"And
If They See The Way Of Righteousness
Choose It Not For (Their) Way"
Panic-stricken New Yorkers faced a transport nightmare
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shall turn away from My revelations,
Those who magnify themselves wrongfully in the earth,
And if they see each token believe it not,
And if they see the way of righteousness choose it not for (their) way,
And if they see the way of error choose if for (their) way.
That is because they deny Our revelations and are used to disregard them.
surah
7.146, Al A'raf
(Mohammed Pickthall, The
Meaning of the Glorious Quran, U. of Michigan.)
"Islamic militant coalition warns Americans of
new attacks
CAIRO, Egypt (AP) - A coalition of Islamic
militant groups warned in an Arabic newspaper today that "strikes
will continue from everywhere" against the United States.The
statement from the World Islamic Front for Jihad Against Jews and
Crusaders, formed by exiled Saudi millionaire Osama bin Laden in February,
was printed today in the London-based daily Al-Hayat.
"The coming days will guarantee, God willing,
that America will face a black fate," the statement said.
"Strikes will continue from everywhere, and Islamic groups will
appear one after the other to fight American interests."
The Jihad front is believed to be a coalition of
six fundamentalist groups from Egypt, Pakistan and Bangladesh. Its
statement was sent Tuesday to Al-Hayat's bureau in Cairo. . . .
The group had not been heard of before the
explosions in Nairobi, Kenya, and Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, which left 257
people dead and more than 5,500 injured. Among the dead were 12 Americans.
. . .
The statement from the Jihad coalition said when
the Holy Shrines group claimed responsibility for the bombings "it
became clear to everyone, including the American people, that we were not
lying when we warned them." The group had issued a warning of
attacks, printed in Al-Hayat, several days before the embassy bombings.
Al-Hayat said the three other statements of the
Holy Shrines group were titled "Open Letter to the Kenyan
people," "Congratulations" and "A Communique to
People." The first statement said that the Nairobi's bombing
"was targeting the American presence only ... and the Islamic Army's
intention was not to hurt Kenyan people." The second was to
congratulate Muslims "for taking revenge from the American Crusader
criminal gang." The third warned of more attacks and asked Muslims
"not to get close to anything American ... so that they won't be hit
by the fire of the soldiers of God" by mistake."
Associated
Press [August 19, 1998]
"So in the evolutionary
process, if you see, when it was the job of the Guru to establish these
Dharmas into you and, by these establishments, you were made a person who
was dharmic. But, if you see in the world, whatever is told, written down,
explained verbally, becomes a lip service. That's why we see all
the religions who preached about the same things and they all
have gone in different lines. Some are money-oriented, some are
power-oriented, some are violent and some are absolutely false."
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"Islamabad, Pakistan
: Even as American officials said that
air strikes had inflicted serious damage on terrorist operations in
Afghanistan and Sudan, reaction yesterday was quick, intense and angry.
In Pakistan, thousands of
angry
Muslims gathered in the streets, accusing the United States of hypocrisy,
waging war against Islam and of resorting to the very terrorism it so
often decries. Many Muslims burned U.S. flags and vowed revenge against
America, its people and its allies.
"We will kill the
Americans," said Anyaat Ullah, a 40-year-old man who had just
finished prayers at a mosque in downtown Islamabad. "We'll target
each and every American and kill them all off." "Associated
Press (The Gazette, August 22, 1998)
"Pakistan's sectarian violence
intensified yesterday after gunmen shot dead 24 people and wounded 30
others during a memorial service at a Shia Muslim graveyard in the centre
of Lahore, the capital of Punjab province.
Three men armed with Kalashnikov
automatic rifles drove a car into the walled compound of the graveyard,
where more than 100 people had gathered. After blocking the entrance, they
opened fire indiscriminately, killing 18 people immediately. Several of
those wounded died later in city hospitals. "We were in the middle of
our prayers," said a witness, Imman Hassan. "Two men just walked
up and started firing. Everyone started screaming and trying to find a
place to hide, but they just kept on firing.".
The Chief Minister of Punjab
province, Shabaz Sharif, who is also the brother of Prime Minister Nawaz
Sharif, had said only a few days ago that sectarian strife had been
eliminated in the province. Last September, he mounted an operation
against militant groups in Punjab, but refused to take action against
police officers, some of whom are involved with the militants. Senior
police officials later said that they suspected that the killers belonged
to the Sipah-e-Sahabah (SSP), a militant Sunni Islamic group that has been
responsible for killing hundreds of Shias over the past few years in
Punjab province. On Dec 26, SSP militants stormed a jail in central Punjab
and freed several prominent SSP leaders who were facing life sentences for
murder. They are suspected of masterminding this latest massacre.
The
Sunni-Shia sectarian battle is
part of a wider Middle East proxy war being fought on Pakistani soil.
While militant Sunni groups such as the SSP are funded by Saudi Arabia,
Iran has funded extremist Shia groups. Iran has also been infuriated by
Pakistani and Saudi support for the Taliban movement in Afghanistan. The
Taliban are anti-Shia and have given sanctuary, weapons and training to
Pakistani Sunni extremists."
The Daily
Telegraph [January 12,1998]
"Indonesia religious riots kill 43
Muslim, Christian clashes continue on
eastern island
JAKARTA, Indonesia, Jan. 22 -
Thousands of police and soldiers Friday patrolled three remote Indonesian
islands where religious rioting this week claimed 43 lives and forced
thousands of people to flee their homes. A curfew was in place to prevent
fighting between gangs of Christians and Muslims that had ebbed on Ambon,
Sanana and Seram islands, known in Dutch colonial times as the Spice
Islands. . . .
Ambon is 1,400 miles northeast of
Jakarta, the Indonesian capital. Many of those who were killed were
stabbed, beaten or trapped in burning buildings. Some were attacked with
rocks, machetes, clubs and even bows and arrows."
Associated
Press [January 22, 1999]
