Somali Road Trip into Islamist Heartland - BBC

Assalaamu Alaykum brothers and sisters,

Here is a story from the BBC showing the peace and security brought by the Muslims of ash-Shabab to the troubled nation of Somalia.

Somali Road Trip into Islamist Heartland - BBC

In the past I have heard every few miles of road was controlled by a different Clan militia or group of bandits, all demanding cash to let goods and people past, raping the women and killing men when they couldn't or wouldn't pay.

This report shows that although some roadblocks remain, only the Government forces take money from the people, that Ash-Shabaab and the other Islamic forces in Somalia do not rob the people, but instead look after them and their needs, giving security and peace to this troubled nation.

May Allah swt reward these sincere brothers for their efforts, forgive them any mistakes they make and grant them a swift victory over the Kuffar and apostate forces, ameen.

Soon Inshallah the whole of Somalia, not just the south will be open for those of us determined to make Hijrah with the Muslims there actively asking for people to come and make Hijrah there and help them establish Islam as a full system, as it is meant to be lived.

Assalaamu Alaykum,
Abu Abdillah

The Extremists of Pakistan

ASIF SALAHUDDIN on 07 June, 2009

Taken from Daily Muslims

THEY have no tolerance. They speak, abusively if necessary, and desire little debate in return. They order and demand to be obeyed. They care not of another’s grievance or state of affairs, nor make any effort towards an understanding of such. They choose to remain ignorant of the world around and its realities that impact them. They wish their every whim to be met and every diktat to be followed by all. They are prepared to use violence - brutal, unrelenting and destructive violence – until they get their way.

Bearded, uneducated, warrior tribes from the North West reaches of Pakistan? No. The real extremists of Pakistan are the pseudo-intellectual, liberal elite dining away and making merry in the posh settings of Lahore, Karachi and Islamabad.

For it is at their insistence that the might of the Pakistan army has been hurled indiscriminately at an entire civil populace, resulting in its wake the displacement of over 3 million people and the death of thousands. This now stands as the largest unsettlement of humankind caused by man since the Rwandan massacres in Africa fifteen years ago and further bigger than the migration during the Indian partition itself. All because of the US backed lie that a few thousand rag tag group of fighters could capture the capital and hence overrun the country.

These extremists sitting at the helm of the country have swallowed every instruction and propaganda issued by the Americans and in doing so have taken Pakistan down a path of self obliteration. The entire army now stands pitted against a major ethnic race in Pakistan and this in turn bodes only one outcome for the country – civil war leading to state level disintegration akin to the loss of East Pakistan.

Such individuals have chosen to completely overlook the fact that a major foreign power has shifted its entire focus on the region after having just meted out the same policy on Iraq where it has succeeded in destabilising the entire state and engulfing the country with ethnic and sectarian flames. They have ignored the fact that the USA has a brutal and dark track record of using its intelligence agencies to ferment such turmoil in countries and that these very agencies have now settled in Pakistan and have been given a free reign to run amok. The CIA and FBI are openly known to have offices in every main city, airport and a thorough presence in the capital Islamabad.

Such extremists, falling into two overlapping camps, are both drawn from the sitting and opposition political leaders, bureaucrats, elements of the so called ‘civil society’ and serving and retired military leaders. The first group has continued to grip the reins of power in the country and all the perks that come with it; essentially the hundreds of millions of dollars in aid from the USA for the trough from which only their snouts will gorge out of. The second group is a fanatically secular band that will turn vile the moment the words Islam and society are mixed in the same sentence.

Together, they have managed to execute quite immaculately the American plan to turn the US’s War on Terror into Pakistan’s War on Terror, since the people of Pakistan have simply refused to back the former.


But perhaps the biggest shame is that the real intellectual element of our society has gone along with this, or at best is standing idle at the wayside as silent observers, for it has been very easy to accept the mistruths churned out by the extremists.

The real truth – a lot harder to swallow – is that the US wishes to achieve complete domination in the region. It has to ensure that the planned oil and gas pipelines from Central Asia running through Afghanistan, down to the ports of Pakistan, remain undisturbed. Further it must guarantee that the waterways near the coast of Pakistan are never threatened by any other power and that the control of this vital Middle-Eastern oil artery remains completely under its domain. In doing so the US has concluded that the only real way to implement this is to militarily occupy the region and eventually carve up Pakistan into smaller, weaker and hence more manageable states.

However, this is something which the Muslim community in the ‘AfPak’ region have declined to play ball with as they simply refuse to be a subjugated people; they demonstrated this with the British over a century ago, they demonstrated this with the Soviets twenty years ago and they are now making this clear to the Americans. As long as these fighters attack the US troops in Afghanistan, and continue to disrupt their main supply line which comes from Pakistan, the US will not be able to achieve its materialistic objectives in the region.

After repeated drone attacks the US simply cannot stamp out this resistance. Nor has it been able to send its own troops across the border to tackle these elements, partly due to the immense anti-American public opinion in Pakistan. But what the US has now succeeded in doing is to get the Pakistan army to fight its war.

But how long will the sincere elements of Pakistan stand by and watch the country being torn apart for a foreign objective under the whims of such extremists? How long will the sincere officers in the Pakistan army continue to act submissively under the orders of their traitor commanders and continue with this utter madness that has gripped the country? They must act now and listen to the voices of reason around them that call them to a new future for our Islamic nation. They must act now otherwise very soon it will be too late and America would have won.

Asif Salahuddin is a writer and could be contacted at asifsalahuddin@hotmail.com

Afghanistan - The Land of the Lions of Tawheed

Assalaamu Alaykum brothers and sisters,

Here is another country Hijrah profile, though with a little twist this time...

Lets face it any of us who attempted to move to Afghanistan to make Hijrah there today would be assumed to be militant whether we were or not and locked up at Bagram airbase, tortured, sodomised and raped until we confessed to whatever they wanted us to say.

So let us assume this is a Hijrah profile of Afghanistan in a few years after the crusaders have been expelled and the rule of the Taliban has returned pretty much as it was before with them trying their best to rule according to the Quran and Sunnah.


I am putting in a firm disclaimer here. I AM NOT IN ANY WAY ENCOURAGING PEOPLE TO GO FIGHT IN AFGHANISTAN AGAINST THE US OR UK OR ANY OTHER WESTERN FORCES BUT AM TALKING ABOUT A HYPOTHETICAL AFGHANISTAN OF THE FUTURE.

Going to Afghanistan today is very difficult for single brothers and next to impossible for families and unless you have land / family support there it is pretty pointless now anyway as you would be a burden on the people not helping them.

For those wanting to try you need to go to South Eastern Iran and pay the people smugglers to get you over the border but sometimes they sell people out and you end up being passed onto NATO. The other route is nearly as dangerous as you must travel first to the Tribal territories in Pakistan and convince one of the Pakistan Taliban factions that you should be allowed to pass so either route is not recommended until such a time as things settle down in Afghanistan.

After those points which needed to be made here is the Afghanistan Country profile, as usual comments and feedback appreciated.

1. How easy is it to practice the deen, and to what level, how practicing are the people there.

Very easy with little interference, as long as you are don't annoy tribal codes of honour you are OK.

The cities have practicing and non-practicing Muslims but the rulers keep the non-practicing ones in line. The countryside is more practicing but in a more traditional way with Sufi traditions (both the shirk and non shirk types) and other jahil traditions that have nothing to do with Islam.

Deobandiyyah is very strong here, with the Brailwee tradition also present, the Ahle hadith seem to be absent totally but the leadership of the state are from Ahlus Sunnah even if almost all of the people are ignorant of what Ahlus Sunnah is (See article - Are the Taliban from Ahlus Sunnah?)

2. Whether Autopsy is allowed or not, what are the circumstances Autopsies are carries out.

No Autopsies allowed at all.

3. How easy is to move to that land and how easy or difficult is it to acquire citizenship.

Difficult to get to given international politics but possible. Once there any practicing Muslim is allowed to stay, making Hijrah to this land is encouraged by the government with guest houses in the capital and other major cities for Muhajaroon.

Despite what some people think it is not necessary to be a Mujahid to move here and others are encouraged to come also to setup Schools, Hospitals and held build other infrastructure.

4. What are the employment prospects for someone who is a non-native language speaker and doesn’t have a degree.

Not so good, unless you can find a job working for one of the allowed aid agencies who work with the government.

The Mujahideen are given a basic wage here and there are Islamic schools being setup by Arabs but they really want to teach Arabic to the kids not English.

If you have some skills like medicine or teaching or engineering it should be possible to find some work but like everyone else here you are going to be living very simply indeed.


5. What are the medical facilities like for both residents and citizens.

Medical facilities are very basic, almost non-existent other than the charitable sector and most people are forced to travel to Pakistan for private treatment if something serious.

6. What are the other benefits like for both residents and citizens.

If you are out of work you can get work they will pay you to big roads and other manual labour but no free rides here.


7. What is the general culture like there.

The general culture is good, with a strong Islamic theme running through the culture and the people being very friendly and hospitable towards outsiders.

There are some Jahil traditions such as forced marriages and wife beating but these are being addressed through the Imams and Masaajid as part of official government policy.

But most families are doing the best they can to practice Islam as they understand it under very difficult conditions.

8. What is the environment like, i.e what is the sea level rise with global warming going to do the coast line, what other natural resources are present in the case of the oil crash.

There has been widespread deforestation in the mountains which is causing soil erosion and global warming will result in less reliable water sources from the Mountains as higher temperatures will cause snow to melt earlier in the year so not supplying an all year water supply as before.

But Afghanistan if it gets its act together does have enough land and resources to convert itself to a medieval technology level agrarian society with the necessary infrastructure as it is not much above that now.



9. General stability. How stable is the nation, are civil wars or state-v-state wars likely in the future.

General stability within the country is good, though everyone is armed to the teeth and there is a war in the north with the Brailwee / Sufi / Shi'a / Secularist northern alliance.

The main threats are external as the US / UK and the rest of the West hate to allow anyone to rule by Islam and show an alternative system but as the world economy runs down with global warming and the oil running low then this should decrease.



Conclusion

The Afghanistan of the future when NATO leaves will be good for Hijrah, but we must unfortunately wait and see if it can happen.

What is certain is that even if they leave the West will remain determined not to allow the Muslims to succeed in building an Islamic state which will show up the evils of their own system so expect difficulties moving from your own lands to there.

Assalaamu Alaykum,
Abu Abdillah

Afghan police open fire after protesters burn effigy of Barack Obama

Afghan police opened fire to disperse up to 1,000 protesters in Kabul on Sunday after they burned an effigy of President Barack Obama in protest at American troops allegedly desecrating a copy of the Koran.

By Ben Farmer in Kabul
Published: 8:43PM GMT 25 Oct 2009
Daily Telegraph, UK

The protesters blocked roads at Kabul University and outside the national parliament with some shouting: "Death to America! Down with Israel!" Several students threw stones at riot police, but there were no reports of casualties. Zabiulllah, one of the demonstrators, who were mainly students, said "the people behind this humiliation should be arrested."

One banner displayed by the crowd said:
"No to democracy. We just want Islam."

US forces have denied burning a copy of Islam's holiest book while carrying out a raid last week in Wardak province, south-west of the capital.

Captain Elizabeth Mathias, a spokeswoman for the coalition, said an investigation had found the allegation was Taliban propaganda.

(Comment - Allahu Alim whether they did or not, but they have flushed the Quran down the toilet, stepped on the Quran many times and used them for target practice in the violated Masaajid of Fallujah).

She said: "We did not burn a Koran ... It is unfortunate that the protesters believe a Taliban rumour."

Security remains tense in the capital after President Hamid Karzai agreed to face his rival Abdullah Abdullah in a second round of voting on Nov 7. Both men said yesterday they were determined to press ahead with the election despite hopes in Washington that they might come to an agreement over the make-up of a future government that would dispense with the need for a second vote.

The 'benefit' of Somalia's Pirates - Channel 4 News

The increasing levels of piracy off the coast of Somalia have caused an unexpected spin-off, raising the levels of fish in the sea.

Fisherman in Kenya have reported bumper catches of shark and shellfish because commercial fishing boats from China and Japan have been scared away.

Now the fishermen are able to catch up to £200 worth of fish per day in an area where the average daily earnings are less than £5.

The massive factory trawlers which used to drain their fish stocks have been scared away and that means there is a huge bounty for local fishermen as well as helping to restore the health of the marine eco-system.

Britons believe 'Afghan war is failing'

Assalaamu Alaykum brothers and sisters,

Don't believe the crap the BBC is telling you about their War in Afghanistan going well, the BBC has always been a propaganda wing of the Government during war time.

Assalaamu Alaykum,
Abu Abdillah

An overwhelming 84 per cent believe British troops are currently losing the war in Afghanistan, a Channel 4 News poll finds, as thousands march on London urging an end to the conflict.

Almost half of the UK public believe that military victory in Afghanistan is impossible and significant majorities think British troops are not winning the war and should be withdrawn either immediately or within the next year, according to a poll published today.

The YouGov survey for Channel 4 News was released as thousands of protesters gathered in London to call on the government to bring the 9,000-strong British force in Afghanistan home.

Today's poll uncovered a much more pessimistic attitude towards the conflict than in a similar survey in 2007, when 36 per cent said that victory was not possible.

Just 6 per cent of those taking part in today's poll said that British troops were winning the war, compared with 36 per cent who said they were not winning yet but eventual victory was possible, and 48 per cent who said that victory was not possible.

The figures suggested an overwhelming 84 per cent believe that British troops are not winning the war with Taliban militias at present.

Asked when British troops should be brought home from Afghanistan, 25 per cent said "immediately" and 37 per cent said most should be withdrawn soon, with the remainder pulling out within a year or so.

Some 29 per cent said the UK force should remain "as long as Afghanistan's Government wants them there", compared with the total 62 per cent who wanted them withdrawn immediately or in the coming year.

The poll suggests that the public mood is at odds with government policy that Britain and its Nato allies should see through their mission in Afghanistan and keep troops in the country until responsibility for its security can be handed over to home-grown forces in a process known as Afghanisation.

Only last week, Prime Minister Gordon Brown said he was ready to send a further 500 troops, so long as they could be properly equipped and form part of a Nato-wide reinforcement with each ally bearing its "fair share".

Anti-war protesters march

Lance Corporal Joe Glenton, who is facing court martial for refusing to return to Afghanistan, became one of the first serving soldiers to attend an anti-war demonstration since the invasion of Afghanistan in October 2001.

He joined thousands of former colleagues, military families and anti-war protesters for a rally and march through central London, calling for British troops to be brought home.

L/Cpl Glenton said: "I am marching to send a message to Gordon Brown. Instead of sending more troops, he must bring them all home. He cannot sit on his hands and wait while more and more of my comrades are killed."

A total of 222 British troops have died since operations in Afghanistan began.

Jeremy Corbyn MP, vice-chairman of the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament, said: "The war in Afghanistan has no clear war aims, is clearly escalating and spinning out of control and can only impact on Pakistan and the whole of South Asia.

"Nato forces have been in Afghanistan for eight years and the result appears to be increased drug production, high levels of corruption and terrible losses of life on all sides, civilian and military.

"Now is the time to change policy and bring the troops home to prevent Nato involving itself in a Vietnam-style quagmire."

L/Cpl Glenton will join the march along with Paul McGurk, who left the Army last month because he could no longer support the war.

Also expected to attend was Peter Brierley - father of Lance Corporal Shaun Brierley who was killed in Iraq - who earlier this month refused to shake Tony Blair's hand, saying it had "my son's blood on it".

Pakistan - Land of the Pure or land of Shirk and Secularism?

Assalaamu Alaykum brothers and sisters,

Here is my latest country profile and the one I will most likely get emails from my friends about for being too unfair on their country, Yes it is time to take a look at Pakistan as a place to make Hijrah to.


So is Pakistan the land of the pure?

A place for true believers in Allah to go and establish the deen and please Allah?

This is one vision of Pakistan where Muslims are welcome to come, forbid the munkar in society and call people towards the good of monotheism and the Shariah.

But there has always been another vision of Pakistan since it's founding, of a secular Pakistan which is Muslim in name but far from Islamic.

These two contradictory aims, pulling at the Pakistanis from polar opposites are what make Pakistan such a good for Hijrah and at the same time such a bad one also.

So here is my country profile for Pakistan, feel free to comment, discuss or disagree if you like.

1. How easy is it to practice the deen, and to what level, how practicing are the people there.

Totally varied from place to place, though you can practice as much as you like, even travel in the path of Allah, but many of the people not practicing. There is also a brailwee majority, though these people are brailwee by default not conviction.

This means they may do deviant acts, far from the Sunnah but these people are totally illiterate in many cases and so the need educating on what the Deen of Islam truly is.


These two jokers for example are supposed to be pious Sufi teachers, this picture was taken at an anual sufi gathering where up to 1.5 Million of the worse Shirk loving sufis get together.

Here is a link to the story about the place...

Can Sufi 'Islam' counter the real Muslims in Pakistan?

So if you are going to move to Pakistan you really need to check out where you are going to move to because if you are practicing as much as you can and you move into some Brailwee village of city district and the people are practicing Sihr, forced marriage and shirk then yes it is a good Da'wah opportunity but it is also going to drive you crazy and it will be fitnah for your family and if one of the best points about Hijrah is to move away from the Shirk and munkar then moving to these sorts of places in Pakistan is going to be bad news for you.

2. Whether Autopsy is allowed or not, what are the circumstances Autopsies are carries out.

Autopsies carried out in some murder and suspicious deaths in the cities but unknown in the towns and villages.

This is a real plus, as this is something practiced in most rich countries but the poverty and corruption of the Pakistani state and people prevent them from suffering from this evil harm.

3. How easy is to move to that land and how easy or difficult is it to acquire citizenship.

Extremely easy to move and live in this land if you have a UK passport but more difficult to get citizenship though people stop there for years and years no problem, especially in NWFP and Tribal areas.

If you are going to not cause too much trouble or take part in open rebellion you can stop for as long as you want and there are many Westerners living in the major cities and villages.

4. What are the employment prospects for someone who is a non-native language speaker and doesn’t have a degree.

Not brilliant as plenty of Pakistanis moving back who not only speak good English but also the local lingo also but some prospects teaching English.

This to be honest is the best employment opportunity for people going there as you will be Western and sadly enough they will love you for it, your English being better than the local teachers will get you the jobs but there is also the colonial mentality as well with the middle classes trying to be more English than the English.

Some western companies are also moving their call centres to Pakistan like they have been doing to India for a few years now, the money is good compared to local rates of pay but I don't think most of us envisage working in a call centre full of young brothers and sisters checking each other out as our ideal job after Hijrah.

I think most of us would be fired within a few days after telling brothers and sisters to lower their gaze and stop all the filthy things that take place in mixed offices whether in the UK, the rest of the west or in the Muslim lands.

5. What are the medical facilities like for both residents and citizens.

All medical care is either private or charity, i.e good and expensive or free and not so good. Some parts of the country have good free or cheap hospitals but most don't, most have awful medical care unless you want to pay for private in which case you will get something getting close to a low class Western hospital.

6. What are the other benefits like for both residents and citizens.

Non existent, if you lose your job you have to beg, steal or starve. On the plus side the taxes are low also, so most people save up so if things do go wrong they are not stuck in such a bad way.

Some families will only have a few individuals working and supporting the rest who are studying or chilling at home, this might seem very odd to us but it is normal in Pakistan.


7. What is the general culture like there.

Varies from region to region and village to village, would be better to say at least four distinct cultures for each of the four provinces but even this not really correct as more varied than this. Generally culture is very Jahil with Music and free-mixing common, open prostitution in some of the cities despite the Azhaan being called 5 times a day within hearing distance of such filth.

But at the same time you can get a completely practicing community in the next village, or the next part of town. It is a total mixing pop with the filth alongside the good.

The people, especially in the cities are very westernised and do not really understand or value Islam. To them they see nothing wrong with going out meeting a girl, dating, sleeping around, mixing with cousins, dancing, music, it is all normal and part of their culture.


Other parts of Pakistan, especially in the north west are more Islamic, more practicing but even here you can get a lot of bad things going on in some places and shows you really need to do your research before you move anywhere.

One of the most evil customs I heard of was of women in Punjab being married to the Quran, where they don't wish to pass money out of the family when the father dies so where no cousin is available to keep the girl and her inheritance in the family they will marry her to the Quran in some bizarre Brailwee marriage ritual. Such women are then effectively nuns, unable to remarry and supposed to spend all of their time in seclusion when such a monastic lifestyle is expressly forbidden in the Deen of Islam.

8. What is the environment like, i.e what is the sea level rise with global warming going to do the coast line, what other natural resources are present in the case of the oil crash.

Over all the population of Pakistan is vulnerable due to its entire agricultural base being dependent upon melt water from the Mountains which will be less reliable in the future due to changes in weather.

Some areas like NWFP and tribal areas may benefit from milder winters and better growing conditions but rest of Pakistan is going to be worse off with more extreme weather patterns of droughts, followed by flooding.


9. General stability. How stable is the nation, are civil wars or state-v-state wars likely in the future.

Very unstable, Islamic revival has reached the level of open rebellion against the state in some areas and almost in a state of civil war all over the country.

I honestly think Pakistan is one of the three countries most likely to become a true Islamic state but there is likely to be a lot of bloodshed along the way as the apostate liberal secular elite will not give up power easily and neither will America let them go out of their influence without a struggle.

Conclusion

So there you have it, Pakistan. A land of total contrasts, easy to move to, but easy for the CIA to pick you up if you do anything wrong. Easy to practice but you must do so alongside prostitution and shirk.

As always, feedback appreciated.

Assalaamu Alaykum,
Abu Abdillah