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من طرف sergiomuslim الأحد 26 سبتمبر - 21:10:47الجهاد ليس ارهابا Jihad is not Terrorism
Virginia Youth: jihad is not Terrorism
The youth said they did not contact terrorist groups and traveled to Pakistan to connect with “helpless Muslims.” According to the Washington Post, one of the youth, Ramy Zamzam, said to reporters, “We are not terrorists. We are jihadists, and jihad is not terrorism.”
The five men – Zamzam, Umar Farooq, Ahmed Minni, Waqar Hussain Khan and Aman Yemer – were arrested Dec. 8, according to multiple news reports, at a Sargodha residence belonging to Khalid Farooq, Umar Farooq’s father, who was also arrested. The youth range in age from 18 to 24, and are well-known to many Muslims in the area.
According to the Sargodha interrogation report, the youth were contacted by someone using the handle, “Saifallah,” on YouTube, a popular video sharing site. After communicating for a while, the youth made arrangements to go to Pakistan, according to the report.
They traveled to Pakistan in November, leaving a farewell video detailing their intentions, according to one source close to the families.
After seeing the video, the families contacted the Council on American-Islamic Relations, Nihad Awad, the organization’s executive director, said in a Dec. 9 press conference. CAIR advised the families to speak to the FBI, and joined the families and their attorney in their initial meeting with the law enforcement agency. The FBI made Pakistani authorities aware of the five youth.
Two “terrorist groups” allegedly rejected the youth, who then returned to the Farooq residence in Sargodha.
The elder Farooq was later released, according to multiple reports. The five youth have been held in Pakistani prisons for over a month.
State Department spokesperson Ian Kelly was coy in a Jan. 4 press briefing, saying only that Pakistani officials were sharing information with the U.S. and that the five youth have been treated well thus far.
“In terms of consular access, the last time they visited the prisoners was on December 22nd,” Kelly said. “We’ve now visited them three times and will continue to do so as appropriate.”
The youth have not signed a Privacy Act waiver, Kelly said, meaning they cannot talk to the media. The State Department, too, has not released much information on their efforts, if any, to secure the release of the youth.
Back in D.C., the families have not spoken to the local media.
“The families continue to request that their privacy be respected,” Nina Ginsberg, the families’ lawyer, told The Muslim Link this week.
But the arrests have touched off a storm of reactionary coverage.
CAIR hurriedly scheduled a press conference for Dec. 9, in which they announced they would launch a major campaign educating Muslim youth in religious matters, Awad said.
“We also, as a community, realize and recognize that there is a problem,” he said. “We believe it is not widespread. We as a community believe there is a problem, and we are going to deal with it effectively.”
The ICNA mosque in Alexandria, Va., where the youth attended prayers, held an emergency press conference outside their doors on Dec. 11. Mahdi Bray, executive director of the Muslim American Society Freedom Foundation, said these events were a “wake-up call” for Muslim youth.
“Let me assure you that we will be active on the Internet saying that silence in cyberspace is not an option for us,” Bray said. “And that we will challenge the vile narrative that we find out on the Internet that continues to pull at our children for the sake of our children.”
Pakistani police said they would file their recommendations for charges on Tuesday, Jan. 5.
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ALLAH SAID IN THE QURAN :“...The only religion in the sight of God is Islam...” (Quran 3:19)AND
“If anyone desires a religion other than Islam, never will it be accepted of him; and in the Hereafter, he will be in the ranks of those who have lost (their selves in the Hellfire).”
(Quran 3:85)
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In another saying, Muhammad, the Prophet of God(SAAW), said:
“Whoever testifies that there in none worthy of being worshipped but God, Who has no partner, and that Muhammad is His slave and Prophet, and that Jesus is the Slave of God, His Prophet, and His word which He bestowed in Mary and a spirit created from Him; and that Paradise (Heaven) is true, and that the Hellfire is true, God will eventually admit him into Paradise, according to his deeds.”(Saheeh Al-Bukhari)
“Indeed God has forbidden to reside eternally in Hell the person who says: “I testify that none has the right to worship except Allah (God),’ seeking thereby the Face of God.”Saheeh Al-Bukhari)
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