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News of Muslims from Around the World
(Translated)
https://www.al-waie.org/archives/article/19906
Al-Waie Magazine, Issue 468
Thirty-Ninth Year, Muharram 1447 AH (July 2025 CE)
Member of Al-Ghariani Fatwa: It is Necessary to Fight the Ideology of Rabi’ al-Madkhali
Abdullah al-Jaidi, a member of the Sadiq al-Ghariani Fatwa House in Tripoli, called for fighting the ideology of the late Saudi Sheikh Rabi’ al-Madkhali, instead of confining debate to praying for mercy for him, or calling for his downfall and cursing him.
Al-Jaidi said on his Facebook page, “The issue is not the death of a person, for whom you pray for mercy, or even curse him. Instead, the most dangerous matter is the extremist ideology he left behind that combines takfir with the permissibility of shedding the blood and honor of those who oppose him.”
He added, “Let your concern be to fight this extremism. As for the individual, he went to his Lord alone, without followers or authority accompanying him, whilst death is sufficient as a reminder... one either dies as a wali of Allah or a miserable person.”
It is noteworthy that Saudi Sheikh Rabi’ al-Madkhali, one of the most prominent figures of the Salafi school, died at the age of 92 after a struggle with illness.
The Army of the Jewish Entity Targets a Hamas Leader near Tripoli, Lebanon
The army of the Jewish entity revealed on Tuesday, July 7, 2025, that it targeted Hamas leader Mahran Mustafa Baajour in Tripoli, northern Lebanon, after a raid that targeted the area. It added, via X, that the attack was carried out by an air force aircraft, based on intelligence guidance from the Northern Command and Military Intelligence. It claimed that Baajour promoted and directed numerous plots against the Jewish entity and its army, including during the current war, where he participated in implementing plans to launch rockets toward Nahariya, Kiryat Shmona, and other cities across the country, according to its statement.
Al-Waie: While the Jewish entity is targeting the killing of Muslims in the north and the south, the rulers, including the rulers of Lebanon, are busy appeasing and demanding that the people watch the systematic killing and be satisfied with it, otherwise they will be threatened with a similar fate. This is despite the fact that these killings are taking place far from the Litani Line, and the Lebanese authorities are confirming that they are agents, not only for implementing the shameful armistice agreement, but also for giving the occupying entity more than it desires across the country.
The New Government in Syria is Busy Justifying Itself to the “International Community” from within the Judicial Dock, Even Regarding the Removal of Statues and Sculptures!
On July 3, 2025, the governor of Aleppo in Syria, Engineer Azzam al-Gharib, clarified the details of the dismantling of the Martyrs’ Statue in Saadallah al-Jabri Square in the city center. This incident sparked widespread controversy on social media, after the statue was destroyed, during an attempt to move it on July 2, 2025, as part of a square rehabilitation project.
Al-Gharib stated that the relocation was carried out in coordination with the city council and the Directorate of Antiquities, with the goal of transforming the square into an open cultural space. He emphasized that the implementation was carried out in an “unacceptable manner,” which calls for immediate accountability for those responsible for the negligence.
The Directorate of Antiquities and Museums stated, in a statement published on the official Aleppo Governorate accounts, that the statue was moved to preserve its artistic value, and that it would be maintained by specialists in preparation for its transfer to the museum. It explained that the statue’s presence in its previous location obstructed part of the view of the newly installed main screen in the square, necessitating the evacuation of the site.
Activists circulated video clips showing the moment the upper part of the statue shattered, after an attempt to lift it using a pulling mechanism. Some people demanded a transparent investigation into the circumstances of the incident, and the accountability of those responsible for the damage to the statue. They called for the monument to be restored to its original condition. The Aleppo Governorate confirmed that the decision was not ideologically motivated.
Al-Waie: It is noteworthy that the leaders of Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) have shifted from demolishing idols, and denouncing people visiting shrines, to declaring that the statues would be preserved or relocated, in an effort to appease the international community!
Al-Sharaa Comments on the Launch of Syria’s “New Visual Identity.”
Syrian ruler Ahmed al-Sharaa affirmed that the country’s new visual identity, launched on Thursday, July 3, 2025, expresses a Syria that does not accept division or partition, a unified Syria. In a speech during the launch ceremony of the new visual identity at the People’s Palace in Damascus, he said, “One day, in ancient times, the story of a city was born, where a group of people gathered. It is said that the story of the first creation began there, and people multiplied. Because of their great numbers, humanity began to need to establish disciplined behavior. They planted, made, and built, and so on until they built the first capital known to humanity: Damascus.” He added, “Whoever reviews history will find that Damascus is the beginning and end of the world’s story, and it will become clear to them that what we experienced during the era of the former regime was the most humiliating era in the history of Damascus,” according to what was reported by the Syrian Arab News Agency (SANA).
Al-Shara continued, “O Syrian people, the story of Damascus continues with you. History tells us that the era of your decline has passed, the time of your revival has arrived, your blood was not shed in vain, your sufferings were heard, your migration has ended, your prisons are empty, and patience has brought you victory.”
He pointed out that “today’s celebration is a symbol of the identity of Syria and its people in its new historical phase, an identity that derives its characteristics from this bird of prey, from which it derives strength, determination, speed, mastery, and innovation in performance.”
Al-Shara explained that “the identity we are launching today expresses that cultural and ethnic diversity is a factor of enrichment and enrichment, not division or conflict,” stressing that “the identity expresses the building of the Syrian person and the restoration of the Syrian identity, which has become accustomed to migration in search of security and a promising future. We will restore its trust, dignity, and natural position at home and abroad.”
Al-Waie: Aside from the lies spread by Ahmed al-Sharaa regarding the prison evacuation, as Idlib’s prisons have been overflowing with sincere youth (including Hizb ut Tahrir members) for years, it is striking that he speaks of the time of revival, arguing that it has arrived. He fails to recognize that there can be no revival for the people of Syria and all other Muslims except on the basis of Islam, its culture, and its Shariah legislation, and not on the basis of narrow, racist, regional nationalism. This tendency fragments the Islamic Ummah along the lines of the Sykes-Picot Agreement, or any subsequent lines drawn by the colonizer. It offers no ideological viewpoint towards worldly life, no concepts about it, and no legislation for it, for nationalism is among the worst matters that Allah (swt) has forbidden.
Racist Hatred Behind Murder of Muslim Woman in Hanover, Germany
The Algerian Embassy in Berlin announced the arrest of the main suspect in the murder of Algerian citizen Rahma Ayat, who was residing in the German city of Hanover.
In a statement posted on its official Facebook page, the embassy expressed its “deep sorrow and grief” over the crime that occurred on July 4, offering its condolences to the family of the deceased and praying to Allah to have mercy on her soul.
In this context, the Algerian newspaper Al-Shorouk revealed that the victim, Rahma Ayat, 26 years old and originally from Oran, was a nursing student and was stabbed by a 31-year-old German man.
The grieving mother told local media that her daughter’s friends confirmed that the crime was racially motivated, as Rahma was wearing a hijab and was harassed by her neighbor. However, police have yet to determine the motive behind the crime and have not yet filed any charges against the suspect. The investigation is ongoing.
Al-Waie: Would the neighbor have taken the murder lightly if he had known that his laws were strict in punishing killers? However, applying reason in legislation will inevitably produce contradictory results regarding the concept of good and evil, and will not produce good for humanity. On the other hand, would the neighbor have held a grudge against Islam and its ideals had it not been for the systematic and continuous incitement by many German political parties against Islam and its followers, and the way people like him were led by these obsessions and lost their minds? Would this stereotypical image of Islam have achieved its goals if the Islamic Ummah had an Islamic state that presented the true image of Islam and conveyed its message to the world?
Hundreds of Thousands of Indian Muslims Protest New Waqf Law
In a rare and unprecedented scene in years, hundreds of thousands of Muslims from across the Indian state of Bihar and neighboring states flocked to the historic Gandhi Maidan in the center of Patna on Saturday, June 28, 2025, in one of the largest popular Muslim demonstrations in India in recent years.
This massive demonstration came in rejection of the Waqf Law of 2025, which came into effect at the beginning of this year and which the protesters described as a “legal cover for the plundering of Islamic endowments and the demolition of masajid, cemeteries, and religious madaris.”
The demonstrators expressed their outrage at what they described as “escalating violations of their sanctities,” asserting that the new law opens the door wide to the seizure of Waqf properties, especially in villages that lack official ownership documents dating back hundreds of years.
Ahmed Wali Faisal Rahmani, head of the Emirate of Shariah Foundation and one of the most prominent organizers of the protest, told the crowd that the demonstration was “a turning point and a powerful message that we will no longer be silent.” In exclusive statements to Al Jazeera Mubasher, he added, “The law was enacted with malicious intentions. They are silently seizing cemeteries in villages and demolishing religious madaris in cities. This law has become a cover for the theft of our endowments.”
The demonstrators held up banners reading “Protect our endowments” and 2Stop the demolitions,” while chants and prayers rose in an atmosphere charged with anger. Khurshid Ali, one of the protesters from a remote village, said, this law terrifies us. We have mosques and ancient cemeteries without ownership documents. How can we prove our ownership of lands dating back generations?”
Muhammad Rustam Ali, meanwhile, addressed a direct message to the Indian government, saying, “We will not remain silent. If justice is not achieved, let everyone know that we have not been silent in the past, and we will not be silent today or in the future.”
The new law, titled the “Unified Management, Efficiency Enhancement and Development of Endowments Act,” grants the government unprecedented oversight powers over Islamic endowments and allows the appointment of non-Muslims to their governing boards. Despite appeals before the Supreme Court, the government has already begun implementing the law, leading to the demolition of numerous mosques and madrasas, particularly in rural areas, according to activists.
The largest number of waqf properties in the world is in India, home to more than 200 million Muslims. The properties are estimated at more than 872,000, with a market value of approximately $14.2 billion. (Source: Al Jazeera Mubasher)
Al-Waie: This is the state of Muslims as long as they have no state to defend them and no Khaleefah (Caliph) to oversee their affairs.
Pakistan Kills 30 Militants Trying to Cross from Afghanistan
The Pakistani military announced on Friday that it had killed 30 militants trying to cross the border from Afghanistan over the past three days, following the deaths of 16 soldiers in a suicide attack in the same border area last week. The militants belonged to the Pakistani Taliban or affiliated groups, the military said in a statement, accusing arch-rival India of supporting the militants.
“The armed forces demonstrated a high sense of professionalism and averted a potential disaster,” the statement said. “A large quantity of weapons, ammunition, and explosives was also seized.”
The operation took place in the North Waziristan border region, where 16 Pakistani soldiers were killed last week in a suicide attack claimed by a faction of the Pakistani Taliban. Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif praised the security forces for “thwarting an infiltration attempt.” His office confirmed in a statement on Friday, “We are determined to eradicate all forms of terrorism.” The statement accused the Indian prime minister of supporting the armed insurgency in Pakistan. India and Pakistan, both nuclear-armed countries, trade accusations of supporting armed groups operating within their respective territories.
Al-Waie: Instead of erasing the nationalistic borders between Muslim countries and confronting India, Pakistan’s rulers are deepening the rift between the Muslims of Afghanistan and Pakistan, by inciting nationalistic sentiments and fighting over them.
Iranian MP: We Shouldn’t Talk Softly to America
Iranian parliamentarian Morteza Agha-Tahrani criticized President Masoud Pezeshkian’s remarks, in which he said that the slogan “Death to America” was not intended for US officials. Agha-Tahrani said, “We should never talk softly.” He added, “We must move forward with strength and resistance.” The Iranian parliamentarian described the American people as “corrupt” who immigrated from Europe to America, writing, “Our problem is with the US government.”
Al-Waie: Iran still revolves within America’s orbit, even if America has limited its role in the region. Iranian officials have become addicted to betting on the approach of subservience between their country and the United States. They have not learned from what happened to them, or from what happened to many of those who followed America’s lead, the closest example being the Assad regime, which America threw in the trash, after it had consumed it and its usefulness for it had expired.
And Amongst Them Is Hassan Chalghoumi: A Delegation of European Imams Meets with the President of the Zionist Occupying State in Al-Quds.
The president of the Jewish entity, Isaac Herzog, received a delegation of imams and Muslim clerics from several European countries at the presidential headquarters in al-Quds. Approximately ten religious figures from France, Italy, The Netherlands, and the United Kingdom participated in the meeting, as part of a delegation organized by ELNET, an organization dedicated to strengthening relations between Europe and the Jewish entity. Hassan Chalghoumi, president of the French Imams Conference, said in his address to Herzog, “We came bearing a message of love. We pray for the return of the hostages.” He added, “The war that broke out after October 7 is a war between two worlds. You represent the world of humanity and democracy.”
The issue of relations with the Jewish entity is one of the most prominent deviations associated with Chalghoumi’s name. He has made repeated visits to Tel Aviv, most recently weeks after Operation Al-Aqsa Flood launched by Hamas on October 7, 2023, and the subsequent horrific massacre in the Gaza Strip.
Al-Waie: It is individuals like this fallen man that the West and its agents in the Muslim World want to present as “religious leaders” to Muslims, under the banner of moderate Islam.
A Peaceful Jordanian Detainee Was Tortured Until He Lost an Eye and Was Denied Justice
The family of Jordanian detainee Hamza Bani Issa accused security forces of subjecting him to brutal torture inside the Irbid East Security Detention Center, which resulted in the permanent loss of sight in his left eye. This torture occurred due to his participation in a peaceful solidarity activity with Gaza, without posing any threat or violation that would warrant such abuse.
His mother recounted the horrific details of what happened to her son, confirming that Hamza was arrested by Preventive Security forces after raiding his home during the last ten days of Ramadan, on March 24, 2025. They searched the house and confiscated all of his and his wife’s electronic devices before taking him to the Irbid East Security Center without any announced court order or clear charges. The family explained that the crime did not stop at arbitrary arrest, but escalated to the level of deliberate physical abuse, when security officers forced Hamza to undress for a humiliating search devoid of any respect for his privacy or dignity. When he refused and demanded that the search be conducted in a secure location, several officers brutally beat him, despite his hands being tied. The severe beating resulted in the rupture of his left eyeball, the complete detachment of his retina, and the permanent loss of vision. His mother confirmed that her son became blind in his left eye as a result of this attack, noting that security officers attempted to cover up the crime by fabricating a charge of “resisting security during a search,” even though Hamza was handcuffed and unable to defend himself. Most shocking, the Public Prosecutor of the Irbid Governorate Police Directorate decided to prevent the prosecution of the attackers on the grounds of “lack of evidence,” despite the permanent injuries inflicted on her son, as if justice had become hostage to the perpetrator's narrative rather than the screams of the victim. The family announced that Hamza remains detained at the Zarqa Correctional and Rehabilitation Center for his support of Gaza on social media. He faces a case before the State Security Court, despite the fact that his activism did not go beyond peaceful expressions of solidarity with a besieged people. The family revealed that the attack on their son is just the latest in a series of arbitrary arrests of numerous Jordanian activists in recent months, simply for participating in peaceful protests or publishing opinions condemning the events in Gaza. This reflects an unprecedented escalation in repressive practices and a continued crackdown on public and private freedoms.
This incident is one of the most serious security violations in Jordan recently. The extent of the injury and the inhumane conditions that led to it were overlooked, and no one from the officials was held accountable. Meanwhile, Hamza continues to pay the price for expressing his opinion and losing his sight for a humanitarian stance that should have been respected, not suppressed.
Al-Waie: On the authority of Ubadah ibn al-Samit (ra), the Messenger of Allah (saw) said,
«يكون عليكم أمراء؛ إن أطعتموهم أدخلوكم النار، وإن عصيتموهم قتلوكم»
“You will have rulers over you; If you obey them, they will put you in Hell, and if you disobey them, they will kill you.” A man said, “O Messenger of Allah! Name them for us so that we may throw dirt in their faces.”يا رسول الله! سمّهم لنا لعلنا نحثو في وجوههم التراب
The Messenger of Allah (saw) said,
«لعلهم يحثون في وجهك ويفقؤون عينك»
“Perhaps they will throw dirt in your face and put out your eye.” (Narrated by Al-Tabarani)