From: imnet@u.washington.edu (Islamic Movement Network)
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Subject: ISLAMIC WORLD NEWS (13th)
Date: 14 Nov 92 05:45:29 GMT
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I                   * NEWS UPDATE (13th NOV.)                                 I
I                   * ISLAM & SCHOOLS OF ECONOMY                              I
I                             BY Martyr M. Baqir al-Sadr                      I
I                   * ANNOUNCEMENTS                                           I
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JORDAN
Two days after four Muslims including Leith Shubeilat and Yaqub
Qarash, both members of the Jordanian parliament, were sentenced to
20 years hard labour on charges of "treason" and "possessing
explosives", king Husain of Jordan announced a decree pardoning
about 140 people on November 12.
Leith Shubeilat and Yaqub Qarash were arrested at the end of August.
Another charge against them was that they had planned to
smuggle weapons to the Islamic Jihad in Palestine!
Shubeilat, an eloquent speaker and a dynamic member of parliament,
had won the largest number of votes during the 1989 parliamentary
elections.
Most observers felt that the charges against Shubeilat and Qarash
were outrageously flimsy and that they were charged only because
Shubeilat was head of the parliamentary committee investigating corruption
of high officials.
His committee had unearthed evidence of funds stolen by Zaid Rifai,
a former Jordanian prime minister. Powerful circles within the
government wanted to silence Shubeilat.
Both Shubeilat and Qarash were also accused of belonging to the
organization, Shabab al-Nafeer al-Islami (Youth for Islamic
Mobilization).
King Husain is suffering from cancer and only two days prior to the
verdict was delivered against the two MPs by a military court,
Husain had addressed the people on November 8 telling them of his
cancerous kidneys and that he would need more treatment in the US.
He also spoke philosophically about the fact that the existence
of a country did not depend on the presence of a single
individual, alluding to the fact that he may die soon.
Observers believe that the November 12 pardon announcement would
win the monarch sympathy among the people and dissipate some
of the anger aroused over the sentences. King Husain obviously
knew that the charges against the two MPs were totally false and
that were he to die of cancer soon, this crime by his regime
against innocent people will earn him further wrath of Allah.
In any case, the pardon does not absolve the regime of the other
crimes it is committing against the people.

SOMALIA
Ismat Kittani, the new UN envoy for Somalia, who replaced Muhammad
Sahnoun, has also attacked the appalling conditions in Somalia.
Kittani, an Iraqi diplomat, was in Somalia on November 12 and
described the conditions there as pathetic and totally
inadequate to deal with the tragedy unfolding there.
Sahnoun had resigned in protest over the lack of concern shown by
the UN and other world bodies towards the plight of the innocent
people of Somalia.
According to relief workers' estimates, at least 300 people are
dying of starvation daily in Somalia.
On November 12, the US state department condemned a statement by
general Muhammad Farah Aidid, one of the warlords, demanding that
UN troops be withdrawn from Mogadishu airport.
Nearly 500 Pakistani troops, as part of the UN contingent, are stationed
at Mogadishu airport to prevent the various gangs from looting the
relief supplies coming into the country.
Aidid and his gang are as murderous as all the rest of the gangsters in
Somalia who do not care for the innocent people who are dying like
flies. The warlords and their murderous gangs are getting fat on
the food sent for the starving masses. These gangs not only steal
food to feed their own gangs but they also sell the rest of it in the
market to make money.
The Pakistani troops, though few in number, do not accept any nonsense
from any quarters. They are known to be tough and determined to prevent
looting. They have won praise for their professional conduct and
although they have not prevented the starvation completely, at least
they have managed to reduce the level of looting by warlords.

BOSNIA-HERCEGOVINA
The rest of the world may have turned its back on Bosnia and its
suffering people, not so two Muslimahs from Canada. Fatima Basic and
Dr Rashid Alvi have teamed together to establish an orphanage as
well as a mobile hospital in Split, the Croatian coastal city
to receive and cater to the hundreds of thousand of refugees there.
Both sister Fatima and Dr Alvi visited Croatia and Bosnia in
August and September and upon their return, decided to establish
the orphanage.
They have already shipped out more than 300 tonnes of food, medicine
and clothing.
Another item of need is artificial limbs because of the large number
of people who have had to undergo amputations or had their limbs
blown off.
The two sisters have arranged to takeover a 250-Room Hotel in
Split where they will house the children and many of the families.
It may be mentioned here that Fatima Basic is a qualified nurse
who came from Bosnia to Canada 18 years ago. Dr Rashida Alvi, is
of course, a qualified doctor. She is in family practice in
Toronto.
They have launched a major drive to collect donations and are planning
to visit there again within the next few weeks.
Those interested in sending donations could do so at the following
address:
BOSNIAN CHILDREN RELIEF FUND
77 PELHAM ROAD
ST CATHERINES, ONTARIO
CANADA L2S 1S3.
PHONE: (416) 685-6579
FAX: (416) 685-3730

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WHAT THEY SAID ABOUT THE ISLAMIC SYSTEM:
. . . "L'Islam est a la fois regle de vie pratique et
morale superieur. Les deux aspects sont indissolublement
lies.  Une economie qui prendrait sa force dans les
prescriptions du Coran serait necessairement une economie
moralisee."  Jacques Austruy (Paris University)
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PART IV

          THE ONLY SYSTEM THAT CAN BE
          SUCCESSFUL IN MUSLIM WORLD

    The foregoing paragraphs make abundantly clear the
importance of Islamic Economy. As an economic system it
can take full advantage of the habits and the moral thinking
of the Muslims and can turn them into a big motivating and
constructive force for the purpose of organizing economies
and economic life on correct lines and achieving the object
of economic growth.

   This is possible only if we adopt the Islamic System, for
no other system is compatible with the psychology and
history of the Muslim world.

   Some European scholars have admitted that the western
economic systems are not consistent with the genius of the
Muslim world. For an example we can cite the name of
Jacques Auestervi who has admitted this fact in his book
`Economic Development,'  though he has failed to describe
the logical reasons and circumstances which gave birth to
each of the western and Islamic moral systems, and con-
sequently arrived at certain wrong conclusions. In the
present context we have no intention to dwell upon what he
has said.  For the present it is enough to point out that a
Muslim's preoccupation with spiritual matters does not mean
that he believes in pre-destiny and surrenders himself to
the fate or that he lacks originality and is unable to
undertake any creative activity. His attention to Allah is a
reflection of the principle of man's vicegerency on the
earth.

   We are not aware of any conception better and stronger
than that of "khilafat Allah" (Vicegerency of Allah), which
emphasises man's power and recognizes him to be Allah's
vicegerent and as such the absolute ruler in the world. The
concept of vicegerency which implies the sense of the
delegation of power and responsibility absolutely negates
the concept of fatalism.

   Vicegerency has no meaning without freedom and
consciousness of volition power. If man had no hand in the
march of social and historical events, how could he be vice-
gerent of Allah on the earth?

   That is why we have said that the application of the
spiritual principles to the worldly affairs will bring the
energy and potential of the Muslims into full play. On the
contrary if spiritual and temporal affairs are kept apart,
as is the western policy, vicegerency will have no meaning.
In that case the attitude of the Muslims will naturally
remain indifferent and negative.

   The negative attitude of Muslims is not the result of
their spirituality. It stems in the separation of spiritual
and temporal affairs, for keeping them in watertight
compartments destroys the motivating force in the Muslim
outlook, and makes the Muslim think that the temporal
systems are totally inconsistent with their spiritual
outlook.

   Furthermore, the profession of Islam keeping in view the
overall human aspects will allow the Muslims to organize all
aspects of their life, including both spiritual and social
on the same foundation.  It is only Islam which looks after
both these aspects of human life whereas all other social
Systems are confined to the 50cia1 and economic aspects
only.
   Hence if we organize economic life based on Islamic
System, it does not mean that we are supposed to confine
our attention on its spiritual aspects only.  As there
exists no basis other than Islam for organizing human life
on correct lines, it is our duty to organize both aspects of
our life, social as well as spiritual, on its basis.  From
the Islamic point of view these two aspects are not
heterogenious. They are interconnected and as such should be
organized on the same basis.

... TO BE CONTINUED IN SHAA ALLAH.

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Bosnia Appeal Fund:
As Muslim suffering continues in Bosnia, another committee has 
setup a follow up league to coordinate the support. Donation could 
be mailed to:
Bosnian Appeal Fund,
4174 Dundas Street West,
Suit 209, Etobicoke, Ontario, Canada
Phone (416) 236-9411
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transmission:
Somali Relief Fund c/o Crescent International,
300 steelcase Rd West,
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