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Japanese American Internment

Japanese Internment

American use of illegal renditions, secret prisons and concentration camps like Guantanamo to illegally detain and torture Muslims kidnapped in the ‘war on terror’ is an old US tactic. It is a crime against humanity and was practiced by the US in World War II mainly against Japanese.

Lessons of Hudaybiyya

Hudaybiyya

At times we encounter situations where at first the reason for it happening might not be obvious, but becomes apparent in the long-term. Allah, in His Supreme Wisdom, sometimes hides from us the long-term outcomes of things that have been written in our fate, until His Divine Decree comes to pass, and when we analyze these events in retrospect, we realize in awe why Allah made them happen, and how beneficial they were for us. Here are some lessons we learn from a pivotal point in Islamic history:

Opium Wars

Opium Poppy

The major reason behind the west’s wars over the centuries has been an insatiable greed for wealth. In the pursuit of this, they have thought nothing of killing thousands. Iraq is a classic case of a war for oil. The drug trade is another western ‘industry’ which they are willing to go to war for:

Islam in Mali

Mali

During the 9th century, Muslim Berber and Tuareg merchants brought Islam into West Africa. Islam also spread in the region by the founders of Sufi brotherhoods.

Islam in Italy

Rome

The history of Islam in Italy dates back to the 9th century, when Sicily and some regions in Peninsular Italy were brought under Muslim rule. There was Muslim presence in Italy from 827 till 1300.

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