Mengenang Maluku

Bismillahirahmaanirahiim

Assalamualaikum everyone

Alhamdulillah, karen & I returned last night..Azhar insyallah will arrive tomorrow followed by Wan hazmy and Al-Amin on 19th & 25th respectively. None of us imagined it would be so far and difficult to get to and we had
a chance to try almost everything..jetplanes,smallplanes, boats, ships, 4wds etc..

Brothers and sisters, the war in Maluku is really brewing and as I write this, I expect that new advances by the mujahiddins in Ambon and North Halmahera are taking place. It is a true jihad..in every sense of the word. To be frank, I had initially been quite sceptical as so little had been written in the press. But now I understand and I have returned with the amanah of the people of Maluku to spread the truth about the wars there. If you think Kosova was bad, imagine being in situations worse than that.

This is a war inspired and provocated by an international conspiracy. Geographically, it makes sense that with the fall of East Timor to the hands of the Christians, Maluku, Sulawesi and if we're not careful East Malaysia will follow suit. This will provide a barrier for countries like Australia and the west. The war started with a call by the High Priests in Maluku to destroy Muslims and drive Islam out of maluku which is 50%-50% Muslim-Christian.

Muslims in Maluku are tolerant people not unlike Malays in Malaysia. They never expected this to happen. They never expected to be attacked on Idil Fitri 1999. They never expected to be burnt alive whilst performing solat
tarawih last Ramadhan.

Imagine now a land where muslims have been brutally murdered by the thousands. Not only murdered and beheaded etc. but afterwards mutilated, hearts cut out and eaten or pounded to make a gunpowder mix for ammunition!

Imagine women being raped in mosques by savages including priests who afterwards pass comments like "Enak juga kulit wanita Islam"..in front of their families who await their turn for death. Their breasts cut off and thrown around like frisbees as they lie in pain awaiting the final blow that will bring death to them..

Imagine an imam being killed and buried only to be exhumed later, crucified, his genitals chopped off and stuffed into his mouth with pieces of raw pork..the earth shook and only that act by almighty Allah stopped them from going further.

Imagine children with dirty faces and mucus running down their shrivelled and dry faces holding on to you crying "Bu..lapar bu..ngak makan tiga hari bu.."

Imagine a diet consisting of plain rice or if lucky with lauk kuah indomie or if really luxurious a small piece of ikan tongkol.

Imagine brave mujahid who walk in with arrows and spears stuck in their shoulders, arms, legs..not wincing or crying but with kalimah "Allahu Akbar" on their lips.

Imagine children as young as 8 years fighting for Allah's cause..and when asked why to reply "NGGAK GUNA HIDUP...MEREKA INJAK-INJAKKAN AGAMA SUCI KITA"

Imagine thousands of refugees arriving at the coasts of ternate with a sack ful of belongings if lucky enough.. sleeping on the steps of the overcrowded mosques and refugee sites.

Imagine thousands of refugees cramped in clove drying godowns..the air inside being hot and stifling..some children with high fevers lying on hard wooden pellet which they now call home.

Imagine the sick and wounded treated on the floors of mosques and make do areas with compound fractures held together with external fixators made of bicycle spokes and piling steel..wounds covered with honey and cloth. (By Allah's will, the wounds healed and union of the bones occurred).

Imagine Christian doctors who for the past few years have made it their mission in life to snuff out newborn muslim babies or doing caesarean hysterectomies in an attempt to curb the growth of the muslim community.

Imagine all this, dear brothers and sisters..this was what we faced and heard. It seems that there is so little that we could offer but alhamdulillah, the fact that we even came offered so much of solace to them.

We look alike, we speak the same language (almost) and we worship the same God.. they wanted us to bring home the news of this biased and savage war to all of you and all muslims in this world.

The money we collected was handed to pay the down payment to purchase a nice house that would be used as a pusat kesihatan to serve the needs of the mujahiddin and refugees. As I write this, Al-Amin and Wan should be busy moving into the building and starting to prepare for cases. As I write this too, muslim soldiers should be moving into areas in Ambon and North halmahera to secure positions.

Believe me, this is not a territorial or racial war..it is a true jihad against the enemies of ALlah. Not one person we met spoke of the property they lost but of the war against Islam. They need our help..they need our money and our strength, our expertise and our prayers. Please help us to help them..surgeons, orthopaedists especially, we need to recruit a team in for April. The base is on the island of Ternate, 100% muslim and safe insyallah. It is a beautiful island and the jetties like aquariums with clear water and colourful fish swimming below. Please get in touch with Azhar, myself or Zaleha to offer your services. We feel the priority is to care for the mujahidins hence the surgical expertise. If you ever feel any fear remember that our time of death is already written, not a second earlier and not a second later. Surely a death doing jihad for ALlah is the best way. Will write more when I recover a little more form the trip. Hatta, we need you for debereaving!

Wassalam.

Dr Jemilah Mahmood

ashjem@pc.jaring.my

Petikan e mail Dr Jemilah Mahmood (President of Malaysian MERCY) dated 15th March 2000.

Kenangkanlah wahai saudara-saudara seIslamku. Perjuangan ini adalah benar dan perjuangan ini masih belum berakhir. Di manakah kita ketika saudara-saudara kita dihina, diinjak-injak, disembelih, diperkosa? Senang lenang menonton TV? Tidur berlapikkan tilam empuk? Pernahkah dalam sehari, kita kenangkan nasib mereka walau sedetik? Pernahkah lidah yang fasih menyanyikan lagu-lagu barat itu mengucapkan doa kemenangan utk mujahid-mujahid Islam? Apakah sumbangan kita untuk mereka? Pernahkah air mata ini kita titiskan apabila mengenang nasib yang menimpa mereka?

THINK my brothers and sisters in Islam. THINK!

AYNA JUNDUL MUSLIMEEN??!!