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As-Sahab Media's Release
Entitled
"Help your Brothers in Pakistan"
By Sheikh Osama bin Laden H.A
Shawwal 22, 1431 A.H, Saturday, October 02, 2010
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Help Your Brothers in
Pakistan All praise be to Allah, and peace and prayers be on our
Prophet Muhammad, and his family and his Companions and those who follow him
righteously. First: Before I finish, I remind my Muslim brothers that the
Islamic crescent - from Indonesia, Malaysia, Bangladesh, the Muslim parts of
India, Kashmir, Pakistan, Afghanistan, Iraq and Turkey - make of a large
portion of the Ummah, and are the first line of defence against the enemies in
the east and north, and it's by the grace of Allah, and after that by the
Muslims in Afghanistan, who received all kinds of support from Pakistan, that
we stopped the red invasion, thirty years ago.
By The Mujahid Sheikh Osama bin Laden May Allah protect him
To proceed:
My Muslim nation, peace be upon you, and the Mercy of Allah, and His
Blessings.
My topic is about the floods of Pakistan, and the method of saving tens of
thousands of its children, and the way to minimise its dangers as best we can,
with the permission Allah.
The size of the catastrophe of the floods in Pakistan is enormous, and the
complications which have occurred continue to increase. Millions of Muslims
are suffering very badly, and tens of thousands are still at risk of death.
The response should have been as great from the beginning of the catastrophe,
as big as the disaster itself, especially from those best able to help: such
as Turkey, the Gulf states and Malaysia. It is regrettable that up until this
point, there hasn't been a suitable response, in terms of rescue work and how
to deal with the catastrophe, and there has been an obvious shortage on the
part of the media.
There have been some efforts put into showing the extent of the floods, but
they have not been sufficient for the scale of the crisis. We in this case
don't blame the television channels, which have adopted propaganda for the
ruler and magnifying his image as their primary role - that's why they exist.
Their role in saving life in such great catastrophes is not so important to
them.
But those channels should have sought to perform their duty and improve their
standards in the face of such a crisis:
Twenty million Muslims were in a state of constant crisis, and tens of
millions were damaged indirectly, as a result of one fifth of the total area
of Pakistan being submerged, and the area which was submerged was the
crop-producing region, which will lead to a huge shortage in food and could
cause widespread famine.
This event was one of the most serious of all the catastrophic events in the
past century, so the leaders of the people should have dealt with it in
conjunction with the leaders of media channels, but this did not happen.
Also, wouldn't it have been appropriate for the leaders of our nations to
fight to go to Pakistan - before the United Nations' Secretary General
travelled from the far West a month after the event? In spite of the many
animosity-filled stances against our nation of his organisation, and with no
ties between him and the Muslims of Pakistan, neither in terms of religion nor
kinship. He only came because he had to, as part of his job, only to take a
ride with his plane around the affected areas, and he was stunned by what he
saw. He stated that he has never seen a catastrophe on that scale in his life.
Meanwhile the Arab leaders never came, in spite of the fact the are a shorter
distance away, and their claims of brotherhood, as well as the amount of time
they spend in Pakistan in good times rather than bad.
My Muslim nation:
The soul of one Muslim, man or woman, old or young, is of very important value
for Allah the Exalted. And this importance means we must also take care, the
reports of the concerned organisations point to the possibility of the death
of tens of thousands of children. This means many Muslim souls will receive no
care either from the government of Pakistan or the governments of the Islamic
world, if we as a nation don't realise the size of the catastrophe and the
amount of shortage present in dealing with it. This realisation can only come
from hearing and seeing (for ourselves).
It was necessary to photograph it from ground-level, as well as from above by
aeroplanes on a daily basis, and to follow the route of the floods from the
valleys, to record its effects on villages and the buildings, from the
(geographical) top of Pakistan down to the bottom.
This would show the true size of the floods, with all its effects and
repercussions both vertically and horizontally, and accordingly, it would
allow the people to see how big the catastrophe's repercussions were on
day-to-day life.
This would help the responsible people to do what is required, to tackle those
issues requiring instant intervention. These include: organising the required
equipment to evacuate those stranded and cut-off by the water, as well those
likely to be stranded, as well as organising food and drink, as well as
housing and tents, providing psychological and health care, and assessing the
agricultural affairs front and its repercussions.
On the engineering matters front in all its fields which are related, safety
regulations need to be reconsidered considering safety and security on roads,
bridges and dams. In this way we can learn from this, and take precautions to
help deal with such events in this region, and others where people live beside
rivers and in valleys.
Government leaders should have visited the affected areas, to see what
precautions to help those who live beside rivers and in valleys in their own
countries. In this way people can see for themselves if the rescue work of the
nations is real and serious and proportional to the scale of the disaster, or
less than it should be.
My Muslim nation:
The main responsibility for the poor response to their catastrophe lies first
and foremost with those who occupy the sources of power: the judiciary,
executive and legislative branches.
Law-makers are making laws away from Allah's governance, they have dismissed
those senior judges who rule by the rule of Allah for giving verdicts
according to Shariah and in opposition to what the ruler wishes. The wielding
of executive power is limited to the personal whims of the ruler too. Even the
media, except in the rare occasions, is as well.
Responsibility for the crisis corresponds to the amount of power, without
forgetting the unjust limits they place on where voluntary work could be
carried out, dictated by Washington, but which only apply to poor, weak
Muslims.
In short, as the world is going through enormous climate change, where the
number of casualties is even more in many instances than the number of the
casualties of wars. So in the same way that media organisations have war
correspondents, every major channel should have an dedicated crew, which
consists of a team of experts, especially in the areas of administration,
rescue, medicine, agriculture, civil engineering and irrigation.
They should start moving instantaneously in the first few hours after an
event, to provide a true integrated image to the people with all its
dimensions, and for each one to give detailed reports in their specialist
field about the impact on daily life in the affected area, and to suggest ways
to avoid such a disaster being repeated.
These things can be done to prevent future disasters, with the permission of
Allah:
Creating sand barriers on the banks of the rivers, from the top of Pakistan to
its bottom, ensuring the material used is according the followed practises and
procedures in road construction. Two sand walls on the sides of a river would
cost around 2% of the material cost which was caused by the flood let alone
the lives lost and human suffering. The details of dams and their attachments
are well known by specialised engineers, such as the height and distance from
the rivers' sides, as would be required in the new circumstances after the
flood.
Also we warn others of a matter that is one of our weakest points, and a cause
for scarcity and lateness of rescue aid. It is the tendency towards hateful,
narrow nationalism, as
The great financial wealth found in the Arabia Peninsula, is Muslim money. The
Muslim oil is for all the Muslims, but in reality, some of it is being taken
unfairly, and is spent in the wrong place, and is wasted without
accountability.
Meanwhile many Muslims are being subjected to floods, famine, disease, hunger,
ignorance, and are actually dying!
And there is no power or might except from Allah!
So the rescue of Muslim souls as swiftly and efficiently as possible has
several important prerequisites.
The presence of an administration that is able to efficiently cope with the
events with experience and jealousy in their defence of, and feeling for,
the blood of the Muslims. This is not available in most of the official
workers of the nations, but only in some men who are volunteering for Allah'
sake in the unpaid voluntary field, and in some company managers, who are
well known to be good administrators and fast and efficient performers.
Men such as those are able - with the permission of Allah - to establish and
run systems that deal with the crisis in the best manner. It is known that
these elements are available in some Muslim countries. Some of them have
great experience in relief work in Pakistan, from the days of aiding the
Afghan immigrants. Some of them are Red Crescent managers in Saudi Arabia,
and in Kuwait.
Second:
The availability of huge financial resources.
Third:
The availability of people who are jealous in their defence of the souls of
Muslims in volunteer groups and there are many of those by the grace of
Allah in Pakistan.
Fourth:
The availability of Turkish, Arab, Malaysian and other volunteers, to help
their brothers and comfort them, and make sure the aid is delivered to all
those who are affected, and to participate in transferring the details of
the disaster to other Muslims, of the size of the catastrophe so that it can
be dealt with. Volunteers should be jealous in their defence of the blood of
the Muslims, and motivated to take action by the hadith of the Messenger of
Allah, peace be upon him: "He who runs to help the widow and the poor is
like a Mujahid in the path of Allah" (Agreed upon)
And it's by the grace of Allah, and after that by this Islamic crescent, that
we will stop all greedy enemies in the future, though they are numerous.
To conclude:
I ask Allah the Exalted to lighten the burden on Muslims in Pakistan from what
they're suffering, and to have mercy on their elders and women and children,
and to give support to His worshippers, and whoever gives a hand of support to
them.
And I ask Him (Bountiful and Majestic) as well to have mercy on their dead,
and to heal their wounded, and give shelter to those who are homeless, for
Allah has the power to do all that.
"Our Lord! Give unto us in the world that which is good
and in the Hereafter that which is good, and guard us from the punishment of
the Fire" [Surah al-Baqarah: 201]
May Allah send prayers upon our prophet Muhammad, and his family, and his
Companions in their entirety.
And our final prayer is that all praise be to Allah, the Lord of the Worlds.
As-Sahab presents:
"The Tragedy of the Floods"
By Sheikh Adam Yahiye Gadan H.A
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