Algerian Massacres - Attack Against Islam Via NY Transfer News Collective * All the News that Doesn't Fit source:info@hizb-ut-tahrir.org Thu Oct 30 17:46:59 1997 Algerian Government behind Massacres The following quotes are all taken from a recent leaflet entitled: "The Massacres in Algeria are Designed to Slaughter Islam as an Ideology and a System". It shows clearly just who is behind the atrocities being perpetrated in Algeria, and the reasons for it. "Over 300 people were murdered, all of them residents of Sidi Rais near Sidi Moussa on the outskirts of the capital. Most of the victims were pregnant women, babies, and the elderly. They were slaughtered, disemboweled, and burned. In addition, more than 40 girls and women were kidnapped and later raped, then murdered." "The Algerian government and its supporters attribute these massacres to 'Terrorists', the term they use for activists of Islamic movements." "These massacres take place in areas known for their support of "Islamists"; in the suburbs of the capital and south of it." "More than 60,000 army and security personnel are stationed there. This would make it very difficult for large anti-government groups to move through these areas and commit massacres that last for several hours." "The Algerian government failed to reveal the truth about these atrocities. It failed to conduct any serious investigation to find the perpetrators. They left the matter deliberately wrapped in a shroud of mystery." "No massacre or terrorist operation has occurred in the area of Club Des Pines, turned recently into a high class city on the outskirts of the capital. It is there that government officials, army chiefs and pro-government party leaders reside." "reported on the authority of physicians ..... that: 'some of the dead from those who commit these horrible massacres were not circumcised'. Yet, circumcision is standard for all males in Algeria, who are Muslims!" "These observations rule out the possibility of Islamic groups perpetrating these horrible massacres for several reasons." "Even less is the likelihood that those who carry slogans of Islam and work to restore the rule by that which Allah has revealed would commit these massacres. These are people who know that Islam conclusively forbids such criminal acts under all circumstances." "Furthermore, this is not the route to establish Khilafah and restore the rule by that which Allah has revealed. The route to that is the route laid down and followed by the Messenger of Allah (saw) in his campaign to establish the Islamic State. It is political activism..." "It then proceeds to address the masses to generate in them a public opinion and a public awareness about and for the idea of Islam. This is achieved via intellectual struggle with the prevalent thought in society, and via political struggle with the ruling faction." "In addition, the so-called democratic approach and ballot boxes are not the route to the establishment of Khilafah." "Thus, the main objective of the Algerian government, backed by the Western states, out of perpetrating these massacres and attempting to attribute them to the Islamic groups, is to slaughter Islam and to undermine the idea of Khilafah and rule by that which Allah has revealed. The idea is to distort the image of Islam via these horrible and savage acts; to distort the image of the work for the restoration of the rule by Islam, and to distort the image of everyone who works to restore Islam to life, state, and society" "The goal is to alienate Muslims from Islam, from carrying it, and from those who carry it." The full text of the leaflet can be read at http://www.hizb-ut-tahrir.org together with several other free books and leaflets in Arabic and English by Hizb ut Tahrir covering aspects of the work for Islamic revival. ================================================================= NY Transfer News Collective * A Service of Blythe Systems Since 1985 - Information for the Rest of Us 339 Lafayette St., New York, NY 10012 http://www.blythe.org e-mail: nyt@blythe.org ================================================================= nytaf-10.31.97-21:16:02-13061