VOICE OF GLOBAL UMMAH

VOICE OF GLOBAL UMMAH

Volume 144, August 16, 2010
St. Louis, Missouri, USA

Editors: Mohamed & Rashida Ziauddin

In the Name of Allah, the Most Beneficent and the Most Merciful

LETTER TO EDITORS:

Assalamo Alaykum Wa Rahmatullah Wa Barakatuhu

Brother:

A gentleman of your caliber, qualifications, and strong Iman must be honored, complimented and encouraged to continue the great work you are doing. I am happy to learn the progress you have made especially in the area of psychological behavior of our Umma.

May Allah SWT give you and your family excellent health and a long life so many people can benefit from your work. Please remember me in your duaas. May the blessings of Ramdan always showers upon you.

Wassalam

Dr. Shaikh

EDITORIAL:

Many of our Muslim brothers and sisters in Pakistan continue to be in great hardship due to the relentless devastation by the floods. May the United Nations and other countries pool their resources together and join the global ummah to assist the flood victims. The mudslide in China was also a tragedy and our hearts go out to all the victims both in Pakistan and China. May Almighty Allah ease their difficulties. The controversy over the proposed plan to build a Cordoba Cultural Center in New York is getting more intense. We are glad to get the support of the New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg and US President Obama for above plan that is proposed to be built close to Ground Zero in New York.

CONTROVERSY OVER CULTURAL CENTER NEAR GROUND ZERO - NEW YORK

New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg, center, City Council Speaker Christine Quinn, third from left, and members of local religious institutions stand in front of the Statue of Liberty for a news conference in New York, Tuesday, Aug. 3, 2010. The political and religious leaders were there to show their support for a mosque and Islamic cultural center planned in lower Manhattan. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)

File photo shows US President Barack Obama taking part in a student round table discussion in Istanbul. Obama has waded into a bitter controversy over a plan by Muslims to build a mosque just blocks from Ground Zero, endorsing the project on religious freedom grounds. (AFP/File/Saul Loeb)

Unidentified guests listen to US President Barack Obama speak at an Iftar meal, the breaking of the Ramadan fast, at the White House in Washington, DC on August 13. Obama's endorsement of a controversial plan to build a mosque just blocks from Ground Zero poured fuel Saturday on a raging debate over religious freedom and sensitivities over the 9/11 attacks. (AFP/Nicholas Kamm)

Guests listen as President Barack Obama speaks at an iftar dinner, the meal that breaks the dawn-to-dusk fast for Muslims during the holy month of Ramadan, in the State Dining Room at the White House in Washington, Friday, Aug. 13, 2010. For over a billion Muslims, Ramadan is a time of intense devotion and reflection. Obama emphasized the American tenet of religious freedom just as New York City is immersed in a deeply sensitive debate about whether a mosque should be built near the site of the World Trade Center that was destroyed during the September 11, 2001 terror attacks. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

U.S. President Barack Obama and his daughter Sasha swim at Alligator Point in Panama City Beach, Florida, August 14, 2010. REUTERS/Pete Souza-The White House/Handout

CRISIS IN PAKISTAN:
FLOODS CONTINUES ITS DEVASTATION IMPACTING MILLIONS


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A flood victim holding her sibling during a downpour weeps after having rice, donated by passing vehicles, snatched from her as she took refuge roadside with thousands of other internally displaced in Pakistan's Muzaffargarh district of Punjab province August 16, 2010. Pakistani flood victims, burning straw and waving sticks, blocked a highway on Monday to demand government help as aid agencies warned relief was too slow to arrive for millions without clean water, food and homes. REUTERS/Adrees Latif (Newsweek)

Residents evacuating through flood waters dodge an army truck carrying relief supplies for flood victims in Pakistan's Muzaffargarh district in Punjab province August 11, 2010. The floods have ploughed a swathe of destruction more than 1,000 km (600 miles) long from northern Pakistan to the south, killing more than 1,600 people. REUTERS/Adrees Latif. (Newsweek)

Pakistani flood victim Mohammed Nawaz hangs onto a moving raft as he is rescued by the Pakistan Navy August 10, 2010 in Sukkur, Pakistan. Pakistan is suffering from the worst flooding in 80 years as the army and aid organizations are struggling to cope with the scope of the widespread disaster, which has killed at least 1,500 people and displaced millions. Meanwhile, Pakistanis have become more frustrated with the government's response and President Asif Ali Zardari's trip to Europe, as Islamic charities step up to gain local grassroots support as they did in the 2005 earthquake. (Photo by Paula Bronstein/Getty Images)




A man bogged with cattle begs for help in the submerged area of Ghouspur. Asif Hassan / AFP-Getty Images (Newsweek)




Local residents of Sukkar, Pakistan carry their stuff fleeing houses due to flooding in low-lying areas on Tuesday, Aug. 10, 2010. In Pakistan, President Asif Ali Zardari returned Tuesday to a storm of criticism for visiting Europe as his country was gripped by the worst floods in its history that have affected nearly 14 million people. His arrival came as thousands of people fled a major city in central Pakistan as rivers nearby swelled and threatened to submerge the area. (AP Photo/Shakil Adil) NEWSWEEK




A Pakistani crosses a canal with the help of cable wire on a damaged bridge, which was washed away by heave flood in Ghazi Gat near Muzaffargarh, in central Pakistan on Monday, Aug. 9, 2010. The number of people suffering from the massive floods in Pakistan exceeds 13 million — more than the combined total of the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami, the 2005 Kashmir earthquake and the 2010 Haiti earthquake, the United Nations said.(AP Photo/K.M. Chaudary) NEWSWEEK




In this Sunday, Aug. 8, 2010 picture, people stand on the remnants of a bridge washed away by heavy flooding in Bannu in northwest Pakistan. The World Meteorological Organization (WMO) says the weather-related cataclysms of July and August fit patterns predicted by climate scientists, although those scientists always shy from tying individual disasters directly to global warming.(AP Photo/Ijaz Mohammad) NEWSWEEK




Pakistani villagers cross a flooded area of Bassera village near Muzaffargarh. The United States is increasing its financial contribution to flood relief in Pakistan by another 21 million dollars, bringing the total to 76 million dollars, officials said Thursday. (AFP/Arif Ali) NEWSWEEK



Villagers scramble for food as an Army helicopter touches down in the flood-hit area of Kot Addu, central Pakistan. (Newsweek)

People who had been stranded in Kalam, arrive in Khawaza Kheila in northwest Pakistan, on the U. S. Chinook helicopters on Thursday, Aug. 5, 2010. The floods have already killed an estimated 1,500 people over the past week, most of them in the northwest, the center of Pakistan's fight against al-Qaida and the Taliban. An estimated 4.2 million Pakistanis have been affected, including many in eastern Punjab province, which has seen numerous villages swallowed by rising water in recent days. (AP Photo/Sherin Zada) NEWSWEEK

Pakistani flood affected families arrive at a tent city established by the government along the highway connecting flooded towns and villages to Sukkur. Pakistan's Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani said Saturday 20 million people had been affected by the worst floods in the country's history as the UN confirmed the first cholera case. (AFP/Aamir Qureshi)

A girl receives relief food at a camp for flood affected people on the outskirt of Sukkur, in southern Pakistan on Wednesday, Aug 18, 2010. The flood waters that have ravaged Pakistan will not recede fully until the end of August, the country's top meteorologist said, a grim forecast for the more than 20 million people living homeless or otherwise affected by the deluge. (AP Photo/Shakil Adil)

Displaced Pakistani flood affected children receive food at a camp in Nowshera, Pakistan on Friday, Aug. 13, 2010. International aid for Pakistani floodvictims is coming in slowly compared to other recent disasters despite the massive number of people affected and the potential for dire economic consequences in a country key to Western hopes in the fight against Islamist extremists.(AP Photo/Mohammad Sajjad)

An elderly Pakistani flood survivor is carried by a rescue workers as he is evacuated with other residents from Khangarh. Pakistan's Prime MinisterYousuf Raza Gilani said Saturday 20 million people had been affected by the worst floods in the country's history as the UN confirmed the first cholera case.(AFP/Banaras Khan)

Villager walks through waters while others make way to divert flood waters in Jacobabad, about 78 km (40 miles) from Sukkur in Pakistan's Sindh province,August 15, 2010. U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon urged foreign donors to speed up aid to Pakistan after the country's worst floods in decades disrupted the lives of more than a tenth of its 170 million people. REUTERS/Akhtar Soomro

Residents sit on a boat as they are rescued from rising floodwaters in Naogoth, a village located in the Dadu district of Pakistan's Punjab province August 15, 2010. REUTERS/Akram Shahid

Pakistani flood survivors struggle for biscuit packets distributed by volunteers in Muzaffargarh, Pakistan on Saturday, Aug. 14, 2010. The deadly waterbornedisease cholera has surfaced in flood-ravaged Pakistan, the U.N. confirmed Saturday, adding to the misery of 20 million people the government says have been made homeless by the disaster. A fresh surge of floodwater swelled the Indus River, threatening previously spared cities and towns in the south. (AP Photo/K.M. Chaudary)

A man distributes rice at a camp for people affected by floods in Nowshera, northwest of Pakistan on Sunday Aug. 15, 2010. U.N. Secretary-General BanKi-moon traveled to flood-ravaged Pakistan today to boost relief efforts as the 20 million people made homeless in one of the worst disasters to hit the country grew increasingly desperate. (AP Photo/Aaron Favila)

Pakistani flood affected families arrive at a tent city established by the government along the highway connecting flooded towns and villages to Sukkur.Pakistan's Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani said Saturday 20 million people had been affected by the worst floods in the country's history as the UN confirmed the first cholera case. (AFP/Aamir Qureshi)

Displaced Pakistani flood victims wait in a queue for food relief at a camp in Nowshera, Pakistan on Friday, Aug. 13, 2010. International aid for Pakistaniflood victims is coming in slowly compared to other recent disasters despite the massive number of people affected and the potential for dire economic consequences in a country key to Western hopes in the fight against Islamist extremists. (AP Photo / Mohammad Sajjad)

A young flood victim, who was yet to be given a name, slept in a road median after her family evacuated their villages in Pakistan's Muzaffargarh districtin Punjab province on August 14, 2010. REUTERS/Adrees Latif

A Pakistani woman named Rowyda looks at her day old baby at a camp for people affected by floods in Nowshera, northwest Pakistan Sunday Aug. 15, 2010.U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon traveled to flood-ravaged Pakistan Sunday to boost relief efforts as the 20 million people made homeless in one of the worst disasters to hit the country grew increasingly desperate. (AP Photo/Aaron Favila)

Pakistani flood victims sit in a U.S. Navy MH-53E helicopter during a rescue and aid mission by the U.S. Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) August 17, 2010in Kalaam ,Upper Swat, Pakistan. The U.S. military has been taking part in the recovery efforts during the devastating Pakistan floods since August 4, that has carried 215 metric tons of relief supplies from the World Food Program (WFP) to the Swat region, a region that has been cut off when bridges were washed away during flash flooding. According to the U.S. military, they have evacuated 3,571 people from Kalam in Upper Swat. The country's agricultural heartland has been devastated, with rice, corn and wheat crops destroyed by floods. Officials say as many as 20 million people have been effected during Pakistan's worst flooding in 80 years. The army and aid organizations are struggling to cope with the scope of the wide spread scale of the disaster that has killed over 1,600 people and displaced millions. The UN has described the disaster as unprecedented, with over a third of the country under water. (Photo by Paula Bronstein/Getty Images) NEWSWEEK

A displaced family escapes torrential rain in a tent beside a motorway on the outskirts of Peshawar. Behrouz Mehri / AFP-Getty Images (Newsweek)

MUDSLIDE IN CHINA

(ED NOTE: Yet another tragic loss in the mudslide in China. Our deep heart felt sympathy and condolences to all family members of the dead victims. May Allah ease their difficulties)

Graphic on the Zhouqu mudslide in China's Gansu province. Authorities warned heavy rains would continue into Sunday and said further flash floods, landslides and floating debris continued to pose dangers in Gansu province and neighbouring Sichuan, Xinhua said.(AFP/Graphic)

Women wail after a loved one is pulled out from the mud. Frederic J. Brown / AFP-Getty Images (Newsweek)

GREECE

(ED NOTE: We mourn the tragic loss of below Greek elderly brother and sister as a result of fire. Our deep heart felt sympathy and condolences to the family members of below fire victims).

The hand of an elderly woman is seen, on the right, on the balcony of a burning top floor apartment in the northern Greek port city of Thessaloniki, Monday,Aug. 16, 2010. Firefighters were unable to reach the woman and her brother with a ladder, and both perished in the fire before a high enough crane could be brought in. The cause of the fire was unclear. (AP Photo)

An elderly man on the balcony of a burning top floor apartment tries to put out flames with a hose as he waits for help from rescuers in the northern Greekport city of Thessaloniki, Monday, Aug. 16, 2010. Firefighters were unable to reach him and his sister with a ladder, and both perished in the fire before a high enough crane could be brought in. The cause of the fire was unclear. (AP Photo)

(ED NOTE: We appreciate all Greeks who support the cause of a Palestinian State)

Protesters shout slogans outside, Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu 's hotel, in Athens, Monday, Aug. 16, 2010. About 500 mainly left-wing and pro-Palestinian activists held a peaceful demonstration to protest Benjamin Netanyahu 's visit, marching to the Israeli Embassy which was surrounded by riot police. (AP Photo/Thanassis Stavrakis)

Left-wing groups demonstrate against Israeli policies outside the Greek parliament in central Athens,on Monday, Aug. 16, 2010, as Israeli Prime MinisterBenjamin Netanyahu held talks with Greek Prime Minister George Papandreou. Demonstrators protested the raid in May on a convoy of ships trying to break Israel's blockade of Gaza, in which Israeli commandos shot dead eight Turkish and one Turkish American peace activist. (AP Photo/Petros Giannakouris)

A protester with a Palestinian flag stops outside, Netanyahu's hotel, in Athens, Monday, Aug. 16, 2010. About 500 mainly left-wing and pro-Palestinianactivists held a peaceful demonstration to protest Netanyahu's visit, marching to the Israeli Embassy which was surrounded by riot police. (AP Photo / Thanassis Stavrakis)

A PEEK OUTSIDE THE ISLAMIC BOX:

(ED NOTE: WE FULLY SUPPORT TURKEY FOR LIFTING BELOW 88 YEAR OLD BAN):

Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew I, center, spiritual leader of the world's Orthodox Christians, conducts a service at the Sumela Monastery in Trabzon,northeastern Turkey, Sunday, Aug. 15, 2010. The mass conducted by Patriarch Bartholomew I, religious leader of all Orthodox Christians, marks the first official religious service carried out at the ancient monastery since the foundation of the modern Turkish Republic (AP Photo/Ibrahim Usta)

Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew I, spiritual leader of the world's Orthodox Christians, conducts a service at the Sumela Monastery in Trabzon, northeastern Turkey, Sunday, Aug. 15, 2010. (AP Photo/Ibrahim Usta)

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