Islamic Revival

The following is the draft translation of a recent article from Sudan. ADMISSION OF MORE INTERNATIONAL FORCES INTO DARFUR IS ONE OF THE EPISODES OF INTERNATIONAL STRUGGLE The special envoy of the General Secretary of the United Nations, Ban Brunk, demanded sending international forces to the region of Darfur, that was stated in his report which he presented in front of the Security Council on Saturday 14.01.2006 saying: “The efforts to settle peace in Darfur failed, it is a must to send forces dependent on the United Nations to maintain peace, reaching to (20) thousand soldiers in order to disarm the militia, and provide security, in order to return about 20 million stranded person to their areas". The Sudanese government refused to spread the International forces, and hung to the forces of the African Union, that was stated by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and after that by President Omar Al-Basheer who criticized the concealed hands which try to admit the foreign forces into ...

The following is the draft translation of a political analysis article written in Arabic. Question: What is this tug-of-war taking place in Lebanon which erupts at time and quietens down in another without any stability. The regime supporters are not able to remain on a steadfast position and nor are they able to adopt a resolute decision. The same applies to the opposition, whose statements change and whose priorities are not fixed on any situation. Rather, the issue of Hariri’s killing, over which events exploded, the issue of elections is about to dominate over it, whether from the supporters or opposition where the interests of the politicians are more prominent than the issue itself. This is clear from what the meetings and contacts between some members of the supporters and opposition have mentioned. All of them fluctuate in their positions without any resolute stance. Rather, the international committee for investigation gained sovereignty and powers in Lebanon, above the sover...

The following is the draft translation of a political analysis article written in Arabic. Question: On the 25th of August 2005, the common Chinese-Russian manoeuvres, in which different types of forces such as ships, marines, bombers, helicopters, fighting planes participated, came to an end… does this signify that a serious closeness is being born between China and Russia? And what effect does it have on the European Union and America? Answer: Some military Russian and Chinese forces began common military manoeuvres in the period between 18-25 august 2005. They began in Vladivostic, far east of Russia, then moved to the Chinese territories in the peninsula of Shan Dong. Different forces participated in these manoeuvres, their number came to 10 thousand in each army. The manoeuvres included ground, air and marine work in the yellow sea in front of Shang Dong province, some of these works were: training on sea siege, evacuation operations and also fighting against “common threat”. The...

The following is the draft translation of a political analysis article written in Arabic. Question: It was announced in Washington on 25/3/2005 that the American government agreed to sell to Pakistan (F16) fighters, as a part of an aid program to Pakistan that continues for five years and reaches 3 billion dollars. American had stopped the deal in 1990 because of the Pakistani nuclear program. So what has changed after 15 years so that America agrees rather than stops the deal? Is it possible America remembered that Pakistan had helped it in the occupation of Afghanistan, so it decided to reward it through this deal of fighters, more than three years after the end of the war against Afghanistan? Answer: There is no reason for not accepting the deal is a reward to the Pakistani regime for its betrayal to the ummah, and standing on the side of America in its aggression against Afghanistan, for America raised the degree of this regime to the status of (Strategically of America). However...

The following is the draft translation of a political analysis article written in Arabic. Question: Rice visited Central Asia on 13-14.10.2005 and met the presidents of those countries, also with the president of Russia towards the end of her visit on 15.10.2005, but he who follows the declarations after the visit, perceives as if America had lost the tour in most of the former soviet republics, does that mean that Russia held the reigns of taking the initiative again, after it had lost the reigns when it lost Georgia and Ukraine? Answer: The interest of America with what is called the Independent countries, that is the republics which were separated from the old Soviet Union after disengagement (Armenia, Azerbaijan, White Russia, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Moldavia, Russia, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, and Uzbekistan) besides the three Baltic countries which were separated before from the Union, this American interest started a while after the disengagement of the Soviet...

The following is the draft translation of a political analysis article written in Arabic. Question: The Security Council issued the resolution 1636 on 31.10.2005 which obligates Syria with a complete and unconditioned co-operation with the International investigation committee headed by Melis, the resolution was based on chapter seven which is concerned with the penalty procedures in the case of not executing the resolution. America and France were active behind this resolution. The Syrian President preceded this resolution, and originated on 29.10.2005 (a juristic investigation committee) which has the authority of investigating civilians and military persons whom the committee of Meliss suspects, and to co-operate with the International investigation committee. The question is: the international investigation committee pointed to Syria, and the Syrian juristic investigation committee was asked to co-operate with the International committee, does that mean that the Syrian system or it...

The following is a transcript of a talk delivered on this subject: The day of ‘Ashoora is approaching us on the tenth of the month of Muharram. This sacred month of Muharram is a blessed and important month for the Muslims. It is the first month of the Hijri calendar, and is one of the four sacred months concerning which Allah (swt) says in Surah al-Tawbah: “Verily, the number of months with Allah is twelve months (in a year), so it was ordained by Allah on the Day when He created the heavens and the earth; of them, four are sacred. That is the right religion, so wrong not yourselves therein…” [TMQ al-Tawbah: 36] In this ayah, Allah says, “so wrong not yourselves therein…” means do not wrong yourselves in these sacred months, because sin in these months is worse than in other months. It was reported that Ibn ‘Abbas (ra) said that this phrase, “so wrong not yourselves therein…” referred to all the months, then these four were singled out and made sacred, so that sin in these months is m...