Hi Jabou:
You愉e very right here. You扉e written this piece with great awareness. More
of the war in the middle east has nothing to do with religion but politics
and the deficiency of respect for Muslims. I惴 so frustrated with the Bush
administration, I still cannot understand how effectively the
Jewish-American propaganda machine is able to infiltrate the whole US
society. As Oprah ones said, Why don愒 the media report the other side of
the story? And nobody dare criticize them if you don愒 want to be called an
Anti-Semite. Giving Israel an unconditional support will bring not only the
middle-east into flames but the whole world. Jesus tried to stop the Jews
and failed. Hitler tried it too in a terrible manner but failed. I hope
Jesus will back soon and give it a second try.
Thanks for sharing.
Saul S.Jawara
Stockholm.
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Subject: Re: Al Jazeera Clip
> In a message dated 8/8/2006 11:19:41 A.M. Central Daylight Time,
> [log in to unmask] writes:
>
> "Can we, for instance, live as Muslims in a democracy and at
> the same time tolerate fellow citizens who practice other beliefs, and
> treat
> as equals and defend oppressed and dispossessed people everywhere whether
> or
> not they are Muslims?"
>
> Brother Sidibeh,
>
> But did you know that the above is exactly what the Shariah calls for
> with
> reference to our interactions with non-muslims? Islam never enjoins
> anyone to
> do injustice.
>
> The truth of the matter is there are oppressors and there are oppressed
> peoples fighting the yoke of oppression, whether their land was illegally
> seized
> and used to settle others on such as is the case with the Palestinians
> and
> the establishment of the state of Israel, or whether they are being
> vilified to
> justify attacks on them in order to control some valuable assets they
> have
> such as in the case of Iraq, Afghanistan and even Iran if a case can be
> manufactured as was done in the case of Iraq, and although there is a
> concerted
> attempt to conveniently intertwine and blame this on Islam, we must be
> careful
> to keep the separation between religion, culture and politics very clear.
> We
> must also be mindful of the ongoing propaganda of those who seem to think
> that all of Mankind must necessarily abide by their cultural and
> religious
> norms. That to me is the height of arrogance and condescension
>
> There is Islam and then there are also cultural and political issues
> that
> do not necessarily have anything to do with Islam although the emphasis
> is
> definitely to intertwine the two in order to vilify Islam and thus
> justify the
> occupation of a people who happen to be Muslims. . Also, I just wish for
> once
> that this false allegation that is being constantly propagated that
> Muslim
> women are oppressed if they wear a veil would stop.
>
> The Qur'an says "Laakum Deenukum, Wal ya din" To you your religion and to
> me
> mine, and likewise, it also states that Allah (SWT) made man into
> different
> colours with different cultures so that we can enjoy each other and that
> there is no compulsion in religion, and that no one can bear the burden
> of
> another. We can inform others about our religion, but we do not force
> anyone to
> become Muslim. We do not even force Muslims to practice this Deen
> properly if
> they do not want to. Everyone is free to do what they like and worship
> what
> they like and they will be answerable only to Allah (SWT) when they go to
> meet
> him on the day of judgement.
> This fact is well known by those who attempt to vilify Islam but they
> persist in this lie in order to brainwash the ignorant.
>
> Other people's struggles to rid themselves of various forms of injustice
> and
> oppression imposed upon them must necessarily make sense to us as victims
> of
> colonialism and then there is the new quest for World domination by those
> who see this as a necessity with the resultant ever increasing economic
> slavery
> that knows no national, ethnic or race boundaries, just class boundaries.
>
> I would also like to add to what Saul said. Not only are the Israelis
> amply
> supplied with the latest destructive military gadgets by the United
> States
> and Condi Rice is busy traversing the Globe to keep any peace proposal at
> bay
> to give time to the Israelis so that they can finish the massacre of
> women,
> children and the complete destruction of Lebanon and continue their
> carnage in
> the Palestinian territories, but the propaganda machinery of the Israeli
> state and her partners in crime is far reaching.
>
> This is also why all you ever get in the mainstream media in the U.S is
> the
> distorted one sided Israeli viewpoint and never a balanced view or God
> forbid
> footage of the injustice they engage in on a daily basis in the
> Palestinian
> territories and now Lebanon. One never sees footage of the carnage in
> Lebanon or the buldozers leveling homes in the Bantustans they have
> created for the
> Palestinians on their own homeland which injustice was orchestrated, aided
> and abetted by the very people and their allies who are supplying the
> Isrealis
> with the weapons of mass destruction while pretending that they are peace
> makers. One wonders how Condi Rice, the descendant of a people who were
> enslaved by the people whose agenda she is an emissary for can be party
> to all
> this.One wonders indeed. She is an American serving her country but one
> keeps
> hoping that somewhere within her, there stirs a conscience and sense of
> solidarity with oppressed people given her heritage.
>
> These are not wars about Islam although that battle cry has been used as
> an
> excuse by the U.S and their allies in their quest to fulfill other
> agendas
> while using Islam as a scapegoat and the propaganda machinery in it's
> varied
> forms and various agents for dispensation are very far reaching.
>
> Jabou Joh
>
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