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Letters from Uzbekistan - Part 3

The following is from a series of letters from the Da'wah carriers in Uzbekistan which have been translated. Please also read: Karimov's brutality will only strengthen the believers On June 15, 2002 the head of operative unit of UYA-64/71 Jaslyk colony, major of NSS Qollekmiev Alisher prepared 6 cells in the basement of the building - narrow, damp, dark, airless cells designated for two prisoners each - to perform the most of brutal tortures. Colonel Saidhosilov Sodiq, a person in charge of this colony, mentioned this place in his speech before prisoners on November of 2000 and said, “Now please forget about that basement, it was erroneously constructed, do not mention it before commissions, it is not fit to even keep dogs, let alone people.” The reason of preparing it for the second time is to keep those who reject to sing the anthem of Uzbekistan and refuse to obey the first required item. This item consists of the following words, “Assalamu alaykum, dear chief. We love the

Misconception regarding luxury (taraf)

Allah (swt) said: “ Till when We grasp the (town’s) luxurious ones with punishment, behold! They started to supplicate. ” [Al-Mu’minun: 64]. The luxurious ones here means the arrogant tyrants. Allah (swt) said also: “ And We sent not unto any township a warner, but its luxurious ones declared: Lo! We are disbelievers in that which you bring to us. ” [Saba’a:34] The luxurious ones are those who are haughty (arrogant) towards the believers because of their high level of wealth and children. Allah (swt) also said: “ The wrongdoers followed that by which they were made surrounded with luxury. ” [Hud: 116] What is meant by those who were surrounded with luxury is that they turned towards their whims i.e. followed their whims. Allah (swt) said: “ And when We would destroy a township We send commandment to its tyrant folk (luxurious ones) and afterward, they commit abomination therein. ”[Al-Isra: 16