Kesan rasuah

Mehmet Pasha, pegawai perbendaharaan Empayar Othmaniah menulis dalam buku beliau bertajuk The Book of Counsel for Vizier and Governor, C. 1704, antaranya;

1. "It is essential to guard against giving office through bribery to the unfit and tyrannical oppressors."
2. "... Bribes mean giving permission to plunder the property of the subject."
3. "Bribery is the beginning and root of illegality and tyranny, the source and fountain of every sort of disturbance and sedition, the greatest of calamities..."
4. "The business of the treasury is among the most important and essential affairs of the exalted government." (1)

End Note
(1) Andrea, Alfred J. and, James H Overfield. The Human Record. 3rd Edition Vol. II. Houghton Mifflin Co.


sumber: http://www.danchan.com/weblog/rainman

Islam + Zionis vs. Islam

US Menggunakan negara Islam untuk membantu pihak Israel menentang Iran... yang lebih dahsyat lagi, negara yang ketua negaranya digelar Khadam Dua Tanah Suci itu yang terlibat.

US promises Israel much more military aid - By Tim Butcher in Jerusalem

The United States will reinforce the military capability of Israel and Saudi Arabia in a strategy intended to deter Iran.

Ehud Olmert, the Israeli prime minister, confirmed yesterday that US military aid would rise by 25 per cent over the next decade, from £12 billion to £15 billion a year.

Meanwhile, US military sources reported that Saudi Arabia was on the verge of signing a deal to buy approximately £12 billion of arms and support equipment. The Saudi kingdom has an internal jihadist problem, yet Washington still values the support it gives for the mission in Iraq and for other policies across the Middle East.

Normally, Israel opposes US military links with Arab nations but on this occasion Mr Olmert said that he appreciated the need for beefing up the military capability of moderate states such as Saudi Arabia.

However, Mr Olmert described the US donation to his own country as proof that Washington wanted Israel to maintain a military advantage over its Arab neighbours.

"Other than the increase in aid, we received an explicit and detailed commitment to guarantee Israel's qualitative advantage over other Arab states," he said.

President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad of Iran has caused jitters across the region with a series of inflammatory speeches that allude to destroying Israel, a threat made more serious by Iran's ambitions for a nuclear programme. While some Israeli commentators have called for a pre-emptive strike, diplomacy has prevailed up to now.

But with President George W Bush increasingly distrustful of Iran and with US-led forces in Iraq finding more and more evidence of outside meddling in the insurgency, the likelihood of some sort of military confrontation is growing.

However, in an interview with the German magazine Focus, Iran's foreign minister dismissed the idea, saying that US forces were too stretched by conflicts in Afghanistan and Iraq. The US "is not in a position to get into a new military conflict", said Manouchehr Mottaki, adding that "a total of 170,000 American soldiers can guarantee neither their own safety nor the security of Iraq".

By boosting the military capability of both Israel and Saudi Arabia, Washington can be sure of having stronger regional allies in the event of combat.

Israel launched a pre-emptive strike against Saddam Hussein's nascent nuclear programme back in the 1980s. But an attack today on Iran would have to be carefully co-ordinated with the US which controls Iraqi airspace through which Israeli jets would have to pass.

Military support has been the main pillar of US aid to Israel for many years and the increased assistance arrives in a form of financial credits that must be spent upon military technology and know-how. The US's annual donation makes Israel the recipient of the largest amount of aid per capita in the world.

Sumber: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2007/07/30/wmeast130.xml

Berita Ummah::State Clampdown on Radical Religious Groups (Kyrgyzstan)

Government plans to tighten legislation on religion are unlikely to restrict most religious organisations and will help prevent extremist activity, say NBCentralAsia experts.

On July 12, Toigonbek Kalmatov, director of the State Agency for Religious Affairs, announced that his agency is drafting five laws that tighten restrictions on religious activity.

Kalmatov told NBCentralAsia that the changes are aimed at preventing radical groups that act unlawfully and organisations which are banned in other countries from operating in Kyrgyzstan.

His agency will be given the authority to thwart unlawful organisations, halt their activity and expel religious extremists from the country.

Over 2000 religious organisations are currently registered in Kyrgyzstan. Most are Islamic but there are also 360 Christian groups, one Hindu, one Buddist and 14 new religious organisations.Kalmatov explains that there are around 400 unregistered groups whose charters are not in keeping with Kyrgyz law. The state will not bar them from registering, provided they change their manifesto.

Some accredited organisations are more radical in their activity than their charter suggests and the agency will take action against them, as well as underground groups.

Prominent Islamic figure and director of Dil Murogu Centre for Morality, Ethics and Culture Ozubek Chotonov does not believe that the changes will adversely effect religious groups that operate legally.

Under current legislation, some organisations “are not subject to controls at all”, and so “the activity of destructive sects [should be] curbed” along with political religious organisations, he says.

Ikbol Mirsaitov, a leading expert with the International Institute for Strategic Studies, which is affiliated with the president, agrees that the rules should be tightened.

“The growth of radical religious organisations, the lack of control over them and their failure to abide by the law gives the state agency grounds for reviewing Kyrgyz legislation towards [them],” said Mirsaitov.

Nevertheless, a debate has been sparked in Kyrgyzstan about whether the agency should be a controlling force or “a bridge that links” the state with religious groups.

Kalmatov adds that “faith is freedom” and the constitution states that Kyrgyz citizens can join any religious organisation whose actions are lawful. The state does not have the right to interfere in this regard, he says.

Source: http://muslimuzbekistan.net/en/centralasia/featured/story.php?ID=12185

ISLAM: Muslims can live in harmony

By M. FAWAD MANSOORI,

According to a Gallup Poll, four out of 10 Americans have admitted prejudice toward Islam and Muslims.

Unfortunately, a recent letter writer suffers from the same malaise.
Fom the dawn of Islam, Muslims have adapted to live in harmony in large multicultural societies.

The third largest Muslim population in the world now lives in India, accounting for fewer than 20 percent of its population.

If Islam commanded conversion at the point of a sword, would Muslims still be a minority after eight centuries of uninterrupted rule?

Look no further than Spain to learn that, despite over six centuries of Muslim rule, it was the intolerant Christian Inquisition that gave Muslims and Jews three options, convert to Christianity, leave Spain or die.

Today, despite the mosque in Cordova being one of the most beautiful in the world, no Muslim prayers are allowed there.

A recent poll by the Council on American-Islamic Relations shows the American Muslim population to be both young and highly educated.
Sixty-two percent have obtained a bachelor's degree or higher, which is double the comparable national figure for registered voters.
The survey results also show that Muslims are already well integrated in American society.

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Source: http://www.jacksonville.com/tu-online/stories/040907/opl_9081820.shtml

Keadilan Islam

Inilah dia yang dinamakan KEADILAN dalam ISLAM...

Ahmadinejad says UK sailors pardoned, to be freed

TEHRAN -- Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad Wednesday announced that 15 British sailors captured more than two weeks ago had been pardoned and would be freed imminently.

"While insisting on our rights, these 15 sailors have been pardoned and we offer their freedom to the British people," Ahmadinejad said in a dramatic announcement at a news conference in Tehran.

He said that they would be freed after the press conference and taken straight to the airport.

His declaration came even after the hardline president lashed out at Britain over its handling of the 13-day crisis and decorated a Revolutionary Guards commander who had seized the Britons
Earlier, Iran had applauded a "change of tone" from Britain after talks with a top advisor to Prime Minister Tony Blair, raising hopes of a solution to the crisis that has further damaged ties between Tehran and the West already frayed by the nuclear standoff.

"London's action in changing its propaganda tone regarding the issue of the arrest of the British sailors in our territorial waters is appropriate," Iran's parliament speaker Gholam Ali Hadad Adel had said. "The effective measures taken by the British in the past few days make the tone of their rhetoric more logical and instead of controversy they are inclined toward negotiations," he added. "This is a more appropriate action."

His comments came after Iran's top security official Ali Larijani held talks with Blair's chief foreign policy advisor Sir Nigel Sheinwald late Tuesday.

Iran had insisted that the key to resolving the crisis was an admission from Britain that the sailors and marines did intrude into Iranian territorial waters when they were seized March 23.

"The British should confess that they made a mistake and they should no longer commit such moves," Hadad Adel had said.

Britain maintains that the group was carrying out routine anti-smuggling operations in Iraqi waters but Iran says that the sailors' Global Positioning System (GPS) devices show that they intruded on Iranian waters.

The latest dramatic developments coincided with the release in Baghdad of an Iranian diplomat kidnapped in Iraq in early February. Iran had blamed US forces in the country for the abduction.

Iranian state media also said that five Iranian officials captured by US forces in northern Iraq in January and accused of seeking to stir trouble were expected to receive their first visit by an Iranian diplomat.

Asked if the five Iranians should be freed to favor a possible release of the Britons, US President George W. Bush insisted there should be no "quid pro quos."

New still images were released Tuesday of the detained sailors and marines, showing them "relaxing" in tracksuits and playing chess, a change from the previous string of video "confessions."

The crisis has come at a perilous time for Iran's relations with the West, with the United States refusing to rule out military action over the Iranian nuclear program and the United Nations imposing tough new sanctions.

In a separate affair, local officials denied US reports that a missing former US FBI agency had disappeared while on a private visit to Iran's southern resort island of Kish, state media reported.

Source: http://www.metimes.com/storyview.php?StoryID=20070404-092618-5960r

Kronologi Terbentuknya Sebuah Kerajaan Haram

By May 14, 1948, nearly 400,000 Palestinians had been uprooted from their towns and villages. Up till then, there were no Arab armies in Palestine. These armies only entered Palestine after months of sustained ethnic cleansing by the Zionist Militias "Haganah." Arab armies started to enter Palestine on May 15, 1948.

Palestinians were uprooted as a result of Zionist raids and terror tactics aiming to empty Palestine of its inhabitants, and to achieve, by military force, what the Zionist movement failed to achieve over 50 years of its existence

The events before the entry of Arab armies tell the story of the brave "war of independence" as proclaimed by Zionists. The claim of "poor, weak Israel" defending itself against 7 Arab armies is nothing but a farce.

14 January 1949

Haganah concludes arms deal with Czechoslovakia for $12,280,000 worth of arms including 24,500 rifles, 5,000 light machine guns, 200 medium machine guns, 54 million rounds of ammunition, 25 Meserschmitts. By end of Mandate at least 10,740 rifles, 1,200 machine guns, 26 field guns, and 11 million rounds of ammunition arrive in Palestine. Rest of arms arrive by end of May.

20 January

British administration announces that predominantly Jewish or Palestinian areas will be gradually handed over to local majority group in every area concerned.

January-March

Jewish National Fund leaders encourage evictions from villages of Haifa area. Haganah attacks villages near Lake al-Hula. Palmach attacks Negev Bedouin.

18 February

Haganah calls up men and women aged 25-35 for military service.

March

Transjordanian prime minister Tawfiq Abu al-Huda secretly meets British foreign secretary Bevin. They agree that Transjordanian forces will enter Palestine at end of Mandate but will restrict themselves to area of Arab state outlined in partition Plan.

6 March

Haganah declares general mobilization.

10 March

British House of Commons votes to end Mandate on 15 May. Plan Dalet finalized by Haganah. Plan provides for military conquest of area allotted by UN Partition Plan to Jewish state and of substantial Palestinian territories beyond this state's boundaries. Plan contains a series of interlocking operations.

30 March-15 May

Second coastal "clearing" operation carried out by Haganah Alexandroni brigade and other units. Attacks and expulsions drive out almost all Palestinian communities from coastal area from Haifa to Jaffa prior to British withdrawal.

1 April

Delivery of first consignment of Czech arms deal: Ship "Nora" arrives in Haifa from Yugoslavia with 4,500 rifles, 200 light machine guns, 5 million rounds of ammunition. Two hundred rifles, 400 machine guns and further ammunition ferried in by airplane. UN Security Council resolutions call for special session of General Assembly and agree to U.S. proposal for truce to be arranged through Jewish Agency and Arab Higher Committee.

4 April

Haganah launches Plan Dalet.

4-15 April

Haganah, Carmeli, Alexandroni, and Palmach units occupy villages in Marj ibn 'Amir.

6-15 April

Operation Nachshon: In first operation of Plan Dalet Haganah Giv'ati Brigade and other units capture villages along Tel Aviv-Jerusalem road from local Palestinian militia.

8 April

'Abd al-Qadir al-Husayni, charismatic Palestinian militia commander, Jerusalem district, is killed leading counterattack to recover al-Qastal village.

9 April

IZL and Stern Gangs massacre some 250 inhabitants in village of Dayr Yasin near Jerusalem.

12 April

General Zionist Council decides to establish independent state in Palestine on 16 May.

13-20 April

Operation Har'el under Plan Dalet launched at conclusion of Operation Nachshon. Villages along Jerusalem road attacked and demolished. All subsequent Haganah operations until 15 May 1948 undertaken within framework of Plan Dalet.

15 April-25 May

Operation Yiftach: Palmach captures Safad from ALA and local militia (9-10 May). Attacks and psychological warfare used to empty villages of eastern Galilee and Galilee panhandle. Operation Matate (Broom) drives out Bedouin and villagers from area south of Rosh Pinna to Jordan River.

16-17 April

Haganah Golani brigade and Palmach units capture Tiberias as it is evacuated by British. Palestinian inhabitants flee.

21 April

Operation Misparayim: British forces suddenly withdraw from Haifa precipitating all-out Haganah dawn offensive against city's Palestinian population. Offensive accompanied by heavy mortar shelling of Palestinian residential quarters.

22 April

Resistance of local Palestinian militia in Haifa collapses. Haifa's Palestinian population flees under combined Haganah shelling and ground offensives.

25 April

IZL starts massive mortar shelling of Jaffa's residential quarters; simultaneously launches ground offensive to cut off northern Manshiyeh quarter from rest of city

26-30 April

Haganah Har'el and Etzioni brigades launch Operation Yevussi in and around Jerusalem; attack East Jerusalem residential quarter of Shaykh Jarrah but are forced to hand it over to British; capture West Jerusalem residential district of Qatamon from Palestinian irregulars. Flight of Palestinian inhabitants.

27 April-5 May

Operation Chametz: Haganah launches major ground offensive against eastern Jaffa suburbs and neighboring villages to cut off city from its hinterland. Some 50,000 civilians flee under combined IZL and Haganah attacks.

30 April

All Palestinian quarters in West Jerusalem occupied by Haganah and residents driven out.

1 May

The Zionists forces occupied and massacred more than 70 civilians from 'Ayn al-Zaytun (Safad).

3 May

175-200,000 Palestinian refugees reported to have fled from areas taken by Zionists

8-16 May

Haganah Har'el and Giv'ati brigades undertake Operation Makkabi. Capture villages on al-Ramla-Latrun road.

9 May-1 June

Operation Barak: Strikes by Haganah Giv'ati and Negev brigades south and West of al-Ramla.

10-15 May

Golani brigade occupies Baysan, attacks villages of Baysan Valley south of Lake Tiberias.

12-14 May

Arrival of second and third Czech arms consignments for Haganah: 5,000 rifles, 1,200 machine guns, 6 million rounds of ammunition.

13 May

Jaffa formally surrenders to Haganah.

13-21 May

Operation Ben-Ami: Carmeli brigade occupies Acre and coastal area north of city .

14 May

Haganah launches Operation Qilshon, occupying strategic areas in Jerusalem evacuated by British and taking Palestinian residential quarters outside Old City from Arab irregulars. Haganah launches Operation Schfifon to take Old City of Jerusalem. State of Israel proclaimed in Tel Aviv at 4:00 P.M.

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Capaian Lanjut: http://en.allexperts.com/e/l/li/list_of_israeli_military_operations_in_the_1948_arab-israeli_war.htm

Arming Iraq: A Chronology of U.S. Involvement

By: John King

What follows is an accurate chronology of United States involvement in the arming of Iraq during the Iraq-Iran war 1980-88. It is a powerful indictment of the president Bush administration attempt to sell war as a component of his war on terrorism. It reveals US ambitions in Iraq to be just another chapter in the attempt to regain a foothold in the Mideast following the fall of the Shah of Iran.
rming Iraq and the Path to War


Arming Iraq and the Path to War
A crisis always has a history, and the current crisis with Iraq is no exception. Below are some relevant dates.

September, 1980. Iraq invades Iran. The beginning of the Iraq-Iran war. [8]

February, 1982. Despite objections from congress, President Reagan removes Iraq from its list of known terrorist countries. [1]

December, 1982. Hughes Aircraft ships 60 Defender helicopters to Iraq. [9]

1982-1988. Defense Intelligence Agency provides detailed information for Iraq on Iranian deployments, tactical planning for battles, plans for air strikes and bomb damage assessments. [4]

November, 1983. A National Security Directive states that the U.S would do "whatever was necessary and legal" to prevent Iraq from losing its war with Iran. [1] & [15]

November, 1983. Banca Nazionale del Lavoro of Italy and its Branch in Atlanta begin to funnel $5 billion in unreported loans to Iraq. Iraq, with the blessing and official approval of the US government, purchased computer controlled machine tools, computers, scientific instruments, special alloy steel and aluminum, chemicals, and other industrial goods for Iraq's missile, chemical, biological and nuclear weapons programs. [14]

October, 1983. The Reagan Administration begins secretly allowing Jordan, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, and Egypt to transfer United States weapons, including Howitzers, Huey helicopters, and bombs to Iraq. These shipments violated the Arms Export Control Act. [16]

November 1983. George Schultz, the Secretary of State, is given intelligence reports showing that Iraqi troops are daily using chemical weapons against the Iranians. [1]

December 20, 1983. Donald Rumsfeld , then a civilian and now Defense Secretary, meets with Saddam Hussein to assure him of US friendship and materials support. [1] & [15]

July, 1984. CIA begins giving Iraq intelligence necessary to calibrate its mustard gas attacks on Iranian troops. [19]

January 14, 1984. State Department memo acknowledges United States shipment of "dual-use" export hardware and technology. Dual use items are civilian items such as heavy trucks, armored ambulances and communications gear as well as industrial technology that can have a military application. [2]

March, 1986. The United States with Great Britain block all Security Council resolutions condemning Iraq's use of chemical weapons, and on March 21 the US becomes the only country refusing to sign a Security Council statement condemning Iraq's use of these weapons. [10]

May, 1986. The US Department of Commerce licenses 70 biological exports to Iraq between May of 1985 and 1989, including at least 21 batches of lethal strains of anthrax. [3]

May, 1986. US Department of Commerce approves shipment of weapons grade botulin poison to Iraq. [7]

March, 1987. President Reagan bows to the findings of the Tower Commission admitting the sale of arms to Iran in exchange for hostages. Oliver North uses the profits from the sale to fund an illegal war in Nicaragua. [17]
Late 1987. The Iraqi Air Force begins using chemical agents against Kurdish resistance forces in northern Iraq. [1]

February, 1988. Saddam Hussein begins the "Anfal" campaign against the Kurds of northern Iraq. The Iraq regime used chemical weapons against the Kurds killing over 100,000 civilians and destroying over 1,200 Kurdish villages. [8]

April, 1988. US Department of Commerce approves shipment of chemicals used in manufacture of mustard gas. [7]

August, 1988. Four major battles were fought from April to August 1988, in which the Iraqis massively and effectively used chemical weapons to defeat the Iranians. Nerve gas and blister agents such as mustard gas are used. By this time the US Defense Intelligence Agency is heavily involved with Saddam Hussein in battle plan assistance, intelligence gathering and post battle debriefing. In the last major battle with of the war, 65,000 Iranians are killed, many with poison gas. Use of chemical weapons in war is in violation of the Geneva accords of 1925. [6] & [13]

August, 1988. Iraq and Iran declare a cease fire. [8]

August, 1988. Five days after the cease fire Saddam Hussein sends his planes and helicopters to northern Iraq to begin massive chemical attacks against the Kurds. [8]

September, 1988. US Department of Commerce approves shipment of weapons grade anthrax and botulinum to Iraq. [7]

September, 1988. Richard Murphy, Assistant Secretary of State: "The US-Iraqi relationship is... important to our long-term political and economic objectives." [15]

December, 1988. Dow chemical sells $1.5 million in pesticides to Iraq despite knowledge that these would be used in chemical weapons. [1]

July 25, 1990. US Ambassador to Baghdad meets with Hussein to assure him that President Bush "wanted better and deeper relations". Many believe this visit was a trap set for Hussein. A month later Hussein invaded Kuwait thinking the US would not respond. [12]

August, 1990 Iraq invades Kuwait. The precursor to the Gulf War. [8]

July, 1991 The Financial Times of London reveals that a Florida chemical company had produced and shipped cyanide to Iraq during the 80's using a special CIA courier. Cyanide was used extensively against the Iranians. [11]

August, 1991. Christopher Droguol of Atlanta's branch of Banca Nazionale del Lavoro is arrested for his role in supplying loans to Iraq for the purchase of military supplies. He is charged with 347 counts of felony. Droguol is found guilty, but US officials plead innocent of any knowledge of his crime. [14]

June, 1992. Ted Kopple of ABC Nightline reports: "It is becoming increasingly clear that George Bush Sr., operating largely behind the scenes throughout the 1980's, initiated and supported much of the financing, intelligence, and military help that built Saddam's Iraq into [an aggressive power]." [5]

July, 1992. "The Bush administration deliberately, not inadvertently, helped to arm Iraq by allowing U.S. technology to be shipped to Iraqi military and to Iraqi defense factories... Throughout the course of the Bush administration, U.S. and foreign firms were granted export licenses to ship U.S. technology directly to Iraqi weapons facilities despite ample evidence showing that these factories were producing weapons." Representative Henry Gonzalez, Texas, testimony before the House. [18]

February, 1994. Senator Riegle from Michigan, chairman of the Senate Banking Committee, testifies before the senate revealing large US shipments of dual-use biological and chemical agents to Iraq that may have been used against US troops in the Gulf War and probably was the cause of the illness known as Gulf War Syndrome. [7]

August, 2002. "The use of gas [during the Iran-Iraq war] on the battle field by the Iraqis was not a matter of deep strategic concern... We were desperate to make sure that Iraq did not lose". Colonel Walter Lang, former senior US Defense Intelligence officer tells the New York Times. [4]

This chronology of the United States' sordid involvement in the arming of Iraq can be summarized in this way: The United States used methods both legal and illegal to help build Saddam's army into the most powerful army in the Mideast outside of Israel. The US supplied chemical and biological agents and technology to Iraq when it knew Iraq was using chemical weapons against the Iranians. The US supplied the materials and technology for these weapons of mass destruction to Iraq at a time when it was know that Saddam was using this technology to kill his Kurdish citizens. The United States supplied intelligence and battle planning information to Iraq when those battle plans included the use of cyanide, mustard gas and nerve agents. The United States blocked UN censure of Iraq's use of chemical weapons. The United States did not act alone in this effort. The Soviet Union was the largest weapons supplier, but England, France and Germany were also involved in the shipment of arms and technology.

References:
[1] Washingtonpost.com. December 30, 2002
[2] Jonathan Broder. Nuclear times, Winter 1990-91
[3] Kurt Nimno. AlterNet. September 23, 2002
[4] Newyorktimes.com. August 29, 2002
[5] ABC Nightline. June9, 1992
[6] Counter Punch, October 10, 2002
[7] Riegle Report: Dual Use Exports. Senate Committee on Banking. May 25, 1994
[8] Timeline: A walk Through Iraq's History. U.S. Department of State
[9] Doing Business: The Arming of Iraq. Daniel Robichear
[10] Glen Rangwala. Labor Left Briefing, 16 September, 2002
[11] Financial Times of London. July 3, 1991
[12] Elson E. Boles. Counter Punch. October 10, 2002
[13] Iran-Iraq War, 1980-1988. Iranchamber.com
[14] Columbia Journalism Review. March/April 1993. Iraqgate
[15] Times Online. December 31, 2002. How U.S. Helped Iraq Build Deadly Arsenal
[16] Bush's Secret Mission. The New Yorker Magazine. November 2, 1992
[17] Grolier Multimedia Encyclopedia: Iran-Contra Affair
[18] Congressional Record. July 27, 1992. Representative Henry B. Gonzalez
[19] Bob Woodward. CIA Aiding Iraq in Gulf War. Washington Post. 15 December, 1986
[20] Case Study: The Anfal Campaign. www.gendercide.com

Rujuk: http://www.iranchamber.com/history/articles/arming_iraq.php

10 Top Idiots of the Year 2006

Imam Badi Ali of Greensboro, North Carolina says that 2006 was the year of the IDIOT. New Trend defines an idiot politically as a person who does not know that he/she is being used, is ego oriented and forcefully carries out a hidden political agenda, thus falling prey to the actual forces at work in the political arena.New Trend has come up with the following IDIOTS of the year 2006 after consulting and searching far and wide for people who would fit into our definition of the IDIOT. Here are the top 10:

1. Mahmoud Abbas [Abu Mazen] the President of the Palestinian Authority who is a toy in the hands of the Israelis and his western backers. He started thinking that he is really the President of Palestine!

2. King Abdallah of Jordan. He plays America's game without realizing that for America he is no more than a playboy who fulfils the current agenda of the imperialist powers. Poor fellow! He sometimes starts believing that he, really, is the King and a Hashemite to boot!

3. General Musharraf, "President" of Pakistan: He struts and frets on the Pakistani stage, selling his country's secrets, his religion, his army, his people, and all who trusted him. America keeps "upping the ante:" Bomb this village, arrest that Muslim, kill so-and-so [Bugti for instance], torture the Muslim who came from UK. Musharraf jumps and obeys. Perhaps somewhere in the back of his mind he realizes that he is being used: When America has had enough of him, he will be thrown out like a rat!

4. Hosni Mubarak, the tyrant of Egypt. Hosni has built barricades of human bodies around himself: those his secret police has killed, those his expert torturers have broken and maimed, those who fill his prisons on suspicion of being "Islamic fundamentalists. " He wants to forget that his existence is based on the billion dollar annual bonus his boss in the White House gives him. Hosni starts pretending that he in fact is the Pharoah and has the power of life and death. He wants to to pretend that the CIA, FBI and Mossad agents protecting him are not there and that he is an independent ruler!

5. Karzai, the ruler of Kabul. This one is really pathetic. The Americans built him up as the 'democratic" ruler of "democratic" Afghanistan. He was so pumped up that he forgot not only Islam but the traditions and honor of the Pushtun people. He puts on his fancy dress and comes to Washington and Ottawa to be cheered by the White Master. The Taliban are waiting to string him up.

6. Britain's Blair, Bush's "boyfriend" [some call him] or " Bush's poodle" as his own people call him. He lives in a fantasy world where he thinks he can make Muslims fight each other [in the name of fighting "extremists" ]. A dupe of the Zionists, he thinks he can fool Palestinians into recognition of "Israel.'

7. Amre Moussa, the clown of Egypt. He helped Hosni crush Gamaa al-Islamiyya, sent his troops into mosques and homes and undermined Egypt's Islamic will. He has been promoted to be in charge of the Arab League, where he sits around talking at length about the future of the Arab nations. Little does he realize that he is no more than a pawn of the western powers.

8. "Imam" W.D. Muhammad represents America on this list. The White House used him to neutralize African-American Muslims and to put them into the service of U.S. plans to generate an "American Islam." The community could not be mobilized to free Imam Jamil al-Amin and to confront Zionist tyranny owing to his foolishness. W.D.'s followers became a little cult which claimed that their leader was the "man of the Millenium. The "imam" is proud of his connection to the State department which has been sending out W.D.-types all over the Muslim world to teach the toothless new "American islam" thought out by the Rand Corporation.

9. Kofi Annan, former Secretary General of the UN. It took him 8 years to realize that he was not important and had been used by the western powers. [His Jewish-Swedish wife was his ticket to promotion.] Only at the very end, he started uncovering the role his masters played in Iraq and want to carry on in Iran. It was too late. He looked foolish.

10. Donald Rumsfeld, America's warlord and attack dog in Iraq, had delusions of grandeur. He thought he would set up a new system in Iraq where U.S. military might would be decisive in all matters. He called the resistance "dead enders" and "ba'athist leftovers." Only too late, he found that an uprising of the people of Iraq was taking place led by revolutionary Islamic forces. As thousands of martyrdom operators ["suiciders" ] week after week and month after month slammed into U.S. armored columns and recruiting centers of Iraqi collaborators, "Rummy's" dreams went up in smoke. Too late, he realized that his ego had blinded him. The real agents behind the Iraq war, the Zionist Jews like Wolfowitz, Perle, Feith, Lieberman, Kristol, Krauthammer, Kissinger, prospered, and some were even promoted. "Rummy" was dumped

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Amanat Syeikh Ahmad Yasin

Syeikh Ahmad Yasin yang begitu kecewa dan sedih dengan sikap bangsa arab telah berkata :

“ tidakkah kamu semua lihat wahai bangsa arab, sudah sampai ke tahap mana keadaan ini?Sesungguhnya aku, seorang tua yang lemah, tidak mampu memegang pena dan menyandang senjata dengan tanganku yang sudah mati ( lumpuh). Aku bukan seorang penceramah yang lantang yang mampu menggegarkan semua tempat dengan suaraku ( yang perlahan ini ) .

Aku tidak mampu untuk ke mana-mana tempat bagi memenuhi hajatku kecuali jika mereka meggerakkan ( kerusi roda ) ku. Aku yang sudah beruban putih dan berada di penghujung usia, aku yang diserang pelbagai panyakit dan ditimpa bermacam-macam penderitaan .

Adakah segala macam penyakit dan kecacatan yang menimpa diriku turut menimpa bangsa arab sehingga menjadikan mereka begitu lemah. Adakah kalian semua begitu wahai bangsa arab , kalian diam membisu dan lemah , atau adakah kalian semua telah mati binasa.

Adakah hati kalian tidak bergelora melihat kekejaman yang berlaku terhadapa kami sehingga tiada satu golongan pun yang bangkit menyatakan kemarahan kerana Allah… tiada satu pun kumpulan ( daripada kalangan kalian ) yang bangkit menentang musuh-musuh allah yang telah mengisytiharkan perang antarabangsa keatas kami dan menukarkan kami dari golongan mulia kepada golongan yangn dianiaya dan dizalimi oleh pembunuh dan penjenayah serta pengganas… tidak adakah yang mahu bangkit menentang musuh-musuh yang telah berjanji setia untuk menghancurkan dan menghukum kami.

Tidak malukah umat ini terhadap dirinya yang dihina sedangkan padanya ada kemulian. Tidak malukah Negara-negara umat Islam membiarkan penjenayah zionis dan sekutu antarabangsanya tanpa memandang kami dengan pandangan yang mampu mengesat air mata kami dan meringkan bebanan kami.

Adakah pertubuhan-pertubuhan umat ini, pasukan tenteranya, parti-partinya, badan-badannya dan tokok-tokohnya tidak mahu marah kerana Allah dengan kemarahan sebenarnya lalu mereka keluar beramai-ramai sambil melaungkan:“

ya Allah, perkuatkanlah saudara-saudara kami yang sedang dipatah-patahkan tulang-temulang mereka, kasihanilah saudara-saudara kami yang lemah ditindas dan bantulah hamba-hambamu yang beriman!”

Adakah kalian tidak memiliki kekuatan berdoa untuk kami? Seketika nanti kalian akan mendengar tentang peperangan besar keatas kami dan ketika itu kami akan terus berdiri dengan tertulis didahi kami bahawa kami akan mati berdiri dan berdepan dengan musuh, bukan mati dengan keadaan melarikan diri. Akan mati bersama-sama kami anak-anak kami , wanita-wanita, orang-orang tua dan pemuda-pemuda.

Kami jadikan di kalangan mereka sebagai kayu bakaran buat umat yang diam dalam kebodohan! Janganlah kalian menanti hingga kami menyerah atau mengangkat bendera putih, kerana ketahuilah bahawa kami tetap akan mati walaupun kami berbuat demikian ( menyerah ). biarkan kami mati dalam kemuliaan sebagai mujahidin dan syuhada`.

Jika kalian mahu, marilah bersama-sama kami sedaya mungkin. Tugas membela kami terpikul dibahu kalian . kalian juga sepatutnya menyaksikan kematian kami dan menghulurkan simpati. Sesungguhnya Allah akan menghukum sesiapa sahaja yang lalai daripada menunaikan kewajipan yang diamanahkan.

Kami juga berharap kepada kalian supaya jangan menjadi musuh yang menambah penderitaan kami. Demi allah , jangan menjadi musuh kepada kami wahai pemimpin-pemimpin umat ini, wahai bangsa umat ini.”

“ Ya Allah kami mengadu kepadaMu … kami mengadu kepadaMu… kami mengadu kepadaMu… kami mengadu kepadaMu lemahnya kami dan kurangnya helah kami. Demikianlah kami dihadapan manusia. Engkaulah Tuhan kepada ornag-orang yang lemah dan Engkaulah Tuhan kami. Kepada siapa Enkau tinggalkan kami. Adakah kepada orang yang jauh yang akan meyerbu kami. Atau kepada musuh yang berkuasa ke atas kami?

Ya Allah, kami mengadu kepadaMu darah-darah yang tertumpah, maruah yang ternoda, kehormatan yang diperkosa , kanak-kanak yang diyatimkan , wanita-wanita yang dijandakan , ibu-ibu yang kehilangan anak, rumah-rumah yang diruntuhkan , tanaman-tanaman yang dirosakkan.

Ya Allah, kami mengadu kepadaMu berseleraknya kesatuan ( umat ) kami, berpecahnya perpaduan kami , berbagai-bagainya haluan kami, terbelakangnya kami.

Kami mengadu kepadaMu betapa lemahnya kaum kami , betapa tidak bermayanya umat di sekeliling kami dan betapa berjayanya musuh-musuh kami… “

Sumber: http://www.islamhadhari.net/v4/tokohislam/detail.php?nkid=42

European colonialists conspired to destroy Khilafah

On Monday 3rd March 1924 (28th Rajab 1342AH), the world woke to the news that Mustafa Kemal in Turkey had officially abolished the Khilafah. That night Abdul-Mejid II, the last Khaleefah of the Muslims, was bundled in to a car with a suitcase of clothes and money and exiled from Turkey, never to return. This is how 1342 years of Islamic rule ended. The following is a historical account of the actions of the colonial powers in first sowing the seeds of disunity amongst Muslims by implanting the idea of nationalism and then finally administering the destruction of the Khilafah state by their treacherous agents.

A few months after the destruction of the Khilafah on 24th July, Turkey's independence was officially recognised with the signing of the Lausanne Treaty. Britain and its allies withdrew all their troops that had occupied Turkey since the end of the First World War. In response to this, protests were made in the House of Commons to the British Foreign Secretary Lord Curzon, for recognising Turkey's independence. Lord Curzon replied, "The situation now is that Turkey is dead and will never rise again, because we have destroyed its moral strength, the Caliphate and Islam."

As admitted by Lord Curzon, Britain along with France played a pivotal role in destroying the Khilafah and carving up the Muslim lands between them. Their plans against the Khilafah were not just a reaction to the Khilafah siding with Germany in World War I. These plans were set in motion hundreds of years ago finally coming to fruition when the Uthmani Khilafah began to rapidly decline in the mid eighteenth century.

The first attempt at destroying the unity of Islam came in the 11th century when Pope Urban II launched the first crusade to occupy Al-Quds. After 200 years of occupation the crusaders were finally defeated at the hands of Salahudeen Ayyubi. In the 15th century Constantinople was conquered and the last stronghold of the Byzantine Empire defeated. Then in the 16th century the Islamic State swept across southern and eastern Europe carrying Islam to its peoples. Consequently millions of people in Albania, Yugoslavia, Bulgaria and other countries embraced Islam. After the siege of Vienna in 1529 Europe formed alliances to stop the Khilafah's expansion in to Europe. It was at this point the crusaders animosity towards Islam and the Khilafah was revived and plans were hatched to deal with this "Oriental Problem" as it became known.

Count Henri Decastri, a French author wrote in his book entitled ‘Islam' in 1896: "I cannot imagine what the Muslims would say if they heard the tales of the mediaeval ages and understood what the Christian orators used to say in their hymns; all our hymns even those which emerged before the 12th century emanated from one concept which was the cause of the crusades, these hymns were filled with hatred towards the Muslims due to the total ignorance of their religion. As a result of those hymns and songs, hatred against that religion became fixed in people's minds, and the erroneous ideas deeply rooted, some of which are still carried nowadays. Everyone used to regard the Muslims as polytheists, disbelievers, idol worshippers and apostates."

After their defeat the crusaders realised that the cause of Muslims strength and resolve was the Islamic Aqeeda. As long as Muslims were strongly attached to Islam and the Qur'an the Khilafah could never be destroyed. This is why at the end of the 16th century they established the first missionary centre in Malta and made it their headquarters for launching a missionary onslaught against the Muslim world. This was the beginning of western culture entering the Muslim world by British, French and American missionaries.

These missionaries worked under the guise of educational and scientific institutions. Initially their effect on the Muslims was minimal. But during the 18th and 19th centuries when decline had set in to the Khilafah the missionaries managed to exploit weaknesses in the state and spread corrupted concepts to the people. In the 19th century Beirut became the centre for missionary activity. During this time the missionaries exploited civil strife between Christians and Druze and later Christians and Muslims, with Britain siding with the Druze and France siding with the Christian Maronites.

The missionaries had two main objectives during this time.

1. To separate the Arabs from the Uthmani state

2. To alienate the Muslims from the bond of Islam

In 1875 the "Secret Association" was formed in Beirut in an attempt to encourage Arab nationalism among the people. Through declarations and leaflets it called for the political independence of the Arabs, especially those in Syria and Lebanon. Those in charge repeatedly accused Turkey in their literature of snatching the Islamic Khilafah from the Arabs, violating the Islamic Shari'ah, and abusing the Deen.

These seeds of Arab nationalism came to fruition in 1916 when Britain ordered its agent Sharif Hussein of Mecca to launch the Arab Revolt against the Uthmani Khilafah. This revolt was successful in dividing the Arab lands from the Khilafah and placing them under British and French mandates. At the same time nationalism was being incited among the Turks. The Young Turks movement was established in 1889 on the basis of Turkish nationalism and achieved power in 1908 after ousting Khaleefah Abdul-Hamid II. The traitor Mustafa Kemal who went on to abolish the Khilafah was a member of the Young Turks. This is why Mustafa Kemal later said: "Was it not because of the Khilafah, Islam and the clergy that the Turkish peasants fought and died for five centuries? It is high time Turkey looked after her own interests and ignored the Indians and the Arabs. Turkey should rid itself of leading the Muslims."

Alongside the missionary activities Britain and France along with Russia began to directly colonise many parts of the Muslim world. This started during the mid eighteenth century when in 1768 Catherine II of Russia fought the Khilafah and successfully occupied the lands of Southern Ukraine, Northern Caucasus, and Crimea which became incorporated in to the Russian Empire. France attacked Egypt and Britain began its occupation of India. In the 19th century France occupied North Africa and Britain occupied Egypt, Sudan and India. Gradually, the lands of the Khilafah were receding until the end of the 1st world war when all that was left was Turkey, which was occupied by allied troops under the command of a British general named Charles Harrington.

The division of the lands of the Khilafah was a deliberate agreement hatched by Britain and France in 1916 in the secret agreement known as Sykes-Picot. This plan was negotiated between French diplomat François Georges-Picot and British diplomatic advisor Mark Sykes. Under the agreement Britain was allocated control of Jordan, Iraq and a small area around Haifa. France was allocated control of South-eastern Turkey, Northern Iraq, Syria and Lebanon. The controlling powers were left free to decide on state boundaries within these areas. The Middle Eastern map today is the legacy of Sykes-Picot with the borders matching Mr Sykes and Mr Picot's lines drawn using a ruler over the former lands of the Khilafah.

In the years preceeding the destruction of the Khilafah, Britain played the most important role through nurturing its agent Mustafa Kemal. Through a number of political maneuvers aided by Britain, Mustafa Kemal was able to establish himself as an authority within Turkey. In 1922, the Lausanne conference was organised by the British foreign Secretary Lord Curzon to discuss Turkey's independence. Turkey at that time was under the occupation of the allied forces with the institution of the Khilafah existing in all but name. During this conference Lord Curzon stipulated four conditions prior to recognising the independence of Turkey.

These conditions were:

1. The total abolishment of the Khilafah

2. The expulsion of the Khalifah beyond the borders

3. The confiscation of its assets

4. Declaration that Turkey become a secular state

The success of the conference rested on the fulfilment of these four conditions. However, even with such foreign pressure many Muslims within Turkey still cherished the idea of Khilafah, which had served Islam so well for so many centuries and found it inconceivable that it could ever be abolished. Hence, Lord Curzon failed to secure these conditions and the conference wound up in failure. Yet, the cunning Lord Curzon on behalf of Britain did not give up. On the 3rd March 1924 Mustafa Kemal using force and terrorising his political opponents managed to push through the Abolition bill that would see the institution of Khilafah officially abolished.

For the colonialists powers destroying the Khilafah was not enough. They wanted to ensure that the Khilafah could never arise again among the Muslims.

Lord Curzon said, "We must put an end to anything which brings about any Islamic unity between the sons of the Muslims. As we have already succeeded in finishing off the Caliphate, so we must ensure that there will never arise again unity for the Muslims, whether it be intellectual or cultural unity."

Therefore, they placed a number of obstacles in the path of re-establishing the Khilafah such as:

1. The introduction of the non-Islamic concepts in the Islamic world such as patriotism, nationalism, socialism and secularism and the colonialists encouragement of political movements based on these ideas

2. The presence of educational curriculum set up by the colonial powers, which have remained in tact for 80 years, that made the majority of the graduated young people and those in the educational institutions proceed in a direction contradictory to Islam

3. The economic strangulation of the Muslim world by western governments and companies such that the people live in abject poverty and are forced to focus solely upon feeding themselves and their families whilst turning away from the true role of the colonialists

4. The deliberate legacy of dividing the Muslim world around contentious borders and territories such that Muslims would permanently be engaged in petty issues

5. The creation of organisations such as the Arab League and later the Organisation of Islamic countries (OIC) that diluted the bonds of Islam, continued the disunity of the Muslim world whilst failing miserably to solve any problem or issue

6. The imposition of a foreign state, Israel, into the heart of the Muslim world that would spearhead the western powers assault upon defenceless Muslims while perpetuating the myth of Muslim inferiority

7. The presence in the Muslim countries of tyrant rulers whose allegiance is to their western masters; whom oppress and torture the Ummah; they are not from the Ummah and hate the Ummah just as much as the Ummah hates them

Despite these obstacles and the plots and plans of the colonialists the re-establishment of the Khilafah is once again a reality for the Muslim world. We must take this opportunity on the anniversary of the destruction of the Khilafah to reflect on the current situation of the Muslims and ensure that only by working to bring back the Khilafah can we truly achieve success in this life and the next.

Source: www.kavkazcenter.com

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Di Ambang Keruntuhan Uthmaniyyah : Pengajaran Buat Ummah
Oleh HASRIZAL ABDUL JAMIL

First Muslim member of US Congress

The election of Minnesota Democrat Keith Ellison as the nation's first Muslim member of Congress is a milestone for American pluralism. Ellison also became the first African American from Minnesota to be elected to the U.S. House of Representatives. Ellison's election was accompanied by historic numbers of American Muslim voters going to the polls yesterday to make their voices heard.

"Tonight, we made history," Mr Ellison said in a victory speech to supporters. "We won a key election, but we did much more than that. We showed that a candidate can run a 100% positive campaign and prevail, even against tough opposition."

Throughout his campaign Ellison, a criminal defense attorney who converted to Islam as a college student, focused on issues that resonate in the 5th District in Minneapolis. Ellison says he became involved in politics in college after hearing about apartheid, and he converted from Catholicism to Islam.

"People draw strength and moral courage from a variety of religious traditions. Mine have come from both Catholicism and Islam," Ellison has said. "I was raised Catholic and later became a Muslim while attending Wayne State University. I am inspired by the Quran's message of an encompassing divine love, and a deep faith guides my life every day." Ellison's strength is that he brings together people of all faiths to work towards better policy.

Ellison said he wants to catalyze citizens of all income levels and races to have a voice in government. He reaches out to previously disengaged groups like students and immigrants to urge them to get involved. Already, his efforts have borne fruit: voter turnout shot up in his district during the September primaries.

"I think the most important thing about this race is we tried to pull people together on things we all share, things that are important to everyone," Ellison told the Associated Press.

This election should indicate to the Muslim community, that our vote counts. MPAC Executive Director, Salam Al-Marayati stated that "the only way towards success in American society is by civic engagement and political participation." Marayati also stated that "the effectiveness of this campaign was due to Ellison's ability to unite labor, minority communities and bring in people of all religions." The Muslim Public Affairs Council is hopeful that the balance of power in Washington, DC will bring forth a new energy and new perspectives on issues facing our nation today.

Ellison won 56 percent of the vote, defeating Republican Alan Fine and the Independence Party's Tammy Lee, both of whom garnered 21 percent of the vote.

In key elections throughout the country, candidiates are beginning to realize the impact of the Muslim electorate. The increasing interaction of Muslim communities with elected officials and candidates is a positive step in solving public policy issues. Aside from anti-Islamic rhetoric in political campaigns, what matters is getting out the vote and getting our voices heard.

The Muslim community demonstrated its importantce in this election and will continue to do so in future elections. In states like Virginia, the Muslim vote became the critical vote in tipping the balance on control of the US Senate. Ellison's victory and the rise of Muslim participation in politics are success stories for our country. It is imperative for Muslims to continue and develop the path for civic engagement.

Founded in 1988, MPAC is a public service agency working for the civil rights of American Muslims, for the integration of Islam into American pluralism, and for a positive, constructive relationship between American Muslims and their representatives.

Muslim Public Affair Council

Palestine oh Palestine

Sedang membaca buku bertajuk Impian Yahudi & Kehancurannya menurut Al Quran karya Asy Saekh As’ad Bayudh Attamimi. Antara lain beliau menulis;

Jadi kemenangan akhir di Palestine itu tidak akan diraih oleh kelumpuk – kelumpuk yang menamakan dirinya kanan (secular or democracy – pen.) atau kiri (communist - pen.), akan tetapi yang akan terjadi adalah peperangan Islami di jalan Allah yang sentiasa merupakan peperangan yang memenangkan. Kerana itu kita tidak pernah berasa heran kalau kita hingga kini tidak pernah menang melawan Yahudi, kerana kita tidak pernah memeranginya dengan Islam.[1]

Apa yang ditulis itu sangat benar, apabila wadah perjuangan di Palestine itu diterajui oleh Parti Secular PLO maka tidak pernah adanya bibit kemenangan di pihak Islam kerana mereka berjuang atas nama assabiyah (kenegaraan) tetapi apabila HAMAS[2] mula mengorak langkah, juang mereka adalah perjuangan Islam, walaupun ditindas, walaupun ramai pemimpin – pemimpinnya syahid atau ditangkap, perjuangan mereka tetap utuh dan bersemangat sehingga berjaya menubuhkan pemerintahan sendiri dan menjatuhkan parti Fatah yang secular pada awal 2006.

Hadith Nabi Muhammad SAW yang diriwayatkan oleh Asy Syaikhan, Al Bukhari dan Muslim;

Belum akan tiba kiamat, hingga kaum Muslimin memerangi kaum Yahudi, kemudian mereka diperangi oleh kaum Muslimin, sehingga batu dan pohon berkata; “Hai, Muslimin, hai hamba Allah! Inilah seorang Yahudi bersembunyi di belakangku, datangilah dan bunuhlah, kecuali pohon Al Gharqad kerana ia tergolong pohon kaum Yahudi. [3]

QUNUT NAZILAH

Ya Allah ya tuhan kami, sesungguhnya kami menjadikan kamu sebagai pendinding kepada musuh - musuh kami,
dan kami berlindung daripada kejahatan mereka,
Ya Allah ya tuhan kami, binasakan kesempurnaan mereka, pecah belahkan kesatuan mereka, dan gagapkan perkataan mereka, goyahkan pendirian mereka,
dan hantarkan anjing ke atas mereka dari anjing - anjing Mu wahai tuhan yang garang,
wahai tuhan yang berani, wahai tuhan yang berdendam,

Ya Allah, ya Allah, ya Allah

Wahai tuhan yang menurunkan Al Quran, dan yang menjalankan awan, tuhan yang menghancurkan tentera Al Ahzab, hancurkan mereka dan berilah kemenangan kepada kami.

Amin..

End Note
[1] Attamimi, Asy Saekh As’ad Bayudh. Impian Yahudi & Kehancurannya menurut Al Quran. Trans. H Salim Basyarahil. Batu Caves: Thinker’s Library, 1988. hal 36
[2] Untuk sejarah Pergerakan HAMAS sila ke website: http://www.mideastweb.org/hamashistory.htm
[3] Dipetik drp Attamimi, 1988: 35