OLDEST OPERATING UNIVERSITY: Fatima al-Fihiriya Is The Connection Between Kairouan & Qarawiyyin.

 

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_{The Oldest Operating University Of The World:}

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_{Between Kairouan (Tunisia)}

_{And Qarawiyyin (Morocco)}

(M. Javed Naseem)

Fatima bint Muhammad al-Fihriya al-Quraishia was an Arab Muslim woman who is credited with founding the oldest existing, continually operating and the first degree-awarding university in the world, the University of al-Qarawiyyin in Fez, Morocco, in 859-CE. She is also known as Umm al-Banayn.

Fatima was born around 800-AD in the town of Kairouan, in present-day Tunisia. She was of Arab Quraishi descent, hence the name ‘Fatima al-Fihri al-Quraishiyya. Her family was part of a large migration to Fez from Kairouan. Her father Mohammed al-Fihri was a successful rich merchant. She and her sister Maryam were well-educated and studied the Islamic jurisprudence, Fiqh and Hadith. Both went on to found mosques in Fez. Fatima founded al-Qarawiyyin and Maryam founded al-Andalus. Al-Qarawiyyin library suffered a large fire in 1323-AD. Fatima Al-Fihri was married but both her husband and father died shortly after the wedding. Her father left his wealth to both Fatima and her sister Maryam, his only children, who used it to establish mosques and institutions of Islamic learning in today’s Morocco.

Great Mosque of Kairouan, Tunisia

The history of the the Great Mosque of Kairouan in Tunisia is spread over a millennia. It is the oldest Muslim place of worship in Africa as it was founded in the year 670-AD.

Kairouan flourished under the Aghlabid dynasty in the 9th century. Despite the transfer of the political capital to Tunis in the 12th century, Kairouan remained the principal holy city of Maghrib. Its rich architectural heritage includes the Great Mosque, with its marble and porphyry columns, and the 9th-century Mosque of the Three Gates. This ancient mosque is an architectural time portal. The magnificent structure — the oldest Muslim place of worship in Africa, illustrates the mixed influences of pre-Islamic, Roman and Byzantine architecture.

The city of Kairouan, Tunisia, has long been the Maghreb’s most ancient and holy city, a key gathering place for Arabo-Muslim civilization. The Great Mosque, also known as the Uqba Mosque, is at the heart of the city’s heritage. Standing at the nexus of 15 different thoroughfares, in the center of the country between the mountains and the sea, it is considered the fourth holiest site in Islam after Mecca, Medina and Jerusalem.

The structure is part of an expansive complex, the mosque itself covering 10,800 square meters (115,660 square feet). Outside, there is a decorated flagstone courtyard and towering, three-story minaret, reminiscent of Roman lighthouses. At 32 meters (104 feet), it remains one of the city’s highest structures. The mosque’s architecture reflects features of pre-Islamic and Eastern Islamic art, as well as later Roman and Byzantine influences. The design has served as a model for many other Maghreb mosques.

 

The mosque was originally constructed by a general named Uqba ibn Nafi (also written as Sidi Okba) as a Friday prayer mosque, used for communal prayers on the Muslim holy day. Though the structure built by Uqba no longer exists, the mosque we see today is sometimes still called “Mosque of Sidi Uqba” or simply Uqba Mosque.

The mosque was rebuilt at least twice in the 8^th century, and then again in the 9^th century, when Prince Ziyadat Allah-I, the Aghlabid governor, demolished most of the existing structure and rebuilt the mosque in sturdier materials of stone, brick, and wood. The surviving version includes a dome -- borrowed from Roman and Byzantine architecture -- and supporting buttresses, added in the 13th century. The mosque sits in the city’s historic walled district of the Medina. The structure is beautiful to look at, both during the day and at night, when the minaret is aglow with lights.

Kairouan is the most ancient Arabo-Muslim base of the Maghreb (670 AD) and one of its principal holy cities. Capital of Ifriqiya for five centuries, it was a place of outstanding diffusion of Arabo-Muslim civilization. Kairouan bears unique witness to the first centuries of this civilization and its architectural and urban development. The medina contains some remarkable monuments including the Great Mosque, an architectural masterpiece that served as a model for several other Maghreban mosques, the Mosque of the Three Doors that represents the most ancient existent sculpted facade of Muslim art. The Basins of the Aghlabids, an open-air reservoir formed by two communicating cisterns that date back to the 9th century, constitute one of the most beautiful hydraulic ensembles conceived to provide water to the town. The Zawiya of Sidi Sahib shelters the remains of the companion of Prophet Mohammed, Abou Zama El-Balawi.

With the Great Mosque, the Mosque of the Three Doors, and the Basin of the Aghlabids, not to mention the numerous archaeological vestiges, Kairouan bears exceptional witness to the civilization of the first centuries of the Hijra in Africa.

Kairouan is one of the holy cities and spiritual capitals of Islam. Next to the Great Mosque, the first place of worship founded in the Maghreb only 38 years after the death of the Prophet, is the Zawiya of Sidi Saheb where the remains of Abu Djama, one of Prophet’s companions, are kept. The historic ensemble of Kairouan, with its central part and its suburbs, has been conserved, without alteration.

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STEADFASTNESS IS PATIENT PERSERVERANCE And The Steadfast Is A Winner.

 

Steadfastness Is Patient

Perseverance And The

Steadfast Is A Winner!

(M. Javed Naseem)

“And verily We shall pay those

who are steadfast, a recompense

in proportion to the best of

what they used to do.”

(al-Quran 16:96)

Fidelity and steadfastness are two basic requirements of Islam. A total surrender to the will of God Almighty and then staying on course is the way of a perfect Muslim. It is a hard course, full of all kinds of obstacles and temptations, but it is still achievable. Remember the story of a hare and the tortoise ? We all read it during our school years. The tortoise was slow but steady, and that won him the race.

If you can stay true and faithful to your cause and follow the course with perseverance or steadfastness, you are a winner. But that is not an easy job. You have to give your best or 100 percent to achieve the grade. That means one should always be good – every time and all the time. That’s steadfastness.

Being good to others is charity (Sadaqah) that brings rewards not only in this world but also in the Hereafter. If a person develops a character of being good to others, not harming or hurting anybody, he is earning the blessings of Almighty Allah all the time. This is a very simple case of steadfastness.

God the Gracious commands mankind to be faithful and steadfast. The Almighty says in the Holy Quran :

“O you who believe! Seek help in

steadfastness and prayer. Lo,

Allah is with the steadfast.”

(al-Quran 2 :153)

We should always try to do good – whatever good is in our capacity, and do it continuously. Even if we do a little but do it on a regular basis, that’s fine. That’s being steadfast. We will definitely be rewarded for that. The Almighty will shower His blessings on us. But as they say: Everything comes with a price, so is the steadfastness. When we try to be good and honest in life, we are tested by God. We should make sure that we pass those tests and go through those trials with patience. And don’t quit, ever! Perseverance is the best asset along with faith (Iman) that a Muslim possesses. Allah says:

“And surely We shall try you with

something of fear and hunger, and

loss of wealth and lives and crops;

but give glad tidings to the steadfast.”

(al-Quran 2:155)

The tests and trials are very discouraging and heart-breaking. But then again you have to rise up to the occasion. Show your mettle and prove to the world, with your perseverance and steadfastness, that you are true to your cause; honest in your struggle; and faithful to your Creator. Your conviction only can earn you honors.

There is another very important factor in Islam. All deeds or good work you do, you’ve got to do voluntarily and willingly. If you don’t feel Islam in your actions, they are not Islamic. A Muslim is a volunteer who willingly and knowingly surrenders himself to the will of God. It is a way of life for ‘believers’. You believe in the powers of Allah and, therefore, you are sure that your actions are counted and accounted for. You believe that every action contributes towards the ‘balance sheet’ which will be presented to you in the Hereafter on the Day of Justice. And on the basis of that you will merit Heaven or Hell. But if you don’t believe in the Hereafter, then this world is all you have got because in the Hereafter your destination would be Hell. Allah the Great tells us that at many places in the Holy Quran. Therefore, believe and do good!

There was that saint who was famous for his kindness, sweet manners and highly civilized ways. Somebody asked him:

“Where did you learn these good manners?”

“From the ill-mannered and ignorant people,” he replied. “Everything they used to do, I would not do.”

How simple! But very difficult at the same time. The most difficult thing in our lives is to resist the temptation. This is the real ‘Jihad’. If we succeed in that, we win all the honors; but if we fail, we fall prey to the evil. And evil leads to Hell. In our struggle for good, we always need to seek help of Allah because without it we cannot achieve anything. And don’t forget that Allah helps not the evil-doers.

Here is a beautiful story! Naffia narrates that once Abdullah bin Umar was traveling out of Medina. He was accompanied by his friends and servants. In the afternoon they stopped near a village to have a meal. The servants spread the sheets and fixed the food. Then all of them sat together around it and started eating. Right at that time, a shepherd passed by along with his sheep. Abdullah bin Umar invited him to eat with them. The shepherd replied that he was fasting. Abdullah bin Umar said that it was terribly hot and scorching wind was blowing in the desert. How could he fast in such conditions? The shepherd answered back that he was receiving the reward of his ‘past days’. He was referring to these holy verses of the Quran:

“(And it will be said unto those therein):

Eat and drink at ease for that which you

sent on before you in past days.”

(al-Quran 69:24)

Abdullah bin Umar started enjoying the conversation with the shepherd and decided to test him. He said that he wanted to buy a goat, therefore, he should tell him the price of the goat. He further said that he will slaughter that goat and give the shepherd some meat too, so that he could have a good meal for breaking his fast in the evening.

The shepherd said that those were not his goats. They belonged to his master who was also the chief of his tribe.

Abdullah bin Umar said that his chief would never know. And if he asked, he could tell him that a wolf took the goat away. The shepherd signaled toward the sky and asked:

“And where would Allah go?”

Abdullah bin Umar was very amused by this answer and started repeating shepherd’s words: “And where would Allah go; and where would Allah go?” He told his companions that it was amazing that a shepherd was aware of Allah’s presence and knew that He was watching over everybody. And that kept him faithful and sincere to his master.

Later on, when Abdullah bin Umar returned from his business, he contacted that tribal chief and bought that slave and the goats from him. And then he freed the slave and gave him the gift of those goats. 

Remember! In your struggle in life, when events frustrate you and knock you down, only Faith can lift you up. It gives you hope and strength to stand up to the whole world. In your heart you know that what you are doing is right. Therefore, the Almighty hears your cries and comes closer to help you.

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'LOWER YOUR GAZE AND BE MODEST!' Modesty Is A Virtue.

 

'Lower Your Gaze

And Be Modest!'

Modesty Is A Virtue

(M. Javed Naseem)

The Almighty God has commanded all believers in the Holy Quran to be modest. He says:

“Be modest in your bearing and subdue

your voice. Lo, the harshest of all voices

is the voice of the donkey.”

(al-Quran 31:19)

Modesty is a virtue – the virtue of the prophets and the saints. It can only bring good and protect us from evil. It is actually a part of our faith that will lead us to Heaven. Muslims are required to be modest in all walks of life. The true Muslim community always encourages the believers to be modest, kind and generous. Modesty is a virtue the Prophet Muhammad (saw) was keen to stress upon. He himself had a very modest lifestyle and believed to be simple. Modesty is a universally acclaimed virtue and most of the world‟s religions or cultures praise it. In Islam, it is a part of the faith itself. It, not only, promotes simple lifestyle but also eliminates the evil of selfishness from the society. A Muslim cannot be a snob or an arrogant.

In the Western society people sometimes cast an air of disapproval on modesty considering it a weakness. They say that it inhibits a person from claiming what is due to him. They emphasize the need to be assertive so that others do not take advantage of their modesty. It is probably true for a society that has no concept of modesty.

Here is a true story from our modern times. Everybody knows Muhammad Ali, the late heavyweight boxing champion of the world. An incident took place when Ali’s daughters arrived at his place wearing clothes that were not modest. Here is the true account as narrated by one of his daughters:

“When we finally arrived, the chauffeur escorted my younger sister, Laila, and me up to my father’s suite. As usual, he was hiding behind the door waiting to scare us (great sense of humour!). We exchanged as many hugs and kisses as we could possibly give in one day. My father took a good look at us. Then he sat me down on his lap and said something that I will never forget. He looked me straight in the eyes and said:

“Hana, everything that God made valuable in the world is covered and hard to get to. Where do you find diamonds? Deep down in the ground, covered and protected. Where do you find pearls? Deep down at the bottom of the ocean, covered up and protected in a beautiful shell. Where do you find gold? Way down in the mine, covered by layers and layers of rock.You’ve got to work hard to get to them.”

He looked at me with serious eyes and said:

“Your body is sacred. You are far more precious than diamonds and pearls, and you should be covered too.”

(From the book: “More Than A Hero: Muhammad Ali’s Life Lessons Through His Daughter’s Eyes”.)

Now, that is a beautiful piece of advice from an experienced and wise father to his young and aspiring daughters. Indeed, it is a great message of modesty.

Islam has elevated the status of woman by giving her more rights than other nations, but at the same time granting her a lot more respect for her modesty. In the Western materialistic cultures, a woman is an object of physical pleasure. A pretty model or a blonde actress of film/TV can attract big gatherings. But if you ask those people who come to see her, they will tell you that they came because they ‘liked’ her, and not because they ‘respected’ her. It is physical (sexual) attraction. On the contrary, a modest and pious woman is considered a treasure in Islam and men are considered lucky to have such a wife. She is more valuable than all the gold and silver you can possess.

Some people misinterpret modesty. They think it is like poverty. Not at all. Modesty is a great quality that springs from contentment. When you are satisfied and content with whatever God has provided for you, you are modest. There are millions of examples of people living in different eras who had the means and the wealth but they chose a modest lifestyle. Simplicity is a part of modesty. A modest life is a simple life, close to nature and far from material corruption. Living within your means also falls within the limits of modesty.

Here is a beautiful example of modest living. Laith bin Saad was a famous scholar of Islamic studies during the time of Caliph Haroon Rasheed. His daily income during certain period was around one thousand Dinars. But he was never liable for paying Zakat because he never kept the money. He always distributed among the poor and the needy. Amazing! Zakat is payable on the money that you store, invest or keep for one year. His son Shoaib narrates that during certain time his father’s income was around 25 thousand Dinars per year but he was always under debt. Zakat was never due from him. The amount of income kept fluctuating during different periods of time but he always gave away his money in charity. So, at the end of the year he never had a taxable amount.

One day a woman came to Laith bin Saad with a small empty cup and said that she needed some honey. Laith gave her a leather-skin full of honey. Somebody said: O Laith! She was asking for a little bit of honey but you gave her a whole bag. Hazrat Laith replied: She asked for it according to her need and I gave her according to my capacity. Allah has blessed me with His bounties, therefore, I cannot hold back.

Those who understand Islam, they know that modest living can protect them from material problems or corruption. Despite the fact that sometimes they had a lot of money, they used only what was sufficient for their needs. The rest of it they shared with the less fortunate. When you lead simple life, you are modest in your appearance too. Men are not allowed to wear silk clothes and gold jewellery, and women are asked to pay Zakat on their jewellery. Gold and silver utensils are not allowed in a Muslim household.

Muslims should look modest in their clothing too – no luxury robes. And then comes the modesty of character. The Almighty Allah (SWT) directed all believers to be modest. He says in the Holy Quran, Surah Noor (An-Nur), Ayah 30 & 31:

“Tell the believing men to lower their

gaze and be modest. That is purer for them.

Lo, Allah is Aware of what they do.”

(al-Quran 24:30)

“And tell the believing women to lower

their gaze and be modest; and to display

of their adornment only that which is apparent;

and to draw their veils over their bosoms;

and not to reveal their adornment save to their

own husbands or fathers or …..”

(al-Quran 24:31)

The woman gets concession when she is among the family members. Otherwise, both men and women have the lines drawn, the limits or the ‘Hudood’ in this respect. The rules have been laid down, clear as black and white.

I live in a so-called Arab Muslim country and always see the young girls on the beach in their bikinis. Some of them dressed far worse than the non-believing women. Even the young women who wear Hijab, dress in very tight, revealing pants or shorts, skimpy blouses and short skirts. It is a shame to see the city streets full of ‘sexy’ looking objects, and not self-respecting young ladies. There is no doubt that their parents will get their share of punishment for not bringing up their children according to the teachings of Quran and Sunnah. How strange that people feel the heat of summer to dress half-naked and do not feel the heat of Hell that is waiting for them!

It is unfair to blame the society or the surroundings for all the evil in our lives. We are the society; we are the community and we are responsible for the surroundings. As Muslims, we are terrible role-

models for others. It is time to get up and play the role we are supposed to play for the sake of our future generations.

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A REMINDER: THE CREATOR COMMANDS: "Follow The Revelaion!"

 

A Reminder

Creator's Command:

"Follow The Revelation!"

Many nations and towns were

destroyed for their sins!

(M. Javed Naseem)

 

The Quran is the last Reminder to the mankind from the Supreme Creator, Almighty Allah. If we ignore His signs and the Reminder, we will be doomed not only in this world but also in the Hereafter. The fate of the earlier nations is the proof scattered all over the world; and that invites those who believe in God to reflect and ponder upon their existence.

Here are the first 10 verses of Surah al-Araaf (Chapter 7) of the Holy Quran. The Almighty tells us:

“(It is) a Scripture that is revealed unto you

(O Muhammad); so let there be no heaviness in

your heart on that account – that you may warn

thereby; and (it is) a Reminder unto believers.”

(al-Quran 7:2)

That revelation is a Scripture (the Quran) which has been sent down to the mankind to remind them to be God-conscious and be warned in case they disregard God’s signs and commands. Allah, the Almighty, reminds us every day, in every phase of our journey and in every sphere of life that He is running the show; He is the Master of Ceremony and He is the Supreme Controller. Whatever is in the heavens, on earth and in-between, belongs to Him; and to Him belongs the sovereignty of the universe. He has no partners and there is nobody else who could save us from any disaster, any catastrophe or death. There is no king or president or premier that was appointed as God's deputy on this earth. Humans have rights and obligations; and nobody has the right to enslave them. 

“Follow (O men!) the revelation given unto

you from your Lord; and follow not, as friends

or protectors, other than Him! Little it is

you remember of admonition.”

(al-Quran 7:3)

The floods, forest fires, earthquakes and other natural disasters are actually warning signs for us human beings from the Supreme Creator Who is telling us that He alone is running the show and He is not pleased with us. If we don’t repent and seek His forgiveness; and don’t fix what needs to be fixed to serve humanity better, we better be prepared for bigger disasters which we have no means of controlling at all. The Elite mafia – Dajjal's servants – is busy tightening its grip on the countries and independent governments of the world. They have an evil agenda to establish the Devil's government on earth. There are the puppet rulers of many countries – Muslim and non-Muslim alike – who are obediently serving the Devil. They should be aware of their end and the grave punishment. Here is a reminder of Allah's warning!

“How many towns have We destroyed (for

their sins)? Our punishment took them on a

sudden by night or while they slept for

their afternoon rest.”

(al-Quran 7:4)

“When (thus) Our punishment took them, no cry

did they utter but this: "Indeed we did wrong."

(al-Quran 7:5)

Yes, we are going to realize it one day that we were wrong but then it would be too late – way beyond the possibility of fixing it. The time to act is now. It is now or never! The Evil Empire, controlled by the Devil, has been destroying the countries of the world, one after the other, to exercise its total control and show its super powers to the corrupt, dishonest and coward world leaders who have no courage, nor plans to stand up for justice, honesty and democracy – actually humanity. They are all (Jews, Christians, Muslims, Hindus, Buddhists, etc.) trying to please the Evil Empire only to stay in power in their own countries. It’s a shame that the world has come to that point today! People are showing their moral bankruptcy with a bold face!

Today, believers are believers in word only, not in practice. Those hypocrites say something else but do something else with a cunning smiles on their faces. They use lies and deceptions to start wars and kill innocent people because those people refuse to obey them. But God is watching them all and every action of theirs is being recorded. On the Day of Judgment that book of records will be thrown on their faces. And eventually, the justice will be delivered by the Supreme Judge.

“And verily, We shall recount their whole

story with knowledge, for We were never

absent (at any time or place).”

(al-Quran 7:7)

Allah tells us in the Quran that justice will be delivered – every good deed will earn good rewards and every bad/evil deed will be punished. Those in the corridors of power today, are following the Devil’s plot. They don’t want to hear about Allah, God, the Scriptures or the Quran. They are lost in power and wealth. They’ll come to their senses after losing that power. And it’s going to happen soon – maybe very soon!

 

Now is the time for checks and balances; preparing the profit-&-loss accounts and clearing all dues. Once the term-limit is over, the game will be over! We should worry about our scales – the scales of good and bad deeds!

“The balance that day will be true (to nicety):

Those whose scale (of good deeds) will be

heavy, will prosper.”

(al-Quran 7:8)

“Those whose scale will be light, will be their

souls in perdition, for that they wrongfully

treated Our signs.”

(al-Quran 7:9)

No Super Power will be able to protect the evil-doers, whether they are kings, presidents, prime ministers or Emirs in this world. They will all be begging for mercy on the Day of Justice which is approaching fast. If they want to avoid all humiliation and burning in the Hellfire, they better change their ways NOW, or else!

The King of the kings is reminding us again that all power belongs to Him and He alone bestows it upon whom He wills. But those who are given authority or power, they will be questioned about its use. Power and Authority mean responsibility. Most of them seem like drifting towards Hellfire though – because they are not only wrong-doers and unfair, they are also ungrateful to the Almighty, Who gave them the power in the first place.

“It is We Who have placed you with authority

on earth, and provided you therein with means

for the fulfillment of your life. Small are the

thanks that you give!”

(al-Quran 7:10)

There’s still time (maybe very little time left) to reflect and put the house in order, if we are serious and honest about it!

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THE JEWISH STATE WAS BASED On The Theft of Land From Indigenous Palestinians!

 

The Bitter Truth About Israel

The Jewish State Was Based

On The Theft Of Land From

The Indigenous Palestinians!

(M. Javed Naseem)

Palestine is still bleeding because the so-called ‘civilized’ world keeps ignoring its plight. It keeps ignoring the injustice, the cruelty and the crimes against humanity being committed against Palestinian children, women, elderly and helpless unarmed civilian population. This is hypocrisy on the highest criminal level. The most modern Zionist military, equipped with the latest weapons and war equipment has been killing unarmed innocent civilians on fake/false accusations. But the irony is that the brutal, inhumane and violent occupation goons, who are committing genocide, are still claiming to be the ‘victims’ of aggression! And the media Presstitutes, hired/employed by the Zionist organs, are promoting that narrative with full force.

The world conscience is dead! The truth is that the creation of the Zionist/Jewish state (Israel) was based on the theft of land from an indigenous people. While Jews would prefer to believe that their country is a 'miracle in the desert,' for the hundreds of thousands of Palestinians, it is an everlasting nightmare. In truth, it is the ‘Triangle of Evil’ (or Axis of Evil?) – U.S. + U.K. + Israel – that is behind this cruel crime. The West purposely created the Zionist Jewish state on Arab territory to control or colonize the oil-rich Middle East. The U.N. and European Union are both acting like puppets, facilitating the blockade and denying Palestinians the justice.

The Israeli leaders have abandoned the two-state solution. Their policy now is to confiscate Palestinian territory, and they've announced publicly that it the Palestinians have to recognize not just Israel but Israel as a Jewish state, even though 20% of the Israeli community are non-Jews. Netanyahu has also decided that even the Jordan valley has to be under Israeli control. So, those factors indicate quite clearly that Netanyahu has decided that the two-state solution is not what he wants. He wants what is being called Greater Israel, Eretz Israel. That's the latest development.

Joseph Weitz:

In 1948, Joseph Weitz, Director of the Jewish National Land Fund and Head of the 3rd “Transfer Committee” stated:

“We must direct our war towards the

removal of as many Arabs as possible

from boundaries of our state.”

 

“Israelis' policy is to confiscate Palestinian territory” – Jimmy Carter

"Both sides should cease all hostilities," says former US President Jimmy Carter. "Israel should end its blockade of Gaza, and Western countries should work to facilitate reconciliation between Hamas and their Palestinian rival, Fatah. As long as Gaza remains isolated, the situation in and around Gaza will remain volatile."

“Israel's leaders don't want a Palestinian state”, Carter told Metro in an interview. Carter, who still conducts international negotiations and is now a member of The Elders, won the 2002 Nobel Peace Prize.

The dishonest and unfair pro-Israel narrative continues with its portrayal of Arab aggression, ignoring mass murder and destruction of Palestinian homes; but noting the wars in 1948, 1967 and 1973 as proof that the country was under perpetual attack. While it is true that the Arab nations attacked Israel after it declared itself a nation in 1948 on Arab territory, it must be remembered that if Mexican immigrants declared a state of Mexico in Arizona, it is unlikely the U.S government would not see it as an act of aggression and take immediate military action. After almost 75 years, the game of playing ‘victim’ is still being played to fool the world.

The wars in 1967 and 1973 were started by Egypt and Syria, not the Palestinians, and the Israelis used it as an excuse to annex more Palestinian land (Gaza, the Sinai Peninsula, the Golan Heights and the West Bank), an act illegal under international law. The Palestinians, as always, suffered the consequences of competing empires.

The continued occupation of the Palestinian people and the relentless expansion of the Israeli state is a text book definition of colonization. The Palestinians have a right to resist this occupation, and the onus is on Israel to stop it so that peace talks can resume. But the way things are moving, it is not going to happen in our life-time.

British Foreign Office, June 1920:

The Balfour Declaration “has also been interpreted as giving priority to a small minority of Jews over the mass of people in Palestine. It is idle to propose that preference should be given to one-tenth who has gone to the country (Palestine) only lately over the nine-tenths who have been there, from father to son, for generations”.

 

Noam Chomsky:

“Hamas is regularly described as 'Iranian-backed Hamas, which is dedicated to the destruction of Israel.' One will be hard put to find something like 'democratically elected Hamas, which has long been calling for a two-state settlement in accord with the international consensus'—blocked for over 30 years by the US and Israel. All true, but not a useful contribution to the Party Line, hence dispensable.”

“The new crimes that the US and Israel were committing in Gaza as 2009 opened do not fit easily into any standard category—except for the category of familiarity.” – Noam Chomsky (Gaza in Crisis).

“Israel's demonstration of its military prowess in 1967 confirmed its status as a 'strategic asset,' as did its moves to prevent Syrian intervention in Jordan in 1970 in support of the PLO. Under the Nixon doctrine, Israel and Iran were to be 'the guardians of the Gulf,' and after the fall of the Shah, Israel's perceived role was enhanced. Meanwhile, Israel has provided subsidiary services elsewhere, including Latin America, where direct US support for the most murderous regimes has been impeded by Congress. While there has been internal debate and some fluctuation in US policy, much exaggerated in discussion here, it has been generally true that US support for Israel's militarization and expansion reflected the estimate of its power in the region.”

“The effect has been to turn Israel into a militarized state completely dependent on US aid, willing to undertake tasks that few can endure, such as participation in Guatemalan genocide. For Israel, this is a moral disaster and will eventually become a physical disaster as well. For the Palestinians and many others, it has been a catastrophe, as it may sooner or later be for the entire world, with the growing danger of superpower confrontation.” – Noam Chomsky.

“People who call themselves supporters of Israel are actually supporters of its moral degeneration and ultimate destruction.” – Noam Chomsky.

 

George Galloway: Free Palestine

"Free Palestine, Free Afghanistan, Free Speech" - George Galloway. (Speech made at St. Andrew's Wesley United Church, Vancouver, Canada).

“The Palestinians are the victims of one of the greatest crimes of

the 20th century now bleeding into the 21st century”, he notes.

“Israel has broken more U.N. Security Council Resolutions

than all the other countries of the World combined. They

have broken more international law than all the countries

of the world put together.

The Palestinians who are the victims of terrorism

are called the terrorists, and the Israelis who are

the ‘Terrorists’ are referred to as the victims by

Zionist-controlled politicians and Zionist-controlled

media in the West. They are never punished.

Shame, shame on the West!”

Nelson Mandela:

(Nelson Mandela's memo to Thomas Friedman about Israel & Palestine, by Nelson Mandela, in Jefferson Corner - America's Speaker's Corner, 28th March, 2001.)

 

"If you want peace and democracy, I will support you.

If you want formal Apartheid, we will not support you.

If you want to support racial discrimination and

ethnic cleansing, we will oppose you."

Theodor Herzl, Founder of Political Zionism, May 1896:
"Without preparation, I told [Michael von] Newlinsky that we imagine that Palestine would be given to us for £20 million ($100 million [in 1896]). Two million would be given to Palestine on the basis of the capitalization of its present [1896] yield of £80,000 annually. With the other £18 million, we should free Turkey from the Control Commission”.
(Theodor Herzl, founder of political Zionism, 1860 - 1904, from a Personal Diary entry 18^th May, 1896).

"We shall endeavor to expel the poor population [of Palestine] across the border unnoticed, procuring employment for it in the transit countries, but denying it any employment in our country”.
(Theodor Herzl, founder of political Zionism, 1860 - 1904, from a Personal Diary entry 12^th June, 1895).

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THE BLOODY DECEPTION, The Biggest Lie Ever! Remembering 9/11.

 

(This is a re-run. Excerpts from articles published on this blog in 2016 and 2019)

Remembering 9/11

The Bloody Deception!

The Biggest Lie Ever!

The Mockery of Science,

Justice, Logic & Reason!

It Was A Horrible Fraud

And They Got Away With It!

(M. Javed Naseem)

(Huge caverns of 'melted granite' were found below the foundations of the Twin Towers. Were they caused by thermonuclear explosions detonated to obliterate the steel reinforced, cast concrete, tubular core structure of WTC Buildings No.1 & 2? Pic: Veterans Today)

“When it is said to them: 'Make not mischief

on the earth,' they say: 'Why, we only want to

make peace!' Of a surety, they are the ones

who make mischief, but they realize (it) not.”

(al-Quran 2:11-12)

September 11 marks the anniversary of the 9/11events, the destruction of the World Trade Center buildings, in 2001. The Free Press of the world believes that 9/11 was the biggest lie ever. It was the bloodiest deception; the outrageous rape of humanity; the mockery of Justice, logic and reason; and a horrifying fraud, committed by the forces of evil that are striving for the total hegemony and economic control of the world. It was used as a pretext to invade other countries; as an excuse to kill millions of innocent civilians; and as an effective tool to stage a crusade against Islam and Muslims. As a calculated result, Islamophobia is on the rise in the West and it is being promoted by the Presstitutes of the biased and corrupt mainstream media for money.

It has been 20 years since that bloody drama was staged. Millions of victims (including families of those killed directly) are still waiting for the justice but who will deliver the justice? The justice has been delayed and then denied, one way or the other. There was no honest and independent investigations – only the cover-up. When the killer becomes the judge, you cannot expect justice to be delivered. They spent millions of dollars on the campaign and they recovered trillions of dollars from the insurance and the corrupt govt. (taxpayers' money). It was the biggest scam of the history. Until today, they could not account for the missing $2.3 trillions from the Pentagon budget. So, they got away with it!

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PSYOP and strategic deception:

"9/11: No plane ever hit the WTC!"

– Retd. Expert Pilot John Lear

Watch his interview clip at:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YQBlv7sZGVE

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A former CIA pilot has sworn an affidavit, stating that no planes flew into the Twin Towers as it would have been physically impossible.

John Lear, the son of Learjet inventor Bill Lear, has sworn expert evidence that it would have been physically impossible for Boeing-767s, such as Flights AA11 and UA175 to have hit the Twin Towers on 9/11. He stated in the affidavit:

‘No Boeing 767 airliners hit the Twin Towers as fraudulently alleged by the government, media, NIST and its contractors. Such crashes did not occur because they are physically impossible as depicted, for the following reasons:

In the case of UAL-175 going into the south tower, a real Boeing-767 would have begun ‘telescoping’ when the nose hit the 14 inch steel columns which are 39 inches on center.

The vertical and horizontal tail would have instantaneously separated from the aircraft, hit the steel box columns and fallen to the ground.

The engines when impacting the steel columns would have maintained their general shape and either fallen to the ground or been recovered in the debris of the collapsed building.

No Boeing-767 could attain a speed of 540 mph at 1000 feet above sea level ‘parasite drag doubles with velocity’ and ‘parasite power’ cubes with velocity.”

• The fan portion of the engine is not designed to accept the volume of dense air at that altitude and speed.

• The piece of alleged external fuselage containing 3 or 4 window cutouts is inconsistent with an airplane that hit 14 inch steel box columns, placed at over 500 mph. It would have crumpled.

• No significant part of the Boeing-767 or engine could have penetrated the 14 inch steel columns and 37 feet beyond the massive core of the tower without part of it falling to the ground.

“The debris of the collapse should have contained massive sections of the Boeing-767, including 3 engine cores weighing approximately 9000 pounds apiece which could not have been hidden. Yet there is no evidence of any of these massive structural components from either 767 at the WTC. Such complete disappearance of 767s is impossible,” he concluded.

The affidavit is part of a law suit being pursued by Morgan Reynolds in the United States District Court of New York, Southern District.

Reynolds, a former chief economist under the George W. Bush administration filed a Request For Correction with the US National Institute of Science and Technology in March 2007, citing his belief that real commercial jets (Boeings) did not hit the WTC towers.

Of course John Lear is not the only person to believe the “no plane hit the Twin Towers theory”. Some other prominent personalities have come forward voicing their beliefs. Most notable perhaps, is a retired Major General Albert N. Stubblebine-III. He was the Commanding General of the United States Army Intelligence and Security Command from 1981 to 1984. In this compelling interview, Stubblebine reveals the following information (what he calls “dots”) about the attacks on the Pentagon and the World Trade Center on September 11, 2001:

• Stubblebine initially believed the official story regarding 9/11. Then, he saw the hole in the Pentagon. He can prove that the Pentagon was not hit by a Boeing-757. DOT.

• All of the sensors around the Pentagon were turned off except one. That one sensor captured an image of the object that hit the Pentagon. It looked like a missile. But, after he went public, the imagery was changed to look like a plane. DOT.

• The collapse of the twin towers was caused by controlled demolition – not the fuel from the airplane. DOT.

• Larry Silverstein, the lease holder of the WTC complex, admitted that that building 7, which was not hit by a plane and had only a small fire, was intentionally “pulled” – which is phraseology used for controlled demolition. DOT.

• All of the air defense systems around Washington DC were turned off that day. DOT.

• Also on 9/11, there was an exercise designed to mimic an attack on the towers by airplanes. DOT.

• When you connect the DOTs, the picture says that what we were told by the media was not the real story.

(Courtesy: https://www.parhlo.com/conspiracy-911-former-cia-piolt-denis-planes-hit-twin-tower/)

In 2016, Russia released some confidential data on 9/11. Kremlin had permitted the strategic release of earth-shattering material which was generally known on the internet as 9/11 Truth. The world is starving for such unvarnished and genuine truth in view of the fact that those false flag attacks have been systematically utilized by the real perpetrators to wage war against nations large and small, powerful and weak.

“Gordon Duff pulls up report Russians sent to him

that lists people who planned destruction of the

World Trade Center in NYC. 9/11 attacks were

partially done as nuclear blackmail, and also to

stop Able Danger investigating theft of over $200

trillion and 350 nuclear warheads.”

(Gordon has documents from the Russian government

regarding Able Danger.) – SOTN

The Truth Behind WTC Free-fall: Was WTC Nuked?

‘Micro-Nukes’ Are The Popular Modern-Day Nuclear Warheads. These devices were used in the Bali bombing and the London bombing and in Japan on their reactors. Also used in Damascus, Iraq and Afghanistan by the US.

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America has a history of ‘stolen’ or ‘disappeared’

arms. Those modern arms were stolen in Pakistan

and Afghanistan but ended up in the hands of

CIA-sponsored Taliban. The stolen arms in Iraq

ended up in the hands of Daesh & Co., and the

stolen arms in Syria ended up in the hands of

ISIS, ISIL, IS. How convenient!

But what happened to the 350 nuclear

warheads stolen from America? Did

anybody find anything in Israel?

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The ‘war on terror’ is a hoax! It’s being used as a pretext to invade countries like Iraq, Libya, Afghanistan, Sudan, Syria, etc., and promote ‘Islamophobia’ in the entire world. The axis of evil (or the triangle of evil – US-UK-Israel) is busy in implementing its agenda of world-hegemony. There are military invasions, economic attacks and cultural onslaughts in all parts of the world. And above all, there are artificial floods, heavy rains, earthquakes and forest fires triggered via nuclear devices by the evil-minded super-power administration. HAARP is the latest tool being used in human-induced environmental hazards and disasters (weather warfare).

Scott Bennett was a U.S. Army Psychological Operations Officer who worked at U.S. Central Command’s Joint Inter-agency Operations Center. Bennett was assigned to “Terrorist Threat Financing” and tasked with discovering terrorist financing networks (domestic and foreign), instruments, and bank accounts being used to fund Islamic terrorists. He is the author of Shell Game: A Whistleblowing Report (CreateSpace, 2016). His website is: www.shellgamewhistleblower.com.

Two years ago he wrote an open letter to Donald Trump, the U.S. President, hoping for a quick and favorable action to deliver justice to the 9/11 victims. Here’s the text:

Dear President Trump,

As a military officer and also contractor for Booz Allen Hamilton, I was assigned to the Joint Interagency Operations Center at U.S. Central Command, where I identified, tracked, and reported on terrorists, their financial donors, networks, banks, and activities.

Part of my mission was to investigate, discover, and expose all acts of “waste, fraud, and abuse” by Terrorist Financing Operations Director Dov Zakheim who was my senior supervisor. It was known that Dov Zakheim had secretly arranged for $2.3 trillion dollars to be misappropriated through Pentagon channels when he had been the Pentagon Comptroller.

I was assigned the task of penetrating Dov Zakheim’s terrorist financing operations, which involved his son Roger Zakheim (a lawyer at the House Armed Services Committee), an Iraqi named Abdullah Azziz (with close ties to Rudy Giulliani) and the law firm Covington and Burling.

The auditors investigating this matter were conveniently killed in a missile strike upon the Pentagon Office of Naval Intelligence on September 11, 2001. This missile strike was concealed as a “plane attack”, which was a deception operation.

I briefed your attorney Michael Cohen about these matters in 2015 and 2016—which may be one of the reasons he has been targeted by Deep State Shadow Government loyalists.

Evidence and expert testimony confirm without a doubt that the attacks on September 11, 2001 against the Pentagon (as well as the World Trade Center and the Solomon Building in N.Y.) were a well-planned, well-financed, psychological operation – a false flag attack on American soil – designed to trigger and manipulate the American people, the Congress, and the U.S. Military into a full-scale war-mobilization posture with the intent of overthrowing, scattering, and re-making the Middle East and Africa for the direct political, cultural, and economic benefit of the Zionist state of Israel.

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“Bush lied about the WMD in Iraq!”

– Donald Trump

During the Presidential election campaign,

Donald Trump declared that Bush & Co. lied

about WMD in Iraq; and we should have never

been in Iraq. Therefore, the entire bloody

drama of Iraqi invasion and subsequent events

(killing millions of people in the Middle East)

was based on lies. Watch this video clip:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H4ThZcq1oJQ

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9/11, although seemingly coherent, has led to a multi-trillion dollar nightmare for Americans. Because of your success in attacking the Deep State with your sealed indictments and other measures, and because of the failure of the DNI-CIA-FBI-DOJ “Russian Hoax” as well as great fear that your forthcoming summit with President Vladimir Putin will be a great success, I fear for your life and pray for your safety.

You are our Chief Law Enforcement Officer, not just our Commander-in-Chief. It is my hope that this memorandum, combined with the other memoranda you are receiving from other informed patriots, will be helpful to you during the Helsinki summit, where I and many others hope that you and President Putin will share intelligence on 9/11 – who did it, how they did it, why they did it – face to face.

I believe that your leadership in placing the truth about 9/11 before the public will finish the job of taking down the Deep State and the Shadow Government – it will help you shut down the pernicious Zionist/Saudi penetration and subversion of the US economy, government, and society and it will help you demonstrate to the larger public, most of whom did not vote for you, that under your leadership, the US Government can be trusted to clean house and tell the truth.

Very respectfully,
Scott Bennett

(Courtesy: https://geopolitics.co/2019/09/06/how-9-11-was-funded-the-man-behind-the-missing-2-3-trillion/)

The Bible says:

“You felt secure in your wickedness and said:

'No one sees me.' Your wisdom and your knowledge,

they have deluded you; for you have said in your

heart, 'I am, and there is no one besides me.' But evil

will come on you which you will not know how to

charm away. And disaster will fall on you for which

you cannot atone. And destruction about which

you do not know, will come on you suddenly.”

(Isaiah 47:10-11)

The Quran says:

“Those who reject Allah and hinder (men) from

the Path of Allah, for them will We add penalty to

penalty; for that they used to spread mischief.”

(al-Quran 16:88)

Let's us hope that truth will come out and justice will be delivered. I personally believe that the truth is out there on the internet. As far justice is concerned, don't count on it. There are some big sharks (Presidents, Prime Ministers, local Ministers, and other countries) involved and nobody has the courage to bring the culprits to task. They love to bargain for mutual benefits.

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