AFTER Tunisia where an Islamic Party Al-Nahda won the election, now Egypt is another country conquered by Islamic groups with the power of ballet. In the first round of election in Egypt, 40% Voters casted in favour of the Freedom and Justice Party [a newly formed political party of Ikhwanul Muslimeen (Islamic Brotherhood)] and 20 % in favour of Al-Nour another newly formed party comprised Salafi group. Another Islamic group Al-Wassat, which advocates a strict enforcement of Islamic law, recorded 13%

All the indications and projections showed that the Muslim Brotherhood will have the lead in the country's first parliamentary elections based on proportional representation. It is because they are well organized, sincere, and have a lot of experience.

The initial stage of parliamentary elections were held on November 28-29, nearly ten months after former Egyptian dictator Hosni Mubarak was ousted in a popular revolution in February.

The vote is seen as the first step in pushing the military rulers to transfer power to a civilian government.

Some Egyptians boycotted the elections, casting doubt on the credibility of any ballot held under military rule.

They fear the military council, led by Field Marshal Hussein Tantawi, is trying to retain power.

Ikhwan (The Brotherhood) has started the Islamic movement eight decades ago on the call of martyr Hasnul Banna. It has its deep root in the Egyptian society at large. The movement is led not only by religious scholars but by doctors, lawyers and professionals. It has long sought to move Egypt toward a more Islamic society implementing Al-Deen (the system of Islam) in all walks of life. A large number of its workers, scholars and leaders including one of its top mind Syed Qutub (a Mufassir of Al-Quran) were executed in the era of Gamal Abdel Nasser. The extra judicial execution and subjugations of Ikhwan workers were continued in Hosni Mubarak dictatorship.

The Salafis are political newcomers. However 30% votes in the first time and the first round shows its influence in Egypt.

An Ikhwan leader Sheik Abdel Moneim el-Shahat has called to apply only the broad principles of Islamic law allow too much freedom. He indicated the gradual and peoples participated transformation from one stage to another. However, Sheik Abdel Moneim el-Shahat, a leader of the Salafi movement, has called for immediate use of Islamic laws. Sheik el-Shahat and his allies are demanding strict prohibitions against interest-bearing loans, alcohol and fornication, with Islamic corporal law of punishment.

An Ikhwan Islamic scholar, Sayed Abdel Karim said “to give your vote for Islamists is a religious issue,” he declared at a campaign rally in Giza, across the Nile from Cairo, calling for “the rule of God, not the rule of the people.”

Ikhwan leaders denied coalition with Salafis in forming the future government.

The Brotherhood’s main speaker and the top candidate on his party’s list, leader Essam el-Erian, declared that the party believed only in non-sectarian citizenship for all, that Christians and Muslims should enjoy equal rights as “sons of the nation” in the eyes of a neutral state and that the next Constitution should protect free expression. And he pledged warm relations with any nation that respected Egypt’s “independence and culture.”

Israel's defense minister Ehud Barak said Saturday that initial results from Egypt's parliamentary elections are "very, very disturbing." However, in a statement on a Hamas website, top Hamas official Moussa Abu Marzouk said that "the Egyptian people have voiced their confidence in the Islamists. ... We do believe that Egyptian support in the future will be more for our cause."

Indications show that any effort to stop and deny the people’s mandate by the Egypt army and America-Israel alliance will trigger the movement in Egypt. It will end up with not less than Iranian revolution where majority of the military generals were executed after people’s revolt and Islamic revolution.

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AFTER his great grandfather had an intimate relationship with the woman who would become the grandson’s great grandmother, the grandfather was born. After the grandfather had an intimate relationship with the woman who would become the grandson’s grandmother, the father was born. The father had an intimate relationship with the would-be mother, and soon the son was born. Now, the son has a relationship with a man, not with a woman. As a homosexual, he rejects the opposite sex and will not have any biological son or daughter. He has discontinued his heritage. His babies will die before being conceived. They will never open their eyes in this world due to this “new, alternative lifestyle.” He has denied the universe the continuation of his generations to which his grandfather and great grandfather contributed. He betrayed this nature and broke the trust. He killed his future generation. He is a generation killer.

Now generation killers say we have the “right” to kill generations. Generation killers united all over Canada and most of the western world has procured “the right” to kill their generations; the “Charter of Rights” is in place. Several countries and states and provinces of the western world legalized the same-sex marriage. Family system (the union of man and woman, husband and wife) has collapsed. Now, sweet homes of this nation are filled with either two male partners, two female partners, or a parent without a partner (or single parent).

Furthermore, human rights situations all over the world will be judged in accordance with the society similar to us. The “human rights” situations in several Muslim, Latin American, and African countries are considered “worst” because they are not giving the “rights” to gays (the generation killers) to practice their lifestyle openly and publicly.

However, it is not the issue of “rights,” it is the issue of “responsibilities.” The responsibilities include trying to return back the same as the nature that produced you. It is a “natural charter of responsibilities” for all to follow. Gays deny it.

About one million participated in the shame-day, gay parade this year in Toronto City. Mayor Rob Ford didn’t participate, a good indicator. Some say that at least half the participants were merely supporters.  Even if we consider that only half a million people practice the homosexual and lesbian lifestyle, it is too many. We have already crossed the danger level.

Christian and Jewish Books of Scripture orders the death sentence to “generation killers.” “If a man lies with a male as he lies with a woman, both of them have committed an abomination. They shall surely be put to death. Their blood shall be upon them” (Leviticus 20:13).

However, many Christians abandoned their faith and surrendered to this perverted but organized group. Jews (majority) maintain their straight life style; however, a group of Jews aggressively promotes and defends this life style for “Gentiles” (non Jews). You will see most of the Zionists bloggers defending and promoting the homosexual lifestyle.

Saying anything against homosexuality is “homophobic.” If you are a Muslim, then it is the “worst sin.” However, the first person to have stood against this lifestyle was Lot [Lut, the Messenger of God (peace be upon him)). He was the nephew of Abraham [the Messenger of God (peace be upon him)). Abraham (pbuh) sent Lot (pbuh) from Egypt to the city of Sodom (Sadum), which was on the western shore of the Dead Sea. Majority of Sodom nation was either practicing homosexual lifestyle or supporting it. This lifestyle was never practiced in the history before Lot (pbuh).

“And remember when We sent Lot [as a Messenger to his people, and he said to them: 'Do you realize you practice an indecency of which no other people in the world were guilty of before you? You approach men lustfully in place of women. You are a people who exceed all bounds. Their only answer was: 'Banish them from your town. They are a people who pretend to be pure’” (Al-Quran 7: 80-82).

The “new immigrant” Lot (pbuh), an “Egyptian Sodomian” but the Messenger of God, warned his newly adopted nation Sodom repeatedly. "These [the girls of the nation) are my daughters [to marry lawfully), if you must act (so)" (Al-Quran: 15: 71). The people of the nation denied it. They “democratically” adopted their “right” to fulfill their lust with the same-sex. They were the worshipper of “the lust.” Ultimately they were completely ruined and erased out from this world.

“Then We delivered Lot and his household except his wife who stayed behind, and We let loose a shower [of stones] upon them. Observe, then, the end of the evil-doers” (Al-Quran 7: 83-84).

“We let loose upon them a tempest which rained stones upon them, except upon Lot's household whom We rescued in the last hours of the night” (Al-Quran 54:34).

Now we are living in post “charters of rights” era when united generation killers are asserting and imposing their life style over whole nations. They are asserting themselves as they (and only they) have the “right” to be elected and represented in city, provincial and federal assemblies. And they have “right” to make law not according to the wish of people, family, and parents, but according to the agenda set by gay activists’ groups.

Wake up, Toronto, Wake up, Canada, before it is too late. I, a new Canadian, am just a Warner as Lot (pbuh) was. As Muslims, we believe and have faith in all the Messengers of God --Adam (first), Enoch (Idris), Noah (Nuh), Abraham (Ibrahim), Ishmael (Isma’il), Issac (Ishaaq), Jacob (Yaqub), Lot (Lut), Joseph (Yusuf), Job (Ayub), Moses (Musa), Aaron (Haroon), David (Dawud), Soloman (Sulaiman), Zechariah (Zakariyah), John (Yahya), Jesus (Isa), Muhammad (the last Messenger), and many others.  Peace be upon all of them.

“I FIRMLY believe that truth of any good deed is incomplete unless it is not opposed. There was never a single good deed from good people on this earth that was accomplished without being disputed and criticized.  I doubt the truthfulness of any good idea or deed if it were not opposed from any section of the society.” (Translated from a quoted speech in Urdu delivered by Late Nawab Bahadur Yaar Jang, a Muslim politician in a British India, and resident of Muslim State of Daccan Hyderabad)

Dr. Zakir Naik

I attended the “Journey of Faith Conference” in Toronto first time last year when one of the speakers Zakir Naik was banned from entering into Canada to participate in the conference. I may not endorse and agree with all the viewpoints of Dr. Zakir Naik.  However, it is a fact that Dr. Naik is a well known Islamic scholar, an expert on Islam, Christianity, Judaism, Hinduism, Buddhism, Farsi scriptures, and many other faiths existing in this world.  He knows and understands Christianity and Hinduism more than any Christian and Hindu. Before his prominence, late Ahmed Deedat of South Africa was the most knowledgeable person on comparative religions. Dr. Zakir Naik’s preaching of Islam is solely for peace and salvation of humankind in this world and hereafter. His TV channel’s name is Peace TV. He is extremely focused on his mission and message.

National Post first reported and published with the sources from Zionist Jewish organizations and Tarek Fateh, an Islamophobic and a full time Islam-basher, on the Islamic Conference “Journey of Faith,” and that started a campaign against one of the key invited speakers, Dr. Naik.

It was said that Dr. Zakir Naik said some good words for Osama Bin Laden. But if this newspaper could get a chance to check the date and year of his statement and its perspective, the paper should first ask Minister of Immigration to ban several ex US presidents, secretary of states, and several American politicians, because they had a much better relationship with Osama Bin Laden, his friends, and other Afghan Mujahid leaders than anyone else.

Former CIA director and Secretary of Defense Robert Gates wrote in his memoirs From the Shadows that the U.S.  intelligence services began to provide financial aid to the rebel factions in Afghanistan six months before the Soviet deployment. On July 3, 1979, President Jimmy Carter signed an executive order authorizing the CIA to conduct covert propaganda operations against the communist regime. Carter signed a presidential finding authorizing funding for  anticommunist guerrillas in Afghanistan as a part of the Central Intelligence Agency program called Operation Cyclone led by their elite which would later include the massive arming of Afghanistan's Mujahideen (that includes later joined Arab Mujahideen, and Osama was one of the key Mujahid).

Jimmy Carter, Zbigniew Brzezinski, and Robert Gates should be top in the list to ban to enter into Canada and attend any conference because of their overt and covert relationship and support with Osama Bin Laden and all key Afghan and Arab Mujahideen and who were later responsible for the 9/11 attack in USA.

Dr. Zakir Naik was not banned in USA to attend conferences where 9/11 actually happened. He was banned to attend the Journey of Faith conference in Toronto, Canada. It was not just because of National Post’s hysterical article and ignorant Minister Jason Kenny’s behaviour. He was banned because of his clear, transparent, and cool message of Islam that appeals to hearts and minds of Christian world. Wherever he will go and will speak, he will clear the cloud and open the curtain to see the light of Islam. Even in his absence, several Canadian Christians converted to Islam at the stage last year and this year too.

Bilal Philips

Now Toronto Star, a propagator and promoter of gay agenda in this country, started the noise against this year’s Journey of Faith conference, and the reason is one of the speakers, Torontonian Canadian religious scholar Bilal Philips.

“The most virulently anti-gay speaker this year is Bilal Philips, a charismatic Jamaican-Canadian religious scholar who embraced Islam in 1972 in Toronto, where he was raised. In a Thursday interview, Philips cheerfully advocated death as a punishment for males who “confess” to homosexual behaviour, or are seen performing homosexual acts by four reliable witnesses, in countries governed by Islamic law” —Toronto Star Page GT1, July 1, 2011.

In the last year Journey of Faith conference, Rob Oliphant, an open gay MP from Don Valley West attended the conference for few hours and asked Said Rageah, the organizer of the conference to allow him a few minutes to speak. Mr. Rageah was allotted a few minutes in busy and extremely tight program schedule.  Mr. Oliphant, open same-sex married gay, didn’t find any difficulty to go, attend, and even speak in the conference. But here Toronto Star writer has a big problem. He doesn’t tolerate any “anti-gayism” statement.

Let me analyze Bilal Philips’s statement even it is true as it is quoted. He is not allowing public to kill gays. If the writer misunderstood it, he must correct it. Killing of any person without authority and jurisprudence is haram (illegal) in Islam. Mr. Bilal Philips knows it. He is suggesting death penalty by the jurisprudence “in countries governed by Islamic law.”  There is not a single country on this earth at present is governed by 100% Islamic law. There may be one or two countries where a partial Islamic law is implemented. The truth is that majority of Muslim countries are governed by ant-Islamic laws or non-Islamic laws. Muslim states without Islam or partial Islam are most dangerous and brutal states. The migration of large numbers of Muslims from those Muslim states is solely due to non-Islamic Muslim rulers’ destructive governance.

Here Mr. Bilal Philips is suggesting a law for the future Islamic governments who will decide to implement Islamic law in their countries. Although, there is no clear-cut verse in Qur’an that categorically suggests killing of homosexuals, sayings of Prophet Muhammad suggests three types of sentences, and among that one is death.  Bilal Philips is suggesting, based on his opinion on the Qur’anic/Prophetic principles of society. He is not advising the Islamic judiciary to kill any gay person they found, but what he is “suggesting” is judicial punishment of death sentence for those who confess or are seen “performing homosexual acts” by “four reliable witnesses without any doubt.”

The essence of Islamic laws is to protect the life of human beings. And it happens that sometimes killing of a person can save thousands and sometimes millions of lives. The Islamic judiciary can punish a person with death sentence to save others’ lives.

In other words, Bilal Philips is saying that an Islamic society will not tolerate homo-sexual acts in public (where minimum four witnesses see the sexual performance) to save future generations. That means from Bilal Philips’s viewpoint (as it was quoted in Toronto Star): 1. There is no danger of life of any homosexual from public in anywhere of the world 2. There is no danger of life of any homosexual by the judiciary of those Muslim States not governed by Islamic law. 3. In future, when Islamic laws will be implemented in any country, all those homosexuals who will perform homosexual acts in private will be saved. 4. Only those homosexuals living in Islamic law-governing society will be punished who will perform homosexual act in public (four witnesses required for proof).

In conclusion, Bilal Philips’s viewpoint is not endangering any homosexual life in near future. However, the promoters and propagators of gay culture and gay agenda are endangering the life of whole human race, particularly white species (due to large acceptance of gay lifestyle in whites).

Two non-Muslims participants of the conference reverted to Islam. They announced Shahadah (witnessing) for Islam on the stage of Journey of Faith Conference, Toronto, July 2, 2011. Sheikh Said Rageah (left) is taking the oath.

The family came to existence after a marriage and relationship between a man and woman. Women gave birth to children, and men struggled for livelihood and sustenance of next generation. They fulfill the responsibility as nature assigned to them. They returned back to this world, the most precious thing, the human race. They help God in producing and nurturing the beautiful people of all colours and races. Homosexuals refuse to fulfill the responsibility to contribute to this world the children and future generations of human race. In other words, they kill the babies before birth. It is the generation killing. Homosexuals are endangering the life of generations.

Furthermore, homosexuals are also endangering the life of existing human beings because the homosexual acts invite the wrath of God. It is historically proven that the nation of Lut (Lot) (peace be upon him) had been completely destroyed after the disobedience and denial of the message of God to Lut (Lot) (peace be upon him) to stop this nonsensical heinous crime.

“And we sent Lut as a Messenger: Remember that he said to his people, "Have you become so shameless that you commit such indecent acts as no one committed before you in the world? You gratify your lust with men instead of women: indeed you are a people who are transgressors of all limits!" (Al Qur’an: 7: 80-81)

“The people of Lut (Lot) belied the warnings. Verily, We sent against them a violent storm of stones (which destroyed them all), except the family of Lut (Lot); them We saved in last hour of the night, As a Favour from Us;, Thus do We reward him who gives thanks (by obeying Us) (35) And he [Lut (Lot)] indeed had warned them of Our Seizure (punishment), but they did doubt the warnings!”  (Al-Quran: 54: 33-3)

Mankind witnessed this disaster. Earlier God has warned and it is still recorded in the Jewish Bible (or Old Testament of Christian Bible):

“You shall not lie with a male as with a woman.  It is abomination” (Leviticus 18:22)

“If a man lies with a male as he lies with a woman, both of them have committed an abomination. They shall surely be put to death. Their blood shall be upon them” (Leviticus 20:13).

Thousands of Christian and Jewish preachers firmly believe in these verses of the Bible and attend seminars and conferences. Did Toronto Star ever have the courage to criticize and try to stop them from attending or speaking?

It is ironic that the lifestyles of “generation killers” are allowed, promoted with full positive media coverage, and heavily funded by the city to organize parade and festivities ten days long; however, the lifesaver Islamic Conference in the Conference Center and by its own expense gets negative coverage, opposition, threats, and not allowing the visa to speakers.

I hope things will change, the world will change, and sooner or later humanity will come into light from the darkness.

MR. Rob Ford’s viewpoint on homosexuality and gay agenda was not hidden. He never showed complexity in the issue. He will be considered an open and vocal opponent of gayism. Last October city election, when his opponent mayoral candidate George Smitherman was kicking off his campaign by kissing his male partner, Mr. Ford was bluntly expressing his dislike of these lifestyles. We all know that the gay community with their gay agenda was united behind Smitherman and overwhelmingly voted for and supported him. However, those who believe homosexuality is a curse on the society and an engineered lifestyle to destroy the family, human beings and a path of extinction of human race, supported and voted for Rob Ford openly and wholeheartedly. I have attended a Ford election campaign gathering in the Cypriot Community Center in our neighbourhood Thorncliffe Park, organized by the taxi-cab drivers of the city. One of the cab drivers’ leader was speaking in Punjabi and asking the audience, “Would you like to vote a gay or man?” Everyone was clapping. Mayor Ford was smiling when someone translated it into English.

Abdul Haq Ingar, a Muslim community activist and vice president and Director Communication of Islamic Society of Toronto (Masjid Dar us Salam), Thorncliffe Park, and the Liberal party employee at Queens Park openly supported Mr. Smitherman. However, despite his door to door canvassing and appeal to vote for Smitherman, the community rejected Smitherman. Mr. Rob Ford won from all Muslim-populated, high-rise buildings of Thorncliffe Park, Don Valley West.

This year Mr. Rob Ford hasn’t participated in the gay parade and festivals in Toronto despite the history of participants of past mayors despite their liking or disliking of gays. Ford’s absence created bitterness in the LGBT community and their supported media and groups. Not attending and participating in gay festivities are considered as a “shame” for “pride” banner holders. However, fifteen city councilors of Toronto City marched in the parade, including three Ford allies, Michael Thompson, Cesar Palacio, and Gary Crawford. Parade participants were shouting, “Where is the Mayor?” and “Shame.” Dozens of marchers and watchers brought an unflattering photo of his disembodied head, as Toronto Star reported.

Pressure on Ford had been building since he said during a media scrum last week that he planned to be at his family cottage near Husntsville on the Canada Day weekend. However, Ford and his office had not explained why he wasn’t able to attend during the 10-day pride festival. Deputy Mayor Dough Holyday has said Ford should attend at least one event to counter accusation of homophobia. Ford didn’t responded to all those requests and queries. But as a matter of fact, his message was loud, clear and obvious when he first announced the excuse “because of family gathering at his cottage.”

Family gathering was symbolic, and the message was that “you value no-family lifestyle, and we value family gathering.”

Mr. Rob Ford did the right thing. He preserved his vote bank and confidence level of pro-family large constituency of Toronto. Less than one percent of population openly supports or belongs to LGBT community. Mr. Ford should listen to more than 99% of the population of Toronto, which wants to live a normal family life and also lead, guide, and educate the next generation to retain and preserve this lifestyle.

The family came to existence after a marriage and relation with a man and woman. Women gave birth to children, and men struggled for livelihood and sustenance of next generation. They fulfill the responsibility as nature assigned to them. They returned back to this world the most precious thing, the human race. They help God in producing and nurturing the beautiful people of all colours and races. Homosexuals denied this responsibility. They denied their own existence. They never thought that they were not dropped off directly from the sky; instead, they were born from the union of their father and mother and a long pain and struggle of their parents. By denying their responsibilities to do the same, homosexuals disrespect their parents, their forefathers, and Adam and Eve.

Homosexuals refuse to fulfill the responsibility to contribute to this world the children and future generation of human race. In other words, they kill the babies before birth. However, after denying this core and most difficult responsibility, the gay community stood firm and united to get all the rights for themselves. In last one decade, we Canadians proved that all the rights belong to gays, and all the responsibilities belong to families who are nurturing and caring for children.

LGBT community has rights to rule, to govern, to make laws, to develop education curriculum, and to decide what is right and what is wrong for the families and whole society. A less than one percent but very organized minority is dictating their terms of values, cultures, education, and lifestyles on all others. They have obtained a right and responsibility to rule over families. Families are speechless. They are silently and inactively watching the gays’ power dominance on the society. The defeat of Smitherman was good sign and first right step for those speechless people.

One of the Zionist bloggers posted one of my articles and suggested that gay parade organizers not support Palestinians in their parade as it appears obvious that Muslims are against gays. I say to this blogger that we Muslims are not nationalists. If we were nationalists, we should promote gay culture in other nations, particularly in white nation/race, and we should be glad to see white race is extinguishing fast by going against family and by adopting family-killing cultures. Contrary to nationalist thoughts, we Muslims, who stood firm on the principal of Qur’an, on the principal of Tauheed (unity of God, unity of universe, and unity of human beings), believe that we are all children of Adam and Eve. And we strongly believe that this world is a beautiful garden of God, and white flowers are equally important to retain this beauty as brown, yellow, or black flowers.

Furthermore, gay parade organizers and participants don’t support Palestinians for their love of Palestine, Islam, Qur’an, and Allah. They love because a few citizens of Palestine belong to their community. This gay love for Palestinian gays is not hidden. Queers against Israeli apartheid dropped a banner above the Wellesley subway station saying, “Support Palestinian Queers; Boycott Israeli Tourism,” Toronto Star reported.

However, it is true that most of the opposition coming against gay parade is not because of their lifestyle, but because of their showing of solidarity with Palestinians and is purely political.

“We shouldn’t be funding any political message at all,” said Councillor Giorgio Mammoliti, the chair of the community development committee. Earlier he demanded a written guarantee from gay festival organizers that the controversial Queers Against Israeli Apartheid would be banned from participating in pride events. QAIA voluntarily agreed to stay away, and, in May, the council approved funding on the condition that organizers ensure all participants adhere to the city’s “anti-discrimination policy.” It means that just saying that Israel, the most apartheid state that ever existed on this planet, an “apartheid state” in this so-called free-speech country, is a crime and such criminals must be denied any funding. Some Dyke March participants were carrying anti-Israeli apartheid signature, and it was noticed that about 30 pro-Palestine activists were expressing pro-Palestine by displaying banners and placards. To punish the gay parade organizers for not stopping anti-Israel display, the city may not fund the pride with the $130,000 dollars in grant the city promised. A quarter of the festival’s budget comes from the city government.

Few parade participants are also displaying message to raise awareness about the lack of LGBT rights in Iran and Latin America. But this was not the concern for Councillor Giorgio Mammoliti. Displaying any message against Iran and Latin America is a “freedom of speech” and displaying against apartheid Israel is a “political” and “hate crime.”

Jawed Anwar can be reached at themuslim.ca@gmail.com

CAN you imagine that a banana without its peel would be safe? The banana would be bruised and smashed. The same is true for mangoes, papayas and all other good fruits with peels. Fruits stored without peels would be attacked by insects, bugs and will be contaminated with germs and bacteria. They would be unsafe.

Visit a jewelry store. See the costliest items of gold and diamonds. They will be secured in locked cases. Store keepers will show those costly items of jewelry when they believe in the reliability of customers. An insecure display of costly jewelry may attract more robbers than buyers.

Women are like precious gems. Furthermore, they cooperate with Almighty God to produce the most valued creature, human beings, and hence elevated their position as mothers.  Good men on this earth respect women and their dignity and treat them as mothers, sisters, and daughters. But among men, there are thugs who are insane, lusty transgressors. Good women try their best to keep their dignity, and one of the defensive tools is modest dressing. To avoid being attacked and assaulted by bad men, good women try to be modest in dressing and covering as much possible.

If you go to the history of great people and great civilizations, you will find women in Hijab and Niqab. The most popular woman of Hindu scripture is Sita. Ravan, the kidnapper of Sita, the wife of Ram witnessed later after her release that he had not seen any part of Sita’s body except her feet. That means Sita’s face was covered. She was in Niqab. Virgin Mary, the mother of Jesus was fully covered. Even today, nuns of the Church follow the dress code. They cover everything except face.

When the last messenger of God, Muhammad (s.a.w), came, he revealed and preached the same lifestyle as it was practiced before by Noah, Abraham, Moses, Jacob, Joseph, Jesus, and their supporters. Aisha (a.s.) and Fatima (a.s) followed the same dress code as was followed by Mary.

Now you witness the media, organized perverted minority groups campaigning against women’s right to choose to wear Niqab and now campaigning in support of women in sluttish dress.

Recently the Toronto police officer's comment came during a campus safety information session held at York University in January in which two police officers were giving safety pointers to students. One of the tips given to women by an Officer was to avoid dressing in a promiscuous fashion.  He said that women could avoid rape if they didn't dress like "sluts."

Whatever, the dressing is not and shouldn't be excuse for rapists. They must be punished in all circumstances.

The officer’s use of words may not be appropriate; however, it is a fact that the dress of early twentieth century’s European sluts is now the fashion of the day of Europe and North America. Society at large accepted this perversion as a norm.

The police officer should be praised for his wise advice. Instead, we see he has been condemned and isolated from various segments of the society. The officer himself has apologized and Toronto Police Service issued an official apology and explanation. Thousands of women gathered for a "slut-walk" in slut dress in protest of the Toronto police officer's comment in all over North America.

However, in essence, the police officer’s comment was correct and in compliance of the law of nature and religious teachings. The "slut-walkers" are misleading the society, particularly young girls. They should watch their behavior. Promiscuity was never and can’t be a good sign for any healthy society. It leads to destruction of mind, body and soul and ultimately the collapse of family and society.

Aurangzeb Alamgir

AURANGZEB Alamgir (b. 1618 – d. 1707), an emperor from the dynasty of secular Mughals, tried to establish a system based on Quran and Sunnah. He only partially succeeded. He failed due to several reasons. One of the reasons is that what he had got from his ancestors was a ruined Muslim society --a secularised liberal and intellectually bankrupt society.

However, Allah had a greater plan and mercy upon the people of this land. Four years before the death of Aurangzeb, Shah Waliullah Muhaddith Dehlvi (b. 1703 – d. 1762) was born. He became an Islamic scholar with high intellectual capability. He translated the Quran in Farsi language, the language of the time in India. He wrote several journals on almost all aspects of Islamic life --political, social, educational, economic, welfare entitlement, human rights, labour protection, etc. Shah Waliullah paved the way for Islamic revival in modern world.

Syed Ahmed Shaheed (b. 1786 -- d. 1831) of Rae Bareilly, U.P., influenced by his teacher Shah Abdul Aziz son of Shah Waliullah, started a revolutionary Islamic movement named Tariqah-i Muhhamdiyah (The Way of the Prophet Muhammad). He established an Islamic State in British-occupied India and Sikh-controlled Punjab and Frontier provinces.

Syed Ahmad was captured by some locals who opposed his movement, and he was killed by the Sikhs, along with hundreds of his troops and followers in Balakot, Mansehra District in 1831. His defeat temporarily ended the dream of establishing an Islamic state in Peshawar, now a city of Pakistan.

However, the burning desires to establish an Islamic State --a just state to end the oppression and misery and to liberate the human beings from the slavery of all kinds of false gods-- was alive in the hearts and minds throughout the history of Muslims of Indian subcontinent.

Muhammad Ali Jauhar

At the time, whenThe Khilafah Osmania was going to collapse in Turkey due to its own weaknesses and British and Zionist conspiracy and their pursuit to end the Muslim political system (even in its lowest form) from the world forever. Muslims of India rose up and started a non-violent movement against British empire (the occupier of India) and in support of Muslim Khilafah of Turkey.

This movement was led by Muhammad Ali Jauhar (b. 1878 – d. 1931), a native of Rampur India and a progeny of well known Yousuf Zai tribe from Afghanistan and Khyber Pukhtoonkhawa of present Pakistan.  He was educated at Deoband, Aligarh Muslim University, and Oxford University. His elder brother Shaukat Ali accompanied him in this movement.

Hundreds and thousands of people attended the Khilafah movement. The encouragement of mother of Ali brothers triggered the movement. The most famous slogan was “Bi Amma Boleen Beta Jaan Khilafat per de do” [Says Bi Amma (the mother of Muhammad Ali Jauhar), “My son, sacrifice your life for Khilafah”].

Later, Mohandas K. Gandhi joined this movement to sabotage it. Overthrowing of the Osmani Khilafah in Turkey was the greatest shock for the Khilafah movement and its leaders. Muslims of India were in great distress. Gandhi utilised this occasion to turn it into Indian nationalism movement. A Hindu imperialism could only be founded through the Western-style democratic system (the tyranny of majority over minority) where a tiny minority of the majority community controls powers and its resources.

Abul Kalam Azad

Abul Kalam Azad (b. 1888 – d. 1958), a great intellectual and political activist of his time, influenced by Jamal al-Deen al-Afghani, initially worked to establish Deen of Allah in India. He visited Afghanistan, Iraq, Egypt, Syria, and Turkey and brought an urge to establish a Khilafah, a global Islamic state and leadership, where Deen (system) of Allah will prevail. However, he later diluted himself in Indian nationalism under the leadership of Jawahar Lal Nehru. He ended his career in Indian National Congress and in the preaching of nationalism, secularism, and Western-style democracy and left his followers in great shock and anger.

The new ideologues of nationalism, educated in Western educational system were the new threat for Islamic brotherhood based on the principles of Tauheed (unity of human beings and the best among you are those who are best in Taqwa, the closer to God and best in character). Nationalism (nation-worshipping) was the greatest fitna (perversion and corruption in deen) of the time.

The movement of Indian nationalism led by Jawahar Lal Nehru, an atheist, Hindu nationalist, secularist (the follower of religion-less society) was supported by several top brass Muslim leaders and even some scholars of Islam.

This fitna has been defeated by the intellectual work of Allama Muhamamd Iqbal (b. 1877 -- d. 1938) and Syed Abul A’ala Maududi (b. 1903(1903-09-25) – d. 1979).

Allama Muhammad Iqbal

Syed Abul Aala Maudoodi

Muhammad Iqbal wrote and explained his thoughts in Urdu poetry, and Syed Maududi wrote in Urdu prose, books, and his journalistic writings. These two great scholars have cleaned the polluted land and sky and cleared the concept of  politics and sociology of Islam. They have established the fact and proven from Quran and Sunnah that the nations have been formed on the basis of faith, not on geography, land, color of face, or language. There are two nations in this world throughout the history: believers and non-believers. They broke the idols of nationalism and paved the way of the revival of Islamic System in modern India.

Muslims at large accepted this two-nation theory and started organising to establish a state based on Islamic system of life. All India Muslim League has been formed for the establishment of a separate land in post British-independent India.

However, in the particular intellectual environment in which Western political system was established in the minds of those leaders who had grown up in British-enslaved India couldn’t comprehend the difference between Islam and nationalism. Muslim League has started the movement based on Muslim nationalism. It was another deviation.

Syed Maududi realised the deviation. His plan was to establish Islamic states (or look like Islam Tashabbuh Islam) under Indian dominion that led the path to establish complete Islamic system in future all over India, not only in some particular states. He knew that the path of Muslim nationalism would never lead to Islam. This is the journey of two opposite directions. He tried his best to correct the leaders of Muslim League and their followers.

However, it was too late. British had to leave India in a hurry after Second World War and under the deal with USA on the condition of financial aids. British had to sell its colony to USA and in two divided parts ruled and controlled by their trained slaves.

Syed Maududi established Jammat Islami on 26 August 1941 in Lahore with the help of his around one hundred supporters. The Jamaat's objective was the "Iqamat-e-Deen" or "Nizam-e-Mustafa” in whole Indian subcontinent. He started training people to lead the Islamic movement and Islamic state. Later he developed two different strategies for newly created Pakistan and India.

The wheel of the history of India was moving fast without giving much time for pondering. Luckily, Muhammad Ali Jinnah (b. 1876 – d. 1948) emerged as an undisputed, reliable, dedicated, and honest leader of the Muslim Ummah of Indian subcontinent. He led the Muslim League and the aspirations of Muslims of India to establish a state Pakistan, an experimental state for Islamic Political System in modern world.

Nawab Bahadur Yar Jung

The leading ideologue of this movement was Nawab Bahadur Yar Jung (b. 1905 -- d. 1944) of Hyderabad Deccan, born in the family of Panni Pathans that had originally come to India along with the famous warrior Ahmad Shah Abdali in the mid 18th century. He struggled for the propagation and establishment of Islamic system in Hyderabad state, which was ruled by Muslims at that time. He had the same thought of Islamic polity as Syed Maududi had. He joined Muslim League and was the frontline leader of the All India Muslim League. He, well known as Quad-e -Millat (leader of the Muslim community), clearly stated the mission and objective of Pakistan. In the last general public meeting of All India Muslim League in Karachi before the creation of Pakistan, on December 26, 1943, he explained very eloquently the concept of Pakistan, its political system, its economic system, its education system, its social system. Muhammad Ali Jinnah endorsed by applauding every sentence of Nawab Bahadur Yar Jang. The slogan of Pakistan movement “Pakistan Ka Matlab Kiya; La ilaha Illal Lah” (What is the meaning of Pakistan? There is no god except one Allah] (the sovereignty belongs to Allah, not king, dictator or people) emerged from this public meeting.

After this speech, Nawab Bahadur Yar Jung became a victim of intrigue and malice from several quarters of power corridors. He was prohibited from making any public speech in his native land Hyderabad itself. After six months of his speech on Islamic System of New State of Pakistan, he was killed by poison in Hukka (waterpipe smoking) in the home of a rich Nawab, a British agent. He was just 39 years old at the time of his death in extremely suspicious circumstances. His death was of course a great victory for the opponent of Islamic Pakistan, considering that he would have been the first prime minister of Pakistan and the task of establishing Islamic System would be completed at its first stage.

(To be continued)

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Form Supreme Ulema Council, Not Military Council

HOSNI Mubarak has been forced to resign after mass uprising in Egypt where millions of people came out from their homes all over the country and protested against the brutal regime, the pharaoh of modern Egypt. Mr. Mubarak handed the power to the Supreme Military Council of Egypt; i.e., to his most trusted generals on February 11. The supreme command issued “Communiqué No. 1” and announced to fulfill all the demands of public.

Protesters, having no option but to believe in it, started leaving Tahrir Square in Cairo and the streets of Alexandria and other places. However, few hundred protesters are still in Tahrir Square on Sunday, waiting to hear from the military ruler the methodology of transition of power and its timeframe.

The “Communique No. 1” is a term well known in the history of subservient nations. It means that a military junta has assumed power, promising democracy, reform, cleaning from corruption, early elections, prosperity, and heaven on earth. In very rare instances, the officers indeed fulfill these promises. Generally, what ensues is another beginning of military dictatorship of the worst kind.

Egyptian people are witnessing it after a period of 30 years, a comparatively long period. However, Pakistan and several other nations have been experiencing it several times in the last 30 years. The formula is simple; the army tried to rule as many years as possible, groomed few client civilian politicians during that period, and when it became impossible for military to rule, handed over the power to those clients through an engineered, fake, and manipulated election. In Pakistan, the Bhutto family grew up in the lap of General Ayyub Khan, and the Sharif brothers played in the courtyard of General Ziaul Haq. All election results must be attested and cleared from the GHQ.

USA’s main instrument in all the Muslim World is its army. These armies take orders from the Pentagon.

There is a historical background.  In the Second World War, all the nations involved in the war were losers and financially bankrupt. The United States of America was the only beneficiary who was selling arms and ammunition to both sides. The colonial powers and the losers of the warring nations asked USA for badly needed financial help.

The US has never helped any country (except Israel) without self-interest and without heavy terms and conditions. The colonial powers were asked to leave their colonies for USA. Britain and other European occupiers sold their colonies to the US for badly needed hard cash. Since then, the US is controlling those colonies through the military juntas, funded directly and indirectly from the US.

On June 18, 1953, the Egyptian Republic was declared, with General Muhammad Naguib as the first President of the Republic. Naguib was forced to resign in 1954 by Gamal Abdel Nasser who emerged in 1952 movement where all the forces, including Muslim Brotherhood, supported him. Nasser assumed power as President in June, 1956. British forces completed their withdrawal from the occupied Suez Canal Zone on June 13, 1956.

Gamal Abdel Nasser crushed all the democratic and Islamic forces, most badly Muslim Brotherhood (M.B.). The top brass leaders and scholars of M.B. were executed.  He became the champion of Arab nationalism, the most tested arm of the empires to divide the Muslim world, and Muslim Ummah (community) spread all over the world. He has been known as the first pharaoh of modern Egypt.

Three years after the 1967 Six Day War, during which Israel had invaded and occupied Sinai, Nasser died and was succeeded by Anwar Sadat in 1970. This was the beginning of another repressive regime. He was pharaoh number two. Sadat made a visit to Israel in 1977, which led to the 1979 “peace treaty,” a treaty of surrender to Israel’s Zionist regime and to work together to protect the Zionist state. In revenge, a military soldier assassinated Sadat in Cairo in 1981. He was succeeded by Hosni Mubarak, pharaoh number 3, of modern Egypt whose era ended now.

The question is whether 18 days of protest rallies by millions of people and death of hundreds of protestors, including youngsters, pave the way of freedom from Pharaohs, or whether the nation has to wait for the beginning of a new pharaoh,

The answer to this question is heartbreaking.

America had already moved. The trusted army and generals already took over the power without any given timeframe for the election.

The history is going to be repeated again; the military will try its best to retain power and be subservient to USA and Israel. And whenever it becomes impossible to retain the power, it will be transferred to a trusted person of the USA and Israel. A new Hosni Mubarak (maybe a lesser evil if the people are fortunate enough) will emerge from the ashes of current turmoil.

Muhammad El Baradei, former Chief of IAEA, a reliable man both for USA and Israel, is already in Iraq waiting for his presidency. As Chief of International Atomic Energy Agency, he was tough in Iraq and Iran nuclear program and lenient in Israeli nuclear program. He is one of the members of Board of Trustees of the International Crisis Group (ICG), which Soros, the thirty-fifth richest person in the world, helped create and finance.

ICG’s main role is to help the empire USA and Zionist Israel in crisis. In February 3 Washington Post op-ed piece titled “Why Obama has to get Egypt right,” George Soros wrote that the U.S. president had “much to gain by moving out in front and siding with the public demand for dignity and democracy.”  He is eager to gain for himself from regime change in Cairo. And El Baradei, “the Nobel laureate who is seeking to run for president,” is his man and already active in Egypt.

Most interestingly, Muslim Brotherhood endorsed him. There is a clear indication that M.B. will not run for Presidential election even if the military junta manage and allow them to contest.

Muslim Brotherhood issued joint news releases with El Baradei in current movement.

Dr. Kamal Helbawy, former spokesperson of M.B., in a Press TV talk show with Yvonne Ridley, praised El Baradei in strong words. He also said that any person as a head of state of Egypt will be hundred times better than Hosni Mubarak.

Muslim Brotherhood’s seniors’ political analysis has been historically always proven wrong. M.B. was participating with full fervour in 1952 movement with Gamal Abdel Nasser in the hope that Nasser will be best for the Egypt and Islam. The experience proved hundred percent opposite. Then M.B., which has endorsed the sham Egyptian dictatorial democracy, put its hope in the regime of Anwar Sadat. Sadat has proven himself more deadly for Egypt than all its predecessors. M.B. has continuously repeated its democratic mantras in the regime of Hosni Mubarak. It has been doing jihad with casting votes in a Mubarak’s complete controlled fake elections since last 30 years.

Nothing changed. They are now waiting for another Mubarak. It is pathetic to note the indication of M.B., that it will not nominate its candidate for president and will not contest election with the intention to get majority seats, even if it were allowed to do so.

Esam Alarian, spokesman for the Muslim Brotherhood, told Voice of America members of his organization’s only interest in participating in parliamentary elections, not the presidential vote, as speculated by some international media organizations.

“Foreign policy is done by the president, and it is supervised and monitored by Parliament, and we are not targeting to have a majority in Parliament. So, the Egyptian people can decide, not (the) Muslim Brotherhood. The new Egypt is not by (the) Muslim Brotherhood alone; it will be made by all Egyptians --Muslims and Christians, liberals, socialists, nationalists, and Islamists,” said Alarian.

This is the most immature statement from a most matured political party spokesperson.

In Egypt, where power lies to president, the M.B’s announcement not to participate in president election and even abstaining to get majority in parliament is in fact an indication of retirement from politics and the struggle of power. M.B. is leaving the place for liberals, socialists, nationalists, and Islamists. This is the deathblow to M.B. and the end result of endorsement of liberal and secular democracy.  Inna Lillahi wa Inna Ilaihi rajiwoon.

Surprisingly, M.B. often used the terms “Islamists” and “Jihadists,” which the West uses to ridicule Islam, Muslims, Jihad (struggle for freedom from slavery and injustice), and Mujahid (struggler of freedom from slavery and injustice).

A leaderless, confused, and disoriented political and social group cannot achieve anything from the revolution, no matter how many millions brought onto the streets. The end result will be the beginning of another disaster.

The Only Way

Ulema of Egypt should come forward to take lead for political change in the country. Ulema are the heirs of prophets. They are responsible and will be accountable on the Day of Judgement if they will not come up to lead and be ready to give sacrifices. They should form a Supreme Ulema Council based on the knowledge of Deen and Taqwa (fear and love of Allah) with its supreme command.

By organizing youth and people from all walks of life, they should start a peaceful, non-violent movement to force the military junta to hand over the power to the supreme council of Ulema for an interim period. The Ulema should review and redraft the constitution and make it compatible with Quran and Sunnah. They should make criterion of candidates and parties for the election of Majlis Shura (Parliament). Best among you are those who are best in piety and good action.

The electoral process should facilitate the people to choose the best person among them.

Constitutionally, the Supreme Ulema Council should be guardian and a permanent watchdog body of president and Parliament. They should make sure that the no laws be passed contrary to purpose of Shariah (Quran and Sunnah).

Islam is a deen (system) of Itedaal (balance and just). The whole universe follows the deen of Allah; otherwise, we can’t stand on earth even for a few seconds. All creation is composed to do it. Only we, the human beings, deviate from it by our God-given will and decision power. However, to maintain balance and justice on this earth we have to follow the same deen as all the elements and things of this universe follow --the deen of Allah, the Just, Kind, Merciful Sustainer and Ruler. The deen covers all spheres of life, and that includes political life.

In Islamic polity, sovereignty belongs to Almighty God, and a person used the delegated power under the rules and guidance of the book, Al-Qur’an, and its interpretation, Al-Hadith.

The implementation of man-made laws and philosophies --liberal democracy, secularism, nationalism, capitalism, communism, and socialism-- is itself an oppression to mankind.

The history of human beings is a journey of two extremes. Only the messengers and prophets who brought Islam and their followers established balance and middle path on this earth.

Islam is the only source and way to end the extremism, injustice, and oppression.

The real freedom comes when you surrender to one Allah and rejects all other gods.

The people of Egypt are still far from freedom. Ulema-led mass movement and an Islamic revolution is the only solution to get liberty from pharaohs and Dajjal.

Protesters in Tahrir Square have prostrated to Almighty Allah, announced sovereignty belongs to Allah

RECENT Egypt and Tunisian Revolution and mass uprising in Jordan and Yemen (with emerging undercurrents in all Muslim states) is almost viewed by both Rightists and Leftists of the West as just a pro-democracy movement. Some are viewing this movement as being against the dictators who were brutal criminals, mass murderers, torturers, and were anti-democracy. Some are presenting the movement as a show of anger against poverty, unemployment, and hunger.

All these analyses, perceptions, and presentations are of course partially true but not absolutely true.  The reasons are much deeper. To understand these movements, one has to have an understanding of Islam, Qur’an, Islamic history, and Muslim psychology.

Two things are common in the reasoning of Muslims’ uprising: slavery and humiliation. Muslims (a part of, or whole Muslim world) have been living under slavery for more than the last two centuries. First they were under the direct control of colonial and occupying powers; Britain, France, and Italy, etc. Afterward Muslims were slaves of the enslaving governments’ puppets, clients, paid agents, and rulers under all forms of governments --monarchy, dictatorship, socialism, and democracies.

However, Muslims have enormous power to emerge again even after the slavery of centuries. The reason is that their main literature, the book of guidance, the Quran, is intact and the teachings of Prophet Muhammad (s.a.w.) are intact. Its texts, words, and letters are intact.

And what are its teachings?

Muslims and slavery can’t be combined. It is impossible for a Muslim to accept slavery if he/she has the Quran in his/her hand, in his/her heart, and in his/her mind.

Muslims also believe that human beings are the finest creation of Allah and the most dignified creature. The messengers/prophets of Allah, chosen from human beings, are the best among the best. So dignity should also not be compromised at any cost. Dignity is more important than life itself.

The first part of first Kalima (sentence, preamble, and slogan) of Islam is “La Ilah a Il lal lah” (no god is there except God). This is the slogan of freedom. Arabic language is the most comprehensive language. To explain one word of Arabic, we need dozens of words of English. The connotation of the word ‘Ilah’ includes the capacities to fulfill the needs of others, to give them shelter and protection, to relieve their minds of distress and agitation, superiority, and the requisite authority and power to do all these, to be mysterious in some way or hidden from humans’ eyes, and the turning of humans eagerly to Him.

When Muslims refuse to accept all type of ilahs, they include monarchs, dictators, communists, socialists, and democrats (mass-murderer, brutal Hitler, Mussolini, Stalin, Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto, Mujibur Rahman, Indra Gandhi, and Hosni Mubarak --once prominent names among the democrats or socialists). They surrender to Allah, asking for the refuge and shelter of Allah, and that brings freedom and peace in life.

Islam provides a complete way of life:  a political system much better than any type of monarchy, dictatorship and democracy; an economic system much better than any kind of capitalism, socialism and communism; a social system much better than liberalism and secularism; an education system much better than Western characterless education; a judicial system (that supports oppressed) much better than Anglo-Saxons laws (that favours/lenient to oppressor and criminals); and a spiritual system much better than any spiritual system and dogmas. Islam purifies both body and soul and keeps active in the real practical life. Hence, Islam as a complete code of life doesn’t need any man-made system from outside from which to borrow.

The current Muslims uprising in Middle East, Africa, South Asia, and Afghanistan are deeply rooted in Islam, as are the undercurrent Islamic movements of Islam at all the places. The current “Bush-fire” has been inflamed after the first USA attack on Iraq in 1990 by Bush number 1.

Bush number 2 has to provide an excuse to invade, destroy, and then re-construct to control Iraq and whole region for forever. He has shown the world “what really happened” in 9/11 of 2001. Bush number 2 invaded and destroyed Iraq and Afghanistan, leaving several million dead bodies and hundreds of thousands of millions disabled and maimed.

USA has supported and given open license to Israel to kill men, women, and children of Palestinians on daily basis. The daily foods and drinks of the rulers of Zionist state Israel are the flesh and blood of Palestinian children.

America spent billions of dollars in a propaganda budget with the collaboration of corporate- and advertisement-bribed media to make Islam synonymous with terrorism.

The US, other Western powers and their agencies and think-tanks have funded Islamophobes and have paid heavy salaries to the pimps who were born, unfortunately, into Muslim societies and families.

Dozens of agencies, think-tanks, and websites have defined ‘Jihad’ in different and opposite meanings, created a new religion and falsely called it ‘Islam,’ funded and promoted terrorism in the name of Islam, and finally entrapped, charged, and imprisoned to show the world that Islam is the terrorism and Muslims are terrorists.

In the name of safety and security, police and security agencies of every state of the US increased their security budget from 100 to 500%. A written paper --a dossier of “home grown terrorism” based on manipulated and exaggerated data-- was enough to increase these budgets.

The peace-loving Muslims, who practice real Islam with the Quran and Hadith, were being termed as terrorists. Jihad in Islam, which provides Muslims the power and right to defend themselves, a power and right to refuse to become a slave, a power and right to get liberty and freedom, now has become synonymous with terrorism.

Furthermore, the holiest, the most loved and praised one, the Messenger of Allah, Muhammad (may Allah send peace and blessings on him) was ridiculed and blasphemed from those Islamophobes and pimps, the dirtiest and darkest people of the earth.

These are out-of-proportion phenomenon triggered the mass movement in Muslim World. And I believe that it is not going to stop till the end of the oppression of the empire USA, Zionist Israel, and their collaborators. Muslim masses never mobilized and revolted for bread and butter in its history. It was never the issue of revolt.

The analysts, who are viewing the situation of Egypt as a revolt against hunger, poverty, and unemployment (solely), are thinking from their stomachs and not from their minds.

Hosni Mubarak supplies oil to Israel for half the price of that to which he provides to his own citizens in Egypt. Zionist-oppressed Palestinians brothers, sisters, orphans, and widows, whose homes were bombed, whose fathers, mothers, children, brothers, and sisters were killed, are the next door neighbours of Egyptians.

Was it not the peak of humiliation to spark a mass movement?

People gathered in Liberty Square, Cairo, were shouting Allah u Akbar (God is the greatest) and praying five times a day with the full texts of liberty and freedom from all kinds of false gods/powers. Liberty Square has been filled with millions on every Friday after listening to those texts in Friday prayer sermons. Ulema (scholars and intellectuals of Islam) advised the people to stay at Liberty Square till the fall of the regime. Islam gives Muslims an enormous power to resist. No ‘ism’ on this earth can match this power.

As soon as they heard the news of end of the Mubarak regime, they bowed down to Allah by announcing Allah u Akbar (God is Supreme)

Islam (unity of God, unity of universe, unity of human beings, universal brotherhood and sisterhood) is the climbing stairs of sky, and nationalism/secularism/socialism/liberal democracies are the sliding ropes for Muslims. This is not the time for falling down further.

Don’t be ignorant. Go to Al-Quran.

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MUHAMMAD (s.a.w.), the Rasool (Messenger) of Allah, is the last messenger of God.  It is a part of Muslims’ belief that there is no Messenger between him and Qiyamah (dooms day -the end of the world).

Al-Quran is the final revelations of God that confirms the previous books, the messengers, and the messages. It is the final version of the old books and the latest edition of the divine series of books. It gives full and detailed accounts of Abraham, Moses, Joseph, Jesus, and many other messengers of God. Muslims believe in all the messengers, their messages, and their books.

‘Islam’ means ‘complete surrender to God in order to obtain peace,’ and a ‘Muslim’ is one who surrenders to God. As there is no messenger left to come, Muslims are responsible to convey and deliver the message of God to all mankind. Muslims are now the messengers of the Messenger of Allah, Muhammad (s.a.w.).

Muslims must be merciful to all human beings, and it is part of our mercy to convey and protect the Message, which is for all human beings, and to protect the dignity of the Messenger.

“Thus We have appointed you a middle nation, that you may be witnesses against mankind, and that the Messenger may be a witness against you” [English translation of Arabic Al-Quran, Surah Al Baqarah  2:142].

To protect the Message (Al-Quran) and the life and dignity of the Messenger, Allah made a special arrangement on this planet. The principal is that the source of the Message --the guidance to which the fate, the success, and failure of all humanity depends-- must not be the issue of blasphemy, mockery, fun, ridicule, disgrace, and caricature.

Muslims live with the full knowledge that the efforts to disgrace the Message and the Messenger call upon the wrath of God. By sentencing a person who ridicules the Messenger means saving the whole humanity. Muslims know well that if they allow disgrace and blasphemy of our beloved one on this earth, there would be no meaning of our existence as a community. It would be better to die than to live.

Muslims have a special responsibility to protect the dignity of the messengers of Allah. They love the Messenger of Allah more than their parents, families, and themselves.

“O Prophet, tell them plainly, ‘If your fathers and your sons, and your brothers and your wives, and your near and dear ones and the wealth which you have acquired and the trade you fear may decline and the homes which delight you --if all these things are dearer to you than Allah and His Messenger and the struggle in His Way, then wait till Allah passes His judgment on you, for Allah does not guide the wicked people [Al-Quran,Surah At-Taubah 9: 24].

It was related from Anas (r.a.w.), a companion of Muhammad (s.a.w.) that the Prophet (may Allah bless him and grant him peace) said, "None of you will believe until he loves me more than his father, his children, and all people" [Sahih Al-Bukhari Chapter 1, Hadith #150].

Muslims know the importance of the Messenger and the Message.  Muhamamd (s.a.w.) is the Messenger for whom Ibrahim (Abraham) and Ismail (Ishmael) had prayed.

“Lord, raise up from among them a Messenger who shall recite Your Revelations to them and teach them the Book and Wisdom and purify their lives.  You are All-Powerful and All Wise" [Al-Quran, Surah Baqrah 2:129].

For whom Musa (Moses) and Issa (Jesus) predicted and Allah sent the Messenger Muhammad (s.a.w.) and said:

“Surely Allah conferred a great favour on the believers when He raised from among them a Messenger to recite to them His signs, and to purify them, and to teach them the Book and Wisdom. For before that, they were in manifest error [Al-Quran, Surah Aal-Imran 3:164].

“(O Prophet,) We have not sent you forth but as a herald of good news and a warner for all mankind. But most people do not know [Al-Quran, Surah Sabaa 34: 28)].

“(O Muhammad,) We have sent you to be a real blessing for the people of the world [Al-Quran, Surah Al-Anbiyaa 21: 107].

By praising his speech, Allah said:

“Nor does he speak out of his desire. This is nothing but a revelation that is conveyed to him” [Al-Quran, Surah An-Najm 53: 3-4].

“(O Messenger,) tell people, 'If you indeed love Allah, follow me, and Allah will love you and will forgive you your sins. Allah is All-Forgiving, All-Compassionate [Al-Quran, Surah Aal-Imran 3: 31].

The person who loves Allah and His Messenger is the most powerful, the most merciful person; and, the person who is blasphemous against the Messenger is the most wicked and most hateful person on this earth.

By JAWED ANWAR

"As for man, when his Lord tests him by exalting him and bestowing His bounties upon him, he says, 'My Lord has exalted me.' But when He tests him by straitening his sustenance, he says, 'My Lord has humiliated me.' But no; you do not treat the orphan honourably, and do not urge one another to feed the poor" [Al-Quran (89: 15-18)].

THESE Ayahs of Qur'an clearly state that by exalting and honouring someone, and by providing bounties and sustenance, Allah tests a person just like He tests by restricting the provisions. By providing enough bounties and provisions, Allah wants to see how a person behaves with orphans, needy, destitute, and hungry. Allah gives bounties to someone with having a share in it for the needy and poor.

Shareholders in one's personal wealth are family members, orphans, relatives, poor neighbours, wayfarers, and all the needy people of the community, city, state, nation, and world, regardless of race, religion, or ethnicity. The amount of generosity is dependent on how much one has.

"And they ask you what they ought to spend. Say, 'That which is beyond your needs.' Thus Allah makes clear to you His Laws in order that you may give thought" [Al-Qur'an (2: 219)].

When a person starts thinking that the provision and wealth given to him is just because of his/her best planning, business management, smartness, technological skills, etc and that he should have full control of his/her wealth, he/she is completely mistaken and misguided. When a person doesn't fulfill his/her responsibility by giving shares to the shareholders and violates the partnership law, --the moral contract to share the wealth with others-- his/her wealth might be confiscated and ceased by Allah.

Then he/she starts complaining about God and says, "My Lord has humiliated me." Allah responds, "But no; you do not treat the orphan honourably, and do not urge one another to feed the poor."

In fact, his/her wealth has been ceased, and humiliation has become his/her fate because of the fact that he/she "doesn't treat the orphan honourably, and [does] not urge one another to feed the poor."

Food Banks maintain the register of shareholders of your wealth/bounties/provisions of life. The members are extremely needy people who can't manage two daily meals.   The Food Bank eases your life. You don't need to go anywhere and search for the needy and hungry.