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The West mocks the Muslim woman for wearing hijab and tries to disgrace her. The West has succeeded in passing laws banning the hijab. Tunis and Turkey restrict the wearing of the headscarves in government buildings and public schools, and discourage women from wearing the hijab on public grounds. France has banned the wearing of any religious symbols, including the hijab in public schools and government buildings. On June 22, 2009; the President of France, Nicolas Sarkozy, said that "burqas are not welcome in France", commenting that, "In our country, we cannot accept that women be prisoners behind a screen, cut off from all social life, deprived of all identity."

Belgium passed a law that banned face-covering clothing in public as seen when a Moroccan immigrant was fined due to wearing of the abaya. Some states in Germany have also banned the hijab in public schools. This clearly shows that the West is threatened by the hijab in general and Muslims in particular.Why are some Muslims then trying to fit in with a regime that is trying to destroy Islam in all aspects? We need to stand together as one Ummah fighting this Munkar we see on a daily basis. As Allah ordains:

"Let their arise out of you a group of people inviting to all that is good (Islam), commanding al'Ma'ruf (good) and forbidding al'Munkar (evil)" [Al-Imran, 3:104]

We as Muslims should not try to fit into a regime that is man-made but a regime that was sent down by Allah. We need to forbid this Munkar we are seeing and be strong in fighting for the cause of Allah. We should not fear any laws that were man-made but only Allah swt. It is crucial that we as Muslims join together and call for the Islamic ideology to lift this oppression on all Muslims and decrease the Munkars we see. This cause needs perseverance, steadfastness, and patience. As many ayats show the importance of patience as such,

"Or think you that you will enter Paradise without such (trials) as came to those who passed away before you? They were afflicted with severe poverty, ailments and were so shaken and that even the Messenger and those who believed with him said, ‘when will come the Help of Allah?' Yes certainly, the help of Allah is near!" [Al-Baqarah, 2:214]

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{EOP}USZ sends warships, aircraft carriers, troops to Egypt

The USZ is sending warships, including one with 800 troops, and other military assets to Egypt as the revolution in the North African country has started slipping out of their diplomatic control. Officials in Washington have stated that the move is to be prepared in case of an evacuation of Americans from Egypt. Analysts say that that military intervention in Cairo is being contemplated whereas the deception masters of Pentagon are asserting that the objective of the deployment is mainly for the evacuation of US citizens in case the situation in Egypt further deteriorates. Separately, a USZ aircraft carrier has been asked to abort its mission and stay in the Mediterranean.The move comes after reports last month that a USZ Army aviation regiment had been mobilized for deployment to Egypt's Sinai Peninsula to back the Multinational Force and Observers overseeing the Egypt-Israhell peace treaty.

USZ Kearsarge warship

The recent move comes against the backdrop of deepening political stalemate in Egypt, where swarms of demonstrators are still spilling out into central Cairo's Liberation Square, demanding the ouster of embattled Israhelli Snake President Hosni Mubarak. On Sunday, opponents of Mubarak, including Egypt's main opposition group, the Muslim Brotherhood, held negotiations with Vice President Omar Suleiman as part of efforts to extract the country out of its political standoff. Muslim Brotherhood, however, has discarded the regime's proposed reform plans, asserting that protesters would not accept anything but Mubarak's resignation. In another development, USZ President Barack Obama called for a "representative government" in Egypt after government and opposition parties failed to narrow down their differences. Millions of Egyptians took to the streets on Sunday to honor hundreds of protesters killed during the anti-government rallies of the past 13 days.

{EOP}Tough Times for America’s Friends in Pakistan

Ahmed Quraishi

Interior Minister Rehman Malik tried to brazenly mislead members of the Senate of Pakistan on the American hired-gun Raymond Davis. Addressing the senators on Wednesday, 2 Feb., Mr. Malik told the house that the murderer working for the US Embassy in Islamabad ‘holds a diplomatic passport.’

Mr.Malik tried to confuse ‘diplomatic immunity’ with ‘diplomatic passport’. While the accused American was issued a diplomatic passport by the US government, the Pakistani government refused to recgonize him as such and only granted him a business visa.

Now the Zardari government and its key figures are trying to hoodwink the Pakistani nation by confusing diplomatic immunity, which the murderer doesn’t have, with a diplomatic passport that he carries without a Pakistani diplomatic visa.

The most ridiculous statement that Mr. Malik made in the Senate was this: “We have to live in this world and we have certain treaties with other countries.’

Basically the Zardari government is in big trouble. Mr. Malik is on record telling former US ambassador Anne Patterson that his government looks to Washington for support and protection. Mr. Zardari has told US officials he doesn’t mind if CIA increases drone attacks and kills innocent Pakistani civilians in the process because ‘collateral damage worries you Americans, not me.’

So this Pakistani government considers serving US interests its highest aim in life and the reason for its existence. Pakistani citizens shot in their backs by a military-trained officer who claims to be a diplomat and who concocted a story about armed robbery, all of this doesn’t matter to Mr. Malik and his government. What is more important in his view is for him to serve a foreign government with loyalty.

But the bad news for Mr. Malik is that this time Pakistanis have had it with US meddling in Pakistan and have had it with a rented Pakistani ruling elite serving foreign interests.

Independent Pakistani political activists and civil society members intend to keep the pressure on this government. The families and loved ones of the three murdered Pakistanis have also resisted all pressures by Mr. Malik’s men to bribe them with offers of a US Green Card and stacks of hundred-dollar US bills in exchange for pardoning the murderer.

But the real issue here is to stop the practice of allowing US covert agents into Pakistan that Mr. Malik’s government is deeply involved in at the expense of Pakistani interests.

{EOP}‘Free Kashmir or be prepared for Ghazwa-e-Hind’

LAHORE – Jamaat-ud-Dawa (JuD) Chief Haifz Muhammad Saeed on Saturday warned India to “quit” Jammu and Kashmir or be prepared for a “war” as the group organised massive protests at several cities in Pakistan to mark Kashmir Solidarity Day.

Addressing a rally of about 20,000 supporters on the Mall, one of the main thoroughfares of Lahore, Saeed said in a belligerent tone: “I want to give a message to (Indian Prime Minister) Manmohan Singh – quit Kashmir or get ready to face a war.”

“If freedom is not given to the Kashmiris, then we will occupy the whole of India including Kashmir. We will launch Ghazwa-e-Hind (the battle for India). Our homework is complete to get Kashmir,” he thundered.

Hundreds of thousands of people in Pakistan observed Kashmiri solidarity day to back the Kashmiri cause, to express harmony with Muslim Kashmiris fighting Indian rule in the valley.

The solidarity day, had been introduced as a holiday in the 1990s as a show of sympathy for the Muslim insurgents who have been battling security forces in Indian Kashmir with Pakistani support since 1989.

One-minute silence was observed at to express solidarity with the people of Kashmir. Sirens were blared and traffic also remained suspended for one minute. Marches and rallies were held countrywide.

Hundreds of thousands of people marched in rally taken out by a banned outfit Jamaat-ud-Dawa (JuD) in the eastern city of Lahore. Supporters of Jamat-e-Islami, Jamiat-e-Ulema-e-Islam and other political, social and rights groups also took out rallies.

A huge rally was held in the capital Islamabad.

More than one thousand people marched through the main street of Karachi at a rally organised by Jamat-e-Islami, a major Islamic party in the country.

The demonstrators set alight Indian flag at the rally. The charged demonstrators also beat and effigy of Indian Prime minister Manmohan Singh, with sticks.

In a message on the occasion of Kashmir Solidarity Day, President Asif Ali Zardari reiterated the pledge to Kashmiris that they will have full moral, diplomatic and political support of the Pakistani government in their just struggle for right to self-determination.
Prime Minister Syed Yusuf Raza Gilani, terming the Jammu and Kashmir dispute as at the centre of tensions in South Asia, urged India for a “meaningful” dialogue to resolve the issue.

The Azad Kashmir (Pakistan held Kashmir) Legislative Assembly and Kashmir Council, in a joint sitting on Saturday, expressed complete solidarity with the masses of Indian occupied Kashmir and resolved to carry on the freedom struggle.
With inputs from PTI

{EOP}Muslims Continue to Face Discrimination in ‘Secular’ India

New Delhi: He went to find out why his ATM card was not working. He came back insulted and abused. His fault? He was a Muslim. Khalid Ali Abbasi, an 18-year-old Political Science student of Delhi College of Arts and Commerce, had gone to Syndicate Bank’s Yamuna Vihar branch on January 22 to inquire why his ATM card was not working.

An argument broke out with branch manager Mahesh Chand Sharma. Abbasi alleged Sharma hurled abuses and insulted him in front of a room full of people because of his religion. The manager reportedly passed anti-Muslim remarks and blocked Abbasi’s account permanently.

“He was rude and said, ‘tum Mullaon (Muslims) ko kuch pata nahi hota. Saare Mulle do number ka kaam karte hain aur bank mein paisa rakhte hain. Ruk, tera account abhi bandh karta hoon (You Muslims don’t know anything. You people indulge in illegal businesses and then save money in the banks. Wait, I will block your account right now),” says Abbasi.

Reportedly, when the DU student had asked the bank manager why his ATM card was not working, he was told it takes 24 hours for the card to get activated. Dissatisfied with the reply, Abbasi pressed for further explanation following which the manager lost his temper and passed communal remarks. The manager then called the security guard and ordered him to throw Abbasi out of the bank. “It was then that I called the police. After that Mukesh Sharma, the guard, said, “Mulle yahaan se bhaag ja” (Run away from here, you Muslim). When I didn’t leave and told the manager that he could not treat me like this as I have the right to seek information about my account, the branch manager threatened to block my account,” said Abbasi.

Abbasi had a savings account in Yamuna Vihar branch of Syndicate Bank.

When MiDDAY contacted branch manager Sharma, he refuted the allegations and said it was all concocted. “Abbasi had come complaining that his card hadn’t been activated. I told him that it takes 24 hours for an ATM card to get activated. He started throwing tantrums. He said he was not keen on opening an account with Syndicate Bank in the first place.

Then he threw his passbook on my table and told me to close his account, saying he was not interested in banking with us. Since things were getting ugly, I had to call the security and then the police. As far as anti-Muslim remarks are concerned, I am a very secular and educated person and would never use such language in public or person,” he said. Abbasi has lodged his complaint both with the Delhi Minorities Commission and the Reserve Bank of India.

{EOP} Zaid Hamid: Kashmir Day - How Pakistan must liberate Kashmir

Zaid Hamid: Kashmir Day - How Pakistan must liberate Kashmir

{EOP}Free Jamu & Kashmir now!

LAHORE/ISLAMABAD/KARACHI – Like other parts of the world, tens of thousands of people across Pakistan and Azaad Jamu & Kashmir marked Kashmir Solidarity Day with a renewed pledge to continue all-out support for the people of Indian-occupied Kashmir in their just struggle for the right to self-determination. The day was marked with rallies, walks, seminars, signature campaigns and human chains in all small and major towns of Pakistan, including capital cities Islamabad, Peshawar, Quetta, Karachi, Lahore as well as Gilgit. Similar events were reported from all Azaad Jamu & Kashmir (AJK) towns and cities, including capital Muzaffarabad, sending a clear message to the world that double standards on the issue of Kashmir will not be tolerated anymore, and that the issue must be resolved now to put an end to the miseries of innocent Kashmiris.

The protesters rejuvenated their commitment to break the shackles of Indian occupation and help the Kashmiris get their right to self-determination. Pakistan observed a one-minute silence at 10am. All rail and road traffic came to a halt as a mark of respect to the 500,000+ Kashmiris martyred since the occupation started. Various government and non-government organizations erected hoardings, streamers, placards and banners inscribed with slogans supporting the Kashmiris’ freedom struggle. Radio and television channels aired special programs to highlight the Kashmir movement.

In Lahore, mainstream religious, religio-political and political parties and human rights organisations arranged rallies, seminars and walks to express solidarity with the Kashmiri brethren. Jamaat-ud-Daawa organised a mammoth rally on The Mall. Thousands of people from various walks of life, mainly activists of Daawa, participated in the rally from Nasir Bagh to the Faisal Chowk, where top leadership of the parties addressed charged participants. Thousands of participants were carrying flags of Daawa inscribed with the sign of sword and Kalima Tayyaba, and placards and banners inscribed with slogans in favour of the Kashmir freedom struggle and against the Indian occupation. The participants, waving the flags all along, chanted slogans ‘Kashmirion Se Rishta Kia, La Ilaha Illalah’, ‘Kashmir Banay Ga Pakistan, ‘Kashmir Hamara Hai,’ ‘Hindustanio Kashmir Chor Do Ya Jihad Ke Liye Tayyar Ho Jao’, ‘Tera Nagar Mera Nagar Srinagar Srinagar’, ‘Ali Geelani Qadam Barhao Hum Tumharay Sath Hain’ and ‘Hafiz Saeed Qadam Barhao Qaom Tumharay Sath Hain’.

Daawa had made elaborate arrangements for the massive show of solidarity, as people from far-off areas joined the rally in great numbers. The foreign media took a keen interest in the rally, giving special focus to the speeches by Jamaat-ud-Daawa ameer Hafiz Muhammad Saeed and other notable leaders, including Hafiz Abdul Rehman Makki and Maulana Amir Hamza. In addition to tight security arrangements by law enforcement agencies, polite Daawa workers checked all before letting them join The Mall rally. Police closed The Mall from Nasir Bagh to the Governor’s House for all traffic a couple of hours before the rally. Police too allowed entry to the rally after a thorough search.Besides police, operatives in plain clothes were also deputed for stricter security. Trained shooters were also posted on all multi-storey buildings along the route of the rally.

Addressing the rally, Hafiz Muhammad Saeed said that Muslims are not against negotiations, but the track record of India suggests that these would be futile exercises. He urged India to quit Kashmir or face Jehad. “Jehad is for peace. Islam does not allow killing the innocent. But the aggressors are to be given a befitting reply”, Hafiz Saeed said, adding that the west should realise the true spirit of Islam and stop propaganda against Muslims. He urged the rulers to understand the conspiracies India has been hatching against Pakistan. He said that India is working on a plan to capture Balochistan after Kashmir and is encouraging separatist movements there. He said that India staged Mumbai drama but failed to prove its allegations. He said that on the other hand, India failed to conceal the fact that Hindu extremists were involved in the Samjhota Express tragedy.

Vowing to uphold solidarity of the country, he said Kashmir is vital for Pakistan. He said that India is building dams in the occupied territory to stop water for Pakistan, to damage its agriculture and economy.He praised China for taking a firm stance on the actual status of Kashmir. He said that it was Islamabad’s responsibility to support the freedom movement and fight the case of Kashmir. He said that instead of continuing support, the rulers of Pakistan damaged the Kashmir cause after 9/11. He said that now the situation is changing for the better and Kashmir and Palestine will soon get freedom.

Referring to Raymond Davis, he said it is a pity that the USZ is demanding the custody of a killer, but awarded 86-year imprisonment to innocent Aafia Siddiqui.“We will not accept USZ courts if she is not ready to accept ours”, said the Daawa chief. Addressing the rally, Hafiz Abdul Rehman Makki urged the federal government to create the Ministry of Jehad for Kashmir, saying Daawa is ready to extend financial support and manpower for the cause. He urged the rulers to come out of American slavery and look up to their own people for support. Instead of begging for dialogue, the government should go for Kashmir Jehad, he added. Addressing the rally on the phone from Jammu, Hurriyat leader Shabbir Shah thanked the people of Pakistan for supporting Kashmiris, and expressed hope that Kashmir will get freedom soon.Solidarity of Pakistan is critical not only to the Kashmiris but also to the entire Muslim world, he said, adding that the Indian forces are using all resources to crush Kashmiris, but freedom is only round the corner. Maulana Amir Hamza said that the so-called world powers created East Timor out of Indonesia and divided Sudan, but are declaring Kashmiris terrorists.

He demanded an exemplary punishment for Raymond Davis for killing innocent Pakistanis. He said that the people will throw (President) Zardari, (Prime Minister) Gilani and the Sharif brothers out of power if Raymond was handed over to America. Maulana Amir Hamza said if the rulers handed over Raymond to him, he (Raymond) would confess all crimes. Abdul Salam bin Muhammad said that it was high time for Jehad and not inconclusive dialogues. JUI leader Hafiz Hussain Ahmed said that the rulers of Pakistan damaged the Kashmir cause and rubbed salt into Kashmiris’ wounds by initiating a bus service and by vying for Indian friendship. He said the Kashmiris kept the cause alive with their blood. He urged the rulers to learn a lesson from Tunisia, Egypt and Yemen and mend their ways.

Hurriyat leader Ghulam Muhammad Saffi, vowing to continue the struggle, said sacrifices of the Kashmiris will not go waste. Referring to a statement by former president Pervez Busharraf and former foreign minister Khursheed Kasuri that Pakistan and India had reached a consensus but Ali Geelani marred it, he said the Hurriyat leader opposed the idea as it was against the aspirations of the people of Pakistan and Kashmir. He said that the Hurriyat leader has urged Pakistan to stop begging for dialogues and press India to accept Kashmir as a disputed territory.

Saif Ullah Mansoor said that barbed wires would fail to stop Mujahideen from hoisting the Jehad flag in Srinagar. He urged the rulers not to be scared of India, as Pakistan is an atomic power and the leverage should be used for Kashmir solution. In another remarkable event of the day, thousands of people formed human chains on all bridges linking Pakistan with AJK – including Kohala, Dhalkot, Azad Pattan, Holar, Mangla, Dhangalli and Bararkot.

Meanwhile, veteran Kashmir leader Ali Shah Geelani expressed his gratitude to the Pakistani people for exhibiting solidarity with them, saying that the zeal shown on Kashmir Solidarity Day is clear message to the world, especially India, that the Pakistan government and people stand by Kashmiris. In Islamabad, Ameer Jamaat-e-Islami AJK Abdul Rasheed Turabi addressed a large pubic gathering and paid homage to the efforts of Kashmiris. He said the unprecedented uprising in Kashmir has shaken the Indian government to the hilt, and nervous Indians are trying to suppress the movement through coercive measures. Turabi urged the government to play its role for the independence of Kashmir as a party to the issue. Chairman Hurriyat Conference Syed Ali Geelani, in his telephonic address to the rally, said that no one could stop the Kashmir freedom movement by force. He criticized Busharraf, saying he had damaged the Kashmir cause. He stressed the need for a strong stance of the Pakistan government, and demanded that it should internationally highlight the Indian forces’ brutalism against armless Kashmiri.

USZ sends warships, aircraft carriers, troops to Egypt

The USZ is sending warships, including one with 800 troops, and other military assets to Egypt as the revolution in the North African country has started slipping out of their diplomatic control. Officials in Washington have stated that the move is to be prepared in case of an evacuation of Americans from Egypt. Analysts say that that military intervention in Cairo is being contemplated whereas the deception masters of Pentagon are asserting that the objective of the deployment is mainly for the evacuation of US citizens in case the situation in Egypt further deteriorates. Separately, a USZ aircraft carrier has been asked to abort its mission and stay in the Mediterranean. The move comes after reports last month that a USZ Army aviation regiment had been mobilized for deployment to Egypt's Sinai Peninsula to back the Multinational Force and Observers overseeing the Egypt-Israhell peace treaty.

USZ Kearsarge warship

American Rambo is “Unclean” - Secret mission busted - Widow of man killed by Rambo commits suicide

Sources reveal that Raymond Davis had been deployed in the American Consulate of Peshawar and he has already been declared as unclean. Sensitive sources revealed to the media the copies of orders of appointment of Mr. Davis by high government officials in Peshawar (All the criminals of USZ consulate Peshawar have been seen on regular basis in Green's Hotel owned by ANP's traitor Aqil Shah which is on the same road as the consulate itself). When PCF sources met with the locals near Choburji Chowk which is very close to Qartaba chowk where the criminal Davis committed double murder, the local hawkers and shopkeepers told that they had seen him filming the Jamat-ud-Dawah mosque minutes before the murder. This confirms the earlier reports which came from agencies that Mr. Davis was on a covert task of gathering sensitive information regarding madrasahs so that the CIA could later on use suicide bombers to manipulate bomb blasts on these locations.

The criminal Raymond Davis

Sources say that as soon as his physical remand ends on 11th February, Mr. Davis will be put behind the bars and the task of remaining investigation of this case will be handed over to the Crime Investigation Team Agency of Lahore. Besides this, sources reveal that local secret services have started spying on the movements of all foreigners, especially Americans, all across the province. Sources reveal that the related agencies received these instructions from high government officials.

Putting this aside, the police has also started investigating about the Pakistani who fled from the back seat of Davis's car when he started firing at the two Pakistani bikers, as the eye witnesses revealed to the Police and other security agencies. In another report, Shumaila Kanwal, the wife of one of the Pakistanis shot and killed by the criminal Davis has tried to commit suicide by eating rat poison. Ali Naqi, a doctor in Faisalabad city treating Shumaila Kanwal, said she told him she took the poison Sunday because she believes her husband's suspected killer will be freed without trial and Americans had been pressurizing her family through their Pakistani contacts to abandon the case against her husband's killer.

Shumaila Kanwal, Widow of the Pakistani killed by Rambo

Sources have informed that traitor federal government of Pakistan is trying to find ways to release the criminal Davis by hook or by crook as per their masters' instructions from White House under the absurdly rubbish pretext that Pakistan's so called "military aid" will be blocked and thus Pakistan Army shall "pressurize" them to do so. In reality, there is absolutely no military aid being given to the Army! This will serve two major purposes of this corrupt and incompetent battalion of stooges governing Pakistan at the moment.

Help keeping themselves glued to their chairs
Defame and blather against Pakistan Army to create a wave of hatred amongst Pakistani civilians against Chief of Army Staff (The pressure thus built might then be used to pressurize Army to carry out an operation in North Waziristan).

Shoes hurled at M(B)usharraf

A man hurled a shoe at former Pakistani Secularist President Gen (retd) Pervez M(B)usharraf on Sunday for trying to destroy Pakistan both physically and ideologically, when he was addressing a gathering in London. The shoe fell well short of the ex-president, in the front rows. The security men sprung into action and frisked away the man. When being taken out, the shoe-hurling man chanted slogans in favour of Dr Aafia Siddiqui, a Pakistani doctor in USZ detention.

This is not the first incident of its kind in the world, as the shoes-pelting started with an Iraqi journalist throwing a pair of shoes at former USZ president George W Bush during his farewell visit to Iraq. It set as a trend, with the subsequent recipients being Indian Home Minister P Chidambaram and Pakistan Puppet President Asif Ali Zardari.

Palestinian hackers attack Israhelli website

A Palestinian hacker team has broken into the Israhelli website of Jewish People Policy Institute (JPPI), posting the photo of a Palestinian child beside an Israhelli tank on its website. The Gaza Hackers Team on Friday also eliminated some of the materials the website had issued in the last several months, Avinoam Bar Yosef, the founding director of JPPI, told the Jerusalem Post on Sunday. “The working papers posted this week on the website concern several of the most important issues for the leadership of the Jewish people”, Yosef said.

JPPI was founded in 2002 and is funded by private donations and the Jewish Agency for Israhell. Last year, another Palestinian group, calling itself the "Palestinian Mujahids", hacked the London-based Israhelli website of the Jewish Chronicle newspaper -- the world's longest running Jewish paper -- protesting against Israhell's 4-year blockade on the Gaza Strip. The hackers posted an image of the Palestinian flag alongside messages in English and Turkish.