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Indeed all praise is due to Allah and we pray for His assistance
and forgiveness. We seek refuge in Him from the Evil of our
souls and our misdeeds, for who Allah guides will not go astray
and he who sends astray won't come to the right path except by
His leave. I also bear witness that none deserves to be
worshipped beside Allah, and that Muhammad is both His servant
and Prophet.
My Islamic nation
Peace, Allah's mercy and blessings be upon you,
Henceforth:
Congratulations on the arrival of the Holy Month of Ramadan, the
month of both the Qur'an and fasting and the month of the
nightly prayers, alms-giving and Jihad, so let's strive in
worshipping and avoid what keeps us away from glorifying Allah,
Almighty.
Effects associated with the enormous climate changes (TN: begin
footnote) using such expression without mentioning the view of
Shari'ah concerning earthquakes and discord seems purely
Western. The secularists maintain that these are natural
disasters we must confront. In other words, they are saying, we
are able to stand up to Allah and confront His judgment and they
have neglected what is stated in the Qur'an concerning these
events. (TN: End footnote) Indeed, what our Ummah is
experiencing, of effects associated with the enormous climate
changes and the great suffering the natural disasters are
leaving behind that now become prevalent throughout the Muslim
countries, renders the traditional relief efforts insufficient.
(TN: Begin footnote) Relief work is mentioned as the only
solution for these disasters, without warning that it is a
plague or suffering from Allah Almighty, and the first solution
is faith and correct deeds. One of the correct deeds is
assisting Muslims. Once again, the speech is outside a required
legal foundation. (TN: End footnote) Although the provision of
tents, food and medicine will always be crucial, the afflictions
are taking a larger shape and volume, hence, the quality, method
and timing of aid must be equally improved.
 
 

 Similarly, we are in need of making major efforts in our relief
work, as those victimized by the current climate change is a
very large number, expected to rise. According to the studies,
this number is higher than the number of people victimized by
wars, for which the states recruit their strongest men, offer
their best training and slash major portions of their budgets.
Regionally, the countries are annually spending 100 thousand
million euros on their armies, devoid of any effect on the
Palestinian issue, and the relief work is still considered
secondary while its resources could not be compared to that of
the military. Had only 1% of such expenditures gone to relief,
together with a sincere and experienced workforce, the earth's
face would have changed, likewise the poor people's condition
would have improved much decades ago.
On the other hand, what we are experiencing today (drought
growth, particularly in Africa, and flooding in other regions,
which in days left behind thousands dead and millions of victims
forced to be displaced in Pakistan alone) imposes a moral duty
upon the good-hearted and determined among the men, to move
earnestly and rapidly in rescue of their Pakistani Muslim
brothers. For the calamity is considerable and beyond
description, whilst requiring massive means. To observe this you
need to send delegations to look into this tragedy in reality.
You have seen one of your Muslim brothers in Pakistan, covered
in water up to his chest while trying with both hands to hold
two of his five or six year old children above water. So, have
you wondered what might have happened to the rest of his
children, or haven't you heard about the women who are imploring
you by Allah, the Glorious and Almighty, divine right to come to
their rescue. It is incumbent, upon everyone who is capable, to
aid the Muslims in Pakistan and demonstrate concern towards
their precious being.
Millions of children are left in the open, without a suitable
living environment, including good drinking water, which has
exposed them to dehydration, dangerous diseases and higher death
rates. I pray to Allah Almighty to grant them both relief and
mercy.
And owing to the high frequency of such disasters caused by
climate changes, the effort must not become merely one of
providing temporary assistance, rather, to set up a distinct
relief organization (TN: Begin footnote) Kindly see the comment

 about the relief organizations at the end of the speech. (TN:
End footnote) endowed with the knowledge, experience and
financial capability crucial for the effective dealing with such
more frequent, diverse and massive consequences of climate
changes. It is therefore incumbent upon such an organization to
shoulder the numerous tasks and major duties that would require
the collaboration of those who are sincere. Among its duties,
for example, would be…
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First: To research the residential compounds built along the
banks of rivers and valleys in the Islamic World and the
prospects of future disasters as a result of climate changes.
For what disastrous floods have befallen the city of Jeddah in
the past was expected for a simple reason, Jeddah and many other
cities were not only built over the banks of valleys, many of
their structures and residential buildings were constructed over
the entire valleys' paths. I am not pointing to whose
responsibility that was, for such may be discussed in a
different time. Yet I am attempting to portray what took place,
to avoid similar flooding disasters and to find fundamental
solutions for the dangers that threaten people's lives.
Additionally, it is essential that all dam and bridge safety
regulations be examined and revised.
Second: What is also required is to do what is needed towards
the countries that are or may be afflicted with famines
resulting from wars or climate changes, for the famine most
likely gives early warning a year or more prior to taking place;
delaying the relief and essential aid would result in a large
number of deaths, in particular among children, while those who
may not die may not escape malnutrition and some form of brain
damage.
Third: The establishment of development projects in the ravaged
and poor areas, as there is excellent opportunity for
establishing such projects since only modest spending is
required. For example, the construction of regulators (TN: Or
diversions) and canals in the countries where rivers or seasonal
valleys are flowing, such as in Sudan, Chad, Somalia and Yemen.
Based on field work in Sudan, the cost of a regulator (TN: Or
river diversion) capable of irrigating tens of thousands of
acres, together with the main and tributary canals, which also
means providing assistance to tens of thousands of people, is

 about two hundred-thousand euros, more or less, based on the
proximity or remoteness of the required construction material.
Fourth: Work towards realizing food-security, as the reports
stated that if a calamity befalls any major wheat exporting
country and causes a cease in exports, many countries worldwide,
and in our region particularly, shall experience deadly famine
in the full sense of the word.
At that point, the money would not stave off the deadly hunger
as long as the bread, the main nourishment, is lacking. Whereas
Sudan is endowed with rain-irrigated agricultural land of an
area estimated at two hundred million acres, only little of that
area has been cultivated. So, it is essential to raise peoples'
awareness about such dangers and to encourage the merchants and
their families to entirely devote some of their sons to relief
and agricultural work; the merchants today are the field knights
who may rescue their nation from the predictable horrible
famines.
So, it is essential to focus on this aspect and avoid investment
in unproductive sectors, while it is also wrong to rule out
investing in agriculture based on the current circumstances and
on the grounds that such requires great effort while the profits
are small compared to other forms of investment - for the issue
is not an issue of losses and profits, it is an issue of life
and death. However, one must also observe that agricultural
investment requires perception, while the contracts must secure
the investor's rights and not impede his work. Also be informed
that the main investment underpinning is the independence of the
state, the state must not be involved in the administration. For
instance, some of the investment experiences in Africa were
encouraging and some were not, as there is association between
the success of investment and the people where that investment
is made. Some people have an advantage when working outside
their country, owing to things like the association between
certain workforces, or may have advantage within their countries
when in other association with certain elements, provided that
such elements control the upper departments and the most crucial
division of work.
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Fifth: We need to raise Muslim awareness about the dangers
associated with depleting the underground water used for
agriculture that is not renewable, while it is crucial to

 establish a network of pipes that joins the agricultural wells
with the main network of drinking-water, in order to be used in
times of necessity.
And last, I encourage my Muslim brothers to be kind and give out
all they could to rescue the weak and relieve their suffering.
Whoever relieves a believer's suffering, Allah will relieve an
Afterlife of distress for. So, we should work for that and
ponder Allah's words, Glorious and Almighty: And whatever good
ye send forth for your souls ye shall find it in God's
Presence,- yea, better and greater, in Reward and seek ye the
Grace of God. For God is Oft-Forgiving, Most Merciful.
I pray to Allah, the Great Lord of the splendid Throne, to grant
the Muslims' martyrs mercy, whether those killed during wars and
Jihad in Allah's cause, or who drowned in the sea of that
flooding, and to ease for them inside their graves and admit
them to Your heaven (to replace them in their families) and to
compensate their relatives well. He is indeed the Patron of this
and capable of it.
(TN: Supplication seeking Allah's forgiveness)
The comment about the relief organizations:
First: for your information, the relief organizations are all
working according to regulations set forth by the United
Nations; those which are inconstant they will not recognize or
they may even outlaw on terrorism grounds or for not conducting
their business in harmony with international relief work
standards.
I know a person in charge of a relief organization calling
itself "Islamic" and headquartered in London. He is the person
in charge of all relief work for Pakistan. I have talked to him
concerning the relief of war victims, e.g., in Waziristan and
whether it is possible to use such an umbrella to assist the
Mujahidin, for there is no contradiction since the Mujahidin are
also victims and they have both sick and wounded families. He
said that this is next to impossible, as they are watched by the
intelligence and governments, and without recognition and
facilitation they could not even breathe. He said that they are
particularly subjected to a stricter monitoring owing to their
name, which indicates their Islamic affiliation.

 They even have to prove that their intentions are not
incompatible with the United Nations laws pertaining to
nondiscrimination based on religion, while every now and then
have to provide assistance to non-Muslims, and hand-out gifts to
and help Christians in their religious holidays!! They also have
to provide aid to the poor Hindus, and are required to hire a
certain percentage of females in compliance with the principles
set forth by the United Nations that prohibit discrimination
based on gender. Thus, no restriction for how females dress or
appear is permitted. So, I have seen their females during
Pakistani earthquake relief work, no different than the Western
females, despite the fact that they are British Muslims who have
Pakistani origins. However, in Pakistan, they are wearing tight
pants, full makeup and are running side by side with men.
Despite all of the above, the brother in charge claims it to be
"Islamic" work.
Neither could the principles of the relief organizations
possibly be Islamic nor could the services it provides possibly
be good for Muslims and according to their needs, so how could
we possibly call for establishing a distinct relief
organization!?
Second
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Performing field studies and food-security development projects
and establishing the pipes' networks, all of the above while
there is no single Islamic state on the face of the earth,
appears to be peculiar. So does the reality of Muslims permit
them to accomplish this? That they resolve and confront the
natural disasters -while such is basically both affliction and
torture by Allah- having in mind that they have got no right to
implement the rule of Shari'ah in their lands. Again and again,
I have been thinking but could not reconcile my thoughts. What
is stated in the speech seems to be discussing a very advanced
phase and is assuming the Islamic state is actually established
in one country, but advice is offered to another.
Third:
The expressions used, such as (the field studies, the
development projects, the food-security and the establishment of
pipes' networks, then the agricultural investment independent of
the state, followed by the climate changes and disasters) in

 their entirety are expressions used by the West, and bear
certain or special understandings. The speech is outside.
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