Media Release: The Fifteenth National Youth Parliament’s Debate to Establish a Counter Radicalism Youth Policy

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Media Release:

Re: The Fifteenth National Youth Parliament’s Debate to Establish a Counter Radicalism Youth Policy

Waajihatul Islaamiyyah (The Islamic Front) is very disappointed in our nation’s youth in their debate to establish a Counter Radicalism Youth Policy that would identify the root cause of any attraction of radicalism and terrorism to young citizens and that will dissuade young citizens from becoming involved therein. This, as the Fifteenth National Youth Parliament ended on Monday October 30th, 2017.

It was a poor attempt which lacked research and foresight. It was a bad reflection of their worth as future leaders of this country. There was a blatant refusal to recognize a change in dynamics. References made to news articles, reports and statistics were in most cases irrelevant and not consistent with the root cause and solutions to the problem.

It appears that our youth have become Lazy and dysfunctional in their approach to dealing with issues. They lack the influence and motivation. They have brought nothing new to the discussions.

Waajihatul Islaamiyyah (The Islamic Front) is appealing to the intellect of our nation’s youth to pay attention to history as it relates to International events in the treatment of Muslims and the resurgence of Pure Islam here in this country. Perhaps there they'll Find the keys to unlock the understanding that will drive the debate in pinpointing the cause and arriving at a solution.

For Immediate Release:

Date: October 31, 2017

Umar Abdullah

Head of Waajihatul Islaamiyyah (The Islamic Front)

Tel: +18687870765 or +18683656253

Media Release: Greetings and Best Wishes to Ricardo Bharath Hernandez and the Santa Rosa First Peoples Community on First Peoples Day.

Media Release:

Re: Greetings and Best Wishes to Ricardo Bharath Hernandez and the Santa Rosa First Peoples Community on First Peoples Day.

The American Developmental Biologist, Bruce Harold Lipton once said “Through consciousness, our minds have the power to change our planet and ourselves. It is time we heed the wisdom of the ancient Indigenous People and channel our consciousness and spirit to tend the garden and not destroy it.”

According to the American Writer, Artist and Social Activist, Robert Alan Silverstein; “When European explorers 'discovered' lands on the other continents, there were already people living there. All too often the explorers took the land away from the native or indigenous peoples and either killed them or suppressed them. In many cases, the native languages and cultures were suppressed and the natives were forced to adopt Western ways. Unfortunately, this isn't just a thing of the past -- many indigenous peoples and their cultures are still threatened today.”

It is in this context why Waajihatul Islaamiyyah (The Islamic Front) stands in gratitude of the First People of this country on this historical very auspicious occasion. We extend our heartfelt appreciation and love to Ricardo Bharath Hernandez and the Santa Rosa First Peoples Community. It is your right to be recognized and it’s our responsibility to acknowledge. Today we honor you the people who first called this land home. We remember the struggles and tragedies you endured. We respect your space and the contributions you all have made as part of the story of this great land.

The purpose of this holiday is to promote the First Peoples culture and to honor the history of the First People. To overlook the painful history of colonialism, enslavement, discrimination and land grabs that followed the Italian explorer’s 1498 arrival here to our shores. For the Santa Rosa First Peoples Community, we agree this holiday means a lot. You have something and we should also understand this is the beginning of something greater.

Waajihatul Islaamiyyah (The Islamic Front) fully supports and endorses the First Peoples right to maintain and strengthen their distinct political, economic, social and cultural characteristics, as well as their legal systems, while retaining their rights to participate fully, if they so choose, in the political, economic, social and cultural life of the State.

They should not be considered myths of the past, but rather a people who wants to be respected, not to be victims of intolerance and racism. Our Prime Minister, The Honorable Dr. Keith Rowley in October 2016 said: “We must not ignore those who claim the status of First Peoples in this country.” He then went on to describe them “as owners of this land before we came…”

For Immediate Release:

Date: October 13, 2017

Umar Abdullah

Head of Waajihatul Islaamiyyah (The Islamic Front)

Tel: +18687870765 or +18683656253

CAMPAIGN FOR HAITI

Assalaamu Alaiykum;

 

May Allah bless all those who have given selflessly to the people of Dominica, with health, wealth and success. May Allah keep all those kind and generous souls in his protection forever. May Allah bless all of you and your family on the day of judgment! May Allah Make This World a Better Place to live for us and our children. May He keep us on the straight path. May He give us the opportunity to die as Muslims and give us the best in this world and here after. Aameen.

 

Alhamdulillah, Dominica is on its way to recovery and may Allah make their journey an easy one; Aameen, but what about the other cries that is being heard from next door. Is it that we have forgotten them? Yes, indeed we have forgotten them. Those people of Haiti, how difficult it must be for them? The population is largely constituted of descendants of African Slaves who gained independence from France in 1804; in what became known as the mother of all revolutions; for which we owe a wealth of gratitude. However, civil unrest, poverty and natural disasters have left the country crippled. In fact, it is the poorest country in the Western Hemisphere. In addition, the country is still recovering from massive disasters that span from 1564 to present.

 

In more recent times there was the great flood of 1989 where 4,945 families were affected, 1,527 houses destroyed with another, 1,640 damaged. Hurricane Gordon in 1994 killed 2,000 people. In 1998 Hurricane George took the lives of 147 persons with an additional 40 unaccounted for, seriously injuring 34 and displacing 167,000. Another flood in the year 2002 claimed 31 lives with 14 more being unaccounted for and 700 displaced. Again in 2004 torrential rains caused the deaths of 1,232 persons and 1,443 disappearances with 130 being displaced. In that same year Hurricane Ivan and Hurricane Jeanne struck taking with them the lives of 4,870, injuring 2,620 with a significant 846 unaccounted for and displacing 300,000. In 2005 hurricane Dennis left more than 500 homeless. October of that same year Hurricane Wilma and Tropical Storm Alpha struck causing much destruction. November of 2006 heavy rain caused flooding damaging roadways and the collapse of a bridge. Heavy floods in 2007 caused considerable damage to several regions including a bridge which links Haiti to the Dominican Republic. The effects of Hurricane Hanna in 2008 and Tropical storm Fay caused widespread damage but it was nothing compared to Hurricane Gustav of the same year which caused the deaths of 77 persons, 8 persons disappearing, 15,000 families were affected after the storm destroyed 3,000 houses and damaged 11,458. They were speared later of the same year when Hurricane Ike a category 4 merely touched the west coast. Heavy rains again in 2009 caused wide spread flooding in the southern part of the country. In 2010 there was another kind of disaster of epic proportions. Two earthquakes with a magnitude of 7 and 6.1 respectively accompanied by many aftershocks measuring 5 to 5.9. This horrific event killed an estimated 316,000 people and widespread destruction of property.  Later that same year a cholera epidemic gripped the areas surrounding Port-au-Prince killing at least 3,597 and sickening over 340,000. One month after; another nightmare, this time Hurricane Thomas hits mainland and killed 10 Haitians causing damages and worsening the cholera epidemic. another attempt by nature causing catastrophic flooding was Hurricane Matthew in 2016, killing 580 persons leaving 35,000 homeless. And now Presently in 2017, Hurricane Irma which brought strong winds lots of heavy rain and flooding.

 

After highlighting those disasters that were within recent years not to mention the 30 other catastrophes in previous years. There is no surprise that Haiti is the most impoverished country in the western hemisphere. Question is how is Haiti compared to Dominica and would they ever recover?

 

Our Haitian brothers and sisters reached out to us over the past two weeks and has asked for our help in whichever way we can. They have suffered lots of losses and damages to property and injury and death to animals and humans. They have a registered organization Ordeprogresia (Organization for development and the Islamic progress in Haiti) and is urgently requiring from your collaboration and financial support during this difficult period to relief the Muslim brothers and sisters and other persons who are taking shelter in their Masjid in Gonaïves City, Jeremie, Nan Sud Area, Marchand Dessaline, Port de Paix and Bochamp. (See images attached).

 

Your financial support will be very useful and would go a long way in rebuilding confidence and hope in the Haitian people: They need foods, clothes, hygienic articles, water, etc. For further information please contact brother Sajeed Ul Rehman via phone or WhatsApp @ +50934330583.

 

May Allah protect all of you and your families and give all of you many blessings of abundance, good health and success in this life and success in the hereafter. Aameen.

 

Umar Abdullah

Head of Waajihatul Islaamiyyah (The Islamic Front)

Tel: +18687870765 or +18683656253

 

A Fallacious Tale of Hypocrisy, Semantics and Propaganda

A Fallacious Tale of Hypocrisy,
Semantics and Propaganda
By: Umar Abdullah
Date: October 4, 2017

The Syrian Network for Human Rights (SNHR) found the international coalition forces, led by the US, Under the TRUMP administration, killed 260 civilians, including 70 children and 34 women when a school and market was bombed in Mosul in March of this year, 2017. In this same month, reports of civilian deaths from US air strikes across Syria and Iraq soared to an all-time high, according to AIRWARS, a British monitoring group, which found there were 1,472 casualties linked to US air strikes in March.

The deadliest mass shooting in US history:  A 72-minute killing spree that left 59 dead and over five hundred injured in Las Vegas in what can only be described as an unlawful, Horrific and evil, systematic use of violence and intimidation, against the American people was an act of Terrorism. This was an attempt to create terror and fear. We are seeing from this tragic episode the photos of those killed and stories of their lives told, but where were the photos of those high soaring numbers of dead women and children uncovered in Syria and Iraq?

The author and perpetrator of this dastardly act; Stephen Paddock a multimillionaire who had recently wired $100,000 to the Philippines, where his girlfriend Marilou Danley and her family lived, was found dead with an arsenal of weapons, enough to fill 10 large suitcases, with more than ten rifles, 23 guns, including a Kalashnikov and AR-15 assault rifles, a vast and a stockpile of military grade .223 calibre ammunition.  Another arms cache including 19 weapons, several pounds of a commercially available explosive, and thousands of rounds of ammunition was found at his home in Mesquite, 80 miles northeast of Las Vegas. They found traces of ammonium nitrate fertilizer, which can be used to make homemade bombs, in his car.

Despite all this Donald Trump calls this an “act of pure evil” - how can anyone be more fallacious than that? A mere couple days ago when a Somali refugee; Abdulahi Hasan Sharif, armed with a knife and a flag, ran down four pedestrians and struck and injured four others, everyone was quick to call it a terrorist attack.

Reports are now claiming, The Islamic State terror group claimed Paddock converted to Islam a few months ago, reports say, they said the attack, was carried out by a “soldier” of the caliphate and was done “in response to calls to target coalition countries.” In another statement released hours later, ISIS referred to Paddock as Abu Abd al-Barr al-Amriki and said he answered a call to arms by its leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi.

Well I guess we all know where this baseless propaganda is going to lead us. Yes! right back to where we started, meaning, if Stephen Paddock is a white American Christian, his crime will be labeled as an "act of pure evil" But if is name now becomes, Abu Abd al-Barr al-Amriki, his crime will be labeled as an "act of terrorism".

Umar Abdullah
Head of Waajihatul Islaamiyyah (The Islamic Front)
Tel: +18687870765 or +18683656253
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Dominican Relief Effort

Attention!

Waajihatul Islaamiyyah (The Islamic Front), yesterday received a communiqué from our Muslim Brothers on the ravaged Island of Dominica. The message is as follows:

Assalamu Alaikum brothers and sisters. Alhamdulillah. May Allah reward you all with paradise Ameen.  Dominica has one organisation under one leadership, any relief to be sent should be addressed to the Muslim Community of Dominica:

Address: No 1 Federation Drive, Goodwill Roseau

Tel: +17672762899.

Currently. The contact individuals are:

Imam Idris Ahiwa.  +17672762899

Muhammad Abdullah Shabazz

Tel +17672752131

Isa Abdullah (Shabazz Son)

+17672764478

We had a meeting after Jumu’ah prayer. The information we got from the Prime Minister is that the country would be in dire need of food supplies for the next 3 to 6 months. Based on that we have decided on the following items needed for our community:

Cereals (Oats, Cornflakes etc.)

Cream of wheat

Crackers

Breads

Flour

Cooking oil

Tuna (Canned)

Cheese (Vegetarian)

Butter

Corn Meal

Sardines

Rice

Soya Chunks

Beans (Lentils, Black Eye etc.)

Canned Corn (Mixed Vegetables, Peas etc.)

Mackerel

Mashed Potatoes (Puree)

Potatoes

Juices

Garlic

Onions

Water

Salt

BABY FORMULA:

6 to 12 Months

1 to 3 Years.

DIAPERS:

SIZES 3, 4, and 5

(More in sizes 3, 4) less in size 5

Wipes

Toilet Papers

Napkins

Powdered Milk

Batteries (D battery) AA, AAA

Flash Lights /Candles/Solar Lamps

Soaps (Soap Powder/Bathing Soap)

Toothpaste

Tooth Brushes

Disinfectants

Matches/Lighters

Plastic Bags

Garbage Bags

Feminine Products

Diesel (Generator Fuel)

Tarpaulins

We got two generators from Grenada. We put one each at Roseau and Portsmouth Masjid. However, we will need at least 20 to 25 additional generators 220 vault. Preferably diesels ones.

So, what we are asking of you, your community and your organisation is that to contribute and collect these items, then to communicate with us to see if others gathered the same item. We don't want to end up with similar products from different sources.

TOOLS FOR REBUILDING/CONSTRUCTION:

Power Tools

Hand Saws

Power/Circular Saws

Drills

Big and Small Grinders

Extension Cord 50ft, 100 ft., 150ft

Hammers

Levels

Compound Mixer

Compacters

Jack Hammer

In terms of building materials, the following written items on paper in photographs attached, is for rebuilding of masjid of Roseau.

As for rebuilding of homes either completely destroyed or damaged, brother Isa Abdullah (Tel: +17672764478) is mandated to give a report.  However, preliminary reports indicate around 4 homes in the Carib territory and one in the Roseau community were totally destroyed while 10 homes - subject to correction - are damaged; mostly roofs.

The Carib territory Masjid is destroyed (See Video Attached). The destroyed structures were wooden in nature.

Imam Idris Ahiwa

Muslim Community of Dominica