The Gangsterism at ICNE
1993-2005
This article by members of the ICNE is under review by legal experts and will be published when the review is complete. In the meantime, we want to show you the public retraction.
This letter shows how vote bying was practiced in the Election for 2003.
This also should open our eyes about people like Br. . Sharon.
(See also request for Fatawa)
>Sent: Wednesday, November 13, 2002 8:22 AM
>
>Subject: public retraction
>Sent: Wednesday, November 13, 2002 8:22 AM
>
>Subject: public retraction
>
>Original Message From " l"
>
>
>As Salaamu alaikum wa Rahmatullahi wa Barakatuhu
>My dear " " brothers and sisters,
>It is with a heavy heart and a great sense of remorse that I ask Allah
>To forgive me and that I ask all of you to forgive me and overlook my
>faults and shortcomings. Recently I committed an act that Allah would
>not be
>pleased with while acting as a representative of " ". I am saddened
>that I dragged some of my brothers and sisters along with me. Some were
>knowingly involved and some were included in the act with no knowledge
>of their own. Those who were knowingly involved have their own
>conscience to consult.
>
>The reason that I am making this acknowledgement of my error and a
>public retraction is because of my commission of this heinous act in
>front of the people and before Allah. I can not truly be free of this
>act except that I ask the people to accept my freeing myself from this
>act. Involved in this act were all the components of fraud and deceit. I
>was misguided into
>Believing that by going away from the " " I would be able to
>achieve some success for " ". I was directly promised reward for
>the brothers and sisters who follow the " " by committing this act.
>I and those privy to this offer were told that the " " would be
>able to use the facilities of these deceivers to put forward the "
>" " ". Although this has not occurred, it is not the reason for my
>exposing this fault and seeking repentance. It is only from my
>participation in this crime that I wish to repent. Had I not witnessed a
>continued perpetration of this crime over the last weekend, perhaps I
>would have still been swamped by the deception that caused me to be
>initially involved in such a scam.
>
>The crime that I am speaking about is the crime of purchasing votes in
>The Islamic Center of New England elections. At the time it was not the
>way
>Of " " to be involved in the elections at Sharon-Quincy. "
>" However, I was " " by " " and his henchmen from among
>the Islamic Center of New England board of directors, and actively
>recruited families to take out memberships that the board members would
>pay for, (their names can be released if need be) and then those
>families would vote the 'party' line as selected by these board members.
>Initially, although I knew in my heart that there was something
>intrinsically wrong with this system of operation, I did not think it
>was as severe a corruption as I witnessed at the last election.
>
>As I spoke with some of the people of the Center who complained about
>The membership/vote buying and participation in the elections by people
>who
>had never even been to the Center and had no inclination towards coming
>back, I realized the depth of my crime. Some people who worked within
>the Center for years although their aqeedah and manhaj may be off were
>denied the opportunity and fair chance to facilitate that which they
>established. I was very much ashamed for my participation. The results
>from the membership/vote buying have produced nothing for putting
>forward the unadulterated " ", rather they have only
>strengthened the
>stronghold that those Mujrimeen have on the Center.
>
>I witnessed the " " snaking around trying to garner votes and
>secure the votes of the stooges they had duped into taking out
>memberships to support their cause of monopolizing the activities in the
>New England area and spreading the venomous poison of their stray "
>".
>
>Again, many with no true interest in the Islamic Center. The straw that
>finally broke this donkey's back was when one of the board members (his
>name can be released on request) 'jokingly' said that if I didn't get
>the people from " " to the Center to vote the 'party' line,
>they would " ". All of us know the root source of a 'joke'.
>
>The board members and the de facto board members attempted to coerce me
>throughout the morning to get the people from " " to come out and
>support their cause. Several times I feigned my inability to reach the
>director at " " until they got him on the phone and requested that
>I speak to him.
>
>They recruited the " " of the Sharon Center to call the " "
>and
>try to get them to join the masquerade. This deception along with the
>deliberate attempts to slander members of the Center who desire to run
>for the board of directors, coupled with attempts to overthrow the Imam
>of the Quincy Center in a way that is away from the " ", has opened
>my eyes enough for me to seek repentance from Allah. I ask my brothers
>and sisters who were affected directly or indirectly to pardon me for
>this action.
>
>O Allah purify us upon " "
>O Allah make us to be firm " "!
> >O Allah raise up from us, " "!
> >O Allah guide us upon the path whose night is like its day!
> >O Allah forgive me for being astray and leading others astray!
> >O Allah make us not of those who follow their desires!
> >O Allah accept my dua!
>
>" "
>
>wassalaamu alaikum " "
>
>" "
Here is another public addition:
Lecture On Islamic Way By A Person Who Has Not Read The Constitution of ICNE and The Words "The Religious Director"
http://ledger.southofboston.com/articles/2005/05/14/opinion/opin04.txt
About past elections:
