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		<description><![CDATA[<p>Plan D (Danet)- Israel’s Haganah’s Plan for the invasion and subjugation of Palestine</p> <p>&#160;</p> <p style="text-align: center;">Main History Page</p> <p>&#160;</p> <p>Plan Dalet</p> <p>The main Jewish underground army in Palestine (Haganah) had begun working on a contingency plan for defending a Jewish state from invasion even before the partition plan was approved in November 1947.</p> <p>The [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype', serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong>Plan D (Danet)- Israel’s Haganah’s Plan for the invasion and subjugation of Palestine</strong></span></span></span></p>
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<p><span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype', serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong>Plan Dalet</strong></span></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype', serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">The main Jewish underground army in Palestine (Haganah) had begun working on a contingency plan for defending a Jewish state from invasion even before the partition plan was approved in November 1947.</span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype', serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">The plan was revised in December of that year, after the declaration of partition and again on March 10, 1948 &#8211; that is the revision that is before us. The plan was meant to be activated only after the British left, but operations that were part of it were put into effect beforehand. Specifically, Operation Nachshon, launched in April 1948 to lift the blockade of the Jerusalem road was part of Plan D.</span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype', serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">According to Hagana intelligence chief, Yitzhak Levi, Plan D was primarily defensive in nature. According to pro-Palestinian historians, Plan D was the basis for the subsequent expulsion of the Palestinians by Israeli forces. You will have to make up your own mind on this score:</span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype', serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">From the following text, the defensive nature of the plan seems clear enough:</span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype', serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">* Generally, the aim of this plan is not an operation of occupation outside the borders of the Hebrew state. However, concerning enemy bases lying directly close to the borders which may be used as springboards for infiltration into the territory of the state, these must be temporarily occupied and searched for hostiles according to the above guidelines, and they must then be incorporated into our defensive system until operations cease.</span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype', serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">* Bases located in enemy territory which are intended to be temporarily occupied and controlled will be listed among the operational targets for the various brigades.</span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype', serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">However, the defensive and mild nature of the above text is seemingly contradicted by the following:</span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype', serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Mounting operations against enemy population centers located inside or near our defensive system in order to prevent them from being used as bases by an active armed force. These operations can be divided into the following categories:</span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype', serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">* Destruction of villages (setting fire to, blowing up, and planting mines in the debris), especially those population centers which are difficult to control continuously.</span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype', serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">· Mounting search and control operations according to the following guidelines: encirclement of the village and conducting a search inside it. In the event of resistance, the. armed force must be destroyed and the population must be expelled outside the borders of the state.</span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype', serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><strong>Introduction Copyright 2001 by Ami Isseroff and MidEastWeb</strong></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype', serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><em>The text that follows is translated from Sefer Toldot Hahaganah [History of the Haganah], vol. 3, ed, by Yehuda Slutsky (TelAviv: Zionist Library, 1972), Appendix 48, pp 1955-60.</em></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype', serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong>1. Introduction</strong></span></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype', serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">(a) The objective of this plan is to gain control of the areas of the Hebrew state and defend its borders. It also aims at gaining control of the areas of Jewish settlement and concentration which are located outside the borders [of the Hebrew state] against regular, semi-regular, and small forces operating from bases outside or inside the state.</span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype', serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">(b) This plan is based on three previous plans:</span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype', serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">1. Plan B, September 1945.</span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype', serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">2. The May 1946 Plan.</span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype', serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">3. Yehoshua Plan, 1948</span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype', serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">c) Since these plans were designed to deal with the situation inside the country (the first two plans deal with the first phase of incidents, while the third plan deals with the possibility of invasion by regular armies from the neighboring countries), the aim of Plan D is to fill the gaps in the previous </span></span><span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype', serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">three plans and to make them more suitable for the situation expected to obtain at the end of British rule in the country.</span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype', serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong>2. Basic Assumptions</strong></span></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype', serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">This plan is based on the following basic assumptions:</span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype', serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">a) The Enemy</span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype', serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="text-decoration: underline;">1. Expected composition of forces:</span></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype', serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">The semi-regular forces of the Liberation Army affiliated with the Arab League, which operate from already occupied bases or bases to be occupied in the future.</span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype', serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">The regular forces of neighbouring countries, which will launch an invasion across the borders, or will operate from bases inside the country (the Arab Legion ). Small local forces which operate, or will operate, from bases inside the country and within the borders of the Hebrew state. All three forces will be activated at the same time in accordance with a joint operational plan, and will sometimes engage in tactical coordination.</span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype', serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="text-decoration: underline;">2. Actual operations expected from the enemy.</span></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype', serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">· Isolation and, if possible, occupation of the eastern Galilee, western Galilee, and the Negev.</span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype', serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">· Infiltration into the heart of the area of Sharon and Emek Hefer’ in the direction of Qalqiliyyah-Herzliya and Tulkarm-Netanya, roughly.</span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype', serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">· Isolation of the three major cities (especially Tel Aviv). ).</span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype', serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">· Disruption of food supply lines and other vital services such as water, electricity, etc.</span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype', serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="text-decoration: underline;">3. Expected tactical methods:</span></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype', serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">*Attacks by the regular and semi-regular forces on settlements, using heavy infantry weapons, as well as field artillery, armored vehicles, and the air force.</span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype', serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">*Air strikes against centers within our cities (especially Tel Aviv)</span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype', serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">* Harassment operations carried out by small forces against transportation arteries and settlements to give the operations mentioned above direct or tactical support. These forces will also carry out sabotage operations against vital economic facilities and terrorist raids within cities.</span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype', serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">b) The Authorities</span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype', serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">This plan rests on the general assumption that during its implementation, the forces of the [British] authorities will not be present in the country. In the event that British forces continue to control certain bases and areas, the plan must be modified to deal with this situation in these areas. Additional instructions will be issued in this regard.</span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype', serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">(c) International Forces</span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype', serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">This plan rests on the assumption that there will be no international forces stationed in the country which are capable of effective action,</span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype', serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">(d) Operational Objectives</span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype', serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">1. Self-defense against invasion by regular or semi-regular forces. This will be achieved by the following:</span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype', serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">*A fixed defensive system to preserve our settlements, vital economic projects, and property, which will enable us to provide governmental services within the borders of the state (based on defending the regions of the state on the one hand. and on blocking the main access routes from enemy territory to the territory of the state. on the other).</span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype', serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">* Launching pre-planned counter-attacks on enemy bases and supply lines in the heart of his territory. whether within the borders of the country [Palestine] or in neighboring countries.</span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype', serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">2. Ensuring freedom of military and economic activity within the borders of the [Hebrew] state and in Jewish settlements outside its borders by occupying and controlling important high-ground positions on a number of transportation arteries.</span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype', serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">3. Preventing the enemy from using frontline positions within his territory which can easily be used for launching attacks. This will be effected by occupying and controlling them.</span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype', serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">4. Applying economic pressure on the enemy by besieging some of his cities in order to force him to abandon some of his activities in certain areas of the country.</span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype', serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">5. Restricting the capability of the enemy by carrying out limited operations: occupation and control of certain of his bases in rural and urban areas within the borders of the state.</span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype', serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">6. Controlling government services and property within the borders of the state and ensuring the supply of essential public services in an effective manner.</span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype', serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong>3. Assignment of Duties</strong></span></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype', serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">In view of the operational objectives outlined above, the various armed services </span></span><span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype', serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">are assigned the following duties:</span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype', serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">(1) Strengthening the fixed defensive system designed to defend the zones, and coordinating its deployment on the regional level. In addition, the main enemy access routes to the lands of the state must be blocked through appropriate operations and measures.</span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype', serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">(2) Consolidation of the defensive apparatus.</span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype', serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">(3) Deployment in major cities.</span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype', serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">(4) Control of the main transportation arteries country-wide.</span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype', serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">(5) Encirclement of enemy cities.</span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype', serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">(6) Occupation and control of frontline enemy positions.</span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype', serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">(7) Counterattacks inside and outside the borders of the country.</span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype', serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">(a) The Fixed Defensive System</span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype', serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">1.The fixed defensive system in rural areas depends on two main factors: using protected areas for the purpose of defending the circumference, on the one hand, and blocking main transportation routes used by the enemy, on the other hand.</span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype', serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">2. The security arrangements pertaining to the zones in rural areas, originally designed to repel small enemy forces, must be modified in terms of planning and reinforcement to suit the tactical measures expected to be employed by semi-regular or regular enemy forces. This will be effected according to instructions issued by the operations branch in charge of defense and planning in rural areas.</span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype', serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">3. In addition, if we take into consideration the tactical measures expected to be employed by the enemy, efforts must be made to make a transition from a positional defense to a regional defense, so that the unit of defense is the region and not the zone.</span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype', serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">4. In order to achieve this objective, the following steps must be taken:</span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype', serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">a) Transformation of the regional staff from an administrative staff to a general staff (selection of a location, setting up a communications network, etc.)</span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype', serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">b) Formation of a regional mobile reserve, to be recruited from the forces appointed to the zones, which would reinforce the forces or carry out counterstrikes in the zones within each region according to pre-arranged plans.</span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype', serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">c) Adaptation and incorporation of the plans concerning fortification and opening fire in the zones to those of the region, as far as possible, taking into consideration geographical circumstances and types of weapons used. These plans must also be coordinated with the operations of the regional mobile reserves.</span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype', serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">5. Settlements which because of their geographical location cannot be included in a fixed regional defense plan must be organized into local defense zones. Accordingly, they must be equipped to block transport roads used by the enemy, or if tactical circumstances permit, to control the heights, setting up fortifications and barricades and laying mines, etc. This will be done in addition to activating the zone’s defensive apparatus. Additional forces must be assigned to carry out these duties, as will be detailed below. These specifications also apply to isolated regions.</span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype', serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">6. Blocking the main enemy transportation routes.</span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype', serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">(i) The main enemy transportation routes which link his lands to the lands of the state, such as roads, bridges, main passes, important crossroads, paths, etc. must be blocked by means of: acts of sabotage, explosions, series of barricades, mine fields, as well as by controlling the elevations near roads and taking up positions there</span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype', serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">(ii) A system of barricades must be set up in addition to the fixed defensive system. The tactical plans concerning barricades must be adapted to and coordinated with the defensive plans concerning the zones located near these barricades. They must also be coordinated with the regional defense plans if this is possible from the geographical point of view.</span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype', serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">(b) Consolidation of Defense Systems and Fortifications</span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype', serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">The following operations must be carried out if the fixed defensive system is to be effective and if the rear of this system is to be protected:</span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype', serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">1. Occupation of police stations.</span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype', serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">2. Control of government installations and provision of services in each and every region.</span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype', serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">3. Protection of secondary transportation arteries.</span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype', serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">4. Mounting operations against enemy population centers located inside or near our defensive system in order to prevent them from being used as bases by an active armed force. These operations can be divided into the following categories:</span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype', serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">*Destruction of villages (setting fire to, blowing up, and planting mines in the debris), especially those population centers which are difficult to control continuously.</span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype', serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">*Mounting search and control operations according to the following guidelines: encirclement of the village and conducting a search inside it. In the event of resistance, the. armed force must be destroyed and the population must be expelled outside the borders of the state.</span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype', serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">*The villages which are emptied in the manner described above must be included in the fixed defensive system and must be fortified as necessary.</span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype', serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">*In the absence of resistance, garrison troops will enter the village and take up positions in it or in locations which enable complete tactical control. The officer in command of the unit will confiscate all weapons, wireless devices, and motor vehicles in the village. In addition, he will detain all politically suspect individuals. After consultation with the [Jewish] political authorities, bodies will be appointed consisting of people from the village to administer the internal affairs of the village. In every region, a [Jewish] person will be appointed to be responsible for arranging the political and administrative affairs of all [Arab] villages and population centers which are occupied within that region.</span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype', serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">(c) Deployment in Major Cities</span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype', serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Positions will be taken in the large cities according to the following principles:</span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype', serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">1. Occupation and control of government facilities and property (post offices, telephone exchanges, railroad stations, police stations, harbours, etc. )</span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype', serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">2. Protection of all vital public services and installations.</span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype', serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">3.Occupation and control of all isolated Arab neighbourhoods located between our municipal center and the Arab municipal centre, especially those neighbourhoods which control the city’s exit and entry roads. These neighbourhoods will be controlled according to the guidelines set for searching villages. In case of resistance, the population will be expelled to the area of the Arab municipal center.</span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype', serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">4. Encirclement of the central Arab municipal area and its isolation from external transportation routes, as well as the termination of its vital services (water, electricity, fuel, etc.), as far as possible. ,</span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype', serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">(d) Control of Main Transportation Arteries on the Regional Level</span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype', serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">1. Occupation and control of locations which overlook main regional transportation arteries, such as police stations, water pumps, etc. These elevated locations will be transformed into fortified surveillance posts to be used, when the need arises, as bases for a mobile defensive force. (In many cases, this operation will be coordinated with the occupation of police stations, which aims at consolidating the fixed defensive system.)</span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype', serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">(i)Occupation and control of Arab villages which constitute a serious obstruction on any of the main transportation arteries. Operations against these villages will be carried out according to the specifications given under the item pertaining to the searching of villages.</span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype', serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">(e) Enemy Cities Will Be Besieged according to the Following Guidelines:</span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype', serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">(i) By isolating them from transportation arteries by laying mines, blowing up bridges, and a system of fixed ambushes.</span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype', serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">(ii) If necessary, by occupying high points which overlook transportation arteries leading to enemy cities, and the fortification of our units in these positions.</span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype', serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">(iii) By disrupting vital services, such as electricity, water, and fuel, or by using economic resources available to us. or by sabotage.</span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype', serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">iv) By launching a naval operation against the cities that can receive supplies by sea, in order to destroy the vessels carrying the provisions, as well as by carrying out acts of sabotage against harbor facilities.</span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype', serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">f) Occupation and Control of Front line Enemy Positions</span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype', serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Generally, the aim of this plan is not an operation of occupation outside the borders of the Hebrew state. However, concerning enemy bases lying directly close to the borders which may be used as springboards for infiltration into the territory of the state, these must be temporarily occupied and searched for hostiles according to the above guidelines, and they must then be incorporated into our defensive system until operations cease. Bases located in enemy territory which are intended to be temporarily occupied and controlled will be listed among the operational targets for the various brigades.</span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype', serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">(g) Counterattacks Inside and Outside the Borders of the State</span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype', serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Counterattacks will be used as ancillary measures for the fixed defensive system in order to abort the organized attacks launched by semi-regular and regular enemy forces, whether from bases inside the country or from outside the borders.</span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype', serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Counterattacks will be launched according to the following guidelines:</span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype', serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">(i)Diversionary attacks; i.e., while the enemy is launching an attack against one of our areas, [our forces will launch] a counterattack deep inside another area controlled by the enemy with the aim of diverting his forces in the direction of the counterattack.</span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype', serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">(ii) Striking at transportation and supply routes deep inside enemy territory, especially against a regular enemy force which is invading from across the border</span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype', serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">(iii) Attacking enemy bases in his rear, both inside the country [Palestine] and across its borders.</span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype', serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">(iv) Counterattacks will generally proceed as follows: a force the size of a battalion, on average, will carry out a deep infiltration and will launch concentrated attacks against population centers and enemy bases with the aim of destroying them along with the enemy force positioned there; alternatively, this force may split up to carry out secondary operations, such as acts of sabotage and diversion on the enemy’s military transportation routes and arteries.</span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype', serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">(v) A detailed list of counterattacks will be included in the [list of] operational targets. of the Strategic Mobile Force [PALMACH].</span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype', serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong>4. Duties of the Armed Services</strong></span></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype', serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">(a) Allocation of duties in the fixed defensive system:</span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype', serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">(i) The following duties are the responsibility of the Garrison Force [KHIM], defense of the zones and of isolated and fortified posts and formation of the regional reserves.</span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype', serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">(ii)Within the framework of the fixed defensive system, the Field Force [KHISH]. are responsible for the following duties: Operations to block enemy transportation routes. For this purpose,every blocking operation will be assigned, on the basis of its importance and type, a specified Field Force unit whose size is appropriate to the nature of the mission. In addition, the Field Force brigade in question will be responsible for duties related to consolidating the fixed defensive system, as outlined in section 3 (b).</span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype', serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">(iii)In special and exceptional circumstances, Field Force units may be positioned in the regions or zones, or in isolated and fortified positions, in order to reinforce zonal or regional defense. Efforts must be made to decrease the number of such cases, as far as possible.</span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype', serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">(iv)In addition to the duties detailed above, the Field Force’s responsibilities within the fixed defensive system generally consist in mounting local counterattacks involving units no smaller than company (larger units should be used if possible) against enemy units while they are attacking the fixed defensive system in order to block their lines of retreat and destroy them. These counterattacks will usually be launched from fixed operational bases which will be specified for the Field Force in the context of the duties for which it is responsible in the region as a whole. These instructions require that the Field Force units be concentrated as much as possible, and not be divided up into secondary units.</span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype', serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">(v)The chain of command in the cases mentioned above will be in accordance with Addendum 1 to the Order concerning Regional Infrastructure, November 1947.</span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: 'Pastron<br />
glatino Linotype', serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">(vi) If the blocking system (which the Field Force is responsible for defending) is incorporated into the zonal or regional defensive system, the commander of the Field Force battalion concerned will appoint the commander in charge of the entire defensive system.</span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype', serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">(b) In addition to the duties assigned to the Field Force brigade in question concerning the consolidation of the fixed defensive system, the brigade will also carry out the following duties:</span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype', serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">· Consolidation of positions in the cities.</span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype', serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">· Control of main transportation arteries country-wide.</span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype', serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">· Encirclement of enemy cities.</span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype', serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">· Occupation and control of enemy frontline positions.</span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype', serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">1. This will be effected in accordance with the operational duties assigned to the various Field Force brigades. In order to carry out any or all of these duties, the supreme command can assign units of the Strategic Mobile Force [PALMACH], which constitute the country-wide reserves, to the Field Force.</span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype', serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">2. During the implementation of joint missions with the Field Force, units of the Strategic Mobile Force [PALMACH] will fall under the command of the Field Force brigade that controls the area in which these units are operating.</span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype', serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">3. After completion of the mission, the units of the Strategic Mobile Force [PALMACH] will rejoin the country wide reserves.</span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype', serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">4. Efforts must be made to ensure that the period during which units of the country-wide reserves are assigned to the Field Force is as short as possible.</span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype', serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">(c) 1. The Strategic Mobile Force [PALMACH] is responsible for carrying out counterattacks inside and outside the borders of the country.</span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype', serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">2. The supreme command may reduce the number of duties assigned to one or another of the Field Force brigades as it sees fit ( i.e. those related to the siege of enemy cities, control of transportation routes and occupation of frontline positions) and allocate them directly to the Strategic Mobile Force [PALMACH] instead.</span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype', serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">(d) The various departments and services of the general staff are required to complete the above planning orders in their various areas of responsibility and to present the plans to the Field Force brigades.</span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype', serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><em>===== Notes ===========</em></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype', serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><em>1. This is Plan Gimmel or Plan C.</em></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype', serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><em>2. This is an early version of Plan D, so called after Yehoshua Globerman, a Haganah commander killed in early December 1947. Plan D itself was finalized on 10 March, 1948.</em></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype', serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><em>3. This was a British-commanded and financed army of King ‘Abdallah’s Transjordan, units of which served in Palestine under British army orders until the end of the mandate on 15 May 1948. .</em></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype', serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><em>4. Sharon is the coastal plain between Haifa and Tel Aviv, Emek Hefer being its central section (in Arabic Wadi al-Hawarith).</em></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype', serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><em>5. The two others are Jerusalem and Haifa.</em></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype', serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><em>6. These “police stations” were in fact fortresses, fifty of which were built by the British throughout Palestine after the Arab rebellion of 1936-39 in order to control the Arab population.</em></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype', serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><em>7. In the original translation, the word `srika’ was translated as “combing.” The reference is to a search for hostile forces.</em></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype', serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><em>8. This list is not in the Hebrew original of this document.</em></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype', serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><em>9. [KHIM ] is short for Khayl Matzav, the second line troops. By fall 1947, they numbered about 32,000. See Khalidi, From Haven to Conquest, 862. {Israeli sources give much lower numbers &#8211; A.I.)</em></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype', serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><em>10. KHISH is short for Khayl Sadeh, the front line troops. By I May 1948, they numbered about 30,000. See Khalidi, From Haven to Conquest, 861.{Israeli sources give much lower numbers &#8211; A.I.)</em></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype', serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><em>11. See Appendix C, below (A.I. &#8211; Not included in the Web version ).</em></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype', serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><em>12. PALMACH is short for Plugot Machats, i.e., crushing battalions. By spring 1948. this force was made up of three brigades (Yiftach, Harel, and HaNegev) numbering just above 8,000 men. See Walid Khalidi, From Haven to Conquest (Washington: Institute for Palestine Studies, 1987), 861. (The Palmach was originally formed with the intention of repelling an invasion from Vichy-controlled Syria – A.I.)</em></span></span></p>
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		<description><![CDATA[ Associated Press in Washington ,guardian.co.uk, Friday 11 May 2012 08.28 BST http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2012/may/11/us-military-course-islam-enemy Pentagon suspends course after study materials posted online suggested that Mecca and Medina may have to be obliterated. <p>General Martin Dempsey speaks during a briefing at the Pentagon. The course was suspended when a student objected to the material. Photograph: Susan Walsh/AP</p> [...]]]></description>
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<h3><strong>Associated Press in Washington ,guardian.co.uk, Friday 11 May 2012 08.28 BST</strong></h3>
<h3><strong></strong><strong><a title="http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2012/may/11/us-military-course-islam-enemy" href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2012/may/11/us-military-course-islam-enemy" target="_blank">http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2012/may/11/us-military-course-islam-enemy</a></strong></h3>
<h1><span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype', serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><strong>Pentagon suspends course after study materials posted online suggested that Mecca and Medina may have to be obliterated.</strong></span></span></h1>
<p><strong><em><span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype', serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">General Martin Dempsey speaks during a briefing at the Pentagon. The course was suspended when a student objected to the material. Photograph: Susan Walsh/AP</span></span></em></strong></p>
<p><strong><em><span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype', serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">A course for US military officers has been teaching that America&#8217;s enemy is Islam in general and suggesting that the country might ultimately have to obliterate the Islamic holy cities of Mecca and Medina without regard for civilian deaths, following second world war precedents of the nuclear attack on Hiroshima.</span></span></em></strong></p>
<p><strong><em><span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype', serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">The Pentagon suspended the course in late April when a student objected to the material. The FBI also changed some agent training last year after discovering that it, too, was critical of Islam.</span></span></em></strong></p>
<p><strong><em><span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype', serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">The teaching in the military course was counter to repeated assertions by US officials over the past decade that America is at war against Islamic extremists, not the religion itself.</span></span></em></strong></p>
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<p><strong><em><span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype', serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">&#8220;They hate everything you stand for and will never coexist with you, unless you submit,&#8221; the instructor, Lieutenant Colonel Matthew Dooley, said in a presentation last July for the course at Joint Forces Staff College in Norfolk, Virginia. The college, for professional military members, teaches mid-level officers and government civilians on subjects related to planning and executing war.</span></span></em></strong></p>
<p><strong><em><span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype', serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Dooley also presumed, for the purposes of his theoretical war plan, that the Geneva conventions that set standards of armed conflict, are &#8220;no longer relevant&#8221;.</span></span></em></strong></p>
<p><strong><em><span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype', serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">He adds: &#8220;This would leave open the option once again of taking war to a civilian population wherever necessary (the historical precedents of Dresden, Tokyo, Hiroshima, Nagasaki being applicable to the Mecca and Medina destruction decision point).&#8221;</span></span></em></strong></p>
<p><strong><em><span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype', serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">His war plan suggests possible outcomes such as &#8220;Saudi Arabia threatened with starvation &#8230; Islam reduced to cult status&#8221;.</span></span></em></strong></p>
<p><strong><em><span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype', serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">A copy of the presentation was obtained and posted online by Wired.com&#8217;s Danger Room blog. <a title="http://www.wired.com/images_blogs/dangerroom/2012/05/dooley_counter_jihad_op_design_v11.pdf" href="http://www.wired.com/images_blogs/dangerroom/2012/05/dooley_counter_jihad_op_design_v11.pdf" target="_blank">http://www.wired.com/images_blogs/dangerroom/2012/05/dooley_counter_jihad_op_design_v11.pdf</a></span></span></em></strong></p>
<p><strong><em><span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype', serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">The college did not respond to the Associated Press&#8217; requests for copies of the documents, but a Pentagon spokesman authenticated the documents. Dooley still works for the college, but is no longer teaching, said the joint chiefs of staff chairman, General Martin Dempsey. Dooley has refused to comment.</span></span></em></strong></p>
<p><strong><em><span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype', serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">A military service record summary provided by army human resources at Fort Knox, Kentucky, shows that Dooley was commissioned as a second lieutenant upon graduation from the US military academy at West Point, New York, in May 1994. He has served tours in Germany, Bosnia, Kuwait and Iraq. He has numerous awards including a Bronze Star medal, the fourth-highest US combat award.</span></span></em></strong></p>
<p><strong><em><span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype', serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">In what he termed a model for a campaign to force a transformation of Islam, Dooley called for &#8220;a direct ideological and philosophical confrontation with Islam&#8221;, with the presumption that Islam is an ideology rather than just a religion.</span></span></em></strong></p>
<p><strong><em><span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype', serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">He further asserted that Islam has already declared war on the west, and the US specifically.</span></span></em></strong></p>
<p><strong><em><span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype', serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">&#8220;It is therefore illogical&#8221; to continue with the current US strategy, which Dooley said presumes there is a way of finding common ground with Islamic religious leaders, without &#8220;waging near total war&#8221;.</span></span></em></strong></p>
<p><strong><em><span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype', serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">The course on Islam had been taught since 2004, but was not part of the required core curriculum. It was offered five times a year, with about 20 students each time.</span></span></em></strong></p>
<p><strong><em><span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype', serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Though Dooley has been teaching at the college since August 2010, it was unclear when he took on that particular class, called Perspectives on Islam and Islamic Radicalism.</span></span></em></strong></p>
<p><strong><em><span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype', serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">The joint staff suspended the course after it had received a student complaint, and within days Dempsey ordered all service branches to review their training to ensure other courses do not use anti-Islamic material.</span></span></em></strong></p>
<p><strong><em><span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype', serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">On Thursday, Dempsey said the material in the Norfolk course was counter to American &#8220;appreciation for religious freedom and cultural awareness&#8221;.</span></span></em></strong></p>
<p><strong><em><span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype', serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">&#8220;It was just totally objectionable, against our values, and it wasn&#8217;t academically sound,&#8221; Dempsey said. &#8220;This wasn&#8217;t about &#8230; pushing back on liberal thought; this was objectionable, academically irresponsible.&#8221;</span></span></em></strong></p>
<p><strong><em><span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype', serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">In his July 2011 presentation on &#8220;counterjihad&#8221;, Dooley asserted that the rise of what he called a &#8220;military Islam/Islamist resurgence&#8221; compels the US to consider extreme measures, &#8220;unconstrained by fears of political incorrectness&#8221;.</span></span></em></strong></p>
<p><strong><em><span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype', serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">He described his purpose as generating &#8220;dynamic discussion and thought&#8221;, while noting that his ideas and proposals are not official US government policy and cannot be found in any current official defence department documents.</span></span></em></strong></p>
<p><strong><em><span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype', serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">A Pentagon inquiry is seeking to determine whether someone above the professor&#8217;s level is supposed to approve course materials and whether that approval process was followed in this case, said Colonel Dave Lapan, a spokesman for Dempsey.</span></span></em></strong></p>
<p><strong><em><span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype', serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">The problem of negative portrayals of Islam in federal government is not new. A six-month review the FBI launched into agent training material uncovered 876 offensive or inaccurate pages that had been used in 392 presentations, including a PowerPoint slide that said the bureau can sometimes bend or suspend the law in counterterror investigations.</span></span></em></strong></p>
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<p>&gt;&gt;&gt; &#8211; Comments  -</p>
<p>1. Islam is NOT THE ENEMY ; IGNORANCE is. ( And those who wish to use this ignorance for their own reasons).</p>
<p>2. Terrorists/Jihadists/Radicals are NOT Muslims.  Your average Muslims would abhor the violence being committed in Islam&#8217;s/Muslim&#8217;s name. The taking of innocent life is as much an abomination in Islam, as it is in Christianity.</p>
<p>3. Muslims are required to live &#8216;within the Laws of the country/society in which they live&#8217;, not against them.</p>
<p>4. Islam has the same core values as Judaism, and Christianity.</p>
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Saturday, 03 October 2009 13:21 Guided</p>
<p>THE SAUDI FAMILY CONCEAL THEIR JEWISH ORIGIN</p>
<p>The Saudi Dynasty:<br />
Where Do They Come From and Who Is their Real Ancestor?</p>
<p>by Muhammad Salaam</p>
<p>Part I<br />
Extracted From Saudhouse.com, Research and Presentation of:<br />
Mohammad Sakher, who was ordered, killed by the Saudi Regime for the following findings:</p>
<p>1. Are the Saudi Family members belonging to the Tribe of Anza ben Wa&#8217;el as they allege to be?</p>
<p>2. Is Islam their actual religion?</p>
<p>3. Are they of an Arab Origin at all?</p>
<p>The following facts will blot out all the allegations of the Saudi Family and will refute all the false statements made by those hypocrites who sold their conscience to this family by falsifying and interpolating the real history of the Saudi Family; I mean the Journalists and historians who, for a financial temporal reward, have inserted and attached the genealogy of this family to our Great Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) alleging that the Saudis are viceroys of our Almighty Allah on the Earth. It is quite clear that such a flattery is intended to vindicate and justify the Saudis&#8217; Crimes and Atrocities, so as to firmly stabilize their Throne and to prop the pillars of their despotic regime. Which is extremely dictatorial and completely rejected by our great Islamic Faith.</p>
<p>Kingship is accursed in our Islamic Religion, in the Holy Qur&#8217;aan, because it is an imposed authority of One Person and his Family members to suppress the people and silence any other voice &#8220;of opposition&#8221; to the king&#8217;s despotic and completely dictatorial rules. So kings are denounced in the Holy Qur&#8217;aan in this verse: &#8220;Kings, when they enter a country, despoil it, and make the noblest of its people the meanest. Thus do they behave.&#8221; (27-34)</p>
<p>Nevertheless, the Saudi Family ignores this Qur&#8217;aanic verse, and alleges falsely that they are the strongest believers in the Holy Qur&#8217;aan, while in interim; they issue their strict orders to prohibit such Qur&#8217;aanic verses from being recited on the radio&#8217;s or the TVs. At the same time, such verses are strictly forbidden by them to appear written on any journal, because their recitation or printing does affect their Seat of Majesty!</p>
<p>WHO ARE THESE SAUDIS? WHERE ARE THEY FROM? AND WHAT IS THEIR FINAL GOAL?</p>
<p>The Saudi Family members know perfectly well the Muslims all over the world have already known their real Jewish Origin. Muslims have now known all their bloody past, which was, and still is stuck in the same mire of Brutal Despotism and Atrocity. Presently, they exert their utmost efforts to conceal their Jewish Origin by covering themselves with the cloak of the Islamic Religion, so as to try to keep their real Jewish Ancestry hidden in the dark by connecting their family tree with our Holy Prophet Muhammad (PBUH).</p>
<p>They forget or ignore that Islam does never give any favorable attention to genealogy or &#8220;Family Trees&#8221;; it favors and honors indiscriminately all human beings whose actions and words are commensurate with the doctrines of the Holy Qur&#8217;aan as confirmed by the following Qur&#8217;aanic verse:<br />
&#8220;O Mankind! We created you from a single (Pair) of a male and female, and made you into nations and tribes, so that you may know each other (not that you may despise each other.) Verily, the most honored by you in the Sight of Allah is (he who is) the most righteous of you.&#8221; (49-13)</p>
<p>Anyone who is iniquitous and blasphemous cannot affiliate him/her self to our great Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) even though he/she may be the closest blood relative to him. Bilal, the Abyssinian slave, who was a faithful Muslim, was much more honored by Islam than Abu Lahab, the pagan, who was the real blood uncle of our Prophet. In Islam there is no Favoritism. Allah sets the degree of comparison in Islam according to the person&#8217;s piety and not according to his/her worldly status of affiliation to any dynasty.</p>
<p>Who is the Real Ancestor of the Clan of Saud?</p>
<p>In the year 851 A.H. a group of men from Al Masaleekh Clan, which was a branch of Anza Tribe, formed a caravan for buying cereals (wheat and corn) and other foodstuff from Iraq, and transporting it back to Najd. The head of that group was a man called Sahmi Bin Hathlool. The caravan reached Basra, where the members of the group went to a cereal merchant who was a Jew, called Mordakhai bin Ibrahim bin Moshe. During their bargaining with that merchant, the Jew asked them: &#8220;Where are you from?&#8221; They answered: &#8220;From Anza Tribe; a Clan of Al Masaleekh.&#8221; Upon hearing that name, the Jew started to hug so affectionately each on the them saying that he, himself, was also from the clan of Al Masaleekh, but he had come to reside in Basra (Iraq) in consequence to a family feud between his father and some members of Anza Tribe.</p>
<p>After he recounted to them his fabricated narrative, he ordered his servants to load all of the camels with wheat, dates, and tamman; a remarkable deed so generous that astonished the Masaleekh men and aroused their pride to find such an affectionate (cousin) in Iraq-the source of sustenance; they believed each word he said, and, because he was a rich merchant of the food commodities which they were badly in need, they accepted him (even though he was a Jew concealed under the garb of an Arab from Al Masaleekh clan.)</p>
<p>When the caravan was ready to depart returning to Najd, that Jewish merchant asked tem to accept his company, because he intended to go with them to his original homeland, Najd. Upon hearing that from him, they wholeheartedly welcomed him with a very cheerful attitude.</p>
<p>So that (concealed) Jew reached Najd with the caravan. In Najd, he started to promulgate a lot of propaganda for himself through his companions (his alleged cousins), a fact, which gathered around him a considerable number of new supporters. But, unexpectedly, he confronted a campaign of opposition to his views led by Sheikh Saleh Salman Abdullah Al Tamimi, who was a Muslim religious preacher in Al-Qaseem. The radius of his preaching area included Najd, Yemen, and Hijaz, a fact which compelled the Jew (the Ancestor of the present Saud family) to depart from Al Qaseem to Al Ihsa, where he changed his name (Mordakhai) to Markan bin Dir&#8217;iya near Al-Qateef, where he started to spread among the inhabitants a fabricated story about the shield of our Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) that it was taken as a booty by an Arab pagan in consequence of the Battle of Uhud between the Arab pagans and the Muslims. &#8220;That shield,&#8221; he said, &#8220;was sold by the Arab pagan to a Jewish clan called Banu Qunaiqa who preserved it as a treasure! He gradually enhanced his position among the Bedouins through such stories, which indicated how the Jewish clans in Arabia were so influential, and deserved high esteem. He gained some personal importance among the Bedouins, and decided to permanently settle there, at Dir&#8217;iya town, neat Al Qateef, which he decided to be his &#8220;Capital&#8221; on the Persian Gulf. He aspired to make it his springboard for establishing a Jewish Kingdom in Arabia.</p>
<p>In order to fulfill his ambitious scheme, he started to approach the desert Arab Bedouins for support of his position, and then gradually, he declared himself as their king!</p>
<p>At that juncture, Ajaman Tribe, together with Banu Khaled Tribe became fully aware of that Jewish cunning plan after they had verified his true identity, and decided to put an end to him. They attacked his town and conquered it, but before arresting him he had escaped by the skin of his teeth.</p>
<p>That Jewish ancestor of the Saudi Family, Mordakhai, sought shelter in a farm at that time called Al-Malibeed-Ghusaiba near Al-Arid, which is called at our present time Al-Riyadh.</p>
<p>He requested the owner of that farm to grant him asylum. The farmer was so hospitable that he immediately gave him sanctuary. But no longer than a month had he (Mordakhai) stayed there, when he assassinated the landlord and all members of his family, pretending that they were killed by an invading band of thieves. Then he pretended that he had bought that real estate from them before that catastrophe happened to them! Accordingly, he had the right to reside there as a landlord. He then gave a new name to that place: Al-Diriya-the same name as that he had lost.</p>
<p>That Jewish ancestor (Mordakhai) of the Saudi Family, was able to establish a &#8220;Guest House&#8221; called &#8220;Madaffa&#8221; on the land he usurped from his victims, and gathered around him a group of hypocrites who started to spread out false propaganda for him that he was a prominent Arab Sheikh. He plotted against Sheikh Saleh Salman Abdulla Al Tamimi, his original enemy, and caused his assassination in the mosque of the town called Al-Zalafi.</p>
<p>After that, he felt satisfied and safe to make Al-Diriya his permanent home. There he practiced polygamy at a wide scale, and indeed, he begot a lot of children whom he gave pure Arab names.</p>
<p>Ever since his descendants grew up in number and power under the same name of Saudi Clan, they have followed his steps in practicing under ground activities and conspiracies against the Arab nation. They illegally seized rural sectors and farmlands and assassinated every person who tried to oppose their evil plans. They used all kinds of deceit for reaching their goals; they bought the conscience of their dissidents; they offered their women and money to influential people in that area, particularly those who started to write the true biography of that Jewish family; they bribed the writers of history in order to purify their ignominious history, and to make their lineage related to the most prominent Arab tribes such as Rabi&#8217;a, Anza, and Al Masaleekh.</p>
<p>A conspicuous hypocrite in our era, whose name is Mohammad Amin Al Tamimi- Director/Manager of the contemporary Libraries of the Saudi Kingdom, made up a genealogical tree (family tree) for this Jewish family (the Saudis), connecting them to our Great Prophet Muhammad (PBUH). For his false work, he received a reward of 35 thousand Egyptian pounds from the then Saudi Ambassador to Cairo, Egypt, in the year 1362 A.H.-1943 A.D. The name of that Ambassador is Ibrahim Al-Fadel.</p>
<p>As aforementioned, the Jewish ancestor of the Saudi family, (Mordakhai), practiced polygamy by marrying a lot of Arab women and begot many children; his polygamous practice is, at the present time, being carried out &#8220;to the letter&#8221; by his descendants; they cling to his martial heritage!</p>
<p>One of Mordakhai&#8217;s sons called Al-Maraqan, arabized from the Jewish root Mack-ren, begot a son called Mohammad, then another son called Saud, which is the name of the present day Saudi Dynasty.</p>
<p>Descendants of Saud (the present day Saudi Family) started a campaign of assassination of the prominent leaders of the Arab Tribes under the pretence that those leaders were apostates; renegading from the Islamic Religion, and deserting their Qur&#8217;aanic doctrines; so they deserved the Saudi condemnation and slaughter!</p>
<p>In the History Book of the Saudi Family pages 98-101, their private family historian declares that the Saudi dynasty considers all people of Najd blasphemous, so their blood must be shed, their properties confiscated, and their females taken as concubines; no Muslim is authentic in his/her belief unless he/she belongs (affiliates) to the sect of Mohammad bin Abdul Wahab (whose origins are also Jewish from Turkey.) His doctrines give authority to the Saudi Family to destroy villages with all their inhabitants-males including children, and to sexually assault their women; stab the bellies of the pregnant, and cut off the hands of their children, then burn them! They are further authorized by such a brutal doctrine to plunder all the properties of which they call renegades (not following their Wahabi sect.)</p>
<p>Their hideous Jewish family has, in fact, done all that kind of atrocities in the name of their false religious sect (the Wahabi), which has actually been invented by a Jew so as to sow the seeds of terror in the hearts if people in towns and villages. This Jewish Dynasty has been committing such brutal atrocities ever since 1163 A.H. They have named the whole Arabian Peninsula after their family name (Saudi Arabia) as if the whole region is their own personal real estate, and that all other inhabitants are their mere servants or slaves, toiling day and night for the pleasure of their masters (The Saudi Family.)</p>
<p>They are completely holding the natural wealth of the country as their own property. If any poor person from the common people raises his/her voice complaining against any of the despotic rules of this Jewish Dynasty, the Dynasty cuts off his/her head in the public square. A princess of theirs once visited Florida, USA, with her retinue; she rented 90 (ninety) Suite rooms in a Grand Hotel for about One Million dollars a night! Can anyone of her subjects comment about that extravagant event? If he/she does, his/her fate is quite known: DEATH WITH THE EDGE OF THE SAUDI SWORD IN THE PUBLIC SQUARE!!!!!</p>
<p>WITNESSES ON THE JEWISH ANCESTRY OF THIS SAUDI FAMILY:</p>
<p>In the 1960&#8242;s the &#8220;Sawt al Arab &#8221; Broadcasting Station in Cairo, Egypt, and the Yemen Broadcasting Station in Sana&#8217;a confirmed the Jewish ancestry of the Saudi family.</p>
<p>King Faisal Al-Saud at that time could not deny his family&#8217;s kindred with the Jews when he declared to the Washington Post on Sept.17, 1969 stating: &#8220;We, the Saudi Family, are cousins of the Jews: we entirely disagree with any Arab or Muslim Authority which shows any antagonism to Jews; but we must live together with them in peace. Our country (Arabia) is the fountain head from where the first Jew sprang, and his descendants spread out all over the world.&#8221; That was the declaration of King Faisal Al-Saud bin Abdul Aziz!!!</p>
<p>Hafez Wahbi, the Saudi legal advisor, mentioned in his book entitled &#8220;The Peninsula of Arabia&#8221; that King Abdul Aziz A-Saud, who died in 1953, had said: &#8220;Our message (Saudi Massage) encountered the opposition of all Arab Tribes. My grandfather, Saud Awal, once imprisoned a number of the Sheikhs of Matheer Tribe; and when another group of the same tribe came to intercede for the release of the prisoners, Saud Awal gave orders to his men to cut off the heads of all the prisoners, then, he wanted to humiliate and derogate the interceders by inviting them to eat from a banquet he prepared from the cooked flesh of his victims whose cut off heads he place in the top of the food platters! The interceders became so alarmed and declined to eat the flesh of their relatives, and, because of their refusal to eat, he ordered his men to cut off their heads too. That hideous crime was committed by that self imposed king to innocent people whose guilt was their opposition to his most cruel and extremely despotic rules.</p>
<p>Hafez Wahbi states further that King Abdul Aziz Al-Saud related that bloody true story to the Sheikhs of the Matheer Tribs, who visited him in order to intercede for their prominent leader at that time, Faisal Al Darweesh, who was the king&#8217;s prisoner. He related that story to them in order to prevent them from interceding for the release of their Sheikh; otherwise, they would meet the same fate; he killed the Sheikh and used his blood as an ablution liquid from him just before he stood up for his prayer (after the false sect doctrine of the Wahabi). The guilt of Faisal Darweesh at that time was that he had criticized King Abdul Aziz Al-Saud when the king signed the document which the English Authorities prepared in 1922 as a declaration for giving Palestine to the Jews; his signature was obtained in the conference held at Al Aqeer in 1922.</p>
<p>That was and still is the system of this regime of the Jewish family) (Saudi Family). All its goals are: plundering the wealth of the country, robbing, falsifying, and committing all kinds of atrocity, iniquity, and blasphemy-all are executed in compliance with their self invented Wahabi Sect which legalizes the chopping of the heads of their opposing subjects.</p>
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		<description><![CDATA[<p> THIS ENGLISH MOVIE &#8220;THE MESSAGE&#8221; IS ONE OF THE BEST ISLAMIC MOVIE TO BE WATCHED , A TRUE STORY, THIS MOVIE IS STILL BANNED FROM SHOWING INT HE CINEMAS. It is the 7th century and in Mecca, where powerful leaders are in conflict with Muhammad who attacks the many injustices their way of life produces &#8211; [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><center> </center><center><iframe src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/hf0EV7LbmKs" frameborder="0" width="500" height="315"></iframe></center><center>THIS ENGLISH MOVIE &#8220;THE MESSAGE&#8221; IS ONE OF THE BEST ISLAMIC MOVIE TO BE WATCHED , A TRUE STORY, THIS MOVIE IS STILL BANNED FROM SHOWING INT HE CINEMAS.</center><center> </center><center>It is the 7th century and in Mecca, where powerful leaders are in conflict with Muhammad who attacks the many injustices their way of life produces &#8211; slavery, drunkeness and cruelty.</center><center> </center><center>Muhammad claims to have seen a vision of the Angel Gabriel and calls to the people of mecca to worship one God only. After a revelation from God, Muhammad agrees to take arms against Mecca and at the Wells of Badr the inexperienced Muslim troops are victorious. However, at the Battle of Uhud they are beaten. They accept a ten year truce, so that they can continue to spread the word of God. Muhammad is the Prophet&#8230;.The Messenger of God. (English Version) </center></p>
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		<description><![CDATA[Prophet Muhammad&#8217;s Last Sermon Date delivered: 632 A.C., 9th day of Dhul al Hijjah, 10 A.H. in the &#8216;Uranah valley of Mount Arafat. <p>After praising, and thanking God, he said: &#8220;O People, listen well to my words, for I do not know whether, after this year, I shall ever be amongst you again. Therefore listen [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<h3>Prophet Muhammad&#8217;s Last Sermon Date delivered: 632 A.C., 9th day of Dhul al Hijjah, 10 A.H. in the &#8216;Uranah valley of Mount Arafat.</h3>
<p>After praising, and thanking God, he said: &#8220;O People, listen well to my words, for I do not know whether, after this year, I shall ever be amongst you again. Therefore listen to what I am saying to you very carefully and TAKE THESE WORDS TO THOSE WHO COULD NOT BE PRESENT HERE TODAY.</p>
<p>O People, just as you regard this month, this day, this city as Sacred, so regard the life and property of every Muslim as a sacred trust. Return the goods entrusted to you to their rightful owners. Treat others justly so that no one would be unjust to you. Remember that you will indeed meet your LORD, and that HE will indeed reckon your deeds. God has forbidden you to take usury (riba), therefore all riba obligation shall henceforth be waived. Your capital , however, is yours to keep. You will neither inflict nor suffer inequity. God has judged that there shall be no riba and that all the riba due to `Abbas ibn `Abd al Muttalib shall henceforth be waived.</p>
<p>Every right arising out of homicide in pre-Islamic days is henceforth waived and the first such right that I waive is that arising from the murder of Rabi`ah ibn al Harith ibn `Abd al Muttalib.</p>
<p>O Men, the Unbelievers indulge in tampering with the calendar in order to make permissible that which God forbade, and to forbid that which God has made permissible. With God the months are twelve in number. Four of them are sacred, three of these are successive and one occurs singly between the months of Jumada and Sha`ban. Beware of the devil, for the safety of your religion. He has lost all hope that he will ever be able to lead you astray in big things, so beware of following him in small things.</p>
<p>O People, it is true that you have certain rights over your women, but they also have rights over you. Remember that you have taken them as your wives only under God&#8217;s trust and with His permission. If they abide by your right then to them belongs the right to be fed and clothed in kindness. Treat your women well and be kind to them, for they are your partners and committed helpers. It is your right and they do not make friends with anyone of whom you do not approve, as well as never to be unchaste&#8230;</p>
<p>O People, listen to me in earnest, worship God (The One Creator of the Universe), perform your five daily prayers (Salah), fast during the month of Ramadan, and give your financial obligation (zakah) of your wealth. Perform Hajj if you can afford to.</p>
<p>All mankind is from Adam and Eve, an Arab has no superiority over a non-Arab nor a non-Arab has any superiority over an Arab; also a white has no superiority over a black nor a black has any superiority over white except by piety and good action. Learn that every Muslim is a brother to every Muslim and that the Muslims constitute one brotherhood. Nothing shall be legitimate to a Muslim which belongs to a fellow Muslim unless it was given freely and willingly. Do not, therefore, do injustice to yourselves.</p>
<p>Remember, one day you will appear before God (The Creator) and you will answer for your deeds. So beware, do not stray from the path of righteousness after I am gone.</p>
<p>O People, NO PROPHET OR MESSENGER WILL COME AFTER ME AND NO NEW FAITH WILL BE BORN. Reason well, therefore, O People, and understand words which I convey to you. I am leaving you with the Book of God (the QUR&#8217;AN*) and my SUNNAH (the life style and the behavioral mode of the Prophet), if you follow them you will never go astray.</p>
<p>All those who listen to me shall pass on my words to others and those to others again; and may the last ones understand my words better than those who listen to me directly. Be my witness O God, that I have conveyed your message to your people.</p>
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		<title>The Science of Dhikr ( Remembrance of Allah)</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[<p>From http://www.islamicsupremecouncil.com/scienceofdhikr.htm</p> The Quran Al-Karim, Ahadith and Scientific Findings on Dhikr, the Science of Prophet Muhammad (salalaho alayhi wasallam) By: Sakina Gul Hussain <p>In this paper we will examine why Allah (swt) tells us that His Dhikr (remembrance) is incumbent on those who seek to be close to Him in order to experience His love [...]]]></description>
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<h3>The Quran Al-Karim, Ahadith and Scientific Findings on Dhikr, the Science of Prophet Muhammad (salalaho alayhi wasallam) By: Sakina Gul Hussain</h3>
<p>In this paper we will examine why Allah (swt) tells us that His Dhikr (remembrance) is incumbent on those who seek to be close to Him in order to experience His love and, in essence, help ourselves to become better Muslims. We will try to answer the questions of why should we remember Allah (swt)? When this has been established through the understanding that Allah (swt) actually commands His creation to make dhikr of Him, we will establish exactly what must we remember? The next question in ones’ mind may be so then how do we make remembrance of Allah (swt)? We will also examine what the benefits of dhikr are, giving full Quranic verses which provide clear evidence to support the importance of dhikr and finally, we will examine scientific findings from laboratory tests from the University of Washington concerning the effect dhikr has on the human brain.</p>
<p><strong><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Why must we remember?</span></strong></p>
<p>First of all let us to turn to the Highest authority, the Holy Koran which gives us clear proofs as to why we must make remembrance (dhikr) of Allah (swt) …</p>
<p><strong>‘If you remember Me, I will remember You’ (2:152)</strong></p>
<p><strong> ‘Remember thy Lord much, and praise Him in the early hours of he night and morning’ (3:41) </strong></p>
<p><strong>‘After you have performed the act of worship (salaat), remember Allah (swt) standing, sitting and lying down.’ (4: 103)</strong></p>
<p><strong> ‘Lo! Even I am Allah. There is no god except Me. So serve Me and establish worship for My remembrance.’ (20:14) </strong></p>
<p><strong>‘But verily, remembrance of Allah (swt) is more important’ (29: 45)</strong></p>
<p><strong> ‘O ye who believe! Remember Allah (swt) with much remembrance’ (37:75).</strong></p>
<p>In the Deen of Islam the greatest sin is in fact forgetfulness (al – ghaflah) and the purpose of the revelation of the message of Prophet Mohammad (saw) is to enable man to remember. That is why one of the names of the Quran itself is ‘Remembrance of Allah’ (Dhikr Allah) and why the ultimate end and purpose of all Islamic rites and all Islamic conjunctions is remembrance of Allah (swt). Islam is not based on original sin as understood in the later understanding of ‘Christianity’ but it does accept the fall of man (al-hubut) from the primordial and original state of perfection in which he was created. That primordial nature of man cannot confirm but to the Divine Unity. It cannot but bear witness to Al-Tawhid. Why? Because we are created with this inherent fitrah (inherent nature.) But precisely because of this fall, man’s will has become warped in the sense that it has become subservient to the passions rather than to Allah (swt.)</p>
<p>It is the pollution of lust, individualism, consumerism and all the lowly desires of the self that cloud the heart and the man away from their inherent nature. It has caused us to be in a state of forgetfulness, heedlessness and inevitably, spiritual loss. So how do we get back to a soul and mind at peace? How does remembrance help and for that matter what exactly must we remember?</p>
<p><strong><span style="text-decoration: underline;">What must we remember?</span></strong></p>
<p>Allah (swt), the Most High, Himself shows the way for those who seek to remember Him. ‘Remember Allah (swt) as He has guided you’ (Sura Baqara: 198) This means to remember that your Creator has bought you to a certain level of consciousness, faith and that you can remember Him in accordance to this ability.</p>
<p>The Prophet (salallaho alayhi wasallam) says: ‘The best declaration of remembrance is the one which I and all the Prophets before me recite. It is the divine phrase’ La ilaha illa Llah’ which means &#8220;there is no god but Allah.&#8221;</p>
<p>The Prophet Moses (as) was told by Allah (swt) that dhikr is the most preferred of special prayers because of its ability to inculcate deep sincerity in the heart of the believer. ‘La illah illa Llahu’ is also termed the Purification of Souls. In short there is nothing greater than this remembrance of Him, exalted is He.</p>
<p>Over and above everything you do, the material being in you must follow the straight path, the ‘Siratul Mustaqeem.’ That is only possible through preserving and following the precepts of religion. To do this one has to be conscious to remember – to remember Allah (swt) night and day, inwardly and outwardly, continuously. For those who see the truth, to remember Allah (swt) is an obligation. As Allah (swt) orders:</p>
<p>‘Remember Allah standing (swt) and sitting and lying down.’ (Sura Nisa: 103)</p>
<p>‘…those who remember Allah (swt) standing and sitting and lying on their sides, and who reflect on the creation of the heavens and the earth. Our Lord, Thou hast not created this in vain! Glory be to thee &#8230;’ (Sura Al-Imran: 190)</p>
<p>So we have established now that Allah (swt) wants us to remember Him as much as we possibly can. After all He created us. He caused us to breathe. People worship money, some worship rock stars so why not worship and remember the One who caused us to breathe? This is a logical stand point although there is the great reason to have love to remember Allah (swt) for His sake and for His sake alone.</p>
<p><strong><span style="text-decoration: underline;">So then what is remembrance (dhikr)? How do I make dhikr of Allah (swt)?</span></strong></p>
<p>Remembrance pronounced in words is but a declaration that the heart has not forgotten Allah (swt). The inward silent remembrance is a movement of the emotions. Dhikr is to remember, mention and meditate. It is known as persisting, dwelling on a subject to the point of its full comprehension and meditating on it. The remembrance of the heart is through feeling in oneself the manifestation of Allah’s (swt) might and beauty, whilst the remembrance of the soul is through the enlightenment of the divine light generated by Allah&#8217;s (swt) might and beauty.</p>
<p>A condition for the effectiveness of remembrance is to pronounce aloud the words and phrases of what is to be remembered ~ the Confession of Unity, the attributes of Allah (swt). When these words are recited, one uses all efforts to be in a conscious state. In this way the heart hears the word and is enlightened with the light of what is remembered. It receives energy and becomes alive ~ not only alive in this world, but alive forever in the hereafter. Allah describes this eternal life:<strong> ‘They taste not therein death, except the first death.’ (Sura Dukhan: 56)</strong>They enter into a state of reality.</p>
<p>Prophet Muhammad (salallaho alayhi wasallam) describing the state of the believer, who achieves truth through remembrance, says: ‘Believers do not die. They only pass through this temporal life to the everlasting life.’ And they do there what they did here. As he says, ‘The prophets an the ones closest to Allah (swt) continue their worship in their graves as they did in their houses.’ The worship Rasool Allah (sal Allah alayhi wasallam) mentions is inward supplication of Allah (swt), not the obligatory five times a day in this world, with its standing, bowing and prostration but the inward silent supplication is one of the principal qualities of a true believer.</p>
<p>One must remember that wisdom is not obtained by man through his own accord but given to him by Allah (swt) alone. Book knowledge can only achieve so much. Allah (swt) brings one to His secrets only if ones heart is alive and conscious with the remembrance of Him, and if that conscious heart has the wish to be open to receive the truth. As Habib Allah (salallaho alayhi wasallam) says: ‘My eyes sleep, but my hear is ever awake.’ His heart was awake with dhikr of Allah (swt) and therefore open to receive the Truth.</p>
<p>The way to a free heart, to purify it, is to remember Allah (swt.) At the beginning, this remembrance can only be done outwardly, by repeating His Divine Names, pronouncing them aloud so that you as well as others can hear and remember. As the memory of Him becomes constant, remembrance sinks to the heart and becomes inward, silent.</p>
<p>Allah (swt) says:</p>
<p><strong>‘Believers are those who, when Allah is mentioned, feel a tremor in their hearts, and when they {see and} hear His manifestations their faith is strengthened.’ (Sura Anfaal: 2)</strong></p>
<p>Tremor means the awe, fear and love of Allah. With this remembrance and recitation of Allah’s (swt) Names, the heart wakes up from the sleep of heedlessness, is cleansed, and is shined. Remember this task of remembrance and dhikr is to take you out of that state of sleep, of spiritual loss and into a state of spiritual gain and peace, insha Allah. The Prophet (sallallaho alayhi wasallam) said: ‘The men of knowledge outwardly visit and inspect things with their minds, while the wise are inwardly busy cleaning and shining their hearts.’ Dhikr is a means to shine your heart.</p>
<p><strong><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Scientific proofs of the beauty and effect of dhikr, the Science of Prophet Mohammad (sallaho alayhi wasallam)</span></strong></p>
<p>We have looked at the spiritual and Islamic understanding of the remembrance of Allah (swt.) For further proof &#8211; let us now examine scientific proof supporting the effect dhikr has on the human brain.</p>
<p>What is the brain itself? All the activity of the brain is nothing but bio-electrical activity in several distinct parts of it, amongst various sets of neurons (cellular groups) where each are assigned a specific duty, functioning as a whole. Each and everyday 14 million neurons that make up the brain, are in constant interaction with 16 billion neighbouring neurons. All our activities and our understanding, that is all the functioning of the brain is the result of countless bioelectrical flows, are brought to existence in these sets of neurons occurring as a result of these interactions.</p>
<p>Now, when dhikr is practised you continuously repeat a given name of Allah (swt) a specific number of times and therefore reflecting a meaning that belongs to Allah (swt) During the repetition of dhikr, certain regions of the brain are engaged and become active. There occurs a bioelectrical flow in those neural groups of the brain. After that task is performed repeatedly (as you repeat on the same name or a group of names) the neural activity increases, and so does the bioelectrical energy. In turn, this overflows and new sets of neurons are put to work and so, some other regions of the brain become active. Therefore the brain begins to expand. The brain starts to bring out new meanings, perspectives and commentaries that it had not previously used before the practise of dhikr. It is opening to receive the Truth.<strong><em>So just think what the effect that dhikr has on the heart to receive Truth!</em></strong></p>
<p>Clearly the whole brain is a centre of interpretation. Clearly there exists no picture, no sound inside the brain. To achieve a state of consciousness (i.e. heedful to Allah’s (swt) commands) we must use our brains to enter reality and the more we become conscious, the more benefits we will attain, insha’Allah.</p>
<p><strong>So what do Western scientists think of these findings? The findings of complementary laboratory tests may be found in the ‘Scientific American’, December 1993:</strong></p>
<p>‘Complementary findings were described this year by investigators at Washington University and which have emerged through PET scans of humans. PET measures neural activity indirectly. In the experiments, volunteers were provided wish a list of nouns. They were required to read the nouns. One by one and to propose for each noun, a related verb. When the subjects first did this task, several distinct parts of the brain, including parts of the prefrontal and cinulate cortex, displayed increased neural activity. But if the volunteers repeated the task with the same list of words several times, the brain activity shifted to different regions. When a fresh list of nouns was given to them, the neural activity increased and shifted back to the first regions again.</p>
<p>PET Scans completed at Washington University show certain regions of the brain engaged as a subject reads a list of nouns and suggests related verbs. Different regions become active after the first task is performed repeatedly with the same list. The original areas of the brain re-engage when the subject is given.</p>
<p>Thus we see even Western science is waking up to the benefits of dhikr which was understood by Muslims many centuries ago without ‘hi-tech’ research to provide proof.</p>
<p><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong>What are the benefits of dhikr?</strong></span></p>
<p>Again we turn to the Holy Koran to provide us with answers as to the benefits we will receive from making remembrance of our Creator:</p>
<p><strong>‘And men who remember Allah much and women who remember Allah much, Allah hath prepared for them forgiveness and a vast reward.’ (33: 35) </strong></p>
<p><strong>‘Verily in the remembrance of Allah (dhikr Allah) do hearts find rest!’ (13:28) </strong></p>
<p><strong>‘If you remember Me, I will remember You’ (2:152) </strong></p>
<p><strong>‘They only the true believers whose hearts feel fear (wajilat ~ tremble or shake) when God is mentioned (dhikr Allah)’ (8:2)</strong></p>
<p>Closely examine the latter parts of the first three verses quoted above and notice the benefits they describe. ‘Allah (swt) hath provided for them forgiveness and a cast reward’ (33:35),‘ … hearts find rest!’ (13:28) and ‘ ..I (Allah, swt) will remember you’ (2:152).</p>
<p><strong>‘Say, I seek refuge with (Allah) the Lord of mankind. The King of mankind. The Ilaah (God) of mankind. From the evil of the whisperer (devil who whispers evil in the hearts of men) who withdraws (from his whispering in ones hearts after one remembers Allah, swt) Who whispers in the breasts of men. Of jinn’s and men. (30:114)</strong></p>
<p>So, in sum not only will the one who remembers receive an abundant reward in the afterlife but also protection from the attack of the devil. Examine the above closing verse of the Holy Koran and you can read the advice Allah (swt) is giving here. When you remember Allah (swt) you will be protecting yourself from the whispers of the one who causes a lot of strife, doubt, uncertainty and the keys to spiritual loss. To help yourself to rid yourself of the one ‘Who whispers in the breasts of men,’ (30:114) one has to replace those whisperings with remembrance of the Highest kind, that of dhikr of Allah (swt) to truly find peace.</p>
<p>Whilst we have attempted to give an insight into dhikr we understand that the benefits of dhikr cannot truly be given justice through words alone.</p>
<p>It is only through the practice of the methods of dhikr that one may hold a key to spiritual success and experience a heart at peace with itself.</p>
<p>The question, which we must now ask ourselves, is whether we are fully using the capacity of our brains and hearts. Whether our lives are lived with a specific purpose, goal and with direction. The Muslim at peace is the one who understands that this life is but a game and a means to deceive. There is much to be lost without a goal and focus in life. When a religion cannot provide the answers one seeks, it throws the whole basis of that religion into doubt. When we delve into a religion deeply we look into our intentions of why we are following it and whether it truly makes sense. One needs to ask: does my heart and mind agree with what I am doing? Does it make sense to me? The system of life of remembrance, as of the Deen Of Allah (swt) provides those answers, the means, the methods and the benefits, as we have outlined above. The middle path of Allah (swt) makes perfect sense, where there is no doubt and where most importantly both the heart and mind agree. One needs to ask whether they want to remain asleep, in a state of confusion, spiritual loss and where the heart and mind are in conflict. Or, whether they want to help themselves to a vastly focused life with the goal to please Allah (swt) alone and where the heart is in a state of greater tranquillity and hope.</p>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>According to Ahmed Deedat, in his book , The Choice, Prophet Jesus is mentioned more times in the Holy Quran than in the Holy Bible!</p>
<p>Do you doubt it?</p>
<p>Why don&#8217;t you research it, and get back to me.</p>
<p>Read,search for every occurrence of the word Jesus in the Holy Bible, and search for Isa or Jesus in the Holy Quran, Al-Quran, compare notes and see if Brother Deedat is correct.</p>
<p>I know the answer, and believe it.</p>
<p>The point of the exercise is, that we Muslims also hold Prophet Isa PBUH, in  high regard; it&#8217;s a shame a lot of people who profess to hold Christian values don&#8217;t give Muslims,Islam, and Prophet Muhammad SAW, the same reciprocal respect.</p>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<h2>Since the beginning of time, God has sent prophets to teach His message.</h2>
<p>Muslims believe in One Almighty Creator, Who is Omnipotent, Compassionate, and Merciful.</p>
<p>In His mercy, He sends guidance to mankind on how to properly worship Him and live our lives.</p>
<p>Islam teaches that God sends prophets to the nations, in different times and different places,</p>
<p>to communicate His message. Since the beginning of time, God has sent His guidance through these chosen people.</p>
<p>They were human beings who walked among their people and taught them about faith in One Almighty God,</p>
<p>and how to walk on the path of righteousness.</p>
<p>The Qur’an says that “The Messenger believes in what has been revealed to him from his Lord,</p>
<p>as do the men of faith. Each one of them believes in God, His angels, His books, and His Messengers.</p>
<p>All prophets, peace be upon them all, gave guidance and instruction to their people about how to properly worship God</p>
<p>and live their lives.</p>
<p>Since God is One, His message has been one and the same throughout time.</p>
<p>In essence, all prophets taught the message of Islam</p>
<p>- to find peace in your life through submission to the One Almighty Creator —</p>
<p>to believe in God and to follow His guidance.</p>
<p>There are 25 prophets mentioned by name in the Qur’an,</p>
<p>although Muslims believe that there were many more in different times and places.</p>
<p>Among the prophets that Muslims honor are:</p>
<p><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong>Qur’anic Name                                                      Biblical Name</strong></span></p>
<p>Adam                                                                                    Adam</p>
<p>Idris                                                                                     Enoch</p>
<p>Nuh                                                                                       Noah</p>
<p>Hud                                                                                             —–</p>
<p>Salih                                                                                     Salih</p>
<p>Ibrahim                                                                            Abraham</p>
<p>Isma’il                                                                                 Ishmael</p>
<p>Ishaq                                                                                   Isaac</p>
<p>Lut                                                                                         Lot</p>
<p>Ya’qub                                                                                Jacob</p>
<p>Yusuf                                                                                  Joseph</p>
<p>Shu’aib                                                                                     —–</p>
<p>Ayyub                                                                              Job</p>
<p>Musa                                                                                 Moses</p>
<p>Harun                                                                              Aaron</p>
<p>Dhu’l-kifl                                                                         Ezekiel</p>
<p>Dawud                                                                                David</p>
<p>Sulaiman                                                                            Solomon</p>
<p>Ilias                                                                                      Elias</p>
<p>Al-Yasa                                                                              Elisha</p>
<p>Yunus                                                                                  Jonah</p>
<p>Zakariyya                                                                          Zechariah</p>
<p>Yahya                                                                                  John</p>
<p>‘Isa                                                                                          Jesus</p>
<p>Muhammad                                                                          —–</p>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<p>Peace be upon all of the prophets of God,and may we all learn from their teachings and follow the straight path. InshAllah Ameen.</p>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
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		<description><![CDATA[<p>Racism is everywhere !</p> <p>Why do we try and pretend that that &#8216;we&#8217; aren&#8217;t racist, and some other people are.</p> <p>There is prejudice in everyone. It&#8217;s it is just there in us all to a greater or lesser degree, and our prejudices are stronger or softer towards particular groups of people, be they ethnically based [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Racism is everywhere !</p>
<p>Why do we try and pretend that that &#8216;we&#8217; aren&#8217;t racist, and some other people are.</p>
<p>There is prejudice in everyone. It&#8217;s it is just there in us all to a greater or lesser degree, and our prejudices are stronger or softer towards particular groups of people, be they ethnically based or grouped by some other definition.</p>
<p>I think it is important to recognise this in ones-self, that with the ignorance of familiarity with that &#8216;strange/unfamiliar&#8217; group, there is hesitancy to communicate, or a lack of desire to communicate, sometimes based on the fear of potential embarrassment if one creates a cultural error, and therefore embarrassment may follow.</p>
<p>This hesitancy, leads to lack of information, and therefore ignorance of the true situations within that group, and the lack of knowledge ( and unwillingness to show our lack of knowledge, or ignorance) leads us to perpetuate gossip,or or myths and prejudices about that group.</p>
<p>Islam and Muslims are not immune to this feeling.</p>
<p>Some cultures have the prejudice that they are the only true Muslim, and that anyone not of their culture can be a Muslim.</p>
<p>Then there are other cultures who believe that if you don&#8217;t have their skin colour, then you can&#8217;t be Muslim, etc.</p>
<p>Then some of them overlap to believe that if you aren&#8217;t born a Muslim, then your reversion to Islam will never be acceptable to them.</p>
<p>So the world is a mixed bag, and we all carry some prejudice.</p>
<p>Recognise it ! Understand it ! And try to overcome it in ourselves, and the world will be a better place, InshAllah.</p>
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