وطن

من الغباء أن أدافع عن وطن لا أملك فيه بيتاً 

من الغباء أن أضحي بنفسي ليعيش أطفالي من بعدي مشرّدين، ومن العار أن أترك زوجتي فريسة للكلاب من بعدي .. الوطن حيث تتوفر مقومات الحياة لامسببات الموت! والإنتماء كذبة إخترعها الساسة لنموت من أجلهم .. لا أؤمن بالموت من أجل الوطن. الوطن لايخسر أبداً.. نحن الخاسرون. عندما يبتلي الوطن بالحرب ينادون الفقراء ليدافعوا عنه. وعندما تنتهي الحرب ينادون المسؤولين ليتقاسموا الغنائم.

Two Screwed Nations

At some era before, Arabs and Indians were the only two civilizations who knew how to live with others even if they are following different religions. They were the only two nations know the language of discussion. But nowadays, both nations are screwed. Mahatma Ghandi spent his childhood among Muslim neighbors who were frequent visitors to his house, that made him to became a great leader. He was taught the language of discussion and accepting others even if they had opposite opinion. Six generations of Gandhis had also served as ministers of the ruler of one of the principalities of Kathiwara where Gandhi was born. The Ghandi family had therefore great experience in dealing with Muslims as part of local political and social life. Even at school he learnt to cultivate friendship with students who professed other religions and developed a healthy respect for their beliefs. but unfortunately, not latest governments of India. they do not know how to live with others from different religion nor respect the religious discussion language anymore. Unfortunately, SOME ignorants are following the teachings of the latest governments and becoming aggressive day after day. Simply, Lost.

NIGHT or MAGHRIB?

NIGHT or MAGHRIB?

Before start reading the short article, have a look to the two pictures and ask yourself, which one among the two of them is night?.... Keep the answer with you.. then continue reading the article…

قال الله تعال في القرآن الكريم... بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم: آلّم * ذَلِكَ الْكِتَابُ لاَ رَيْبَ فِيهِ هُدًى لِّلْمُتَّقِينَ * سورة البقرة 1-2

Allah have mentioned in Quran, By the name of Allah the beneficent the merciful: Alif. Lam. Mim. * This is the book whereof there is no doubt, a guidance unto those cautious from Allah. (Surat Al-Baqarah 1-2)

So if we want a clear guidance to Allah, we must follow the words of this book.

و في نفس السورة , جزء من آية 187, آية الصيام.. قال تعالى, بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم: ... ثُمَّ أَتِمُّوا الصِّيَامَ إِلَى اللَّيْلِ ... صدق الله العظيم

The same surah, precisely in the Ayat of Fasting, part of Ayat 187 states: “ ….Then strictly observe the fast till night …. “

Ramadhan is approaching and we have to do fasting as Allah has ordered us. I want us (Muslims) to focus on the word "ليل"/”LAIL”/“Night” mentioned in the Ayat Above… why? Because I have noticed that most of people break their fast as soon as AZAN/ATHAN Maghrib is up, which is not night yet, which is wrong and against the words of Quran. NOTICE that the Arabic word "ليل"/”LAIL” means “NIGHT” in English, not “NIGHTFALL” as mentioned in some translations. And a proof that Night does NOT means MAGHRIB, We Muslims have Solat Al-LAIL (Night Prayer) and we have Solat MAGHRIB.. those are two different prayers.

When I searched about it, I found that many of those who are being called as ULAMAA’ claimed that the night starts at AZAN MAGHRIB, supporting their claims with some HADITH which might not be true. And after all, why should I look for HADITH if I have a clear sentence in Quran?!!!!

I said ok, anyway, Let me check. So I waited for the Azan Maghrib and found that it is really NOT NIGHT at all… the sky still has light.. not even dark yet. So ACCORDING TO QURA’N, We CAN NOT break our fast at AZAN MAGHRIB, We need to wait for the night to cover the sky, which takes around 15 minutes after Solat MAGHRIB.

We have to correct our IBADAH according to the Quran.

See the pictures and check the sky light when Azan Maghrib is being raised and decide yourselves.

ISLAM UNDER TERRORIST ATTACKS (Bosnian War Massacres,1992-1995)

ISLAM UNDER TERRORIST ATTACKS (1992-1995):

During the Bosnian war which took place between the 6'th of April 1992, and the 14'th of December 1995, the Bosnian Serbs, supported by the Serbian government of Slobodan Milošević and the Yugoslav People's Army (JNA), have done a long list of massacres, mass murders, and war crimes against Muslim Bosniak, the most famous were:

   1. Bridge murders

   2. Pionirska Street fire and the Bikavac fire

   3. Paklenik massacre

   4. Bosanska Jagodina massacre

   5. Barimo Massacre

   6. Perućac Lake exhumations

   7. Siege of Sarajevo

   8. Srebrenica massacre

   9. Mass rape 

The 44% of the Socialist Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina population was Muslims. All of them faced ethnic cleansing, especially in eastern Bosnia and throughout the Republika Srpska. The Mass Rape was the main signature of the Bosnian Serbs where an estimated total of 20,000 to 50,000 Muslim women and Muslim girls (some aged as 12 years old) were raped. In addition, the Serbs soldiers applied forced abortion to many women who were pregnant. All this was done in full view, in complete knowledge and often with the direct involvement of the Serb local authorities, particularly the police forces. According to documents of the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY), based on the victims reports, some 3,000 Bosniaks were murdered during the violence in Višegrad and its surroundings, including some 600 women and 119 children.

References:

1. Damir Kaletovic. "Bosnia's ideal fugitive hideout". International Relations and Security Network.

2. Article: "Hope for Bosnia town whose bridge will shine again". Reuters. May 26, 2007.

3, Institute For War & Peace Reporting

4, Organizational Statistics: "IDC: Podrinje victim statistics".

5. WikiPedia

ISLAM UNDER TERRORIST ATTACK (Kulen Vakuf massacre, 1941)

ISLAM UNDER TERRORIST ATTACK (Kulen Vakuf massacre): 

September 1941, Yugoslavia in Kulen Vakuf, Over 1600 Muslim men, women and children were killed by Partisans (The National Liberation Army and Partisan Detachments of Yugoslavia) and local peasants. None of the Muslims living in that area have survived that massacre, not even babies.

References:

1. Hoare, Marko Attila (2006). Genocide and Resistance in Hitler's Bosnia: The Partisans and the Chetniks 1941–1943. New York: Oxford University Press.ISBN 978-0-19-726380-8,  pp. 106–108.

ISLAM UNDER TERRORIST ATTACK (The Massacre of Setif, 1945)

ISLAM UNDER TERRORIST ATTACK (The Massacre of Setif):

Algeria, May of 1945, Muslim villages were bombed by French aircraft and the cruiser Duguay-Trouin standing off the coast, in the Gulf of Bougie, shelled Kerrata. Pied noir vigilantes lynched prisoners taken from local gaols or randomly shot Muslims. The victims were 6000 unarmed Muslim villagers including men, women, children, and old citizens. 

References:
1.  A 1961 Massacre of Algerians in Paris When the Media Failed the Test James J. Napoli
2.  Yves Courrière, La guerre d'Algérie, tome 1 (Les fils de la Toussaint), Fayard, Paris 1969, ISBN 2-213-61118-1
3.  Jean Louis Planche, Sétif 1945, histoire d'un massacre annoncé, Perrin, Paris 2006

ISLAM UNDER TERRORIST ATTACK (The Massacre of Moro Crater, 1906)

ISLAM UNDER TERRORIST ATTACK (The Massacre of Moro Crater, 1906): 

10’th of March, 1906, a U.S. Army force of 540 soldiers under the command of Major General Leonard Wood, accompanied by a naval detachment and with a detachment of native constabulary, armed with artillery and small firearms, attacked a Muslim village hidden in the crater of a dormant volcano, Bud Dajo, Jolo Island,Philippines. The victims were 800-1000 unarmed men, women, children and old people.

References:

1.  Mark Twain, Weapons of Satire, pp. 168–178, Syracuse University Press, Syracuse, New York 1992
2.  American Troops Killing Muslims: A Massacre to Remember, by Christine Gibson, AmericanHeritage.com, March 8, 2006
3.  Byler, Charles A. Pacifying the Moros; Military Review, May–June, 2005