SUNDAY! Mustaqbal al-Haramain: The Future of Makkah & Madinah (DC)

NEXT SUNDAY! The Triangle of Terror (Oakland)

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The Islamic Institute for Counter-Zionist American Psychological Warfare, Masjid Al-Islam (Oakland), New World Mobilization Center, National Mobilization of Muslims to Defend Islam, Earth Liberation Front, and the Anti-Carbon Defense Department present…

 

THE TRIANGLE OF TERROR:
U.S.A., Zionist State of Israel, & Saudi Arabian Kingdom


Speaker:  Imam Abdul Alim Musa

Sunday, April 21, 2013 / 1:30 - 3:30 pm
Masjid Al-Islam / 8210 MacArthur Blvd. / Oakland, CA 94605
Call: 202.904.1152 (cell) / 510.638.9541 (office)  /  E-mail: imammusa2009@hotmail.com  /  Website: www.sabiqundc.blogspot.com    

~ Dinner will be served. ~

The global war on Islam is spearheaded by three power centers which act together as one entity. Each is deployed wherever and whenever its particular skill set is needed:

• The United States of America: The U.S.A. acts within the Triangle of Terror as its military arm. It is called to be a strike force and sometimes an invasion force (Examples: Iraq, Afghanistan). The U.S. government continues to pursue its greedy economic interests and attempts desperately to hold onto its title of “world superpower”. 
• Zionist State of Israel: The Zionists act within the Triangle of Terror as its propagandistic arm. They have created and sustained a wave of Islamophobia in order to justify and continue the global war on Islam. Through perception management, the peoples of the world have been subjected to a constant diet of “terror” and “terrorism” via TV, cyberspace, movies, books, and other media, to such a degree that they make an automatic psychological association between the beautiful Deen of Islam on the one hand, and barbaric violence on the other. The Zionists have made it easy for the U.S. government to justify their military invasion and brutal murder of innocent Muslims across the globe and keep the Muslims here frozen in a fearful, defensive posture.
• Saudi Arabian Kingdom: The Saudis operate within the Triangle of Terror as an intra-Ummah control force and fitnah developer. They are the primary organizers and directors of fitnah and disunity between Muslims across the globe. As obedient stooges, they place all of their wealth and status (as controllers of Makkah and Madinah) at the disposal of Zionist and Western imperialist interests. The Saudis disseminate an Islam which is imbalanced, irrelevant, and divisive; diverting the focus of Muslims away from our common enemies (namely, the USA and Zionists) and instead making fellow Muslims enemy #1.

A few brief examples of the Triangle of Terror in action: 

• Undermining the Ikhwan’s gains in Egypt by assisting Zionist-Americans in weakening Islamic forces;
• Supporting Ethiopia and Kenya in the invasion, destabilization, and destruction of Somalia;  
• Creating bogus militant Islamic organizations which always fight and kill Muslims (including Shi’a Muslims in Pakistan, Afghanistan, Iraq, and Iran)—never Zionists; 
• Cooperating with Pentagon-based covert intelligence operations aimed at “fabricating an enemy” and “provoking action” via the Proactive, Preemptive Operations Group. 

TOMORROW! The Triangle of Terror (DC)

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The Islamic Institute for Counter-Zionist American Psychological Warfare, Masjid Al-Islam (DC), New World Mobilization Center, National Mobilization of Muslims to Defend Islam, Earth Liberation Front, and the Anti-Carbon Defense Department present…

 

THE TRIANGLE OF TERROR:
U.S.A., Zionist State of Israel, & Saudi Arabian Kingdom


Speaker:  Imam Abdul Alim Musa

Sunday, March 10, 2013 / 12:30 - 3:00 pm
Masjid Al-Islam / 4603 Benning Road SE / Washington, DC 20019
Call: 202.506.1825 (office) / 202.904.1152 (cell)  /  E-mail: imammusa2009@hotmail.com  /  Website: www.sabiqundc.blogspot.com    

~ Dinner will be served. ~

The global war on Islam is spearheaded by three power centers which act together as one entity. Each is deployed wherever and whenever its particular skill set is needed:

• The United States of America: The U.S.A. acts within the Triangle of Terror as its military arm. It is called to be a strike force and sometimes an invasion force (Examples: Iraq, Afghanistan). The U.S. government continues to pursue its greedy economic interests and attempts desperately to hold onto its title of “world superpower”. 
• Zionist State of Israel: The Zionists act within the Triangle of Terror as its propagandistic arm. They have created and sustained a wave of Islamophobia in order to justify and continue the global war on Islam. Through perception management, the peoples of the world have been subjected to a constant diet of “terror” and “terrorism” via TV, cyberspace, movies, books, and other media, to such a degree that they make an automatic psychological association between the beautiful Deen of Islam on the one hand, and barbaric violence on the other. The Zionists have made it easy for the U.S. government to justify their military invasion and brutal murder of innocent Muslims across the globe and keep the Muslims here frozen in a fearful, defensive posture.
• Saudi Arabian Kingdom: The Saudis operate within the Triangle of Terror as an intra-Ummah control force and fitnah developer. They are the primary organizers and directors of fitnah and disunity between Muslims across the globe. As obedient stooges, they place all of their wealth and status (as controllers of Makkah and Madinah) at the disposal of Zionist and Western imperialist interests. The Saudis disseminate an Islam which is imbalanced, irrelevant, and divisive; diverting the focus of Muslims away from our common enemies (namely, the USA and Zionists) and instead making fellow Muslims enemy #1.

A few brief examples of the Triangle of Terror in action: 

• Undermining the Ikhwan’s gains in Egypt by assisting Zionist-Americans in weakening Islamic forces;
• Supporting Ethiopia and Kenya in the invasion, destabilization, and destruction of Somalia;  
• Creating bogus militant Islamic organizations which always fight and kill Muslims (including Shi’a Muslims in Pakistan, Afghanistan, Iraq, and Iran)—never Zionists; 
• Cooperating with Pentagon-based covert intelligence operations aimed at “fabricating an enemy” and “provoking action” via the Proactive, Preemptive Operations Group. 

Upcoming Event: "Global Strategy for Islam" (Oakland)

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In the Name of Allah, Most Gracious, Most Merciful

The Islamic Institute of Counter Zionist American Psychological Warfare presents…

GLOBAL STRATEGY OF ISLAM
Speaker:  Imam Abdul Alim Musa

Sunday, December 16, 2012 / 12:30 - 3:00 pm
Masjid Al-Islam / 8210 MacArthur Blvd. / Oakland, CA 94605

 
Website: www.sabiqundc.blogspot.com  /  E-mail: imammusa2009@hotmail.com  /  Call: 202.904.1152 (cell) / 510.638.9541 (office)

“O mankind! There hath come to you a direction from your Lord and a healing for the (diseases) in our hearts—and for those who believe, a Guidance and a Mercy.” (10:57)

VISIONARY / MISSIONARY

“Who is better in speech than one who calls (men) to Allah, works righteousness, and says, ‘I am of those who bow in Islam’? Nor can Goodness and Evil be equal. Repel (Evil) with what is better: Then will he between whom and thee was hatred become as it were thy friend and intimate! And no one will be granted such goodness except those who exercise patience and self-restraint—None but persons of the greatest good fortune.” (41:33-35)

 “O ye who believe! What is the matter with you, that, when ye are asked to go forth in the Cause of Allah, ye cling heavily to the earth? Do ye prefer the life of this world to the Hereafter? But little is the comfort of this life, as compared with the Hereafter. Unless ye go forth, He will punish you with a grievous penalty, and put others in your place; But Him ye would not harm in the least. For Allah hath power over all things. If ye help not (your Leader), (It is no matter): for Allah did indeed help him, when the Unbelievers made him leave: he had no more than once companion: The two were in the Cave, and he said to his companion, ‘Have no fear for Allah is with us’: then Allah sent down His peace upon him, and strengthened him with forces which ye saw not, and humbled to the depths the word of the Unbelievers. But the Word of Allah is exalted to the heights: For Allah is Exalted in might, Wise. Go ye forth, (whether equipped) lightly or heavily, and strive and struggle, with your goods and your persons, in the Cause of Allah. That is best for you, if ye (but) knew. If there had been immediate gain (in sight), and the journey easy, they would (all) without doubt have followed thee, but the distance was long, (and weighed) on them. They would indeed swear by Allah, ‘If we only could, we should certainly have come out with you.’ They would destroy their own souls, for Allah doth know that they are certainly lying.” (9:39-42)

“Or do ye think that ye shall enter the Garden (of Bliss) without such (trials) as came to those who passed away before you? They encountered suffering and adversity, and were so shaken in spirit that even the Messenger and those of faith who were with him cried: ‘When (will come) the help of Allah’—Ah! Verily, the help of Allah is (always) near!" (2:214)

“Fighting is prescribed upon you, and ye dislike it. But it is possible that ye dislike a thing which is good for you, and that ye love a thing which is bad for you. But Allah knoweth, and ye know not. They ask thee concerning fighting in the Prohibited Month. Say: ‘Fighting therein is a grave (offence); but graver is it in the sight of Allah to prevent access to the path of Allah, to deny Him, to prevent access to the Sacred Mosque, and drive out its members.’ Tumult and oppression are worse than slaughter. Nor will they cease fighting you until they turn you back from your faith if they can. And if any of you turn back from their faith and die in unbelief, their works will bear no fruit in this life and in the Hereafter; They will be Companions of the Fire and will abide therein. Those who believed and those who suffered exile and fought (and strove and struggled) in the path of Allah—They have the hope of the Mercy of Allah: And Allah is Oft-Forgiving, Most Merciful.” (2:216-218)

     “Let those fight in the cause of Allah who sell the life of this world for the Hereafter. To him who fighteth in the cause of Allah—whether he is slain or gets victory—soon shall We give him a reward of great (value). And why should ye not fight in the cause of Allah and of those who, being weak, are ill-treated (and oppressed)?—Men, women, and children, whose cry is: ‘Our Lord! Rescue us from this town, whose people are oppressors; And raise for us from Thee one who will protect; and raise for us from Thee one who will help! Those who believe fight in the cause of Allah, and those who reject Faith fight in the cause of Evil: So fight ye against the Friends of Satan: feeble indeed is the coming of Satan. Hast thou not turned thy vision to those who were told to hold back their hands (from fight) but establish regular prayers and spend in regular Charity? When (at length) the order for fighting was issued to them, Behold! A section of them feared men as—or even more than—they should have feared Allah. They said: ‘Our Lord! Why hast Thou ordered us to fight? Wouldst Thou not grant us respite to our (natural) term, near (enough)?’ Say: ‘Short is the enjoyment of this world: The Hereafter is the best for those who do right; Never will ye be dealt with unjustly in the very least! Wherever ye are, death will find you out, even if ye are in towers built up strong and high!...” (4:74-76) 

“O ye who believe! Stand out firmly for justice as  witnesses to Allah, even as against yourselves, or your parents, or your kin, and whether it be (against) rich or poor: For Alah can best protect both. Follow not the lusts (of your hearts), lest ye swerve, and if ye distort (justice) or decline to do justice, verily Allah is well-acquainted with all that ye do.” (4:135)

Abu Sa’id al-Khudri (ra) reported that he heard the Messenger of Allah (saw) saying: “He who amongst you sees something abominable, should modify it with the help of his hand and if he can’t do it then he should do it with his tongue. And if he can’t do so then he should abhor it from his heart and bear in mind that it is the weakest of faith.” (Muslim)

It is related by ‘Abdullah bin ‘Umar (ra) that the Apostle of Allah (saw) said: “Every Muslim is a Muslim’s brother. He should neither harm him himself nor leave him alone when others treat him unjustly, (but try to help him). Whoever will fulfill the need of a brother, Allah (swt) will fulfill his need, and whoever will remove the distress of a Muslim, he will find a distress of his removed on the Day of Requital, and whoever will hide the shame of a Muslim, his sins will be hidden by Allah (swt) on the Last Day.” (Muslim)

Jabir bin ‘Abdullah (ra) related: “I had taken the pledge at the hand of the Apostle of Allah (saw) to observe Salah, and to pay Zakat, and to be a sincere well-wisher of every Muslim.” (Bukhari, Muslim)

It is related by Hudaifah that the Messenger of Allah (saw) said: “Whoever does not take an interest in the affairs and problems of Muslims is not of them, and whoever’s state is such that, each morning and evening, he is not loyal and earnest towards Allah (swt), towards his Apostle, towards His Book, towards His imam (i.e., the Caliph of the day), and towards the Muslims, as a whole, he is not of them.” (Tabarani)

DEFINITION OF STRATEGIC MANAGEMENT

Strategic management is a process of analyzing the current situation; developing appropriate strategies; putting those strategies into action; and evaluating, modifying, or changing those strategies as needed. The basic activities in strategic management are:
 

1. Situation analysis. Scanning your environment; recognizing and recalling history and behavior patterns of those around you—particularly your enemy; monitoring and evaluating strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats. 
2. Strategy formulation. This includes: 1) mission – your reason for existing; 2) goals – steps to be accomplished in working toward the mission; 3) objectives – smaller results that must be achieved within a time limit; 4) strategies – plans and methods to achieve the mission, goals, and objectives; and 5) policies – broad guidelines for decision-making.
3. Strategy implementation. This includes: 1) programs – activities needed to accomplish the overall plan; 2) budgets – meeting the costs related to these programs; and 3) procedures – sequence of steps needed to do the job. 
4. Evaluation and control. Monitoring performance and taking corrective action.  

As per the rules of strategic management, our situation analysis (environmental scanning) shows the following:
 

• Nigeria: Boko Haram, a radical, non-productive Saudi-funded movement killing innocent Christians and Muslims, claiming Islamic motivations; therefore justifying anti-Muslim sentiment and actions in Nigeria, a country which needs healing—not sectarian disease. 
• Mali, Timbuktu: Another Saudi-funded movement destroying hundreds of years of Islamic African history and educational, cultural, and artistic output—all on behalf of their jealous, ignorant Saudi misfits.  
• Somalia: Triple invasions by Ethiopia and Kenya.  
• Afghanistan: Invasion; wholesale genocide.  
• Pakistan: Ongoing drone attacks; targeted killings.  
• Yemen: Drone attacks. 
• Palestine: Open air prison in Gaza; rampant illegal settlements. 
• Iraq: Invasion; over a million dead.  
• Bahrain, Egypt, Tunisia, eastern provinces in Saudi Arabia: Evolving situations.

It is apparent that there is a global war on Islam. In these circumstances, Islamic leadership must stand up and lead.

We have a vision and a mission here in America. It is outlined in the Qur’an (see 41:33-35 above):

1.    Call people to Allah (swt).
2.    Work righteous deeds and proudly declare, “I am a Muslim.”
3.    Cultivate friendship with the people of the West. This is possible.

We do not call you to any kind of physical or military confrontation in America; we only ask that you stand up for justice and fair play. On our part, we pledge to continue struggling with our limited resources until the Triangle of Terror—constituted by: a) the U.S. government (not its people); b) Zionist media propaganda; and c) Saudi-led global fitnah in service of Zionist masters—is neutralized.

-    Imam Abdul Alim Musa

 

This Weekend: The Great Recovery (Oakland)

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 In the Name of Allah, Most Gracious, Most Merciful
 

THE GREAT RECOVERY:
“A Setback is nothing but a Set-Up for a Comeback”
 

Sunday, October 21, 2012 / 1:30 - 3:30 pm

Islamic Institute / 8109 MacArthur Blvd. / Oakland, CA 94605
Call: 510.638.9541 (office) / 202.904.1152 (cell) / E-mail: imammusa2009@hotmail.com / Website: www.sabiqundc.blogspot.com    
 

OUR STORY

Imam Musa's story of tenacity and endurance begins in the 1960s, as manager of the biggest, most well-organized Black Mafia-type organization in northern California. In the early 1970s, this organization transitioned into becoming a financial supporter of Black liberation movements in exile, from Algeria to Tanzania. After years of leading the first and only multi-million dollar, African American-managed cocaine-smuggling operation from Bogota and Medellin, Colombia, to the U.S.A., the late 1970s witnessed its voluntary closing down. At the end of these adventures, “Big Hank”—later to be known as Abdul Alim Musa—emerged as founder and imam of Masjid Al-Mawdudi (later Masjid Al-Islam) in East Oakland, CA.

This story reflects the transformational potential of Islam. It is known by the people of Oakland, yet it is not told to mainstream Muslims because Imam Musa is barred from the minbars of all the Bay Area masajid; instead, college students with no experience whatsoever in the real Black liberation movement nor the global Islamic movement have circulated around “on tour” for the last 25 years, pretending to be sincere representatives of our community. Hailed by mainstream Muslims as experts on Islam, Black liberation, and what to do in America, these individuals have merely read books about our experienced realities. These “college boys” have never faced a challenge in their lives, yet they are celebrated as champions of the Islamic movement. How can one be a champion, who has never even had a fight to begin with?

Imam Musa and Masjid Al-Islam has survived 35 years of direct and constant confrontation with FBI, CIA, Zionist, and Saudi operatives working together with all their resources, with no help from the Bay Area’s Muslims. What did Imam Musa do to the Muslims, to be cut off, isolated, sidelined, and ignored?

For years, the FBI gave these agent provocateurs a job and a staff of workers, teachers, and supporters. Now, after 20 years of Masjid Al-Islam School in Oakland  , there is not one teacher or student who remains there—they have all transferred to Alameda, leaving our property on MacArthur Blvd. falling part, dilapidated, and in need of hundreds of thousands of dollars in repair. Imam Musa is left to renovate and reverse 13 years of decline and misuse.

In Black culture, one of the most hated persons is one who stabs his mentor in the back, after the mentor has treated such a person like a younger brother. The professional saboteur and backstabber is held in very low esteem. Despite being faced with such circumstances, Imam Musa says what

Yusuf (as) said to his brothers in Egypt:

“’This day let no reproach be (cast) on you: Allah will forgive you, and He is Most Merciful of those who show mercy!’” (12:92)

This is also what Prophet Muhammad (saw) said to the Quraysh after the conquest of Makkah.

Dear Bay Area Muslims, there is an apparent global war on Islam. We need each other. We want a strong movement that stands up for Islam in a way that America understands. Will you help us? As you know from our historical record, your generous contributions will be handled judiciously.

We ask Allah (swt) to forgive us for anything we might have said.

OUR CHALLENGES

1.    For over 30 years, As-Sabiqun has stood single-handedly, face-to-face, against the Triangle of Terror, made up of: a) the American government (FBI, NSA, CIA); the Zionist Mossad (who control much of the media and manage the focus and direction of several Muslim front organizations and leaders within the U.S.); and the Saudis (who fund and control imams, Boards of Directors, collaborators, informers, infiltrators, and agent provocateurs in service of Zionist and Western imperialist interests). 

2.    For almost 20 years—from the late 1980s to around 2008—the As-Sabiqun branch in Oakland, CA, was actually led and staffed by Zionist American agents. Their mission was to eliminate all supporters of Imam Musa (especially Iranians) from involvement in and association with Masjid Al-Islam. During this period, our property was sabotaged—the roof of our properties adjacent to the Masjid was made to leak, causing severe structural damage. Taxes that were left unpaid cost Imam Musa close to $200,000 in cash (this is a lot of money as you know).

3.    Imam Musa has been excluded from the mainstream platform of "accepted" speakers. In the meantime, he has survived over 30 years of attacks mounted by saboteurs, agent provocateurs, informers, and collaborators, thanks to Allah (swt). Imam Musa’s organization has endured more fitnah and lasted much longer than any other similar organization in U.S. history.

As we continue to face these challenges, we also continue to change our challenges into opportunities. What has destroyed and broken all other independent Islamic groups in America has only made us stronger. We are a small, underfunded organization, yet we look Zionists in the eye and tell them they can use their media, movies, FBI and CIA puppets, and all the rest of their institutional power; concentrate and focus it on us; and they will still find us standing tall and defiant.

We are reaching out to you—Bay Area Muslims—for financial support. We are currently in the process of recovering from over 20 years of maximum internal sabotage. While the past administration at Masjid Al-Islam in Oakland has used every asset at its disposal to undermine, destabilize, and subvert our progress, we have stayed true to a set of key organizational values, including resilience, audacity, longevity, fortitude, resolution, and tenacity. At this stage of development, we hope to renovate all of our sabotaged property along MacArthur Blvd.

After being stabbed in the back, sabotaged, and undermined by the past management, it will take an estimated $500,000 to set things straight. We have seen seemingly tough circumstances many times before, and that is why we can confidently say “A setback is nothing but a set-up for a comeback.” To us, setbacks are lessons, training, and preparation for future success. We are asking you to help us make this our biggest and best comeback yet.  

Many of you unwittingly helped the past administration destabilize our community. I, Imam Musa, am asking you now to aid us in a Great Recovery. 

(P.S.: Both offices of our Islamic Institute for Counter Zionist American Psychological Warfare have been burglarized and vandalized, and the equipment in both offices has been stolen.)

This Saturday: National Solidarity with Divine Prophets (DC)

Imam Musa's Upcoming 'Eid Message

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In the Name of Allah, Most Gracious, Most Merciful

‘EID MUBARAK!

The community of Masjid Al-Islam wishes to offer you our warmest greetings and we pray that Allah (swt) rewards you for your righteous efforts throughout this blessed month of Ramadan.

We at Masjid Al-Islam are expecting to pray the ‘Eid prayer on Sunday, August 19th, 2012, at 10:45am. We invite you to join us in celebrating ‘Eid in Southeast DC!

Masjid Al-Islam
4603 Benning Road SE
Washington, DC 20019

We are also accepting contributions for Zakat al-Fitr ($10 per person).

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Today, there are many challenges facing the Muslim Ummah, both inside and outside of America. We are vilified in the media, arrested without just cause, entrapped, tortured, threatened by drone attacks in our own airspace, invaded, and killed by the hundreds of thousands; yet no one speaks up for us. Our imams are generally afraid of arrest or deportation, and our masjids and Islamic centers are undoubtedly infiltrated. (According to ISNA’s August 2012 issue of Islamic Horizons magazine, there are 15,000 official informants and saboteurs and 45,000 unofficial agents within the Muslim community in America.) Meanwhile, our Islamic organizations are calling for “civil rights”, an outdated strategy which is 50 years behind our reality.

Masjid Al-Islam, and the As-Sabiqun movement in general, has withstood 35 years of oppression and psychological warfare from the likes of the FBI, NSA, CIA, Homeland Security, unofficial military intelligence, local police, and every other criminal arm of Zionist American tyranny and aggression. We are a small movement yet we have faced this challenge gladly. 

“O ye who believe! Stand out firmly for justice, as witnesses to Allah, even as against yourselves, or your parents, or your kin, and whether it be (against) rich or poor; For Allah can best protect both. Follow not the lusts (of your hearts), lest ye swerve, and if ye distort (justice) or decline to do justice, verily Allah is well-acquainted with all that ye do.” (Al Nisa’, 4:135)

Our current mission, inside and outside of the U.S., is to struggle to neutralize the efforts of the top three enemies of our global Ummah, which together constitute the Triangle of Terror:

• Zionist Israel (media and propaganda). The Zionists have created and sustained a wave of Islamophobia in order to justify and continue the global war on Islam. Through perception management, the peoples of the world—including Muslims—have been subjected to a constant diet of “terror” and “terrorism” via TV, websites, movies, books, and other media, to such a degree that they make an automatic psychological association between the beautiful Deen of Islam on the one hand, and barbaric violence on the other. Islam has been made to seem like a religion of unreasonable fanatics, and the peace-loving Muslims have been made out to be warmongers. 
• U.S. government (military execution). Strategically working hand-in-hand to establish the negative image of Islam and Muslims in the public mind, the Zionists have made it easy for the U.S. government to justify their military invasion and brutal murder of innocent Muslims across the globe and keep the Muslims here frozen in a fearful, defensive posture. The U.S. government continues to pursue its greedy economic interests and attempts desperately to hold onto its title of “world superpower” by any means, including outright lies and misinformation.  
• Saudi Arabia (internal control). The Saudis continue to operate pathetically as obedient stooges of the Zionists and Americans. They act as the primary organizers and directors of fitnah between Muslims across the global Ummah. They place all of their wealth and status (as controllers of Makkah and Madinah) at the disposal of Zionist and Western imperialist interests. They disseminate an Islam which is imbalanced, irrelevant, arrogant, and divisive, making fellow Muslims enemy #1.

Dear believers, we are standing up for you against bullying, targeted killing, drone attacks, Islamophobia, and masjid burnings. We have established two centers of the Islamic Institute for Counter-Zionist American Psychological Warfare, in Washington, DC, and Oakland, CA. We want to carry on a higher level of defense of Islam and combat the evil forces that are at work, but we need your monetary help to do so. Help us to help the cause of Islam. Send as big a donation as possible. No one wants this job but us. You can send a check or money order to: Masjid Al-Islam / 4603 Benning Road SE / Washington, DC 20019. 

Jazakum Allahu khayran,
Imam Abdul Alim Musa  

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In the Name of Allah, Most Gracious, Most Merciful

 ‘EID NOTICE

“The offerings given for the sake of God are [meant] only for the poor and the needy, and those who are in charge thereof, and those whose hearts are to be won over, and for the freeing of human beings from bondage, and [for] those who are overburdened with debts, and [for every struggle] in God’s cause, and [for] the wayfarer: [this is] an ordinance from God—and God is all-knowing, wise.” (9:60)

Commentary:
The verse above describes the following eight groups of people (those noted with an asterisk apply especially to our community):

1. *Fuqara’: Those who own property in excess of basic necessities but below the value of nisab. 
2. Masakin: Persons of extreme poverty who possess no wealth whatsoever.  
3. ‘Amilin: According to scholars, those who are appointed by an Islamic government to collect Zakat. It is not necessary that this be a needy person.  
4. *Mu’allafati Qulub: Those poor and needy persons who are given Zakat with the intention of solidifying their hearts because they may be recently converted to Islam or to help bring them closer to Islam.  
5. Ar-Riqab: Slaves whose masters have agreed to set them free on a payment of a fixed amount. Zakat may be used to purchase their freedom. 
6. *Al-Gharimin: A person whose debts exceed one’s assets and one’s net assets (after deducting one’s liabilities) is below the nisab amount.   
7. *Fī Sabilillah: Those who are away from home, in the path of Allah (swt). 
8. Ibnus-Sabil: A traveler who may have wealth at one’s place of residence, but is stranded and in need of financial assistance.  

This notice is to introduce you to Masjid Al-Islam, which is located at 4603 Benning Road SE / Washington, DC 20019. We maintain two Islamic centers—one in Oakland, CA, and another in Washington, DC—both owned and operated by us. For 35 years, we have encountered every fitnah imaginable, from the notorious Triangle of Terror (American military, Zionist media, and Saudi Arabian destabilization) to rumors and other programs carefully designed to keep us isolated from mainstream Muslims. Due to this isolation, we are a well-established yet economically-challenged community. In spite of these circumstances, we are rising to the occasion of our time. Below are some of our current and future projects (insha’Allah):
 

• We have already opened two branch offices of the Islamic Institute for Counter Zionist American Psychological Warfare. We would like to establish and maintain the following programs: 1) College of Islamic Movement Studies, featuring courses in the following areas: a) a historical study of various Islamic movements, their influences, and their impact on society, in which students will examine their messages and their missions and learn how to translate their knowledge and experiences into a useful format for application in today’s world; and b) strategic management under conditions of repression, in which Imam Musa will share the insights he has gained from 35 years of survival and success against multiple forms of opposition, meant to isolate us from mainstream Muslims and derail and destroy the progress of our schools, places of worship, and businesses; 2) Department of Strategic and Islamic Studies. This department will focus on: analyses of world events and situations affecting Muslims; forecasting based on historical trends and current environmental circumstances; and strategic planning based on what should be done to make a better world.

• Re-Africanization of the Islamic Movement in the USA. Reviving the dynamism of past indigenous Islamic movements inside of the USA, which were visionary, militant, strongly on the Sunnah, and liberation-oriented.

• De-Israelization of the Islamic Movement in North America. Muslims have taken up a bad agenda. We must stop reacting to others’ expectations and demands, avoid integration and assimilation into the warmongering criminal system of the U.S. government, and stand up against tyranny and injustice.

• Islamic Dialectical Idealism. We view change as natural, constant, historical, and evolutionary. Real revolution emerges from and should be guided by idealism, imagination, and possibility-believing (possibility-thinking).

• Safeguard the rights and security of Muslims and all Americans. Our primary goal in this theatre of operations is to guard and protect the rights and security of Muslims and all Americans.

• Muslim Cultural Development/Replacement. We are urging youth to actively cultivate and create a viable, popular Muslim counter-culture, incorporating such elements of the arts as halal “message music”. We can gradually raise the consciousness of the general society, bringing attention to real-life issues and share a powerful message of optimism, global transformation, and a positive vision of the future.

• Agricultural Liberation. As America’s economic situation becomes increasingly unstable, the Muslim community should make practical steps toward independence and self-sufficiency, linking city to countryside by acquiring land for agriculture.

We are out here out of necessity—not to cause any discomfort. Please review the ayah at the top of this flier, which lists the proper recipients of Zakat, and the associated commentary (those categories noted with an asterisk apply especially to our community). We thank you in advance for helping us in Allah’s (swt) cause.  For future contributions, you can send a check or money order to: Masjid Al-Islam / 4603 Benning Road SE / Washington, DC 20019.