March 17, 2008 by sunnairan 

بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم

Today we recieved the
sad news, that the only Channel of the Ahl Al-Sunnah of Iran has been
banned by Youtube ! the only crime of this channel was the message and
the call of the Sunna Iranian people and it’s efforts in exposing the
pagan religion of the twelver Rafidha Shias ! the twelver rejectionists
Shias were so enraged by the Videos of this Channel because they
exposed the true Character of the cult of the Rafidha ! all their
hatred towards the companions and pure wives of the messenger of Allah
(sallAllahu ‘aleyhi wa sallam) and all their heretical and paganistic
believes were exposed to all those ignorant Muslims who were not aware
of the true character of the Rafidha. Obviously they got even more
enraged due to the reason that this Da’wa was carried out by nobody
else but the Sons of Ahle Sonnat Iran who have shown the Islamic Umma
what the twelver Rafidha priests usually hide in their private councils
!

But there was another
important idead behind the Channel, another great goal ! (they same one
that we try to achieve by the permission of Allah ta’ala) it was to
spread the call of the opressed Sunna Iranian people ! It was the call
of Ahle Sonnat Iran, a message to the Umma, a Umma which was deceived
by the empty rhetorics of the Rafidha the so called the
Banner of Unity! the game of the Iranian Rafidhi regime that fooled the
entire Umma and covered up over its crimes against the Sunni Iranian
people.

This was most probably
the most hateful issue for the Rafidha (especially the arab ones who
hate the Sunni Iranians the most). This was the point which enraged
them so much ! this Channel was the most famous Iranian Sunna and Shia
exposing Channel on the entire Youtube ! it had more than 2 mio viewers
for it’s Videos, it was famous worldwide by the grace of Allah and now
it is put down by the Qadr of Allah ‘azza wa Jall !

and all the Rafidha
could do was to flag the Videos ! this slaves of Ayatul-Satans flagged
the Videos so much that youtube banned the Channel ! the Rafidha
started whole campaignes against the Channel and it’s owner
OmarHassanAlFarsyy ! these cowards mobilized the Rafidha Shias
worldwide to save what was left from their Ibn Saba, Safawi Religion.
So all we can say is: congratulation Rafidha ! you couldn’t stand the
presence of the sons of Ahle Sonnat Iran ! you couldn’t stand it that
the sons of Ahle Sonnat, that ironically Sunni Iranians
are foremost on the whole youtube to expose your Shirki-Kuffri cult !
you couldn’t stand the spread of the call of Ahle Sonnat Iran and their
tragedy ! so you and your Mushrik ilks did what you did ! but by Allah
the creator of heavens and earth the helper of the weak and oppressed
this was just a temporary victory of yours !

O Rafidha ! O offsprings of the Safawis ! O Sons of Ibn Saba the Jew !

remember Kheybar ! the day were the messenger of Allah (sallaAllahu ‘aleyhi wa sallam) and his noble companions
defeated your forefathers (the Jews) O sons of Ibn Saba the Jew this
humble site (SunnaIran.wordpress.com) and the Ahle Sonnat Iran channel
were just the beginning of our hunt ! the sons of Ahle Sonnat Iran have
been awaken and O Umma of Mohammad (sallAllahu ‘aleyhi wa sallam) and
all those who have forgotten the Ahl Al-Sunna of Iran and O enemies of
Allah and Sahaba O Infidel Rafidhis we will come back ! by the
permission of Allah we will flood the media with the call of Ahle
Sonnat Iran and with clear-cut refutations by the brother
OmarHassanAlFarsyy and the Sons of Ahle Sonnat of Iran ! we are very
amused to see your coward behaviour and it is the the same situation as
in Iran where the Sunna Iranian sites have been banned daily due to the
fear of the Rafidhi Safawi regime. We promise the Muslimeen that by the
permission of Allah the call of Ahle Sonnat Iran and the refutation of
the pagan cult of the Rafidha will be continiued !

And the case of the
opressed Sunna Iranian people and case of the Ahle Sonnat Iran Channel
should be a lesson for the entire Umma !

AND  KNOW O
MUWAHHID, MAY ALLAH HAVE MERCY ON YOU, THAT HISTORY OF THIS DEEN IS
WRITTEN WITH THE BLOOD OF THE MARTYRS MAY ALLAH DESTROY THE NATION OF
THE RAFIDHA BY ALLAH THE SHAHEED Abu Mus’ab rahimahullah (a Mujahid of
Iraq) WANTED TO IGNITE A CIVIL WAR BETWEEN THE SLEEPING SUNNIS AND THE
BLOOD THIRSTY RAFIDHA, he MENTIONED TIME AND TIME AGAIN THAT HOW THE
SHIA IMAMS CALLED FOR REVENGE ON THE SUNNIS WHEN SADDAMS REGIME FELL
BUT THE SUNNIS WERE TO BUSY CALLING FOR UNITY AND INTER WEDDING WITH
SONS OF THE SAFAWIS (SHIA RAFIDHA) CALLING TO UNITY WITH A CULT WHICH
ELEVATES THE CURSING OF THE SAHABA AS A FORM OF WORSHIP ! BY ALLAH THE
HONOUR OF OUR MOTHER AISHA AND HER FATHER IS MORE BELOVED TO US THEN
THE ENTIRE SHIA POPULATION. WHICH SUNNI MUSLIM WOULD ALLOW THERE MOTHER
TO BE CURSED AND ACCUSED OF ADULTERY WITHOUT PUTTING A BULLIT IN THE
HEAD OF THE PERSON SPEAKING SUCH EVIL WORDS THE WIVES OF THE PROPHETS
ARE THE MOTHERS OF THE BELIVERS. OH SUNNIS OF IRAN DEFEAT OR BE DEFEATED OH
SUNNIS OF THE WORLD MAKE DUA FOR THE BROTHERS AND SISTERS IN IRAN AND
ALL THE OTHER LANDS OF OCCUPATION OH SUNNIS WAKE UP FROM THIS SLUMBER
AND REMEMBER DUA IS THE MOST POWERFUL WEAPON FOR THE BELIEVERS SO MAKE
IT WITH ALL YOUR HEART LET TEARS FLOW FROM OUR EYES LET OUR HEARTS FEEL
WOUNDED AND LET OUR TONGUES CURSE THE RAFIDHA. WE AS A MUSLIM UMMAH
NEED TO AWAKE AND STOP CALLING TO UNITY UNLESS ITS A UNITY CALLING TO
TAWEED MAY ALLAH HELP THE SUNNIS OF IRAQ AND IRAN BUT THEY THEMSELVES
NEED TO RISE AND HOLD ONTO THE DEEN OF HONOUR AND REBEL AGAINST THESE
KAFIR TYRANTS MAY ALLAH DESTROY THE NATION OF THE RAFIDA

Mideast Wire

On March 11, the Hamas-backed newspaper Filistin reported: "The ministry of information has denounced the campaign that a number of Palestinian sides have been waging against the Al-Jazeera Satellite Television Channel, deeming this as an old and not new onslaught that does not represent the Palestinian national and official position but represents the position of some individuals and groups that are connected with the US Administration and Hebrew state. At the same time, the ministry lauded the position of the Al-Jazeera Channel in exposing Israeli violations under the silence of the official Arab media and Palestinian media in Ramallah.

"Dr Hasan Abu-Hashish, deputy undersecretary of the ministry of information, says: "We view the Al-Jazeera Satellite Television Channel in a very professional way and with complete satisfaction, and we appreciate and value what Al-Jazeera has done in setting in motion the stagnant waters in the media process at the Arab media level and the region in general.

"We also highly appreciate the Al-Jazeera Channel’s enormous efforts in exposing the Israeli aggression, supporting the Palestinian right and explaining to the world in general this people’s torments. Subsequently, this is the general national position of the Palestinian people and their national and official institutions. Any position that contradicts this position is an individual, personal and party position that is not objective, and does not represent all the Palestinians and the higher national or political vision in Palestine."

"In a statement to Filastin, Abu-Hashish affirmed that Al-Jazeera Channel is like the free media in the Arab World that is subjected to blackmail and harassment by the settlement and normalization trend in the region at the instruction of the US Administration and Hebrew state. He said that Tel Aviv did not conceal this when it attacked Al-Jazeera and accused it of instigating violence because it was conveying the Palestinian people’s suffering as a result of the aggression and blockade.

"He said: "We in the information ministry in the Palestinian [National] Authority hold a view on any campaign, whether by some Palestinian mouthpieces, the Authority’s television in Ramallah known as the Palestine Television, some Fatah deputies, the US Administration or some Arab regimes. We view this onslaught as being part of the campaign to disrupt Al-Jazeera’s media, national and responsible role as it exposes the Israeli aggression in a manner that conveys the real picture to the world."

"He added: "We believe that this is a kind of blackmail by the Fatah Movement and before that by the Fatah media and the occupation. The aim is to bring pressure to bear on the Al-Jazeera Channel and subsequently make it embrace the Fatah Movement’s story and stay away from the story of the resistance and opposition in the Arab World. This contradicts the simplest rights and simplest rules of respectable professional work and respectable relations between countries and institutions.

"Abu-Hashish also said that he regarded the onslaught against the Al-Jazeera Channel as being an old and not a new thing or has anything to do with any programme. He affirmed that several Al-Jazeera correspondents have been arrested, martyred, injured or subjected to various kinds of practices in several countries. He also said that he expected this onslaught against Al-Jazeera to continue if it continues with its neutrality and professionalism.

"The deputy undersecretary of the Palestinian information ministry said: "We believe that the pitfall of Dr Faysal al-Qasim in the "Opposite Direction" programme was unprecedented, but this matter was quickly handled by Al-Jazeera Channel and it apologized to the Arab and Islamic World for that. However, the onslaught against Al-Jazeera started before this case and is aimed at stirring up old grudges and exploiting the loopholes in which the Al-Jazeera Channel might fall.

"This is in order to attack and undermine it and influence its message to make it biased in favour of the story that satisfies the US Administration, Hebrew state and some trends that agree with the US position in the region." - Filistin, Palestine

Tunisia

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Hijab crisis now in Tunisia
Committee to Protect Veiled Women in Tunisia denounced the crime
committed by Mohsen Balshadly (a mathematics teacher in Hassan Hosny
Abdul-Wahab Institute, Basateen Monayhela district, Tunis). On Thursday
march 6, 2008, where the teacher physically abused the veiled girl
Asma’a Al-Habboby who is studying in the Economics Dept (forth year)
and also abused here verbally by calling her repulsive names, then he
pulled her veil apart in pieces by force while she was in the middle of
her exam. The committee considered that crime as infringement of a
Tunisian woman honor and a deviation from social and educational
values.

The victim Asma’a Al-Habboby called all her Tunisian veiled
colleagues to pluck up courage to unmask these practices, reaching all
local administrative levels and to raise their complaints to the
national and international courts and to sign petitions to
international organizations such as : U.N, International Committee for
Human Rights, International Court of Justice, Arab Organization for
Human Rights, Amnesty International and Human rights Watch…etc.

Sources
Committee to Protect Veiled Women in Tunisia
For more information, visit http://www.hrinfo.net/tunisia
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Syria

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Release of Adnan Hemdan member of Committee of Defending Democratic Liberties and Human Rights in Syria
After
his arrest without a legal warrant, Syrian authorities released Adnan
Hemdan the member of the Committee of Defending Democratic Liberties
and Human Rights in Syria and the programs director in the Syrian
Center for Freedom of Expression and Media as the military security in
Damascus summoned him on Thursday March 13, 2008.

The Committee of Defending Democratic Liberties and Human Rights in
Syria welcomed that release and called on the Syrian government to
release all political detainees and prisoners of conscious, and also
cessation of political detentions in Syria.

Sources
Committees of Defending Democratic Liberties and Human Rights in Syria

Writer and politician Pierre Rostum is under arrest
Committee
of Defending Democratic Liberties and Human Rights in Syria confirmed
that Air Forces Security branch in Aleppo governorate has detained the
writer Ahmed Mustafa who is also known as Pierre Rostum. Kurdish Pierre
is one the Kurdish Democratic Party cadres in Syria that when a police
patrol (affiliated to the security body summoning him) broke into his
house located in Gindrees village, they confiscated his documents,
books and P.C.

The committee expressed its concern about the destiny of Pierre and
also its worry that security bodies still insist on illegal arbitrary
detentions and going after dissident writers and intellectual which is
considered a frank violation of basic liberties provided by the Syrian
constitution, yet it comes in accordance with the Emergency Law and
Martial Laws declared. The committee also considered the arrest and the
continued detention of Rustum as a violation of Syria’s obligations who
ratified international agreements concerned with human rights
especially the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights.

Sources
Committees of Defending Democratic Liberties and Human Rights in Syria
For more information, visit http://www.hrinfo.net/syria
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Iraq

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UNAMI report about human rights situation in Iraq
The
UN Assistance Mission for Iraq (UNAMI) issued its twelfth report on the
human rights situation in the country covering the period from July 1
to December 31, 2007. The report recognizes that the last three months
of 2007 were characterized by a marked decrease in violent attacks
involving mass casualties. The report notes the enormous challenges the
Government of Iraq continued to face during the reporting period in its
efforts to bring sectarian violence and other criminal activities under
control against a backdrop of political instability and stalled efforts
in revitalizing a national reconciliation process. UNAMI cautions that,
“Although security has improved in parts of Baghdad and other
locations, it deteriorated elsewhere with heightened activity by
insurgent armed groups."

The twelfth Quarterly Human Rights Report welcomed the measures taken
by the Government of Iraq and the judicial authorities in order to
improve the treatment of detainees, including efforts exerted to ensure
more effective judicial oversight.

Moreover, UNAMI welcomed the Iraqi Government’s decision to ratify the UN Convention Against Torture.

Sources
Eye on Iraq

After five-years occupation, what is the destiny of Iraq??
Amnesty International issued its report titled "Massacres &
Despair" in which it confirmed that attacks and sectarian killings
committed by armed groups, besides torture and maltreatment by Iraqi
government forces and those thousands of suspected detained by Iraqi
& American forces, emphasizing that all of this has a destructive
effect, as it caused evacuation of more than 4 million Iraqi citizens.
Many detainees are in custody for years with no accusation or trial.

Five years passed on Saddam Hussein’s regime overthrowing by the forces
led by the United States, yet Iraq is still one of the most
compromising countries all over the world in regarding human rights.

Sources
Amnesty International
For more information, visit : http://www.hrinfo.net/iraq
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Palestine

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Storming into Ramtan news agency in Ramallah
Palestinian
Center for Human Rights denounced the penetration of a news agency in
Ramallah (Ramtan) by Palestinian security bodies. The Center considered
this aggression as violating of journalistic liberties and freedom of
expression. The Center also confirmed that the right to freedom of
expression and exchanging information are all basic rights guaranteed
by the basic law and international charters of human rights. Moreover,
the journalist Nawaf Ibrahim Al-Amer has been detained and the security
bodies confiscated his professional and personal properties including
his P.C which belongs to the agency.

Sources
Palestinian Center for Human Rights
For more information, visit : http://www.hrinfo.net/palestine
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Egypt

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A campaign to set civil associations free and amend Associations Act no. 84/2002 in Egypt
On
Monday March 24, 2008, Egyptian Organization for Human Rights and the
German Foundation Friedrich Naumann will hold a general conference to
launch a campaign to set civil associations free and amend Associations
Act no. 84/2002 and it will be funded by the EU. The conference shall
be in Nefertety hall, Shepheard Hotel, Cairo.

A number of human rights activists and civil associations
representatives from all Egyptian governorates are participating in the
conference, in addition to many members Of Shura Council & People’s
Assembly, professors of constitutional law and representatives of
political parties.

Sources
Egyptian Organization for Human Rights

Who can protect civil society organizations..!
Observatory
of Democracy Status in the Egyptian Association for Community
Participation Enhancement started field monitoring of local elections
by observing violations committed by the Executive Authority against
Egyptians citizens willing to run into local elections candidacy
although it is the right guaranteed by the constitution and
international charters ratified by successive Egyptian governments.

The observatory called on bodies supervising the elections, including
the high committee (for elections) and National Council for Human
Rights to facilitate the mission of civil society organizations
observers and protect them from being subject to arbitrary practices
carried out by administrative & security bodies of the Executive
Authority. The observatory considered this call as a notification
directed to the above mentioned bodies and the Egyptian public opinion.

Sources
Democracy Status Watch
For more information, visit : http://www.hrinfo.net/egypt
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Yemen

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A statement regarding the banning of aleshteraki.net website
Yemeni
Journalist Syndicate expressed its severe concern about the violations
which recently targeted independent and partisan mass media. The
syndicate denounced in particular the disabling of news websites that aleshteraki.net
was the last one disabled, which has been disabled four times in less
than one year, which illustrates that the government didn’t keep faith
of its obligations with the syndicate.

Last action taken against aleshteraki.net
and the banning of the search engine "Yemen Portal" were considered by
the syndicate as a direct aggression against the right to freedom of
expression & press that is guaranteed by the Yemeni constitution.
The syndicate called on the Yemeni government to stop its aggressive
policy against independent and opposition mass media.

Sources
Yemeni journalist Syndicate
For more information, visit  : http://www.hrinfo.net/yemen
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Regional & International

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Human rights violations in Egypt
The International
Center for Justice & Human Rights (London), in cooperation with the
Arab Commission for Human Rights (Paris) will hold a conference
entitled "Human Rights Violations in Egypt" on March 20, 2008 in
Brussels as a large number of human rights organizations
representatives, European parliamentarians, western and Arab
politicians shall attend.

The organizing committee stressed upon this conference as the Capital
of European Union shall witness the largest gathering about human
rights in Egypt where the conference will deal with human rights status
in Egypt in the light of international charters and laws, human rights
future in Egypt under the current political regime and Egyptian general
elections in regards to prevention (from candidacy and running),
forgery and detention.

Sources
Arab Commission for Human Rights (Paris)
For more information, visit : http://www.hrinfo.net/mena
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Arabic Network for Human Rights Information

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Chasing Ikhwanonline editor-in-chef and his sit-in in journalist syndicate
The
Arabic Network for Human Rights Information denounced the police
campaign continued against media professionals belong to Muslim
brotherhood as Ikhwanonline editor-in-chef and the journalist
Abdul-Jalil Al-Sharnooby’s house was taken by storm.

The Network confirmed that Al-Sharnooby wasn’t available the time his
house was attacked that when he knew about his arrest warrant, he
rushed to the journalist syndicate in which he is still in a sit-in.
Moreover, the Arabic Network expressed its solidarity with journalists
and media professionals targeted by the brutal campaign, and confirmed
that freedom of expression whether online or in printed Press, is a
right guaranteed for every citizen by the constitution & the law.
The Network calls on the government to stop all kinds of oppression and
systematic violations against these liberties.

In the battlefield of defending freedom of expression 
Judge Abdul-Fattah Mourad appeals against a judgment supporting freedom of internet

Supreme Administrative Court started considering an appeal submitted by
Judge Abdul-Fattah Mourad against a judgment issued by the
Administrative Court on December 29, 2007 which supported freedom of
internet and freedom of expression in Egypt.

In last March 2007, Mourad brought a law suit against the Cabinet and
number of ministries requesting to ban 21 human rights organizations
websites besides online newspapers and blogs, then he increased the
number to be 49 websites that included several international human
rights organizations and media institutions claiming that they are
tarnishing Egypt and Arab governments reputation, but the Court judged
in favor of freedom of expression and rejected the law suit which
ensured freedom of internet and the right to information exchange.
Judge Mourad didn’t accept the judgment, so he submitted the appeal to
the Supreme Administrative Court.

It is worthy to mention that the Arabic Network discovered plagiarism
committed by Judge Mourad as he conveyed scores of pages from the
Network’s report titled "Implacable Opponent, Internet and the Arab
Governments" and included these pages in his book entitled "Scientific
and Legal Fundamentals of Blogs" without any permission or even citing
a quotation. Mourad in this way violated rules of scientific research
and Intellectual property as he didn’t recognize his crime or even give
an apology. Not only this, but he also fabricated various cases against
the Arabic Network for Human Rights Information, Hisham Mubarak Law
Center and number of bloggers, rather than his trial to ban online
newspapers and blogs that stood in solidarity with the Arabic Network
in posting news about the abovementioned crime against intellectual
property.

The report is available on  http://openarab.net/reports/tunisia2007/index.shtml

The Network details are available on : http://www.hrinfo.net/en/reports

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http://www.hrinfo.net/en/newsletter/2008/newsletter0319.shtml

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Ruling on celebrating the Prophet’s birthday

Celebrating the occasion of the birthday of the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) is forbidden and is to be rejected for a number of reasons:

1 – it is not part of the Sunnah of the Messenger (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) or of the khaleefahs who succeeded him. Since this is the case, then it is a forbidden innovation, because the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) said: "I urge you to follow my Sunnah and the way of the rightly-guided khaleefahs after me; adhere to it and cling to it firmly. Beware of newly-invented things, for every newly-invented thing is an innovation (bid’ah) and every innovation is a going-astray. " (Narrated by Ahmad, 4/126; al-Tirmidhi no. 2676).

Celebrating the Mawlid is an innovation introduced by the Shi’a Faatimids after the three best centuries in order to corrupt the religion of the Muslims. If a person does anything in order to draw closer to Allaah which was not done by the Messenger (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) or enjoined by him, and was not done by the khaleefahs who succeeded him, this action implies that he is accusing the Messenger of not explaining the religion to the people, and that he disbelieves in the words of Allaah (interpretation of the meaning):

"This day, I have perfected your religion for you"

[al-Maa'idah 5:3]

  because he is adding something extra and claiming that it is a part of the religion, but the Messenger (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) did not bring this.

2 – Celebrating the birthday of the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) is an imitation of the Christians, because they celebrate the birth of the Messiah (peace be upon him). Imitating them is extremely haraam. The hadeeth tells us that it is forbidden to imitate the kuffaar, and we are commanded to differ from them. The Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) said: "Whoever imitates a people is one of them" (narrated by Ahmad, 2/50; Abu Dawood, 4/314). And he said, "Be different from the mushrikeen" (narrated by Muslim, 1/222, no. 259) – especially with regard to things that are the symbols or rituals of their religion.

3 – Besides being bid’ah and an imitation of the Christians, both of which are haraam, celebrating the birthday of the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) is also a means that leads to exaggeration and excess in venerating him, which even goes as far as calling upon him (making du’aa’ to him) and seeking his help, instead of calling upon Allaah, as happens now among many of those who observe the bid’ah of the Mawlid, when they call upon the Messenger instead of Allaah, and ask him for support, and sing qaseedahs (odes) of shirk praising him, like Qaseedat al-Burdah etc. The Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) forbade going to extremes in praising him, as he said: "Do not extol as the Christians extolled the son of Maryam. For I am just His slave, so say, the slave of Allaah and His Messenger" (narrated by al-Bukhaari, 4/142, no. 3445; al-Fath, 6/551), i.e., do not exaggerate in praising me as the Christians exaggerated in praising the Messiah and venerated him until they worshipped him instead of Allaah. Allaah forbade them to do that when he said (interpretation of the meaning):

"O people of the Scripture (Christians) ! Do not exceed the limits in your religion, nor say of Allaah aught but the truth. The Messiah ‘Eesa (Jesus), son of Maryam (Mary), was (no more than) a Messenger of Allaah and His Word, ("Be!" — and he was) which He bestowed on Maryam (Mary) and a spirit (Rooh) created by Him"

[al-Nisaa' 4:171]

Our Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) forbade us to exaggerate concerning him lest the same thing happen to us as happened to them, so he said: "Beware of exaggeration, for those who came before you were destroyed because of exaggeration" (narrated by al-Nasaa’i, 5/268; classed as saheeh by al-Albaani in Saheeh Sunan al-Nasaa’i, no. 2863).

4 – Observing the innovation of the Prophet’s birthday opens the door to other kinds of bid’ah and being distracted by them from the Sunnah. Hence you find that the innovators are very active when it comes to bid’ah and very lazy when it comes to the Sunnah; they hate it and regard those who follow it as enemies, until their entire religion is innovated anniversaries and Mawlids. They have split into various groups, each of which commemorates the anniversary of its imaam’s birth, such as the births of al-Badawi, Ibn ‘Arabi, al-Dasooqi and al-Shaadhili. No sooner do they end the celebration of one birthday but they start the celebration of another. This results in exaggeration concerning these dead people and others, and in calling upon them instead of Allaah, believing that they can bring benefit and cause harm, until they deviate from the religion of Allaah and go back to the religion of the people of the Jaahiliyyah of whom Allaah says (interpretation of the meaning):

"And they worship besides Allaah things that harm them not, nor profit them, and they say: ‘These are our intercessors with Allaah’"

[Yoonus 10:18]

"And those who take Awliyaa’ (protectors, helpers, lords, gods) besides Him (say): ‘We worship them only that they may bring us near to Allaah’"

[al-Zumar 39:3]

Discussing the specious arguments of those who celebrate the Mawlid

Those who think that this bid’ah should be continued produce specious arguments which are flimsier than a spider’s web. These specious arguments may be dealt with as follows:

1 – Their claim that this is veneration of the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him):

The response to that is that the way to venerate him is to obey him, do as he commanded and avoid that which he forbade, and to love him; he is not to be venerated through innovations, myths and sins. Celebrating his birthday is of this blameworthy type because it is a sin. The people who venerated the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) the most were the Sahaabah (may Allaah be pleased with them), as ‘Urwah ibn Mas’ood said to Quraysh: "O people, by Allaah I have visited kings. I went to Caesar, Chosroes and the Negus, but by Allaah I never saw a king whose companions venerated him as much as the companions of Muhammad venerated Muhammad (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him). By Allaah, whenever he spat it never fell on the ground, it fell into into the hand of one his companions, then they wiped their faces and skins with it. If he instructed them to do something, they would hasten to do as he commanded. When he did wudoo’, they would almost fight over his water. When he spoke they would lower their voices in his presence; and they did not stare at him out of respect for him." (al-Bukhaari, 3/178, no. 2731, 2732; al-Fath, 5/388). Yet despite this level of veneration, they never took the day of his birth as an ‘Eid (festival). If that had been prescribed in Islam they would not have neglected to do that.

2 – Using as evidence the fact that many people in many countries do this.

The response to that is that evidence consists of that which is proven from the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him), and what is proven from the Prophet is that innovations are forbidden in general, and this is an innovation. What people do, if it goes against the evidence (daleel), does not prove anything, even if many of them do it.

"And if you obey most of those on the earth, they will mislead you far away from Allaah’s path"

[al-An'aam 6:116 – interpretation of the meaning]

Nevertheless, in every age, praise be to Allaah, there have always been those who denounce this bid’ah and state clearly that it is false. Those who persist in following it after the truth had been explained to them have no proof.

Among those who denounced the celebration of this occasion was Shaykh al-Islam Ibn Taymiyah, in Iqtidaa’ al-Siraat al-Mustaqeem; Imaam al-Shaatibi in al-’I’tisaam; Ibn al-Haaj in al-Madkhil; Shaykh Taaj al-Deen ‘Ali ibn ‘Umar al-Lakhami who wrote an entire book denouncing it; Shaykh Muhammad Basheer al-Sahsawaani al-Hindi in his book Siyaanah al-Insaan; al-Sayyid Muhammad Rasheed Ridaa wrote a separate essay on this topic; Shaykh Muhammad ibn Ibraaheem Aal al-Shaykh wrote a separate essay on it; Shaykh ‘Abd al-’Azeez ibn Baaz; and others who are still writing and denouncing this bid’ah every year in the pages of newspapers and magazines, at the time when this bid’ah is being done.

3 – They say that by celebrating the Mawlid they are keeping the memory of the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) alive.

The answer to that is that the memory of the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) is constantly kept alive by the Muslim, such as when his name (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) is mentioned in the adhaan and iqaamah and in khutbahs, and every time the Muslim recites the Shahaadatayn after doing wudoo’ and in the prayers, and every time he sends blessings upon the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) in his prayers and when he is mentioned, and every time the Muslim does a waajib (obligatory) or mustahabb (recommended) action that was prescribed by the Messenger (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him). In all of these ways (the Muslim) remembers him and the reward equivalent to the reward of the one who does that action goes back to the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him). Thus the Muslim constantly keeps the memory of the Messenger alive and has a connection with him night and day throughout his life through that which Allaah has prescribed, not only on the day of the Mawlid and things which are bid’ah and go against the Sunnah, for that puts one at a distance from the Messenger (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) and the Messenger will disown him because of that.

The Messenger (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) has no need of this innovated celebration, because Allaah has already bestowed veneration and respect upon him, as He says:

"and raised high your fame"

[al-Sharh 94:4]

For Allaah is not mentioned in the adhaan, iqaamah or khutbah, but the Messenger (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) is mentioned after Him; this is sufficient veneration, love and renewal of his memory, ad sufficient encouragement to follow him.

Allaah did not refer to the birth of the Messenger (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) in the Qur’aan, rather He referred to his Mission, and says (interpretation of the meaning):

"Indeed, Allaah conferred a great favour on the believers when He sent among them a Messenger (Muhammad) from among themselves"

[Aal 'Imraan 3:124]

"He it is Who sent among the unlettered ones a Messenger (Muhammad) from among themselves"

[al-Jumu'ah 64:2]

4 – They may say that the celebration of the Prophet’s birthday was introduced by a knowledgeable and just king who intended thereby to draw closer to Allaah.

Our response to that is that bid’ah is not acceptable, no matter who does it. A good intention does not justify a bad deed and even if a person died as a knowledgeable and righteous person, this does not mean that he was infallible.

5 – They say that celebrating the mawlid comes under the heading of bid’ah hasanah ("good innovation") because it is based on giving thanks to Allaah for the Prophet!

Our response to that is that there is nothing good in innovation. The Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) said: "Whoever innovates anything in this matter of ours (i.e., Islam), that is not part of it will have it rejected." (Narrated by al-Bukhaari, no. 2697; al-Fath, 5/355).  And he said, "Every innovation is a going astray" (narrated by Ahmad, 4/126; al-Tirmidhi, no. 2676). The ruling on innovations is that they are all misguidance, but this specious argument suggests that not every bid’ah is a going astray, rather there are good innovations.

Al-Haafiz ibn Rajab said in Sharh al-Arba’een: "The words of the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him), ‘every innovation is a going astray’ is a concise but comprehensive comment which includes everything; it is one of the most important principles of religion. It is like his words ‘Whoever innovates anything in this matter of ours (i.e., Islam), that is not part of it will have it rejected.’ (Narrated by al-Bukhaari, 3/167, no. 2697; al-Fath, 5/355). Whoever innovates anything and attributes it to Islam when it has no basis in the religion, this is a going astray and is nothing to do with Islam, whether that has to do with matters of belief (’aqeedah) or outward and inward words and deeds."

(Jaami’ al-’Uloom wa’l-Hakam, p. 233)

These people have no proof that there is any such thing as a "good innovation" apart from the words of ‘Umar (may Allaah be pleased with him) concerning Taraaweeh prayers, "What a good innovation this is." (Saheeh al-Bukhaari, 2/252, no. 2010 mu’allaqan; al-Fath 4/294).

They also said that things were innovated which were not denounced by the salaf, such as compiling the Qur’aan into one volume and writing and compiling the hadeeth.

The response to that is that these matters had a basis in Islam, so they were not newly-invented.

‘Umar said: "What a good bid’ah" meaning innovation in the linguistic sense, not in the shar’i sense. Whatever has a basis in Islam, if it is described as an innovation, is an innovation in the linguistic sense, not in the shar’i sense, because innovation in the shar’i sense means that which has no basis in Islam.

Compiling the Qur’aan into one book has a basis in Islam, because the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) had commanded that the Qur’aan be written down, but it was scattered, so the Sahaabah compiled it in one volume so as so protect and preserve it.

The Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) led his companions in praying Taraaweeh for a while, then he stopped doing that, lest that become obligatory on them. The Sahaabah (may Allaah be pleased with them) continued to pray it separately during the life of the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) and after his death, until ‘Umar ibn al-Khattaab (may Allaah be pleased with them) gathered them behind one imaam as they used to pray behind the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him). This was not an innovation introduced into the religion.

Writing down the hadeeth also has a basis in Islam. The Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) ordered that some ahaadeeth should be written down for some of his companions when they asked him for that. In general terms writing it down during his lifetime was not allowed, for fear that the Qur’aan might be mixed with things that were not part of it. When the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) died, this fear was no longer a factor, because the Qur’aan had been completed and arranged in order before he died. The Muslims compiled the Sunnah after that in order to preserve it and keep it from being lost. May Allaah reward them with good on behalf of Islam and the Muslims, because they preserved the Book of their Lord and the Sunnah of their Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) from being lost or being tampered with.

We may also say to them: why was this act of thanksgiving, as they call it, not done by the best generations, the Sahaabah, Taabi’een and followers of the Taabi’een, who loved the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) most and who were most keen to do good and give thanks? Are those who introduced the innovation of the Mawlid more rightly-guided than them? Do they give more thanks to Allaah? Definitely not!

6 – They may say that celebrating the birthday of the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) is indicative of their love for him; this is one way of showing that, and showing love of the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) is prescribed in Islam!

The answer to that is that undoubtedly loving the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) is obligatory for every Muslim; he should love him more than he loves himself, his child, his father and all the people – may my father and mother be sacrificed for him – but that does not mean that we should introduce innovations for doing so that have not been prescribed for us. Loving him dictates that we should obey him and follow him, for that is one of the greatest manifestations of love, as it is said:

"If your love is sincere then obey him; for the lover obeys the one whom he loves."

Loving the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) implies keeping his Sunnah alive, adhering firmly to it, and avoiding words and deeds that go against it. Undoubtedly everything that goes against his Sunnah is a reprehensible innovation (bid’ah) and a manifest act of disobedience. That includes celebrating his birthday and other kinds of bid’ah. A good intention does not mean that it is permissible to introduce innovations into the religion. Islam is based on two things, purity of intention and following [the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him)]. Allaah says (interpretation of the meaning):

"Yes, but whoever submits his face (himself) to Allaah (i.e. follows Allaah’s religion of Islamic Monotheism) and he is a Muhsin (a doer of good)  then his reward is with his Lord (Allaah), on such shall be no fear, nor shall they grieve"

[al-Baqarah 2:112]

Submitting one’s face to Allaah means being sincere towards Allaah, and doing good means following the Messenger and implementing the Sunnah.

7 – Another of their specious arguments is when they say that by celebrating the Mawlid and reading the biography of the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) on this occasion, they are encouraging people to follow his example!

We say to them that reading the biography of the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) and following his example are required of the Muslim all the time, all year long and throughout his life. Singling out a specific day for that with no evidence for doing so is an innovation, and every innovation is a going astray." (Narrated by Ahmad, 4/164; al-Tirmidhi, 2676). Bid’ah does not bear any fruit but evil and it leads to a person distancing himself from the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him).

In conclusion, celebrating the birthday of the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him), whatever form it takes, is a reprehensible innovation. The Muslims should put a stop to this and other kinds of bid’ah, and occupy themselves with reviving and adhering to the Sunnah.  They should not be deceived by those who promote and defend this bid’ah, for these types of people are more interested in keeping innovations alive than in reviving the Sunnah; they may not even care about the Sunnah at all. Whoever is like this, it is not permissible to imitate him or follow his example, even if the majority of people are like this. Rather we should follow the example of those who follow the path of the Sunnah, among the righteous salaf and their followers, even if they are few. Truth is not measured by the men who speak it, rather men are measured by the truth.                                                                        

The Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) said: "Whoever among you lives (for a long time) will see many differences. I urge you to follow my Sunnah and the way of the rightly-guided khaleefahs who come after me. Hold on to it firmly. Beware of newly-invented matters, for every innovation is a going astray." (Narrated by Ahmad, 4/126; al-Tirmidhi no. 2676). So the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) explained to us in this hadeeth what we should do when there are differences of opinion, just as he explained that everything that goes against his Sunnah, be it words or deeds, is a bid’ah, and every bid’ah is a going astray.

If we see that there is no basis for celebrating the birthday of the Prophet, whether in the Sunnah of the Messenger of Allaah (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) or in the way of the rightly-guided khaleefahs, then it is one of the newly-invented matters, one of the bid’ahs which lead people astray. This principle is what is implied by this hadeeth and is what is indicated by the aayah (interpretation of the meaning):

"O you who believe! Obey Allaah and obey the Messenger (Muhammad), and those of you (Muslims) who are in authority. (And) if you differ in anything amongst yourselves, refer it to Allaah and His Messenger, if you believe in Allaah and in the Last Day. That is better and more suitable for final determination"

[al-Nisaa' 4:59]

Referring to Allaah means referring to His Book, and referring to the Messenger (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) means referring to his Sunnah after he has passed away. The Qur’aan and Sunnah are the reference point in cases of dispute. Where in the Qur’aan or Sunnah does it indicate that it is prescribed in Islam to celebrate the Prophet’s birthday? Whoever does that or thinks that it is good must repent to Allaah from this and from other kinds of bid’ah. This is the attitude of the Muslim who is seeking the truth. But whoever is too stubborn and arrogant after proof has been established, then his reckoning will be with his Lord.

We ask Allaah to help us adhere to His Book and the Sunnah of His Messenger until the Day when we will meet Him. May Allaah grant blessings and peace to our Prophet Muhammad and his family and companions.

Huqooq al-Nabi (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) bayna al-Ijlaal wa’l-Ikhlaal, p. 139

Shaykh Dr. Saalih ibn Fawzaan al-Fawzaan

Member of the Committee of Senior Scholars, Saudi Arabia.

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Hamas (Islamic Resistance Movement)

 

                     
                     

                     

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The term "Hamas" is an acronym for the Arabic phrase: Harakat al-Muqawima al-Islamiyya
(Islamic Resistance Movement) and means "enthusiasm, fire, ardor,
fervor, zeal or fanaticism." The group known by this acronym was formed
in December 1987 or early 1988 – accounts differ – as the Gaza wing of
the Ikhwan al-Muslimin (Muslim Brotherhood) in the Gaza Strip.

                     

This
dossier provides an overview of the history, organization and
activities of Hamas, including its social programs, funding and
relations with Fatah and Israel. The dossier also includes profiles of
the major leaders of Hamas, full-text versions of the Hamas Covenant
and the Prisoner’s Document, as well as additional reading and
resources on the subject area.

                     

Hamas favors the formation of a state governed by a strict interpretation of Shariah (Islamic law) and asserts that the struggle
to win control of all of historical Palestine (Israel, the Gaza Strip
and the West Bank) is a religious duty attendant on all Palestinian
Muslims. Hundreds of Israelis have died in attacks conducted by Hamas,
which has been declared a terrorist entity by the European Union, the
United States, Australia, Canada and others.

                     

The
Hamas electoral victories in 2005 and 2006 brought the movement to the
fore of the government in Palestine and international isolation
(Israel, the US and EU suspended ties with the Palestinian Authority
(PA) and instituted an aid and tax payment boycott). Though
ideologically committed to the replacement of the secular PA with a
fully Islamic state, the government under Hamas has not moved to
forcefully impose Shariah law; most cultural struggles have been
relegated to the local level.

                     

On
27 June 2006, Hamas and Fatah reached an agreement that included the
forming of a national unity government. On 8 February 2007, Hamas and
Fatah signed a deal to end factional warfare that had killed nearly 200
Palestinians and to form a coalition, hoping this would lead Western
powers to lift the crippling sanctions imposed on the Hamas-led
government. (Source: Wikipedia)

                     

Some
observers have pointed to signs of a developing power struggle between
Hamas’ Damascus-based political bureau and the administration of Prime
Minister Ismail Haniyeh over control of the movement’s agenda. Attacks
by Hamas’ military wing (Izzedin al-Qassam) and negotiations between
the Hamas-led government and Fatah-held presidency were the most
obvious indicators of this power struggle.

                     

The
situation peaked with Hamas’ seizure of control of the Gaza Strip in
June 2007. The Palestinian government (led by Prime Minister Haniyah)
was subsequently dismissed by President Mahmoud Abbas of Fatah who
established an emergency (Fatah-led) government, which has been deemed
illegitimate by Hamas and its supporters.

                     

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"The
            issue of oil in Darfur isn’t very different from the issue of oil
            anywhere else," says Mike Aaronson, director general of British
            NGO Save the Children. "It’s potentially a tremendous blessing,
            and potentially a tremendous handicap. It’s not without reason that
            people talk about the oil curse. The reality is that many countries
            that have the greatest mineral wealth are also the ones with the conflicts."
            
            Oil Discovery Adds New Twist to Darfur Tragedy By Ruth Gidley
            - June 15, 2005

         

The
            forgotten oil war in Sudan is again in news. Fresh clashes between
            Sudan People’s Liberation Movement units and fighters from the Misseriya
            community in the oil-rich Abyei region have left scores dead and the
            two sides trading blame over who was responsible for the latest skirmishes.
            

         

The deadly
            clashes in the volatile Abyei region provoke fears of renewed conflict
            as tension between the north and south as vicious tug-of-war continues
            over rights to the Abyei region.

         

Fighting
            in the north-south border region of Abyei stopped following the signing
            of the January 2005 Comprehensive Peace Agreement, which ended 21
            years of war that reportedly claimed the lives of an estimated two
            million people and displaced some four million.

         

The relative
            quiet has facilitated the exploitation of oil reserves in the region.
            U.S. oil companies have known about Sudan’s oil wealth since the 1970s
            when Chevron discovered big oil reserves in the south. The corporation
            estimated that "Sudan had more oil than Iran and Saudi Arabia
            together."

         

Tellingly,
            just as the long war in southern Sudan drew to an uneasy close, rebels
            in the western region of Darfur, organized in the Sudan Liberation
            Movement/Army (SLM/SLA) and Justice and Equality Movement (JEM), rose
            up against Khartoum, in 2003. The rebel groups have ties with pro-west
            former rebels in southern Sudan who fought a decades-long civil war
            against the central government. The war in Darfur did not come out
            of the blue, of course. It is known to have major yet untapped substantial
            oil reserves. Sudan announced in April 2005 that its ABCO corporation
            – which is 37 percent owned by Swiss company Clivenden –
            had begun drilling for oil in Darfur.

         

The mass
            media in the Britain and France and US writes a great deal about the
            suffering in the Darfur region. But it writes very little about the
            economic interests these three countries have in the oil recently
            discovered in this part of Africa.

         

The corporate
            oil companies and the Pentagon cannot justify an intervention against
            Sudan based on wanting to dominate the country’s natural resources.
            They must resort to humanitarian slogans. "Stop Genocide"
            or "Protect the Rights of Ethnic Minorities" has a better
            ring.

         

 

         

People
            in the United States and the West have been bombarded regularly with
            the alleged crimes committed by the Sudanese government. By most media
            accounts, at least 200,000 people have died in Sudan’s Darfur region
            since the conflict began in 2003.

         

 

         

Whatever
            the real numbers are, no doubt there is a humanitarian crisis. Lack
            of food, water and arable land in the region has contributed to the
            situation. But even the United Nations acknowledges that the conflict
            is not "genocide." A five-man panel UN mission led by Italian
            Judge Antonio Cassese reported in 2004 that genocide had not been
            committed in Darfur, rather grave human rights abuses were committed.
            It is a war stemming from the economic realities of Sudan.

         

The Bush
            administration, insisting that genocide has been going on in Darfur
            since 2003, has sought deployment of United Nations peacekeepers in
            Darfur to replace an ineffective African Union force. Sudan resisted
            the U.N. troops until President Bush announced on May 29, 2007, that
            he was imposing new unilateral economic sanctions against Sudan for
            failing to allow the deployment and end its support for the janjaweed
            militia. Three weeks later, Sudan announced it had reached a deal
            with the United Nations to allow an international force of 20,000
            troops to shore up a struggling 7,000-member African Union force.
            

         

The United
            States has maintained a trade embargo against Sudan since 1997, so
            there is no legal U.S. investment in the country. Cliveden, the biggest
            stakeholder in ABCO corporation (exploring oil in Darfur), is a Swiss
            company, but an investigation for British television Channel 4 revealed
            that Cliveden’s chief executive, Friedholm Eronat, swapped his U.S.
            passport for a British one shortly before signing an oil deal with
            the Khartoum government in October 2003.

         

Chinese
            connection

         

China’s
            oil-related diplomacy is another major factor in the US-Sudan relations.
            China is Sudan’s largest investor and buys 80 percent of its oil output.
            Washington accuses Beijing of trying to "secure oil at the sources,"
            something Washington foreign policy has itself been preoccupied with
            for at least a Century.

         

The US
            sees China as their growing competitor for Sudan’s oil. China has
            helped Sudan build up its oil exporting industry independently of
            the US. Not surprisingly, allowing a rival world power such as China
            to influence an African country with major oil supplies flies in the
            face of the U.S. goal of outright control of the world’s major oil
            resources.

         

Beijing’s
            China National Petroleum Company, CNPC, is Sudan’s largest foreign
            investor, with some $5 billion in oil field development. Since 1999
            China has invested at least $15 billion in Sudan. It owns 50% of an
            oil refinery near Khartoum with the Sudan government.

         

China plays
            a different role in Sudan and other African countries. China has actually
            helped Sudan’s economic development while serving its own needs for
            oil. With its more than $1.3 trillion in mainly US dollar reserves,
            China has been generous in dispensing its soft loans, with no interest
            or outright grants to some of the poorest debtor states of Africa.
            The loans have gone to infrastructure including highways, hospitals,
            and schools, a stark contrast to the brutal austerity demands of the
            IMF and World Bank. In 2006 China committed more than $8 billion to
            Nigeria, Angola and Mozambique, versus $2.3 billion to all sub-Saharan
            Africa from the World Bank. Unlike the World Bank, a de facto arm
            of US foreign economic policy, China attaches no strings to its loans.
            

         

Tellingly,
            African countries have now begun to argue that the World Bank and
            the IMF have become irrelevant to them because they can get aid packages
            and investment from China without the strings that are attached to
            money from the US-backed international financial organizations.

         

US Covert
            Operations

         

The war
            in Sudan involves both US covert operations and US trained "rebel"
            factions coming in from South Sudan, Chad, Ethiopia and Uganda. F.
            William Engdahl, author of the book, ‘A Century of War: Anglo-American
            Oil Politics and the New World Order,’ provides an insight into the
            covert US operations in southern Sudan and Darfur:

         

"The
            United States, acting through surrogate allies in Chad and neighboring
            states has trained and armed the Sudan Peoples’ Liberation Army, headed
            until his death in July 2005, by John Garang, trained at US Special
            Forces school at Fort Benning, Georgia.

         

"By
            pouring arms into first southern Sudan in the eastern part and since
            discovery of oil in Darfur, to that region as well, Washington fuelled
            the conflict that led to tens of thousands dying and several million
            driven to flee their homes. Eritrea hosts and supports the SPLA, the
            umbrella NDA opposition group, and the Eastern Front and Darfur rebels.
            

         

"The
            Pentagon has been busy training African military officers in the US,
            much as it has for Latin American officers for decades. Its International
            Military Education and Training (IMET) program has provided training
            to military officers from Chad, Ethiopia, Eritrea, Cameroon and the
            Central African Republic, in effect every country on Sudan’s border.
            Much of the arms that have fuelled the killing in Darfur and the south
            have been brought in via murky, protected private "merchants
            of death" such as the notorious former KGB operative, now with
            offices in the US, Victor Bout. Bout has been cited repeatedly in
            recent years for selling weapons across Africa. US Government officials
            strangely leave his operations in Texas and Florida untouched despite
            the fact he is on the Interpol wanted list for money laundering.

         

"US
            development aid for all Sub-Sahara Africa including Chad, has been
            cut sharply in recent years while its military aid has risen. Oil
            and the scramble for strategic raw materials is the clear reason.
            The region of southern Sudan from the Upper Nile to the borders of
            Chad is rich in oil. Washington knew that long before the Sudanese
            government."

         

It is known
            that Ethiopia is one of the most active countries in the 21-year long
            north-south war.
            Eritrea is suspected of having supported the Beja separatist movements
            in the northeastern part of Sudan. Uganda, which claims that Khartoum
            supports the God’s Resistance Army that fights against the Ugandan
            administration, is reportedly among the countries that help the opposition
            groups in Sudan.

         

            There are more than 80 ethnic/religious groups among the 7 million
            inhabitants of Darfur. Some groups have kin relationships with neighboring
            country, Chad. Chad President Idris Deby is a member of the Zaghawa
            tribe in Darfur. It is stated that three presidents, who held power
            in Chad, directed their fights from Darfur.

         

According
            to Engdahl, the present concern of the current Washington Administration
            over Darfur in southern Sudan is not, if we were to look closely,
            genuine concern over genocide against the peoples in that poorest
            of poor part of a forsaken section of Africa. No. "It’s the oil,
            stupid."

         

Sudan is
            Africa’s largest geographical state, nearly a third the size of the
            United States, with a small population of only 30 million.

         

 

         

Abdus
            Sattar Ghazali
            is the Executive Editor of the online magazine American Muslim Perspective:
             www.amperspective.com
            E-Mail: asghazali@gmail.com

         
         

 

         

 

       

         

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