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The Tragedy by Jonathan Azaziah

November 19th, 2008 by Khanverse

The Tragedy by Jonathan Azaziah

My name is Jonathan Michael Azaziah.

My father is an Iraqi Hebrew whose native tongue is Arabic, and my mother is half Moroccan Hebrew who was born in Boston. Her other half is ethnic white Russian. I was raised in an outspoken anti-Zionist household, that pushed the boundaries of prejudice towards Ashkenazim, and while I do not condone my father’s feelings exactly, I do believe they are justified and have an undeniable validity. While I do not identify with any religion, I cling to my roots because of the struggle they represent. My uncle Isaac, my cousin Michah, his Palestinian fiancee Jamilah, my Ethiopian Hebrew mentor Nehemiah Judah, my friend Esther Shifaz, and her comrade Reza Ahmad, have all died at the hands of the Zionist entity. May they all rest in peace.

There have been many words used to describe the situation in Israel between the Zionist colonialists and the indigenous Palestinians. It has been called a conflict. It has been called a quagmire. It has been called a struggle. But after the deaths of 1.5 million Palestinians, an estimated 50,000 Israelis, and 4.5 million Palestinians becoming refugees in their own land, there is only more word that possesses acceptable suitability. And that word is tragedy. When innocent people become the pawns in a chess game played by the powers that be, and their very existence is expendable in the eyes of these powers, that, is by its very nature, tragic. While there has been casualties on the Israeli side of the fence, or in this case, a 405 mile long, 25 foot high barbed wire laced block, appropriately and menacingly titled The Iron Wall, it is the result of the ever-growing occupation. The Universe thrives when the forces of balance are in constant motion. It is a surefire sign that it is functioning properly. And in the eyes of the cabal running this world, the morbid opposite of occupation, is of course, resistance. It is only logical. If a man walks into your home, rapes your wife, kills your children, then politely informs you he will be moving his wife and children in, are you going to allow him to do so? Whether you are the type of human being that believes in fighting back, or whether you are a pacifist, at this point, your animal instincts will kick in, and you strike back against this murdering psychopath on the motivation of your survival mechanism. This scenario is a quite literal interpretation of the Israeli-Palestinian tragedy.

The radical Zionist Irgun and Stern gangs committed unthinkable, evil acts of terrorism for a little over a decade, to insure the viability of a Jewish state, including the now infamous King David Hotel bombing. These groups raped and pillaged their way to democracy, and that is by no means a generalization. Just ask the innocent, and helpless, victims of Deir Yassin. Irgun, which was a radical offshoot of Haganah, and Stern, which was an even more radical offshoot of Irgun, were encouraged by their superiors to use whatever means they felt were necessary to accomplish their mission; they would later become the founding members of the IDF, the Mossad, and the internal security service, Shin Bet. Terrorists like Menachem Begin and Yitzhak Shamir would be placed into the highest political office in Israel, and both of these terrorists would have a hand in the murder of President John F. Kennedy. And here, in the United States Of America, we are blessed to have the son of an Irgun terrorist in our esteemed House Of Representatives. His name is Rahm Emanuel, and he will now serve as Chief Of Staff to Barack Obama. This terrorist isn’t being singled out because of the sins of his father, but the sins of his own volition. He served in the IDF.

While Hamas was trained and funded by the Mossad in an attempt to control the opposition, and Fatah was trained and by the CIA in an American attempt to keep an eye on their staunch ally, genuine Palestinian terrorism, or in my personal opinion, resistance, was most certainly learned from the godfathers of Israel. While it is obviously not my belief that Israeli blood is more valuable than Palestinian blood, or vice versa for that matter, I believe innocent life is innocent life, this is a frighteningly real belief of many American Zionists and many Israeli Zionists, including the military. Even more frightening, is the radicalized extremist view that Palestinians, and Arabs in general, are beneath them, and should not even be considered human beings. This lack of concern for any life other than their own was evidenced clearly when IDF fired almost a million bullets into Palestinian homes at the onset of the Second Intifada in 2000. Innocent civilian casualties on either side of the tragedy are to be mourned, for it is truly sad and heartbreaking. But something must be made clear. The Palestinians fight with rocks, sticks, and whatever else they can get their hands on. The Israelis fight with tanks. The Palestinians live under curfew, surveillance, and military oppression. The Israelis enjoy the freedoms of a democratic society. More than 100,000 olive trees have been uprooted, at the behest of the Israeli government, and at the hands of American contractors like Caterpillar. This has severely damaged the economic livelihood of many Palestinian farmers who relied on the trees. Israelis go to, and from, their jobs with no issue whatsoever, and their only worry is performing accordingly so their boss doesn’t fire them. Israelis are not the victims of genocide, they are the perpetrators of it. Palestinians do not have clean water to bathe in because the water wells have been confiscated by the Zionist state. The Israelis have clean water because they stole it from the Palestinians, and in turn, have created an ecological disaster.

The reason why I say Israelis, and not the Israeli government, is because the silence of Israel’s citizens is just as deafening as the silence of America’s citizens when it comes to the wrongdoing here in our country. In both instances, we have sheep, collaborating knowingly and unknowingly with deranged and destructive forces. And the pro-Zionist media networks in America, Britain, and Israel seldom portray the detriment of the Palestinian people. The only time it is shown, is if it will benefit the colonization in some manner. At this point in time, there are 142 settlement towns with a total population of 484,562. The Oslo Peace Accords were a sham. The idea of returning the Golan Heights to Syria, or “Rabin’s Deposit” as it is known now, most likely died with the assassinated prime minister. There has been U.N. Resolution after U.N. Resolution condemning Israel for horrendous human rights violations, 88 in total. One of these resolutions was numbered 3379, and it equated Zionism with racism. Despite the consensus amongst the international community, the settlements continue. Under the hard-line leadership of Ehud Olmert, several attempts to halt the settlements were deflected, and then forgotten. The Iron Wall is growing, it is assumed to reach the 500 mile mark by late next year, and opposition to the apartheid on the Israeli side is constantly undergoing transformation because of the consequences of being called a traitor.

Which brings me to the reason why this was written. My close friend, Esther Shifaz, an Israeli-born Mizrahi Jew of Iranian descent, gave her life for the fight against Zionist power on September 7th 2008. She was 22 years old, and would’ve been 23 on December 28th. Esther was sublimely intelligent, extremely beautiful inside and out, and hoped to become a lawyer in international law to defend those being victimized by the Zionist criminals. She was born in Netivot, an Israeli development town, and one of the poorest communities in Israel. She moved into the predominantly Arab-Jewish slum in Tel Aviv, The Hatikva Quarter, when she was 8 and became embroiled in the Palestinian culture of racism, occupation, and oppression. My friend fell in love with a Palestinian boy, and their families were ecstatic about such a connection. When Esther was 14, her love, the aforementioned Palestinian boy, Ibrahim Abdul-Zahir, and two of her friends, were marching into Safra Square to protest the disgusting behavior of IDF in their neighborhood, when they were fired upon by IDF. Esther said she heard them reload after the first barrage. Ibrahim was shot twice in his head. He died instantly. One of her friends, Shalom Ben-Sabra, was also killed after a shot in the chest. He died from loss of blood. Their weapons were signs of protest, not guns, not knives, or bombs. Esther, and her other friend, Anaan Abbas, survived, but were never the same. Anaan became clinically depressed, putting her at odds with her family. She ran away, and has not returned home as far as I know. Esther’s family spent their life savings to leave Israel for New York and made an attempt to put the misery behind her. This was not the case. She became close with another dear friend of mine, Fatima, a Lebanese girl who lost an uncle, a niece, and a nephew in the 2006 genocide. And through Fatima, she became close with me. When Fatima left for Israel in June of this year, it didn’t take long for Esther to follow. Under serious pressure, completely positive of a mole in the mix, and with the lives of her brethren and coalition on the line, Esther took matters into her own hands, and on September 7th, blew herself up at a weapons depot in Ramallah, killing herself, the mole, 13 Israeli soldiers, and wounding 30 others.

The story was displayed on Haaretz’ website under the banner of “Yet Another Palestinian Suicide Bomber.” It was taken off when the location was discovered, and any further reporting would jeopardize National Security as they say. Whether they knew the bomber was my Mizrahi friend or not, is unknown. If they do, I am 99.9% sure that it will never come out because it will empower other Mizrahi Jews struggling with their identity; they are told that all Jews are equal, yet it is Mizrahim and Ethiopians who live in development towns in destitution, and Ashkenazis who live plush; and it would also further display the staggering similarities between Palestinians, Mizrahim, and Ethiopian Jews, facilitating unity. The Zionist state, cannot have unity. Due to Dearabization, as discussed and documented in Ilan Pappe’s “The Ethnic Cleansing Of Palestine”, and Nissim Rejwan’s “An Outsider In The Promised Land”, Mizrahim have been stripped of their ugly history in Israel, and are taught that it was the Arabs that forced them out of their homelands. (The same Arabs they had lived side by side with, in peace, and brotherhood, for more than a millennia, until the Zionist machine began advancing its agenda.) This, of course, could not be any further from the truth.

If Mizrahim knew the truth about their history, a new group would rise up and finish what the Israeli Black Panthers started 35 years ago, I’m sure of that. If they knew it was Zionist agents that placed bombs in their synagogues, schools, and coffeehouses in Iraq, blew up ships full of Jews in Morocco, funded the Nazi occupation of Tunisia, and murdered rabbis in Yemen, there would be a revolution indeed. If they knew, that the first prime-minister of Israel, the godfather of Labor Zionism himself, David Ben-Gurion, thought of Mizrahim as “human dust”, and, “devoid of culture, education, and civility”, maybe, just MAYBE, they would wake up. And if those Hitlerite statements aren’t enough, then the disturbing story of Operation X-Ray/Operation Ringworm, should definitely do the trick. In 1951, David-Ben-Gurion was eager to test out the new radioactive weaponry he had acquired from an arms deal signed by traitor, President Harry Truman. Ben-Gurion had Menachem Begin take 100,000 Mizrahi children who had just ‘emigrated’ from their Arab homelands, to a facility to be treated for ringworm. What happened next is one of the many tragedies that plague the Zionist state’s beginnings. In terms of numbers, it comes nowhere near Al-Nakba, but in terms of suffering, it is equally as horrifying. The children were infected with 35 Times the amount of radiation the human body can take, and 6,000 died in the first few days. The remaining victims would perish in the coming weeks. If that STILL doesn’t change the viewpoints of Mizrahi Jews that grew up with Zionist brainwashing, then enough is enough, and it is time to call them what they are, and that is “Zionist enemy.”

The story of my friend Esther, is vitally important for two reasons. The first reason is the desperation so many feel in Israel. The only way they can fight back, and strike back against the establishment, is after their humanity is stripped from them, and they feel their life is meant to end for their cause, not for God as portrayed by the racist and ignorant media. The other reason is, it shows that it is not Jews to blame, it is Zionists. There are Jews that are just as vehement in their campaign to end the occupation as Palestinians are. It is also true, that most of these Jews are of Mizrahi and Ethiopian origin, and the reason for their resistance, is because they experience racism and oppression from the White, European, Ashkenazi-run state as well. The poverty and excessive drug use is rampant in most Mizrahi and Ethiopian communities. Just like the Cosa Nostra and Kosher Nostra pumped heroin and cocaine into ghettos for the CIA here in America, the Israeli and Russian mob families pump ecstasy and cocaine into the development towns of Israel for the Mossad. The Israeli prison system is mainly comprised of Mizrahim and Ethiopians. Mizrahi women are not afforded the same opportunities that Ashkenazi women are, and are forced to dye their hair and change their eye color if they wish to be successful. This is documented in Iraqi Jewish activist Loolwa Khazzoom’s melancholy but brilliant book, The Flying Camel. Despite the vast social disparities, and they are vast, there are Ashkenazi groups dedicated to the death of the apartheid too, the most prominent one being the EAAI, Ethnic Ashkenazim Against Israel. There are also dedicated Ashkenazi individuals, like Norman Finklestein, who have written fearlessly and extensively on the Zionist entity’s disturbing and evil misconduct to the detriment of his own personal and professional life. And despite his stubbornness in perpetuating the “6 Million Died” myth, he should be commended for his efforts.

The point is, the problem is not Jew. The problem is not Muslim. The problem is not Hebrew. And the problem is not Arab. The problem is Zionism, which has its foundations in atheistic nationalism, socialism, and Talmudic-supremacist racism that has given maniacs the ability to commit genocide in its name with not even a drop of remorse, not even the false religious kind. I am a Brooklyn baby. I was born and raised in the Marcy projects of Bedford-Stuyvesant, and there were points in my life, where the violence was brutal enough, that walking to school, or to the cornerstore to get candy was unbearably scary. I’ve buried many brothers and sisters, seen many battles, and I have mental, and physical scars that tell the story, as do many of my people who survived the struggle. But nothing…… and I mean nothing….. here in America, no matter how fucked up the slum may be, compares to the horrors of Palestine. Desmond Tutu has likened the conditions to apartheid South Africa, but worse. Women are raped by Israeli military officials. The slaughter of innocent civilians is not condemned, but condoned. Palestinian children are doused with gasoline and lit on fire for the amusement of IDF. Fundamentalist settlers verbally and physically assault Hebron residents with more and more viciousness. American hellfire missiles are launched from Israeli helicopters into working class neighborhoods, or whatever is left of them. Napalm is fired from Israeli fighter jets. Bombs are dropped when militance begins climbing, etc, etc, etc.

What my friend Esther did, took the utmost courage. I do not support the tactic of suicide, not because of what ensues after it, but because it takes the gorgeous soul away from the people that love them. You hear me girl? I love you. And your moms loves you. And your pops loves you. And they miss you terribly. They’re devastated, and they’re lost without you. You need to give them a sign or something, if there is such a thing as an afterlife. And because of beautiful souls like yours, I believe there is. I do understand everything and see it for what it is though. Through and through. And I do feel the pain deep in my heart. Thank you Esther, for fighting for those who cannot fight. Now it is time for us to speak for those who cannot speak, and when the time comes, we will continue your fight. Word to the doves that have bled, Free Palestine is what I’m screaming ’till my skin is colored in red…..

Sources:
The Iron Wall (film) by Mohammed Alatar
The Israel Lobby by Stephen Walt and John Mearsheimer
The Flying Camel by Loolwa Khazzoom
Outsider In The Promised Land by Nissim Rejwan
Ethnic Cleansing of Palestine by Ilan Pappe
The Iron Wall (book) by Avi Shlaim
Final Judgement by Michael Collins Piper
Overcoming Zionism by Joel Kovel
Whiteout by Alexander Cockburn and Jeffrey St. Clair
Ben-Gurion’s Scandals by Naeim Giladi
The Case Against Israel by Michael Neumann
The Ashkenazi Zionist Eraser by Sami Shalom Chetrit

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I’m just hanging out

November 15th, 2008 by Khanverse

“I’m Just Hanging Out” — 1991 Breaking out

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Prayers for Righteous Children

November 15th, 2008 by Khanverse

Huzur gave a discourse on the Divine attribute of Al Wahab (The Bestower) in the Friday Sermon today.

Explaining its meanings from the Arabic lexicon Huzur said it is an attribute of Allah the Exalted which signifies One Who bestows and confers on His servants. With this reference the word ‘Wahib’ is also applicable.

Huzur said this word is also used for humans but the true Wahab is only Allah the Exalted Who confers when asked and even when not asked.

If a true believer ponders over this, he/she will witness demonstrations of conferment at all times and this indeed identifies the Living God for us.

On the contrary one who sees with a worldly eye only deems the material world to be the source of everything.

Huzur said Allah has taught us many prayers with reference to this Divine attribute. Today Huzur wished to speak about one aspect of these prayers.

In order to draw the attention of the believers towards honouring the dues of their creation attention is drawn to pray for one’s spouse and one’s offspring so that virtues may continue from one generation to another.

Huzur cited verse 75 of Surah Al Furqan, its translation reads: “And those who say, ‘Our Lord, grant us of our spouses and children the delight of our eyes, and make each of us a leader of the righteous.”

Huzur said this is a most comprehensive prayer in which one seeks one’s spouse as well as children to be the delight of one’s eyes. The scope of the blessings of this prayer is limitless which is beyond the grasp of man. Upon acceptance of this prayer not only are one’s spouse and offspring the delight of one’s eyes in this world, rather, due to one’s virtues Allah continues to bestow even after death.

One’s offspring continue the virtues and pray for the elevated status of their deceased parents.

Huzur cited verse 18 of Surah Al Sajdah, the translation reads: “And no soul knows what joy of the eyes is kept hidden for them, as a reward for the good they used to do.”

People who are thus bestowed are those whose level of taqwa enables them to worship Allah, spend in His cause and do other virtuous acts. They wake up at night and supplicate to Allah to tread the straight path and for their children to tread the straight path and seek that ‘delight of eyes’ the knowledge of which only Allah has.

This is the prayer that is made by people who are ‘servants of the Gracious God’ and who try and leave behind a progeny that is firm on taqwa. Allah has indeed drawn our attention to a most significant aspect through this prayer, that is, we should not simply seek the pleasure of God for ourselves, rather also for our future generations.

Each one of us needs to self-reflect whether while making this prayer we fulfil each others’ rights, whether we fulfil the rights of our children that would lead them to taqwa? If the husband and wife do not adhere to taqwa themselves how can they expect their children to abide by it and how can they expect to derive all the spiritual advantages of adhering to taqwa, including the blessings of Khilafat.

Certainly the beneficence of Khilafat is conditional to ‘good works’ (Amaal e Saleh). If there is an absence of taqwa there can be no mutual ‘delight of the eyes’.

The Holy Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be on him) said that may Allah have mercy on that person who wakes up at night [to Pray] and also awakens his wife and if she hesitates he sprinkles some water on her face. Allah have mercy on that woman who wakes up at night and also awakens her husband and if he hesitates she sprinkles some water on his face. Huzur said the duty is mutual.

Huzur said he receives complaints about some men that let alone wake up at night, apart from the Fajr Salat they show indolence. How can such people say the prayer of; ‘Our Lord, grant us of our spouses and children the delight of our eyes…’ and hope for it to be accepted. How can they search for delight of eyes in their offspring? Indeed Allah is the Master of everything and can grant as He wishes but it is also His command to reform oneself if His beneficence is to be sought.

Indeed the Holy Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be on him) said that a father cannot leave a better gift for his children than a good, moral upbringing. Huzur said good upbringing is only possible when one’s own standards are also sound and worthy of emulating.

The Promised Messiah (on whom be peace) wrote that may Allah make our spouses and children the delight of our eyes and this can only be when one lives the life of a servant of the Gracious God and gives precedence to God in all matters. He said that the verse also confirms that if one’s offspring is righteous then they have the status of Imam.

Huzur said for the Tarbiyyat of women, men have to take the first steps and when they are both virtuous, so shall be their children.

Referring to the aforementioned Hadith Huzur said it is only possible to awaken one’s spouse for Prayer in the early hours if there is mutual love and affection and an understanding that they have to help each other with the night time Prayers. Otherwise, Huzur said, there are instances where wives are subjected to harsh words when they try to waken husbands for Prayers. In some cases husbands even resort to hitting the wives. This is effectively what happens in some households. Gradually, the women withdraw and carry on with their own Prayers or follow the path of the husbands. As a consequence the children lose out in religious terms.

In order to make the children ‘delight of eyes’ parents have to first reform themselves and set examples.

Reading from an extract of the Promised Messiah’s (on whom be peace) writings Huzur said the expectation of the Promised Messiah (on whom be peace) from each Ahmadi man was that he should lead in spiritual matters. Huzur said his words should rouse us.

In earlier times women were uneducated but times have changed and with the grace of Allah with education women now have awareness and are very perceptive. There are a lot of women in the Community who agonize over the ills of the men. Women are more concerned than men about the upbringing of the children. Sometimes the ways of the man make a wife seek separation which adversely affects the children. Men are responsible for all this.

This is most fortunate that Allah has taught us a prayer for our good in this world and the hereafter and that of our children and from this He only wishes us to learn ways and means of seeking good in this world and the hereafter and is bestowing us.

We need to engage in introspection and try and tread those paths that help to attain Allah’s pleasure. We should maintain the peace of our homes, find delight in our children and each Ahmadi household should abide by taqwa. This is what will derive full benefit from Khilafat and will make us those who honour the dues of being part of the Community of the slave of the Holy Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be on him).

One cause of marital disharmony is when men demand a male offspring. Huzur cited verse 50 of Surah Al Shura, the translation reads, “To Allah belongs the kingdom of the heavens and the earth. He creates what He pleases. He bestows daughters upon whom He pleases and He bestows sons upon whom He pleases;” Huzur said to lay blame on any person in this matter is forsaking taqwa. In this age of advanced medicine - that Allah has taught man - there are many who have benefitted, however, in this matter Allah conveys that He alone is the Creator and He does what He pleases. Therefore in some cases, even extensive medical treatment does not produce the result that is desired.

Huzur mentioned the ill-treatment some fathers extend to their wives and daughters which create long-term negative feelings in the daughters. Huzur said some of the incidents that come to his attention are astonishing where people treat children in ways that are reminiscent of pre-Islamic ignorance when people’s faces would darken at the birth of baby daughters.

Huzur related an account of an Ahmadi man from a while ago who married four times for a male offspring and with each wife he had daughters. Eventually his first son was born to the very first wife.

Huzur said those who wish for children or those who wish for sons should pray to Allah and seek from Him as it is taught in the Holy Qur’an (37:101 and 3:39). He said when people express their desire to have a son to me I always tell them to ask Allah for pious and healthy children. At times daughters serve the parent more and are more virtuous.

Huzur receives many letters from parents who are concerned about their children going wayward. He said what is important is that the children are virtuous otherwise it is of no use.

Huzur gave the Promised Messiah’s (on whom be peace) definition of Sahileen (righteous) as those who have no spiritual ailment and who have no element of sedition in them.

Desire to have pious children and prayers in this regard are of no avail unless parents do not keep an eye on themselves, unless parents also become Saliheen and abide by taqwa. There is a need to be mindful of this and to put it in practice. May Allah enable all of us to do so.

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Abdul Qadir Jilani

November 12th, 2008 by Khanverse

Sheikh Abdul Qadir Jilani - The Great Patron Saint of Allah

Islamic history is replete with innumerable personages who achieved the highest status of converse with the beloved Creator of Existence. This is in and of itself the greatest testimony to the truth, practicality, viability and supremacy of Islam as a religion which leads one to God. Any religion which cannot display miracles in every age and must rely on stories of the past, no doubt, exaggerated beyond any rational limit, is a dead religion.

One of the greatest patron saints of Islam is the highly venerable Sheikh Abdul Qadir Jilani, one of the greatest of the Auliya and quite possibly the greatest mujaddid besides Hazrat Ahmad (as), the Promised Messiah and Mahdi.

Sheikh Abdul Qadir Jilani like other mujaddideen and muhadditheen is almost universally revered in the Islamic Ummah for his extreme devotion to the cause of Allah and propagating the pure deen with his personal example of superb piety, taqwa, and righteousness. His parents were both very pious; his father, Hadhrat Abu Saleh Zangi Dost was a descendant of Imam Hassan (ra) and his mother, Hadhrat Bibi Ummul Khair Fatima was a descendant of Imam Hussein (ra). This earned him the honorable name, “al-Hasani wal Husseini.”

It is rather unfortunate that many such beautiful lights of Allah in the Ummah have been persecuted and charged with heresy, blasphemy, and apostasy by the ignorant, egotistical clerics of their age. Their true value wasn’t acknowledged until decades, sometimes centuries after their death. Man never learns does he? The saints of Allah are never of this world and thus it no great surprise that the world never recognizes their value, however, they are revered and cherished in heaven.

In the 6th century of the Hijra, its greatest saint and mujaddid, Sheikh Abdul Qadir Jilani, who later became known as the Sultan of Sufis, was denounced as a heretic and an apostate by more than 200 ulema.

There is a long history of this persecution of the Godly personages in Islamic History.

In the very first century of the hijra, Hazrat Uthman (ra), Hazrat Ali (ra) and his pious sons, Hazrat Hasan (ra) and Hazrat Husain (ra) were all called heretics and apostates and every single one of them were martyred for upholding the Truth and the Sunnah of The Holy Prophet Muhammad (saw).

Then in the 3rd century of the hijra, Imam Bukhari, who is now recognized as the greatest collector of hadith, whose Sahih Bukhari is considered the most important in Islam after the Quran, was denounced as an apostate: “3,000 ulema and mullahs gave evidence of apostasy against the Imam. He was exiled from Bukhara to Khartang. Even there he did not have peace from his persecutors.”

The 5th century of the hijra produced Hazrat Imam Ghazali, now known as one the greatest scholars and saints Islam ever produced who was a regional reformer of the 5th century whose Socratic methods of argumentation are still widely emulated. An esteemed mystic, psychologist, physician and cosmologist, Al Ghazali was unable to escape the fiery rhetoric of the mullah. “They branded him as an atheist, a free thinker and an apostate whose books were declared unorthodox and un-Islamic. His books were ordered to be burnt and Muslims were forbidden to speak to him. His followers, if any, were ordered to be beheaded.”

This information comes neatly packaged in the excellent elucidation by the 4th Khalifa of the Promised Messiah in his treatise, With Love for the Muslims (pg 23 in the pdf) to explain the historical significance of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community as the renaissance of Islam following the sunnah of other reformers of the faith.

Back to Sheikh Hazrat Abdul Qadir Jilani.

One of the most impressive stories about this great saint of Allah is the story about his pilgrimage from his home and his great act of honesty and the trust in Allah he exhibited:

A famous incident which illustrates his obedience to his mother occurred shortly after him leaving for Baghdad when his caravan (Qafila) was attacked by a sixty man band of highwaymen. They demanded each member of the Qafila to hand over any valuables they had on their person. Unknown to them Sheikh Abdul Qadir (ra) was carrying the forty gold coins which his mother had sown to the inside of the garment he was wearing for safekeeping. Sheikh Abdul Qadir (ra) refused to disobey his mother’s noble instruction not to lie and when one of the bandits asked him if he had any valuables he volunteered the whereabouts of the coins but the bandit did not believe him.

A second bandit then asked Sheikh Abdul Qadir (ra) the same question and he again said that forty gold coins were in his jacket but the second bandit also didn’t believe him. When the leader of the robbers heard of what Sheikh Abdul Qadir (ra) had said he ordered that the stitching be undone and to his utter astonishment the coins were there. This great act of honesty reduced the leader of the robbers to a great state of humility and he asked Sheikh Abdul Qadir (ra), ‘When your money was safe, what compelled you to insist that you had it and say where it was hidden’, to which the great Sheikh replied, ‘I must tell the truth under any circumstances, as I promised to my mother’

The leader was reduced to tears and in the spirit of repentance he said, ‘I reneged on my promise to the One Who created me. I stole and killed. What will happen to me?’. Before the great Sheikh could reply the other highwaymen, filled with the fear of Allah (swt), interjected and uttered the most unpredictable words, ‘You have been our leader all these years in sinning. Now also be our leader in repenting’. The highwaymen then took the hand of Sheikh Abdul Qadir al-Jilani (ra) and offered their bay’ah (pledge of allegiance) and sought the repentance of Almighty Allah (swt). It is here necessary to pause for a moment and reflect upon a beautiful observation. Towards the end of the life of Sheikh Abdul Qadir (ra) saints and great friends of Allah (swt) would flock towards him in hoards so as to offer their bay’ah at his hand yet the first people to offer their bay’ah at his blessed hand were sixty thieves and killers. Indeed almighty Allah’s (swt) Mercy knows no limit.

An interesting gem from the writings of the Great Sheikh Abdul Qadir Jilani is about the temptation of Satan which shows no one is immune from the Satan’s attempts at trickery:

‘’Not every saint or sufi can repel and expose the filth of satanic suggestion as Jesus (as) did with the whip of his light. Sayyid Abdul Qadir Jilani says, ”I too received a satanic inspiration once. Satan said: ‘O Abdul Qadir! all your prayers are accepted. From now on whatsoever is forbidden to others is lawful to you. You are even exempt from obligatory prayers. Do whatever you please.’ At this, I said, ‘Be off O Satan! how can something that was not permissible for the Holy Prophet (saw) be permissible for me!’ After this, Satan disappeared from my sight along with his golden throne.”

Baghdad, Iraq was a great center for learning and spiritual knowledge where the scholars flocked to be around other intellectual giants and exchange ideas. Like all contemporaries of great men in history, many failed to recognize the transcendental spiritual status of Abdul Qadir Jilani and tried to influence him to leave. Here’s an anecdote about this unsuccessful attempt at coercion:

On returning to Baghdad from his spiritual journey Sheikh Abdul Qadir (ra) faced a tribulation which Allah (swt) permitted him to overcome with majestic wisdom. Many of the Islamic elite of Baghdad were perturbed by the return of Sheikh Abdul Qadir (ra) who, due to his great reputation and spiritual status, had amassed a large following of disciples.

The scholars gathered and devised a way by which they could send a clear message to Sheikh Abdul Qadir (ra) indicating their displeasure at his presence in Baghdad. They ordered a large vessel be filled to the brim and sent it to the quarters of Sheikh Abdul Qadir (ra). Upon seeing the container the students of Sheikh Abdul Qadir (ra) were baffled as to the meaning behind the gesture, however, the wise Sheikh instantly realised the message. The container represented Baghdad and the water represented the scholars (people of knowledge) in Baghdad meaning that Baghdad was full and did
not require a new Sheikh such as Abdul Qadir (ra).

With an ingenious stroke of wisdom the Sheikh plucked a rose which he then floated on top of the water. He then ordered the vessel be taken back to the senders who, on seeing it, immediately acknowledged the great spiritual wisdom of the Sheikh and assigned him the title ‘The Rose of Baghdad’.

Islam is the only religion which can produce men of such mighty spiritual eminence and exceptional nearness to Allah. It is said that Allah told the great Sheikh which clothes he should wear and when he should eat and that Sayyedna Abdul Qadir Jilani refused to make such a decision on his own. May Allah continue to bless Islam with such venerable personalities from the community of the 2nd Messiah, Hazrat Ahmad (as).

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The International Film

November 11th, 2008 by Khanverse

“The International” film where everyone pays… Except khazar bankers… who get paid

'The International' film with Clive Owen and Naomi Watts

It’s very hard to find “truthers” in this age who are unaware of the global pernicious influence of the International Bankers over economy, governments, technological surveillance infrastructure, “higher education” institutions, politicians, commerce, diplomacy, culture, and by extension, media, social networks, revolutionary movements, grassroots organizations, etc. Fiat money is the primary vehicle enabling the Khazar “jewish” “moneychangers” at the top of the pyramid. Given the illusory “power” of fiat money, the entire structure of the vast conspiracy is completely destructible overnight.

This is why it is so curious that we now have a Hollywood movie with tens of millions of dollars behind it unveiling the conspiracy coming to cinema near you. Here is the theatrical summary of a new movie about an out of control bank:

The International (Film)

Here’s the official site for the movie: The International

Check out the trailer:

“They control your money. They control your government. They control your life. And everybody pays.”

Sounds pretty accurate to me. Let’s review some quotes from that brief trailer:

“Anyone who has ever been in a position to move against this bank has either ended up dead or disappeared”

Translation: WHO THE HELL DO YOU THINK YOU ARE? Shut yo dumbass up and keep eating that salty-ass popcorn, you ain’t stoppin’ it fool.

“You are accusing the world’s largest bank of conspiracy and murder… But there is no evidence.”

Translation: Listen you lunatic. It’s a ridiculous assertion you’re making and since no one with any credibility lends you support, you’re wrong.

“They control everything”

Translation: You insignificant turd of existence! You can be dealt with before your next heartbeat. Sit yo monkey ass down.

“You will HAVE to go OUTSIDE the system of JUSTICE”

Translation: Because the evil is so ensconced and entrenched you can’t use legitimate means to fight this and you must stoop to their level and means to justify the ends.

Here’s a more detailed summation on the theme and plot of The International

In The International, an edge-of-your-seat action thriller, Interpol Agent Louis Salinger (Clive Owen) and Manhattan Assistant District Attorney Eleanor Whitman (Naomi Watts) are determined to bring to justice one of the world’s most powerful banks. Uncovering illegal activities including money laundering, arms trading, and the destabilization of governments, Salinger and Whitman’s investigation takes them from Berlin to Milan to New York and to Istanbul. Finding themselves in a high-stakes chase across the globe, their relentless tenacity puts their own lives at risk as the bank will stop at nothing - even murder - to continue financing terror and war.

So is Hollywood gonna save us? Not quite. Not yet, at least. To me this is another glaring example of the fictionalizing and singularizing of demonstrable, yet unpopular, facts, which are vibrating in the collective subconscious bubbling with the potential for violent upheaval. The externalizing, and thus, trivializing of powerful memes into fantasy and entertainment via gripping tales widely consumed by the general public sufficiently relegates conspiracy lore to the irrelevant and unreal.

Using individual, heroic characters and very specific stories wherein the “bad” always “lose”, its possible “they” are trying to tranquilize the ideas gaining momentum which may culminate in some, uncontrollable, inevitable rebellion. Hide the truth in plain sight? “How could banks be running the world Khan, Hollywood just made a movie about it! Jeeez!”

Word.

To be fair, there was no “jewish” name prominently connected with “The International.” The screenwriter, Eric Singer, is thoroughly trumped by searches for Eric Singer, the former KISS musician. The bio of German director, Tom Tykwer, who made Run Lola Run, is similarly uneventful besides his gay evangelist friend Rosa von Praunheim and Dani Levi, co-founding 1/4th partner with Tykwer in the production company, “X Filme Creative Pool.”

The two stars of the film, Clive Owen and Naomi Watts are gentiles. Not that I’ve devolved to the level of my former associates where “jewish=evidence of guilt” but even from that perspective there really is no major khazar player in the creation of the film.

Am I looking too far into this? Maybe it’s just a movie, no. Isn’t that possible? Khanventional wisdom certainly dictates as much.

Cuz on the real, A BANK as the main villian behind “money-laundering”, “terror”, “arms dealing” and “war” is actually the most likely candidate if art imitates life. As usual, I have no clue whatsoever.

What do you think?

Is it time for this to go mainstream like it was “time” for a black president?

Do we revel in this “victory” despite the terms being dictated to us because of sentimental importance on “getting the message out there”? You tell me!

-Khanverse

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Arab Money

November 11th, 2008 by Khanverse

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Khazars in the Nazi Army

November 11th, 2008 by Khanverse

Lots of adorable clowns have been claiming (ashke) NAZISM was a legitimate reactionary movement fighting against Jewish subversion of the German mainland. Despite evidence of Hitler's appeasement of the Zionist agents, his allowance of Jewish Bankers to operate unopposed and his enacting of their Noahide laws, many die-hard, ignorant, self-proclaimed Nazis have promoted the idea that all races united "against the Jew" with the Nazi movement. This video tries to put to the rest these well refuted myths.

Khazar Jews in the Nazi Army

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