who follows his own desires, and whose affair has exceeded all bounds. [Surah al-Kahf: Ayah 28]

The unrestrained gaze causes all three afflictions. It has been said that between the eye and the heart is an immediate connection; if the eyes are corrupted, then the heart follows. It becomes like a rubbish heap where all the dirt and filth and rottenness collect, and so there is no room for love for Allah, relating all matters to Him, awareness of being in His presence, and feeling joy at His proximity - only the opposite of these things can inhabit such a heart.

Staring and gazing without restraint is disobedience to Allah:

Tell the believing men to lower their gaze and guard their modesty; that is more purifying for them. Surely Allah is aware of what they do. [Surah an-Nur: Ayah 30]

Rasoolillah(SAW) also said "Allah (SWT) has cursed the person who looks at a non-mahram woman and the woman who is looked upon." [Mishkat]. Only the one who obeys Allah’s commands is content in this world, and only the servant who obeys Allah will survive in the next world.

Furthermore, letting the gaze roam free cloaks the heart with darkness,. Just as lowering the gaze for Allah clothes it in light. After the above ayah, Allah, the Glorious and Mighty, says in the same Surah of the Qur'an:

Allah is the light of the heavens and the earth; the likeness of His light is as if there were a niche, and in the niche is a lamp, and in the lamp is a glass, and the glass is as it were a brilliant star, lit from a blessed tree, an olive neither of the east nor of the west, whose oil is well nigh luminous, though fire scarce touched it. Light upon light. Allah guides whomsoever He wants to His light. Allah strikes metaphors for man: and Allah knows all things. [Surah an-Nur: Ayah 35]

When the heart is a light, countless good comes to it from all directions. If it is dark, then clouds of evil and afflictions come from all directions to cover it up.

Rasoolillah (SAW) said, “indeed you will not leave anything for the sake of Allaah except that Allaah will replace it with something better than it.” [Ahmad]

Seeds of desire planted by Shaytan

It is known that actions are originally thoughts which occur in the mind. These thoughts then turn into desires. Thereafter, these desires become firm intentions and, finally, these firm intentions are transformed into actions. From this you could conclude the importance of thoughts. If there is correctness of thoughts then desires and actions will be correct and, similarly, if there is corruption in thoughts then this will lead to evil desires and actions. According to a hadith, Allah (SWT) overlooks thoughts as long as these thoughts are not given practical expression.

There are five stages in thoughts viz.

- Haajis - This is a thought which in the beginning produces no reaction in the nafs.

- Khaatir - If one fails to eliminate the haajis thought and it establishes it's presence in the nafs but the nafs does not give it practical expression then this thought enters the Khaatir stage.

- Hadeethun nafs - In this stage the nafs ponders whether it should put into action or negate the thought which has established itself without giving preference to any side.NB. The law regarding these three stages is that there is no punishment if the thought is evil and no reward if the thought is good. - Hamm - In this stage the nafs partially inclines to one side (i.e. whether to commit or shun the act). In this stage reward is given if the thought is good and punishment if evil.

- 'Azm - In this stage a decision is made to give practical expression. Reward and punishment are applicable to this stage as well.

When the desires become uncontrollable they cause one to perpetuate some of the most heinous sins. It has been related by Hasan bin Arfah that Rasoolillah(SAW) said: "Seven persons are such that Allah will not look at them on the Day of Qiyaamah nor will He purify them nor will He include them amongst the learned and Allah will enter them into Jahannum. They will enter Jahannum first except for those who repent. As for those who repent Allah will accept their repentence. And these persons are

A person who masturbates.

A person who performs the act of sodomy.

The person upon whom the act of sodomy is performed.

A perpetual drunkard

The person who hits his parents so much so that they appeal for help.

The person who harms his neighbours so much so that they curse him.

The person who commits adultery with his neighbour's wife."
(Ibn Katheer: vol.5, pg.458)

Protective actions

How many people are there who know that their actions are forbidden yet they are too weak to abstain from it. For example, look at those who smoke cigarettes. In reality, we find most of them knowing the harms of smoking. Despite this if you address any smoker and remind him of its harms he will reply to you that he knows all this very well and desires to free himself of this "killer friend" but yet he is unable to do so. Why? Because he does not possess a firm intention by means of which he will be able to abandon this bad habit. For this reason if a person reads all the books on bad habits and comes to know of all the means which will free him from these bad habits but he does not possess a strong intention nor a firm will then he will not progress a step forward. Normally, the natural desire in man remains stable as long as it is not exposed to those scenes and sounds which incite it. When it finds a stimulating factor - whether sound or picture it is incited. At such an instance a person is forced to give practical expression to his desire.

Therefore, it is necessary upon all of us to make an effort to develop our intentions, strengthen our resolutions and build our minds and souls by observing the following points:

To strive to acquire good character. Good character like knowledge, tolerance, patience are such that it is within a person's scope to acquire. Rasoolillah(SAW) has said: "The person who seeks chastity, Allah (SWT) keeps him chaste. The person who seeks independence, Allah (SWT) makes him independent and the person who is patient Allah (SWT) grants him patience."When a servant burdens himself with a firm intention and he strives to acquire it, it becomes his nature and character. Allah (SWT) says: "And those who strive in Our Way We will definitely guide them to Our Paths."

To inculcate good character gradually. Good character is not acquired all at once or by a little effort. To acquire good character it is necessary for a person to practice upon it gradually until it becomes his nature which he can do without any strain or inconvenience.

A person should realize the Greatness, Loftiness, Oneness and Independence of Allah (SWT). He should not rely on his own strength and power. He should rely only on Allah (SWT). Allah (SWT) says: "Then when you have taken a decision, put your trust in Allah. And Allah (SWT) loves those who put their trust (in Him)."The person who recognizes Allah (SWT) more will fear Him more. A person should develop within himself the Fear of Allah because this is the strongest means whereby he could oppose his desire. Allah (SWT) says: "And as for him who feared to stand before his Lord and restrained his soul from lust, verily Jannah will be his abode." (Surah Al Naazi'aat: verse 40 & 41)When the Fear of the Exalted is found in the heart of a person, forbidden desires are burnt and the perpetration of sin is stopped.

A person should increase his firm determination by abandoning comfort in some permissible matters so that his nafs could be strengthened in abandoning the prohibited things. For example, to strengthen one's determination, abstain from excessive soft-drinks, tea, sleeping etc. In this manner a person will become strong enough to abandon that which is more difficult. With regards to this a poet says:The nafs is like an infant, if you leave it, it will grow up with the love of suckling and if you wean it (accustom it to food other than it's mother's milk) it will abstain. Can we ever imagine a sahaba renting the latest hit from Blockbuster Videos, or listening to music with alluring lyrics at high volume?

Consider the lofty examples of the Saaliheen and Anbiya, for example, the incident of the Nabi of Allah, Yousuf (AS). It is an amazing and strange incident. All the means and requirements of temptation which had not gathered for anyone before, gathered for Yousuf (AS). He was an extremely handsome young slave who was still a bachelor. She (Zuleikha) was a lady of beauty and dignity. Yousuf (AS) was living in her house, etc. Despite all this Yousuf (AS) preferred the Pleasure and Fear of Allah (SWT) over all these temptations. He chose the prison instead of fornication. Allah (SWT) says: "He (Yousuf 'AS) said: "The prison is more beloved to me than that towards which they call me."

Contemplation - A person drowned in desires should reflect upon his condition after he has fulfilled and satisfied his desire. He should ask himself: Have I found the pleasure and comfort I am searching for after fulfilling my desire? It is the Wisdom of Allah (SWT) that whenever a Muslim fulfils a forbidden desire he feels unhappy, distressed, depressed, miserable and ashamed to such an extent that these feelings compel him to repent. Thus a sinner is afflicted with an unending sadness, misery and disgrace. Ibne Mubarak (RA) has said: "I have seen sins deadening the heart. It's addiction causes disgrace. The abandoning of sins is life for the hearts. It is best for you to oppose your nafs." Hence an intelligent person will sacrifice temporary pleasure which results in unending misery for eternal pleasure.

Verily du'aa is the most beneficial treatment and it has many benefits especially when a person earnestly makes those du'aas which have been narrated from Rasoolillah(SAW) by sincerely turning towards Allah (SWT) and considering the times of acceptance. Allah (SWT) says: "Call Me and I will answer you." (Surah Ghaafir: verse 80) Rasoolillah(SAW) said: "Verily your Lord is Modest and Kind. When a slave lifts both his hands towards Allah then He (Allah) feels shy to return them empty-handed and disappointed." (Abu Dawood, Tirmidhi) Ibne Qayyim (rh) presents to us the condition of this person in a unique style. He says: "Such a person personally experiences himself to be like that boy who is in the protection of his father. His father provides him with the best of food, drink and clothes. He gives him the best training and causes him to progress to the degree of perfection. One day his father sends him on an errand. An enemy confronts him on his way, kidnaps him and ties his hands behind his back. He then takes him to a foreign land. Here he is inflicted with injuries and tortured. He is treated unlike how his father treated him. Hence from time to time he recalls the kind treatment of his father. Whenever he reflects on his condition it stirs a burning anguish in his heart. He remembers all that which he enjoyed before. His enemy finally decides to kill him. Suddenly he sees his father near him. He runs, throws himself and falls in front of his father seeking his help: "O My Father! Help me! O My father! Help me! O My father! Help me! Look at my condition." His tears roll down his cheeks. He embraces his father and clings to him while his enemy pursues him until he reaches him. The boy still clings and holds his father firmly. Now would you say that the father will hand over his son in this condition to the enemy? Will the father allow the enemy to take his son? Definitely not. So then what is your thought about that Being who is more Merciful on His slave than a father to his son. Allah will most certainly help and protect that slave who advances towards Him, flees from the enemy towards Him, throws himself in sajdah before His Door, rubbing his forehead upon the ground beneath His Door, crying before Him saying: "O My Rabb! O My Rabb! O My Rabb! Have Mercy. None can give shelter except Thee. None can aid except Thee. I am in need of Thee. I asked Thee. I am hopeful of Thee. You are the Place of Refuge and the Protector."

Remember the final abode

Ibne Jawzee (rh) has said: "How excellent is the condition of he who remembers death, prepares for his salvation before he dies, occupies himself in the service of his Master, advances from his worldly possession that which will aid him in the hereafter and inclines towards that house wherein there are eternal bounties and where the honoured are not disgraced.

O You whose life comprises of limited breaths and upon whom there is a recording supervisor! Do not forget death, for death will not forget you. Remember your condition, O Neglectful person! The day you will be turned on the wash stand between the hands of those giving you ghusl. On that day your strength will disappear and your wealth will be snatched away from you. You will be taken away from your friends, prepared for your grave, handed over to the worms and deposited between the graves. Thereafter, a few tears will be shed upon you and you will be forgotten. O Neglectful person! If it were known to us that none will die from amongst us except an unspecified person then too it is incumbent upon us not to allow our tears from ceasing to flow out of fear for death. So how should we behave when we are convinced that none will remain alive from amongst us.

Hence, fear Allah, fear Allah, O Servants of Allah! Prepare for death as if it has come upon you and your wives have become widows, your children orphans and you have been separated from your family and friends."

One Sahaabi was advised by Rasoolillah(SAW): "Remember death excessively, this will remove your inclination for other things." In another Hadeeth it is reported: "Remember death excessively. Whoever remembers death excessively his heart becomes alive and death becomes easy for him."

Rasoolillah(SAW) has said: "Excessively remember the destroyer of pleasures." (Tirmidhi, Nasa'i, Ibn Majah) Ibrahim Taimi (rh) says: "Two things caused the termination of all worldly pleasures in me. Firstly death and secondly the concern of standing in front of Allah (SWT) on the Day of Qiyaamah." (Maut ki Yaad)

Rasulillah (SAW) has explained to us the importance of good, pious, sincere friends. Rasoolillah(SAW) said: "A person is on the religion of his friend. Hence, you should see who you befriend." (Abu Dawood, Tuirmidhi, Ahmad) In another Hadeeth it is reported that a pious companion is better than solitude. (Baihaqi)

Ibn Shujaa` al-Kirmaanee said, “whosoever builds his outward form upon following the Sunnah, his internal form upon perpetual contemplation and awareness of Allaah, he restrains his soul from following desires, he lowers his gaze from the forbidden things and he always eats the lawful things then his perception and insight shall never be wrong.”

The need for Tawbah (Repentance)

No sin should be magnified so much that it creates despair and loss of hope in the forgiveness of Allah (SWT) nor should it be treated so lightly that there is no tawbah nor any regret. Look at the Mercy of the Being Who is most Merciful of those who show mercy. A person continuously commits a sin and as soon as he repents he is forgiven and he becomes the beloved of Allah (SWT). It is reported in the Hadeeth that Rasulillah (SAW) said: "The person who repents from sin is the beloved of Allah and he becomes like those who have not committed any sin." (Ibne Majah)

However, it is necessary that the tawbah be a sincere one. Sincere tawbah consists of three essential parts.

Firstly, a person should feel ashamed of the sin he committed. It has been mentioned in the hadeeth: "To feel ashamed is tawbah."

Secondly, to immediately discard the sin committed and to resolve on abstaining from it in future.

Thirdly, to make amends, to compensate for the sin. If a person makes tawbah in this manner he becomes a favourite of Allah (SWT) despite the type or number of sins he committed.

Ibne Jauzi (rh) says: "By the Oath of Allah, a person's thirst to commit a sin will only be quenched when, despite having the ardent desire and capability to do it, realises that Allah (SWT) is looking at him, feels ashamed and, consequently, discards the sin."

Ruling on masturbation and how to cure the problem

taken from an islamic website

Someone has asked if it is permissible in Islam to masturbate. I was not sure what to say. Can you please help?

Answer Praise be to Allaah. Masturbation (for both men and women) is haraam (forbidden) in Islam based on the following evidence:

First from the Qur’aan:

Imam Shafi’i stated that masturbation is forbidden based on the following verses from the Qur’aan (interpretation of the meaning): "And those who guard their chastity (i.e. private parts, from illegal sexual acts). Except from their wives or (the captives and slaves) that their right hands possess, - for them, they are free from blame. But whoever seeks beyond that, then those are the transgressors." 23.5-7

Here the verses are clear in forbidding all illegal sexual acts (including masturbation) except for the wives or that their right hand possess. And whoever seeks beyond that is the transgressor. "And let those who find not the financial means for marriage keep themselves chaste, until Allah enriches them of His bounty." 24.33.

This verse also clearly orders whoever does not have the financial means to marry to keep himself chaste and be patient in facing temptations (including masturbation) until Allah enriches them of His bounty.

Secondly, from the sunnah of the Prophet (peace be upon him):

Abdullaah ibn Mas’ood said, "We were with the Prophet while we were young and had no wealth whatsoever. So Allaah’s Messenger said, "O young people! Whoever among you can marry, should marry, because it helps him lower his gaze and guard his modesty (i.e. his private parts from committing illegal sexual intercourse etc.), and whoever is not able to marry, should fast, as fasting diminishes his sexual power." Bukhari:5066.

The hadeeth orders men who are not able to marry to fast despite the hardship encountered in doing so, and not to masturbate despite the ease with which it can be done.

There are additional evidences that can be cited to support this ruling on masturbation, but due to the limited space we will not go through them here. Allaah knows what is best and most correct.

As for curing the habit of masturbation, we recommend the following suggestions:

1) The motive to seek a cure for this problem should be solely following Allaah’s orders and fearing His punishment.

2) A permanent and quick cure from this problem lies in marriage as soon as the person is able, as shown in the Prophet’s hadeeth.

3) Keeping oneself busy with what is good for this world and the hereafter is essential in breaking this habit before it becomes second nature after which it is very difficult to rid oneself of it.

4) Lowering the gaze (from looking at forbidden things such as pictures, movies etc.) will help suppress the desire before it leads one to commit the haraam (forbidden). Allaah orders men and women to lower their gaze as shown in the following two verses and in the Prophet’s hadeeth (interpretations of the meanings): "Tell the believing men to lower their gaze (from looking at forbidden things) and protect their private parts (from illegal sexual acts, etc.). That is purer for them. Verily, Allah is all-aware of what they do. And tell the believing women to lower their gaze (from looking at forbidden things) and protect their private parts (from illegal sexual acts, etc.) ..... " 24.30-31 Allaah’s messenger said: "Do not follow a casual (unintentional) look (at forbidden things) with another look." Al-Tirmidhi 2777. This is a general instruction by the Prophet to abstain from all that may sexually excite a person because it might lead him/her to commit the haraam (forbidden).

5) Using one’s available leisure time in worshipping Allaah and increasing religious knowledge.

6) Being cautious not to develop any of the medical symptoms that may result from masturbation such as weak eyesight, weak nervous system, and/or back pain. More importantly, feeling of guilt and anxiety that can be complicated by missing obligatory prayers because of the need to shower (ghusl) after every incidence of masturbation.

7) Avoiding the illusion that some youth have that masturbation is permissible because it prevents them from committing illegal sexual acts such as fornication or even homosexuality.

8) Strengthening one’s willpower and avoiding spending time alone as recommended by the Prophet when he said "Do not spend the night alone" Ahmad 6919.

9) Following the Prophet’s aforementioned hadeeth and fast when possible, because fasting will temper one’s sexual desire and keep it under control. However, one should not overreact and swear by Allaah not to return to the act because if one does not honor one’s promise, one would be facing the consequences of not living up to one’s oath to Allaah. Also, note that medication to diminish one’s sexual desire is strictly prohibited because it might permanently affect one’s sexual ability.

10) Trying to follow the Prophet’s recommendation concerning the etiquette of getting ready for bed, such as reading well-known supplications, sleeping on the right side, and avoiding sleeping on the belly (the Prophet forbade sleeping on the belly).

11) Striving hard to be patient and chaste, because persistence will eventually, Allaah willing, lead to attaining those qualities as second nature, as the Prophet explains in the following hadeeth: "Whoever seeks chastity Allaah will make him chaste, and whoever seeks help from none but Allaah, He will help him, and whoever is patient He will make it easy for him, and no one has ever been given anything better than patience." Bukhari:1469.

12) Repenting, asking forgiveness from Allaah, doing good deeds, and not losing hope and feeling despair are all prerequisites to curing this problem. Note that losing hope is one of the major sins punishable by Allaah. 13) Finally, Allaah is the Most Merciful and He always responds to whoever calls on Him. So, asking for Allah’s forgiveness will be accepted, by His will. Wallahu a’lam. And Allah knows what is best and most correct.

MR. BUSH AND IRAQ

TERRORIST, WHO?

WAIT WATCH LAUGH IF YOU CAN

ON A USUALLY BRIGHT MORNING OF EARLY SUMMER IN MARCH 2007, YOU OPEN YOUR NEWSPAPER TO FIND A STUNNING HEADLINE "INDIA TAKES WORLD BY A STROM". THE NEWSLINE BEGINS "INDIAN PRIME MINISTER DECLARED YESTERDAY THAT INDIAN INELLIGENCE AGENCIES HAVE SOLVED THE GREATEST MYSTERY OF THIS CENTAURY AND HE GOES ON TO ANNOUNCE THAT THE MYSTERY OF 9/11 HAS BEEN SOLVED AND PRESENTING A BAND OF 14 EMANCIPATED YOUTH ALL WITH NICELY GROOMED BEARDS AND WITH FACES CAREFULLY COVERED WITH BLACK CLOTH, REVEALS THAT THESE WHERE THE CULPRITS OF THE GREATEST CRIME, EVER COMITTED. HIS FURTHER DISCLOSURES GIVES PEOPLE THE SHOCK OF THERE LIFE.HE GOES "AL QAEDA HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH 9/11, THIS WHOLE CONSPIRACY WAS PLANNED FUNDED AND EXECUTED BY AN ORGANISATION MORE DEADLY THEN QAEDA, AND IN A DEADLY SERIOUS MANNER HE DECLARES IT TO BE SIMI. HE PROUDLY ANNOUNCES THAT, THE CONSPIRACY WAS SOLVED, THANKS, DUE TO THE DEDICATION, SOPHISTATION AND EXCELLENT WORK OF I.B AND R.A.W. WHEN ASKED ABOUT WHAT EVIDENCE DOES THE INDIAN AGENCIES HAVE, HE SAYS WE ARE ARMED WITH NOT ONLY CIRCUMSTANCIAL EVIDENCE BUT ALSO CONFESSIONS OF ALL THE TERRORISTS.

ORAL POLIO VACCINE

DROP IN THE OCEAN
Something is seriously wrong with India's polio eradication initiative (PEI). The Indian Medical Association (IMA) has raised doubts over why, after a decade of intensive implementation of polio vaccination, the incidence of acute flaccid paralysis (AFP) is on the increase, particularly in Uttar Pradesh and Bihar. The global average incidence of AFP is one in 100,000, but in India the incidence has suddenly risen to 12-13 per 100,000 since the implementation of the polio programme. IMA, not otherwise known for making proactive interventions, suspects a connection between vaccinations and rise in AFP, but the government is in denial mode. Incidence of AFP increased from 3,047 cases in 1997, when PEI had just begun, to 27,000 cases in 2005. There can be no denying that AFP has hit children who have been vaccinated. Meanwhile, there are reports of polio spreading to areas considered free of the disease, such as Andhra Pradesh, Assam, Karnataka and Tamil Nadu. The Centre — along with UNICEF, Centre for Disease Control and Prevention, World Health Organisation and Rotary International, which are spearheading the Global Polio Eradication Initiative — should go slow on propaganda and instead take stock of the situation. By turning a blind eye to flaws in PEI, these global bodies have once again shown that their understanding of public health issues can be rather limited. There can be no one-shot solution to controlling disease. In the case of polio, vaccination is unlikely to work in isolation of improvement in sanitation and nutritional profile of affected populations. The pulse polio programme has diverted resources away from routine immunisation efforts. The latter, along with an improved physical environment, might have worked better at keeping polio in check. While there can be no argument against a controlled, rationally-administered polio initiative, data on polio incidence does point to disproportionate emphasis on the disease. Did WHO paint a scare scenario in the 1980s? On a larger point, the accent on vaccinations as a magic cure is open to question. There is a growing body of evidence to suggest that excessive vaccination impacts immunity, rendering children vulnerable to asthma and strange allergies. Some even point to the possibility of neurological disorders. In India, children are administered up to 25 doses of polio vaccine, unheard of elsewhere in the world. The government has not chosen to inform people about the contraindications. Vaccination is all very well, but to the extent that it is driven by commercial interests it should not be seen as panacea for all ills originally published as editorial in times of india news paper

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/2018963.cms

Implications Islamic struggle

The United States of America, the sole superpower in the world, or the so-called “hyper-power”, the one with the most advanced armed forces, with satellites in the air and spies everywhere, is getting its nose bloodied in Afghanistan and suffering military defeat in Iraq. And who is inflicting these humiliations? Mujahideen armed with little more than iron determination to expel the occupiers from their homelands.
America’s co-occupier of Muslim lands, the zionist Frankenstein, has been similarly wounded in Lebanon and is bleeding in Palestine, although it is supposed to be the “regional superpower of the Middle East”. And who is bringing the zionists to their knees? Again, the mujahideen with few resources but mighty resourcefulness, are slowly but surely putting the fear of Allah into the hearts of His enemies. All credit and is due to Hizbullah and Hamas for their steadfastness and staying power when Arabian nationalists and liberals are genuflecting at the altar of imperialism and zionism. Alongside the triumphs of the Islamic Revolution in Iran in 1979, the Afghan mujahideen against the Soviets in the 1980s, and Hizbullah’s expulsion of the Israelis from southern Lebanon in 2000, we can now list the triumph of Hizbullah in Lebanon in 2006.
The world is now beginning to realise that the US’s bullying tactics of colonialism and imperialism, along with racist zionism, all based on technical superiority and massive military firepower, and a Hollywood conception of the world, are no longer succeeding in forcing the rest of the world to accept occupation and exploitation. The Arab-Islamic East is where this imperialist-zionist hegemony is beginning to unravel.
And who is responsible for the unraveling and undoing of this zionist-imperialist axis? Is it the nationalists? No. The liberals? Of course not. The sectarians? No again. The pseudo-Islamists under Saudi patronage? What a joke. So who has brought the United States of America and the zionist state of Israel to their knees? It is the revolutionary Muslims who with their reliance on Allah alone are making the US and Israel desperate. For the Western technological and military superiority that terrified the Ottomans, and carved the world up into imperialist fiefdoms in the first half of the 20th European century, and fueled the zionists’ successful wars against the dummy armies of Arab nation-states, has been rendered obsolete and irrelevant by the power of popular Islamic movements such as those that brought about the Islamic Revolution in Iran and have driven the Islamic Resistance in Palestine and Lebanon.
A new era is dawning on us. The lesson that Muslims are going to have to learn – and it may take some time to work out all its implications– is that we cannot succeed against our enemies by adopting or emulating the strategies, weapons and mindset of those enemies. Every time we have fought them with arsenals of imported weapons, based on war-plans and combat strategies used by them, we have lost the battle or the war. Not once have Muslims succeeded in using the advanced weaponries sold to Muslim governments by Western powers at immense financial and political cost to defend the essential interests of their people. Whenever Muslims have ventured to the battlefield equipped with tanks, missiles, aircraft and weapons-systems manufactured by the imperialist-zionist military industrial complex, we have assured our own defeat.
Whatever one may think of the problems that have beset Afghanistan in recent years, the fact is that in the 1980s the Afghan mujahideen defeated the power of the Red Army with little more than faith and small arms. (We should not fall for the American propaganda that the few Stinger missiles that they provided in the last months of the decade were the deciding factor: the Reds had been defeated long before by their inability to force their will on the Afghan people, as the US is now being defeated in Afghanistan and Iraq.) It was also in the 1980s that the Israeli invasion and occupation of Lebanon turned into a military fiasco, thanks to the emergence of Hizbullah from local resistance forces determined not to allow Israel to turn Lebanon into an Israeli protectorate. Similarly, during the first intifada, Palestinian youth, women and children ended the myth of the invincibility of the Israeli war-machine, despite its American-supplied Apache helicopters, F-16 fighters, tanks and missiles, with little more than stones, catapults and crude incendiary devices. In Somalia, Muslims living at little more than subsistence level taught the US military (operating under UN auspices) a nightmarish lesson about the impotence of a military ‘superpower’ when it is caught in the web of popular opposition. In Palestine again, the second intifada forced the Israeli generals to loosen their grip on the West Bank and to leave Ghazzah altogether because Israel’s losses were unsustainable.
Similarly, the US proved unable to respond to attacks on its embassies, military installations and Western businesses and cultural centers in Muslim countries. True, the US military, with help from NATO and probably Israel, succeeded in overthrowing the Taliban and Saddam Hussein’s Ba’athist regime and in the mood of triumphalist euphoria in the US in 2002 and 2003 it seemed to some that American power had come good after all. However, in both countries emerging forces of popular opposition and grassroots resistance, with a clear Islamic character and determination, quickly changed the situation, disproving the statements of American officials such as Donald Rumsfeld, secretary of the Pentagon, who described the resistance to American forces in Iraq as “dead-enders” and the last remnants of an expiring regime.
The mujahideen at war against imperialism and zionism in Iraq and Palestine are showing the rest of us that we do not need armored military vehicles, supersonic jets or complex military establishments to oppose the American and zionist hegemony over our societies, be it military, political, social or cultural. We can fight these enemies without high-tech conventional military forces. We can resort to asymmetrical warfare. We can use methods of resistance of our own choosing. The Israeli-American forces are on our territories, within our cities, residing on our lands, and moving within our terrain, and we need have no hesitation about waging war in our own way, as and when it suits us, against them. This may include our spreading information about the state of the world and the Islamic efforts to change it; political campaigns that fit into our overall strategy; grassroots mobilization; the boycotting of merchandise and companies that are linked to zionist and imperialist sources; and other direct action as may be appropriate and effective, within the high moral and ethical standards that Islam imposes on us.
That this struggle will continue to have a military element is inevitable, as the US and its allies and proxies have no hesitation in using their military power aggressively against us, from their submarines at sea, supersonic jets in the air, satellites in space, and spies in our societies and institutions; hence the evident militarisation of the Islamic movement. So what? We neednot take them on where they are strong; we can fight them where they are unprotected and unsafe. We will do this with our moral character. Thus we will avoid their military capabilities and exploit their vulnerabilities – and do so with honor. Mujahideen in the militant wings of the global Islamic movement are writing the armed combat manual with their blood.
For some, such statements are unacceptable provocations, statements of intent and incitement. Our reply is that they are no more than any people would do, if confronted with the realities facing Muslims today. Imagine what the Americans would do if Muslims were pumping out and selling oil from Alaska, Texas and the Gulf of Mexico; imagine how they would react if Muslims had military bases in the US, Canada, throughout Europe and in Australia; imagine what would happen if Muslims invaded the Netherlands and deposed its government, or toppled the regime in France and set up a French administration to serve the interests of the Muslim world. Imagine the fall-out if Muslims were to station 150,000 Muslim troops in a predominantly Christian country, and build permanent military bases to dominate local affairs and keep the resistance in check. Would the leaders of the West be calling for people to “turn the other cheek”? Or would they be advocating resistance?
Pacifism is a weapon of the status quo, used by those in power to discredit the struggles of the resistance forces against them. Muslims need not apologise for recognising the realities of the world and facing up to the challenges facing us, in every sphere. All we must ensure, now that the militarization of the struggle of Islamic movements has become inevitable, is that it does not come to dominate our understandings and outlooks, to the exclusion of other Islamic imperatives in other theatres of the effort to liberate our societies of Western hegemony, and to re-establish the political, social, ethical and moral norms of Islam in them.

Anti-Terrorist Squad Lands in Yet Another Controversy

Shahid Raza Burney, Arab News
Saturday, 11, November, 2006 (20, Shawwal, 1427)

MUMBAI, 11 November 2006 — Crumbling under the allegations of torture and retraction of confessional statements by nearly all the accused held in the July serial train blasts, the Anti-Terrorist Squad of Maharashtra police has landed in yet another controversy.
Kamal Ansari and Asif Khan Bashir Khan alias Junaid, the duo held for the July train blasts on Thursday evening, submitted written applications to special judge Mridula Bhatkar of the Maharashtra Control of Organized Crime Activities (MCOCA) court accusing the Anti-Terrorist Squad officials of resorting to torture, threats and monetary inducements for extracting confessions.
Ansari, a resident of Madhubani in Bihar, alleged in his statement that while in police custody, the ATS officials tortured him and forced him to confess and made him sign on blank documents. Further, Ansari stated, that the ATS officials threatened that if failed to cooperate with the police, then his brother too would be arrested and falsely implicated in a false case.
Ansari accused ATS chief KP Raghuvanshi of offering him half a million Indian Rupees, for giving a confessional statement. Alleging that Raghuvanshi also promised to release him, Ansari said that this with a condition if he turned approver and did what was told to him by the ATS officials.
Asif Khan Bashir Khan alias Junaid, alleged in his written statement that senior ATS police inspector Deshmukh also threatened him that if he failed to confess then Deshmukh would "rape my wife and mother" and also falsely implicate my brother and father, and that my children would be sent to remand home. During interrogation, Junaid alleged that the police officials threatened him that he would be implicated in Malegaon blasts too.
Meanwhile, Muslims in Malegaon, in Nashik district, on Friday observed a 'black day' in protest against the police targeting innocent Muslims in the Malegaon blast case. The decision to hold the protest on Friday was decided last evening by the Ulemas and Clerics of Malegaon, except by the Jamat-e-Ulema, which stated that their organization would remain neutral on the issue.
The Janata Dal (Secular) has also threatened that it would observe a total strike in Malegaon on Nov. 14, the day when Chief Minister Vilasrao Deshmukh is scheduled to visit the town to perform the foundation stone laying ceremony for a government hospital.

originally published in arab news
http://arabnews.com/?page=4&section=0&article=88691&d=11&m=11&y=2006&pix=world.jpg&category=World

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BUSH ARROGANT BLAIR STUPID

HINDU TERRORISTS

CHILDREN IN RSS uniform holding swords before the start of Vijayadasami functions on October 2



Fomenting riots

The RSS has been censured for its involvement in communal riots in at least six reports by Judges who presided over commissions of inquiry; to
wit, the Jaganmohan Reddy report on the Ahmedabad riots 1969;
the D.P. Madon report on the Bhiwandi riots in 1970;
the Vithayathil report on the Tellicherry riots in 1971;
the Jitendra Narain report on the Jamshedpur riots in 1979;
the P. Venugopal report on the Kanyakumari riots of 1982; and
the report on the Bhagalpur riots in 1989.

But the most damning exposure was made by a civil servant of sterling integrity and courage, Rajeshwar Dayal, who rose to become Foreign Secretary. He was Chief Secretary of the United Provinces (Uttar Pradesh, now) at the time of Partition. It bears quotation in extenso: "I must record an episode of a very grave nature when the procrastination and indecision of the U.P. Cabinet led to dire consequences. When communal tension was still at fever-pitch, the Deputy Inspector-General of Police of the Western Range, a very seasoned and capable Officer, B.B.L. Jaitley, arrived at my house in great secrecy. He was accompanied by two of his officers who brought with them two large steel trunks securely locked. When the trunks were opened, they revealed incontrovertible evidence of a dastardly conspiracy to create a communal holocaust throughout the western districts of the province. The trunks were crammed with blueprints of great accuracy and professionalism of every town and village in that vast area, prominently marking out the Muslim localities and habitations. There were also detailed instructions regarding access to the various locations, and other matters which amply revealed their sinister purport.

"Greatly alarmed by those revelations, I immediately took the police party to the Premier's [Govind Ballabh Pant] house. There, in a closed room, Jaitley gave a full report of his discovery, backed by all the evidence contained in the steel trunks. Timely raids conducted on the premises of the RSS had brought the massive conspiracy to light. The whole plot had been concerted under the direction and supervision of the supremo of the organisation himself [M.S. Golwalkar]. Both Jaitley and I pressed for the immediate arrest of the prime accused, Shri Golwalkar, who was still in the area.
"Pantji could not but accept the evidence of his eyes and ears and expressed deep concern. But instead of agreeing to the immediate arrest of the ring leader as we had hoped, and as Rafi Ahmed Kidwai would have done, he asked for the matter to be placed for consideration by the Cabinet at its next meeting. It was no doubt a matter of political delicacy as the roots of the RSS had gone deep into the body politic. There were also other political compulsions as RSS sympathisers, both covert and overt, were to be found in the Congress party itself and even in the Cabinet. It was no secret that the presiding officer of the Upper House, Atma Govind Kher, was himself an adherent and his sons were openly members of the RSS.

"At the Cabinet meeting there was the usual procrastination and much irrelevant talk. The fact that the police had unearthed a conspiracy which would have set the whole province in flames and that the officers concerned deserved warm commendation hardly seemed to figure in the discussion. What ultimately emerged was that a letter should be issued to Shri Golwalkar pointing out the contents and nature of the evidence which had been gathered and demanding an explanation thereof. At my insistence, such a letter if it were to be sent, should be issued by the Premier himself to carry greater weight. Pantji asked me to prepare a draft, which I did in imitation of his own characteristic style. The letter was to be delivered forthwith and two police officers were assigned for the purpose.
"Golwalkar, however, had been tipped off and he was nowhere to be found in the area. He was tracked down southwards but he managed to elude the couriers in pursuit. This infructuous chase continued from place to place and weeks passed.
"Came January 30, 1948 when the Mahatma, that supreme apostle of peace, fell to a bullet fired by an RSS fanatic. The whole tragic episode left me sick at heart" (A Life of Our Times by Rajeshwar Dayal; Orient Longman; pages 93-94). It was this very G.B. Pant who deftly avoided removal of idols from the Babri Masjid in December 1949 flouting Nehru's wishes.