Brother Abu Hebatullah gave a speech entitled, "Prohibitions of Fighting among the Battalions" in the village of Tal Tuqan, province of Idlib.

Abode of Islam, 4 Rabii II 1436 AH - 24 January 2015 CE

Headlines:

• British Muslim School Children Suffering a Backlash of Abuse Following Paris Attacks
• Anti-Muslim Acts Have Soared in France Since Paris Attacks
• European Union Looks to Respond to Threat of Radical Islam
• Richest 1% Will Own More than All the Rest by 2016 - Oxfam

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British Muslim School Children Suffering a Backlash of Abuse Following Paris Attacks

Muslim pupils across Britain are suffering a backlash of bullying and abuse following the Charlie Hebdo massacre amid a broad rise in Islamophobia in schools which the Government is failing to tackle, campaigners have told The Independent. The sole UK charity monitoring anti-Muslim hate crime said it had recorded a "significant" increase in incidents in schools in the wake of the killings in Paris with both parents and teachers reporting verbal and physical attacks against Muslim students. In one case, a teenage Muslim pupil at a school in Oxfordshire was this week allegedly slapped and called a "terrorist" by classmates after a teacher raised the murders of 12 people at the French magazine in a classroom discussion and suggested Muslims should be "challenged" by the display of cartoons of the Prophet Mohammed. The boy told his parents he did not wish to return to school. Teachers unions and anti-racism groups told The Independent they have recorded an increase in Islamophobic incidents in schools with the 400,000 Muslim pupils in British schools increasingly likely to be taunted as "terrorists", "paedophiles" or "immigrants". The NASUWT, the teaching union, said the rise of anti-Muslim sentiment is causing "uncertainty and fear" in schools. Tell MAMA, which monitors anti-Muslim hate crime in Britain, said it had logged 112 reports of physical and verbal violence in the wake of the Charlie Hebdo killings, including nine incidents which related specifically to schools in locations from West Yorkshire to East Sussex.[Source: The Independent].

Allah (swt) says:

((لَّقَدْ سَمِعَ اللَّـهُ قَوْلَ الَّذِينَ قَالُوا إِنَّ اللَّـهَ فَقِيرٌ وَنَحْنُ أَغْنِيَاءُ ۘ سَنَكْتُبُ مَا قَالُوا وَقَتْلَهُمُ الْأَنبِيَاءَ بِغَيْرِ حَقٍّ وَنَقُولُ ذُوقُوا عَذَابَ الْحَرِيقِ))

"Hatred has already appeared from their mouths, but what their breasts conceal is far worse. Indeed We have made plain to you the Ayat (proofs, evidences, verses) if you understand." [TMQ: Al-i-Imran: 118]

Anti-Muslim Acts Have Soared in France Since Paris Attacks

At least as many anti-Muslim acts have taken place in France since the Jan. 7-9 attacks on the headquarters of the Charlie Hebdo satirical newspaper and a Jewish supermarket than for all of last year, a leading Muslim group said Friday. The French Council for the Muslim Religion said its recent study found that 128 anti-Muslim actions or threats were recorded in France, not including Paris, from Jan. 7 through Jan. 20, in comparison to 133 in all of France, including Paris, in 2014. Not all the acts included in the study were reported to police. The attacks began on Jan. 7 with the killing of 12 people at the offices of Charlie Hebdo, a publication that frequently lampooned religion. Since the attacks, mosques have been damaged by a grenade, gunshots and repeated vandalism, and stores owned by Muslims have been burned, the French Council for the Muslim Religion said in its report. At least one person was assaulted and hospitalized, said Abdallah Zekri of the National Observatory Against Islamophobia, which worked with the council to produce the study. The groups say the actual number of incidents may be even higher than the study indicates. "These figures do not reflect reality, as many Muslims don't want to systematically file a complaint when they are victims of xenophobic acts, convinced that there will be no follow-up, which is unfortunately often the case," Agence France-Presse quoted the observatory as saying. The release of the council's figures came a day after the government promised to focus on healing social and religious fractures in French society by starting with schools. Prime Minister Manuel Valls has called schools the "essential link" in transmitting French values to those in the country's notorious big-city suburbs, called "banlieues," which house many of France's poorest - especially minorities with immigrant roots, including many Muslims from former French colonies. [Source: Al-Jazeera].

The French leadership has done much to secure Jewish places of worship and provide protection to the Jewish people. In contrast, the French state has stood by as a mute spectator as bigots from all walks of life take it upon themselves to hurt Muslims living in France. So much for the unity Hollande talked about.

European Union Looks to Respond to Threat of Radical Islam

EU foreign ministers on Monday discussed setting up a new network of European security agents abroad as they sought a united response to the threat from militant Islamists following the attacks in Paris on Jan. 7. The meeting aimed to lay the groundwork for an EU leaders summit on Feb. 12-13 in Brussels which will cement the bloc's strategy to deal with young European Muslims heading to Middle East war zones or returning radicalised from the region. One idea is to place European security officials in EU overseas missions to collect and share information on the terrorism threat. "It is a matter of having people on the ground that can liaise at the same level with security agents in the countries where we have delegations," EU Foreign Policy Chief Federica Mogherini told a news conference. Priorities also include a crackdown on arms trafficking, support for police in the Middle East and North Africa, stopping EU citizens leaving to fight abroad and curbing radical Islam on the Internet to prevent them bringing violence back home. [Source: Reuters]

There is no mention of the root causes, which is the West's continuous intervention and wars in Muslim lands. Unless the West withdraws from Muslim lands the situation for both Muslims and non-Muslims is destined to get worse.

Richest 1% Will Own More than All the Rest by 2016 - Oxfam

The combined wealth of the richest 1 per cent will overtake that of the other 99 per cent of people next year unless the current trend of rising inequality is checked, Oxfam warned ahead of the annual World Economic Forum meeting in Davos. The international agency, whose Executive Director Winnie Byanyima will co-chair the Davos event, warned that the explosion in inequality is holding back the fight against global poverty at a time when 1 in 9 people do not have enough to eat and more than a billion people still live on less than $1.25-a-day. Byanyima will use her position at Davos to call for urgent action to stem this rising tide of inequality, starting with a crackdown on tax dodging by corporations, and to push for progress towards a global deal on climate change.  "Wealth: Having it all and wanting more", a research paper published by Oxfam, shows that the richest 1 per cent have seen their share of global wealth increase from 44 per cent in 2009 to 48 per cent in 2014 and at this rate will be more than 50 per cent in 2016. Members of this global elite had an average wealth of $2.7m per adult in 2014. Of the remaining 52 per cent of global wealth, almost all (46 per cent) is owned by the rest of the richest fifth of the world's population. The other 80 per cent share just 5.5 per cent and had an average wealth of $3,851 per adult - that's 1/700th of the average wealth of the 1 per cent. Winnie Byanyima, Executive Director of Oxfam International, said: "Do we really want to live in a world where the one per cent own more than the rest of us combined? The scale of global inequality is quite simply staggering and despite the issues shooting up the global agenda, the gap between the richest and the rest is widening fast.  "In the past 12 months we have seen world leaders from President Obama to Christine Lagarde talk more about tackling extreme inequality but we are still waiting for many of them to walk the walk. It is time our leaders took on the powerful vested interests that stand in the way of a fairer and more prosperous world.   "Business as usual for the elite isn't a cost free option - failure to tackle inequality will set the fight against poverty back decades. The poor are hurt twice by rising inequality - they get a smaller share of the economic pie and because extreme inequality hurts growth, there is less pie to be shared around." [Source: Oxfam]

These of the fruits of capitalism- where the poor are robbed of their wealth and the rich get ever richer. Only Islam under the rule of the Caliphate can ensure equality of wealth is shared between citizens of the state. Allah (swt) says:

((كَيْ لَا يَكُونَ دُولَةً بَيْنَ الْأَغْنِيَاءِ مِنكُمْ ۚ وَمَا آتَاكُمُ الرَّسُولُ فَخُذُوهُ وَمَا نَهَاكُمْ عَنْهُ فَانتَهُوا ۚ وَاتَّقُوا اللَّـهَ ۖ إِنَّ اللَّـهَ شَدِيدُ الْعِقَابِ))

"In order that it may not (merely) make a circuit between the wealthy among you. So take what the Messenger assigns to you, and deny yourselves that which he withholds from you. And fear Allah, for Allah is strict in Punishment." [TMQ: Surah Al-Hashr: 7]

As RasulAllah (saaw) is Insulted Flagrantly, Regime Allows Severe Petrol Crisis to Cripple the People's Ability to Protest

As the petrol crisis in Pakistan deepened, with queues of hundreds of cars outside petrol pumps in Lahore, waiting for hours for rationed petrol, Nawaz Sharif suspended officials on 17 January. However, the cause and timing of the crisis is subject to suspicion. The regime's debt to Pakistan State Oil has stood for several months. Land freight from the Karachi seaport has been ongoing, despite the severe fog. Moreover, the Dawn reported on 19 January, that oil imports have actually increased in recent months, stating "According to officials, total oil imports over the last three months of 2014 and the first 15 days of January stood at 797,200 tons, slightly higher than previous year's 778,975 tons." So what is going on? The answer is that in the wake of the re-publication of the cartoons insulting RasulAllah (saw) by Charlie Hebdo Magazine, protests have erupted throughout the Muslim Lands, including war torn Syria. Fearing huge demonstrations in Pakistan, the regime yet again allowed a crisis to occur, effectively throwing the population into confusion, frustration and chaos.

This is the regime's response to blasphemy against RasulAllah (saaw), to cripple the people from responding, whilst it itself is negligent. It is infuriating when once considers the response of the Khilafah "Caliphate", even in its weakest period, before the First World War. At that time, France, a major world power, staged a play ridiculing RasulAllah (saaw). Khaleefah Abdul Hameed II summoned the French ambassador and kept him waiting for hours. He then emerged in full battle dress, wielding a sword, who he placed point-first before the ambassador, before sending him away. France immediately retracted the play. Without a Khaleefah to invest the might of the Muslim armed forces in defense of RasulAllah (saaw), the Muslims witness wave after wave of insults. Should we not ask: If our armed forces are not to move for the love of RasulAllah (saaw), then what are they to move for?

Energy Crisis Will Afflict Pakistan as Long as There is no Khilafah "Caliphate"

The current oil crisis has already brought down electricity generation by over 2,000MW, raising the deficit to 7,000MW and cutting supplies to half of the total demand of over 14,000MW. More power plants are likely to suspend working in a few days because they are running out of furnace oil, the power sector's managers warned on 17 January.

Pakistan is being crippled because of the privatization of the oil and electricity sectors. Pakistan State Oil is the largest Oil Marketing Company (OMC) in Pakistan. With a market share of over 60% of the total oil market, PSO is the country's largest company in terms of turnover. During FY2014 PSO recorded all time high sales revenue, operating profit, after tax earnings and market capitalization. Sales revenue stood at Rs 1.4 trillion compared to Rs 1.29 trillion during the Same Period Last Year (SPLY), registering a growth of 9%. After tax earnings rose by 73% to Rs 21.8 billion as compared to Rs 12.6 billion during SPLY. Moreover, PSO is also the largest fuel oil Supplier to the electricity sector across Pakistan including Independent Power Producers (IPPs) and Gencos. Private companies cannot provide energy as a service and a right for all citizens, for that is the job of a responsible and caring state. This is why privatization is directly responsible for the fuel and power shortages, the load-shedding. So, private owners reduce their contribution to fuel and power to prevent falling into loss through debts owed to them.

Only the Khilafah "Caliphate" can end this affliction. Unlike Capitalism and Communism, Islam has declared that energy is neither a private nor a state property but a public property for all the Muslims. RasulAllah (saw) said, «المسلمون شرکاء فی ثلاث الماء والکلاء والنار» "Muslims are partners in three things: water, pastures and fire (energy)" [Abu Dawood.]. Thus, although the Khilafah "Caliphate" state takes charge of managing the public property and state property, it is not permitted for the Khalifah to grant the ownership of the public property to any private party, whether an individual or group, as it is a property for all Muslims. Revenues are for the public, looking after its affairs and securing its interests, and not for the state. This applies to all the abundant wealth of public property, whether energy, such as petroleum, gas, electricity or replenishable minerals, such as copper and steel, or water, such as seas, rivers and dams, or pastures and forests.

The Killers of Children Against Whom there is no Action Plan

352,000 children under age five die in Pakistan every year, in circumstances which are preventable (Tribune Editorial, ‘Killing our children', 19 Jan 2015). 2014 saw 1,800 deaths from measles. Pakistan has the world's highest rate of first-day deaths and still-births at 40.7 per 1000. 28,000 women die in childbirth each year, in part, no doubt, because 50% of women give birth without a skilled attendant. Many of these circumstances in which these deaths occur are the result largely of political corruption and apathy. Basic health services that should be available across the country are entirely missing in many areas and insufficient in many others. The funds needed to fill these gaps are instead filling the pockets of the ruling class and their families and friends.

Children are an invaluable blessing from Allah. The loss of a child is a most difficult thing to bear. We saw the country-wide outpouring of grief and anger at the killing of over a hundred innocent children in Peshawar by heartless criminals of shadowy origin. But for these thousands who die due to the heartless criminality of well-known rulers, there is no such outpouring. There is no ‘National Action Plan' and no urgency to act in correcting this deplorable state of affairs.

Gunning down children in a school is without doubt an act of barbaric immorality. But what about the act of consciously building your own personal empire knowing full-well that part of the repercussion is the death of young children who won't even get the chance to go to school? What of the act of putting your own stomach in front of the lives of children. Surely, that it equally barbaric. This, among numerous other indications, shows us clearly that it is not the deaths of children whether in Peshawar or elsewhere that moves the political or military leadership to act. It is their own narrow and selfish agendas. They themselves are the core problem in Pakistan against whom the people need an action plan. Only through the removal of this ruling class and its replacement by a sincere Islamic leadership will Pakistan move forward in dealing with its myriad issues, be it violence, health, economy or any other area.

Praising Jihad in the Path of Allah (swt) is Now a Crime

The Punjab government has promulgated an ordinance on 20 January 2015 which bans glorification of terrorists and their outfits at any forum and in the media. It regulates manufacture or sale of uniforms of law-enforcement agencies. The Punjab Maintenance of Public Order (Amendment) Ordinance, 2015, which amends the identical law of 1960, is part of the legal reform measures the government is taking to curb terrorism. The ordinance promulgated on Tuesday says, "A person shall not, by words spoken or written, use any formal forum to support terrorism or terrorists, or attempt to create sympathy for any terrorist or terrorist organisation, or to oppose action of Pakistan army, air or naval force, police or Rangers against any terrorist or terrorist organisation."

So, any Muslim who raises his voice against the American Raj, or calls the people for the implementation of Islam or praises Jihad against the Kuffar enemy occupying forces is now to be persecuted harshly and prevented from access to the media. The Interior Minister, Chaudhry Nisar Ali, declared on 21 December, "Nobody can be allowed to glorify terrorists through media." Thus, in the gloom of chaos and misery, the regime seeks to stamp out those who are beacons of light and guidance for the people. This is even though RasulAllah (saw) commanded enjoining the good and forbidding the evil as a duty, whose neglect has dire consequences. RasulAllah (saw) said,

وَالَّذِي نَفْسِي بِيَدِهِ، لَتَأْمُرُنَّ بِالْمَعْرُوفِ، وَلَتَنْهَوُنَّ عَنِ الْمُنْكَرِ، وَلَتَأْخُذُنَّ عَلَى يَدِ الظَّالِمِ، وَلَيَأْطِرُنَّهُ عَلَى الْحَقِّ أَطْرًا، أَوْ لَيَضْرِبَنَّ اللَّهُ قُلُوبَ بَعْضِكُمْ عَلَى بَعْضٍ، وَلَيَلْعَنَنَّكُمْ كَمَا لَعَنَهُمْ

"By the One in Whose Hands my soul lies, you must enjoin the good and you must forbid the evil, and you must seize the hand of the oppressor and you must confine him to the truth, or Allah (swt) will strike your hearts one against another and curse you as he cursed them (Bani Israeel)." [Tabaraani]

Ideological Incompetence Will Only End Upon Islam's Implementation

The petrol crisis eased a bit on 21 January as the gap between demand and supply started narrowing. The government set up a ‘situation room' to coordinate countrywide supplies and monitor round-the-clock sales position. Debate is raging about government incompetence. Nawaz Sharif's incompetence has contributed to the petrol crisis, there is no doubt about it, but it is not just his administrative incompetence which the media and the people have focused upon, it is his ideological incompetence which is the main contributor to this recent crisis.

What does it matter? One may ask. The man is a self-serving and greedy. Incompetence of whatever kind is incompetence? It matters because it helps in the diagnosis of the problem. Poor administrators need to be replaced by better administrators. Poor ideologies need to be replaced by the best ideology. At the heart of the petrol crisis is the capitalist idea of private businesses leading the economy. The idea that private businesses should share in, rather exclusively lead the provision of services. Simply put, this means that services which should be in the domain of the state would be provided by private businesses. But private businesses are setup to make profits. So what if the private businesses don't make profit. What would happen to service provision? Exactly what we are witnessing in the recent petrol crisis. And this is the flawed idea at the heart of the energy crisis in Pakistan whether it is the shortage of electricity, gas, CNG or petrol. The idea of private businesses owning energy resources and the state allowing them to do so is an outcome of the flawed ideology, Capitalism.

So do we need to replace the administrator or the ideology? Islam mandates that electricity, gas, CNG and petrol cannot be owned by private businesses, neither by the state. They are owned by the masses and administered by the state. We need to replace the capitalist idea with the Islamic idea. We need to replace democracy, the ruling system of capitalism with Khilafah "Caliphate", the ruling system of Islam.

We are, now left standing with a challenging future. There will be more powers to secret services and this case will be used to demonize, dehumanize and attack the "violent extremists", and thereby, for many, Islam itself. This will most likely, lead to more attacks, both verbal and physical, against Muslims and our mosques, and other community centres, which we have already seen several examples on.

Rabi-ul Thani 1436 AH - January 2015 CE