Islamic Revival

The following is the english translation of an arabic article written by Sheikh Taqi ud-deen an-Nabhani. The Muslim Ummah has suffered a great deal of intellectual attacks from the Western culture over many centuries, hence, our current situation. The current ideological atmosphere is where the Islamic concepts have become severely distorted in the minds of the Muslims. One of the foremost tasks in reviving the Ummah, therefore, is to deliver the correct Islamic concepts to the people. One of these concepts is that of 'niyah' or intention and its importance in terms of the way we conduct our affairs. The Prophet (saaw) said, "Indeed, the a'maal (actions) are by the niyah (intention)..." Due to a severe misunderstanding of the concept of niyah, this hadith has become the justification of many incorrect actions undertaken by individuals and groups. In order to avoid this problem in the future, we need to acquire the correct understanding of the type of actions the i

ISLAMABAD, Pakistan, Oct. 16 (UPI) -- The former head of Pakistani intelligence alleges the United States was involved in the coup that brought President Pervez Musharraf to power seven years ago. Former Inter-Services Intelligence agency boss Hamid Gul made the allegations about the United States' hand in Musharraf's coup while commenting on his recently published autobiography, "In the Line of Fire," according to the Deccan Herald newspaper. Gul asserted that in the book Musharraf remained silent about Washington's role in supporting his Oct. 12, 1999, ouster of former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif. "It is absolutely true that America played a role in Gen. Musharraf's take over of 1999," Gul said. Gul further commented that the Pakistani government should stop using the ISI for political purposes, adding that he had once asked former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto to eliminate its political role when she formed a commission for intelligence reforms, b

Note: As expected the Pakistani government denies this and has attempted ot discredit this story. KARACHI - A plot to stage a coup against Pakistan's President General Pervez Musharraf soon after his recent return from the US has been uncovered, resulting in the arrest of more than 40 people. Most of those arrested are middle-ranking Pakistani Air Force officers, while civilian arrests include a son of a serving brigadier in the army. All of those arrested are Islamists, contacts in Rawalpindi, where the military is based, divulged to Asia Times Online. The conspiracy was discovered through the naivety of an air force officer who this month used a cell phone to activate a high-tech rocket aimed at the president's residence in Rawalpindi. The rocket was recovered, and its activating mechanism revealed the officer's telephone number. His arrest led to the other arrests. Other rockets were then recovered from various high security zones, including the headquarters of the Inter