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We need not sidetrack ourselves with Gandhis eccentricities, including his habitual drinking of his own urine
mixed with cow dung, which an average person would
find quite revolting. There are other pressing issues that
need attention. India is a caste-ridden society. For those
not familiar with this system, it is religiously sanctioned
apartheid. The caste system is like a pyramid at the top
of which sit the Brahmins, a tiny minority that consider
themselves superior to everyone else by virtue of birth.
At the bottom reside more than 200 million Dalits (aka
Untouchables). Yes, they are literally untouchable.
They cannot eat from the same plate or drink from the
same glass as Brahmins or members of other castes; otherwise these would become unclean.
Dalits are forced to do the dirtiest jobs including cleaning toilets, sweeping streets, and removing the carcasses
of dead animals. The overwhelming majority of Indians
do not have access to flush toilets. In India a raised platform with a bucket at the bottom serves as a toilet. Dalits
are forced to clean others filth. They cannot marry into
other castes even though so-called upper-caste Hindus
routinely rape Dalit girls. Other minorities including
Muslims, Sikhs, and Christians also suffer Hindu racism
and persecution.
Hindu India has successfully cashed in on it. Dalits, Muslims, Sikhs, and Christians have had to pay the price.
Zafar Bangash is Director of the Institute of Contemporary Islamic Thought (ICIT).
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Unfortunately, Pakistans diplomacy has failed in communicating effectively the significance of the Kashmir dispute. Even its allies in the region the Arabian regimes and
others that call upon Pakistan for help when they are in
difficulty, have done little beyond lip service for the Kashmiris. Not much, however, can be expected from these
clownish Arabian rulers.
Friends of Kashmir around the world must think of more
creative ways to increase the cost of Indias illegal occupation. There are many nonviolent but effective ways to make
India pay. It can start with a boycott of Indian goods worldwide. There are millions of Muslims residing in Europe and
North America. They can launch a campaign to boycott Indian goods. There are many non-Muslim peace activists that
are just as concerned about the plight of suffering humanity.
They can be mobilized in support of the Kashmiri people.
Similarly, student groups at university campuses should be
mobilized for Kashmir in the same way as they have been in
support of Palestine.
Second, the ugliness of Indias caste system needs to be
exposed. It is nothing but religiously sanctioned apartheid. If
political and social apartheid in South Africa was exposed and
ultimately defeated, why not confront Hinduisms religious
apartheid in like manner?
Third, Bollywood actors and actresses regularly appear at
various events in Western countries. There should be protests
held at such events to highlight the cause of Kashmir. True,
inside Pakistan, there are also groups that are enamored with
Bollywood culture but we need not detain ourselves with
these opportunists whether among the political elite or in the
media. They are part of the problem, not the solution.
Finally, the people of Kashmir must be made aware that
they are not alone. They should not lose hope in a better
future even if the present is grim and dark. Social media can
be used for this purpose.
What is required is a commitment to truth and justice and
a determination to carry it through to the end. g
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The worlds officialdom has concentrated its efforts on strive for freedom, independence, and self-determinasapping the Muslims energies and depleting the hopes tion wherever they may be.
the committed Muslims have been nursing for centuries
This is truly turning out to be a war of imperialist hopes of an Islamic land they can call their country, Zionist aggression against the budding future Islamic
of an Islamic government they can identify with as civilization. The American neoconservatives among othbelonging to them, and a commonwealth based on ers had a strain in them that attempted to weed out
shared Islamic principles and common Islamic goals. moderate Islamists from radical Islamists. These neoHence, we have come to realize, in light of the imposed cons counted al-Ikhwan al-Muslimun (the Muslim
wars, contrived Islamic factions, and the convergence Brotherhood) within the ranks of the moderate
of practically all intelligence agenIslamists, and by extension the
cies and military units, that diehard
AKP and President Recep Tayyip
enemies of Islamic self-determinaErdogan. In the calculations and
This political species
tion do not sleep. These avowed eneexaminations of the Islamists
[Israeli right-wingers]
mies have their sleeping cells and
worldwide these neocons considdeep state implanted in virtually all
ered the Ikhwan and their offshoots
was convinced that
Islamic geographies. The latest
to be a type of political Islam that is
there are no Islamic
manifestation of these fifth columable to ultimately make peace with
nists is their attempt at a military
an American imperialist governmoderates. All Muslims
coup in Turkey. The information
ment and an Israeli Zionist regime.
with an Islamic political
available from within Turkey points
This type of neocon thinking may
mind are extremists and
to a trail of treachery extending
have been buttressed by the Saudi
from Anatolia to America headed
royals
who have claimed to have
terrorists! They come in
by, of all people, a Sufi Fethulthese types of Islamists under contwo varieties: Sunni and
lah Gulen. These mercenaries and
trol. The Pentagons Paul Woltheir imperialist and Zionist sponfowitz chimed in by making public
Shii. The Sunni brand
sors could not live with a secular
statements
to the effect that (secuhas the Ikhwan as its
Turkish government run by a party
lar) Turkey should be a role model
major and worrisome
with Islamic tendencies. The all-out
for the rest of the politically aspirwar against Islamic self-determinaing Muslims around the world.
component. The Shi i
tion will not spare even the kind of
Turkey is a member of NATO and
type has the Islamic
Turkish Muslim officials who are
therefore a sidekick to the Europlaying politics with their counterAmerican imperium. Turkey coorrevolutionary Republic
parts inside and outside of Turkey.
dinates its policies to a certain
as its major and
Events like these refresh our
degree with the Zionist colonizers
worrisome component.
memory. It was only a few years
of Palestine. On the watch of Erdoago that political and military pergan and his inner circle, the Turksonnel began to run their mouths
ish armed forces coordinated joint
about a Fourth World War. Between the Second World military exercises with the Israeli colonialists. This was
War and the Fourth World War these officials consid- the political conviction and military strategy until the
ered the Cold War to be the Third World War.
Arab Spring (2010).
And guess what! The enemy in this worldwide war is
On the other hand there was another political strain,
Islam, by which they mean Islamic self-determination. strongly supported by the Israeli right-wingers, running
Some of them went on to describe this new world war as through the wits of Zionist-imperialism. This political
continuing for generations while others said it would species was convinced that there are no Islamic modercontinue for over a hundred years. A collection and ates. All Muslims with an Islamic political mind are
analysis of their statements divulge the following extremists and terrorists! They come in two varieties:
Islamic enemies: the Islamic Republic of Iran, the Sunni and Shii. The Sunni brand has the Ikhwan as its
regimes that have not been totally and thoroughly sub- major and worrisome component. The Shi i type has
dued by the imperialist-Zionist duo (Iraq, Libya, Syria), the Islamic revolutionary Republic as its major and
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Turkeys elected President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, center, and former Turkish
President Abdullah Gul, right, pray during the funeral of a victim of the coup
attempt in Istanbul on 7-17-2016. What was happening in previous years and
even in the days leading up to the coup attempt is now coming into greater
focus. It could be that the incident in Nice, France was a diversionary tactic to
distract public attention from what was to ensue the next day, not that the immediate Turkish coup plotters had anything to do with the French truck shooting,
but the hands behind them in Washington, Paris, Tel Aviv, Riyadh, and Abu
Dhabi can leverage such events anywhere they want. Secondly, the Taksim
Square (Gezi Park) protests of 20132014 and last years corruption scandal
against Erdogan and some of his appointees both appear to be soft coup attempts
that failed to achieve their purpose, hence the military-style coup undertaking
that took place shortly after Erdogans rapprochement with Russian President
Vladimir Putin and upcoming reconciliation with the Asad government in Syria.
However, just so that Erdogan does not rest on his laurels, this may have been a
dry run or warm-up coup, with the real one in the wings.
using the hotel internet service calling
on the people to come out into the
streets. He vowed to appear in a public
square shortly.
Once the government knew that not
all the generals were involved in the
coup plot, they immediately began to
mobilize resistance. Police in Istanbul
acted with alacrity in fighting off soldiers. A number of police officers were
killed at the Istanbul Police headquarters. Within hours, in a bold move that
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media as well as from various capitals is
also instructive. Even before the coup
had been put down, the Islamic Republic of Iran issued a strongly worded
statement condemning the attempt and
came out strongly in support of Erdogan. Irans Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif said the era of coups
was over and that peoples wishes
should be respected. Elsewhere in the
region only Sudan and Qatar supported
Erdogan. The Doha-based al-Jazeeras
coverage was pro-Erdogan and against
the coup attempt.
Other networks, whether Western or
regional, appeared to be pro-coup. For
instance, BBC Arabic, Saudi-owned elArabiya TV, Rupert Murdoch- and
Walid bin Talal-owned Sky News Arabic, as well as Britains ITN diplomatic
editor were all running pro-coup stories.
They could not contain their glee at
what they described as the end of
Erdogans rule whom they denounced
as authoritarian. Perhaps the military
would have been less authoritarian! The
US television network, NBC claimed
that Erdogan had fled and sought political asylum in Britain. Others cited Germany as his final destination. Clearly,
these channels and outlets were running
ahead of themselves.
This would not, however, have been
possible without the anti-Erdogan line
laid down by their regimes. In the initial stages of the coup, there was deathly silence from Washington, London,
and Paris. Perhaps a statement from the
US Embassy in Ankara provided a hint
of official American thinking. In its
emergency message to US citizens in
Turkey, it called the putsch an uprising and urged them to exercise
extreme caution. The US also banned
all flights to and from Turkey. The
common understanding of an uprising is that people, not the military,
stage it. Yet here was the US embassy
turning this word on its head.
In Britain, the Guardian and the
Independent, both considered to be leftleaning papers were unabashedly procoup. Even Robert Fisk who is widely
viewed as being more reasonable and
better informed than others openly stated that while the army was unsuccessful
this time, it would have better luck next
time. He wanted another coup, reflecting his anti-Erdogan position so clearly.
For all his faults and there are many
Erdogan was and is the elected president of Turkey with massive support of
the people.
Why would the so-called champions
of democracy in the West be such strong
advocates of military regimes rather than
of leaders elected by the people? It
speaks volumes about their true nature. g
A trial will determine whether former air force chief, General Akin Ozturk
(photo on right was taken on 7-22-2016), was the ringleader.
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Turkeys ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) was first elected to
office in 2002. It has retained its grip on
power in successive elections although
last year, it lost its parliamentary majority in the June elections only to regain a
strong majority in the November elections. The AKP has also empowered its
Anatolian support base of small- and
medium-sized businessmen. The vast
majority of Turks, hitherto excluded
from the political and economic process
by the overbearing Kemalists a tiny
group of secularists ensconced in important state institutions have been given
a stake in the affairs of the country.
Given below are some statistics that
shed light on what the AKP has achieved
in its 14 years in power and why the vast
majority of people support it.
1. Between 2002 and 2012, the
Turkish economy registered a
growth of 64% in real Gross
Domestic Product (GDP) and
43% increase in GDP per capita.
2. When the AKP assumed power in
2002, Turkey had a debt of $23.5
billion to the IMF. By 2012, this
was reduced to $0.9 billion.
President Erdogan decided not to
sign a new deal for loans with the
IMF. Turkeys debt to the IMF
was thus declared to be completely paid off and he
announced that the IMF could
now borrow from Turkey!
3. In 2010, five-year credit default
swaps for Turkeys sovereign
debt were trading at a record low
of 1.17%, below those of nine EU
member countries and Russia.
4. In 2002, the Turkish Central Bank
had $26.5 billion in reserves. This
amount reached $92.2 billion in
2011. During Erdoans leadership, inflation fell from 32% to
9.0% in 2004.
5. Under Erdogans government, the
number of airports in Turkey
increased from 26 to 50.
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A graphic of Turkeys GDP rise during AKPs dominance over the past 15 years.
The good thing is that the GDP has quadrupled, meaning that more people are
participating in Turkeys prosperity and that more of the wealth is circulating
among those who were formerly disenfranchised. Before the AKP won their
first elections, power was shared within the Kemalist elite, which sliced out the
biggest part of the power and wealth pie for themselves. Erdogan opened the
highest circles of power to those who would have had no access before his
administration. The bad part is that from 20002012, Turkeys external debt
grew from $116 billion $337 billion. This means that the AKP is starting lots of
great projects and building Turkey, but it is doing so on credit. Unfortunately,
Turkey does not have the industrial base to pay back this debt, and what is
happening in the construction sector is a bubble akin to the bubbles and busts
that are endemic to debt-ridden capitalist economies.
6. From 20022011, 13,500km of
expressway were built.
7. For the first time in Turkish history, high speed railway lines were
constructed, and the countrys
high-speed train service began in
2009. In 8 years, 1,076km of railway tracks were built and
5,449km of railway renewed.
8. Erdogan put greater investments
into the healthcare system than
any of his predecessors. As part
of the reforms, the Green Card
program, which provides free
health benefits to the poor, was
introduced.
9. Erdogan increased Education
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One of the reasons for the AKPs long stint in power is the economic growth
and empowerment of Anatolia. Most of the population has shared in this
growth, which has not been isolated to regions like Istanbul, Ankara, and the
Western coast, but has been spread over other cities like Konya, Kayseri (shown
above over the course of 25 years), and Malatya. Turkeys trying to free itself
from debt slavery to the West is another reason for the coup attempt.
pose a problem with Turkeys ties with
the European Union. He went on, We
cannot imagine that from a country that
seeks to join the European Union. We
must be very firm today, to condemn the
coup detat but the response must
respect the rule of law.
Belgium is a tiny country in Europe
but it still suffers from an imperial hang-
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Turkey, here are some numbers that
indicate people linked with it in various
departments and ministries, who have
since been dismissed. They had even
penetrated the prime ministers office.
21,000 private teachers have had
their licences revoked;
15,000 have been suspended from
the Education Ministry;
8,000 police officers have been
detained or suspended;
6,000 soldiers have been detained;
1,500 staff at the Ministry of
Finance have been dismissed;
2,745 judges have been dismissed;
Education board has demanded
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When stories of the failure of the coup began leaking out in the media, Gulen
was quick to say that Erdogan staged the coup in order to expand his purge
of Turkish civil servants. What he is not saying is that two years before he
escaped to the US in 1999, he was secretly brought in by the Bill Clinton
administration in 1997 on a CIA Gulfstream jet. Coincidentally, this was
around the same time that the CIA overthrew the Erbakan administration in
Turkey. Another thing he has kept mum about is that the CIA has been funnelling in Gulen operatives along with its own agents through NGOs funded by
George Soros and the Clinton Foundation among others. Many of these operatives had taken up positions in Turkish think tanks and academic institutions,
so as to be able to mold public opinion in a direction consistent with US and
American Islam objectives. Hence the purge of thousands of deans and
professors at Turkeys universities.
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Turkish public and the AKP government
firmly believe that the US was behind
the coup.
The Gulenists initially planned to
launch the coup at 3:00am on July 16,
but an MIT agent operating in one of the
HQs of the coup, informed the agency
about the plan at 3:00pm on July 15.
When the Gulenists found out about this,
they rescheduled the coup to 10:00 pm.
This was a fatal misstep for the
putschists as the coup attempt lost the
benefit of synchronised action. That is
why when a large number of military
Special Forces that were not informed
about the change of time, went to capture or kill Erdogan in a hotel in Marmaris at 3:00am, Erdogan was en route
to Istanbul to confront the putschists. If
they had captured or killed Erdogan it is
almost certain that the coup would have
been successful. Once Erdogan reached
Istanbul with strong support of the masses, the police and a section of the mili-
ified her for the job, according to Leadsom. The comments raised a storm forcing her to pull out.
The British establishment as well as
the financiers in the City of London
favored May. The Zionists led by
Rupert Murdoch also wanted May as
leader as did the war party. Mays husband, Philip John May is a major shareholder in the leading American
weapons manufacturer Lockheed Martin. The US now has an insider not only
in the British boardroom but also in the
bedroom. The war party has full control
of Britain. Even the pretense of civility
is discarded.
After graduating from Oxford, Theresa May had worked for many years in
the Bank of England learning the wizardry of financial manipulation. Perhaps
it was there that she honed her anti-people skills seeing the poor as a burden on
society. The state and its resources are
meant to serve the aristocracy.
Commenting on Mays selection to
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Former conservative British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher, left, and her
post-Brexit counterpart, current Prime Minister Theresa May. In point of truth,
the Iron Lady did not play a substantially different role than Tony Blair played
with George W. Bush. She acquired the conservative, hard-nosed reputation
largely because she was playing second fiddle to then US President Ronald
Reagan, who deftly associated the collapse of the Soviet Union with policies of
privatization, trickle-down, and deregulation at home. Marching orders will
still come from Washington and Theresa May is not expected to rock the boat,
either with a Donald Trump or Hilary Clinton administration.
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It is instructive to note that German
Chancellor Angela Merkel has already
announced that Russia should not be
isolated (this was the American plan)
and that Europe needed to engage
Moscow. This would be music to President Vladimir Putins ears. He has
always wanted to detach Europe from
the stifling embrace of America. The
Brexit vote has come as a godsend.
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Former Saudi intelligence chief, Turki al-Faisal (left), greets Maryam Rajavi,
head of the National Council of Resistance in Iran (NCRI, better known as the
MKO or munafiqeen) at their annual convention in Paris, 7-9-2016. During his
speech to the attendees at the conference, which was attended by the most virulent Islamophobes from the US (among them Newt Gingrich, Howard Dean,
John Bolton, and Rudy Guiliani), al-Faisal said, Of course, despite this isolationist and interventionist foreign policy [how can it be both?], the first and
foremost victims of Khomeinism have been the Iranian people themselves
not only the political activists opposed to his all-encompassing, authoritarian,
and totalitarian ideology, but also to the ethnic and religious minorities of
Kurds, Arabs, Azaris, Turkmans, Baloch, Sunnis, Ismailis, Bahais, Christians
and Jews of Iran against the clerical Twelver religio-political elite of the Revolution And you, Maryam Rajavi, your endeavor to rid your people of the
Khomeinist cancer is an historic epic that, like the Shahnameh, will remain
inscribed in the annals of History. Is he talking about Arabia or Iran?
The Bedouins say, We are
securely committed [to Allah].
Say [unto them, O Prophet],
You have not [yet] made a
faith commitment; you should
[rather] say, We have [only]
aquiesced for [true] faith
has not yet entered your
hearts (49:14).
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(Makkah and Madinah) is an open challenge to Islamic values and principles
and an insult to all Muslims.
The Najdi Bedouins open embrace
of the Zionists in Occupied Palestine
and the munafiqeen (MKO) is not surprising. It should awaken Muslims from
their deep slumber to the true nature of
these barbarians. Allah () commands
His beloved Prophet (r) in the noble
Quran in the following words,
O Prophet! Strive hard against
the deniers of Allahs power
presence [in human affiars],
and the munafiqeen [dual-loyalists], and be unrelenting
toward them. Their destiny
shall be Hell and how vile a
journeys end (9:73).
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The JCPOA is a deal on paper, and not anywhere close to being a deal in fact.
What often gets lost in the realpolitik world of competing interests is the fact
that the US Congress, the White House, the EU, Tel Aviv, and Riyadh are all on
the same team. Hence any desire to try and vindicate, or even separate, President Obama from the backstabbing activities of the Republicans in Congress or
the Israelis, is misguided, especially on the part of those who regard this president to have a soft spot for Muslims. What they ought to focus on is what he
has been saying and implying from the very beginning of his administration
about Islamic Iran being a rogue member of the world community, and what
he has done with regard to destabilizing the country through support he has
authorized for ISIS and all of those who are trying to overthrow the anti-Zionist government of Syria. He must have authorized the coup attempt against
Erdogan, just as he did against the legitimate elected government in the
Ukraine. It is these kinds of things that say a lot more about what feelings are
in his heart about Muslims than som fleeting notions about legacy.
and banking institutions and not from
regulations that prevent cooperation
with Iran. The net effect is that Iran is
unable to get access to finances that it
would in normal circumstances. The
Islamic Republic has also not had
access to all its frozen funds, again due
to the murky nature of US regulations.
Other Iranian officials have been
equally critical of the lack of progress
on the nuclear deal. For instance, the
former foreign minister and advisor on
foreign affairs to the Rahbar Imam
Seyyed Ali Khamenei, Dr. Ali Akbar
Velayati on the first anniversary of the
nuclear deal said, The Americans did
not abide by their obligations under the
JCPOA. Sanctions [imposed on Iran]
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have not been lifted completely and certain conditions set by the Rahbar in the
JCPOA have not been observed. He
demanded that US President Barack
Obama should pledge in writing that his
administration would remove sanctions
imposed on Iran by Washington. But,
said Dr. Velayati, he has not met this
condition yet. He reiterated Irans
commitment to the JCPOA obligations,
saying, But, Western sides have not
lifted the sanctions yet.
A more ominous warning came from
Dr. Ali Larijani, speaker of Irans Majlis
and an influential member of the Iranian
establishment. He said in Tehran on July
20 that the concerted disruptive moves
afoot in the US have reached a point that
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of the JCPOA in a comprehensive manner? Certainly, it is not Tehran but Ban
does not have the courage to put the
blame where it belongs. Were he to utter
the truth, he would be dispatched from
his post before his term comes to an end.
Meanwhile frustration is building up
in Tehran. As a vibrant society, there has
always been vigorous debate in Iran
over the efficacy of the nuclear deal.
Those opposed to the deal put their
scepticism aside to see whether the
other side would live up to the bargain.
A year later, the result is not very
encouraging. True, the lifting of
nuclear-related sanctions has enabled
Iran to sell greater quantity of oil on the
international market but it has still not
reached its pre-sanctions level. Further
and more frustratingly, its frozen assets
have not been returned in full. Much of
this has to do US sanctions on Irans
dealing in dollars.
The Islamic Republic does not wish
to deal in dollars; it would prefer to deal
in euros or the Chinese Yuan. The difficulty is that with nearly 60% of global
reserve currency being in US dollars, it
is difficult to bypass the greenback altogether. Financial managers in the Islamic Republic of Iran must think of creative ways to bypass the dollar. They
can enter into barter deals these have
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Charles Kinsey, left, is clearly unarmed, but that does not appear to be sufficient reason not to get shot if youre black.
brandished heavy weapons and threatened to shoot the police if they tried to
intervene. Ammon Bundy, son of a
notorious criminal Cliven Bundy, led
the July 45 incident in Burns, Oregon.
The heavily armed militiamen marched
into a federal building and occupied
Malheur Wildlife Refuge Headquarters
in Burns protesting against the prosecution of two local ranchers. Did the
police intervene or threaten to shoot
unless the mob complied; did they use
tear gas or pepper spray to disperse the
mob? Perish the thought. Instead, the
police extended full protection to the
heavily armed militiamen even as they
threatened to attack them if they intervened. The police warned people to stay
away from the building as they try to
bring a peaceful end to the standoff.
While the heavily armed white militiamen were occupying a federal building and threatening to attack the police
in Oregon, in other parts of the country
the police were busy killing blacks. On
July 5, two white officers in Baton
Rouge killed a 37-year-old black man,
Alton Sterling. That shooting, captured
on mobile phone video, provoked widespread protests about police treatment of
the black community. The following day
(July 6), another black man, 32-year-old
Philando Castile, was killed in Minnesota when a police officer pulled him over.
Sterling and Castile became victims
number 558 and 559, respectively, of
police killings in 2016. In the same peri24
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was arrested in Baltimore and thrown
into a police cruiser on April 12, 2015.
His neck was broken but no attention
was paid to him. He died in the cruiser.
So far three officers have had all
charges dropped, a fourth has had a mistrial and the fifths trial in ongoing.
Eric Garner was arrested in Staten
Island, New York on July 17, 2014
accused of selling loosies (selling single cigarettes from a pack, and thus not
paying tax!). He denied the charge but
officer Daniel Pantaleo put a chokehold
on him and pushed him to the ground.
After releasing the chokehold, Pantaleo
pushed Garners face into the ground
while four other officers pounced on
him. Despite repeatedly screaming, I
cant breathe, they did not let go.
When Garner lost consciousness,
officers turned him onto his side. Gar-
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group at the young age of 15 and quickly rose through the ranks for his daring
and exploits as well as inspirational
messages on the social media. He had
become the most recognized face of the
Kashmiri resistance struggle as well as
leader of Hizbul Mujahideens operations, one of the best-known groups
fighting against the occupiers.
What the Hindu occupiers and their
Muslim accomplices in Kashmir had
not anticipated was the reaction of the
people. Clearly, anger was bubbling
beneath the surface that the brutally
oppressive occupiers misread as a sign
of peoples submission and acquiescence to occupation. Wanis killing
proved the spark that ignited their pentup rage. Thousands of people poured
into the streets, especially in the capital
Srinagar in defiance of the curfew braving bullets, tear gas shells, and rubber
pellets that have become a favorite tool
of the occupation forces. Hundreds of
young men have been shot in the eyes
resulting in getting their sockets blown
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cy in the world, has given carte blanche
to unruly mobs in uniform. Not one soldier has been charged with rape of any
woman or torturing people to death.
Instead, they are provided legal cover
through various laws enacted in Delhi.
The people of Kashmir refuse to put
up with such brutality or humiliation. To
demonstrate their strong desire for free-
dom, they have staged numerous uprisings. The latest eruption occurred in the
aftermath of Burhan Wanis coldblooded murder by Indian troops. There will
be no peace and, therefore, prosperity
for people of the region unless the
worlds longest festering Kashmir dispute is resolved according to the wishes
of the people. g
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A child is pilloried in the draconian ISIS-controlled territory for, according to the sign posted on his body, eating
in Ramadan without a shari excuse, circa 2014.
declares the noble Quran (2:190).
Islam lays great emphasis on the sanctity of human life
and the Quran states quite clearly that the killing of even one
human being without just cause (such as for committing murder or spreading sedition in society) is like killing the whole
of humanity (5:32).
Similarly, there are many hadiths that prohibit one Muslim
from calling another Muslim a kafir. Abu Dawud narrates
from Abdullah ibn Umar (d), the following hadith of the
noble Messenger (r), If a Muslim calls another Muslim a
kafir, then if the accused is a kafir, then let it be so [that is, the
accusation will stand]; otherwise, he [the accuser] himself is
a kafir (Book of Sunnah, Vol. 3, p. 484). Along the same
lines, another hadith narrated in al-Bukharis Book of Ethics,
from Abu Dharr (d) reported that the noble Messenger (r)
said, No man accuses another man of being a sinner, or of
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Number: H/J/1/1466
Attachments:
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Rapists, murderers, and drug smugglers are the foot soldiers for the kinds of jihad commissioned by philanderers
who become princes, gamblers who become royals, and
drunkards who become kings.
Kingdoms prisons, who are accused of crimes punishable by death in accordance with the Islamic Shariah
execution method: the sword we report to you
that we have been in contact with these defendants.
They stand guilty of drug smuggling, murder, and rape.
Their nationalities are as follows: 105 Yemenis, 21
Palestinians, 212 Saudis, 96 Sudanese, 254 Syrians, 82
Jordanians, 68 Somalis, 32 Afghans, 194 Egyptians,
203 Pakistanis, 23 Iraqis, and 44 Kuwaitis.
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Commentary
continued from p. 7
And yes, the Western corporate media and their regional mouthpieces have periodically spoken of the imminent breakthrough and tentative peace agreements,
meaning that the Houthis Ansarallah fighters would
soon be defeated, this is mere wishful thinking. Watching coverage of the likes of CNN and al-Jazeera one gets
the impression as if the Houthis are alien to Yemen.
This is deliberate and meant to rationalize imperialism
as the latest manifestation of political salvation. Such
ranting, however, remains completely divorced from
Yemens reality.
Peace in Yemen, it must be emphasized, remains a distant dream, almost a mirage if we consider the implications of its terms absolute surrender to Riyadhs tutelage. This the Ansarallah fighters will never countenance. This is not to say that peace is impossible, only
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It is quite revealing that throughout its miserable existence, the Saudi regime has never helped the Palestinians
overthrow the yoke of Zionist occupation. In fact, Bani Saud
are on kissing terms with their Zionist cousins with much
intermingling of blood as well between them. Their alliance
has now become public knowledge with officials from the
two regimes openly embracing each other at various forums.
Bani Sauds venom and hatred is reserved exclusively for
Muslims they disagree with. And since that constitutes the
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tion and or put up any meaningful appearance before the Judicial Commission.
4. On Monday the 29th day of February 2016,
Maxwell Kyon Esq. appeared before the
Judicial Commission and informed the
Commission that nobody has seen the leader
of the Islamic Movement in Nigeria and that
the facilitation the Commission promised
has not yielded any positive result.
5. On the 9th day of March 2016 Festus Okoye
Esq. and Maxwell Kyon Esq. appeared before
the Commission and gave a detailed exposition of the efforts that the Legal Team made
and continued to make up to the said 9th of
March 2016 to be granted access to the leader
of the Islamic Movement. It was on the basis
of this that the Commission directed that
Counsel to the Commission to liaise with the
Attorney General of the Federation and the
Attorney General of Kaduna State to facilitate
access to the leader of the Movement.
6. On the 7th day of March, 2016 the Commission wrote to the Attorney General of the
Federation and the Attorney General of
Kaduna State and served copies of the said
letters on the Legal Team of the IMN on the
8th day of March 2016 and urged collaboration and facilitation of access of the Legal
Team representing the IMN and Counsel to
the Commission to see the detained leader of
the IMN between now and Friday 11th
March, 2016 and to report back at the next
sitting of the Commission scheduled for
Monday, 14th March, 2016.
7. On the 14th day of March 2016 the Counsel
to the Commission reported to the Commission that they had written to the Attorney
General of the Federation and the Attorney
General of Kaduna State but they had difficulties in getting the Attorney General to act
on the said letter and the Commission
adjourned to the 21st day of March 2016.
8. On the same 14th day of March 2016, in a
clear attempt to blackmail the Legal Team of
the Islamic Movement in Nigeria, the Commission directed its Secretary Dr. Bala Babaji to issue a Press Statement stating that The
Commission notes that IMN has been represented by Counsel and is satisfied that the
said Counsel has been properly briefed by
the IMN to appear before us. The Commission has strived hard to afford all parties to
be fairly represented and treated with justice
and fairness in all its deliberations. The
Commission intends to proceed with its
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Our Reaction to the Submission of Report by the Commission [is suumarized with the following]:
a. The Judicial Commission of inquiry showed its limitations and complete lack of power in compelling
the Department of State Services (DSS) to allow the
Legal Team access to the Leader of the Islamic
Movement in Nigeria and compelling the Service to
release him conditionally or unconditionally to testify before the Commission.
b. The Judicial Commission was aware that the
Kaduna State Government had made up its mind on
the immediate and remote causes of what it calls the
unfortunate incident of 12th and 13th of December
2015 by framing charges of culpable homicide,
rioting, unlawful assembly, possession of charms,
and unlawful restraint against 251 members of the
Islamic Movement in Nigeria.
c. The Commission never extended invitation to the
over 251 members of the Islamic Movement in
Nigeria that are detained in the Kaduna Prison
awaiting trial to testify before the Commission.
These are the direct victims of the incident and over
50 of them are still carrying bullets and bullet
wounds in their body [sic] and a number of them
have died in detention as a result of injuries sustained by them during the clash.
d. In the light of the above, the Legal Team could not
in good conscience continue participation in a judicial process with a pre-determined outcome.
e. The Legal Team of the Islamic Movement was fully
aware that the Commission was engaged in subterfuge and blackmail when its Counsel Mallam
Yusuf Ali, SAN informed the Commission that he
was yet to facilitate access to the leader of the
Islamic Movement only for the Commission to
claim on the same day that The Commission notes
that IMN has been represented by Counsel and is
satisfied that the said Counsel has been properly
briefed by the IMN
f. The Counsel to the Commission Mallam Yusuf Ali,
SAN did inform the Commission that he met with
the leader of the Islamic Movement in Nigeria in
detention and he informed him of his willingness to
testify before the Commission yet the Commission
was powerless in getting the Department of State
Services to allow the leader of the Islamic Movement to testify before it.
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no exception. Thousands attended the
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Defence [Offense] League (JDL) thugs
who indulge in violence.
The Zionists have gone berserk over
the success of Quds Day rallies in
The American political system is completely broken. Tens of millions of people feel totally disenfranchised. The
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