::Al-Haq::The Truth Brought to you by Mujlisul Ulema of South Africa. - Bulletin No. 25

America's Ceasefire

Wed, 19 Jan 2005 22:34:55 -0500

“Witnesses said fighting between US marines and guerrillas broke out in several districts of the Sunni Muslim town, despite a unilateral ceasefire declared by the Americans on Friday.”

The unilateral ceasefire by the US is most significant. It is testimony for the mauling the US army has suffered in a week of fighting. It is only the fierce resistance which has compelled the unilateral ceasefire. The enemy prides itself with its policy of not negotiating with “terrorists”. What has constrained them to engage ‘fundamentalist' clergy and sheikhs to act as peace-brokers? The events on the battlefield in the streets of Iraq have dictated the unilateral declaration of the ‘ceasefire'.

They Strike Fear in US Forces

Wed, 19 Jan 2005 22:28:28 -0500

“ A few hours later, the gunmen reminded Baghdad that they could still strike, irrespective of US-imposed exclusion zones. A loud explosion echoed over the rooftops when a mortar bomb landed outside the Sheraton Hotel. Scores of US soldiers piled into their armoured cars near Firdus Square and set off to hunt for more men dressed in black.”—The Telegraph

“The men dressed in black” is a sarcastic remark to ridicule US forces who apprehend unarmed civilians to show that they are succeeding in their pursuit of ‘terrorists'. The “men in black” are Shiah worshippers attending a Shiah festival. They are randomly arrested because the Shi'ite cleric, Sadr's men also dress in black. Paranoia has driven US forces to believe that every man dressed in black is an ‘insurgent' of Sadr.

The Madrid Bombings in the Light of the Shariah

Wed, 19 Jan 2005 15:37:20 -0500

( Reproduced from Sunday Tribune 11th April 04 )

Since it appears that Muslims were responsible for the recent bombings in Spain , a need has developed to explain these events in the light of the Shariah of Islam so that all confusion and misgiving are eliminated. For a proper understanding of this event and the Islamic Ruling for it, it is necessary to first understand the purpose of Islam. Why did Allah Ta'ala dispatch Muhammad (sallallahu alayhi wasallam) to earth with His Final Message, the Shariah of Islam?

SALVATION

The American and British Terrorists

Wed, 19 Jan 2005 15:10:06 -0500

Everyone does understand who the true and real terrorists are. The terrorists can never be those who valiantly fight an invading and a brutal enemy which never inherited a conscience from anyone. They who commit the horrendous massacres, the destruction of homes and families therein, the cowardly air strikes before they dare enter a populated zone for their so- called searches for weapons, are the real terrorists. In Iraq they are American and British.

The 11 year old boy with his AK rifle fighting the marauding barbarians who cowardly shoots at his grandmother, mother and sisters, is a Mujaahid. He is not a terrorist. He fights the American and British terrorists inspite of the overwhelming odds of lethal weapons and brutal , inhuman creatures who have the external appearances of human beings.

Who are the Real Terrorists in Iraq?

Wed, 19 Jan 2005 00:14:23 -0500

The killing of thousands of Iraqi civilians by the Americans and British has gone unreported in US and UK media, writes John Plger

Four years ago, I travelled the length of Iraq, from the hills where St.Mathew is buried in the Kurdish north to the heartland of Mesopotamia, and Baghdad , and the Shia south. I have seldom felt as safe in any country. Once in the Edwardian colonnade of Baghdad 's book market, a young man shouted something at me about the hardship his family had been forced to endure under the embargo imposed by the US and Britain .

The Prevailing Situation in Iraq

Tue, 18 Jan 2005 23:40:41 -0500

Iraq has been ravaged by the American and British state-terrorists. Pillage, plunder and murder have reduced large areas of the country to rubble. There is no government infrastruc- ture. The entire fabric of Iraqi life has been destroyed. Brutal acts of murder from the safety of the air fortresses and the land garrisons from behind massive concrete barricades and in tanks, long range guns, missiles and airstrikes have and are punnelling and flattening entire residential areas. Musjids, hospitals, houses, women and children all come within the murderous and bloody assaults of the American and British terrorists. But inspite of this murder and genocide on a massive scale, the Americans and British are NOT in control of Iraq.

The Brutal Massacre by America-Unbiased Reports by Western Journalists

Tue, 18 Jan 2005 00:57:51 -0500

( Report reproduced from Sunday times, 18th April 2004)

“Since the US offensive began, Jo Wilding has been one of the few Westerners who has braved the bullets to deliver medical supplies to the city (of Fallujah). Here she tells her disturbing tale of the bloody horror taking place there. ”

Trucks, oil tankers, tanks are burning on the highway east of Fallujah. A stream of boys and men goes to and from a lorry that is not burnt, stripping it bare. We turn onto the back roads through Abu Ghraib, Nuha and Ahrar singing in Arabic, past vehicles full of people with few possessions heading the other way.

Truth Dawns as Smoke Thickens

Sat, 15 Jan 2005 22:41:07 -0500

A war founded on illusions, lies and right -wing ideology was bound to founder in blood and fire. Saddam had weapons of mass destruction. He was in contact with al Qaeda, he was involved in the crimes against humanity of september 11, 2001 . The people of Iraq would greet us with flowers and music. There would be a democracy. Even the pulling down of Sad dam's statue was a fraud. An American military vehicle tugged the wretched thing down while only a few hundred Iraqis watched.

Freedom from Saddam's dictatorship in those early days meant freedom to loot, burn, kidnap and murder. The mobs were followed by sinister squads who systematically destroyed every archive and government ministry (save the Oil and Interior which were secured by US troops), Islamic manuscripts and irreplaceable antiquities. The very cultural identity of Iraq was being annihilated.

The Western Media Acknowledges the Plight of America in Iraq

Sat, 15 Jan 2005 22:26:58 -0500

The realization that it has landed in a boiling cauldron is increasingly dawning on the U.S.A. and its coalition partners. A year after its invasion, the resistance far from having been eliminated has gained momentum and American and other foreigners are increasingly being killed by the fighters The reports and views aired by the western media are a good barometer to gauge the plight of America in Iraq and the degree of the fierce resistance of the Iraqi Muslims notwithstanding their weaknesses in every field of life.

BLOODIEST

A year after the American invasion, the first week of April 2004 has seen some of the bloodiest fighting throughout Iraq . Every major city in Iraq is up in flames fighting the American and its coalition oppressors. While hundreds of civilians have been indiscriminately murdered by the occupying forces in just a week, scores of Americans have been killed by the Iraqi fighters. On the otherhand, the casualties among the Iraqi fighters were comparatively speaking slight.

Fear Haunts Them

Sat, 15 Jan 2005 19:08:12 -0500

Fear stalks the US forces every moment of their existence in Iraq . In the beginning of the invasion after the US forces had settled in Iraq , it had appeared that they had won the day and the ‘hearts' of the Iraqi people. The Sunday Times, 11th April 2004, reports: “When order was restored a few weeks later and asemblance of normality returned, US soldiers could be seen shopping in Baghdad 's supermarkets, carrying groceries in their combat helmets or logging on at internet cafes, with their M16 carbines lying on the floor.

This would be unthinkable today. Now US troops travel in convoys of Humvee and Bradley armoured personnel carriers, often guarded by Abrams tanks. Baghdad's ever - present theme tune is the throbbing beat of helicopters flying along the Tigris River, guarding the approaches to the occupation authority's headquarters in the “Green Zone”.

Resolute Resistance

Sat, 15 Jan 2005 19:04:26 -0500

Inspite of the overwhelming odds against them, the Iraqi fighters are offering stiff and heroic resistance against the brutal occupiers of their land. The following events illustrate the reso- lute resistance which compelled America to sue for ‘peace' and declare a unilateral ceasefire.

* “In a further development yesterday, US forces clashed with militiamen in a Sunni Muslim district of north - western Baghdad . Dozens of militiamen armed with rocket -propelled grenades and assault rifles shot at US troops from alleyways in the Adhimiya district of the capital.”

* “Battles in Fallujah and elsewhere in the Sunni heartlands of central Iraq have coincided with an uprising led by radical Shi'ite cleric Moqtada al -Sadr across the south.”

Brutality and Murder

Sat, 15 Jan 2005 18:54:36 -0500

The champions of so called ‘human rights' and the conceivers of the ‘New World Order' are demonstrating in Iraq what exactly is t heir conception of the ‘ New World Order'.

“The director of Fallujah's main hospital said on Friday that about 450 people have been killed and 1000 wounded since the Marines launched Operation Vigilant Resolve five days ago.”

When civilians, including women and children, in Iraq and Palestine are murdered and killed indiscriminately by the enemy, such misdeeds and atrocities are within the parameters of the Geneva Convention. The perpetrators of such atrocities are not terrorists because they happen to be from the western world. In this sphere brute force and military as- cendancy spell out the conception of terrorism. Non westerners, especially if they are Muslims, become terrorists if they commit the same atrocities which are perpetrated by Bush and Blair.

Shiahs and the Sunni Attitude

Fri, 14 Jan 2005 20:44:18 -0500

Now that the initially quiescent Shiahs have joined in the fighting against the occupying aggressors, the question is:

“What should be the attitude of the Ahlus Sunnah?” Is it proper to unite with them to fight and expel the common enemy?

It is obvious that America will endeavour to extract maximum advantage for itself from the Shiah -Sunni differences. In its own i nterests, America naturally has to conspire to widen the chasm between these two groups. In this manner does America hope to consolidate its stranglehold on Iraq . As long as the two groups are at each other's throats, there will be relative safety for the invaders. Everyone is aware of the extremely sharp and violent differences the Ahlus Sunnah have with the Shiahs.Muslims are therefore anxious to know what the fatwa of the Shariah is in the situation prevailing in Iraq.

Torture, Brutality and Cowardice-The Features of the Kuffaar

Fri, 14 Jan 2005 20:33:22 -0500

Cowardice is the natural attribute of the kuffaar. The torture and brutality of the kuffaar are commensurate with their cowardice. The greater their cowardice, the greater the magnitude of their brutality and oppression. The American performance in Iraq testifies to the cowardice, weakness and fear to the degree of paranoia. Unlike the Muslims of Iraq who inspite of all their moral and spiritual weaknesses are fighters, the American soldier cannot fight in battle. The recent street -fighting is ample evidence for the fear, weakness and cowardice of the American and other kuffaar forces of invasion and oppression.

Muck

Fri, 14 Jan 2005 20:12:25 -0500

Rasulullah (sallallahu alayhi wasallam) said that a time will dawn when Muslims will become like the scum and muck which floodwaters bring down. The kuffaar will plunder and pillage them. Literally they will be devoured and ruined by the kuffaar. He attributed this disgraceful state of degeneration of Muslims to the twin diseases of love of the world and fear for death. These diseases are the consequences of transgression and emulation of the kuffaar.

The plight of Iraq and Palestine is vividly encapsulated in the aforementioned aayaat and Hadith of Nabie -Kareem (sallallahu alayhi wasallam). Muslims should understand and accede to this reality that the disaster which has befallen Iraq and Palestine in the form of the American invasion a nd brutality is the punishment of Allah Ta'ala for the wanton transgression and abandonment of the Sunnah by the people of these Muslim lands. Iraq and Palestine are not singled out nor are they exceptions apart from the rest of the Muslim World. They are being mentioned and discussed here because they are currently in the frontline of Allah's Wrath and Punishment. The other Muslim countries are not lagging far behind in the path of destruction they have chosen.