Dear brothers/sisters:

 As Assalamu Alaikum Wa Rahmatullah Wa Barakatuh

 The Almighty Lord of the World graced us with the ability to continue our spiritual monthly newsletters and messages, Shukr Wa-AlHamdulillah. However, the number of e-mail messages has increased very rapidly and continue coming through individuals and groups. Thank you for all your suggestions, encouragement and your willingness to continue receiving such religious and spiritual Islamic messages.

 If you receive duplicate e-mail messages, please inform us and we will Insha’Allah fix our e-mail lists. Insha’Allah, we will try to send our monthly message and reply at the beginning of each month, but if there is any delay, please excuse us. He is the One who allows us to continue to spread His Word to the best of our ability, and We ask Him to accept this small effort, Ameen.

 For those who are interested in receiving the free monthly newsletter, please inform us, and send us a complete address if you want to receive it through the mail; otherwise, you may read it through our website, or send us your e-mail and we will Insha’Allah e-mail the newsletter to you. Also, our special thanks and appreciation to all, individuals, Islamic institutions and missions who took the time to forward these messages from their e-mail accounts or distributed the AL-KUFA Newsletter and its Monthly Message and Reply, and also to those who are interested to be one amongst us, or who informed us about the change of their e-mail or mail addresses. We kindly request from those who sent us e-mail addresses of others to ensure that the latter are interested in receiving our messages. Otherwise, please directly circulate our messages among your own circles of acquaintances. (You might want to use the 'bcc' or 'blind carbon copy', because some people don't like their addresses to be widely distributed.) For those who can't open attachments, we will be glad to resend them as regular email messages.

 The monthly prayer time-table, Insha’Allah, will be posted on KCIK’s website for each month. We encourage chaplains/officers of any institution to please print the prayer time-table and distribute it to inmates in their facility. Insha’Allah, the Center will try to post the monthly Salat time-table for other locations and/or lands. If someone who is interested to receive the monthly Salat time-table, please let us know and Insha’Allah, we will send it to you. Nabiy Muhammad (Sallallahu Alayhi Waalihi Wasalam) said,“Salat is the coolness of my eyes.” Our special thanks to you all, and may Allah (Subhanahu Wa Ta’Ala) reward those who serve Him, Ameen.

 Individuals having Internet access may visit KCIK’s website for more information about the activities of the Center. If you wish to submit Islamic questions, we will Insha’Allah try to seek an answer. We kindly request complete quotations or references if possible. For those who would like to use the publications of the AL-KUFA Newsletter or our posted material on the website of the Center for some useful purpose, you are welcome to do so, but please quote this source to avoid copyright infringements. Please also try to contact other Islamic Institutions for help because many special requests are beyond our capacity. Finally, we welcome any articles you would like us to consider for publication. All articles, letters, Islamic questions, etc. that are sent will become the property of KCIK and will not be returned to senders. Those who sent or will send articles to be published, please send us full titles and addresses with telephone numbers. We cannot guarantee that an article or letter will be published in a particular issue of the AL-KUFA Newsletter and/or the monthly messages due to space limitations. We also reserve the right to do any necessary editing. Articles signed represent the author's opinion and not necessarily the opinion of the administration and/or staff of KCIK, or the Editors of the AL-KUFA Newsletter and/or the monthly messages.

 Brothers and sisters continue requesting from us dua’as for the loved ones who departed from them (please recite Sura-Fatehah) and also for those are ill or are separated from their families due to various reasons. We have them in our Dua’as and in our hearts. May Allah (Subhanahu Wa Ta’Ala) grant our requests to ease their lives. O Lord, accept our Dua’a, Ameen.

 For those who travel to serve Him and/or visit His house, or travel just for themselves, let us pray together for their safe trips. May He help them and grant them success in their goals and reward them for their efforts with good deeds and His blessings, Ameen.

 There are other human beings who are harassed, abused, tortured and murdered, and who suffer at the hands of those who are ignorant of the basic principles of humanity, while promoting themselves as leaders, speakers and saviors of the land and/or community. Such innocent ones suffer hardships, especially the children, women, and older men, having committed no crime. It is the responsibility for those who lead (administrations of governments, judicial systems, educational institutions, executive authorities, as well as individuals) to achieve peace and to implement justice to all. Any kind of injustice should be eradicated, and no innocent individual should be punished. There is peace in remembering Allah (Subhanahu Wa Ta’Ala) and worshipping Him. Allah (Subhanahu Wa Ta’Ala) loves nothing better than that His servants ask from Him. The true believers harbor no hatred toward mankind. The Glorious Qur'an says,"Verily, with (every) difficulty (there) is ease (relief)." 94:6

 For those who are interested in marriage, we hope that they will Insha'Allah choose the right way of seeking a partner according to the law of Islam. It is the duty for such individual(s) to seek and research to find information about their future partner. If you have a matrimonial advertisement {you must include a telephone number for matrimonial requests and please include your full name in English as well as your complete address, telephone number, and  identification number with picture}, or wish to be involved with a group meeting, be a member of KCIK, seek professional opportunities, or like to participate in KCIK’s activities, please visit KCIK’s website or contact the Center.

 Those who are in difficulties, as well as those facing hardships and in need, please repeat [(Inna Lillah Wa Inna Ilaihi Raji-oon) (We belong to Allah and to Him we will return)]. The Center is open to anyone in need. For those who work in human aid, please remember the needy Muslim brothers and sisters around the world. We pray for all to be guided along the right path, Ameen. The Glorious Qur'an says,"Perhaps my Lord will guide me in the right path."  38:22

 We extend our sincere thanks to all who contacted the Center to know about Islamic Centers and/or Mosques in certain cities. Insha’Allah, we will be able to provide them with this information. Also, for those who asked questions, we will Insha’Allah give the best advice according to the Glorious Qur'an and the Sunnah. Jazak Allah Khair for sharing with us. O’ Lord, guide us to the right path, Islam, Ameen. The Glorious Qur'an says,“Remembrance of Allah certainly brings comfort to all hearts.” 13:28

 Those who are interested in our Dawah program and/or Muslim Inmate Rehabilitation Fund, please contact the Center. We thank those who volunteered assistance wrote to the Center. Insha’Allah, more volunteers will come forward. May the Almighty Lord reward them for any efforts, Ameen.

 Our special thanks to those contacted the Center, writing, calling, meeting, and offering help, against the unlawful perpetrators who claimed to be Muslims and cheated us, even while speaking words from the Glorious Qur'an. The Center was contacted by them, one time from Saudi Arabia on October 3, 2000 (see KCIK’s website), and another time was on October 17. The same person we recognized the voice, claimed this time to be from a Muslim organization in Kuwait, named Dr. Hussein AlAli. Many letters including suggested contacting certain Muslim Embassies, legal groups, Organizations and Institutions. The Center did so, but thus far, the criminals are still at large. By vigilant, our fellow Muslims.

 Our brothers and sisters started their e-mails with the Name of Allah,“BISM-ILLAH-IR-RAHMAN-lR-RAHIM” and their greetings,“Assalamu Alaikum Wa Rahmatullah Wa Barakatuh”, and they ended their letters with the greeting,“Wa Assalamu Alaikum Wa Rahmatullah Wa Barakatuh.” Dear fellow Muslims, please also ensure that if you send us e-mail messages and files, that they are virus-free. Please read the e-mail you receive before you forward it from your account to others. It is very difficult for us to cope with such problems and disruptions.

 Several Muslims wrote to us from all over the world and even from Sweden, receiving that the same scam that befell us has been perpetrated on them by such con-artists, he wrote, “I am one of older and well-respected member of our association in Stockholm. On 11^th of October I became the same victim of this fraud and conspiracy.” In many cases, the same given the same, and the criminals claimed to be Saudi Arabia or Kuwait. Brothers summarized the sentiments of the Muslims by writing:

“It saddens me to learn that you too were victims of this scam.  I had a similar experience a month earlier, apparently from the same two people. Only they used different names.  I have contacted the local law enforcement authorities, who, in turn, contacted the FBI.  The FBI is now handling the case. They have informed me that this scheme has been used in many different sites in the United States, with the same story, but different aliases. The identification that they produced to Western Union in my case was an Israeli passport. The FBI is interested in learning about all the stories similar to this one. They have promised to catch the perpetrators and to punish them accordingly. I would encourage you to give your story with the necessary details to the FBI.  I, very much, want these people punished. What upsets me most is not the loss of the money, but the misuse of Islam's name for defrauding Muslims.”

May Allah [SWT] forgive us and help us do what is right and that which will serve Him best.  Ameen.

I pray that all is well with you and that you will be
able to recover from this loss. Allah (SWA) will
avenge you in this case.”

“I am personally approached by the this criminal two years ago.”

“It saddens me to learn that you too were victims of this scam.  I had a similar experience a month earlier what upsets me most is not the loss of the money, but the misuse of Islam's name for defrauding Muslims.”

 “I spoke to you over the phone from Sydney Australia regarding the scam of the deceiving con artists who lied to us. This event took place approximately on the 20^th of Oct 2000. $4,000.00 Australian dollars (i.e. just over $2100 US dollars including transaction transfer fees) was transferred to them in the name of Khalid Al-