The man that the US of A love to hate is officially dead as a doornail, apparently shot in a US-led commando raid on his hideout somewhere in Pakistan. When I first read the news, the first thing I felt was relief. After all, a good Khawarij is always a dead one. OBL’s greatest mistake was to pick out civilian targets for his so-called “global war” against the US, and I never could understand the rationale for doing so. If he had launched his attacks against Israel, that would have made better sense. Then again, the Khawarij never had a record for ever thinking straight or take into consideration the immense harm they would do to Islam in general and the Muslim ummah in particular by killing innocent lives.
What did Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan really say to Israeli President Shimon Peres at Davos? The English translation provided was sanitised to such a degree that the end result became less harsh than the intended criticism which Mr. Erdogan dished out to the terrorist Peres. Here is the running translation of the Davos incident, translated by Asdren Zajmi:
Mr. Peres, you are older than me, yet your [tone of] voice is so loud. The reason why your voice is such is because of a sinner’s psychological disorder. My voice will not be as loud as yours. So keep that in mind.
When it comes to killing, you know very well how to work this out. I know very well how you killed the children playing on the beach. I know two important statements [coming] from two of your Prime Ministers. Your Prime Ministers have said, “When I enter Palestine with tanks, I feel a great happiness inside”. Whereas you can only give me numbers [for the Palestinians killed until now], I can give you the names of those Prime Ministers…maybe some of you are curious to know. I also denounce and criticize those that applaud this injustice because applauding those who kill children and innocent people, I think, is inhuman. It is also a humanitarian crisis, we cannot leave the truth aside.
I took a lot of notes [from Peres' talk] but I am not about to respond to all of them now. I just want to say a few things: firstly, in the Sixth Commandments of the Tawrat, it is said that “You shall not kill” but we can clearly see that Israel has done mass killings [of civillians]. Secondly, it is very interesting [to note] that Jewish writer Gilad Atzmon has said “Israeli barbarianism is beyond cruelty”. Also, we have the professor of International Relations at Oxford University, Avi Shlaim — who had been an Israeli soldier — saying in The Guardian newspaper that “Israel is a nation of burglars”.
From this point onwards, Davos is over for me and I will not come to Davos anymore because you did not let me speak freely. He [Peres] spoke for 25 minutes whereas you only let me speak for 12 minutes…this is unacceptable.
A great song from a well-known hadith narrated by Imam Ahmad dan Bukhari regarding the amrullah (defenders of God) who will struggle against oppression and injustice living in Jerusalem and the area surrounding it (modern-day Palestine). This has been foretold by the Prophet Muhammad s.a.w. and the struggle of the Palestinians will indeed continue until the day the Messiah Jesus a.s. return to earth and restore Islam to the world based on the Shariah of Muhammad s.a.w.
Israel is facing accusations of using white phosphorous in its offensive in the Gaza Strip. Israel has neither cofirmed or denied the use of the chemical, thought to be dangerous for civilians. In absence of an Israeli clarification, debate is growing on whether using the chemical is legally and ethically permissible.
Al Jazeera‘s Jacky Rowland spoke with Marc Garlasco, a weapons expert, who says there is little doubt that the Israelis are using white phosphorous.
