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Four hours a week of German language at the girls' school, and this class contains twenty female students, among
whom are seven Jewish girls.
As a preliminary teaching method, I utilized the English language, which all the students know in a second
school, but at the first available opportunity, I will strive to translate simple phrases into German. As for the
advanced class, I speak nothing but German, and from time to time we sing a German folk song, and this is something that
brings joy to the hearts of the students, even though as Easterners they do not have the disposition to hear or imagine Western music.
It required a great effort to train them on the simplest melodies, and there is no piano in my school, therefore
the students cannot understand the tones perfectly on the piano. The students in the secondary school
range in age between seventeen and twenty years, but in intellectual matters they are much less stable than the German
youth who are of the same age. Add to that, they are not accustomed to discipline, and in general,
the German language is not easy for them, but their teacher teaches it with great desire and passion, and they always
insist that I tell them something about Hitler and the modern German Reich, and they constantly declare that they need
a great man like Hitler to lead their country, and they wish that this leader were allowed to visit their country to see
with his own eyes the great reception that would be held for his person.
Furthermore, I teach two hours a week of German at the English aviation school
in Hinaidi, which is eight kilometers away from Baghdad, and I also give some private lessons, for example
three lessons a week to the doctors of the Royal Hospital in Baghdad, and one lesson to the Director General of Education
and to some teachers and employees of the Ministry of Education. These latter lessons provide me with the opportunity to
speak to my students about refinement, art, and the economic situation in Germany, as well as about new views in
education. Unfortunately, I do not have research on this subject in a simple language that can be used for this
purpose, so I am forced to translate some pieces from simple German or to write small pieces myself,
and for this purpose I use works aimed at national political education, such as the works of
Krieck. Here too, I have succeeded brilliantly by using German national songs, which always bring
joy and activity to the lesson.
Because of this, I am forced daily to ride horse-drawn carriages, which are the primary
means of transportation in the town. I also give private lessons in my home, and my relations with the Director
General of Education and the Director of the Hospital facilitate my mixing and acquaintance with Iraqis of various classes,
and this brings me the intended benefit from my work.
Baghdad is one of the hottest cities in the world during the summer season, but now the weather is very cold, yet we prefer it
over the scorching summer heat. All of this we endure with great joy out of love for the national service we perform
here. We endure hardships in this foreign Eastern town so that we can serve our homeland.
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In the social life of the town, they follow the example of the English, whose number is between 300 and 500, and they alone
have an ambassador. Moreover, the English constitute nearly half of the professors and lecturers in the Medical College, and to them
goes the credit for establishing most of the educational systems. However, the Arab national circles always strive for liberation from
the mandate and influence of the English.
As for the German community, whose members live gathered around the legation, it contains approximately fifty people,
and this number includes a number of Austrians and Jews. In terms of numbers, it is the second
self-contained foreign community. Before the war, when there was a German school in Baghdad, the number of Germans was much
higher.
As for artistic life, such as music concerts, acting, and meetings, it is non-existent. As for the German foreigners,
they have their own meetings and banquets.
And here, the German legation, headed by Dr. Grobba at the head of the National Socialist bloc
of Germans, we find the point of reliance for this bloc in Dr. Jordan, the specialist in ancient archaeology,
who now manages the Iraqi Museum and seeks to establish a social life among the members of the community. And in every
month, approximately, an evening party is held for winter relief, in which every German is required to provide financial
or technical assistance for this purpose. Although the number of Germans is small in this country, their influence is great and is in
constant increase thanks to the efforts exerted by the German Minister Plenipotentiary, who is very well-liked by everyone. In this
country, the New Germany finds special sympathy, and among the motives for this sympathy is that its total persecution of the Jews
is not at the back. In Iraq, there is also a Jewish problem, and although it is not as intense as it is in Palestine,
the Jews constitute a third of the population in Baghdad and they play the main role in trade and the stock exchange. These
and other reasons, some religious and some political, have led to the severe tension existing between the Arab national circles
and the Jews. This aversion between the two parties is to our benefit as Germans and undoubtedly also facilitates my work
here, as it is not easy for the Jews here to spread propaganda against the Germans.
I teach at the secondary school for boys, which is somewhat equivalent to the German secondary school, and the lady
who preceded me in this field started last year with a class consisting of seven students, among them four
Muslims, two Jews, and one Christian. I am continuing my work in this class, and I have also started a new class
for German studies consisting of fourteen students. However, since freedom was given to the students to choose between
French and German, and since the French language has been taught here for a long time and the Jewish students tend
without exception toward French, you find the demand for the German language to be low. My wife teaches four
hours a week of the German language in the girls' school, and this class contains twenty female students, among them seven
Jewish girls.
As a preliminary means for teaching, I made use of the English language, which the students know as a second school
language, but at the first available opportunity, I will strive to translate simple phrases into the German language. As for the
advanced class, I speak nothing but German, and from time to time we sing a German folk song, and this is what
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It brings joy to the hearts of the students, even though as Easterners they have absolutely no ear or feeling for Western music.
It has required great effort to train them on the simplest melodies, and there is no piano in my school, so the students
cannot understand the tones perfectly on the harmonium. The students in the secondary school range in age
between seventeen and twenty years, but in intellectual matters they are much less stable than German youth
of the same age. Add to that, they are not accustomed to discipline, and in general, the German
language is not easy for them, but most of them study it with great desire and longing. They always urge me
to tell them something about Hitler and the modern German Reich, and they constantly declare that they need a
great, sincere man like Hitler to lead their country, and they wish that this leader were allowed to visit their country to see with his own eyes
the great reception that would be held for his person.
Furthermore, I teach German for two hours a week at the English Aviation School in
Hinaidi, which is eight kilometers from Baghdad, and I also give some private lessons, for example, three
lessons a week to the doctors of the Royal Hospital in Baghdad, and one lesson to the Director General of Education and to some
teachers and employees of the Ministry of Education. These last lessons give me the opportunity to speak to my students
about refinement, art, and the economic situation in Germany, as well as about new ideas in education. Unfortunately,
we do not have research on this subject in a simple language that can be used for this purpose, and for this reason I am forced
to translate some pieces from simple German or adapt small pieces myself, and for this purpose I use
works aimed at national political refinement, such as the works of Krieck. Here too, I have succeeded brilliantly
by using German national songs, which always bring joy and activity to the lesson.
This work of mine forces me daily to ride horse-drawn carriages, which are the main means
of transportation in the town. I also give private lessons in my home, and my relations with the Director General of Education
and the director of the hospital facilitate my mixing and acquaintance with Iraqis of various classes, and this is what
brings me the intended benefit from my work.
Baghdad is one of the hottest cities in the world during the summer season, but now the weather is very cold, but we prefer it to
the scorching heat of summer. All of this we endure with great joy out of love for the national service we perform here.
We endure living in this foreign Eastern town so that we can serve our homeland.
13 Muharram 1354 and
16 April 935
To His Excellency the Honorable Minister of Interior
Greetings and respect
I present to Your Excellency issue No. 181 of Al-Hidaya newspaper issued on 9 Muharram 1354
And I hope to draw Your Excellency's attention to the marked paragraph on page 11 of it,
Sassoon
Head of the Community
Responsible Editor-in-Chief
Muhammad Kamal al-Din al-Khatib
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Issue 181 Baghdad, Saturday 9 Muharram 1354, Sixth Year
On the Sidelines of Events
What We Encounter
The Islamic Guidance Association has taken it upon itself to perform what
religion imposes, duty requires, and interest necessitates, in terms of opposing
and combating the enemies of Islam who lie in wait for it,
and who excel in inventing destructive methods to undermine the dignity
of the Islamic principle and disparage the Master of the Greatest Message. It
has resolved to persevere to the end to refute those false
propaganda and stand in the face of those corrupters in every country, and to
thwart their schemes no matter the cost and no matter what
hardship, competition, and obstacles it encounters in the course of this work.
Indeed, this newspaper, which is the voice of that striving group,
has performed what duty dictates, but it has been and still is
pursued by various opposing factors and countered by various conditions
prepared to combat it. Here we are now in confusion even in
finding a way to print this newspaper, as propaganda has begun to spread
even among printing press owners in Baghdad against printing it. Add to
that what this newspaper encounters in terms of blockage, suspension, and warnings, and
the financial losses it incurs, and the propaganda that stands in the way
of its distribution by various groups—those whose
principles and propaganda against the Islamic spirit
and Arab nationalism this newspaper continues to fight.
We have come to an age in which attacks on our religion have multiplied,
as has the undermining of our dignity, and harmful sects and new destructive
principles have expanded, especially in this country of ours. So who is there for these to turn them back from
their error and stop them at their limit other than the men of religion and the defenders of Islam?
And the protectors of nationalism—who is there for them other than the carriers of the Islamic principle? And these
too, many of them have been diverted from their duty and preferred to remain secluded in
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Religion
Religion is obedience and submission, and a name for all that is used to worship
God Almighty.
The term religion is ancient and common among all human groups,
urban and rural, primitive and civilized, but they have differed
in understanding its meaning according to the evolution of the human mind in understanding rational concepts.
Religion descends as a mercy to the servants, guiding them after deviation, and leading them
from misguidance, bringing them out of darkness into light, and deterring them from what
harms them, and directing them to what benefits them.
Religion is the power with which God has supported people, so it balanced their temperament,
curbed their tyranny, and repelled the evils of some from others.
Some past nations did not know religion except as a collection of
public celebrations in which animals or prisoners of war were sacrificed
to please their deities and appease their anger. Then, when human perceptions advanced,
human minds grew, and knowledge expanded, the meaning of
religion began to clear up little by little and approach the intended meaning that
religions came to command people to understand.
It is not possible for a human to live without religion, because religion has the greatest
effect in refining souls and leading them to happiness.
The basis of religion is the monotheism of God Almighty and not associating partners with Him,
and doing good as much as a person is able to do so.
A person's turmoil in life is due to his ignorance of his Lord, as
his home and seclusion in his room, and they left the field fleeing.
We have nothing but to raise our voices high in this society burning
with the fires of strife, divided by corrupting emergent ideas, and we have nothing
but to show the bright teachings of religion, its lofty principles,
and its tolerant spirituality, as a manifestation of truth and a service to right and religion, and God
is encompassing behind us.
If he knew that he had a capable Lord who had perfected the system of the world and controlled it with laws
that do not change or alter, revolving with time and its requirements, He made the soul
subject to them and began studying them, so he would live in prosperity and he and the
world would become a homogeneous unit, no conflict, no hatred, and no distress, but rather
joy and delight, happiness and bliss, love and harmony, union and agreement,
and obedience and submission.
Does any sane person think that this life, which God Almighty created on the most wonderful
system, and perfected in it the craftsmanship of everything from animal, plant, and inanimate matter,
He leaves it to man to tamper with as he wishes without a deterrent or
a bond: "Let us imagine that a sane man built a grand house, furnished it with the most precious
furnishings and prepared it for residence, is it reasonable that he leaves this house to every
resident to live in and do what he wants and desires? Rather, he must
appoint guards for it and set laws for it so that every resident knows what is his and what
is against him, otherwise the house would be corrupted and demolished." So God Almighty is the owner of
the general house — meaning this world — and the guards are the prophets,
messengers, scholars, and learners. And the law of residence is the religion of God Almighty.
Since religion was teaching, guidance, upbringing, and refinement, and man
in his collective was like man in his individual, having grown up on the first instinct until
experiences circulated him, and conditions varied for him, and each condition of them
plants in his soul a judgment from which he benefits, and teaches him a matter that was hidden from him,
like a child born knowing nothing, he remains subject to events until
he completes his maturity and reaches his full strength. Likewise, man in his collective
had stages according to what he was prepared for in terms of ranks in acceptance and perfection,
so the wisdom of God Almighty necessitated providing the human species with sorts of
upbringing and education, for which he was prepared and which were suitable for him until his maturity is complete
and his readiness is perfected.
Religion has a great impact on character, because disbelief in God,
the prophets, the resurrection, and the recompense makes a person's concern limited to
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Enjoying the pleasures of the world and its physical and psychological desires, and whoever
is like that, in following his lustful pleasures, becomes lower than
beasts, and in following his whims, more harmful and severe than predatory wild animals,
some plot against others, and some prey upon others, and nothing stops them
from that except inability. They have deceived themselves with material civilization,
and human sciences and arts, and said they are what overflow the spirit of perfection upon
man if he does not believe in resurrection, recompense, reckoning, and punishment,
and they said that civilization is what prevents man from injustice, killing,
and cheating, and prepares people to ascend to the peak of happiness, but these
wars that occurred between those civilized nations and that
blood that was shed and is being shed, and those hellish preparations
that leave nothing and spare nothing, and the use of all that those nations possess of
science, art, industry, and politics for the destruction of humans and the undermining of the pillars
of humanity, refute those sayings that civilization is the guarantor
of serving humans, and if those who held the reins of affairs in those
governments believed in spiritual civilization, they would not have reached this extent of tyranny.
For the nations that followed the path of religion did not wage war except in self-defense
and to establish truth, justice, and equality in rights between
all types of creation.
And just as religion set limits for the strong that they should not exceed,
it motivated weak souls to use their powers that were instilled in them,
and alerted the idle mind to reap the fruits that the Creator enabled it
to have and which He subjected for it and for its benefit, for religion: (alerts the mind,
organizes the will, repels aggression, and stops tyranny, for it is
the greatest mercy for man).
Through the influence of religion, the discipline of families, tribes, and groups was completed,
just as it has provided virtue and morals with immense strength, because it established the bonds
of individuals, the home, and life, and maintained the balance between groups and individuals,
and helped strengthen national feeling.
So the influence of religion on morals is an obvious matter, no one can deny its authority
over hearts, and its influence on souls, and it has promised its people abundant good
and great favor if they follow its commands and avoid its prohibitions.
So whoever believes in what the messengers brought finds a watcher over himself in his solitudes,
that He rewards him if he obeys Him and punishes him if he disobeys Him, so he turns to acts of obedience
secretly and openly, and turns away from forbidden things in his solitude and his societies,
therefore Umar ibn al-Khattab, may God be pleased with him, said: Whoever is not disciplined by the Sharia,
may God not discipline him.
(By my life, if we assumed that the idea of belief in an eternal God was a poetic
imagination, or a set theory as the materialists claim, it would be the most wonderful
of imaginations and theories invented by the wise, so how if
it were a present reality whose permanence is spoken of by all beings from
the smallest atom to the largest orbiting sphere. Indeed, the belief in the existence
of God gives the greatest solace to humans and links them to a high unseen power
that supports them in weakness and inspires in their souls the realization of the desired hope,
just as it is one of the most successful means to ward off from them the dangers of despair and despondency
and the weight of calamities and disasters, as they resort when crises intensify
to their Creator, so they either escape their woes rejoicing or surrender
to the fates contentedly. Above all that, belief in God connects
the branch to the root, gathers the scattered, and inspires in the soul calmness
and tranquility. As for the atheist, his soul has no connection to the eternal universal existence,
so in his own eyes he is most like a bouquet of flowers uprooted from the earth,
no time passes over it but it withers, is cast away, and its trace is erased
from existence. So the atheist is despicable in his own eyes, so how can he not be
in the eyes of others more despicable and lower. This, and belief in God is the greatest means
for refining the soul and promoting the inherent personal talents in man.
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Master of Mankind
And it is his migration ...
May God bless him and grant him peace
Time is a polished page, filled with events and marked by the brand of
actions; otherwise, its parts would be similar and its sections uniform.
If the planets revolve around each other or themselves,
and look out into their courses to shape the times and set limits for periods,
that does not concern us except from the perspective of changing seasons and the impact of effects.
Were it not for great deeds and major events, time would have no meaning,
nor would changing the numbers of years have significance; for yesterday is like today and tomorrow like that which
follows it, unless God wills the occurrence of an event to which time pays attention and which
history cares for.
And if it is permissible for temporal changes to have an effect on those lying
under the slabs and dust among the dead who do not care whether a year has
passed, or a year has begun, or days have changed, it is permissible for us to say an
old year has passed, and a new year has dawned.
But alas! The dead are the same whether it is the hour they died or thousands of years
after they were buried until the day they are resurrected.
Yesterday's sun set and today's sun rose, yet we found nothing missing
nor did we witness what is not perceived and witnessed, nor did we wake up to the sound of
a shackle breaking or a palace cracking, or an oppressed person prevailing, or a humiliated person
becoming mighty, taking revenge and gaining power.
And people today are as they were yesterday, eating, drinking, idling,
and playing; they are provoked but do not get angry, and they are told to embark on
the path of injustice and they embark; so what did their past year lose them and what
did their coming year bring them? And what did these numbers and
figures return to them, which they impose on the parts of time, when it is only those parts
defined by events and actions? Thus, we have endured this whole matter since
the occupation until today, so it was one year, not years, because
a condition did not change and an injustice did not shift; we only move in prison from
cell to cell, and we only proceed from the chain of this enslavement in
link after link; so where are the years and where are the ages when the injustice is one year?!
The Master of the Arabs and the Master of the children of Adam, prayers of God be upon him, migrated from
his birthplace and the source of his lineage, Mecca, to Medina, to stamp history
with his stamp, and mark time with his mark, and to lay the foundation of that history with his hand.
It was too much for the Master of the Arabs to see the history of the Arabs running with the seasons
of the year and following the fluctuations of time, and he insisted that time follow the history
of the Arabs; so neither summer with its heat nor winter with its coldness has an effect or
changes a condition in Arab history. This history which began with an action,
which is the Migration, and did not begin with summer or winter, and it was as if he made action
a beginning for it, a symbol that it should remain a history of actions, not a history of
changing atmospheres or shifting seasons.
This sunnah in Islam has continued to distinguish actions within years
and mark events within times, so it is said: the year of the Migration, the year of the Conquest,
the year we conquered Egypt, and the year we conquered the Levant, and so on until the
state of actions declined, the wind of words blew, the seeing eyes slumbered,
and the illusory, imaginary senses awoke...
For a reason, and for a profound wisdom, and for a successful, wondrous arrangement, the Arabs did not
follow others in shaping their years by seasons, and clinging to their beginning
and end; they were not restricted except by the change of the sun, but rather preferred that the
distinguishing features of their history be events, and the differences of their history be actions; therefore
the Migration was the beginning of history.
So Muslims today in the lowest parts of the earth and its furthest reaches remember this
Migration as the destitute, humiliated, oppressed heir remembers that his father,
grandfather, and predecessors before him had a lofty glory, a root of dominance, and a blessing.
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Everywhere
The Jewish Daily Post newspaper said: In the country of Algeria
there are two hundred thousand Jews as if they are sitting on the mouth of a volcano. And the
relations between Jews and Muslims have changed in a strange way, for they lived together
under harmony for many centuries until the spirit of hostility towards Jews spread
to the Muslims from Europe. And the Algerian deputies in the Chamber of Deputies
carry out severe campaigns against the Jews among the voters, hoping that they will obtain
thereby the majority of votes, and they have succeeded in that, and the
Algerian deputies always show great superiority in their speeches in which they attack
the Jews . . .
A secret movement appeared in Germany against the Jews again
and the signs of urging and incitement have begun to appear, especially through
secret police, which is a hope agreed upon to stir up another wave of
Jewish migration from Germany. And since several weeks ago,
secret orders were distributed to police officers to resist the existing propaganda for
the sake of keeping the Jews in Germany. And the German government dispersed
a meeting merely because one of the speakers at that meeting said that all
German Jews cannot go to Palestine or elsewhere
and showed his inclination to allow the remaining ones to stay in their homes, and
some of the instigators of the meeting were arrested.
It came to Dagar from London that Sir Mosley declared in a meeting
because the soul, by directing itself towards the ideal which is God, is imprinted with
His attributes, so it adapts to those high attributes and is colored by His colors, for through Him
it hears and through Him it sees (1)
Wilhelm II, Emperor of Germany, said about the reason for Germany's failure
in the Great War: That is because Germany did not obey God in everything,
for it indulged in trivialities and refused to defend everything that touches
religion.
A large meeting held in Albert Hall that he will expel the Jews from England
when he takes the reins of government if they continue to support the Jews who are
outside England and if they do not prefer British interests over Jewish
interests, and the audience cheered for him.
It came to Haaretz from Danzig that serious disturbances occurred
against the Jews during the demonstrations carried out by Nazi youth
celebrating the return of the Saar to Germany. The demonstrators attacked
the Jews in their homes, smashed their furniture, and beat the Jews severely.
It came to Doar HaYom from Djibouti that hatred for Jews has appeared
recently in French Somalia, as a few days ago a
Jew named Yahya Saud was stabbed, and his Somali stabber fled the country.
Following this incident, the situation became abnormal and the
Jews no longer dared to go out of their houses at night.
The Nazi party met in Nuremberg and Dr.
Frick, Minister of the Interior, gave a speech saying that it is a duty for the
Nazi party to be composed of the nation's elite and for every German to be a Nazi
by creed and conviction. Dr. Frick praised Herr
Goebbels, leader of Franconia, for fighting the harmful Jewish influence
for ten years, especially where Jewish blood tries
to mix with Aryan blood.
Doar HaYom newspaper published: that a movement has appeared in
Italy in which bank owners, financiers, and the newspaper
(Regime Fascista) were asked to remove Jews from control over the financial movement
in the country and to expel Jewish brokers who are digging a deep grave
for Italian finance. One of the Italian newspapers published phrases of
incitement against the Jews which met with the strongest resentment in the souls of the Jews.
It came to Haaretz from Berlin that Streicher declared in Cannes that
the Nazi government is preparing for new surprises in the Jewish question,
and said that everyone who thinks that these surprises will not be against
the Jews is only mistaken, for the Nazi authority wishes to solve
the Jewish problem as soon as possible.
(1) The Curricula by Professor Muhammad al-Ma'mun al-Azranjani
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Encouraging Marriage in Italy
The Railway Department in Rome published statistics about
those who purchased travel tickets in the month of January on its lines
from the tickets granted to those who marry and move from one place to
another to spend their honeymoon, and it was 1,615 tickets.
The number of newlyweds who purchased discounted tickets
granted to their like since July 1932, which is the date of the decision
regarding that, reached 66,793 tickets, including 2,357 tickets for couples
who came from abroad.
These figures indicate that the measures taken by the government
to encourage marriage have succeeded and brought the desired benefit.
In India
Muslim scholars met in the city of Peshawar and decided to demand
the English government to abolish its law enacted in 1901
which includes depriving the daughter of inheritance if she marries
and leaves her father's house, and she does not have, if divorced, the right
to demand alimony from the husband during the waiting period; they requested a return to
Islamic Sharia and its teachings in this regard.
The attendees also issued a statement in which they warned Muslims against contacting
the Qadianis, stating that after this statement there is no excuse for anyone
who contacts this atheistic sect.
The All-India Muslim Conference was held in New Delhi to consider
the Communal Award, and many speeches were delivered there. It was said
by Nawab Habibullah: The eighty million Muslims of India will not accept
to stand in a position of slavery and servitude, nor do they accept to be exploited by the
majority sect economically, but they accept constitutional reforms
on the basis of the Communal Award.
I die for the sake of God
And for the sake of the Messenger of God
We mentioned in previous issues of Al-Hidaya the news of the killing of the Mujahid Muhammad
Siddiq the Hindu who slandered the person of the Noble Messenger, peace be upon
him, and the Indian court sentenced him to death. Before
the execution was carried out, his mother, and he was her only child, went to his prison.
She found him happy and joyful, and he had been informed of his hanging after a day, so his mother
embraced him and kissed him and asked him to give the call to prayer (Adhan) before her, so he gave it in a loud,
melodious voice. Then he said to her: I have memorized 17 parts of the Holy Quran in prison
and I find myself extremely eager to recite a few verses before you.
So he read to his mother what was easy for him from the verses of the Wise Remembrance.
Then he said to his mother: (O mother, thousands of people die in the hands of
their fathers and mothers due to deadly and swift epidemics, so fathers are patient and mothers
endure; neither fathers nor mothers can ward off death.
However, your luck, O mother, is the best luck of mothers, because your son sacrificed
his youth and life for the sake of the love of the Noble Prophet and the desire to protect
the dignity of the Messenger. Do not grieve, O mother, over my death because I die for the sake of
God and the sake of the Messenger. Rejoice in my death and be proud of it.)
The mother replied while weeping: (My son, I am but one of the
Prophet's nation; if I had other children besides you, I would have accepted their death and rejoiced
in this death for the sake of the Messenger of God.)
Then he kissed his mother's hand with longing and warmth and said: (O mother, the Resurrection is near,
in it we shall meet, and on that Last Day I will take you to Paradise,
and we will see the Greatest Messenger; then you shall approach him and say:
O Messenger of God, I sacrificed my only child and offered him for your sake, and I
had no helper other than him, for I was a miserable widow. I hope you will intercede
for me and for my son, the piece of my heart. And believe, O mother, that the Messenger, peace be upon
him, will not reject your hope and will not turn back your request, so he will intercede for you and for me.)
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The speech of kings is the king of speech
The feelings of His Majesty King Ibn Saud
towards Iraq
When the Iraqi scouting delegation visited His Majesty the Great King Abdul
Aziz Ibn Saud, may God Almighty protect him, at his high palace, His
Majesty delivered the following pearls to its members:
I am pleased with this blessed scientific renaissance that has appeared in
Iraq, which will have the greatest impact on the progress of the Arabs. Indeed,
and its wealth, and land, and sky, nothing remained for him from all that except tears
in his eyes, and a sigh embodied in his lungs, and injustice without victory,
and digestion without power, and nonexistence is a right of sufficiency and subsistence.
He sees the whole world, its land and its sky, its sciences and its exhibitions,
its beauties and its joys, its traces, and by its traces, he sees all that for his predecessor
in it the merit of placement and the merit of precedence.
Then he sees that huge inheritance, and the grand glory, has passed into hands that
did not leave an impact on it, and did not place a stone in its building, and he sees himself in it
humiliated, oppressed, a stranger, a fugitive, a nomad, rejected by the land that
he lost, and forgotten by the sky that he did not obey, and despised by those strong
nations that God made his predecessor inherit by continuing their imitation and following.
Thus the weakened and humiliated Muslims remember that day
whose greatness bursts from its folds, and pride descends from its sides,
and time humbles itself before it, and events fall on their chins, dusting
their faces as thrones and crowns were dusted at his feet.
They remember all that while they are excluded from it, distanced from it, having no
connection to it except the cause of history, and the lineage of wishes, and they will remain so
until they are guided to the paths of life and master the craft of death...
By Al-Farouqi
I am also pleased to see you in my country to increase through acquaintance the bond
that links our country to your country and our people to your people. My joy is doubled
by meeting you because you are the first mission to come to us from Iraq; the memory of this
mission will remain in our souls.
News of the renaissance in Iraq reaches us every day that gladdens
the heart and expands the chest; and if we rejoice at that, we only rejoice
for ourselves, because we and Iraq are one. Many ties bind us to it,
the most important of which is that we and the Iraqis are Arabs, and our characteristics are one. Everything that
pleases Iraq pleases us, and every misfortune that befalls Iraq is a misfortune
for us; we feel pain for Iraq's pain and rejoice for its joy. Likewise, our interests are shared,
for Iraq is in reality a dam that prevents anyone from penetrating into our country.
So it is no wonder if we care for its affairs as we care for our own affairs.
Therefore, I say to you in this crowded gathering: I pledge to
God three things.
1 - We are callers who call Muslims so that the word of God may be
the highest. I pledge to God and then I pledge to the Muslims that I will never deviate from
that at all.
2 - I pledge to God that I, my family, and my soldiers will be mujahideen
in the way of the Arabs and in support of the Arabs.
3 - I pledge to God that I will remain as long as I am alive preserving the
friendship with Iraq by my own self and character.
This is the speech of an Arab Muslim who pledges to God for it in the Sacred House
of God before this mission.
Then after that, His Majesty said to the reporter of Al-Muqattam newspaper when he mentioned
to him the joy of the Iraqis at his speech:
Iraq is from us and we are from it, and what pains Iraq pains me and what
pleases it pleases me, for the source is one, and the nation is one, and no one intends
harm to Iraq except that he intends the same for me...
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Testimonies of Foreigners to the Islamic Religion
Dr. Laura Veccia Vaglieri said:
As for slavery, it is that system which arose, as they say, with human
life and which continued in all times and among all nations until
a not-so-distant era. The Quran did not prohibit it, and non-Muslims
have taken its lack of prohibition as a way to disparage Islam and belittle it.
Moreover, the status of slaves among Muslims in both nomadic and urban settings
was more tolerant than what they imagine in Europe (as witnessed by
Western travelers who unanimously agreed on the tolerance of Muslims toward
slaves). It is not just at all to compare Eastern slavery
with that slavery which existed in America. It is enough to mention
that Hadith narrated from the Prophet in this regard, which is
a Hadith overflowing with mercy and a spirit of sympathy: (None of you should say 'my slave'
or 'my bondwoman,' but let him say 'my young man,' 'my young woman,' and 'my boy.')
From a historical perspective, the Prophet's action is manifested in a
wonderful way in this subject. He restricted slavery, whereas it was possible
before Islam to enslave a free man for a debt he owed. Thus,
a Muslim could no longer enslave his brother in faith for any
reason. Alongside that, rules were established and recommendations were directed
to Muslims with the aim of setting a limit to slavery and liberating slaves gradually.
There is no doubt that these recommendations could have brought the
desired fruit if slavery were not deeply rooted in the customs of the Arab people
and the nations that fell under their authority, and if people had not been driven
by cruelty and tyranny to interpret the Quranic verses regarding this matter
in a wrong way that suited their whims with the aim of maintaining slavery. It was mentioned in
the Quran more than once that liberating slaves, besides being
an act pleasing to God, is considered an expiation for some sins,
such as His saying: (And whoever kills a believer, then the freeing of a believing slave: Surah An-Nisa)
And His saying: (And those who pronounce Zihar from their wives and then wish to go back on what they said,
then the freeing of a slave before they touch each other. That is what you are admonished with; and Allah is
Acquainted with what you do - Surah Al-Mujadila) and His saying: (And what will make you know what the obstacle is?
It is the freeing of a slave - Surah) As for the noble Hadith, he said:
(Whoever frees a believing slave, Allah will free every limb of his from a limb of his
from the Fire.)
Postage Fees on Printed Materials
We read in the Egyptian newspapers that the Postal Authority decided
to reduce 50 percent of the fees for newspapers and printed materials
sent outside the Egyptian territory.
As for us, the Postal Authority has continued to charge three
fils for every fifty grams, and therefore the damage to newspapers has become
great, both materially and morally.
For instance, the management of this newspaper wishes to expand its size
so that it can add new material to it, but what mostly stops it
from doing so is the issue of postage stamps, because when we increase it beyond 16
pages, its fee becomes (6) fils.
The funny thing about it is that it is sold outside Iraq for (8)
fils. If a quarter of its value is deducted as a sales fee, (6) fils remain,
which is the stamp fee, so nothing remains for printing, paper, workers, and materials.
The General Directorate of Posts and Telegraphs must pay attention to this
important aspect and take it into consideration, as by insisting on this
exorbitant fee, it destroys the Iraqi press and all the improvements
intended to be introduced to it.
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Observations and Remarks
Will they not return?
Their bad propaganda has spread everywhere, and they have declared
their explicit hostility to the Islamic religion and the national zeal that we cherish
its heritage, and upon which we build the edifices of our hopes and seek help against the calamities of
colonialism, and we fight with its strength the epidemics of disintegration that have gnawed into
the souls, that "zeal" which was imbued with the spirit of Islam
and derived its origin from it, and upon which its pillars were based, has become
a sole target for those "greedy ones" for it, who are driven to
shake it, weaken its powers, and demolish its pillars. Every day we see for one
of them an impact in this path. That "teacher" took the teaching
platform as a means to instill the poisons of atheism in the subjects of sociology,
and to mislead the youth and deceive them in their religion, their creed, and the dignity
of their greatest Prophet without shame, fear, or dread!!
And those are some of their "known" newspapers that have been stuffed with the mention of
titles lined with holinesses, and thrice-blessed, and the Apostolic
Nuncio, and the clergy!... and other such manifestations of
enticement and incitement for the sake of promoting the missionary merchandise which
was woven by the factories of foreign colonialism and dyed with different colors
and diverse forms, and under its veil its destructive influence leaks
and its lethal corruptions penetrate into every side it can affect,
and it plants the seeds of evil and destruction in its fields.
We directed our attention to the Arab Islamic government to purify
its schools from these poisonous worms that live on sucking
our blood and biting the dignity of our sanctities, but we did not receive an answer from it, nor did it move
a finger to alleviate the tragedy at the very least.
Then we turned to the Ministry of Education, which carries on its shoulders the burdens of
responsibility, but we saw nothing from it but silence, or rather turning away, if we do not say
that it prepared the fertile soil for planting these seeds among
the naive students, as we found that whenever the voices of
complaint rose against a teacher, it merely proceeded to transfer him, as if it wanted
him to complete the mission entrusted to him in another place he might see as more suitable
than the first, and so on and so forth until the disease worsens and its eradication becomes difficult
and hopes for its cure are cut off.
O Muslims. The morning has become clear to those with two eyes,
and the enemies have descended upon your courtyard, fighting your religion and your nationalism in the light
of day and in front of the people, so take your precautions and prepare for them
whatever strength you can, and pay attention to the evil that surrounds you, and that
the religious and national duty calls upon you to work for the sake of
salvation from these successive insults and to wash away the shame that follows them,
and to defend the basins of your religion and the sanctity of your history, for God
will see your work, and His Messenger, and the believers.
"Ibn Rushd"
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For the Maintenance of Cemeteries
This newspaper had mentioned in its past issues the state of
Islamic cemeteries and their insult and tampering until the cemetery of
(Al-Ghazali) became such that its visitor sees the grave of the Muslim next to the grave of the Armenian with the
cross on it, and it drew the attention of the government and the nation to that.
We have been informed that the government is working to form a committee from the Ministry of Interior,
the Ministry of Justice, and the Directorate of General Endowments to maintain the cemeteries in
Iraq and establish legislation for them with the appointment of a responsible authority for their preparation.
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What is the Islamic religion?
Islam is the religion of peace — for the word (Islam) means
literarily first: peace, second: the path leading to the establishment of peace,
and thirdly: submission, because a person's submission to the will of another is the best means and safest
way to consolidate peace. The religious meaning of the word (Islam)
is total submission to the will of God Almighty.
Islam provides its followers with a complete constitution that enables them to know good
so that they may follow it, and points them to the path of guidance to walk in it, and warns them
against evil so that they may avoid it. And this, by my life, is the ultimate nobility and the most eloquent
wisdom and a call for the establishment of peace among mankind.
⟦The Prophet of Islam⟧
The Prophet of Islam is Muhammad, peace and blessings be upon him, and there is no creature
ignorant of that, and that he is the seal of the prophets and messengers. And if one of
the signs brought by the religion of Muhammad, peace and blessings be upon him, was an acknowledgment of what
God sent to His servants of messengers and prophets such as Abraham, Moses,
and Jesus (prayers of God be upon them all), that would be sufficient evidence
of the loftiness of this true religion and the nobility of the foundations upon which it is based.
Far be it from Islam to disparage a messenger or a prophet who came for the guidance of
humanity and to exalt the word of God. How noble are the Muslims, a nation adorned with the
tolerance and high morals of its religion. No wonder, for their Prophet is the one about whom
God Almighty said (And indeed, you are of a great moral character).
⟦The Holy Quran⟧
The Quran is the miracle of the great Prophet Muhammad, and the Quran is the book of the nation of
Muhammad, a revelation from the All-Mighty, the All-Wise. Muslims believe in the other
heavenly books revealed to the prophets and messengers and they respect
the People of the Book, no matter how much those holy books have been misinterpreted
and no matter how much some humans have misapplied what is in them, yet the Quran
will remain the glowing beacon of the universe. The greatest hand and the longest reach
are too short and too weak to tamper with it or to affect it with distortion, for the Book
of God is in a secure sanctuary.
The door of Ijtihad (independent reasoning) in Islam is open. Islam urges
respect for personal opinions and freedom of innocent thought, and this
is among the loftiest principles of Islam.
⟦Islam, Science, and Knowledge⟧
"Seeking knowledge is an obligation upon every Muslim man and woman." "Seek
knowledge from the cradle to the grave." "Seek knowledge even in China."
These are lofty teachings brought by Islam and spoken by the master of mankind,
Muhammad, peace and blessings be upon him.
What could be considered more of a merit that a Muslim possesses by following
the rulings of his religion to ensure that a human rises to be in the ranks of
the angels?
There is nothing for any non-Muslim but to join this true
religion to quench his thirst from its sweet, pure water and to scoop from this
purified honey. For in Islam alone, one finds the causes of
tranquility, knowledge, and peace.
⟦Islam and Work⟧
In Islam, there is an incentive for work and a motive for activity. Islam does not
know laziness and forbids lethargy. It calls for work,
arouses determination, sharpens resolves, stimulates hope, and forbids
despair and despondency. God said in His Dear Book (O my sons, go
and find out about Joseph and his brother and do not despair of the spirit of God. Indeed,
none despairs of the spirit of God except the disbelieving people).
⟦Islam and Doing Good⟧
Everything that a person possesses of worldly goods is, in the view of
Islam, a trust entrusted to him by God to benefit others among
the servants of God, not to keep it for himself alone. It is the duty of man
to live to benefit other humans. Based on this lofty principle, he must
not withhold his hand from charity, nor neglect doing good,
nor deprive people of the blessing that God has bestowed upon him without
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distinguishing between one person and another, and without discrimination between individuals
and groups.
Doing good and benevolence in Islamic custom are means that bring
the servant closer to his Lord. For this reason, Zakat was imposed in Islam so that
the Muslim performs it as a religious duty and so that he is not deprived of
the means of drawing closer to the Creator of mankind.
﴿ This is Islam ﴾
In vain does man try to enumerate the virtues of Islam, or seek
to limit its merits, or to gather the aspects of its advantages, for it is a vast abyss,
rather an endless ocean, full of these rich treasures and unique
pearls.
And if we have presented in the foregoing some of these precious
wisdoms and lofty virtues, we only do so while we are certain
that the blazing light of Islam does not need proof, but rather it is
the pride that a Muslim delights to boast of, and it is the Islam in which
the Muslim takes pride.
Yes, it is this which calls upon us to repeat a small portion
from the fertile soil of Islam to enlighten the misguided among non-Muslims,
to alert the heedless, to awaken the inattentive, and as a reminder for those who remember.
And this is some of what enlightened the hearts of many groups of foreigners,
English, French, Japanese, Chinese, Hindus, Magi,
Buddhists, idolaters, devil worshippers, and others, so they were guided and entered
into Islam, into the religion of Muhammad, the eternal religion of God, and they continue
to enter.
They mock the turban!!
Our colleague, the Palestinian "Al-Difa'", published a report from its correspondent in Safed
stating that
the Muslims of Safed witnessed that the Jews were wearing the white turban
during their Purim festival, and this act had the worst impact
on their souls. Immediately, the Muslims met and decided to protest against
this insult, and the Arab Youth Association, the Muslim Youth Association,
and a representative of the scholars sent a protest telegram to the High
Commissioner ⟦...⟧
All of this is of no use with these lowlifes because if they see a helpful
atmosphere, they will do more than this, as their brothers did with us during the time of
the English occupation, and nothing stops them from their transgression and folly except
exemplary punishment . . .
Establishing a mosque in the capital of Poland
Muslims in Warsaw, the capital of Poland, held a meeting to discuss the matter of
establishing a mosque there. The municipality of Warsaw donated for that mosque
a piece of land with an area of (2000) square meters, and it also
pledged to assist those in charge of building this mosque, and the
Polish government allowed the two streets adjacent to this mosque to be named
Mecca and Medina streets. The mosque will be built according to Oriental architecture.
In Turkey
The Turkish government sent a mission to England to purchase 400
thousand steel helmets for the Turkish army, and also requested the purchase of a million
yards of khaki cloth, shoes, and underwear needed by
the soldiers, in addition to the quantities of weapons and ammunition requested.
It has reinforced its garrisons on the borders separating it from
Greece and Bulgaria in Eastern Thrace and the lands overlooking
both sides of the Dardanelles.
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Arrival of the Scout Delegation from the Hajj
The Iraqi scout delegation arrived from the Hajj and was received with all
hospitality and pride by the people and the government. We saw the members of
the delegation, all of whom were tongues of praise for His Majesty Abdulaziz Al Saud
and the men of his government and his people for the glory, honor, and comfort
they encountered in those sacred Islamic lands.
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In Councils and Clubs
Where are you, Ministry of Education?
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After the cup has overflowed and no room for patience remains,
and religious, moral, and national chaos has spread, and harmful
trends against religion, ethics, and national pride have multiplied. After
we saw all this pervading our schools and overwhelming the minds of our youth,
and it began to be delivered from teaching pulpits and speech platforms as attacks
on our religion and nationalism, it became our duty as Muslims, Arabs, and Iraqis
to work with all our might to remedy the matter and strive to intervene between
the owners of these corrupt, lethal opinions and the teaching platforms,
because the Ministry of Education did not pay attention to these important aspects, and did not
strike the hands of their owners and those working to broadcast them; rather, the most
it did was transfer those proven to have spread among the students
such sayings from one place to another, as happened
to Majid Khadduri when Education transferred him from Mosul to Baghdad,
and to Majid Abdullah when he was transferred from Mosul to Basra, and to Nouri
and Raphael when they were transferred from Baghdad to Basra, as if they cannot
spread their destructive views in those schools to which they were transferred, and as if
Basra is not part of Iraq, therefore Education does not care about it, and
Education did not realize that it encourages these people to spread their views and generalize them among
students of all schools.
After all this, we decided to publish the actions of some teachers
in schools on the pages of this newspaper so that the Islamic nation
in Iraq may see its opinion of them.
Today we want to talk about the teacher of Constitutional Law
at the Central Secondary School in Baghdad, Abdullah al-Hajj, and what he delivers to
the students and what he poisons their thoughts with.
This man says, as has reached our ears from more than one person in his lessons to
the students: The government must abandon religion and strip itself of it because it is
harmful to the country, and the official holiday ⟦line⟧ Friday ⟦line⟧ must be replaced
with Sunday!!, and that the only error in the Iraqi Basic Law
is its declaration that the state religion is Islam!!
When the students debate him on these sayings and refute him with
how European governments adhere to their religions, and that all
their constitutions state that the state has an official religion, he answers them that those
governments contain no one but Christians!!?
Woe, woe to the teacher of Constitutional Law for this
compounded ignorance, and woe, woe to Education for selecting this
teacher who is supposedly informed about constitutions, nations, and governments!!
For England, whose king is titled the Defender of the Protestant Faith,
does not have among its subjects, who exceed hundreds of millions, anyone other than
Christians!!, and Italy, whose king is titled the Defender of the
Catholic Faith, all its subjects are Christians!!, and the rest of the
other countries like Germany, America, Holland, and Belgium, and even France
which puts in its budget hundreds of billions of francs
for missionary work, has no one among its subjects who is not a Christian!!?
How much you, O teacher, need to learn from your students.
Then Abdullah al-Hajj, teacher of Constitutional Law at the
Central Secondary School in Baghdad, says: There is no entity for the Arabs,
and the Arabs do not deserve to be mentioned for anything because they are ignorant and
have no civilization or social structure, and it should not escape your minds
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Baha'ism
Its origin - its claims - refuting its falsehoods
Its relationship with colonialism
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Exile to Edirne
Baha and his followers did not stay long in Istanbul until the ambassador of
the Iranian state in Turkey, who was then (Mirza Hussein Khan
Qazvini), saw fit to exile them to the farthest borders of the Turkish state. He negotiated
with the Turkish government regarding this, and they agreed to deport them to Edirne. They were deported
there, and it became known among the Baha'is as (The Land of Mystery).
That was in the year 1280 AH, and by moving to this city,
Babism entered a new phase. In it, the veil was lifted, as they claim,
by Baha making a strong call for himself, and belittling the views of his brother
and expelling him from his sect. The dispute between the two parties intensified and the
quarrel grew fierce for the sake of assuming leadership over these followers. So
Baha first titled himself (M), then (The Remembrance), taking from the Almighty's
saying (Indeed, it is We who sent down the Remembrance and indeed, We will be its guardian), then (The Blessed
Appearance) for his blessed appearance, then (The Blessed Beauty) for the blessed beauty,
then (The Ancient Beauty, the Truth, and the Baha) until this last title
became a permanent title for him, and a name by which he is known. From this,
his followers were called Baha'is.
Mirza Yahya, nicknamed (Subh-i-Azal)
As for Mirza Yahya, Baha's brother, a group followed him who remained loyal to him
since his appearance, and Baha's claims did not affect them. They believed in Mirza
Yahya as the true deputy of the Bab because Baha was only an agent
for this brother of his. He titled himself (Subh-i-Azal) and hence
his followers were called Azali Babis, or Babanis, or the People of the Bayan,
in reference to the Bayan of the Bab. His call for himself intensified when
he saw Baha's monopolization of the matter without him, while he was only an agent
for him. So he rose to settle the account with his brother, and his brother went to extremes in contesting the reins
of the call until the matter led them to plot against each other
to assassinate him. One of them began to put poison in the other's food.
The Baha'is say that Mirza Yahya poisoned Baha, which affected him
but he survived it. The Azalis say that Baha poisoned Mirza
Yahya and wanted to assassinate him with a white weapon, but he escaped from him.
The strength of the first group was bolstered by the joining of (Muhammad al-Isfahani), who was one of
the senior men of Babism, to Mirza Yahya. He began to reveal the truth to the followers
and lie in wait for Baha and his party with evil. Then finally joined
(Aqajan Bek) (to him as well, and he held the rank of (Amir Alai)
in the Turkish army. The status of the Azalis grew, and the matter worsened between
the two parties until a bloody revolution was feared. So the Sublime Porte
and the Iranian embassy agreed to deport Baha and his companions, and their number was
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That war benefits some of them only by the motive of self-interest!!
Abdullah al-Hajj says this as if he is expressing himself, for
if it were not for the (48) dinars and the (750) fils that he receives
monthly from the treasury of the Iraqi government, he would not have remained in Iraq
for even eight [days], and he would not have become the one with the influential word in it.
Rather, he would be today secluded in one of the villages of Syria
suffering from hunger.
Then Abdullah al-Hajj gave a speech to the high school students last Monday
denouncing this newspaper because it exposes what people like him spread in
schools and fights for the freedom of opinion which must be respected!
These views and others that Abdullah al-Hajj says
are not new; the man used to spread them to the students of the University of
Ahl al-Bayt, and the Teachers' College when he was a teacher in them.
Is it appropriate for Abdullah al-Hajj to take over teaching in the schools of
the Islamic Iraqi government, and is his remaining in them one of the complements of
our current situation?! The answer lies with the Ministry of Education.
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Islam and the Jews
By the English Muslim Dr. Khalid Sheldrake
Ingratitude is one of the greatest crimes, and if we return to history
we find that the Jews have every reason to be grateful to the Muslims,
remembering their favor, for they are a people persecuted by the Christians, and even
to this day we see the spirit of persecution present in the tampering with them
The Jews in Islamic Spain enjoyed the protection of the Muslims
a prosperous life, occupying the highest positions of the state, and obtaining
high salaries from universities, so much so that Maimonides
the great Israeli legislator, praised Islam greatly for its tolerance,
rather, some have gone so far as to say that he actually converted to Islam
The Jews did not encounter any persecution during the era of the Islamic
Spanish government, but when Granada fell, the Jews were expelled (as were
the Muslims) or persecuted by the Christians, and the system of the
terrible and horrific Inquisition replaced the tolerant and happy
Islamic rule
When the Jews saw that their era in Europe had ended, they fled to other
Islamic lands for protection, and Turkey received them with welcome and sheltered
their displaced. Their descendants today in Turkey still adhere to their
old Spanish dialect
As for today, we see the Jews (unfortunately) have cooperated with
the enemies of the Muslims, and Palestine has become a field for bloody
clashes between the foreign Jews and the Muslims, the people of the land, and in North
Africa, disturbances of this type arose, and instead of
the Jews being close friends of the Muslims, they exerted all that was in
their power to tamper with the religion of Islam and its culture
So what is the real secret?
Seventy-three to Acre and placed over them overseers from the prominent Azalis
among them (Muhammad al-Istahbani, Aqa Jan, Omar Agha, Muhammad Ali al-Hallaq
and Mirza Reza Qoli and others) and they exiled the Azalis to the island of
(Cyprus), and they were thirty-some people. And they placed over them overseers
likewise from the Baha'is, among them (Mirza Hussein al-Isfahani, Aqa
Khalil al-Nahhas al-Kashani, Ja'far al-Tabrizi and others).
It is always hidden behind the financial issue, for the Islamic religion
by prohibiting usury closed the Muslim lands to the exorbitant interest
whose love is latent in the souls of the youth of the Children of Israel, and they found
that European bayonets could protect them, so they rushed to
seize the properties of the Muslims
Jewish finance, then, aims to conquer all Islamic lands
and place shackles not only on the necks of Asian Muslims but
also Africans, and it has been said that the Jews are partners in that
with Christian missionary societies because these missions are
a type of capitalism, and wherever they are found, Jewish traders follow them,
and thus the field of work expands before them
Money, then, is what has made the Jews today adversaries of the Muslims
instead of being their friends.
And if we review the works of those who call themselves (Orientalists)
Baha's New Claims
Baha became active after his dispute with his brother in sending books
and pamphlets to the Babis, claiming that he is the true deputy of
the Bab and that he is the one intended in the Bab's books by his saying (a prison that
God makes manifest) and he has manifested it now, so it is their duty to follow him and join
him, then he claimed that he is the one who sent the Bab just as he sent his manifestations
before like Zoroaster, Abraham, Moses, Jesus, Muhammad, and the Bab,
and he authored his legal rulings which he established, extracted from the rulings of
the Bab and his amendments to them, his book named (The Greatest Foundation)
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K. A.
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For we see that they are in fact descendants of the Jewish people.
The Jews studied Christianity and even Islam until they were able to
send their men into the field where they see power lies,
pushing their men into every society and every religion, to have a kind
of influence. The Islamic world at the present time faces a dangerous
risk from the group of capitalists or Jews who aim to
exploit every corner of the Islamic world to the maximum extent.
Hitler saved Germany from the yoke of the Jewish capitalists and created
a nation that terrifies them, and Germany today is moving on the path of progress without
Jewish money. If the success of this movement continues, other countries
may follow suit, and where then can the Jews reach
perhaps a hundred percent?
The Jews were terrified by this situation, and their newspapers began to attack
Hitler and claim that the Muslims, by their nature, are not fit to rule
themselves and that they are backward peoples, hoping that
foreign authority would be among the reasons that stabilize the Jews' footing,
and then they would dominate these and those. Otherwise, is it permissible for
the land where Christ was born to be ruled by those who believe they sacrificed
him and crucified him?
And what do Christians think in the depths of their souls about Zionism in
Palestine? Have they forgotten the cross? Where was the Pope of Rome and the bishops
of the Christian churches when the promise was given to the Jews that they would be granted
the lands of Palestine? Did a single one of these Christian voices
rise in defense of their beliefs?
Israel rules the world today with its money; even the Soviets in
Russia did not escape its authority. When they found that they could not
dominate Russia during the era of the Tsar and his men, they were advocates of revolution,
and we find among them today David Finkelstein and Elias Maxim Litvinov,
who is the controller of the foreign policy of the Soviets.
Palestine is dear to Christians as it is dear to Muslims,
and I wonder once again: Will Christians allow a state to take
the place of Christians in the land of Jesus, a state they believe is the lineage
of those who crucified him?
Khalid Sheldrake Bey
Oxford University Female Students
The reader may be surprised to learn that female students at Oxford
University are not allowed to eat in the same hall
with the male students.
Finally, the university society thought of taking votes on the
issue of female students sharing the dining hall with their colleagues. The
result was 220 votes in favor of the proposal and 195 against it, but
the president announced that the internal bylaws require a two-thirds majority. Accordingly,
the situation remained as it was. The vote cannot be repeated on this
proposal during the current academic year.
In the Lands of Civilization!!
In America, there is a club called the "Liars' Club," and no one is accepted
for membership unless they are prominent and superior
in lying.
Every year, this club holds a party for a lying competition
in which members compete in inventing lies. This competition is not
limited to club members only; every person who feels
in themselves the ability to lie and innovate it can join the ranks of
that club and is entitled to it if they obtain the prize on their card. The
number of those who participated in last year's "lying" competition reached
1,200 people, or to put it more clearly, "liars." All of
their innovative lies have been collected and will be printed in a book. Thus they work to spread
vices among the people.
Number of students in private schools and the grants given to them according to the report of
the Ministry of Education
Number of students
⟦line⟧
19346
in private schools at a rate of 162 fils per student
Those who do not have grants
2804 foreign schools according to the list
7286 private schools " "
⟦line⟧
10090
47 difference
10137 ⟦line⟧
at a rate of 340 fils per student
9209
Grants | Dinar
500 | 3134 | in the year 1930 - 1931
" | 3290 | " " 1931 - 1932
750 | 3346 | " " 1932 - 1933
From the amount 750 3346 which is the grant of 32 - 933 it comes out as follows
Dinar
180 | Grant to the Islamic Charitable Society
36 | Sarsang
216 | "
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3130 750
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⟦Al-Hidaya⟧
Successive Campaigns by German Newspapers
Against the Jews
Translated from "The Palestine Post"
The Nazi government issued a decree in the Official Gazette
after the return of the Saar district to Germany, prohibiting Jewish
dentists from practicing this profession, stating that the practice of
this profession is restricted only to Aryans who have not married
Semitic women!! This decree means that a German who married
a woman from outside the Aryan people has no right to practice
dentistry.
Among the ominous decrees for the Jews is also the ruling that
annuls the articles of the law issued on July 27, 1933, because
it exempts Jews who participated in the World War from the
aforementioned ruling and allows them the right to practice their profession.
The Saar plebiscite ended in mid-January,
and since that day, the German government's sentiment against the Jews
has become increasingly apparent, and German newspapers are launching a fierce campaign against them.
The spirit of antagonism was manifested in the "Der Stürmer" sentence,
starting a campaign against Jewish butchers by prohibiting them from selling meat
to non-Jews. The reason for this was news reaching the government about
poisoned meat and that this poisoned meat is sold in a Jewish
shop. Before an investigation was conducted in this regard, "Stürmer"
announced that the Jews were putting poison in the meat and that therefore
they were prohibited from selling it to Germans.
The newspaper "Fränkische Tageszeitung," one of Streicher's
newspapers, launched a fierce campaign against a commercial shop belonging to a Jew in
Nuremberg, labeling him with insolence because he sent an advertisement
to the post office to promote his goods. The newspaper said it was insolence
from a Jewish man to dare to use the German post office
to promote his trade and demanded that the matter not stop at this limit.
The same newspaper says that a Jew returned the Nazi salute to a
German!! Thus showing the ultimate insolence! Do the Jews not know that
this is not permissible for them and that it is mandatory to punish every individual among them
who performs the Nazi salute??
The newspaper "Der Angriff," the mouthpiece of Dr.
Goebbels, the German Minister of Culture and Propaganda, launches violent campaigns
against English Jews, and the reason for this is what Mr. Maisky, the Communist
Ambassador in London, announced regarding the Anglo-French Air
Treaty. The speech delivered by the ambassador at the London School of
Economics was in the presence of Professor Harold Laski, the Jew
who led the campaign. The presence of this Jewish man was a sufficient
reason for Der Angriff to publish the following:
The political statement announced by the Soviet government
through the tongue of its ambassador and its position regarding the Anglo-French Air
Treaty are two matters made by Jews and Marxism collaborating with
Russia to fight Nazi Germany.
The city of Cologne has changed the Jewish names it previously gave
to the streets, and the Jews there stood against Nazi policy
in a position of unity and cooperation.
On the first of April, the Reich government will seize the Jewish
immigration offices, the unemployed workers' support office, and other
offices. This step is one of the greatest means to eliminate the
Jews of Germany, but at the same time, it will increase the Jews' position
in strength and raise their status in the outside world.
Seal of the Prophets, peace be upon him
A book was issued by this name, authored by Professor Abdul Ghaffar
Al-Jabbar. It is well-arranged, with good printing and paper, and rich in material.
We urge readers to acquire and read it. It is requested from the National
Library owned by Abdul Hamid Zahid in Souq al-Sarai.
Names of schools whose grants exceed the average
Number | Average per student Fils Dinar | Number of students | Grant amount Fils Dinar | School name
1 | 1 278 | 251 | 324 " | Al-Ghari Najaf
2 | 1 136 | 293 | 333 " | Al-Tafayudh
3 | 1 015 | 184 | 186 750 | Al-Mufid Kadhimiya
4 | " 980 | 148 | 145 " | Al-Husayniyah
5 | " 976 | 432 | 422 " | Al-Ja'fariyah and Al-Hashimiyah
6 | " 750 | 149 | 110 " | Al-Suryan
7 | " 670 | 164 | 110 " | Al-Latin
8 | " 593 | 118 | 70 " | Assyrian Private Mosul
9 | " 506 | 168 | 85 " | Saleh Sassoon Daniel Hilla
10 | " 446 | 314 | 140 " | Khan Menahem Daniel
11 | " 366 | 131 | 48 ⟦.⟧ | Assyrians Baghdad
2252 1972 750
Number of students in private schools whose grants are less than the average
Grant Dinars | Number of Students | Average Fils | Number
200 | 623 | 321 | 12 | Rachel Shahmoon
67 | 228 | 294 | 13 | Armenians of Mosul
90 | 356 | 252 | 14 | Carmelites
45 | 200 | 225 | 15 | Nuns of Basra
180 | 814 | 221 | 16 | Alliance Basra Boys Girls 507 307
120 | 619 | 193 | 17 | National
110 | 598 | 184 | 18 | Albert Sassoon
67 | 418 | 159 | 19 | Armenians of Baghdad
40 | 276 | 145 | 20 | Karam
70 | 483 | 144 | 21 | Shamash
20 | 152 | 131 | 22 | Rivka Noorael
110 | 1550 | 73 | 23 | Laura Kadoorie
30 | 538 | 56 | 24 | Norm and Toss
1149 | 6855 | ⟦line⟧
Total of the two lists Fils Dinars | Total Students
1973 | 750 | First 11 schools | 2352
1149 | " | Second 13 schools | 6855
3122 | 750 | ⟦line⟧ | 9207
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Private schools that do not have grants from the Ministry of Education | Number of Students
Alliance Baghdad | 406
Karam Suleiman | 78
Firdous for Boys | 244
Hadas | 170
Ka'b of the Assyrian Armenians | 87
Adhamiya Israeli | 66
⟦line⟧ | 1051
Al-Midrash | 2699
Al-Nashi'a | 306
Central Nuns | 703
Nuns in Al-Sinak | 369
⟦line⟧ | 5128
Nuns in Karrada | 100
Masouda Salman | 438
Saint Barbarsara | 71
Armenian Mixed Basra | 53
Al-Najat in Zubair | 298
⟦line⟧ | 6078
Nuns in Ashar for Females | 146
Al-Huda Amara | 74
Israeli in Amara | 116
Al-Shabiba Mosul | 40
Alliance Boys 150 Girls 81 Mosul | 231
Mar Abdul Ahad Mosul Boys 234 Females 367 | 601
⟦line⟧ | 7386
Foreign schools that do not have grants from the Ministry of Education
Number of Students |
813 | American Baghdad
107 | Baghdad College
190 | Iranian Brothers Kadhimiya
150 | Israeli Sharafiyah Baghdad
1260 | ⟦line⟧
12 | American Baghdad Females
190 | Iranian Alawiyah in Najaf
150 | Iranian Husseiniyah in Karbala
17 | United Mission Kirkuk
1629 | ⟦line⟧
50 | Assyrian Community Kirkuk
812 | American in Basra 508 Boys and 304 Girls
130 | Iranian Pahlavi in Basra
177 | Foreign Assyrian Mosul 111 Boys and 66 Girls
6 | American Mission
2804 | ⟦line⟧
| Total Private and Foreign Schools
9207 | Those with grants from Private
| Those without grants from Private 7286
10090 | " " " " Foreign 2804
19297 | ⟦line⟧