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

بِِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَنِ الرَّحِيم On 5 September 2006, during a brief visit to Lebanon, Pakistani Prime Minister, Shaukat Aziz, tentatively and cautiously announced that Pakistan was considering sending troops to Lebanon. This announcement was then widely circulated in the Pakistani media in order to test public reaction. Then, as a next step, upon returning to Pakistan, Shaukat Aziz, announced to the press that the decision to send troops had been made and all that remained was deciding the numbers. On 9 September 2006, in Islamabad, Aziz declared, “We have also asked our envoys in Beirut and New York to finalize number of the troops. The number will be in hundreds.” The Pakistani troops are to be sent by the government in accordance with United Nations Resolution 1701 of 12 August 2006, which calls for the deployment of an international force in the region, ahead of permanent acceptance of the Jewish occupation of Palestine. The government adopted a cautious approach to sending t

After yet another anniversary of the abolishment of the Khilafah state it is important for us to reflect upon its history and the reaction of the Muslims towards its demise and eventual destruction. It is assumed by some that the Muslims and their scholars did not react to the call for the abolishment of Khilafah and that they did not realise its significance. This is untrue, history is a testament to the reaction of the Muslims, their struggle to maintain it and their pain at the eventual removal of the shade of Allah (swt) from the earth. The example of the Muslims of India and its renowned Khilafat Movement demonstrates this. Before elaborating upon the reaction of the Muslims in India, it is important to understand the background of how the Islamic rule reached Indian subcontinent which is now home to approximately half the Islamic Ummah numbering more than half a billion Muslims, with approximately 250 million Muslims in India, 160 million in Pakistan and 120 million in Bangladesh

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The following is an extract from the news confrerence of President Bush in the Rose Garden of the White House on Wednesday, 11th October in which he attacks the concept of Khilafah (Caliphate). QUESTION: Senator Warner says Iraq appears to be drifting sideways. And James Baker says a change in strategy may be needed. Are you willing to acknowledge that a change may be needed? BUSH: We're constantly changing tactics to achieve a strategic goal. Our strategic goal is a country which can defend itself, sustain itself and govern itself. The strategic goal is to help this young democracy succeed in a world in which extremists are trying to intimidate rational people in order to topple moderate governments and to extend the caliphate. The stakes couldn't be any higher, as I said earlier, in the world in which we live. There are extreme elements that use religion to achieve objectives. And they want us to leave. And they want to topple government. They want to extend an ideological